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buried them with their dead as a proof of
their affection. The body is neither burned,
as was practiced by the Greeks and Romans,
and is still done by the Hindoos; nor is it
embalmed, according to the custom of the
Egyptians, which was often done by the
Hebrews His best clothes are put upon the
body of the dead, and it is laid, not in a
coffin, but on the open bier, fully exposed to
view. The Greeks adorn it with flowers,
especially in the case of young people of both
sexes. The funeral procession is silent with
the Turks, while in Christian burial the
priest softly huns prayers on the way to the
grave.
Both Christians and Moselems repeat pray.
ers at the grave. Every valuable garment
or other article is taken off the body and it
is buried within coffin, in shallow grave,
and covered over with soil. The women of
the household do not accompany the process
sion on its way to the cemetery; they merely
set up the tahill as it leaves the house. They
afterwards visit the grave from time to time
in order to weep and pray; the priests are
hired to do the same. The family and rela-
tives of the dead observe mourning by wear
ing their oldest garments or clothes of dull
colors, and by laying aside their ornaments.
Among some Armenian Christians sacrifice
is offered, which is distinctly stated not to be
propitiatory, but an act of charity TO the liv.
ing for the benfit of the dead.
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A DAY ON A GUANo IsLAND.-My idea
of guano island has always been that it was
very rocky, and covered with white sub
stance resembling mortar before the sand is
mixed with it. imagined, too, that it ex.
hailed an odor differing somewhat from the
orange groves of Tahiti. Had l not been
told that l was on guano Island, l would
not now have known it from the surroundings.
Instead of being rocky, the soil was mellow
and dark, and everywhere vegetation was most
luxuriant. Theair was remarkably clear and
pure. During walk around the island, l
then learned that there are two kinds of gu.
ano; or rather that, of certain qualities
which all guano possesses, some of these quail
tiles predominant in that found in given
locality, while guano taken from islands diff
ferently located possesses in much stronger
degree some other essentials. Thus the gu
ano of the islands off the coast of South
America, exposed to the rays of tropical
sun, where the surface of the land is never
cooled, and where rain seldom or never falls,
possesses the strongest ammonical properties.
Not only the excretions of birds are deposited
there but the birds themselves come there to
die; and eggs have frequently been taken
out, a little below the crusts which form over
these deposits, that are almost pure ammonia.
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AN EMPHATIC WrTNEss.-Alick Thomp.
son, of Virginia, tells story illustrative of
the peculiar vernacular Of the people among
whom he was born, and of their special Ca
pacty for giving evidence in court OF JUS.
tice in compact accurate, and picturesque
style. Some time ago he chanced to be visit.
ing at a county seat in Virginia, and was
courteously invited by the Commemorative
attorney to come into the court room on the
following morning, with the assurance thata
witness would testify in a murder case then
pending. He entered the court room, and
speedily after his arrival witness was call
ed, who advanced to the stand with such q
aunty air of self assurance and who kissed
the book with such loud sounding confidence,
that he was sure that must be "his man."
His Judgment was not incorrect.
"Mr. Williamson" asked the Common.
weslth's attorney, "do you know anything of
the killing which took place at Rohertson's
store last month ?" -.....
know anytbingl" was the response 81
were thar
"Then tell the court and jury" said the
attorney, "what you know"
Ine WltneSS planIeus nlmselI mote uimiy
on both feet, glanced around upon his au-
ditors, and thus delivered himself: "Well,
you see, Mr. Robertson were asttin' in the
back part of his store a-playin' of his fiddle,
not a.thinkin' Of bein' stobbed, nor nothin'
of the kind, when in come Mr.. johnson, and
then and thar stobbed him then! he guther.
ed ,bung starter, cleaned out the crowd,
Tipped the palm and cl'ared heself-Harper's
1aodzine.
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UPR1GHTNEss OF CHARACTER.

