Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

; ' Ay'Jj i ^^SSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^SSSS^SSS^ "" ? ? ?????? I ? . . . VOL. XLIV. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1888. NO. 29. ?aa?a?a ? !! n inn j Miyaaa?oca Dorcas Caledon, TIE HEIRESS OF CALEDON HEIGHTS. _A_2<r ^.rrx-OBXOG-i^vs^Hcrsr. L BT ?IOKE>'CE E. DIAMOND. V CHAPTER YUL 9 To add to my discomfort at noon a drizm zling rain began to fall, and soon the wind blew fiercely. So severe, indeed, became the storm I was forced to seek shelter in a wood where I remained the afternoon and night, wet, shivering and nearly perishing ? ?- --u ~i v, rr*v> Willi CUiU iiiiU UUU^Ci. Xiaw however, in the night, and the sun rose bright and clear in the moniing? I dragged ^ myself out of the thicket where I had Jain, ar.d by great difficulty gained the high road, but I found I could no longer continue my journey. My limbs ached, as did my head, while one moment I was chilled to the bone, the next burning with fever. Lights danced before my eyes, and I grew so faint and . giddy I could scarcely stand. Slowly creep? ing along thus I determined to stop at a neat white house by the road, and accordingly opening the gate I crept slowly up tho walk. A sweet-faced lady was briskly opening the shutters as I came in. But she paused and uttered an exclamation when she saw me, and no wonder, for a more pitiable look^ ing object could hardly have met your eyes than I was at that moment. My clothes were wet and splashed with mud; my hitt hung limp over my disheveled hair, and my shoes were in tatters. But my failing strength made me regardless of looks. I went to the window. I tried to tell the woman that I was weak, starving and ill, but my words mixed themselves up m a strange, confused manner. A mist came >i?fnro mvr oroc nrirl T lmnembfiretl nothing more till I awoke lying on a lounge in a pleasant room with, the klritl face I had seen at the window bending over me, while she bathed my head, rubbed my benumbed hands and strove in every way to arouse me to consciousness. "When I had in a v measure recovered, she removed my outer garments, took off my soaked shoes and stockings, and smoothed out my tangled hair, her soft, gentle touch soothing somewhat the burning pain in my head. She asked me no questions; she merely acceptl ed my situation as a matter of course, and ^ if I had aroused her curiosity she did not express it. BP She then brought me a cup of tea and a A- bit of toast, which she urged me to eat; but, fj| while I drank the tea, I could not touch the W toast, though I made several ineffectual at* -a" ? j Ixempts lO UW i>U, >V UlUIHj IU g?awiji -"-J benefactor. "Never mind eating it, child," she said, seeing my ^attempts. '-If you do not feel like eating you had better net." And I sawtears in her soft blue eyes as she spoke. She then conducted me to a room, disrobed me gently as a mother might, and tucked me in the softest of beds and drew the curtains to shut out the light from my aching eyes, and I soon fell into a troubled sleep. I remember awaking once, but after this came a long blank, or rather a dull confused dream, in which, in imagination I . traveled hundreds of miles, ever toiling on - over stony roads and up steep and dizzy heights, or else I scrambled through dense thickets, or was lost in the labyrinth of deep forests, or I walked by cool streams and bubbling fountains, but not one drop could I obtain to quench, my burning thirst, and ever before me was the face of Irma Barrett. I saw the gleam of her golden hair k and the glint of her blue eyes wherever I K turned. But these were dreams cn?y,-fever dreams that worried my brain, while the fever that coursed through my frame burned unceas ingiy until, conpciica xo oic out* ior wum, ui fuel, it left me weak as an infant. But, attended as I was by a. skilled physician, and watched over by Mrs. Kent (for that, I found, was her name), with the utmost , solicitude, I soon began to grow better. It had been November when I fell ill, but it was mid-winter when, wrapped in shawls, I crept to the window for the first time and gazed out on the leaScss trees and brown, swinging vines in the garden. But I was glad to creep back again to the wurm-cush'ioned chair by the fire where Mrs. Kent sai busily knitting, and smiling at my attempts H at walking. But I grew better rapidly, and was soon able to lay aside invalid wraps and chairs. ftjgjlP One day when I had grown quite strong, Mrs. Kent gently asked me to tell her my nl story, for she felt sure, she said, there was Hft something amiss or I would not have been Pin such a strait. "Without any hesitation I frankly told her my entire history so far as I knew it. Of my parents or their antecedents of course I could not say. but I left nothing untold; even my childish attachment to Mr. Dudley I revealed, and my trust in his assistance in helping to unravel the mystery which I felt sure surrounded me. Then I told of his return, his cold words, 'his seeming indifference, which broke my " heart, and made me resolve to.no longer be a dependent upon the bounty of others. Mrs. Kent sat silent and thoughtful for some time after hearing my story. Ev-V idently she was striving in her own mind to arrive at some definite conclusion in regard to the matter. But she spoke at last, quietly, gently as eve*. 2 '-Well, my dca.. I can hot help thinking rperliaps you would nave cons oeuer juwii to have left so hastily; at least, not until you had seen and talked with this Mr. Dudley," she said. -But what is done is done, and we can not change it. I do not know this family, though I have heard of them; but it is likely that Mrs. Clayton and this Miss Armund are connected by some secret, ^ but- it might be and might net be for your benefit to discover it. However, I wish now to talk of yourself. TVe have been brought together under very strange circumstances. I can not help thinking that some goodwill arise from -it. Now, Dorcas, I have a plan to propose. I am alone with the exception of Ann, the servant- girl. I have no companIion; my two children are both married and. living'abroad; my husband, as I once told 1 you, died a few months since. Therefore, lam very lonely. I should dearly love a companion. I like you, Dorcas. You are young and friendless, mil you accept a rhome with mef "Would I remain, in paradise, if I could?" I cried, falling down at ber feet and laying my head in her lap in a pcrfect transport of joy and thankfulness. uilrs. Kent, if I ever prove ungrateful for your kindness may I be punished as I deserve. Surely there is no one as kind and good as you." Mi's. Kent smiled and stroked my hair with her white, shapely hand. " It is settled ^ ^|^ * - ? ~ shs pauses and tjtxekkd am exclaxam tiox. then; youivill remain, with me," sne sxa, HV and my assent "tras a joyful ore. W - That winter I classed among the happiest of my life. We were so comfortable, so cozy, so entirely devoted to each other, that t&e jays wtye never long