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r - .. ■ * A *v urjT : / O 1 T l if :h.7 mi myi ( H ) i > TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINN8BORO. S. 0.. DECEMBER «. 1883. THE WALMJT TUCK. Drop, drop. From the old tree top jfrll.Wd r^U ^jray, ’R und, ’round, Through the leaf-strewn ground. ^ Gather them, gather them while youmay ! Coverlets red and yellow and brown, Beds of the silk grass, soft as down, - Shells for their gowns, still as still && 1) Walnuts under the walnut tree. List to the birds! They call you in tongl ‘'Children, we think they are sleeping too longl Waken them, gather them! We can see * Walnuts under the walnut tree ( % ' ’ •• • '• “Pull off their coverlets, lad and lass I Out of their beds, in the silky grass, Wake them and take them; so say we, Walnuts under the walnut tree! “Up in the garret let them he dried. So many muihmAe» till Ohrotmats-tide; Then, by the home Are, feast with glee, Singing the praise of the walnut tree!" : Prop, drop, it tree top >11WM/#*"** • ’round, Through the leaf-strewn ground. Gather them, gather them wmle you may I 'Houna KFFIK’S FAITH. There was considerable stir whin Mr. Baby, a reputed millionaire, paid a visit to the Langmore family. He was a young, handsome, dignified man, very pleasing in his maimers. Mr. Langmore had three daughters named Edith, Bose and Alice, each beautiful in their way, and each anx ious to secure Mr. Baby for a husband. With them resided Effle Fairlie, a niece of Mr. Langmore's, and the Cinderella of the family. She performed all the drudgery and was constantly kept un der restraint. Eflfie was a sweet, earnest, gentle girl. Her blue eyes, like dewy forget-me-nots, shone brightly, scarce shaded by the dark curled lashes which gave a tender wonder to beg; face—a sweet sunburnt force, with a mournful expression of re signation abotk tha small well-formed mouth; a tiny piquant nose, and a glory of gold-brown hair; waving hair, all lights and shades, which clustered down her back, gathered together by a velvet band of black. This child-woman strangely attracted Mr. Baby. She never sougnt his pres ence, yet never shunned it.' There was a natural ease and grace about her which astonished him. She wandered every evening to a little ravine known as Silver Grove, in which was a wide, silent pool. Suddenly Mr. Baby discovered that the grove was also a charming locality to him. He fre quently met Effie there, and he became deeply in love with her almost before he was aware of it. “Effle,” he said to her otife evening, as they stood beside the pool, “Effle, if the fairies were to offer you a grand home, and horses and carriages, and servants, and pretty dresses and jewels, would you be pleased.” “No Mr. Baby, ('have ndver felt the need of any of these things. I should should not ask riches of the fairies if I could choose.” ■:/L “What would you ask, Effle y ” “I should ask for love,” she answered simply. “I have so longed for it, ever since I was the wee-st child, and no one has ever cared for me.” There were tears in the soft voice, a tremble of the ruby lips, but the stead fast eyes looked patient—there was no anger, no resentment in them. “But suppose this love- was offered you, Effle, by one who was very, very poor, and you had to wmlclor that per son day and night till you were'weafy, and your food was/scant, and your clothes few, and all your thanks were his gratitude—all yeur - payment Uls affection. What thep, | litffle $Uffle ? Would you be happjL chid ?£’ I “So happy,” she Tmswerwi, With a nervous clasping of her work-worn, small, tanned hands. '“K only t coaid' help him, if only he cared forme, f. should mind nothing!” and then, with a fan-gleam crossing her eyes, “Ob, Mr. Baby, are you a fairy*in disguise? If so you will know how much I want to satisfy me, and if not you must think me a very foolish girl; and I have de tained you when you ought to be with VheJMissc s Langinofe. ” “W*y, I used to look at her with such gentle and admiring fondness. One day Mr. inngmore with his wife and daughters cama back in haste, all unexpectedly, in a fly with two post horses, Just a week after they bad set out in their splendor, the admired of all beholders.. Dismay was upon the paternal face; temper visibly depicted on the mother’s; and gloom and discontent in different stages on those of Bose, Edith, and Alice. They took no notice of Effle beyond handing her all the things which they wanted carried in; and it was only in broken fragments that she found out the reason of this sudden return. It was not told to her, but she gathered it bit by bit from their remarks. “Ouly to think now, that that man was nothing but an impostor after all!” cried, Mrs. Langmore, sinking into ch&ir,'> ( aad living in Such place asCray- land Towers, too. No wonder, indeed, that we were taken in by him; and then to find out that he is actually ruined! ” “And what is more to you, Pm ru ined, too,” growled Mr. Langmore, plunging his hands frantically into his trousers’ pockets. “Why ma’am are you aware what you have spent enter taining him?” “Don’t put it on me,” cried the wife; “I never invited him, and that you know.’