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SALMON P. CHASE. 'Romantic Incidents in the P^y/'- . Life of the Chief Justice. ||v K? Struggles in Early Life and Love for a Beautiful Southerner. Eugene L. Didier, at one time private w?? ecrotary to Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, recites in the New York Mail and jv;" Mispress some interesting instances in the v; , career of this noted man. Mr. Didicr mjs: "I had a hard enough struggle in my ; early life,'* said Chief Justice Chase to ~ to mo, one afternoou; as wo were walking from the Capitol together. "When I to* came to Washington to push my y - fortune, I asked an uncle who was a Senator, to obtain for me a clerkship in one the departments. He told me he would rather give me a dollar to buy a ?V . spade with which to work my way in the . world. I thought my uncle w:is unkind, tot I have long since known he acted f. wifely in not getting me an office, and I attribute all my good fortune in life to fV ' thnt refusal. Had I secured a clcrkship at that time, I should probably have reV wained a clerk all my life, and, instead f' now being the Chief Justice of the United States, bo the chief clerk of a department." M' Salmon P. Chase worthily won all the ll fcigh honor that he gained. For years alter removing to Washington he went J- ^ through the daily drudgery of teaching a-, boys' school, studying law during his ^pare hours under William Wirt, the father of one of his pupils. It was at Mr. Wirt's - house that he met the beautiful Miss Cabell, and then began the only romance in his li H H rt woo it IWJ vukvnu AII. *>v/ uti S3<?? ' '' ' ocicty every day, and each day added toJhis interest in the lovely Southern girl. Love inspired him to write verses which, liowevcr, were intended to Express the X' * passionate sentiments of a lover. The . proud Virginian beauty accepted Mr. Chase as an escort to parties, receptions and the theater, and she found him a cry agreeable companion in the parlor, & Ur he was clever and intelligent, but die would not think .of marrying a poor young school-teacher with his own fortune to make and apparently with little prospect of making it at that time. Miss Cabell made the same mistake in declining Mr. Chase's addresses as the kdy did who refused to mary Louis Napoleon when ho was living an obscure exHe in England after his escape from the prison of Ham, and thereby "refused a town," as the future Emperor said to mwct. remaps mr. unasc's untortunatc lore affair was the cause of his leaving Washington and removing to Cincinnati, which he did soon after passing the bar. He got eo bravely over his passion, however, for Miss Cabell, that he lived to uurry and bury three wives, before he TU forty. The aroma of that early love till lingered many years afterward. Once, when the Chief Justice was visitXBg Richmond with his daughter, a niece off his first love?another Miss Cubell, equally celebrated as a belle and beauty nr\AM M"ioo ? ? W1VM. u^vu JJLIOO VllftOUj Ht'l mtUlT ru* called with tender feeling the circumstances of his youthful love and the resalt. When he spoke of his first sweetheart there was a pathos in the voice of the calm and dignified Chief Justice, which .v.: fras as rare as it was interesting. When 1 became tho private secretary of Chief Jostice Chase, he was in his sixty-second jear, and to all appearance in tho full igw of his magnificent manhood?he was six feet high and weighed two hundred pounds and was as straight as a Tuscarora Indian. He had a very com(V; Man ding appearance, and as he walked the marble corridors of the Capitol tit presence was felt. He was naturally very austere man and seldom unbended, ren at home. He had little or no appreciation of humor, and rarely indulged fia a joke. He was just as abstemious