The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, January 23, 1884, Image 4

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jMIMBMWMM?BMWM?BMBCa .twice massed. ? /M\ MA?lA TW ?1A !" v?i fiapi, J. ut ou ?uw "I know you are, AUsie, but we roust keep on tall we reach the mountain ' .J-.s_vzaamma up there?** asked the j&lA; then with a wistful glance at her ' feth r: "Do you thiafcr she will be glad - foseeus,-] a^a?" "Glad to see you, I hope, but?oh, ^ A: I *."e. you; must-ask her to forgive me." 'ihere was a slight quiver in th? toan's voice, and the child, although not- comprehending the cause of it, laid her sm3.ll hand on his coat sleeve ? :?-it-TV.OTT "Wilii a SJ UiJJUlULt: UtU MIUW. Jtur; wii'ked on for some time without speakin then she broke the silence, saying: "Vapa, -why is mamma angry with 4; yo i? I will not love her if she is not good to you, for I love you dearly? dtsrlj." . . uLet ns sit here awhile, Ailsie. and I . ill endeavor to make you understand all about it." She obeyed, glad of an opportunity I to resther tired limbs. Crossing her . hands on her lap, she looked up into , his face -trustfully. "Von see," he_began, "your mother ! wasn't like me; I mean long ago wiien ] I first met lier. She was a lady, arxl I i was a groora.or. servanVon herfather's phi e. She nsed to ride out every day, and I rode after her to see that no harm came to her. . After a while we grew to - .bft ftien^s; then, lovers. She was only j 9 chit of ftjgu&and. when I asked her to j ycu away with me-sfce oonsented. Une i aigkij-she stole out of her father's house ! - :and c&me to the oak grove where I was waiting for her. I had secured a fleetfooted horse, and when morning dawned we. ware miles away..We took passage oc a-steamer -bound for America, and were married the day after our arrival. For a while she appeared happy enottgh, although, of course/ we were - Tery poor; but I was young and hopeful - jHuVloved my child-wife. Gradually | she began to pine for her old home, j She was unused to poverty, and didn't j know how to bear the ups and downs of -life, aa 4poor girI would have done. "''She frequently upbraided me for the misfortune 11 jhad brought upon her, and in time began to hate me. I did the best I could for her and looked forward to your birth, thinking she would be more _ content when she held her baby inher arms; but I was mistaken, nothing could reconcile her to a life of poverty witii me. 'When you were a few months old I dL; overed she was receiving letters ix -q hfsc father. Every day helped to Wwlon the "breach between us. Alai ?-l- _"L_ x?-.x.j UlOOgU BiitL-iiRasfceu.- iiie wiui wiu tvutempt, I did not blame her much, for I incwiSGctTRSil howv I, had ruinedher life, and her Tin happiness increased - minetenfoJd. "At that time I was.employed?onr-fiie docks. ' One morning while afcroCsk -a lady, closely veiled,. accompaUidiby a gentleman and a nurse, with ach3d in her arms, passed me. Something aboat her figure attracted my attention, and .as I turned to look after- them I : Ci^it argjimpse at the - beiby's face. I -#tQo4 f?r,a to. move or ?peak- Mea*w^a they had boarded a steamer thai^idd sail -^lor Liverpool Ja, a. .few hours. "S^hen I recovered ?v >.-nrrin?t T wesif. ftfi rstiidlv as nossi tbe home^that- bad never been a ^appjvoce, and learned that my wife and Xailddiad ^gone _a way .in a carriage an hour or two before. Burning with -yagetacd excitement, .-X burned back to ^S^yesgeL Your mother was on deck earnestly .tocher companion, and ?ihe *urse-was saying-good-by to some fri nds who had come tc ?ee her off. I walked boldly up to hei and inquired tho number of her stateroom, saying 1 that her mistress had sent me for her _ 8h:iwL The girl replied that she would ^mamzrjriT and get "it, but I said, pleasantly, *?alk to your friends while you have v-4tllLtC. ViUJgttU ujL/^A/ivumwj ? to have^last word with those she -was leaving behind, she told me thennmber, a? ^9 same time charging me to be careful and not avraken the baby. Trembling with excitement I harried to the state-room, wrapped yon in the : shawl, and walked off the steamer. Have -T fViA afmro- df mv ??riv Hfft clear you, Ansie?"' "Yes, papa, I:understand it perfectly, i and amsosorry for youpoor, dear papa " Then, with a wistful glance in his face, *Do ygu think mamma cried for me?for hereby?" "It may he that shedid, but probably the prospect of being reunited to -her family lessened her grief for your and I have never seen or heard from her' since. I Laxe heard of her, though, and know that oux marriage was annulled on the ground that she \jcas toa young to wed without the.c?isea& of her parents, and %boui s<e\eB years ago she became the ~ts5& pf a man of rank. That was the \fost news I had of her. I wronged your mother, Alice, and wronged you in taking you fromher. And now, it she will receive you back Y will give you -wifnm f/i liar penrt2ess?yauwHlbaYe a fortune of $20,000." " '*And -will yon live with ns, papa?" '"No, child, I will return to my old life in the mines." "Oh, papa! papa!" cried Alice, bursting into a passionate flood of tears, "I can not, will not, stay there without you." He drew the child to his breast and soothed her with tender. words, telling her that she wonld-soon leant to > love her mother?that he would watch over hert and perhaps see her often. .After she grew calm they started on their journey again and : aooa_ reached the old fashioned inn where"they vrere to pass the night. Ailsie retired -early, and her father descended to the public room where, after a few mom^t&rooaversation with, the landlord, he learned that Ailsie'g mother, Lady Caroline Denbeigh, jvvas living in retirement at Denbeigh hall, with her child, a sickly. little fellow, about 4 years of age." "The old lord had been dead a year or more, and the Hon. Mrs. Feathers tone, "Lady .Caro ~IvAAn ujlflv Koy nrtftl 11U6 9 XUVi'UCi) uau nivu UVA recently, but was-then in Paris. The next morning -Ailsie and her father went down to the village hotel, where their luggage had been sent a weak before, and after making the needful change in their dress, thej set out for the hall. The well-dressed, gentlemanly-look ing individual zrho -waftedthe .