The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, February 18, 1885, Image 2
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Gexebal Slocum will be the <rraud *
marshal of the inauguration cereino- *
nies in Washington city.
Toe war in the Sondau has already t
cost the English Government $50,000,- i
000, and many lives and with not much *
chance of its being over yet awhile. ?
Br mistake the printers neglected to c
give uk jxcics ana uouruir creuu ior j
tbe article on "tbe war in the Sondan"
which appeared in onr last issue.
The report that Khartoum -has fallen j
and General Gordon killed has been 3
denied. The report is not generally ,
believed by the government officials of ]
... England. 1
John Kellt has subscribed SI,000 1
to the Inauguration Ball. The ball 1
r will be held in the new pension office^ j*
in Judiciary Square. Arrangements
are almost .completed for the granci '
af&ir.
Colonel McClube thus speaks of <
Birraingtou, Ala.; "It i? to be th& ]
coal and icon empire oMhe South and :
yv 1 believe of the United States." From.]
these remarks, it. would seein that ;
quite & bright future awaits this South- ]
city. <
SfiXATOR Bayard has oar thanks for ,
a copy of his speech on the bill for the .
- exchange of standard silver dollars for
trade dollars, and for the suspension .
of the coinage of standard silver dollars,
delivered in the Senate on the 5th
insu.
A Tammany delegation called on
President Cleveland in New York and
assured him of their hearty support
in his administration. They will send
& large delegation to attend a large
delegation to [attend the inaugural
ceremonies on the 4th of March.
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The State of Arkansas is taking the
lead in establishing a standard of
morals. The Legislature has passed a
law prohibiting the playing of base
ball on Sunday, and a violation of this
law will subject the violators to a heavy
fine.
Indications are that James G. Blaine
;?ill again enter the Presidential race
in 1888. We think his defeat twice for
the nomination and once after nominated
should be a sufficient warnins:
that the American r>eoDle will have no
impure man to disgrace the Presidential
chair.
. We regret to learn of the burning
of the offices of the Herald and the
Merchant and Farmer in the recent
fire in Laurens, and are glad to know
that the energetic proprietors have
made arrangements to continue the
publication of these most excellent
journals without intermission... Thc&e
weekly visitors are welcomed at oar
office, and we are glad to know they
will be continued.
- The Augusta Chronicle will cele
brate its one hundredth anniversary in ,
March by the publication of a centen
nial of 50,000 copies for distribution ,
over the country, containing a brief ,
?history of its progress and improve- .
inent in the last century together with
a fac-simile copy of one of its earliest 1
members. It will also give a brief j
history of the State and its improve- .
. * meats in the various industries, to- ,
V. - gether with a biographocal sketch of ^
the promising men of the State. This ,
edition will be the largest ever publish- j
' ed by any paper in the State. This ]
jwill certainly be a very interesting (
edition of tins very valuable paper, ]
and a fit celebration of its first cen- .
tennial anniversary. Our be?t wishes, <
are extended for its prosperity the in ,
-century to come. j
The following taken from an exchange
is the text of a bill introduced |
in Pennsylvania Legislature, which 2
will be of interest to correspondents of :
papers i? similar bills shonUi be passed J
in other States: "A bill Is pending in
the Pennsylvania Legislature making J
the publication in a ne\vspai>er of any 1
letter, communication, or allusion of a 1
damaging character touching- the repu- J
tation of anv citizen, unless signed *
* j
with the real name and address of the f
anthor, a misdemeanor, punishnble by
a fine of $1,000 and one year's impris- !
. . onment, either or both in the discre- s
tion of the court. The author is also *
~ held liable by action for libel. This (
bill is a move in the right direction. 1
When one man desires to attack anoth- 1
cr liiroagb tbe cotumus or a news- 1
. paper be shook] be willing to do it 1
over bis own signature, assuming all J
- responsibility.n i i
"
last "Wednesday the two Houses
of Congress met in joint session and
proceeded to canvass the votes for
President and ?ice-President of the *
United States cast last November, and *
Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Hendricks were c
shown to have received a majority of all 1
the electoral votes as candidates for the (
offices of President and Vice-President *
respectively. - Soine little discussion 1
fl?naA heransA -Sp.nair>>r Erimrmrts /Jp- t
dined to declare officially that the gentlemen
above-named had been elected.
Such a declaration would only have
been the expression of his opinion as
the Constitution provides that whoever
shall receive a majority of the electoral
\ v votes shall be elected. It would be
well (as has been suggested by the
press) that some law were passed in
reference to the genuineness of a re-r
turn of the electoral vote of a State
when it is challenged. Urgent reasons
can be advanced why the question
should be settled "by an Act of Con
% greas before any dispnte arises.
