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VOL. XLII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1885. NO. 17. k VGil'is. * 01:, World-God, give me Wealth!" the "Egyptian cried. His prayer was granted. High as heaven, behold Pulaco and pyramid: the brimimnsrtidc Of 'avish Xii." wa?he?l al! his land with sold. . A i tiiiesnf s nves Toiled ant-wise at his feet, p V>'- i !d-cirel n. ir:-fflc roared thiouirh mart and ^ .*?r-ft. His wriest* were irode. his fD.'ce-baimed kings . enshrined, | Set death at naught in rock-ribbed charnels ^ deep. Seek Pharaoh's race to-day and ye shall find Ku.*t and the moth, silence and dusty sleep. jCm* "Oh. World-God, give ine Beauty!" cried the >. G reek. H -s prayer was sranted. All the earth be came P .;-tic nnd vocal to his sense: each peak. I jrrove, ^ach stream, quick with Prome^ thean flame. I' : pled the world with imaged grace and light. T lyre was and his the breathing might O -.he immortal marble, his the play , O. diamond-pointed thought and golden tonsrue. G seek the sunshine-race, ye find to-day A broken column and a lute unstrung. "0'?. World-God. give me power!" the Roman * cried. H - pruyrr warranted. The vast world was chained * A captive to the chariot of his pride. The blood < t myriad provinces was drained To feed that fierce, insatiable r( d heart. 7n vulnerably bulwarked every part. V. ith serried legions ar.d with close-mesbed Code. Within, the burrowing wo tin bad gnawed its home. A r< ( flfRs ruin stands where once abode 1 ho imperial race of everlasting- Rome. "Oh, Godhead, give me Tru^h!" the Hebrew cried. K s prayer was granted; he became the slave . O; tlie Idea, a piiarritn far and wide, * Curwd, hated, spurned, and scourged with none to save. Ti c Pharaohs kftew him, and when Greece ttche'd. i~ i His wisdom worathe hoary crown of Eld. livauty he hath forsworn and wealth and jK-.wer. s Sv?.-k him to-day. and find In every land. lire consumes him. neither floods devour, IpomortaLthroTiiffh the lamp within his hand. I. ?Emma L??trtw. in November Century. , ?: hat 3i n r." Eugene Sylvestrc. tail, well proportioned, blonde, and mustached, stood with watchful, albeit rather sleepylooking, eves near a crowded corner N , of Stale street In our busy, bustling, well-bcpraiscd city. He was leaning, with a languid gracc, peculiar to bis kind, against one of those aesthetic j posts impressed of late years into tho postal service of our country, and as I c leaned there he softly hummed a verse of-which the only audible words 1 were "good ui^ht, ladies." The young and talented gentleman here introduced was a gentleman, courteous, brave, and kind, and one of fortune's favorite sons. He was also the city editor of 'Jhe Morning .-coop v anup. mosi brilliant and influential ol our city journals. and he was in that k particular place at this particular time in patient search after that tiiiug which his soul loved?an item. ? The sun was shining with almost southern intensity, and Sylvestre, who, 1 I should have told you, was of south - ern birth, had only to close his eye^>; ; , little more than usual and stand neai^ J one of Italia's palatial pomologicafc - - - emporiums 10 ue iraaspuneu, Aiauuialike, to bis childhood's home, had h#& so willed it. In the throng of pedestrians and the v hurrying of vehicles this cynical young sjjr man saw nothing that to his intelligent eye was more than an oit-told tale. He continued his observations^' from force of habit, or, rather, from ^ that instinct bom with the rightful j . - member of ihe fourth estate. He stood t "as PJ35 who slept and dreamed; all J ^ things to a:m unreai seemed," when, lo! one of those fortunes that favor the t . brave. A rustling of silks, a tapping , o: tiny boot-heels, a gay but subdued - . cuime of charming laughter, a bewildering glimpse of scarlet lips and eyes that suggested black velvet and black * fvfl /% !? /v f kivt/wa L _ uiuiiuo, au- tuvoc uiouawnug tuxu^a in fact that have disturbed the peace l* ' of mon since LUith, first beloved, k dawned on Adam. It was but a moment, and the vision had passed him : before our hero had fairly opened his eyes. His mind was for once rippled, and like some "inspired idiot" it feeble intermixed girls and houris and - ' * 1 M ?-!_ __ TT- J other mythological aosuramcs. nau ie, the ubiquitous' reporter for long, long days aud weeks, who had worn -out innumerable pairs of shoes tramp'* " "5ng the city from end to end until his ' present dignity was fairly won?could. he have dwelt within knowledge of that thing of loveliness and failed to make her his by right of discovery? Out with the thought She must be a stranger, perhaps a Peri from the gate; of Eden wandering disconsolate. In fact, the passers-by were two very' good-looking Chicago girls (they' Kaon roro AfQA* nuuiu uaio uwu ^ where), but, by the bow of Cupid, one l had he seen, and only one, and she had fired his southern souL He f started forward in time to catch the last glimmer of silk as she passed into the dry-goods palace on the . corner, then with a sigh was sinking back into , * * his old, restful position (Sylvestre was born tired), when, oh, rapture! there at his feet lay a dainty kid mitten! "'Sdeath!" ('Sdeath, oh, uninitiated "ifito the mysteries of newspaperdom, .iis the customary ejaculatory utterance , of t&e well-formed newspaper man of :the nineteenth century.)" "'Sdeath!" he ejaculated. It was ;hers. Instinct told him that. He ^seized it with even more avidity than it had been an item, and, with heart exultinglj beating, he hastily followed the ladies into the busy hive, where people were paecea ".use. piciues ia a jar. Upstairs and in the basement, glowering at the cash-boys and forgetting to smile on the lady clerks, from aisle to aisle, ho pursued his fruitless search, forgetful of the fact that it was a corner store with doors on two streets. Exhausted with such labors and the heat of the day, he muttered ' ' vocabulary word, and reluctantly aban&j^ed the search, pocketed his t precious .'.'find," and betook himself to his office, iLexp to seek forgetfulness in his accustomed way. The next morniij"z, the columns of the ' paper whose staff he so brilliantly ornamented, appeared conspicuously this, legend: WANTED?The lady who yesterday lost v on State stree:, near ?, a red-stitched, fur .trimmed, fleece-lined kid mitt, will confer a favor'on th" finder by sending the other vOn.