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WINNSBORO. S. CL NOVEMBER 24.1883.
ESTABLISHED 1848.
WHEN THE SEA GIVES CP HER DEAD
They tell as with the quiet voice
Of perfect faith, and hope, and trust,
That on the Day when Christ shall come
To bid His chosen ones rejoice,
To breathe new life in death’s dark dust,
To give new speech where death struck
dumb,
From out the sad sea’s restless bed,
Shall nse once more the hidden dead.
They tell us this with upraised eyes,
That gaze beyond the present’s woe,
And whisper of a Heaven and God,
Draw pictures of star-laden skies,
Where angels wander to and fro.
When those now 'neath the churchyard sod
Will rise from out their dreary bed,
The day the sea gives up her dead.
Yet will they raise once more the past,
Or give me back the faith that died,
Or breathe new breath in love’sdead breast?
What for the love that did not last?
What for the days, when side by side
We wandered on, nor thought of rest,
Will these arise and leave their bed,
The day the sea gives up her dead?
Ah, nevermore! dead joy is dead,
The sunshine dead ne’er smiles again,
’Tls evening gathers on the shore,
Our kiss was kissed, our words were said,
Nauhgt lasts fore’er save sin and pain,
Love dead, is dead lorever,
Silent he lie-, in his cold bed,
Though all li(e’s*seas gave up their dead!
HE LOST THEM BOTH.
‘•Cora,” said old Miss Duchesne ab
ruptly, ‘‘did you ever have your fortune
told?”
Cora started at the sudden question
and then smiled.
‘•I” said she, ‘ my fortune told? How
should 1? We city girls never stumble
across gipsy camps.
Old Miss Duchesne was sallow, with
very black hair, scarcely as yet sprin
kled with gray, although GO years had
passed over it 1 , sharp black eyes, and a
nose and chin which nearly met. She
looked almost like a sphinx herself as
she sat there.
“1 used to tell fortunes when I w’as a
girl,” said she.
‘•With cards?” laughed Cora.
“No, by palmistry. Shall I tell
yours?”
Cora looked at the old lady with sur
prise. Was she in jest or earnest? Why
did she speak so sharply? W by d id t hose
glittering eyes seem to bum their way
into her very brain?
But Miss Duchesne had been the
school friend of Cora’s mother years
ago, and Cora had always humored her
eccentricities.
“If you choose,” she said, half hesi
tating.
“Give me yodr hand,” said Miss
Duchesne; “the same hand which you
are one day going to bestow upon Duke
Chesterton in marriage.”
“Yes,” said Cora, caimlv.
“A white, plump, velvety little
hand,” said Miss Duchesne, peering so
closely into the palm that her nose al
most touched the rosy skin. “Let me
seel—let—me—seel The line of luck;
the line of life; the line of lovel Ah,
here we arel Beware of a dark girl,
she is coming between you and the line
of love. She will work you sore trouble
yet.”
The girl sat as if some new light had
suddenly dawned upon her brain.
“You mean my cousin Ariadne?”
said she involuntarily.
Miss Duchesne nodded.
“1 mean your Cousin Ariadne,” said
She. “Child, child! can it be possible
that you are so blind as not to see what
is going on under your very eyes? That
woman is winning your lover away?”
Cora smiled increduously.
“Oh, but that is quite impossible.
Duke loves me! He is engaged to me!”
“Men are false,” said Miss Duchesne
with energy. “There never was one
yet proof against the wiles of a siren
like Ariadne Buckingham.”
“Miss Duchesne, you must not talk
so,” faltered Cora, with the color vary
ing on her cheek and a startled look in
her eyes. “Ariadne is my guest. Duke
is my engaged lover. I—”
Silently Miss Duchesne drew aside
the ruby-velvet draperies of the window
and pointed to where Miss Leslie’s own
carriage was drawn up opposite the
curbstone. Ariadne Buckingham—a
tall, brilliant brunette—was just step
Ding out. Marmaduke Chesterton,
bowing low over her hand, pressed his
lips to it as he assisted her to alight.
“Do you see that?” asked Miss Du
chesne.
Cora burst into rears and hurried
from the room just as Miss Bucking
ham entered from an opposite portal,
all smile-, followed by Mr. Chesterton.
“Where is Com?” said the brunette
airily. “I hope her headache is better.
We have had such a delightful morning
at the picture gallery, and we have
brought home some exquisite cut dow
ers to arrange for dinner. Where are
they, Duke? Bring them in here. I am
sure Cora will excuse us for invading
her boudoir.”
But Miss Duchesne did not return
the fair Ariadne’s smiles. She gathered
up her knitting, made some curt reply
about desiring to be alone, and stalked
out of the room.
“Cross old thing!” pouted Ariadne.
“One would almost imagine, Duke, that
you were her lover, and that she was
jealous!”
bhe laughed a shrill, sweet tinkle of a
sound. Alaimaduke Ciiesterton laughed
also. All jiut Ariadne Buckingham
did or said was periect in his eyes.
