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i# BY ?. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. . ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1875. VOLUME IIlil-N0f^| ;?M
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Sheriff's Sale.
By L. J. "WILSOX, Auctioneer. j
Tie Stale of Set Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
IN COMMON PLEAS.
George W. Williams & Co., j
' ' m.- ??aill9t
S. A. An? n, TSXbcutrix, George A.!v
Allen, deceased, and others. v
" ?" '
^ Land, Marshall
Assets', fic. ?c.
PURSUANT to an Order of Court
in tbi^case, I will sell at. public
? . outcry at A$Wlj?ille C. JEL, on Saleday
" in NOVEMBER next, (1,) the valuaV
bl*. KEAU ESTATE of QEOliG E
A. AliBEN, deceased, viz: <
$ No. 1.
? "WareTSShoal and Mills, !."
Nine Acres. |41
BypIatofG-. M. Mattison, May, 19, pi
1865. Has on it now Flouring and1 si
v ^ I /v... ? m;ii ?,.!
' 'Orill JU.1H.4 viuuu siaiiu ivi u Him
gin. 4 jToighborhood good and!
health}*, extends entirely across, em-i
bracing the whole bed of the river,
and furninhes tho finest water power j
f OK THE SALUDA RIVER. j
With a foundation of solid stone, with i
abundance of water at ali seasons,; _
without any dam, this is believed to
be the Finest site for a Factory j
if IN Till; WHOLE SOUTH. |E
No. 2. | J:
Mill Tract, First Part, ;.
US Acres, more or less. ?
! C<
Balance of tract according to plat ot ^
G. M. Mattison, Nov. 4, 1862. Also!f0
crosses the bed of the Saluda River,:
embracing an island of about twenty'
acres, and bounded on all oilier sides j
' by tl^. "Ware shoals" tract and "mill m
tract second part." ;J(
; Si
No.*3.
Mill Tract, Second Part,!
' ,S ' >Ik
291 Acres, more or less, |Ul
Crosses the bed of the river, including j
upper part ot Ware's Shoals, bouud?d
by first part milt tract. James Kil-j
linqjsworth, George Jones, aud others.f
I ~
f ' . ^No.4 :l0
- /V Jfc $0 Acres, more or less,
*" %5^V^vithin the corporate limits of Cokes-!
- W' und bounded 4>yHamis of JHrs. Jsf
^ Susac Waidropo**?T. 31. '(jralmm, aud;
' ''v No. 5. . ,
$?*??:ffiotoe & Lot in Cokcsbury, j?
? "^SBp 5 Acres; more or less, I
^ 'i JBHgible situation.?Dwelling l"iou8c?:
4 Vi6o(l Lot?Out buildings and garden.;
Kaown as,thc ''Allen Residence."
- V TKKMS: I
C^VSHsas"to dint-half, :ir to the other vi
half;creait of twelve months, interest i v<
' from day of sale, purchaser to give i
bond artd/liiJe^ to -.be prepared and
sigqed, bat ooi flwlivered until thej
whole purchase rnouc}- if* paid. Pur- j
cKairerti to pay fo^ papers. v
' U P. GGFFIN,
S. A. 0. |
Sheriff # Office, V j_
* '*? t" iots id in f ;
JX Ug. II, loi^iv-ixi' J
1|; .% of Sonth Carolina,
counW of Abbeville. f
it. In Probate Court. or
. pi
TO Elizabeth Wilson, George Wilson, ?,J
Ison a n <J o t
t ? H-fea' i e r a mi
"* 3Wa ReaSS^Rf
v"" * vaunah Wi'Son,) John Rosy, or Rosal^
j *; <* <" ' child, name unknown, if living, j
'i ^ieirs of Josephine Caeon Wilson,) j
* " legal heirs and representatives -ofU.
^ "** Nancy Agnes Wilson, who died ih-|?
'"iflH^^EREBY REQUIREI)! ~
y Court of Probate to f
' beuoldejn EShr^jjJx'viUfe.^,0art House for I
Abbeville County.30th day of
October,-1375^'t<rahow -cause, ifj
I 8Htyw nsve, wiiy me rwii isaiaur, ue-i
Ifcr .? scribed in the petition of Leltoy J.-|
Wilson, filed in vnjy^office, should not bo
|gb of V. M. Wilson, dwtvised/^RS^i/
M' Jmfk - to the heir* of .Savannah Wilson, one-' -b
^ of Josephine^ r:wc?n j[
Ti ? th J'i&f* rwl?nK. TMrn Tloarior <?nirli _
ijij m^ns ^
iu^lie above stated action^, of which |.b is ^
frobate for Abbeville County,State' p
gT day of.
, pt. 10,16,0 .4 6^ , 1
? i ? . A-!\T/1rt+1 ? fVd
OF J11
County Commissioners.',
THE Board of County Commission-: j"
ers will meet from this date, on
. v, the third and fourth Saturdays of each [ g(
^ month for the eapeeial accommodation 1 &
iof teachers, and oa- the secoud Saturday j
lof each month for the transaction of T
other business. "
ROBERT JONES,
^[-N?7vV
< ^ ' .futne 2, 1875,8-tf j
Sheriff's Sale.
