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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION.
WINNSBORO. 8. 0
THE MOTHER’S SONG.
Sleep) the ghostly winds are blowing;
No moon’s abroad; no star is glowing;
The river is deep, and the tide is flowing
To the laud where you and I are going)
We are going afar,
Beyond moon or star,
To the land where the sinless angels are)
T lost nay heart to your heartless sire;
(’Twas melted away by his looks of tire;)
Forgot my God, and my father’s ire,
All for the sake of a man’s desire;—
But now we’ll go
Where the waters flow,
And make us a bed where none shall
know.
The world is cruel; the world’s untrue;
Our foes are many; our friends are few;
No work, no bread, however we sue!
What is there left for us to do?—
But fly—fly—
From the cruel sky,
And ride in the deepest depths and die.
THEY A EVER HAD.
There comes a time in the lives of
many young girls when they feel if
their judgement in some matters is quite
superior to that of their parents.
That time had come to Mary Wells,
and the matter under consideration was
her matrimonial engagement with Char
les Forest.
Mary had ihadaup her mind that the
engagement should exist.
Her parents had as firmly determined
that it should and would be irrevocably
broken.
The fact was, Mrs. Wells thought that
Charlie was not good enough for her
daughter.
And why?
Well, in the first place, althoug young,
he was slightly bald.
In the second place,'he had scarcely
any teeth.
The girl was wearing three false teeth;
but what mattered that?
Her being a Wells compensated for
such trifling defects.
In the third place, the doting mother
said ids nose was too large, and she want
ed a handsome son-in-law.
Mary’s nose wasone of the kind which
is usually styled celestial, and it grieves
me to add that she was by no means a
beauty.
But these truths are scarcely worth
mentioning.
Tne fourth and last, and of all the
most important, reason was that the
suitor did not have sufficient money to
satisfy the mercenary parents.
Very little “lucre” did Mr. and Mrs.
Wells possess, but they considered that
to make up for this deficiency in pecuni
ary affairs was the sacred duty of Mary’s
husband-to-be.
In consequence of these very resonable
reasons, the fond father dismissed poor
wifi* or* natrar fn
and appeared to have almost forgotten
Charles Forest.
Again she wrote:—
“The child is quite herself once more.
She acts very agreeably with everybody,
and seems to favor the attention of a
young nobleman to whom she was intro
duced lately.”
Finally came the news that the young
nobleman wished Mary’s hand in mar
riage.
“If you are willing,” said the aunt,
“they will be married here, finish the trip
with me, and then we will all come home
together to receive your blessing.”
“What did. I tell you?” cried Mrs.
Wells, exultingly.
“Mary will make a brilliant match,
after all.
“Certainly we are all willing.
“Hadn’t we better make inquiries
about the gentleman’s character, or find
out as to his antecedents?” prudently
asked Mr. Wells.
“Not at all essential, sir.
“Your sister will make all the neces
sary inquiries.
“While the child has a good chance,
let her take it, or it may slide.’
So over the Channel went the answer
that ’pa and ’ma were willing.
Thus it happened that in a few weeks
front that time, on a fine spring morn
ing, a large company of friends assem
bled at Mr. Wells’ residence to greet the
happy nobleman and his bride.
At last, after much waiting and a
great deal of consequential talk from the
highly, elated parents, a carriage drove
up to the door, and the travelers were
ushered into the presence of the expect
ant guests.
“Allow me to introduce your daugh-
rter’s husband,” said Mrs. Decker, look
ing at a young man, on whose arm Mary
proudly leaned.
Everyone present started in amaze
ment.
Mr. Wells stood as if riveted to the
spot.
But Mrs. Wells indignantly burst
forth—
“Susan, you have deceived us!
“Where is the nobleman whom you
promised as our daughter’s husband?
“That is only Charlie Forest!”
“Here is the noble man,” replied the
aunt’, laying her hand on Charlie’s shoul
der.
“I assure you I can truly call him that
name, for he possesses true nobility of
character, which is far grander than that
of blood.
“But, believe me, when I first wrote
you of him, I did not know that the
nobleman who seemed to brighten up my
niece so wonderfully was only Charlie
Forest.
“You are aware that I had never met
him before.
“And afterwards, when they came to
me, confessed all, and implored me to
intercede for them, I, knowing that in
tercession would not avail, inveftted the
Chaining a Convict.
Now, dear sister and brother, show
your true nobility by granting us com-1
plete forgiveness. ”
“Well, what can’t be cured must be|
endured, I suppose,” said Mrs. Wells.
And then she sighed as she thought of |
her son-in-law’s empty purse.
“Bless you both!” said the father.
“Wife and I were in the wrong.
“Charlie, I commend your pluck in |
following the girl you love to France.
“You well deserve her.
