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VOL. XLVI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1890. NO. 36 BUYERS AND SELLERS. a DR.TALMACE IN THE TABERNACLE PULPITHe i'rocvche* a Practical Sertaoa on the Diffieultioeof Bnnin-gi Life?6?m? G?*d XUWP* At the service in the Academy of I Music Sunday morning Dr. Talmage announced as his toxtProverbs 20:14: "It is naught, it is naught, saith^the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth." Following is his sermon in full: Palaces are not such prisons as the world imagines. If you think that the only time when kings and queens come forth from the royal gates is in procession and gorgeously attended. you are mist-anec, xncogmto, uy ra day or by night, and clothed in citi-, H: zenc'' apparel or the dress of a "work- j H A woman they oome' out and see Wk the world as it is. In no other way A could King Solomon, the author of my B text, have known everything that was ^Cgoinjj on. From my test I tm sur? H^^Bie mast, in disguise, some day hare ft fcalkrdLinto a store of ready-made V clotJimg,' in Jerusalem, and stood near the counter and overheard a H conversation between a buyer and a seller. The merchant put a price on a coat, and the customer began to dicker and said: "Absurd! that coat Hh is not worth what you ask for it. Why, just look at the coarseness of P the fabricl See that spot ori the eolIfeaB lari Besides that it does not fit. Twenty dollars for that! "Why, it isn't -worth over ten. They have a better article than that, and for a cheaper price, down at Clcathem, Fitern & Brother*. Besides that, I don't want it at any price. Good morning." uHold,;' say# the merchant, ^don't go off in that way. I want to sell yon tiiat coat, i nave < wae payments to make and I want rtiie money. Gome now, how much sf will you give me for that coat?" "Well," says the customer, "I will split the difference. You asked m? twenty dollars, and I said ten. Now, I will give you fifteen." "Well," says the merchant, 'It's a gr*a? sacrifice, s but take it at that price." Then Solomon saw the cu?tom?? with a roll under his arm start and go out and enter his own place of business, and l Solomon in disguise followed him. * He heard the customer as he unrolled the coat say: "Boys, I have made a great bargain. How much do you gu?ss I gave for that coat V uWell,M say3 one, wishing to oorn"* pliaent his enterprise, "you g&re ?-30 for it/' Another says: "I should think you got it cheap if you gave Jn. ?25." <fNo," says the buyer ia triumph. "I got it for $15. I beat him down and pointed out the imperfections, until I really made him H ^believe it was not worth hardly any7' in! i i me to make a barWk gain. Ha! ha!'' Oh man, you got . L ' ? 1 f 1 -Li Xl F tne goous lor less man uuey vrei? worth by positive falsehood; and no f wonder when Solomon got back to Lob palace and had put off his disguise, that he sat down at his writing-desk ' and made for all ages a crayon sketch oi you: "It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer, bit when he is gone his way, then he boastetk." There are no higher styles of men in all the world than those now at the head of merchandise in Brooklyn and New York and the Ooliyr glftll; u'llicb \jjl uluo wjl?* ' tinent. Their casual promise is as . ' good a? a bond with pil?? of collait erals. Their reputation for integrity is as well established as tkafc of Petrareh residing in the familyof Carw dinal Colonna, and when there was a W- great disturbance in the family the cardinal called all his people together, and put them under oath to tell the truth, except Petrarch, for, when he cd'uia up to swear, the cardinal put awtt^his book and said, "As to' you Petrarch, your word is sufficient" N-jvk- since ths world stood hare there been so ia&cj merchants whose < ' i i i ill iraiiftj-ctiOH!* can stand tne t-wt or tne ten commandments. Such barg*inmakers are all the more to be honored because they luivejwith?tood,year afier year, temptations which tare -' Hung many so fiat,and flung them so hard they can never recover themselves. While all positions in life have powerful besetments to evil, there are specific forms of allurement which are peculiar to*each oc' cuptition and profession, and it will be useful to speak of the peculiar temptations of business men. First, as in the scene of the text, business men are often tempted to )Pv sacrifice plaintruth, the seller by exaggerating the value of goods,and the buyer by depreciating thera. We * Ciinnot but adlhire an expert salesman. See how he first induces the customer into a mood favorable to ' ? ?* a*rti,avl /vf t??-? Inn tile? pro^HJr <_>a uac ?c3Aiiv of tie goods. He shows himself to bo an honest and frank salesman. ^ How carefully the lights are arranged until they fall just right upon the fabric! Beginning with the goods of medium quality, lis gradually advances toward thone of more thorough jttjike, and of more attractive pattern. How lie watches the moods and whims of his customer! With what perfect calmness he takes the Vv.-vwus Ihd TCtvnlmfiflr fmm iJ-X ic?LU CV "O ?uv J^/Uh* *-v ? iii3 presence, who goes away having made up his mind that he has bought the goods at a price which will Jillovr him a living margin when he again sells them. The goods are "* voj-th what the salesman said they were, and were sold at a price whici^ will not make- it necessary forJfflT hoase to fail every ten years in^der to lix up things. ^ But with what burning,,indignation wo think of the iniquitous stratr i 1.: -V I,. Uy HiKZLL OJ.^O OVlliy LULLliyZ5 disposed of. A glance'at the morning papers shows th? arriral at one p of our hotels <J>\. u^young merchant > from one of tie inland cities. He is (? a comparative stranger in the great city, and, /of course, he must be shown anound. ana it will be the duty - ? ?