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n TTIZEN. A. WEBSTER, Editor and Proprietor. " T?:LTJME I. A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Politics. 0RANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1875. NUMBER 32. TIM ELY TOPICS. (.'AitlM'T?'i, t lu* editor win? ? -M 11 i ? .? I a pistol-hall in Iii- head for seven months, i- dead. Tin.1 mau wi io shot liim has boen surrendered by bis bondsmen, and will soon bu pm "ii trail for murder. NM-, v. IM-hot t'arrutb, i- tin' non nt'an nld Pennsylvania Hutch eoupje fluni ibo Landis valley. Iii- niarriednbej! uppish Mi-- Mi ad, win? liked money, but soon grew weary nf y i noland lili-, and now Landis is div??reed and indieted for iii unter. Mural: Marry abreast ol you. Wm N ibo law ol Massachusetts pro viding thal all railroad trains -hall come to a full -t"i' bel'ore crossing a track ni another lin?- ?a- enacted, it gave much dissatisfaction to ra ii mad nun. The law has, however, proved a good one, ami it is -aid that no railroad mau of the stale would now e'ojist-ut lo it- repeal. Tin-: m w -tate eoii-iilutioii of Nebraska contains a provision thai the United State- senators for timi stale -hall here after be elected by direct vote nf tin people, lt wilj he an interesting ques tion now tn lie settled whether this i ?.?oi in eonilict wiih the enlist ?lin ion ol the United States. A HKV vs l'A ri Nt? lire swop! I hr. nigh Virginia Oily, Nevada, last week, laying the greater nan ol' the eily in ruins, ami leaving thousands of people homeless and destitute. No greater calamity lias befallen any western town for many year-, ami. it' tile prospective destitution is a- great as repro.-eiijcd. ami tile num ber of people hil hou-clos a- many as reported, their sulloriiig will appeal io the charitable tho whole country ovt r. Tl li U'li l he losses l?y tin- burning et Virginia Uity an- somewhat less than was lirai rep ?it'd they an- terribly -e vere, anfl the sulleriiig i- aggravated liv lite fact that the city was built ami in habited for the u.iosl by working people, 'whose oui y vveaivh wa-in their labu ami ' ln'ill an': I-H'.II |-'.i-e. The tire ha-" liol consumed the surplus wealth of a rich old community, hut lin- ton!-, the mechanism, thc working forces, tin daily oread of a whole community. ?I A % t biri, u ownstwenty minimi dol lars ul '.ii-.-;'. !, the I'ni.m l'acide railroad, 'anti controls several millions more, givjiig bini ah ai' poi nt voice in its management am! one .ii' tho larges! sharers in ii- profus. Tho total of stock is lilly million dollars, if the wise now before the United States supreme coiirt is decided in favor of (his mad, Gould will lie gainer in ail antonin double the pri?:e of his stock, ?is the government will be mulcted in over thieu hundred million dollars. Tur. mysterious murders thai have be come so frequent in New langland of bile are discussed a great deal in the papers there. Oli? \lcsoo?d:?nt of th?J'ilgrinis oilers in an exchange the following Var? nable suggestions to coroner's juries: "Talco up tin- corps and make tho mau in charin; tom h her if she bleeds that i- the mau I had thc same evidence willi ?no some li fl eon years ago ibis will'show yon tho ('orrock way ol' holding a coroner's jury this i ; as^trno as god in he.-r n try this and you will satisfy the whole nf the Now Knglaml -'.:;!-ju i asi tell ... help mi god." Ni.iitMAN Wi A e i ?. of Washington, who is conducting ordnance cxporinH'iitsr^nt Boston, lined, i; . Saturday, an ''im proved chilled i; '.' \Vianl projectile,*' which |tenet rnt?<l :: heavy ?ron plating twelve inches al :t distanec of l,(??ij yards. The shoi . i/bi-'l .V.I pound-, and the charge consi tt i nf Tu pound- of hexagon.tl oriental powder. Tin- shol struck ila- o.vael -put which it was aimed; lix- plating was eui ?rel \ jierforu ted, and showed marks of the Manges of Hie shot. li- rotary motion velocity wa- 1,870 feel per second, 'flu- expern men! wa-willie-ni by several hu m Ired persons, including several hundred army loni navy otHcc'rs ami students of tech nology. IN IS7*rm#re than nine per cent, nf ibo child ron o? ,;". Fatherland refused to present themselves when called UIMMI to enroll :.