The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 25, 1883, Image 1
TEI-’WEEKLY EDITION.
WINNSBORO. S. 0.. OCtOBER 25. 1883.
ESTABLISEED 1848
THE REWARD OF SONG.
Few are the idyls the poets sing
Under the shadow of gold;
Few are the laurels the mighty bring
Till the poet’s brow is cold,
luhoh! what dreams to his heart still cling,
Earth’s archives have never told,
For the Muses eve r their children guard,
\nd the poet’s song is Its own reward.
be cot hath echoed Immortal strains,
Which shed their joy as the morn,
Lnd royal thoughts that could brook no
chains
Beside the plow have been born,
Barry your wealth where glory reigns—
I Give the bard his meed of scorn,
»ut the Muses shall aye their children
guard,
Ind the poet’s song be its own reward.
low many Homers in lowly guise
Have battled life’s conflict through?
For this, hath song ever ceased to rise,
Or the harpers been untrue?
lever; inspiration never dies,
For all that the world can do,
Lnd ever the Muses their own shall guard,
Lnd ever shall song be its own reward.
lot here alone is the triumph time
Kor the minstrel’s glowing heart,
There waits new life and a sphere sublime
For the poet’s gentle art.
[Nobler heights for his soul to climb,
Where time’s grossness hath no part.
[Oh, favored the souls whom the Muses
guard,
Lnd blessed the song with its own reward.
BESSIE’S BETROTHED.
A low, irregular line of houses strag
gled somehow into the square, with
icre and there a jutting gable frowning
forward, as if resenting the attempt at
[regularity.
Gothic, Tudor, and Saxon seemed to
lave had an equal part in this strange
icdley of buildings; while, as if to add
tins chaos of construction, the Ree
l’s house looked down upon the
roup from the hill above, and brought
minds at once to the forward
rets of the great queen.
Strange how the mind of a people
rill stamp itself upon even sticks and
tones 1
This square, which was mildly
towned upon by the Rector’s house,
ras the abode of some fifty gentle
women—“the wives of clergymen,
eing i
of good repute, whom ye (Jount-
of Glencower hath minded herself
do God’s service, by affording them
elter, and food, and raiment, until it
all please the Almighty to take them
to himself.”
In the valley below, there stretched
om the hill-side a waving mass of
:h and pine, and rustling sycamore,
in their emerald embrace the
rk fells and white-frothed coursing
a nimble rivulet.
s you turned this winding road to
right, up the hill towards the rec-
the old church, with its ruined
hitecture, raised its spires before
calling tn mind tho timo wWon
ute lifted the banner of Christ
st the black Raven of the North,
was an ancient, sleepy village,
eh had scarce changed in all the
ng years; and one might even have
snjiposed the worm-eaten gate leading
™®the church-yard coeval with the
s afore gone, since post and rail
ed to have long gone past their
e.
aning against the rail was a
den of some eighteen years of age,
bright, piquant face half turned
st the setting sun. A light, duil-
y cashmere gown, fitting closely to
figure, was relieved only by a faint
e rose-bud at her throat,
ost wonien are pretty in the eyes
men, and all can captivate if they
rely on that softness which is their
ure, and not seek to win a tawdry
larance by aping the masculine,
an yields bis admiration to this for
oment, and resents it in his heart
ch as a woman resents it in the
irn sex any approach to effeminacy,
ie Lee was a woman and a child,
scarce knew her own heart, hardly
prehended for what else the Su-
mie. Being had formed her, save to
Is dainty in all her ways, and drink in
h day the sweet homage of man.
he loved, for woman’s nature is to
e, and the excess of that divine pas-
m, as yet unfulfilled within her, out-
ured itself upon every one wiih whom
came in contact.
’She could not help loving. It was
instinct, and she obeyed it. The
1 gentlewomen of the home, full of
e-gone years, and bitterness for the
ent, felt their gall turned to honey
she ministered to their wants; and
laborer ceased to think of the deadly
which hungry mouths caused him,
Bessie Lee came but near to warm
into better manhood,
his was her instinct, her better
ure. She could not help doing
; but books had taught her other
gs, and beyond all that she had
ceived an idea of love from the
,hy dreams of romancers,
ife is not made of romance, Bessie
woven her future of roses and
ine.
bus much for her character. Her
and face were perfect. She was
aughter of one of the inhabitants
ie refuge.
her side stood a tall, grave man
some seven or eight-and-twenty,
ing in a low, earnest voice upon
e theme to which the girl seemed
pay but petulant attention.
“Life has romace enough in it for
of us, dear Bessie,” he said, “If
but gild each morning with the
shine of an honest endeavor.”
