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> ro^8| BMobbgmmmm?mmwiyfcaaB*j',Mp^*'p|Mj"M"|K^1*1 j ? ? ? ?? >-rrtRf-. ^ . .'^.^ULr mmmmki?int.i iiictb?him_7.1.1 _n??yjg ?wu?mm?TOm?LwiMuwiiii'. iii ^ikk-vJ** ^mwBM??wawi3ggaiB?jaaBigigg in iii ? Jaxn?? ^? ??^ 1 no ^^.^3i3Cc^"\^illc. Pi e^^io duel Banner BY HUGH WILSOX. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, EEDRUAIIY 16, 1887. VOLUME XXXI. XO. 33. Bart? ^aa?wro. v wsr^ranp i^mr r\ INI AX!) CAKDKX. A SERVICEABLE ROOT CUTTER EASILY MADE AT HOME. Adam's Needle as :t l-uu :i ?A Cimi? veil lent Shed on t"io riii-iu?Mrs. Heiirj Clay's ln.iusis Hum K?-H|h>. News From Many ScpMoiik. Farmers generally j.n.fvde the wisdom of cutsroots fi:i* stork, but many iiru tlelem-.l l>oni the practice by (he co><t of patents! cutters. '!*!: . fallowing illuMration ti;- vribed by Taj American Ajincttiturist '. .'presents a serviceable root cuitcr that uiny easily L- n:a<le at home by any one htuidy in the use of tools: USflJ^T I tsSy ROOT CUTTER. At A is seen the hopper, which is niafIe without a bottom. The slide contain1? ;i two edged knife,and runs in groows.G G. in the top of the frame close to the bottom of the hopper. Near the bottom of the frame is ; a roller, R. into which is fitted the handle, ! H. This is connected with the slide by the ml. R. The knife should he about j four inches wide find one-quarter inch j thick, be placed diagonally in tjje slide. ; leaving half an inch : *;ace between it and : the bottom of the slide. When using the } apparatus all that is necessary is to move ! the handle to and from the hopper. It j works easily and quickly, is durable, and j with fair usage is not likely to get out of i order. Famous Recipe for Curing Hams. The following is the famous recipe used I by Mr*. Henry Clay for curing hams ' several hogsheads of which were annually ! sent to lioston, where, nailer the name of | "Ashland hams," they commanded the I highest of prices, especially *among ihe j wealthy Whigs of that city. For every ten ham.-* of moderate size, she took three and one-half pounds of line salt, one pound of saltpetre and two pounds of brown su'tnr. and after mixing these thoroughly t.r^eiher, rubbed tlie hams therewith on either side. They were then packed in a tight box and placed in a cool out house for about three weeks, when the hams were taken out and put. in a pickling tub or hogshead and < overed with brine strong enough to swim an eg?. After remaining in th-j picl.'e for about three weeks they were taken out, thoroughly rubbed wiiit fresh sail and hung up in * well ventilated house for a few days tc dry. Next they were transitrred to the smoke house, where the;, were imng tip ard unoked with green hickory cr walnut woo<l until they acquired the color of br;ght mahogany. This accomplished, each hum was sewed up in canvas, the cover'.jus whitewashed, and hung up to dry. a: <;r which tiicy were whitewashed again and packed away in hogsheads with hickory ashes, until wanfed either lV.r home ase or sending to Boston. Adam's Needle or Sp'tnisli Bayonet. Yuora filanicntosa. a plant that delights also ia the names of Adam's Xecllo a:;d Spaniel Bayonet, i.:*s excited during the past year much admiration in the C\;piir?! park of Washington, D. C\, where it is ; plantel in large groups, making a most j gorgeous display. JL Mj mm V: i ! %. I .ADAM'S NEEDLE. j Yucca flloraentosa. though common in j the southern states, deserves to be planted 1 more generally fur lawn ornamentation. | This beautiful plant, says ns good author- ! ity as The American Garden, i.i quit o hardy and aiso of the easiest culture, gi^wisig in i almost any soil, though slightly preferring one of a sandy and porous nature. The ( ?rect, branching flower spike comes from the heart of the plant and often grows to more than men's height, bearing hundreds of crean'.v white and very showy llowers. C/Mv>n <i ' "i rf this "i'im howuvor. aro not hsn'i ..oruh to withstand our northem winter., out doors, and limy lie yrown In iK<r i ov tubs and kept dormant in a frost proof cellar through the winter. Kccluiming AVaste I.iinUs. In his new report on the work of tlio geological survey, Professor i'owell estimates that there are 100.090 sijuare miles of coajt lands in this country made valueless by inundations, which, l-y the use o? proper means, can probably be placed anion;; the richest agricultural lands in this country. His department is now ft tidying the swamp Sands and mar dies of the Atlantic coast to ascertain jhe practicability c; reclaiming them. In view of t lio *i.'Osp<i'. tliat ail the agricidtural land row avaiiab'e In the United States will be occupied by lb'J"). the recrnt surveys of waste lands ir the Mississippi valley, along Iho Atlaiu't- coast, in western Xe\v York and in other states, are of special importance. Tim v?w Vi.rk stfj-! sur ?'ev rcporisthat it is perfectly feasible to turn the great swampc in Niagara, Kr'e, Orleans and Genesee conn ties. which are now waste and tx I;!r:':'.l tracts, into healthful and prosperous fan;is. Twenty-five thou sand ueres in the Oak Orchard basin alone, now subject to constant overflow, can, according to our state . irvey, l>e thoroughly reclaimed ? ( a moderate cast. Wuste tracts like those which exist in the western ] ; i t, of this siate, :m parts of the Mississippi valley. and in i !;e now worthless district of 4.W) J. rj:t miles in North Carolina, between the river Allieniarle sound, were drained in northern Europj centurfcs aero, and arc now scenes of human industry, and among tho most fertile portions c?i the continent. TT,.? mo -tmrro fif thft X Ul l'.m> IW jvtuo UW ' Jersey meadows, embracing sonie_ 1^.000 rr. T73 ra . o%c.' jv. r acres. and now h.>loriou> f??r cwrso liny 1)."ls niCMjiiiuis, nriasiaa an<l om; jViualij Mtipc. lias Ihvii flic pet project ol'.seientilii men. I)!' laic years, l'i'ofjssor Cook. l!>: slate ;< (?!<irrist. lias li:?d plans prepared Ux ; the curryinu out oi this scheme. and as th< '..late ha? sanctioned the work, it is l<c llevni measures will lie taken early i:? tin > priiiLS to drain these meadow Lin k Tiii: ! work is urged as much for sanitary pur poses as for tlie agricultural value of tin improvement. Ti.,. I!nv Sf.-.Us. If the breeders of fine troKinr; mid rim nin-j horses find box .-i;.ll- mdi^iensal.l.' | why are these not valuable for farmer.? 'asks The X;uion;;l StoeUman. li woid< cot bti! little to build tSi<*:n: and llifivs'n f.'\v barns or stable.; i:t I he country whir! have not room enough for ti:em if span was properly utilized. Fanners, think o. I tin's. The tirst time you have a few mill I lites to .spare investigate tlte matter, ant J see if you cannot arrange your slables : that you can have a nice roomy box j for each horse ami have everything lr.ori 1 convenient than before, jf yo:t <?m <] ' this you will be able to do away "iii j halters entirely, yon will need have n< fears of your horses hurting c::th <:;hei I and your hordes v.Til be ab!j to do t;v.