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" ?"i I1,* 1 -'--J. 1 Km Oouriei-Joarnol learns thit Pro fussor Wiggins lays tbo blame for th j^>ld wsathur, the cholera and the rest o The ills with which tho earth haarecentl, been afflicted on tho conjunction be tween Jupiter and Mars. The latest legislative break in Missouri recordod by the Detroit Freo Press, is i A bill req siring all tho buttcrine sold ii ^ that market to be colore I pink, th'u mark being evidence to tho purchTser that he is not buying the genuine articlo. No special provisiou seems to lure beet made for the protection of those whoaro aoloi blind. Bays the Altnneaputis liines:" Dofalci tion is altogether too common. A Ion. established good name and uob!emishc< character, a lifetime of fair dealing, al the reputatiou which business men would once hare spent yours of solf-dcnial tr obtain. basins tn imn s?- ! |f o ? liO WllllIltTCIU ^^ralue. We look nskanco at everybody /, e K? ?bout a?king whom wc cm trust. The St. Louts 8tar-Sayings it convinced that * little learning is notao dangerous a thing after all. English insurance statistics show that fifty per cent, of tho authors and statesmen, forty-two por cent, of tho clergymen, thirty per cont. of tho lawyers, twenty-seven par cent, of tho teachers aud twoaty-four por cont. of the doctors reach tho ago of seventy. Flying foxes aro distressing tho agrlculturiatadn soma p??t? ?f. ???* a local papor says that at the present rate of increase it is greatly fearo I thoy will soon become almost as great a menace as the rabbit post. A c imp of the foxes, about four miles from Erina, Now South Wales, contains fully 100,009 of the pests, 'aud when disturbed they rise V like a cloud obscuriug the sua." The Chicago Herat I alleges that a French syndicate is baying up all tho worn out ponies on tho frontier for oxnort to Paris, the intention lifiint to oon. r v w- " ? vert them into food for the people of the gay metropolis. Ilippopliagy iu France has evidently become a disease, for s healthy stomach would hardly crave the toirs. _ A mathainatician, who evidently ha abundant leisure, has been liguriug, re lates the New York News, oa the sizi of the mortgage we should now b carrying if Columbus had pledged thi country for the cost of his outfll Starting with the assumption that th< expenditure cost IsabelIc $40,000, h adds interest compounded every si months. At the present time th aiH'juut foots up nearly 371 quadrilliot dollars. Taking the population of th ojd States at 65,000,000, tho littl obligation reaches nearly -417 millio dollara for each inhabitant. It is cor sequently n great relief to know tin f!nlninliiii n?>VAr s<?h foot. on Ncirt. America. It would be very ombarras' ing to have a musty mortgage for thi dizzy figuro preseutei, with the cm ternary notice of foreclosure. ; The New York Advertiser says: "lie ginning with Graut'a sec m l inaugu.M tion in 1973, a period of twenty years, . during which six Presidents have boot inaugurated, the 4th of March foil o.i pleasant days ouly twice. The 4th o! 1873, was a bitter cold and blmtcrinj day. There was neither snow nor rain ^ut the temperature was so low tha "^wieatn reapo t a large imrvoji mirii those who participated in the parade The 4th of March, 1877, when Ilaye was inaugurated, was a miserably damp pneumonia-breeding day. The 4th o March, 1881, when Garfield was ir augurated, and the 4th of March, 1885 when Cleveland was first inaugurated were both ploasant days. Mr. ilarr! son's Inaugural address was dolivere in the inidst of a pouring rain, and Mr Cleveland's second oath of office we taken while the snow boat upon h bared head. There is no sort of justifl cation for the retention of this dato ft this important ceremony. It will alwaj be made a spectacle. Surely it is n< /jnecessary to slay the people to colcbrat nthe change in the administration of Republican Government. Let the da he changed in the into'estsf (hvuaapity a> j . i . Be*- ? EASTER, Easter, smile o? the ycari ^ Bringer of musk; and fanpnl Easter, whose skies sr^flar With spring days' lengthened hoars ,r What shall we wj that is new? a- What shall we sing that Is oldf Sermon or sonnet or chant Gilding refinded gold. Yet, Oh Brightness returned, 10 Well may I glorify thee I 5* Never the world again Bunlens and chill shall I see. Quickened from clay, the reed ie Springs from the glow above* . Up from my heart has leipojl The shining lily of Mrs. L?Vm\ flh ? "? 