Miss Buckingham’s father had lost
his all m union unate ventures and Ari
adne had been brought up on an income
of nothing pei annum.
Every one pitied poor Ariadne, who,
nevertheless, was always exquisitely
dressed, went tverjwhere, and lived
metaphorically speaking, on the fat ot
the land.
She had written to Cora Leslie, her
mother's cousin, that she would like to
spend a winter with her; and Cora, full
of sweet, womanly compassion, prompt
ly sent money for her to come.
“I never had a sister,” wrote Cora,
“and 1 am sure that I shall love you
dearly.”
And it was thus that Ariadne had re
warded her. The old story over again
of the serpent who stings its benefactor.
But although Cora bad been blind,
the rest of the world, like Miss Duches
ne, was more clear-sighted,
Colonel Yavason, Mr. Chesterton’s
undertook him sternly to task for his
defection from the line of equity.
Duke laughed.
“My dear uncle,” said he, “you take
things too seriously! Cannot an engaged
man so much as look at another wo
man?”
But one day, in blossomy Slay, Co
lonel Yavason’s card was brought up to
Miss Leslie.
Cora was preparing to go out with
Sliss Duchesne for a drive. She was
full of bright happiness that morning,
and even Sliss Duchesne breathed more
freely, for Ariadne Buckingham had
left them the night before in response
—so at least she gave them to under
stand—to a telegram from her father,
who was ill. The nightmare dream
was over at last—all the world was
May!
She ran down into the drawing-room,
where Colonel Vavason leaned against
the mantel, tall, pale and handsome.
“Oh, Colonel,” she said brightly, “I
am so glad to see you. Duke is com
ing—”
But she paused as her eye3 fell on his
pale features, the look of mute horror
in his eyes.
“Duke will never come here again,”
said he in a low tone. “Bo a heroine,
Cora. Bear your trouble bravely. Duke
went away before daylight. He left a
note asking me to tell you. He loves
Ariadne Buckingham, and has followed
icr to her homel”
And so Cora Leslie closed the chapter
of her first love—or rather Marmaduke
Chesterton closed it for her.
At the end of a year Marmad uke
Chesterton came back. He was not
married to Miss Buckingham after all.
The beautiful brunette had accepted
lis presents and smiled on him with
’Lose melting eyes of hers, amused her
self at his expense and finally wedded a
young lieutenant of artillery to whom
she had been engaged for years. Duke
was pale and haggard as he stood there
n the boudoir, where he had first asked
Cora Leslie to be his wife.
But Cora was lovelier than ever. As
he looked upon her he marveled that he
could have ever car ed for one like Ariad
ne Buckingham.
“Cora,” he said, in a broken voice, as
she cordially gave him her hand, “can
you ever forgive me?”
“Oh, yes” she answered, smiling, “I
forgave you long ago. And oh, how
you must have suffered, Duke!”
“But,” he went eagerly on, “I am
disenchanted now. My eyes are opened
at last. I know that I never really
loved any one but you. Sweet Cora,
is it too late to ask you to renew’ our
engagement once more?”
“1 am afraid it is,” said Cora, still
serenely self-possessed and calm.
“But why,” he urged.
“One reason,” answered Cora, “is
that I have long ceased to care (except,
of course, as a friend) for the man who
loved Ariadne Buckingham better than
me. The other is that I am to be mar
ried next week to Colonel Vavason.”
“To—my uncle?”
“Yes,” she answered, “to your uncle.
I love and honor him as I never loved
and honored man before.”
So Marmaduke Chesterton lost both
blonde and brunette, and Miss Duches
ne was satisfied at last that her darling
was worthily wedded.
Uorey's Last Days.
“Petk-a-boo, peek-a-boo; l see you
hiding there, you rascal I’’ said a prison
er in the Tombs, playing with a baby,
laughing and hiding behind a chair.
The baby bad light golden hair and
rosy cheeks. It wore a white dress with
a red ribbon pinned to it. The prison
er hal a smile on'his faoa, a smile that
quivered. He was under sentence of
death for killing his sister in law, and
was passing his lost Sunday m the world.
He took the crowing and cooing baby
in bis arms und walked down tne cor
ridor with it. The infant snugged its
head up to its father’s head and let it
lie there.
Oue of the deputy sheriffs came and
patted the dimpled aud smilling little
oue on the cheek. He took out his
gold repeater to note the time of day,
Th child st-otclied out its tiny arms
toward the watch that was ticking off’
Its father’s lifeso fast. The con lem
mau, E iward Hovey, turned an i w dhed
down to the corner of the coniJor
where his wife sat, her head resting ou
her hand. She was a white faoad wo
man of modest ways. She wore a black
straw hat with a whits ribbon, a black
cloak and a dark blue dress. She is
very constant in her attentions to her
husband. She was in the Tombs early
in the morning and when it grew dark
in the prison she was still there.