-r< i work, on account of the better rest thej j obtain by being free to turn round .m l L. ' down as they choose. Try it. A Cheap anil Convenient *;'.:oc5. The shed shown in the accompanying i cut is usually made of pole* at the wem but can be j::st-r.s easily made of rav.v. timbers. It can lie of any len th, btti idiould not bo more than thirty Lx't widi for a double shc l. or half rj wide f r ; single shed. It consists (if three row. i>l posts two or more bet in the grour.d, ftv< to seven feel apart. Tlie middle row should be enough higher than the others to give sufficient path. Each row sSiouli: have ;i strong plate -lxlor 4x0. Xo crossties are needed, exccnt at t be end i to receive tlie sidings. Uafrers pas,: ee.eh oi iioi on the ridge p-le ,:n i arefastened t ogethei by pins, as our grandfathers fa:.tenei1 Miim'vs TIi,'V sliouM also bo sniked tc fifjlgk Sii&Q i lifir mi 9 CHEAP SHED. plates. The top can he slkr.thed anil shingled or covered v.-itli hay or straw ami weighted down, Framed barns arc made in this country 0:1 the plan. All cross lies and beams are done awnj with, which makes them much more convenient for hay barns. Congress nml Pii-nro-PucumojiIa. Chairman Hatch, of the iionse committee on agriculture, received from Com nussioner v <m:ii;n ?i ri-jjiv iu <i:<j i^iiur lion oilorrd a feu* days before by Mr. Swinburne of New York, in \.-liicli tlie commissioner sets forth comprehensively the difficulties met in the attempt to extirpate or control the plenro-pneumonia scourge in the present state of the law and wit li the machinery at hand, and iv-enf?.rceshis recom uicudations previously mauc lot more heroic methods. The commissioner argues that the quarantine of infected cattle, even if it could be efficiently done, does not prevent the spreau of the contagion. except in isolated cases, and that the losses from restrictions in trade are greater than t!i!'>e caused by the disease it soil, lie has t here/ore recommended, and does now recommend, as the only measure which will extirpate the plague 2!lid prevent both the direct and indirect lotM s, that wherever an infected herd is discovered :dl exposed animals he slaughtered. the premises thoroughly disinfected, and t he owner compensated for the loss tu which he is subjected for the protect ion of the public. He urges upon the committee the necessity of legislation giving to the department power to carry oat the measures required for extirpating pleuropneumonia, tin trammeled by state laws ci state authorities, if it is expected to promptly suppress this disease. At present lie can only co-operate with the state authorities in accordance with state hv;i! i;> ihs malt -:'. In some states th:re are no law;; on t'.ie subject, ond in nil tlie rest the;. iao wholly inadequate for t!.c prompt estirpation of the plague. There is little iiouM, however. that strong constitnlional objections will be raised in congre_s to tueh legislation ?.> the eoini.iissioner recommends.?I'urr.l New Yorker. Fciv liistingiilshcil s V.'lio Xiaacli ttu< Aijc of 70*~TUc Kc:i:.on V/Ii.v. Gladstone closes j*csr of vori; villi his 7i:h birthday, and in l':o proi..j.;o of his futn.ru activity retrains from *ayi:r-- an un Had word i;i answer to Lis M'?r. Johr E;-i;;ht. In France, (Jrsvy cutv/.; t"von c second t:cvc:i years' t:.-.-:n :-t l/J?n cord which already pas. r:. tvie. V .! * ore I'a'aier^ton. Aa for Cti-rj.my, i': ? r.j':c~3> narian emperor iu oa!y two y ?.urs nV .;-.l oi his warrior chum. Vo:i 'j-ioM.fce, wl.ho Liura.:rck is .1 more boy of # 7. Iiovr di.l'wnt the jicyrd Iitc-! Of jIk diViinguiihid Amork-ans who div I J.: t yen not cno had reac! .-.1 t'? r.~-; of J 'J. I;: pO:UV;d iiiV tho v.. "in t'j.noii Cameron itajiii r.!<as. The f .:*.t -..nen ?..r to-;' y belong tJ a ycun'r?r nc mi'D.\ oui j,Ho.uv?? ? v *>. *...? *?..*% .. young, and not 0110 oi' t' :-i i> ii. I c\ '<pi llnyc*: of out* viot-j;:-i*.H"!>t'; on'/ I!: cud V/hceler. Not only i I'.'.'i.- v.;!o ;J.k ;: prcsiikwy but tboso v.!?