^^fnvrvnsi'no' hnns?afn V'i ^OLLLXT* VI V/iAl 0 _ c-'.!ort Aim. He is a large purchaser and }i6> plenty of time ami zaoney. it will pay to be ver> ai/eiitive. Tho evening is spent at s SjEg pljaee of doubtful amusement. Tkei & U5iey go back to the hotel. Having come to town, they must, o: ^HH^fc^course, drink. A friend from t-h( huhhr same mercantile establishment drops in, and usage and generosity suggest that they must drink. Business prospects are talked over, and the stranger is warned against certain dilapidated mercantile establishments " 1 1 - -x ?-i t^ tnai are bdoui to i?iu o-uu 1u1 ^uk.'u kindness and magnanimity of caution against the dishonesty of other business houses, of course it is expected they will?and so they do? they take a drink Other merchants lodging in adjoining rooms nnd it hard to sleep for the clatter of decanters, and the course carousal of these "hail fellows well met" waxes louder, j But they sit not all night at the wine j cup. They must see the sights. I TVi av Rtaoror forth with cheeks ? ? OO ~~ flushed and eyes bloodshot. The outer gates of hell open to let in the victims. Tho wings of lost souls Hit among the lights,and the steps of the carousers sound with tho rumbling thunders of the damned. Farewell to all the sanctities of home! Could mother, sister, father, slumbering in the inland home, in some vision of night catch a glimpse of the ruin wrought they would rend out their Vt, Vn'fn + ha fnnfmA fill I i-LvU.1 UJ ?KJ\JVD C^LLVi. l/itv uwv v.?. tli? blood spurted, shrieking out: "God sare him. What, suppose you, will como upon such business establishments'? and there are hundreds of them in the cities. They may boast of fabulous sales, and they may have an unprecedented run of buyers, and the name of the house may be a terror to' all rivals, and from tfns tnrilty tooz mere may spring up branch houses in other cities, and all the partners of the firm may move into their mansions and drive their full-blooded span, and the families imay sweep the street with the most elegant apparel that human art ever wove, or earthly magnificence ever achieved. But a curse is gathering somewhere for those men, and if it does not seize hold of the pillars and in one wild ruin bring down the temple of commercial glory, it will break up their peace, and they will tremble with sickness and bloat with dissipations, and, pushed to the precipice of this life,they will try to hold back, and cry for help, but no help will come, and they will clutch their 1.3 o 1 nnrr Tfi+ll f T"l ATT1 Vrtlt ?V1U. LV bUA.D iK itauu *s~.v it -will be snatched from their grasp, and a voice will sound through their soul, "Not a farthing, thou beggared spirit!" And the judgment will come and they will stand aghast before it, and all the business iniquities of a lifetime will gather around them, saying, "Do you remember this?'' and "Do you remember that?" And clerks that they compelled to dishonesty, and runners and draymen and bookkeepers who saw behind the scenes, will bear testimony to their nefarious deeds, and some virtuous soul that -i?a ?a i.iiV 1 /r^,. Once 8KXK1 aguastab tuosuAcauvi iiuu power of these business men vrill say: "Alaa! this is all that is left of that groat Arm that ocoupied a block with their merchandise and overshadowed the city with their influence, and made righteousness and truth and purity fall under tho galling fire of araric? and crime." "While we admire and approve of all acutensia and tact in the sale of mnof/innrlomfl tint* nrnf>PBR TT c LUUQV Wl^UVAJkUA VW^N. by which a fabric or product is represented as possessing a value -which it really does not have. Nothing but sheer falsehood can represent as perfection boots that rip, silks that speedily lose their luster, calicoes that immediately wash out, stoves that crack under the first hot fire, books insufficiently bound, carpets that tmravti, old furniture rejuvenated with putty and glue and sold as having been recently manufactured, gold watches made out of brass, barrels of fruit, the biggest apples on top; wine adulterated with Strychnine, KaoiATV nrw-irlv rlothfi of do rvv*v - ~ ? ? ?mestic manufacture shining frith foreign labels, imported goods represented as rare and hard to got, be* cause foreign exchange is so high, rolled out on the counter with matchless display. Imported indeed! but from the factory in the next street. A. pattern already unfashionable and unsalable palmed off as a now print iswrst* m/vn/?V?o"nf_ TtrVirv Ofl tijlajul 3v1uc wuiiua j joavxvjuuiuv come to town to make his first purchase of dry goods and going home with a large qtockof goods warranted to keep. There are a hundred practices prevalent in the world of traffic which ought never to become the rule for honest men. Their wrong does not make your right. Sin never becomes virtue by being multiplied and admitted at brokers' board or merchants' exchange. Because others smuggle a few things in passenger trunks, because others take usury when men are in tight places, because others deal in fancy stocks, beoause others palm on wortmess indorsements, because others do nothing but blow bubbles, do not, therefore, be overcome of temptation. Hollow pretension and fictitious credit and commercial gambling may awhile prosper, but the day of reckoning cometh, and in addition to the horror and condemnation of outraged communities, the curse of God will come, blow after blow. God's will forever and i foreveris the only standard of right and wrong, and not commercial ethics. Young business man, arafd the first business dishonor, an4*you will avoid all the rest, xne captain 01 a vessel was walking near the mouth of a river when the tide was low, and there was a long stout anchor chain, into one of the great links of which his foot slmpe'd, and it began to swell an^<fr?could not withdraw it The S^Qe began to rise. The chain could not be loosened nor filed off in time, and a surgeon was called to amputate 1 fV.