> to X Go, Daily Scoopcmup. * * -X- -x- ? it Pretty Miss Alice Ringham in her own especial room next morniug, sitting bolt upright, with a. stare of astonishment read the above modest re Aiico was a child of wealth, fashion, and refinement, but she had a brother, and in her moment of surprise, we regret to say, her language in nf fhic nonr rr*l;i? live. She said, with emphasis, too: "Well, he has a gail!" Suddenly she leaned bacK in her chair, and peal after peal of laughter floated musically 1 i i l -?TJ~?, mOUUti IICX ucuuuiu: i wui. jav tr o uv/~ cessfully this fair lisiier of men had baited her hook and caught her fish will be seen further ou. Having laughed to her heart's content, she % mused a mbrn-nt, then rose, attired i % herself to go forth conquering and to 1 conauer, and went, as she said, "to i beard the lion in his very den." An hour later Mr. Sylvestres' unmanageable heart thumped more fiercely than ever, and he felt more limp and feeble than in all his life before, as he was eonfrouted in his sanctum by yesterday's vision of beauty. H > oow.ui Ueepi? and presented ner a eh:;ir. smiied sweetly and accepted it. Tlieu a pause. He with expectant look, trying to appear at ease, heard his heart beating like muffled thunder, and was positive she did. His cheeks were aflame, and his hand shook as he fumbled aimlessly among the papers ? ? f? _ < i.. : on n?s uesK. one was me ii.ua.gu ui high-bred repose. It seerucd to him that years of silence were intervening; in fact only, the proper interval had elapsed when she said in her cattiest tone: "There was a very extraordinary article in your paper this morning." "Advertisement," he corrected; then flushed to the temples at his asinine rudeness, and indiscretion. If he had betrayed himself, however, she did not appear to sec it. She inuocently at- I tri'outed his knowledge of her meaning liic noirsnnnor nprsniefu;itr. Ho I "v "?T"x I r j felt the perspiration running down his back and wilting up Ins celluloid collar, but she was as cool as the biggest one in a "lodge of cucumbers." "Yes, the advertisement," she meekly assented; "did you not think it a very strange one?'' Yes, he did. "I was on State street yesterday," she continued in her soft tone, looking straight at him, "and i ciroppeu me 'mitt1 referred to; at least, this one bears a resemblance to that as described." She laid it before him. "Yes, that is its mate!" he exclaimed, when? "How do you know?" she asked, looking suspiciously at him; but this tim^ he was prepared, and had his little lie quite ready, if necessary, :ts it was. "Oh, I saw the other when the fellow came last night." "The fellow? it was a man, then." "Ye?yes?oh?yes. Some fellow picked it up. I saw it when ho came in ruhhinc his rhin rintl lookino* anv * " ""t ***e ' * o * where but at her. v "O yes,-of course you would see it then. How stupid I am!" with a smile; then, as he deprecated such self-slander: "O yes, I am. [ sometimes do the tuost ridiculous things. You could scarcely believe then'. As I don't wish to shock you, though. I won't enlighten you," -looking innocently at hini and reading his silly, adoring soul as if it were the page of an open book. He l ?t ~ uujjhh to s;iy soiuuLuuig, hucii sue agj^.ajKtket "Paiifratfis the qstttlelt it with you?" I can get it for vou." At^; tlRs moment it was lying; - fairly:, scSSeS"1 with perspiration as he couid framing , ^meoi.d<^^.wj6ll; " say; de'vintio'iis'from truth. Syivestre had never reiiizbd .until yesterdaj-Jfiit fye had a He^P^ibat now he hatT^rcal' serious thtIpgkisi as to whether ft might not junij>.ont of his throat,.where it was at present' chiefly located? he thought, aa^foliow her departing: footsteps. 3Jo:c, of their talk we1 need not repeat-' Hail cho^ men in-, town and all the girls can fiti it out satisfactorily. She ifirbsfettf deltefet, iTnd save him gr::c16iis!y her 6ar<!;Tbr h&vras to come and "report progress." He sat down and lost himself in a blissful reverie, and she went home, "walking on air," and all that warm day. went singing and "carrying on" about the house until she made her mother "actually nervous with her lidgeting." O O * * * * * * * Six months later, after a brilliant and fashionable wedding at a brilliant and fashionable church, and a charminrr wnrMinor innrnov Mr. finrl Mrs. "*n " v?.-j j J, Eugene Sylvestre, comfortably ensconced in their own luxurious home on Michigan avenue, once more hold sweet converse anent "lhat mitt"? that fortunate "mitt." He, after the manner of men, has been telling her, perhaps for the hundredth time," how fortunate it was that that fellow who found "that mitt" had co'me to The * coopemup to advertise it. and so given him the precious opportunity. Here we will draw the curtain kindly, and resume farther on. Mrs. Sylvestre, loquitur: "And dear, Nearest Eugene, do let me say further that it ivas a mitten, not a 'mit.' None but a man would have called it so.> And still more, my dear Eugene, didNit never occur to you that a 'fur-trimmed, fleece-lined kid mitt' wrnwony -fr\y noc >WUU^14UWJ " Uk ua ?? VU4 AVA. a uvu summer's day? Did it not, dear Eugene," with a mocking tone impossible to imitate, "ever seem possible that, a lady might by accident have had such a mitten in her shopping-bag and chosen to drop, not the handkerchief?that is tho Sultan's privilege, dear Eugene,?but the mitten, to tne man of her choice; enter a store by one door and leave it by another to prcveut pursuit, and? but listen while I tell you a little fable with an application: A young fox was onco. roving hither and thither, when she saw a goose. Her heart longed for that goose exceedingly, and she planned with subtiety to capture it. She " "You don't mean. Alice" he began. a curious expression dawning all over his face. "Yes, I do," laughingly defiant; "I wanted Mr. Sylvestre, and " 1 "You dropped that mitt purposely?" "With a iixed and settled purpose, sir!" with a flashing but somewhat tearful eye and sweeping courtesy. "Well"?a silence; then: "Woman is fearfully, and -w?" "Unfathomable, dear Eugene, unt UM* tlfTvo ( tiAM AA>nmr? lULUUUiiiU'iC iJL , IU&U WlUiU^ nearer, dropping her head on his shoulder,' and raisi ng her eyes as girls can, she whispered: "It teas wrong, and I am drcadfuily ashamed, but are you sorry?" "Xever! never!" But before these ungrammatically impetuous young people we will a second time kindly draw the curtain. He couldn't have been very sorry, for that was a month ago or more, and Justice Foote hasn't been called on yet, though they do live