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BY W A. LEE AND HUG#W1LSW." ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24/ i875. - VOLUME XXII---NO. 50. .
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CONGAREE
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Innii,
.5 proprietor.
Manufacturer of Steam En<
^ Jl v.fX A -4ii
gines and Boilers.
Iron and Brass Castings of al]
Descriptions made to Order
I was awarded the first premiun:
on castings at tbo State Agricul
tura! and Mechanical Society Fairs
held in Columbia. November, 1871
72, '78.?
MANUFACTURE
Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes,
ALSO
Took the first Premium at State
Fairs held Koromber, 1S71, '72, '72
'1 Manufacturer of
Grist Mills Irons of all sizes,
't \
For Sale.
.tJTi;/;. ; nrr?fj'
(Jin Gearing of the follosving sizes.
9 feet 0(
10 " " " " 32 5(
11 41 u " " ?' -r.....: 3-5 (X
12 " 4-3 0(
H * ivfrf* - A*. " 50 0(
"With Bolts $6.50 Extra for each set.
Antl-frictton plates and Balls for Cot
ton Press $10.00 and $1?.00 per set.
Dl B. SMITH, Agent,
_ Abbeville S. C.
Dec.. 10, 1S73, 35-tf
New Store!
NEW GOODS!!
bittM ?.: . sJ a. _ ..;
:> llt T .
'fW^ETE uFulereigned liave just opne*
l v an' enfirr new stock of
GROCERIES,
/ i ; ? n
Provision and Liquors,
As well as Other Goods ir
their Line. At
the Old Stand of A. M. HILL, re
eentlv TItOW.Jini]X.JE CO., when
we will he pleased to serve the public
X?11EAP FOR VAKll.
A. M. HILL.
Jan..$9,1373, 42-tf ' '
CARPENTRY.
.1 ? , c , % .
FKUIE uiwleniigned hereby gives 116
1 tice that he is prepared to do al
kinds of CAUPEXTEtt'S WO UK am
f BUILDING, lie also'repairs
COTTON GINS, THRESHERS
AND FANS. ?-.v
A full.supply,of GIN MAfEKlAl
always en .lund. Farmers are requestef
to bring their Gins up early in the sea
son, to allow time lo have thorn properlj
prepared.
Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton (Jin
the Bro<ika C'yttou and all kind
of rubber-aiid leather* btlting.
r Jjfi B. SMITH,
vi n it ,c_ r>
XLUUCV1UC \j. u.| Ui v.
July la. Jl^74 1-t-Gin v >r.,
sIwiiiiE
Br. S. W. Tfeomas
IS prepare*] to' furnish all kiirdi
? of?-iUMBEK at the ?li?rte*
notice at the mill formerly known a
Maury's .Mill.' Tiie Mill is in good re
pair, and with a good supply of i'>:r
on cu?k>imer8 need have in
fear. *?f delay in fiHidj; orders. Pric
81.50 per hn r>drcd..jC.\SII.
J/ W. THOMAS
ApriMO, 1874/52-iX ' '
THE ABBEVILLE HOTEL
* *r BY
JACOB MILLER.
IvtTcJ , t
ri^HK subscriber directs the attontio
v of.-Uie. traveling public to hi
i-opjmpdiou* Hotel, Jot-toted in the towi
of Abbeville, and solicits foi the same
full share of the public patronagt
With convenient rooms, a wcll-ke|
table, and attentive servants, no effort
will be spared to give satisfaction.
. JACOB MILLER.
Oct: 14,1871 27-nm
Mark the Spot of^ Your De
ceased Friends.
W oife
AFiimwj Stockton band an
all work sold at the lowest pric<
and work done in the best workiuun-lik
manner. Several hundred new an
handsome designs on, hand to mak
selections from. We wil! duplicate cit
priee In all monumental work, bj wliie
parties can save freight. v '
Very respectfmlv,
.J: D. CHALMERS.
Sept. 1,1974,21-tf ' .
HARMS CHERRY BITTER!
to.
tlic^Oa^i g^dh^pc^jj^taiioos.
, PARKER & PERBIN.
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CHANGE OF SCEDULE.
11 On and after Wednesday February 1(
i 1875, the Passenger ]?trains over th
I Greenville and Columbia Railroad wil
i be run as follows, daily, Sundays ex
cepted:
MAIN STEM.
i TP TBI AN, XO. 1?COU'A TO OR'KYILLE
| Leave Columbia 7:00 a.11
' 44 Alston 8:4") a.ni
" Newberry 10:<>3a.m
" Cokesbury 1:37p.m
. ' Belton 3:20 p.m
Arrive Greenville 4:55 p.ni
TRArX NO4?C?ltEEXVIM ETO COMJMRi;
[ Leave Greenville 0:00 n.m
r " Belton 7:55 a.in
" Cokesbury 9:35 a.in
" Newberry 12:59 p.ni
11 " Alston 2:35 p.m
" Arrive Columbia 4:20p.m
! 1'ilSSCllgCrj Ity nam uu quuu
> ICurolina Railroad connect with No. 1
I Passengers by No. 4 connect with Da;
Train on the South Carolina Railroa*
for Charleston, Augusta, &c., and wit)
, Night Trains on the Wilmington, Col
umbia and Augusta Railroad lor Sum
ter, Wilmington, Richmond, Baltimore
&c., &c.
t ANDERSON 1JK ASCII & JlMJEltlDCJEDIV']
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" Perryville 4:45 a.iu
! " Pendleton 5:00 a.m
" Anderson 6:50 a.m
Arrive Belton 7:35 a.m
UP."