11 " * Every change to ba hear 1! Sing In the chapel, choir! Trill in your meadow, bir II Thou who kn?elest in church e (Thy thought from earth apart) ( My Easter offering, love,? To the altar of thy heart I ?E. 1 rente us Stevenson THE OLD WELL SWEEP, t \ by helen forrest oiiavrs. It 1 ff OU ain't goin' to ti " that well sweep, aw< .1 o t h a in?t he w f- . I - .'? sweep that wbs thi '' when I was' a bal Don't do it, Jothaui Jfe-TT&aS^ Squire Sodgit beckoned to his son , - Iny down the uplift i axe. j Mrs. Sedgiek stood in the doorwn with n fat, old-fashioned tu.ubler and glass-towel in her hand. * Ellen, the d??u jlitcr, paused in the a I of tying up an obstreperous young bone, ruckle shoot; and old Grand-fir Sedgic' leaning on his staff, with his gray hai blowiug in the fresh spring wind, lool ing not unlike one of the ancient Druid "Why, father, we didn't know you cire,'' said the squire. "It's a rickc old thing, anyhow?" "Well, so'in I a rie'kety old thing quavered tlio octogenariau. "But vo wouldn't go at mo with nil nxo and inallct, wruUl you? I u?cd to draw wat with that well sweep uforc I stood ? high as the curb." "Well, well," soothingly uttered th squire, "if you've auy fecliu' about it, ehau't be touched! Only, sence the pipe have been laid from the spring up o "I dou't keer what Eunice thinks! said Grandsir Scdgick. "The pipes froi Savin Spriug ain't nothiu' to me. 1' ruthcr hev a glass o' clear water from th old well than all the springs in ere: lion!" "So you shall, father?so you shall! said Mrs. Scdgick, pickiug up th knotted cane which the old man lia dropped, and teudcrlv guiding his foot steps back to the cushioned chair on th porch, which he had just left. But Ellen tossed her much bc-crimpc head. "It's the only well sweep left in Ken dul,"muttered she. "Ilorrid old fnshionc i thing! Everybody calls our home 'tli place with the well sweep.' It's to bad 1" 1 "Hush, dear!" said Mrs. Scdgick "Grandsir's a very old man, aud he Deaf though he wfl?, tno oiu man ear caught a word hero nud there, whe it was loast expected that ho would. 1. * looked quickly around. "Dora," he repeated?"littlo Don 3 My son Adam's daughter, with tho blac Q eyes and the real Sedgick features There ain't but a few things '.hat I cai 3 for left in this world, and Dora was 01 of 'em. What hr.vo you douo wi 3 Adam's orphen gal?ch, Eunice? T! c gal that hadn't uo one but mo to lo< after her?'' x A distressed look crept over Mr 0 Bcdgick's kindly face. diic iicsitut r visibly. lt "It wasn't our fault, father," suid sh "Dora wus always a restless child, ai she somehow couldn't seem to be co 11 tented -'.n this quiet place." i- The old mnn shook his leonine whi it head. 1 "I dunno nothin' about that," 30 he. "All I know is I miss little Doi J" and I want her. Jotham," turning a d ruptly to his stalwart sou, "wher I. Dora?" "I don't know auy more thau you d father," 6aid tho squire, leauiug 1 against the porch pillar, and saying wife in a lower tone: "What has set hiui of! thiukin' , Dora just now?" Thinkin'! Ain't I always think of her?" piped up the old 111 in. "Adar 1 gal, that was left to us to take care i : aud Adam was always the bast of t ^ family 1 You nagged her, and you w ritecl of her, and she was too hi<. j. aperited to stand it, aud now she's goi an' you say you don't know notli ? about it. En"?and his voice gr thriller?"that was what Cain said, mi s you, when the Lord asked him win his brother was 1 That's why I set In ' on the porch, where I can see half a m ^ down the road, to get a sight of Adai i- gal, Dora, coinin' back where she i, longs!" The three lookers on L'lanccd i easily at each other. Martin Sedgick, the son, flung his ^ emphatically on the ground. "Grandsir speaks tho truth," said n "The house ain't itself siueo L)ora w i* away." And he stalked gloomily down bill, to whero his handsome four vc ,r old coll was tied u tho fence rail, aw '3 iug its daily exercise around the aqur ot Eunice," said Squire Sedgick to 9 wife that afternoon, "Martin m gytt restless again, lie wants to go We3t Mrs. Sedgiek clasped her hands nt * outly. "Martin?our only son I" she cried "He was just begiuuiug to he rec ciled to life on the form, when Dora went away," mid the equine, dejectedly. "Anil it wae the that reconciled him. Euoice?if we could get Dora back I again! It's as my old father says?she ' was the luck of the house." Mrs. Sedgick burst into tears. "It wasn t my fault, Jothamtf she mid. "I always