How much it means Fidelity everywhere
and in all things; in conspicuous places, in
unobserved retreats in the obscurity of home,
in the busy work shop; in preparation for
service, in the performance of that service !;
in the Conscientious. protection of the reputa-
ton of our friends, as we'll as refraining from
the needless exposure of the faults of others,
even our enemies fidelity as we meet the re-
sponsibilities of life, and realize that human
criticism, sometimes just, but often unjust,
awaits us at every step of the way-this Is
that uprightness of manhood of which we
here speak. Above all, we refer to loyalty
in the unrevealable intimacy of the soul with
God, as we walk along in the highway of life
with Him "in the light as he is in the light"
What can test the genuineness of upright.
ness of character so we'll as opportunities Of
personal sacrifice in behalf of others? When
confronting the Papal aggression, an English
Protestant King said: 81 can give up my
crown, and retire from power l can quit my
palace, and live in cottage; can lay my
head on block, and lose my life but | can
not break my OATH" There are times when
God permits trying experiences to overtake
US, when human distress can only be met by
heroic selfdenial; when, if we would succor
other souls effectually, our own life must be
laid upon the altar of sacrifice.
"There have been men on this earth of
Gods of whom it was simply true, that it was
easier to turn the sun from its course than
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HOW TO MAKE CANDY.

A number of varieties of candy are easily
made at home with little trouble or expense.
Besides the enjoyment of making them, they
can he relied upon to be pure, quality not
possessed by most of the stuff purchased at
the shops. Below will be found recipes for
several different kinds, the ingredients for
which are easily procured:
SUGAR CANDY.-Mix two pounds Of white
sugar with a cupful of water, boil and skim it,
then add four tablespoonfuls of sweet cream,
four of vinegar and butter the size of an egg.
Boil until it will harden in cold water, but
not until it becomes brittle. Flavor to taste.
NUT CANDY-Mix pound of brown sugar
with three tablespoonfuls Of water. When
this bois add quarter of pound of butter
and continue to cook until it gets thick and
ropy, then pu. in the nuts; take it from the
fire and stir until it grains. Pour into but
tered plates and cut when nearly cold.
CoCoANUT CANDY.-Pare and cut. the CO.
coanut into thin strips, or CRATE it on coarse
crater. Dissolve half pound of granulated
sugar in two tablespoonfuls of water, put it
over the fire and as soon as it boils stir in half
a pound of the cocoanut meat Continue to
stir until it is boiled to fake, then pour it
into buttered pan and cut it any shape you
wish, when nearly cold.
CREAM CANDY-Moisten a pound and
half of granulated sugar with half cup Of
cold water, add a quarter of teaspoonful of
cream tartar, a teaspoonfnl of powdered gum
arabic and tablespoonful of vinegar. Boil
until it will harden in cold water, fayor with
vanilla, rose or orange, and pour it into but,
tered plates to cool, then pull until white,
stretch into wide, thin strips and cut it off.
CHOCOLATE AND CREAM CANDY.-Boil a
pound of sugar with half cup of cold water,
until on stirring little in sauce plate with
out water, it becomes sugary. When it reach
es this point take it from the stove and Stir
until it begins to harden. Put half Of it into
a separate dish and add an ounce Of grated
chocolate. When almost cold spread the
chocolate portion smoothly in buttered pan
and place the white candy evenly over it.
Cut into small squares
MoLAssEs CANDY.-Heat kettle hot and
butter it, then pour in quart of molasses
and cup of sugar Boil steadily for twenty
minutes, stirring to prevent burning and boil.
ing over. Try it by dropping little in cold
water; if it hardens Immediately it is done,
otherwise, it must he boiled longer. Stir in
teaspoonful of pulverized soda before turning
out. Walnut, hickory nut or hazel nut meats
may be added to this candy, and little of it
saved to make pop corn balls. Use just as
little candy as possible in these balls and let
none of it get on the outside, where they
should look perfectly white.
