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jjj|| " WIXNSBORO, S. C,, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1886. NO. 14. H[ T*en-trrmnmi i i r -xrrxzn^zL-fm-?- -r, ., : THE '{lit - STOKY OI' *??C*v l..\\<jI'i'HV> WciUfii ton '<> . V? y .w: Woasded !<; C'aSuimiy, !>ut Always ' (t?Cf.dos t\}::c/o? .! ' . C Ye-k C* "apht) ! Just before 31 rs. Lacgfry sailed for \ America a supper "was given her by a few of those who knew her Lest to bid hex lit good-bye and give her courage. Among those present was Henry Irving, who ^ said to her at parting, "God speed yon, * Mrs. Langtry, aud bring you safe in re turning. JL lioj)G we s:z?u j- vu , soon again." "Perhaps before yoii thinl:," was the! I answer. "If they greet me a.-> they aid before?I'm cureiug hoiac and shall give ^ it up." ^ This little specch, with its half-hearted laugh, was the most pathetic bit of herself and of her li:e that Liliie Laugtry T*. .4 . Has ever given to any one. + - weuub kmuch, ancl it conveyed more, perhaps, to those present than it possibly could have to any one else-, Tor they knew her better and the rli'o she Las endured. W ! With heightened interest, every word t by cable and otherwise that foretold the j I reception to be given 2 'rs. Langtry by g the American press has b en watched f^r eagerly by iaany: anxious friends, by one ay or two intimate friends in particular. B To-day word has come w^ich seems to prove beyond a doubt that the zuam at-1 8? tacks of previous year? have omitted and ! rtkat the unhappy: %6maa is being for-! v gotten in the actress. Ii is grateful news j to Langtry's friends, although the j | - cruelty of the past e?,r. never be :orgiven * They wonder, an J with much reason; if theAmferican press knew the woman *- ' whom they libelled,- even by siglit. It does not- seem as if it were possible that they could know even as much of her as ; this and say, even for money, or for vengeance, or for petty professional success, the things some of them said. One of ilrs Langtry's closest and : i i most intimate friends is a literary woman . ^ of position, of undoubted honesty an3 virtue, and of unerring insight into human nature. From her comes abso- ' lute confirmation of these facts of Mrs. , BP Langtry's life. I send them to the ] r Graphic because i believe you are tne one of all the New York editors who ; never fails to recognize and give due ' ! credit to an honest woman. I vsant your, j ) readers to know a side of one woman's ( t . nature as it is surely not known in , America. ? If I were to go into details the details ' might be disputed. I wiii state nothing j ( but facts which bear witness to their own truth?simply those absolute necessary for coherence . Liliie Langtry was married at the age oi ten. die naa oeeu prougiu up ve-> t " quietly, but still, as many girls arc, with j& tiic idea that sure Lap^ne:. lay onlv ifij^- where there is mo:u-y. Wheal(?r."Xang||L try admired Ler and ashed her hand in ! marriage the one main thought in the ; child's mind was her brother. This iiui. she was particularly fond of, and when she become sure that it lay in her power to educate the boy and have him always? with her she accepted the offered mar- . riage. From the day of her marriage to ' the present tizne it is doubted if Airs". , Langtry ever.saw her husbai d free for L an hour from the effects of liquor. - For fc a time there was a comparatively happy . life, yachting and flying about, but it was little happiness and of small dura- j H Soon came the death of iier brother. ' He was killed by a fall during a hunt. Then the facts lay before iier. She bad made the sacrifice for nor: ing. To please her family, to nave her brother with her, and to do for him what his ^ people co old not do, this girl, this almost child, had thrown herself away. Abso- . lutely and in every way it was a complete sacrifice. Her husband was a hope1 1 ?^ " I" >> I! IGSS CITU.Iiiiii.XUj It UC<W>ci.Jr VIA u_uxxa.iva. jl?m j n> the three years that she had then been ? married he had never approached her B -with one word or action of the lover or m of-a husband. Siw simply the name I of "wife, and the disgrace of being yoked to a man who was a physical wreck and } a con Tinned drunkard. What wonder is it that social triumphs became dear; Avhat wonder that ihe stage and America seemed to offer'a release to a woman acknowledged to be the most ^ beautiful woman in England? Small wonder, indeed. But what did this unhappy woman get Pt i.ur ULCl Ci-iMCci> Ui LVy juvuvc?j-j ^/UV . talents to account and to earn for herself an honest living'? What, indeed, but calumniation, scandal, lies, unhappiness, misery and absolute terror! Nothing, from the world. From one man she. got a quiet, earnest devotion, that in three years has never k failed to be a comfort to her, which she j L has never failed to honor! it Did it bring any respect for her? In- j stead it brought down upon her head re- j jjgfc doubled insuit, more determined out-1 SUUf rage, and meaner, more contemptible pP? lies. She, whose only sin lay in the fact that, being bound by law to a man who M had absolutely never claimed her as his Lwife, permitted the devotion of a man i who would gladly have given her his name?she, whose only sin was this, was treated as a Magdalen, as an outcast would be treated. Do Americans and American newspaper men ever think of this, out side of the story? Do they ever think that in all these years they cannot put a linger on a person who ever heard this woman -1 -'--J- T l-.-r.c_ nHHrn^y out; ?OIU uvi uwyiiLu JU.HW :: ::|^i;. Hand? Do they know that her bounty ^g>orts him? Do they ever think that EKfi^H^figgSn^ hard thing to be one woman alone and :>eing stoned by the ^Pl^popiilation of a country like ^^^^^^^P^merica? * Pid they ever think # of the W jTbravery, oftitQ womanliness and*of tLe untf Ladling courage of a woman that could hear and see and know aii these tilings said rt her ai'u never, even to her friends, complain oi the wounds ink flicted? Do you t apfcse that any inI significant. paragraph v'riler that attempted to be. funny at this poor . "woman's expense ever thought of the tears, the shame and heartsick misery his wretched joke would br.ng upon her'? Do yoa suppose :hat-ar?r woman who flouted her because she hsu no husband Lor child with her, ever thought of the longing tia^ there mighifbe :-u this poor actres^*?man's heart for a home and a ; hnsJ/t?r>/7 an A a babv of her own? r . In all mercy I cannot think these j things have ever been presented to these j people as some of as l'eei it here. I do j not think those bitter lies will ever be i _ brought up again, ^incc the victim i> better known at her real value. Still, if they are, I hope some one v. ill bring to the authors mind the picture oi' ^ this brave, unhappy soul. A beautiful \roman still, a brave vom&n still, and ^^^^rneeessflil" woman as veil, we who know rakr best know she would gladly give it HHLvr the home, love and, above all. ! tbc peace, wliicli she, above all others, could so pitifully appreciate. rt::. umvbli-:. A.: O.iu fcei*r.o n: a ptlon in the White! ' 3 ilti-noro A m-ricarf.) As the ushers began, to gather the ] crowd U'gyther in a serai-circle in the I ?aso Ivoc-u, awaiting the President's eh- j trai.ee Tor his regular Monday recej)tion, j they gave a little start -when they looked j toward the south window, for leaning j against the pillar near the Green Boom j door was the facsimile 6" the President. At rirf t ti>? ushers thought tlie President had come into the room before them, but a second giance showed their niisi'or b-:.