Albany special, 16th.
"What is that old man' talking to the
Governor so earnestly for?” was asked
in the Executive Chamber.
"He is pleading for the life of his
son,” was the reply.
Old Mr. Hovey, with clasped hands
and careworn face, was pleading with
the Governor to commute the sentence
of Edward Hovey to imprisonment for
life. The old man was accompachk
by Counsellor Kin*zing and the Rev.
Dr. Guilbert. Hj begged for his ton’s
life to save the tamily from farther dis
grace. He told pathetically the story
of the death of the boy’s mother from
the shock of his crime, and feared that
otner evils would follow. /
"It is true,” said the Governor, "that
these evils fall npon the innocent when
crime is oommitted.”
Mr. Kintzmg made an argument of
considerable length on th" evidence.
The Rev. Dr. Guilbert said he was the
the prisoner’s spiritual adviser.
But it is no use advising him. Gov
ernor,” he said. “He still hopes that
yon will pardon him. He does net real
ize that he is to die on Friday, and be
is not yet prepared.”
"Bnt, sir,” said the Governor, stern
ly, “it was your duty to admonish him
against hoping."
The Governor dismissed the hearing,
saying that he would consider the mut
ter to the exoinsion of all else and
form the eonnsl.
20,000 Feet High.
They who have mastered the Alps,
and found them already mastered by
their predecessors, sigh for a new
world, and find it in the Himalayas.
There is a singular correspondent be
tween the two chains. India is the
Italy of Asia. Each has a magnificent
sland for its satellite. Bombay cor
responds to Genoa, Calcutta to Venice,
Delhi to Milan, while the Granges And
he Indus are humbly represented by
,he Po and the Adige. Both chains
run from east to west, presenting their
boldest and steepest front to the south.
Both have their ancient and well
mown passes. In both cases the most
rugged of outlines and eternal snow are
the horizon of fertile and populous
fiains. As to scenery,while the Hima-
ayas are more sublime, the Alps are
more beautiful, for they ara generally
seen with a surrounding of wood and
water, the latter of which is entirely
wanting in the Himalayas, except out
of sight, at the bottom of deep gorges.
The Alps and the Himalayas both
throw out long branches east and west,
as if to claim whole continents for their
own. Northward the resemblances
ceases, for middle and northern Europe
supply no' parollel to the elevated step
pes, the interminable deserts, the frost
and Swamp of Sibena. The Himalayas
ooked and spoke to the south, and the
railway has brought them within a few
days of Bombay aud Calcutta. With-
:.n six months an Englishman may leave
London and return after seeing all that
is most worth seeing in the Indian
peninsula, including the Himalayas, in
climate as bearable as an average
summer at home. So they who pine
for the distinction of first ascents have
now no obstacle in the way. True
there have been strange tales, or idle
surmises, that at the height of 20,000
feet, or even less, life is impossible.
Mau could not breath there or could
only breath in vain. That, however,
was one of the points to be investigat
ed., and it is understood that a moun
tain climber must be prepared to risk
his life for a sufficient object. Mr.
Graham has not attained an absolute
success; but he has paved the way to
successes. He lias demonstrated that
it is possible to breathe and live at an
elevation many thousand feet higher
than Mont Blanc, and that it is possi
ble to undergo the fatigue of much
longer and steelier ascents than those
from Chamounix or Zermatt. He has
brought the highest peaks of the Hima
layas within reach of moderate strength
activity and perseverance.
The difficulties surmounted by Mr.
Graham to within sight of complete
i access speak well for the courage and
power of our race. He had with him
two picked guides from Switzerland.
One of them was an utter failure: and
the other could be “seedy” and incapa
ble. He had a journey of twelve days
to the scene of action, and as he had to
do much of it in rain, it could not but
take some strength out of him. He
had then to cross deep gullies, through
which dashed euormous streams. He
had to make a series of ascents, pa
ing over two peaks higher than Mont-
Blanc. After five days of this work he
had to encamp at a still greater eleva
tion, and send back his coolies, who ate
more than they were worth. After a
climb of some hours on an ascent that
would be steep for Switzerland, he bad
to leave behind one of his two Swiss
guides. He got within sight of a sum
mit 23,000 feet high, and would have
reached it but that there suddenly
came on one of those storms of wind
and snow which it was impossible to
face in such a situation. How they got
back safe at all Mr. Graham does not
know. They reached the camp, and
had to pass a night in their wet clothes
without tire. After this he tried Nanda
Devi, the Indian Matterhorn, nearly
twice as high as its European brother,
but the coolies again proved faithless.