News from Washington is to the t
effect that the Senate judiciary com- t
mittee has decided to report favorably s
the nomination made by the Presi- ?
dent not long ago for the district jnSge- (
ship of the Atlanta District in <Geor? c
pa. If this nomination is confirmed c
jj* thfc Senate it will place upon the 1
jench Mr. Emory Speer, a man wholly- <
mficted and unqualified to fill that 1
ligh position. Every citizen is inter- i
isted in preserving the parity of the .
adiciary, and from what we can learn I
Sir, Speer will^t be acceptable to the i
".aamIa r\r fK/i ^1
/CV|/1C VI UiV UlOlllV/t vu j/vmr a
cal grounds, but for the forcible rea- j
on that he lacks the ability to fill the '
)ffice. We rather think the wishes of 1
he citizens of the district should be s
tken into consideration by Uie Senate i
n the confirmation of any judicial
>fficcr, and we hope it will be the
governing sentiment in this instance
ind refuse to force upou the citizens of j
mr sister State an officer who will not _<
>e acceptable to the people. '
The National Cotton Planters' Con- ,
rention,' which for the past few days
las been in session at the New Orleans '
Exposition, decided to hold their next
neeting in Charleston, S. C., in 188G.
[n commenting upon the resolution, ,
which was unanimously adopted, Pres- j
dent Morehead took occasion to speak <
>f i>outh Carolina in verv~compliment- j
mon/^D^ (ho bfllofk. i
U 7 l?l|U9?. OUU VVUtiUVUUVVi vuv wvivw- J
ion of Charleston as the place for the 1
iext meeting. He thonght St very !
jppropriste as (his State had taken |
such an actlvc part lu the organization !
>f the Association, and was taking the
tead-in giving to the world improved ;
sgricultural machinery.
particularly to the inventions of Mr.
Mason in this State, which if successful
would revolutionize the culture of
cotton. A committee was appointed
to examine the Mason gin and report
to the Convention. If these two in
ventions?the harvester and gin?do
what is claimed for them by the inventor
they can be very well styled "Carolina's
Twlu "Wonders."
Sexatob M. C. Butler in reply to
the question of a correspondent of the
New York World gives his opinion of
Mr. Cleveland 221 the following words:
"I have no hesitation in saying to you
that I said to Mr. Cleveland that I did
not want to have him recognize the
South as the South, but rather as Democrats.
In other words, there should
be 110 Question of section. All that I
wanted "was simply fair treatment, aud
no discrimination against aa important
part of the Democratic party." Senator
Bntler said that Mr. Cleveland's
pictures gave an incorrect and nnjust
idea of him. The pictures make him
appear heavy. He found him, on the
contrary, very alert, cool and with a
perfect mastery of himself. He liked
his simple, busiuess-like manners and
the neatness aad simplicity of his general
appearance. He believes that he
will be a President who will be a
credit to his party and his country. He
declined to state whether he bad a
personal preference in the make-up of
the Cabinet, but It is well understood
about the Senate that during his visit
to Mr. Cleveland he warmly eulogized
the character of his friend, Senator
Pendleton. This gentleman is now
considered off from ail Cabinet slates,
bnt he is certain to have one of the
ur&b iUi09iV/UC>*
The trial of Thomas L. Shields for
the mnrder of Joseph G. Sitton is now
in progress at Statesville^ X. C. It
will be remembered that he was tried
for this offense in Charlotte some time
ago and found guilty, but he was
granted a new trial on account of the
admission of some improper evidence.
A. correspondent, writing from that
place, says: "It is hardly probable
that a verdict of murder will be given
?that the jury may give a verdict of
manslaughter, but the indications at
present point to an acquittal;" We do
not express an opinion in reference to
[he guilt or innocence of tins prisoner,
nor do we speak of anr particular
jase when we say that too many men
have escaped their just deserts in this
ind other States. It is almost impossible
to pick up any paper without
noticing an account of some killing,
md we think it is high time - that men
were learned to value the lives of their
fellowmen. Too many escape the punishment
they deserve, and in. fact it
ippears almost impossible to convict
my man of the crime of murder.
HThere, then, does the fault lie? Certainly
not in the law. We think that
it is time that men were taught to
ralite the lives of other men as they
should, and that every one must suffer
;be consequence of -his crime, no mat;er
what may be his station in life,
ro sum np the number of killings in
my one State for one year would pre
>e?t a frightful list, and we venture
he ascertion that not one ont of a
lozen are convicted. No sympathy or
pity should have any effect npon thenind
of a juror when the evidence
>rov?rs the guilt of the prisoner. If
ibis coald be done we would have ,
nore convictions and in consequence' I
:ewcr raarders.
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A Point Well Worth Establishing i
At the present term of the Court of |
ieueral Sessions in the case of the :
State vs. Nat Hall, the defendant was ;
charged with burglary and larcenyhe
testimony being to the effect that ^
>ne Xat Hall did break and enter in J
die uight time Hormali Church, in j
Fairfield county, and take therefrom ;
he communion service, some lamps i
md a dipper. After a short delibera- i
ion the jury returned with a verdict 1
>f guilty. Mr. T. H. Clarke, attorney
br the defendant,- wrote an order for
wrest of judgment, on the ground that '
lie indictment was improperly drawn,
;tatiug that there could be no burglary
>1 a church under the Stal 's, -and that
be church was not an appurtenance to
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my DUliai?lg, luereiurc iuc prisvuct
;ouId not be convicted for such
>ffence. Mr. Clarke stated while readug
the order that it was bis intention
o carry the question to the higher
:ourf. The Judge over-ruled his moion.