* limb, but before the work could | be done, the tide rolled over the vioj tim, and his life was gone. And I j have to tell you, young man, that just | one -wrong into which you slip may i be a link of a long chain of circumi stances from which you cannot be esjtricated by any ingenuity of your I own. or any help from others, and \ the tide3 will roll over you as they i have over many. WhenPompey, the 1 i warrior, wanted to take possession of I a city, and they would not open the ,! gates, he persuade a them to aumu u j sick soldier. But the sick soldier s> after a -while got -well and strong, anu i he threw op9ii the gates and let the ' devastating army come in- One I \ wrong admitted into the soul maj s gain in strength until after a while, it flings open all the avenues of the immortal nature, and the surrender is complete. Again, business men are sometimes tempted to throw off personal responsibility upon the moneyed institution to which they belong. Directors in ^ ^ IT-ifilTTOHrtA UUJXKfJ iliiU. iiiuaiitu.a tUJi-i Ajuauj.?aj.^v7 companies sometimes shirk personal responsibility underneath the action of the corporation. And how often, when some banking house or financial institution explodes through fraud, respectable men in the board of directors .say: "Why, I thought all was going on in an honest way, and I am utterly confounded with this u:iy lr?meanor!" The banks, and the lire and life and marine insurance companies. and the railroad companies, will not stand up for judgment in the last ' dny, but those who in them acted righteously will receive, each for himself, a reward, and those who acted the part of neglect or trickery will, each for himself, receive a condemnation. , Again, many business men have been tempted to postpone their en on of en lire leisure. What a sedative the Christian religion would be to all our business men if, instead of postponing its uses to old age or death, they would take it into store or factory, or worldly engagements now! It is folly to go amid the uncertainties of business life with no God to help! A merchant in a New En-land village was standing by a hor^e, and the horse lifted his foot to stamp it in a pool of water, and the merchant, to escape the splash, stepped into the door of an insurance agent, and the agent said: '\f suppose you have come to renew your fire insurance?" ''Oh," said the merchant, ''I had forgotten that." The insurance was renewed, and the next day the house that had been insured was k * "? it -4 X"L.i. I Durned. \\ as is an accidental mat the merchant, to escape a splash from a i horse's foot, stepped into the insur-. ance office? No, it was providential. And what a mighty solace for a business man to feel that things are providential! Yvnat peace and equilibrium in such a consideration, and what a grand thing if all business men could realizo it! Many, althoa&h iiott comparatively in wordlv circumstan cob, have a goodly ?*tablishment in the future planned but. They have in imagination built about twenty rears ahead a house in the country not difficult of access from the great town. for they will often have business, or old accounts to settle, and investments to look after. !?he house is large enough to accommodate all their friends. The halls are wide and hung with pictures of hunting scenes and a branch of antlers, and are comfortable with. ehairs that can be rolled out on the veranc.a when the weather is inviting, or set out under some of the oaks that stand sentinel about the house, and rustling in the cool breeze, and songful with the robins. There is just land enough to keep them interested, and its crops of almost fabulous richness springing up under application of the best theories to be found in the agricoltu ^ rru y~v id TT7/"\11 itu JUU_Lil?U.3. Xil? jliujuu. id "til ctuuu." ed with cattle and horses, and sheep that know the voice and have a kindlybleat when one "goes forth to look at them. In thi3 blissful abode their children will be instructed in art and science and religion. This shall bo the old homestead to which the boys at college will direct their letters, and the hill on which the hous* stands will be called Grukwood or Ivy Hill or Pleasant Retreat or Eagle Eyrie. May the future have for every busi ness man here all that and more beside! But are you postponing your happiness to that time? Are you adjourning your joys to that consummation? Suppose that you achieve all yon expect?and the vision I mention is not up to the reality, because the fountains -will be brighter, the house granper, and the scenery more picturesque?the mistake is none the less fatal What charm will there be '? A TtrVirt ^oa in rurai lui u. jLuajj. yvxj.v thirty or forty years been conforming Iris entire nature to the excitements of business? Will flocks and herds, with their bleat and moan, be able to silence the insatiable spirit of acquisitiveness which has for years had full swing in the soul? Will the hum of the breeze soothe the man who now can find his only enjoyment in the stock market? Will leaf and cloud and fountain charm the eye that has for three-fevths of a life time found its chief beauty in hogsheads and bills of sale? Will parents be competent to rear their children for high and holy purpose, if their infancy and boyhood and girlhood were neglected, when they are almost ready to enter upon the world and have all their halpits fixed -and their principles stereotyped? No, no; now is the time to be happy. Now is the time to servo your Creator. Now is the tune to be a Christian. Are you too busy? I have known men as busy as you are who had a place in the store-loft where they went to pray. Some one asked a Christian sailor where he found a place to pray in. He said: *UT nlrr-ni-C! ? Tl /? ? rmiof. Til fl.f, JL C'ttil JLLliU C* WAVWW ? masthead."' And in the busiest day in the season, if your heart is right, you can find a place to pray. Broadway and Fulton street are good places to pray in as you go to meet your various engagements. Go home a little earlier and got introduced to, your children. Be not a gallery-slave by day and night, lashed fast to the oar of business. Let every day have ?