in Chicago.? Lucy M. Fox in Chicago Times. There is a wide difference as to customs and the unwritten rules of the printer's trade, in Iowa copy is numbered on the buck instead of on the front; in .Boston "takes on a daily newspaper are entered on a schedule book, so that the copy desk knows where every portion ot ati article may be. a rauaacipaia way says mat it you will trim your fingernails every Friday you will never have the toothache. She has practiced it for over twenty years, and it has never failed. THE DARKY AN"I) ills DOGS. Trying to t In* Question as to Which O io Ht! Woiihi l'art With. I was stoppin-r :it the house of a youn<r "laniLT, who owned a very fine ileum!, but :is hi* was no hunter lie hud no ction for his ?mnd. wnich was over-fond of spending ids time in the woods instead <>( ivnsainin r at bwue to please his master. An o:d darky on tlie olautation owned four cur doffs. and the young planter, 'thinking ho would be belter pleased with a big, bob-tailed "yailcr" tlojr than he was with his line hound.decided to go down to "Uncle Henry's c -.bit: :tnd make a trade, bein^r fuiiy convinced that "Uncle" Henry, who was quite a hunter, would jump at the chauce of gettiug a genuine burning dog for one of his curs. I accepted an invitation to go along and witness the trade. We found "Uncle" Henrv in his 1 i_i. >> ...u,,K*? "iruus. pilkVU, uujuiuiu^ mu U-JU^V, leaning 0:1 his hoe to see what his doirs were barking at when wc arrived. "Unclc Henry,1' said the owner of the hound. "I have come down to give you a good dog trade," and as one of the dogs, ;t simou-puro cur, came up wagging his ^tub tail, he added: "I will give you my line hound for this dog, as 1 uon't need a hunting dog.and oniy want a dog to lay around tho yard to frighten trumps." "Well, Mar's 13iliy. I'se allers ready forn trade, and wiliin' to obiige you," said Uncle Henry; "but I'se gwine to tell yer poin'dly dat bit be many a day oefore Uuele Henry and dat dog parts, unless some one knocks one oi us on ilc iiead. Why, Mar's Billy, bo's my main coon dog." "But, Uncie Henry," said he, "you have three otners. Besides, this hound ot miue will make a better hunting aog th..u either of your four." Pointing to one of the others he said: "Well, 1 will trade for that one." "i couldn't think of letting that one go, cause lie s my main possum dog, and, besides, he's got such a frcnly sort of way wid him. I sorter feel like uu's some Kin to us. Do ole woman neber would quit calling me all sorter Hard names if 1 let dat dog go out ob de family." "i uou't want your eoon dog nor your 'possum dog," said the planter; 1 just want a dog to lay about liie house, and i don't caro if he is good ivi iiuu o. aiu Willing IU yo;i u good, young houmi for your poorest dog. Trade mc that one," he said, pointing lo onu of the others. "Now I spec's dat houn' am mighty peert, an' 1 declar I would like to hab him, but dat dog you looking at wouldn't be no i;ood 10 you anyuow, for he wou't hunt nor do uufiin' but some sort of meanness. He'll steal the hoi meat on ten de pot or do bread often tin: tabie ebery chance he gets, au' de ole woman anil ebery one else dat comes about here done abuse him so much hit looks like I'm tie only freu' iiu s got icic. i gus awiui mail wuen i sees him a toting oil" a iioi piece of bacon de o;c woman cooked for my supper, but when dey ail beat him au' lie comes up to me to befren' him, I caA't help likiugium with 'all his mean* ness. i reckon i'se de oniy fren' he's got in de wor.d.and I knows it he goes up to your house he an' de missus gwine to.hub trouble, au' de poor dog will git killed." "Well. Uncic Henry," said the planter, ">\hy not trade for the other one?" "Mar's Billy," said Uncle Henry, "I neber would a believed you'd or ax me to part wid dat ole dog. Why, he's a f fn.ivj aIa .onil il an^t iii?U umv uvtuv \ v.ng Uivy t^uu uuu u you rocoliect when you was a boy and Uuclc Henry was straighter and a heap younger 'en what he is now, dc happy days aud nights me and dat old dog used to spend down in de bottom? Part wid dat oie dog? Why, Mar's Billy, if eber I git to be so mean I hopes do spercts ob de coons and de 'possums dat ole dog has cotchcd for mc won't ict me steep. You mought as well talk about parting me and de ole woman as to talk about partin<r me and dat ole dog. As long as dere's a little meal and bacon in tie cabin dar am three of us what will divide hit, an' dats me an' de ole woman an' de ole dog."?American Field. AH Hash to H.m. The daughter of a Boston merchant of great wealth, wide mercantile connections, and boundless hospitality was lately married. The western agent of the mcrchaut happened to be in towu, and, as the proud father was in crlfin/* okr-mf- ovorvlmr?v fri liis Hnilch ""u6 **vv"" -- ? ???eater's wedding, he invited the westerner too. The westerner came. He was uneasy, and shifted about from place to place in the house as if he were hunting for spots that suited, him better than those he had been in. He put his hands nonchalantly on things aud. touk (hem off :igai:i suddenly, as if he found them hot, and grinned familiarly at people ho had never seen before, and then suddenly drew his features back with a ghastly solemnity. It seeii a 10 uc an ocuasiuu oi great aim overwhelming novelty to him. Wiien the refreshments came around he was inclined to light shy of pretty nearly everything, it was as if he" proposed to take (.n a little Boston formality, now that he was in Boston, and require an introduction to every dish. His host saw that he wasn't eating much, and came arouud to sec about it. "Why, you aru't eating anything, Mr. West," he said, "can't I help you to something" "No, I thauk you,"said, tiic westerner, "I ain't very hungry to-night I reckon l'Te eat enough." Just then a waiter came along with some croquettes. "Mr. West, take one of those croquettes, I think you'll like them; take one, take one." The westerner took one. He punched it with his fork, laid it open a bit and examined it critically. Then ho tasted it and exclaimed: "Gosh! Hash!"? tioston llccord. "A Hindoo Lady" who wrote a letter to the Times of India on infant marriage has sent another remarkable communication to the same paper on the subject of enforced widowhood. She writes bitterly of what she describes as the "brutalized human nature" that could lose sight of the dif- i ference between aciiildwidow of 6 and a matron widow of 69; and provide for -I.