Recoiding several failures, be is glad to
note one peak of more than 20,0ou feet
which he ascended, aud in which he
sees the earnest of greater achieve
ments. He is still undaunted, and we
catch our last glimpse of him for the
present preparing for tne ascent of a
giant over 28,000 feet, the famous Kin-
chinjunga. Others, moreover, are ou
the track, and if, as seems likely, there
will be a few failures, Mr. Graham’s
examples leaves little doubt that in
course of time, by one way or another,
every peak of this famous chain will be
reached, and will be ever afterward as
sociated with the prowess of some
young English gentleman anxious to
achieve a bloodless victory over mater
ial difficulties.
Home-tuiitle Filters.
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To educate a child perfectly requires
profounder thought, greater wisdom
than to govern a state.
a clea r bright water may, despite its
clearness, bo charged with a poison or
substances more or less injurious to
health; such, for instance, as soluble
animal matter.
To make a perfect filter, which should
have the double action of arresting the
finest suspended matter and removing
the matters held in solution, and the
whole to cost but little and capable of
being made by any housewife, has been
the object of my study for many months,
aud, after many experiments and test
ing various substances in my combina
tions, I suggest the following plan,
whieh I find gives very periect results,
and will cost a couple of dollars:
Purchase a common galvanized iron
pail, which costs fifty; cents. Take it
to a tin shop and havl; a hole cut in the
centre of the bottom about the size of a
live-cent piece, and direct them to sol
der around it a piece of tin about three-
fourths of an inch deep, to forma spout
to direct the How of water downward
in a uniform direction. Obtain about
two quarts of small stones at a store
where material for roofing is sold; after
a good washing place^about two inches
of the seat bottompf the pail to form-
a drain.
On this place a partition of horse
hair cloth or Canton lianuel cut to size
of pail. On this place a layer of animal
charcoal, sold at the wholesale chemists
as bone-black at about ten cents
a pound. Select this about the
size of gunpowder grains, and not
in powder. This layer should be three
or to ui inches. A second parti tion nav-
ing beejj placed, add turee inches of
saud, as clean and fine as possible.
Those within reach of glassmakers
should purchase the sand there, as it is
only with that quality of saud that the
best results can be obtained. On this
place another partition, and add more
fine stones or sliingle—say for two or
three inches. This servos as a weight
to keep the upper partition in place.
Your filter is now complete, but not
ready for use. However careful you
may have been in washing the material,
a residue of dust will remain, aud this
has to be gradually washed through.
For this purpose pass as much water as
possible through the filter during the
first day without using it! The next
day it will be ready for use, aud, if my
directions have been complied with,
filtered water will always be at com
mand, not only freed from all suspended
substances, but from color due to mat
ter held in solution having been re
moved. I round that the yellowish co-
loi of Croton water, which is very diffi
cult to remove, was entirely absent in
water passed through my filter. To
test this, water must bo filled up in a
arge white poroehriv. basin. In tala
manner tue color of’Croton water is
plainly visible in contrast with the
white china. '
The Chestnut TruthJ.
Strange Footfalls.
A simple filter is made as follows
Procure an ordinary wooden pail and bore
a numoer of holes the size of a five-cent
piece all over the bottom. Next pre
pare a fine muslin bag, a little larger
than the bottom of the pail, and about
one inch in height. The bag is now
filled with clean, well-washed sand and
placed in the pail. Water is next
poured in, and the edges of the bag
should be pressed against the sides of
the pail. We put such a filter to very
severe tests by mixing a dry sienna co
lor in a gallon of water and, passing
through, the color was so fine as to be
an impalpable powder, rendering the
water a deep chocolate color. On pour
ing this mixture on to the filter pad
and collecting the water, it was found
free of all coloring matter. This was a
very satisfactory test for such a simple
appliance, and I cannot too strongly
recommend it in cases where a mure
complicated anangement cannot be
substituted. The finest and cleanest
sand is desirable. Sand purchased at
glass manufactories should be obtained.
The above described filter at its best
is but a good strainer, and will arrest
the suspended particles. But in a mo
dern filter more perfect work is required,
and another effect produced, in order
that water containing objectionable
matter in solution should be rendered
fit for drinking purposes. Many per
sons when they see a water quite clear
seem to imagine that it must be in a
g<wd state for drinking. They should
remember, however, that many sub
stances which entirely dissolve in water
do not diminish its clearness. Hence
A Hartford fruit dealer has been ad
vertising for 10,000 bushels of chest
nuts. “What do you expect to do with
them?” asked a reporter.
“1 cau find a ready market tor every
one of them in New York aud Boston,”
was the reply.
“Do you expect to get 10,000 bush
els?”
“Oh, no; if I get 1,000 I shall do
well. But when the country folks see
they are wanted, they strip tne trees
and bring them in.”
“What price do you pay for them?”
“They bring, now, about $1 a bushel.
I would take one hundred bushels at
that price, to day. By-and by, when
they begin to come in, they will drop
to $3, or even $2, a bushel. In scarce
years, |7 a bushel is paid, and 1 have
seen $12 handed over for a bushel of
chestnuts right in this town. This
year, the trees are thick with burrs,
but the last frost didn’t open them.