-iJe the living picture of Pre: idsixt Cleveland stood a lady and a 1 little baby boy about two years old. The J ?.-.hers turned to a number of newspaper j men who were standing by and laughed j at the mistake. Soon the President came in and took his placc, bat the man that looked like him still leaned against the pillar, and gave every one a chance to compare the two men and thus see the resemblance. The only difference was that the President weighed a hundred more pounds than his double. But the President had not noticed the gentleman, for there were a number of ladies among the first to speak t? him, and he began at once to shake hands, ' jiow'dy do? How'dyvdo?" -he exclaimed, and finally, when two little girls came along, like Pooh-Bah in the "Mikado," he said, ?iHow'dy do, little girls, how'dy do?" and some of the big.-At.? rrirlc lornr^/vi Or?o> crr*r>i] c? v-AV 0W*4WV iiian brought his little son along and. introduced him as "the future President ox the United States." The President looked at the little boy and said, "Is thai so?-' At last ?the- President's facsimile gathered" hp his little *bSy in his ;-,rias and called his -wife, and got in line,. 5 mdin tie tirae reached the President. Everyone-- who has seen* Robson "and Crane play tlie "Two Dromios" .has laughed heartily when the two meet'face to face fur the first time, and see the resemblance between each other. Or igain. a <rreat many peonle have' seed chat nonsensical farce, "The Txvo Johns," and perhaps the President and Lis fae-simiie to-day are better described i by this contrst. These two meet after Innumerable escapades, in which one is Liken frr /. .e other. They, too, are surprised when.they meet; face to face. '.Yuen the President's double came up to shake hands with him to-day, every one 1 . spected co see the same scenes enacted .11 the White House; but they were disxppointed; The President locked at.'ihe 1 gentleman, smiled a little?perhaps at the likeness?pitted the fat oirby' tfrr'the : :heek, shook hands with tlie wife, and : i _ rrr ... _ *v* , :nc crowa pas-sea on. .mere was a ais -.ppointed parly, who had waited to see 1 '.iiiat the President would do when he 1 saw the man that looked like him. ' " - -tPw WKEX NOT TO Oft INK. ouie Wise PoinSs tor Business Men Who Tij'i>5e at Wrong Hours. (C: ic-.y? Tribaie.) Moderate drinkers engaged in pursuits calling for judgment and acumen, and who use liquors during business hours, -nd, with scarcely an exception, as iinan:h.d wrecks, however successful they may bo in withstanding the physical consequences of- their indulgence. Thousands vvho retain their health and are never - . .-?c r?t -infm-v-7/^cm I * L U...: B.W ClO TAVVIilWVA UJL(ilUW} ivgv , their property, wreck their business and 1 ;.ry thrown into bankruptcy because of ' tippling habits during business hov^. i'iiese men are not drunkards, and only close observers can detect the influence of strong drink in their deportment; but nevertheless liquor gives them false nerve, makes them reckless, clouds the judgment, and soon involves them in bad purchases, worse sales, and ruinous | contracts. Sooner oi later it is shown j that the habit of tippling during business t hours is a forerunner of bankruptcy. Let every such drinker review his business transactions for a series' of years tind answer whether this statement is not true. Liquor acts on the brain in the same maimer as chloroform or ether, producing a stimulation -which affects cool thought, followed bj a depression corresponding to the amount of the dose. What man' \vt>ul3 expfect "to " succeefr"'" in business if he were accustomed to take, vvLiie^at work, even very slight whiffs of ether, chiorofomi, or laughing-gas and j keep himself all the time, more or less, | under such beclouding influences? Such j a man, even if able to preserve his j lic-aitii, would grow reckless, loq-uacions,... and soon prove no match for a clearheaded rival. Liquor is an indispensable.. allay wherever victims are systematically fleeced, and its effects axe seen also in the rivalries of legitimate business. The professional gambler keeps a free bar, but never drinks himself when at the tabic; and, while a sober, clear-headed, honorable merchant, dealer or operator, would not endeavor to ply his rival-with liquor, he would gain great advantage* from the latter's self-sought indulgence. Liquor shows its victims not only in saloons aud gambling dens but about boards of trade and stock exchanges and in ever}- line of business requiring a clear, cool head. ^Moderate drinkers who attempt to cio business AvztiD- even silently excited brains are the men vrh'o are aU r the time making losses and going to the i wall. .\o Load Left in That Gun. Z\Iaiiv years ago, "before the introduction of friction matches, an old farmer used to light his tinder for the morning fire by the use of an old flint-lock musket. One day in his absence the wife ir? mwclro-f tr> o npiorTVlwr TvllA returned it loaded, and mentioned the fact to the woman as he handed it to her. Bather husband didi not, return home until past midnight, being on a rousing spree. He crept into bed. without wakiiig his wife to "enjoy a lecture. Next morning hej rose in good season with the usual thirst and a hammering headache; after rubbing a few cobwebs out of his eyes and taking a "wee drop" 'i ^ n. _ * ?"LA irom tne remains o; me over jjs j commenced preparations for starting the iire. The splinters were collected and the tinder placed in the pan of the lock; click I went the hammer, and the explosion that followed shook the house, dis? pelliug the fumes of liquor from the old man's faculties and rousing his "wife with a sudden alarm. G uessing at the trouble she r a claimed, while not fully awake, "Th-th shat gun is loaded I" Looking with an i mpty stare at the smoking gun and at the bullet hole in the bedstead, just about two inches above his wife's j head, the fend husband replied: "No, ; I'll be darned if itjs!"