- r ?ra^Jsdpath with a Srm step-fisd in. .depe^e.at air bore b~t a faint resera'Blwce ?Tfiie,grobiri tfitli whoruCaroline Featherstone had eloped some fourteen jsars before. As they approached the house, he espied lidy>Peabeigh and the young hear on the broad veranda, and his heart gavea quick, painful throb as he' gazed upon the face he knew so well.. "Is this lady my mamma ?" whisnartsd JiSU**- ""*a^ "Hush," he answered softly;, tlien,' under his breath: *~time will tell if she is indeed your mother." Lifting Viie 'Kof roorwv^ffnlJv }>p said : f' "I'isveeome to crave a few moments'conversation with yon, madam, in behalf of this child-" Something in his tone touched a chord in her breast that vibrated painfully. She looked earnestly from one to the-other, then with a sudden effort, j recovered her calmness, and said: . "State the nature of vour errand, ?r." He had fancied himself fully prepared for this interview; but finding himself .Vl?bu tCAvnan l%o> j e??mmmmmmi?awMma?MI | never eeasea 10 love, His courage failed | him, and the man who had been knockI ing around the world for years, whose wealth had made him powerful and self-asserting, grew as embarrassed as & school girl. The fine speeches he had mea:: i to utter were forgotten. Drawing Ailsie to his side, he blurted out almost-savacrelv: I ? V K "Does not your heart tell yon who ; this child is!" Pale with emotion, she cried: "Toll me. Miles Carlyle! tell me i quid:ly?is it my lost "baby?" Reaching ! out h r hands she swayed for a moment, and would have fallen had he not | caught her in his arms. When she l opened her eyes again Ailsie was bend | vi juci. "Arc yon better, mamma?" she in| quire:l, stroking her mother's pale cheek. uLs it true then?are you indeed my lost ("arliug?" murmured Lady Denbeign, faintly. ''Yes mamma, and I am going to love you dearly to make up for the time we h-ve not known each other." Some hours elapsed before Lady Denboigh was sufficiently composed to listen to a recital of the events that had trans}-ired since Aiisie's abduction. The;j .\Iiles told her how he had gone west with the baby, where, after a sharp struggle with poverty, he finally obtained employment, and from that time onward had been what the world terms a successful man. How, while amassing wealth, he had striven to cultivate his mind. He was now a rich man. ; The few relatives he had -left in his old home were dead, and in - the event of ' his ctfiuise Ailsie would be entirely alone. His chief reason for seeking Ladv Denbeigh was t_ entreat her to receive ? the .child, and bestow upon her a * 1- YT 13 XXI _ motuor s loving care, ne ~wouiu. setwe upon licr a sum sufficient for all her wants, so tliatin a pecuniary sense she woaldjiot be a burden. Lady Denbeigh gladly agreed to all his plans for the girl's future. Aflsie was to stay at the hall, and Miles -would remain in the village, seeing her every day until she grew accustomed tohernew life. At first Lady Denbeigh maintained a dignified reserve before him, but ontho i eve of his departure for London she j confessed that when she had realized what eiforts he had made to secure her happiness, she had bitterly regretted UCDC1 1U1U) ouu UdVfc mxvbvii VAHT^ , his forgiveness. For years detectives bad searched for the child. Although iegaljy separated from hire, she had j kept his image enshiiaed in her heart, : and not trntil eaavinced: he was dead | did she, at the . urgent solicitation of ' her family, consent to marry IiOid Den- j beigh. "I scarcely blamed you for returning : to the life of luxury and refinement ' A t-XT?J X^T ?n 1.^ iruui wuiun. x liau uuvcu juu, jug oumitfed.. "And as years went by I saw more distinctly the social golf which | divided us, and realized more fully the wrong I had committed. When I heard yon were married to one of your own. rank I rejoiced for your sake, even 1 when acknowledging to myself that ! you were lost to me forever." His tone was infinitely sad. He i bowed his head for a moment, and seemed lost in gloomy reflections. " Bid you ever meet any one?I mean?" He looked up?their eyes met. "Any one to fill the void in my lonely heart? No." "Oh, Miles v forgive me?forgive me I" Pride, reserve wore cast away, and she lay sobbing in his arms. A week, later Hon. Mrs. Featherstono read in The London Times: "Married, at Denbeigh, July 10* j Miles Carlyle to Lady Carob'ne, widow of the late Lord Denbeigh." "Carrie always did ;have low tastes. I suppose this is the same creature that ! al/\wo/3 Ttrit.Vi Kofnro ar>/? T am rrl^rf her poor father is not living to hear of ! this new disgrace,7' was her angry com- j meat. Aztec liegends. [**& W. R." in Louisville Coorie'r-JournalJ I About half way between Las Vegas and Lamy is the Mecca of the Aztecs, the reputed birthplace of Montezuma, :>ver which an old Aztec temple formerly stood which was succeeded by a Christian church, built, so say the Jesuits, by one of their o-wn number early in the sixteenth century, that isr very soon after the. first discovery of this portion of the- country by the Spanish_ As v?e approach the station, nf Ppr>r>s_ at (rrossinc of thft river of the same name, this old. church, itself also ia ruins, with only a. portion of its. walls still standing, is pointed out in the distance, off to the left in a wooded hollow, a rude adobe or stone parallelogram fast crumbling back to earth. It is said to be surrounded by the j broken walls of what was once a large i city, whose ruins kindly nature has been busy for centuries draping ^crth. green banners and adorning with towering monuments of pine, until theonce populous city is now but a woodland bower, the haunt of all the wild creatures of the forest. How pnny are the -a-nrlcs of man eonmared with th& ever-abiding forces of nature! Here, tradition says, occurred the Aztec avatar, the incarnation of Montezuma, the cultured god, the founder of the Aztec religion and the dynasty of the Mexican monarchs of the Aztec race. Tradition further says that, when he arrived at man's estate, Montezuma, manifested his supernatural powers to -Such an extent that he secured a great 'fbllovsang and led an immense immigration of his countrymen into the ooun tries to the south, himself leading the nurch mounted on the back of an eagle. ^Wherever the eagle alighted at night an Indian pueblo was founded. The', token of arrival at the point where the great capital city was to be established, according to prophecy, was the alighting of-the eagle upon a cactus plant and devouring a serpent, which manifestation occurred upon the arrival at the present site of the City of Mexico,, and is believed by the Aztecs to have led to its foundation there. The seals of both Old and New Mexico commemorate this mythical event in the life of the first Montezuma. Haw He Courted Her. The following is Artemus Ward's description of why he courted Betsy "Jane: "There were many affectin' ties which made me hanker after Betsy Jane. Her father's farm jined ourn; their cows and oum squelched their thirst at the same spring: our mares both had stars on their forhead; the measles broke out in both families at nearly the same time; our parents (Betsy Jane.'s and mine) slept regularly every Sun- day in the same meetin' house, and the neighbors used to observe: 'How thick the "Wards and the Peasleys air.