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. " Anderson 4:20 p.m
renaieton o;:-up,ui
J ?< Perryville 6:10 p.m
)! Arrive Walhalla 6:45 p.m
) Accommodation Train between Pel
) ton and Anderson Tri-Weekly, viz
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
I No. 2 teave Belton at S).30A. M.; ar
rive Anderson 10:30 A. M. No. 3 leavi
Anderson at 2.00 P. M.; arrive at Bel
ton 3 P. M. The Trains will run ot
Mondays when Court is in session a
Anderson.
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Leave Abbeville 8:00 a. ui
Arrive C'okesburv : 0:10 a. m
i - ... UP.
11 Leave UoKesuury j:-k> j?. uj
Arrive Abbeville 2:35 p. 111
Accommodation Train 011 this Brand
will be run on Mondays, Wednesday
and Fridays. No. ! leave Cokesbury a
9:35 a. m.;*arrive at Abbeville 1<>:35 a. m
No. o leave Abbeville 12:30 p. m.: arriv
Cokesbury 1:25 p. m. Train No. 1, 01
Main Stem, Columbia to Greenville
stops twenty minutes at Cokesbury fo
Dihner. Train No?. 4, Greenville t
I Columbia, stops twenty-five minutes a
Belton for Breakfast and twenty miu
tites at Alston for Dinner.
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ALADDIN soT
THE BEST OIL IN fsE.
" \VARRAXTKi> 150 UBCRKKS KIRK TES'J
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Nov. 7, 1874 fcO-Gm
' NEW FLOUR,
LARD,
SUGAR,
! ' BACON,
f.fiFFEE.
tobacco,
NAILS, &c., &c., at
Mil GAMBRELL & CO'S.
. Sept. 9 22-tf
'j STEAM
; PL1II ILL.
1
Columbia, S. C.
F. W. WING,
H
Proprietor.
^ l >r A VTTT? 4 AtP
i>i-A ^ urAbi u xvriiv w
I. I
: Sash, Blinds, Doors,
WINDOW
I AND DOOR FRAMES,
'^Inside Pivot Blinds and Shutters
COLUMNS,
s Pilasters,
MANTET. PIECES.
' Mouldings, Brackets,
Hand-Rails,
' NEWELS, BALUSTRES,
i Scroll Work of all Descriptioo.
~j All Work Guaranteed A No. 1.
; May 28, 1874, 7-ly.
STOVES & TIN-WARE,
LAMPS, OIL, &C? &C..
FOR SALE BY
iiH. W. LAWSON & GO
s
t AT
5" Post Office Building.
1 rpIIK subscribers have now on hand,
" f and are selling at lower rates
. ilian ever before, t e most complete
Stock of Stoves, Tin-Ware, Lamps.
Oil, &c., which ihey have over offered
' to the people of Abbeville.
j i Their assortment of Cooking Stoves
lis unusually largo, comprising the
, J most popular varieties, as the "Marion,"
the "Cotton States." ''Fire Side,"
Forest City," -'Director" and others,
1 which will be guaranteed to please
" | both in stylo and price.
k I Their Stock of Kerosene Lamps is
' II" ni.il ufilnnt ?nrl will
I U II lie* II ill IJ lUI^V nvavvv, ...% ....
1 lie found to offer inducements to those
" witbing a good article at low ralen.
They have No. 1 Kerosene Oil, at
prices ranging from 23 ccnts to 40
1 i-ei.ts per gallon.
~ Their Stock of Tin-Ware contains
, I''very variety of Buckets, Boilers,
' jl'ans, Coffee Pots, &c., and fill the
shelves from floor to ceiling.
The subscribers solicit -a call an?l
examination from thoir Iriends, and
feel confident in thoir ability to please.
H. W. LAWSON & CO.
\7~.. 11 1Q7A
CALL AND SEE!
\ 3,000 lbs Bacon Sides,
1,000 lbs Bacon Shoulders,
3,000 lbs Bulk Side9,
300 lbs Plain Hams,
500 lbs Sugar Cured Canvassed Hams,
1 Barrels and Kits Now Mackerel,
; Barrels and Half-Barrels 'White Fish,
Barrels N. 0. Syrup,
Do. Florida "
I" Do. Sugar House Syrup,
Do. Common Sugar,
e 18 (M)O lbs Fresh Wheat Bran.
^ 100 Barrels New Crop Flour,
8 3,000 lbs Assorted Sugar,
r 500 lbs " Coffees,
3,000 yds " Bagging,
* HO Bundles Beard Tic,
i. All our Roods are guaranteed, both as
to quality and price. Call and see.
i'jDuPre, Gambrell & Co.
jj| Oct. 21 27-tf
DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!!
r1 Dr. H. D. WILSON
OFFEltS his professional services to
the people of Abbeville County
and of upper .South Carolina. Having
. just finished a course 01 swiuy 111 uie
i Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery,
lie feels fully competent to attend
to "all cases requiring the exe.eise oj
skilled Dental Surgerv that may be
brought to him. lie asks the patronage
!of the people, and guarantees full and
t. complete satisfaction. He has procured
a full set of first-class Dental Instruments,
and is prepared to do tirst-class
: work at most reasonable rates.
