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ESTABLISHED IN 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1887 PRICE_$1.50_A_YEAR_ REORGANIZATION OF TIHE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Only one of the Old Members on tl New Board--Electtoa of J. S. Ver ner. of Oconee, as Comptrol ier General. Special to the News and Courier. Cor.LMr , December 22.-Ti feature of the day's work was tl election of the agricultural burea under the reorganization- schem The election had been set aside f< to-day at-i p. m., but constitution, objections were found in the wa; The reorganization Act had not yE been ratified, nor had the Govern( signed it. A basty caucus was hel and it was finally decided to hold ratification meeting in the Senal Chamber at 1 p. m. This was don and the bureau and university bill were ratified and sent to the Goi ernor, and he signed them, an shortly after 2 o'clock the joint a sembly met, according to agre( ment. The first business in order we the election for comptroller-gener: to fill the vacancy caused by th resignation .f Mr. Stoney. The following nominations wer made: By Mr. Raysor, of Oran ,ebur Col. J. P. Thomas. By Judge Maher, Capt. I. Withers. By Senator Bell, Mr. J. C. Coit. By Senator Talbert, Mr. J. S.Vei ner. The first ballot resulted as follow; necessary to elect 77: Candidates. Senate. House. Tota Verner..........................1) : 57 Coit.............................17 26 43 Thomas........................ 1 :i uz W ithers................... 3 23 TheCharleston delegation divide their votes principally betwee Messrs. Coit and Verner, Messr Ficken and Burke voting for Co Thomas. The second ballot resulted : Vei ner, 50; Coit, 40; Thomas, 80; With ers, 20. No election. Judge Mahar then, withdrew th name of Mr. Withers, which le three candidates in the field, viz Verner, Thomas and Coit. .By'this time the constitutiond ainner hour had been reached, bu the members held on and the thir bAllot was held with the followin result: Verner 75,Coit 41,Thomas 3 Mr. Verner's vote was 2 short of majority.. Before the result was ar nounced, however, Mr. Pope, c Newberry, changed his vote frot Thomas to Verner. His colleaguw Mr. Keitt, followed suit, thus sf curing the eletti n of Mr. Vernei Then there was a stampede in th direction of the Blue ridge and Mi Verner was declared elected, th official vote standing: Verner 9( Coit 41, Thomas 24. The joint a,sembly then undei took the herctlean ta,k of electin ten directors of the agricultunr bureau. The candidates were: At Large-.Johnson Hagood an D. P. Duncan. XMr. W harton's nam~ was withdrgwn b.y his friends earl this morn ing, and M4essrs Hlagoo gnd Dunczn were elected. Fir-st Circuit-A. S. J. INrr-y an .J. S. Forcher. fsecond Circuit-John Lawton. Third Circuit-James McCuther Fourth Circuit-W. H. Ellerb and H. L. Buck. Fifth Circuit-W. A. Ancrunm Si:;th Circuit-=A. Love. Neven th Circuit-T. J. Moore. EigLth Circuit-B. J. Crayton. It wijl be seen that there wer two candidates in the First an Fourth circuits. in the Ptirst circuit there was n agreement, owing to the failure < the B3erkley deleg ation to atten the caucus, and Mr. Porcher w elected over the heads of tb Charleston delegatiorn In the Fourth Circuit Mr. Buc was elected over M4r. Ellerbe, w~ repeived the nomination of the dle egation com posirag the circtiit. The board thus elected are men hers of the board of trustees of ti State University. For the vacant trusteeship of ti University, Mr. Brawley, of Charle ton, was the only nominee. Ne ertheless, there was considerab trouble in electing Mr. Brawley. It was 3 o'clock before the oth< eleCtions were compl#te4,and whe the vate for the vacant trusteesbi iva ree.chcd niost of the membe: Gere out on foraging expedition 'ie aid of the sergeant-at-arms we invoked, a~nd finally aquorum W obtained. Mr. Brawley was electel 41d'tiae joint. assembly~ dissolved StETHOIT BISHOPS. Prospects for the Appointment of F1 New Men for the Northern Church. MI-NEMPo0us- MINx., Decemb 19.-A promninenit and-weli.informe Methodist clerg'man eg tbgt it - ode.s oer tirhit the jR--v. El -ransto. a former Minnesot.an. to be made a Bishop. -'At the ne: General Conference of the Method' Church in New York. next Nay said tlie i;entieen, en god mai matters oltreat imlpoytance will con ~;and the appointment of Bisho] s~ among them. By the death of Bis op HarrIs. of New York. and BishV two vacancies in the Board of Bis opg. M'oreover, the work has gro~ to such a vast scale that altogeth it will be -necessary to bave at1 five new Bs9% 'hf.wpb 1nigog sationedc in India. and pi bably one inl Chin.i. -OQf course there are any num1 of able and distinguished clergym who would jump at the ebatnge l4 I come Bishops, aind some tall sche img s going on. Mr. Cranston, iv is considrr.d one of the lucky f is at present agent for the West Book Concern. Other gentlemen i e are spoken of as possible pros[ tive Bishops are Dr. Paine of Ohio Wesleyan University, Dr. Jo of Cincinnati, Chancellor Simmf the educational institution in Si