- ?ildicrs. In other words' the deserters from ile- armies agj/reinittid eighty-two thousand I?ittr hundred and eight? '-n men, ahuosi a- many a- the en lire rank and file nf thc Ih'itisli army. i.-. undoubtedly true (hal sixteen thou sand six hundred and .eut v-two ot the recusants to military duty bolong in Alsace and Lorraine, lan a till greater number-sixteen iholland cighi hundred and thirty, wei - natives of Prussia. Most of these m. n. ju-! arrived a! an age when their labor ought In i. - mo-l beneficial to the coinmnnityi oip |K)sed lo have left tho country, which they have a perfect i ?ghi (,, du A TR lt Kl It hi' JOKK. "J low was lt, Ma jor, Unit yow nov or wore ma nip? IV I have'kTtown you for a long time and yet you have iidver told tnt* thal,*' wort* the words which (??or: ?? i-'elton addressed to his hcicliclor lVi. ii '.. .Maj. Lee. a retired army OlIiceK as lifo conversation turned ou matter-' irTiitri monia!.' i ..Ali. George ! it isn't wonder lu I ti:. ; I should never mention it.- The eir/'ttm stifuees which prevented nie getting imo - ? ried aro ol' such :t melancholy character > that il pain.-? me lo have them referred lo at ail."' Was hiss answer, i ". Now. Major, I'm very rimons i>> i know, and as**-we arc old friends, il' I promise to keep it a secret, will you tell me'.' lint il' it would pain yen too lum li to tell I don't want lo know." said f 'corgi'. '. Well, then,"-1 i'm- Majo' answered with a sigh, " 1 will tell '.voil, lott ? here I.hudtlercd, "it i-- so horrible. Oh.i so dreadful ! Let me think. Yes, i '. lt. was in the year ?X-I7 ?lieu it hap- > pened, ami I liad just entered the t Wcnty seventh year ol'my age, w illi prosjiocts as hright and promising a- any you nt; mau could wish for. Mv wai ivas clear to faim- in military circle-. I had Jjtt-; coin.' fruin a Hasty Irin a rou nd tlc world, and my mimi was full ol' strange an I new ideas. I'copie Haltered me on ui\ sueeess. ami ila- doors ol' society were op. ii wide lo me. thal 1 utiglit na- i::. t>h. that they had only I iee n kepi -hu; '. I received an invitation in attend n ver\ fashionable hall given hy a rieh family in the wes! end ol' London. I weill there, and while talking to a friend in om- ..i the parlors I noticed a particularly hand some young lady. 1 toole a taney lo her ?inmediately, and iiiamiged Iii obtain an introduction to her. which I afterward found otu -he was a- a I IX ?oil:- lo llave as 1 was. You know yourself what feel nigs po--.--a man when ia- li isl falls in love, and snell feelings I had then. How ever, I danced with 'm r. escorted her to slippery iil?tliparted willi hera: '.lie dour <>f her carriage, receiving au invitation to*call at her house, lt's scarcely neces sary t?> toll ymt thal I visited lier agniu and again. The following stun mer i wa. invited lo spend a few months ?tl her lather's* count ry residence. I was only too willing to go, ami while down there ?ii I ifvoushirc one beautiful calm even ing, scated o.u :i rustic bellell, I o IK-red her lin Ininti and hean, ami wa- ai ce pi ol. " Now. -la- ivas \erv fond <?i' practical jokes, ami never Iel pa-- an opjKO-lunily to play ota', regardless nfwlio might he union neale enough lo be lui viet itu. .. < be.