* i , nf , _ i its hour oi worsiup and mieuectuax culture and recreation. Show yourself greater than your business. Act | not as though after death you would {enter upon an eternity of railroad ! stocksfand coffee and ribbon, lloastnot i your manhood before the perpetual | fires of anxiety. With every yard of j cloth you sell, throw n'ot in your soul I to boot. Use firkin, counting room, j desk and hardware crate as the step ' ~ nconilnocc onr? i yiufiOT> j UOV X 4MJLS.4. ^Z>-k* * -, ! character. Decide once and forever ,; who shall be master in your store, you j or your business. f Men appreciate the importance of ! j having a good business stand, a store j on the rightside of the street or in ' i the right Block. Now every place of (i business is a good stand for spiritual .! culture. /God's angels hover over the ' world of traffic to sustain and build > * A j up thos.* who are trying to do their i duty. To-morrow, if in your place of worldly engagement you will listen for it, you will hear a sou*d louder than the rattle of drays and the shuffle of feet and the chini of dollars, stealing into your soul, saying: - - ? ' - .1 * i ? -i "Seek ye lyst tiie iungdom 01 uoci and His righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you." Yet some of those sharpest at a bargain are cheated out of their immortal blessedness by stratagems more palpable than any "drop game" of the street They make investments in things everlastingly below par. They put their valuables in a safe not fireproof. They give full credit to iniiuui-or that will not be able to pay one cent uii a dollar. They plunge into a labyrinth from wliich no bankrupt law or "two~tliirds enactment" will ever extricate them. They take into their partnership the world, the liesh and the devil, and the enemy of j zighteousness will boast through eternal ages that the man who in all his 1 business life oould not bo outwitted _i i?i. t,? I or ovor-rcRC/iit'Uj HL&U uiu-LLV?JJU& JJ-LI/V spiritual defalcation, and was swindled out of heaven. Perhaps sonic of you saw the Arc in New York in 1835. Aged men tell us tliat it beggared all description. Some stood on tho house-tops of Brooklyn, and looked at the rod ruin that swept down the streets, and fr? nnlif^rni.o thftmetrOT>-l oils. But tho commercial world will yet be startled by a greater conflagration, even the last. Bills of exchange, policies of insurance, mortgages and bonds and government securities, will be consumed in one lick of the ilame. The bourse and United States mint will turn to ashes. Gold will run molten into the dust of the street. Exchanges and granite blocks of merchandise will fall with a crash that will make the earth trem ble. The flashing-up of the great light will show the righteous the way to their thrones. Their best treasures in heaven, they will go up and take possession of them. The toils of business life, which racked their brain and rasped-their nerves for so many years, will have forever ceased. "There the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest1' A CREAT MYSTERY SOLVEDBob Pinkorton Chafes a Man Two yt ars and Him. 1The mystery surrounding the ; theft in May, 1S88, of $41,000 be- ! longing to the Exchange Bank of ] New York, has been cleared up, and i Edward Sturgis Crawford, a former j employee of the Bank,is under arrest j in Spanish Honduras, where he was ] followed by a Pinkerton detective, ] and where he confessed to his part i in the theft. 1 The public had well nigh forgotten j the story of the crime, which was a i ? "Wfoe J nine ciiiys wunutji, ciiiu ?>r ? -> j dropped by the press when the next sensation came up. The bank placed \ in packages the snm named in nation- ] al bank notes to be sent to Washing- f ton through the Adams Express i Company for redemption. The j packages were taken to the express ( office by two of the bank's messen- t gers, Crawford and a man named f Earl, who brought back a receipt for i them, but when the packages arrived j in Washington they contained slips 2 of paper neatly cut in the shape and i size of the bank notes. "Who substi- < tufced the shps of writing paper for j the bank notes? This was a ques- t tion which was upoij, the tongue of ( nearly eyerybody, but nobody could 1 answer it satisfactorily. Crawford i had borne an excellent reputation at ] the bank, and his conduct during the < scene immediately following the dis- t oovery of the the theft seemed to ] show that it would be unjust to sus- < pect him. The mystery was appar- 1 entiy impenetrable, and the express i company shouldered the loss. The j detective whom it employed suspect- < ed Crawford, however, and his sus- < picions were strengthened when that < young man, a few months later, gave < up his position at the bank and went < to Honduras. Little by little the i mn'rloyic.r ftcfiinsf. Crawford was ob- < tained, and last February tho de tective felt justified in going to Eon- i duras and charging the crime upon 1 the young man, who at first assumed an injured air and protested that he ] was innocent, but who, when he saw i that the detective had been too sharp for him, confessed his guilt. When ; arrested he had in his possession ?32,525 in bank bills. The Adams Express Company is said to have spent ?25,000 in working up the case, but it will now receive from the bank the ?41.000 which it made good. There is no extradition treaty between this country and Honduras, and if Crawford is- brought back it will be only by courtesy of the Honduras government, which, it is stated, has agreed to favorably consider a request from Secretary Blainoforthe young man's return. Crawford was born in Hancock, N. Y., and before he came a messenger of the bank he was a Broadway car driver. He is of prepossessing ap, pearance and pleasing address, and | his intimate friends say that they , will not believe that he is a thief until they hear him say that he is. A Judge's Social Bombshell. Sedalia, Mo., April 17.?Acting under instructions of Judge Ryland, the grand jury has issued subpoenas for a number of members of the "High Five" Club, a tony social or ganization, among whose members are quite a number of young ladies, to appear before that body. It is supposed that an effort will be mado to find indictments against persons at whose house the club has met during its existence, on a charge of permitting gambling on their premises. .Judge Ryland's instructions to the jury on Monday to indict all persons' engaged in or participating in a game of "euchre," "high five" or 4-/-*/-} T"! />4- o 114" ? l/ULUJ.