cuse, N. Y., and Dr. Thoburn, foi e long a time connected wish missi e ary work in India. If a mission u for India is appointed Dr. Thob - will be the man. >r "There is another matter in t It couuection that will be of special terest to Minneapolitans-they 1 't undoubtedly lose Bishop Foss. r the death of Bishop Harris the El d copal residence in New York is a occupied. Bishop Foss will proba - go there, and Bishop Warren, Denver, will go to Philadelphia, qt s likely. If Mr. Cranston become Bishop he will be located at Min d apolis or St. Paul. In case Bisl Foss leaves Minneapolis there is consolation in the fact that he d not go away poor. The few th s and dollars that the Bishop dropl i in Minneapolis earth when he ca e here have increased at a terrific rf and now amounts to about $200,( ,e or $300,000. r, Is Newberry a Town or a City? - Rec. Suii It. Browne, in Chriat \eiyhoor. llow this town has grown sine first saw it-1847-the year Ii Junior with C. A. Crowell. N, ; berry Circuit, our field that yE then went down within twelve mi ' of Coluiubia and up within about same distance of Laurens. Six p toral charges, I think, have, sii d that (lay, been made out of that o n 'rue town alone now has five ot s. white churches besides the Met L. dist. Four (if I number right) < ored churches make ten in all. ' -- devoted and gentle-spirited pastor t- the Methodist Church, J. L. Stok and his charge, appear quite satisf e with the renewal of the relation t '87. lie said that a most frien fraternity obtained among all churches of the town. Il Had I not been in the itinerat t in 1847 1 reckon I might have star d a newspaper in Newberry. No pal g published there then-now there two, besides two or three others t a staid there awhile. - Besides the improvements in f buildings in what was then the to a there stands the Lutheran Colle , grand and imposing to the west, - Factory hard by the old dep r. and the Opera House-the .fin e building, they say, in or around 1 town. The Methodist Church a e Station parsonage have not escat i, manifest remodeling for the bett In fact the old Circuit parsonagE done away and a new and far bet g one for the station built on the sa l lot. The Newberry Circuit pars age is also in the town. iccupied that faithful worlker, pastor M1. Li Brabham. e Newberry has its share ofla; and wvell stoclied storea, and th dI hotels.-~nay be more. The Ble CE[ i.) Eotel I got best acquain di with-could not help it-for proprietor, the Trrial Justice of town, arrested me and commit . me to the custody of his super e self who, I guess, treated me better than the Judge himself trea some of the visitors to his Cc room. Fronting my comifqrtable quart' and across the street. stands-the e gant residence Qf Pr, Mayer and d goQd Methodist wife, formerly 1N General Kinard. The presence o Dr, Mayer ("Lou") and "Hun' (N >f Humbert now) in the Methoc d Church on Suaday, where I hear a well-digested sermon from 1'. e IMedges, br<>gL4 to mind old time good times they were too>-wl k Ithese two women were supports to o preachers and piars in'the chu - there and elsewhere as well, and so yet. SSabbath afternoon attended te interesting anniversary of the \ man's Missionary Society--the ju le niles in the same good work- also s. a merited place in the program of r- occasion. Mrs. Herbert, post-mas le of the town, is President. Ik Hlumbert addressed the meeti rgiving' much [that was entertaii n and instructive. Recitations by a li plgirl and another by a young I rs were apropo. Pastor Stokes gui s. Ithe exercises in his smooth wa is doing things. isAmid cha~nges I, ulf coujrse, [mli j, many of ttiose whlo wero here fo one years ago-and met with ,J Russall, Mr. and Mrs. Hart Ble and others who have since comei p'ace. But Newberry would not ce Newberry without Dick Chapn albeit his big fat dogs and high w pile are no longer seen. But brot r Dick is there all the same--jta ai dand finer hl'nse. Put lie works at samje 'corner, and is the same c14 rI man and friend of the church an< istepreachers and of everybody sthat will do half way right. sti - -* ieA freight train on the Georgia >s cific road was wrecked last weel b. Cnoeolocco. Two personuw iligtj gngi qegerai wog,nded. WV agt know the cause of the disas h- hut it is enough to. derail an en' ito run it up against a stati.ou er name of which cnwiru eleven a ey godg o them c's and o's Scept two. Choccolocco. Did .ever see such a word ? 34 m Small is no longer an e oe elist. but a local Methiodist prea ID and he has chosen Wasingtet ive, THE INMAN FAMILY. ern rho They Become a Power in Southern ee- Railroad Nanagement. the Atlanta Constitution. yce New YoRK, December 20.