?Thomas JV Bow- ] I ditch in ? act ana ? ancy. j The Boston Gazette says thai the Rev. I Mr. McClure, of Maiden, recently read ; from the pulpit? notice for a meeting of the Indies exclusively in the vestry, thus:'; ! "On Wednesday afternoon all the old hens iu this congregation will meet for the pur pc.se of u general cackle; no rooster will ;be j admitted." He was promptly invited :to ! hand :n his resignation and walk. And 3i<1 did. FAs?T WORK 0\ TYPE WRITERS. A Western Editor Yurux oil" Enuc^li t'o;>y ?o Le; iiis Confrere* Take a Day Off. Type -writers of. the best class \rill, in the hands of an expert, transfer to paper, space and punctuate from seventy to,eighty words a minute. In. copying matter, or writing from .dictation, even. better can be done; but the operator who depends upon his own brain to supply his lingers must be. very expert, and have a constant mental flow to reach that standard. The fastest penman rarely exceeds forty-five words a minute, so it will be seen that the little machine has greatly the advantage. But tlie saving of labor is also a great blessing. Nobody better than newspaper men realizes the drudgery of the pen or pencil. Let a man'whte continuously for two or three j hours with the speed that most news- j paper men acquire and his wrist and his j arm and his eyes all ache alike. Ke must j stop and rest or1 'his nervous and over- \ wrought hand will soon begin to make ' {spider inarks." To lawyers* clerks who used to have to copy with labored pen the awful and' unintelligible verbiage made necessary by centimes of tradition, the type writer has indeed been a blessing. He can now rattle off a little compiarrrt'in a suit to recover'the' price of a cow killed on a railroad?a .httle matter of GOO or 700 pages of cap?in a?cTuy at most. ( It used to,take kun a week to do it wit#'the p'en. "merchant can now dictate a hundred letters^ in the same time he once took to' write twenty, and i;ave them all reaav.. for his signature when the difcfetionis ever. Many persons r.efrain from the use of the* Wpe writer, and especially those matured in years, from the fear that they could never learn to operate it proficiently, but that isTt?fafee- idea. It is very simple. Indeed, those accustomed to compose and who are at all apt, can Jegjn^iraa&erfc while to;T$lnve5tho\ Machine" at its best. The flerald writer, knows of ..an editor who had never touched'a'key "untilc the other'day. Then somebody got him to buy a .typo writer. . He hunted up Bis topics for discussion, mostly newspaper seraps and clippings, laid them beside'the machine, got out his oil ca^Aud.oiled her up, took, off liis coat and"put oriiiis cuff protectors, and then, wjtii.(a kind of hard and aggressive : iet-her'-jgo-Gnallagher look on" Lis face, _ j 7.1 ir r i rm _ i * squureu jjiinseii ior uusuiess..? xne liey worked &little hesitatingly at 'first, and the ''clicks", were infrequent, but; the editor toiled away. Pretty-soon it was observed that the chestnut bell on. the end of the machine struck a little oftener than it .had done for an hour or so. Evidently the' triumphant editor was getting the hang oi things. By night he had many sheets of "copy" piled up, and his face wore a gleam: of triumph. ;True, some of'the copy was a fitde rickety in j ulignmeni, and a few of the capitals were out of plumb, but these fault were easily corrected with the pen. The nest day the editor was at the machine bright and early. He told the j rest of the staff they might take a vacation that day, as he.-was going to till the paper?he wanted to see just how much there was in a.type jvriter, anyhow. He turned on the steam about 9 a. m., and now the chestnut bell was going at the rate of ten strokes to the minute. Sheet after sheet of "copy" Hew off, and the machine fairly quivered, but the editor never stopped, except twice to. wipe, his brow and-'three times to cool' off' a hot box. By 2 o'clock the sup2>ly of subjects began to get low and the machine cooled down, but toward night, when the editor turned loose on his column of jokes, the strain was too much. He had just whizzed off the fourteenth funhv ; "L . t_ _n i_? j. paragiapn, we oeii was making twenty : strokes to tlie minute, tlie smoke was rising from the heated cylinder, when snap! went an eccentric, the crank-pin flew into the ash-par., and the poor little machine lay prone and lifeless. A Preacher's Sunday Fox Chase. Let me tell you a little story about an early pastor of this Cedar Grove Church ?the JRev. Mr. Babbitt. In those early times -oreachers worked harder than thev do now. Mr. Babbitt possibly filled the pulpit of three churches?Pequa, Leacock and Cedar Grove. In those days hunting of course was a great sport. The ring of the rifle and the bay of the fox hounds were familiar^sounds. On one occasion Mr. Babbitt had to borrow a horse from a parishioner to fill a distant appointment." He started one beautiful Sunday mormBg,- bW -had not gone many miles before he heard the musical bay of the deep throated hound, and JJ.V/i.OCO-U.VjZX 1VUU ? .UUVpUOCTll/ 0>V . U-lt, supposed Sunday desecration he started forward to reprove the bold riders for tisir" sp'drt: Unfortunately His liorse was an old fox hunter. The hounds bay excited Mm. He smelled the battle afar. His jiecJr was clothe.1 wii? thtmder. In vain did the preacher apply rein and bit. The old horse was among the hounds, aad-so oyer .hill,. fence and diteh went ihe would-be denouncer of Sunday sport The horse never stopped till the l'ox was holed.?Lancaster Examiner. Women?Men. Women jump at conclusions and generally hit; men reason things out logically and generally miss it. .. .When a woman becomes flurried she feels: for a fan; - when a man becomes flurried he feels for a cigar. $Kf\Tn& urrvmon nor? 'f. -rvicc o rv*411rn aw store -withoutlooking in; some men can't pass a saloon-without going in At A woman never sees a babj^vithout wanting to run to it; a man never- sees a baby -without wanting to run from it. A-woman always carries her purse in her hand so that other-women will see it: a man carries his in his inside pocket so that his -wife -won't see it. A man of fashion hates the rain because it deranges the set of his pantaloons; a woman of fashion hates it because it deranges her complexion. "When a womans -wants to rapair damftrroc cVio iisps a niTV TTIIPTI a wan -wants to repair damages lie spends two hours and a half trying to thread a needle. '4'he Unual Order Reversed. Many an American girl has married, as she supposed, a title and has been disappointed to find, when too late, that her husband was an impostor as to title, fortune and character and made of very caramon clay. This deplorable experience was reversed a few weeks ago, when Miss Nina Batcholer, of Louisville, married a young French lawyer, whom she supposed to have only lus profession as a maintenance and no expectations. On | her wedding day he disclosed to her the i awful fact that he was the son and heir | of a Vicomte, with a long and unprc HOUUUtfUULC iiUlIiC, UJAU LV I distinguished French family. He lias ! ' since taken his bride to the" Islands of Mauritius, where he is to practice law instead of