<i v/ero at'/ and defeated have failed t ) it 'i >' ! Tildm lasted until i;t ?tivl l'r: 1:"lit I. 15, But Grant, Jo!n:ron, .Arthur, llan'v!:. Mc Cicllan, Colfax, l'rown. JUair, \ i, u'. ; died at. an when Jvr.opcan sfft sni'-: look forward to twenty yv:uoi wtiwuork 111 the ansiy two yieii'jrah: are old ono:i;;h t< bo retired at tho u;;'- of (.li. Jn lucul ,olilie I thevo arc no oi l iuvn. i What is Llio explanation of W' Tho c?:rr p tonal of lo;i? wily in t'i'.s < ouutr] 1 provo that Americans can live Jon;;. '{! < death ii>!l proves that tiioy do not. )i i not the clhnatc that kid:; it. is ihr- jr.eo. V.'i livo too lunch; wc liv too f:. !. Tin i machine i.-; ov?-j worked; it carri?.s t*v> nincl strain; it is ii"*. cl'.<>v.e?l time for iv;,iiis Wo know Ito.v to \viIkiL v.o do not 1. how to rest, and b.-;in ti:c n"w day's w.- ri beforo tho old day work is oivr. 'i t> strain i* prrpe'.nnJ, the wear an l tear iv. ceasing. Wr k:-ep o:.;- nerves always their lull lenrrion, and the miml wear > i-u the b<viy. Tl.ui y:i-r .sue'-c-s is afU-r the powers <-.L' t mind are t ijnn< rnd tho oxj-ei i"!!'-" ?? ' y.ms ht:s {"iw-i ?vis dom. ju'jt when all !!/: r:.ins of jifeiir.t arc ready for use and of value to tho nm nnd th? nation, the body luvalrs down. :r.:tho nation is called on to mourn a real 1> where it mi;jht otherwise have hope I I1 enjoy tho harvest of tho lifo's fruition. "W hat a lesson to ambition!?New Yorl World. _ Cooking feed for stock is a subjecl much discu.-cd at present, mid as fjoo? authority as Professor Stewart is reportci as advocating it for all kinds of domes ti: animals. "TTTywV - .'O. r> a^nm > ? - - j SEXATO.'i FOIl NEW YORK. i | THREE CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTINGUISHED HONOR. i j Hon. Vntvnor Millt-r, Who Sncrcoc!r?l | Kusroi1 Coii!;!i;;i;; tlon. Levi 1\ I tins, i'tOliiiisIcr (<> IUc l'rcncli Keputo- j lie", anil lion. I'rstnk Itiscocic, 31. C. I I 1 I The sv>i:>lori;ii conl'-st in Jiie slate of New ! Yor!; has ar.ve.ys exei:t>;I givat ami uiilcl ; J-|;i'c.'vI injects!, as is ijijite ii:iitn*:il indeed, i | -Cow Yoii: ii re; the i-liiif in I ho Lnion as rc, j Kill lis *.vr,;iih aim )io;>;ilalk>ii. The state leg, 1 feknur: In in.; ?iuodly Rpjitihlieun thin ; ' year, th'Ti- has Ki n no jwirty fi-lit of course, f | but tin1 haU'e has not been llio Ires fierce on . J tiint aeeoun!. The three leadingcandidates? I ' Wen.er .Miihr. I.wi 1'. Morton and Frank , | lii&eiK-J;?.-ire a!J gentlemen who hr.vo been I prominent iy bcior-j the pi opto for ycara ;j % 1 I JT: }! J&'r fay.-!?'# \ ' ' c -VJ"'. * _ u > \ ,:A. ^ SAJ i /m I t . \ ! /' / VTAP.XEIt T'lILLEH. ' Warner Miller lives half a milo from tbo ; ' village of Herkimer, in the Mohawk valley. , He Wits iiorn In 1 n.'JS in Oswego county, ancl ! ' received bis education nt. Union cclk-go, from > wliiHj in-iiintinn lie was graduated in 1S00. ! Soon afterward lie becalm a teacher in llio ' Fort Edward v!l('.".i:!!<? in-iitute, wbicb on 11i big he forsook i:i IVil to onlist in the Fifth jSJeirYork cavalry as private. His service | i ujkiii the field were of such a meritorious i ; character t hat lie was promoted to lie sergeant nir.jor and then lieutenant. During the ? j battle of Winchester he was taken prisoner by j j llio Confederates, and was afterward paroled i and exchanged. His life as a soldier being, j ended, ha became a farmer, and afterward ' interested himself in the manufacture of . I pap.-r find wood pulp. Ho made a trip to ' I Europe in furtherance of his investigations . ' i ol the making of paper, and u little later invented certain machines and processes which ' j l.avs conic into such general use as to yield " liini a largo profit. Jlr. Miller's political lii'o began when lie was made delfgato to the Republican national convention in In I ISM lie was clc-eferl to the state legislature, j i and served two terms In l&H, when Conk- j j ling and Piatt resigned scats in the national! 