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' ( *, ^ ?s. V-~ " "* - a* ^ v? $ . v . --=.' v^sfc-v T ,-.r?^ * S.- .>*.'- v. "* ^ ==??f""" '' IP 1^"? 1^.' __ ~ === . J. _?_ WINNSBORO, S. 0., WEDapBA^, JAMJARY 30,1884. ^ '^""" 1 i; False to His First r Love. y^J- ; ? There were not a few people in the circle of Beatrice Latham's friends who shook their heads doubtfully when the news was announced of her engagement to Mr. Robert Headley, lieutenant in her majesty's service, after an acquaintance of only three weeks. It was easy to talk about love at first sight, to assert that in this brief space of time they had reached a degree of intimacy _ which many happily married people had failed to achieve in three years, to point out that his antecedents were as completely satisfactory as his presence, > ? 3?- - J x. -u? "WHICH no one aeiueu. w uv a?u^ujLa??j straightforward and winning. In spite of all plausibilities, two sets of cavillers remained?those men and girls, namely, who were jealous either of him or her, and those few older people who had some actual or personal experience of untoward possibilities in love affairs. Be? sides, in this case the shortness of the acquaintance was not the only hazardous circumstance of the engagement. Only a few days later, Eeadley and Capt. Erskine (the friend at whose house he had been staying, and who had introduced him to the Lathams) sailed for India, and Beatrice was left to live on the memory of a month's surpassing happiness and to wait patiently for the retain of her lover. The girl's trast in -him was absolnte. She had, as it were, been takan by storm, for in the unreserved ardor of Headley's wooing she did not perceive the want of depth, and the .absence of self-restraint, in ins nature, but only an entire devotion to herself, which made her brim over -with delight and responsive affection. Thus her passionate belief in his loyalty enabled her to face the weary years of separation with a marvelous courage, which served to increase the respect and admwvfn'rm her as one of the sweetest and most beautiful girls in the wide district of Kersham. Capt. Erskine, who was an old playfellow of the Lathams, regarded her as a little less of an angel than her sister Connie, and when, at the final leave-taking, she appealed to him to stand by Headley through thick and thin, he registered a silent vow that his promise given in return should not be an idle one. For more than, a year Beatrice had never a moment's anxiety. Headley , was well and happy, and his frequent letters breathed the same ardent affec -tion that she had learnt to believe in from his lips. "When, however, the report of difficulties in Afghanistan -was followed by the news that both Headlev and Erskine bad been ordered to the front, it was no wonder that she should be sorely tried by the fears and uncertainties of the long campaign. Letters reached her only at long intervals, and were usually so short and hurried as to give her an increased sense of the bard work, the insecurity, the stir and turmoil ?^?I---*- i? i ? - W1UU ffllitll IttSX lurcj. was oilx^vsiluu^u. She bore "op bravely by dint of constantly impressing upon herself the necessity of fortitude in a soldiers bride, bnt her great love made confidence and composure very hard sometimes. Then at last one day a letter came which dissipated all her fears and filled her with joyful anticipations. Connie, who was in the room when it arrived, noticed the start she gave and the light that flashed into her face as she read, and asked, smiling: "Well, dear, what is the news?" Beatrice rose and impulsively fixing her arms around her sister's neck. '* ?BOh, Connie F she cried, "Rob is coming home F "Not really, Bee F "Yes, really," repeated Beatrice, half sobbing -with, excitement and gladness; "I suppose I ought to be sorry, for he has teen-wounded; but ha says it is nothing to speak of, only just enough to get leave for?and I can think of nothing but seeing him again. He and Richard Erskine were side by side and both got hurt. They safl this month? how long does it take? Connie, Connie, he "will be here in a few weeks V "Hush, Beatrice, yon mustn't excite yourself," said Connie reprovingly; but her own heart was beating now at the thought of Erskine's return, and she added nervously, "I hope Richard's wound is only slight, too." "Oh, yes," said Beatrice,laughing and kissing her, "they will both be nearly well by the time they reach England. . And Bob has got his captaincy?isn't that splendid?" The girl grew gradually more composed, but she could not sober down altogether, and every day that brought ^ < * rr 11 uxe vessel Dewing neaaiey nearer home seemed to add to the brightness of her eyes and the indescribably happy light-heartedness of her manner. Headley sent a letter overland whenever they tonched at a port, and in the last one, from Gibraltar, he wrote that he hoped to be with her on the following Sunday, but she must not wonder if he were delayed a day or two; he would telegraph the moment he landed. Ta tViq errrl tlio mfonrornwor days passed with almost intolerable dilatoriness. They were so long, so hot, so still, so fell of a summer drowsiout of all sympathy with the highly strung state of her emotions. She could not wait quietly; unless every hour was filled up by some active occupation she fretted and chafed against the unhasting leisureliness of time, and wore herself out with restless longing for Headiers coming. On the Saturday the Lathams took part in a large nutting party, and it was a. general comment that no one stood the heat so well, or worked with such unflagging perseverance, as Beatrice. As the shadows lengthened, one couple stole off for a stroll, and Bea trice, turning