living in Paris and wasting his-substance in its gay society. Miss-i Batchelar had gone to Paris to perfect jgeifself ia art. The way to do good is to be good. There must be light: thvii it will $hine. I SUSGESlTCf; AliOlT WHEAT. } " ~ ' ! A OF THIS'tfRAlX As GROWS LV lil? fcOlTti. " N.N. V I - ' *2 A Ariirlc i'rom n:t Experienced and Sneees'ifu! Fanner. : (W. L. Josrs i- Atlanta Constitution.) Is wheat a proiitable crop in thecotton belt? Except in limestone and high, monntairous regions, it is not. The yield is too uncertain, the cost of raising too great. Wheat is probably farther removed from its original wild (and, therefore, hardy) state than any plant iv-r> nl+ivnt/* Tt V.fis n?wn /Irimps'f so long, and so changed by domestication, that botanists have iaiic-d to identi- fy the plant or plants from wJivh it originally came. It 1 .as been so changed, it has become so artificial in its nature and habits, that it gives way under competition, ?ud cannot hold its place, in the struggle for existence, with the hardier and more vigorous plants- that it nnArm-nf /vrc 'av tv* <?i/l 4 vuvvviiitrvAC* i/Ul iVi XJ-U.VJO. O r.UJkfct?l/ would die out and disappear' in one, or at most two: or -three years. It must have a thoroughly prepared soil and:an abundance of food', especially nitrogenous food, tlier* costliest. of alt.* It hasvery little root power, , and cannot set free and appropriate the locked up food in the soil. Everything must be ready prepared and fully within its reach. As a consequence of these peculiarities, it yields readily to adverse influences, - . whether of climate, seasons or soils. Itwithstands moderate cold quite well; but " this said, all is said. As a matter of. long experience and ex- ! tended observation, we know that wheat j thrives lx>st in cool climates. The north- ( era United States and northern Europe . is the home of the wheat crop. In those : regions wheat is successfully grown," ' even when sown in the .spring. ' "At. the ? *?-V kJlTUUl, TY llViVL SUiVU ill/ illiti, S'-SASOIl WOlilCl j not bring back the seed to the sower. A j southern climate then does not seem to ( be adapted to the constitution of the ] wheat plant. But m addition' to this, or ] possibly as a consequence of this, wheat' } is greatly more liable to be destroyed by ", rust at the South than at .the North, j This is the weak point in wheat culture with us. This is the chief things that ] renders the wheat crop so uncertain and 'y unreliable. How to guard against rust j is then the foremost consideration in the \ preparation for the crop. As. a matter ^ of universal experience, it is well known i that dampness, both of soil and air, and j a. STXwnif-nt. sarrnr fi-vnv-.-f n nf +! ?? ? ., ?trrj JJ1U.U. uj are both favorable to the development of rust. A dry luay and a good wheat crop usually go together. I\ow so far as the amount of rain and the general humidity of the atmosphere is concerned, the farmer is helpless; he cannot control these. But he can ward off in part the effects of excessive rain by selecting for his wheat fields high knobs or knolls, from which water runs off rapidly; and the soils of which arc, therefore", comparatively dry. He can select those soils, also, which are least retentive of moisture. As a rule, such as have comparatively little humus, are dryer than those which abound in that snbstance.4 ^ The soils of low lands arc damper than L? tliose of uplands, and the air which rests j upon the former is generally damper ? than that over the latter. This is shown ( by the heavy dews which prevail on bot- f torn lands. It is obvious, therefore, that c a farmer's judgment becomes a decided ^ factor in the raising of a wheat crop. ^ Again, we have said, that a succulent, ( sappy growth of wheat, favors the devel- ^ opment of rust. Can a farmer control this? Yes; to a certain degree he can? 1st by a proper selection of soil as dis- ? cussed above; and 2d by a proper regu- < lation of the manure applied to the crop. J Exci ssive doses of most fertilizers, but , particularly of nitrogenous manures tend \ to develop luxurient growth of stalk and z leaves. Every one has noticed the ten- ;? dency of wheat thus manured to fall \ down or "lodge." The stem is soft and ^ unable to hold up the heads. Hence, " whilst wheat must have manure, and ] must have nitrogenous manure too, these ^ should not be applied in excessive j amounts, and" the nitrogen should be , well proportioned to the other ingredi- \ ents, so that- a well balanced development j of the plant result. To sum ut>, there- .j fore, wheat should be sown on high dry land, with a rather thirsty soil and witli a soil rather devoid of humus. Such a ; soil is usually poor. Wheat will not grow on poor soils?hence it must be ,3 manured. Wheat needs more nitrogen ( than most other plants?hence it must ( be manured with nitrogenous manures < but a medium manuring?the equivalent ( of, say five hundred bushels of cotton ( seed to the acre?would be better than s a much larger amount. Cotton seed is a good manure for wheat, especially on ; very poor land. And poor land is best for wheat when piotierly manured. But ; ?i i - > - " - ^uLLuu. ouuu luuv ue improved oy ine addition of a little phosphate. Fifty bush- , els of cotton seed and 100 to 150 pounds ! of acid phosphate per acre is a safe and '< reliable manuring for wheat, But why discuss the growing of wheat, | when it is admitted to be an unprofitable crop. Because, a crop-which might not ] pay as a market, or money crop, may . pay very handsomely when grown for , home use. This is most generally true. , There are very* few things a farmer can . buy, cheaper than he e^n raise. Our people have fallen into the terrible-belief tliat they can buy almost everything cheaper than they can raise it. They do , not think they can buy cotton cheaper 1 than they do raise it, but probably that ; proposition comes nearer the truth than I it does in the case of almost any other : crop grown, By all means let every . farmer sow enough wheat for home use. , For the small crop necessary to this end, he can find enough land well suited to it ; ?he can spare the needed manure, and he can take time to give it thorough preparation. Plough, roil and harrow, until brought into finest tilth; sow at -once, and sow that variety which lias succeedcd best in your own locality. Procure seed a little south rather than far north of you. A variety which has become accustomed to a warm climate will succeed better than one accustomed to a cold climate. ?