* It was a sublime sight in the spring of the year to see our several mothers' j- (Betsy's and mine) -with their gowns -pinned up, so that they- couldn't sile ir'em, affeoktionately bilin' $gap' together ! and aboosin' their neighbors^ Bti tier's : Bgstox, Jan. 4.?At the >b ^oning of the admiristration of Gk>v; Butier, it was found that there was not a single oopy of tho Hoiy Scriptures about the executive, department and a fnendpresensea-coe governor wita? beautiful copy of tbeijible. Gov. Butler leaves it in the executive chamber with lb* following: iodorsemeut: "January 2y I8S4. "When I came into the SMCufeve chamber a- year ago, I could not find a copy, of ttte- Holy Scriptures. I suppo$s eacH governoy to?k his AWay with him, aS$ friend gfcve me this. "1 leave it aaa needed, try; ^t-teadro to ipy successor'in oSltae, toJ?> read by Sim and bis woowoft THE VARIETIES OF LAUGHTER. From the He-He higgle to the Thousand-Acre-(JnlTaw. rRnrAMTT* "Eao'TA 1 ??0-~*J There is the hearty laugh, the convulsive laugh, the he-he laugh, and the uproarious, almost-tumble-out-of-thechair laugh. There was the laugh of Prince Hal, who was said to laugh "till his face is like a wet cloak?ill, laid up." There is the incipient laugh, -which is not a laugh but a smile, The late Charles Backus, the minstrel,who,it will VftrflmnmVioT/vl a rfirv 1 arcft month. UMVk M J QW , was once having his photograph taken. The operator told him to look pleasant, to smile a little. The famous minstrel gave an elaborate smile. "Oh, that mil never do!" said the photographer, it's too -wide for the instrument. Speaking of a -western actress the reporter -wrote: "Her smile opened out like the Yosemite valley in a May morning." When Miss Marie Wilton, the English actress, played Hester Graze brook in the "Unequal Match," iier laugh was said to be of the character that first as it were looks out of the eyes to see if the coast was clear, then steals down into a pretty dimple of the cheek and rides there in an eddy for the while; then waltzes at the corners of the mouth like a thing of life; then bursts its bonds of beauty and fills the air for a moment -with a shower of silver-tongued echoes and then steali back to its lair in the heart to watch again for its prey." How different from the kind of laugh of Prince Hoare, a _friendof Hayden, the painter. This gentleman was a delicate, feeble-looking man, with a timid expression of face, and when he laughed heartily he almost seemed to be crying. It runs in families sometimes to distort the countenance in laughter. Mr. Labouchei j speaks of a family who laugh a great deal, and who always Trrl^CkT* CA Tf, Id OXLUU UUUU VCO UUVU v*v ww funny at the dinner table, when something witty is said to look around and see the same distortion of every face. There is not an eye left in the family. A trio of sisters is spoken of who show half an inch of pale pink gums when they langh. In their presence, like Wendell Holmes, one "never dar^s to be as funny as one can," for fear of seeing their applauding triple of gums. A laugh is sometimes only a sneer. Diogenes, of tub notoriety, saw a good deal of this iind of laughter. Some one said to him, " Many people laugh at you." " But I," he quickly remarked, " am not. laughed down." Tbe Success of Ci?-Operative Societies. [Demorest'a Monthly J in thia country, cooperative societies have been a failure. Indeed they can* not be said to have succeeded anywhere except in England, and there only in one kind of business, to-wil, in stores for distributing goods at a small advance over cost price. All attempts in the way of co-operative production? that is, in the manufacture of goods? have been almost total failures. Of ""titco ^Amnfim'pq an/3 ftfiroorations , have succeeded in transacting business, but we are speaking now of the cooperation of working-people, so as to secure all the profits from : their own labor. The co-operative stores of England, however, have been wonderfully prosperous. At the -close of 1881 there were 1,189 distributive societies in successful operation. These had 573,000 members. The share capital was nearly $29,000,000 and the yearly sales were over $100,000,000. The saving in profits was about 10 per cent, or $10,000,000. The two largest co-<Jperative societies in England are the Civil Service Supply association and*the Army and Navy Cooperative society. This last society employs 3,500 men and 200 women. It has been so popular tiiat it has begun manufacturing articles for sale. The secret of the success of distributive cooperation is because everything is done for cash. The stores of England previously gave unlimited credit, and consequently made many bad debts, and thus were forced to put high charges on all their goods to make a living profit. The co-operative societies inwftT??v. rrtftrlA r*A l\a r\ blUUUWCU uoou ^/aymcuuO) uv MMU debts, and thus had an advantage over the old-fashioned store. Doubtless the reason why co-operation has failed in this country is because of the one price and cash system introduced originally into the dry goods trade by the late A. T. Steward Seliingcheaper,and being , content with small profits, he ruined his competitors in trade, and by the magnitude of his transactions acquired . a vast fortune. It is the cash system in the stores of our large cities which has prevented the growth of co-operative societies here. Ail Honest German's !