round to toss a bunch of ants into the basket held by Connie, remarked with a smile: ? "I suppose I must not call those two to task for idleness, considering how soon I shall stand in need of indulgence myself. Only think, Con, within four-ancL-twenty hours Eob will probably be here!" One of the children nutting near her looked up at this and said brightly: "Do you know, Miss Latham, Dick's coming sooner , than that. 3?ciher had a telegram this morainsr to sav he would be here to-night." Beatrice gave a little excited cry, for Dick was C&pL Erekine, and there was _ do reason why Eeadley should be later than his friend. "Alt* she exclaimed, aRob means to surprise me. Good-by, all of yon?I am off home. Jost think if he should come and find me out!" The others laughed at her frank impetuosity, but she was quite indifferent to their merriment, and with a quick eod and wave or the hand sped away % hotae. she fideeted about fronuoom to room io a state of feverish suspense. Should she go change her dress ? No, perhaps she might not have time; besides, i i ? AT_ -x ? i sue naa none mat stuveu. uu ucmw ! than the simple sateen she was wearing, i Then the anxiety to be found pleasing ! in her lover's sight brought her to a standstill before the mirror, and she scrutinized herself carefully and critically. "Would he think "her looking older or plainer, she wondered. She tnrned awav at last in doubt, for it was difficult to judge of herself. She need not have feared, for she never looked prettier or sweeter than now, when happy expectation w-as breathing a bright flush over her cheeks, and her ; eyes were shining with a light kindled I by the purest love and faith. Presently, as she could not sit idle, she called for a jug of water and some j vases, and began arranging the bunch ! of ferns and wild flowers she had gath ered in the woods. First tlie loveliest and most fragrant were chosen out and tenderly made into a little bouquet for Headley, and she had not done much more than this when the sound of ; the visitors' bell fell upon her listening ears. A moment later the servant an| nounced? "Captain" (Beatrice's breath came { and went quickly, and she caught hold j of a chair to prevent herself from darting forward) "Erskine." "You, Richard!" stammered Beatrice, all the tensions of her face slackening; ! "I thought?I thought?I am very glad to see you?I?I hope you are quite well." Captain Erskine had never been a talkative or ready-\Fitted man, and now he found himself in a predicament worse than any he had encountered in the Afghan campaign. Beatrice's illconcealed disappointment and feeble attempt at a cordial reception might have struct him as c - noicai naa ne not come with a previous knowledge of something which rendered it intensely pathetic. "I am quite well, thank you," he said awkwardly. "Is Mrs. Latham at home? I should like to see her." "She is in the wood?so is everybody except me. Please sit down and tell me all the news. Is Capt. Headley well?" "Yes," said Erskine; and then there was a pause, during which Beatrice be came nervously aware that something was wrong. "You are telling me the truth?" she coir? nnoacilv and Erslrine again said. "Yes, yes." "Then what is it?" asked Beatrioe. "I would rather tell Mrs. Latham," said Erskine. "Is it anything about Robert," de manded Beatrice, quickly. "Yes, but I cannot speak to-you about it. It is bad news?painful news." "In what way? Why are you silent, Richard ? Do you m?an that it is discreditable to Robert?" Erskine bowed his head, and the poor girl, in mingled indignation and distress, entreated him to' keep nothing fmmlipr. "If there is harm to be told of Rob, I would rather you should tell me," she said, touchingly unsuspicious of what the harm might be; "I can forgive him anything, but I could not bear the others to know." "You do not understand, Beatrice," said the poor captain. "TT/vwt von T tvViilo -con won't: RllPJlt out*" exclaimed the girl restlessly. ""When did yon last hear from Headley?" asked Erskine, to gain time. "From Gibraltar." "And there was nothing in the letter to make yon suspect anything wrong ?" "No." "The scoundrel!" ejaculated Erskine, under his breath; but Beatrice heard it, and quick as thought started to her feet and turned upon him. "How dare you! Ah, for pity's sake -1 ? yj. -i - - X 1.-1? aon w lovtk. Hb illo nto luav i j.vu cu^ torturing me?put me oat of my misery?tell me the worst at once!" The mid alarm in her face was too much for Erskine, and he blurted out the truth? "Eeadley was married this morning, almost immediately we landed." The room swam round Beatrice, and with a long, choking sigh of anguish she swayed and staggered -back against flip mantplnificp. A crash followed, for the hand she had stretched out vaguely for support struck the specimen-glass into -winch she had put her little bouquet for Robert, and it fell shivering to atoms on the fioor. Beatrice, perceiving in the aceident a significant sequel to Erskine's words, feltus though her heart must break with the glass, yet the shock of cold water dashed over her probably saved her from fainting, for she instinctively laid her cold, wet hand across her dizzy brow and eyes. Erskine, too, in despair seized the jug of water on the table and made her drink some out of the flower-vase. "I am all right now,*' she said faintly. "Go on. I must know more." At this moment the sound of voices at the bottom of the garden indicated the return of the nutting party, and Beatrice quivered from head to foot. "Oh, I cannot face them all!" she exclaimed, wildly. "Just one word, Richard?how do you know this?" "I was told of it ; then I met him and he confessed it." The girl looked into liis face for one glimmer of