--. i:r~ 1 me innocent mim uuu iue ut misery which is the invariable lot of the Hindoo widow. Siic tells how diroctly after the husband's death the widow's hair is cut off aud hvr ornaments are taken away; how she must thenceforth wear the coarsest clothcs and cat the most unsavory food. Her presence is eKnnnft/l miJ chi? hAAft'mAS flirt lpiip.l* OiiVlUUU'l VhUX* VVVVU4WW *"v of society, doomed to pass iier lilc in seclusion. A True Sfot-y. . % "Let mc tell you' a hide story?a true, sweet little- story?about our- old farm," said the passenger from Indiana. "On our farm we have a big barn, full to the rafters with tbe fragrant hay, aud buck of the barn is a fragrant horse-pond. My father? noble old man, with a gray beard, kindly eyes, a pleasant word to every body, ana one suspender supporting a pair of baggy breeches patched with red?my deaf old father, with his watchful eye for the economies of agriculture, con-eluded that the fragrant horse-pond "that glistened in the sunlight and) studied toward heaven would be a1 good place to raise geese. So he bought, a goose of a neighbor and set her on a. dozen eggs. It happened that one of. these eggs was a hen's c?g, and it! hutched out a rooster. Tijis young! rooster survived the oerils of infancy? imimps, chicken cholera, rats, stones, and loo big a dinner of potato bugs and paris green, and srew to manhood's estate a buruptious, crowing, > ambitious young rooster. His haJfJ sisters just loved him, and the talc of family affection which I now tell you is tiie prettiest thing 1 ever saw in naturo; with till her wondrous examples for men. This young rooster got to feeling very well one day. He thought . he was about seven feet high, and that he could lick the best rooster that ever walked a dunghill in that township. < Ho crew on the manure pile, and he crew on the corncrib, and he crew on me cowshed, and he asked one of his sisters to feel his muscle. Then > he started in tne direction ox a neiguuur, where he had heard a young rooster Iiltiug up his voico. He found that j oung rooster, and they called each other names, and made faces at each other, and questioned each other's maternity and integrity for a few minutes, when tiicy jumped up into the air and came togetucr. The birds twittered iti the tree-tops and nodded in their nests, : the bumble bee hummed toward bis home, the sun sank alow-down in the red west, and the boss cows told' the ?l:- r?, siucrs Liijs was UJU uuiu iu aucu. those gallant young roosters fought on. Feathers flew and blood spattered, and combs and gills disappeared, but still the battle raged, tioailv one poor young rooster was seen emerging from the smoke of battle.. There was a . dazed look* in his eyes. What there was 'eft of his tail drooped in the dust. He walked as if Ire were tired, and 'left a trail of blood behind iiim. It was our young rooster, auti tuo other rooster was alter him. He, too, had blood on his gills, but there was also blood in his eye. He meant business,but stopped to crow, "Then it was, sir, t--t those fowls of the barnyard gave me an illustration of the fact that kindness knows no lcind_ iind that the tenderness of'the. female is confined by no limits of breed, Two of those sweet young goslings woObled up to their beaten and bruised half-brother and gave him succor. One got on one side ot the sucker, and the other on the other, and they braced him up ami pushed him along toward iiouic. Oiiu-r sweet half-sisters came out aud guarded the rear of the retreating column. They jumped upon that victorious rooster, told him Jio should take somebody of his size, and tnat he ought to be ashamed of himself, ami threatened to olab to his fath er. Our young rooster was brought home, washed in the horse-pond and put to sleep under a manger. Every word of this is true. 1 saw the whole thing witli my own eyes, and the lust man thai called me a liar is still in the hospital. Have you got a cigar about your clothes?"?Lhtcago IIcruLd. He "Was H< w5i?i?j Glad. Love is a good deal like the car cable. remarks a writer in the San Francisco thron e'c. It is endiess, it goes on ail tiii time, but it doesn't matter a cent what .ar it is drawing. You've always got to pay fare, too, but whatever you put iyto the box is gone. There was a man in Oakland who had a sweetheart. I suppose there are several men in Oakland who have sweethearts,several who have the same sweetheart, several who have several cwoutlioirtj Rut. ihia nmn had one sweetheart whom he adored, as only a man who finds it hard to get a sweetheart and does not feel sure of her then, cau adore". He wanted something precious to keep for her sake. So he got permission of tho Central Pacific railroad and came over to San Francisco one afternoon. Afriond of his was going to Dresden and a happy tnougnt strucK mc lover. "I want you to do something delicate for me," he said to his friend. "What is it?" He took out of his pocket a photograph and a lock of hair. "Look at this. Isn't she lovely?" Well, she was about 45, broad-faced, with a chunky nose and the faintest sensation of a cross-eye. The lock of Hair was rea. i am uescnoiag a woman who eould not by any possibility exist in Oakland. I do not want to offend that city, I may want to live there some day. "Y-e-e-s. She's good looking." "When yon go to Dresden I want you to have a painting of her made on porcelain, a daisy. 1 don't care what it costs." "All right, old man, I'll do it" "Take caro of it wou't you??the lock of hair, I mean." "Certainl}*. Do you want to insure it?" The friend went to Europe and came back. In Dresden he bad made inquiries, and found what was required would cost $50. He made up his mind that anybody who wanted that girl painted and was willing to pay $50 for it was an idiot. So he came "back without the porcelain. He had been back some time, when he met the Oakland man on the street. Strangely enough the Oakland man avoided him, but he was cornered. vriuno: iroi duck., now uia you enjoy yourself/" Not a word about the commission. At last the 'Frisco man spoke up. By the wa}\ I priced those porcelain paintings in Dresden,and I thought you would not care to pay $50 for one, so I-" The Oakland man gave a jump of joy. He seized on the 'Frisco man's ^ 1 - ? i _ " 1- _ nana ana snoot it neany on. "I'm so howling glad von didn't? so howling glad. I've got another girl now, and there would have been tne devil to pay. Come and have a bottle of champagne." Young man?"I came in answer to the advertisement." Dentist?"Are you of a ch^erlul disposition?" "Sir, I could laugh at a funeral and play > i-i o rrr*> c-jvcnrfl " ?'T think I iu i* gi n i vj v.. ? you'll do. I want a young man of good address to issue forth from the operaiing-room at ten-minute intervals, looking as if he enjoyed it I; think it will tend to encourage the real '; victims."