It would be well for this point
o be positively and emphatically setled^
so that this question wilL not
irise in the courts of Sonth Carolina
igain. A similar case occurred iif
Colombia. Mr. J* M. McMasler, the
lefendant's attorney^ argaed that a
MB?bwaa?Jiiinii r i iff,t'"
:hnrch was not an incorporation, aud
jad no agent, that there was no ownership
of the church and that a church
lad no remedy at law in this case.
I?he jar}- returned a verdict of gnilty.
\ church is not an appurtenance of the
juildings near it any more than one
nan's residence is an appnrtenancc to
lis neighbors, and there should be
special protection for the house of
worship, either by a rale established
the higher courts or by its being
>pecialiy mentioned in the list of buildngs
which arc subject to burglary.
Industrial Schools in the South.
Yesterday's News aad Courier COnflint
wrv anim* aiiH valnfthlo ftrMrtlo
>n "Industrial Schools in the South."
rhe subject of the editorial is taken
from some remarks made by Dr.
Dabnev in a speech before the Watanjaclub
of Raleigh, N. C. We clip it
is it applies with equal force to every
jonnty in the State;
North Carolina claims to have 120
liferent timber ^rees out of the 838
found in the United States, aud each
Due of these could be put to some good
ase if the people of the State only
knew how to usejit. These woods inslude
the beet hard and'soft, and the
finest of ornameutal woods. "But,"
Dr.. Dabney" adds, ^ ''with all the3e
splendid resources, the finest of any
State at the present dayj we are pracontr
monnfo/*fAi>iftO
fclVCUiJ fl iVUVUb ttUT wttuummmvtav.4 vj.
wood of more than neighborhood importance.
Catting wood into planks
uy^pcks and shiftttug H is hot manuracluring
it. We ship barrel staves,
spoke timber, handle timber, shuttle
and bobbin blocks, to be made into the
manufactured articles at the North.
We sell our magnificient cherry and
walnut logs, worth $oO and $100"when
cut into boards, for $5, or may be
$10?our birthright for a mess of pottage.
Every word of Dr. Dabnev's address
applies^ of course, with as much force
^ 1L. MA A A 4- /v k AM rv* of Ait
IU OUUIU V^UUlilliV a* tu uui sialyl uiaiu.
There is as fine timber, in as great variety,
in this State as in North Carolina,
end it is as little appreciated and
utilized here as there. The exhibit of
native of native woods in the South
Carolina department ot the New Orleans
Exposition is one of the best and
largest there; of wooden manufacture
there are none. The agents of Northern
and Western manufacturers have
been eugaged for a year or two in
hunting up walnut and other trees in
this State and in other Southern States
and have bought them as they stood in
the forests and fields at prices that do
not even represent their value as firewood.
The owners of such timber
should learn its value from the efforts
that are made to obtain possession of
it. If sold at all it should be sold at
many times the prices that are now
offered for it. What it is really worth
to the purchasers may be determined
by the price which is demanded for
the same timber in manufactured
form. If the money that is annually
sent out of the South to pay for articles
of wooden manufacture, and wood
and iron combined, were kept at home
and invested in the manufacture of
these articles, every town and village
in the timber districts would have its
thriving factory, giving employment
tn nnvc hands ftnH to the
prosperity of the country.
The first step is to stop the wholesale
destruction and unprofitable sale
of Southern timber, and the next step
is to undertake its mannfacture at
home. If the timber is not sent out
of the State to manufactories abroad,
the manufacturers will have to come
here, or vield the market to those, who
?Yfll rnmj-ntn nrlth t 44'
iiidustrial schools will hasten this result,
no further argument should be
needed to secure their establishment
at the earliest possible day.
Our people should take a warning
from this article, as it mar be of benefit
to some after awhile. The exhibits
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irom tins dtaic ai wew unemis iuuv
draw some attention to our great variety
of woods and thereby iuduce
some to bring their manufactories to
the woods. If such a thing could be
doue onr State would be greatly enriched.
A Racy Rat Story.
A large number of rats established
themselves in a hay-loft, about midway
between the floor and the top of the
hay. The owner of the premises,
hearing a continuous squealing noise
in the loft, took a fork and removed
the hay from the place whence the
noise proceeded and uncovered a nest
oi aoout twenty rats, several 01 mem
ran and were caught by tke dog, but a
bundle of sixteen full-grown animals
remained on the spot; tneir tails were
plaited together, something after the
fashion of a whip-cord. By picking~up
one of them the rest adhered and could
not be .shaken apart It was supposed
by persons who saw them that in order
to avoid the cold the rat occupying tho
top of the pile sought a warmer place
by creeping underneath, but not having
room to draw his tail after him it
was left sticking out; the next rat did
the same, and so on until all had
changed their position and every individusu
rat's tail was entwined into the
curious knot that held them together.