1 senate, Sir. Miller was c!io?on to succeed Mr. Piatt. His most conspicuous act as senator ! " was tho introduction of t bo bill, now a law, ! to restrict tho manufacture of oleomar^ gftrii*. ^ ' ^ ^ i: :i m%m/mTF |; :l 'f I j X.EVX P. MORTOX. Levi P. Morion Is a rcMutni; of New York city, and his home is nt No. Fifth avenue. Ho was !?i>ni ut Shorcham, Yr., i;i 1-S24, aud 1 . his father was the ilov. Dmicl Morton. At the ago of PJ the mj >ject <>f this sketch was' nl.-v e i in : small 'general" store .'it Hanover, : near his birthplace. When ha reached the ' nge of til lit' was made a partner in the l>usl- ! ncss ami later bought out the entire stock. < In lSI'.i lie removed to Host on, where ho was ' I madf partner in a heavy mercantile linn. 1 Five yr;us I iter hoagain chan-ed Li< location ] , find ia I'-i;:; lwinide 1 the lacking ho tses of JlortD.i, Ii'.i-- Co., ITi'u-Yori:, ami Morton, ] Rose (\ Ce., London. The part these con- , > cern* played in the resumption of specie pny- ! . i ment? by'tiio United .Slates government is a t , . matl-r of history. Mr. Morton entered poli! tics ia ISili when ho was nominated for con- ' gross by tiie Republicans of a New York city 1 ! district. Tiiis tiitio he was defeated. Two | . years later, however, he wns elected. In < 1 Itv) Ik* wis iend'.T -d tlu norm-nation to the j vio.--pre>ideiicy which Mr. Arthur afterward , ; accepted. Alter President Garfield's election., , Mr. Morton wa< oIFored tho navy portfo'io in : the cabinet I nt declined the honor, although . hy uftorwr.rd accepted llie position of minis- ' ter lo IY&ikv, he utkl till the DeuiocruU? came into jH>wvr. /fiSgflR i Afsr% ,?"? ?* ft ' &.. "'-'A : - ' >iV - ' ' V ,=r "' -;P> , s/. '.Vv^l Si. '> ', . ' -. 'I 1 . I FRANK UI:;<;OCK. ! i [l iivto liy IJi'X3r?liis ] ] ' | Frank Hi.vt: !:. m?\v a resident: of S'-.s rncuso, j * | was horn i;? I'mtipi v, Oijoiuln^u comity, N. . t V., in l.sM. Hi; e iii -aii'.n was receive.I in a ' I! common se!i<i"l. lie v.ns rulniittcd * . ' to tlio Itjir i:> ! an i was eloet'v! district at- 1 ( toniey ?>f liis cotmiy in SVvcii veal's Intw lm iv>'i flin- :i !i 111:- > 11?? >l- of lliu coiisti j tulion.'il c(MVtn(ion, iir.'l i>i ho was IJ elected 1<> <!!;.' from the di. irii-fc com- . 1 ! posod of OfojuJagn r.nd Ovthud <i'imtir.?. 1 ; As co!i;4ii-siii:m ho wua the of l?it* , i party for hisdovotion i.j its me .-.urcs. IIo ] a was a warm aiivoi ,>to of the ol-omarganno | bill which Mr. 'lillix iiilroducid in Inosfii- 1 ^ | ntc. ill*. liis'.-O'/i;'-- candidacy for senatorial ] 4 i 1 lonors ibis year has been tiiat of tho "dark i . j liorso." I j ' Several gentlemen of Maine have leased ' I | a big barn lit Cape Elizabeth, vlieix* tliey , I propose wintering several liutnlred quail, , > i to be liberated in dill'crcnt sections of tho | state lu Uicwir-st JOHN ROACH, The Well Known Shipbuilder, Suffering from iv C'ancvr> A grant many intpn sling unoedotcs are related of John Itoach, the weil known builder of ships, who was but a short time ago an nounced to l>o sud'cring rrom amalignantnnu fatal canjer of the throat, somewhat like that \y 1 i i < 11 afflicted Gc-n. I<rant. Ala \ ij\ though lie learned . VU the machinists' w **3 kw U ailo whei? a young I (_ > tj man, when ho h.-ii "i ffJ s aved up ? 1.000 he y^s'y< /jft'3?*^ decidcd logo west, 'J"y ? farm nnu \-ffZ-'-}. tfrow up with the ',:onntry- Taki"8 / J//T ''rAfs half his money ' ' with him, he purJOJIN* ItOACU. chased and settled on n place in Illinois. At- the end of a yea;1 ho had to make the final payment- on his place, but his former employer, with whom he had left 8300, had failed in the meantime, and .so tboyoung man had to give up tiie idea of being a farmer n:jc1 return to tlie ea-t. And he did not decide upon shipbuilding as a business until bo had met with another misfortune. To nfsist a friend who bad a contract tc build n at a siiiiiil shipyard in Chester he i eea::ic sei u.i;y to the amount ol ??