or the evenings EL ' tedious. We seldom went out except lo church. Mrs. Kent, I found, was a cultured woman, and under her teachings I improved rapidly. - *\ CHAPTER IX. I will not wear* the reader with a full account of my life for the next two years. It passed with very {little of interest to the j outsider. At the end of this time I was a well grown girl of seventeen, and though I had mixed very little in society I flattered myself I was in a measure free from that awkwardness so painfully common to girls brought up in seclusion. I had during this time heard occasionally from the Clayton's, who still resided at Caiedon, as of old. Irma Barrett was not yet married, though she had been a reigning dcuc xor two seasons. Her beauty and immense fortune brought her hosts of admirers, but her vain nature -would ne t vet allow her to be bound by the chains of betrothal or matrimony. Oliver Dudiey was still single also, though I sometimes heard with a strong pang at my heart, of his assidious attention to Inria Barrett. ' What was it to me," I asked myself, angrily, "whether he married Uie heiress or not?" Surely he was. nothing to me. Had he not scorned the little beggarly dependant, and did I not have cause for haling him for such an ungrateful return for the devotion to him I cherished? And I did hate him, I cried, angered at my loousa neart, mat just as often gave proof of the falseness of this assertion. It was the winter of my seventeenth year that Mrs. Kent received an urgent invitation from a friend in New York to visit her. They had been old and dear friends, and Mrs. Kent, though she did not liko the idea of a gay winter in the metropolis, yet felt obliged to accept her friend's invitation for the sake of old times. Having never yet caught even a glimpse of the gay world, it is no wonder I felt some delight, yet a great deal of trepidation, at the thought .of being a visitor at one of the richest and most fashionable mansion's in the city. Mrs. Kent, having no desire that I should appear backward or illclad, provided me with an ample wardrobe and spent much time in inct-nir-tinor mr? in fa^iionfiblo etirraette?tr> all of which. I listened with closest attention, determined that if possible my kind patron should hare no cause to feel mortified at my appearance. "Dear child," said Mrs. Kent, "how anxious you are to improve yourself in my eyes; though," she added, "3-ou are good enough and polished enough already, for you have never caused me a moment's discomfort since you became my dear adopted daughter." And I felt that she had paid me the highest compliment I could have cared to hear. We finally found ourselves domiciled at Sirs. Leiberg's splendid and hospitable mansion. She, like my adopted mother, was a widow with married sons and daughters. One son, however, resided with his mother and his wife and their lovely children were the pride of her heart. "We were warmly received, and I felt at homa at once with the whole family. I now for the first time enjoyed the society of young people. I felt somewhat backward at first, but this gradually wore off, and I was soon able to chat with comparative ease with my new acquaintances. W c attended concerts, musical soirees; we visited the art galleries, the museums, we rode in the park; we attended the theater and opera, in fact, in-. dulled in all those expensive luxuries and1 tostly pleasures that only the rich can afford. TTc were cr-.e day driving in the park, mylelf, the younger Mrs. Leiherg and the children, when suddenly a carriage passed us in whose occupants I recognized something strangely familiar. I leaned forward to catch a closer glimpse, and as I did so the gentleman turned his head and I caught sight of his face. 1 jould not be mistaken ?the dark eyes, the soft curling hair and shapely form were none other than Oliver Dudley's. I knew him instantly, ' and it only needed a glance at the golden hair of the beauty beside him to ascertain that it was Irma Barrett. I sank back with a quick, keen pain at my heart; my hand clutching aimlessly at my rich sable muff, my cheeks growing strangely pale, I knew, lor Kma jilts. | Leiberg at once enquired if I were ill. "Ob! no; it is nothing," I answered, j calmly enough, wondering even at myself j that I could be so strongly moved at the sight of this man, who was not, nor ever could be, aught to me. I went home feeling strangely depressed. It was probable'then that the Claytons were in the city. I had heard of their some- ! times visiting here. I should be almost cer- [ tain to meet them I knew, and my heart beat ! quickly at the thought, for I never could re- i gara them in any other light than my bitterest enemies. ilrs. Kent met me in the parlor. "There is a gentleman to see yen in the drawingroom, Dome," she said, smiling. "Strange j how attractive Mr. Balfour (naming the N ^ a- 1 I gentleman; ECUS our uiuuac va wcc, added, archly. "And Colonel Baily called also this morning. Really, Dorrie, you are getting to be quite a belle." I laughed liglitiy at her words, and ran up to my room to remove my -wraps before going down to meet my friend*. I felt angry at myself that I could not feel more than a passing interest in this handsome young Balfour, whose admiration for me had been a patent fact since our first meeting. He was rich, young, handsome?what i more could I desire. My friends, too, all' looked upen him with favor, and I felt j guilty when I remembered how I had en-1 couraged his attention when I felt for him only friendship, not love, not even the ghost of it. There was also Colonel Baily, another, in | everyway, eligible suitor; except in the matter of age, he being a number of years my senior, though not old, by any means; he was handsome and courtly, a very king among men, some would have called him. But I did not care for him,I said, perversely. I should never fall in love; men were ail alike to me, and why did they annoy me with their attentions. "Now, if Oliver Dudley were Edgar Balfour," I found myself saying, and then I stopped. "Dorcas Lynn''I cricd, mentally, in a rage with myself, "for such foolish T .Q*1 tr Trrvn x a.i.i aoaauxwu vx j vu, bave lost much of your boasted pride to lament 2. man you never knew, beside, one who is en gaged to anothe rand thus silenceing my heart I went down determined to be very kind to Mr. Balfour in future and to permit no thought of Oliver Dudley to stand between me and the duty I owed Mrs. Kent, who, I knew, regarded Edgar Balfour as a most eligible young man. I think I must have succeeded very well in my attempt to appear agreeable, for Mr. Balfour not only paid me several rather extravagant compliments, but several limes I barely avoided receiving from him a direct offer of | his heart and hand by judiciously turning conversation into another channel. The next day as was our custom, -we drove in the park, and again I saw Oliver Dudley, but alone this time, and I could but remark how pale and worn he looked, like a person hard worked or ill in body or