doubt, but there was nothing to be read in it save the deepest compassion, and bowing her head hopelessly she fled to her roam. Erskine's meeting with Connie was robbed of all sweetness by the miserable news he had to communicate, and he suffered the more acutely, because, in a measure, he felt himself answora ble for his friend. Not only had ha introduced him to the Lathams, but UU> pi VLLLtiK? JJCSMinA; uou iuvawvu his sense of responsibility, so that now when Headley had taken the final step of treachery he hardly dared look Mrs. Latham or Connie in the face. Headley's was a pitiful case of weak impressibility. While the war lasted he had not been tempted to forget Beatrice, bnt when on the voyage home he was thrown into constant companionship with a girl who simply made up her mind from the first to bring him to her feet, his fidelity wavered and at last broke down altogether. Erskine was powerless, for no sooner did he show himself distinctly antagonistic to her schemes, than Miss Laing so contrived that he conld not suspect the extent to which she carried on her designs behind his back. Throughout, Eeadley was conscious and ashamed of his baseness, and whenever opportunities occurred of sending letters overland, he \srmte fn "RAafri^A in term* of Tmehancred devotion. It was so difficult to confess his perfidy in black *nl white. "What a villain I am," he thought, with his pen between his teeth, on the occasion of his writing from Gibraltar, "to sit down and humbug Beatrice while I'm making love to another girl!" i Then he drew Dufc Beatrice^ Dhoto ( MBMHMWMnBHMMMMBaMMI grapn and her last IStter, and dwelt I alternately on the sweet sincere face j | and on the loving words till his sense | of honor was momentarily aroused. | "No, no! I'm not scoundrel enough to i f. a on'rl lite that. She shall never know what I've been up to. I won't speak to that little witch again?I swear i I won't." In which excess of virtuous resolve he penned that last loyal letter to Beatrice, which she had treasured and delighted in. For the next few . hours Miss Laing found liirn difficult to manage, bnt her tenacity was greater than his power of resistance, and by the ; time they reached England his infatua- , - ?^ A V* AIW! AfO IAAI iJLUJLL reuueicu milt ?* ucipwM VW4 in her hands. Well aware that unless the marriage took place ; clandestinely and at once, it ; probably never would, she prevailed i upon him to go through the ceremony j : without a moment's delay. It is need- j [ less to say more, except perhaps that ; Headless transgression carried its pnnj ishment along with it He suffered biti terly. As for the Lathams, Connie is Erskine's wife now, and Beatrice, after a long period of suffering as keen as love ; was absorbing, is at length regaining ! something of her former self. She is ! not the same?no -woman who has loved j and been so cruelly betrayed can ever be that?but though deep in her heart one scar of unforgofcten bitterness remains, the changing interests that enter into every life, however quiet, have done their kindly work and blunted the edge of painful memory. Stealing a <*rave. [Washington Cor. Boston Traveler.] The regiment in the Army of the j Cumberland Moto as tne Indiana ?iay[ hawkers was about as proficient as any that we had, but the Eighth Missouri, which was commanded by Gen. Morgan L. Smith, certainly beat anything lever met. They would steal anything, and it did not make any difference whether they had any use for it or not. When we were in front of Ticksburg they actually stole a grave, and it happened in this way: The Eighth- Missouri wa3 encamped alongside of my command. ? - ft n xL. _ J. Une of our men cuea annog tae mga*, and I gave orders that a detail be sent to dig a grave. The ground was of hard clay, and it took the men some time to complete their work. They returned to camp, and we took the dead soldier to fiis last resting place. "When we arrived we found the grave filled and a mound showing that some one had evidently been there. Upon investigation I afterward ascertained that one of the Eighth Missouri had also died during the night, and that they had waited until my men had finished " ?>'? TTrkarv +V>o-tt (lTriotlir f/vVfc bliCiL VTUllkj >T lAOiOi UUVJ y< wuw v*j OWVM possession and actually stole onr grave. Steal! "Why, ihose men would steal anything?even a march on the enemy, and- candor compels me to say that they - ware particularly good at it A Seal German l>ude. [Heidelberg Letter irt Baltimore American,] Walking in the garden we sawadade. Such a one, a regular German watering-place dude! He was dressed in black, with trousers that fitted like wax, but hung in great folds at regular intervals down the leas. His coat was of-remarkable cut, and his vest white. His hair was parted in the middle and bmshed in great waves at the side. In the depression rested a tiny black hat, which sat on the side as far as the waves of the hair allowed. On the right lappel of his coat was tied?not pinned?a great bunch of flowers, which hung in a regular cascade over his entire right side. His collar and cuffs were broad, and of black and white /^T'ftKrrtTrc mnc ALIO V/JWW4W1 ^ tache were touched tip in the nobles! style. To complete the toilet he had a black and white handkerchief thrust between the second and third buttons of his coat, and in his kid-gloved h$nd he carried a cane. Chureh Wealth. ["Mahlstick" in Courier-Journal] The wealth of the Roman Catholic church in this country is simply enormous. All Europe combined could not, " v _1 J ^ 4.1.