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Vol. VIII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1872. No. 38. THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED EVERY MEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry C. H., By Thos. F. & R. H.Geneker, Editors and Proprietors. Invariably in Advance. -y- Th4 per is stopped at the expiration of time for w ~h it is paid. B- The X mark denotes expiration of sub @cription. OFFICT AL. Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General As sembly of South Carolina, Regular Session, 1871 and 1872. AN ACT TO 31AKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PER DIEM OF THE .*EMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND SALA RIES OF THE SUBORDINATE OFFI CERS AND EMPLOYEES. AND OTH ER EXPENSES INCIDENTAL THERE TO. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa Lives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in Gene ral Assembly, and by the authori ty of the same: That, for the payment of the per diem of the members of the 6General Assembly, and the sala ries of the subordinate officers and employees, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, if so much be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 2. That the Clerks of the Senate and House of Representa tivcs b6, and they are hereby, au thorized and directed to furnish each member of their respective bodies a pay certificate for the amiount of the per diem, to include such dates as the General Assem bly shall, by concurrent resolu tion, direct. SEC. 3. That such certificates shall conform to the provisions of See tion 23, Article 1, of the Consti tation of the State, and shall be certified by the President of the Senate, and attested by the Clerk of the Senate, for all members of that body, and by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. and by the Clerk of the same, for all members of that body. SEc. 4. That the subordinate of fieers and employees of the Gene ral Assembly shall, in like man ner. be furnished with pay certifi cates, in such amounts as shall be fixed by that branch of the General Assembly to which such officers and employees shall, re spectively. belong : Provided, howo ever, That the pay certificates, for services rendered common to the two Houses, shall be signed by the Pr-esident of the Senate, and countersigned by the Speaker Cf the House of Representatives. SEC. 5. That the Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the said cer-tificates, at his counter, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise disposed of, prior to any other claim or claims whatsoever, and to hold the crtificates as his vouchers there for,and he is also authorized and re quir'ed to retain in the Tr-easuiy all moneys from incoming taxes, subject to the demands of such or ders or certificate ; and, should there be a deficiency of funds in the State Treasury, whereby the payment ot said certificates can not be made, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directedl to borrow whatever amount of' money is necessary to pay the said certificates, and to give his obligation, as State Treasurer, for the same, and such obligation shall be good and binding on' the State, and sliall be paid out of any mon (vs in the Treasury received from 1:ixes or from other sources: Pro tided, further, That no part of said moneys shall be used for payment of any claims issued prior to No vem ber 28, 1871. SEC. 6. That, for the purpose of meeting the deficiencies in the 1egi slative appropriations for the regular session of 1870 and 1871, such deficiencies, consisting of un paid certificates f'or the per- diem and mileage of member-s and at taches of the Gener-al Assembly, the sum of one hundred and thir ty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwvise appropriated: Pro vided, That no obligation of the Treasurer shall be given, and no payment made, exceeding t h e anmount named in the first and sixth Sections of this Act. Approved Mairch 4, 1872. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE DAR LINGTON LAND JOiNT sTOCK AND LOAN AssoCIATION, vF DARLING TON, SOUTH CAROLINA. SEcTION 1. Be it enactedbth Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of South Caro lina, now met and sitting in Gene ral Assembly, and by the authori ty of the same: That Richard H. Humbert, T. C. Cox, S. J. Keith, J. A. Smith, William Braley, J. A. Williamson, P. C. Fludd, Alfred Hart, Edwardc Mickey, A. P' Ford, Richard Ford, F. J. "Pugh, Adam Bristow, Wil liam Grant, J. D. Warley, A. L Singleton, and J. W. Thomas, to getber with such other persons as now are, or hereafter may be, associated with them, be, anc they are hereby, declared a body politic and corporate, for the pur pose of buying and holding real estatc in the County of Darlin ton, or at any point within the County, or the State of South Carolina, and niuking loans of money, secured by mortgages of real estate, and the hypothecation of bonds, stocks, and other choses in action, and personal property, to its members and stockholders, by the name and style of the "Dar lington Land Joint Stock and Loan Association, of Darlington, South Carolina." The capital stock of said association to consist of five thousand shares of the val ue of twenty-five dollars per share; but as soon as two thousand shares shall have been subscribed there to, the said association shall or ganize and commence operations, said shares to be paid by succes sive monthly instalments of one dollar on each share so long as the said association shall continue; the said shares to be held, trans ferred, assigned and pledged, and the holders thereof to be subject to such fines, penalties and for feitures, for default in their pay ments, as the regulations and by laws of the said association may prescribe. SEc. 2. That the said Associa tion shall have number and suc cession of officers and members as shall be ordained and chosen, according to the rules and by-laws made, or to be made, by them for their government; and shall have I power and authority, from time to time, and at all times, to make such rules and by-laws as are not repugnant to the Constitution and the laws of the land ; to have and keep a common seal, and to alter the same at will; to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in any Court of Law or Equity in this State; and shall have and en joy every right and privilege in cident and belonging to corporate bodies, according to the laws of the land. SEc. 3. That the funds of the said Association shall be invested either in the purchase of real es tate, in the County of Darlington, South Carolina, or in any County or sub-division of the State of South Carolina, which shall be rented out, or leased, or sold and conveyed, to the members and stockholders of said Association upon such terms and conditions as, from time to time, may be pre scribed by its rules and by-laws, or be loaned out and advanced to the members and stockholders thereof, upon the security and by hypothecation of real estate in the County ot Dariington, or any oth i er sub-division of the State, afore said, or bonds, stocks or choses in action >n personal property, on such terms and eonditions as, from time to time, may be prescribed by the rules and by-laws, afore said. And it shall and may be lawful for the said association to hold and enjoy, for the mutual benefit of its members and stock holders, all such lands, tenementsi and hereditamnent, as may be bona ide purchased by, and coeveyed Ito it ; or as may be mortgaged to lit, by way of security, upon its loans and advances; or as may be purchased by, or transferred and conveyed to it, at sales under judg ments or decrees, at law or equity, Ifor securing, or recovering or in compromise settlement of any debt or debts due to it; and to Isell, alien, barter, exchange, con vey, mortgage, or otherwise dis pose of the same, from time to time, and whenever deemed expe dient. SEC. 4. That if any of the funds of the said association shall re main unproductive, or uninvested and unneeded, or uncalled for, for the space of t.wo months, by its own member-s and stock holders, it shall be lawful for the said asso ciation to lend out what moneys may be on hand to others than stockholders, at such rates of in terest (on such security, whether of mortgage or real estate, choses in action, or- other personal pro perty) as may be agreed on, to be safety invested, to be repaid with in one year. SEC. 5. That,whenever the funds and assets of the said association shall have accumulated to such an amount that, upon a fair division tbereof, such stock holders, for each and every share of stock held by him or hci-, shall have received, or be entitled'to recive, the sum of to o hundred dollars, or tbe val ue thereof in property or assets, and such division and distribution shall have been made, then the said association shall cease and de termine: Provided, however, TUhat in case the said association shall not have closed its operations and affairs, as above provided for, within a shorter period, then this Act shall not continue in force be yond twenty years. SEc. 6. Tfhat if any officer or ub-officer of the said association shall use the money of said asso ciation other than those prescribed by this Act, he shall, on proof tieof, be deemed guilty of a msdeeanor, and sentenced to pa a fine of twice the amount of money so appropriated, and im prisonment for a term not less than six months. SEC. 7. That this Act shall be deemed a public Act, and be giwen and received in evidence, without being specially pleaded. Approved March 13, 1872. JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TiE STATE TREASURER TO RE-ISsUE TO M. E. CARRERE. 