- morning Lena (I can't help dill ing her by thc old familiar na nie) did liol cunio down in breakfast a> usual. A ser I vaul wa--mt io her ronni io soe wliiil ! wa- the maller .'iud found her lying in lied, ciuiiphrillilig ol' a -ii i; headache, au illness which we allerwanjs bum.I .ur, io be only a-inned. She1 said thal during thu night she wa* awakened by a scratch ing noise, and looking in the diroetioii wln nce it came -in- -aw a horrible lace looking at lier. Sim tainted and remem bered iiotbim- mure about it. Of course wc prom in need lids unthill!! inoro than a night mare, but at her rcqiie-t OIK* of lier listers was allowed io sleep willi Ina. The next morning they reported seeing the -ame horrible appa lit io ii, aid de (.lured their intention ol' never sleeping in the mom again, a- ii was haunted. I volunteered to nccli|>y ike depart nient for.ono night, as milch to investi gute thc cause ni the ?ip|K'arniicc ol' thc 'gluwl ' a- because no one che was wi'lim Intake possi-siuii of?the room. About ten o'clock I went to lied, and ibm'! know how long I slept when I was awakened hy a scratching noise, ami j looking in thal direction -aw a lorrihlc malicious looking fare directly over the mantel-piece, and looking si might a! me. fl had large eye-, a horrible pair ol'fangs in ils mouth, and seemed a- if t lu- inside i of the head were al! on lire. I jumped from lite bcd, bu! the inoilieiil I touched tin- Hitor lim lace disappeared. I went io Iu d again, but did not -h ep much. I kepi watching over the m.intle-pieee and was rewarded by the face again appear ing. I liad taken a revolve with nie and placed it under my pillow. I ipiietly I look it out, aimed ?it the lace and pill ici I j thc trigger." j Mero lin- Major began to cry, and grief 1 fora t'om- interrupted bis narrative, and said : "W in-ii I hied ive lli'lll'd a picrciUt! ' shriek, accompanied by a fall a- ol' some heavy body. We lighted lin- gas. and . rushed tn the inanlle-piece. I found thc place where my bullet liad filtered. !: i liad milde a clean Indi-. I knew il mu t j be hollow behind, ami liniiid thal I could . push down lin- w;dl paper, which I did, jami fourni a large hole, abolit three feet '-.liiaie. I fearing groans ns'ulo I jiiiniied j I h lough lim opening, and groping around ' I feit a li male form which I lifted up, ami found, 10 my horror, thal it was she . who war -iou io be my bride. She was -Imi lliroiigli tin- breast,?md hy thc hand ol tin- man who bad pledged himself ? again ami again to protect lier from all [ harm. We carried lier lo tim room winn- I hal formerly -b pi. ami which j wa- In r- at thc time. Here -he liu?ered i'm- a few day-, never recovering eoii I seiousiiess, and then died. Vow, (?eorge, j you have tin- reason why I never was ' married. I " There was a iiii.-snge which led fro in I the room where she slept a- far a- this , mantle pi.-ee. and over tin- whole liiere , , wa- nothing hui tim plain white wall ptt ; per. upon lin- back ol' wmich she liad ; painted lin- horrible I'iiee. wiib h, by ; lr Iding ;i light behind ?L could be -bown distiiietlv. That explain- ir." II'. .1/ ! o> .Vi- lo,'/ U'.rt.l. < ?lieu i ld bears a striking li -ev. J. i lane" tn a grandparent without a lim a j mei,i ..!' parental feature. ? ;vi: AMI A UAW [?ATOHEI?. ?am a. bachelor. ?iii o[d Iwch-ploi"; at len st dial's what nt y S. 'nieces-pretty, saucy, el?v. r. lovable girl-: -cull me; and nu doubt they're right.-though I can't go - it'ar as to agree with them when they declare II man -owning to live-aud io r; ?. years and a .dozen white hairs " de cidedly . venerable" and " fearfully iray." I low. ver. an ?tV bachelor I am dubbed, ?fud I must confess ' if to acquire that distinction one is obliged to enjoy life to the utmost,?as I do. and lie made much >f by lovely women and charming inaid !-us. as I ain. ! have no serious objection to tito till--. v? ? . In the iirsi place, hiv bonn' is a home in every sense ol' the word, although without a mother, or even a mother-in law. i occupy, and have occupied for the past year, a suite of remarkably pleasant rooms, thc from window- looking on" a ;'ily paul* and the back on a gan len made Icliglltful by two line old peach-trees, a heavy grape-vine", and sweet-smell i ng wistaria. Thc latter has climbed lo my window-, and, twining in and out of tho -lats of the shutters, eii'ei lnally prevents ny closing them; bul gives inc in recoin pense great fragrant bunches of purple lower?. These cheerful rooms arc part and ?areel id' Mr-'. Midget's boarding-house. So. i mu wrong. Mrs. Midget-.Mr. Midget was !..