^ Ill U1S WilUlC peiiuu M Uio uuuuio irjEo, show such possessions held in "mortmain." The church buys land on the outskirts of a growing town, and in the march of time this property not unfrequently becomes the geographical and finfl.nr.ia.I centre of the community. Their property grows like a rolling snow-ball, for the owner never dies, and has, as a role, brains and judgment requisite for its management. It is as if John Jacob Astor had been born to live forever, and without children. The YonBs HanWasat Consulted. [Texas Sittings.] "You should learn some trade, my son," said an Austin gentleman to his young hopeful. "Bricklayers are getting $6.50 a day, -while lawyers can't afford to ride on the street cars." "Pa, why didn't you learn a trade when you were a boy?" "That's not only a silly, but also an impertinent question. I didn't learn a trade when I was a boy out of regard for your feelings. I wanted to give you an opportunity to say that your father was a gentleman." "It can't be helped now," replied the boy, moodily, "but I wish you had consulted me, for if we had arranged for you to be a bricklayer, then I could have been'the gentleman myself." Ingersollon Interviewing. [Inter Ocean.] I tell you what you reporters ought f/\ rlrt Vrm An<r>it; tn matfi rmfc a retm lar list of questions and have them so that the man you are to interview could write out his answers below the questions. When I was in New York, IH tell you what a reporter for a Brooklyn paper did. He came to me and in one hour and a quarter took down in short I and what I had to say and made out not less than six columns of matter. I read a proof of it, and did rot make but one correction, I believe. According to Circumstances. [Detroit Free Press.] There is an old Scottish yarn to the effect that if you asked a Paisley weaver in the good times what his occupation was, he cocked his hat over his eyes and said: "Am a wiwer, begad;" while if time's were dull he humbly replied: ' Am yen o' God's paur wivvers." Seneca: Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsels may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment The Beliffion of Fear. [Arkansaw Traveler.] I ain't got much confidence in dat | Tigion what is based on fear. A con- j I VICTi may wuris. Jiugubjr iuuu woktu uw ! oberseer is loofcm', but de work is neber j done as well as if he want fo'ced to I do it. I There are twenty-eight legitimate ' theatres in NewJCgjk Citg. A PREMIERE DANSEUSE. f\ M The Asrony of Her Training, the Tois ! tnre of "Toe Practice," and the Slcki"' enics "Pirouette." Ifcj [New York Sun Interview.] jgl "Knowing what I have gone througaq to learn ballet dancing, I wouldn't g<?| through it again for any money. Indeed? ) I wonder that I ever did. You hav^j no idea of what pain?what torture, |2 should say?it is before one is able tq| do the apparently easy and graceful things that a premiere dauseuse rausta accomplish. "What a torture? Wellf! Ill tell you. Suppose you are goings to learn artistic dancing for the stage.j Do you imagine that you will simply be'!) taught certain steps, by rote, as Tom$ Dick and Harry learn to dance a jig??i Oh, no. Not if you are under tli9 care^j of a master. Your joints must be-1 trained to do things that nature never ; 3-J -r XT ^11 + mtenaeu ui t?icm. j.uu. nm ^u? heels together?so?and try to sit down-i 011 them, bending your knees ont?so--jj and then yon will raise yourself up,: straight. That does not seem hard. j Does it? No. But wait until yon have i done it 100,1,000,10,000, 100,000 times. ; You will do it until every day*] your knee joints seem so hot that ! 3? -?? 7 yOU WOflUCr JLL iuc uw. -j to melt, and how they will ache. ] And all the time you are getting down} further and further?your teacher per- j haps getting his hands on your shonl- J ders and crunching you down to help you along how and then?until yon actually do sit on your heels with your knees out?so. It isn't enough to do j that. You must keep on doing it, for j von must never let vourself get out . of J practice in anything. But the knees don't yet come out squarely enough at the sides. You put your feet as far. apart As you can, and then try to put them a great deal farther apart. You keep on trying, and they do go little by _ little, until you can touch the ground with your body, your legs being straight" out on each side of you. The further you go in that exercise the more it hurts. When you get down to within fire or six inches of the floor, the teacher is apt to tirwiT matters hv Ktandins? on Your "U**J O -? V thighs. If yon doirfcyeU then it "will be because you were born dumb. "Well, suppose you have that all right. You have next before you the ecstatic pleasure of toe practice. You must learn tcwraise yourself up and stand on the points of your big toes, not the balls of -the toes, but the ends. And you must be able to walk, run, dance, even to jump up and alight on those ends. You can't imagine how nice that is until you've have tried it. I have had my toe-nails come loose and my. shoes filled with blood over and over again. After having gone through all that sort of thing, it seems like play to 6tand for hours together, day after day, holding on to a handle in the wall, or to the edge of a flat if you are practicing in a theatre, kicking out sidewise and up, higher and higher. And then, the rsironettea. How von twirl, twirl, twirl, until you are sick at the stomach, and everything looks red to you, and the whole world seems to gp twirl,' twirl, twirl, even when you wake up in the middle of the night to cry over your aching joints and sore toes. Oh, yes. It's such fun to learn real scientific ballet dancing. I hate it?" Mistaken Philanthropy. [Chicago Herald] If the good that men do live3 after them, then it is pretty nearly time that "* i -v T.m. xi.. me gooa dames jjick, tut! ^amunuit philanthropist, did, or intended to do, is made manifest to