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VOL. XV. __PICKENS, S. C,, THURSDAY, APRILI9 86.N.0 - Odo to the Buffalo Girl. Will the Itutfalo girl com0 out to-night And dance by the light of the moon? On tho elevator tower it tilokors bright, 'I'ho hunar orb of June And an underfed poet can dance as light As n fny in silver shoon. O Buffalo girl with the wealthy pop, And the flour-mills huge and high There's a woinierful charm to which poets drop In your tenilir azure eye; I coulI rhyine for you with never a atop To the saccharino by-and-by. O luffalo girl, your great big lake Is a duck-pond beside my hoart, That throbs and throbs till it's nigh to break And 'tis you that have caused it smart. O rise and give the etenit shako To the fate that keeps us nlartl O Buffalo girl come out to-iight, And elope by the light of the moonI Ani a Wagner car shall ail our flight, As we skip 'neathy the sky of June And your parents will probably do what's right, And conio down with t he scads full soon. -Puck's Annual. IN SILENT I)lEAD. A clear, soft, warm suimmor n1ight, fragrant with the odors of honeysuckles, ros('S, aiid heliotropes, and silent, save i'or the singing of the locusts in the grass. Suddenly the silence was broken By wild and hurrying footsteps alonf? the prinetpnal street. A Hying figure closely .pursuc<t by anotlier figure vanished into the deep sladow caused by a half-dozen larg, leafy trees about midway the dis tance of the street, and from out the diarkness came a terrified and piercing cry: 4 ''1lelp! Miurder! Oh, help-help! Murilder!" A few seconids of breathless silence, "t11l then the silence was broken again by 1.ie souind of hurrying footsteps, glowing faniter and faintor in the dis tanee, while several persons who had been aroused by the cry for help hast ily drew on clothinz and shoes 1 and rushed toward the spot whence the cries had proceeded. It wast 1 o'clock in the morni*g and siaturally the inhabitants of the street weire all iin bed and 11ostof them asleep. Of those who h1ad been awakened many stopped after the first alarm, rushed into the street, (u1estioning one another anti awaiting for some repetition of the cries; but the street was silent a(rain-even more silent than it seemed Iefore the outcry. Of all who had gone so far as to rush in frantic haste at first Only two actually proceeded far enlotigh to leai'n the cause of the alarim. " think the cries came fron this di rection," called out Viillian Forney, rtnning in the direction indieated by his outstretched arm. "I think so, too," answered Charles L0eon, following iiim. 'Tlie lir-st Speaker ran so fast anild head long that lie nearly stumbled over a l)rostrate body, ant r'hile ie recovered iimself his companic:: stooped and raised the insensible figtir. A "Why, it's a wonnia!" lie exclaimed; -a girl, I should say, she is so slight and blender.'' "Of course, I knew it was a w"omian's voice. Can you carry her, Charley? Let me help you. Bring her to our house. Mother is the most kind and thoughtful, dear, good nother that was ever knowyn," he added, lending his as sistance. " 1e is either dead or in a faint," said then the two young men lapsed into silence, and (did not speak again till they had entered Mrs. Forney's par lor, whore they laid their insensible bunr .ien on the lounge. "Now l'harley, do you light the gas, and I will "o and bring mother hero, .itnd we'll see what can be done." And he left the room as he spoke, wvhi'ile Charley Leeson proeeedt to obey Alter giropinag abtout thle miantel-piece he SOOnI fouiit, by the aid of tilt moon01 light which streametd in, the nmat'ch-safe, and hiav in g li ghted two) gas5-jets, hie . gavei i1 h:1 attent1in to the( still inlsenisi ble gul. . lier lhat hiatd faullein of- at.d her rich tiarik h:uri , Ioo-ened- and tdishieveledI flowedC( backI firomi lier deathl-pale face ov'er the sofa pillow. 11cr features were delieate antd regulari. lien mouth small, andlt thlough] 4dis tor-ted from recent fear wondefltlfiiy atracttive, anid heir geineral appearance hetokenetd retineent and gr'ace. ''Quite pre4tty antd interesting,'' tlthoht Ciharley. "Looks vory patle buit not deadl. Wontder what kintd of eyes slht hias? If thiey are't finte th14 chances are' she's qiite a bleaty att hici best."' Young I'orneyi niow enitteed, accomi p)anited by hiis moth1leir, atnd the kind lady at1 once pro'tceededt to the sofa. '"Thie younig ladyh~ is only ini a1 twon,"' she( said, at once taking the girl's hand, "'andt, I think, far more frightenetd than hurit. Butt we shall soon1 kinow, for she is already reco;wr1ing. I can see tilt color is returniing to lien face. See, William, her eyes ulnelose. What a sweet-looking creature! I wontder who Slht is!" "lIeavens! It is---" Thle exclamaltion burst from WVilliam F'orniey, whio, lit his moitther's wortds, had come over to t lie sofa, anti now sawv thle stranger for' the first time really, for, notwithraat:nd ing the motonlight, lie hitd not caught even a ilimipse of her face while he helpedi Charley Leeson to carry Even as the wvords which sulrprise hiatd for'cedl from him burst from his lips lie suplpressetd thiemi, and from thle exprets sionl of his mother's faoo lie could riot be surie whether she had noticedl his eIx clamation or' ntot. Indleed, lier atten tio)n was presenitly absorbed b)y the con sciouisness of lier patient-particulharly as thlt girl, on opening her eyes, at once