“I Know^-J knoyr, dear,” she re-
led; “but life pannpt bp all bread apd
'se, anil solemn word and solemp
ode. Oh, Ralphl I shpuld die if I
juldn’t have excitement, and you
ave drawn such a gloomy picture.”
| “Is it gloomy, then, dear, to be the
associate and helpmate of one who,
Bod being his help, honestly endeavors
to do his duty. 1 cannot paint the l|fp
af a pppr London doctof to jou in
glpwipg colpra, fteeeie. If I did I would
Jm untrue to you myself.”
i “You are trying me very hard.
Ralph,” she said, turning her fftCf
hastily, that he might pot see the tmgry
which rpse to her pyps.
T e ipqked at h®r wistfully and
ly, slightly releasing thp pressure he
kd placed upon her tiny hand.
After all, he thought, was this dain
ty, petulant village maid the one to
buffet the billows of life’s great ocean.
Could he ever make the delicate child
understand him, and be to him in all
that second self, lacking which in the
great business of life no man is perfect.
Was it fair, was it honest, to her or
to him to tear up this primrose, and
kill it with the deadly town air?
He could not say. His heart would
only moan back in answer to reason—
“I love her—I love her!”
Yet, as stem stuff was in the man,
he could not show it to her save in his
earnestness and his manhood.
Ralph Braybrook’s heart had no room
for jealousy, but a numb pain tugged
at his heart-strings when he saw her
turn away from his society to mix with
some nimble-tongued youth, when, as
if the load of his sombre shadow being
taken off her, she could laugh with the
rest. He could have cried then in very
bitterness, “Pray thee, weep, May Lil
ian,” for this constant “gaiety without
eclipse;” but he was not a man to wear
his heart on his sleeve, and many a
time had he turned away murmuring,
“Poor child, she is so young! soyoungl”
He had known her from childhood
with that brotherly intimacy so danger
ous for a man, so fatal to a wo mam’s
love.
She had for years past regarded
Ralph in the light of her protector, who
would in process of time become her
husband.
He was her mother’s friend, almost
the only being whom she could lean
on in the world; and so, when in his
grave, quiet way Ralph had proposed,
it hardly cost her a flutter of the heart
to say “Yes,” and the rich blood scarce
crimsoned her bright young face.
She had—ah! fetal words—“grewn
so used to him.”
He came down to the quiet village
to see them but rarely, for it was a
poor, crowded neighborhood where he
had his practice, and the poor are ex
acting; but he always talked hopefully
and cheerfully in his own grave way of
the little home to which he hoped to
bring his bride.
Of late he had noticed a strange
apathy about her which alarmed him
even more than her childish petulance,
and it was his trying to seek the cause
of it which led to the conversation
above.
Trying you hard!” he said, “I do
not understand. Bessie, dear, I try to
understand you, but I cannot.”
“No; it is tliat—you cannot,” she
said, “and some men are like that, I
suppose, playing with women’s feelings
as they would with a little baby, hurt
ing it to death nearly with their un
conscious brute-playfulness.
“You don’t understand me—you
never will understand me, and it is
better that you should cease trying.”
Had some unseen hand plunged a
iaxW Iaao Vsvsovsaja 1mx>
have turned so deadly pale.
“Bessie! Bessie!” he moaned, “don’t
say that.”
The cry was the short, quick cry of
agony, and she turned her averted head
to him, and would have sprung to his
aims, but ere she could frame an ex
cuse for her words, his pride leaped to
relieve his bitter anguish
He drew himself up coldly, while
drops of ice-cold perspiration stood
upon his forehead.
“Be it as you wish then, Bessie,” he
said. “I am not one to compel a gen
tlewoman to an alliance against her
wish.”
Ere she could realize it he was gone,
and she was left stunned and stupefied
at the effect of her own words.
Gone, her protector gone! her girl
hood’s companion parted from her for
ever! It could not be!
“He never loved me!” she said bit
terly; “and now I know well he never
loved me!”
“What, Miss Lee! and sitting like
Dido?” cried a voice; “am I vial a
propos, or may I act the role of com
forter?”
She looked up, and saw the hand
some, sunny face of Lord Ellesmere
looking down upon her.
“Give me leave to speak, Miss Lee,’
he said, dropping his voice to a low,
impassioned tone, “I would not jar
upon your feelings for the world
see you are in grief; let me sympathize
with you—believe me, your grief robs
me of all joy.”
She suffered him to place her hand
upon his arm and lead her away, suf
fered him perhaps, because sympathy
is most dear to us all; and he had come
to her in her hour of weakness.
She knew Lord Ellesmere as hand
some, gay, and wity, but a man against
receiving the attentions of whom Ralph
had often warned her.
“I will show Ralph,” she mused, as
she suffered the young nobleman to
lead her along toward the wood, “that
he is not altogether so indispensable to
me as he imagines!”
