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M?F TEE PEISOMS'S TASK [Swinton's Story-TeBer.] K He passed the .first, tea years of hit R imprisonment vztboat^dpilig anything; B jost-time to-turn himself round, settle ^Artrn ten/1 r*n+ infn t.lip TCftV* of th* rpw Then, as he still had twenty years tc serve out, he said to himself one tine morning t'jdt it was shameful to lead so lazy u"!ifo, and that he must find sonic o<;. ui ;ition worthy?not of a free man, for he was a prisoner?but simply cf a man. He devoted a year to reflecting, to weighing the different ideas which passed through his head, and examining what should be the definitive object of his life. To train a spider? That was veiy r>1rl wol! Vnrvcrn! C6nv Pellison. ryp.mrh fs flat plagiary! To count on his fingers the "wrinkles on the "call? What! that was a ridiculous and useless amusement; nothing | worth'whjle. /'-"N rr v' He said to himself: "I must findj something which would be at once curious, profitable and gratifying to my desire for vengeance. I must invent a task which will make the time pas3, which will produce some benefit and which will have the value of a protest" A fresh yea1 was spent On this dis covery, ana DnaiiJ success rewaraea so much perseverance. The prisoner lived in a veritable dungeon, where the SOS entered only for half an hour a day, and tSen only by a thin Hfte single loir of light The wretched pallet on which the unfortunate man rested his cramped limbs, was literally npfeing fcp?""a'tiea^ " of damp straw. - '' *~ * "^tow, then/Vhp cried with energy "I shall bother my jailers and bluff the law. I will dry my straw!" ' 1 He first of all -counted .the stalks which zormea xus cunoie. xaere were j 1,S07. A poor bundle. He next made an experiment to find out how much time it needed to dr?,one of the,straws. It needed three-quarters-off as hour. - ' ' ; This made then, altegeiher, for the 1,307 strata hotursapd fifteen mirrafes; or? taking, it athalijan hoar snsHght a Hay?t]9Gtdays. Assro-uulg that the su^-^hooe on as average, one 'day iii"three7"lie~'arrived at a total of sixteen years, one mon&tS?s week^nd six days. Ai^fcUe snd at air months this was whuf remained for him to do. lie sefct&werik iheaEvery tis&e that, the sun shone the prisoner held one ,of ,the straws in the vnxr o?il ilmo nKli7n^ oil \\ya ?rrnlytrhh T&e ts?j>? tbe?%?? Ee iept wim beneath his clothes what he had been able to cby. Tenyears raasedaway. The prisoner had now only a third of his damp bundle to sleep cin, &a<t had las-ehegt stuffed with the two other thirds wiuchhad gradually beesi dried. Fifteen years passed. OhJ joy, only ^ 136 stalks of damp straw left! Four hundred and eight days more and the ^ i /> -,M- ?i_ *a:; prisoner wouict oe zmauy awe w stana erect, proud of his ^Jrork, victor over society, asykcxj with the vengeful voice and satanic laughter of insurgents: "Ha! haT "You condemned me to damp straw in your dungeon! Then weep witkr&ge! I. lie on dry straw!? Alas! cruel fate was waiting in am bush for its prey! One night when the prisoner was dreaming of-his future happiness, in his ecstasy he made furious gestures, knocked over his pitcher, and the water ieu on zus .cjpesi. "AH the straw was wetted. What was to be done now ? Begin agam't?e Sisyphus task ? ^ Pass another fifteen years in getting bits of snn into <&nd his discouragement I Yon, the SRggpSsS^lr.eky ones of the world, who give up a pleasure if yon have to take twenty: five steps'to get it, dare yon.1 throw theferst stone at hiin? But, yon will say, he had only a year and a half to wait! And do yon reckon for nothing his wounded pride, his abqrtive^ hopes? What, this njan'shall have wbrKed fifteen years in order to sleep on a bundle of dry straw, and then consent to leave his prison with bits' of damp straw oh his hair I Never! There is nothing be kwtxa ocu-icopc^v uvifM the gutter. ~ ~ ' " Eight days and eighty nights he debated in anguish, strogglHtg :wiiifc- despair, trying to find a footing again in the annihilation which overwhelmed him. He ended by surrendering* and confessing himself vanquished. He had lost tbu?TO?lZ& . One evening he fell on his knees, Thy courage to-dagp?- X suffered ior thirty years^T nave felt my limbs deejay, say aim TOtMftjsy ejrWLWftr a^ray, mj . tjloodl)ecome pale, my hair a ad ft&h fali oafc^^FlSTO-fe^fek-agamst htmgjjr, coid, solitrde. I had one desire Tsiieli attained. ay; ejforf^lid; one object mjby-'lxfgT' JJS* ia^desire asmot pcssfl^y be satisfied- Nowrii^|;'6l3j6ct has Sad' fteever. Sew? I am" dishonored. :'Bardan ihe fear deseriaag my poaVior leaving tbe battle,: tor Tunaing aiwg^like a coward. I can no mato? Then in a fit o? indignation lie resumes : ' Xo,0 be cried, "no, a thousand tunes no! IV obiiU notbe-saids&af I have lost my life for nothing. No; I am not conquered! No; iE" shall not desert! 