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Anthracite Coal.

There are but four anthracite coal.
fields in Pennsylvania, and their aggre-
gate area is but 483 square miles. Reli
able engineers estimate that the amount
of coal the four fields will yield, if the
present wasteful method of mining be
continued, cannot be more than 5000, I
600, 200 tons. But the year 1882 has
taken 29, 100000 tons of anthracite coal
from Pennsylvania mines, and it is ex.
pected that the amount taken will be
greater, rather than less, in future years, ,
SO that the supply will beexhausted in a
century, If not sooner. Besides Penn
sylyania, Rhode Island and Virginia are
the only States which produce anthracite
coal, and their supply is Insignificant.
The service performed by anthracite coal
in the development of the resources OF
the United States has been SO great that
the prospect of the exhaustion of the
supply, even century hence, must be
regarded with much concern. The dec
laration that long before the century
ends anthracite coal will be a luxury
which only the rich can enjoy, viii cause
a popular demand that the wasteful
method of mining known as the .,pillar
and breast be abandoned, and that the
more economical method employed in
English mines be substituted for it.
1t is true that thesupply of bituminous
coal seems inexhaustible, although the
annual product Of our bituminous mines
does not much exceed A, 0O0, 900 tons,
which is about one-fonrth of the coal pro-
duct in England. Ohio, which ranks
below Pennsylvania and Illinois in the
production Of bituminous coal, can pro-
duce more than England, whose capacity
is already severely taxed. But the iron
and steel industries OF the United States
could never have reached their present
proportions but for anthracite coal, and
the exhaustion Of the anthracite fields
viii inevitably affect the prosperity of
the country. unless inventive genius de-
vises new fuel TO feed our blast furnaces
and move our engines-a contingency so
remote that the gravest considerations
remain to urge economy in antIlracits
coal.-N, 7, Nal and Express
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greater part of the retroactive action OF the
earth's atmosphere is exerted below the
level at which the higher clouds appear,
and very important part below the
level even of the cumulus clouds. Eyi-
denee is not wanting to show precisely
what happens when our earth comes be-
tween a heavenly body and the sun.
We obtain such evidence during total
lunar eclipses, in which sometimes the
disk of the moon continues to shine with
bright-red light, really such light as
we get from the setting sun, while on
other occasions doubtless when the
earth's atmosphere is heavily laden
with clouds the moons disk is entirely
lost to sight during total eclipse.
Thus, then, we can safely infer that
the incompleteness of the arc of light
around Venus on the 9th was DIE to
clouds in the air of Venus. Spectre
scopic analysis indicated the presence of
aqueous vapor in the atmosphere of
Venus at that time. Hence, beyond all
doubt those clouds were, like ours,
clouds of water-drops- or cirrus clouds
of ice particles. 1t follows that Venus
must have seas like ours; that the same
kind of material vitality which is shown
on the earth in meteorological phen-
omena exists also on Venus, but whether
for the benefit of living creatures there.
no man can safely say London Times.
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An Empecunions Nan.

A foreign exchange thus helps TO GER
culate the latest American story An
American is travelling on the .sConri-
nongn with party of CaygilPs, and his
manner is so grave and sad that COM
mittee of the tourists wait on him pri-
vately to his room at an Italian hotel to
ascertain, if possible, the cause of his
depression. He receives the little depu-
tation with o melancholy expression of
facts, and after hearing the speaker re-
plies: Gentlemen. | know I'm more
or less of a saturated blanket on this
party, but the fact is. I'm very poor
man --steeped to clips, may say, in
impecuniosity. When tell you, in strict
confidence, that this is my wedding tour.
and | have been compelled 10 leave NV
wife at home, you can form an idea 81
The harrow ness Of my resources.
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Oscars Welcome Home.