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The onano of these islands has q strong, pun

The guano of these islands has strong, pun
gent odor, and is white and light brown in
color. But the guano of the islands of the
Southern Pacific is made up of deeomposed
coral, forming mostly phosphates of lime
and magnesia. 1t is entirely iodorous, and
of a dark brown color, resembling well pull
verized loan. 1t is believed that the BIRDS
which in large numbers inhabit the islands
living as they do almost entirely on fish, de-
post phosphoric acid on the coral, and also
leave the bones of the fish, which they can
not eat. These decompose the coral, and
thus form the phosphates which give to the
guano its value. The guano is separated
from the coral i'll the following manner
There is quite force of-natives employed
who gather the earth in large heaps, and
then screen it in the same manner as fine coal
is separated from coarse. The screens are
about eight feet by three, and the iron gauze
covering them is fine, allowing only the gu
ano, or fine portions of the earth, to pass
through, and leaving the coral in the screens.
The guano is then sacked, and shipped to
Hamburg, whence it is reshipped to differ
ent parts of Europe.-Emily s. Loud in Cat
ifornian.
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How SpooLs ARE MADE.-The wood, af-
ter being delivered to the factories, is first
sawed into pieces about four feet long and
from one to II inches square, according to the
size of the spool it is desired to make. These
pieces are put into dry house and there
thoroughly dried, whence they are taken into
the factory and given to the rougher, who, in
an incredibly short space of time, bores
hole in the centre couple of inches deep,
turns about the same space round, and then
cuts off the length required for q spool. The
machines used for this purpose are revolving
planers, in the centre of which is revolving
gimlet or bit, and Immediately to the right q
small circular saw, with gauge set to the
proper size for the spools. The roughers re.
ceive II cents par gross for the work, and
experienced men can turn out from 100 10
13O gross per day. The round blocks pass
from them to the 6nishers, who place them in
machines which give them the shape ofspools
and make them quite smooth. The spools
are thrown loosely into large cylinder,
which revolves slowly, so that the spools are
polished by the constant rubbing upon each
other for some time. On being taken out Of
the cylinder they are placed in a hopper with
an opening at the bottom, through which
they pass down a slide for inspection. Here
the inspector sits and watches closely to see
that no imperfect spools are allowed to pass,
and very small knot or scratch is sufficient
to condemn them They are packed in large
boxes made the proper size, and no additional
packing is needed The packers receive one.
quarter of cent per gross for packing, and
smart boy can pack about 200 gross per
day. One proprietor ships over 100000
spools per month to England, and another
firm ships over 100000 spools to Glasgow,
Scotland
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A WEARY LIFE 1T Is TO HAVE NO
WORK TO DO.

WOhh ~ Do.
Ho! We who at the anvil toll,
And strike the sounding blow,
Where from the burning irons breast
The sparks fly to and fro,
While answering to the hammers ring,
And fires intenser glow
Oh! while we feel tits hard to toll
And sweat the long day through,
Remember it is harder still
TO have no work to do!
Ho! We who till the stubborn soil.
Whose hard hands guide the plow,
Who bend beneath the summer sun,
With burning cheek and brow
Ye deem the curse still cllngSto eartn
From olden times till now
But while we feel it's hard to toll
And labor all day through,
Remember it is harder still
To have no work to do!
Ho! ye who plow the seas blue fields
Who ride the restless wave,
Beneath whose gallant vessels keel
There lies yawning grave.
Around whose bark the wintry wind
Like fiends Of fury rave
Oh while we feel it's hard to toll
And labor long hours through,
Remember it is harder still
TO have no work to do.
Ho! We upon whose fevered cheeks
The hectic blush is bright;
Whose mental toll wears out the day
And half the weary night;
Who labor for the souls of men,
Champions of truth and right,
Although YOU feel your toll is hard,
Even with this glorious view,
Remember it is harder still
To have no work &c do.
Ho! all who labor-all who strive,
Ye WELD a lofty power;
Do with your might, do with your strength,
Fill every golden hour;
The glorious privilege, to do
Is mans most noble dover,
Oh! to your brthright and yourselves,
TO your own souls he true!
A weary wretched lite is theirs
Who have no work to do!
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Though the Arab firmly believed the weap

Though the Arab firmly believed the weap
on to be really deadly, he took careful aim
and fred point blank at Houdin.'