3y L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer.
David Lewie, Judgment
vs for
G. A. Visanska. Foreclosure.
PURSUANT to an Order of Court
in this case, 1 will sell at Abbeillc
Court House on Saledy in Noanihnu
nc\-t thn V??llVlhIl> Rp5il
ite of
G. A. Visanska,
known as the
Belcher Plantation,
containing
1,050 Acres,
ore or less, and bounded by lands
' Thomas Thomson, Airs. McComb
id others.
The above property is sold as the
roperty of G. A. Visanska, at the
lit of David Lewie.
TERMS CASH.
L. P. GUFFIX,
S. A. C.
Sheriff's Office,
Oct. 5, 1975 2C-4t
Sheriff's Sale.
y L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer.
James Taylor
vs Execution.
imes Seawright.
j
JY virtue of an Execution to me1
directed, 1 will sell at Abbeville
Jurt House on Saleday in Novem-j
(l* next, within the legal hours, the'
Mowing described property, to wit:j
200 Acres of Land, ;
ore or loss, bounded bv lands ol!
>hn Donnald, A. Shurley, Thomas j
iiilli, and others.
ALSO
22 Acres and Mill,
tunded by lands of James Taylor j
id Mrs. JDunn.
1 ' I
ALSO
2 Old Mules,
Levied on as the property of Jas.!
aweight, at the suit ot James Tay- j
r. ]
TERMS OA BIT.
L. P GUFFM,
S. A. C.
Sheriffs Sale.
y
L J. Wilson, Auctioneer.!
V.TV. T... I
ii.'Maic x/w jlh*
Howe, and others, Execution. I
cs
H. fl. Harper .
Y virtue of sundry Executions to i
I me directed, I will sell at Abbelie
Court House, on Silled ay in 2voitnber
next, witbin tbe legul hours,
650 Acres,
ore or lew, bounded by lauds of T.
. Tucker, James Bruce .^nd others,
i Savannah .River.
ALSO
Pile Ferry,
known as
.Harpers, Jerry,
j Savannah River, levied on as the'
operty of H. H. Harper, at liie j
it of Trustees Do La Howe, and
h?r?.
TERNS CASH.
L. P. GrUFFIN,
- S. A. C.
lcrifT's Office, Abbeville,! <
Oct. 5, 1875, 26-4t j
lUNNINGitM
rEMPLETON
rVE BECEI VeT>~aN^O?ENed
thtt'" laj^je stock of all kinds
goods, ...
'oreign and -^asestip
n A /\r\n
"t/ttx UrUUJU$, I
lothing,
!oo^?v Shoes, Hardware,
' /- Jmmm
irockefy, Saddl&i j .etc.
all and see for yourse. es
0ct.>0,?i875 2G-tf. ',
PAY FOE YOTR
Km Rt. msm
HWbliW w w- ?
rjE,KSOX$ INDEBTED TO XJS FOR
I Mules and Horses, are requested
i make immediate payment to Mr. A.
[. HH>L,fat Abbeville Court House,
outh Carolina, who is authorized to
>1 lect our notes.
7AUINGF0RD, ARMSTRONG
& CO.
Oct. 6, 1875 26-tf
, . . . . .- . /
Sheriff's Sale.
By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. By
J
| Thomas A. Daniels
vs Execution. A.,
j A. Swearengen and Jas.
Swearengen. , J
BY virtue of an Execution to
me directed, I will sell at Abbejvillo
C. U., on Saleday in Novem- JD
j ber next, within the legal hours, the ^0I
Ifollowing described ileal Estate, to
i wit:?
400 Acres,
more or less, bounded by Savannah
River, George JR. McCalla, and m0i
jotbers. Jan
j Levied on as tho property of Ansel lian
i Swearengen, at the suit of Thos. A. 0 _
Duuiels. -: u "
TERMS CASH. 1 ?
1 I
L. P. GUFFIF, . i
S. A. C. M.
Sheriff's Office. PCa'
Oct. 5, 1875 26-41 \ T
SHEBIFF'S ^ALE.
By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. jghe
Stuart and Cooper) - q
vs V Execution.
.R. M. Mounce. )
BY virtue of an Execution to rae
directed, I will sell at Abbeville _
j Court House on Salcday in November
I ...! i 1. t ?, 4- U* I /./?o 1 lt/\nnu __
I NfeJ.M, Willi 111 blJC If^Ul llUUiOj ThC
One Tract of Land,
containiug ; ju(j
400 Acres,
more or less, bounded by lauds of f
Peter Jlykord, L. H Bykard, Jacob vj|j(
Bykard, and lands known as Mr%, veni
Mary Boozers', and others. 0f j.
Levied on as the property of R. H.
Mounce, at the suit of Rebecca Stuart
and. J. J. Cooper.