* ‘‘No; and you never wanted to marry him to one of your daughters either, I suppose,” sneered the husband. “ We wouldn’t have had him,” cried the girls indignantly. “The idea!” “Sour grapes,” snarled Mr. Lang- more, maiiciousiy. i “Fancy the bailiffs in possession of Crayland Tow’ers,” sighed Mrs. Lang more. “And I really did think one of you would have it.” “It’s a horrid place,” said Rose, “gloomy and full of ghosts; but I must say Mr. Rally has behaved very badly.” “Hashe lost eveiytldng?”askenEffle, the color coming and going in her face “Is he very poor now?” They all looked up at her in surprise. She never, as a rule, ventured to speak till she was spoken to. “Yes, Miss Impudence,.” was the re ply. “Ho hasn’t a brass farthing left. and the worst of it is, they say he has defrauded his creditors.” “I am so sorry—so sorry I’Viaid Effie, gently. “Ppor Mr. Baby!” and she crept-away, her eyes filled with tears. Three weeks later Effle was sitting upon the green, shady banks of the pool thinking of Mr. Baby. Presently another face mingled with her own upon the surface of the water. She uttered a glad cry, and in another moment she was clasped by two strong arms. Effle! my little Effie! have you for gotten what boon you told me you would ask the fairies if you might have your choice?” Mr. Baby asked, tenderly looking down into her changing face. “Yes! I remember,” she whispered gently. “Would you ask it still, Effle?” “Yes, still—ever—always.” “Even though your lover were poor, Effie, very poor?” And her lips framed “Yes.” He stooped to hear it, and her soft breath upon his cheek answered him. “Effle, my child, my darling, you have your wish. The fairies have an swered you. I love you, little Effle; Will you come to me? Will you be my little wife, and love and comfort me j jjalw^p?” T Across her face there spread a halo which he nevei forgot, and without a word of promise she nestled like a tired chiM into the arms he had opened to ecSlvemer. He went with her back to Jhe houpe and saw Mr. Langmore, who leard him scornfully, and with laugh ter ^d: > r*.*HT|\y ' ••It was oiie beggar askihg anoth er, but if the girl had a mind to marry he’d no objection ; it would save him something. When wdulcl he like to take her?” There was a lurking light of mischief In Mr. Baby’s eyes, but he answered demurely. “He must strive to prepare a litle lit- y; Effie?*’ looking at her keenly. “Why?” she echoed, “you know why, Mr. Baby.” He broke into a quiet laugh. “Run home, child, run home,” he said, “You are a wise little tiling, no doubt, but it won’t save you from a scolding if you are cut too late,” He watohed her receding form with a gratified expression upon his handsome face. ’ j ' There was nothing to be seen of her whsn he returned to the home. Like Oinderelia she had gone back among the pots and pens to work ; nut hie’ did not forget her for all that. He was, how ever, studiously attentive to the other young ladies, and each one vied in do ing him honor. > * f ' * • ** ■ » Mr. Baby was the owner of West Crayland Towers, one of the finest pla ces in the country, < . ; He took Mr. and Mrs. Langmore and their three daughters with him to show them the place, leaving the little Cinder ella behind. She felt very sad when the coach ; nc four was out of sight. They were to be gone a fortnight. She would not miss any of the family. But she would miss very much, the kind, grave eyes that tie home, first of course; about Christ mas be hoped to be able to claim her.” Effle’s engagement was now the con stant joke; commented upon with many a taunt and jest, as they struck it like a shuttlecock from one to the other; but Effle had a glad warm joy that filled her pure young heart, and no unkind would harm her. The arrows of glanced aside. The roses bloom her cheeks, and a new born radi fiilled hqr eyes. It was Christmas morn when were married in the little churcl “It is to believe In what you do not, understand, is it not, dear?” she quietly answered. “Yes, darling. And if I asked you to do something which you could not understand, and regarded as a strange and unheard of request, would you have faith enough in me to follow