If they had not been discovered and
lrillo/1 mnef Koxra flQ t.VlAV
WiiUJ MMT V 0vw* I vv*p MV
could not have separated.
Certainly, of Course.
Said the "fat street car passenger: "I
knew a conductor on this very line who
worked industriously at his post for ten
years. His honest ways attracted attention,
he was promoted, and now,
gentlemen, he is one of the most trusted
clerks in the company's employ.
?ou needn't tell me that honesty
ioesri't have its own reward." "Very
true, very true," responded the slim
passenger. "I happened to know a
shrewd fellow on this line several years
ago who let no chance slip to put every
jar. fere he could into his own pocket.
Be kept up his stealing for two years
rod then stopped. Poor fellow?"
"The same old story," interposed the
Fof rtacc tinrrat* Vi o com o cMrr
Sicked off: now out of work and loafing^
on the edge of a drunkard's
^rave." "Oh, no; not by a large majority.
He's now one of the big stockloiders."?Buffalo
News.
There is something very stranee
about the cost of electric lighting. In
Toronto the cost is 62 cents per light
per night. In Winnipeg the cost is
?1.25, which is said to De accounted
for by the fact that coal is dear. In
Retehestor the cost is 40 cents a night
This is accounted for by the fact that
the dynamos arc run by water power.
But that being so, how is it accounted
for that in Ottawa, where water-powei
is also used, the cost is only 22 cents a
liorlit?"?Toronto Globe.
A statistician has found that the average
age of man in the past forty
years has advanced three years. This
is partially duo to the toughening qualities
'in the modern adulteration of
foods and liquors. Logwood port wine,
molasses whisky, oleomargarine, glucose,
cotton oil, and other vegetable
and mineral constituents of the refresh*
ment supplies were strangers to the
guvu Wiu. tuuto. . r ,a ^
9
The Hand-Organ Man's Little GirL
From nine in thf> niornirurtill six at nijfht?
A weary march for the strongest Teet?
She trudges along:, a pitiful sigrht.
To be seen every day In the city street.
She is Ured, and hunpry, and cold and wet;
She trembles with wretchedness where she
stands: V.- ...
But she knows if she falters a moment, shell
feet '
A cruel, hard blow from the cruel hands.
Her tambourine 1eeis as heavy as lead:
She wearily shifts it from side to side:
Her poor little knuckles are bruised and red;
Her pale, sunken eyes show how much she
; hascricd. ..
But she must keep step with the gayest tunes,
"With merry, quick flings of'her tambourine:
'And watch for the crowds, in the late afternoons.
How soon they forget the sad face|hey have
6ecn!
Oh. how do yon think she feels when she sees,
In the pleasant parks on a sunny day,
. The rows of nurses, all takinz their ease.
With ccuaren wno ve noiamg- 10 ao dui
play?
"Who have nothing to do but play!"?The
thought! "' "
She can not imagine it, if she tries?:
Nor how such wonderful playthings are
bought,?
The dofis that can walk and open their eyes!
"Who have nothing to do but play!" It
seems
To her that such children in Heaven live.
Not all her wildest, most beautifA'dreams
A happiness greater than that d.uld giro.
Oh, children, who've nothing to but play,
. And are always happy, do not wget
The poor little children who worloill day,
And are tired, and hungry, and cold, and
wet! .
?H. H., in the Christinas St Nicholas.
t6e* artist's, bomance.
Alfred ^p.rt was an artist, as yet unknown
to fame. 3c llnd .aafea pictnre
to the Acadumy; and it haa been refused.
Nowise cast down bj^this fail
tire, he resolved to try again, ne
called himself persevering; liis friends
called him obstinate; and his enemies
said that he had mistaken his vocation,
and ought to have been a house painter.
Our hero had his fair share of conceit,
and, believing in himself, laughed
at his friends aud dispised his enemies.
It must be confessed that as far as
outward appearance went, Alfred Hart
looked every inch an artist?that is,
the popular idea of one?with his long
hair, soft hat and velvet coat
Disgusted with the bad taste of the
"Academy," Alfred Hart betoek him
SUil IU .LUC auusiuy, otivt "iiuuj a iuir
ous article on favoritism to the newspaper.
which was not inserted.
Some day, Alfred Hart felt, he would
be appreciated; but, in the meantime,
he would have probably starved, had it
not been for a maiden aunt who allowed
him so much a month in order that
he might pursue his studies.
He had been pursuing his studies a
very long time?being now, when our
story opens, thirty-seven.
Alfred Hart, on arriving at the seaside,
went immediately in search of a
lodging, his artistic paraphernalia under
his arm.
At the first house he presented himself
he had a very unploasent rebuff.
"You're an artist! No, thank you!"
said the landladv, "I couldn't take you
in."