liked the child^Rougb she wasn't no mors like our folks than a corn flower is like a squash blossom. But she and Ellen couldn't somehow agree. KUen always wanted Martin to marry Miss Brownlee, and the up one d*y and accused Dora of settin* her cap for Martin, and Dora couldn't stand that; and when they appealed to me, Pn tTM At the bottom of it all," said the squire, with some bitterneM. "Poor Dora!" That night tho whole Sedgick fam ily were aroused by a light blaze in the doorvard?the old-fashioned well sweeo ouroing up. Urandslr, In hto flanoel dressing gown and knotted stick, hit k leonine head well outlined in the scarlet glow, looking more Druid-like than ever. ' "You done it o' purpose," said he, feebly ?hakiagthe stick at the assembled family, who v^cre trembling in ths doorway. "You know you did. First Dora, aud then tho old well sweep. The only .ke things I kccrcd for in this world?and *y, now they're both gone, an' I may as ell well lie down and diet" ore "I didn't mean any harml" hystcri?y? cally sobbed poor Ellen. "I was 4ight? ing a taper to seal a letter?Marian Brownlce always uses the new-fashioned 3 k colored wax to seal her letters?and it to burned up too quick, and I flung it a<R eJ of tho window, but I neror drelaxed. tt _ would fall among the deitneaVos'around y, the old well curb and set it on fire! I a didn't uicnn any harm!'' "Don't frot, father," said the squire, ct "We'll build it up ag'in ? n 5 and Mtf-' y- tin?just exactly like it was before.'f The old man shook his lioad. ra "It won't bo the same," moanet he ? ?- "it won't be the same! Nothin'a the 3* same in this world I" d Aud ho took to his bel from that ty dn?\ i'oor Ellen hung down her head like a drooping lily. In neither caw hud she 1,1 intended any actual hat in, but in both 11 instances she felt acu'ely responsible. cr Martin was making preparations to go 13 out West. Qrandsir seemed to have lost nil interest iu the surrounding world. 0 Her mother went about with swollen >g eyes and a pale face, and Squire So 1n K'ck sat by the hour on the front porc'i, loavinn t i'.u- !--*] l1t. '"t. ^ ,, One violot-scontoU April aTFeraoou, however, Martin came home from the cit}', whither ho had been to purchase some nbsoluto necessity for his travels, with a flat parcel under his arm. 1 "Look, mother I" he said. "It's somo? thing for grandsir. I don't know but what I've been extravagant, but [declare j to goodness I couldu't help it. The minute I set eyes ou it, I thought of the dear old man lyin' up stairs iu his bod. 1 It's a picture," ho addol, as fiilen catna j hurrying to his side?"an oil painting with a flne gilt frame. Exictly like our old well swesp that was burns 1 down, ' with the red barn in the distanco, and ( the sun settin' behind the woods, just as 10 I've seen it go down times without end. J You don't kuow how queer I felt when T omit if its f tin oforA w i luliin/ ami 1 uranf in and paid twenty dollars for it. I'd a -thorn ninyiin' liUnlrnla anil in They hung it up oq the wall opposito [0 the bend of his bead, and when the old man waked from a nap, just as the sun^ j set beans shone over the mute canvas, he k looked at it with a smile, i! "It's our old well," said he, not evinero ing the least surprise. "Just like I was le u-lookin' out of the window at it. I've Lh got the well sweep back ag'in now, and ho p'raps Dora'll come next. Who knows!" )k And for the first time in a weok, he got up aud dressed himself, and deigned s. to give a sort of conditional approval to ed the repairs going on in the burned district. e. "It looks too new now," said he, adid justivg his "far-away" spectacles. "But n- p'raps in a year or two it'll be inoro weather-beaten op' uat'ral-like. I can ito allays look at the picter, though, when I want to see the old well sweep." fid Ellen pulled her brother's sleeve as he 'a, stood iuteutly regarding the bright little b- oil painting on grandsir's wall, o's "Martin," said she, "nobody ever could have painted that picture by guess, o, It is our old well sweep, and there's the up very butternut tree and the broken to shingles on the barn roof. Aad don't you remember, Martin, how lond she of used to be of painting!'' He turned suddenly around with an irradiated face, n's "Why didn't I think of it before!" he cried. ho * + * + Mr. Solomon Feldman, sitting behind his de9k rail in the darkest corner of the l!e', dark little art store, was startled from an 111 abstruse financial calculation by thequescvr. tionincr eleainof a pair of dark eyes close U( beside him. "Is it sold?" a soft voice timidly asked ?"my 'Old Well Sweep?' I see it is 1 ,u gouo from the window. Oh, Is it posai." 