TERMS CASH. . W,t
L. P. GT7FFIX,
Lou
Sheriff's Office, ' Lon
Oct. 5, 1875. 2C-4t. '
j 1,U1
Sheriff's Sale. | '<
By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer.ivilh
by I
I T
Martha Malone ") I ~
and ) Foreclosure '
Elizabeth J. Arnold, }? of
against i Mortgage. X
iT. Arthur Jefferson J
BY virtno of a mortgage to me
directed, I will sell at Abbeville
Court House on Salo Day in Novem- S
ber next, within tho legal hours, the 0
following described Ileal Etrifttfe, to
wit: " ?
. , ; . i .
One House and Lot
in the Town of Greenwood, contain- By
THREE ACRES, '
more or less, bounded by lands of Leti
Bennett Reynolds, J. McLees, T. L.
Coleman, Dr. F. (i. Parks, and others.
Sold as the property of T. Arthur |Ord
Jefferson, at the suit of Martha Ma-j
lone and Elizabeth J. Arnold. .* ny
TERMS CASH. D
L. P. GUFFIX. Cou
q A C Uov
b. A. U wit.
Sheriff's "Office,
UCt. a, JS7D Zb-4t I \
SHERtFPSlALEr
r"
By L, J, Wilson, Auctioneer,
mor
Rebecca Stewart and J. J. Cooper, ua j
against by .
W. L. Dukes, et al. Mil!
Sold
DY virtue of an Execution to me di
P rected, I will sell at the residence 1
to1 W. L. .b'ikea. near Ninety-Six, on
'Thursday after Saleda}", in November
next, w.iihin the legal hours,
1 Gray Horse, 81
1 Mare and Colt,
1 Bay Horse,
Household and Kitchen Fur
I1IUUJL C, *
the
Levied on us tho property ,of W. has:
L. Dukes, at the suit of Rebecca ,
Stewart and J. J. Cooper. mjn
TERMS CASH. xlv
L. P. GUFFIN,
S. A. C.
Sheriff's Office, OfTlc
Oct. 5. 1875 26?it ?Se
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By L J. Wilson, Auctioneer. Jf
. Of tl
f *'. Tit - Ti Pnnl^om V %' . 1 Annf.
AH, ij. i'unuaiji, . i | ucivn
against > Execution. Jud|
ft Sam'l B. Coolc. ) ^0
J Adn
BY virtue of an Execution to me It
directed, I will sell at Abbeville 0?tc
Court House, on Saloday iti Xovem-;"^
ber, 1875, within tho legal hours, the
following^ropert}',, viz:
? offl(
Four Mules and One Horse,: b<
. .* Also
{:: -T?
*s' ASH A nrPR nf T.qtiH
V AAV* VM WA
J more or less, and bounded by lands of i J]
Mrs. Hearst, Fed 'Jooko, J. L. SibertiKooi
Place, and others. Levied on as the p i
property of Sam'l B. Cook, at the J V^OJ
suit of At. L. Bonham.
TERMS CASH.
,, L. P. GUFFIN, Cra
' g? AC
Sheriff's Office, Abbeville,)
Out. 6, 1875, 25 4t | Se
Sheriff's Sale.
r L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer.
r. Clinkscalc9, et al.,
vs [ Execution,
ames M. Trowit. j Tj
Y virtue of an Execution to me ?
directed, I will sell at Abbeville b
irt House on Saleday in "
November next,
within the legal hours,
100 Acres of Land, ?.
e or less, bounded by lands of ^
les Britt, jr., Hiram Palmer, Wilx
Trewitt and othors. Also, t
lules, li
orrel Horse,
our-Horse Wagon,
iovied on as tho property of Jas.
Trewit, at the sait of A. J. Clink-J
es and others.
ERM.S CASH.
L. P. -GUFFIN,
S. A. C.
riff's Office, Abbeville,)
ct. 5, 1875, 2G-4t J
Sheriff's Sale. ]
|c
L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer, b
t; A J f(
mas A. Sullivan against Ahdrcw v
J. Woorlhearst.
gment for Foreclosure and Sale.
JKSUANT to an Order of Court C
in this case, I will sell at Abbe)
Conrt House, on Saleday in Noibcr
next, the valuableReal Estate "
L J. Woodhearst. to wit:?
One Lot of Land,
iin the corporate limits of Abbe- j
ville, containing
2 Acres, more or less,
I
nded by lands of Thomas Thorn-1
and others. Also, that other 11.
;cl of land, containing
E
300 Acres, more or less,
g on the road leading from Abbo}
to Culhonn's Alille, :md bounded "J
unds of J. F. Gibert and others. J
he above property in sold as the C
pcrty of A. J. Woodhearst, at b
-p m A c..ii: ! c.
suit OI L. A. QUll! Villi. i 111
ERMS CASH. J?
L. P. GUFFIN, (J
S. A. C. ia
hcriff*s Offifo,
ct. 5, 1875 26-4t
? ^
Sheriff s Sale. si
L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer, j
T. Millford, Executor, Plaintiff,!
against
ty Millford, widow, Ellen Mill- ford,
et a).
er to Sell Land of Joshua P. Millford,
deceased.
virtuo of an Ordor from tho
Court of Probate for A bbeville i
nty, I will sell at Abbevile Court
se. on Saleday in .November noxt,
lin tho legal hours, * M
r ' - ,
Dne yract ot Land, *
containing ?