?Philadelphia Call. GETTING COLDER. A Prospect for Lojjj; Winters and Short Summers. That the climate of more than one region near or within ihc Arctic Cir ib ?iu>vm^ rnuiu ;iuu muic julitis* pitable, is indicated by "jwral circumstances. For several years past there has been a considerable immigration of the people of Iceland in to that part of North Atnorioa which lies iust north of Minnesota. If the winters of that : hyperborean section are more merciful than those of their own country, it can be no cause for wonder licit the people of Iceland are so easrorto qu;t tiieir native land. For a thousand yt-ars their aucestors had liv<;d ?.n that lonely northern isle, and got along comfortably, so far as is known; but the increasing rigors of the climate :or the past twenty or thirty years appear to have disheartened even the nativu Icelanders. Dr. Kane speaks of a similar state of things existing among the Esquimaux along the shores ol Baffin's )&j.and Smithy Sound; -he says these "Jfoor people are rapidly and surely dyinsr out, and will soon be exterminated. A.. . ,1 - 1. ' *_ v^ace uicro were iiiousnmis wncra there are uow but a few scores. The same tiling seems to be killing off, or driving oil* tho people of the Labrador coast. These poor fishermen, whoso huts are perched among the rocus on the desolate northern shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, iiave suffered a scrie? of years of famine. Every spring, for rsome years past, the report has come that thev were dying of starvation. Their fisheries have failed. On these they have relied for subsistence, since . the cold and rocky shore, with its summer frosts, affords no chance for farms and gardens. The lish (mostly cod and muasarci) scorn -to have oeen driven out o! that part of the gulf by .the increasing coldness of the water; at all events they have disappeared, and the fisheries have failed miserably this year. People are obiiged io beg for a living, of the few who have the means to give. A government steamer left Quebec last Saturday, loaded with fuel and flour to alleviate the sufferings of the poor fishermen and their families on the Labrador coast. It is a fearful region?as gloomy and .forbidding as the shores of Greenland, thoufjlTin summer without their snow. Xn Greenland itself the climate is known to be far more severe than it was when the Northmen discovered >nd named that country for verdure ^.nd its Tines. That, to be sure, was ip tho south part of that vast island; but, even there, all now is desolation. As to the poor people of Labrador, a Onnhpf rli?r>nfr?h sivs! "Their supply of flour has been entirely exhausted, and, to add to their sufferings and privations, scurvy has made its appearance, and many have died of it. The ' sufferings of women and children beggar description. Little ones are dying in the arms of their mothers, who nave no nourishment to give them." New England lies far enough to the north for winter habitation. That angle of 23$ degrees which called me oonquity or tne ecliptic gives us about all' the winter we want?and a litclc more than is always agreeable. After the- son has left our Northern hemisphere, it is pleasaator to think of isles and shores that he stiil will brighten and warm, even when these Northern lands are dark in shadow and buried in snow, or shivering in polar blasts. The climatic changes we have referred to do not seem to be limited to the far Northern regions; they affect the more temperate parts of the globe. It is known that the climate gf nnAinnf colli ? UiiWicUb it ao -Lia.ivi-i luviv/ k)u>iv*~ brious 2,500 years ago than it is now; aud the same thing seems to be true of many other countries. Is the planet slowly entering udou another of its cold cycles??Harlfort Times. "Wall Street Bears and Their Operations. Brokers and operators are "bears" when tney have sold stock, and particularly stock that they did not own, contracting to deliver it at some future time. They are then "short of the market" The disposition of the bear is to pull things down. The Wall street bear is often found "gunning a stock" by putting forth all his strength and craft to break down the price, and especially when aware that a certain house is heavily loaded and can not resist his attack. He "buys in" by. purchasing stock to meet, a "short" contract, or to return borrowed stock; "covers," or "covers his shorts, " by buying stock to fulfill his contract on the day of delivery. This is a selfprotective measure, and is called "covering short sales." A "drop" in the price of a stock is to a bear the next best thing to a "break." He rejoices in an "off" market when prices fall He "sells out" a man by forcing down the price of a stock that the person is carrying so low that ho is obliged to let it go, and perhaps to fail. He groan's liiiiily when the bulls get a "twist on the shorts" by artificially raising prices, and "squeezing," or compelling the. bears to settle at TT-nrinnc rfltpsL "NTfiitKer "bull" nor "bear" is an altogether safe "critter." The latter, however, is reputed to be about four times as mischievous as the former, inasmuch as ho rudely sells another man's property, whereas the bull contents himself with carrying his own. The bear occasionally finds himself in a "corner," where it is impossible ' to bay the stocfc of wnicu ne is "short," and which he must deliver at a specified time. He growls aDd begs, but must pay what the holders of his contracts arc willing to accept. Some relief is afforded by a "let up," or the withdrawal from the market of the 1 "clique," or "pool," or combination of operators that cornered him. A "squeal ia-the pool" is the revelation j of its secrets7 Dion's;:of its members, ; i and-'a "leakin the pool" is when one < of the ;pOTiIes: sells out: Lis^iiiterest i without.ther knowledge of the .others. I Either form of defection yields some mitigation to the bear's smieriDgs. ? li. WheaUey, m llarjpcr's Magazine for November 1.T ^i' i-Tv '1 " '. . ? ' A WashrRjrlon bookseller says Secretary Bayj&d loncU heavy books* The only work the President is known to nave purchased lately is that of. the Hon. James