I lifix- OFFICE jnst over Post Office.
31. CiOI.DSMlTH. P. KIND.
. j OoldKmitli TCind,
* POUNDERS & MACHINISTS,
(ritCKNIX IKON WOKKK,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
ie M AN UFAC'ITREltS of Steam Enii
xtjI gines of all sizes; Horsepowers,
Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Crist
and ?<ugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Ornamental,
House aiu\ Store Fronts, Iron
1. Railings, Agricultural Implements, ete.
Hrnss and Iron Casting* of all kinds
made to order on short notice, and on
! the most reasonable terms. Also, manlufaeturers
of Cotton Presses.
j May 28, 1S73, 7-12m *
OR. JOHN S. THOMPSON,
DENTIST,
'^"kFFERfc iiis professional services to
the citizens of Abbeville, und the
isurrounding country.
' ! Office over Citizens' Savings
, 'Bank, Abbeville, S. C. .
( ct. 1873,28tf
To-Day.
Let dotards grieve for childhood's days,
Aud only those look back
Whose wasted wealth or shattered
health
Betrays a .shameless track;
I cannot join iu mourning time
Forever passed away?
For while I look on nature's hook
I'm thankful for to-day.
The trees are still as fresh and green
As ever branches were.
And still, in primal vigor seen,
They wave their arms in air;
The rivers sing their self same song,
That they have sung for aye?
Whose burden, as they glide along,
Is, "God is here to-day !"
There's not a bird upon the bough,
Or leaf upon the tree,
But in the summer twilight uow
As sweetly sing to me ;
The bleakest wind that winter blows
lyuij i:iiiwu uist-asu nnaj,
And shower blessings in the snows
That hide the earth to-day*
And, every where a thousand gifts
Invite us to rejoice?
To grieve no more the days of yore,
But raise a thankful voice;
That tells us, though the world were
fair
In years remove for aye,
The earth and sky, and sea and air,
As lovely as to-day.
Then tell me not the childhood's days
Alone are fraught with joyThat
manhood's fancy cannot raise
The structures of the boy ;
The childish mind is lost in dreams
Of pictures far away,
But man beholds majestic themes,
The wonders of to-day.Ove
who?e eyes upbraiding raise,
Pronouncing Faro unjust?
Who walked the earth with cherisliec
hopes
Low trailing in the dust?
? fnlor* urtmanltr til mil
i/inuiiu u ittiot,
Nor own so weak a sway,
But hope in him who gave you all.
Ami thank him for to-day.
The Novels of Sir Walter Scott
Editor Abbeville Press and Banner:
Since 1830, tbo date which mark.'
the completion of the romances ol
this great writer, no libiary has boen
styled perfect, failing to contain an
entire set, of what have since been
Il-J .!.? TKm'r
UUIIl'U, IIIU llttVUUV XlVfVIO AMVM
advent forms an era in the literary
history of tho world. The mos1
careless reader of theso romances ex
periences tho feeling that he is m>l
the only one interested therein, bill
that the author moves continually b}'
his side, and seems to long with liirn
for the denouement, with which each
romance never fails to terminate.
And though wo know that many o:
them were written as a means of discharging
debt, no one will allow
them to havo been tho creation o
circumstance, but springing as the)
did from such a soil, they especially
crowned their creator with glory ant
honor.
\%T .illnM CaaI t art kn ? \ fn fit on n
Oil M HIICI UWH, 111 mv |<H.IUW V
his first novel, "Wnverly," tells u:
that it was with the design of irai
tatiug Miss Edgeworth, that he com
menccd his farcer as a novelist
wishing to gain the interest of othci
countries in Scotland, as she hai
dono for Irolaud. It is suid thai
Scott examined tho heath, trrass
shrubberj', and even tho fuliage 01
the different trees that sprang frorr
Scottish soil, so anxious was he tc
make even the minutiae of his worlc
attractive. Wo may safely say thai
few writers Lave had fewer critics
and it is certainly not with a view t(
criticise that the present essay ii
undertaken. Nor would we proccei
to^oulogize Scott and affirm him th<
greatest of romanco writers. But un.
doubtedly he possesses the power o
making interesting any charactei
whom bo singles out as the hero 01
heroine of his plot. Around thest
such a magic charm ho throws, thai
they appear, not as tho heroes o;
many, and by far tho greater nam
Her, of modern novelists, overdraw!
or superhuman, but naturul and con
sistcnt throughout. Although, will
lew exceptions, Scott invariably takei
two diametrically opposite in ever}
particular, as Rebecca and Rowena
Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart
Jeannie Dean and M.adge Wildfire
&c. This power of thus beautifying
onnosito oualities constitutes tin
chief charm of his works, uiid diplays
bis marvelous genius i:i iismos
remarkable pbaze.
The fact that many of his novel*
trout of eras in religious exciiemeni
and that he hits chosen to
characters subjected to tin* infliictn-i
of practical Christianity, n* in (>;.