raised heirself and began, with the wvild test excitement, to impl)1ore the protection of thiose about her. "D)on't let im kill me--ho will (1oj -lie swore he wvould kill am, andt hi wvdl kceg his word, for ho is terribl terr-ible(! ' she said, wildly; anti thell, as her gaze' wanduered from face to taco, she started to lier feet on recognizing ydung Fof-ney. "Ah~I, Wilhiehin! WVihlm! it is, thon, you who have savetd mne?" anti over ecome with emottion, andit pe)rhalpS shamon itt having btitrayedl hetrselIf, she covered .her crimsoning facee with lier hands and bur-st into tea. "Comie, conic, my child, you are anfe here. No one wi I hurt you in my hiouse," said. Mi's. Forney, wond(ering gretatly, butt mntont on placing the young girl iat 11cr case. ":An (1now pray toll us-afe you burti" "I think not," replied the girl; "nay, good madam, I am sure not."- steadily raising her arm- "but look," and she shook back the oose sleeve, "you see I had a narrow escape"; and in fact the sloeve was pierced and torn by some sharp instrument. "I was so frightened," the girl went on, "when he struok at me with the knife that I thought I was killed. Oh, dear! what trouble I must be giving to you all." Mrs. Formoy disdaimed all idea of trouble and led the young girl up-stairs to her own room. "When we are all alone she will dountless etplain all this mystery," thought the good lady, for she guessed at once that there was something unus uaI between her son and this stranger, judging from their glances and excla mations. But she was disappointed in her ex pectations. The stranger was lovely, she was charming. She was exquisitely grateful for the kindness shown to her, but she was dumb in regard to the strange events of the night. She neither explained nor referred to the mystery of her sudden and extraordinary entrance on the scene, and she oflered no solu tion of the looks and words which had gassed between her and William For ney, and Mrs. Forney began to think that she was not treated withi a proper degree of confidence by either of these young people. After making the young stranger as comfortable as possible for the night she bade her a rather coll ''adieu,'' and added: "You shall Jl inc who you are and where I an to send for your friends in the morning, my dear. You are too weak and too nmuch alarmed for further efforts of any kind to-night."' And, indeed, the mysterious young lady did look pale and wan, so that a harder heart than gen1le Mrs. Forney's might have been touched with pity for her. But it was not in human nature not to wonder at these things, and Mrs. Forney was, in truth, consumed with curiosity, and this feeling on her part she at once con)nunicated to her son. "You wish for an explanation, mlother, dear, and you shall have it. so far as I have the power to give it to you. l;it I miust begin by telling you that all this afflair is almost as mvsterious to me as to you. I know the young lady-that is nearly all I can say by way of gratifv ing your very natural desire for knowl edge. She is the stop-daughter of the German gentleman from whom I w%as taking lessons in that language last spring. Her name is Gertrude Stein mnet.. IHaving seen her it will not sur priso you to know that I was, and still amt, passionately attached to her. I had hoped to make her my wife before now, and proceeded so far as to tell her so, and to win her consent. I went the next day to arrange with her as to when I might bring you to call on her, when, instead of being met by the lovely and blushing girl whic had the day before promised to he my wife, a note from her was placed in my hand containing these worts: We meet no more in this world, Ask no ex planation. 1)o not attenipt to see ine. Fare woll forever. (IERTRUDE. "Of course I did not obey.' I did ask for e:glanlations. I (lid seek to see her again and ag( ain. But all in vain. From that hour until to-night I never set eyes 1o1)011 her; and the events of this night-the attempt upon her life, her presence here, her terror-are all part of the mystery which has surrounded her since I received that note, and which is as incomprehiensible to me as to you." Mrs. Forney warmly pressed her son's han12d. IHer symipathies, both as a wo 1m1an and1 a mother, were thoroughly roused, and for William's sake she de termin2ed to p)enetrate the mystery. Blut this was a far more (difhlil t mat ter than she a1nticipauted, and( hand not circumstances favored h1er there is little rea1soni to suppose05 that she woul1d have ever overcome Gertrude' s obstinate si Tho i girl was, h~owe'ver, comnpletely pirostratedl by the nervous shock and uniable on1 the next (lay to leave her roonm. Mrs. Forney, therefore, felt herself justified in sending for Gertrude's mioth cr, who came as rapidly a1s the train cold briing her, for she had been quiite terrihll by Gertrude's disappearance, and1( only ne(eed a clew to her where ab)ouits inl order to fly to her. An evil fate, she seemed to think, had overtaken her.household, for her husband's soni had beeni drownedl the nii rht before, and his dead body had1( just >eein brought home11 a few minutes becfore she( receivedl the telegram from the Fornevs. "'Albrecht dead!'' exclainmed Gertrude, joyously. "Theun I am releasedl. My oathI bimds 1m1 no0 longer. Ah! (10 not think me heartless, Wilhielmi-mothier; I am21 only so overjoyedl from tile p)ressure of silent (dread no0w remlovedl. Albrecht was