31. D., AND W. 'M. WILSON. EXECUTORS OF SAM* UEL WILSON. DECEASED, CERTAIN CERTIFICATES OF STATE STOCK. Whereas it appears by the books of the State Treasurer that there has been duly issued certain cer tificates of State Stock, to the amount of three thousand five hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents, (83,56G.67) to Samuel Wilson, deceased; and whereas said certificates c(oming into the hands of said M1. E. Cai rere, M. D., and W. M. Wilson, as Executors, as aforesaid, of Sam']. Wilson, were lost or destroyed at the burning of Columbia in Febru ruary, 1865; therefore Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of! the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assein bly, and by the authority of the same: That the State Treasurer be, and lie is hereby, authorized to re issue to said M1. E. Carrere, M. D., and W. -1. Wilson, Executors as aforesaid of Samuel Wilson, de ceased, certificates of stock of the same amount, payable at the same time, and bearing the same rate of interest, :s those lost or destroy ed. That the said M. E. Carrere, M. D., and V. M. Wilson, Execu tors as aforesaid of Samuel Wil son, deceased, be, and they are hereby, required to deposit with the State Treasurer a bond legally executed in the penal sum of seven thousand one hundred and thirty three dollars and thirLy-four cents ($7,133.34.100) to indemnify the State against loss. Approved March 13, 1872. Sanguinary Battle Between Ants. A correspondent of the St. Lou is Republican writes as follows: I am a pedagogue in the rural districts of Newton County, Mo.. and my school house had been in fested for several months by a spe cies of large black ant, much to the annoyance of the little bare footed scholars, and there seemed no way of getting rid of the pest; for, like the plagues of Egypt, to kill one, two would seem to sup ply its place. But what was my astonishment a few morning since, on coming into my school house, to find the floor literally strewn with dead and dying ants, and up on a closer examination, wvas still more astonished to find a despe iate battle then raging among them in all its fury, more sanguin ary and faital than any I ever wit nessed (and I was in many a har-d fought battle during the late un pleasantness), or read of' in the annals of history. A much larger num ber were ly ing dead than were left engaged, and I thereby concluded the bat tle had raged with unabated fe rocity all night. Most of the comn batants engaged were grappled in a deadly embrace, while other-s but recently commenced were stan ding erect on their h inder legs and sparring for the advantage with all the science of the most experienced swordsmen or pugil ists. The most fatal point of at tack, and the one - for which it seemed all contended, was the ligament which joined the main body with the head. This vital member once seized by the pow erf'ul nippers, death succeeded without a struggle, and the victor was then r-eady and eager for an other engagement. No undue advantage wits taken by either party, and no two would endeavor to overpower a single one ; nor was theire any fiinching or wavering in a single instance,I for whenever two belliger-ents met it was ceirtain death to one or both parties. Never, perhaps, wei-e tw o armies more equally matched in numbers, strength and valor; and consequently, at the close of the battle, which lasted two nights and a day, as new recruits contin ed to aririve every moment, there were but a few left, and probably none of the vanquished army, thus ivaling the valor of the heroes of the Alamo and the Spartan band of Leonidas. Observing closely, I could see a slight difference in the appearance of the con testahts, one set being perfectly black with a large head, while the other was nearer brown, with a smaller head, though both about equally matched in size and strength. Dismembered legs were more numerous than the dead, and many a poor and