“But may we never have cause to I
think of you otherwise than as the noble |
man sister Susan calls you!”
And they never had.
Charlie with an admonition never to
come near his child again, and then set
to work watching the child’s action.
At fir**, Mary managed to meet her
lover clandestinely.
But vigilant mamma came upon them
one day at their trysting-place, took
Mary instantly home and locked her in
her room.
For a while after that the young folks
contrived to keep up a secret correspon
dence.
But that also was soon discovered.
All communication of any kind was
prevented for the future, and the lovers
were in dispair.
About this time Mrs. Decker, a weal
thy sister of Mr. Wells, was preparing
for a trip to France.
Hearing of her niece’s ‘‘unfortunate
attachment to young Forest,” she kind
ly offered to separate the obstinate pair
by taking Mary with her.
Mary’s parents were quite delighted
with the idea.
“Just the thing,” said her father. I The hat is beyond comparison the pet
“Amidst new scenes she will prob- article ot a Mexican’s dress. Even fie
ably forget that scoundrel; and may meet uaatter of the dents in the crown is
someone who is In every way worthy ef use d to convey a meaning. Four dents
her.” must be arranged in every sombrero.
Scoundrel—a young man who is slight- One on each side," one in front and one
ly bald, has few teeth, possesses a leng- behind. The significance of this ar
thy nose, is not wealthy, and insists upon rangement is that, when there was a
having a girl who loves him. difference of opinion in this country in
That was Mr. Wells’ definition of regard to the rights of the church, and
scoundrel. I the two parties were formed, one in fa-
After much preparation but no un- vor of the church and one against it,
necessary delay, poor Mary was conduct- the church party adopted this device as
ed to the train which was to bear her to a distinguishing mark, and these four
the dreaded steamer. dents are intended to give the crown a
Sad and heavy-hearted she felt as she rude form of the cross. There has been
looked out of the railway-car window, no burning question dividing the na-
gazing at the many friends who watched tion recently, so the four dents have
them start. remained, as is the case with many
Suddenly she discerned in the crowd | other customs, long after their original
With a view of putting a stop to the
murderous assaults that have recently
been committed on warders by convicts
at the Dartmoor prison, in England,
and in order to maintain the discipline
of the establishment, the authorities,
acting under directions from the home
secretary, put Thomas Jones, a convict
from Liverpool, upon his trial for mal
iciously wounding John Staddon, asis-
tant warder* The prisoner was brought
from the punishment cells to the office,
in charge of two warders. He walked
quietly enough to the office, apparently
in ignorance of what was about to take
place. Directly he was brought inside
the door and was confronted by the mag
istrates, governor, deputy governor and
others inside the railing, he appeared
stupefied for the moment, and then sud
denly remembering whore he was, he
said to the warders, in an insolent and
defiant tone: “Wnat’s the matter—
what are they going to do?” He was
told by the warders to be quiet and bo-
have hlmSelf, Jones, however, violent
ly exclaimed, “Hang me if you like,but
don’t shoot me,” and immediately, al
though he was held by two powerfully
built warders, struck out right and left,
kicking at the officers and ferociously
endeavoring to bite them.
One warder promptly twisted his leg
around Jones to prevent him kicking, a
second firmly gripped his arms from be
hind, while a third, who had rushed to
their assistance, grasped the cape of the
prisoner’s neck, in older to stop his en
deavor to use his teeth. Even the ef
forts of these three men to hold Jones
were insufficient. Handcuffs were slip
ped on the wrists of the prisoner, who,
however, still resisted savagely, endeav
ored to bite the officers, and although
held bodily by warders, continued his
mad struggles, A pair of shackles were
sent for, and on these being brought
into the office the prisoner, who had evi
dently been shackled before, shuddered,
and struggled more fiercely than ever.
He was eventually jerked-upon the
ground and thrown on his back, where,
after a most exciting struggle, the irons
were tightly fastened around his legs.
These measures failed to subdue the
spirit of the prisoner, who violently
wrestled in the hands of his keepers.
A chain covered with leather was next
procured and this was passed round the’
waist of the prisoner and then tightly
secured to the iron gates or railing run-
nirg across the room. Jones then work
ed himself up into a towering passion
and it required the combined efforts of
the warders to hold his head and should
ers.
During the examination of the prin
cipal warder, Moore, the prisoner’s vio
lence was even intensified; he hissed and
spat at the witness, and uttered inco
herent f>vpIanon.tir*ni«,Mrl»i«l»ifc
JUNE 12. 1883.
*
ESTABLISHED 1848
Cat
Catdkan.
It was two hours
when a reporter discerned an od
- d man
tired, humpbacked
through Mulberry
filled sack over his i
then a plaintive wa
the bag, suggesting t!