-; ?u sea li vc years ago lo,- not keep a boardji'g-btuisi?, bul lakes i few select boarders, ol' whom -he ?> |i|eased lo iutiuiale she considers inc thc ?elect est. Wonderfully comfortably tho "few se ed" lind it in Mrs. Midget'i* shady, old rashioiicd, neatly-kept, throe-story brick loll--. ?. liven tiling like wax," my eldest si er says when she ?ornes to visit me. which is about once iii four weeks-a hiv <>r two ?titer inv inarrazill?s have ar rived. - An?l thy landlady*," I invariably re plied, isn't -In' awful cunning? so de mure in ber ways .uni speech for such a .vee liiinir cul s;o pretty, with her bright blue eyes and yellow hair!" lint Maria. I can't divine why, pro lends not to hear me. or else repeats with ??uruful emphasis: . Awful cunning!" The lad is, I'm so much among my kin-women thal I often lind myself, when I wish to I?- particularly ??ipiiaii?, bur* rowin; their q ticer .adjective? and peel ic liar forins Of expression. "indeed, miele," said < 'hailey to nu lin? other da> named lor mc, t'harlolb i 'li; ri?-, as near as they eoiild get at il i ."yoirye beginning lo talk liken girl - an? ;i von?- time of life, too!" And 1 did li'1 i'oel at ail insulted; for il* all girls talk a; iv.11 a. my nieces I consider ('linfleyri remark rather a compliment than oilier iv ?so. ,? Mr.-. Midget knows lib? to furnish: labio, too; all sort of little delicaciesan< nney|Hvtcd Lidbils, stews and liashc ii-.iv? rcproacfi, bread and pies, marvel u' culinary skill, and tea and collce .veil, re:ilIv eulibo ami tea. As for Mrs. Midget herself, sile's sud i tot of a woin.MI that I h i l like laugh mi otttritrhl everv linn- I look at hoi ion Iud ?m .; |dlc of music I.k* place? .o a chair :h?' ? hair itself biller thai my nf the - lew -elect-" -at the head ?> In dilling table. Indeed, only titi* ollie lay, when she asked, in a solemn man HT. fixing her blue ? y? - <>n my face,au ii"; iii-- a large soup-ladle in her mite ot' laud, it I would have some -"tip. I di Hirst out laughing, she looked "<> vcr ike a little girl playing dinner with lu not lier - dinner sot. The miniature woman laid down th ?nll? and va/t d at nu* in surprise. "Mrs. Midget, I h?g your pardon, a'al I; "I suddenly thought of a mau a v at t he circus." "Oh!'.'said Mrs. Miiffcol, and_ rein nu o : lie si mp. I'm a romantic old lid low lhere. Vii rc how natural!**, I fal! in my niece ray love, poi'try. nuisit', flower- t Mt kl nigel alway- basa posy ready for n II sumuuT-tinn*, which slur pins into II m t ton-hide with ber owii lair band md I assure von ?i's not al alUutqdcasn 0 have her standing nu thc lips ol' h ?.i - tn reach it. with lier -niall, rom iCad just touching my chi ir)?; and i air sex. X. es; old bachelor lis I am, I lo Ve, .?i ll ways' have loved, tin* fair sex : and ready think it is because i love them well I -till remain unmarried. I nev rould make up my mimi linn one of t hose I ?ul mi rod w a- prett ier, briglil nuil -'v. u r iban thc oilier", mid iii wanted lb? .'.'.desi. ord liest and luigi esl I ha. c been in a dilemma all my Ti Hut I * vi always incant to, ??nd my inn ii..!' i- -t longer than ever -ince theda picked up the little patched chive 1 bond wa v in front of Stewart's. I feel convinced that the owner of tl glove i- thc w ife for mc. I wear it m my hi ait. Silly'.' Nol a bil of it. -nedi man could help wearing a gh like that near hi- heart. Ki ve and a half, II pretty mouse-col every linger well lilied mn, scarceh crease in lb? ni - In* must lie pl it mi i faint -mell of i'o-e (as a general fbi with tho inception olMumcst cologn< detest perfume-, but if J ,?,., endure : it i- i" , . calling t.. mind, ns it di br" . butterflie . Howers, and all that i ol' thine), and the cunningest patch I he palm ol' thc band. N'.e.v I'd never seciV'ii patch in a gi before, :-'? it 'nick im* as .