And in this way she made an effort
to arouse herself from her sadness
until presently she had forgotten Ralph
altogether, and was listening, breath
less with interest, to acoouuuj of the
great world and its fine ladies.
What a change this must be from
the life of a poor doctor’s drudge in a
crowded East-end practice.
“You must be very happy with so
much gaietj, Lord Ellesmere,” she said
with a sigh.
“Who can be happy without the one
thing alone which constitutes qrqe
happiness? Ah! Miss Lee—Bessie—let
me call you Bessie?—if you could only
know how, sick sdl tips gqigty, J
have yeamedioftyoii I Night after night
have I flipped away from my gay com
panions, that I might see your shadow;
Bessie, I love you, madly, devotedly!
Come with me; be my wife; and you
shall outshine them all—wealth, talent,
birth, shall bow before you, for
will be my queen!”
And $he,‘Bfl6f fool, thinking of her
revenge, and intoxicated with her tri
umph, accepted him, and suffered her
self to be drawn towards the flame, as
many a silly motl\ had been before.
It vyaa night ere she reached home,
apeompanied by her hew lover, intoxi-
catedwitbipr
ns great blue eyes, and did he not
show her a thousand little attentions,
of which Ralph had never thought?”
So she twisted the great diamond
engagement ring, which Lord Ellis-
mere had given her, around her finger,
and dreamed her dream.
He had asked her to keep their en
gagement secret until he could obtain
nis father’s consent, and she had pro
mised.
Otherwise what pleasure she would
lave had in saying, “Ralph Braybrook
chose to leave me, and I accepted Ixird
Ellesmere.”
“Bessie,” cried lier mother; “in the
name of everything you love, child,
what have you suffered to come be
tween you and Ralph?”
“We have quarrelled, mother, and
the match is broken off,” said Bessie,”
setting her lips defiantly.
“Oh, my child, my childI’Vried her
mother; “do not play fast and loose
with an honest affection like his. He
is almost broken-hearted. Remember,
men are not to be treated like toys;
they have feelings which must be re
spected.”
“And so have women, mother,” said
the girl; “ask me no more. I have
done with Ralph.”
But for all that her conscience smote,
and once or twice she had almost re
solved to write to Ralph, and make it up,
In the morning, however, came a
splendid bouquet and a passionate note
from his lordship; so she allowed herself
to drift with the cunent.
A month passed.
Bessie was haggard and pale, and
yet persuaded herself that she was
desperately in love with Lord Elles
mere.
“One afternoon she received a note
from her lover, urging her to meet lam
by the poacher’s oak in Ellesmere Park.
It was their usual trysting-place.
It was pouring with rain when she
started, and showed every indication
of a stormy afternoon.
But something unusual' about the
note seemed to demand her .attendance
on the spot.
When she arrived there she found
him pacing up and down in the most
agitated manner.
“All is discovered, Bessie, my darl
ing!” he said, rushing to embrace her;
“you must aid me or I am lost.”
“How?” she cried, terrified.
“You must away to London with me
at once. I have got a special license;
once married 1 fear nothing; the estate
is entailed, and I will soon persuade
my father to forget his anger.”
“Oh, Reginald!” she cried, “alone.”
“Certainly, darling,” he said “now—
this instant! I have no time to wait,
for even now my father is posting down
from London.”
“I dare not, Reginald,” she said,
clinging close to him, for the storm had
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terrified her; “I am afraid;” and then
suddenly she released herself, and drew
back, lookmg at him with a new-born
liCdF
Afraid of what?” he said. “I call
God to witness that I mean to be true
to you; if not, may this lightning strike
me dead.”
Then there came a blinding glare of
light, a horrid crashing of branches,
Lord Ellesmere lay at her feet, and
a man dashing tltrough the trees caught
the shrieking girl in his arms and bore
her away.
It was Ralph, who had sought refuge
from the storm in the woods, and wit
nessed the meeting.
Months passed ere Bessie recovered
that fearful shock, and, if it took some
of the jeyousness and giddiness out of
her life, it made her a fitter companion
for her first bethrothed.
A Toachlng Incident
London is the largest and grandest
city in the world. However, it is not a
pleasant city for an American to reside
in for any length of time; owing to the
gloomy character of the weather. Only
now and tnen the genial rays of the glo
rious sun are reflected o’er the great
city, which is generally overshadowed
by dark, lowering clouds, and you know
not a hat moment the flood-gates of
heaven may be opened upon you. It is
not safe to go out without an umbrella,
unless you are desirous of receiving a
good drenching Many Americans la
bor under the delusion that umbrellas
can be purchased in London at low fig
ures. The silk umbrella offered for
thirty shillings ($7,50) can be purchased
in America for five dollars. Olothiugls
much cheaper in England . »an in the
United States. When I was returning
from my recent trip to London, an
American gentleman showed me an over
coat which he purchased a few days
prior to his departure for a trifle over
eight dollars. The same coat in the
Stater would have cod twemy dollars. I
examined it closely and found it to be
of good material and well made. I re
marked to my friend that l liked it much
better than the one I had on, which
cost twenty five dollars in Philadel
phia.