‘ild, but alt
before daylight
dly-at-
shambling
prisoned chi
bit of deformity ,
he was not intercepted,
mar. and the sack diflai
with a well-
ilder. Now and
emanated from
idea of an im-
ugh the colons
two patrolmen
Suddenly the
red down a
Iving to fathom
lie reporter ven-
ion to an officer
taken place
it this was re
damp cellarway.
the apparent mystery
tured to express the
that an abduction
under his very eyes,
ceived with * hoarse guffa from the
policeman, who dismissed, the subject
with the remark, “Why, don’t you
know him ? That’s Fuffy.’ He
catches cats for a livii
This certainly was a new phase of Hie
d in orde
grim struggle for
rugg
learn the details
the reporter recrossed
to meet “ Old Fluffy
' merg .. After perbaj^
waiting the cellar door
on its hinges, closed Irith a “ bang,”
and a moment later the old man slowly
and in order to
curious traffic
street, hoping
hen he should
five minutes of
reaked dismally
climbed to the side 1
stood wiping the pe:
brow the reporter g:
ed “ how business ”
“ Very good, but a
k. While he
tion from his
him and ask-
1 tiresome. I
t nothing else,
1 at you call a
n of the year
ing sometimes,
side folks keep
made a good haul to-nliht,--eleven cats
and all but one are black. But I nearly
broke my back again filing from a wall
in Mott street.”
“Then you make aUiving catching
these animals ? ”
“Well, I don’t work
so I suppose I make
living. But at this
I have pretty hard serai
because most of the
their cats in the house; at night, and a
fellow don’t have much chance, But I
overcome the scarcity by a little scheme
of my own. which I find works very
well. Would you mind stepping into
my ‘ den ’ a few minutes, and I’ll show
you how it is done ? ”
The old man led the way down, open
ed the door with some difficulty, and
ushered the reporter through a narrow
hallway reeking with a confusion of
odors, into a room beyond. The walls
of the apartment were lined with feline
skins arranged on “stretchers,” under
going the tedious process of “season
ing ” rendering the atmosphere heavy
with foul effluvia.
“There,” said the old man, “is my
stock in trade. I branched out in this
business thirteen years ago in the city of
Glasgow, where I was bom. Before
that I was a rat catcher, but I can make
more money by catching the * rat catch
ers.’ In tb- summer fime I believe I
IVoUj OM •• ^ imm im i |A»piB
who like to sleep rnghtsby bagging all
' on. » '
lerueaniun wuuiu uut sible to understand, biting at everybody —
little artifice for the purpose of making | and everything, like a mad dog,through-1 the cats I can get my hands on.
happy two young lives. lout the hearing. Ho was eventual*} «.?-
- 1 committed for trial at the Devon assizes
and carried back to his cell, where the
handcuffs and shackles were removed.
He thereupon smashed the window
panes, tore his clothes to shreds and
attempted to commit suicide by twist
ing his braces around his neck. The
warders at once rushed to the cell, and
on opening the door were again attacked
by the prisoner. Once more the man
was secured, his hands manacled,behind
his back, and he was finally removed to
a dark cell and locked in, in the condi
tion of absolute nudity to which he had
reduced himself.
The Mexican Hat.
a familiar figure
Could it be he?
It was indeed he!
There was no mistaking
form.
“What is the matter, child?” asked
her aunt, anxiously.
" “Y ou are white as a ghost?”
“There is Charlie,” die gasped.
“Oh, how can I leave him?”
“Tut!—nonsense 1”
“You will get all over that in a fort
night.” Sli M
But the aunt’s tone was not unkind,
and very tenderly did she draw her niece
away from the window.
For she saw plainly enough that her
heart was truely sorrowful
We will now return to Charlie, whom
we left standing in the crowd.
He had accidently heard, on the mom-
significance has been forgotten. The
sombrero is exactly analogous to a
lady’s bonnet. The only way in which
that loved | the individual taste is hampered is in
regard to the general shape. The
amount, style and cost of trimmings is
left wholly to the owner’s will. The
Mexicans have evolved an article
whose variations in trimming are posi
tively bewildering. The tend comes
next as we descend the crown. The
most popular form now is a double coil
of silver rope varying from one-fourth
to three-fourths of an inch in diameter.
Before the band took its present form
it was a heavy braid of silver cord, and
the indications arc that Hie cumbrous
shape now in vogue will soon be succee
ded by several turns of a lighter cord,
from two to four inches at
Cat* on Shipboard.
Although pussy is the unrelenting
enemy of rate and they stand in whole
some awe of her presence, she is not al
ways victorious in her encounters with
them. I have seen a cat rolled over and
over by a patriarch on whom she had
bounced, and retire from the fray dis
comfited, with a severe bite through the
lip. In connection with cate and rate.
I will mention two episodes that I could
scarcely have believed possible had they
not come under my immedir te notice.