25b; Ias^aot a coward! No;I will not lie a ruinate longer on the damp straw of thectesgeonsf No; society shall not get the better of meP And' the prisoner died during the night, vanquished like Brutus, grand a*"' - CaioHe had died of an heroic indigea^ica^ He had eaten all his straw. me CfclMrea Ssa?4 tie Tows. [Chicago Tunes.] A pioneer who once owned the land on which the town of Mioe stands, tells how the place received its. peculiar name. "I had a wife once;" says the pioneer, "and I loved her dearly. Her afame was Maria; but the children, not being able to pronounce it, called her ' Mio/ and finally the neighbors got to t c -m*?. i xm xi_ j calling ner *jxuo. vthcu me uuimuy seat was located, and I called it Mia? after my dear wife, who had. died?the surveyor thougM that a final V would make the name look better; and so the name is spelled 'Mioe.' * Who Was Sbyloekf [Glasgow GhieL] (Dramatis Persons ? Paterfamilias and his "Only Hope," aged 12. The latter is busy at his lessons.) TTatu> ^?i/Uonlv IrtftHntf nn V/JMJ ?|r from his books)?"Pa? who was Shylock?" Paterfamilias (with a look of surprise and horror}-1-"Great goodness, boy, you attend church and Sunday school every week and don't know who Shylock was? Go and read ybor bible, sir J" Deit^totheGyster. [New York Letter.! 'JL'ne oysters .moss aeasuy eawujf ? tlie starfish. New Bridgeport 4,000 acres otenltoerged land are now uadei cultivation, and the starSsh is rapidly destroying the crop. In three weeit the oysters on a tract of 100 acres hsa* been kiHeeHJgr^ift ^fiFe fingers? as they are sometimes called, and an gld ovstei mercfiantfissfrecsoftly; tajcaa.up &CTJ0QC of the fe' " - - " k BRAIN-WORKERS' ODD METHODS. Strang? Sources ef I?spiraCion.-H?x? Sarroandlnes Affect the Magnetic WimS. [Courier-Joorn^L] Some amusing features from the live; of celebrated men "have ieen brought together "by a German writer. Anbei wrote on horseback; it was not possible for him to write in any other place than jia Paris, however beautiful anothei residence might be, and ^however manj other attractions it might offer. Adam composea tue eesc "wnen naaay wiuz nit clotkes<m~in bed, and j^owed as. great antipathy,to all landscapial :l>eaaty as love. to ius cats. The same antipathy tc all natural beauty is charged to Donizetti, who always slept when he went on a journey, when .he should have given His attention to the romantic scenery of Switzerland and Italy. Elmarosa could not write without having a lot of friends around him, with wnoin ne Kept up an aeuve convCTwuuij abeut art matters. Sacchmi's train of thought was interrupted when his cats did not play their antics upon his writing desk. Sarti could ODly become inspired in a room wiflwut furniture, andwhich was dimly lighted. Spontini could only compose in the dark, and Meyerbeer composed bestr ' during violent thunder storms, under the roof of his house. Salien gained his inspiration while he walked: quickly through the streets filled with a human throng', meantime eating a great quantity nf confections. Haydn, in order to-comp08e,-6at in a soft armI -i r x.a j i m' tHe open air, besjfc in the glaring -sunshine. He liked champagne by his work, and gesticulated very violently, as if he "were an aofcor on the boirds. S^na?l TmniereS In theVc^^li-yard, !: ajid vhenhevished tofc^meinapired," he aat ^imself do^n in one-corner of it, wliinli woo ctiosla/3 Kr xrooninir srtHf*ws EaBSeB^eempeeeddn bed, and did not leave'IftmHT he had finished a whole operatic scene qr act. Mehnj^ them. He felt happiest in a quiet garden. Mozart gained his inspiration by reading Ho^erv "Daniel Setrarch, Schiller, Qssian and "Victor Hugo..' Schiller inspired his rnnse'byliie' smelt of rotten apples, which he kept constantly in his desk ^besides this he liked to live amid snrremxiiags coreespondlng to the subject sbda which he worked. Ttn -l k--tl 1 i. i*jaa& juue iacu. ami*- W MM; Stuart^ servants -cio&sd ~in Hact; and soloag as he worked on "^S&eniteaa^ie neglected no reyiew or other military spectacle, and ait home hi# wife must sing, battle pieces to him. Goethe leved to have plastic -works of art before Km as he wrote. It is inosm thafcin his, creation of Ms Iphigenia, he ha?the image of &a aotjgue female- before him, in oraerraseeu'wat wmcin^ made big heroine eay would suit tEe features before him. Jean Paul replenished his ideas while taking a walk, and drank a glass of beer now and then on the way. In writing he loved the strong smell of flowers. Herr von Kleist worked with great difficulty, and when he made poetry, it wa3 as if he had a conflict with an invisible fiend. Jest the opposite was the case with Father "Wieland. In making his poems he trilled a lively song, and sometimes would spring away from his work and cut a caper in the air. Sotzebue, in the composing of his dramas was also actor. He himself acted single coonoe in Viia cfn/lv Tt is Tfilfttfid tllfll when Sand murdered him, his little son, as he saw him reel and then writhe upon the ground, cried to his mother, "See, mamma, father plays comedy again!" - Burger, the immortal poet of Leonora, is said to have whistled street songs as he wrote his verse on paper. His conversation in such moments is said to have been obscene. Holderlin was often found crying when he composed poems. Similar things are said of the French romance writer Lafontaine. His wife once found Jbim before his writing desk swimming in tears. "Oh, it is too sad," he said. 