The London press received the great
sun-hower Oscar Wilde on his return
from America with sneers and derision !.
They speak of him as played-out hum
bug. The Pail MaN Gazette said that
s'although his mission is an admitted
failure he has been allowed to leave the,
United States in peace. Then quoting
Nine Nilsson remark that in England
Mr.. Wilde did not appear clad as he did
in America because .'that would not be
tolerated there" the Pal Mall added
with almost brutal directness: g In this
the songstresss does wrong to the meas
ureless liberation of contempt which pre-
walls in this country. Except the little
street boys one would take any notice
of the way in which Mr.. Wilde was clad,
SO long as he condescended to be clad at
all. !" From the So. james Gazette he
received even harsher treatment The
editor hoped that Mr.. Wilde would profit
by. the melancholy failure of his visit,
for, mot to put too fine a point on it,
he has been laughed at all through the
States and that.on his return he would
g fall into the hands of other ladies as
sensible and as Christening to his igno-
BILE spirit as Mime. Nilsson. For from
women alone is his hope of salvation.
Men, who are often rather brutally cou-
temptuous of such creatures as Mr.. Wilde
will have nothing to do with him, even
in the way of remonstrance. But,
fortunately, it is not so with wom-
en-. They are ever helpful to the
weak, and soft to the !. soft; and
besides, there is much in Mr.. Wilde's
demonstrations which leads to the infer
ence that he himself is awoman spoiled"
Worst of all were the comments in the
Dasty Ne,os. They represented Mr..
Wilde as returning to England ''sadder
if not a wiser man, = leaving the 'ttAmeri-
cans merrier but not less wise people,
who sslaughed at him, and when they
were tired of laughing forgot him.
perhaps, !" continued the Commentator,
mfr. Oscar Wilde may have more SYM
pathy with the Atlantic Ocean, as itself
a gigantic failure, now that he is return
ing home Respondent, than he had when
be set out full of hope and confidence in
his mission. He may have certain in
diligence for it as "a melancholy and
monotonous impostor. The Atlantic
Ocean, Niagars Falls, the American
people-they are all vast decisions, each
as Indifferent as the others to the majestic
personality of Mr.. Oscar Wilde" These
are all painfully blunt observations, and
SAVIOR strongly of that '..dreadful per
sonality'' which 50 grieved Mr.. Wilde in
the American press. He will be dissatis-
fed with his home and will find exist
ence there as tsutteTiy drearV'' "a If was
here. A prophet and apostle cannot be
said to be greatly honored in his own
country when the news of his return
prompts the press of the land to call him
such unpleasant names as ''creature, =
''weak and soft woman spoiled, y
and melancholy and monotonous inn
postor.n This is not exactly receiving
man with open arms. 1t comes nearer
to the ''fervid reception with basin OF
hot water which Artemus Wards wife
once extended TO him on his return from
lecturing tour. - Chicago Tribune.
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natural state for making handles to ex-
pensive carving sets and other articles
of luxury, The large proportion of very
small tusks brought to market Indicates
how many elephants die in early youth.
To show to what size many of these
might have attained, the well-known
cutters, Joseph Rogers & Son, of
Sheffield, exhibit at their 6how-r rooms
an African elephants tusk nine feet
long, twenty-one inches in girth, weigh
ing 160 pounds. This is among the
largest tusks on record. Its present
value is $3.50. An animal large and
strong enough to carry such pair of
incisors would attract more attention
than Jumbo--Uaited States Consul
Webster's Report.
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Knife handles.

First in Importance for the making ct
good cutlery is, of course, the steel fer
the blade. Next comes the material
that forms the handle, which it is the
principal purpose of this dispatch to
consider. The subs tances thus used ara
various and the whole world is laid I'M
der contribution to supply them. They
consist of ivory, pearl and tortoise shell,
stag, buck, buffalo and all other kinds of
horn, bone, foreign woods and various
patent substances known by the names
xylonite, parksite, ebonite, etc. The
cutting of these various materials into
sizes and shapes suitable for use by the
cutler is a very large business by itself,
and with the purchase of the material re-
quires large outlay of capital. For
instance, one dealer in Sheffield tells me
that his firm had ON their premises at
one time ivory to the value of $500, 900.
No such stocks are kept at the present
time. The business of furnishing the
material for handles is known by the
general term of scale-cutting, the word
scales being used to denote the pieces,
of whatever material, that 90 from the
handle in all kinds OF -pocket-knives and
III the cheaper SrdueS oI tapie cutlery.
The business embraces also the cutting
of solid handles from ivory, pearl, shell
and other material for the best kinds of
table cutlery. Some cutters purchase
the material and cut their own scales,
but it is usual to purchase of those who
make this separate business. OF all
materials ivory holds the first rank The
sources of supply of this increasingly
valuable material are Egypt, the East.
West and South coastsof Africa, ard the
British East indies. The following table
will show the quantities imported into
Great Britain during the year 1880, and
from " hat nonnfrias =. 80. ~ III
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For Young Readers.
SIX YEARS OLD TosD4Y /