mind. "We passed hiia twice and at the last ume he raised his eyes and gave me a direct leek that made me start; but he evidently did not rcoognizc me, for his eyes did not linger, only turned carelessly, almost mournfully, away as he passed on, leaving mo flushed and troubled and disturbed. The next day I went again; in vain did I resolve not to go near the park again; the tempvtation was too great, and that afternoon found us again among the crowd of gay aristocrats that daily flock there. But to-day I was disappointed; though I strained my eyes in all directions for a sight of that well-known form, I was not rewarded. Mrs. Leiberg softly inquired if I were looking for any one in particular. ?1If it is for ri^l/vo.a'l RiJlar ic ' ?L?rL lauo-h V./Vi.V'U.W. ? - ?W ** ?. J ^ ing, while I shrank back in the carriage feeling ashamed of myself, yet devoutly wising the Colonel Tvere at the antipodes. i V But I co old not xnopc, though much inclined to do so, for the Colonel accompanied us home and then attended us to a musical entertainment at the house of a friend. It was one o'clock before I was at liberty to seek my own room and there muse over the changed appearance of Oliver Dudley, for to keep him from my thoughts was an utter impossibility. I saw his face in the gleaming embers of the fire; I heard his voice in the moaning wind; whatever way I turned I was confronted by the same form, and I fell asleep to dream strange, ( troubled dreams, in which the center figure I was always Oliver Dudley. T awoi-e in the mominsr stranrrclv de ! pressed and unhappy. I 'wandered aimlessly about until evening, when \vc went, as ^551 rp" 7^2^i lis ?iUciw? ^ \|jj~ i 7 j" - * ' ^ wfl /')*SiV\^V ft ? r?."? r' ,.! |/-I, iiivv^. I SAW 1113 FACE IX THE GLEAMTN'G EMBEKS OF THE FIKE. usual, for a drive, but this time I dared not let my eyes search the crowd as yesterday, for I saw that Mrs. Leiberg was watching me closely. But suddenly we came to a standstill; there was a crush of carriages ahead, and for some moments we were unable to go on. It was during this delay I suddenly heard an exclamation, and, turning my head toward the side from whence it came, I encountered the gazo of one who, for a moment, held me spell-bound with terror and amazement Surely I remembered the hard, ugly face, the keen, gray eyes, the scant, white hair. It was, it could be no other than Miss Annund, who stood gazing at xne, evidently lost in astonishment at seeing me, for I saw at once that she recognized me, and I felt, as I always had, a sort of fear of her, and now I turned pale, actually shivering with terror, as I saw she was about to alight - What did she dean, to do? But just at that instant our driver, annoyed at the delay and seeing the way cleared at last, gave our horses a sharp cut with the whip and we were whirled away, leaving Miss Armund, who had alighted, looking after us with a vacant stare. Mrs. Leiberg was too well bred to ask questions, but I saw that she had noted the whole occurrence and was full of conjecture as to who the strange-looking woman could have been who had evidently recognized me at sight. But I did not enlighten her. I could not, without giving details ,I did not i care to disclose, for I had hitherto passed as an orphan, a iriena ot j\irs. Jvcnx, nau icis, and whom she had adopted, and no one ever dreamed of my being a foundling, reared by charity; and, though they were kind and generous people, I dared not trust to their aristocratic ears the true story of my life, hoping I could hold my place, as before, among them. Mrs. Kent, too, had thought it best to say nothing in regard to my parentage, though she as well as myself would have scorned to have told a falsehood concerning it. Wo merely kept silent, thereby not committing ourselves to our friends. Our drive home was silent and depressed ?evidently Mrs. Leiberg expected an explanation, and was somcwhatangrybccause it did not come. And I was embarrassed and voxed that I could not give it, and so wa arrived home and betook ourselves to our respective tasks, each feeling hurt at the other, yet without cause. How it would have ended I know not. Whether I should have confessed to Mrs. Leiberg the strange circumstances that surrounded my intimacy with Miss Armund, or whether I should have preserved a sullen and discreet silence on the subject, I can not say. J3ut late naa arrangea a amurem. explanation for all these petty difficulties, cne of which we never dreamed. We had arranged to attend the opera that evening; yet I little thought what a strange chain of events were being forged for me, as I finished my toilet, and posed an unnecessary length of time before the chcval glass, viewing the effect of a new costume of cherry and cream satin whose lustrous folds glistened in the gas light of the pretty room where I stood. A vain and thoughtless girl after all my hard lessens of poverty and seclusion, I often found myself wondering that I could be so happy, I, who had once seemed only born for a drudge or to be a perpetual nuisance ever in somebody's way. 1 sat down idly after dressing, and it being early, I took up a paper and began to read it carelessly at first, but finally a name struck my eye that made me at once won derfully interested?it "was the name of Irving Barrett. For years I had scarcely thought of the boy, for however his sister might interest me in regard to her friendship -with Oliver Dudley, I had never a thought in common with her brothers. But imagine my surprise and horror at finding his Dame at the head of the criminal calendar, accused of stabbing a fellow student fatally while engaged in a drunken carouse. He had fought the officers, so the paper stated, iiko a wild beast, but had finally been overpowered and lodged in jail, where he now lay awaiting triaL I read the account over twice before I fairly comprehended that Irving Barrett was an accused murderer, and very likely to suffer the full penalty of the law, as public opinion seemed much against him. I was shocked aud grieved at this, for, though Irving had ever been my enemy, and his proud sister had scorned me as she would a leper, I could not but feel this must be a terriblo blow to her and her haughty mother. And Bertie, dear, brave, manly .little Bertie, *- -? ~ Txrrwnri "him ! now U115 ? My heart ached for him. But my meditations were brought to a close by the entrance of the sen-ant "with word that all were ready and waiting for me. I hastily donned my cloak and hat and descended, expecting to fmd my escort, Mr. Balfour, waiting for me; but, instead, a note had been sent saving he had just received a telegram from home announcing the dangerous illness of his father and asking his immediate return; so I must excuse him from attending, though to forego this ! pleasure, he said, was a disappointment yet duty to his father camc first. And then he had hastily scribbled a good-bye and a strict injunction not to forget him, though in the exciting scenes that followed it is doubtful if a thought of him ever crossed my mind. The opcra-houso was filled to overflowing. The elite of the whole city were there, it seemed, and I gazed over the brilliant i scene where the bright flashes of diamonds, the soft glow of silks and satins, waving' plumes, bright faces and lovely forms, seemed to give it the likeness of fairy land, with a strange dreamy restfulness, as if all care and suffering were lifted for a little while from my heart. It was the lull before the storm, it seemed to me afterwards. TTith a crash the music broke forth, and all eyes were turned instantly to the stage, for a new star was to sing, and the musicloving world was on the qui vice. The first part was over; there was a lull, and then the curtain, slowly rising, revealed Madam L , the celebrated singer whose beauty and music a world applauded, standing be? - - - T.