'It don't go at all," he sobbed; <fTam still in the first volume.11 Maitliison wrqje his poems b?.moonlight, Trhile standing at the window. Lamartine wrote his best things in the morning, Wore breakfast, while sitting before the fire. A contemporary of Dumas wrote thus: "The writing desk of Alexander Dumas presents a picture of classical disorder. The study floor is covered with books and papers, behind which he is seated, A1ei/\ a nnonfifr lurillttllj UaillUIUCU. Oiov a ^.umumvj of dogs/ cats, poultry, pigeons, and singing birds are to be seen aroqnd, and these Iia^ feeds,,strokeSt and. keeps out of mischief while writing. In the background stand a number of printer's devils waiting for copy, and booksellers and such people, who hare business with him. He writes very rapidly, and earriea on, very often, a conversation at the same time. He is very negligent in his dress." A gentleman residing in the city ot i5ingnampton nas m.ms enipju/ tux b^cu negro whose early life was spent south of Mason and Dixon's line, and as chattel or property. The gentleman is a keen observer of human nature, and, enjoying a good thing, has drawn the old negro out on many important questions of theology, law, and logic. In a conversation some time ago he said to him: "S , I have heard that all colored people would steal. Is it so?" w*?o. 'taintso: 'tis a lie." "Well," said the, gentleman, "\phen you were a stave, didn't you sometimes take a chicken or a turkey from voor master, azx'd'eafc ft" "XeSyT.aaid-S^??,*'sometimes took a chicken"," or iTchick, or a turkey^ "but, Lord Mess youv wa'n't ste&iiaV "Itor'not?' - i ' \ "Well, I tell you:. Dat chicken he was property, T was property, and if prop^ *rvrvlr n*nnnrfr tn BnnTV*rt nrnnftft? "tz?- 2T--JT?W dat waTrfr stealin1?d'ye see ? Could any logic be more subtle and conclusive? Carious Foisn Growth. [Exchange.] Sir Joseph Banks, the celebrated naturalist, once had a cask of -wine -which on tasting was found too sweet. It was therefore locked, up in tha cellar to ripea. Inhere rt remafne<t~for~ three year3, probably during the time he was with Capt. Cook in liis voyage around the world. At the end of that- period ha directed his butler to ascertain the state of the wine; but the cellar door could not be_ opened on account of some powerful o*?tacle within. The door was cut dc.. when the cellar was found to be completely filled with a ftmgus sa dense and firm as to require an ax for its removal. Itwas then discovered that the fungus had consumed every drop of wine and raised the empty cask to the ceiling. Cremation ]> Portaff&l. [St Paal Pioneer Pres.] Tho /vramafirYrnsf'.s have \ronadecid?l victory in Portugal. After a long, and bitter fight between the advocates of the plan, led by physicians and scientists generally, and the opponents* who. were chiefly priests, the government ha? decided to make cremation optional vrith the people generally, and com| pnlsory in aH cases of death occurring in diafecissta:..infected with, the plague. The goyeraDaent_ is said_to,Jayor a gener^ compulaory crematabrailaw, bat is restrained. fron^ makina so radical* i ehajice' oiit "of fear of the church. A MEXICAN "FUNERAL. Boat Paneral* ConductedBerore?iuirise?A Sad Siffhl---Horrid Slices. [Fannie Brigham Ward in Pioneer. Presi J A Mexican funeral is very different from tho same sad ceremony in tbo United .States, for here all tliat is .ghastly is brought to the front and every comforting suggestion carefully excluded. Apparently these people mean to enjoy "the luxury of .grief* to the full, aud doclioe to be robbed of a jangle pang. Here no .floral tributes are sent by sympathizingfriends?nopillows of white carnation with "tiest" m purpurple immortelles; no crosses and anchors of spotless'lilies; and the clear departed arc not laid away in beds of hlrtftflftrwi with tulifi-jroses noon their bosoms. If flowers are used at all, they are generally the gaudiest of artificial, with leaves and little streamers of gilt paper, precisely like those fastened to ; iron hooks which are thrust into the bull's hide during the Sunday divcrtisement of the Plaza de Torros. I have seen a bunch of these floral monstrosities as big as a cabbage.in the waxen -hands of a dead lady, ana the gray head olan old man crowned with a wreath oi j.u? uiuyu-^eu xuaaa, wxuuu guvo wu tvtysc a rakish air, most comically grotesque. At whatever hoar of (lay or night a person dies in Mexico, it is customary ; to appoint the funeral services just iwenty-fpur hjaiws thereafter, or as near as it.can.posAiblyJbe arranged. It is a : .TReliskaown fact the wide world over, that the majority of souls go oat of ; ;bgcU9Sr that mystic hour between ^i^ht^ and <iay w^ea all the forces of life-are at their lowest ebb; therefore? in ctrnaea nance of Ithe national custom ; aforesaid?most funerals are conducted: before sunrise- All bodies must- be : carried to tbe-chuxcb before being laid r ni consecrated; ground, but it isuot the j Jsa&on here tor women to attend : funerals. So the wife, the mother, die sisters, the daughters, take their last farewell "-on caso," and the cload are I then borne by male relatives, and friends, ftret to the cathedral, and then to the tomb. How mothers can endure this, when their children die, passeth. . American comprehension, but the iron imudci custom is even more inexorable iero than in our own country, and none dream or delvinc it. Abonl' the sad&Mt sights I ever saw, suflScient to mate any mother's heart aefce.