-The following are the latest and most ra- important moves on the railroad -so chessboard: John H. Inman. as a committee of one, representing the ary Georgia Company. has just perfected urn a contract with H. 1. Plant, presi his dent and autocrat of the entire Plant h system of railroads, by which the i closest possible alliance is formed between the Georgia Central Railroad By and the Plant system.. The contract )1s- is absolutely reciprocal in its co-op un erative provisions with reference to bly all traffic, and establishes these two of vast systems of Southern railways in ute perfect harmony of interest and s a policy. ne- The alliance virtually consolidates lop two of the greatest railroad proper >ne ties of the South, and the combina oes tion is well calculated to battle us- rivalry and squench all opposition. >e It will.most likely prove a strong ob me stacle in the way of any new railroad rt enterprise that either is now, or may be hereafter, projected into the ter ritory of the allied systems. The contract is made with the idea of mutual benefit, and in the spirit o; mutual protection, offensive and de an feasive. One of the most especial e I. benefits occurring to the Georgia was Central under the arrangement is the guarantee to its ocean steamship ar, company of all Florida freights, ls which the Plant system can furnish the at Savannah. There is a vast deal of ast this business it is claimed. This is ace the first important action which the ne. Georgia company has taken in exer her cising its rights through the owner ship of a controlling interest in the ol- Georgia Central. The only other he step it has taken is to have deter mined yesterday who shall compose the Central Railroad directors next ied year. Th;re will only be three of changes in the present board. The Ily new trio will be Samuel M. Inman the and Hugh T. Inman, of Atlanta. Ga., and Walter Luttgen, of August Bel kcy mont & Co. ted - - a CONGRESS.WAN SP11\OLA. per are The Great Unterrified Interrupter Beady to iat Make Fun in the House. the Philadelphia Record. wn Spinola is the present House of e, Representatives-Spinola of the col. the lar. He has been a marked figure at ot, Albany for years, partly on account est of his originality and eccentricity,and the partly on account of his collar. The .nd collar is' higher than the high water >ed mark of the highest dude fashion ; it ,er. would make a shirt front for a narrow is chested man, Spinola had no inten ter tion of wearing it always when he me started in with it on at Albany. But on- the newspaper man took it up and by made mirth of it. and he said to one M. of them who asked him why lhe wore ii: '9If I took it off now it would rge make more talk than if I wore it ree right along." So he has started in ase here with the same old* pattern of a ted collar. He has taken a front seat: the not like Bourke C"chran of New the York, to make eloquent speeches, hut ted to make funny interruptions It he ior shall not 'be sat up at the start he far will be one of the most amusing ted members of the present House. In art the State Senate at Albany he did just about as he pleased. He paid irs, no attention to the rules, but he sle- talked right out in rmeeting when his ever the fancy seized him. During [rs. the spring of 1881, while Conkling of and Platt were fighting for re-elec [rs. tion and vindication, Spinoiai used to list get up when the name was called d a during the voting and read long T. clippings from the half-breed Repub -lican newspapers attackig Conkling men Iaud Platt. It was in vain that the the President of the Senate pounded on reb his desk with his gavel; it was it are vain that Senators cried out for order. Spinola read till he had got through the all the clippings, and then he allowed Vo. the roll call to proceed. His inter ve ruptions while other Senators were aad speaking would have rendered hin the eligible to membership in the Clover ter Club had lie lived in Philadelphia. rs. To day I heard of' a new one in the ng, endless collection of stories aboul ing these interruptions. One Peter Mitch ttle ell had been zealously advocating dy bill to increase the numiber of loca led judges. A New York newspaper ac Sof cused him of a selish interest arising out of his desire to get one of thes4 sed eroposed new judgeships. Next da) rty Peter rose to denounce the allegatiox . . and defy the "alligator." "Why ase Mr. President," lie said with a scorn nto "I would not take one of those judge he ships if it should be handed me on an, gold plate." od "May I ask the geng4eman: ,her onestian 94 put in Spinola. .ew : ~Certainj," responded Mitchiel the loftily. ver "What would become of th. i of plate ?"' asked Spinola, and he sa else down amnjA the laghter o.f the See aye. Amuhence BegeM InnoJence. Pa Prof. ,.M .h,ciden, in the Formw. kt is not in' human nature to be jus rere and htumane, whxenrobdfitdu dor experience of life's fundamental con te ditions. Whatever narrows a man' pe~ e;crience narrows his sympathies the and whatever confers on him irre le-sponsible power tempts him to abus ex- it. N ow, riches die auth these things yo \hitever exceptional experienc they may provide, they certainl: withdraw their ownera from muc that must always enter into the lif van- o'f the large majority of human kinc her, TVitese must always anxiously labe Sfor and be content with moderate mean: Between life conditi.orned in the wa and life free from labor and