"Why not?" asked our hero.
"Because," said the landlady, puttin^
her arms akimbo, "I've heard that
artists don't pay."
"You are very insulting, madam!"
crid Alfred Hart, indignantly. "Who
made such a scandalous libel on our
honorable profession?"
"I'm a plain-spoken woman," went
on the landlady, "and I speak out
straight. My sister onco let her rooms
to an artist"
"And the result?"
"Was that he never paid! I'd much
rather take a pork-butcher than an artist,
and that's the truth!"
"There is a bla^k sheep in every
flock," observedHart "I can
- tenure jwthat I pay
"If that's the case, 'said the sharp
seaside landlady, "you'll have no objection
to paying in advence."
"None at all!" said Alfred grandly,
for he had just received a remittance
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irom cue aunt oeiore menuoneu. ~x jul
pay you in advance if the apartments
suit Let n c see them."
"This way, sir," observed Mrs. Law,
i. little more civilly. "Mind the steps,
the passage is rather dark."
The rooms suited Alfred Hart very
well, and he took them thero and then.
"Being an "artist," said Mrs. Law, as
she stood in the parlor by the window,
"you will enjoy the view."
xhe view consisted of a long line of
mud, for the tide had run out.
"Yes! I shall be veir comfortable
here, no doubt," said Alfred,. sinking
into an arm-chair that had a broken
spring. "I suppose you have been here
too long to enjoy the prospect"
Mrs. Law confessed that she didn't
see much in it herself, as she rattled
the "two weeks in advance" in tier
pocket.
When alone, when Mrs. Law had
left the apartment, Alfred took the
wrapper from the*rejected picture, and
gazed upon it.
He was looking at it still when Mrs.
Law entered the room bringing in the
tea things. Now, Mrs. Law was a
woman of the world, and understood
people's weaknesses.
"Why, what a beautiful picture!"
she cried, lifting up her hanas in affected
admiration. "Did you draw
that, sir?"
"Yes!" said Alfred, with a pardonable
glow of pride. "I painted that
picture."
"It's just lovely!" crid Mrs. Law.
."Mrs. Law," cried the gratified arA?
o y-r\ o rtrAman nf
cernment! You have a soul! You can
appreciate art! Shake hands with me,
madam."
Mrs. Law readily acquiesced; the
artist looking very happy indeed.
"2iever saw such a daub in my life,"
observed Mrs. Law, when in the passage;
"but it don't do no harm to flatter
lodgers up. I'll charge him something
for extras." /'.<*That
night Alfred Hart had happy
dreams, despite the hardness of his bedHe
dreamed that he was President of
the Royal Academy, and that he would
allow no pictures there but hi3 own.
He awoke too soon to the hard reality,
and went down to his breakfast,
which consisted of weak tea, and a few
diminutive shrimps, and not very inviting
bread and butter.
After breakfast our hero went for a
stroll by the'ever-restless sea, the wind
blowing his long hair over his head.
A few excursionists made some uncomplimentary
remarks about Alfred
Hart; but he, being used to them, took
no notice, beyond casting disdainful
glances at the low creatures.
He had proceeded on his way about
half-a-mile, when he came upon a
young lady who, not knowing that
anyone was in sight, was seated on a
rock busily engaged in taking some
stones out of her sand shoe, and, in so
doing,, revealing a charming ankle.
Now, our hero was, as we know, a
man of artistic taste, and, therefore,
gazed upon the girl with admiring eyes,
thinking that he would much like" to
paint her in that very attitude.
That afternoon, as he was having his
dinner, the same young lady passed his
window.
"Do yon know her?" asked Alfred
abrtmtlv. looking at his landlady who
was pouring him out a glass of ale.
' "Who?"
"That young lady who has just passed
the window; the young lady who
wears red stockings."
"Why, Mr. Hart, how observant you
are!" observed Mrs. Law, going to the
window. "Oh! that's Miss Daffodil
Nixon. Her father is something in the
city; very well-to-do indeed, they say.
She is his only daughter. The man
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who marries her will be a lucky fellow.
Excuse me for saying it Mr. Hart, but
a good-looking fellow like you might
have a chance."
"So I might," said Alfred, much
pleased; "but how am I to get introduced?"
"Ah! that's the difficulty," remarked
o Vi o off-fir o
titiLLS? ijau* uuv mwvi. w
moments reflection: "Her father always
goes every evening to the parlor
of "The Pirate and Admiral," and
takes a glass; you might get into conversation
with him."
"You've hit it!" said Hart delightfully;
he felt that the fair Daffodil was
already his, We have already fold the
reader that Mr. Alfred Hart had a very
good opinion of himself.
"If I win her," thought Alfred, 'Til
put such handsome frames to my pictures."
Delay is always dangerous. Our hero
did not allow the grass to grow under
his feet No, he knew better.
That very evening, dressed in his
best, he showed himself at the parlor of
"The Pirate and Admiral."
John Nixon was seated at the end of
the table, with a long pipe in his mouth
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?eviueuujr lit; luuugui a gieui< uca.1 Ui
himself.