^re frequently met in the twi : tight of the early morning; a little procession of men on foot (with never a woman among them) wending their way ; to the campo sanlo?field of saints, as the cemetery, is called. The bereaved lather marches in front, withfcbe little bluc-p&iated coffin Imlajic^d upon his head. - lighted candles, and. the rear is brought" -uplry a boy, carrying the. coffin lid. Tfce dead clnH is plainly visible within the open box, dressed in tfte gayest clotbes. adorned with many paper 4kwacs, and- often the ii&fe features can scarcely be recognized. from the dust of the street which settles upon it before the "dust to dust" process begins! Except among the wealthy, the cbffm is not burled with the body, but ' is merely rented for the journey between house and cemetery, the same pine box, which for adults is painted black, outlined with white and yellow stripes, serving the purpose a great number of times. * ? " t < "l-_ 5 i iearnea tue wisuom 01 excluding women from tlio last horrible rites in this country during ray first visit to a "field of saints." Arriving at the gravo, whether tho body be interred with or without a.cofiin, it is always first coveredLw^Oime, that it' may the more quickly decompose. Inmost cases, the corpse-is taken out of. the cofKnv. laid in the dirt without any covering (the sightless eyes wide, open) and a ijuanlity of nnslaeked limo . thrown in, and -Mcarth shoveled upon, itr-tlu^sciton now and then . jumping ia and. stamping dojyn with his'feet to, make all snug. Ruion nnirtr Mnnnt tin said to have gone to 'his. "long, "homo," for, though buried .like a dog, be fs not sure of liis grave long enough to decay decently in. It is an actual fact, all over the length and breadth of Mexico, that (exicept among the few who are rich enough to own family vaults) thegraves are mostly rented for from three months to not more than a year's time. Xewr Jtke if You Would be Great [Washington Critic.] When The Toledo Telegram.says that "if "S. S. Cox had neyer made a joke-he mi?ht be,, tie.nest speaker of the iioBse," ft is .. odJ^ patting^n^ententioccsKfona. heard in many, forms all abooiPKiBshington every hour nowadays. Why is it that a man who . adds to great power and clearness in ihe discussion of great questions the ability to amuse as hegoesalongshould . be sounderrated. by the^pnblie? It is a, singular fact, but fact It is, said always has beeu. Tom Corwin was probably the greatest man Ohio ever produced, but because, he could amuse as well as I instruct fie was always sneered at by the owls of politics as a "joker." It took two.elections and a martyr's gruve to give Abraham Lincoln any other reputation than that of a joLer and story teller. When Oliver P. Morton was starting in 1856-uponthat wonderful career that made him one of the most conspicuous figures Ot the war period, he commenced-by seetiag.to. enliven that, extraordinary eloquence (If such a term is admissible) possessed by. him iji such great_ degree by anecdote and wiq ticism. iie hwd a happy torn that way. At Terre Baute^aftef. a^brflTrftnfc effort that com m endeaTitself to Ms followers, a venerable and famous politician took t&e youngoralixrto task "Xoung man* i? year. want, to be regarded as a great man,, agreat leader, nev^.?eBijr|^^iie7er itiftar'a joke; loot solocaiiind J>onn3 the tables" Death en Pale Rorse. [New York Cor. Chicago Journal.] "D^fch. is oil a ,pale horse, racing ri^taloaigs^tef6? Eble,* said a man ai mjeUxw?., 'Wt.were at the Bnghtoa Beach, races. The sDeaker was a physician. The visible borse t&t tie referred to, Eole^ was tie property of Neddie Gebhardt, the Laa^j-famous joung man, and was winning the race. "What do you mean, about seeing Death as a rider, m this run V I asked. "Simply , that lie i& contesting with tiie jockey.who is mounted on Eole," was thereplj. "That fellow's name is McLaughlin*. you sa>2 Well, I was over at the weighmgstand when he was ?>renaring to ride.' A jockej has Ka a lioKi-nr^ieyht for harSft OWneXS don't care to weigh down their beasts. This is a dteadfolly cold day. We're shivering in thic'ir overcoats, with.the collars fened ;nps. ifcLahgMxh.has~ nothing onunfter ftia thin". silk jacket. He hasn't attowed" .himself an extra pound in flannels. To all intents he is exposed naked,4 not only to the low temperature, , hut to the tremendous wind made hy the speed of, the race. Every time he rides unclothed like that, he takes ahig risk of pneumonia. That's wny 1 say.tnfti_..u.eaw.is ruamug_? ptue I horse.by his^ide* and is jnst as likely as not to Beat ?iia to-day. The *Wishb?aer Weddlag. The "wishbone" wedding has become the correct things ^The conple stand, beneath a floral wishbone.. After- the-" ceremony the, bride and groom axe yniSfom & PBB*: Ife tijg. results in a break somewhere, and who-" ever ho1^j?Se_ l<mg piece is absolved tram, getrffig-^fp to build -fires iii^fiBta \ ) Southern Xewa Items. ?Iii the penitentiary of Xorth Caro-. lina there are 118 whites and 894 blacks ?There is more home-made lard in South west Georgia this season than was ever known before. ?They are laying 50,000 bricks a day on the new Kitnball House in At lanta. ?The Redemptionist Fathers have just closcd a very snccessfnl mission in Savannah. ?Virginia now has, including the. committee clerkships, six places under the Senate. ?The Earle of Huntingdon and his party are quartered at the Windsor Hotel in Jacksonville. ?Georgia furniture manufactures predict a big movement of Western furniture men and wood-workers into the South, ?Wing Lee, a well-known Louismtto rViinanini too: ma mod in tViaf flliV ?