anxiety there is fixed a gulf which sympathy could hardly cross, even if it would; for it is chained on one side by pride and on the other by envy. Some times, indeed, if a man has risen to riches by his own efforts, he may so far remember his life of poverty as to retain a certain sympathy for those whom he has left behind him in it; but this is rare, for three reasons: First, men caring enough for riches to be willing to devote much time to the acquisition of them are usually -of a somewhat low, material and un sympathetic nature. Second, in their ascent to riches, after the first few steps, they have to use other men as stepping-stones; for no man, unless he have a monopoly talent, like Raphael, can rise to riches otherwise. Nearly all great fortunes are made up of profits caught in labor traps. Such using of other men solely as means leads to forgetfulness that they are ends, hardens the heart, and destroys sympathy. Third, men who have made their own fortunes-self made men. as they are wisely called have usually a great deal of : -spect for their maker. and a propo,ionate contempt for those who, having less cunning than themselves, have re mained in the ranks of poverty. Thus it frequently happens that self made men are among the less humane of aristocrats. And the case is even worse with their children and with all persons born to wealth. These lack altogether the experience that would enable them to sympathize with the ordinary, natural human life of labor and narrow means. Raised above it, they cannot comprehend It. I have known hundreds .of excellent men and women, nurtured in the lap of affluence, who were earnestly de sirous of sympathizing with people of all grades; but I never knew one who succeeded any further than to be able to play Lord Bountiful or Lady Charitable with discriminating con descension, which, at best, is but humanity's fallen counterfeit. Riches, by an evil education, had deprived them of the best part of human cul ture, the power of simple sympathy, and placed them in a position where in that source of all human virtue was unattainable for them. Their heads were civilized, but their hearts, whence were the issues of life, were condemned to essential barbarism. THE BREATH O' THE BLIZZARD. Strong Wind and Snow in Minnesota and Dakota. MINNEAPOLIS, December 21. Thd storm which began yesterday and still continues in Minnesota is by far the worst of the season. The wind is strong and the snow drifted badly. The storm is general in the Northwest. It was accompanied by cold weather in Dakota and North west Territory, the lowest point reached being 28* below zero, at Fort Assinaboine. At 5 o'clock yes terday it had stopped at all points in Dakota except Bismarck, and was moving east. Trains are delayed somewhat, hut as yet there is no general interruption of business. If the storm continues all day, however, many railroad blockades must ensue. Several inches of snow has fallen. STARvING AND FREEZING TO I>EATII IN KANSAS. KANsas CITY.. December 21. The Times has telegraphic advices which indicate that there is terrible suffering in the western part of Kan sas. Four people are reported dead in Clark County from cold, while near Dighton a man, a woman and her two children are known to have perished. There is great suffering in that section of the State owing to the scarcity of coal. The supply was exhaustcd during the recent cold snap in the first part of the month, and the situation is now deplorable. The suffering is augmented by the fact that food is almost as scarce as fuel. Many of the inhabitants are settlers who located claims last sum mer and who are dependent on what the railroads bring in. The railroads 1are trying to do all in their power to relieve the distress, but they are handicapped by scarcity of cars. They have not enough to supply thE urgent demand for food and fuel, and wide spread distress is inevitable unless the weather speedily moder ates. The Santa Fe road has already announced that it will ship free al] 'supplies which may be collected for Clark County. COLD SPOTS ITERIE AND TIIERE. CalcAGO, December 21.--At E o'clock this, morning, Fort Totten Dak., reported the temperature at 200 below; at Denver it was 14* be lowr' and at Mon,trose 20* below. Away down at Fort Davis, Texas the inhabitants were revelling in the novel luxury of a snow storm, and at ISan Francisco the thermometer stooc at 28* above. Marion Pays Her Taxes. Pee Dlee Index. Our obliging County Treasurer has furnished us with some data fron his books which will be interesting to the people of the County. On thi ttax books furnished him by the SCounty Auditor the treasurer is charged with the collection of fort' stwo thousand, nine hundred and fivy ,dollars ninety-seven cents, and his receipts show that he has collecte< eforty-two thousand eight hundred an< ;fourteen dollars and sixty-eight cent e-leaving a balance -uncollected c yonly $91.29, or but little more thai I1-5 of one per cent. Besides thi eamount he has collected the tax o I752 f3olls, for which no return wa r made to the Auditor. In collectin; . these taxes he has issued 7,374 re y ceinesn PE' IO%S FOR CONFEDE:tATE SOLDIERS. S.ynopsis of the Bill Passe. by the Legislature. 