Another frost will bring them in, in
large quantities.
The chestnut season usually lasts six
or seven weeks. About 5,000 bushels
are brought in from the surrounding
country to the Hartford wholesale deal
ers. More than 1,000 bushels of these
are put into the pockets of the local
multitude at five cents a half-pint, from
the peanut stands and retail stores.
The rest are sent to Boston and New
York and from there reshipped to cities
further west. The amount consumed
in New York city alone is enormous.
Tne chestnuts are brought in in small
quantities. A couple of boys will dis
pose of a peck or two, and occasionally
a farmer will offer three or four bush
els. When the demand is brisk tricky
men have been known to mix in last
year’s nuts, which look very well ex
terually, but are mouldy and unfit for
use. The best Connecticut chestnuts
always bring a good price in the cities.
Hickory nuts there is not so much de
mand for, and no prices are given.
Bargains made at the time of sale de
pend upon the quality of the goods.
Iron In Arohiteetu re.
Nearly every neighborhood in Obi-
ougo has its ghost sensation, an I the
precinct surrounding Douglas avenue
and Thirty-fifth street is not going to
be left in the lurch. His ethereal
highness sent his introdnotory cards to
the family of Mr. J. Meiistrup, and
Bjnce then has been trying to keep up
the acqnuiatauoe. There is considera
ble mystery surrounding the affair, aud
though no one really believes that it is
any ghostly manifestation, yet the many
reputable persons who have heard the
sounds emm&ting from siemingly no
particular point m the house in ques
tion cannot explain it. The house is a
white frame building standing alone on
the corner of Douglas avenue aud
Thirty-fifth street, and is owned by the
estate of J. Gudergahu, a German who
died insane in the house. He left a
family consisting of brothers and sisters,
aud a wife and several sons. The lat
ter relatives refuse to live in the house
ou account of the stories told about
ghosts, and of a mau having been mur
dered there some time ago. Mr. Meil-
strup, present occupant, came to Chica
go last spring and opened a grocery
store at 125 Thirty-fifth street He
moved into the house three months
ago. On the date named above he was
sitting with his wife aud child about 10
o’clock that night, when he heard a
steady tramping, as though some one
was climbing up the stairs leading from
the basement, whieh was unoccupied.
He quietly raised a window, called over
to a special watchman named Head, and
waen he came across Meiistrup went be
low, carrying a revolver. He admitted
the officer and told him he thought
there were burglars in the house. They
searched all over, but could flud no one
aud the doors were looked as usual,
I'lio noise continued that Wednesday
night. Meilstr.ip employed watchmen,
and they occupied the honse the next
two nights. The soands continued and
no one could locate tuem. The watch
men would sit right at the head of the
basement stairs, and yet the ghostly
steps seemed to cone up, up, up the
steps right to them. It was thought
thac some boys were playing tricks, so
a watchman was put outside the house
aud one inside, and the third night,
when the sounds were neard, the one
inside fired a bullet from a 38 calibre
revolver directly through the door It
made a hole as large as a man's thumb,
but no mortal form feit it-; effects. Tue
Tne ghost ceased his walks then. There
have been many people about awaiting
the sounds, and one young man named
Dempsey, employed in a wholesale
grocery house, corner of Wabash ave
nue and L ike street, corroborates all
that is told. The sous of the late Mr.
Gaderghan, who really own the proper
ty, tools: up the flooring to see if con
cealed wires aud weights were not mak-
the noise. They charge that the uncle
is trying to depreciate the property and
told Meiistrup tnat he was trying to
gam p ssesfiou of the property. They
are very much excit.-d over the affair.
Tue wite of Mr. Meiistrup is very muon
tnghtened over the sounds, and, though
ueitner she nor her has and think tor
a moment that it is ghosts, they want
the mystery explained lor their own
comfort, he thiuas they will be com
pelled lo move. Another story told by
Mr. Me 1 tmp is vhrt under the porch
at the side ot the house is a queer spot
of ground. The porch is prouabiy lour
ice u from the ground, has green lattice
work around it, and a small door to get
in under it, leading iron the.basement,
dome plunks cover the sunken spot about
six leet long and two wide, or, as Mr.
Meiistrup says, ‘just the size of a body.’’
Tue gri u.id keeps solt, and Mr, Larrou
a former occupant of the house, dug
down probably a foot and still found
tne eartn soft. Larson would not dig
any further.
Jamie’s Old Watch.
Happing ataJallDoor.
The construction of a theatre in
London entirely of iron, within as
well as without, is exciting much
comment, and it augments the discus
sion of the part iron is to play in the
architecture of the future. For the
exterior iron is objectionable, since ic
warps when exposed to a high tempera
ture, and is therefore fatal to a building
iu immediate proximity to a great con
flagration. It is not desirable to have
the number of iron fronts along Broad
way or other streets increased, but the
use of iron for the interior of struct
ures designed to be fireproof might
with advantage be much extended.