* UU 41iU4 t 1U ll*M* city Monday to Miss Nellie Burton, a; prepossessing white girl. ?The discovery of tin at King's Mountain, Cleveland County, N. C., has been announced. The State chemist will carefully examine it. ?R. C. Hayes, of Middleton, Del., was drugged and robbed by two bunko mon in .TartkrRAiiviIlfl laftf. Salnnlftv. His pockets were picked of $192. ?A Korth Carolina State Exposition has been organized with a capital, stock of Sa0,0C>0. The Exposition wiH be held during the entire month of October. ?The coming Carnivaltfat New Oiv leans promises to be as i>rilHant as any yetsiven. The ?id-timers of the "Mysiick 3u-ewe" will give a parade on Mardi Gras night. ? A orpiitlAmflu cnv thnf in thf> FIfli, Woods of Oglethorpe, Ga~, the rocks, are filled with sulphur, and in breaking, them tip as mneh as a spoonful is often fotiudin ilittle pockets. ?The recruiting officer in Charlotte is securing a number of recruits. One man brought in two sons, stating, tjiat. te preferred sending them to the army rather than to let them grow up on ithe farm. ?The leading business -men of Atlanta are considering the propriety of calling a convention of commercial men and manufacturers to ineetin that city to consult about their interest. ?A meeting of Cremationists was held in New Orleans on Thursday and it was decided to organize a so-, ciety, instead, of a stock company, sp that all favoring cremation might become members. ?Past Assistant Surgeon H. P. Cook, of the Marine Hospital service, ; has resigned. Dr. Battle, of NorthCarolina, who passed an e^mioation for admission into service, will pi'oba-. blv be appointed to the vacancy. ?The temperance work is extendi ing among the colored people m Augusta. Mrs. Sallie F. Cbapiu, of: Charleston, made an effective address< to a large gathering of colored people, in that city on Sunday night. ?I>r. Henry Battey, of Rome, Ga.,, seat a fox hound as" a present to a friend in Texas. A day or two agothe dog returned to the home of his old master, having accomplished the journey from. Texas on foot and alone. ?Tlje Athens*Bannev says; "A $20 bill was showR as yesterday on which written, 'This bill represents, the.last OJ.& ionuue o*.?*>o,uwv an 01 wmca lias been lost at the gaming table. This ?20 bill shall go the same way.'" ?Major Giiman, correspondent of the RichmondIHspaick^ ana for nearly five years past distributing clerk in the office of the secretary of the Senate, has been, succeded in the latter position oy .Butler Ataaoae, a son 01 toe senator. ?"Dr." Johnson is a subject of interest to the Atlanta police. He went to that place several weeks ago. with a bogus diploma of the Baltimore Medical College in. his pocket. The o?her day he swindled a chambermaid out of a gold watch and chain and. took his departure. ?It is reported that Col. John G. Kasey, ex.treasurer of Bedford County, Va., has fled from the State,. leav ing an indebtedness of ?60,000 for bis bondsmen to meet. Kasey was lately a candidate for the State Senate on the Coalition ticket. It is suspected that he has gone to Ouiada. , -?A resolution, proyidhig for the removal of the Confederate dead from Murafoidsville. Kv.. was. passed bv both bouses .of the. Mississippi. Legislature. A bill was introduced in tbe House aud referred, making: Meridan the?.capital of tho State. A resolution was passed, inviting Mr. Jefferson Davis to address the Assembly on the life ofS. S. Prentiss. ?An unknown lady, travelling alone, died near Goldsboro, N. V. on a traiai North on Friday morning. She held a through ticket from Jacksonville to Philadelphia. There was, nothing on her person to indicate her aw n once film tooo onnoi?onflr I laui(/ Uk <UIUk KS&fJ k/l*v> IT UC M^UI T in good health when the train Jeft Wilmington. Her death is attributed to, heart disease. ?M. Virion des Lanriers proposes to fonnd in Richmond, N. C., a colony of French people who .wish to engage in silk culture. M. des Lanriers is a native of France, a practical silk grower and was formerly superintendent of the New York Silk Exchange. North Carolina, he says, has jnst the same climate and soil as Southern France and Italy, awl is equally as gooa ior i silk cuftaro as these countries ?Mr. "v*. F. Askew, has gone to' New England to purchase machinery j suitable for making, and preparing wood palp for the manufacture of paper at] the Falls 01 Ujc Xeuse. He has here? fofore been usmg pulp inported fro? Norway. Now be will bring the machinery here and make the pulp at the mills, rising our Jiative woods, piner spruce, blak<pm &c. It will ue the first wood pulp mill in North Carolina. ?Postmaster-General Greshaiu has ordered the immediate dismissal of Inspector B. H. Lanier, of Louisiana,, from the service. Lanier was ou duty in the Atlanta division, but the department lias not been able to ascertain his whereabouts for two weeks past* II is also learned that he lias been borrowing money from postmasters at various points in" the South and has failed to account for sums which have come into his hands officiallyHOUSE mTTT/DTNG. THE UNDERSIGNED