1. Pension of $3 a month to bona fide soldiers and sailors in either I State or Confederate States' service t< during the late war, and who while h in such service have lost a leg or] n aria. or received any wound causing 1 a permanent disability incapacitating a them for earning a livelihood. Nei- h ther the pensioner nor his wife must C be in possession of an income ex ceeding $250 per annum. '[ 2. To obtain the benefits of the e: Act the applicant must "make appli- o cation in writing to the Comptroller o General setting forth in detail the d nature of the disabling wound; the y compary and- regiment, or battalion, d in which he served, and the time and ti place of receiving the wound and a; showing that neither himself nor his tl wife is in receipt of income as here. si inbefore specified. Such application Y must be verified by the oath of the ei applicant, accompazied by the affida- b, vit of one or m, -'e credible witnesses na stating that they know the applicant d was a soldier or sailor and believe b, thq allegations made in the applica- ai tion to be true." The application ti must also be verified by the County n Auditor (without charge) as to the in- c< come of the applicant. By income ti is meant salary or wages or moneys h from any other source. The appli- V cant must also procure the affidavit a of two reputable physicians of the ti county in which he resides, showing y that they made a personal examina- o tion of the applicant and setting forth el the nature of the alleged wound and d the extent of the disability thereby T caused and such other details as, in ti their judgment, may be relevant to d the application." q 3. The application and accompa- ti nying papers must be submitted to c< the Clerk of Court of the county in v, which the appligant resides, who d< must (without fee or charge) certify under his official seal that he knows the parties whose names are snb scribed to the several affidavits ("or that upon inquiry he believes them) to be citizens of the county and State and worthy of belief ; that the phy- d sicians are in good standing and rea ularly authorized to practice in the i said county, and that in his judg ment the application should be granted. Or, if he shall find other- m wise, he shall so endorse upon the p said application, together with any ti matter known to him or found byb him revelant to the case." 4. The papers, having been con pleted thus far, are to be forwarded to -the Comptroller General, who w with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, shall constitute a Board to approve or' disapprove sueh . applications, any two of whom shall v have authority to act. If the said g Board or any two of them shall ap- C prove the applications they shall so endorse thereon, and it shall there upon be the duty of the Comptroller " General to issue to the party entitledd to receive the same his warrant for the sum of five dollars, on the last1 day of each month. beginning from ~ the date of said approval and contin-c uing until the last day of the follow- u ing October, or until informed of then death ot the party, which said war-d rants shall be paid by the Treasurer 1 on presentation." U 5. Widows of Confederate soldiers and sailors may receive the same pension under the following condi. 0 tions: The husband must have lost his life while in the service; shed must be unmarried, and subject to a the same conditions as to property c and income as hereinbefore provided, and may make her application set-C ting forth in detail the facts whichq entitle her to make such claim, and t verified by affidavits and certificates a hereinbefore provided, except the af- a fidavits of physicians. The remaining sections of the bill make provisions for carrying it into n effect. a a required to prepare and print the necessary forms of applications, cer tificates, aAidavits, &c., and to dis tribute them in the several counties.s 2nd. The shaving or speculation in pension papers is made a misde- ~ meanor. Maximum penalty $100 fine U or thirty days' imprisonment or both in the discretion of the court. 3d. The Clerks of the Courts in the various counties are to keep a reord of all the applications endorsed 1 by them, "and any person having had his claim approved by the Board, ~ during the month of November in each ~succeeding ye r will report himself to the Clerk of the Court of his county and obtain from him a certificate that he or she is the iden tical party named in the original ap- ~ plication, and is still entitled to re ceive the benefits of this Act. Such certificate shall be forwarded to the Comptroller General, and with the approval-of the aforesaid Board theI Comptroller General shall continue the payments hereinbefore provided, until the 31st day of October follow ing, or until notified of the death of the party entitled to receive the same." 4th. The last Section provides for the punishment of frauds committed under the Pension Act. Maximum punishment $200 in fine aind six months' imprisonment or both. 5 News About Stanley. Losnos, December bl.