Forty Acres, {J
e or less, tho real entate of Josh- w
?. Millford, deceased, and bounded n
ands of \V. P. Strickland, G. W.
ford, C. Wakefield aiid others.
I for payment of debta..- ^
Ell SIS CASH.' J
G
L. P. GUFFIN, tl
al
* S. A. C. c
iieriff'8 Office,
ct. 5, 1875 364t
Final Discharge.
*" f " . -if ' *y "; t
OTfCE is hereby given that James
H. Wideman, Administrator of Estate
of IJaniel Collier, deceased, T
applied to Thos. B. Mill ford, Judge ^
Probate, in aud for the County of -a
eville, for a final discbarge as Ad- Q
istrator as aforesaid.
is Ordered, That the first day oflg(.
ember, A. I). 1875, be fixed for|fu
ing of Petition, and a final settle-|sc
tof safd Estate.
J. C. WOSMANSKY. it?
C. C. P., Abbeville County.
:e of Probate Judge, I
pt. 28, 1875, 25-41 j
Final Discharge.
OTTCE is hereby given that Mrs. J
Sarah Mattison, Administratrix C'1
le Estate of Jackson Mattison, de- fii
ed, has applied to Thos. B. Millford, xj'
?e of Probate, in and for the Counf
Abbeville, for a final discharge as
niuistratrix as aforesaid.
is Ordered, That the 29th day of
>ber, A.D. 1875, be fixed for hearing
etition, and a final settlement of j
Estate.
J. C. WOSMANSKY, I
n t> u.u,,;ii/uv,miv I >
V. v* -i- i iiiv; vvv/uiitj. fjo
of Probate Judge,)
pt. 28, 1875, 2-5-41* / |
Tfl E STAR SHIRT. |l
FAYING tried these Shirts, we can !
safely recommend them for ai _
f fitting and durable shirt. j
liars, Linen and Paper,1
LATEST STYLES,
WITH ! d
vats and Scarfs to match. "
Qaarleg & Psrrin.;
pt. 28, iS75. j'B
;
&iL-. : ' ' . . t
Sheriff's Sale.
Wm. Hill, ") .
vs. [ Execution
Matthew McDonald, j
BY virtue ot' an Execution to m
directed, I will sgll at Abbevill
i t\? _ "vr_ *
;ourt llouse on aaio jjayin iiovem
er next, within the legal hours, th
allowing described Real Estate, tc
fit:
One House and Lot,
n Main Street in Abbeville, 20 fee
ronI by 25 feet deep, bounded b^
)ts of O'Neal, B. O'Connor, am
laio Street.
Levied on as the property of Mat
bow McDonald at the suit of Wil
am Hill.
Terms Cash. .
L. P. GUFFm,
Sheriff A. C.
anerni 's umce,
lltii Oct. 1875, 3t
Sheriff's Sale.
A. Bequest,
vs. [ Execution.
T7. M. Mars. )
BY virtue of an Execution to tn<
directed, 1 will sell at AbbevilU
lourt House on SaloDay in Novom
er next, within the le^ul hours, th<
>llowiu<j described Real Estate, tc
rit:
2U Acres,
lore or less, bounded by lands of B
Connor, Geo. Marshall, Elijah Wil
on, and others.
Levied on as 'the property of U
f. Mars, at the suit of A. Bequest.
Terms Cash.
L. P. GTJFFIN,
Sheriff A. C.
Sheriff's Office,
lllh Oct. J875, 3t .
Sheriff's Sale.
iee Walker, and others,")
against
Istate C. A. Cobb, and \ Execution
J5. W. Cobb. 'j
fl I virtue, ol an .Execution to rm
[) directed, I will sell ut Abbeville
ourt Houso on Sale Day in Novem
er next, within t/io legal hours, tlx
)llowing described property, to-wit
ine Hundred and Fifty Acres
lore or lesB, bounded by landsof Wm
mold. Pollf Cobb, Emily Turner
nd oi.bcrs.
ALSO,
One Buggy and Harness.
Levied on as the property of Estate
. A. Cobb and B. \V. Cobb, at th(
lit of Lee Walker, and others.
L. P. GUFFIN,
. Sheriff A. C.
Sheriff *6 Office, )
11th Oct. 1875, 3t J
Sheriff's Sale.
lifthftf'fa St.juirf,. I
J. J. Cooper,
ami others,
against [- Execution.
Nathan Ingram, J
and J
'adi^on S. Ingram, j
JR virtue of an Execution to mc
j directed, I will sell at Abbeville
ourt House on Saleday in Novem
sr rtext, within the legal hours, the
Mowing described Real Estate, tc
it:
ne hundred and Seventy
Acres, more or less,
funded by lands of T. A. Buchanan,
. P. Buchannan, John R. Buchar.nan,
. JD. Buchannan, and others, sold a?
le property of Madison S. Ingram,
i the suit of Rebecca Stuart, J. J
ooper, and others.
Terms Cash.
r t% nittir*tvr
. jj. r. uujruM,
Sheriff A. C.