a terrible man. I dor think lie was not ml his right mindl(. ie lovedl mie anid strove hi marry mle, andl( whien lhe knew that 1 loved WVilhelm his rage was too fearful, lIe m)adeO me1 swoar a terri ble oauth never to miarry wivl hle lived, and( hie swore thait 1he wold( kill Wil helm if ever I spoke to himn or let him see mie. "'Oh, I was horrIbly frightened!I couild not resist his rage, Is wildness. I was sure lhe woubul kill Wilhelm, and1( th at,only gave ime strength to keep miy oathI. L2ast n ight lie was ini a fearful rage. lIe thrieaitened a score of timRies to kill Wilhelm, aind when at a late hour lie left the house I followed him. Hither and1( thIit her lie led me, till at list lie took the train t hat brougrht us hero; and still I followed, not 'daring to let him iiout oif miy sight. du ist as we en2teredl this street-h le muist hiave foundt (out ill some1 wvay that you lived here, WNjl hiehni-he tuirnied sud2denlly and1( met( 111 face to fac eclose at his heels. iIe knew 21n0, and1( in 21 nmoment a knife gleamied above niy head. I flew pmast, and1( fled for my life, but lie p)ursuled mei, and gained on meu, and2( then, as I felt the cold steel graze my flesh, I shrieked aloud, and I munst have fallen inl a faint. No doubt lie thought lie hand killed me1, but I was only terrified out of all sense and reason." "And It was to save me that you suf fered thin torture my darlingP" William whispered, caressingly. "Would I not die for you, dearest?" was the fond answer. "D)o better, miy own," said the happy And Gertude promised(1 and -she kept her word--nor is William behindhand in responding to her devotion; they most truly live for each other. She Wias No Friend of Labor. A very fat, red-faced woman, with two big sachels and a hand-bag, got off a train at the Lake Shore depot yester Say morning. She hal hardly reached the main entralce, aceconplished after a terrific struggle with two sachels and the hand-bag, when she was accosted by a vigorous urchin. "Say, nma'an, donl't yer want yor valises packed?" "They .aro packed, sonny," replied the fat lady, stopping to rest and wipe tho perspiration from her face. "Oh, you don't catch on. I mean don't ycr want me ter carry the grips?" "Well, you are a real good boy. You can carry the sachels and show me where the north sido cars run." ''T'erwenty-five cents is what it'll cost yer," replieil the youngster, in at busi ness-like way." "Merev! What are you going to do with all that money? I'm not rich, lit tle boy." "It's nearly a mnilo to der north side ears,'' responded the youth, with ia blush. "I'll give you 15 Cents," said the plump lady, in a coaxing tone. "That's all the change I've got." "I s'pose gottcr take that, but 'taint ernutf for two such big fellers as them grips he's." After a little more parleying the boy shoullered the bngag' and was soon saililg alongside the fleshy lady down the street. At the corner of Jackson and Clark streets he cale to a sudden halt, deposited his burdlels on the side walk, and put his hands in his pockets. "Are you tired, soltny?" inquired the lady anxiously. "Naw." "What is the matter? I think you are a bad boy." "Well' I'll tell yer, ma'am. I'm a' goin' t' strike on yer fer 20 cents more. An' I can't move till I gets it, either." The fat lady was evidently very much disconcerted. She tried to speak several times, but her tongue failed her. The horrible youngster took a seat on one of the sachels. "You only want 10 cents more,'' she finally s: ' 1, fumbling in her pocket book and producing a dime, "You on ly asked 25 eents at first." "Can't help d:it now," coolly ro sponded the striker, ''I've lost time go ill' out on dis strike, an' I needs do 10 cents ter git square. You better give im; I kin hold out f'rever anl' ever." le looked as though le could. An other bright new dime came out of the pocket-book, and as the two pieces of silver jingled in the urchin's hand he arose and grappled with the big dusty sachels again. "Yer see, I couldn't 'rat,' larm, I'm a unioll mllanl,'' lie said, apologetically, as lie narclhed down the street; "an' when 1 took der load I seed yer wusn't no frien' of labor; country people never is."-Chicugo Xe'ws. Ilcrease of' Insatity. The statistics of insalnity show that, il general, the proportion of insane is greater in the older States. wlh . the foreign populatiol is imost 1111merous, and it is less where the Co nlmunities are new, as, for instance, ifr the pioneer counties of Wisconsin. The Sout Ii, which has (rawn co11Mparativelv little from immigration, suilers from iisality to niucli less extent tlian New England and New York; and it. is an established fact that the negro race is nmeh less liable to insanity than the white. The average of insanity in Nmv England is 1 to every 359 of thle p)opulation; ini Newv York, New Jersey and Pennisylvanlia, 1 to every 42-4; whlile mn thle ext remec Southier-n states thle average is 01nly 1 to 935. Time West, like the South, is mor-e free from iinsanlity than (lhe Nerthlernl sea b)oard States, the average being 1 to every 610 in tile interior States, andl 1 to 730 for the Northwestern States. In the far- Westerni States and Teriritor-ies it is only 1 out of 1,263, they being settled by a p)icked ippulationi, whose energy and soundness make thieim pioneers. It is noetewort hiy, howvever, thait insanity is about as frequent ini the( Pacific States as ill Newv Eng lnd, tile