What do you think, doll Rosa? , Jtit
Look sharp at me, and sayl
What do you think has happened? iE
I'm six years old to-day.
Yes this is why my dear mamma EFT
Has dressed you up SO gay,
And brought goiI here to visit me, $3.50
I'm six years. old to-dayi
You see how fast I'm growing?
Il On forgot. You know, sEz
That you had only met me
Isl An hour or two agol .t..zg -.
I've grown year since yesterday
My papa told me so.
Tn sure 1 didn't feel so tall
Z A day or two agol - -..s H.. "a
And don't you think, doll Rosa,
I'm 'Inest tooeld to play2 Lt
Ireally feel quite busy,
t Because I'm sixto-day. 4}5T #4t1
guess I'll help mamma awhileI
/ wonder what she'll say. 3t [fst5t3ff
And after that We'll celebrated
III Because I'm six to-day. t4
Our Little Oglsa
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directions viii avail little F;0,..
skating can only be learned by SvIs ~
ing some one proficient in the art anS
initiating his movements with cara ana ana
patience. -HarpeTas Young PeopIe '''''
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How Turkish Women Terrorize the
Porte

A Constantinople letter saws There
was a grand procession here the other
day on one of the great Moslem fes-
rivals. All the splendor of the Court
was on exhibition. But after the cere-
mony the Minister of Finance was con-
yerslng with some friends in Q sumptu-
Gus apartment, when huge mob OF
women appeared, demanding money to
buy bread. They beset the palace on
all sides and clamored with a clanor
that always strikes terror tothe stoutest
Moslem heart. They were starving, SO
they said, because the Minister OF Fl
nance has not paid salaries for months.
No guard could control them No
soldier dares raise his hand against q
woman. And 50 the Minister, gold
lace. orders and all. had to beat .
precipitate retreat through some secret
passageWay in order to save himself
from their clutches One amusing
feature of this little incident is tho
curious fact that these women are large
" hired disturbers. Officials ind thak
they cannot get tiieir pay themselves
When they become straitened for casb.
therefore, they betake themselves to
these women. The women are profess
.sional cole tors, and receive percent
age on what they get, They know that
they can defeat any soldiers with their
slippers, or perhaps their yells. So they
take the most extreme measures in or"
der to get the money out Of heGogeTn-
ment. They get up mobs. they petition
the Sultan, theF shed copious tears over
their hard lot, and so win COMMAND
for some slight distribt ton OF money.
Then they occupy the approaches tofhe
Treasury Building, and utterly prevent
any unhappy male creature rom 80
much as seeing the pay-windows until
they have themselves drawn all tnat
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"A Boston man was much horrlnea
when fat colored woman appeared "
his Office recently and told him that she
had prepared her trousseau and was
ready for the ceremony. He expressed
establishment. she coolly told him t9aO
he had promised to marry her. re 5.s
showed her to the door. She brougns
suit for s., 600. ae won the suit pos
was crazy. --BossQ9 Posi-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11
Good NoSs from IoxnS.