In regard to conveniences, the London
hotels are far surpassed by the Ameri -
can hotels. The elevator is almost un
known, and gas is only used in a tew of
the most prominent hotels. Candles
are used almost universally. There is
so much form and ceremony abont eve
rything. Yon pay so much for lodging;
extra for the use of the parlor or sitting
room; so much for attendance, although
you are expected to fee the servants lib
erally. Yon are not compelled to get
yonr meals at the hotel, unless it is
breakfast, which yon cannot secure un -
til near nine o’clock. After yon have
given your order you are compelled to
wait for about half an hour. You al
ways have to ask for a napkin,or a glass
of water. The waiters move around in
a mechanical manner. They do not seem
to be possessed of any animation what
ever. They are slow and deliberate in
all their movements.
English people are great drinkers. In
some streets almost every other place of
business is a drinking saloon. We can
safely say very little water is used to
qnench thirst in London. Beer is used
by all classes of people. Children learn
to drink it as soon as they are able to
walk. You can get a large mug of beer
for tup pence (four cents).
It takes 11,000 policemen to govern
the city which contains 25,000 known
criminals. If a man is well educated,
and in good physical condition, he can
get on the police force without any po-
apartments are embellished with magni
ficent specimens of Gobelin tapestry. In
the grand vestibule I viewed a grand
statue of the Queen, with her favorite
dog “Sharp,” executed in flue statuary
marble by Boihm. The ceiling of thr
State ante-room is painted by Yerrio,
and represents a banquet of the Gods.
The Zuocarelli room contains nine large
paintings by that muster. The “Meet
ing of Isaac and Rebecca, ” and the
“Finding of Moses,” are truly magnifi
cent specimens. It was on the reputa
tion of the first-named picture that
Zuocarelli rested his fame. The grand
reception room is ornamented in the
style of Louis XlV. The walls are em
bellished with specimens of Gobelin ta
pestry, representing the story of Jason
and Medea. The guard chamber con
tains a splendid collection of arms and
armour. I was conducted through the
royal stables and coach houses, and
viewed the beautiful grey and bay car
riage and saddle horses used by Her
Majesty and the royal family. The
names of some of the horses: Progress,
Foxglove, Faust, Folly. Dlnorah, Fair
fax. Fairplay. Fantee, Buie, Fraulein,
.bluebell. Profit, Busonit, Cloister, Jes
sie and Cracknell.
bi praise sad triumph.
“Re was a lovorl” she kept repeating
to herseli, '‘noble and witty, and pas
sionately devoted.
“Did not love flash out upon her from
In a pottery raciory at Chicinnatt
there is a workman who had one small
invalid child at home. He wrought at
his trade with exemplary fidelity, being
always in the shop with the opening of
the day. He managed, however, to
bear each evening to the bedside of bis
“weelad.” as he calledhim, a flower, a
bit of ribbon, or a fragment of crimson
glass—indeed, anything that would lie
out on the white counterpane and give
a color to the room. He was a quiet,
unsentime tal man, but never went
home at night without something tliat
would make the wan face light up with
joy at his return. He never said to a
living soul that he loved that boy so
much. Still he went on patiently lov
ing him. And by and by he moved
that whole shop into positively real but
unconscious fellowship with him. The
workmem made curious little jars and
cups upon their wheels, and painted
diminutive pictures down their sides
before they stuck them in the comers
of the kiln at burning time. One
brought some fruit in the bulge of his
apron, and another engravings in a rude
scrap hook. Not one of them whis
pered a word, for this solemn thing was
not to be talked about. They put them
In the old man’s hat. where he found
them—he understood all about it, and,
believe it or not, cynics, as you will
but it is a fact, that the eutir pottery
full of men, of rather coarse fibre by
nature, grew quiet as the months
drifted, becoming gentle and kind, and
some dropped swearing as the wear;
look on the patient feUavr-worker’
face told thpmbeyondmistake that the
inevitable shadow was drawing nearer.
Every day now some one did a piece of
work for him and put it on the sanded
plank to dry so that he could come later
and go earlier. So. when the bell tolled,
and the little coffin came out of the
lowly door right around the corner, out
of sight, there stood 1QQ stalwart work
ingmen froin the pottery with their
S pan clothes on, most of whom gave a
ilf day’s time lor the privilege of
taking part in the simple procession,
and following to the grave tfaftt small
burden of a child whihh probably not
one had ever seen.