But our hero did not find it so easy
as he thought it would be to make John
Nixon's acquaintance.
He was a grumpy, surly fellow, and
hardly answered * Alfred when he
spoke.
After three evenings spent in vainly
trying to make friends, Alfred Hart
gave it up in despair. However, chance
aid for onr hero what scheming could
not do.
One afternoon Miss Daffodil, happening
to fall asleep, was caught by the tide.
She awoke to find herself on a little island
of sand surrounded by water.
Now, the probability is that had
there not been a young man present,
Miss Daffodil would have rushed
through the water, which was not
quite two feet in depth; but a gentleman
beinsr in the way, she gave vent to
a little shriek, saying:
"Save me! Save me!"
The gentleman was no other than
Albert Hart, and .without the least hesitation,
after casting a glance at the
familiar red stockings?for Miss Daffodil
had gathered her skirts round her?
plunged into the water like the hero he
was.
"I will save you!" he cried.
"You are brave, noble!" she cried,
and the fair Daffodil threw her arms
round his neck.
Once more he plunged through the
rising water, and they were soon on dry
land.
"I am saved!" said the girl, still entwining
her arms round Alfred's neck,
?fair Sower as she was. "How can I
ever thank you sufficiently for vour
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gaiiant conaucir
' Don't mention it," said Alfred halfchoked
by the girl's fair arms. "It's a
pleasure to risk one's life for one so
beautiful."
Now it must be confessed that Miss
Daffodil was not what might be called
beautiful, though a fine-looking girl oi
about five-and-twenty summers.
The next day, and the next, and after
that they met on the beach, walking
side by side, the pleasant sound of the
restless waters in their ears.
She told him everything about herself,
for Miss Daffodil was very frank?
how she had money in ber own right,
and how her father did not wish her to
marry, because he would loose it
At length, one lovely evening, our
hero asked the all-important question.
"Daffodil, dearest Daffodil!" he said,
"I have loved you "
"U.ii, Aiirea: mamg ner Diusnmg
face in lier hands.
"I have loved you," went on Alfred,
"ever since I first saw those yellow
sand-boots and red stockings."
"You wicked AJfrod!" said Miss Daf
-rocmrpmeliing him.
"Darling, will you be mine?"
Of course she said yes, and the artist
was rendered the happiest of men,
looking forward to the" time when he
could touch her money.
On meeting her on the following
evening, Alfred suggested that they
should elope.
"Where to?" asked Dafiodil.
Til take you to my aunt's," replied
Alfred.^ "We will remain with her until
onr marriage. "
"Will she like me?" asked Daffodil.
"Everyone who sees you must like
you," said Alfred. He knew only too
well that his aunt would be glad to
tiear that he had married a fortune.
"Everybody don't see me with your
eyes,1' remarked Daffodil.
"Confound his insolence!" cried a
loud voice, and turning round, Alfred
saw Daffodil's father tucking up his
sleeves.
"Did you address such language to
me, sir?" asked Alfred trying to look
fierce but trembling in his shoes.
"Yes. rrr!"
"Then I think I'd better go. Farewell,
dearest!" looking at Daffodil, "but
hoc iorever.
And, with these parting words, he
fled leaving father and daughter toge
thee.
It was not forever. He met Daffodil
on the following night, and, taking her
to the station, took the train for London.
Alfred's aunt received his future
bride with enthnsiasm, thinking that
through her she would be relieved of
her nephew's keep.
Three weeks afterwards they were
married, and the artist felt that his
triumph was complete.
A few days after their marriage Alfred
wrote to his father-in-law to tell
him what had happened. The answer
I'Aiivb 'jitrnc uav;*w uj ictuiii ux j^uoi oowuished
him.
"Sir,?I am glad to get her off my
hands. I wish you luck. You'll find
that $he has a deuce of a temper.?
Yours faithfully,
"John Nixon.1'
Her father only spoke the truth-r
Daffodil had a deuce of a temper; but
Alfred would not have cared for that,
had she possessed money. She had not
a farthing in the world, and Alfred
found that he had been thoroughly
duped. But a worse mis fortune awaited
him. His aunt, thoroughly disgusted,
refused .to do anything more
for him.Thus,
left to his own resources, our
hero saw that he would have to say
farewell to art forever, for now he had
to keep himself and a wife.
ne triea anotner waic 111 me, ana,
when we last heard of him, was a commercial
traveller, doing; well. Is he
happy with his wife? We believe quite
as happy as most husbands are, for
Daffodil, with all her faults, is very
fond of her Alfred.
The existing depression in trade is
by no means confined to this country,
but is quite general throughout Europe,
and especially is complaint made of the
hard times and actual destitution existing
in the north of England, caused
in the main by a cessation of shipbuilding.