-??inething t and I examined it critically. The n iii r in w hich that patch wiis sowed : .: ! nip thc wearer of the gloyc was i ?.hil li?ot,hodi?*;d ; lb?* (inc silken slit? !:. d Itt ..-'W il. ;':::! pilich ?ll, timi w. dainty.; thc hie! timi thc color of pat.'?li cxactlyjniatched that of thc gi. j hal -ito w a" constant, I ruc to (inc sh: I ben I ining'nicd her personal app . ame: Soll brown eyes, chestnut hair,, sliullt but ?plump ligure, toot, ts? eorr? j pond willi brr hand's decidedly grae lui mut; altogether, vs ry uti i -? civo. " i'll wajor sin? -ings. pl ivs ?ind . I:iii . well," I sutil to, JUA self, M i':>nelusion : .'is not rich, or -he would not patch her gl?vc; or j)oor. or shs- wool ", not wear 'kids.'" Lj I must fnii! Keri . .AM very well to 'say. hui how n> iinil: lier? A ''j?i^mial,,,rii'fit mot li cc ."t> brown cyos,?u?oulri frighten s. ? modest a little creature, and ?he would he 'likely to liiilc I'.iT.vVf instead ol'allowing herself! to ho foti nd J .Shall I show my trs'?-uiv td. my ni? . - and ask if tiffy can uivs* nie any clew to lifo original jKissessor 7 l'sliaw! th}1 teaming I li hms wold?! maki ut) end ol' Inn ol' me. ,l>y .love?.Avh?rc have my wits heen'.'j P.1 see what*! M rs. fidget saya about it.j She'-hy larkin' most sensible,woman of i my at's?uahiltiiicc, and very sympathetic, and is at tliil tnomeiit sitting alone in thc iliniug-rsimi in a low n icking-chair, > with ?i giaiitivsirk-basket hy her side aiu?J a'heap s?f stockings, in lier la)?. ' " There, mv dear Mrs Midget, is the clove. Youfwill set; at once that it i all my faiicy jiinitilcd ii ;" and I placed il in tlu- landlady's little hand. Over wcnijt?ie hig workd?askct on the Moor as Mrs. Midget, ihr??wing herself back in a paroxysm ol' laughl r, came j near goifig over too, her absurdly small leer kicking wildly hi Un- air for a ino? nient, until I han restored the rnekhig .liair to ils cu?l i librium. "..Shall I pick ftp the things, Mrs. Midget V said 1. as soon a- she ceased laughing, rallier put hut, i" tell the truth, hy her strange eondii?l, so unlike lim sympathy I had ive pee ted. .. S es -nd il'yoii mease I don't rare,"' stammered Sirs. Midget, in a voice very lifloreut from her ev.ery-tlay one, and with the lovel est ros?>-e?lorin her cheeks. A> I thought I dt ' '?ted the fragrance if ro-e appareil) ly emanating front a spun i ?ft lucan I li*-1? I in my hand, and reinem* bored t heriot e. "Did youd, iiitheglove, Mrs. Midg.'t?" isked I. seriously. "No." replied shejiopcniiig a wee hand md showing it. crumpled into a heap. .Take it. and oh! please, say no moir tbout il. lt's too-too ridiculous!'' ami ?l!'she wont a ..?lin. "Mc.-.' M's."' ! !' SM;VI I "\vli-u USO '-oui a ugh i ut; at . \ "I suddenly thou j* ht of a man 1 .-aw al , lite eirciis," sUid she, with a saucy loiik I ; ia?! never seen before iii her hine cys -. '.I'm convinced you know lim owner oil he glove," said I. "lt's au old nut id | ivhom nat ure bas sought i>> eoiiipeiisati or lack ol'other cha ruis hy "iiviiig her a ?effect hand, ora grandmother who still Aears live and a half, though lier c?in ?lexion luis fed and hairdep ledi Yoii enow- I'm-nie nf it; andi th nigh you .ompleielv shatter my I H*:I II 1 i 1 ti I dream,! foti must tell HIV." And in m. excite-] neut I <|iiiie iinirtem ionally ; ?ul my inn around her siender waist "\\ ell, if ! imist, I must," -. i.l Mrs. Midget. "Prepare for a fearful Mow. The glove is nnia ''' Mrs. Midget has ceased lo ix: . id iv . im! I am no Umger a ha? helor. /. Tl?I*.SAI \i:ir.