>,< JO. Alter a wii'ie he received noti.r thai i v>:i<ilmtld(>i- had fniled and he would bt kv.-!:ed to for the s\'K);). Having never seen Chester Jlr. Roaeli concluded to visit tin. pine and look after hi* interests. On examining the vessel partly built, as it itsled upon llio ways, lie estimated it to be worth $:.Ty 0>i0. He nt mice determined to finish it and did so, i'.-?.li::ing ti handsome- profit. Following tLi.s he attracted to build mi other vessel, and from iliio beginning arose his afterward gn at ti.ip: rxrd. '.Sir. Koach was l.ut 15 yenib old when he came to America. At 'J!.' lie was married and poor. To his other misfortunes came the addition of bad health, in faet, the doctors t>aid he must die?his lungs were hopelessly affected. His family was unprovided for, and he was in an agony of grief because of this. When lii-j spirits were at lowest ebb a fellow workman who was going west called on him and bade him an affectionate goodby. After the friend had gone Mr. Roach discovered something under his pillow. It was a sum of money which his friend had .saved from his earnings and left behind to help I.is brother artisan. Uut Roach did way one day, ho ? & ? f j'Sftg g saw n man whom .' j* 72 ~i ho recognized, it-' j * ^ was tUo man whop y* J"' rj j f't had helped him a *' ;ij jg & 'if jjf 3 3 third of a ceniury ' M * j* **' M * S before. TIio mail' yiT ^ ' suppo-ed that his ! LJ *8 9 jfl old friend was long."^ '-Jj'I^zl'V-tV--1-"~ since d e a <1, and..f^.^V,^T>rrr<rcould hardly ! ?f lievo thestatement that his John^^^ J "* lloaeh was tho groat shipbuilder. John koacii'S house. After some inquiries Mr. Roach found that his old friend's shop in Brooklyn was that day at noon to lie sold under the hammer. It was then 11. The man was hurrying to see the sheriff to ask him if he could not put o!F the sale a little longer. Mr. Roach said to him: '*1 know that sheriff well. You will lose no time stopping with me." He dragged hira into a restaurant, where they had a hurried lunch. During the stay in this pkwv Mr. Roach wrote out a check for tho full amount or the niort.-ago. lie then took hi:, old friend in a carriage and they reached tho sheriff's oflice in time to redeem the property. The workman's contribution to a dying man wus thus repaid with interest. One of tho sons of Mr. Roach afterward married the daughter of his old friend. . Juiin Roach's home, which i:i pictured here, is a substantial four story and basement hot-io on Fifth avenue, Xc\v York. It is a homelike looking structure and has no doubt been tho meeting place in years past of many of Iho public men of the country and scene nf Tnnnv n momentous discussion. It maybe u comfort to smokers to know Lliat Mr. Roach never used tobacco. Tbo story of Mr. Roach's life is still fresh in the niiml.i of newspaper readers. A CrJlty Kni;,tit i?I' Lubor. Haves owes his promLscnco in t!io borlv t o liis p it. Some years a jo he fell off a car, an which he was serving as brakeman, near Hah way. The car passed over his r>ht trm. 1 In yes picked up his arm with liis left and coolly walked to tho Railway station, whore Ijj fainted from loss of blood. When he cams to there were a lot of ]x:ol>!o standing about him, proposing all things, iloing nothing, and ilaves says it matlo liim mad. Eo he slioutcd, "Why, in something or other, don't you tie a cord about tlio stump.' Don't you sso I am bleeding to loath!