On board the Elbe we had a grand,
great, yellow cat in the after part of
the ship—for cate have their own well-
defined homes afloat as ashore, and re
sent intrusion within their boundaries
from feline rivals quite as conservative
ly as their brethren who enjoy the bless
ings of the land. Sandy, then, reigned
over the saloon and quarter-deck, and
was the most accomplished and gentle
manly cat I was ever acquainted with.
One morning, while we were lying in the
Scheldt abreast of Antwerp, Sandy
was seated on the rail watching the dis
embarking of the cargo and the various
operations of the small craft which sur
rounded the steamer, with that respon
sible air of general superintendence
which distinguishes him, when he sud
denly caught sight of a rat in one of the
lighters alongside. Without a second’s
hesitation he sprang down from the rai
sheer into the lighter’s cargo-space, a
descent of full 30 feet perhaps more! As
may be expected, he was nearly killec
by the fall, and lay for days almost in
sensible, but we nursed him round again
with beef tea and brandy. The other
incident was horrible. 1 had brought
an old eat with me, on joining a certain
rat-hidden ship, knowing him to be a
it was not mine.
occupying from two
ne nau acciueuuy nearu, uu me mum-1 the base Of the crown. The chance for. s , w , r ti I1 a uiiiinal • it was no
ing of Mary’s departue, of her intended display which the brim affords is not f.XnTlhd borrowed for the voyaae
tripto France, ,md had ascertained wh«, I .lijhted. f Tta™ "W tao"'? I
she was to start. - I nbbon sl J v ^ r i/frSIuento^Seaw natura1 hi8tor y- was fairly overrun
Hoping to get an opportunity to—well, outer edge
do something or other extraordinary, he it is whohj uiuum* yj me «muuu V u* ■ ^ that wag an ex traonli-
“Jr!*! S? “ pp s.r. < l,‘ , r. «»St*
there just in time to see the train leave. I under side of the brim. This silver
Only for a moment did be stand and ribbon is woven into various fanciful
gaze despondently at his loved one, then, and intricate designs, and forms an im-
with hands clenched and teeth set firm- portant element in the decoration of the
ly; Charlie Forest made a solemn vow. | hat. There is the utmost diversity ot
’ Concerning that-vow we have nothuig
to do at present.
In due time there came to the anxious
parents letters telling of Mary’s indif
ference to everything that was novel,
beautiful, or grand.
“The child is slowly pining away,”
wrote her aunt; “and if she is not bet
ter soon, I shall return home.
In reply to this, the hard-hearted par- are seen. Silver
ente said.— _ I used ns trimm
color among the sombreros, varying
from pure white to simple black. Drab
is the most used color, doubtless on ac
count of the dust which at times is
overwhelming. The material generally
used for the manufacture of sombreros
is felt with a smooth or furry finish as
the owner may wish. Many fine soha-
breos of straw with trimmings of leather
is almost universally
MB! g, although gold is
‘Don’t think of such a thing as com- occasionally met. Indeed, the sombrero,
ing back yet. both literally and figuratively, forms the
“She will no doubt get over that love- crowning triumph of the Mexican’s
sickness in a short time.” dress, and the amount of money which
After a while Mrs. Decker sent word 1 may ne spent on it ia only hinted by the
that Mary was growing more cheerful, * wisest of the owners.
nary _
in the storerooms underneath the fore
peak. Nothhqf served to restrain their
depredations, or to dinunish their num
bers and audacity; it was scarcely safe
to venture down there, and the store
keeper was at his wits’ end to know how
to protect the articles under his charge.
At length he asked me to allow him to
put Tim down there at night, not so
much in the hope of destroying the rats
as of scaring them away. Tim was ac
cordiugly conducted thither before the
gratings were put on and left there
with his saucer of bread and milk, his
mat, and no lack of company. In the
morning nothing remained of him but.
gnawed bones and some scraps of gray
fur.
Gould’• Co»y Neat.
I
Jay Gould lives in a very large brown-
stone mansion, once occupied by Ex-
Mayor Opdyke, ou Forty-seventy street,
opposite the Windsor Hotel. The
vestibule is fifeteen feet long and fin
ished in French burnt walnut and
birdseye maple. In a large recess stands
a marble statue of Miss Nellie Gould,
in a recumbent position, taken when
five years old. An excellent picture of
Jap Gould, by Herkomer, hangs on the
wall, while near it a painting by Rosa
Bonheur—Mr. Gould’s last purchase,
representing a cattle scene—was placed
ready for hanging. This picture alone
cost $2. r ),000. The hall is lighted by
Oriental lamps in glass mosaic. The
floor u of marble. On the left of the
hall the reception room is placed. The
walls are hung in embossed velvet of
an old-gold shade. Yellow silk cur
tains give Hie chamber a softened,
agreeable tint. Upon a red velvet
carpet is extended a huge tiger robe
trimmed with bear skin. The mantel
piece supports two curious Japenese
statuettes in brass, and between them
a curious French clock of hammered
bronze surmounted by a mythical figure,
also of bronze. In each comer la a
bronze statuette resting upon a black
marble pedestal. The mirror, some
six feet height, is of gold, inlaid wiUi
ivory. There are only four paintings
in this cosy nest of elegance. The ar
ticles in the room cost about $20,000.