Builders have only begun to understand
its value for interior finishing and orna
mentation. The interior of the Temple
Court building gives a hint as to what
might be done in the substitution of
iron for wood in interior work. There
is no reason why a particle of wood
should be introduced into great busi
ness structures and apartment houses
which need to be thoroughly fireproof,
and even in private buildings the use
of iron for Intenor work is likely to
Increase as soon as artists devote pro
per attention to its adaptation for
decorative service. The cities of a
country which sacrifices $80,000,000 a
year in the tiames ought not to be slow
to recognize the advantage of a more
extensive nse el iron in architecture)
In a political not which occurred hi
Shelby ville, Ind., on the evening of Oc
tober 9,1880, Ed. Kennedy, 17 years
old, shot and Killed Albert McCarkle,
the county sheriff. In the excitement
that followed the shooting, Kennedy
made his escape, and notwithstanding
his boyish apinjarauco and inexperience
with the world, he managed to elude
the best detectives in the country. In
spite of the $1,000 reward that was
offered for his return, Pinkerton could
not ibid him and gave the case up. At
3 o’clock on the lOtn of October, 1883.
the county sheriff was awakened by
some one knocking at the jail door, and
on answering the call, was confronted
by Kennedy, who walked inside and
surrendered himself. When this was
made known on the lOtli, an interview
was sought with the prisoner, but lie
steadfastly refused to say one word con
cerning his escape or his whereabouts
since tne day of the shooting. It is ge
nerally supposed that the boy’s friends
have been iu communication with him
and in consultation with different law
firms, and that his surrender lias been
brought about through these channels.
The murder is viewed according to the
political faith of the individuals present
at the time. Democrats claim the
snooting was cold-blooded, while Re
publicans are of the opinion that the
boy acted in self-defence. The trial
cau only determine this. The case will
probably be called at the December
term of court.
Blind Cattle.
Cattle men say that there are hun
dreds of cattle on the Humboldt that
are perfectly blind. So far no cause
can be assigned for the disease. A
scum forms over the ball of the eye en
tirely depriving the animal of sight. A
few have but one eye attacked. The
blindness lasts about twenty days, and,
naturally, the animal not being able to
travel in search of food, loses consider
able flesh. From what we can learn
the same disease attacked the stock in
that vicinity about seven years ago,and
with very few exceptions they recover
ed in about three weeks. There does
not ” c em to have been any efforts made
by stock owners to cure the disorder,
they leaving nature to effect a cure in
its own way.
On Brush street, near Jefferson ave
nue, Detroit, for an hour the other day
a bruised aud battered dumb watch and
clmiu lay iu the gutter, where some
foot bad kicked it from the walk, if
anyone gave the toy a second glance It
was to realize that some child had lost
or flung it away. The case was battered,
the face scratched and scarred, and no
body would tarn aside to pick it up.
By aud by a curious procession came
up from tbe Brush street depot. It
was composed of a man and his wife,
bjth past 50 years of age, aud four
children, the youngest of whom seemed
to be about 12. They were spread out
on walk and street, heads down and
moving slowly, and there was a look of
anxiety on every face. Borne one asked
the man if he had lost his wallet, and
he replied:
“No, not that. Somewhere as we
came along we lost our Jamie’s watch.”
• Very valuable?”
“Well, sir, not so far as money goes,
but it's a relic of the dead, and, sir—
and .”
“Oh, it was an old dumb watch, eh?”
“Yes, sir! ’
“You’ll find it iu the gutter up by
that post.”
The entire family made a rush for the
spot, aud the watch had no soouor been
lifted than the mother kissed it aud the
children shouted their exultation,
“It may seem foolish to you, sir,”
explained the husband, as he slyly wiped
at something liks a tear in the corner
of bis eye, “tint it’s a long twelve years
since Jamie died. Tuat watch was tne
first toy I ever bought him. We’ve
been burned out of house and home
twice since he died aud that’s the only
scrap of relic left us ot the little one.
Yon see it’s old and beut but money
couldn’t buy it. Every time we look nt
it we can cull up his blue eyes and
chubby face, aud the thought that he
is waiting for us up there almost answers
for a meal with mother.”
•‘Are you going away?”
“Yes—across the ocean to our o’.d
bo.ee iu England. We must leave the
dead behind. Had we lost the watch 1
■ <e!ieve the mother would have broken
her heart. Bo long as we have it the
boy’s face comes np to us. We can
almost hear his laugh again, aud it
seems more like we had laid him away
to sleep for an hour or two. Tuauk
Heaven that we have it! It’s Jamie’s,
sir, and wo are never to see his grave
agaiu. •
The Saratoga Tablets.