Mortality," <fcc., has exposal him (
the severest criticism. Sinn- it mu\
well be asked, how rouiil um; ?
stranger to the lii^h uml i.?*?\ inn
(t?ons which true ivligsioi -xi-i: >
[paint, not only the outward luv*
j but the most intimate si'iiiimrnis o
thoso who were thns stayed '{
again, it must bo allowed thai inanj
of bis works contain an eleme.it
however slight, cf sensuality, e*pe
cially is this the case in the "Ilea'
of Mid Lothian." We feel that \v?
have mo right to con .sider llie lives <>
JSffie Dean and "Gentle (ieordie,' uveas
moreinteresting.imt to say d<*iigui
Ail than those of Jeannic and Bmi-r
Could wo, if pluced upon our o uii
I declare turn inmi, umrui |nuiij
justice form the most itlruetivc li a
lures of this work? No, we sincere
ly beliovo not. Then the fact tha
wo are to bo amused, and in nowisi
influenced, is open to I lie most sen
ous objection, for the vor fuscinatiu.
proves a veil to tho subtle maniici
of oxercising influence Evorythni;
has an influential power, and tin
more unconscious we are at the innmay
only prove bow completely u are
cngrossod, and alrcudy influencei
to tho very highest degroc.
But tho true answer to the object
t ons horo enumerated ia one wbiel
but lately occurrod to the writer, and
haB certainly never been advanced.?
Let us consider the character of
those who constitnte the readers, or
even tho admirers of Scott. This
may, at first sight, seem utterly .impossible,
since his works have been
universally read and rc-read for half
a century. But after "some thought
and investigation wo affirm that
Scott's readers are not those whom
hiB delineations oould harm. If these
n r* aP tnlnnf i Iiott mhlllr)
havo just such a hurtful tendency as
tboy havo been supposed to possess.
But boing the creations of genius,
springing from no personal recollection
or experience, oach character,
and every word is in the hands of a
master-workman, one who may declare
"thus far shalt thou go, but no
farther." Scott's erudition, all unsystematical
as it doubtless was, proved
a preventive to tho inclination to
paint the passions of tho human
heart, and tho cffects of their unbridled
8wa}r. ITis works possess just
such a solidity, if we may say, as to
cancel their sensualism. Ilia readers
! mast, therefore, necessarily bo those
who desiro not only to bo amused
but to some extent edified.
There are' probably numbers ol
readers who desire not to bo obliged
tn mnlro ft flinnrln intnl 1 n.1 effort
v " ?? -
during Iheir perusal. These are tbc
very class who aro harmed by the
union of genius and voluptuousness,
which so seldom occurs. They could
therefore, in renpect to these works
not only bo bo3?ond the pale of evil
influence, but be incapable of being
I numbered among their readers. Those
who really do road and delight in
them are porsons capable of judgment,
discrimination.and appreciation
They rise from their perusal either tc
smile, lament, or ponder over, no:
only the foibles of human nature, bul
its mysteriousness in being capable ol
such strange inconsistencies, and
to marvel that the mind of one,
endowed with like passions, could sc
i faithfully portray them. What lone
f ly hours, what sombre lives, how
! many sick rooms have these roman
I on/l nnliivinnil f mnlfinn
1 life wcur a different huo to many
' worn and weary hearts. As the lasl
portraits of the manners of chivalry,
r and heightening even the charm ol
romance ilsolf, we cling Lo thest
novels as to no others.
If the nineteenth century waxes
- more and more practical every day
, and if, as to all appearances, it seem?
, it may never doff its stern and un
attractive garl? of utilitarianism is il
not incumbent upon those who havi
I felt the power of the beautiful to re
vive an ljit?rest, nay, to induce u
f love for all that tends to raise to iif
J rightful y?c<iuc that which "is a jo^
II forever"? Shall wo not regard him
a* a benefactor of the human rac(
r who has spent all that he had in sc
' doing? Do not let us adopt the
. I erroneous idea that because there an
I vastly higher and mores elevating
isources of happiness than that o
; novel-reading, it is to be altogethei
?j disregarded llecre.ition is as nceos
<i sary to the mind a? to the body, ex
. I cess in either surfeits, and defeats it;
lown end. We Relieve that Scott'i
"'novels possess the power of sowing
few, if any, evil seeds, and thougl
f'they may not prove incentives l<
i jthe exercise of virtue, nor cause tha
(. abhorrence of vice, which cannot toe
much be insisted upon, yet as u
*1 moans of harmless pleasure, it canno
' I be donied that they answer an end o
i .'our creation, perused as thoy arb in
variably by those whom they car
j only entertain. All honor therefore
i bo unto their Author, and lot immor
!tal be the character inscribed npoi
!jtheir pages# Many have been tin
J - I i..,?
t I pruisus U? UIUCU UJUiii, urn, Iiuuivivu.
}-uh they already are, the future cur
|jbut swH 1 tho?r number, and we yel
J await tho master-mind who may just
J ly jud^e them.
Frederick, Md.
r No Third Party.?The Ciueinnat
. Gazette (Republican) says: "There wiU
i be no third party to make nomination!
in 1876. The contest unless some unfore
VS#en event occurs, will be between th<
I ; Republican and Democratic organiza
I tions. Of one or the other Grant wil
, i be the nominee, if nominated all. Th<
j Democrats are not likely to nominatt
him. The Republican** certainly wil
1! not nominate him. This isascertair
* 'as anything in the future can be said t<
r! be. A third terra for Grant orany othei
man is, as we have often said, out of the
'Jquestion. It would be hard to gues!
' who the Republican nominee for 187t
| will be, as it would be to guess the Dem
f cratic nominee. The Democrats hav<
already several candidates in the field
. |and that party will have trouble enougl
. 'in making two selection, without both
!ering themselves about the llepublicai
1 candidate. Of one thing, however tin
s opposition may rest assured, viz, tha
. their talk about a third term is humbug
L and will not deceive auy body. Nott
corporal's guard of the Republican part^
could be brought to support any living
1 man for a thi?d term. The oppositioi
t<> any such suggestion would be found
to be well nigh universal.