posterity. Seven' years ago 3Ir. Lick died and left a fortune of over $3,000,000 to various' public charities. The carrying out of his bequests was left to a board of five trustees, who were given full charge of the estate with instructions to dispose of it and apply it as the old man directed. The bequests were various. The founding of the famous Lick observatory was ! one. Then there was tho erection j of splendid free baths for San j .Francisco, a superb monument to Philip Barton Key, author of the "Star Spangled Banner," and other monuments, in San Francisco. There were large legacies, too, to orphan asylums ana various other institutions. Finally, after all these were provided, the residue of the estate was to be divided between the Academy of Sciences, in San Francisco, and the Society of Pioneers. The only provision that has been attempted to be carried out is the construction in part of the Lick observatory. It is about half completed. If Mr. Lick had divided his estate in his lifetime, like Peabody, Peter Cooper, and other benefactors of the race have oil 4-T^o ViivnA-fi/vi/i/inoc /"vf Iiiq Twrmf.v would long ago Ltave been in possession of it. It is much better to attend to these things one's self. Gen. Lee Died of a Broken Heart. ["Gath" in New York Tribune.] Gen. Lee, his Lexington friends say, died of a broken heart at reflecting on the social condition of the south, about 1870, -when the old form of society was apparently going all to pieces. He saw strangers^leading the negroes, and some of his own soldiers and officers rivalling the so-calle'd carpet-baggers j and bidding for the negro support, and the old families becoming poor and everything apparently in chaos so that the boys coming to his college, conld hardly raise the money to pay their | scant bills. Reflecting on the catastrophe which had attended a section of which he had been the moral hero, he thonght that life. was a burden. His physician said he quietly worried him- | in rlpaf/h. A Miner's "Close Shave." [Las Vegas Gazette.] A miner in the hills near Socorro, [ New Mexico, made a lucky strike in a I wonderful manner lately. Two weeks j ago, while tramping over the roeks, the prospector suddenly discovered that his haversack was on fire, caught | probably from the condensation of the sun's rays by a prospector's glass which he carried m' his kit. Nov that haversack contained about six pounds of blasting powder, and our hero dropped the bundle and got out of reach as fast as his legs would carry him. The bundle of traps. fell into a crevice in the rocks and the powder soon exploded. The prospector turned mournfully to gather up such of his effects as were un- injured by the explosion, when something in theappearance of the shattered rock struck his eye, and-he examined' it closely?it was horn silver. TEe now jubilant miner located a claim at once, which he called the "Close Shave," and in less than a week disposed of one third interest at $13,000. The name of the "honest son of the pick and shovel" is John Quincy Adams, and he hails from western Ohio. John is well known in Socorro county, and receives the-tsongratulations of his friends in a modest manner. John Adams' "close shavo" is ft bj-word now in the mining camps. [ J TA DANGSHOUS - COUNTERFEIT. fcr. * -??:- ,v How th<^Sp-Bypi()XX8 Sa^er -l>ol iar was -.- Bet^ctedS^.-^Dl-"Elsht Kxecpt lis & i'kW " \\ . - j^-'? ,.? Io. [Eastern Letter.] " i '-*.TTi?r<?Ts a io tha Xew York i tf&b-trea,sury who has a highly trained -sensediearing. Witt it he lias been enabtedrto defect <&& of the most dan_ gerous cou&tg?%pi-ever made,' in this J-country:; AedSxfmg to an official:, of the .'secret, service-Jiere, this clerk while en** ;gagedin .eamiting ^'silver coin tossed"" ^eacljcmeon % table in fron? of him. rOralnarily a counterfeit coin rings lower jslran the genuine.. Each coin of [ the jerk's \ count iang just right for some time, when he heard anotc from a ; Sailing cpin one-nan a tone nigner tnau i J&e genuine lingii Tliis" attracted Ixis /attention. He picked out the coin and .examined it carefully. It looked all S3 r^ Ms>rs been* deceived? "'fje ag^^and pnt^ expert clerk was now convinced -there was something wrorig about the - coin. He picked up a bottle of add- and ap plied that test. The coin appeared genuine, for its surface stood the acid test. The coin was weighed. Its weight [ was correct. His associate clerk said, [."The coin is genuine." The clerk was about to pass the coin on, but he rang it again, and the persistent half a tone too high made him pause. He took out ?knife and cut deeply into the coin. Now again he employed the acid. It was poured into the cut and at once re| vealed a centre of base metal. The triumphant clerk now had the eoin cut open, revealing the most successful counterfeit coin -ever made in ^ this country. The centre is of base [ metal, compressed by heavy pressure until it has nearly the density of silver, k This centre is then heavily plated with 130 cents worth of silver. This plating is so thick that it readily resists the acid. In appearance, weight and ring it is so close to the genuine that no one but the experts in the New York" smlvfrpasnrv havfi discovered them. Not a single bank lias reported anything -of this counterfeit. It is fully six months since this counterfeit was discovered, and yet there is not the slightest clew where it originated or how large a 1 quantity has been forced into general ^circulation. The skill with which the : *coin is made apparently Dames an discovery, At any other place than the -tob-treosuries these coins are as, j^good as any. - Not a trace as yet has been jfound of where they are pushed npon the fpublic. It is thought that the inventor of this skillful method of making money must pas? them in very small quanti[ fees, as the presentation of any large i sum in silver dollars -would attract suspicion. To-day I asked Brooks, chief I of the secret service, about the coin. ! He" said: "It is the best counterfeit ever made, and the one that is giving us the j j most trouble.