out my wishes without a word of question? Could you trust me entirely and bllmlly Effle?” “Yes, dear,” she said, a sweet confi ding smile upon her lips. “Then come here, my wife.” She drew yet nearer to him, and he took from his pocket a folded handker chief, with which he bandaged her eyes. He saw that her lips still smiled, and he stooped to kiss them. He led her' by the hand, and she felt that she was half lifted into a carriage. She heard the noise of horses’ hoofs upon the stone yard of the hotel, and then they were away upon the road. One stop only on the way, and the trampling of horses, then the opening of a ponderous gate; another stop. She was lifted lightly to the ground, and led up some steps; oyer carpets soft and deep, into which her tiny feet snnk; and then again he spoke to her: “Effle, my own darling, do you love me?” She lifted her rosy lips to him for answer. “Rich or poor, in sickness or in health, you will ever be the same to me.” She threw her arms around his neck and clung to him. “I shall love you always—always.” “Come, then, fairies, wave your little wands of love and introduce our little Cinderella to her kingdom. ” He turned her three times around, kissing her at eacli turn. The bond age fell from her eyes, and Effie saw before her such a room as she had never imagined to exist even in Fairyland. Every luxury, every beautiful thing that he had been able to find, which money could buy, he had gathered to gether here for her. - > He opened a magmficient inlaid ward robe, and before her there were the most beantiful costumes awaiting her. She had never once spoken. “Effle, all you see is your own; are you glad darling?” ‘And are you not poor after all?” she asked; the wonder increasing in her eyes. “No, my Effle; I am very rich “And you don’t want me to comfort you,” she said, the tears starting to her eyey. “Then, dear, why—why did you marry me?” ‘•Because I love you, Effle; because you are so good and gentle and patient and forgiving; because you are the very best little woman 1 have ever met; and because—last, not least—no one else in the world have I ever wanted for my wife.” “Lionel,” she whispered with a hap py smile, “you and the fairies have been very good to poor little Cinderella.” Bain Plus. a*.:... t. .■ Sam Pine, the brutal assailant of Miss Helen Stocum, of North Salem, New York, and a burglar and borse thief, who was recently sentenced by Judge Sanford, at the criminal term of the Court, to fourteen years* imprisonment in the Connectisut State Prison, has made his escape from the jail. “Sheriff Crosby dlflpoyerod the fact when he made his morning tour of the corridors at 7 o’clock. Pine had saw ed out two irpn bars, each 1) inches in diameter, through which he made his exit to the jail-room, , thence through the hallway upstairs to the workshop where he removed a lock to the door' entered the workshop,, climbed to a wa ter-tank, sawed a hole through the and descended either t lytheTlgbti rod or conductor to the .ground. As soon as his escape was made known Sher iff Crosby wired State 4W° rne y Fessen den at Stamford to come immediately to tliis city, where a council was held as to the best means of recapturing him. “The plan was to keep the matter se cret until after the publication of the He Wasn’t Dead. evening papers, on the theory that if Pine did not escape till towards daylight he would be secreted seme place near the jail and perhaps be discovered before night. “Every effort on the part of private detectives, however, failed to discover him, and at 6 o’clock in the evening the general alarm waa given from lip to lip, and telegraph operators were busy sending the State attorney’s and sher iff’s messages to all the adjacent princi-t pal cities and to every town in the State. The message read: “ ‘The sheriff of Fairfield county of* fers f1,000 reward for the capture of Sam Pine.’ ' • “It has been noticed by Ids attend ants that he had been’ exceedingly re ticent since his capture, though after his sentence he remarked to a deputy sheriff ‘that he was glad he had received ,e sentence.’ , “No 1 tools 6t other evidences of as sistance were found in the cell which he had occupied, nor over the pathway to his freedom. It is unfortunate for Sheriff Crosby that this infamous crim- nal should escape hi? custody immedi ately on thp eve oi his re-election, tho’ no blame can be attached to him in any way for Sam’s escape. “The night guard was sleeping quiet ly in an open cell at the end of the cor ridor by which the fleeing prisoner pass ed and whom he probably bade a silent adieu. Every effort is being made to recapture him, but with little probabil ity of success. The woods are being scoured, scouting parties have gone to the negro settlement, and, stimulated by a stiff reward, nothing will be left nndone to bring the scoundrel to jus tice. “For years Sam Pine has been a ter ror and scarcely a orime’short of mur der but be hae committed. Had he been captured while the excitement ov er the brutal atfauR on Miss Stocum was at its height he would have been stretohed to a-tree by the infuriated mob. rc AndooMi Island. A visitor to the Antiocsti Island, Canada, thus speaks of seal homing, etc. The seals are still rather common along the lower Gnif of St. Lawrence, ^ and give theretore good nfle practice, although but few are killed. Tne value David Matthews lett Mmmoutb, Mas sachusetts, four years ago, in ill-health for a trip on a coasting vessel to the Bermu das, leaving behind him a wife and a young child. Matthews never wrote to his wife, and she heard nothing of his movements until word came about a year after his departure that he had died in the West Indies with the yellow jfever. Alter Matthews’ departure a second Child was born, and the young wife, to support herself and family, was compelled to accept a position as a nurse. About six months ago Mrs. Matthews waa courted and won by a young mechanic named Lafferty, who last spring came from Philadelphia and found employment here. Mrs. Matthews, before accepting Lafferty as a husband, told him ml about the disappearance of "her first spouse and of the news that she received of bis death. They were married, Mrs. Lafferty and her children by her first hnsband being pro vided with a comfortable home. To the great surprise of Mrs. Lafferty, her first husband returned a few days ago. Be had not died of yellow fever in the West Indies, but had gone to Brazil, where, by working in a mine, he had ac quired a small fortune. Matthews de manded the surrender ot his two children, and upon being refused them threatened to make it warm for Mrs. Lafferty. He also offered to receive her again as his wife, but to Ibis proposition aha would not listen. Finally a compromise was made. Mat thews takes the elder child, the younger, which had never seen its lather, remain ing with iia mother, while the latter agrees to live apart from Lafferty until Matthews and his wife shall be legally separated. OtMtrvatoriea. Dim of which $ffie had stolen away alone,! day after Sunday, whenever opportunity offered. No one went with her to the wedding. Her lover waited by the garden-gate to lead her over the slippery ground, and she walked with happy blushes by his side. She had bid good,bye to all, but none had prayed. God to bless her. She had done her best to make her shabby clothes look bettor, but King Cophetnn’s bride could have been more poorly clad. The ceremony over they went to the hotel and had a simple repast. Then he took her hands in his, looked intoher eyes and asked: Effle, do you know what faith U?*’ to | astronomer wL. tion to Fatagool the transit oL,V' of the uuderthk short of ftiOO.OUQ. telescope, which is and will soon be cc in length, and the d glass is 76 een * of the Nice O’ a patriotic work whi redeem the reputation world of science. „ «j-... mb mmi Envy is a j shame les in ificence banker, hich is f obser- er the French expedi- ion of ire cost fall far uatoriftl $70,000 metres object buildini idered help to e in the jwardice the Ooppor . heat; Irom aero to 212 it loses about five per cent., while at 660 degrees it tweuty-fivs par cent, of thbir skins, blabber and flesh make them a deatraole prey for the natives, and by being continually banted these animals are pow exceedingly shy and wary. It is on aoccuntjpf these now highly developed faculties that it is a rare thing to gera fair shot at them inside of a hundred and fifty yards, which .makes poor work, as instances over water are v&y deoeivifikl/V,, The seal will cuve instant^ the mo ment the ball whizzes past it, and is not likely to be obliging eaoogh to ooqae ’up again and allow his foe to measure off the distance once more, and to adjust his rifle in accordance with it. Only the round glistening head of it is visible, and under the beak oiroum- stanoee It is a bullb eye which tests se verely the skill of the marfolihan, when he is more than a hundred yards off Tne general result is that the balls fall either short of their mark sr. strike the water beyond it. Even when these ani mals are mortally wounded they are rarely secured, as they sink rapidly and are loet. Thus hunting for them by relying on long ehanoe shots, is at best uncertain, and other mesas must be resorted to. : :to The Montagnais Indians, of whom there iuevejy summer quite k orowd at