METHoMAs a. HOWARD, of Honey Grove,
Fannin County, Texas, under date Of April
o, 1883, writes as follows
II have been suffering during several
years from severe illness, and a general
breaking down of my physical system, and
nave tried the treatment and prescriptions
OF many doctors far and near, and travelled
TO the Hot Springs and othor mineral
springs famous for their remedial qualities,
drinking the waters and bathing systemati-
cally in their healing depths, but all to no
avail, as steadily failed in health; and al
though informed by my physicians that nv
ailments and weaknesses were the result Of
kidney disease of a dangerous character,
they could give me nothing to cure me-
During the past two years my sufferings at
umes We're dreadful, and had the most in
ueScribable pains in The regions about the
Kidneys, the paroxysms of which were 80
severe as to render it impossible for me to
sleep. While in this deplorable and dis
couraged condition was persuaded to try
hunts Remedy, and after using less than
halt bottle my great sutterings and par
oNysms OF pain were entirely relieved, and
could sleep better and longer than L had
III TWO years before, and although am now
OH my third bottle only my Improvement is
very remarkable, and regret that 1 did
not know of the wonderful curative powers
OF hunts Remedy before, as it would have
saved me years Of suffering. I heartily re-
commend 1t to all afflicted with any kidney
disease or disease of the urinary organs"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11

experience OF hundreds Of prominent per.
sons who were given up to die by both
their physicians and fricDds."
"1ou speak OF your own experience,
what was IT."
"a fearful one. / had felt Ian guild and
untitled for business for years. But did
not know what allied me. When, however,
found it was kidney difficulty, b thought
there wes little hope, and so dld the
doctors. have since learned that one the
physicians of this city pointed me out to a
gentleman on the street one day, saying,
| there goes man who will be dead within
year. believe his words would have
proven true If had not fortunately &c.
cured and used the remedy now known as
Warmers Safe Cure"
"And this caused you TO manufacture II" "
mo 1t caused me to investigate. went
to the principal cities, saw physicians pre-.
scribing and using 1t and l therefore dc
termined, as a duty owed humanity and
'he sutf ering, to bring it within their reach
and now 1t is known In every part of
America, is sold in every drug store and
has become household necessity"
The reporter loft Mr.. Warner, much i'm
pressed with the carnestness and sincerity
of his statements and next paid visit to
Dr.. s. A. baltimore at his residence on
Prince street. DR.. Lattlmore, although
buslly engaged upon some matters con-
nectcd with tho State Board of Health, Of
Health, of which he is one Of the analysts,
courtcously answered the questions that
were propouudcd him.
"Did you make q chemical analysis of
the case of Dir. II. IL. Warner some three
years ago, Doctor2"
"Ycs, SIR"
'What did this analysis show you2"
"Fhe presence Of albumen and tube
casts in great abundance"
"And what did the symptoms indicated"
"a serious disease of the Kidneys"
"nid you think Mr.. Warner could re-
covcr2"
"No, sir. did not think it possible.
1t was seldom, indeed, that 80 pronounc-
ed case had, up to that time, ever
been cured"
''Do you know anything about the
remedy which cured him2"
eyes, have chemically analyzed it and
upon critical examination, find it entirely
free from any poisonous or dcleterlous sub.
stances"
We publish the fcreg oing statements in
view OF the commotlon which the publlcl-
ty of DIR. lemons article has caused and
to meet the protcsatlors which have been
made. The standing OF DR.. Henion. Mr.
Warner and DR.. I.attimore in the commu-
nifty is beyond question: and the statement
they make cannet be doubted. They con-
clusively show that Bright's disease of the
kidneys Is one of the most deceptive and
dangerous Of all diseases, that 1t is exceed.
lngly common, alarminl!y increasing and
that 1t can be cured.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11

SHEMP, II he sheep is oloRe grazer,
and even prefers short pastures. It is
sorupulously clean, though not very
select in the choice of tho herbage on
which 1t feeds. Wool, being highly
nitrogenous substance. requires larger
supply of albuminoid food for sheep
than other ruminants demand. Wool
being the chief profit OF sheep farming,
1t will be economy to feed oats or oil
cake pretty freely to secure liberal
growth of this staple.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11
Bcu-Riddcn und Cured.

w. Il. HUEsTIs, of Emporia. Kansas,
says that his wife had been sick noarly
seven years, and for the last four months
bed-ridden. She has been treated by q
number of physicians and only grew worse.
Her attention was called to DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" and "Favor-
ite Prescription" which she commenced
using. In one week she could sit up, and
in three weeks could walk about. BY drug
ui lfa
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11

BoNHs.-- pound Of bones contains
as much phosphorio eoid as one htln-
dred pounds of wheat. On many
farms there are bones enough wasted to
supply phosphorio acid for all the wheat
consumed
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11
Maryland to tho Front,