<JU X lllliC O-lCiO V/X CttUCU JULV^U C? JULW tie unfavorable comment here. At lirst it was regarded as a Joke, but now that an attempt is being made to cany out his instructions, a more serious viow is being taken of the I matter. ?State Treasurer, Archer, of Maryland. was adnrtted td bail Monday in $95,000. ^ t t t A BRAVE TEXAN. HE GAVE HIS LIFE IN DEFENCE OF A WOMAN. Too St*ry CoiiBeoted With i. Lonely Grave Bear ?)?>wberr7- I'he Brave Xan Diffs His Grave? & sclent Deeds mf Chlvalrz Recalled. | D. A. Dickert In lae Atlanta Constitution. Newbekbt, S. C., April 13.?A little mound near the cotton mills in Newberry, S. 0-, covera the remains of one who has left an eternal monu ment to the South's chivalry. His name is unknown. Immediately after the close of the war the negro troops belonging to Sherman's army were marched by different routes to Port Royal and Charleston, there to ! be disbanded. The night of which I , speak, a regiment of negro troops were encamped in Newberry, near . the railroad depot TKq horl Vwvn T?lnndprpd_ JlTtd XiiV uvil iA -auv* WW** . , her citizens subjected to all the in- ; dignities that a drunken negro mob \ could offer. A government train was < thea running from a point twenty- j five miles north of Columbia to s Greenville to cany soldiers and refu- , gees as near their home3 as possible. < This night as the train slowed up at f the depot it wa3 immediately sur- < rounded by a drunken, howling < crowd of negro soldiers. On bo?;rd < the train were two ladies. The ne- j groes swarmed through the cars like ] a set of demons set free from the in- ' feraal regions, while white soldiers ] on board were helpless and at their j mercy. What a place for two help- 5 less women without friends or pro- < toctors! In the coach with the ladies was a 3 soldier, and from his dress and de- ( meanor. one would iudcre him to be from Texas. He was tall and stately, ] piercing black eyes, while his massive head of hair well became his ] brawny face. He plainly showed \ that he had been a determined fol- , lower of the lost cause. In their ( wild carouse one of the drunken ne- \ groes came to where the ladies sat, ] and commenced to offer insults and indignities to the younger, too re- < Tolting in their nature for rehear- ( sal. In trying to release herself from ArwKxftrtA OV? <T1 Allf * LU.?> IL/cLbilDL/ii-iU uikjx unu viv*. vuv ^ in despair: "My God, have I no friend; will no one protect me?" In { a moment a voice was heard in the i rear end of the coach: "Yes, I will j protect you. if I die for it" The tall r form of the unknown. Texan was j seen rapidly approaching along the q lisle. His eyes shone in the dim g io-Tif liiro fhn<3r> nf the wild beast a ready to spring upon its prey. The j ? blade of a knife was seen to glitter c ibove his head and with a mighty }alow was buried to its hilt in the ^ breast of the black ruffian With a j ivild yell-he leaped from the car and E :ell deaiK upon the side-track. }The stranger quietly walked out of ? ie coach at the other end, and step- v :>ed a few paces away, under cover of 3 ike darkness, and waited develop- t nents. Ho had not long to wait. s U1 the imps of darkness turned loose X)uld not have equalled the uproar y md tumult this deed created. Word ^ lew to camp that one of their com- ^ ades had been murdered by a Con;'ederate soldier. A wild rush was s nade for the train, and for a few c noments it looked as if all on board * vould be i)ut to death. Search was T nade for the murderer, declaring ] ;hat if found he would be put to % leath at once. The stranger stood ? 3ut a ffew feet away, quietly listening ^ ;o his death sentence, as the soldiers , nadly rushed by. At last one declared he had found the man; he ^ seized one of the officials of the rail- s road, and others coming up, with 2QU2.1 posinveness awoio mj aucju.- ^ iity. Violent hands were lain upon ] the innocent man, -while the drunken ^ mass that crowded around him seenv sd as if they would crush him to z leath. His vain pleadings of inno- ( 3ence were drowned by the wild yells j Df the surging crowd. He was being ] jarried away for execution. Where ( was the unknown Texan? He had } shown his courage, now would he waver in the face of immediate ieath? With his hand he had protected the person of defenceless s women, by dyeing it in the blood of her assailants, would he stand by and see an innocent man die in his stead? 1 With calm deliberation, without ( amnfirtn Wh<?.f.AY6r. he made his i imj If J __ way to the maddened crowd, and j with a loud voice said: "Turn this i man loose, he is innoeeni I am the 1 one who did it?now do your worst!" ] This gave new impetus to the drunken ] crowd, and he was hurried away to < camp. A drumhead court-martial ] was convened, and he was condemn- i ed to be immediately shot. "While ] he was being tried, word flew like 1 lightning over the town that a white ? *> -1- - J- ,3 man was to oe snot, anu every xieyiu that could possibly go came nishing. into camp and surrounded the brave Texan, offering him every insult and indignity that their wicked souls could invent. The negro women outdid the men in rejoicing over the fate of the prisoner. Even the bloodthirsty and cruel Queen Esther could not have rejoiced more over her captives At half-past twelve & spade was given the condemned and he was order ed to dig Ms grave. Selecting a spot near the brow of the hill,hecommemced the heartrending task of digging his own grave. Spadeful after spadeful was thrown up, until three feet is reached. Then standing