the Hudson’s Bay post of Mingan, are more Successful, in their operations. They carry out their/programme by using the skm of a large seal, into ioh, they creap head and all, leaving eni play ] iotas' Idki thpit arms, which are 'thrnst through a‘couple of holes which are cut near the fore-dip pers. This disguise is donned when the hunting ground is reached, which may be some exposi d ledge of reeks, and thus accoutred the hunter lies fiat Itato/dhUtlSB gK>u*d> ** his shotgun close to his elbow. To allure any ani mal which may be near, the cry of its young < is etasiy imitated, which fre qnently brings the mother within feet of the hidden peeudo seal, pours qnickly a foil charge of buoi into her head and breast, and i fails to sfcnre bis instantly killed But few white settlers now i seal hunting during the sommei they oftqa realifta handsome rei from the migratory species, come down the golf in the spring floating ice from the coast ol Gre* They are the harp and the flooded wmie the reeideut ones, which here, ere the gray arid the harbor Tne former is more commonly eall the natives the horse-head, on of his elongated bead, which in some respects resembles that of a horse. It is a large animal of hardly less weignt than a medium-sized ox. and iz so rarely obtained that its skin and skelet on are still among the valued donations to most museum*. Besides these animate the Mack bear rather common, as the settlers who hunt and trap them are few, and the woods almost impenetrable. There remains of the larger game only the caribou, which is fast becoming extinct, as it is mercilessly hunted down by both Indi ana and whites, though they are still fairly abundant Lack of Gaspe, along the headwaters of the St. Johns and York rivers, but long banting expedi tions into the interior have to bo or ganized on the north shore of the golf, as they have retreated into the great wfidemew in the interior of Labrador. The bird world is also scantily repre sented, as there is little food for them. The spruce grouse and ptarmigao are the only resident' game birds, and the latter is only seen in winter along the a .been eyntpd that our owiyMCad: grtfse/oailfed fiiare willow grodae, thrives Well where It has good leading grounds and shelter. Ail of these laud birds are difficult to hunt, since tfle gnarled, twisted trunks of the trfqe form,a tangled labyrinth, the mkaes of > which defy all penetration. Neither are the chances better to see something of the feathered tribes along the seashore; at least not in the sum mer, save where there is a breedmg colony, shch as may be seen on the high flat topped rook at Peroe, which shelteth a large flock of ever hungry cormorants. The settlers regard everything which has wings as legitimate game, and in- olude in this Ret ail loons, gauneta, herons, seagulls and pufflus, the value of which differs in ratio to their rela- tive size, as the flavor of the meat is of no consequence. The fat Esquimaux ctWew, however, is their choice bird, and constitutes their annua) feathered manna, winch comes flown by the mid dle of Augnst in great showers of flesh from tfea north, and is welcomed with arms and ' ihe’wide Oiuzzlea of snch tools as represent on this coast the tor gtius. Shortly alter this muoil looked for advent, the rest of the migratory species follow, and the bays aijd ini. ts along the coast are then as- started to he literally black with water- fowel of all kinds, both large and smiill, I have often listened to what one might call tail stories from these settlers con cerning the quantities of geese, brant, eider duoks and black ducks, if their accounts were not confirmed by every body I nave ever questioned upon these matters. As soon as fishing is practically closed, which is about the middle of October, the rusty gun is again brushed up and charged with a handful or so of ooarse shot, which is apt to make great havoc among dense flocks if they are within close range. The poor success which otherwise attends these opera tions is of oourae due to the want of improved arms, as the breech-loader is still here looked upon as a rare tool and is not within the limits of the scanty purse of the poor man. The revolu tionary musket, a heirloom of perhaps oonple of generations, or an old double-baiTeled muzzle-loader are the regulation arms which are still in u*e all along the coast. A shooting frolic may last a few weeks,after which there is again another lull until next year, as hardly any biros remain here for breeding, since their necessary food is lacking. The rooky or sandy beaches afford no favorable the rivers are confined in narrow rooky channels where an expansion with marshy