No mine is worked at full
time, and wheat growers say the crop
does not pay the wages. It is an "on
year" for other countries as well as for
A morino
A regiment of snow-shoe clubs is under
consideration at Montreal. It is
pointed out that snow shoes in the
event of a Winter campaign would
prove very usefuL The Government is
to be asked to provide arms and accoutrements,
the clubs furnishing their
own accoutrements and other requis-1
itea.
A Tennesseean boasts that he has
kept a diary for twenty-eight years
without missing a day. i
Fate of a Magazine Article.
I walked into the ofifce of Scribner^s
Magazine, some years ago with a manuscript.
Dr. Holland looked at it and
paid me $125 for it. I was rejoiced at
the chance of seeing; myself in snch respectable
print .The next month I
bought the first copy of the magazine
that illuminated the stands, rushed into
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a bail way to niae my Diusnes, ana
glanced it through. Alas! my article
was not there. The next month I bought
it again, expectation still soaring. The
production was still unaccountably delayed.
Next month ditto. Next, next,
next, ditto, ditto, ditto. At the end of
the year it had cost me $5 in cash and
$25 in disappointment. It was the
rosy month of May, 1874, when I first
walked in so hopefully and out so joyously.
Ten years have since sped
and I have been gazing through the
magazine for my ambitious contriburirtn
pvpr sinfA. In hasn't aDDeared:
yet the magazine has constantly improved.
I have spent the $125. Stepping
into the Century office some two
years ago I mentioned the little matter
to Mr. Gilder. He sent a youth to ransack
the massive cavcms of the establishment,
and out of the midst of twenty
delinquent tons he dragged forth my
manuscript, somewhat unkempt and
dishevelled, but evidently ready for
business. I tried to imagine how many
thousands of times it had been read
i and thoughtfully replaced. "It will
fall into its predestined niche in due
time," said Mr. Gilder, smiling. Next
time I go in there I am going to ask
him to give it to me so that I can sell
it to the Harpers.?W. A. Croffut in
New York World.
The Value of Eloquence.
Every day's experience proves that
the Dower of public speaking is not only
absolutely essential to the most moderate
success in many professions, but
is indispensable to the highest grades in
all. In Congress, at the bar, in tha
pulpit, it is, of course, necessary from
the very outset, if the very least eminence
is to be looked for. But not only
in the professions of which oratory
is the very foundation, but in every
case of life where a certain degree of
eminence has been attained, it becomes
of equal importance, and the want of it
will be equally felt. The merchant and
the manufacturer, even the soldier and
sailor, when they rise to eminence in
their nrofessions, are called on to speak
in public, and grievously suffer if they
can not do so. Many a gallant spirit
which never quailed before an enemy
has been crushed and his reputation injured
by inability to speak in a public
assembly or to answer appropriately a
complimentary speech at a public dinner.
Indeed, the influence of public
speaking in this country is not only
great, but daily increasing, and it confers
influence and distinction often far
beyond the real merits of the speaker,
and, for its want, the most solid or
brilliant party in other respects can
make no comparison. The great body
of men invariably impute inability to
speak in public to want of ideas,
whereas, in reality it generally arises
from want of practice, and often coexists
with the greatest acquirements and
the most brilliant genius.?Cincinnati
Enoutrer.
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GOOD, "
BETTER AND BEST
Our entire stock of Whiskies consists of
A nothing but
GOOD, BETTER AND BEST!
To those who favor us with their patronage
we guarantee to always give ttsm
their money's worth both in quality and
quantity. Try the
HOTEL BAR,
and be convinced of the fact tliat you- always
get the best in the market.
HAFNER & HEXDRIX.
timmnnnnn nnrnm
HiMMMU mm.
The undersigned takes pleasin
informing the people of Fairfield
County and the traveling public that he
has taken charge of the WINNSBORO
HOTEL, and is now prepared to receive
both permanent and transient boarders.
The building has just been repainted
and put in first-rate condition throughout.
The table will be supplied with the best
that the local and neighboring markets ,
afford, and no pains will be spared to insure
the comfort of guests.
A Sample Room is provided, convenient
ly arranged for the" use of Commercial
Travelers.
TEEMS REASONABLE.
A share of the public patronage is re- !
spectfully solicited.
A. F. GOODING,
Proprietor.
Sep6fxtf
:KiNiL
The Death Knell
?a:
A. WILLIFO
WE OFFER FOR THE
Worth of CLOTHING, in
CENTS on th
Also a few Boys' Suits?for
age?;at fifty cents on the dol]
A large lot of Cloaks and D
Bring your money along no1
GAINS.
NEW FTJ]
-Al
HOUSEHOLD
AT PRICES TO S
SLL$C VELVET AND PLUSH PICTU
most stylish.
Anew supply of Oil Window Shades, cb
A new supply of Patent Step Ladders?1
SEWING MACHINES at reduced prices
Oar Platform is low tariff on all goods u
trade and result in the greatest good to bo!
prices.. Deal only in good and reliable g<*
A poor article is aear at any price. Use nc
its merits, and at its true value.