's blc that I can be so lucky a? to have sold that picturo?" Dora Scdgick was very plainly dressed. 1 * Ilcr shoes and gloves were unmistably shabby; thero was a certain pallor in her axtt skin and sknrpness in her features which told of a battle with the world, in which he. she had not as yet gained the advantage, eat But at that moment her face seemed transfigured with exultant joy. the Mr. Foidman referred to his books. ;ar- "T'vesty dollars," saiu he, with lead iiit? pencil between his teeth. "Not a bad iro. price for a beginner, and tweoty-flve per his cent, commission. Price of frame, five ing dollars, and?and here is your ten dollars. You might as well send something jrv- else." A shadow from without made the little gas lighted cubby hole look a degree on- dingier than before at this moment. "Conld joa give rue the MM Md a< dress of the fimM who peistsd the pic ture I purihsse) jtOtriw lh? 'Ol Well Sweep? " asked thttsUof Marti Sedgick. The rciled sad shawl wrapped figar turned suddenly around, ao that tb | dickering <p?llght shone full on Use dar! eyes and mobile lips.. 'ilartiat" she cried out, with en la voluntary step forward. "Dora?my Dora! No, you shall ao draw away your baadl" he oriel. "Tv got you now, and 1 moan b keep you yes, always, Doraf" ? \ e N . "Eh!" oriel ft$?nd?if SoJgklr, roin I koowedshe^^^^^^^^^^kbefore the Lord sent out a call lor me. So uethin' (old mo she would. They're flxeo up the old well sweep. O va, and you're back again 1 I hain't nethin' left to wish for now.'' * "And she's promised tojba ray wife," declared Martin, with hif arm panel carelotsly arouurt the girl'dslitn waist. And Martin's given up* the Western pUo," ecstatically criod Ars. So lgic'<, "and lie's going "to be oo:$aat to sottlj down hero for good and alb" And ob, I'm so glad !"lasped Ellen, while the squire slapped Us son's bao'< in an encouraging fas jiou. I Old Grandsir Sedgick loi^eI from oao to the other with a serene fciile. ?I hain't nothin' loft to fish for," he repeated.?Saturday Night WISE WORDS. Prejudice ia blM iadepei>'Ua*t He who cares not to return may go anywhere. The fop finds his bcaotified vision in a looking-glass. The body may be cleui but the soul alone can be pure. The concensus of the science in a central and superior whole is philosophy. Inspiration is the supplementation of the original act which crested tho man, The apt uso of symbols is the greal art for ruling the operations of human brains. Symbolism is tho translation of the language of ouo kingdom of being into that of another. In the recoil of our ??wn spirit and the returns of our own deeds, Nemesis is perpetually born. rho merely surprising surprises but * '?. * jf . ever inorc nn 1 more aumrrea. .. Be not pliant wax (or outward oircutu stauces to seal. Make your own though) the tnohl, your own will the stamp ol vour life. Would you make conquests of a man! Wiu his heart au i you will win his mind. Would you make a conquest ol a woman? Take her iniud and you will win her heart. ? Human life is a play, consisting o many dilTcrcut scenes; and those whi are in the world at spectators often understand the plot and the character! better than those who are there a actors. Philosophy enriched by history anc animated by poetry and applied by hu inanity to the inner li/o^tflllgious. Tnc cold forms of sctcntr**^. * philosophy il 1 n ir i ifrii {grl ^1^^' 'Here in Souther*/ Ohio, as, in mabj other parts of tlio country, poor hillside! could be utilized for tree-growth," Israel A. Putnam says. "As a rule, fev farmers who have lived in a timheu country think about planting auy tree except apple, peach, pear, etc. liu many of our aut-l>earing trcei ought tn be grown that arc fast disappearing b; the woodman's axe, such as the bccch winc.i produces a large .tmouiu 01 m?< fcr hogs, sheep and poultry, and is on o( the handsomest of trees on the lawn with its dens3 foliage anil spreading tops where not too thickly planted Then we have the shell-bark hickories, large aud sin ill; in in; boyhood da; wc had of the large but fc.v trees thn bore nuts, but at this time 1 have quiti a number of young trees, the seed c which was probably planted by chip inunks, or otherwise dropped, and when ever I found one I carol for it by pro tecting, and now wo havo the pleasure c gathering almost annually quantities a nuts. Then we have the black walnut not only valuable for fruit, but as tin ber for manufacturing purposes; it is c quick growth and attains majestic sizo I could enumerate others."