Sheriff's Office, |
9th Oct. 1875, 27-41}
iutterick's Patterns!
SAVING accepted the agency for
Butterick's Patterns, the most
ylish and reliable to be had, a full asirtmeut
for ladies and children, also a
ill, line of their celebrated shears and
:issors, can now be found at the
IMRORIUM OF FASHION.
Sept. 22, 1S75 24-tf
Fire Insurance.
rHE LIVERPOOL, LONDON &
GLOBE FtftE INSURANCE
OMPANY, insures against losses by
re at low rates, and pays nil Iomch
roripthj. Assets $20,0011,000.00.
WM. H. PARKER, Agent.
Aug. 11, 1875, 18-3m
ANTOINE POULLAIN,
COTTON J' AUTUK,
Augusta, - - - Georgia.
f WlTiL continue the business at my
. Fireproof Warehouse, corner Jackn
and Reynolds Streets, where I Will
ve my personal attention to the sale of
itton consigned to me.
Consignments respectfully solicited.
.Sept. V, 187d, UL'-;5m
iR. JOHN S. THOMPSON,
DENTIST,
)FFERS his professional services to
_ the citizens of Abbeville, and the
rrounding country.
Office over Citizens' Savings
ank, Abbeville, S. C.
i _ * /
inc rirM rvis?.
How delicious is the winning
Of a kiss at love's beginning,
When two mutnal hesrtaare sighing
For the knot there's no untying!
I.
Tet rememher 'midst your wooing,
Love lus bliss, but love hns ruing;
Other atnilps may make you fickle,
Tears for other charms may trickle.
e
0 Love he comes, and lovo he tarries.
Just aa fate or fancy carriesLongest
stays when 6oro.st chiddon,
e Laughs and flies when plowed ami bidden.
Bind the sea to slumber stilly,
Bind its odor to the lily,
Bind the aspen ne'er to quiverThen
bind Love to last forevert
, Love's a fire that needs renewal
* ni i.a.v. u- /.?i .
vj utJju ucMuuy nil juj iiici,
> Love's wing moults "when cagc(fand capi
tiirecl?
Only free he soars enraptured.
THE STKANQE PROPHECY.
They were two stalwart whaling captains
?Barker and Stephens. I should say that
the former was six feet six inches in height,
while the latter lacked not more than two
inches of reaching the same altitude. Aa
those two tall skippers stepped on beard
of our ship, when we were ti*ying-out blubber
on the coast of Japan, they reminded
me of Cooper and Conway on the boards of
the old Park Theatre, the former as Bnitnis,
and the latter as Marc Antony, in the play
of u Julius Casar."
These two captainB were slender and
straight and moved as if they were rather
At1? ItoKA
JJIUUU. \JL UVCX-IV|;J)IJIJ5 UUl vopuuu, ??* XJJ
i though a man of medium size, looked quite
J diminutive when contrasted with his lofty
visitors.
' It has been said that large and powerful
} j men 'are good natured. Such is not always
the case. We had a man on. board the
frigate Guerriere named John Macauleyj
who was nearly seven feet in height, and
who would never attack but one man on
board the ship?whose name Jt is not necessary
to mention?who was nearly as tall
Mid much stouter than himself; while on
the other hand, this man would fly at little
fellows and give them a drubbing when
they offended him.
The two gigantic whaling captains resembled
the latter move than they
did Macauley. On a previous voyage
they had ill-treated a poor, friendless boy,
nearly killing him, for which they had to
pay heavy damages on their ship's return
to port At that time Stephens was captain
and Barker was his mate.
But one would Ijai-clly haVe suspected
" them of being such cruel fellows when they
came on board of us. They were veiy
smiling and pleasant, and joked with our
i captain and mates, and even looked kindly
3 upon the craw.
. Their two ships sailed in company with
) ours a few days, when we parted from
: them in a gale that flattened the seas like
a marble floor. We saw no more of them
till we were on the w.-.y home. We had not
, yet- broken up and tlfrowu our try works
} overboard, as we still bad room for a few
barrels of oil.
We were running down the coast, and
were near the latitude of Lima, when the
men aloft cried out "Sail 0 !"
? We soon raised the hull of the stranger;
} and the captain, after examining her
through his spy-glass, said she had hauled
her wind to fall in with us.
She proved to be the ship commanded by
Stephens. We hove aback, and the latter
having dropped a boat in the water, the
long whalemen's stroke soon brought her
. to our side. ^
I was at the helm while ^Stephens con.
versed with our captain, and I listened to a
queer story told by the former in which I
took little interest, as it'then seemed to bo
of trivial import
Captain Stephens mentioned that, lying
at Valparaiso, he and a friend paid a visit to
the city of Santiago. On their return his
companion, who was an old resident of
Chili, told him they were not far. from the
abode of' an aged Scotch woman, who had
- - * -if
. i lived forty yearn m a aeep gorge ui me
> mountains, and who was supposed by the
. natives to be a witch.
. Captain Stephens, being in a merry vein,
\ proposed that they should call and see her.