The parlor does not contain a single
chair the upholstery of which is not
embroidered by hand in the most bril
liant contrasts. In the corner nearest
the window facing Fifth avenue stands
a marble statue of II Penseroso. Each
side of the Fifth avenue window’s sui>-
erb Sevres vases fit into niches made to
receive them. Midway between the
door and the entrance to the library,
into which this apartment opens, stands
a magnificent cabinet of ivory inlaid
with gold, that cost $5,000. The mar
velous frescoes cost $10,000. In the
library there are pictures that cost
about $75,000. The library Is perfectly
cosy and perfectly lovely. The dining
room is richly upholstered in embossed
leather. A solid mahogany extension
table fills up the centre space, at which
thirty people can sit comfortably. The
dinner service is of china, jiainted by
hand, each piece having a different
subject. The complete set numbers
over one hundred and fifty pieces and
was painted in Paris for Mr. Gould’s
use.
George Gould’s private room is a per
fect copy of a Turkish divan. There
is not a lied in it, its occupant prefer
ring to sleep upon the luxurious loun
ges that surround it. Mr. Gould’s
room, as also tliat of Mrs. Gould, is fit
ted with Bayonne tapestry and the bed-
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chairs, writing and dressing tables to
Miss Nellie’s
n m. correspond. Miss Nellie’s room is up-
. «« .» i.-Lirmr r ™ - T bolstered with maroon-colored silk and
iave to breed the animals in order to | ^ ie t furniture is of the Queen Anne
make a living, and in the course of a
Thirty Stroke*.
At Sheridan’s I saw Itosecrans un
bent, writes Edmund Kirk. The bow
which is always bent loses its power; so
workers, such as he, wear out by con
stant working. The hour of relaxation
is the hour to learn any man, and I tried
to study him. Sheridan had invented a
game he called “Dutch tenpins.” On
Hie lawn in front of his quarters be
tween the immense elms he had sus
pended a long rope, and to the end of it
attached a small cannon ball. On the
ground midway between these trees,was
a square board which held the ten pins.
The game lay in throwing the ball so
that it would miss Lhe pins going out
and strike them coming back. To do
this, a peculiar twist had to be given to
the rope by the bending of the wrist,
and it seemed almost impossible to avoid
hitting the pins on the direct throw.
Three throw’s were a game, and only
thirty st rokes could be made. Sheridan,
by much practice, had become expert
at the play, and could make pretty re
gularly twenty strokes, but a novice did
well if he made ten. He soon challeng-
cu Ivoaeurons ttiiu Lim dozen officers with
him to enter the lists. Sheridan opened
the play, cleared the board twice, and
missed it ali together the third throw.
“Twenty,” cried the scorer, and an
other player took his place. He did in
differently well. Others followed with
more or less success, though none came
up to Sheridan’s “score.”
“Now for the general,” shouted the
major, laughing, as Rosecrans took his
place. He’ll score thirty, sure.
“Don’t laugh until you win, my boy,”
answered’the general with his peculiar
smile,
Calculating deliberately the motion
of the ball, he let it go. Every pin fell,
ou the direct throw, and a general laugh
follow’ed. Not at all disconcerted, be
tried again and again, till he had played
three or four games with scarcely better
success. Amid the mock congratulat
ions of the whole assemblage, he at last
sat down, and Garfield entered the lists.
“its nothing but mathematics,” said
Garfield;
“You only need an eye and a hand,”
and carefully throwing the ball he clear
ed the board and scored twenty-three.
“You can’t do that again.”
“I’U try,” answered the modest bri
gadier, and he did do it several times in
succession.
“I can do better than that,” said Rose
crans, again taking the ball. A shout
of derision followed the boast, but he
quickly set himself to w’ork, and half a
dozen times in succession, made from
twenty-five to thirty ‘strokes.”
liitlntc Off TalU.
year I suppose I turn loose probably
iftycats a month on an average. I
have a place fitted up in the sub-cellar
xpressly for this purpose, and there are
five litters of kittens dowm in ‘ the hole ’
now. Hear ’em squeal? When they
are old enough to go alone, I put a doz
en or so in a grip-sack and carefully
< rop them in any likely garden where I
think they will thrive, and a few weeks
after I gather ’em in. If I feed them
all they would eat up all the profits.”