in ,% lis words as in all other things. He talked little, drank little, and never used tobacco in any shape or farm, and did ?ot like it to be used in his presence. * His life was regular and his tastes simple, xisiirg at 0 iu the summer and 7 in the v^rijUter. In good weather he took a short Walk before breakfast, returning . in |hne to jdin his family at morning prayer. v,T6e breakfast hour was 8 o'clof^, after Which he joined his secretary in the libra th$re he spent au hour reading over Iris letters, dictating answers to them, or ']?eparing his opinions. At 10 ho left his^ house to go to the Capitol, always walking when the weathty^-fmwaa fair, and riding in the cars in bad weather. From 11 to 3 he presided over the Supreme Court of the United States, after its adjournment walking back to his -"Jfcauae. Arriving home, he took a lunch ' ffnek&ro and tea, and then went vig|P|&Wously to Work on his opinions, - remainfag < so engaged until dinner, which was always served precisely nt 0 o'clock. Hi. tiblc was elegant, but not epicurean, M|d consisted always of three courses and v,-:.: ? dessert. - The Chief Justice always ,'^SiLiUiail' ..in fctoolr "wlinn in W??Ut?i? ii | | n?v? T1U MJIaiuugiuu, r> v and I was vCiwp much astonished to sec ;'^v Buitt npp^T in Hgfct pantaloons, sack coat, pylon the morning that we wear it after bis return to "Washington, which shp seemed to thitik would be lowering the dignity of the Chief Justice. Gotham's Wealthy Homes. "Probably in no city in tho world," said an ex-offlcer of the Army and Navy Club a few days since, "does a pedestrian catch a glimpse of so man}' magnificent interiors as in New York. Naval men you know are great walkers when they ti : -: ? :~ l ivavu |;uit, it ? au t'AClt'lSt' iiiuu i? ucuuficial in a thousand ways, and in th6 course of my trips about the world 1 have bccorao familiar with the appearance of the streets of all the coast and many of the interior towns of importance. It is rather peculiar that the older the city the less the surfaco display and the more beautiful the aealously screened interiors. For instance in Rome the houses which are most elaborately decorated within havie such somber and unattractive exteriors that they might almost be callcd repellent. In Chicago on the other hand when a merchant prince or a millionaire pork packer builds a house he has it no'ar the sidewalk and when the gas is lighted at night he is apt to raise the shades and pull the curtains back so that passers by may look in and sec in what a costly manner he lives. New York has not this shoddy idea, but where the houses are so close to the sidewalk and the house maids are careless there is very often a chance to catch sight of interiors that force a man of any sort of cultivation or taste to stop and admire. Last night I went to dinner in Fifty-seventh street, west, and as I had plenty of time. 1 left the navy yard about five o'clock, crossed tno bridge, walked up Broadway and moved thence up Madison avenue and along Fifty-seventh street to my destination. Everywhere along the route abovo Madison square I caught sight of magnificently panelled walls, plush and laced curtains that cost fortunes, warm bronzes, richly framed pictures and the like set off by subdued colored lights. On all sides were views of sumptuoxisly furnished apartments sometimes in the basement and sometimes on the second and third floors of the houses, but never ostentatiously shown. I don't know whether people arc generally aware of it or not, but there is more to be seen in a stroll about New York streets than in any other city in the world. And when the Windows are not too securely screened flying glimpses of magnificently furnished homes may be had which must plunge a beggar into the very depths of despondency." ?Brooklyn