erect and stretching out his arms, he said: "I am ready."' A breathless stillness for a moment prevailed. The command fire was given?a volley rings out, and the brave T?xan falls dead ~ +Vk/-, A *VO f AD 1 T"? f? 1T1 n IK (X V Uj tllJLLlLl LI A ^ shouts of the multitude, leaving behind him the grandest tribute to Southern chivalry?men who ?sive their lives to protect the honor of unknown women| An Unfaithful Employee. T>n\-nr>\\ Ai)riL 17.?A sensation has been caused in Bradford by the arrest of Francis Stubbs, who was at the head of the dyeing department of the Lister Company. Limited,. silk works. It is alleged that he has committed frauds amounting to thousands of pounds. It is expected that others will be arrested for complicity in the frauds. * DICK WINTERSMITH OF KENTUCKYTwo Stork* About Him Which 2fake Congr?Nmon Laugk. Washington, April 17.?Hard fighting on the floor of the House produces good stories. The rougher the ground the better the crop. At the end of a vicious spat in the House some solemn statesman usually secures the floor and dulls the intellectual atmosphere with platitudes. This drives the bright fellows into their restaurant or elsewhere. The pie eater of the "West, the bean consumer of the East, the "chitting" masticator of the Gulf States, the terrapin admirer of the Eastern Shore, retail many an amusing stopr while smacking their lips over their beer, ice water, whis? 1 rm Key or cnampagne. xnere were a great many of these stories told in the restaurant during the Oklahoma debate. One good story of a good man always brings another of the same man. One of CoL Dick Wintersmith of Kentucky was retailed. It is said that not long ago lie went to John Dhamberlin's hotel for breakfast He ndulged in breakfast and onions. The steak was succulent and the onions were crisp and not greasy. The Colonel enjoyed the meal hugely. After swallowing an extra cup of coffee he iailed for his check. It amounted to Dvor $2. He protested strenuously,! : iV.i ! jtiyiiijj Lirni; xo wtbo an uuuagcuua price. John Chamberlin laughed at btirn andjoffered to "chalk his hat." rhe Colonel, however, with true Kentucky hauteur, refused the fav?r. He paid the bill. Not long afterward an icquaintance entered. Turning to the Colonel, he said: / "My appetite is a little off this morning. I hardly know what to orier for breakfast. The Colonel advise^. him to try beefsteak and onions. "There is nothing more palatable," lis fiiend responded, "and nothing ;hat would satisfy my appetite so well, but I have to attend several re;eptions this afternoon, and am afraid ;hat that tho onions will taint my breath." "That needn't trouble you," the Colonel replied. "Sit down and orier your steak and onions. When rou get the check for it, it will take rour breath away." Another story told of Oolonel TVrn;ersmith is well worth repeating. iVhen the Colonel first went to "Wash ngtoiL, many years ago, he strolled ip to the CapitoL While wanderngthrough the corridors he accilentally stumbled into the public gallery of the United States Sen,te. Tke galleries were packed. Charles Jurnner wa's making a speech, Erery>ody listened with breathless interest. Vhen Mr. Sumner closed, Garrett Javis arose. iMr. JL>avis enjoyed tne dckname of Garrulous Davis. As lie legan to speak there was a rush from he galleries. Colonel Wintersmith ras astoundod. He recognized Mr. rlr. Davis and became indignant )rawing a brace of revolvers he aid: "Gentlemen, you will please keep our seats. The Senator from Xenucky is talking, and you must hear dm.'' Every man resumed his seat intantly. Among the number was an > i t ?T- 3 Z ? na jerseyman, who was weugeu m. a ront seat between two negroes. Garett Davis talked for three hours. Che Jerseyman drew many a long >reath, but he never swerved. "When he spoech was ended he walked up o Colonel Wintersmith and with some emotion said: "Did I understand you that it was he Senator from Kentucky who was tddressing us?" ">Yes, sir," responded the Kentueky Colonel; "he was Senator Davis from Kentucky. Have you any fault to findrith his speech?" "N?n?no," the Jerseyman stamnered, ""but I want to ask one favor >f you. The next time you catch me ii this gallery when the Senator from Kentucky arises to speak, please lon't warn me, but shoot?shoot ight off?the quicker the better." RANDALL'S SUCCESSOR. State Senator McAleer the Mo?t Prominent CandidatePhiladelphia, April 17.?There will oe a bitter struggle among the Demo iratic leaders of this city lor tne contoI of the convention -which -will iame Randall's successor. The district is undoubtedly Democratic, but ;he fight which is now in prospect nay result in the election of a Republican. The only avowed candidate as yet is State Senator William McAleer, a shrewd politician who has been fighting Randall's friends all his life. McAleer's friends claim that they can control the district, but F-srmira McMullen and others of Randall's friends will be agaiast him, as will also ex-Postmaster Harrity, who is the most potent factor in the Democratic politics in this city at present. It is said that Governor Beaver will not order an election to fill the vacancy, but will allow the place to remain unfilled until the next Legislature meets, when the district will be made Republican. This statement is denied by the Governors friends. McAleer could probably get the nom illation if loft alone in the district, but outside influence are likely to defeat his ambition. He may get the help of the Republican machine in his fight. Half a dozen candidates will be in the field against him, however. as soon as the funeral is over if not before. Tbe Cost of Tying ShoMtr lags. - - -m ^ v;_ One ol me managers 01 a uig jhob?? ern knitting mill has made a calculation that the shoestrings of a wort ing girl will come untied three times per diem- and that a girl will lose about 50 seconds every time she stoops to retie them. Most of the employes have two feet, so this entails a loss of 300 seconds every day for each girl There are about 400 girls employed in this factory, and therefore the gentleman finds that 43,800,000 seconds are wasted in the course of a year, which time at the average rate of wages, is worth $943.17 Orders have accordingly been issued that the gills must wear only button shoes or congress gaiters under penalty of discharge. i. BAGSOVERTHEIR HEADS THE TREATMENT C1VEN PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ASSASSINS. Extraordinary Measures U?e<l to Prevent ?sui>pe Rescue and Suicide?a Significrnt Chapter ef Unpublished History. ^ J.Vlirrtaa J X/UTJJlg LLLC tJidbJ-U.