Spots in the county of Saratoga, New
York, on the territory included wkhln
the lievolutionary battle ground, have
been designated on which are to be
erected stone tablets, commemorative
ot the critical movements of that con
flict. Trie Schuylerville monument
stands on the ground where the surren
der of the British forces took place.
The battles of September 19 and
October 7, 1777, were fought seven
miles distant. For the purpose of mar
king this historic ground three tablets
are being prepared. The Hon. George
West contributes one to mark Free
man’s farm, where the first “Battle of
Saratoga” was fought and where the
British held their entrenchment camp
until Ootober 7th. Tbe tablet was
contributed by the Hon. George West
of Ballston Spa. Number two mirks
the spot where the Americans made
the first attack on the British lines on
October 7th. Mrs. John V’. L. Pruyn
of Albany was the donor. Close by
the above is the spot where General
Fraser fell under the charge by Mor
gan’s riflemen. That is marked by the
tablet contributed by Mr. Joseph W.
Drexel of New York. The next monu
ment is at Fort Neilson, which marks
the northwest angle of the American
fortifications near the headquarters of
Generals Morgan, Arnold ami Poor.
The stone is furnished by the Hon.
James M. Marvin of Saratoga Springs.
Tablet five marks the eastern angle of
the intrenched camp of the Americans.
It is the gift of Mr. Giles Slocum of
Wisconsin. The sixth is within the
American intrenchment on Mill creek,
near the river road, and marks the ex
treme outpost of the camp, where the
Hessians were checked in their advance
made September 19. Contributed by
the Hon, Hamilton Fish of Fultonville.
The last tablet marks the spot where
the British were compelled to retreat
on the night of October 7, which pre
ceded their march to Old Saratoga
(now Schuylerville). Tills tablet was
provided for by the late Senator Webs
ter Wagner of Palatine Bridge. The
Saratoga Journal adds to the list the
statement that other tablets are to be
erected where ii is suggested import
ant manoeuvres took place.
Kmrljr Morning In Tbe Alp*.
On the 13th of September, 188-3, we
opened our shutters at 4 A, M. and
looked out. The air below was dead
calm, tbe firmament studded with stars
of many glories; no cloud was visible
anywhere, while a belt of daffodil in
the East announced the approach of
dawn. No contrast could have been
greater with the corresponding day of
last year. At 6 A. M. vapor had al
ready risen, the precipitation of which
had produced soft clouds which, teased
by the motion of the upper air, broke
incessantly into iridescent tinges.
Low down, gray streaks and patcues
were seen over the valley of tbe Rhone.
These gradually augmented till they
choked the valley, rose above its bound
ing ridge, and poured themselves in
cascades down upon the great Aletsch
Glacier. From the sides of the moun
tain, in clear air, spurted incipient
clouds, resembling the puff of a gun or
theamoke of a suddenly lighted fire.
Later on Italy sent us over the South
ern heights vast scrolls and many-tuf-
ted ridges of cloud, the “tufts” glea
ming with a lustre more dazzling than
that of the whitest snow.
Everything lives, flourishes and de
cays, everything dies, but nothing is
lost, for the great principle in this life
only changes its form, and the destruc
tion of oue generation is the vivifica
tion of the next
THE VERDICT
-OF-
THE PEOPLE
BUY THE BEST!
Mb. J. O. Boao—Dear sir: I i.ougnt cue nr*'
Davis Macblne sold by you over Qve yeara ago lot
my wife, w Ho has given it h long and fair c-ial. 1
am weU pleased wltn it. It never alvei any
rouble, and is as good as when lint bought.
J. W. bOLicx.
Wlnnsboro, S. C., April 1841
Mr. Boag: You wish to Know what 1 have to say
in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three
f ears ago. I feel i can’t say too much In its lavor
ma le about 180,no within live months, au lines
running it so fast that the needle wouid get per
fectly hot from friction. I feel confident I could
not have done the same work with as much ease
and so well with any other machine. No time lost
m adjusting attachments. The lightest running
machine 1 have ever treadled. Br dher James ana
Williams’ families are as much pleased with their
Davis Machines nought or you. I want no better
machine. As I said before, I don’t think too
much can lie said for tbe Davis Machine.
Heapeutfnlly,
T.I.LKN r-TEVHN'SON,
Fairfl-ld County, Apri', 1888.
Mr. boag : My uiHcmne gives ms perfect satis
faction. 1 had no fault with It. The attachments
a' e so simple, i wish for no better than the Davis
Vertical Feed.
Respectfully.
Mrs. R. Millimu.
Fairfield county, Apri’, 1SS3.
M r. Boag : 1 uougnt a navis Vertical toed
wing Machine from yon foaryears ago. t am
lighted with it. It never has given me an;
o tilde, and has never been the leaatnut of order,
t is as good as wneu I nrst bought it. 1 cau
cheerfully recommtnd it.
Respectfully,
Mrs. M. J. KiBkLANU.
Mouttcello, April SO, 1883.