('ivilizatirm frets its smmlv of coal and iron at a costly expense of human life. A parliamentary paper wlJch has just been published shows that during the year 1885 the total number of fatal accidents was 866, and the total number j of deaths occasioned thereby 1,214, i showing a decrease compared with the ! totals for the preceding year of 51 in|the nnmoer 01 latai accidents, ana an increase of 21(3 in the number of lives lost. On an average daring the year there was one fatal accident to every (548 persons employed, and one death by accident to every 402 persons employed. The average i'or the ten years 1874 to 18S4, is one fatal aeeident to every' 504 persons employed, and one death by accident to I every 458 persons employed. A JOKE LEADS TO \ DC EL. Andrew Jackson and Waightstill Avery r ire ai .Each Oiher at Jonesboro?A Ludicrous Scene in Uourt, ; , (From the Philadelphia Times.) James Partem, in his biography at Andrew Jackson, makes mention of a duel fought by General Jackson with Waightstill Avery at Jonesboro, Tenn., in. the last century. His account, howeverbis very meagre and does not accord with the version of the affair as told by descendants and relatives of Colonel Avery, many of whom still live in Burke county, X. C. In a foot note to page 102, chapter 14, volume 1, Parton says: '"There was' a comic incident connected with this duel that General Jackson would not tell. A gentleman once menConed the duel to Tiim. 'Who told vou about it?" asked the President, laughingly. 'General Adair.' | 'Did he tell you -what happened on the ground?' 'Xo.' Well, then, I shant,' j replied the General, still laughing." "The "comic incident" lo which General Jackson alluded, and which he refused to relate, is what is understood to have e^^rtke djieiand is said ne vcr tu have brCiiL made public. "What it -h as and how it occurred lias been related to me several times,, as follows: "In August, 178S. Colonel Waightstill A very, and Andrew J ackson. v?erc .attending coiirt in Jonesboro in what is now ?ast Tennessee. .At that time .Tennessee wxis still a part of North Carolina, and Jonesboro was tlie seat of one of the three' district courts held for the Ihen "Western District of -North Carolina. The town is now the-county- seat of Washington . county, 'Tennessee. * Jackson had hut recentlv bean called to the bar at the-r time of the duel, and was about 21 years of age. . Colonel Avery was much older. Ilie two gentlemen were opposing counsel in a case under trial,, in which Jackson, it is said, felt that he had but little shance for. success. Jtn a spirit of mischief,' probably, he determined to attempt a little diversion rather unusual m a "court of law. ' . . Colonel Avery sometimes rode th'e circuit of his courts?which embraced .most ?f Western North. Carolina and a portion of East Tennessee?oh horseback, iarrying in a pair ox capacious saddle bags such articles as were necessary to [lis more immediate' wants. One thing ilways carried,.therein 'was a .copy of 'bacon's. Abridgment," one of the standird law books of those days. Jackson ivas aware'fhat Colonel Avery was.iu the j ,iabit of carrying this book, and on the j 3 ay* for'trial, before their case was called j ae went to Colonel Avery's saddle bags, j xl'ok out the cor)y of "Bacon's Abridg- j nent" and substituted for it a piece of 5aeon of about the same size, wrapping t Up as the book had been to prevent ;uspieion. In the course .of the trial rolonel Avery, having occasion to quote m authority, sent for his book. The package was brought to him, and when mwrapped, 1c! a "flitch of bacon" stood :evealed to court and jury. Aveiy was a man of great dignity of jliaracter' and bearing, who could ill ii-ook a liberty of anv kind, least of all m attempt to make him appear ridieu cos. Turning to jacKson ne cnargea lira with what had been done, and delounced him for his act in most unneasured terms. Jackson was stung to he quick, but apparently controlled limself sufficiently not to attract attenion to -what he did in respouse to the ebiike. Tearing a fly leaf from a law .'ook he wrote a challenge which, unob;crved, he passed across the table to Colonel Avery, and which was promptly iceeptep. The following is an exact :opy of the original challenge, which is itill in the possession of a member of lie Averj family, and from the wording )f its first sentence a nother communica,ion vrould seem to have preceded it: Augst, 12th, 1788. Sir: When a mans feelings and chartcter are injured he ought to seek a speedy redress: you rec:d a few lines rom me yesterday and undoubtedly you inder stand me My character you have njured: and farther you have Insulted ne in the presence of a court and a larg mdience I therefore call upon you as a gentleman to give me satisfaction for the ;ame: and I further call upon you to *ive me an answer immediately without Equivocation and I hope you can do vithout dinner until the bnsiness done; .'or it is consistent with the character of i gentleman when he injures aman to nake a - speedy reparation, therefore I lope yon will not fail in meeting me ;his day. from yr obt st Coll' Avery Asdw Jackson. P. S.. this Evening aft2r court adourned? i- . in-.'. The style of the challenge, its orthography and its punctuation?or the want Df it?are equally remarkable, but the lemand is unmistakable, and the little 'P. S." at one side denote: great urgen; ;v. It was evidently written under great incitement, though with a strong effort it self control, and the whole document ?to use the slang of to-day?"means jusiness." * ' The challenge is addressed on the hack: "Coll' Whitestill (sic) Aver}*," It was found among Colonel Avery's papers after his death, .carefully filed lway and docketed in very business like style: "Jackson, D. P. Duel, 1788." The duel was fought about dusk of '1 1 iV - -7-^11 ^ ulie Clay tlie uiuuieuye wa.3 ^x>cii. c, raviife near the Court House' in JogesDoro. Shots, exchanged, hut fartu* fu;te neither party \vas hurt. Jackson lechired himself satisfied, and the two gentlemen afterward became warm friends. Indeed, long before the due1., when Jackson first decider tfi ?o io the bar, he was desirous to read law under Waightstill Avery, who was very distinguished in his profession and Yf&S the first Attorney-General ?he State of North Carolina. At'the time of Jack ZQfl.''n, 4ppomtmerit as solicitor of the I VVistern District of North "Carolina? afterwards the State of Tennessee?he, on his w?;y to settle in' Nashville, had visited Colonel Avery at Morganton. the latter then an extreme frontier town of Western North Carolina. The date of the challenge, August 12,' 1788, is six months previous to that of the earliest' letter of Jackson, February 13, 1789, which Mr. Parton sajs he was able to find. Waightstitt Avery was the iirst Attorney General of North Carolina. By that was meaii^ of the State after it had thrown off allegiance to the British government. Colonel Avery was" a man of great capacity and the loftiest integrity, * ?*"? l?n?- + <-> o ?ir^AT> . 