unfortunate though valiant hero, being entire ly deprived of his supportLers, was thus left, hors du combat, to die on the field. The next morning I swept up th dado nnd dying of both armie (for I would not disturb them while engagcd). amounting to thousands. It was a lesson for the philosopher as well as the natural ist. and caused me to moralize more than a little. The Br-own ites were undoubtedly the victors, as I occasionally see an old vete ran of that species hobbling about on two or three legs over the bat tie field, but a big headed black soldier is not to be Seen. From the San Francisco Chronicle. The Treasures of the Aztecs. TIE ORIGINAL DISCOVERER TELLS IS STORY-A FORTUNE FOUND IN A TON OF DIRT-LOCALITY OF THE FAMOUS 31INES-SAN FRANCISCO PAPERS ALL, IN THE DARK-CON STITUTION OF THE INCORPORATED COMPANY, &C. TARAMIE, Wyoming, August 19. -The following appears in the Sentinel to-day: We have the honor of first pla ing before the country the only i authoritative history an( circuml stances connected with the great diamond discovery, which weli gathered from the original discov-jt erer, L. Edward Arnold. The I main f acts were in our possession some days ago. but at the request I of the persons most interested it a was not published at that time. I Our readers will remember that on the 4th instant there appeared in the &ntinel an item on this I subjcct. Next morning we were < waited upon by Mr. Arnold, when ] the followin o'conversation ensued: "Mr. Arnold-It's no use for me t to misrepresent matters to you re- t garding your article in last eve- I ning's issue, for you have got us'e down to a hole. I came down I here for the purpose of fitting out t '1n expedition, as you state, sup- t posing it could be done without c our intentions or destination beingc discovered. The San Francisco r papers have been working in the t dark, publishing all sorts of non sense regarding this discovery, I but you are the only one who has vet hit us hard. We will compro mise if agreeable to you, as we are not ready to have the facts made public at present. If you will let up on us for r few days I we will give the facts .n full, and you can publish the first authen ti "ir. [We satisfied him that t we ,uld keep quiet until such t time as he was ready to have the matter made public, and he pro. ceeded.] I am the original discov ci-er of the diamond district. My first visit to the fields was or July 1 10, 1869, prospecting in the Pimo Indian country for gold. One day an Indian came to me, bringingi some bright PECULIAR-SHAPED sTONEs. iIe assured me that they were diamonds, and the locality wher-e they were to be found had been known to his tribe for many years. After making him presents, and1 with a heap of coaxing, he con sented to accompany me to the gounds. It was a three days' joruny, and we started at once. I found the fields located on the slope of a mountain of sandstone formation; and so plenty were the genms to be found that I picked up a quart or more in a few min ties. I started next day, with fear and hope, for San Fr-ancisco.1 On my ar-rival there I carried the stones to J. W. Tucker, jeweller, Montgomery street, who pro nounced them worthless. I was not satisfied. I heard of a French lapidar-y in the city, who had woked at Amster-dam, the gi-eat1 diamond-cutting mar-t of the world, and to him I applied for his opinion. IIe p)roounced them diamonds of the fir-st water-. My f-iends in some manner got hold of 1 the matter, and it was creating sonie excitement, when I referred to Tucker. This satisfied them and threw them off the track. To make assur-ance doubly sure I sent one of the stones to Fossa, Morris & Co., Boston, and had it cut. This r-elieved my mind of all doubts. I went back that season ard brought out with me about 200,000 worth. I made two trips in .!870, t wo in 1871, an d one this year, in company with Dodge Rew berry and Henry Janin, who were sent to ver-ify my statements to the company I was then about forming in Washington. In a ton and a half of dirt we found about 880,000 woRTH OF BRILLIANTS. The publishing of this report of Janin's was the greatest mistake we have made, for it set all the old miners upon us. These dia nonds were discovered before the two pretenders were ever in the country. I know them both well; they arle fr-auds. [IHere he showed us a beautiful brilliant of about seven carats.] Thbis is one I brought out with me on myC last trip. Dodge, who accompanied us on that occasion-, Is a very poor miner. He is too well fixed to mine. After being on the ground