“ What do the skins sell for ? ”
“ Ah! that’s a leading question. But
don’t mind giving it away. Well, the
skin of a black cat is worth all the way
: torn 15 cents to 50, while a pure Mal
tese will bring about 40 cents. All the
other varieties of brindle, yellow, tor
toise-shell, spotted, striped and white,
sell for from 10 to 20 cents each. It
all depends upon their size.”
“ Who are your customers ? ”
“The furriers. Of course, cat skins
are not used for furs, because the hair
pulls out easily, but they are in much
demann for trimming ladies’ and child
ren’s caps, cloaks, and hats.”
“ What becomes of all the cats you
bring home ? ”
“I dump them all in those barrels
you see standing over there. Each is
connected with a hose to the faucet.
When they’re ail in I screw on the
covers and turn the water on. In ten
minutes the tragedy is enacted, but I
allow them to remain twenty-four hours,
ceeaus? water distends the hide and
makes it more valuable.”
“ Are there many in the business ? ”
“ I believe there are six now in the
city, but for a time I enjoyed a mono-
opoly of the profession. 1 don’t know
how much they make, bat if they all
operate as I do, they must fare pretty
well—say $700 a year.”
The reporter intimated before depart
ing tliat quite a harvest might be glean
ed by appropriating the silver plate,
aboosteks, old shoes, and miscellaneous
paraphernalia thrown at these midnight
warblers, but the old man appeared
hurt, and indignantly repudiated so low
a profession. “No,” he said on emerg
ing again into Hie open air, “ I leave
that business to my immediate rivals—
both of ’em east side men.”
style. Miss Anna Gould’s is of bright
blue silk, gorgeously ornamented with
embroidery and flowers.
A Fearnil Full.
Edward Floyd, of Detroit, was re
cently engaged in painting the cornice
on the. lofty roof of the new Campau
building, in that city, more than six
stories from the ground. He was
standing on a step-ladder which leaned
against the roof almost perpendicularly,
and the bottom of the ladder rested in
a gutter on the eaves. Floyd had fin
ished painting as far as his arm could
rench and started to come down the
ladder for the purpose of changing his
position, when either the ladder slipped
or else he leaned over too far backward,
and the ladder and man went over the
edge and started for the ground. The
ladder went first and Floyd followed.
No cry was heard by the group of hor-^iot be worth anything unless their tails
rifled spectators in the street belovA? were taken off and added that the prac
ot tile’cruelly'' mtficteff In'England on
dumb animals arises much less from a
deliberate intention to- cause physical
Tnfft rtng than from sheer ignorance; and
it is, consequently, desirable to give the
widest possible publicity to cm. a in
which stupid adherence to hnv-arous
custom has brought persons wjeuin the
province of the Royal Soci' ; y for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Recently, at the Croyitou Petty Ses
sions, a young man appe ared to a sum
mons issued at the in>;t. >nt of the officers
of the society, cliary ug him with cruel
ly ill-treating dog*, oy biting off their
tails. The deff j.dant pleaded guilty.
It was shown to at the dogs maltreated
were two ter; tor puppies six weeks old,
and their cfiuial appendages had been
bitten off :A about an inch and a half
from the t; p. A veterinary surgeon was
of the opinion tliat the puppies would
suffer ; k n acute, irritating pain until the
woDuiis made by the bites were healed.
THa anguish they might endure during
sci.ie twenty-four hours. The witness,
it is stated, admitted that thedogs would
THE VERDICT
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THE PEOPLE
BEST!
Mr. J. O. Boao—Dear Sir: I bought the first
Davie Machine aold by you over flve year* ago for
my wife, who has given it a long and fair trial. I
am well pteaaed with It. It never alves any
rouble, and ia aa good aa when first bought.
J. W. ttOLIC
Wlnnsboro, S. C., April 1883.
JCR.
Mr. Boao : Yon wish to know what I have to
My In regard to the Davis Machine bought of yon
three years ago. I feel I can’t My too mnch in Its
fsvor. I made about *90,'
. - ,00 within live months, at
tlmea running It ao fast that the needle would
f it perfectly hot from friction. I feel conddent
could not have done the same work with as much
ease and ao well with any other machine. No
time lost in ad lost ing attachments. Tne lightest
r..u—machine I have ever treadled. Brother
J-mes and William’s families are as much pleased
with their Davis Mach nes bonghtof yon. I want
no beiter uiachme. As I said before, I don’t
think too much can be said for the Dav>a Machine.
Respectfully,
Kllin SnvnraoM.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
Mr. Boao : My machine gives me perfect Mtls-
faction. I find no ianlt with it. The attachments
are ao simple. I wish for no better than the Davis
Vertical Feed.
Respectfully.
Mrs. R. Milling.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
Mr. Boao- i bought a Davis Vertical Feed
Sewing Macuine from yon four years ago. I am
delighted with it. H never has giveu me any
trouole, m l has never been the least out of order.