-" They too!: him to hi3 home in Now Eruiiswiok. llo lay down and held Dut the f.ii;rnp for the surgeon's knife, and live cloys after got up and went to'a barber to get shaved. In a month ho was busy learning telegraphing which his left band. He ulso learned to write a clear, distinct liand with the loft. "That was grit," said Hailoy, onv day, v.-'ui! j telling tho story to llayts' presence. "Nonsense. It was nothi-.vr hnf r>ornnion smist*. What would von liavc me do! Li j down end die?" Hayes anr.veml.?New York Sun. 15urclt:ml A. Haves. Mr. Dur.rhard A. ITiyes, the eldest son ol! ?x-Presi<!ent R. H. Hayes, was recently marriwl to Ivliss Mary }^V N. Sherman, tho / highly cultured I A daughter of a wellv, known family oi* X Nyrwrtlk, 0. Tho \&)} event, though ono V C?X of t.ll:it impor t'?"cw !r'r"' 80* if:/ \ - KM ciol.V ei He*, was a f L ii"> -l 01 k>. w'ly ti?' It *??'<?** / V "Pnr ivlalivos ami /{ kX:i- imniiato Irieiuls olf f' ' - ' '/ 'ir* fanii) licui*; wty&ftF j j'//!* l'??eut. 31 r. Ilayu ' ''jr> "^p** isa <{iii( t, uimssuinf ' ing mail, with a Bt uciiATiD a. haves, sandy complexion mil eye^la^i-.-i. IIu is a lnwyor, ami #!.. -itniiiki* til..mil,.I' of tin* 'IViiiiln aw firm of fiwiiyno, Sua) no & [Inyi*. Thon-..h lie Las Jiul. tho proportions mil digiiiiloil hearing of hi; father, Jjnivhard ;ives fair |.Tot!i:.-e of snaking hinirelf a light a the li'gal profe.v-.ion. Itcrtiu's War ISooktt. One of llio sights of Is fin?inoiv known inl.fiis to s'. ran-.ors than natives?U tho kric^-bihliothek, which contains i.Si known ivo/I.s iijivin;^ iliivct relation to (ho win' o!! IS TO and JSil. T!n\v from Uu< pu.'lly i olumos compiled by thoycnoral siali'lo two* [)n;jo donrriptiosis of single b.'iUk'.smulsk.^cs, iii.l Hi!'i o'.Ioclkwi coiiblautly incrc:ising.? liosk-;: '1 Ti :e 1'euuty cf Hebron potato is mentioned as one of (he leading varieties at present lor general culture in Great Britain. I : HUNGRY CUSTOMERS. ! J AN ANNOYANCE TO WHICH COME . i TPAnce.wrN ARE SUBJECTED. Contiiiu.il Pilfering from tlio Oroccra' iO*i?oHnd Packages of Fiillts, Camlics aiirl ?Haul to Di'uw tlio Liuo. One Man's Plan. I "One of liio petty nuisanccs wo liavo to : radcr i:i cur lino of business, "said a "Wabash avenue grocer, ''is tlio continual pilfcrings : from cur counters l'rcm expose! packages of i fruits, candics, nuts, ctc., which our besii ncss compel us to display to ma!:o them attractive. Now seo that old nun wit'i his ! daughter coming in at tho door. ITo is a ; regular customer and comcs in almost every ! evening. ?>eo! No eocncr dws ho pot I through tho door than out goc3 hi'> hand for ! a small bunch of grapes. Thero is nothing 1 surreptitious in the act on his part, as you i will notice. Ho evidently thinks ho does : nothing wrong and unconsciously helps him| self to a small handful of socio enticing mor1 ^ ?1 ?1 - - -1 - ' * - ** f ? 'i/.ir f nlmncf. i v-l which 1-- j };uiulu kunvo vt i.u-.v.j ww j every evening, as you sec ha Lr.3 just clone. >; 'Lik-j fr.'.jcr 3i!:o cc:i' will apply to the ! daughter ".!>o, for there no-n tltc young lady, !, who is wailing for her father to make his evening purchases, making a boo lino for tlio i can-!y counter, a small bit from ono tray an<l i; a d:;> into another, until the cntiro circuit of ; tlio cLore i:; made. It io true that what they . | havo eaten is of small value, but during a i; whole day, with tho hundreds of customers . | we have going in aid out, tho agg-egato II amount: of our Josses in this very saino way i is much larger than you would suppose." . I "I stand in this part of tho store," said i .! one of tho salesmen, "tho cntiro day and i havo the very best opportunity for observing >, peopla v.