for a few hours he refused to pick u-p the diamonds when they were under hi e,.y oo Janin's re port was more than satisfactory. The company was formed with a ,apital of $10,000,000. It was stili thought necessary to keep the locality a secret. I started South and procured twenty no rroes, thinking I could move Lhem out to the location and get ibout six months' ; ork out of 'hem. when I would be willing ,he world should know the loca :ion. I got them here and had Jhem equipped, and was to start, vben I lost confidence in the col >red troops and concluded to send 'hem home. They had been here >nly about three weeks, and I rave them $150 each, and they vere well satisfied. General Mc 3lellan has some, and matters are atis,factorily arranged. I go to lanyon City,Colorado, from which )>ace I shall start with 100 picked nen and experienced miners. Our laim is all right. We are protee ed by the United States govern nent, and have concluded to go Jhcad in the matter boldly. Mi ier and Fox, of California, claim o have DISCOVERED THE SECRET ihere our gems are found, but hey do not speak of seeing men vhich we have on the ground vorking and holding possession. rom Canyon City our route is outhwest through St. Louis Val ay, 300 miles, and south of the loquis village. Near Flax river .bout$2,800,000 worth of brilliants ave been gathered up to this ate, figured at a low estimate. took out one weighing 405 car .ts. On my first visit I could pick hem up on the slope of the afoun ain without trouble. The rains iad washed the surface dirt off, ,nd had exposed them to view. I fave denied upon all occasions ,y knowledge of the location of he diamond district except to my ompany. I have been obliged to o so to protect the interests of ay friends and myself. You are he first outsider who has obtained ny ~accurate account of this affair. Iumboldt speaks of this country ,s a rerion where diamonds should e found, and Licutenan, Ives, vho was through that section in 857 with a surveying party, do cribes the rubies and emeralds band there, and speaks of finding tones resembling diamonds, none f which were tested by compe ent judges, we believe, at that ime. The gravel in which the ;ems are found occupies an area f some 3,000 acres. The tract is m government land, and the gov rnment has issued the patent for he entire area. The present own rs, therefOre, have the power of he United States to protect them n the possession and enjoyment >f their property. The company, >f which Mi. Arnold is the foun icr, is incorporated as the Califor iia and New York Mining and ohmmercial Company, with the ollowing trustees: Milton S. La ham, President London and San 'rancisco Bank ; Albert Gansi, of 3. D)avids~on & Co., Rothschilds' Lents; Thos. A. Selby, William dI. Lent, Wmn. F. Babcock, Louis loss and Maurice Dore, of San ~rancisco, and General George 3. McClellan and S. L. M. B'arlow, >f New Yor-k. The capital stock s $10,000,000. Mr. Janin, engi ecer and mineralogist of the comn >any, estimnatcs'the cash value of ho jewels already secured at mil ions, and says there can be no ~stimate of the wealth embodied n tho company's tract. THE DISCOVERER. L. Edward Arnold is a lKen uckian by birth and forty years >f age. lHe came into the West ~rn country at the age of cigh ecn and hias therefore had an ex >erience of twenty-two years in mninng lie was at one time a >artner of old Bill Bridger, and s said to know the Western coun ry better than any man living. EIe has acquired a fortune throughb uis diamond discoveries, and after ;etting the company in wvorking >rder pr~oposes to retire, and no onger to lead the life of the hardy e necr. The following is a c opy of alet ter picked up near one of the Rad cal rendezvous, yesterday. The >riginal can be seen at this office: D UE WEs'T, S. C., A ug. 30, '72. lHon. F. J. Moses, Jr.-Dear Sir: Send check for any amount you may think it will take to carry this part of the District, as money :lone can make the thing all right. Address J. A. STEWAR~T. (Phaenix. He will find himself in a great mistake that either seeks for a friend in a palace, or tries liim- at a feast. Muzzlin makes a dog safe, whl muslin makcssa young lady very dangerous ; still, in hot weather they both want muzzlin. Dean Swif t said : "It is useless to attempt to argue a man out o a thing he was never -reasoned in Grd from Mr. Tomlinson. CIARLESTON, S. C., Sept. S. To the Editors of the NeVrs. GENTLEMES: On returning to the city to-day, my attention is called to your editorials of Friday and of yesterday, in which you refer