It is as good ss when 1 first bought it. I can
cheerfully recommend It.
Respectfully,
‘Mrs. m. J. Kirkland.
Monticelio, April 80, 1883.
Frols Growing in
An interesting fact about Russia is
that in many of its coldest provinces
fruit-growing is an important branch
of industry. In the province of Kazan,
which is 350 miles further north than
Winnipeg, and where Hie mercury in
winter sometimes falls aa low as 00
deg. below zero, apples are grown In
large quantities at a profit. In the
province of Vladimir, which is almost
as cold as Kazan, cherries of excellent
quality are raised in great abundance.
Both apples and cherries are shipped
from these provinces in large quanti
ties. In these high latitudes, fruit
trees are usually small 1 , being not over
eight feet tn height, and are planted in
clumps like staDn of com. Their low
branching limbs are usually loaded with
the most luscious fruit.
Whirling over and over witli out
stretched arms in his terrible decent
Floyd finally encountered several tele-
f raph wires, about half way down.
'hey parted under him, but broke his
fall so much that a big telephone wire
beneath them stood the shock and sus
tained his weight. It staggered great
ly, however, and Floyd, clinging con
vulsively to the wire, found himself
suspended out over Griswold street,
‘ about thirty feet from the ground.
A crowd gathered and steps were
hurriedly taken to save Floyd before
his hold gave way. A rojie was thrown
to him from a scaffolding ou the build 1
ing, but while pulling himself along
the wire the rope broke. At last some
body got a long pole. The crowd held
it erect. A ladder was placed against
it. Floyd slid down the pole to the
ladder and safely reached the* ground.
Returning thanks to those who helped
him, he picked up his step-ladder from
where it had fallen, tried to find his
hat, which somebody had stolen, and
then started back for the rcof which he
had quit in tuch an abrupt and terrible
manner only a few moments before.
His back was a little lame from cum
in contact with the wires, but he
id he “didn’t mind the fall much,”
and “wasn’t going to quit work just
for that.” In a few moments he was
again at work on the roof, as if nothing
had happened. Floyd has a wife and
family and lives on Brewster street.
He says he kept his senses while fall
ing, and knew his only chance was to
catch the wires and break his fall as
much as possible.
tice of so removing them was a cruel,
but an universal one. That, however,
is only an individual expression of opin
ion. A very distinguished authority on
dogs, Sir Edwin Iiandseer, publicly de
clared that it was not only cruel but
useless and pernicious to crop either the
ears or the tails of dogs. In the Croy
don case the defendant was fined Id shil
lings and 15 shillings costs; and we are
quite willing to believe that he was not
actuated by the slightest intention of
cruelty in mutilating his two terrier
puppies. He only complied with an old,
savage custom, corresponding to the
barbaric-practice, now happily fading
out of use, of docking the tails of horses
to within a very short distance from the
root. I^adies in Rotten Row, seventy
years since, used to ride horses whose
tails were nocked to a degree of exigui
ty which, at the present day, would be
thought not only cruel but ridiculous.
Equally inhuman with the practice of
docking horses and cropping dogs is that
of biting off the tail of young lambs—a
process not unfrequently resorted to by
shepherds in some parts of the kingdom
at this season of the year.
This is to certify that I have been using a Davis
Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over two years,
purchased of Mr. J. O. Boag. I haven’t found It
possessed of any fault—all the attachments are so
simple. It never refuses to work, and la uertsinl y
the lightest running In the market. I consider it
a first class machine.
Very respectfully,
Minnib M. Willingham.
Oakland, Fairfield county, S. C.
Mb Boao : I am well pleased in every partlcnlar
with the Davis Machine nought of you. 1 think it
a first-class machine In every respect. Yon know
you sold several machine* of the same make to
different members of onr families, all of whom,
aa far m I know, are well pleased with them.
KaspectfnUy,
Mss. M. H. Moblkt.
Fairfield county, April, 1888.
the Davis Machine bought ot yon about three ysars
ago. As we take in work, and have made the
price of it several times over, w* don’t want auy
better machine. It ia always ready to do any kind
of work we nave to do. No pnckerlngor skipping
YFTa CAW wo 01*0 tamfl n!Aa«W*fl
ana wish no better machine,
Oath hunk Wrui and Sistsr.
April SS, 18*8.
I have no fsnlt to find with my machine, and
don’t want any better. I have made the price of
it several times by taking In sewing. It Is always
ready to do lis work. I think it a first-class ma
chine. I feel I can t My too much for the Davis
Vertical Feed Machine.