--Advices from Zanziba, under date of Decem fber 19, state that a messenger has ar Srived from Central Africa, who1 sbrings no direct news from Stanley, fbut says it is reported in the country< son the eastern side of Nyanza that ;Stanley, after many privations,.1 reached Wadelia in the early part of September.1 [r. Dibble's Proposal for the Election -of Two Vice Presidents. From the Louisrille Courier-Jo-irnal. WASHINGTON, December 1.-Mr. )ibble, of South Carolina, is going > reintroduce in the House his reso ition for a constitutional amend lent to provide for a Second Vice 'resident. He is going to press the latter, and expects to be able to ave the resolution adopted by this ongres. He says: "1 f, "lred it out at the last session. 'hat of eighteen different persons lected directly to the Presidential Mee, four have died before filling ut their respective -terms as Presi ent, three of them during the first ear of their term, and the other uring the second year. Out of centy-five different persons elected s Vice President, five died during ieir terms of office, one of them re gned his office, and four became resident. At the close of the pres. it Presidential term there will have een one hundred years of govern ient under the Constitution, and uring that period there will have een twenty-five years, eight months ad four days-over one-fourth of ie time-when the country has had u Vice President; and this without >unting the short period in 1789, at ie beginning of our constitutional istory, when we were without a 'ice President, until John Adams ssumed the duties of that office in iat year. And in the last forty ears of the period named the office r Vice President has been vacant ghteen years, five months and five ays, or nearly one-half of the time. his, to my mind, shows how impor mt it is that a second Vice Presi ent should be provided for. It is uite startling to think how much of ie time during the history of our )untry we have been just on the rge of chaos as to the Executive partment of the nation." Science of Longevity. I have before me the records of no ss than fifty-two centenarians, the -tails in regard to whom have been >llected by a committee of the Brit h Medical Association. Of the fifty vo no fewer than thirty-six (more an two thirds) are women. This ay probably be attributed in large art to the comparative immunity at women enjoy from many risks which men are exposed, but pro bly it is due not less to their greater mperance and to their freedom om the anxieties and heartburnings Inch attend men's struggles for in aence and even for maintenabce. [edical men contend, however, that omen also possess greater inherent tality than men, the mortality of ris being less than that of boys, ren during the first year of life, hen the female is neither more tem rate nor less ambitious than the ale, and is exposed to as many angers. Of the 16 men only one was single; ) of the 36 women were single; 15 en and 26 women, then, among the stenarians, were married; but, nat rally enough, of thcse 41,'a large umber, all in fact, but 6, were wi awed. Three of the 52 were rich, ) poor, the rest in comfortable cir 1mstances; 9 were fat (only one an), 23 lean, 18 medium; only 8 ere full-blooded; the rest average pale. Forty had good digestion, hich, after 101 years, means a good al. Most of the 52 have had good 7petites, only two having appetites assed as actually bad; most of them ave been through life moderate eat ~s; 12, however, have eaten large uantities of food. Only one is re' irned as a large eater of fiesh food, nd only one as a great consumer of icoholic liquors (in his case the li tor preferred has been beer). Only of all the number has 'been classi ed as simply "irritable," but to these tut be added 5 classed as '-irritable nd nergetic." As to smoking, 3~2 re non-smokers, 17 smoke much, (4 f them being women), m,derately, nd 3 a little; only 1 chews; 37 avoid uff. When we take a numbler of cases uch as these in all classes of life, nder many varied circumstances, nd not characterized by any special ourse directed toward the attain ient of mere longevity (which might ossibly be gained without real ad antage, all that makes life worth ving being sacrificed for life's sake) iost men not affected by specific isease, constitutional or inherited, 2ay hope to attain an age consider bly exceeding three score years and en, or even four score years. It rould appear, in fact, as though five core years were the natural or nor 2al limit of human life, and that rhen men die many years before that ge is attained the fault, apart from ialignant disease or accident, ha~ sin with themselves. Underlying he old proverb, "every man is a fool r a physician at forty," there is the oportant truth that it is in every oans power, if he is wise, to recog ize early in life, like Cornaro, thi equirements of his own constitution ud the means by which all suci tores of vitality as it may posses! nay be utilized.