There was pause. The conjurer fell not
but calmly advanced to the man and pre-
sented him with the apple, in the heart OF
which the marked bullet was found instead
of in Houdin's.
You see, the Freuchman had dexterously
changed the marked bullet for similar one
in appearance, but composed of an amalga
of tnfoil and quicksilver, which is about the
same weight as lead, and disperses at the
firing.
Into hole previously made in the apple,
on the side kept from the view of the audi.
ence, Houdin dropped the marked ball before
placing the fruit upon his knife, and had
closed the aperture with round piece of ap'
pie afterward, just as cheesemouger, makes
his "Stilton" whole again after you have test
ed his scoop.
When the apple was cut open and the bull
let fell out, attention was at once directed to
the marks upon it. and, Of course, so drawn
from any result of the debris of the ball that
had been fired from the pistol.
Houdin's powers were put to another test
subsequent to his pubne performance.
A deputation Of the elite of Algiers and
its neighborhood waited upon him, headed by
Bash.aga Bou. Allen, the African Roths-
child, to still further test the GIN trick.
Houdin was prepared. From beneath his
snowy white burnous, an aged Arab produced
two richly. chased pistols. These the Frank.
ish conjurer loaded, previously handing round
the bullets for inspection. Then he passed
one pistol to the chief, who at six PAGES fired,
and the ball was apparently caught between
Houdin's teeth.
Dropping this from his mouth, to prove its
solidity, Houdin now took up the other pistol
and fred at the stone wall of the apartment,
when-great wonder to the chief and dismay
to the imposters-the bullet apparently drew
blood from the stone.
One of the defeated Marabouts actually
put his finger on the blood and tasted 1T;
then he collapsed.
This trick was worked up" very cleverly
by Houdin. He "palmed' both the bullets,
substituting one made of real wax (hollow)
and lampblack for the pistol he gave to the
Arab, and crushed it as he rammed the charge
home, so that it would not injure him at such
a short distance.
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their hands, eye on the watch, and ear all at
tention. At the turn Of an alley they per-
ceived each other; by a rapid motion they
drew themselves behind the trunks of a
couple of trees in this position they resolved
to act. At first he gently waved the tail of
his coat just outside the tree which protected
him; he then protruded half the thickness
of the feshy part of his arm, drawing it
back again instantly. 1t was lucky for him
that he did so; for immediatly afterwards,
bullet sent a large piece of bark flying.
Fournier had lost shot.
In the course of a few minutes, Dupont
recommended the same maneuvre on the op-
posite side of the tree.trunk, and he embel.
iished his original idea by showing the trip
of his pistol barrel, as if he in turn were
watching for an opportunity to fire. Holding
his hat in his right hand, he displayed it as
far as the rim. In twinkling the hat was
blown away fortunately there was no head
inside of it. Fournier, therefore had wasted
his second bullet.
Dupont then sailed from his fortress, and
marched up to his adversary, who waited him
in the attitude of brave man for whom
there is no further hope. When Dupont was
within couple Of PAGES of his enemy, he
said:
II can kill you, if I like; it is nv right
and my privilege a but | cannot fire at a
human creature in cold blood. l spare your
life."
GAS you please"
81 spare it to-day, you understand clearly,
but remain the master of my own proper
ty, of which I allow you the provisional en-
joyment. But if ever you give me any trouble,
if ever you try to pick quarrel with me,
shall take the liberty of reminding you that
I am the lawful owner Of a couple of bullets
specially destined to be lodged in your skull /;
and we will resume the affair exactly at the
point where think proper to leave it to-day"
So ended duel which began in 1884, and
only finished in 1873
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The MINISTER'S Cow.-It is good thing
for preacher to "stick to his text" But If
he is tied to it, it may run away with him,
especially if it goes on all fours. An ex'
change tells this droll story of clergyman's
experiment. and how it ended:
Some years ago there lived in Central New
York very worthy but eccentric divine
known as Father Goss. He had hired
man named Isaac, who always obeyed orders
without question.
Father Goss bought cow one day which
proved refractory when milked, refusing to
surrender the lacteal fluid, although Isaac
used all the persuasive arts Of which he was
master. He finally reported her delinquen'
cies to his master.