Tue Hon. Oden Bowie, Ex-Governor OF
Maryland, President Of the Baltimore
City Passenger Railroad Co., also presi-
dent OF the Maryland Jockey Club says;
both In my family, apd IN my private
stables, as we'll as those Of the CITY Pas.
sengcr Railway Co., / have for several
years used st. Jacobs Oh most satisfacto-
rlly." Such statement ought to convince
every reader of this paper.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11
uIIit My BnSo Exn city,

Please allow me to speak In the highest terms of
hunts Remedy, for IL nit my case exactly. l had
commended Huu's Remedy. took one teaspoon
iul as directed. felt decided change at the
nrst uose. took two bottles, aud have felt like a
thanKs or myself for the bcnehts which l sought
fuinly for and found only in Hunts Remedy.
VIII cheerfully give this same opinion OF Hunts
Kennedy - any one who wishes it, by addressing
ROBERT ID. ARCHER,
, 81 Linn ARD Street, Philadelphia.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11

The wise farmer will keep a good
GLASS of horses or none. There are oases
In which circumstances may interfere
somewhat, but the man who tries to run
tarm and get the best results by get.
ting. along with old plugs of horses, GER
tainly stands in his own light. The
character of his horse is generally O
pretty good indication Of the character
of it's owner.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11

The market is flooded with worthless
and vile compounds for the rejuvenation OF
the hair, but Carboline, the great petro.
leum hair remover and dressing, as now
improved and perfected, still takes the
front rank as the best preparation ever OF.
fered 10 the public
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COOP raw bone dust is estimated to
last about seven years.
No Time Should DC Lost

When the first twingeS OF rheumatism are felt.
An eflectual means Of connteracting is presented
in Hosteter's Stomach BtterS, ayouchcd, on COM
pctent medical authority, to be reliable specific
for this disease. II eliminates from the system.
through its depura!ing acton up the blood, acrid
impurities, to the presence Of which eminent
medical authors refer the pain and Inflammation
which attend this atrocious maiady. As obstlnacy
no less than greyious pain, is a characteristic oi
rheumatism, the preventive named should be
used at the outset to check its further growth
Besides purifying the circulation, 1t helps to en-
rich 1t by assisting digestion. The medicine is
also used with signal bene1t for liver compla mt,
constipation, debIity, nervous ailments and Kid
ney troubles By renewing depleted strength, an
establishing regularity In the more impor aut
bodily organs, tends to fortify the constitution,
especially against those forms Of disease which
the debil,ta cd are most prone to incur.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11

Years add to the faith of those cured OF
Heart Disease by use Of DR.. Graves Heart
Regulator. For 80 years 1t haa proved it.
self a specific. 81.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11
Virtue is rough way, but proves a
night bed Of down,
ErnINr .NEle Gr&,Nna

ono grca 'ing lasts two weeks; all othors two
or three days. Do not Le IMPOSED Oh by the
hnmbug stuff5 offerol Ask your de aler for Fra
zers, with label OH. saves your horse labor and
you too. 1t received first medal at the Ceuten.
nlal and Paris Expositions. Sold every where
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11

Young, middl"-aged, or old men, suffer-
ing from nervous debility or kindred atfoo-
9Hons' should address, with two stamps, for
lCAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11

II have taken one bottle of DR.. Graves
Heart Regulator for Heart Disease and
find 1t all could desire. "A. A. IIoIbrook.
Worcester, Mass"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11
Gcneral Debility ana Liver Complaint.

II. Y: PIERCE, M. D., Buffalo, N. y:
Dear Sir--My wife has been taking your
Golden Medical Discovery" and "Pellets"
for her liver and general debility, and has
found them to be good medicines, and
would recommend them to all sufferers
from Liver Complaint, Sour Stomach, and
General Debility. Yours fraternally,
N. E. HARMON,
Pastor M. l.. Church, Elsah, III.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-11

DUCKS are the most profitable if
they can be properly attended to.
The eggs command good price.
They are good for the table, the
Muscovy being almost rs fine as tur-
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