explanation be inlg thant vice and indlulgence prevail to an exceptlinal extemt among the popiu lation drawni to the l'acific by (lie mlania for geld. The1 alveralge ini Massachue setts, foi instance, is 1 to 348, in Cali fornlia 1 to 345. It is also remiar-kab)le that, (lie ratio) of insaunity deCcreases as we go west and1( south of New~ Eingland, as these averages will show: New En gland, 1 to :39; Middle States, 1 to 424; interior States, 1 to 610; Northwesterni St ates, 1 to 730; Southei: States, 1 to 629. Th'ie State wheire thed popoitioin isi highest is Vermoiit, 1 to ' 27; ando Nowv Hlampshlire comles niext, withi 1 to 329. We arec at a loss to understand whly in sanity is sol frequent ill (lie D)istict of Columbia, (lie aver-age ,given being 1 to 189; but perhiaps the0 large average mi VerontandNe Hlamipshire iiay ini plart 1be due1 to thie c-ircumistanices "that those States receive tie refuse of Ca n1adiani poor--houses, thley having a much better or-ganiized systemi of charit able relief thaii the Domlinioni enni boast of; and it is undeniable thIat sonic of the0 very worst of our immiigi-at ioin comies from.over the( Canadian bordeir. T1hat imnnigr-ationl, too, is no0w grealt, aind there1- are fictor-y townsi ini New Englandh .wher-e the p)opullationl is largely- made up1 of French C,anadtianis.-N~ew YoIrk iSun. "T1hle D)uchess o~f Edinbur-gh is Aid to bie more than ordinarily elever- anId cul tivated,'' writes Adam Badeau in (lie last of his5 paper- On aitrayill En gland. "1'rom those admhiitted to her mntimatel society I have hleard thlat she is be(tte3r infoirmed in1 1)olitics thlan mlaniy womenCf in Europe iin aniy sphere. She readIs the( newspapers of all countries, including those of America; she is no. quainited with (lie position of parties in thie United States, kniows (lie lnes and1( hiistory of our pub1hlic mend, and1( can is cuss thie menasuires important here with1 gr-eater facility than11 mlany oIf our own co)untry--womnen who thIinik thlemselves wvell inform-ied. If thisl is 1( wvithl re gardl to dlemio-ratie Amriene, of coulrse rt is so w'ith r<(ference to Enranar,, THE SANCY DIAMOND. nteresting History of a Famous Brilliant. One of the best-known diamonds in Europe down to the close of the last ,entury was the famous Sancy. As is he case with all prominent gems of this ipecies, many legends, some of pleasant ;omo of a painful character, are con uocted with it. One legend of the Sancy is thus narrated: The beautiful diamond inventoried as ite Sancy, and of the weight of 33 12-16 carats, and valued at 1,000,000 francs, was stolen and never recovered. This gem has been associated with the for tunes of the redoubtable Burgundian warrior, Charles the Bold, and its his tory has done more to perpxtuate his name than the record of all his misdeeds and his desperate battles. To prove, however, that this is the identical gem lost by the Swiss will be a difficult task, for the antiquaries have unearthed moro Sancy diamonds than there were Rich monds in the field. The name of Sancy has, inideed, become famous by em bracing in one story the fortunes of three (istinct gems. The erudite King has patiently traced out the traditions connected with the name Sancy, and appears to piove that three stories in stead of one are included in the history of Baron Sancy. But the stone that was stolen from the French casket in 1792 is inventoried at the weight of 33 12-16 carats, while the gem that has lately gone back to India, and is sup posed to be the stolen gem, weighs quite 54 carats. IFere is a new mystery for the antiquarie, to clear away or did Belattre and his associates, who made out this inventory with exceeding care, write thirty instead of fifty-three? The histories of these liamondls are so interesting that we will attenmt to re peat them here, following, in pao, the views of King. Not long after the in vention, by Berqun, of dliamlonl-cut ting by the process of abrasion, Charles the Bold, then in the full blaze cf mar tial glory, submitted to himl) three largo rough diamonds. The native of Bruges succeeded so well in polishing then that Charles presented him with the princely sum of 3,000 ducats. One of these gems Charles gave to Pope Sextus IV., and it was mounted in the tiara, where it is said to remain. The second was presented to Louis XI. of France; while the third was reserved %v the Burgundian hero, and set in grotesque manner to be worn as a personal orna ment. This jewel, of true barbaric de sign, was formed of a triangular shape, with the newly-cut diamond in the center. This diamond was five-eighths of an inch in its widest diameter, and was shaped as a pyramid, with the apex cut into a four-rayed star. in relief. Around the gem was set three large Balais rubies and four magnificent pearls, each more than half an inch in diameter. One of the Fugger family, ii 1555, mtade a careful drawing of the jewel, with a written description of it and these were afterwardt published b' Lembeecius in his "Bibliotheca Cxrsa rca;" so there can be no doubt abou the appearance of the original diamont of Charles the Bold in its early days When the duke led his band of free booters into Switzerland on his long projected foray, he took most of his gems along with him, not dreaming of disaster, and probably loving to viewv his treasures even amid the hardships of the campaign. Rough soldiers arc sometimes as fond of the beautiful