-Richard A. Proc or in the Cosmopolitan. The Hotel at Aiston Robbed ALSTON, December 20-The hota it Alston was entered on last Sur Thy night by burglars- and a larg sto~ck of articles were taken- The ste en articles were two mattresses, tw alankets, four pillows, four quilt ne counterpane, one bolster, on washstand, one wash bowl, and a 5( lb. sack of flour. Mrs. Elkin, the pre prietress, with her family occupy th upper portion of the house. CASH FOR ARMENIAN BRIDES. How Young Men Secure Wives After Worrying Over the Price of Them. The letter is from an American living in the interior of Asia Minor, and is as follows: "From time immemorial it has been the universal custom in our country to do all kinds of business on trust. The merchant sells his goods and the farmer his wheat, sheep and oxen on time, varying from one month to a year or more, but the trade in Armenian girls has always been strictly in advance up to the present day. "This last winter two girls in our region were married, but as the way in which the business was done at tracted. my attention, I wish to tell the story to your readers. "A year ago a priest in the village of S- lent 300 piasters to a man in the village of K-, on condition that he would pay 18 measures of oil as interest. "At the end of the year the priest demanded his money and his oil, but as the man had neither money nor oil he said to the priest: "-Come. I will give my girl to your son and reckon the debt on her price.' "The priest agreed to this, saying: "We have seen your daughter, so send for her and we will marry them.' "The debtor sent for his girl and the priest made preparations for the wedding, thinking that the bargain was complete. But not so ttie father. He said: "Give me 500 piasters more and you may have the girl. "The priest, being hard up, said: "'1 have no ready money, but after the wedding is over I will find the money and pay you.' "To this the father replied : ' -I will not give my girl on time.' "Finally the priest raises the money and the ceremony is per formed. "The story of the second is as follows: "A young man from the village of K-- was engaged to a girl in the village of G-, but as his money fell short of the sum demanded by 250 piasters he tried to borrow that sum in the village, but no one would trust him. As he would not have time to go to his own village and get the money before the beginning of Lent, during which no one could marry, he finally pursuaded someone to lend him an ox, which he brought to the girl's father as security till he could raise the money. The girl's father agreed to this-and they- were married. "When they came out of the church the girl's father took them both to his own house and said to the bride groom: "'You are now married. Go and bring the 250 piasters, aftei which you can have your wife." "The bridegroom urged that he had given the ox as security; 'so you must wait till I can take my wife home and bring back the money.' "The father rep?ied : "'I have kept the ox as security till now. After this I shall keep your wife till you bring the money.' "So on his wedding day the young man was obliged to leave his wife and go to his village in search ol money to pay-his debt. After three weeks' time he succeeded in raising the 250 piasters, which he paid to his father.in-law, and then took his wife to his own house." MIOONSHINERS OF ALABAMA. Over a Hundred ini Court-TerribleVen geance Inflicted upon Informers. H UNTSVILLE, A LA.December 19. The number of outrages recently committed by moonshiners in Alaba. ma has attracted a great deai of at tention. A bout October 1 there were 104 men in this city charged with violation of the internal revenue law. The United States Court had im posai light sentences upon moon shiners and they had inultiplied ir north Alabama until this large num her was brought before the Court at one time. Colonel Chapman, on behalf of the Government, and Congressmen Bank head and Wheeler, on behalf of the moonshiners, agreed upon a compro mise which, it is thought, would put an end to illicit distilling in north Alabama, and bring peace to thai section. The one hundred and foum men were brought before the Court and told that sentence in their casei would be suspended for six month! if they would plead guilty and agree to quit distilling, bring in and sur render their stills by the 15th of No vember, and give the revenue officeri all the information they might have which would aid them in discovering illicit distilleries and breaking up thi business in north Alabama. All o! the prisoners accepted these ter'ms and after signing an agreement t< that effect they were discharged. The result has not been what was anticipated. Some of the partiet 1have surrendered their stills and arl Scomplaing with their agreement il -good faith. They are furnishing th revenue agents with information the: never had before about the locatioi of stills, and upon this informatioi captures have been made. Thos 1who have thus sided with the gover! ment have incurred the mnortal enm ty of those who still carry on th business of illicit distilling. It wa in this way that Bannister and Tel 4rell lost their lives about ten day eago.