?New Yor Tribune. An Interesting Has ol I'liot tgraph A French photographer lately inveutc a process by which a bit of ordina paper?the leaf of a book, for cxamp ? can be made sensitive to light witho affecting the rest of the page. Actir on this hint the Vreuch War Miuister h begun to take the portraits of conscrip and recruits on the paper, which givi their height, complexion, age, etc., an the cheapness and swiftness of the o tration, which is already in use in tl French army, is something remarkabl It costs only one cent to get two copi of a portrait ol JacquesBonbomme?o for his individual register and the otb for bis muster roll; add trrwld is t process that in a few hours a whole rej ment can be so photographed. T soldiers file along, one bj one, and ea sits for three seconds in the photograp] chair and the thing is done. They even mark the man's regimen! number on his breast with chalk, a thus get a complete identification of h in case of desertion or death, or whei discharged soldier presents his claim 1 pay or a Dcnsion. ?Boston Advertiser BulTnlo, N. V., lias an 'agency direction," a sort of philanthropic inb ligeuce office, which make* no cf~?i for its services. J; PALMETTO CHIPS. J Vm dad VotM From Hu?, There d * Everywhere la Booth Carolina. Street care will be running at Floronce * on May 1st. ? Ogmmiaaiooer Kirk land (1 .urea out the interest <uMhe direct tax refund to be *5,000. The Colombia city council refutes- tc , bid for the State Girls' College. The ^ bids bow stand Spartanburg 043,000, ? Rock Hill 060,000, Uh .- tor, 035,000. Judge Simont >n disursscd the cross bill which had been filed by tho Ororgia Construction Coinpiny against tho bond* _ One of the signs of increased pro-pcr! ity of tho Columbii, Notvberry an I Lnu Mn. D.II..-1 -- -A?- - " '' >muvw, ia mitt in ? I jlis ou lite United States mail h ,ve grown fro n ! 1600 le?t year t? nearly ftJ.GOD this jc tr. Gen. Eliss Baric, a u stive of Groenvillo, but aaoro recently a resident of Florida, a veteran of tho Mexican and last civil wars, died on Tucsd iy. D. H. Traxlcr, tho Sta'e dispensary commissioner, is in Columbia preparing to commence business, and, as the Sla e expresses it, "the government hat room is to. I e'located in the agricultural hall jbuildlng." On the 12th of May?unless executive clcm?ucy or natural dcith Interposes ? Alfred Crosby, Isinc Crosby. Istac Yongue, Martha Yonguo an.l E'ishi Yongue, all fouud guilty of tho murder of Anderson McAllv, togethor witU Joe Brnnnon, already nitdcr sen'cncc of dcttli, nd all Colorod, will bi hung at Choite *. % Tho farmers in the Etta 'jtljn y'-r" -tMg'jlMtf 'lU.gUbey aaT'ftT mu ;h of the ol I crop of molassor over, they expect to keep a yc it's supply ahead The Italians who have been working in the South Carolina phosphate mines arc returning to sunny Italy. Governor Tillman lias wri ten to 8? nator Sir.j the authorir.ing tho use for the phoapha c exhibition at Chicago of such pait of the Sou'h Carolina exhibit that is now at the Augusta Exposition. E. L. Rocha had a eons iltatiou with the phosphnt; m?n of I h irlcston ln?t week in tehition t> the phosphntj 1 exhibit to be made at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Great pr.-gross is I beiog made in collecting specimens mil i making other final arrangements for tho prop.sed exhibit, i The Kershaw Miuufacturing Co.'a new , $250,000 cm ion factory at Camden is rapidly ncaiing completion, and the spindles will soon be in operation. L AirixSsi Ync clear hundred million mark. While she fcll off some in tha year 1892. in common with the trade of the whole ^ coun'ry, due to depressing causes unt ivcrssliy prevalent, her legitimate rate of expansion is exemplified in the remarkable increase of exports and imports from , $13,807,073 in 1890 to $21,857,470 in I 1891, or $8,049,797, or tin amazing fig. I ure of 00 per cent, in c single twelve months. THE ATLANTA~SENSATION. I Some Gate City Bank Directors in i Very Ugly Position. Washington, D. C.?It is i utlnrita live'y I urncd at tin department of | ju*ti o that special counsel Henry W . Jackron, employed in tho Gate Ci y Na , tional Baak case of Atlanta, Ga., has not hc-.n r moved, but any further action en J his i art in the