in art and nature as more delicate and re fined organizations, and Charles the Bold and Souvarof aro not tho,only examples. The terrific onslaught of the Swiss at Grandson crushed the Bur run (ialt ranks so quickly that Charles hand only timte to escape with his sword, leaving all his cherished treasures in the hands of the dauntless mioun tineziers. "In the sitck of the camp which p~eedlily followed the rout, a soldier round( the goldent box in which thin atmous lpentdantt was kept, but regard ng the jewecl as a gaudy and worthless auble, lie tosse(d it away under a wagon rtd retained the box only. Shortly afterwvard lie began to suspect that the 3ontents of so beautiful a bOX must. have somte value, and, ret urnting to the lace, me recoveredl the despised jewel. II1e lid not long after retaint his treasure, but sold it to a priest for 1 tlorini. T1he riest also dlid not ajpear to) have a uigh regoard for his purchase. for lie d is. piosedl of~ it to the mnagist rates of hiis ow a aanton for 3i francs. WVhent it became knownt that the Bierntese government had possessiont of the (luke's famous jewels, Jacob Fuigger, one of thle mcimi bers of the celebrated Nurm berg fai ly, wentt to Bernie anid negotiatedl for thmer puirchase. TIhe famous pen danut, together withI the duke's cap, wichel was made of silk covered with peCarls anmd Bialais rubies, and( a plume case set with tliamonds, pecarls, and Balais rubies were bought for the sumi of 47,000J frances. Fugger retainedl the pendanit in his possession at Nurmiberg for many years, inudulgring in the hope, it has been said, t hat the dluke's great grand(sont, the Empericor Charles V., wouild purchase it as a family relic. When the celebrated capitaIlist died thle ornaiien6 was still in his ptossessioni, but, hiis great-niephtew, wIo inherieted the jewel, sold it to IIenry VIII. of Englantd. After the dleathI of this iton arch Iis (laughter prsentedl thme dIi:t nond1 to lier bridegroom, and thus, by a renmarkable coincitdence, and( after an absence of seventy-six years, the royal genm was againt restored to the rightful heir of its original owner. St Louis Globe-Demin A large publishing house states that it generally emptloyr' as readlers mtein and women of culture who Itemselves have done literary work; somtetiimes a lawyei who Iiinds t imte front hiis >rofessional dluties to give attentioit to literary pur. suits, or ia doctor similarly situated, anid somtetiimes a womian of retinied ediuca tioni qualilled to (do the work. Wheni any manuscripjt on a scientitic, mted ica or special subject is handed in, sonie re eogntizedl professionial muan in that Ipar ticular is engage<d. Nearly adl writern hear a part of the expenises (If thle firsi editioni; all new w riters (10. It is a faci niot generally' known that Innagfellow paid within a suimall amiount (If the tota co st of product ion (If htis fir.4 volume o: pouemts, and1( ,Jamtes lLussell I,iwell pai all the expenso of his first work. Of the 4,030 works plihedht'( ini thii countrv last year 934 wver novels. Pigeons and Their r :. Leading pigeon-fanciers say that, there Is increased interest in tho raising of pigeons, part.icularly among the ladies, who care for thei at ndd moments at home and obtain froaw the sale of the birds considerable pin-money. A resi dent of New Jersey, who is one of the best-known pigeon-fanciers of this coun try, and whose lofts of nearly live hun dred birds includes some of the hand somest and most valuable in the world, says: "Every one of my birds knows me, and whenever I enter the loft they floc' around. Most people have the idea that pigeons must be bred ii the dark. 'T'his is not the case, for it makes them wild. All mine are bred in the light, in glass boxes painted white, about six by eight inches in size, and with hay inside for the nest. A curious fact I have noticed about pigeons is their loyalty to each. Let a pair be once mated and they will never forsake one another while alive. How long do they live? Twelve years, and k& > up their full vigor for that period. Ve feed them on Canada peas, whieat, cracked corn, and occasionally a little henmpseed. Tho weight of a pigeon varies from thiree or four ounces to several !ounds. The biggest figure I have heard that wias paid for a pair of pigeons in this country was $.f00. It was given for a pair of carrier pig;ons."t "\Will you tell me something about the diflerent kinds of pigeons?" Dr. Mc Cook, a lover of the bird, was asked, "AAnyone having owneld pigeons of any kind will know what is meant by cololinoll pigeons They are not of any distinct breed or color. There are but very few comiioi pigeons now in which some traces of the higher classes can not be detected. At the same time I believe that were a flock of the so called comnliotl pigeons kept entirely to themselves for a number of years color markings and other characteristics of the higher eisses would entirely disap pear and the hirds would be mo-e like ly to resemble inl color and slape those they originally came frnl--the Blue Rocks. Next to a common pigeon, per haps the lst known, at least by name, is the homing Antwerp, which is the carrier pigeon, so called. It is the bird known to mnae long flights. The fan tails are special favorites. The white ones are tne most common and easiest to breed, but they are also to be had in black, brown, blue, red and yellow. The two latter are rare, and easily