HiB fellow-traveler told him it would be impossible
to find her as her hut was corn-j
pletely hidden among' the rocks and exuberant
foliage.
Stephens replied no doubt the natives
1 knew where she lived; and finally they gave
1 a ragged cholar a cellar to pilot them to
1 the witche's eyrie. They fouiyd the place
and the witch was at home. She was a very
' old woman, wrinkled and shrunken almost
like a mummy, and was nearly deaf. She
did not seemed pleased by the entrance of
her visitors, though the tall form of the
whaling captain at ouce arrested tier at ten- j
tion.
Stephens insisted that she should toll his
fortune. She refusml to do anything1 of the
kind, averring- that she was no fortuneteller,
but an honest woman who minded
. her own business, though she knew that
, many lies had been told about.her.
When, however, the cnptain pulled out a
gold coin and offered it to her, she exhibited
a more tractable disposition; but still,
she fought shy, and it was not until the
* J *- - !%?* % +linf aha
i money nau ueeu given uu ?..w ? ,
| her small green eyes on the face of Captain !
I Stephens and said:
i "i'ou will be shorter before you are;
j longer."
i "That's no fortune-telling," said Stephens;
; j "come, tell me something more than
:that"
'I "It is enough for you," replied the hag; |
! aS??S??that's your fortune. You will j
be shorter than you are now before you will
i be longer."
i "All that I could do," added Captain |
" T IJ tho nld f
j stepnene, -? cumu uvi j<c.? ?
I witch to explain herself 01 to tell ine anyj
thing: more."
{ *And what more (lid you want of the old
I fool V' demanded our captain. "Of course
j it's all nonsense. You and I, Captain
Stephens, are not a couple of silly pirls
to believe in the nlang- of that kind of
j people."
Our captain then invited Stephens to go
i cnnn tho lIn<r]lpo* of !
| i/ciuw nuu uuui nuu own ?. %/ j...n n ?
glasses and uproarious laughter announced
! that the two skippers were enjoying them- [
selves.
Their merriment was of short dnrationij
' however, for just as a hand came aft!
to relieve me from the helm, the man at the
i mast head cried:
"There ehe breaches!"
i "Where away!" demanded our little;
; -.ij.
mate at) ne Bwamoiea up ine main ng&ng
"Pour points on the lee bow," was the
reply.
"Ah t that's just where we want em. t
Keep her off, you at the helm.- There, 8
; that'll do. Steady as she goes. A pull op f
the weather braces, here." a
By this time the two captains were on, ?
deck, and running forward, they discerned F
j the low, bushy epont of sperm whales right '
ahead. .* ^
Captain Stephens signaled to his ship, '
and a boat came for him, already Equipped n
j and manned for action. He sprang in- "
I to her and dashed forward toward the , 0
i antiAnl i? I ^
Our boats were - down in a trice; the ,
shipkeeper received his orders, and half a > ^
dozen gayly painte 1, clinker-built sheila j j*
rose and fell on the billows, while the!11
shales were all around us. ! 1
I was at the tub-oar in the captain's boat, ?'
and distinctly heard Capt. Stephens call out 0
to our captain: .
"Bet you an ounce I kill the first whale." 18
In the next moment I heard a hoarse cry v_
as of a number of voices, and looking in the ;
direction whence it came, I saw all three F
boats of the other ship lying on their oara 111
while the crew of the captain's boat were j ^
bending over something in the bottom j8
ofIt |?
Our captain . looked very grave, ' and j
worked his steering-oar till our boat headed i *'
for that of Captain Stephens. When we | _c
reached the latter a hoiTible sijrht met our i .
' gaze. The headless trunk of Stephens lay |U
!in thtf bottom of his boat, and'the blood!'1
[spurted m torrents from the arteries and 1
jugular vein.
It appeared that the mate's boat had
been nearly abreast' that of hi? captain. ?
A young bull whale had come up suddenly .
ahead of the mate's boat The boatsteerer j1
darted both irons, and just, grazed the 0
I whale, which whirled about and with a
j horizontal stroke of its flukes took off the w
I head of Captain Stepl-fns. The eory head v'
1 * m " " ' 1*1
! was thus driven forcibly toward the mate's
j boat, and struck the mate on the breast,
J knocking him overb ard. He was not
so much hurt but that he quickly regained
his place in the boat; but he looked very
pale and much agiuted when he joined w
the cluster of boats that gathered around J33
the scene of blood and slaughter. j
As I looked upon the body of Capt
Stephens, divested of i's head, I felt a gnd!
den shock as the words of the old witch recurred'
to me:
"You will be shorter before you are
longer." rc
The prophecy had Vcn terribly fulfilled; w
and yet it was a safe one, for there was ^
no imaginable process, now that the rack is ^
! no longer in use, b y which Btephens could e,
I be made longer, while there were many ^
j ways by which ho m'0'ht have been made (e
enorier. L
Even if a man liv^ to old age he be- u
comes a Tittle shorter than he was in his w
prime. It may therefore be doubted 0,
whether the witch resilly gave any tangible
meaning to her words. How could she u
have conjectured- that Capt. Stephens would ^
have his head knocked off by a stroke from (j,
a whale's ilukeB ? cc
Slowly and sadly we returned to the ship,
while the whales, bluwing furiously, went 0f
off to windward like a routed squadron of m
mounted Arabs.