G.'Btaine." Secretary Whitney reads a great ideal. He doesn't coniine himself, however, to pontics, history, -or philosophy. He is very fond of novels abd reads many. - Some are the best and some are the lightest He is fond of Hiight-onway, Miss Murfree, and. Mrs. Alexander's w&rks. He reads" such novels as '-The Vagrant Wife," "Tnc Tinted Venus," "Called Back," "Struck Down,"-etc. Secretary Endicctt reads novels, too. But he never buys anything in English. Ho always gets French novc:s, and reads a -great mauy?o? -them. Other members of the CiLrinet appear to read little, or at leasf to buy few booki A Box at Every Stroke. In the recent parade of the tradesunions there were several banners bearing such inscriptions as: "Use No Goods Put Up in Machine-Made Boxes!" and "Boycott Machine-Made Boxes, or Let Good Men Starve!1 T fip.orcrA Rlnir tlir? cnn.inlist atritator and boxmaker, was asked yesterday what grounds there was for opposition to machine-made boxes. "About ten years ago," he replied, there was no such thing as a machinemade box. Nowadays, in some trades, there is no such thing as a hand-made box. Formerly the knocking together of small boxes for soap, oil; etc., was a trade by itself, at which nearly five hundred men in this city made fair wages. The wood was cut out by machinery and the workmen nailed the pieces together. About 1874 some man improved considerably upon a machine* which hammered in at one blow all the nails on one side of the box. Since then improvement has followed improve menc, uuui now yoa pour a *eg vi nails at the top of the machine,. and a boy feeds the wood in at the bottom. Airthat the boy does is to put in the right pieces and in proper order, the machine doing all the.rest. "The machine works so well and so fast that the men have been driven ont of the business by boys, the price of such work having dwindled until no man can support himself at it In 1873 the Standard, uu company paid $>3 lor knocking together one hundred boxes. Thanks to the machine it. now gets the same work done for 21 cents: The work of nailing the boxes together costs less than the nails used- The boxe3 I speak of are used to put oil cans in, and many measure twenty inches in length, ten inches in height, and fourteen inches in width. The Standard Oil company saves a fortune every year by the use of these machines, and so it is with soap boxes, some starch boxes, etc.; in fact, every sort of box that is made in very lanje quantities of one particular size, in me meantime the men who used to look upon boxmaking as their business want to know what they are going to do." "Are the hand-made boxes much , batter than those made by machinery?" "Certainly; but-the difference is not great enough to offset the cheapness of uiachine-mado goods. In nailing a box together a man will not send the nail .1 -V - I ~ u,?. I luruugu ;i &uut ui iiiiu u iuhcu uiu The machine knows no better. Still, as 1 say, the difference in price is tremendous, and the machine is bound to make further inroads into the business. My class of work does not require it yet, but it may some day. By asking consumers to boycott goods that are put up in machine-made boxes they nope to delay the day. when every com t : I ... ? t... mnAkin ^ UiUU UUi W1U UU IUIUCU UUli UJ UlilWllUery. I confess that whiie I sympathize with the men, ana realizo that the introduction of the machinc is taking bread and butter out of their mouths, 1 do not see how ttiey can tight against it any more than against any other lauor-savitig maehiuery. But the five huudred boxuiakers now out of work f>ici so badiy used that they can not I' -- f a rf A f o LI''. I jj UllUUUg OWiiiW OU lb V/l ?* ww v* even tiiousiu they Know it is .useless," ?X i. bun. ? I Railroad Building During the War. i From General Grant's article on the ' Chattanooga campaign, in the Govern bcr Century, we quote the following ! description of the means employed to 1 open a second line ot supplies ?unng the siege: "General Dodgy, besides I being a most capable soldier, was an j experienced railroad bulkier. He had j no tools to work with but those of tiie pioneers?axes, picks, and spades. With tbese he was able to intrench his meu, and protect them against surprises by small parties of the enemy. As he had no baso of supplies until the road could be completed back to Nashville, the first matter to consider, after protecting his men, was the getting in nf frwiri .md fontoe from the surround ing country. He hud his men and teams bring in all the grain they could lind, or all they needed, and all tiio cattle for beef, and such other food us could be found. Millers were detailed from the rauks to run the mills along the line of the army. When these were not near enough to the troops for protection, they were taken down and moved up to the line of the road. Blacksmith shops, with all the iron and stool found in them, were moved ud in like maimer. Blacksmiths were detailed and set to work making tho tools accessary iu railroad and bridge building. Axemen were put to work getting out timber for bridges, and cutting fuel for the locomotives wiieu the road was completed; car-builders were set to work repairing the locomotives and cars. Thus every branch of railroad buiiding, making tools- to wort with, and supplying tho workmen with food, was ail going on at once, and without the aid: of a mechanic or laborer except what the command itself furnished. But raiis and cars the men could not make without material, and there was not enough rolling stock to keep the road wo already had worked to its full capacity. There wuro no rails except those iu use. To supply these deficiencies 1 ordered eight'of the ten engines General McFiierson had at Vicksburg to bo sent to Nashville, and all the cars he had, except ten. I also ordered the troops iu West Tennessee to points oq the river aud the Memphis atyiCkarieston road, and the cars, locomotives. - ? -J Iw/vtti* nttinr riilrtwila fn hia it LIU. UUU A4\SU4 V HMV4, vwvtu ww wv sent to the samo destination. Tin) military manager of raiiroads also was directed to furnish more rolling stock, and as ?ar;as ho could, bridge material. General Dodge had the work assigned him fiaisiiod within forty; days after receiving his order. The number of bridges to rebuild; was one hand red and eighty-two, many of.Jihem oyer deep and wide chasms The length ?f road repaired was one hundred and two miles." Getting M xl'CL "Bruder Slebinson," said Parson Grubbs. "I doan want yer ter taKo saekrement in my church no mo'." "Why so, sail?" "Wall, dc folks doan like ycr style." "I doan un'orstau' yer." "Wail, I'll tell vtir; tuther day when yer conu icr de 'munion tabic yer acted like yer wuz starbed ter dei. Yer grabbed db bread an' when da banded yur de wine yer drunk it alL" 'Cose I did. Do bruder said: 'Drink ye all o' it,' and I tilted her up j an' let her slide." "D.it wau't uo way ter do." J "Wall, den, -yer Keu count mc out. j I doan un'erstau' deso heah folks whut ( tells yer ter do er thing an' den make er monf ef yer does it. Yas, jesv mark n' Pftnrn, 1 lljy XKIULKJ UUUU UUtiJ UWU.. V v?... . 