ease has been suspended The Gate ell" JLlionftl IMhlf P far as information reaches here goes, hav i i 1:^m t?,? I ilHJUIIICU II YCI y |RXUIIUI |lU(iav. m i*v I b.ink Thuradty, in the ( pinion of thr treasury officials, is in a position to open r its doors nnd pny off every dollar of its , indebtedness caused by the defalcation of t Iledwinc. its cashier, but there is said to ( b ?omc d'sagrcemen4. as to who shall _ constitu'c the board of directors, and for that r a~on principally the bank has not j b en reopened. On the other hind, it intimated tha? e cvcral i f the old directors are open to the charge of having wrongfully taken i money from the bank. This view is sdd to be held by Special Coun?el Jack ? son, who was formerly attorney for the 9 bank. Q? n. Jackson's son, it will be t rcea led, committed suicide shortly after e Itedwine'a defalcation, and in some way >f not clearly iml:catcd the suicide of young Jacks n was connected with Itcdwine's dufalca'in. (Jen. Jackson, special counsel in this case, was naturally very f much grieved at the suieido of his son, ,( nnd the intimation unofficially thrown out here is that G-m. Jackson has become ' overwhelmed with grief and has made very wild statements and insinuations against some of the old hoard of directors, I* so gave in character that, the Government has been callei upon to slop further action on his psrt iu the case, until a most - thorough and searching investigation ol , tin bar.k's condition can le made, id ^ rJ Whole Town Destroyed. ut Wilmington, Dkl ?The chief of th< tire department of this city received wore that the town of Galena, with aboul I.nnilrnil i ntiiilii I mil u iie.tr f!hesfi?r s town, Md., was oa fire and rc()n stin<. L'* assistance A lat r dispitc'i was icceivei l<* saying tin town had been wiped out. P* About two hundred houses were total 1,0 ly dest toyed and several persous severely e? burnc 1 while fighting the tire. No live es were lost. Asuoralroid nor telegrapl ne ofli e is in the town, it is impossible t< ler get further details. The houses, whicl he were frame were neat and substantial gi- and bui t close together. The town con rhe taioel several agricultural implcin-ir ch shops and had n large school house. Tin Uic 'arf>' 8' rc**'' 8*? c K^nt county wn lo:?ted at Oele'-n BlU BLAZE IN"GLOUCESTER. ,m Nearly All the Town Destroyed b } Fire. for Wf.st Potts t, Va.?A hij fire in th ' night destroyed the town of Olouccste 0j Courthouse. Two largo stores, the tele . ( hone ofiice, the po toili e and all thci contents were consumed. The buildin g? were pattiul covered by insurance, Ori gin of the fire is uukown. Wtlllai Lmtm, Sllvks, Kte. InlUUr?,(or?i to nature arc to? woll I known ?<! hive Wa written on too often to require anj laoolal notios bore. Natutal lav, being aim on universal as far as the. protection of lb? woak creature la naoeataed, U U not at all wonderful, perhaps, that ahe Has form') I inaoots laW ^wttMuarpurto of fl?w- > i on, leaves, etleVt, etc. Some of tho i *?walking leaves," thoto wbto'i ara natives of la lit, C shu a \ I J spin In particular, ara t*tge? grotesque looking creatures, their fteiqflMaaee beioj atrikIngly like a bundle of yellow twig* aoct ara long, slosder ? ? I Tor/ twiglike, 1 the coloring being euited to that pvtlc i ular ipecivs of vegetation upon whloh < the decsptive mnnioker sub lists. * The "walking stick," like tha walk- ' ing leaf, is also Ter/ deceptive, aa far as looks go. The maloj hare stnill, slender < bodies, the legs or ar.ns starting from it I* jtnt it jinalltr liiulu of a tree or wood ^ start from larger ones. / Toe ".valkin ? thorn" of J*vi belongs ii to this curious order of insects, as do h also the "devil's hor.e" a*?d t'uo mantis. u The "walking thorn" looks cxictly like ? the large compound spine of our common ojuoy locust tiee, even in oloran I d general contour.?*t. L mis Kepublic. ? ! U A Ucmirkabln fa ?. I The sentiment cxprouel in the linos. "Wnon we be^iu to llv\ Wo all begin to die." was almost literally verified iu the cans ? of Simon M. Elder, who dioi L'J tr.fty foWdsi Hl!?ttrW!TTrTlflrm!MilTDflM|^ of only a few months, and yet a surgical examination showed that death was ^ caused by a kick from a horse sixty years R] ago, when Mr. Elder was a small boy. e, The animal's hoof crushed the skull two {r inchos above his right eye, and theoper- d ation sbovo roferred to dhc'.oscd a large orifice in the skull, through which it was seen that the right frontal lobe of the brain was entirely gone. llow life and 3 reason were sustained for years under such conditions is a subject of interest to medical science. "That he should have c survived the accident was in itself a ? marvel," said his attending physician: but that he retained his faculties and ( led a life of useful industry, makes it a ( truly wonderful case."