* They were among the numb arraigned before the Court here, an they had faithfully complied wit otheir promises then made to the Go' enment. It was through inform: tion given by them that recent -ep tures in that section were made, and for that they felt the swift and terri ble vengeance of the moonshiners. A WELL-PAID OFFICE.. Yet, in Spite of Its Fatness, Not Alto gether a Bed of Roses. - London Truth. The presidency of the Republic is one of the best sovereign posts going, if its titular would take for his model the poorly paid American at the White House, and give priority to his social duties, not troubling him. self much about the Chambers and Cabinets. Until Mile. Alice Grevy married, the Elysee under her father was a pleasant house. There were, and not seldom, brilliant soirees. The President was a most gracious host. General Pittie, after the son in-law came in, tried to react against his prosaic influence; but gradually he became tired, and when he died -; parsimony and prudence carried all before them. The lights were put out before 10 at night; pleasure was banished for ' business. The Peru vian, MAdame Dreyfus, stuck to Alice like her shadow. She gave her a diamond necklace worth ?8,000. Of course, "dannant donnant" was implied in the present. No oletism, I fear, was the reason why that-guano affair of the Dreyfuses was so well pushed at the Elysee. Old Vespa sian, it occurs to me, was a common w; sense old man, too, and moderate, se rene, and fond of "salting away" the money which his official emoluments and perquisites brought him. The President is lodged_ rent free at the Elysee, has all the vegetables and fruits he needs for his table from the kitchen gardens of the coun try palaces and green-houses, flowers for his fetes fron the city green houses, and a squad of men-servants, whose liveries, board and wages he does not find. The State gives him oak logs to burn, and oil, gas and electricity to light his palace up with at night. It furnishes and washes all his house linen, allows him-three carriages and horses, provides him with rich and commodious furniture, which it keeps in repair, and itre modeled and refurnished a - wliole wing of the Elysee for M.inad. ad - awe Wilson. Some of the pNei. - sites are the faculty to bestow ace F tain number of crosses of the Legion of Honor, for one of which (thof simple Knight) Blanc of Moasi ?4.000. Thea there are the , boxes in the subsidized theatres, and game preserves in the State. with State paid rangerse okdEp ACHILDREN'S SYMPOSIUM. Bright Fancies and Old Speeches of the Little Ones. A SLIDING SCALE. From the Buffalo Couruer. The story is true, and was told at a Prospect avenue dinner table yes terday. Granda said she thought - three cents was enough te pay for little Williard's street car fare, and little Willard chimed in : "That's all we paid to-night, grandma." "How old are you, Willard?" asked a guest. "Five in the street cars, eight in the drawing room," was the prompt reply - .that set the table in a roar. THE LINE DRAWN. .From the Boston Record. A Iour-year-old boy who has been in the habit of repeating a formn lated prayer every evening, surprisEfi K his parents the other night by say ing: "0 God, I wish you would make the trees walk." When re monstrated r-n' his singular request he replied: "You say God can do anything, and I want to see the trees -- walk, and I shan't pray for anythlt,g else until they do.". A PROMPT APPLICATION. - From the Neto .aven P]Madi'ms. Bobby had been a pretty good lit tIe boy all day and his, father was very much pleased. "You will find, Bobby," said the old man, "that virtue is its own re ward. I mean by that 'that every time you do what you ought todo you will feel good over it. Do you understand?" "O,yes." responded Bobby in telligently, "and now, pa, if you'll give me another piece of pie you'll 4 feel good too." LIITED MEMOEY. From Babyhood. "Bobby," said his mother, "I told Iyou not to forget to bring up .three Iscuttles ol coal before you went-to school, and you only brought up two." "I know, ma, but I forgot the 4 third one. Three scuttles is a good many for a little boy like mue to re member." PROPOSED COMPROMISE. From the Hartford Post. A small sized Hartford girl had been corrected by a mild punish- - ment, and was asked if she would do as her parenes wanted her to in the ; future. "Yes," replied the penitent, "but 1you mustn't ask me to do anything I il e don't want todo." THE THORN. From the Youth's Companionz. e ILittle Ellie, who is too young to .attend school, enjoys the Saturday's 5 .play with the older children, but sbing he regularly receives, 'one day .remarked: "Well, I would love Sat surday if it just hadn't any night to d E veryone should se Wright & J. W. hCoppock's Underwear before purchas -ing; it is as comfortable as ornamental. i. This is saying mneh, but 'tis true. ti..