The following is a summer episode
as evolved by little Johnny: "Last sum
finerourdog towser was a lyin in the
sun a trine to sleep, but the ilies wit
1: that bad he cuddent, cos he hed to cetcl
'em, and bime by a bee lit on his hed
.and was a woking about like the d.?ji
Mwashisn. Towser he hel his hed still
' and when the bee was close to his nose
Towser winked at me, like he sed yoi
see what this dutter isadoin; lie think;
i : I'm a lily of the valley which isn't oper
!yet, bur you just wait till I blossom auc
you will see some fuu, anil sure euu
Towscr opened liis mouth very *lo so iv
j not to triten liie bee, and 'lie bee wenl
inside Towner's monih. Then Towsei
I he shet his eyes dreamy; anil liis moutli
; too, and had begun .to make a peacettt
{smile, when tlie bet' stung him and you
, never see a lUy of the valley nek so in
jail your life. "
I "No Joe. no." said a man of Principle
. [mid compassion, as, his teeth chattering
. he leaned against the bar; "no hoi
Scoth for me. I conld't swallow itwhiU
' hundreds of wretched people are freezi
in at this moment. Gjmuie a whiskeysour
and plenty of ice. God pitv tin
! poor."
i
A Nevada paper says that, owing to
the incursions of the chinch bug last
* year, the two great staples of thatStati
> are red haired girl# and cord wood.
Somebody'! Serraiit Girl.
" Che gtocxi there leaning wearily
Against the window frame;
Her lace wupittont, sad and rtreet, ..
Her garaeat?coarse and plain;
"Who ia she, pray T* I asked a friend, ^ '
The red lips gave a curl? '
"BeaHyl I do not know Mr name, v-v
Sht'a some one's servant gill."
' Xgain I aair her on the street
With bm?nMrndg? along,% j
Brf face was sweet and patient i&l,. V
Amid the Jostling tbnfng:
Slowly but cheerfully ahejnored, Vc
Guarding with waicWul'csxo yfif'
A market-basket much too laigt
For ber slight bands to bear.
A man, I thought a gentleman,
Went pushing rudely by.
Sweeping the basket from her hand*,
But turning not bis eye;
Nor thero is no necessity,
.Amid that busy whirl,
Kor him to be a gentleman ?
To "lome one's servant girl;'*
Ab, well it is that God above
Looks in upon tlie heart,
And never judges any one *
By just the outer part;
For if the soul be pure and good,
He will not mind the rest,
2Jor question what the garments were
In which the form was dressed.
And many a man and woman fairBy
fortune reared anil fed,
Who will not mingle hero below
With those who cam their bread,
When they bare passed away from life
Beyond the gates of pearl,
Will meet boforo their Father's throne
With mtny a servant girt,
i
JONAS SAMPSON'S MONEY,
i
1 "What do you think. Mr. Slocomb, is the
! matter with Mr. Sampson ?" said lira.
Grant to me, one evening, as I entered
the parlor set aside for the general use of
Mrs. Smith's boarders.
I had arrived at my boarding-house later
than usual that evening, and, consequently,
' bad dined alone, so I had not heard the
P latest boarding-house gossip, and I roay
I add that my boarding-house?perhaps I
should be speaking more correctly if I saifl
J tho boarders, especially Mrs. Grant?illways
had a full and never failing supply ot
, that commodity on hand.
Thinking Mrs. Grant had some new gos,
sip to impart I smilimr'y rejoined:
"I really couldn't think, Mrs. Grant, what
, is the matter with him."
"He has the diphtheria," she slowly and
f solemnly said. "He came home this even;
ing at five o'clock, said he felt very ill and
that his throat pained him badly, and went
l to bod, after sending for a doctor. The
' latter soon came, and found that he was
I suffering from diphtheria. As soon 03 Mrs.
Smith informed us of it at dinner, MLss
I Gardner, who says she's liad the disease
herself and has attcnled others who have
had it, volunteered to nurse hitn at least
t three nights this week. Very generous on
1 her part, certainly; but, nevertheless deiidedly
reckless of her to expose herself to
I n-- -t. M.of
UltJ CililUUC VI VA4U.V vww?w.v M.r..
' theria. Poor young uian! I pity him. So
} young and almost sure to die."
3 Hod I not at this juncture left the room,
Mrs. Grant would have poured copious
>.j comments into my ear, for at least an hour,
' based upon tho subji :t of Mr. Sampson's
dij "teria, and diphtheria in general; for
she assumed to be an authority upon all
. subjects, from cheese to?well, I really
H can't say what.
r Jonas Sampson had been boarding at the
J house for nearly two months. Ho was a
t nice, genial fellow, and about twenty eight
I years old. That he was a clerk in a large
, wholesale dry good house in this city, I and
l the other boarders knew, but nothing more.
I I was really sorry to hear that he was sick
f with that fearful life-destroying disoase;
. and, on leaving Mrs. Grant, I went lip to
,: his room to see if I could be of any service
! to him. I, a stranger, had onco been ter.
ribly ill in a boarding-house myself, and
i wont of proper care and nursing had ag!
gravated my sufferings greatly; so I could
< fully appreciate Jonas S.unpjon'g precari
i ous position. I say precarious, because
L comparatively few out of the many that
- arc attacked with diphtheria ever recover.