Have one uniform low price and give ev
TVf A T1VT
II ^Vl.\
HURRAH! FOR THE
TCfi
?c
THE HOST GOODS FOJ
c
My stock of Ladies Dress Goods is ec
Cashmere?all Wool. The Cheapest
t'his market. Dress Ginghams in all
line of Dress Flannels, Sack Flannel*
goods will sell themselves if you will
ft /> 4. J T)Ua%
r>ruwu, vtktucv aim
TOWELS AND DOYLIES
A. splendid stock of Blankets and Be
Wliite and Brown Bleacliings and
White and Gray,. Slowe'g Balmorals,
OTTIR, Q-CTSTTS'
These Goods are bound to sell. Tbei
latest styles. My stock of CLOTHDf
-MY STOCK OF GENTS' FURNIS
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, J
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Call and be convinced of these fac
LQUJ
insmnd ilin nAtinnn !
Muullu Uiu uUiliul.
FRESH OYSTERS
three times every week, i
FRESH FISH
semi-weekly:
JUST RECEIVED, a fresh supply of
Oyster Crackers, Soda Biscuits,
Ginger and Fancy Cakes,
Tomato Catsup, Bradsaw Sauce,
jfrencn Mustard, rig's Feet,
Barrel Pickles, Barrel Saur Kraut,
Apples, Onions and Cabbages,
Peanuts, Chestnuts, Lemons, i
Oranges, Bananna^, Cocoanuts, '
Irish Potatoes, Chickens,
Eggs and Butter.
ALSO,
The CELEBRATED KANGAROO FIYECENT
CIGAR.
??T Meals at all hours through the day
at my Restaurant.
Nov25 F. W. HABEN1CHT.
DYES.
i
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
DIAMOND DYES'
-ANDEXTRACT
OF LOGWOOD
Just received and for sale at the Drag Store
W. E. AIKEN.
WANTED. i
COTTON SEED I COTTON SEED I!
<
I will pay (15c.) fifteen cents cash per
Bushel for 10,000 Bushels SOUND DRY t
COTTON SEED, delivered to me at this ;
place before the first of next November. 1
Will exchange Cotton Seed Meal for Cot- a
ton Seed. , -U
J. B. FBiZlEB,
Oct 17-x3m . Strotbers, S.C.^ 4 '
of Hig& Prices I
x' Jsr
r?
_RD & CO :8.
NEXT .THIRTY DAYS.
nHBBflffl -
>00
odds and ends, at FIFTY .
e DOLLAR.
J
boys from 5 to 12 years ol
lar.
oinians at HALF PRICE.
' . ' - ' r- ' . w
and get some good BARA.
WILLIFORD & CO.
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DECORATIONS j
mSSIII 1
HIT THE TIMES.
r\ -
EE FRAMES?the clieapest,. newest and
eaper than the cheapest
ie best made and the cheapest ' .
sed by the people, as low prices Increase
fch buyer and seller. Values mast govern
xls?making the prices as low as possible,
i misrepresentation. Sell ev?iy article oa
:ry purchaser the benefit
B. W PHILLIPS.
facts: |
CHEAPEST STORE IN
VNI
r K J: > S'-.A . *y* ' "1 '
& THE LEAST HORSY Z
3 23s *
mplete, consisting..of Ladies' Black igs&rr*
lot of Dress Worsted ever, brought to
the latest colors. Also a splendid
5, Ladies' Waterproof?cheap. These
look at them. Velveteens?Blue,
3, AND TOWEL LINEN.
' ?X? . ***> \ *?-.>
3 Spreads, Lindseys, Canton Flannel,
Unbleached Homespun, Drillings,
Hoop-skirts, Sec., &c* ?s
? wer? picked out from aatoiitf the
G, for durability, caanot be excelled.
>HING GOODS IS COKPLETE.3HOES
AND TRUCKS. :ts.
Polite attention ffivea to ?it
1 SAMUELS.
FOB SALE.
WMieMi Eiulenl
waoons.
ALSO Df STORE :
SADDLES, BRIDLES
HARNESS, ' , t
BACON, - MEAL
OOKHi
4. /*" * '** i ' . -. *
DRY GOODS, - NOTIONS,
sZite-di :; , ,..',^1 ' I
SHOES
INDUCEMENTS FOR CASH.
sr'^iSqfl : ' *&?$?& v ??. %*>. ._
ULTWSE O. BESPOKIES^I
TITftfr a TIT* r * r ?i*\ ?.
j udi Afiivi vniu: a
JB
A FRESH STOCK OP GROCERIESM
insisting of ~
.-2 4BB
SUGARS, COFFEES, TEAS, AC. fl
I FINE LOT EARLY ROSE P0TAT01S
CANNED GOODS. JbBI
Salmon, Sardines, Tomatoes, Pefl
Jorn, Pears, Pineapple, etc.
We have just received a nic^H
Cigars and Tobacco?Chewing mm
no Pnll on/? fre^Am T** fkiH 1
,s all other goods, we guaranjfl
atisfaction, both in quality anfl
FBOPST m