flats ;a not possible, which might attract the valuable game ducks, I am told, how ever, on goad authority, that the great and atiii unknown iiitenor of the penin sula of Labrador fairly swarms with myriads of breeding water fowl of all descriptions, from the large Canada goose to the numberless variety of waders, which are noticed to pass each spring and fall along the coast. The Indians at Mingan are the only people through whom any information can be obeaiueJ, as these parts constitute their annual hunting and trapping grounds, to which they reeort toward August and remain until June, when theyoome baox to the coast with their furs. ESTABLISHED 1848. smeklnt; In Haxioo. the is occasionally encountered, particularly CD Anttbos* teiand, where they are still While waiting for coffee, and afterward during pauses in the conversation, the gentlemen of the family—and not infre quently tne ladies also—settle gracefully back m their chairs and enjoy a cigarette or two. 1 learned a lesson at my very first dinner in Mexico. It was at a hotel table, and a stranger Mexican seated be side me, who happened to finish his dinner first, innocently lighted his cigar for the usual table smoke, which I, in the depth of my ignorance, regarded as a personal insult, and indignaniiy left the table. Hinoe that day 1 have become “learned in the ways of the Egyptians,” and cannot only tolerate the national custom with equanimity, but (be not horrified, oh, fas tidious friends) occasionally take a dinner cigarette myself. When one is in Rome it is well to do as Romans da These tiny Mexican cigaretes, roiled up in corn-husks or tissue paper, are not at all like the strong-smelling things we have la the Halted States. These are not much larger than strews, the husk Is sweet to iths taste, and they have a delicate fra grance which is very pleasant. In Mex ico everybody smokes at all times and in loom, ~ or demands hange of -many cour- “•fter you, •enora ’ (re- mato,)—precisely as our wont to proffer and ac- clvllities of the snuff-box. Mexican Ihdy’s pocket te supplied KUtcbcbox and cigarette-holder of •.or less elegance, and the dainty . .ere of many a fair young senorita are discolored like polished bronze at the tips from much cigarette rolling. * ; Wood, Coal and Fscrolsum. •* - - An English scientist has made a careful comparison of the cost of wood, ■anthracite coal, and petroleum as fuel ' for locomotives on Russian rail way a, and finds that petroleum is fifty per cent, more economical than either wood or coal. Tito fill presents tbs further advantage of flying rise to much lees smoke and dirt than the other kind* of Song* of tho Sea. “The men don’t sing much except when on a long voyage, but when they really get settled down for a trip then you will hear them at it,” said a naval officer to a reporter recently. “What do they sing?” inquired the reporter. “The songs of the sea are peculiar. They belong to a musical world of their own, as much as do the negro melodies of the South. What peculiarity there is in the music that sailors most love I am not enough of a musician to tell; but songs that one would at first sup pose would be popular with ‘Jack’ he does not sing at all. What more beau tiful sea songs have ever been written than those by Stephen Adams, such as •N«uicy Lee’ and the ‘Midshipmite?” and yet you never hear them sung by sailors.” “They sing Dibdin’ssongs I suppose?” “No, strange to say, they do not. ‘Old Tom Bowlin” is the only one of Dib- din’s songs I ever heard them sing. In that Dibdin struck the right chord, and e^er where the English speaking sailors sail the ocean that song is loved and sung. How often from the decks of men- of-war or the forecastle of merchant ships I have heard that song float out into the night: H ere a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowlin’, The darling of our crow; No more he’ll hear the tempest howlin’, For death has broached him to. Many of the songs popular in the navy iot have been given to the general public that I know of until the publication of that excellent little collection of sea songs recently compiled and published by Commodore Luce. Some of the songs in this book have been almost forgotten even in the navy, and were taken dow’n from the lips of old sailors who had sung them when they and life were new.” “What is the nature of these songs?” “Most of them recount victories of the American navy. There is one song very popular in the navy called ‘The Constitution and Guerriere.’ It tells how The Guerriere, a frigate bold, On the tumbling ocean rolled, Commanded by proud Dacres, The Grandee, oh! and it ends with the statement that The Yankee boys for lighting are dandy,oh. The time has a rollicking swing to it well suited to the words,”. “What are ‘shanty’ songs?” “ ‘Shanty’ songs are working songs, and are sung in the merchant service. Ine word ‘shanty’ is probably from the French chanter to sing. These songs are in sets, each of which has a differ ent cadence adapted for the work to which it is sung. There aie songs for sheeting home topsails, for weighing anchor and for all that soit of tning. One which is exceedingly popular goet I’m bound away this very day, I’m bound for the Bio Grande, Ho you, Bio; Then fare you well my bonny blue bell, I’m bound for the Rio Grande. ‘Jack’ sings this with all sorts of queer quavers in his voice, making the ca dence by hauling on the ropes. Blow the man down, oh, blow the man down, Give me some time to blow the man down, is a popular ‘shanty.’ Then there are others, in whicli the sailors improvise largely as they go along. A good ‘shan ty’ singer is never at a loss for words.” “Is this singing a help to the men?” “Oh, yes. They always work better on merchant ships when toey sing. A good merchant officer sees to it that his men sing at their work. If they are silent he will sing out, ‘Make a little music there!’ There is always a leader in the singing of these songs, some man with a good voice and a great stock of lungs. Such men are muon in demand on merchant ships. Tnere is a song 1 had almost forgotten to mention. It is one of the most popular of those sung in the navy, and it is called the ‘Home ward Bound Bong.’ The scene is laid at Pensacola and the song says: “It’s off to the sign of the dog and bell, It’s there they do good whisky sell, In comes the landlord with his usual smile. Saying go it my boys it’s worth your while, For you know we are homeward bound, For you know we are homeward bound.” Tuese songs may seem musicies and thin to those who do not spend their lives on the ocean; but you know the story of the Count Amaldos, how that he heard an ancient helsmsman sing a wonderful song of the sea and prayed that the old man would teach it to him: Wouldn’t thou then, the helmsman answered, Learn the secrets of the sea? Only those who share its dangers Comprehend its mystery. THE VERDICT THE PEOPLE. ; BUY THE BEST! Ma. J. 0. BjAii-near Sir: I txmgtit Ui« aiM Davia Machine aold by you over Ore years ago tar my wife, who has given it a long and fair trial. I am well pleased with It. It never gives an/ ronbie, and U as good as when trot bought. VMM-ac.'wtaa. *•“““• Mr. Bold: V on wish to know what 1 have to aay la regard to the Davia Machine bought of you three ears ago. I feel i can’t aay too much in ito favor. lire months, at time* needle would ret per 1 could made about StM.oo wui running it ao fast that the feotl/ not from friction. I feel oonSdenl ,, not bare done the same work with as mnch i and so well with any other machine. Ko tuns leal tnadjuumg auaeftmeela- The lightest running machine i have ever treadled. Brother Janies ana Williams' families are aa mnch pleased with their Davia Machines bought ot you. I want no better machine. Aa I aald before, I don’t think toe much can be aald lor the Davia Machine. Keapecifnlly, Eiasn PTirt-vaoM. Fairfl“ld County, April, 1883. My mac nine gives me perfect eetla 1th It - - - Mr. Boac: faction. I had no fault with It The attachments are so simple, i wish for no better then the Davia Vertical Feed. Respectfully, Mrs. R. MiLuae. Fairfield county, April, 1883 Mr. Botu: t uangm a Davit vertical Feed w mg Machine from you four yean ago. 1 am lighted with n. It never has given me anji o unle, and haa never been the least out of order, t Is aa good aa when 1 first bought it. 1 caa cheerfully recommend It Respectfully, Mrs. m. J. Ktmna.ND. Monticello, April 30,1883. This N to certify that I have been uatng a Dana Vertic il Feed Sewing Machine for over twjysan, purchased of Mr. J. o. Hoag. 1 haven’t found It p assessed of any fault—all the attachments are so simple. It nevenefuaee to wore, and ia certainly the lightest, running In the market I consider It a first ola ia machine. Very respectfully. Minnie m. WiuiNdia*. oakiau l, Fairfield count/, s. 0. Mr bosii : i am wen pieasea in every partiom wit h the uavls Machine nought of you. I Ulna a flrsi-ciass maculae la every respect You knew you said several machines of the same make te did erect members of our families, all of whom, as far aa I know, are well pieased witn them. Respectfully, Tfu. tt. H. Mosliv. Fairfield county, April, 188S. Thu is to certify we nave sea m oonuaat use the Dsvu Machine bought of you about three yean ago. As we taka in work, and have made tha price of it several times