** ; The "Oil Spot" of the Sea. [Mil want ee Wisconsin.] "So much has been said of late retarding the use of oil by vesselmen rtrrrlrrrr Vl OQTnr" 'fif/YPfjrifl " "sflir? TilPTlt Stamm, of the revenue cutter Andy Johnson, "that many people are led to believe it reduces a curling, smashing sea to a liquid mound. It does not exactly flatten things about just in that way, but its use causes good results, there is no doubt of that. And speaking of oil'iu water reminds me of the wonderful 'oil spot,' a freak of nature t that I believe was never fully described. "The 'oil spot' is. situated about ten miles south of Sabine Pass, into which flows the Sabine river to the gulf of Mexico. The river forms the boundary between the states of Louisiana and Texas. The 'oil spot' extends two miles along shore and seaward about three-quarters of a mile. A storm from il LT J. 1 | me nortueast, uy way ui e??t< tu suuiueast, has a rake of from 300 to 700 miles across the gulf of Mexico into this mystic haven. During a gale this spot is wonderfully defined. Looking seaward, the scene is grand. An acre of towering foam marks the abrupt dissolution of the lashing seas as they thunder, towards the shore. This occurs in about three fathoms, or eighteen feet of water, from which the stormdriven craft, creaking and straining in everv timber, emerges a-Tin suddenlv ; finds herself reposing like a child rocked in its mother's arms, hemmed hi by a wall of wrath, where the weary mariners can be lulled to rest by the roar of the winds. The place is termed the 'oil spot,'not from any known analysis of its nature, but simply from its condition; it has no troubled water. It is to be hoped that some scientist will unfold its wonders." i The Preacher of the Future. [Christian at "Work.] TTT 1 .1? J1 r. ? we Deueve xne prea -iier01 ma xuuuxa mil never rustle the leaves of his sermonic manti.'-. rLji in-the pulpit, or read off from the written page his invitation to sinners to forsake their sins and become reconciled to God. And -we believe this -will be accomplished, not by writing the sermon and then committing it?which is simply burn| ing the candle at both ends?but by a return to the practice of the times when written sermons were un J&JLLUWJLU JiliUUICUJUlUU in T UJ. f vo \s?l\, muuu mating himself with his subject?clothing a thought here and-there in particular form if he please?and then delivering his sermon after the fashion of the great orators and speakers. Webster I pronounced spontaneity to be one of the chief characteristics of true eloquence. We believe it to be reasonably characteristic of the powerful sermon as well as that it is almost wholly lost sight of in the close reading met in so rrmnv of fli a rmlnits to-dav. JCiife In a Bis City. [Detroit Free Press.] The New York Hour wonders that so many people want to live in that city. Four small rooms, 100 feet above the ground, it says, "divided amongst a family of six or eight, command a higher price in this city than a cheerfol three-story house with two large bathrooms, back kitchen and back stairs in j Baltimore or Philadelphia." men tne nuisances seem aimost mi tolerable. There are "the constant ; rumble of the elevated railways, day I and night, the tinkle of horse-cars, and I flies, musqnitoes, and the odors of j public and private stables." What is ; equally peculiar is that the large mass of these people are too restricted in their means to partake of many of the pleasures of the city. They do not begin to have the spending money of j those in a city like Detroit. Arkansaw Traveler: A man's 3\vk | warci snape am i no urguxucub ugm ! 'preciation ob de finer pints ob life. A ole black bear ain't putty, but he's powerful fon' ob honey. American school books are said to be the best ia the world. . t BLOOD-DRINKING INVALIDS I Timidity In Drinking the First Glass '-Patients Assert That They Hove Bee^.3?rt&fly Benefited. | . Francisco Bulletin.] lean never ^pnk it." Tiie speatfcear was a paie-tacea ana delicate.-^irl^rviilentlyaii invalid. She was weH <iressed and evidently a child ! of plenty; imt%er eyes told of suffer! ing; the bl"ie veins in one outstretched hand showed through the pale skin; a cough '-folio-wed her exclamation 'of^fialf disgust. She was about 'to ifecome a blood-drinker. Her companion, to whom she spoke, did : not seem herself to look with much ! longing on the dark red fluid which ? - -1 Al 1 iuiea ? glass oiasireccueu in tu? ivu^u bat kindly hand of a stalwart butcher. Still she encouraged the invalid girl to drink. Bracing herself, and with a look of-determination the girl drained the glass at a draught. Her face seemed paler than ever when the last of the 4iquid had passed her thin ; lips, but there was nevertheless a pleased and determined look in her eyes. She had taken the first aten and had not found blood so bad a beverage as she had anticipated. She might recover her 'strength and health again, andvfor this she had visited the abattoirs of Bntchertowiu Probably not less than two scores of | persons are regular visitors to Bntchertown. They are principally yonng persons, between 20 and 30 years of age, vonng men and women. Some .go to Bntchertown in their own carriages. More are poor people who woll* olnTrlw fho Invifr h-ndiTfl frftm ! where the cars leave them and enter j the abattoirs alone. Some who are ' able to ride prefer to walk, never having wholly