Prof. Joseph Le Conte has coma fc
the conclusion that supposed hn-
maa foqtpimta at Garaoa, Nevada, are
the traott of a luge plantigrade quad-,
raped. He adds that there is abundant
room for honest difference of opinion in
the matter.
ParalysD, or PaUy.
Thro’ Blaxlug Wood*.
ask for information courteously, which
is more than can be said of New
York or Philadelphia policemen. It
seems to be a pleasure for them to
answer inquiries. They never use un
necessary violence in handling their
prisoners.
The fire department of the city is very
primitive, when put in comparisou with
the New York or Philadelphia fire de
partments.
The method of rapid transit by the
underground railway deserves much
commendation. Trains run about every
five minutes, to all prominent parts of
the city, from stations along the lines.
The fares are very reasonable, and tens
of thonsands of persons daily avail them
selves of this method of transit. Ten
thoosand cabs and two thousand omni
buses do a flourishing business. The
steamboats are always crowded. Yon
can nde for several miles for a few
pence, and obtain a magnificent view of
the river front. Somersett House pre
sents a grand appearance from the deck
of a steamer.The ennent of the Thames
is very strong, and the steamers dash
alone at a high rate of «pe«A The
Thames embankment extends north and
south for several miles. Cleopatra’s
Needle attracts much attention.
I admire the manner in which the
streets are paved,with asphalt or square
blocks of wood. Cobble stones are not
used. The leading thoroughfares are
kept very clean. The street known as
Rotten Row is only used by the Queen,
or members of the Royal family. It runs
through Hyde Park, which contains 388
acres. The famous Albert Memorial
commands a prominent position in the
park.
The Zoological Garden occupies a
portion of Regent’s Hark, which contains
472 acres. The grounds are laid out
artistically, and the buildings are spa
cious. Everything is arranged in the
most systematic style. The animals on
exhibition present a fine appearance,
and the cages are kept verycleau. The
garden was opened in the year 1812.The
Botanical Gardens are also situated in
Regent’s Park.
The American exchange is a great re
sort for Americans in London. It is
located on the Strand, near Trafalgar
Square, which is about the centre of
the city. All the prominent American
papers are kept on file. Members of
the Exchange pay five shillings ($1.25)
a moutn.
Among the prqmiaent London news-
papci's I can mention The Times. Daily
Telegraph, Standard, Pall Mall Ga
zette and St. James Gazette. Tue
above named journals are the moulders
of public opinion. They devote little
space to American news. Six cents is
the price of single copies jJ the Times.
In my opinion the New York Herald is
a mqqh better newspaper, and it is sold
at one-half the pnoe. The Herald.
office is situated on Fleet street. It is
visited by many Americana. I inscribed
my name in the registering book and
secured a copy of the paper. The Detroit
fYee Press is published in London, at
two cents a copy.
I was much impressed.with the ma
jestic grandeur of ^inefror Castle. I
had no dt$QUlty in securing a pass tp
«mte; the oastle. I was allowed to in
spect ten BjAte apartments. I lingered
for some tune hi the throne rqom. I
wondered how the Queen looked when
seated on the beautiful throne,surroun
ded by all the pomp and vanity of the
occasion. The walls of many 0 f (he
Through Idaho and down the mighty
Columbia is a journey worth a pilgrimage
around the world. We have seen its won
ders, but ran a gauntlet of Are at its portal,
where, in an hour, nature's labor of a
hundred years was being swallowed up in
smoke and flames. Yesterday the air was
blue with smoke. The mountains looked
dim or drew their jagged peaks clean out
of sight. For a day or two it bad been
hazy toward the west, and we had heard
stones of the forest fires. To-day, how
ever, the smoke grew thicker and rolled
upon the westerly winds in dense clouds.