-.u'Cn. \< rum . ..' rah'? erins are s.'xui ? night, and lu- i- ? u? ai..: 0 phij in tile Til't li Aw mn thealri dui ugtlicpri'scuiscasnii. .Innvti & l'aimer le-ire him to play for them, and ; : vf dlered ??t?0l) ;i night, hut he has a -n i:tt II tal dislike io appearing amid . . rene- of his former triumphs and li in ventual ruin. The associations ol such 1 s|M?t would he l.Mi painful. Il |f is rears since he opened that theatre with ligh expectations ol' -ucee--, and du rim.' his time he exerted every faculty le uistnin the inst it II 1 i<?n. Athis! heiia.de i farewi'll amid general ruin, and he does lol care to revisit ii. Harry Sullivan, as a star, receives lu [HT cent, ol' tlic house- -such, at least, is the rc|Nirl -hut it i- probable that the terms are oyor-stated, in order to give lum eclat. He i- a very clever actor, hut will not. achieve any grand -mee-, l'he Irish do veil in comic performance-, ind il' Harry Sullivan convinces, thc American people that he is a tragedian, he will he tin- first nf hi- countrymen that has done st?. Davenport, a- a -tar of Shakspearian dignity, i- worth ?01 lp ?I week. hirst-class comedian-are rated at from s|-_'."i to jt?i?tl a week, .lame- hewn receives the first-nienlioiied pries', except under cxtiaord'mnrv ci reu instances, from this rale the salaries decline iiuti ihev nash s|? io s "jo per ws-s-k for stage walkers. Nm I,IKK W'ASIIINti I'S ?X. - -The ollie slay a Vicksburg father, finding it ucees wary to reprove hi- still, gently said; " Don't stulf victual- into your monti thal way, my -on: (?eorge W'as'iim/toi didn't eat attn- that fashion." The hoy accepted the reproof withoii comment, ami after poiisleringfor awhib he remarked to himself: "And I tlon't helieve i?eorgc WjisJi ingtoii licked hi- l"'V fm' fm 'lin-/ a holli ol' whi-ky in the -Iud when he wa hunting after a horse-sluic, either!" MAKIX<? SICKMONS. -"'How do you ??C ni? your seriiKui- ?" asked someone of Mi M nt i<ly. Iii- reply was; "For a lill ni IH ol'years 1 have hep; large envelops marked; say, 'Ti lund, 'Heaven,1 'Taith etc.. and evs ry thing I lu ar m meet -.vii on any ol'these subjects I mal e a n??li ? ii. and keep it ill t hc.-e en\slopes. Aft? -onie time I Imve mats-rial eiiom.'h ?liol ol' these en vs-lopes for three or foin moll-. People sttnietlilies speak of II taking four or li vs-months io pn sermon; i; tabias me Jour.or live y?-.u-." A .?MA?.I. ; piece, of ?alfs rettnel -<?id:< in milk and tied around lin- linger, r newing occasionally, will cure any . . vf l's;ls>n, Tili: <? ti-, - -.> itr.n-TiTCt I lt; i :. . i, -ti ?Ki - st:veil in ll?' 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IIIM Sn-! earth mill lii'iiM a i. - "i,- iltSI. 'I'll- a '? i - -. .!. "ii i-, ii- tt'iiilay i lr i.i ,?, ,tt u, A - ft a; t -iii! trtii!.. ila 'l"t i-f 'I MHI. Ain! ii.! iliei?i?:?--t- linois uti.tv.lir ' . \'- ?iii i iiiliiu nV sleep ;.III! iinji- :' ? .i?! An,; il- -I it- theil' Ifilllis lin Illili'. II. . : t l.ir> iif Ivtitiuhl i,i.i nu tr ?ile. Tal:., ic lin- li.-aV.'tily nile al even, .\ :,l ! ' . 'i- - .a i,i 'i,?' ?mil lu .m II. - V.K ,1.111o,,'s .1/,.ll Sltiiicwa!] .lac!.- .; cl Wcsl I'oinl. An nlil friend ara! comrade ol' .-loin- j all .hickson uri!? - t" ila- Itichiiioiid 'hi-: itt .iuiif. 1*12. .\. i'. Hill, V.. PiuUelt, V.. I>. I'rv. .nal il,,., riler having passed mir li Ml week at ! 10 military academy, were standing to-i .'.la t uti the ..??iith -i'll- oi' the st iii th .irrnoks at West l'oint, when a cadet-1 ?rgetiiij '-aim- liv us com'm-iing a now Iv' rrivetl cadet to Iii- i|iiaiiers. Mo was ppnroiit ly alunit twenty years nf age; le.; was weil grown; hi- figure wasj iigttl'ir ami clumsy : hi- gail t-.as awk ar :. ile was cliiil inuM-lashioiieil Vir itsia hiiittesjnin wooh-ii chilli ; in I ti ire/ cross Iii- shoulders a |ia|r ..' wi-ath?r Lailied sadiHc-hags, 'and hi in' ivas une f lit?se heavy, low-er<?wifed. hriMid-j rimnnal wiiul ititi s usually worn in th? iso av- liv over.-ec rs, county c?nsialiles. j ..itgoht I'.-, eti" ! lt* trani|K'(l alono hy ila . ii.