to charges made by F. L. Cardozo and S. W. Melton against me with refcrence to my alleged connection with the passage of the phosphate bill; and, looking upon at least one of these gentle men as having some character for veracity left, you may properly demand that I shall meet the charges. I had already been in formed, in a private letter from Mr. Corbin, of the statements made by Mr. Cardozo and Mr. Melton, at Yorkville, and was awaiting an opportunity to notice t1em publicly. By your kindly interference, I have that oppor tunity. I have not yet read Mr. Melton's speech delivered in Char leston, but understand frcm others that the statement made in that speech is substantially the same as that made at Yorkville. Mr. Cardozo is represented as saving at Yorkville, "Mr. Tomlin son is no better than Moses, so far as corr-uLption goes, for if Moses did issue fraudulent pay certifi cates, Mr. Tomlinson told me him se!f that he helped to buy up the Senate to pass the phosphate bill over the Governor's veto. He told me this at the time, and I have no doubt that he told me th'e truth." I can only say that this state ment is a bold, unblushing and unqualified falsehood. Will you tell mne how I am to prove that Mr. Cardozo tells an untruth when he makes this statement ? He might, with as much propriety, say that I had tried to bribe him to murder somebody; one asser tion would be just as reasonable and as true as the other. But if he reneats these assertions until the crack of doom, I do not- see how I am to prove their untruth. I can only place my assertions and character against his, and let the public decide for themselves. I may say, however, that in his speech at Yorkville, previous to making the above statement, Mr. Cardozo said of me that "I had been his friend for some years, and was an honest and upright man." Mr. C. may think that uprightness of character is consistent with a weakness for bribing Senators. I do not. Mr. Melton is represented as saying at Yorkville that he had been told, (and would give his au thority if Mr. Tonmlinson asked for it,) that he (Tomlinson) had bor rowed the money, or endorsed a note at the bank, to get the money which was used for the purpose of passing the phosphate bill through. This is substantially the same statement as that made by him in his Charleston speech. In reply, I have to say that there is abso lutely not the shadow of truth in the statement. I am bound to be lieve, even against some reasons for lack of faith in his perfect ye racity, that in this instance SIr. Melton thinks he has Joundation for his charge, and I will be only too glad to have his authority for the assertion he has seen fit to make. Of course you do not ask me now to prove that somebody did not tell Mr. Melton that I had done the thing charged, although the language of your editorial of Friday would seem to imply that it was my duty so to do. I respectfully submit that there is no parallel between the charges made against myself and those made against Mr. Moses. It is judicially proven tbat there have been fraudulent issues of pay cer tificates--see the affidavit of Treas urer Parker in answer to Judge Willard's order, in which it is shown that 8441,000 of pay certificates, for 1872, had been redeemed at the Treasury, and that for $399, 000 the Treasurer's notes had been given, to say nothing of the large amount not yet taken care of' by th3 Treasurer-and yet you seem to place the charge of Smith, Jones or Brown that I have sto len a horse or robbed a bank, in the same category with these charges which are of judicial re. cord. In your desire to hold the scales eveni between the two rad ical factions, I fear you lean a lit tleo to the other side. In conclusion, allow me to say: that my connection with th( phosphate bill was just this:] voted for it, because I thought ii for the interest of Charleston anc of the State to do so. I urged th( Governor not to veto it, for th< same reason, and for other reason not personal to myself; and I havi as yet seen no reason to regre my action. For my stock in th company, which is not $40,00C nor anything near that amount I have paid precisely what ever: sokoder in the company ha paid, including in the list some c C the most honor-able business mel -in Ch'arleston Some of the wild es and most absurd 'thinEjs hay been said with reference to the rrant under which the company With which I am conffected and others associated with us are act ing. Vithout betraying business natters which do no. concern the ,ublic, permit me to say, that up to this time, the only parties who have renped any benefit from that gran t are the State of South Car olina and the hundreds of me ubanics and laboli rng men em ployed by these conipaniws. I all, very respectfully, your obe dierit servant. RE _BEN TOMLINSON. Vexations of a Front Yard. EY BOGGS. We have recently moved into a house Lhat has a fj!;t yard. We have ahvays lived in louses whose front yard was the street. 