We had a glimpse of the Inferno. We
had left Montana to cross Idaho, when
about 9 o'clock the train came to a stop
without a moment’s warning m the midst
of a wilderness. We hastened to the
platform and looked forward. There was
spread out a panorama such as seldom
greets the eye of man. The forest was
one mass of seething flame. The engine
panted a time or two, and then, gathering
courage, crept nearer. A few hundred
yards, and it again came to a standstill,
it was impossible to pass. The heat made
the paint on the cars crack. The glass of
the windows grew feverish under the
heated breath from the fire. There was,
amid all the glare, the roar of an approach
ing tornado, crackling and popping like a
giant’s whip. This was accompanied by a
hissing like the sdund of trying salt, as the
green foliage of the living pines was con
sumed with a white flash. This roaring
apd crackling and snapping, terrible as it
was, only set off the grand accompaniment
gUnt ** Every five seconds a
of centuries. measure3""li , {s "IwS hnh-
dred feet acioss the fiery bed to which
he had been felled. He stood still, seared
to the core, and his hoary top was crowned
with file. As he yielded the mountains
rolled back the booming of cannon from
one height to the other. We hold our
breath and gaze at the sky, overcast with
leaden smoke, tinted here ana there with a
rosy hue. The crashing of the fallen giants
is still for a moment. The fire breaks
through the gloom of the forest in • ne w
place. The flames go racing like demons
up tall trees and quiver in their top like
ruddy lantrcns for u pepmenty-The foliage
m>JU away wi tblhe*»t hot brefth, hnd
then the crashing and booming goes on
again. For the moment the rush and
crackle is drowned and the very orags of
the mountain side seem to be rolling on us
from their seats above our heads. We ask
the conductor when we can go on. He
rays two hours. Long piles. of wood
ail about the track have baught Are, and
scores of Chinamen, with long poles in
their hands, are hurrying up from the
nearest station to save the track from rum.
Two hours pass, and still the infernal pan
demon mm of hissing, rcsriag, cracking,
booming,, crashut devastation goes'on.
The conductor and engineer are afraid to
go on. They fear the heat will fire our
tram. Should it yield to the first spark it
would melt away like tinder in a furnace,
For,, ovqf two hours we watched the
scourge till it drew away from us and let
us go ou.
By this we understand a condition in
which there is loss of muscular power
from the arrest of nervous influence;
and in which the muscles themselves
continue unimpaired, but wholly or
partially cease to be strong and moved
by the nervous energy. The paralysis
of the whole system, or what is gener
ally called, palsy, seems never to occur
in ihe horse; and the paralysis of the
whole of one side, or what is called
hemiplegia, seems to be comparatively
rare; bat the paralysis of both sides of
the hinder extremity, or what is called
paraplegia, is somewhat frequent, and
occasionally very stubborn and severe.
When hemiplegia occurs it is compara
tively mild; but, it not cured, it usually
passes into paraplegia. A palsy-struck
hone is commonly affected first in one
or both hindlegs, walks on his fetlocks,
is scarcely able to move forward, stag
gers «t every step, and eventually falls.
His disease is essentially inflammatory,
and may generally be traced to a fall,
to over-working, to exposure to cold
and wot while covered with prespira-
tion, to some injury in the head, or to
the effects or mismanagement of stag
gers, The remedies ore blistering or
mustard poulticing, warm clothing,
mash diet, freqnent injections, and the
administration of sedatives or tonics;
according to circumstances and the
cause or causes. A numbness of the
limbs sometimes arises from ordinary
prolonged exposure to cold, wet weatn-
er, but this must not be confounded
with palsy, and needs no special treat
ment, but it will soon go off in the
stable or other comparatively snug
situation. Paralysis of the sphincter
muscle or neck of the bladder is some
times induced by riding a horse hard
and not giving him time to stale; and
tins causes a constant dribbling of ihe
urine, and is often styled, with refer
ence to the mere effect, to the exclusion
of reference to the cause, incontinence
of urine.
Palsy in cattle is sometimes very com
mon, and at times may assume the ap
pearance of an epizootic, and has been
known to attack numbers of animals in
certain districts. It generally has the
form of paraplegia, bat occasionally at
tacks the fore legs as well as the hind
ones, and is usually slow in its progress
—beginning in mere debility, increas
ing into stiffness and awkwardness of
motion, and terminating in total loss of
the power of limb. The most freqnent
caoses of it are turning cattle ont too
early in the year to grass, depasturing
on low, marshy, cold situations, driving
out h&rd-driven cows to search for food
during cold nights, and stewing np cat
tle in damp, ill-ventilated, ill-kept,
filthy barns and sheds. The chief rem
edies for it are comfortable honaing,
profusion of clean litter, loosening med
THE VERDICT
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THE PEOPLE
BUY THE BEST!
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Mr. j. o. Boao—Dear sir: I benignt tne flwt
Darla Machine aold by yon orer five yean ago for
my wife, who haa given It a long and fair toaL I
am well pleased with It. It ntrer Rive* any
rouble, and la a* good aa when Ont bonght.
1. W. HOUCK.
Wlnnaboro, 8. C., April 188S.
Mr. boag: You wish to Know what I bare to say
In regard to the Dari* Machine bought of you taree
yean ago. I feel l can’t aay too much In Its faror.
I made abont S80,<>0 within Ore months, at times
running it so fast that the needle would get per
fectly hot from friction. I feel oonOdenl I ooold
not hare done the same wort with as much ease
and so well with any other machine. No time lost
In adjusting attachments. The lightest running
machine 1 hare ever treadled. Brother James and
Williams’ families are as much pleased with their
Dans Machines bought of you. I want no better
machine. As I said before, I don’t thlnK too
much can be said for the Darla Machine.