bring from $10 to $31) a pair. Fans, with fowl feathers. mottled or checker. ed, are not of niucli value. No breed of pigeons has so many varieties muvl sub varieties as the tumbler pigeons, nor is there a variety so well-known that is as yet so little understood by pigeon-breed ers. Many who own them expect their to perform, whether the birds are giver a chiance or not. Usually they are kep with a lot of other birds and are flowr with them. There are also many tui blers who do not, tumble at all. All o the short-faced varieties are not sup 0posed to be performers, although I hay seen some tumble very well. Pouter are the first selection of many promineni pigeon-fanciers, and rarely is this bir entirely abandoned for other varieties A Baltimore citizen who is an enthusi astic breeder of pouters has at presen probably the best birds of that variet) in the country. They are somewhat diflicult to breed, and good ones alway. command high prices. Fifty dollars foi a pair of first-class birds would not b< extravagant in this country, and in En. gland pechaps the same birds would bring twice that amount and more. . remember that Mr. Schell, of Brooklyn, had one lie refused $250 for. They can be had in pure white, black, red, yel. low andl Isabeill a."--~. Y Mail and Express. LiordI Beneonsild. Lord( Beaconslield may be fairly called a great man on his own definition of a great man-as ''one who affects thec minds of his generation, wvhether lie be a monk in his cloister agitating Christ endomi or a monarch erossing' thie Gran icus and giving a newv character to the pagan wvorld." Lo)rd Beaconsiieldl cer' tainly affecte,d the ind(s of his o'enera ion, and the pariit lie chose to 19ay ini domng so was more akin to that of Alex andelr than thait of a ,Je'rome or a Mar i tin Luther. Indleedl, the di Iliculties that the young D)israel i hiad to en counter' in his career werie scarcely less imposX)ing t hani those which oIpposod, but did not r'etaird, the pr'ogress of the M~acedoiiiani king; nor were the victoiries of thle one loss splendhid thian the triuimphs of the othier. The young D)isr'aeli 1beganm Ii fe as a Jew, when to he a Jew imeanmt to be (deprived of every s6eial andu civil adl v'antag.e that makes a public career worth strivinig for. TIhie position (of a !ominleredi Sanmnite in a world of l{oiimn citizens wvas scarcely moore gallinig thani the position of a Jewv in Eniglamd in the eairly p rt of thme p)resenit century. lie was no it is true, any longer tortuired at the pleasure of pr1ince or noble; he was nmo longer condemniled to dwell ini a ghetto or wYear garmien ts of a peculiar cut or' color; buit all, oi' ahnost all, hianices ! 1)01litic'al pronmotion were elo'l I against hiim in his adopted coun try. lie might amass a fortune; lhe miighit win dlisti nctiomi ill letters and the arts, but, lie could not pilace hiis foot on the lowest roundi( of the ladder that led to poitical distinction. These dlillical ties did not long restrain and inmpede the young D)isr'aeli. 11he had been brought up a Chiristi an. As a Clirist ian lie could enter t ho piarliament, which it was then impilossibile foi' a Jew to eniter', ando oince in parliamuent, he felt that his career was clear l)efore hini and his suc cess cer'tain. But thmough lie never pro fessed the religion of his race, D)israeli never forgot his reverence for that r'ae 1n01 hiis love foi' the p)eop)le fi'onm whlom ho sprangul. Ini hiIs writings, ini hiis speeches, ir ".21 the actions oif his life lie was the' champion, and1( a most powerfulh aind effective champi1ioni, of tIle Jewish peoipl. Into the mouth of his favorite chara cter, Sidonia, lie puts an 'loquent tribute to the genlius and the glory (of the Jewish race, whiich repire senits his owvn convictions and tIne prin (i ples which gov'erned him durlling the whole of a (careeri thamt was inl itself thei most eloquent tribuite to the geniuils ol stone," Justlin II. AlcCarthy, Alember oj J''rliment. The Panama Canal has 102,000 stock holders, of whom 16,0UU are women. TIlE HUMPED-UP SEX. Singular Aiormal Growths Observed-A Study in Morbid Anatouty. We think the most careless man ha$ not failed to observe that women have become subject to a curious deformity within the last few years. The matter is a delicate one to discuss, but really the evil is getting to be so general that public attention ought to be called to it and methods of counteracting it ought to be considered. We allude to the ugly and abnormal development just where the dress begins to set out belhind. There is something strange about this deformity, inasmuch as the victims of it do not seem in any way ashamed of it, nor does it appear to atlrct their gener al health and1 spirits. Indeed there is nothing commoner than to meet a pretty creature with smiling lips and sparkling eyes tripp ing along as gayly and grace fully as Diana on the borders of Euro tas; and yet when she passes, you are shocked to observe an immense hump bobbing up and down on her back with every movement. The dear aillieted creatures chat with each other cheer fully, go !.bout their shopping with the same conscientious plunlctuality as of old, and even appear to take Il:isure in the society of the male sex; but while admiring their heroic endurance we can not help sympathizing with their misfortune and sighing over their de parted grace of form. With feuinine skill they b1avo contrived a kind of