- T cohort Iiore us. xu uio u?jr ux uj.j u\x?ui a never forget that scene. The beautiful woman in her . silken robe glittering with jewels, tlio gay bright company who followed her every move, are figures that are stamped on my memory in characters never to be obliterated. The band played softly a lovely prelude, sweet and soft as the breezes on banks of violets, and then ITadam L? began to sing. Slow, soft and sweet her voice rose, filling the whole vast room, when suddenly there was a flutter, a murmur on and near the stage; it grew in strength, the singer paused, then went on, but in an instant a man sprang on the stage screaming fire at the top of his voice. For an instant tlie crowd wavered; a single tongue of flame like an evil eye darted out from a screen; that decided them. With a wild cry the people were on their feet in an instant: the next a rush, a jam, a furious battle for life and escape, and the scene beggars description. It would be quite impossible to describe the horrors of that hour. The building was really in flames before the crowd had half escaped from it. I stood for some tine where I had first risen, utterly dumb with horror and fright I knew not what to do. My friends, mad with terror like all the rest, flung them-: selves into the surging mass and fought like demons to gain a foot toward the great en trance doors that stood so invitinglyly open, . but blocked by the fighting, see thins: crowd. Jl I saw Mr. Leiberg with his young wife clinging to him, push madly on, leaving me to my fate. But I remember even then thinking how fortunate it was that the elder Mrs. Leiberg and Mrs. Kent had remained at home. \ Just at that instant I found myself suddenly lifted by a strong hand and borne rapidly toward the stage, where a side entrance was placcd for the convenience of the performers. It was from the stage the fir?, had caught, consequently it was here the fire burned hottest, but my preserver, who ever it was, made straight for the side'entrance, but flames barred tho way. "MyGod! too late! too late!" he gasped, but at that instant someone cried: "To the other side I There is a window there?fling her out there?better death on the st ones than to be roasted alive hcrel'' [TO BE CONTINUED] ~SPKI>"G OATS. The Crop is Too Valuable to l?e Overlooked Even in the Spring. The Southern Cultivator tliints the acreage sown in fall oats i? ranch less Tito Troerirnr nnt. nf ft IftrffA LJLiau. uouaii jl.vui* w ?_0_ portion of the crop of 1S8G by the hard freezes in January, 1887, had a most discouraging effect, which was augmented by the unfavorably dry weather which prevailed in some parts of the country during the sowing season. The oat crop, however, is too valuable and in the long run too reliable to be given up. Spring sowing coats little more than the seed, even if the crop fails from drouth; and a good breadth?eight or ten acres at least to each plow run?should be put in. In our judgment?founded upon experience and observation?oats sown in ; February are much less liable to injury by freezing than if sown in Januaiy. Sowing :n the "old twelve days" smacks more ol superstition and sentiment than j sound reason. Our hardest weather is ; usually from December 25 to February 1, and it is not often that oats sown in ; February are' tilled by freezing. The soil for spring oats?if not already fertile, : should be well manured and deeply and ; closely plowed? the latter to guara against drouth as much as possible, -Tf the land be cross plowed so as to leave the furrows partly open, the seed may be sown broadcast and harrowed in with . good results. Cotton seed, or the meal alone, or in compost with acid phosphate and potash, makes an excellent fertilizer for oats. The crop requires rather more ammonia and potash than the percentage 1 usually found in commercial ammoniated phosphates. Undoubtedly the Burt oat is the safest for spring sowing, as it' will mature in ; 100 to 120 days when sown in February , or March, according to latitude. Sow , plenty of seed; the later the sowing the ; heavier should be the seeding. Allow for yield of twenty fold is a pretty safe : general rule, unless the unexpected yield /iftMoitr of land is smn.ll, in which case the seeding should be somewhat , heavier than this rule would indicate, and vice versa. How to Make Trade. In +he flood-tide of trade that come3 with the spring and fall seasons, business is easily extended by wise business methods; but the flood-tide of trade lasts four or, at the most, six months of the year, and then trade must be sought . by the progressive arts which are learned from year to year in all channels of legitimate enterprise. The old style business house advertises freely in the rush of the trade seasons, and then it leaves to the more intelligent and progressive houses the vast business that is created or gathered in during the dull season of off business months. Considering how vital legitimate advertising is to legitimate busineas, it is 1 ~ ? Hill* 44- -Jo nv>O.C m&rytiiuus JLLUW AW AO uxiuwi.ou^uv?i a business art even by many intelligent business men. Many of them' advertise mo3t when they should advertise least in quantity, and advertise least or do not advertise at all when they have most need of it and could most profit by it. Again, many go on the principle of . the mountain woman who said?"A tinfulof coffee or sugar is a pound and a tinful of shot must be a pound, also." They regard a newspaper line in advertising as a line of about equal value, whether it reaches twenty thousand or five thousand readers, and they thus waste money on what they regard as cheap advertising that is the most costly because it is nest to no advertising at all. The advertising space of a newspaper is a business commodity that is for sale [ and should be sold be sold on strictly j lmnAsi business principles. Its value i depends wholly upon. the quality and [ quantity it offers purchasers, just as does the value of all commercial commodities; and the purchaser should have every opportunity to know just what he is buying. If he is buying five thousand circulation, or is buying ten, twenty, fifty or one hundred thousand