Eo was bveithinj heavily aud with difficulty
when I entered the room. Knowing
something about the nature of the disease,
j I at once saw, as it had advanced its hold
I so far upon lam alre-uly, that he was suffer9
ing from the most malignant type of diphl
theria; and that he was more liable to die
I than to recover. Under the circumstances,
1 I thought that if ho had any relatives, it
- would be but right for them to bo sent for
j immediately. After inquiring how he felt,
j and asking if I could be of any service to
) him, I suggested as much. lie said he
r would wait till to-morrow noon, and if he
f was not better by that time, he would have
j, a telegram sent to his mother, who, he in.
i formed me, lived in Ohio. As Miss Gardi
I ner had already installed herself as nurse,
i I told her that I would sit up with Mr.
1 j Sampson the following night. She tol<]
,: me that eho had offered her services be i
cause Mrs. Smith, our landlady, hud said
t J that he must go to the hospital, unless he
-I had| a nurse, for that she hadn't auy time
. to look after sick poople.
jj Sho, Miss Gardner, after seeing him,
>! did not think he was in a fit condition to
' | be removed, tlio night being wet and damp,
j so had offered her services which had been
I thankfully accepted.
! Just before noon of the following day
11
-I Jonas Sampson died. The physician saiJ
? that the disease liud beeu deep-seated, beI
fore he had been called to prescribe for him;
and that it wasn't surprising that it had so
r quickly ended fatally.
i Mr. Smith our landlady's husband, in
' my presence searched Jonas Sampson's
|! effects; but not a letter or paper was found
i! that gave any clue as to who his relative?
II were or where they resided; neither was
' j more than five dollar foiiud in his clothes
' packets, and a silver ratch worth about
L! ?*r\nV*1n tVnif nmnimf IL> li:ul fnltl lllfl
^mother lived in Ohh; but in v.-liat town,
Tillage, or county he ilid not state; so we
l j could not apprize any of his relatives of
i his death.
Mr. Smith, as it happend, knew the firm
J by whom he had been employed; and the
:i evening of Jonas Sampson's death he, ae'
I corupunied by myself, culled o&one of them
. | a Mr. Ilorton.
J Mr. llortcn knew nothing about his Lite
'I employee's relatives, and was greatly surprised
when tol.l by Mr Smith not more
.than five dollars bad been discovered
i among his (Sampson's) effects. He said
< that .Sampson, the preeo'ling afternoon, at
! ihren o'clock, hid drawn p.wrt of four
^'v \
inonthB' salary duo lum, amounting to just a*
^hree 'hundred dollars. Not feeling well, j si
be had.requested to bo allowed leave of g:
absence for thai afternoon, which had been !
?Mtote& u
. ifNoir,"'*.'Baid Mr. Horton, "what has be j d
4ome of that three hundred dollars ?" 1 h
> -."Mr.-.fimkh," remarked, "it has either J d
jlJeen-loat or stolen/- The former, of course, d
is-possible, though unlikely ; but it is more j
'probable'"'thit ik'haa.beon stolen. It is very j c
jjften the icves are found in 11
boarding-honses, 'whose -Sole purpose is to [ u
^plunder their' feDtttr' foahlers. "Sow; aniong | j
'your-wife'i flock of boarders there may be s
inch a- thief;' 'tenA granting - that Jonas t
Sampson waS robbed, perhaps wo can lay b
j our hands on the culprit. Who entered t
the room ho occupied after lio went to t>eci a
yesterday afternoon until the time of the
searching of his effects ? Do you know ? t
I feel a great interest in this lu .tter bo- 3
cause Jonas Sampson was a favorite of! I
mine, besides I've a detective's nature, and c
like to solve mysteries. e
"To my knowledge,*' I said, speaking be- j
fore Mr. Smith. "The physician, Mr. and
Mr3. Smith, myself, and a young lady 1
boarder, Miss Gardner by name, who staid <
up and nursed him last evening. She to <
my knowledge, is the only person who vas <
in the room alcne with Jonas Sampson he- j ?
fore hia death." i<
"As far as I knenv,'' said Mr. Smith, "Mr. |
Slocumb is correct in what he aayg. cut ; 1
I doubt very much whether Miss Gardner ; i
would do such a tiling; in fact, I can hard- <
ly givo such a .suspicion a place in my i
mind for an instant. She has as open and i
honest a face as I ever saw, and is very i
lady-like and refined in her w inners. 'TLa i
true, she has been boarding at our hooso 1
i enly a month; and my wife and I know j
nothing about her beyond that she is a I
, saleswoman in a Broadway store." j'
"She may not be a profe taional tliM? j1
perhaps we are wrong in oven thinking ^
that she is a thief of any kind?but prob- 1
ably she chanced to aeo the money in his ]
coat pocket, where I saw Sampson place it
before leaving the store yesterday, and, on
- --
fbe spur of llio moment, was temptea to i,
pnrloin ifc; and did so when he was un-j(
couaciou3 from fever or sleep. I tell you
wlftjt we can do," said Mr. ilcrton. "To- 1
morrov.-, when this Miss Gardder is away
attending to her business, you and I Mr. j
Smith, can search her room, clothes, and [
things, and if we do not find some confinua- 1
tion of my suspicion, in the shape of the I
money, we will lot the xnafctor drop. Let),
poor Sampson's remains ho decently in- J
terrcd," added Mr. Ilorton. "And Imvo 1
the bill for same sent- to me. There is, I
know, more than a hundred dollars duo him,
which he said, when he took his money .yes- !