cloak which is cut away at the back and has pieces hanging down at each side like the fais of a satlile, aud in such at gar ment the hump puts on a jaunity appear anee, and even suggests ti, possibility that it had been tlevelouid to lit the new fashioned clo:ak, but not infrequently, when ait old-fashioned eloak or cireular is worn, the protuberance is thrust out through the folds of the overllowinh cloth like ia rock amuoiig the riples of i stream. In such cases the (.li-et., if not grand, is at least glooiy and peculiar. If tlhere be any truth in the inodcrn theory of evolution or inl the old saving that the back is titted to the burden, there may be some purpose inl the devel opient of this curious ho np. It would certaitily afiord a fine restinig-place for a market basket or a carpet bag. and a balby might be set astrid a of it with great advantage; but, curiously enough, the women who carry loads of any kind in the street seein searedly ever aIllicted with this deformity, whili those who ap pear to be out for no oher purpose tHan 1 to exhibit lhemselvts are the mnost sadly misshapen, W\'hat the cbaiaccter of the growth is we have had no opportOnities to inivestigate, but there has beein not a little liscussioi on the subject, aimong the scientlists. The opinion long prevailed that the hlumllp is a mere futigoid 'rowtl, a. cht otie and incongruous bulk:. but there is .now good reasoli to suppose that ini a majoritv of cases it is a highly complex organism built up about a regular-skele ton. and somewlhat reseinbling in form and action the jointed mnechanismn of a lobster's tail. Possibly the humip of this character is a later developmentt and the fungoid growth is a mere survival; but at any rate its existence can not be de nied, as instanees have been known in which the humup his been s<ltuezed out of siape in a crotwdcted streetecar and re maincd tvisted, distorted and limp as if it were a mere mass of shavings or old newspapers. The fact that in such cas es the woman tias been known to step out of the car unconscious of injury, may be regarded as positivo pr"oof that the hump can not be very sensitive or else that it can not be vitally connected with the person to whom it is attached. Professor Huxley after a series of care fuml experimnts declared that in twenty hive cases out of twenty-six lie found that the protuberance was iiot, sensitive to a dlarninig iieedle, andh yet in every inst ance he wvas (cnvinced t liat it was su bject to thle vol it ion of thle wvearer. Hie is of oiionm t hat as we ean ikniowv niothI inig ch-arly aiiitd icompiehienisively on the subject, it is outsiide of thle sphere of scient tific inivestigain, aiid that any mian who ties to find out whby modern woiiiei have this dferimity iiiipisedl up1 oni t hem iniighit, better be engaged in twisting ropies of sand. But. th IpIrevailIintg 01piniion seems to be that somethiung ought to be dtone to r,etard or moditfy the unsightly g-rowth. F'or ouri own plart we confess t19mtt our ax iety is not conined alt ogethier to the evolution thIiat has taken pla1ce. If a sinogle-humnp Iiad been dleveloped withina a brief period, why may not another hmp be anbled to it ini obedience to sonic curious linnyil -prodin g tendcey in feminine inatiuri? Aiid as a result, innay it. not, (comel to1 pass that our wvomeni will in t iime be backed like camels? For the prodiuet ioni of such imonstrosi ties it is clear tha:t this is a hustling world. Hvches.'ter I bst-rip ress. Tno Genteiien. I sa1w two gientliee oni a street-ear lately. One oif thiem was grown upi. lie wa':s hiisoimehy driessed ini a gray busi ness suit, and lad very neat kid gloves anid tinie boots. Thle other was about 1'2 yeairs old1. Itlis jacket hadI several pait(hes andl needed'l more, :amh his shirt wtas oif brIowni cotton amiii notvr clecani. 1)4 you wondier how I knew lie was a igenitleiiani? I will tell you. Thle boy wtveat thriouigh the car to give somie iiissage toi the drniver. As he re tuned, lie gave a little jup through the idoor, andl as lie did so his bare foot touched thle grown's gelemciian's knee, aini left a little nodii en it. TFurning around on the platform, lie raised1 his straw hiat, aindI said very politely, in a clear toine, "PI lease excuse meii." Thelin the othler gen tlemian bowed ini hiis turn, just as lie would have done to one of hisi own agei and said with a lelasant sileI, "*fertainlly.", No less thian $25,000 has been spent by thle German Govermnient in boring a hole. Th'lis costly hole was made at Schuladeback, near L,eip1sie, and was madle with dianmond drnills to the depth (if 4,560 fectthe dleepest drilling ever doiie. The obhject was to get a true es. im ate of coal depiosits there. Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, no of the richest. andl simplest imen in the sea ate, usually rides in thle street cars in goingr to andl from thle senate. At din ner I i generally has a friend for a guest, to whiimn he talks confidentially behind his liat, so that Ihe shall not be MISSING LINKS. Germany sent dut 103,657 emigrant. last year. Ex-King Theebau's nominal prison at Madras is next door to a large distillery. Congressman Springer invariably ap pears with a yellow rose in the lapel of his coat. The thawing breeze that follows the blizzard is known in the northwest as a "chinook." The death rate from chloroform is, according to a recent estimate, one in one thousand. The averago-age of those who enter college in this country is seventeen; a century ago it was fourteen. Miss Sweet says she is happier out of he Chicago pension ofilee than she was in it, and is "making more money, too." ()uida says if the Venus de Medici could be animated into life, women would only remark that her waist was large. The late Joshua 11. Lippincott was probably the richest of American pub lishers. iIe was a shrewd investor in railroad securities. 