0hil dren will play in the yard whether there is a street runnirlg through it or not. After two or three of them had barely escaped being run over by the teams that in sisted on running through our front yard, wife said she must rent a house that hadn't any street in it. So we did. But lord! the children didh't make any account of it; they are in the street as much as ever, accumu lating their daily supply of narrow escapes. Wife said the yard looked bare without shrubs. and flowers, a.nd vines. I hinted that a little grass would help it too. She asked me if 1 knew where I could get some, and I told her that I knew a little grass widow on the next street, if she would do. I retreated follow ed by the rolling pin. One morning as I was going away, wife asked me to bring her a few "annuals" when I came back. I wondered what she wanted with annuals as I rode down in the street car, but I am accustomed to a blind obedience to her requests, so when I went home at night I brought her some annuals. There were "Dr. Javne's Me'dical Alma nac," I remember, and the "Odd Fel low'sAnnual Offering,"and a"New Year's Address," for 1862, and the "Birth Day Gift," and num erour annual addresses before agri cultural associations that had ac cumulated on my hands. "G ood gracious," exclaimed Mrs. Boggs (she never swears like that unless under great excitement), "what have you brought me ?" "Annuals, Mrs. Boggs," said I. "You said you wanted some an nuals, and here they are." Then Mrs. Boggs burst out laughing and cried, "Why, you old fool you, (we have been mar ried twenty years, but Mrs. B. calls me pet names yet), the an nuals I mean are flowers such as verbenas, pansies, daises, morning glories, mignonette and the like, to set out in our front yard." Then she took all the anrnuals I had been at so much pains to collect and set them out in the back yard among other rubbish. Thbe next morning she asked me if I thought I could get her some roses for thle front yard. Told her I knew a man who had got a lot of early rose potatoes. but it wasn't the right time for setting them out, (I have an idea that the ground is much better employ ed mn raising a potato than in rais ing a flower, unless it be a barrel of flour.) Wife said I hadn't a bit of taste. She then gave me a memoranda of roses she wanted. I was busy all day, but just as I was about taking a car for home thought of the roses. I referred to the memoranda and found the 'Get a few geraniums, fuichias, heliotrope, roses, bourbon, run ning rose, "Prairie Queen,' golden tea plant, vines, English ivy, W an dering Je w, seeds, etc." I studied it hard, but it was slightly incomprehensible. She had evidently got things mixed up. However, 1 went to a florist's and told him what I wanted. Said I: "Give me a few geraniums and a few she's, and-" "A fe w what ?" asked the flower man, looking very puzzled. "A few she's," said I, turning very red, I know, for I[ couldn't tell for the life of me what my wife wanted of a few she's about the place, as she never could live in the same house with another woman. As the florist looked more stag gered than ever, I handed him the memoranda, when he bursted into a loud laugh. "Why man," he cried, "it's fuchias she wants!I" and then he roared again. "Well, whatever it is, give me a couple of yards of it anyhow, front and back yards, too." You see I was mad. I got the things the memoranda seemed to call for at various ,places, and went home. "Here, Mrs. Boggs," said I, Stestily, "are the things for your f front yard." "Why, what is.this Y' sh.e cried, as I thrust a two gallon jug upon her among other things. ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1.50 per square--one inch--for first insertion, an4 s1 for each snsequent insertion. Double column advertisements ten per cent on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respes, same rates per square as ordinaiy advertisements. Special notices in local column 20 cents per line. Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions will be- kept in till forbid and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with large adver tisers, with liberal deductions on above rates J pazemaI Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. "Bourbon, my dear, I found it on the memOranda. Pretty thivg to set out in the front yard, though. How long do you s'pose 4t'l stay there with the neighbors we've got ?" "Boggs, you are an infernal- , that memorandum was a "Bourbon Rose." But what is this nasty little book?" holding up a dime novel, with a highly colored title page, representing a gorgeous squaw on a fiery and untamed mustang. "That? Why, you ordered it, didn't you? That is) 'Running Rose; or the Prairie Queen,' one of the Beadle's you know." MY wife carried it at arm's length and threw it into the stove. Then she took the jug of Bourbon and emptied it into the back gutter. While she was gone I concealed Alexander Dumas' "Wandering Jew," which I also had purchased, for I began to see that I had made a terrible blunder in filling that order. (I have since ascertained that "Wandering Jew" is the name of a vine, b-ut how was I ex pected to know all about it ?)-Fat Contributor's Saturday Night. A Russian Ghost Story. in a certain villiage-the story runs-there was a girl who hated work but loved gossip. So she never spun herself, but used to in vite the other firls to her house, where she feasted them and they spun for her. During one of these spinning feasts a dispute arose as to which of the party was the boldest. "I'm not afraid of anything," said the lazy bones. "Well, then," said the spinners, "if you're not afraid, go through the grave-yard into the church, take down the Holy Picture from door, and bring it here." '"Very good," said she; "I'll bring it, only each of you must spin me a distaff-full." Well, she went to the church, took down the picture, and brought it home with her. But then the picture had to be taken back again, anid the midnight hour had arrived. Who was to take it." "Go on spinning you girls," said the lazy-bones; "i'll take it back myself. i'm not afraid of any thing!" So she went back to the church and replaced the picture. As she passed through the grave-yard on her return, she saw a corpse in a white shroud sitting on a tomb. It was a moonlight night, and everything was visible. She went up to the corpse and pulled its shroud off'. (its hour for stirring hadn't arrived, perhaps.) Then she went home, carrying tLe shroud with her. After supper, when everybody had gone to bed, all of a sudden the corpse tapped at the window, saying, "Give me my shroud ! Give me my shroud !" The other girls were frightened out of their wits. But the lazy-bones took the shroud, opened the window, and said: "There, take it." "No," replied the corpse, "take it to the place you took it from." Just then a cock crowed ; the corpse vanished. Next night, at the same hour, after all the spinners had gone to their own homes, the corpse came again, tapped 'at the window, and cried: "Give me my shroud !" Well, the girl's father and mo ther opened the window and of fered the corpse its shroud, but itecried: "No! Let her carry it back to the place she took it from." Just then the cocks began to crow-the corpse disappeared. Well, next day they sent for the priest, and told him the whole story, and imploied him to help them. The priest reflected awhile, then told the girl to come to mass next day. So in the morning she went to mass. The service began. Numbers of people came to it. But just. as they were going to sing the "Cherubim Song," a ter rible whirlwind arose. And it caught up that girl in the air and then flung her down on the ground. And straightway the girl disap peared from sight; nothing was ever found of her except her back hair.-The Cornhill. A discontented European traveller, who lately arrived home, says he don't like the German spas-he can make* soap-i ds and strain 'them, and have the same thing; the ruined places may be pretty, but they are "darned uncomfor table," and takes "more stock in New York" than all European cities put together. He would be a good man to wry.e a book of foreign travels-it is the fashion with foreigners here to do it, and the one would probably be as truthful as the other. A fellow of eighteen summers invested in a banana on the cars. recently. He carefully removed the peel, and put it on the seat by his side, then he broke the fruit up in small bits, eyeing it anxiously as he did so. When this -was done he picked up the peel, shooi. it ira his lap, and finally threw the pieces out of the window, remnarkingai he did so, "That's the fust of'them prize packages i1 ever bought and it's the last, you bet."