Eagle. SoniH Historic I>ngs. At a time when dogs, especially metropolitan dogs, are somewhat under a cloud, says a writer in All the Year Hound, it may be well to recall some of the claims of our old friend to respect and-esteem. Every one remembers the dog of Ulysses, who died in greeting his master, just returned from his long wanderings, aud the story shows the consideration in which the dog wjis held in the heroic ages of Greece. The old Persians, too, held'the dog in high esteem; to the Magians lie was a sacred animal, the representative and friend of Ormuzd the Beneficent, and the great satraps were distinguished by their trains of hunting dogs, as was the King himself, and Xerxes set out Tor the conquest of Greece surrounded by a great body-guard of faithful dogs. Those most highly prized by the Persians came from India, so-called probably from the Baetrian regions, where the dog is still held in high repute. Captain Woods tells us that the old-fashioned Uzbeg' would think it no insult to be asked to sell his wife, but would resent an offer for his dog as an unpardonable affront, while among the border tribes of Turkestan the epithet of the dog-seller is one of the profoundest contempt. Indeed, the birthplace of na uuuh la pruuuuiy me original nome 01 the dog, and when our Aryan ancestors began to migrate westward from their ancient scats with their flocks and herds they brought with them, no doubt, their fierce and faithful dogs, who have left their descendants of to-day, the English mastiff, the Pyrenean sheep dog, the Albanian wolf-hound. Ancient laws, too, record the estimation in which the dog was held: ' 'A herd dog that goes for the sheep in the morning and follows them home at night is worth the best ox," say the ancient laws of Wales. The best herd dogs of the present day, perhaps, are the Breton sheep dogs? rough, shaggy, uncouth?with an aspect as if they had a little of the blood of 1 !? Ju i 1 1- 1.5?1 1? - i 1 uiuiu iu uiuir wins, uut mguiy vaiueu. by their possessors, who tiro not to be tempted into parting with them by any thing undertho price of the best ox; And the Breton dog is one of the most saga cious of his kind, watching and tending his Hock with an almost incredible zeal and devotion. Getting Rid of Bill Collectors. Brown?I've crot an excellent nlan for getting rid of bill collectors. Green-?Hal That so? B.?-I have. Never fails, G.?Well, old .fellow, you must let me into the secret, for I'm worried to death by 'cm. ' B.?Well, Tve tried it several time* of late, and I And the man never comes bach again. G.?Ay, ay, what do you dot B.?I pay bini.?13o*ton Courier. Sl'VvS'.Ii tf ',".'-J K\ *. : '. ' - v * ; ; ' .' ': > ' -V*'v S, y.' < Palmett< THOS. McGEl of the largest SALOON in tho up-oount ndvertisements. Tne half is not ment propared for fall trade. The Palmeito H Foreign and Domes the beat the market affords. He 1 Rye and Corn, Irisl Apple, Peach, California and F Ho can cheerfully recommend his | mixed drinks with nil the DELICIOUS 1 TERA.TE DRINKS. His specialty is a 1 GENTLEMENSRESOR and yon will not forget ngain. A. Grood Line of Tobac Beer s CUNNINGHAM hav: TMr Lane and1 FALL AND VI | Consisting i Tnrpicrn anri Rni w. u>o? "< ? NOT HATS, HATS, 3 B< HARDWARE, HAI Groceries, Groceri Crocker J' At Lowor Prices than they were E PAVILION HOTE CIIRLESTON, S. (First Class un all its Appointme RATES, S2.00, $2.50. ' Excellent Cuisono, large niry room?, Passenger Elevator. Electric boll and lij Heated rotunda centrally located. Oct. I, 'i-4-tf QENTRAL HOTEL, Mrs. M.W. THOMAS, Propriety Broad Street, Augusta, Ga, JgXOHANGE HOTEL, Greenville, S. C. The Only Two-Class Ho In the World. W. R. "WHITE, Proprietor, DINNER HOUSE, Greenwood, S. 0. Kept by Mrs. F. G. PARKS. Cheap ra First-class fare. June 15th, 1882-tf. 1] t. p. tiiomson. j. w. thom8 'pHOMSON & THOMSON, Attoriieys-at-Law, Abbeville, S. C ^"Office in rear Mr. Lee's. Juno Sth, i hSvj-tf. QALIIOUN & MABRY, . Attorneys anil Counsellors at Lav. Abbeville C. H., 8. C ?)fttcc formerly occupied by Judge The son. tf-5< ROI5T. R, nEMPIIILL. WM. P. CALIIOI JjEMPHILL & CALHOUN, Attorneys-at-Law, , Abbeville, 8. C Will practice in tho Courts of tho Sto & i. VT. PERRIN T. P. COTHRj pERRIJf & COTHRAN, Attorneys-at-Law, ABBKYills, 8. 