circulation, he should know it and pay according to its ascertained value; and the only way he can know it is to examine the extent and character of circulation as always shown by the books and accounts of a newspaper, just as a purchaser of dry goods or groceries. is permitted to inspect and judge the articles he is buying.?Philadelphia Times. PIAAU9 A.m unu.n^c. I T7c are prepared to sell Pianos and Organs of the best make at factory prices for Casli or easy Instalments. Pianos from $210 up; Organs from ?24 up. The verdict of the people is that they can save the freight and twenty-five per cent, by buying of us. Instruments delivered to any depot on fifteen days' trial. We pay freight both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test" in your own homes. Respectfully, N..W. TRUMP, * "Columbia, S. C. Speaking of encyclopedias, the academy at Pekin has got up one of those treasuries of human knowledge which leaves the Britannica far behind, so far as bulk is concerned, being in 160,000 volumes.4 _ 1 AFTER PERKINS'S MONEY. The New York Sharper Sties for his Victim's Four Hundred Dollars. (From the New York World, February 7) Papers were served on John S. Harriott, the property clerk of the police department, yesterday in a suit brought bv William Koerers. the "screen goods" man who so successfully swindled Asbury H. Perkins, the South Carolina planter, deacon and county commissioner, to recover from the property clerk the proceeds of that swindle and $100 damages besides. Perkins, it will be remembered, came to this city from his home in Lancaster on January 24, with the intention of purchasing $10,000 worth of counterfeit money. He was walking down Broadway with Rogers when Detectives McCloskey and Mulholland caught sight of the pair and tracked them to Earlers Hotel, where they separated. Next morning Rogers returned to the hotel on/3 1-ioTOfc.in wn.n olospd. .Tnat as the pair were leaving, Perkins with his bag j of "green goods" and Rogers with the $400 which the rustic had paid for them,. detecTaviss pouriced upon tUSm and took them before Inspector Byrnes, who, on opening the satchel, four d $35 in good bills and four wads of beautiful light-green book paper. When Mr. Perkins saw that he had been sold he was indignant, and became more so when he was locked up as a \ritness against Rogers. The following morning the pair were taken to the Tombs, where Perkins made a complaint. Howe '& Hummel appeared for Rogers, and after one adjournment the case was dismissed, and the gray-haired rascal, who had traveled all the way from Sonth Carolina to procure the means of swindling his con Sding neighbors, was given a scathing lecture on the evil of his ways by the presiding Justice. When- Rogers was arrested he had S745 in his possession, and upon his be ing discharged $345 was returned to him and.the Police Justice instructed the property clerk to take charge of the ?400 which Farmer Perkins had paid him. Perkins's lawyer made several ineffectual attempts to regain possession of it, and finally Farmer Perkins grew weary and left for home without the capital with'which he had intended embarking in the business of passing counterfeit money. It is to recover this, together with $100 which he claims as damages caused by Mr. Harriott's withholding the money, that Rogers brings suit. Clerk Herriott has turned the papers nrrav 4-s\ +Vm Tu->li/>a nomim'asifinfirs. Xtf 10 will hand them to Corporation Counsel Beekman. He will make Deacon Perkins a party to the suit in order to prove who is the rightful owner. . Thus the legal status of "green goods" transactions may be passed upon by the higher Courts. Mr. Harriott says that if the trade was a legitimate one Kogere; is entitled to the $400, but as Deacon Perkins paid ?400 for $10,000 in counterfeit bills and only received $35 in cash ?nd the bundles of paper, he claims that Perkins is ec titled to $355. Mr. Harriott adds, with much feeling: "It has been the general belief that the countryman who surrenders good money for packages of worthless paper is the only sufferer in the transaction. Thisa mistake, as this novel suit shows that I also am a sufferer." A KAIN OF STOXE. Caldwcll'H Haunted House?A Strange Phenomenon. (From tlie Hickory, X. C , Clipper.) For some weeks past rumors of a haunted house in Caldwell county, some eight miles from this place, have been common on the streets. Oar reporter meeting Mr. T. C. Martin, of that neighborhood gathers the following statements: The family of M. L. Holler, con?isting of wife and iit;le girl about 10 years of age, who lived in a house abou. one quarter of a mile from Mr. Martin's were frightened a month or two ago by the falling of stones upon the floor of their room. The stones, ranging in weight from one to ten pounds would apparently fall as from or through the roof of the floor, or come bounding from or through the wall and fall heavily upon the floor. it was observed mat no aenc was maue upon the floor by the falling stones, though the noise with which they would strike the floor would indicate that they had fallen with full force from the roof. The report of this strange occurrence went out and a great many of the neighbors went in to see and did witness the falling of the stones. The family becoming alarmed left the house and moved in with the family of T. C. Martin, tlie father of Mrs. Holler, and supposed they would leave the "hants" or witches behind, but, not so, as soon as they went to their new home the stones began falling in this house. This frightened the mother-in-law, who stood it a few weeks, and the family again removed, this time about three-quarters of a mile, and before they were - fully settled in their new quarters the faliing t tones also appeared. It was observed that the stones fell only about and where the little girl of ten years of age might be. If they carried her to the old house, where the family first lived, the stones would fall. In addition to the falling stones, a common block tin wash basin, which sets upon a shelf inside the room, will now frequently begin to move, as if imivr tArno invisihlfl acencv. and "J -O will leave the shelf spinning roucd as it goes and falls on the floor, generally near the little girl. On one occasion, hard and dry bread came falling at her feet. Many people have gone in and witnessed these strange things, but can not account for them. Mr. Martin our informant is well known in our town, and is said to be a man of veracity, and refers to many of the leading citizens of the neighborhood who have seen and witness as much as has. He says he is prepared to make oath that he has seen everything above related. Have we a little North Carolina child with a power as mysterious as the famous Lulu Hurst? We turn the case over to the scientists with a request that they investigate. Truly tliis is an age of progress. Well made pants from all -woolen goods for only $3 to your own measure] Scientific blanks, 25 samples of cloth and a linen tape measure are sent to any address for 6 cents in stamps by the N. Y. Standard Pants Co., of 66 University Place, N. Y. City. * Goods sent by mail. This firm is doing an enormous business from Maine to California. You will actually be surprised at the result, if you will write them. * Prof. Proctor, speaking of the possibility of human beings flying, says: "The great difficulty which man has first to overcome is that of maintaining his balance." Does - T"? C ? 