/li-iw npvh firaok. So
there will be more than enough to ^>ay- fiaaeral
expenses and board bills."
Mr. Smith agreed to Mr. Horton'* prop- j1
osition about searching Miss Gaedner's j
room, to see if she had taken the dead j1
man's missing money; and, accordingly, i
the next day it was done. !1
To Mr. Smith's surprise and regret, two j
hundred and ninety-eight dollars were |1
found secreted in anold dress in-her trim I- J
The money was replaced where it had *
been discovered and Mr. Horton, liis sua- j'
picion being confirmed, forwith procured a j(
warrant for her arrest, and also a search- j(
warrant. The former being served upon ,1
her that evening.
Mr. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, an ofE- 1
cer and I, were seated in the private parlor
when Miss Gardner came home from the '
store where she was em ployed.
Mrs. Smith, went out to her and told her [1
some parties in the parlor wished to see '
her. j1
She walked in ahead of Mrs. Smith, plen-! ^
ty of color in her cheeks, and a bright smile 1
apon her face, perhaps thinking some'
friends had called to see her; but when she '
perceived that lour men, one of whom wore '
a policeman's uniform, were the sole occu- '
pants of the apartment, she started back in '
dismay, and a little of the rosiness'fled from 1
her chcekg, aa if ah?i had some chilling1 1
presentiment of coming danger to ' her- s
self. >
"Do these gentlemen wish to see mc,1
Aire. Smith ?" she asked in faltering tones. '
What for?" 11
"About tho three hundred dollars you
itole from Jonas Sampson," said Mr. Ilorton
sternly. .
Mr. Horton, as I lightly judged was piti- ,
less to any person who he was convinced in
'his own mind was a criminal; and I believe
lie would have sent his own flesh and blood
to prison, the circumstances being the same
is they were in the present instance.
"The three hundred dollars I stele from 1
fonts Sampson?" she repeated, in apparent (
i.ua".cuient, the color dying out of her face, '
.md leaving it deadly pale ?s she spoke.
'Good Heavens! what do you mean by at - ?
cusing ine of such a crime ?"
' Jonas Sampson had three hundred !?.>' J
Itrs on his pei-scn the evening before he 1
Jied," said Mr. Horton, as sternly as before *
' Mr. Smith and Mr. Slocomb searched his '
effects, and found but five dollars. I at c
once suspected that he bad been robbed. 1
^ t-. i -j i?t C
though it was po3?.iDlc mat sr.c iiau hoi h.
but it wasn't likely. Mr. and .Mm. Smitli, I
Mr. Slocouib, tho physician, and yourself ^
were tho only persons who entered the dead ^
man's room from th<* (iui<> <.f li is siskin:"- 6
until, and after his uo.it h. My suspicion c
fastened itsolf upon you, and Mr. Smith f
and I Searched your room to-day, and dij- t
covered, secreted in an oi l dress iu your ?
trunk, two hundred and ninety-eight dol- t
lars, which I believe you stole. Mr-;. .Smith t
tells me that you get only a salary of twelve
dollars a week; an 1 r'uuvfoiv, having to
| pay board and other living espesi< .*, how
J could you get such :i sum of money together
honestly? You've either got to ex- u
plain this mystery to my satisfaction, or go
to prison.*' t
Ho waited fo* her ivplv, but she n::i<le u
none. She seemed ["'trilled?turned to a
stone, by the charge. She sat in her chair, 'J
dumb?her face au'l lauds blum-hol near'y a
to the color of marble. ' 1;
"Her milliner convinces wo that she if ?
guilty," said Mr. Ilorton in the tone of :i 11
ruau \vho m s.itia/io'1 that h is iLjht. "('? h
fleer tl? your ?i>it v."
The I'Olieein in advanced toward her, b:
touched her uli the arm and said: tl
"Miss, I've u ivurint for your ?irre.;t. y
You must ^owi::i me to the sUli"ii-hoiwe." c;
lie, used ! > ?iio .-jtrke iifre j>ityingly,
mmv kindly l.> her than had Mr. n
Ilorton. n
T!i" iM'!iee!i'::it"'; t? ii?-h -* < ?*!*??. ?! as d
5 if by magic, some'life iuto her; the <?&?*??
owly returned to nor checks, and
ave the money^S very Tjfefj&v-:.
on't take mo lo prison?oh, don'fc &m't,
sMy heart Vent out iu pity for the poor
reatmje'who now lay stretched se&BcIeaaon ' .
he floor. To my mind, she Neither lodged'
.or actodjjke a.guilty person. 'Shew*a?o
Onng?afiout twenty, cerUiyly^not nwitefer.,.
o fair, and lovely! She .a thief! i mpoca|^
>le!. Shameful, shameful, to accuse
her^W
uch a tiling,'! not only thought, but, -iar.i^
he heat of my pity and indignation,
s much.
"Young man," said Mr. Horton, with ? J r ' ~
ingo of sarcasm in hid voice, "don't let
our pity get the better of your good sense,
ilease. I don't say tliis is not her first *
rime, perhaps it is; but, nevertheless, slio
hould bo puniahed. ily motto is: Fiat Jjjfc
tutitia, ruat caluni."