^ v .lulled o-uLLJuut^xAjuaiely following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln the prisoners, who were arrested in oonneotion with that affair, were confined on board of United States monitors anchored in the Potomac Kiver, opposite the navy yard. A history of the Washington 'nnvrw virT.i-t-f.an VkTT fYh <ml fti Tt TTpr> !* nay j afcu.vi} TTXIVUVU KSJ ... B. Hi'bben, which has jus: been issued as an executive document bj the Senate, contains the orders given to the commandant of the navy yard as to the care of those important prisoners, and these orders revealed one or two features of their treatment, which, it is believed, have nev?r before been * Imaae puDJuu. The first order -was from the Navy; Department to Commodore J. B. Montgomery, commandant of the yard, and dated April 15, 1865, the day of Mr. Linocln s death. It reads as follows: 'If 'she military authorities arrest the murderer of the President and take him to the navy yard, put him in a monitor and anchor her out in the stream, with strong guards on -1 "U ? I'-n r?.>T7"ir VOV/3 P.oll YeSMfUj YVJ-Ltii.il <uuu iu jrmi on commandant of marine corps for guard .Kavo vessel immediately prepared, ready to receive the criminal at any hour, day or night. He will be heavily ironed and so guarded .as to prevent escape or injury to himself." Two days later the department notified the commandant that "the f War Department wishes special &ij iention cdled this afternoon to order i of Saturday, 15th instant. Keep a lv ' i L ?A | Doai IH COUButmt roau-mess u-uv^ j a guard at the gate, that the prisoner : can be safely got on board." The first prisoners were received at the navy yard that night, end the following day Commodore Montgomery reported that Mite O'Flaheriy and Lewis Payne had been delivered during the night, and were confined on board the monitor Saugus, in double, irons and under a strong t ct 1 * 1 j * A Ar,A guar a. \ OliJ-Ll LLfcil /irnuiu yy lk^i auucu cv i fch? prisoners at 2.30 o'clock the morning of April 10. The same day the commandant received orders to permit no person to see or hold communication with the prisoners without a pass signed jointly by the Secretary of War and the Secretary 'of the Navy. At 11.10 p. m., April 20, two more prisoners were received at the navy yard. They were James Andrew Atzerott and Ernest Hartman Ritchie, his brother-in-law. April 23 the Assistant Secretary of the Navy sent this order to Commodore Monti OTTT* 'The Secretary of War -wishes Atze! rott separated from his brother-in| law, Ritchie, by putting the former i in another vessel, unknown to the other prisoners; also, that a ball and chain to be put on each ankle of Payne." i On the following day the commandant received directiors which showed that Secretary of Wa?- Stanton proDosed to neglect no precaution to ' ward preventing any sort of communication between the prisoners. These directions were as follows: "The Secretary of War requests that the prisoners on board iron-eiads belonging to his department for better security against conversation shall have a canvas bag put over the head of each and tied around the neck, with a hole for proper breathing and eating, but not seeing, and that Payne be secured to prevent self-destruction." To this order, which is now brought to light for the nrst time, Command " V.j ? J.U? ant Montgomery repneu uu. lug same day: "The hoods were made, and have been applied as directed. The prisoners are in all respects entirely secure." Ned Spangler was taken from the old Capitol prison that day and confined on one of the monitors. Three days later, April 27, the commandant f/-> fVia "Mara Dp.mrtment as w waav follows: 'David C. Harrold. prisoner, and the remains of Wilkes Booth were delivered hero at 1.45 this morning. The body of Booth is changing rapidly. What disposition shall be made of it? It is now on board the iron-clad Hontauk." Later in the day the commandant teas hande-' an order, signed by Secretaries ?elles and Stanton, di1 - ri ry ; recting mm to permit surgeon \jreii?ral Barnes, Judge Advocate General Holt, and certain other officers and civilians, incliv%g a photographer, to go on board th? Uontauk and sea Booth's body. The order also directed that, after the Surgeon General had made an autopsy, the bocy "should be placed in a strong box, j wefully sealed, a&ddelivered to the charge of Col. li. C. JtJater. I A letter sent to the Secretary 01! the Navy the following day by Coin-; mandant Montgomery shows that he had no chance to carryjjcut a part of this joint order. The writer complains that the body of Booth was suddenly and unexpectedly removed by CoL Baker to a tug and taken away before the marine officer had any opportunity to report the pro*? i nrn _ ceedings to ttie commandant- xjue box prepared for it was left on the Montauk, and Commandant Montgomery reported that it was ready for delivery when called for. Other correspondence shows that the navy officers at the yard felt that tliey had not been properly treated by the higher authorities, and were disposed to criticise the military authorities - "? 