'I'here are still public lands o )el to settlement in nineteen states and eight territories at prices ranging from $1.25 to $2.f5.) per acre. Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer. sister of Gen. Grant, is lecturing in Massachu sotts under the auspices of the Womt en's Christian lemperance Union. iller, the scientist, has kept papers perfumeid with a single grain of am bergis for forty years, and there was no a preciable diminution in the strength of the odor. The ear of Weber, the composer, is said to have been so sensitive that he could tell the difference of a thousandth part, or one vibration more or less in the thousand. Billy Cook, who is ninety years old and lives at Spottsylvania, Va., has taken for his third wife Nellie Jackson, a colored woman, twenty-live years old. Mr. Cook is also colored. Crowfoot., chief of the Blackfeet, has accepted with thanks a perpetual pass over the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and Chief Kahkewaguonaby threatens the Toronto Olobe with a libel suit. As an evidence of the wane of roller skating an exchange cites that boxwood, of which the rollers are iade, is much cheaper now than at this time a year ago, and it is likely to go lower. Some of the money made in the Northern e s hy electric Lulu Hurst went to hu," Jersey cattle for Father Hurst's fairnt, and now he is selling Georgians an excellent quality of butter. 1)r. Salvia, an Italian surgeon, says It is always possible to transplant a por tiou of muscular tissue from one animal to another, differences of species having no etl'eet upon the definite result of the operation. Edison's patents have now become so numerous that they have a special series of index or reference nunters in the patent ollice--the only case in which such separation from the general ihdex has been thought necessary. An order for a farm in Washinnton County, Ind., was received by a focal real estate agent there from an Ohio man, who wanted, also, if possible, "a wife between the ages of twenty and forty-five years," to go with the farm. Wheu a fair maid was wed by Colonel Gough, of the HIussars, In London, the other day, his deep-voiced, hearty "I Will,'' made the bride jump so notice ably that everybody smiled. He was a man of Mars who talked in tones of thu nder'. 'fTe people of the Congo have no con eep)tion of a God of any kind,* and wor sip nothingK. They believe in charms to keep) ol' ali evils. They~ (10 not be lieve in sickness or de'ath as natural, and scok out the cause when any one (lies or is taken ill. Many persons- are thus killed in p)unistmentt, and were it not for this the populace would increase very rapidly. Mmne. Adm is rich and generous, but dislikes to be disturbed when at work. It is told thc.t one day a visitor entered her sanctun' solicitmng aid for a girls' school. "Pum me dlown for 20 francs" ($4), site said, without looking up. '"But, nmadanme," said the other, '"think! It is for the higher edIucationl of girls!" "T'wenty francs," repeated she, "and now excuse me; I must go on with my wvork." TJh,e canvasser left in despair; but the next dlay recei ved from Mmne. Adam a check for $1,000. The question is often asked as to the the significance of the displayed flags of the G overnmnent Signal Service. .1 rhyming officer of the service has form' ulated its entire flag code as follows: A sun of red Is weather warm, A suit of blue Is general storm, A crescent red is weather eold A eroeeont blue Is fiIr foretold, A star of red no change implies, A blue star local stormy skies, A equsre of black on flag of white, A cold wavo conu.ng fn all its might. "Lord Justice Clerk Braxfield," says Chambers' Journal, "was a man of few words andi of strong business habits, and, consequently, when lie courted his second wife hie said to her: 'Lizzie, i'm looking out for a wife, and I thought you just the person to suit me. Let me have your answer, on or off, to-morrow, and nm mair aboot it.' The lady next day replied in the affirmative. Shortly after thte marriage Lord Braxfield's but ler came to him to give up his situation because hte could not bear her Lady ship's continual scolding. 'Mon,' Brax field exclaimed, 'ye've little to complain of; ye may be thankfu' ye're no' mar r'iedI to her.'" By a new process of toughening tim bet', it is claimed that the effect me duced upon whitewood is such that a cold ehtise, is requtired in order to split It. TIh's result is accomplished by a special mnethod.x of steaming the timber andl submititting it to end( pressure, tech niically '-upsetting It." By4jis means tihe cells and fibers are compressed -into one coim pact muas; aund it Is tho opin. ion of those who have experimented with tho process that wood can be comn pressed to the extent of 75 per cent, and that some of the timber now considered unfit for use in sueh work as carriag building, for Instance, can be made v - uable by this means as a substitute for anh, hinkorewetc.