ARE PREPARed to furnish estimates ar>d to do all kinds of House Building and Carpenter Work. All work entrusted to us will have PROMPT ATTENTION. Satisfaction. GUARANTEED. W. A. ROMEDY, W. H. SMITH-: Winnsboro, Sou^hCafoiHEi. Oct 25-fxtf I GERIG BT c WORTH OF CLC $?WW new YORK COS O A LARGE LOT OF JACKETS, HALF 1 DRl^SS GOCUS ji C m?17AT TR A T?n AIMS T"M CAPS; BLANKETS, QUILTS AND Ci GJRDLES& 0 These goods must be sold to make roc think we are only gasw/g,- when we offer-to can afford it. We bought this stock of $8,01 and see and price the goods, and you will si; Respectfully, A. W3 /' c P. S.?Messrs. A. W. BROWN and R and will be glad to see their friends-and cus save you money. "prepas - TO OU# ANNUAL INVENTORY WE next few weeks, we offer the remaindei will seem to the closest -buyers as beii enormous quantity of goods o?'hand, a necessitates this sacrifice. Tbfeis to be ever witnessed in South Carolina. The by ue shrinks into insignificance when c ter. Everything is offered for- anything Prices are nought to us now ; cost a-ee iu*t reckoned. Tbis is no bombast?-no "Peter Funfcisi the sedulous and unsuspecting-, but a.j {JRASH, which is astonishing, nnprecei This saJo-eoiameuced on Monday, an< the winter goods am closed out. All g< . and strictly one price will prevail. J*. Hi. : c. bar: CHARLES THE LARGEST I3IPOKTEHS OF FORE? FOR SALE A WELL SI Apples, Oranges, JLemons, Potatoes, Cabbages, Aad Everytbiug Else that a *11 Should ST COUNTRY ORDERS FIL: Oct 24-x6m ?Ari T, SA M + JL. -i.TJU 1 have just returned from the Northern mai Furchased one of the handsomest stocks-of I invite my customers and friends to call aw purchases, feeling that I can suit the tastes o LADIES' DRESS GOODS in all the new Alpacas. Cashmeres, Ginghams, Shirtings, of PIECE GOODS is complete, and at low fi{ ' Our Goods will satisfy the most critical d These Goods only need to be seen to be appre ^ZE^nsTTS! Ladies are cordially invited to call Mid insj never has. been such a handsome- and. extensii placed on our counters. All standard and re] fefactory, and the only difficulty the purchase tion from such an immense variety, of desirai IvTOTIOlsrS! Novelties in jSoitifi?bam,Val8acienae-afid and White Ties, and ail styles of Laees. Alt Silk Handkerchiefs, real Torchon Lace (&par in Pink and Blue Mull, suitable for ladies' ri< GIVE ME A CALL. Perfect satisfaction Polite attendants ready to serve all visitors. IT STANDS A1 TO THE PUBLIC! THE undersigned would respectfully inform tbe citi2ens of Winnsboro and of Fairfield generally, that he has opened a BLACKSMITH AND WHEELWRIGHT SHOP On College street, east of the Railroad, where he will be glad to do all work in his fine at VERY MODERATE PRICES. Special attention given to HORSESHOEING. Guns and Pistols Repaired in a SKILFUL MANNER. FArRR'S patent sand and mud BANDS FOR SALE. R. T. MATTHEWS. Jan 22-fxlaw3m "BRUSCOE", BLOODED BULL, No. 52, bred by .R. Peters, of Calhoun, Gar, dropped May, 1859, sire the thoroughbred. Jersey bull "Alfonso", register No. 3013, dam No. AO. i'Momdr r>Aw bred bv R. Peters, she A'aviva**w -w - , sired, by, "Hail Road", a Jersey bull No., 1808, her dam No. *0, Alderney cow, purchased by R. Peters in Pennsylvania, she ! sired by an imported bull,, her dam an ( Alderney .cow.. Calves insured iox ?5 00 : each. Cash down or "no go." HAYS & RUTLAND Jan 12fi6uL* ; ?Buy Zeigler Brofliers* Ladies?, Wasesand-Children'! FiueShses. ^ ' BEATY / ? TILTH NO. )THING AT LESS THAN ST. CLOAKS AND DOLMANS AT PRICE. ind ^jlj^l3srisrsrjs; DST. BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, "ETC. JlfFORTS TO BE SOLD BEI OF COST. >m for SPRING STOCK. The'public may sacrifice-thesegoods-at such jmces. "We )0 at fifty-five cents on the doWa*. Come ir.ely be convinced. [LLIFORD & CO. > H. SIMPSON haye change eg the store-, >tomers. Give them a. eall and they *will. A. WTLLBFOKD & CO. !AT().HV LIOH TAKES PieMJE WPTfliiiTiffi: of our WHtfergqode trt prices wfe$ah ig; simply phenomenal-. Burin# m nd the season'^etog-so far afivasoed, the most stupendous cnt ia pjsces i great redactions hitherto inaugurated lompared to this_ demoralizing slangh-. f, and anything -almost f&t nothing, condary consideration; vsitee -& thing a", no marfc:d0WBWv paper to- gctl ^eniaae imperative and dessotfaMzin^ Rented anfl iHiappTOffcbsibT&t iwiH^eo?tiaue? uiil the rema&dfe^ o? oods will be marked- ro piaan figures, M;i3sCbTA.^PG3-I=E. r & ( hi. S T o Wti GL, [GN- FRUITS D* THFB SOUTH, OFFER ELECTED STOCK OF Basaoas, Coeaauuta, Dried Figs, Onion.s? Peanuts, Snts, . st* c iass Wholesale Fruit Star* Have. LED WITH DISPATCH. [= U'ELS'. rkets, where I have carefully selected, and >RY GOODS ever brought to this markets 1 examine my goods before making their f the most fastidious. styles and colors, Changeable Worsteds, Domestics, Flannels, etc. , etc. Our stock jures. emands, and prices favor the purchaser, siated. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIM1B. >ect cur mammoth line of PRETTS. There*e .collection of new ?nd' desirable-shadesia&le brands. Prices. wiU .be-e^ta^-sa^ r need experience will be to make a selec-i !e patterns* lsTQ3?XOm&i Linen Fichus, novelties in Cream, Black, so, a beauttfnl line ?f-Ladles'-and iisb) in Creaniand'Biack. Ageod.ajttete ?ck wear. guaranteed. Xo treble to show-goodie L. SAMUELS. THE HEAP-. THE LI<jrlirf-BU3fMNG "DOMESTIC." That it is the acknowledged Leader in the Trade is-* fact-that cannot Be dis puted. l.MASY IMITATE IT-JWXXfi^QPAfcHR ?rThe Largest Armed, I TheJiigtitest.Bunning, r The-most Beautiful Woodwork. [ - ANJ> IT IS WABBASTED To be made ofthebest material. ^ To doany and all iinds-jof worki>-. To be complete in every respect.. For Sale by J. M. BEAT1T& CO., Winnsboro, S. C. A mints wintMl m- Hnaeciroied^ tetxitoff. fry. Address % DOMESTIC SEWING MACmjfEtXRr Riebaieiidy Virguiii. raaJI S^r sI^ARK k #HhF: mils~ch ief sim? A iUi::-. ,.ul Remedy for the core of all ltregrj-s. TiUrv'icS itad -disorders of tb? Ktouaach and Bcryri W, v li. ta.ir in rhiidrcii or adult*. .Promptlyn.U?*ij??Dynentvrj, l'>ian1|<x'a,. ( hijlcri-JCorocs, Chafer*.Intaj*. turn. Mux. <.;ii;?n;r I'iun*. 1'latulf ccy, Natwa, Acidity Of IhrlCtod -.cJi, h<-artb^nr.^K-kj(siLS<5T?0fiHcadacl?ajS dyspepsia. Yny L. in >11 l^nuvrmf'nt* of .tlic Stomadkiod; BowvlSy Livi.i ri Uixatloo or Hi* Inteatiiwa or a change' vt futni vl .WOU.T. 2-rOS^?JLHT'9 he yr hakizi me cor mas. Is ax jil-a-nnt an<l harmless.as KMkbetIT Y?'isre?no- Oi?ium awl -trUi-not eotMtfpate." "I illj rrr-rinr nnrlril frrNrminlmfi. ^nd ToJtting Children. (' r > >v>t\ *.m! RutrlLA DWtjnui On ftach-Bottle.-' Pac? 2$s.juxd $i>oa LknfC hlxr 0OTltaJlK>lx tirOtJ" ASXQQCb MSRuU. 8oVditT &U i>rusxirtsioa JValersinJIadicineA' ; ' " THE EXCELSIOB CHE10C4L CO, Sole^ropr'to. VAEfiiLI_i, S. ft. J7 S. Jt S?KB a sc. auaoe-r rezfxsrads BOOK. Carpet* andBouee FantUfctogCoogsyTbe Large*t,SiecJc S o utfc ?f Baltiirwe rr K?U nid Cnuaft Ooth^-Winiow Shade*, Upfcois^ery,JEnjrr3Tint*>ClirDmair,, PxmoMc ? WrtteJ'o* ;^^Agftj^gaL^bi?I^i3^1?tdTWOg^SLS!I KCU8EFITS! ^jyh?BlMO^gsJdoa^m^a?wi^ta?^tePa ndiotl'eat*. ~Ih*?? inld*tl?<li?4ia?f Fl'VB, EFIjfig&Y O&gUgagQ ?IGaam8*iWttli|>tnlTr. IwMT*ntmyi?Ma?lrtocCTthe1rocitcm?>?. Seesaw -t?rrf hfrr^tttrtit sDnmn torvttnovr r?*irin*? cur*. S?i4 st cme* for Tr?*iise acd *. Fr?e Bottie-of iayiiriMHbi? remedy. Gr?* Kxp?*3 *n<l Pc*tMSee.- It com700 nefinn* lor a tri*L?ad i will eanna. fc-AsMrwCB. fi-Q. BOOT, ISttMri Bt+avmYdk. , * ??muwi ' rinr treittmnnaioit IKIb horse-power rillfcfira ENGINE! m expesM saaac-US report, er; about c.c-Hm MM H For descrlp- i 4MSMeoot,|^ thredreiitoi ^nd tea ihaaM. - tattoo. RCT11NGT0N P1 IflMP * 1LI0N, New York! fills GITAiiRH. I TO'S CREAM BiLX. i GOLD-HEAD. i SENDFOBCIBCULAB. SOLD3YDBCG<3IS*8L 1 tSTMAlLED FOB FIFTY CEST& gf . .! SLY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego.N: Y. j Jan?8i4w uoixs . >j : 3 CHARLESTON A=DVEfiTISEMENTS. \ ' ] & RICHARDSON, STA330NBRS, PRINTERS AOT3 BLANK BOOS ilANTJTACTTJRERS, 62 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. 0. i i 0 W. STILES, ' PAINTER, HURLEY BLO0E; 309 -MEETING ST., CH-A.KLE#T?r, S. 0. Bealerin Pa&rfcs, Oils, Brashes, Y&rnMt, j Glass, Patty,-Colore, Gitfe, <fec. i \ LVDHfc THGMLINS0N, i J\. (Factor-in CSniesiraL) 1 mascf&ctueeb op ^addles, belles, 1 Habness, &c. Dttat,kb iar Saddleby, Habdwabe, Leatheb, <fcc., Importer of-EngBsh Bits, Sttero^ &e. 137 Meetibg Stbhet, Charleston, S. O. , jgpBNRXSTEITZ, ; Importer and Wholesale Dealer in. i FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUIT, i Apples, Oraoges, Bananas, Coeoaaots, ' Lemons, Pineapples, Potatoes, Onions, Peanuts, Cabbages, Ac. S. E. Cob. Meeting & Maexet Stbeets, CHARLESTON, S. C. ?? : I QHARLES C. LESLIE, J Wholesale and Retail Commission DeaJer 1 in j FISH, OYSTERS, GAME and POULTRY, Stalls Nee. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office No. 7 Market St , East of East Bay. Consignments of. Country Produce are respectfully solicited. Poultry, Eggs, &c. Perishable Goods at owner's risk after delivery to Southern Express Co. jP BROTHEBHOOD & CO., IRON MERCHANTS. ' Dealers nr Machines? and Supplies. 1 agents fob j "MAID OF THESOUTH CORN MILL." 1 No. 165 Meeting St., Charleston, S. C. Try our 50 cents Machine Oil?the best : in the market. J^AGER BEER FROM THE CLAUSSEN BREWING CO., 1 CHARLESTON, S; C.: ? -Ua*e gowajStandarfl Jieer. scpenor to on: ers, put-up in kegs,.patent stopper bottles jtadTOraes in barrels fbr export, to keep Ai -] Itrngfimft. Empty beer botties bougflfc . in. Columbia, Mr. JaliusKrentteis. 0fcEMfiJfS CLAjCIUS, . ^ ; ?JHPOBTEE AJTD DEALER IK? -'3 "Wines, liquors, cigars toc acco,^ ] UBWWW?yaax> rjw vistuuis, NO 179EAST BAY; CHARLESTON, S;C. ] ^TTO TIEDEMAN&SONS, WHOLESALE GROCERS, ?AND? PROVISIONDEALERS, 102 AND 104E4ST BAY STREET, CHARESTON, S. C. ATTTV i5n/\mrroT>?j X U DIWJ A HCIVCj WlfOUWBtE <?KOCEWr, LlQfOB DEALERS ?JlND? CG20OSSIOK MERCHANTS, 197 EAST - BfrT, CHARLESTON, S. C. ' B- THOMAS,. AGENT, No. 320Jvihg St., Offosite J_<iuekty, WINDOW SHADES, PAPER HANG-. DfGS, LACE-CUETAIKS, CO-BJfAOBS AN& UPHOI?TEBrT- Goods; CHARLESTON; S. C. WlKBOlT AW5EDK? MJtDDE. TO OBZXER JA G. GUDWOBTH & CO., ?wholesale? SADDLEBY WAREHOUSE, 155 Meeting Street, A-rt-nrtflr m-n T* in r M.O.m A XT TT AfP T. vn uji i i aav * ? CHARLESTON, S. C. Q. W. AMAR&-CO, wholesale anb-retafl dealers"lit' choice drugs, medicines, chemicals, w7rgk! al instk-eettents, pebstotebibs a5td toilet articles; Cor. King audVanderhoist Streets. ( CHARLESTONS. C. \ - i ^LYA GAGE & CO., CHARLESTON ICE HOUSE, market. coknek Church Street* CHARLESTON, S. C. ] SJ^Ice packed