1- ? ~ V.rt A T fin /*?n 1 txr not me rroieswr kuvw mai* iu& uuiivuiy, of maintaining his balance has caused more than one man to fly?to Canada? From a pretty woman's album: "A stupid fellow compliments a woman on her pretty teeth, but a clever one makes her laugh," \ fc TALMAGE OX QUEENS. HE PUTS THE COKO.\ET OX THE HEAD OF THE S'JHOOL TEACHEli. A Glowing Tribute to Woman's "Work in the School and. in the Church?The Injustice of the Law-An Appeal for Justice. "Among the queens whom I honor are the female day-school teachers of this land," said Rev. Dr. Talmage Sunday morning in the course of his fifth sermon to the women of 4 meiica. "I put upon their brow the coronet. They ora 4-Via cioiwa on.l til A r? ?r> crh ters f>f Oil? towns and cities, selected out of a vast number of applicants because of their especial fitness and moral endowments. There are in none of your homes women more worthy. These persons, some of them come out from affluent Lome?, choosing teaching as a useful profession; others go to teaching to lighten the load ( of their parents. But I tell you tLe ! history of the majority of the female teachers in the public schools when I say: 'Fatheris dead.' After the estate was settled, the family that wcro comfortable before were thrown on then* own resources." The Tabernacle was crowded and many could not gain entrance. The subject of the sermon was "The Veil of Modesty." "It is hard for men to earn a living in this day," continued thg preacher, "but it is harder for women?their health not so rugged, their arms not so strong, their opportunities fewer. These person?, after tremblingly going through the ordeal of an examination as to their qualifications to teach, half bewildered nvpr flip sill r>f tli? rmhlin sfthnnl to V. I do two things?instruct the young and earn their own bread. Htr work is wearing to the last degree. The management of forty or fifty fidgety and intractable children, the suppression of their vices and the development of their excellencies, the management of rewards and punishments, the sending of so many bars of soap and finetooth combs on benignant ministry, the breaking of so many wild colts for the harness of life, sends; her home at night weak, neuralgic, -unstrung, so that of all the weary people in your cities for five nights of the week there are none more weary than the public school teachers. Now, for Grod's sake, give tbem a fair chance. Throw no obstacles in the way. If they come out ahead in the race cheer them. If you want to smite any, smite the male teachers; they can take, up tfce cudgels for themselves. But keep your hands off oE defenseless women. Father may be dead, but there are enough brothers left to demand and see that they get justice. "Within a stone's throw of this building there died years ago one of the principals of our public schools. She iaad been twenty-nve years at tnat post. She had left the touch of refinement on a multitude of the young. She had, out of her slender purse, given literally thousands of dollars for the destitute who came under her observation as school teacher. A deceased sister's children were thrown upon her hands, and she took care of them. She was a kind mother to there, while she mothered a whole school. Worn out with nursing in the sick and dying room of one of the household, she herself came to die. She closed the school book and at the same time the volume of her Christian fidelity; and when she went through the gates they cried, 'These are they who came out of great tribulation, and had their robes washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.' "Oh, the opportunity which every woman has of being a qaeen! The loncer I live the more I admire srood womanhood. And I have come to form my opinion of the character of a man by his appreciation or non-appreciation of woman. If a man has a depressed idea of womanly character ho is a bad man, and there is no exception to the rale. The writings of Goethe can never have any such attractions for me as Shakespeare, because nearly all the womanly characters of the great German have some kind of turpitude. There is seldom a womanly character in ali his voluminous writings that would be worthy of residence in a respectable coal cellar, yet pictured and dramatized and emblazoned till all the literary world is compelled to see. .No! no! Give me Wiliiam Shakespeare's idea of woman, and I see it in-Desdemona, and Cordelia, and Kosalind, and Imogen, and Helena, ana Jiermione, ana vioia, ana jLsaosiia, and Sylvia., and Perdita?all of them with enough faults to prove them human, but enough kind!y characteristics to give us the author's idsa of womanhood?his Lady Macbeth only a dark background to bring out the supreme loveliness of t his other female characters. "Oh, women of. America, rise to your opportunity! Be no slave to pride or worldliness or sin. "Why ever crawl in the dust when you can mount a throne? Be queens unto G od forever. "When I see & woman going about her daily duty, with cheerful dignity presiding at the table; with kind and gentle, but hrm, discipline presiding in the nursery, going out into the world without any blast of trumpet, following in the footsteps oi: Him who went about doing good, I say: 'This is Yashti with a veil on.' But when I see a woman of unblushing boldness, loud-voiced, with a tongue of infinite clitter clatter, with arrogant look, passing through the streets with a masculine swing, gayly arrayed in a perfect hurricane of millinery, I cry out: 'Yashti has lost her veiu "When I see a -woman straggling for political preferment, and rejecting the duties of home as insignificant, and thinking th > offices of wife, mother and daughter of no importance, and trying to force her way on up into conspicuity, I say: 'Ah, what a pity; Yashti has lost her veil.' When I see a woman of comely features, and of adroitness of intellect, and endowed with all that the f-chools can do for one, and of high social position, yet moving in society with superciliousness and hauteur, as though she would have people know their place, and an undefined combination of giggle and strut, and rodomontade, endowed with allopathic quantities of talk but - f _ t ~ il:. __^ ~ f only nomeopataio liiULutouiiiia ui the terror of dry goods clerks and railroad conductors, discoverers of significant meanings in plain conversation, prodigies of badinage and inuendo, I say: 4Vashti has lost her veil.' "But do not misinterpret what I say into a depreciation of the work of those glorious and divinely called women, who will not be understood till after they are dead, women like Susan B. Anthony, who are giving their life for the betterment of the condition of their sex. Those of you who think that women have, under the laws of- this country, an equal chance with men, are ignorant of 'the laws. A gentleman writes me from [ Maryland, saying: 'Take the laws of this j - . 