Hespectfnlly,
Ellen Stevenson,
Falrfl“ld County, April, 1883.
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faction. I And no fault wit
My machine gives me perfect satis
th It. The attachments
are so simple, i wish for no better than the Daria
Vertical Feed. V 1 ±
Respectfully.
„ . Mrs. R. Milling.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
Mr. Boao: 1 oougnt a Davis Vertical Feed
ewlng Machine from you four years ago. I am
ellghted with it. It never has given me any
rouble, and has never been the least out of order.
It Is as good as when I first bonght it. I can
cheerfully recommend It.
Respectfully,
Mrs. M. J. Kirkland.
Montlcello, April 30.1883.
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This U 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 11
possessed of any fault—all the attachments are so
simple. It never refuses to worK, and is certainly
the lightest running In the marKeL I consider It
a first-class machine.
Very respectfully,
Minnie M. Willingham.
Oakland, Fairfield county, S. C.
Mr Boag : 1 am wen pieaseu in every whom
with the Davis Machine oonght of you. Tthlnk
a first-class machine In every respect. Yon knew
you sold several machines of the same make to
different members of our families, all of whom,
as far as 1 know, are well pleased with them.
Respectfully,
Mrs. M. a. Mobley.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
Fancy Canes.
The dealer took down several canes
from a rack against the wall, and taking
a very light-colored stick from among
them studded with silver nails, said:
“Con yon tell me what this is and where
it comes from?”
The cane was drab in color and very
slim at the bottom, tke hendle being
composed of a natural root.
“English ash?” ventured the repor
ter.
“That’s it, exactly, and not one in a
handled can tell this wood when they
see it, either. It is a very peculiar wood
being sometimes very pliable and then
gain very brittle. They are used
great deal hy those who dross for effect
only, They cost from 25 cents to $3,
according to their quality.”
“What are the fancy woods?'
“Blaok and tfhito bamboo have had
the foremost position for some time
past,” was the reply, “bnt are gradually
going ont before the pretty ash. A
blaok bamboo with silver mounting
makes a handsome cane without
doubt, bnt then yon see, people don’t
want pretty things as mqoh «s they do
odd patterns. Ebony is an odd wood,
bnt is still used a great deal because it’s
reliable.”
“Do ‘slfans’ offen boy heavy canes?’
’’Slims,' what are they?” asked the
clerk in surprise.
“Slim is a new name for dudes.”
“Oh, I see. Well, no* bnt they often
bny the Hol\y Hook* which is a very
large cun, but not as heavy aa a willow
switch. It gives tne impreesion that ii i
is very heavy.”
“Thin,” ha suidin ymctasioa, “is also
a nice weed, being very pliable. Can
yon guess what it is? Well, it’s snake
wood, and when mounted in silver makes
a splendid stick.”
There are several vaneties of heads
and handles to canes—the Opera, Polo,
Mascot, Zulu, Rustic Sickle
among those most sought after
of stimulating liniment, and perhans
the internal administration of nux vomica
and strychnine, in small and repeated
doses.
Palsy in sheep and lambs sometimes
affects every limb, and sometimes af
fects only the loins, It most frequently
attacks lambs, bnt also attacks sheep of
all ages—and parturition ewes that
have aborted or have had tedious and
difficult particulars. Some young iambs,
when attacked by it, die the very night
of the attack, and others lose all power
in their hind legs; and seldom recover
sufficiently from the effects of it to be
come large and vigorous sheep. The
principal caoses of it are severe weather,
excessive nutriment, sadden change of
food, and pressure on the brain from
the presence of hydatids. The core for
it in all oases, except when it arises from
hydatid pressore, is strictly similar to
the cure lor it in cattle; and any possi
bility of core in hydatidal oases most
necessarily be contingent on the previ
ous rednotion of the exciting oaose—the
removal of the tape-worm cyst if its
location is such that it can be reached
with proper intraments. Numbness or
rheumatism arising from exposure to
severe frost has no necessary connec
tion with palsy, and may generally be
removed by very simple and obvious
remedies.
Odd Mongolian Habits.
The Mongol is humane, almost to ex
cess, toward the meanest creatures.
An almost incredible instance of that
lumanity is recorded by an author,
whose camel-driver, being as bald as
tfero, had been maddened one evening
by a cloud of mosquitoes. In the night
came a frost, and in the morning the
insects were benumbed. “Oh dear
oh dear, the mosquitoes are frozen I’
said the camel-driver, compassionately.