for the country a specialty* 1 SI NELSON & CO., ' i ?WHOLESALE DEALEKSIX- I I BOOTS AND SHOES, i r ' j No. 23 Hayxk Street, CHARLESTON, S.C. 1 I 1 * \ ?OF? '. ? Uy.l Buy the Best! Mb. J. 0. Boxa?Dear Sir IttafcBTtta tat Doris Madiine soL3 by ^ou -otbt five rears ago for my wife, ttbo h*s gtv?ft it a on? and fair iriaL IauaTyeU-pteased'^ith L. Jt never gives any trouble, aad is aa ^' 4 jooa as vnen arst Doagnt. . "W9K 7. W. BoucaBrWinnsboro, S, 0., XpcQ, 188& V " Me. Boio: You -?mh to knosrrhat I -kftTe o gay in. regard to the Dares Maffcavatoogght )f you three years ago. IfeelleaaJtray too nuch in its favor. I xfifcde abbot $80 irithm ftvemoutlis, at tima* tmuiing-ffc ao ^ihattbeaaedto yrt^&#kum*o* i/aatrictioQ- Ifoel orin&ient I aridfrno* lave done the same -work without much-CRM >?iri on wull villi mg. flitiw wmMha. SiO ine.waslost in adj05tinc d66eam?its. The iSftutw wiftfiny IBaofltny i am vIOf sesdled. Broftfep ^fcm^- tod-: <Vrfiu6u'? toriiia* *r?re toadsTtfftwd rvfth tlfeir Oavis Msohinea bdBght of ypa. I wmrtno letter machine. As I said before* I don't hinktoo much can be said far the Daria ffftfthine, ' ' .: l /"- " Kespedfcfatff, : tea* aunidiBUi; * - 1QM, 'V. J?8EOW<MM)f A[tfiiy JgyWu istisfaction. I find no fault viih iu Th? ittaftfrngnta am so simple. I wish ftfrno Mtter than the 3feH*JW*Ssri:*fee&^ ' KsEpectfflHy; in? ? FauMi ccztasv, April, 1883. Ms. Boao-: I bought a Da?is. V?rtics^? ' ?eed Se wing Manhina from ywriom- year igo. lam deUgfctad with it It never ha8 jiven me any troabfe, and hss nG*?r been &e least oat of order. It is as good as -wiiea E first boaght ft. X esn cbwcfaHjr .afocgi mend it. Easpocfcf ally, li?o U J. gmTTum Monticelio, April SO, 1883. ^ This 13 to certify that I have bteii a*Ing a Davis Vortical FeedHSeirtw i&dam lor iver tvofstts. fBtchMedcf Kr. JjO. Bocig. E| *U * 21 ,, ? mm =a * ^ [i. J navariT foona it pacaessea o? any x&alt? idi the attachments areso simple. - Ifczteset refines to work, and is <Brtaialy the lightest ranning in the market. Ioonaiderit a firstslfiss machine. Very respectfully, ^rxvn M". Wrr.T.rwrmnf. Oakland, Pairaeld oocttty, S. G. Ms. Bo AO: I am well pLeaakLm every pa?tioalar with the Davis Machine boaght of jroa; I think it a firsfccJass mnehftie ia 3very respect You know yoa sold aenita nadriaas of the same make to different members of oar families, all of whom, as far is I know, are well pleased with them. ' BespectfuHy, Ha. M. BE Moblxt. Fairfield county, April, 1888. m This is to certify vhave hid in coniiitfj use the Davia Machine boaght of yox aboai J three years ago. As we take in work, and ^ fare madethe prioe of it aevezal times over and don't want any better machine. It is J always r?dy to do any kind of work-we harre J frdow No puckering- or skippingtUtdbm^ We can only say we are well pleased, and m wish no better machine. f!>THir.Knii Wtct andSiaUr ^ Q April 25,1883. '^1" I have no fault to find with my mm?wv, ind don't want any better, I k&v? made 9j Reprice of it several iimss by taking in 56 wing. Bis always ready to do Its vork. [ think it a msdlcnfc ffttsii "M ^taay too mach io^ -th^ifev? V?fticaQ mMwhiBt i ; ; - Mss^Xteu$an&?> Fairfield coonty, April, l&k Mb. J. 0. Boia-Dear Sirr It gjtm m* | ^ ?rv ? orj>?/ UJktdmM. Z2X2C&pi683uzG W^tOfmywHflfTaolill'\mwO DsrieiFeftzsti 2& nacfajnelgofcof7nrBbMt^fexnbw?Kbv seen almost in oonstant mneuii lii?ilhij a me. I cannot see that it is worn any, and _ ias not cost me one cent ioz repaiwainoe ve lave had it. Am#6irpJ2iie3 anddonTi wish or any better, Iftttti twgjpv Eobzxt Cai^rRMCP; GraaatfeQaBttayagag^TiifMiiMiit fit ing'ila^ne^or6tautest ^ sroaBaarthraga^ather mil i'i TlijifUU|. BnrflaMroomitfctMB.. ,*aa. z/* look Hatiaar.bo^iitv&um iug Macfaine-fraro Mr. J; O. Boat som^thr^* years ago, and it having giVen me n?rfact satisfaction in ?very respsttw^Mn^Ml^ chine, both for heavy-aad light sewing, and ne^emeeded the ieast *??:>- in. any,, war, J ^ can cheerfrrffr rcobcmi^alft jtiai Un?*r ffrsfcdfes rwrttiimte :?roy. larttcrifi^jaS think it second to none. It -u,QD&pi ttm si^piesiTnactines-msde; rcy-ehiIdr6S^?6it Wirtnsborot FairfEald ccxmtr; & OwigOB^ We tare Had one of IjBp jjintifnii ->-ji ^ ^ Tnrrfir Li Jackson Creek, Fairfield cocaty, 8: C.. Mywif* is - highly gleas^ytfttfe piff Machine bongbtof y<w^; Ste?o?^aE*3ai* double vfea* *b^gave.f<w it; lias not been dot of order naoe sbe haa jt, nn<^ she can doaxiy kiadxjC ockctf ft. -' Vkjfcrespecifri^ iloaticello, Fairfield connty* 8. <X f . .. The Daris Sewing Mnhiira is ?fmply reasure. Mta.J. JL. Goopwth. Bidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10,1883. J. O. Bata, Rsq., Agenb?Dwr-Si*-: Wffcife has been, using a Dsns Sewing Machin* xaistantiy for the past foar years, and 8 neTet needsdsnyLreroktand as well as when -first bought She uj*i& wiH do a greaternmgyof practical- wod? she has erw omcL^ We cheecfal& leoowi Luoxxu lb as a nu x uuimy auauuiw. Yoaatmijv- 2n;(^?iu? Winnaboro, S. C., Jan- 3,1888. M*. BOAO?I hflfve sJwsTs fora&n? Bsvftnaciupa readyr to^do i? machine ia worj> apartiok^^a^HI ?ecKi& ia well aa when new.- Kespecfcfall?,; \Tpf<l Sobeei C. (Jooucca. WuraaBOBO, S. C., April, 1883.'Ma. gffgg^S^SSSBBS iboirt five rears aeo. I haveaSlfiSflR jf ffurfiiy ii?wy It-: a never out ol^or.needln^reiasr^ ftaB? &Q? March 1888. i *