Mrs. Thomas Smith.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
Mk. J. O. Boao—D?arSir: It gives me mich
pleasure to testify to the merits of the Davis Ver
tical Feed Sewing Machine. The machine I got of
yon about five years ago. has been almost In con
stant use ever since that time. I cannot see that
it is worn any, and has not cost me one cent for
repairs since we have bad it Am well pleased
and don’t wish for any better.
Yours trn'y,
Host. Crawford,
Granite Quarry, near Wlnnsboro, 8. C.
We have used the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing
Machine for the last flve years. W« would not
have any other make at any pnoe. The machine
haa given ns unbounded satisfaction.
Very respestfully,
Mrs. W. K. Tuhnsr and Dadghtkes)
Fairfield county, & C„ Jan. 81,1888.
Having bonght a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing
Machine from Mr. J. O. Boag some three years
ago, and It having given me perfect satlaraction in
every respect as a family machine, both for heavy
and light sewing, and never needed the least re
pair in any way. i can cheerfully recommend it to
any one as a first-class machine in every particu
lar, and think It second to none. It is one ot the
simplest machines made; my children use It with
all ease. The attachments are more easily ad
justed and It does a greater range of work by
means of its Vertical Feed than any other ma
chine I have ever seen or used.
Mm. Thomas O wings.
Wlnnsboro, Fairfield county, 8. C.
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He made it Clear.
We have had one of the DavD Machines shoot
four ysars and have always found it ready to do all
kinds of work we have bad occasion to da Can’t
see that the maolune i* worn any, and works as
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Mm. W. J. Crawford,
Jackson’s Creek, Fairfield county, & c.
Blessings are often
they are goue.
not valued until
To know how to say what other peo
ple only think, is what make men poets
and s ages, and to dare to say what
others only dare to think, makes men
martyrs or reformers, or both.
The Country’s Quarries.
The compedium of the tenth census,
recently issued, contains some figures
which will serve to give an idea of the
agnitude of the quarry ing interests
of the country, which in 1880 gave em-
J ment to 39,723 men, 8,059 horses
851 mules; had 339 machines for
quarrying, 2,290 machines for hoisting.
1,308 machines for dressing, and used
$192,175 worth of explosives. The cap
ital inveated ia given at $25,414,497, and
the value of the product in the census
year at $18,366,055, there being 1,525
quarries in all. Marble and limestone
lead the list with 65.523,965 cubic feet,
followed by the sandstone quarries with
24,776*930cubic'feet ;-crsytal line silicious
rocks, with 5,118,998 cubic feet; and
■late with 457,267 squares, or 4,572,670
cubic feet.
“Speaking of curious coincidences,”
said a lawyer who had business in Hie
City Hall recently. “I think I have the
most curious case on the boards.”
“What is it?”
“One day last week a woman came to
me and engaged mv services to file a bill
for divorce. I hadn’t got through with
her when her husband came in to secure
my service for the same thing. They
were the same age,had the same grounds,
and had not met before for months.”
“And you took both cases?”
“Oh, no, Unit would have looked a lit
tle queer.
“Then you sent one to another law
yer?”
“Oh, no, again. I am not furnishing
clients to other lawyers. I saw that I
was in a fix, and that I must do some
thing to prevent une or the other from
consulting another attorney, and so I
acted as a mediator and advised ’em to
setHe their trouble and live together,
which they have done.”
“Whatl You advise a settlement and
lose your feel”
•‘Not exactly,” replied the lawyer aa
he stroked his chin. “I charged twice
as much for the advice aa for securing
the divorces!”
My wife Is highly pleased with the Davis Ma
chine bought of yon. She would not take double
what abe gave for It. The machine has out
been out of order since she had It, and she can do
auy kind of work on It.
Monticelio, Fairfield county, 8. C.
The Davis Sewing Machine Is simply s treas
ure Mrs. J. A. Goodwtn.
Ridgeway, N. C., Jan. 16, isst.
j,0 Boao, Esq., Agent-Dear Mr: My wife
haaoeenualngaDaria Sewing Machineconatapt-
ly for the past four years, and It has never needed
any repairs an I works Just as well aa when first
bought She says * will do a |t*a**> rangy ot
practical work and do it easier and betw than
any machine the has ever used. We cheerfully
recommend it as a No. l family machine.
Yours truly,
eas. Q. Davis.
Wlnnsboro, 8. C., Jan. 8,1888.
Me. Boao : I have alwaya found my Davis Ma
chine ready to do all kind* of work I hare had oo-
cssioa lo do. 1 cAnnul see that the machine is
worn a panicie: and it wbfks aa wwlas when new.
MMPhoBftttny *
Mbs. R. O. GoopiNO.
Wlonshore, S. C., April, Mtt,
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$18
Mr. boao: My wife has been
the Davis Machine
constantly natng
bonght of you about five years
h^y^uYSgiL 01 !! 1 !* never out <»l Ax or
Fairfield, 8.0, March, MB.
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