"Well, Isaac" said he, "go to the barn
and get those pieces of new rope"
Isaac obeyed the cow was driven to the
stable tied with piece of rope, when the
Rev. came out armed with knife.
"Now," he explained to Isaac, 81 will get
on the cows back, and you tie my feet be-
meath her, then you 60 on with your milking,
and, with my weight upon her, she must give
down her milk"
Isaac obeyed. 1he feet were tleu, the pail
got and the milking commenced.
But bossy objected, and plunged wildly
about. The stable was low and the Rev.s
head was fearfully thumped.
20 Isaac! Isaac" bswled he, "cut the
rope"
Isaac seized the knife and cut, not the rope
which tied the masters feet, but the one that
-. II - 1.Nl olco
the yard gate. ,
Away darted the frantic cow, the terrified
man on her back, helplessly roaring, "Stop
her, stop her !"
While madly careering down the road he
met a parishioner who excitedly called, "Why,
Mr.. Goss, where are you goipg?"
"Only God and this COW knows" groaned
he; 81 don't"
The animal was finally caught, and the
man released, much frightened, but unhurt.
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THE COTTON.MILL CAMPAIGN.

am now engaged in getting up mill of
$500 spindles to manufacture yarn at this
place. / do not expect to seek dollar of
foreign subscription, but I want our own citi.
zens throughout the county to be interested
in it and to help me build and operate it.
I first went to Rock Hill, S. c., where a
cotton mill has just been erected by the citi'
zens with capital of 100000. 1t is run by
steam, and when fully equipped will have
5000 spindles, capable of producing 1000
pounds of yarn in IL hours, worth ~ cents
per pound.
The next point visited was Charlotte, N. G..
The mills are owned by Messrs. Oates Bros.
They manufacture entirely by steam, and were
built at a cost of s15 per spindle: They
have 6,24O spindles, spin 1000 pounds of No.
20 yarn in II hours, which sells at from ~ to
26 cents per pound. Their daily running ex.
penses are $50. 1t requires $3.50 pounds Of
raw cotton to make 1000 pounds of yarn.
From these figures, with raw cotton averaging
10 cents per pound, we have the neat little
profit of S155 per day. This information
was furnished me by Mr.. David Oates, who
has charge of the mills.
The next mill visited was at Salem, N. G.,
owned by Messrs. F. & H. Fries, whose goods
are known all over the United States as the
"Salem goods" Their mills have been in
successful operation for over thirty years.
They employ a. Corliss steam engine for pro.
pelling their machinery, and produce both
cotton and wooden fabrics. The Messrs Fries
have just completed a new cotton factory
containing 5000 spindles, $50 looms, and all
the latest improvements in machinery.
My steps were then directed to the Belmont
Mills, near Graham, G. They are owned
by Messrs. L. S. & L. B. Holt. They have
been in successful operation about three years;
have 2,6l2 spindles, make 5000 pounds of
No. 20 warps in 1872 hours work, and use
water in winter and steam in summer. Last
year they cleared handsome profit, and are
now being run day and night. The Messrs
Holt pay $1.25 per bale freight on raw cot.
ton and haul it five miles to their mills. This
expense would be obviated by our mill here
Taking Orapgeburg in my route, l visited
a mill owned by Mr.. George Cornelson, who
has four of the Clement attachments in sue.
cessful operation. His mill has capacity Of
800 pounds of yarn per twelve hours, which
sells readily in the Northern markets at %
cents per pound He is making arrangements
to run day and night.-D. j. W1NN, in Sum-
ter Southron.
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A LITTLE SUCCESSFUL PRoPHEcY.-The
Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial says, that by far the most accu"
rate estimate Of future population ever made
in this country, or any other, was made BY a
man named Watson in 1916. As his predic-
tions we're published that year there can be
no doabt Of the genuineness of his "guesses." !"
He predicted that the population in. 1880
would be 56,45O,000. His prophecies were
made in 1917, and here is the striking man.
ner in which successive censuses have shown
their accuracy ...