?Boston Journal. The Mound City's Name. ; The city having boon named in honor ] of St. Louis many rupposo that the pro* nnnciatiou should be JstftiB,." frfft of the namo of tho saint. Louis is not < an English name, tnd Hume, in angli* ( cizing it in his history, always writos it Lewis." All tho French kings of the ' name Louis" are Lowis" in Ilumo's ( writings. Those who say "St. Looio" in speaking of the city may think it is 1 more honor to the sainted King ol \ Franco, for whom it wa9 named, to use ' the French pronunciation. On thoothci * hand, our languago is English, and it if perfectly natural that there should be r thoso who hold that tho name of our ' cities should be as nearly English as ) possible. The 4,St. Looio" pronunciation will never cause any ono to forget ' why the city was na ncd St. Louis, and ' if it is the most popular it should bo genorully accepted. Doubtless tho earliest settlers never said "St. Loois," but ' it is a long time siuco they were hero.? j St. Louis Post-Dispatc'1. bed is now"almostft^vcUTuTown iislf 11 were dry land. The chaita rcpre.-ent it as a huge trough of varying depths, extending from pole to pole. Here and ^ there are rocky peaks, like ihat of Tcuer- f ilTe, or hlige mountains of fand, like tho Banks of Newfoundland, which rcntu uj? io or above the surface. Between Ire- ' 1 1 1 t VinrA 18 tL TC\ J Him mm iU-nmuumnuu ?mv.v - _ mnrkablc submarine plain. This treat ' ievei stretch of ocean bottom is always referred to as the "telegraph or cable 1 plateau,'1 because of the fact of the main submarine cables being stretched across it. This plateau is believed to be a continuation of the great water shed which, between the latitudes of forty and fifty degrees north, surrounds the earth, and divides the waters which flow south from those which flow toward the north.? New York Dispatch. A Wnr Ship's Duns Disabled by Fro t Up to the present wo have not felt able to advocate the general use of elootrie motors in plnce of hydraulic gear Ol auxiliary steam engines on board ship; but the effect of the recent frost on tier Majosty's ship Hen bow discloses a weak point in hydraulic machinery which has no parallel in electrical work. The gear ' of the heavy guns has boen not only disabled, but has suffered >uch serious Injury that it has been found necessary tc take tho greater portion of it to piece* and to forward it to tho manufacturers for reconstruction and repair.?London t Electrician. t w.i?<s of the Nashville Bank Panic. Nasiivili.b, Tbnj*. -The financial situation in this city wns perfectly rjuiet Friday. The Banks did little business beyond the receipt of deposit', there 8 seeming to ba no desira ti check out. 1 But little demand from country bank* J for currency was made, though when 1 made it was promptly supplied. The ? Mechanics' Savings Banks and Trust Company is receiving depos ts and in a day s or two will resume payments. * Hard Times in Atlanta. The chief dry goods dealers of Atlanta, Ga , v ill reduce the wages of all cletk* per cent, on April 1st. and th s reduction will continue throughout the ^ summer, and longer if trade docs not imrrove. r Tom Watson Given Up His Contest. AuoujT.s, Ga. Reports come ta the r press from Thomson, Ga , Thomas K E Watson's home, saying that Wa'son 1 has abandoned his contest for the teat of M?jor J. C. 0, Black in Congress. NORTH CAROLINA SQUIBS. jfl M?wiy OltMlti* from Oheroken to | Currituck. 1 New Hanover's new court bourn, whicl la uid to be by (or the handsomest in the I BUts, will sooo be ready (or occupancy. "? lodge of Odd. Follows which was organised in 8ta*eevllle mors than a year ago, with a good asomhgnhip, has gono out of buil teas. Governor Carr has offered $900 reward for the arrest of J. M. Benson, trraaurcr of Harnett county, official information having been received that Benson ha? taken #9,400 of the county fond and fled. ....... 