4. State. A man and wife stait ont in life full of hope in every respect; by their joint efforts, and as is frequently the case, through the economic ideas of the wife, succeed in accumulating a fortune, but they have no children; they reach old age together, and then the husband dies. What does the law of this State ! do then? It says to the widow, hands I off your late husband's property, do not touch it, the State wi'l find others to whom it will give that; bui you, the -mricr. Tint t/vnrth OIllv SO much as will keep life within your aged body, that you may live to see those others enjoy what rightfully should be your ownl' And the State seeks the relatives of the deceased husband, whether they be near or far, whether they were ever heard of before or not, and transfers to them, singly or collectively, the estate of the deceased husband and living widow. "jSow,- that is a specimen of unjust laws in all the States concerning womanr\ f 41 Tin er riff in cussion as to whether or not the giving of the right of voting to woman will cor-1 rect thci&iaws, let me say to men, be, gallant enough, and fair enough, and honest enough, and righteous enough, and God-loving enough to correct these wrongs against women by your own masculine vote. Do not wait for woman suffrage to come, if it ever does come, but so far as you can touch ballot-boxes ana Legislatures and Congresses -begin the reformation.- But nniil justice is done to your sex by the laws of all the States, women of America take the platforms and the pulpits, and no honorable man will charge Vashti with having lost her veil." FUIisCO MAKES A BID. Will the Pacific Coa? Capture the Democratic Convention?Other Cities becking the Honor. Washington, Feb. 8.?San Francisco is seriously in the field to capture the Democratic National Convention, and is probably exerting herself to a greater degree than any of her competitors. There soems to have been sjstem about her movements from the very outset. She has not contented herself with tbe bare announcement that she desired the Convention, bat, taking time by the forelock, has brought the matter direct ly before the members of the National Committee, who are to decide it. The last of her envoys in the mission, Mr. George E. Tingle, left here yesterday for Vermont to lay the case before the committeeman, from that State. The result of this preliminary canvu. s of the San Franciscans' claim is the pledging of seventeen votes for their city for first choice and twelve votes for second choice. The votes for first choice arc from the Western and Northwestern Statei and Territories. If these figures are correct, the Pacific coast m iy carry T4- /\?\]?> f trarif Uli tiJxC CJ. JLV KJiSXJ XCVjUUW four votes to decide the question, and in addition to those mentioned the votes of Pennsylvania and Maryland are expected bj the San Franciscans, which, would bring them within five of the necessary number on the first ballot. The inducements offered by the Pacific Coa>t people are 'veiy flattering The event would undoubtedly be celebrated in grand style. No National Convention has ever been held west of St. Loais, and the wealth and tociai influence of that whole magnificent empire would unite in making the oeca-ion memorable in the history of the country. It is claimed that the hails and hotels of San Francisco are all that could be desired, and that the weather during the months of June and July is such as would enable the business of the Convention to be transacted without the slightest discomfort. Politically the promise is that the Democratic cause on the Coast would receive a great impetus dj reason ai me gitiaenug 01 me pa.r?y leaders there. It is claimed that both California and Oregon are good fighting ground for the Democracy, and capable of being redeemed by an aggressive campaign and good management. The fear has been expressed, h 'wever, that San Francisco would only make too good her promises of bountiful entertainment of the delegates and other vis-1 itors, and thereby militate against a prompt and satisfactory transaction of the business in hand. She is so rich and so hospitable that unconsciously and unintentionally she might convert the occasion into a great pleasnre bout, to the detriment of a thoroughly businesslike execution of the party's commission. But there i3 no denying the energy with which she is pushing her claims, or the pleasant impression that, as a role, the presentation of her case makes on representative men. Chicago will be here in force next week with that unctuous talk about her lake front, her splendid public halld and her unapproachable hotels, with which the country is familiar. She has raised a large sum of money, and is prepared to guarantee reasonable hotel rates. Delegalions from the Iroquois and Iho Algonquin Club.?, the <Jook County Democraev and the Andrew Jackson League Will, it is expected, address the committee in advocacy of her claims. St. Louis is resolved Dot to repeat the mistake she made when bidding for the [Republican convention. Then phe delayed action until the last moment; hoping probably to stampede the committee. Her delegation did not reach here until the night before the committee met. But this time she has perfected her organization in good time, and early next week will have her champiocs on the field. Mayor Francis will head the delegation. The feeling here in favor of New York is very strong, barring the stories recently set afloat about fitter factional fighting in the State. Friends of the "other cities seize all sucii ruruors ana magnity them to emphasize the necessity of holding the convention elsewhere. It -sill not do, they say, to take the Convention where Democratic inharmoniousness wouid be conspicuous enough to furnish capital for the opposition in the campaign to follow. The case of New York,! therefore, if not so strong as formerly, has only been injured by the circulation of the story that a small faction there, not strong enough by any means to defeat him, but having in its power to make a noise and be disagreeable, has set itself up in opposition to Mr. Cleveland. The Pacific coast people are anxious for the President to express himself on the subject of the convention. He has not done so, and probably will not do so; but, as they put it, his wish in the premises is all that is necessary to decide the matter. 