>ilexama. ' [Detroit Free Press.] A German farmer was on trial in one of the justice courts the other day for assault and batterv, and had pleaded not guilty, vtfiien tne. cross-examination "came the opposing counsel asked: "Now, Jacob, there was trouble between you and the plaintiff, wasn't there?" "I ospect dere vhas." "He said something about your dog being a shee'p-kiiler, and you resented it, eh?" " Vhell, I calls him. a Ear." "Exactly. Then he called you some hard names?" "He calls me a sauer-kraut Dutchmans." "Just so. That made you mad?" "Oof course. I vhas so madt I shake all oafer." "I thought so. Now, Jacob, you are Lamanwhp speaks the truth. I don't : believe you could be hired to tell a lie." 1 "Veil,-1 ptief I vhas pooty honest." "Of course you are?of course. Now, Jacob, you must havo struck the first blow. You see The other lawyer objected, and after a wrangle the defendant turned to the iconrt and said: "I doan' oxactlv make oudt how it Tbas. I like to own oop dot I shtruck first, but haf paid my lawyer $5 to brove de odder vhay. I doan' like to tell a lie, but I feel badt to lose der money." Bill Xye and the Ccrebro-Spinal. "Bill" Nye writes from Hudson, Wis., that lie considers it bis duty to keep pretty quiet for a year at least, unless he wants cerebro-spinal meningitis to get the better of him. "I've good offers," he says, "from St. Paul to Portland and from San Francisco to New York, including Chicago and Detroit; but this year I'll write a few sketches per week at mighty good figures and get the balance of my North American spine into "shape. Then 111 see what I can do for , a steady thing, whether HI lecture or go to horse trading." : Ess*Preserving? by a Xovel Method. [CMbago Tribune.] A Nevada woman has a novel way of preserving eggs. During the summer she breaks the eggs, pours the contents into bottles, which are tightly corked -tillti HiiCli XIX UX1C cellar, neck down. She claims the contents of the bottles come ont as fresh as when pnt in. The False Prophet's Work. [Detroit Free Press.] The False Prophet may not have hit the -weather jnst right, but great jBpoons! how he did lam it to Micks Pasha. - jOLTJtah tourist sums up .his opinion nf Mnrmnnrlnm hv Tallin tr it tlirt iffttpr i basket of the -world. VERY LOVE. [A. a BcDson, in Spectator.] Who'er hath wept one tear or borne one pain (The master said, and entered into rest), Wnt foownwurwitji nw moanine" to be blest. Simply for love, howbeit wrought in vain, Of one poor soul, his brother, being old, Or sick, or lost through satisfied desire, Stands in God's vestibule, and hears his choii Make merry music on their harps of gold. What is it but the deed of very love To teach sad eyes to smile, mute lips to move? And he, that for a score of centuries Hath lived, and called a continent his own, Giving world-weary souls heaven's best surprise, Halts only at the threshold of the throne. MORMON WRETCHEDNESS A Graphic Description of Emi?r&? tion Horrors at Salt JLake City. [Utah Cor. Philadelphia Press.] ? ' "* 'i ?-?L ?i- J-- nru^A Jfc>TLt 1 naa tne worst yeu lo see. j.iAa,i evening as I passed the tithing yard in company with Pauline, we heard the low hum of voices. I was resolved to see and know it all, so I stepped into a neighboring store?it happened to be a Gentile establishment?and I inquired what it all meant. "Oh," said the proprietor, "you ladies don't want to go in there. The emigrants are quartered there?those that 1 ~ '?- *?o4* nave noirieiiu.5 m iu>vu uuv^ are to be sent out into the surrounding country to-morrow. You know this is the distributing point. You would be shocked by the exhibition." "Is it safe ?" X inquired. uO, yes, it's safe, but not at all pleasant." We followed the crowd, and stole inside the yard, each holding close to the - 1-> n rvi o -n 44nr 9 Thfi uuitur. j. mi uw^ii*3o uuuiwuavj ??? term tenth-class humanity would hardly express the chasm -which exists between them and our own native lower classes. The yard was crowded-with Europe's refuse. The night was pleasant or the crowd must have suffered sorely for lack of shelter. Scattered about the inclosure were the granaries and sheds where loyal Mormons pay their "tenth" annually. Men, women and children were scattered everywhere, and gave out the impression that they were' thoroughly wretched. Some, too tired to stand, had sunk down, and were snoring in the dirt. There was no illumination in tii a vq.ivi savp. that contributed bv the pitying moon. The confusion was extreme. Women were wandering around, as if in doubt, but the sluggish, unintelligent expressions on their faces told that they were without ambition or culture. But there was another element in the crowd, which. I have not alluded to. They were the Mormons who had come to this stamping-ground to secure domestic help for a mere pittance. The " i wives were in tne yara omce proper, which we had not yet entered, sampling the foreign goods there at their disposal. Some of the Mormons were profane, and I could hear them swearing because all the best girls had been picked out in advance by the missionaries, who had been hired to make such selections. Then, too, many citizens of Salt Lake City had gone north to Ogden, and there secured kitchen help?and prospective wives?for themselves. We entered the two-story rambling pile in the centre of the yard, and here the supreme vision of squalor greeted us. Each room contained as furniture I a small plain table, witk a tin pail I filled with drinking: water on its top, a smoking lantern tied to the centre ol thp ceiling, and one or two rude benches. Eere the people were stretching their weary limbs, either on the bare floor or on such blankets as they had brought with them from the old country. Women were seated on the floor rocking back and forth, and moaning from the fa ' J-1- --- 1- 4 were sprawled about in tne rutn 01 their ragged garments and the dirty boards. I saw one old man, not less than 60 years of age, I should judge, who sat in abject misery on a bench, with his elbows on his knees and -hia chin in his hands. I approached him and found that he was from Wales. "Oh, why did an old man like mo come clear across the ocean for this ?" he muttered. "Oh, it'll be all right in the morning, . ? ?f oo iatner, repueu ? wuuiau w ovmc um 23 years, who sat beside him. But most of the pilgrims did not speak English at all. The windows -were partially down, but the odor was terrible, nevertheless. Tin pails filled with frowy butter and moldy bread that had evidently traveled thousands of miles, gave forth a sickening smell. No one was in attendance, apparently, to order things. Thoroughly satisfied, we hurried out of the pen, and, walking further up the avenue, crossed over to the Amelia palace, the luxurious home of President John Taylor. Yerily, here was a contrast. Fountains were playing in the yard. Winding paths led throngh the velvety sod and among the beautiful flowerbeds. Ringing the door-bell, we were ushered into a magnificent drawingroom, and there