- o'" ila sor.: .'io with an air of reSolii-j ion. :.: ! his -'."?i i ino!: added io ilic in e xii iii d?termina! ion ol his whole aspect, I li'tlial otic of us remarked, .'Thai fel >\t l:;:s eoim i:er. l'i .-lay.'" Hi- namo ' .?a.- Tlititiia .'. .5iit;ksoil. H<- had a rnilgli linn- ill ila aeadeiliyl : litSt, !. itis wini! "j |irevioiis traininir' laced ! im a! a disadvantage, and it Was I 11 h.- i, ???d o'o io ?ia- hi- lii-i examina-1 ion. Wi were si nd vi mr a Igel ira, ami laylie iinalvtical geoiiielry, that winter., mi ilacksoii wa- very l ev iii hi- class Lauding. All lights wen put oui ai tap-.' hu', just lie fore ilu- signal lie ,'Oilld i ile Up hi- -nate with* anthracite j ind. and. lying prone he lo re it on lite !eiir, would work away at his lessons l?yj lie glare of tin liri , which scorched his cry hrain, tili a lat: hotir in i In- night.' his evideti! determination t" succeed ioi only aided hi- own elli ?ri s directly.' int impressed his instructors in his favor, nd he rose steadily year lo year lill we; -ed io say. " If \\e had io stay lu re mi llier year 'old .lack' would he ai the ead of lin- das-.'' liv lin- fourth year In- attained a po.si ion ?II lin- first section, Inn hi- lower landing during th.- early year- in the nurse, and in drawing, "''renell, and some ' thor studies of a lighter am! tuon orini ii-utal chanted r, brought hi- average ?'low the point to which In- bad actually ttaincd b\ the end of our course In tin- rid'iug-haii i think bis -nih II?._ iiii-t hate bein gr?ai In- bad a very otlgh horse and when the older came] o .* cross stirrups" ami "trot," .old. nek" swayed about and struggled hard' o keep In- horse. When We had ad itiiei d t" riding al lim bead-, leaping the .ar-, ete.. bi- eoilitatioi! was trillv t'oar-' iii; hut h? persevered linough tin- most ii rilotis trial-, and no man in ila- rid i lig io ll se would lake moro risk- than he. ind certainly m? ono had our good wishes 'or success and safely moro than he. I believe In- wen! through ibo very rving ordeal Of the four years at West 'oinI without ever having a hard word ir : bard feeling lor or a hard feeling iohi any cadet or professor And while ben w en- many who seemed lo surpass lim iu lin- grace- of intellect, in genial It. ami in .I fellowship,; lhere was no .in- of mir ela-- '.tho mole absolutely H. .- .. : d the rc peel and confidence of ill than le- did. A vi tn i: !.. ViiniHeier's -look farm o K?ninck) -aw three piiri-bretl -hort lot'! rows, Wiirth "n an avui?ge lwo hon sa nd doliar.-, workiug in the yoke to ?rev.'lil lb-- lioeiiinillaCl?ti ol mt ami To ; - r\o ;i lil;.- in tili? grate or ('ur ine i.vet i light there ?. nothing better ban moistened ciial scre<'iii?igs; iln-v o. In ti, i than ashes, and will liol canst' ihc l'ovuuttion o', cliukcrii, \ Courtship tn Texim. I lr -:tt ott one sidcof tin- room, in a big. whiteoak rocking-chair, sin- on tho other in a little, white-oak rocking-chair. A long-eared deer-hound,snapping ai the Hit s, wa- liv hi- side: a basket ol' sewing by her-. both rock incessantly, that is, ? the young people, not the dog and basket, lb- sighs heavily, and look- out thc wost : window al a crape myrtle tree; she s'e_di lighliy, and gazes oui tin- eiist wihdow at tin turnip patch. At hist he remark-: "Thi- i- mighty good weither to pick cotton." '"Tis thal, it' wc only had any i , ? pick.'" ( The rocking continues. "??'.What's your dog's name'.''' "< tioney." Another sigh-broken stillness, "What i* he -rood fur'.'" "W hat \- who good tur".'" said he. al' ' f-traetediy. " Vour tlog, ( 'ooney." 'Tur ketchin' possitn s " Silem c of halt' an hour. "Ile look- like a deer dog." "Who looks like a deer dog.'"' '.( 'ooney." "He is; Inil he*.