:-^w?yjy.
Miss Gardner by tliis time, Mrs. Smith
laving poured water on her face, had re- *'"?
?vered her senses. I was gazing at her
rlosely while Mr. llorton spoke, and the
wnviction that she was not guilty grew
ttronger upon me with every passing aeo
>nd. 5"
"Gentlemen,'* I cried, "I repeat that 1
think she's innocent. It would be a burn'
ing shame to confine that delicate young
areatiire in a filthy station-house all night?
md if she is allowed to remain hero tooizhfc
I will hold myself responsible fo* her ,
ippearanca in court for examination to-.
morrow morning. May I not safely pledge
my word to that cficct, Mina Gardner J" 1
hM
isked, turning, to Tier. .
"Thank yw, thank you; Ood bfeaj^fWt
for this," she murmured, grasping my hand
md looking th<* gr.rtitudu she found -ifcdif- - ,
icult to put into' words. "Yes," she said,
tvhen a moment hud passed and she had
partly itjcovered her calmness, .'.'you may.- '
I am innocent, tU<-ngh it wilt be difficult, I
know, for mo to preve- myhmoccnce; butyoar
kind "ivords, Mr, Siocumb, have cheered
me up?phased my fears that I should
be unable to jihow my guiltlessnoss away??
Sid have made mo brave*"
Mr. Horton said he had no* special objec
Lion, at ivmen x ivua lviuuj suijmoeu, iw x
thought I should have to take him aside
and talk him into it, He reinirfeed that 1
was being taken in by an adventuress, and
that I should laugh at my Quixotic action
before a day had putwd. The poll soman,
after I had pressed a fivc-dollar-hilT into
his hand also eousvutol to leave his prisoner
in my carc.
The remainder of my Bt/ rt caa 6o' told in
a very few words.
Scarcely an hour after the- departure of
the policeman and Mr. llortoa> a young lady,
accompanied by her mother; called at
the houso. istie saj?i m.e uaa ocua- cnjjugea v
to marry Jonas Kampnotf; and ifc was only
that evening that she had seen the notice
af his death in a newspaper.
They were to Jsave bcca married in two
fleets, she said, and she and her mother
having been busy preparing for her wedding
ihiongh the day, it was only when evening
:ame that she or her mother had a
:hance to Jook at tho paper, so that ac:ounted
for their not having Been tho death
lotice earlier itf the &iy.
I mentioned Miss Gardner's crtao to her,
tnd asked her if <?h<- knew anything about
fonas Sampson'* nifaey. Oil yes, sho did,
ie had given it to heiv
On the day he received the money,before
returning to his hoarding-hosse, he had
:alled on his intended, and given her tho
frv tvvir fr>r llpr
lYUUlU W ? ?WMWit
and otlior things which arc essentia} for
lewly-married people.
Thus was my conviction of Miss Gardners*
nnoconce proved truoi and of course. Iff/
Elorton withdrew liis charge, apologizing af,ho
same time for his part in the affair.
Miss Gardner was an orphan, and the
uoney toufld in her trunk was left to her
)j her mother; she having no faith in iito
tafety of banks, preferring to take care of
t herself.
Another conviction soon grew on mo?
hat I loved Nelly Gardner; and for some
rears she has beon Mrs. Slocomb.
The number of school and university li _
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1,4-74,637 volumes.
CCKIOUS CUSTOMS.
in Wendish, Prussia, those are villages
where certain old vustoms are still observed
m the death of the head of a family. If the
nan should happen to have Wen a beeceepw,
one of the family goes to the hive,
md striking the cam'', exclaims, "Bees,
irise, your master is do.ul." A similar eusom
prevailed, mid possibly still prevails,
n parts of England, una furnishes the idci
or an interesting poem Ly Tennyson, ouitled
"Tjllin^ t'io Boos." The L'n^li3h
lustoin w.u b.isc I on tho supposition that
mlesa the bees wre told of ;iny death ociurring
in tlio family they would <poit the
(remises, and the maimer iu which the jpoiiaatiou
was conveyed w.u by plieinj a
(lack cloth over th hi v. In tho Prusian
villages already aliulel to, it is the
ustoiu on the wo:iin < t the funeral of a
armer, for the men U> p.-.c x ! t^ the eatle-shed.-1,
anl after <au;i:ig the cattle to
jet upon their feet. place <.!ie<..se before
hem, and solemnly announce to them
hat the body isatmut to be taken away.
AVKNGKD.
Many years ngo a rich i::a:i foreclosed a
jortgagc on a jio->r man, aul with concmptuou.i
words ar.l gestures turned
ho poor uiau into the street. The poor
ian went to Chicago and became a millionire;
the rich man went to St. I.0.113 an I
ought a newspaper. Tims at last made
11 things even, an I th; St. Lmis journalit
came to Chicago last week with a lineu
uster, and by sceidotit met his debtor of
inny years ago. The latter recognized his
cartless creditor.
"Smith, let lygones bj bygones." ha
lid. "I will Jo what I can for you. Tak.'
[us note to -ur. u cun, ana no win nna
ou a berth on the Van Buren street
ir?."
And Mr. Webb ui i, :.n.l S:;:ith fr>.:c
ine toes, eight fingers, t.vo tinnn1 s, his
ose and both cheeks fiat nijht. His
eL t'li' wis nveni/'vj.