awaited the coming of one of the most powerful sovereigns in the world. President Taylor's house is one of the best furnished in the United States. Our feet dented thick plush carpets. On the walls hung choice oil paintings of mammoth proportions, set in massive gilt frames. Elegant chandeliers swung from the frescoed ceilJtxto ftnil a urnrp, nf brilliant iets iU5wJ ? ? * - sparkled behind colored globes. Soft music from a distant piano soothed the sense, in place of the polyglot babblings of the rabble just left behind. This was another Mormonism. the Krave DeaiL^ [St. Paul Pioneer Press.] An old story and a good one can b told of Sheahan. He was a fresh lientenant in command of raw recruits al Fort Bidgelv when that post was besieged by the Sioux in 1862. Capt. Marsh, his superior, was slain with a . score of men while on the way from the fort to the relief of the' Lower agency. Lieut. Sheahan announced the death oi Capt. Marsh at parade on the day the news rcached the fort. "Now," said he, when the sad fact -was duly stated, "lei us give three groans for the brave dead!" Victory would have called for cheers. Death, to Mr. Sheahan's Hibernian mind, deserved groans. The whole company under his Bashan-like lead, gave three such howls as wonld have lifted the hair on the heads of Capt. Marsh and his brave men, had any been left there by their slayers. A Pig-Headed Sovereign. [Exchange.] "A friend of mine, who was lately in St. Petersburg," says Mr. Labouchsre, "and who had when there a good opportunity to look behind the scenes, tells me that the emperor is a pig-headed fool, incredibly ignorant, and that, unless he is pushed by his entourage, he io lit-oltr tn fivmKlA t.liA T1P.VP nf flia AO UWV VW -? ? - V world by any grandiose scheme of foreign conquest. 'Will he,' I asked, 'give his subjects some sort of a constitution ?' 'He is too great a fool,' my friend replied. 'He will continue to do one' day what he did the previous day.'" Wails in China. [Exchange.] The walla of Canton, China, are of sand-stone, capped with brick. They of a. fTt-a-nfrr -foet. an<3 from twentv five to forty feet liigh. There twelve outer gates, four in the partition wall, and two water gates, through which boats pass into the moat east an$ west. The gates are all shut at night, and a guard is stationed near them to i sreserve order. At an Old-Time Bar. rTJolfiinA? Tlar 1 "Are any of the old-time, ante-bellum | bar-keepers still living?" "Jimmie McElroy is probably the only j one of any prominence. For many j years lie presided over the bar at Bar! nam's at a time when the receipts from ; this source would have alone set the table for the entire hotel. 'Old Jimmie,' j as he was familiarly called, was a dei lightful companion, and the staid, rej spectable citizen who would receive a i drink from no other hand than his ; missed him sadly when he retired to i the shades of private life. In those days ! Barnum's bar was the resort for all the * ' ' Tl 1.1 I men acorn; town, jli whs wibib man Edward Spencer found the originals of the two characters, the judge and the major, whose efforts to gain a drink at somebody's expense furnished all the merriment in 'Kit, the Arkansas Traveler.' These were a Dr. Mason and Maj. Ellicott. They were both members of old and highly respected Maryland families, who had descended through regular gradations to the very depths of that terrible decay which is best known as shabby genteel. How thoy lived was j fa mystery with which the world little - *? # 9 concerned it sen. Ji,very morning iotma f them snugly esconced in a quiet corner * of Jimmie's bar-room. Here they would f sit unobserved by the patrons, but in such a position that the faces of the latter were faithfally reflected in the mirrors. Then one would sally forth and approach the bar in an unconcerned . sort of fashion. If his presence was \ unobserved he would rattle the lid of 7 the cracker-box in such a manner as to attract attention to himself. Be cognition would usually follow. If invited | to drink he would say with a patronizI ing air: '_Allow me to introduce my 1 friend.' Has companion, who naa meanwhile silently joined the group, would then be presented- The drink . once swallowed they would bow the gentleman politely cut and retire to their corner to repeat the strategem again at the first favorable opportunity." uHulramah,*n Criticism of Washingj ton Monument, rrvm St. t ,rmw fi-lnhA-twn(vrr?.fcl The most prominent object in the District of Columbia, from every point of view, is the Washington raontHnent, " which has gone skyward at a great rate since spring, and stands now as the ugliest thing for ihs money human , hands could design. This exaggerated chimney of white marble, rearing itself solitary on the banks of the Potomac; : yesterday attained a height of 406 feet, and when the work; ceases for the season at the end of -this week the last course of stone will be 410 feet above the ground. Since congress took the unfinished shaft in hand and raised it by annual appropriations to its present height the monument has been steadily becoming an object of greater interest to sight-seers, and groups of them visit it every day in the year. . t TJie great column 01 marrne a-oes noi convey any impression to. the mind but that of surpassing and unnecessary height. : It teaches no lesson, it expresses no symbol, and stands for nothing but so much stone and m3rble, -and careful workmanship virtually thrown into the air. With neither utility or beauty to rc commend it, it fails to impress one with any character or exi pression of its own. The spire of the Strasburg cathedral, to rival which iu height seemed the sole object of build- . ! ing this monument to the proposed level, has a certain majesty and impressiveness to it. The auv spire that bears the holy cross and the cbime of bells has some rational excuse for being, and the great cathedral walk at its base , give a balance and proportion to the * soaring tower. If the Washington ; monument were to be a light house, a shot tower, a bell tower, or even a faeoliiwnflir if. TTAnl/1 arvrwifil fn rvno i and impress one more than it does now by emptiness and uselessness. i Thackeray's Martyrdom. : ["Cornwall" in Inter Ocean.] I am only permitted to tell one incident out of the many that have been related to me. The best years of Thackeray's life were given to the affectionate care of his insane wife. Her disease was that of a violent type, except at in tervais, one sne