-kinder hellowscd an' gctliii'old and slow now. An' lie ain't no 'count on a cold Hail."' lu tin- quiet len minutes that ensued -he took two stitches in her quilt; it was :i gorgeous atliiir, thal uiiilt was,made liv the pattern called thc "lo.I' Sharon." She i- very particular about tim iiomcii elni uh* nf her qiiilts,and frequently walks ? ! i ft ce 11 iuilcs io gel a new pattern, with a "n al putty name." "Your nm raisin' many chieking.s?" " l 'oi ty-ndd." Then more rocking, and. somehow, af ter awhile, tim big rocking chair ami tin '?M!'- rocking chair were jammed -ide liv -ide. " I hov many bas your ma gol '.' " 1 hov many what ?" " < "hiokens. " N igh on to a hundred." Uv thi- time the chair- are so close to gether thai rocking is impossible. "The mink- ba- cal ali ours." Then .-i long silence reiuns. At last lie oh-erve.-: " .Makin' quilts?" "Yes," .-be replies, brigittelling up. " I've just finished a 'marin' eagnl of I'.ra/eel.' a 'sitting sun,' anti a 'iinsio.u's pride.' I lave you ever saw lim "yellow rose d' rite ph ra rv '." " " No." .Moo- silence ; then he says; . 1 io vim love cabbages?" " I do that." Presently hi- ham! i- accidentally placed on hers. She dor: mu know it a! least dor- uni -nm to in- aware ot' il. Iben altera half hour spent hi -mb-, coughing and doa ri nt; ot throats, li -nd . deary says; I -e a irreal mimi lo bile you.'' " What \ou irreal minimi bite me fur?" " Kaso yon won't have mc." " Kase you ain't axed nie." " Well. now. I ax you." " Then. now. I "na.- you." Then (.notley dreams he hears, a sound ot' kissiiur. The m st dav the vonni: man eoe- io rigerville aller a marriage license. Wed m-.-day life following wi i k. No cards Tm I?.\?tv !".rsi\Kss rs nt?: Sinn. - Mr. tiro. H. Williamson, in l'h i ! li T .'. Southem l'arnier, calls attention io the fact thal tim south offers a rich field for the dairyman, whether in milk butter or cheese, the price of all these products beiug always higher here than at the m.ith. while it costs much lr- io pro duce them. I le add- : Any town ?il two thousand inhabi (ants will support a first-class milk dairy, and the butter and cheese can always lie shipped to thc bes! market? at a small cost. Foi a milk dairy, the Ayshirc will prove most profitable a- the improved breed-, and a dairy eau bc -tarted in this way al a -mall expense, If dairying will pay, and paya big profit; under all disadvantages of long north ern winters, high priced labor and grout competition, it ought certainly to prove profitable in the south, where there is lio competition whatever except ina few sections. Thru- i- no business, however, which requires a closer attention to all detail-. We Hird it a few years, and sp?ak hom experience. Aside from the profit, ii ?sa constant source of improve ment to the la rm A N MI it A I. NA neon c.- hr. lYoycr, of.lena, ba- hrrii lid to make experi ment- with those substances which, are found in the tissues after -even- inii-cu lar or nervous fatigue, to soc whet ncr they do not possess narcotic properties. Lactic acid, especially, lei- yielded thc mus I satisfactory results, and l?clate of soda i- recommended lor use in many cases where morphia or chloral is now ordered, from a large number of ex periments oil animal-. Dr. Trevor is strongly opposed to thc use of Hie Inc it?tes of pota-li. magnesia or lime for nar cotic purpo-e- in lim human subject. Lactate of-mia is not, however, alw ay lo be depended on for inducing -h ep. its cll?cts being in individual- very diller cht, both as regards the time ol' thc on i-et of sleep and ar- to ii- duration and in j lousily. Mothers will be glad to learn that young and small animal- an- more I easily a (fee tel I by il (han old and large I one-. Petei l:. ?d. ol ({ridge of Caley. I'da i i gow rn , has sent four -taino- to thc Kiigli-h mint to pay for coining for him . two pennie-, one with two head- and one Willi two lad-. lb-adds" " N. I|. I. i- for hissing that I wain them. I'm i/raY limy he hied in and in for ! many years, amt tin- quality greatly; im proved hv always -electing the finest lb wi* lojjrecd Iruiit,^ This ? a fact.