0 </;v 1 '( " .-v-v. - ;/ . ' f V 5 SALOON I TICAN, Proprietor ry, don't intend to dupe his customers by false! ioned in the three Abbeville papers. Heis well ouse is well stocked with everything in the line of' stic Wines and Liquors,: has got Liquors nine years old. Good old **m?I CaaIaIi lAlk i aiiM wuuiifii VHII9HI69J 'rench Brandies, Porter, Ale and Fresh Lager Beer.' ] aroodft to the public for MEDICINAL USE, nnd' 1 iEVERAGES of the Reason. Also COOL, TEJ1arge stock of PURE GOODS. Call at the T. NO. 4 WASHINGTON ST, THOMAS McGETTIQAN. co and Cigars. Budweiser i Specialty. 47 m .1 & TEMPLETON E IN STORE Well Selected Stock of /INTER GOODS, In. Part ot mestic Dry Goods,' IONS, I 3ATS, I 30T8 _AJNTD SHOES IDWARF, HARDWARE, es, Groceries, y, Crockery, Crockery. vcr Offered Before. l-tf-22 ENDORSED BY WB BETTER AND SCIENTISTS AS jgfeCMPER TEA. ( PRACTICALLY AKY Indestmctllile jUMinMiiF STONE. jbtji. Over 500 8end foi 2i Beautiful tuMRHH Price List Designs. If Aral Circulate MANUFACTURED BY monumental bronze company, BRTIM3BPOBT. CONN. ??AT THE 4 Centennial Saloon For this year will be found ,tes. Li Absolutely Pure Spirits* ov sort.ii uarolina copper distilled Uom, finest brands of Kentucky Rye, from $2 to 86 Per Gallon. mDorted Cognac Brandy a Specialty. ALSO Ales, Porter, Champagnes, &c. 100 in fact all the popular and standard goods that can be obtained. Together with an assortment of Tobaccos and Fine Cigars that can not be excelled in quality. f Persons needing such goods would not be )m" humbugged by buying from them. [) The place is second door from Court __ Ho.ise. O'DONNELL & CUNNINGHAM Proprietors, ABBEVILLE, S. Q. jan 14-tf 21 A lAi the new shades in Hats and Eonnets ito. J\_ with Ribbons, Birds, Flowers, tiatins I mid Velvets to match. ? 52 B. M. HADDON A CO. ** EUGENE b* gary? Attorney and Counseltor-at-law, Abbkvillb, 8. 0* ' %ij V' ' f " ' !"*>'' ' ? ' ! i'V . ' % '-7 ' '.V \ ' v ... , GOODYEA1 Carriage Rep pAN EE FOUND THE LARGEST STOCK O ^-/l Phrotons, Roan (.'arts, Pianthtion Wneons Cnil sizes, ] Haraess Saddles- Rellintr, leather of nil kinds, Watjon P thirty day* J will OFFER SPECIAL BARGAINS IN A IX OIKS at loss than Manufacturers' Prices. These Buggiei prn makes; which I wili guarantee equal to the best. Ca vinco yourselves that they ore absolute bargains, A- R. GOODYJ (Successor to R. IT. May & Co.,) OPP. GEC 2S?&. i ADGOSTA. GEOB DAY & TANP Arc Now Receiving a Fine A CARRIAGES AND G FOR THE SPRING AT P1UCES TO SUIT T And Never Before Attained, in the H: We arc enabled to give our customers every, ad vat at the closet possible cash prices. Call CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES IN The finest assortment of HANDBAGS and SATCI TRUNKS, WHIPS and UMBRELLAS. THE WILSON, CHILD'S & CO.'S PHIL A.. WAG TENNESSEE WAGONS, 1, 2 and 4 Horse. DAY & TANNAIIILLL'S ONE AND TWO IIOR EXPRESS AND DELIVERY WAGONS. AXLES, SPRINGS, HUBS. SPOKES. &c. RUBB1 IIOYT'S LEATHER BELTING. The best in the LACING, RIVETS, Etc. OAK and HEMLOCK CALF and LINING SKINS, LASTS, THREAD, ( HARNESS and SADDLES. WE CALL PARTIC1 HARNESS DEPARTMENT, IN WHICH WE EXC DAY & TA1 4 3 ? WHITE BRO' Would call tho attention of bayers to a Few Spt Ib unnsaally large and attractive. They have the cheaj have ever offerea. They havo also some handsome Colo ftoJtmeut of Black and Colored