40J.ll 1MO iUtUlflU iCi.J-LV.J~i u|/\,,u .?vwvuv? , ants worthy of such a she; but there j were Attorneys-General before him in the pre-revolutionary days ot the "Pro-j vince of Carolina." and some of them, j too, seem to have been men of high character. Sufficiently so in one case ?.t least to have the fact' recorded ou his tomb "without equivocation." In the old colonial ehurc&yaxd Of Christ Church parish, Xevrbern, >. C., is a grave-stone hearinc the following nnaint inscription i and epitaph: : To the Memory of . : Charles Elliott; " . : L*iie Attoraey-.General for tins Province : ; ' "Who Died Anno 1730. : ; An Honest Lawyer, Indeed! : * *?;?;!; WEALTHY XEGR'OES. Colored Men Who Have Amassed Considerable Worldly Goods. i John AV. CromwelI, a negro journaiis ! in Philadelphia, has compiled an inter I esting exhibit of the business conditioi of his race in America. The Carolina* take the lead in tht I numoer 01 weii-to-ao negroes. -\ oru i Carolina has twenty -who are worth fron i ?10,000 to .>50,000 each. In South Car| olina the negroes otto 310,000,000 worti | of .property. In Charleston fourteen ; men represent ?200,000. Thomas E. Smalls is worth ?18,000, and Charles C. Leslie-is worth ?12,000. The family oi Noisettes, track farmers, are 'worth ?150,000. In the city savings banks the negroes have ?12i,S3(>.3.j on deposit. ; uiic man ins over so,uui;. no recently | bought a 310,000 plantation and paid j 37,000 in cash. In Philadelphia John McKce is wortli half a million. He owns four hundred houses. Several are worth ten thousand dollars-eecL. The negroes ,q? New York own from live to six- million dollars worth of real estate. P. White, a wholesale drug giso, is vrurcu u quarter ui a mimuii itxiu lias an annual business of two hundred thousand.. Catherine Black is worth one hundred and fifty thousand. In New -'rersey the negroes own two million do its worth of real estate. Baltimore has more negro home-owners than any other large city. Nineteen men are worth a total of eight hundred thousand. John Thomas, the wealthiest, is worth about one hundred and fifty thousand. Less than a hundred- negroes in Washington are worth a total oi' one nrrffion. In Louisiana the negroes.j?aj taxes on -tyviTK/M-* rlrtlToro "iiV \/m* flrlnoric V^VJUU^wJL^ JLii -.'V- >f and thirty million in the' State. lonie Lafon, a French, quadroon, is worth one million one hundred thousand.. The Mercer Brothers, clothiers, carry a stock of thr'ee'hundred thousand. Missouri has"twenty-seven citizens worth a million. doILira in amounts-ranging from twenty thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand _ The richest colored woman of the South, Amasida Eubanks, made so by will of hei "white. father, is - worth four UlLUUJLCU CUUlUKtUU. -UUJLItfiS/ ILilUUNtJb 11*3*1 Augusta, Ga. Chicago, the home -of eighteen thousand colored people, has three colored-firms in- business, whose proprietors represent-twenty thousand, dollars each, one fifteen thousand and nine ten thousand. The Eastlake furniture company is worth twenty thousand. A. J. Scott lias thirty-five thousand in-, vested in the livery business, and is worth one hundred thousand, including a well stocked farm in Michigan.. Mrs. J ohn' J ones and Richard Grant are worth seventy thousand eaoh. A. G. White, nf Sf r.nnis fnrm/vrlv rvuruAvrtf +r, Anchor line of steamers, after financial reverses, lias, since the age of forty-five, retrieved his fortunes and accumulated thirty thousand. Mrs. M. Carpenter, a San Francisco colored woman, has a bank account of filty thousand, and Mrs. Mary Pleasants has an income from eight houses in San Francisco, a ranch near San Meteo and one hundred thousand in government bonds. In Marysville, Cal., twelve individuals are the owners of ranches valued in the aggregate at from one hundred and fifty thou-' sand to one hundred and eighty thousand dollars. One of them, Mrs. Peggy Bredan, has besides a bank account of forty thousand dollars. These statistics show that the brother in black is making some headway in the world. He is learning to "tote his own skillet." Two Children Married?The Happy I'll ion of a Youthful Pair in Xew York. James Brown, a retired produce dealer living at No. 345 East Eight-six street, had Iris son Milton, sixteen years old. arrested for stopping away from home nvpr niorVsi T!if> Inrl flrmirmpfl in the Harlem court yesterday morning. A rosy little girl, fifteen years old, watched him through tearful eyes from the spectators' seats. Justice Power asked the lad what he staid away from home for. "Your father says you are an incorrigible boy," he said, severely. "I am not a boy, sir," was the respectful-response, "but a lawfully married ______ _"1 T 1 I* _t._ J J. . 1 * man, ana ? oeiieve it is my auxy to live with my .wife. That is why I staid away from home." r<'Your wife, di~ you say?" exclaimed the justice in astonishment. "You don't mean to tell'me that you are married?" . "Yes, judge," replied the lad, "I was married Monday night, and there is my wife," pointing to a girl in the spectators' seats, who "blushed and smiled through her tears. The paternal Brown was enually astonished. He said that he had no idea his boy was married. ''However," he said, "let liiiQ go with liis wife if lie wants to." The little girl bounded from her seat, kissed the juvenile husband heartily and the couple marched proudly out of court. Until last Saturday the salaiy of the younger 3Ir. Brown was four dollars a week. - He is "looking for a job," now.?New Yor& WoxlcL \ Itit A 1)0!',t ^Sooner nnd Lorillard. Teal's ugo two men, riot so prominent as now, had a .little misunderstanding oyer, a horse trade. Thev i^-yeed to meet in the wagon step of Peter Dubois and to' abide by his decision. Each stated his case, and then Peter assumed a judicial position and gravely said: "I hold that both of you is strictly honorO1\1A l\n4* ttah ova IVIITO. KJ'i.f, Vi4(?V! u; J UU cvi. v_/ ? ble." The wagons of Dubois" were much better than his English: but the fairness of his decision was not questioned. One of the parties. to the dispute awns the: only American-bred horse that ever won the English Derby, and the other could, if he were so disposed, gratify innumerable requests by allowing Maud S. to be led into the show ring on the grounds of agricultural fair associations.?Tarf, Field and Farm. \t i liter \ov#?! nnr ' IvKfprin'iM. j\d earthquake is neither a novel n jr u mysterious occurrence. It is among the most common of terrestrial phenomena. Not on hour, perhaps not a minute, passes in which some portions of the ear^h are not vibruting from this c.?use. An earthquake i> a movement caused by the shrinking from the loss of heat of the interior of the crust in c >nset[uec<.