Both ships went into Callao, where the ^
decapitated commander was buried with w
the usual rites, after which our captain sat M
down to the melancholy duty of informing j
the wife and children of the departed, of the I ea
cataatrope that had deprived them of their aj
best friend. er
WBAT AllH WE TO DO. w
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Editing a paper is a nice business. If
we publish jokes people say wo are rattle g,
headed. If we omit jokes they eay we are
an old fossil. If we publish original matter tr
they "cu?s" ub for not giving, selections. nt
If we publish selections folks say we are ^
lazy for not writing something they have gQ
not read in some other paper. If we give
a man a complimentary notice we are cen- jy
sured for being partial. If we do not give a
complimentary notices folks say we are a
hog. If we do not cater to the wishes of
the ladies the paper is not fit to make a
bustle. If we remain in our office and at
tend to our business, folks say we are too
proud to mingle with our fellows. If we ve
go out they say we never attend to our Ti
business. If we do not pay our bills loi
promptly folks say we are not to be truBt- or
ed. If we pay promptly folks say we stole th
the money. If we wear poor clothes folks ro
say business is bad. If we wear good be
I clothes they say we never paid for them, dl
Now, what are we to do 1 lir
From perhaps the best authority on the th
subject, the "Statesman's Year Book" for ns
1875, the following- tig-urea are taken as an 1 ?f
,\f lVi? Hitnsion nf s-?nts: ! SIC
QUUUUC1 ?uwu v* ? ? ? . ...... ..
Buddbiets, 405,600,000.-31.2 per cnnt.; wi
Christians, 309,200,000 ? 30.7 jwr cent.; Ni
Mahometans, 204,200,000?15.8 per cent; ev
Brahrainiate, 174,200,000?13.4 per cent, th;
nondescript Heathen, 111,000,000?8.3 per
cent; Jews, 5,000,000?0.6 per cent las
ve
Adulteration ok Li.vskkd Oil. ? Ac-i aS
cording to the foreign phannaceutical J
journals, linseed oil is now frequently a- jl*
dulterated with cod liver oil. To detect this j c'(
adulten^on, ton parts by we^bt of the oil i
is mixed with 3 parts by weight of com- i
mercial .nitric acid in a glass cylinder, and |
well mixed by stirring with a glass rod.1 <
It is then left quiet until the oil and acid; j1R
separate. If cod liver oil is present, the I pt
layer of oil will have a dark brown or black I a
color, and the acid will be orange yellow or ' ^
yellowish brown. Pure oil treated in this ce
way is at first a water green, then a dirty [ yj(
yellowish green, and the acid takes on a' 8a
brighter yellow color. ' J yv
- ! sti
Observations upon the spots on the floor i vii
of th? crater Plato, on tho moon's surface, [ T1
now show that decided changes have taken j on
place ? judged by th? record of previous j "0
investigations ? the streaks and colors of | yo
the floor presenting unquestionable evi- j yo
dence in this respect. The changes in the j coi
direction and luminosity of the streaks de- j wt
tected axe, it is saia, or suca a cnaracier i lax
that they cannot l>o referred to changes of J thi
illumination, but depend, rather, upon! of
some agency connected with the condition! pr
of the moon it.-elf. The color of the floor ret
has been found to vary ns the sun ascends a
m the lunar heavens, liei;i? darkest with tUe qu
greatest soJar altitude. pit
in
AJ JU I-liH.tl'4 ur 1HA1IA>
GASCAK.
In the larger forests, the superb trees,
mknownout of Madagascar, towering above <
J1 the vegetation around, are (ha Chryto>ias.
The top is spread oat like a parasol,
.nd the branches terminate in bunches of
lowers, formed by five petals, of a dazzling
mrr>le. contrastine* admirahlv with the
oil ago. When the bark is cut into, a yeljw
juice flows abundantly, which thicken*
,-hen it conies in contact with the air, and
lakes an excellent resin for fixing knives
lto the handle. Out of one of the trunks
f this tree the Malagaches make a pirogue,
r boat Every where on the eastern coast
here grows a tree of remarkable elegance,
nfK nanistloa nf cm ft 11 flaiffAM*
; is the Tangtenia, the most dreaded tree
1 the island. The fruit fui Dishes a deadly
sison. As a general rule, aquatic'plant?
C the family of NaXades, so widely spread
ver the streams and pools of Europe and
sia, do not attract particular attention; H
i necessary to go' to Madagascar to see a
ery remarkable specimen of this typel In
le torrents and streams near Tamatava
rows the Owcirandra fenestralk?accordtg
to Sir "William Hooker the moat carious
roduction ot nature. It has thick roots,
(tending in all directions* and forming #
umberless <frown?j from this base rise
lfts of large leaves, which float on the
irface of the water, supported on items
roger or shorter in length according to the
epth of the stream. From the center of
lese rises a stem in the flowering season,
hich divides into two, and bears small red
uwere. The leaves are real specimens of
ving lacework, graduating through every
nt, from the palest green to the darkest
ire, and give to the' plant its angular
eauty and strange character. The veins
i them are disposed with regularity, and .
ok like the frames of well-lighted winows.