conquered a certain sensitiveness on the subject of blood drinking. They are regaining their health. They are proud of that and of their own efforts to that end, but do not care to attract any unnecessary notice. Only in a very few instances has blood drinking failed to benefit the consump- . tive or. debilitated, according to the abattoirs. Following the good -old rule, from death comes life. rrn ? j T i i _ _ j . . a _ ?ne Dnicners ao not consider we draught anything of a hardship. Their version is that the most timid' become I habituate cL They say that the draught is no more unpleasant than fresh warm milk, and that it tastes not Tinlike it. It is seldom that aught but the blood of beeves is drunk. Many of the butchers are familiar with the taste. The sight is to them no novelty* but they look -with kind interest on each new patent, and evidently take some | pride in convalescence, much as a physician mi^ut. The material difference is that they take no fee for attendance, while very often the physician is paid for j sending the patient to them. The I ?- ?n._ r j.i i_r a_ :_"J. .... j majority ox wie pttueaus visit/ xumtaicitown in the morning, when the most of the slaughtering is done. Their faces are all "well known. Some visit everyday; others two or three times per week. The fact adduced as evidence of the benefit of the treatment is that there are several ,weU : known young ladies and gentlemen about town, now vigorous, who were apparently saved by it The local physicians recommend some to try it. _ Others try it oc. the recommendation of others. How Pretzels Are Made. [Cleveland Press.] Pretzels are made of the best yeast I * 1 1 ?- 3 .! mv* dougn, sxicn as is usyu iu xut? dough is rolled into a wide plastic expanse, a piece is cut off and rolled into a long cylinder abont the diameter of a bologna sausage. Then the strips are cut into sections about three inches long, tapering off at each end. Seizing each end of this section of dough with the thumb and forefingers the pretzel baker crosses his hands, presses the ends of this section into the middle of the mass, and lo! the pretzel is -shaped. Then it, with a dozen or more of its fellows. is dropped into a kettle of boiling lye, from which they are'Ushed in less than half a minute. That half a * - A. XI J minute, nowever, sumces xo give wtu that brown cast of countenance and crisp texture which makes them so ' agreeable, while just enough of the lye clings to them to improve their flavor. Pretzels are said to be aids to digestion, the lye that remains on them stimulating the gastric juices. As soon as the pretzel is taken from the lye it is sprinkled with salt and baked rapidly in a very hot oven. The steam pretzel differs from the regulation German cracknel (for the word pretzel means cracknel), in that it is made of cracker dough, and after being boiled in lye, backed and placed in a box, is dried by steam, xne son pretzel is not a amable commodity. Indeed, it becomes inedible after two or three days, while the hard steam pretzel is as imperishable as hard-tack, and is a delicacy even at the mature age of sir months. Married for Keeps. [Texas Sittings.] The skipper of a coal boat on the Baltimore & Ohio canal recently decided after mature deliberation and careful consideration, to marry his cook who had been a tried and faithful ; servant to him for quite a number of I Vlio <r\<vm7/Yna r\n the cf/vrm.1 IilW ^XUVUO VM VMW fcyyva ... . canal. So ho spoke to her about the | matter one day, and after securing her | coy consent, he ordered the boat tied ! up at a small town, and, being a prac' tieal skipper, skipped up street after a I parson The nuptial knot was soon ! tied, the parson beaten down to a dollar and a half for his fee, and then the canal boatman said: "Well, Melindy, we are married fur keeps, now. We are hitched fur life, and must pull together. I'm a little short-handed to-day, and as that lead mule has got saddle galls on his back, you jist take the tow path, and lead Hm down to Harper's Ferry, an' I'll steer, an' kinder ruminate on some plan to give yon work on the boat without going ashore in the mud. I've got a power| ful sight more respect for you now, that you're my wife." Very JLLfe-Like. [ Cor. Chicago Herald] Another place of amusement we saw was ""Mine. Tussand's wax works," (patronized by the royal family and the * " ? ftO fl-lOTT I ( 2TGl^UlI}^ SQ"VUi xjuj.O?.T vuv^ I I say in all the bills of the play), and I ! j was so pleased with the life-lite appearj ance of the effigies of all the celebrated j people that I found there that I began to express my delight to an old gentleman whose benevolent countenance seemed to beam with a satisfaction equal to my own. Somehow or other he did not seem to be inclined to get into conversation, for he made no reply, and I was about to put him down as a surlv old - ' ' ? ?i. 1. -1 fellow, in spite ot lus oenevoxent luoiib, when I made the discovery that I was talking to a wax effigy of Richard Cobden. I tell this to you, not as an illustration of ray stupidity, bat as a proof ! of the excellence and life-like appearance of thesfe figures. "V "T " 1 EITRAOMSABT O CHOICE (iUUDS A oWe beg- to inform the public that we h. LOW PRICES, the entire stock of Mr. J iwy ijrooas, uiocmog, j&oots, jsnoes and we now offer the same at a GREAT ATTENTION TO Twenty-Fiye Hundred CLOT! Men's and Boys', which will all be sold i A large lot of tmE&ClMKS > AT FIGURES FAR BEL< -o Soliciting a share of the public patrons onr power to please our customers. A. WIL1 PJtJCl'Alv TO UUii AJ\JN UAL. UN VJUN'lUKI >V ill next few weeks, we offer the remainder < will seem to the closest buyers as being enormous quantity of goods on band, aiu necessitates this.sacrifice. This is to be 1 ever witnessed in South Carolina. The < by us shrinksinto insignificance wbeft eo ter. Everything is offered for anytbhig, Prices are nought to us now; cost.a sect not reckoned. ?