required constant oversight and attendance. To secure this Thackeray bought- a house in the conntry near London, in which the invalid was surrounded with every comfort that love and sympathy could devise. As she still craved his presence and" ? seemed unhappy when he was out of her sight, Thackeray made frequent : visits ' to her in her retirei ment. These -were the hours . which his enemies declared -were spent in the midst of all kinds of follies and excesses. They were devoted ini stead to soothing the invalid repining* and quieting the unreasonable suspicions of a wife dearly beloved but hopelessly insane. In one of his unpublished letters he relates without ' complaint, but in a strain of heart broken resignation, that sometimes 1 his wife could only be appeased in her insane moments by being permitted to beat him with her naked fists. This he endured shnt up with her for hours, or nntil the violence of her. passion had . passed, when he would emerge from, her rooms looking like one * "-who-, has died once and comes unwillingly back again to a hateful -existence." It is not i to be wondered at that Thackeray's i views of life were tinged with a' proi found melancholy. The AbonrinftMe Shirt CoHaai [Detroit Free Press.] Tlia ckrrf. /?AlIftr nriofnniWi -in fraud and hypocrisy. In the days when men first wore linen it came to be fashion to leave more or less of that linen exposed at the neck to prove the cleanliness of that tmdeijieaih. This naturally took the form of the collar. Then a genius canght on .to the idea of cutting out a separate piece of linen in the shape of j the overhanging part and affixing it to I the top of the shirt. These bits of linen | could be put on clean every day, thus giving the public the impression that they represented the cleanliness of the unseen garment to wl ""*> they were attached. They were i) *ct fraudulent certificates of such cleanliness. Hence, the collar is but a base subterf?^t ancient origin. It is as the gold wash \ on the pinchbeck jewelry, the rouge on " a flearl r.orrmlexion. or the voluotuous i outline of a new pair of corsets? The collar is a useful aid to the cravat in strangling the neck and making it unduly sensitive to cold. The collar did not attain its perfection of fraudulency and the height of its iniquitous hypocrisy until starch was invented to gloss and ' stiffen it. When this happened mankind forgot that it was a cheat. The collar ia an unmitigated nuisance in tot weather, and of very little protection in cold. It is a joy to the young man and a nuisance to . the old one.. Xovel Artillery Projectile. [Chicago Tribune.] Herr Erupp, of Essen, has just taken out a patent for a flat-headed artillery projectile. It tapers slightly at the butt, and not only pierces the plates more easily than the pointed kind, which are apt to deflect when striking iron at certain angles, but it is calculated to hit the ironclads below tie ?j.? VI <mUCX ~ 1 ] ] 1 r~i Grasshoppers. 1 [New York Herald.] In one district of Yucatan in a fort 3 night there were killed 30,000 pounds t of grasshoppers and over 11,000ponadi : of locusts. / THE MILK EXCHANGE. Producers from Frve Counties Pis this Year's Prices for ZVIllk. New York, Jan. 16.?Milk producers ol Delaware, Orange and Sullivan counties, N. Y., and of Huncerdon and Sassox counties, N. J., met in the Cosmopolitan hotel axe fixed the price of milk to the dealers in this and adjoining cities for the year beginning April L A committee first visited the directors of the milk exchange, an association ol New York dealers, and Invited them to confer with tire meeting in fixing future prices. The exchange answered that they would fix their own priees from day to day, independent of the producers They were opposed to a schedule of pricss. Chairman W. P. Richardson, of the pr<?ducers's meeting, said: "The independent dealers of New York want a uniform pricti and they will buy of us. The Milk Exchange buys inferior milk. "When there is a drought and milk is increased in price they seD skimmed milk. The inspectors that we got the board of healtfc to appoint last February have since detected 80,000 quarts of skimmed milk in transportation to the city from the creameries of New York dealers. The Milk fcxcbange fcas tried to gee several s&izq mux bills through the bgislature." Dr. Pooler, of Goshen, said: "We don't want anything to do with the pump handle association. They will not join our combination because they are not willing to leev* the foothold upon which they are making fortunes." The meeting adopted this scheduled prices, per. quart: April, 3% cents}.May -anti June, 2% cents; July and August, 3 -cents; October, S}? cents; November, 4J? -c#nte; December and January, 4 ?nt?; February ? j? ir??L . At >. A? m ana jaarcn, 0^5 ctuta. me aggrvgaio -vw 40% cents is %~ctnt higher than iast year but a reduction in freight "of.S^ cents a quart a year enables the dealer to buy" infll for 2% per cent lessthaB" last year;ahi^sbt producer to-makel}^ per?ent.moro. The Milk Exchange fixes the price* it jriD pay for milk -in accordance wi th the supply and demand. It issues a circular to all: the dealers of the association, stating what price shall be paid to the producers for the sueceeding month, or until otherwise ordered by the exchange. CONGRATULATING PAYNE. And Listening to Sis Doctrine on. Tariff and Civil Service. CotUHBUSr O., Jan. IS.?Senator elecHenry B. P^yne spent yesterday in calling on Gov. HoSdleyaad visiting the state departments.; Last night he: gave a banquet to the members of the- legislature and 9tate officers, to which the invitations were limted; notmany^TDorp than '900 being issued. A reception -was feald -in-"the early part -of the evening, and nww- persons called .to -extend tfceif congratulations. ' The banquet was perfect. In fais-spefldt Senator Payne'said- that he considered bis election a -high.compKment to the democrats of northern' Ohio. ~ Of-:the civil service law be -said that It was ftke trying to clean; the, Augean-stables with & toothbrush, and. that the only remedy for -tksr service, which has been under the control of tberepublfcansfcrtbe past" twenty years, all offices from -the higiwsttotisB tow?at having been filled by representatives of'that party, was to elect a democratic president This, he said;-would be the only- complete and radical .remedy. On the tariff question bo planted himself' on the "Ohio platform," which, be said, distinctly rejects- a - high' tariff, or "protection for protection's sake," on the one band, and the equally ' inadmissible- doctrine ot tree trade, or tariff", for revenue only, oiribe other; but- seeks to find a compromise^ basic intermediate between the Snc extremes. NEW ADVERTISEMEOTS. 