1 *1ZJ, ?T for the "miormai ana unmiuim-y way in which Bootli's body was taken from their custody, without any written authority for so disposing of it having been shown to any officer of the vessel. The orders leave no doubt of the great fear which beset Secretary Stanton that the prisoners would escape or be rescued, and this fear seems to have extended even to the dead body of the assassin. The last entry regarding the pris. i oners shows that Commandant Montgomery was relieved from his troublesome charge April 29. In a communication to Secretary Welles, dated April 30, he says: "In obdience to a telegram received at 9 o'clock last night the prisoners in my charge were delivered at 10.30 p. m. to General Hancock, and under military guard thev left the yard at 11 o'clock." Immediately after this the department ordered the removal of the extraordinary restrictions that had been established relative to the admission of visitors to the yard during the time the prisoners were in the commandant's custody, and this ended the connection of the naval establishment with these state pris oner3. UNITED STATES COURTS* -ir^- US Provisions of tbo Xcw Bill Defining .Their Jurisdiction?An Important Measure. The House of Representatives hat passed the bill to define and regulate the jurisdiction of courts of the United States, lite final vote was, , yeas 131, nays 13, the Speaker const-' ing a quorum. The following' is a synopsis of the provisions of the new law: It withdraws all original jurisdiction now vested in the circuit courts of the United States and vests the same exclusively in the distract - courts of the United States and also . provides that the circuit courts of the United States shall exercise such jurisdiction by writ of error and appeal as they have and exercise, under existing lavrs. The circuit - court is made an Appellate Court ! exclusively, except mat it nas power ! to issue alternating: process. The circuit courts shall consist of the ~M present circuit judge 'and two " others to be appointed "in "each circuit by tlie President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. It requires three judges to constitute a quorum, and. in case either of the t ' r:.f& radios is absent at anv term the senior circuit judge of the circuit may require any district judge of tho circuit to sit in his stead for the time being. But there must always be one circuit judge present and no circuit or district judge before whom a case is tried in the district court can sit in the 6ame case in the circuit court. The circuit courts shall be ennrts of record. Th a tprms of the circuit courts are to bo bold at tlie following places: 1st Circuit, Boston, 2nd " New York. * 3rd " ^Philadelphia. 'f 4th " " Richmond, Ya. l-iT. U - vXT /-k_3 ' " "ti OLxi - x\ew wneaxia. 6th " Cincinnati 7th " Chicago, His. 8th " St. Louis. 9th " San Francisco.-- ? ' "Writs of error in proper cases and in all other cases appeals may be had V'* from district to circuit courts, both ? at law and in equity, and cases of admiralitv and maritime jurisdiction within six months after the entry of iinal judgment or decree injdistricts. The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction to issue certain remedial writs and to establish rules of practice not inconsistent with those of the Supreme Court. .Writ of error from the circuit court of an appeal to the circuit court may be had in all commercial cases wherein the circuit court may be had in all commer- cial cases wherein the circuit court ?*: mov n/vw /3v?--?v?i co iiTrie^i^>f.inn Viv writ of error and pending appeals of writs ot eiror and judgment of the district court in all criminal cases are stryed until the case is finally deter- .* . <2mined by the appellate. Civil cases now removable from State courts in circuit courts of the United States may become involved in the district courts of the United States in the territorial inrisdio.tiori of which thev were commenced. The circuit courts sre given appellate jurisdiction by writ of error or appeal to review the . V ' ^ judgments and decrees of the supreme " '?-? courts of the several territories and for the review of the judgments and decrees of district courts. The circuit court shall have final and conclusive jurisdiction on appeal or writ of error in all cases in which juris diction is acquired by the district courts by reason of the citizenship of parties only and in which no question arises under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States. But questions arising in this class of cases of a novel, difficult or important character may be carried to the supreme court for determination in the discretion of any two of the circuit judges trying the case. Millions in Mortgages. " ^8 Mr. Luther J. Kaufman, Lancas ter, delivered an interesting address Saturday last at the farmers' institute, held under the auspices of the Berks county Agricultural Society, at TWdinc. Mr. Kaufman dwelt unon the great depression in agriculture in Pennsylvania, and produced arguments. statistical and otherwise, [ that the farms in the East, exclusive f of improvements.were worth no more now in the market than those in Nebraska and Kaasas. He stated that tiw mortgages on the farms in Berks county were $0,000,000, and in Lancaster county #25,000,000. In closing ^ ? ? J 4.TV. Vmi-pTv^an c?oi/3 fliof LUb &UU-1 -*I I xxt*uiliu<i i omu ......... the cost of iss-.^ing and distributing currency by thegorernmentwas onequarter of one per tent., and he wanted to know why, this being the case, the fanner should no: be able to secure a loan on ins larm lor tne one per cent. He said that the great accumulative power of aionev at prevailing interest rates was one of the chief causes of the present distress, and urged the fanners of Berks to -9 secure from Congress the establishment of a national banking bureau, -n-Vii/Vh cVrnnlr? issiio and loan money io all citizens upon good security at one per cent. He left a number of m* petitions to that effect which were ^j| signed by many of those present ?The New York World is printings serial story purporting to give the mystery of Judge Hilton's wonder fxil influence over A. T. Stewart and the history of his absorption of the Stewart millions. It says there is a woman and a story of dishonor in the