'Ligua is giltin' so mixed up or pussori kain' ua'erstun' it"? Arkunsaw Trayeler. ' . LITERARY NEW YORK. How Visitors to the As tor Library Arc Tr??at<*d. The Astor Library is constructed and managed on tho principle that ail persons suaii De consiuerea as tmeves until they h:-ve proved themselves honest, aDd its fundamental presumption is that all persous who seek library privileges are especially to be regarded as suspicious characters. Any one who has ever run a gauntlet of insults offered in this extraordinary instifntinn will rw? finite nrAnnmr! fn rrru preciate the felicity of Mr. W. JUL F. Round of this city, who in a letter to the Traveler a year or two a<ro, alluded to a visit he had m:ide in Boston and the exhilaration he experienced on being abie to visit a library without being searched before he was allowed to depart! It was a state of things that he appeared to believe was indigenous to fcricfnn T nr-jc- rntninr'nW /"if ?jll this yesterday., Let mc premise that I never cross the portals of the Aslor library without an inward protest against the meanness and the sfnpidf; ty of its conduct That it is allowed to stand argues that cither New Yorkers are $n amiable race or else that they never go near it. !Not a book ean be taken away from it. It is only open between nine and four. Its accomoda?( .I;-?-.,,. LLVJLU} %JL UllSlt^O Ulv*i *11 U uu ?* \ii9gi?iw folly niggardly scale. The chairs are enough to give oae lite-long dislocation of the spine. The heating arrangements arc one of the worst features. It is needless to pursue details, but in every possible respect, of particular and general management, the Astor Liurary is a disgrace to civilization. All the same, I went in on Saturday. There are always a set of absurd ruies placarded about, aud it seems the last one is to the efiect that no printed book can be carried with one into the libra :r ^ i X ry, or, u ausouuui^ neuucu iui lexeieuce, its contents must be examined and noted by the umurella-checi man, who haunts the lower corridor, and compared with bis certilied notes of it, as one comes out, (I know this sounds incredible, but it is true.) However, 1 tripped up stairs without read.ng bis riuicuious mandate, and it ch ineed that I held in my right hand a Iitiie art catalogue in pamphlet loruj. As T noma Hi-xnrn thi? rvitnniilot r?->n<r!?r the eye of the umbreila-mau. Like a true employe of the Astor, he knew at once that in all probauility Inad iclonoasiy abstracted that pamphlet from the Astor archives. "Hare you a printed book in your hands?" he questioned severely. "1 have," 1 replied, with an iutonation intended to convey my recognition of an impertinence and a due contempt for it. "Did you carry thai book into the library?" resumed the umbrella man. "I did," and I moved toward the door, ignoring him further. This confirmed his foreshadov/iuv that he had before liim a suspicious character. . "Did you read that rule?" he vociferated, pointing totheaosurd placard. I gave it my attention. Evideutly this was a serious business. 1 read the rule, aud I waited out ox the Astor Library. It was then that i recalled Mr. Jiounu's felicity when he discovered that in Boston peopie could go m and out of the libraries witnout being searched, or even detaiued hy an uiuorella man on strong suspicion of being a thief and a disreputable character in general. L\ew JLorii. is &traugm\ [iuot m jiunuj facilities. Tiie Ljuox is merely a highly ornamental institution which opens its doors to a restricted list of wealthy patrons two mornings eacu week. The Mercantile library is in an unpleasant location, and its rooms arc very badty kept, and the Astor is constructed on the strict basis of offering as many tacit insuits as possible in a given time to the persons who enter it.?N. J. Cor. of the Boston Traveler. An American Westminster' Abb^y. The conditions which made, and make, Westminster Abbey arc wholly lacking in this country, and will be forever lacking. In the lirst place, wo ought to have a single Loudon, instead of six or seven, each vociferously claiming to be the only original genuine London, the one bright particular spot upon which the national mausoleum should be ArnrtfA/? T r\ cn^ATI/^ nlor?n n institution should be under the regis of a great established church, in default of which our Pantheon would ultimately become the reccptacle of extinct pugilists and those local statesmen who prepare themselves behind b:ir-room counters for the toils (and sdo'iIs^ of oublic life. With each ciianse of the administration there would be a revolution in the management of the Pantheon, and a cry to "Turn the rascals out!" With "the straight Republicans in office, no horrible Mugwump, however distinguished, would be allowed sanctuary there; with the Democrats in power, the gates .would be pitilessly slammed on the noses of defunct "offensive partisans." In the third piace, the tomb at Mount Vernon and the romancer's grave 0:1 the hillside in Sleepy Hollow (to mention no other shrines) are very well where they are, and no sensible uerson wauts ? 