A Christian would have fallen upon
them with a slipper and spared neither
age nor sex. Mongols, it seems, have
no equivalent for “good-bye;” at any
raw, if they have they seldom or never
use It, and so avoid a distressing phrase.
A bow and a smile, it appears, suffice
for nearly all occasions—unless, per
haps, between lovers and Intimate re
lations. The way a Mongol eats meat
—at least among the tribes of which
our author had experience—can not be
reoonunended on grounds either of sa
fety or elegance. He takes a large
piece of meat in hia left hand, having
a knife in hia right, fastens his teeth
in the meat, and with a sudden flash of
steel cuts off a piece close to his lips.
It is evident that a prominent nose is a
great disadvantage at a meal thus eaten
and it is said that the sight of a table
ful of guests performing after this
fashion is enough to appal the stoutest
heart. The Mongol does not yield to
the European in abuse of strong drink;
and one of the Mongol’s favorite dis
eases is that which is supposed rightly
or wrongly, to be especially prevalent
in the land of “whuaky.”
price of It several times over, we don’t want any
better machine. It Is always ready to do any kind
vork we have to do. No puckering or skipping
stitches. We can only say we are well pleased
and wish no better machine.
Catherine Wvlib and Sister.
April 25,1888.
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Thlslstocenity we nave nan in constant use
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I have no fanlt to find with my machine, and
don’t want any better. I have made the price of
It severa times by taking In sewing. It Is always
ready to do Its work, 1 think It a first-class ms
chine. 1 feel I can’t say too mnch for the Davis
Vertical Feed Machine.
Mrs. Thomas Smith.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
Mr. J. O. boao—Dear Sir:
It gt
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ves me m ich
ileal Feed Sewing Machine. The machine I got of
yon about five years ago. baa been almost In con
stant use ever since that time. I cannot see that
it Is wo-n any, and has not cost me one cent for
repairs since we have had It. Am well pleased
and don’t wish for any better.
Yoon truly,
Kobt. Cbawtord,
Granite Quarry, near Wlnnsboro a C.
We have used the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing
Machine for the last five years. We would not
have anv other make at any pnoe. The machine
has gi«eu us uaouundea satisfaction.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. W. K. Turner and Daughters
Fairfield county, a C., Jan. 3T, 1883.
Having bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing
Machine from Mr. J. O. Boag some three years
ago, and It having given me perfect satisfaction In
every respect as a family machine, both for hea/y
and light sewing, and never needed the least re
pair In any way, 1 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 1 have ever seen or used.
Mrs. Thomas owing*.
Wlnnsboro, Fairfield county, S. C.
We have had one of the Davis Machines about
four year* and have always found It ready to do all
kinds of work we have had occasion to da Can’t
see tnst the machine Is worn any, and works as
well as when new.
Mrs. W. J. Crawford,
Jackson’s Creek. Fairfield countv. 8. C.
Mica haa been applied to anew one—
that of fashioning it into middle soles to
boots and shoes. Tke invention eon-
sists of a sheet of mica, imbedded in
thin coatings of cement, and placed in
tha boot or shoe under and adjacent to
the insole, the upper leather of the
ahoe lapping over its edges, or next
under the filling and the outer or bot
tom sole, and covering the upper space
from the toe to the instep.
My wife is highly pleased with the Davis Ma
chine bought of you. She would not tsis doable
wnat she gave for It. The machine has not
been out of order since she had It, and she can do
any kind of work on It.
Very Respectfully,
Jab. F. Fhbk.
Montlcello, Fairfield county, 8. C.
The Davis Sewing Machine U simply a treas
ure Mrs. J. a. goodwtn.
Ridgeway, N. C., Jan. 10. 1883.
J,o Boag, Esq., Agent-Dear Sin My wife
has been using a Davis Sewing Machine constant
ly for the past four vears, audit has never needed
aay repairs and works just ss well as when first
bought She says U will do a greater rang* of
practical work and do it easier and better than
any machine she has ever used. We cheerfully
recommend It as a No. i family machine,
Yonr tnty,
. Jas. Q. Davis.
Wlnnsboro, 8. C.. Jan. S. 1883.
I have always found my Davis Ma
ts of to work 1 have had oo-
Mr. Boag :
chine ready do all kinds of
saalontodo. I cannot se* that the machine la
worn a particle and It works aa wed as when new.
Respectfully,
Mas. R. C. Gooding.
Wlnnsboro, 8. C., April, 1883,
Mr. Boao : My w
the Davis Machine
is been constantly using
bought of yon snout five years
ago. I have never regretted boring it, as it Is
slways-rsady for any kind of family sewing, either
ivy or light. It W never out of fix or needing
heavy or
repairs.
Very mpscthdjy
FairtMd, h. a, March, 11*
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