over, wa don’t went aay uetter machine. It is always ready to do any kind of work we hare to do. No paokertngor skipping stltcaes. We can only say we are well pi eased anu wish no better machine. CATHSRINK Wrum AND SlSTSS. April 83, lihH. I have uo tanlt to and with my mace ns, aal don’t want any better. I have mad* tas price ot it severs time* ey taking la sewing. It Is always ready to do iu work. I think It e Srat-olese me chine. I feel I can t aey too much tor to* Daru Vertical Feed Machine. Mia. Tcomas Surra. Fairfield county, April. IBIS. ucal Feed Sewing Machine. The machine I got of yon aoiut five yean ego. bee been aimoec in con stant use ever since that tune. I cannot see that it is worn any, and has not cost me one cent for repairs since we neve had it. Am well ptoesed end don’t wish for any better. ” 4 Yonre truly, rost. Gaawroa», Oraulte (Jrarry, near Wlanaboro 8. C. W e have used the Dans Vert Inal Fond Sewing Machine for the last five years. We would not nave any other make at nay price. The zmohine ana given ua unbounded satisfaction. Very respectfully, Mrs. W. IL Tornm and Dauiwtsui Fairfield county. S. C.. Jan. if 13*1. Home Old American Law*. There is a long list of these quaint laws a few of which will suffice to ex hibit the condition of the society in which they existed. No Quaker or diasenter from the es tablished worship of the Dominion shall be allowed to give a vote for the election of magistrate or any other officer. No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or walk In his garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep houses, cut hair, or shave oo the Babbath day. No woman shall kiss her children on the Sabbath day or on a tasting day. No minister shall keep a school. To pick an ear ot corn from a neigh bors gardes shall be deemed theft. The selectmen, on finding children ig norant, may take them away from their parents, and put them m better hands at the expense of the parents. A man that strikes bis wife shall be fined ten pounds, Mamed persons shall live together or to imprisoned, A drunkard shall have a master appoint ed by the selectmen, who are to debar turn from the hbetty of buying and selling. Whoev* shall publish a Un to the ptej udiee of his neighbor shall be set in the docks or be whippad ten stripes. Mr. J pleasure to testify to toe merit* O. Boaii—Dear Sir: it givas me oatoa isoftl r ts# Darts Ver- llavtng bought s Dsvu YarttcSl Fees Sawing Machine from Mr. J. o. B>ag some three year* ago, and It navinggtrea me perfect satisfkctioa la every respect ae* i amity mao alee, bo in tor hea/y indilgut sewing, sad never needed me least re pair in any way, i can oaeerfauy reooauneud It to aay one as a nrat-dasa machln.- in every paruou- lar, and think It second to none. It Is one ot the iiiup.est machines made; my ohlldren us* It wUa all ease. The attacaments are more easily ad justed and it does a greater range of work by mean* of its Vertical Feed then any other ma chine I hare ever seen or need. Mrs. Thomas Owinos. Wiimsbjr j, Fairfield county, 8. C. We hare bad one ot the Davia Machine* about foor ye jn and have always ’oand it randy to do aU kinds of work we nave bad occasion to ua Can’t see that the machine la worn aay, end works as well aa when new- „ Kit W. J. Crawford, Jackaon’s Creak. Fairfield counts, 8. 0. My wife la highly pleased with the Darts Ma chine bought ot yon. Bne would not take doable want aa* gave for lu The mecnloe ha* not been oat of order since She had It, hud She caa do any kind of work on R. Very Respectfully, ^ ^ Monticello, Fairfield oonnty, 8. C. The Davit Sawing Machine te simply a treas ure Mbs. J. A. Uoodwtn Ridgeway. N. C. a Jan. 10. law. j.O Boau, Bag., Agent-Dear Sir; My wit* has oeen using a Dana dewing Machine oonstow- ly for the past foor years, and It naa never needed any repairs an i Work* jnst as well aa whan first bought. 8h* says U will do a greater range of practical work w£d do it easier and bettor than any machine she nee ever need. We cheerful!/ recommend tt as a Km. l family aanhUMk Your traj, Ja*. Q. Davis. winnabiro. 8. C„ Jan. S.'UBfi. Mr. Bo au : I have always found my Darts Ma chine ready do alt kinds of to wort I have had oo- c.Alton to do. I oanact see that fee machine te worn a parade and it wonts as wades whan new. J&MgPVItiitlUJ9 Mae. BL c. oooniNd. Winns boro, 8. C., April, IMS, Ms. Boau: My wife has been oonatonUy using the Davia Machine r ago. I have never iviwaya heavy or tepeRH. bopgbtofyouabouthve yearn ^Hwlng^a&nt hare never regretted baying ready for any slnd of family on ir light. It te hover oat of Oz Tsry respectful^, Fair field, fit C, March, ISSk 1 li t •'-AtoW *