1 T_ J - ~ meui reuiuvuu. iu iu^uu iv wiyuutics who may hereafter pass away?and here comes in a perplexing contingency?it is by no means certain that their families would look with favor on the Pantheon. They might prefer some base ball ground, or Jones' Wood, or the Point of Pines. There is something very impressive and touching in the idea of a Poet's Corner, where the sweet singers and sober historians and realistic novelists are peacefully brought together (however little they may have agreed with one another in the llesh), and lluttered with sta.tucs and mural tablets; but 11 the nation really wishes to honor that class of its unprotected but faithful children, and at the same lime do honor to itself, let the nation make an equitable copyright treat}' with England, and the literary fellers will provide their own headstones. Such a treaty would cost less than an attempt at an American Westminster Abbey, and would be greatly preferable to that amusing but, fortunately, impracticable piece of architecture. A man of letters wants so many things before he wants to be buried?3 comfortable income while living is so much more satisfactory than a sculptured monument when dead?that this talk about a national Pantheon, in the absence of an international copyright : law, is, so far as he is concerned, a j little exasperating. It fails coldly on > his ear when be reflects how he is pillaged by foreign puolishers, and tuat sven his native land gives him only a few years' proprietorship in the work j of his own hand and brain.?November i Atlantic. ? ? A western editor says of Homy j James that the international writer is about as much of an American novelist i "as a wart on the tail of a tadpoie is a whole frog-pond.'' ' THE NEWS OF THE STATE.' -ome of the Latest Sayings and Doings in Sonth Carolina. Cf T nl-nlc. T C V, V. UU Jiuau O JUUUtViaU V^/JLIlLl KsLl O.L Prosperity, Newberry county, lias 325 communicants. ?The Orangeburg Baptists want the State Baptist Convention to meet there next year. ?Judge "Wallace has decided that one partner cannot bind another by a. sealed note. ?Quite a number of Northern guests haue arrived at Aiken, many of whom [ have rented houses or rooms for the winter. ?Several unknown bodies have been found on the islands adjacent to Charleston during the past few weeks, | The barn, 000 bushels corn and 400 bales hay, belonging to A. D. Atkinson, of Aiken, was burnt by an incendiary fire. ?John Gainev and Primus Ware, / colored, of Aike'u, had a cutting scrape r in which the latter was daugerously hurt in the neck. ?Five persons (two white and three colored,) have been sent to the asylum from Colleton county during the past six months-. ?Tho Florence graded school has opened with every evidence of success Over one hundred pupils were registered. ?Consideaable cotton is being held on hand by farmers of Orangeburg county in hopes that the price will go up. ? Charles S. Harllee, a son of Gen. W. W. Harllee, of Marion, died in Austin, Texas, last Saturday. The cause of his death is unknown. ? J. B. Holly, of Edgefield county, while serenading on the night of the 12th inst., burst his gun, tearing off his left hand. ?P. L. Moody, the great evangelist, has been invited an will piobablv accept the invitation, to conduct a revival in Charleston this winter. ?The commucation road tax law in Greenville county does not seem to work well. Only forty-eight dollars have been received on account of road tax. ?A free trade meeting will be held in Sumter Conrthonse on December 7, to elect delegates to the free trade convention which will meet in Columbia in Dacember. ?A meetiug of the survivors of com panv B. 24th regiment South Carolina volunteers in Marlboro couutv, will be held at Smyrna church on" Friday. November 27, at 11 o'clock. ?Mr, Lee Bond, a train hand on the South Carolina Railroad, was killed at the railway wharves iu Charleston, while attempting to shift some cars. ?Mr. A. F. Ravenel, of Charleston, has been elected President of the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, in place of Major B. D. Townsend, deceased. ?Company C, First South Carolina Volunteers, had a reunion at Aiken on the 12th, at which Mr. Jas. Aldrich delivered a verg interesting address and several letters were read from absent comrades. ?The Confederate survivors of Colleton county* had a reunion at Walterboro on the 17th. There was an immense attendance and speeches were delivered by Gen. Ellison Capers and Congressmen Dibble and Tillman. A survivors' association was formed. ?While three men named Lide, Ras and Williamson were out hunting in Darlington county last week, a covey of partridges were flushed and Lide fired at them. He did not hit the birds bn? hp severely injured both of his companions. ?im; ouuiiei vuuit last wucn Sam Boatwright, colored, got a verdict of $2,000 against the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad for the loss of an arm. Paul Coleman, colored, got a verdict against the same road for $1,500 for the breaking of a leg. ?The Rev. Mr. "Wilson, of Colleton county, died on Saturday night, November 7. on previous night Mrs. Jesse Herodon^ a near neighbor went to sit up with the sick man. Some time during the night she coinp'ained of pain in the head and in a fe^r minutes expired. ?The Mormon missionaries do not find mmch comfort iu Greenville county. After being induced to leave the fJroonrillo noicrhhnrhnnr} crtrriA fimp ago, they tried the Highland section, and have recently been preaching there. As soon as "the scope and purpose of their preaching was fully understood a party of men called on them with a polite request that they deprive the community of their presence forthwith. They left?wisely, judiciously and uuostentaneously. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no mv reauired. It is rruaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per bos. For sale bv McMaster, Brice & Ketchiu. * ?During a performance at Amusement Hall at Uillidgeville, a large rat ieu li uui uic gaiiery 10 inc cemre circle, and such a "get up and git" among the females was seldom seen. An Important Discovery. The most important Discovery is that which brings the most good to the greatest number. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs, and Colds will preserve the health, save life, and is a priceless boon to the afflicted. Not only does it positively cure Consumption, but Coughs, ('olds. Bronchitis. Asthma. Hoarse ncss, and all affections of the Throat, Chest and Lungs, yield at once to its wonderful curative powers. If you doubt this, get a Trial Bottle Free, at McMaster, Brice & Ketchin's Drug Store. ?, An End to Bone Scraping. Edward Sheppard, of Barrisburg, Til Aftvp Ullnt'ltwo CA miT?l? JL4X .j o . ljiav 111^ i vva;! ? vu ov uiuvu brtiefit from Electric Bitters, I feel it mv duty to let suffering humanity know it. Have had a running sore on my leg for eight years; inv doctors lold me I would have to have the bone scraped or leg amputated. I used, instead, three oouiesoi n,iectrici5irters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and my leg is now sound and well." Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at twenty five cents per box by McMaster, Brice & Ketchin. *