1 BENSON'S : GAPCIXE -POROUS PLASTER. Over c,ooo Bruggists and; Physicians^ Hare signed a caper stating that Benson's Cipclna Porous Piasters:are superior^to-all others. Price 25 cents. CBHSUMPT1QN. ih th&os&nd^of ctiea of the wont land and of standing have been cored. Iadeed^soitroasiaagr faith in ita efficacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLES FREK?togatHer with aVALUABLE TBEA-TT8B on this disease, to any sufferer. #Gire express and P.O. address. Da. T. A. SIX)CUAUl81PMinStnBeirY'orit B 0 0 lS--iiis of Tola mes.a year. The choicest literature 01 the ;world. Catalogue free. Lowest prices ever known. Not sold by dealers.' Sent '.tor examination before payment on; evidence of good faith. JOHX B. ALDES, Publisher, P. O. Box 1227. 18 Ve?ey Sfc4 N". I'CU8?FITSJ When I iiy cure Idonot mean naridj to gCap^bea lot aton??3dtheahare thaua . radical core. X ha.to madartab amm?orwiajnr LZPS 7 QS. FAIJJKG SICKffBSS gtgdr. . 1 wunatiarnaMdrto cuettie viast euoo.'Scwbm rr?h /? .foj? <f n ~ ?vnt twtw r*?aj?iiu m core. 8entf mtoncelaf*TrMttsftsad&:FrBtfBafS}*of ' myis6tftib3*ree*<l7, Gb??xprw?<uuL?o*t<4ta.It costi yon aothiggfby a tri&L'aaa t wiUcur* ww. ' *.Addreei ciT2.<i,BOOT,iaJWJ-8fe, KerYerfc ffbwmwnsiihi pjHii HOflSE-POWEH fine fire enqine: Nearly as effee-aMMniiral expeoso tiro as a-steam- SWV .^^"for repairs. er; about one-k B IBAB^For descrip- third first cost, In tiTOe?rcnla? ud lees thanfl vfl.Bfl-^^prfthtestrmo. one?tenth aa-* " ^ nialg^ddieei REMINCTONpBffcBB AGRICULTURAL ^O.ilvJSSb IUON. New Yorkl Ifffe Jan 2-x4w : 17G CHARLESTON AJDTERTISEMENTS; J^B"CAS -& PICHABDSGN, STATIONEBS, PRINTERS akd BE.ESE wvnr UA VTnCAGTBREBS. . i 62 EAST "BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. Q W. STILES, ^PAINTER, nUBLET BLOCK, 109 MEETING ST., Charleston, S. C. Dealer in Paints, Oils, Brushes," Varnish, GJass, Putty, Colors, Glue, &c. A LVIN B. THOMLIXSON, xjL (Faetory in Charleston.) MANUFACTURER OP SADDLES, BrTOLES, ' Harness, &c. Dealer in Saddlery, Hardware, Leather, &c., &c. Importer of English Bits, Stirrups, &c. 137 "Meeting Street, Charleston, S. 0. gENRTSTEITZ, Importer and Wholesale Dealer in 1 \TT\ rvA\rr?crrTO "ErDTTTrP Apples, Oranges, -Bananas, Cocoanats, Lemons, Pineapples, Potatoes,1 Onions, l'eanirts, Cabbages,- <fco. S. E. COB. "MEETING &MASKET STREETS, CHARLESTON, S. C. QIIARLES C. LESLIE, Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer in FISH, OYSTERS, GA3IE and POULTRY, Stalls Xos. 1 and 2Pish Market. Office No. 7 Market St., jfcast ot Jtasi xsay. Consignments of Country Produce are respectfully solicited. Poultry, Eggs, &c. Perishable Goods at owner's risk after delivery to Southern Express Co. JP BROTHERHOOD & CO., IRON MERCHANTS. Deatxbs ik Machinery and Supplies. AtSEaTB JTUli "MAID OF THE SOUTH CORN MILL." &o. lG^ mfietefo'ST.,- Cbliblestos, S. C. Try our 30 cents Machine Oil?the best in the market Yager beer from the claussen brewing co., charleston, s. c.: Have now a Standard Beer superior to otr ers, put up in kegs, patent stopper botties and bottles in barrels for export, to keep a longtime. Empty beer bottles bougnt Agent in Columbia, Mr. Julius KrentleLs. QLEMEXS CLACIUS, ?IMPORTER -12TD DEALER IX? WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOCACCO, GROCERIES JLXD PROVISIONS, No 175 EAST BAT, CHARLESTON, S. C. QTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, WHOLESALE GROCERS, ?AND? PROVISION DEALERS, 102 AND 104 EAST BAY STREET, CHARESTON, S. C. "pOYD BROTHERS, JLJ WnOLESBLE GROCERS, LlQUOR DEALERS ?AND? COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 197 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. g B. THOMAS, AGENT, No: 320Xing St., Opposite Libertt, nrrvTnATT. CTI i rvTC "PAP3CR TTA"NTft INGS, LACE CURTAINS, Corxaces as*b Upholstery Goods, CHARLESTON, S. C. wnvdo'vr AwxixosMade^to Order ^ G. CUDWORTH & CO., ?wholesale? SADDLERY WAREHOUSE, 155 Meeting Street, Opposite Charleston Eot l CHARLESTON, S. C. JJENRY BISCHOFF & CO., WHOLESXE GBOCER8 ANDDEALERS IN CAROLINA RICE TBOPErETORg OP THE CELEBRATED CAROLINA TOLTT TONIC. 199- EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C ^LVA GAGE & CO., CHARLESTON ICE HOUSE, Majbtet, Comtek * Church Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. t^~Ice packed for the country a specialty. q A. NELSON & CO., kj/? ?wholesale dealers utBOOTS-AND SHOES, No. 23- Hatse Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. 0. W. ADIAR&CO, wholesale and retail dealers ra CHOICE DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, PEBFUMEaiES AND TOILET ARTICLES, Cor. King and Vanderhorst Streets. CHARLESTON. S. C. WEEKLY-EDITION ONE DOLL1E A YEAB. 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In addition, are given latest reports Of trade and Produce Markets, the condition of money, columns Of Miscellaneous Readiag,,/Poetry, a Complete ?tory every-week, Jokes and Anecdotes, Sporting News, Pfljmlar Science, .thedo&gsof -well-known Persons- of the World.- a deBartment devoted to Sermons and Ileligwas Notes. : mae fiK^WEiKXY HERALD -gives thetatestandbest News of the World, It is -also a Journal for the Family. Subscribe One Dollar, at any time, .for a fall year. Postage Free to any part of the United States or Canadas. ffl'EOT YORK HERALD, in a WeeklyForm, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Address. NEW YORK HERALD, Broadway and Ana Street. NflRMAftTC ?IiAUZF,M CDBbiAL mm-K-smm A SUM and effectual Remedy for this core of all IrretjA claziCics aad disorders, of the Stomach aad Bowels, whether la children or adults. Promptly r^Cering Dysentery, Dlarrtusa, Cholera Mortis, Cno&r* Infantum: Flax, firipittc Hams. Fiotakncy, Koaseo, Acidity of tlie Sto mi tcli, Hcartbom^ickoBd Kerroos Headache and RVCDPDSIA Xay bo nv.-d'ln all derangements of the Stomach and Bowel* from relaxation of the Intestines or & Change of food or vator. "NTTM? fvT A ~NT'.<=; NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL Is as pleasant and harmless as Blackberry "Wine?contains no Opium and TTtll not constipate. Spc*-laUy recommend?d lor Seasickness and Tcethiug Children. German and English Direction* on each Bottle. Price 25c.'aad Si.oo. I*rgo sire contains six time* a? much as?aaH. .Sold fay all Druggists #tk1 Dealers la Jfcsdidnes. TEE EXCELSIOR CHEMICAL 00, SoleProprton, VALHALLA, S. C. U.S.A. SOP A Sc. STAMP FOB LITTLE BOOK. CARPETS. Carpets*nd House Fnratahias Goods.The Largest Stock Swthof Baltimore. Moqwt. Brunei*.s-ny ana icenuu uwPVM>r??