-e. That the intern r of the earth is intensely hot is indicated bv wells ;;nd mines sunk, in all parts cf the world, lleat increases about one degree Fahrenheit for every 50 feet below the earth's surf nee. Dr. Xw berry gave the temperature of different wells in this country and Europe as demonstrating this, instancing 'particularly a well ip. Europe sunk 3,3?0 feet, at which depth the ther mometer indie&cd it5 degrees, and one a little over a mile deep where the tcmpera, tm-e was shown to be 1-31 degrees. The earthquakes, wonderful phenomena in themseves, have produced many others ! scarcely less wonderful, aot the 'least of which "we may mention the phenomenal liars that have been thrown to the surface. They seem to he legion, and almost infinite in their capacities. rURAKIKD TO THE SA5U) WIFE TWICE t A Singular Separation and Restoration-A Life of Dissipation? Romyuce in Rca t L'fe* Henderson, Ky., Oct., 21.?The i death of Gabc Tate last week brings to mind tbe romantic career of lii? ; life. Tate was born and raised in i this county- His father was one ol i the prosperous planters of ante-bellum - days. The large tract of land he i owned was in Walnut bottom, in the i most productive part or this section. He had a large number of slaves, a^d better still a large bank account. Gabe " had grown in an atmosphere of luxury ; until luxuries were common. He had ! been accustomed to having his own way and to have every want supplied. When his father died the estate was divided between him and his sister, Mrs. Dr. J. A. Harding, who had gone to the home of her husband in Jefferson county, now a part of Louisville, Ky. There he met Miss Shotwell, the daughter of Col. A. L. Shotwell, a man who was rich in a dozen different ways. His steam interest was only second to his lauded estate, and his commission merchant's business but barely outstripping his mining rights. The vast coal fields of Union county, now owned by Brown & Jones, the P?flclitir<r L'inac wr>rf" his inrtivid urtlly. At that time, in 18-o2, there were only.two coal mines operated 011 the Ohio river below Pittsburg, Pa., the one at Cunnellton, Iud., and the Shotwell Mines, in Union county. So exbaustless is the supply of coal, and so superior the quality, that a railroad has just been completed to the mines from this city. Fabulous fortunes have been made from the fleets of coal sent South from these mines. It is seen oy tins wnat oriental granaeur was in the reach of Gabe Tate and Miss Shotwell, with their fortunes when united by marriage at the residence o Col. Shotwell in Louisville. -After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Tate wont to the Shot well Mines, where the products of a thousand miners supplied their wants. For some years they lived at the mines and all went- well Two or more children blessed their union. Mr. Tate ieft his home and to this day the public do not know the cause* Surmises were plentiful, but no knowledge of the cause was ever had. It was known that his _ . ^ ^ i j, * ~ c 11 estate was gone, out mar was ui smaii impprtance, for his wife was rich. some time after Mr. Tate lei't home Mr?. Tate secured a divorce, and shortly after married Sam Churchill, a prosperous planter who had lived near the mines, and with whom she was acquainted during her married life at the miues. In the meantime Andrew Tate, an old bachelor uncle had died, and left his vast estate to Giibe ami his sister. Hugh Tate, another bachelor uncle, soon died, aud .iHdpf] his fortnnft to rh.it. of his brother Andrew, for the benefit of his nephew and niece. Not long after that, Miss Nancy Tate died, and left her increased j fortune from her own right and uu! divided interests in the estates of her two brothers, Andrew and Ilugh, to i Gabe Ttate and his sister. "These ! changes covered a period of nearly | ten years. Notwithstanding the fact that "considerable advertising had been done, nothing could be heard of Gabe Tate, and he was supposed to be dead. iUbi ne was lieaiu iium ui uauu, 111.j and found. Arriving home, he found himself a rich man again. lie wrote to his wife to scud the children > him as Evansville, Ind., as he wanted to see them. She met him there with the children. Shortly afterwards a divorce was procured from Samuel Churchill, the second husband, and speedily following that divorce, was the marriage of Gabe Tate to the same woman who had procured a divorce irom mm years oeiore. Since then they have lived here most of the time, a handsome suburban home being theirs. Mr. Tate has led a dissipated life siucc I first knew him, but was ail enemy only to himself, lie has been the golden goose for more than one sharp. In his affluence he was generous to extravagance, and hundreds of poor devils owe a night of comfort and a good meal to the plentiful purse of Gabe Tate. For two or more years he has been failing n*T)idlv. and last week he died at the residence of bis sister, Mrs. D. Harding, who now lives in-Uuion county, and within five miles of Shotwell's mines, where his early married life was passed. Mrs. Tate and her children are there. One, to see the lady in her quiet uemeanor, would never suppose that her life was so eventful. She does not appear to be over 30 years of age until you see her grown daughter by her side. She is a small woman of the pearl style, being neither blonde nor brunette. * ?:?? - i Powder! j- as a Peacemaker. i I3ni'.adeli'hia, Octol>cr 29.?A conferI ence was held this afternoon between Gene! ral Master "Workman Powderly and the aid j committee of the Philadelphia Manufac| Hirers' Association. Powderly's object in meeting the committee was to endeavor to reach u settlement of the troubles at the mill of Wm. P. Troth ?fc Co., and thus avert a sreneral lockout, which the Manu facturers;' Association lias threatened to institute on November 3. The Association several days ago announced that all efforts to settle "differences by arbitration had failed, and that unless the strikers at Troth's mill settled their troubles by Xo\eml>er $ to the satisfaction of Troth, all textile mills operated by members of the Association would be closed to the-work people employed thorein. This would affect nearly 100,000 employees. In a con fcrencc to-day the facts were laid before Powderh' and" arrangements were made for further arbitration, Powderly agreeing to order the striking employees of Troth ?5c Co., tc return to work pending arbitration. Later in the day Powderly issued an order directing the men to return to work. Many of the strikers, upon receipt of the order, declared they would not obey it. but better counsels prevailed and the great lockout is averted for the present at least. The arbitration v, ill be conducted by JoV,a "Ocwber Welsh for the manufacturers and Herbert "Welsh for the employees, these tvro gentlemen to select lie third member of the committer France* <iuarrel with England. i'Aius, October 2 ii.?La llcpuUi'jtte Francai'xe. speaking of the relations between France and England concerning the hitter's occupation of Egypt, says: "We are not enemies01 Jkngianu. we snouui be greatly blamed if we attempted to revive the hatred which formerly existed between the two nations. Our admiration of England, however, does, not reach far enough to allow us to sacrifice French ini tore its of the first order and immemorial rights because England happens la enjoy a liberal Parliament and libera: institutions. Our honor demands thai we defend them to the end, although by other means than war." The JRepu&ique.Francuise ridicules the opinion expressed by the Tempi that there is no alternative between a British occupation of Egypt for an indefinite period yr war. a:\ immortal victory. 