This is to certify that I nave bsen using a flavu
Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over cw 'years,
purchased of Mr. J. U. Boag. I haven’t foca l 11
possessed of any fault—all the attachments are so
simple. It never refuse* to worn, aud is certainly
th o lightest running in the market. I consider it
a first class uaemne.
Very respectfully.
Minnie M. WilungBao.
Oakland, Fairfield county. S. (!.
Mr Boag : 1 am weu pieassa m every parttciu
with the navis Machine nought of you. 1 titink
a first-oiaas maculae In every respect. You knew
S ou sola several maoulnei of th* same make to
merent memoere ot our families, all ot waoin,
aa far as I know, are well p,eased wita them.
Keepectfuily,
Mbs. M. a. Mosley.
Fairfield county, April, lain.
This Is to certify we nave nai tu oonitAit usa
the Davis Machine bought of you about mree years
ago. As we uke tn work, and have mads tue
price of it several times over, we dou’t want air
better machine. It is always ready to do any kina
ot work we nave to do. No puckcrlugor skipping
eiltches. We canomyeay we are well p.eaici
anu wish ao better machine,
< ATHIRINB WVLtl AND SlSTSn.
April ii, 18S8.
I have no taultto find with my nuohne, aud
don’t want any belter. I have m i le tue pans ot
It severs times oy taking lu eewing. It is always
ready to do us work. I think It a first-cl am ms
chine. I feel I cant say too much for tas Davis
Vertical Feed Machine.
Mas. Thomas Smith.
Fairfield county, April, 1M3.
’•DearSir: it give* ms nMot
Its oft
Mr. J. O. Boag-
pleasure to testify to tue merits of the Davis Ver
ileal Feed Sewing Machine. The machine 1 got ot
you about live years ago. has been almost 1. oou
siaut use ever since that time. I onnooi see tbat
it is worn any, aud has not cost me one cont foi
repairs since we nave had it. Am well please I
and dou’t wish tor any better.
Yours tru'y,
i\OST. Crawford,
Granite Ucarry, near Wlnnsboro S. C.
We have used the Davis Vertical Fuel dewing
Machine for the last five years. We would not
have any other make at any price. The machine
has given us unbounded satisfaction.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. W. K. Turner and Daughters i
Fairfield county, S. C., Jan. 81,1833.
Having bought a Davie Vertical Feed Sewing
Machine from Mr. J. O. Boag some three years
ago, and It having given me perfect satisfaction In
•very resiieci asa lamUy maumne. bom tor hea<y
aud Itght sewing, ana never needed the least re
pair hi any way, i can cueerfuliy recommend It to
any one as a first-class maculn in every partlcu
lar, and think It second to none. It Is one ot the
simplest machines made; my cnil’iren use It wit i
all ease. The attacoments are more easily ad
justed and it doe< a greater range of work by
means of its Vertical reed than a o other ma
chine I have ever seen or used.
Mrs. Thomas Owinm.
Wlnnsb iro, Fairfield county, S. C.
We have ha<l one or the DavH Machine* about
four years aud have always found it ready to do all
kinds ot worn we nave nai occas.on to aa Can’t
see ihat the machine is worn any, and works aa
well as wnen new.
Mrs. W. J. Crawford,
Jackson's Creek, Fairfield county, S». C.
My wife is highly pleased with the Da«& Ma
chine bought or you. Sue would not take douola
wnat sue gave for It. Tbe maculae ha* uot
been out of order since she had it, and she can Jo
any kind of work on .t.
Very Kespectfully,
Jas. 7. Fksa
Monttcello, Fairfield county, S. c.
Tbe Davis Sewing Machine W sltnplv a D'ens
ure Mrs. J. a. goodwtn.
Ridgeway, N. C’.. Jan. 10. lo83.
<1,0 Boag, Ksq., Agent- Dear Sir: My wife
has oeen using a uavis Sewing Machine constant
ly for tue past four years, an i it oas never needed
any repairs an i works just as weU as when first
bought. She says It wdl do a greater range of
practical work end do it easier and barer than
any machine she uai ever used. We cneerfuliy
recommend It as a No. 1 family machine.
Your truj,
Jas. Q. Davis.
Winiiabjro, 9. C„ J,an. 3, 1893.
Mr. Boag : 1 hate always louud my Davis Ma
chine ready do ai. kinds ot to work I nave had oc
u*aion to do. t c-innut see that the machine la
worn a particle aud ,t works as wed as wpsn new.
Respectfully,
Mbs. R. C. Goopiso.
Wlnnsboro, S. C., April, 1883,
Mr. Boag : My wife has been coustaMy using
IT e Davis Machine bought of y ou a oou: five years
ako. I have never regretted buy mg it, as it le
Always ready for any kind of family sewing, either
Heavy or light. Ill* nevaroutoi fix or ueenuig
i e pair*.
Very respectfully,
A. W. USD.
Fairfield, AC., March, 1881