1\ it ?? miijtw<r^wrfat>wfa chart., wmm Price, a ho it sttornay for the RichtSMld ~ ind Dauviiie raiiroid, has succeeded in _*SSg5E^5 routpi cruising nearly alt the suits brought igalnat the company on account of the Jpj,* Jos isn Bridge wreck. A. bank, an opera-heute, and a railroad r: V ^ re three things that will probably be w ' r< dded to the improvements of Lumberon during the year 1803. Mayor rishbiatc, of Wilmingtoo, haft astructcd the chief of police t*> notify iia officer* to arrest all peraona thoy hear taing profaue and vulgar language on m heatreeta. Tliere are twelve North Carolina slu- II ente at Harvard University, Maisachu- ^ :tts, ami several of them' "atand way p." Of theae eight are graduatea of the 'nl versify of North Carolina. The North Carolina committee on colo* ial exhibits for tho Columbian Kxposion ha* called upon all citixena in that tata to lend their aid in furnishing por- " Ten student* of tho medical claai in te Le -nard medical school of Shaw oivers'ty, colored, at llalt-igh, have raduatrd. Boinc of them are foreign* a, one or two being from tho Congo ree State, and having boon sent at the Ircction of the King of the Bclg nns. VIRGINIA HAPPENINGS. V ?he Latent Ntwi Item* in the 016 Dominion. Tho growing wheat crop in tho Valley >f Virginia doei not present a promising A new town, to bo named Dawson ? 3ity, is being laid oft on the Baltimore Jfc* ?nd Ohio railroad, near Cherry Bun..' A new bank hns been organ!red at Norfolk wi it f?50,0Q0 capital. >Ifc will '# v t>e call d tho Norfolk Bank for Saving ? Trust. Tiyn phr?nnaiffi 3'iyandbtte rfver iu order to retch slffttc onl dep sits Robert Stevens, a venerable citizen of Louisa county, wits killed by being :aught under a f tiling tree. A millionaire Colorado miner and a Ilc'gi in repr sent live of a company are >a their way to Virginia with a view to nvesting iu gold properties in Fluvanna, Goochland and Fauquier counties.* The fruit trees and slrawbcrry patches ^ irouud Nor "oik arc blooming on the true* arm', and tho green stuff, under tho A-jrm rains, is looking very promising. The season will be late owing to the severe freezes of January, but tho truckers ill believe tho outlook is very favorable for a large yi< Id of e?. rything and a jirofltab'c season ahead unless the cholera icnrccu's off tho markets. The green iiens never looked prettier at this time of ;bc year and only a heavy breeze will poil a lino crop. and Prh^tT "Here? ~ Joe Bond, colored, was convi ted Frfat Appling, Gn., of the murder of Louis ?h ink, also colored, last December. l?r. !!. C. Iloiinni'.y, a weii-known baptist pnachcr of Atlanta, died at Montezuma, G?.f Thursday. IJc had been ill i lomr time. Th> Campboll |Glns* and Paint Company's estub ishmcnt, in Kansas City, Mo , was completely destroyed by tire. I.oss $120,000; i suranco $100,000. Miko Chambers, in jail at Bicrnmcnto, Cnl., baa coufctscd that be is the man who murdered Fred Fctterman some mouths ago at llun'sville, Tenn. The Pennsylvania board of pardons has recommended pardons for "Abo1' Buzzard, the notorious Welch Mountain outlaw, and James 8. Dungnn, the wrecker of the Bank of Ainorici, I'hiladelpliia. Tue Philadelphia, Admiral Ohcnrrdi'j flagship, the Baltimore, the Yorktowu, the Visuvius and the torpedo boat Cushiug sailed from New York Frirday for the naval rendezvous at Hampton Hoads. The Chattanooga Bar have sent to Governor Turncy their endorsement of Judge W. K. McAllister, of Nashville, . for appointment as Judge Lorton's successor on the State Supreme Bench. General Smith Buried. Fewanek, Tbnn ?The funeral o! General Kdinund Kirby Smith took place Friday morning nt 12o'clock. A special train of six cars ariived from Nashville with marly 500 veterans and two companies of State troops. The funeral was of a inilitiry character. A beautiful floral tribute was presented by the studcuts of the University, of which the lata General was a professor. Telegrams of condolence hare poured in from all parte of the United mutes, snowing toe esteem in which lie ws* held . Chicago Xata Texas Strawberries. Chicaoo, Ii.i?.?Four hundred cases of strawberries picked ripo in Texas and shipped in a new refrigerator arrived here Wednesday in quite good condition. This shipment was an experiment, and consignees are so will satisfied that they w.ll continue to receive small fruits from Texas throughout the season. , Fate of Six Fishermen. Pkovincktown, Mass.?The fishing schooner Ada K. Damon lost six men on Tuesday. They were setting trawls from dories when a snow storm shut them from view, and they were not seen again. Three dories and one dead body ulew ashore between If anact and Wclflcct. "saaaua