'i'Jiey themselves promise to respect it without question, no matter what his choice may be. The Draper Colliery a: Gilbcrion, Pa., has resumed operations on the same terms ! as the William iYnn Colliery. Preparations are also being made for the resumption of work at Kehly Run Colliery. Superintendent Williams has notified the employes of Shenandoah City Colliery that if a sufficient number of ^hem desire to begin work again the company will guarantee them protection. "Don't dance" young men should partake of "hop bilters." It might lubricate their limbs a little. * THE DIRECT TAX DISPUTE. Sball Esrle and Trescott Ha.e a Third?? A Disagreement Among the South Carolina Delegation. -V (Speciil to the News and Courier.) Washington, February 7.?Until time I have refrained from writing anything about the controversy now pending between certain members of the South Carolina delegation relative to refunding the direct taxes to the citizens of the State. The matter is just in that shape where a dispute about the distri bution ot tne lands mignt injure tne final passage of the bill to pay these just and meritorious claims. The difficulty arises out of an amendment to the bill, which Senator Butler proposed before it passed the Senate. It provides "that no part of the money hereby appropriated shall be paid out by the Governor of any State or Territory, or any other persons, to any attorney or agent under any contract for services now existing or heretofore made between the representatives of any State or Territory and any agent or attorney." The South Carolina delegation are divided as to the propriety or advisability of this amendment, as it is well known to be directed straight at the South >. Carolina interests in the bill Senator Butler states that he proposed the amendment in good faith to protect the citizens of his State, who are directly interested in the passage of this bill. Without his amendment he claims that at least onethird of South Carolina's interest, a m on n tine to abonfc S90.000 or mora. will be paid over to Messrs. Earle and Trescott, attorneys, acting for the State, under a contract made with the Governor. He says be does not object to these gentlemen receiving a reasonable fee for such services ae they may have rendered in lobbying this matter before Congress, but he will continue to protect against their stepping in -and capturing such a large proportion of the entire amount. JLn his opinion the whole sum should be paid over to the State authorities, and the claimants permitted to have a voice in sayiug what they consider a reasonable fee to be pad over to the attorneys. SENATOB BUTT/KB DETEBM32TED. He says there are members of the ? House who have examined his amendment and they will endeavor to have it retained in the bill. 'Should it be stricken qut he will endeavor to have it renewed when the bill comes back to the Senate. Should the biil finally become . a law without it, and the State authorities decide to pay over to Messrs. Earle and Treseott the amount they claim, Qt will cause one of the biggest scandals ever heard of in the State. It will be ventilated in Congress and out of it, and South Carolina will find its direct tax money a curse in instead of an intended blessing. SENATOR HAMPTON* ON THE OTHEB SIDE. Senator Hampton differs with his colleague on this question, and declares that he would have opposed the Butler amendment had he been in the Senate chamber when it was introduced. WHAT HE. DIBBLE SATS. Mr. Dibble, when asked how he regards the Butler amendment,- replied that he was opposed to it. A member of the House judiciary committee stated to Mr. Dibble 4'that the sub-committee . recommends that the amendment be stricken out, under the supposition that contracts had been made with reference to the State of South Carolina to look ,, up matters, and under tho supposition that it would be unjust and inequitable if they were prevented from receiving compensation for their services under those contracts. The bill as it passed the Senate would compel the State either to repudiate that contract or to pay for those services out of its general fund, and so the sub-committee proposed to strike out that feature and leave any such contract standing." Mr. Dibble said that the action of the sub-committee was in accord with his views. MB. ELLIOTT NOT PAI-TICCLAB. Mr. Elliott, who was also present, was asked what he thought about i;he Senate amendment in relation to the payment of agents and attorneys. He replied that he was not particular about the matter. 3IB. HEMPHTTiTi CAUTIOUS. Mr. Hemphill says he does not care to become mixed up in this matter, but desires that the people's interests shall be looked after first, and the attorneys can get their fees afterward. He says further that the State officers should be able to adjust the matter amicably, and he would dislike to see the bill jeopardized by an unseemly contest over the distribution of the funds. EX-GOVEEXOK THOMPSON'S POSITION'. Governor Thompson, who was the State Executive when the contract with Messrs. Earle and Trescott was made, efcf/ic fhof of fimn nrVior> 4-.liA Ann guavviJ uuuu uv uuu vikuu VUW WMV*UV? was entered into there seemed to be but little, if any, hope that Congress would ever take favorable action in this matter. It- was generally conceded that the task of bringing the settlement of these claims was a hopeless one, and therefore the contract was made on the same principle that one would buy a ticket in the lottery?little to loee and all to gain. THE TBEASCBY VIEW. Judge Durham, the first comptroller of the treasury, says his attention has been directed to this matter, and he holds that the entire amount must be paid over to the Governors of the States, and they will have the power to settle with the various claimants. He referred to the latest circular of Secretary Fairchild, setting forth the regulations governing attorneys and agents practicing before the treasury department. Baried In Her Bridal Robe. Miss Annie Utsey, daughter of the late W. M Utsey, Jr., who lived near George's, S. C., was fatally burned on Friday last. Her clotbiog caught from an open fire when she was alone in the house, and she . rushed out and ran for a hundred yards, trying to tear off her garments, but they were entirely consumed before assistance reached her. She walked back to the house without failing. She died on Saturday, retaining her consciousness to the last. She was to have been married this week, and was buried in her bridal dress. Her betrothed jcached her before she died. ' Death loves a shining mark." So does calumny. A big collision occurred on the Georgia railroad, at Bonesviil, thirty-three miles from Augusta, yesterday morning, between and east-bound through, and west-bound way freight. Both engines were thrown . oil the track and struck a third locomotive on a siding and badly damaged it All three locomotives are damaged, but nobody was hurt. A bill is now pending in Congress to appropriate $300,000 to furnish the post offices of the country with a machine to detect the weight of gold and silver coin. The machine is a balance with a long ^rm containing graduted slots, which determine accurately the weight, diameter and thickness of standard gold and silver United States coins. Any coin below the least legal weight is readily detected. '