^ Mats acd Crumb -Cloths, Window Shades, WaH Papers, Borders, Uwe Curtains, Cornices andPofear Cocoa & Canton Mattta**, Cpbolstery, EDgravtacs, OtFomos, Picture Frames. Write for Samples and Price*, nATT.ru * C08KSBX, AUGUSTA, 0A? june#o-tsiy Merit * si v- s? ?OF? THE PEOPLE. A Buy the Best ! .. . * Mb. J. 0. Boi.a?Dear Sir: I bought the first Davis Machine sold by yon over five years ago for my wife, who has given it a long1 and fair triaL I am well pleased with it. It never gives any trouble, and is as good as when first bought. J J. W. Bolick. Winnsboro, S, 0., April, 1883. ^ ' Vmrvnsh iAVnntfvhfit I hSV? ma* WW ? fi-r--. -|? r ? _ to say in regard to the Davis Machine bough* of you three years ago. I feel I cant say too much in its favor. " I made about $80 within five months, it -times -running it bo ------ ? - -? _ 1 X. fast thet the needle woa!& get perzecoy t rom friction. I feel confident 1 -eotiid not hKve done the name, work with** much eaie and so well with any other machine. No tune was lost in-adjoiijsgit^aatb. The lightest naming" machine ' I hare ever treadled. Brother James--and ~W31iain?s families are aa rnnch pleased with their Davis Machines bought of yon. I want no better machine. As I said-before, -I don't think too mnch can be said far the Davis Machine. BespeotfoUy, IfTiTiTffT RBanUK> Fairfield county, April, 1883. Ma. Boxo: My machine gives me perfect satisfaction. I find no faoic with it. The attachments are so simple. 1~ wish for no better than theDavia Vf^icai Feed. Respectfully. Mbs-R. Mzllxso. PairfW? county, April* 1883. Me. Boio: I bought a Davis Yertiea Feed Sewing Machine from yon four year ago. I am delighted with it' It never ha8 Siren me any' troable, ^nd has never Deen the leasfcoctof order. It is aa good as when I first bought it. I can cheerfully reoom mend it. Respectfully, MBS. M. J. KESSIAXD. yw - Jfcaiwuilu, JiiilTT This is toeertify that I have been using a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing-Machine for over two years, purchased of Tfr. 3.0. Boag. I haven't found it possessed of any faultall the attachments are so simple. It never refuses to work, and is certainly the lightest running in the market. I consider it a first' class machine. Very respectfully, s MVimmt M' Wrrxntmr i w. Oakland, Fairfield county, S. 0. Mb. Boag : I am veil pleased in every particolar with the Davis Machins bought of ' too. I think it a first-class machine ia every respect. You know you sold sever* 1 machines of the same make to different members of our families, all of whom, as far as I know, are well pleased with them. Eespectfally, * Mb. M. H. Moblzt. Fairfield county, April, 1883. This is to certify we have had in constint a use the DavisMadbine bought ofjoz three years ago. As we "take in'work, and ; havemadethe priceof rt several time3 orer and don't want any better machine. It is ^ afrraysready to do any kind of work we have to da No puckering or skipping stitches. We can onlv say we are well pleased, and ; wish no better machine. Cmnaa "Wrxa and Sister April 25,1883. I have nof&clt to findwith my ' and'don't want-any better. I have made the price of it several times by takin'g in sewing. It is always ready to do its workI think it a firsf-class mvhinft I feel I v ' cant say too mnch for the Davis Vertical Feed Machine. 'Wsc TiiftVia Rirmr FairMd owmty, April, 1883. Mb. J.O.Boxo?Dear Sir: It .gives me ! much pleasure to teeSfy tothe^merita qf r" Davis;Verti9ai-?e6d,*9g9ln51^^^ne. The . -?Eni&e1[gatof you about five years ago has been almoet ia constant use-eversince that time. I cannot see that it is worn any, and has not cost me one cent for repairs since we have had it. Am well pleased and don't wish or any better. Yours truly, Bobset Cbawtmid. Granite Quarry, near Winnsboro, 8. C. We have used the Davis Yertieal Peed 8ew? ing 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, ' JXLH8.* tt ? A. xuaamruiu i/wiKuwn. Fairfield county, S. C., Jan. 27,18?? " . -J Having bought a Tufts Vertical Feed Sew ' in; Machine from Mr. J. 0. Boas somethr?o years ago, and it having given me perfect satisfactaoniE every respectasa family machine, both lor heavy and tight sewing, and never needed the least repair in any way, I can cheerfully reoommendife'toanyone as a - first-class machine in every particular, and think it second to none. 'It is one of the simplest machinesmade;' my children use if with all ease. The attachments are more easily adjusted and it does a greater range of work by means or us yeracai reea man any other machine I bare ever seen or used. Mbs. Thomas Ownras. Winnsbaro, Fairfield connty, B. 0. We have had one of the Davis about four years and have always found ii ready to do all kinds of work we have had occasion to do. Can't see that the machine is worn any,andworksas well as when new. Mbs. W, J. Criwfobd. Jackson Creek, Fairfield county,~S. C. My wife is highly pleased with- the Davk Machine bought of you. She would not talu double what she gave for it. The machim Tioannt hfien out of order since she had it 4 and she can do any kind of 'Work on it. j ' Yery respectfully, -Jas.F. Fhz*. Montieello, Fairfield county, S. C. The Davis -Sewing Machine ia"?lmply reasure. Mks. J. A- Goodwtn. Ridgtway, N. C., Jan-10,1888. J.O. Eomo, Esq., Agent?Dear Sir: Mj frife has been using a Davis Sewing Machine jonstantiy for the past four years, and it - ass never needed any repairs and works just as well as when first bought. She says it will do a greater range of practical work and do it easier beiter than anv machine she has erer used. Wa cheerfully recommend it as a No. 1 family machine. Yours truly, Jis. Q. Davis. Winnsboro, S. C., Jan. 3,1883. Mb- Boag?I have always found my Da via machine ready to do all kinf? work J have had occasion to do. * cannot see that the machine is worn a particle, and it works as well as when sew. Respectfully, Mas. Bobxbx C. Goodmo. WnaffiBOBO, S. C., April, 1883. Ma. Boao?My wife has bean, constantly ??riTig the Davis machine bought of you abootfive years ago. I hare never regretted buying it, as it i* always ready for any kind ui iftimiy oCWiiijZf viusvi uvaiy vt ii^ii*. it ? never oato? nx- or seeding repairs. Very reapectfeitor JLnTliASOw Fiiara^ S. C.f March 188S, - *