> f ' ' * This is no bombast?no "Peter Funkism5 the credulous and unsuspecting, but a gc PP A CU. TTTIhiaK ?C? nejnnifWnflr v^l VVUAVsAA iO MU^?vwv?v This sale commenced on Monday, and the winter goods are elosed out. All goc and strictly one price will prevail. V X.L. 1 . . ?a: -r ^ a -m * L. ?A M 1 have just returned from the Northern ma) purchased erne of the handsomest stocks of E I invite my customers and friends to call ant purchases, feeling that I can suit the tastes .0: LADIES' DRESS GOODS in all the new Alpacas, Cashmeres, Ginghams, Shirtings, H of PIECE GOODS is complete, and at low fij Ajir xirill cQ45cftr*Tfio m/Yfff p-rr+i/v*! /li VVU \J? WUO TT Hi 0MIW101.J vuv illViJW VJ.1V1VM1 U' These Goods only need to be seen to be appre IPE/J^TS! Ladies are cordially invited to call and insi never has been such a handsome and extensi\ placed on our counters. All standard and rel tsfactory, and the only difficulty the purchase tiou from such an immense variety of desirat ETOTIOlSrS! Xoralties in Nottingham Valencienne and and White Ties, and ailstvles of Laces. Als Silk Handkerchiefs, real Torchon Lace (Spar in Pink and Bine Mull, suitable for ladies' n< GIVE ME A CALL. Perfect satisfaction Polite attendants ready to serve all visitors. HAS REMOVED HIS BAR ROOM iv c t RIDGrEWAY, S. C.,! ; t i Where he will always keep 011 hand a fine assortment of liquors, including a XXXX GIBSON RYE, ? OLD CROW WHISKEY, SWEET MASH CORN, , N. C. CORN WHISKEY, 1 Together with all grades of Wine, Gin, \ etc., etc. All goods sold at COLUMBIA AND CHARLOTTE s PRICES. C LAGER BEER AT $1.00 per Dozen. ORDER* SOLICITED. c SATISFACTION GUAR AN TEED. ] Jan 8ONCE MORE. Now that the cotton is about all ginned ^ and farmers are not as busy as they will I f be in the spring, we suggest that tiiey bring in their gins to be repaired in order to avoid hurry and disappointment when i they do need them. !' We throw this out as a suggestion, and. you must blame yourselves if you don't'J get your gin when you want it. I ] <T. M. ELLIOTT. ( "BEUSCOE", i Blooded bull, No. 52, bred by k. Peters, of Calhoun, Ga., dropped May, 1879, sire the thoroughbred Jersey bull "Alfonso", register No. 3013, dam No. (-< 48 Alderney cow, bred by R. Peters, slie sired by "Rail Road", a Jersey bull No. ] 1808, her dam No. SO, Alderney cow, purchased by R. Peters in Pennsylvania, she sired by an imported bull, her dam an Alderney cow. Calves insured for $5.00 each. Cash down or "no go." HAYS & RUTLAND Jan I2fx6m* wmmsm UX A VU* VAIJkA &. I T LOW PRICES! aye recently purchased, AT VERY ?- 1?i . vxrwifcuei) wustsuug vi , Hats, Caps, Notions, Etc., Etc., SACRIFICE. We call SPECIAL MM Wnrtli fif . JJUllUiU ffUlUi U1 11NG. it LESS THAN NEW YORK COST. SND DOLMANS, JW ORIGINAL* COST. -o _ .. . sge, we pledge ourselves to do all in LTFQBD & CO. . * m r\"nTT AlUill CH TAKES PLACE WITHIN THE >f our winter goods at prices which amply phenomenal. Having an Ithe season l>eing: so far advanced, he most stupendous cot in prices rreat redactions hitherto immsm rated rapared fco this demoralizing slanghand anything almost for nothing. mdary consideration; value a thing IKBK3R. no mark' down on. paper to gnll nnine imperative and demoralizing . :nted and unapproachable. wiU continue until the remainder of >ds will be marked in plain figures, HMUAUGH. kets, where I have carefully selected, and >RY-GOODS ever brought to this market j avomina tycc thrfr f the most fastidious. styles and colors, Changeable Worsteds, Oomestics, Flannels, etc., etc. Our stock pires. emands, and prices favor the purchaser. ciated. PKICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. i >ect our mammoth line of PRINTS. There re collection of new and desirable shades liable brands. Prices will be entirely satr need experience will be to make a selec>le patterns. % ITCTJOIsTB! Linen Fichus, novelties in Cream, Black >o, a beautiful line of Ladies' and .Gents' lish") in Cream and Black. A good article jek'wear. guaranteed. No trouble to show goo^s>^^ L. SAMUELS. Soil M Christmas lias come and gone; tue noiilay season has passed, and still we are at he old stand, with a lull stock of goods on land. Our new store will not be ready for i few weeks, to come, and we extend the >ffer of articles at greatly reduced prices o avoid the trouble and expense of moving hem. Here is a fine assortment of FANCY GLASSWARE it ridiculously low figures, consisting of roilet Sets, vases and decorated Cups and jaucers. Also a remnant of CROCKERY, vhich we will sell for anything we can get or it. In this line there is a large Soup [ urine, Ham Dishes, Water and Cream etchers, Gravy Bowls, Pickle Dishes and innn Plafp? A Ion wp oflfipr GLASSWABE rery low. In this line we have a large tockof Water Pitchers, Goblets, Tum>lers, Berry Bowls,-Preserve Stands, "Wine xlasses, Etc. IAMP GOODS >f every variety." Chandeliers, HallPendmts, Bracket Lamps, Stand and Hand liamps and Lanterns- You will also find vith us an assortment of CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY and SILVERWARE. "ONNOR & CHANDTJER. ro THE PUBLIC! rHE undersigned would resp^tf ully inform the citizens of Winnsbo^ and of ^airfield generally, that he has opei ?i a 3LACKSMITH AND WHEELWRIGHT SHOP Dn College street, east of the Railroad, inhere he will be glad to do all work in his ^ ine at x? \ VERY MODERATE PRICES. ' Special attention given to HORSESHOEING. Guns and Pistols Repaired in a SKILFUL MANNER. PARR'S PATENT SAND AND MUD BANDS FOR SALE. R. T. 5ATTHEWS. Jan 22-fxlaw3m iSSglll