1 HOW 5 r WAS \YG.\ AT SABIXE PASS BY AX IRISH LIEUTEXAXT. ' Fort y-lv. o Confederate Soldiers Pitted Against Ten Thousand Federal Soldiers, Besides Gunboat*. The New Orleans Picavtme. in view of recent events, reminds its readers that Sabine Pass is invested with an historical importance of which even many Southerners are ignorant. Ex-President Davis, in The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government says that "the circumstances are properly to be considered marvelous. In September, 1863, the strategic importance to the Union forces of the possession of Sabine river caused the organization of a large expedition of land and naval forces to enter and ascend the river. If successful it gave them short lines for operation against the interior of Texas and relieved them of the discomfiture resulting from their expulsion from Galveston harbor. The fleet of the enemy numbered twenty-three vessels. The forces were estimated to be 10,000 men, under Major General Win. B. Franklin and Brigadier W. H. Emory, Godfrey Weitzel and Frank Xickerson. Xo adeouate t>rovision had been made to resist such a force, and under the circumstances none might have been promptly made on which reliance could*have been reasonably placed. - A. few miles above the entrance into the Sabine river a small earthwork had been constructed, garrisoned at the time of the action by fort v-two men and-two lieutenants, with an armament of six guns. The officers and men were all I j.rjubumeu, unu uiu cumpajiy was caiieu. ; the Davis Guards. The captain. F. H. Odium, was temporarily absent, so that the command devolved on Lieutenant R.W. Dowling. Like Moultrie in; the Revolutionary war, they were advised and refused to leave the fort. Commodore Leon Smith, commanding the Marine Department of Texas, says- in his official report of September 9; .1863: 'I arrived at the Pass at 3 o'clock p, m.' I found the enemy off and inside the bar with uineteen gunboats and steamships and other ships of war, carrying, as well as I could judge, 15,000 men. I proceeded with Captain Odium to the fort anu found .Lieut, is. i?. bmith, of the engineer corps, with forty-two men, -de- ^ fending the fort. Until 3 o'clock -p. m. our men did not open nre upon the enemy, as the range was too far. -The . officers of the fort coolly held their' fire until tbc- enemy had approached, near enough to reach them. But vrhen the enemy arrived in good range, our. batte ries were opened and gallantly replied to a galling and most temficfire from' the enemy. As I entered the fort -the gunboats" Clifton, Arizona, Sachem and Granite State, with several others, came w 4*/% 1 AAA n/^r r>T% UVJUJLL* UJJ L\y \Y li.il lU JLjVUV J (Z1UJ3 OULi. opened their batteries, which were gallantly and-effectively replied to by the Davis Guards. For one hour and a half a most terrific bombardment of grape, canister and shell was directed against our heroic and devoted'littleband within the fort. The shots struck in every direction, but thanks be to God, not one of the noble Davis Guards was hurt. * * * Every man stood at his post, _ 1*00 regardless of the murderous fire that was poured upon them from every direction. The result of the battle, which lasted from O -JCi .t CV U IJ. 1-U., >Y <SO U-LC tUJLU of tlie Clifton and Sachem, eighteen heavy guns, 150 prisoners, and the killing and -wounding of fifty men, and driving outside the bar of twenty-three vessels in all' The inquiry may naturally arise, how this small number of men could take charge of so large a body of prisoners. This required that to their valor they should add strategem. A few men were placed on the parapets as sentinels, the rest were marched out as a guard to receive the prisoners and their arms. Thus was concealed the fact that the fort was empty. The report of the guns bombarding the fort had been heard, and soon after the close of the ^oiuiuv; cui. J.JL V vvtj niuvu if lieved the little garrison from its embarrassment. ? "A few days after the battle each man that participated in the fight was presented with a silver medal, inscribed as follows, on one side: <D. G which was for 'Davis Guards,' and on the reverse side, , . 'Sabine Pass, C* 1 .1 A 1 oepremuer oa, 1000. The Mother's Right to Her Child. To the question, Has a mother any right to the babe -whom she has borne at the peril of her own life? the heart <>f humanity can give but one answer. By a law of human nature, alike natural and irreversible, her claim in this respect is snrvprinr to that r>f anv nthpv not, at i cepting that of the father. It is from her bosom that the child draws its sustenance, and she is its God-appointed carc-taker, at least in its earliest years, and her right cannot be overborne withI out cruelty amounting to outrage. And yet, strange as it may seem, the laws in nearly every State in the Union give the power of custody of the child, not to the wife and mother, but to the husband and father. The mother may be a paragon of moral excellence, and exceptionally well fitted to nurse and train her child, but the father, though a man utterly vile, has a legal right to snatch the babe from its mother's arms and dispose of it as he pleases. To the credit of human nature let it be confessed that this right m our day is not often exercised but it is a reproach to our civilization that such a law should be permitted to stand for a single hour upon any of our statute books.?Frank Leslie's Weekly. A Butter Famine. Look out for it, for it is coming as soon as tlie oleomar^. rine law goes into ^" " operation on the first. As the law now is ~ you can step to the telephone and order two pounds of Jersey butter. The grocer does you up two. pounds of beautiful, yellow oleomargarine that looks like butter, smells like butter and really tastes like butter, and you are satisfied, "indeed, so little butter has l>een sold for two years that town people forget its tiiste and when they get it in the cbuntry pure and simple they think "it lacks body." .V Little Girl Eaten by a Benr. Cleveland, Ohio, Octobcr 25.?This N j morning Rosa, the two-vear-old daughter oi xienry uoercuracK, a saioon Keejjer, mcu with a horrible death, being almost eaten alive by a bear. The little one was playing in her father's back yard and got through the fence into the yard of a neighbor named Kerns, who kept a bear chained in the rear of his lot. The child ventured too near the bear, which knocded her down and commenced devouring her, and she was horribly mutilated before she could be rescued. The owner of the bear was arrested on the charge ?>f manslaughter. -J