During the d y season the whole
ithers away, only to spring up again
hen the rains pour down and the torrent
ishes along. It furnishes to the natives a
t>od vegetable, the root being mui eslemed.
For a long time this plant was
slieved to be unique in its peculiar class; -f?
ut about thirty years ago M. Berniex1, an
-dent student of natural history in Africa,
iet with a second i^ieaies, though modi
ss singular in appearance; and a third
nd mis emce men Deep oosgrvea ul
megaL . \ " ... ''!
' ? fej . I
THE CAIQUR '
The caiques have no helm, and the
iwers?unlike the gondoliers of Venice,
ho look toward the * row of their boat? >
irn their backs toward the quarter which
ley approach; which compels them at
rery stroke of the oar, to turn their heads
i see if any qnexpe* ted obstacle has in- V
rfered to check their progress. They.
ive certain recognized cries, by Which they
mounce or prevent such Interruptions,
ith inconceivable rpiieknesa. Seated up1
a cushion in the bottom of the caique, bode
my companion, I enjoyed in silence*
id inaction this wonderful spectacle; for
iq slightest movoment, be it understood is
lite sumcieni to overturn mess narrow
K.'kle-eliells, -calculated as they are for
jrkish gravity and immobility. The dews
the night fell upon our garments, and
ade the latakia steam in our chibouques;
r be the days never so hot, the nights'
iv9 t always a certain coolness upon the
aters of the Bosphorus, freshened aa they
e by the sea breezes and the displacement
' air caused by the rapid currents of the
tuary. We entered the Golden Horn.
# ' f ft
id touching- at the i^ra-Bournou, we aifi*
obiirked amidst a fl -ot of caiques, (among
hich ours, after turning about, insinuated
self like a wedge), near a great kiosk*
ith Chinese roof and walls hung with
sen curtains; a former pleasure-house
the sultan, abandoned at present, and
- * ? S 1- - J Ti 1
ansiormea into a guaru aousw. ju vtua
nusmg to watch the approach of the long
lded barges of the Pashas and high peonages,
for whom splendid horses waited
i the quay?superbly caparisoned barbs.
,'ld by cawas, negroes, or Arnaouta. The
owd gave way respectfully to allow than
tssnge.
XO WEAVE HAIK.
A writer in the Household gives some
iry plain directions how to weave hait
ike a smooth board one and a half feet
ag and six or eig-lit inches wide. .Near
ie end drive three shingle nails in a row, >
e nails being half an inch apart and ther
w running parallel with the end of the '
>ar& At the other end, opposite the mid-,
e nail, drive one nail, wax three pieces of i
leri thread, tie them together at one end,
id about a quarter of an moll from"''
e knot tie auother; now slip over
iil that stands alone, then tie one to eacfor.
the thread cflnu:
lilt? IHIOT UUUOJ
lerably tight. Take . he boai-d in your lift'.*
th the three nails toward the right haijcf.
ext take a bunch of hair, both the en,4a" .
ened, the size of a knitting needle, WAt
at end and put it under the thread neaii?t'1
u, over the middle thread and under tite1
it?theu bring it back on the left side,
rsing the order. Now push it up ckw^
aiust the knot. Proceed in this way until t
a Btrip w of the required length. After
is dry it can be pushed together/-more
>.-ely. Twist is superior to linen for
lability. *U>V.S?V
j ; i_ i .j.? ;T i;t ;
THK POWER OF MUSIC. *.<#1. .ll?
''ul 7??ii
The celebrated preacher Bourdalous hrtii.
d a habit of preparing himself
ilpit with?a tiddle! He was to prea'dh,
Good Friday, and the proper officer
attend him to church. As the officer a??{
nded the stairs he heard the sound
)lin, and as the door stood a littteajtovW'
w Bourdaloue in his cassock,, jplajfm^j 'fa
ely tune, and dancing to it ^hjqut, $j$j
idy. He thought the reverend mfth bi*.
ig mad. He knocked gently ort"tWd^.i:
le father threw down his fiddlfc*TOmecr
v.- j t , J *n ? -?
his gown, and approached hiin/saving*.
, is it you, fir? I hope I bave<tioVkftP$[
u waiting, I am quite ready: toBtt?ndf
u." The officer, as they went dovfti stafrft"
uld not help mentioning ^is
lat he had-heard *nd seen
jghed. "ITi" whole of the
is," said he, "in thinking over the rftfbjet*'
the day, I found my spii*its top mfoctr.fl'ei j
pssed to *peak as I ought tp,clp, APiX,!)/}^;
ouit?e to my u*ual method of mu?tC.aod:
Jittle dancing. It line had ifs effects Utri^
ite in a proper temper, and 'fro'' 'rib*
1 - - - -- v ^^ypixm. . ;
;asure to what I should else nav? gou? w?
paia" 4.
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