VELVETEENS lor Drt a nice line of Wool Laces in all colors, the latest tiling f Their stock of BLACK CASHMERE cannot be i unusual care in the selection of these goods, and are asi to color, quality and price. A good line of JERSEY JA( It would astonish any one to see how very cheap FL this season, Buyers in this line would do well to exami WHITE BRO CARPETS are so very cheap as to be in the reac CARPETS and RUGS can be found at the store of WH The above are only a few lines in which Special Bar Tho General Stock of Fall and Winter Goods now o WHITE BROI Is the largest, be->t assorted, and more attractive than tl plete in all departments. The Human Eye and : I AfrPBU C I j v o c r n i OPTICIi Superior toany other in use, c mstructod in accordance ef nature in the peculiar form of a UONCA.VK-CON VI to the organs of sight, aud perfectly natural to the eye, to the human visiou ever invented. J. SILVER and is traveling at this time throughout tho Stato of Gi known his Theory and Practice, and at. the same time int his Speetacles have been tiied they are spoken of in tli testimonials will certify; the original and many other his rooms. He at the same time wishes to be unders eling quacks who merely sells you a pair of glasses at may never see again. He has established in Augusta, al in case you should happen to lose or break your glasses, aJ2 % small nominal sum, as it is his custom to keep a ics aleu him to know ju?t the glass you have purchased fr from such men as Judge Tottle, Govonor Colquit, Geo sept.i. 0,1885 CLOTHING! CLOTHING Miller 331*0 : ' . r-v. v ._% \' *i fa ository. P CARRIAGES. BUGGIES. 1 to fi horse.) Singlo and Donble itaterial. <fco.. &c. For ttio noxl )T OF D"EN AND TOP BCO i nre all Fine Northern and Enst ill and examine them and couEAR, Agra^t)RGIA RAILROAD BANK. kflTA I FACTORY. 703 LuIA. I Ellis Str4f tIAHILL, Lssortment of * IUGGIES TRADE, "HE TIMES! Lstory of the Business it age by .purchasing our goodand be convinced. GREAT VARIETY. iELS ever brought to the city" ONS. all sizes. SE WAGONS. ER BELTING and PACKING, world. SOLE LEATHER. 3EMENT, Etc. JLAR ATTENTION TO OUR KL IN QUALITY and PRICE. NNAHILL, Augusta, Ga. rHERS icialties: Their stockof jest line of BLACK SILKS they red bilks. Tney have a good aafsses and Trimming. Tney have or une Dress Trimmings, surpassed. They have bestowed sured they are nil right in regard 3KETS, cheaper than ever before. iANNELS and BLANlvETd are no the stock of tze3z:e:r,s h of all. A good assortment of ITE BROTHERS. gains can be had. tfered to the public liy rHERS, icy have ever carried. It is comsep.30,iy8f>-2m. Spectacles. LVER, flLN. with the science and philosophy IX ELIPSES. admirably adapted affording the best artiiicial help jISHKD A GLASS EMPORIUM )F AUGUSTA. aorgia for tho purpose of making roduuing these Lenses Wherever iq highost terms, as the following s ctin he seen and examined at ood tlmt he is not one of the travejcorbitant prices and whom yoa b present, 548 Br.md Street, where , ho will replaco the same for yoa jister of all he soils, theroby enaoin him. Those testimonials are ieral Gordon and a host of others. ! CLOTHING! OOK at the old gent above in & tiM isn't he with his pants all jgy and no fit? My friends do wish to avoid getting into just h a scrape? Then when you ke up your mind to buy a suit of ihes come right along to our c and have your measure taken i have your clothes made to orby the very best TAILORS IN THE COUNTRY. 1 then if tliey arc baggy and i*t lit, just say to us "send these ;hes right back, I don't want m and wont have them." Iniorer, wc would not let you keep m ourselves if they did not fit . Wc are not working for a fall le, but a trade we cnn by giving re satisfaction hold in th? fuRemember our motto is "no 10 pay. We are yours truly, ttHers.