-ho Munch,' as wo term it. I'll give [: you ati inbtanco of how severely we suffer at , times from theso seemingly unconscious as'! Emulations, politely speaking. Oho day last: . i week, after being more than usually annoyed at th;s liberty taken in this by way an elderly ! ' woman with every appearand) of refinement i and rcspcctability, I resolved to test the mat- J j ter of these los^s to my employer by placing \ a five pound box of Tokay grapes where! every cr.o coining in and going out must pass 1 them. This I did iu the morning as scon ns i Ih? storo was opened, and by U o'clock in i j tho afternoon, I five you my word of honor, j there wnr> not a singlo grape in that box I nABT> TO D^AW THE LIXE. j "I went to our manager and told Lira of | j my expei icncc, and he gave strict instruc-1 'i tions to call tho attention of any one who | j was seen taking such liberiics to the fact: i that the poods were exposed for salo, and; were not samples for gratuitous distribution, j [ as tfcey snrnicd to think. Wo were also' given to understand that if we did this re- j j speet folly our conduct would meet with the j t support end encouragement of tho proprie-; tor. Still, with these villus wo must di-aw: i tho linn somewhere, and It is hard tn tell i i just whero to do so; wo have customers! j whoso trado is very profitable, and were wo j j to speak to them of auch an action as a j , ".iberty taken, and oven in tho most respect-1 I ful manner nprovo them they would bo! j offended beyond our ability to explain the j I reason of ou.- doing so and wo should certain-: j ly loso their trade and their good will for-1 | ever." | At another ntore, where the counters are i ornamented in profusion with delicacies in j 1 j and out of season, pretty much the same com- j plaint was mado although no instructions i I...J 1 nri_ | . Utt'.i ucru ^iVLii oait^mvii LV tuv **** i noyance. This proprietor smiled dryly iu I ! conversing with a reporter on tho topic and j | finally said: "One of my experiences with, j tho 'iuneh' business, as wo call it, wes at our j ; cracker and ciiocca counter. For a long | time we liarl our dairy department in an out j of the way piaeo in the store, and near by | | were the cracker boxes and barrels. On sev-1 j eral oenason3 during tho middlo of the day I j j bad frequently stood almost directly over j this upot r.nd could easily ex (lie movements1 } of every 0110 in tho storo Now it might; j sound absurd for me to say that a business j man 'ind neighbor would oomnintomy place ! ani go directly to that cheese counter and j cracker barrel and h ;!p himself to a midday i ! lunch, but it is a fact nevertheless. PUT A. STOP TO XT. I "And not only did one man do it, but i i during tho courso of a week when I was in-1 tercsted La tho chcekiness of tho liberty j taken with in}* goods, beyond my pecuniary ] i less therefrom, I watched that particular; I locality more closely than usual. Believe' | mo I saw no less than live men come to that I counter and help themselves every day until j 1 put a stop to it by moving these articles to , I oilier places, where by a different arrange- j mont this sponging could not bo continued; j without being downright theft. Vv'cll it | would liavo been worth a week's salary to j j you to have watched that countor with mo j i the following day. Ti / camoin singly and I by pairs shortly after l'-2 o'clock and on j ! reaching their accustomed haunts a loo'c of j ' blank astonishment was depicted on their j countenances nt tho metamorphosis of that. , particular spot. I was almost afraid it i i would bo necessary to take their ant? mor-; J tem statement before they could leavo my I i store." | t'Do you have any other similar annoy-1 ! ances in your business" was as!:cd. "Well yes, thero is ono other, but it is far ! more serious, and I hardly should speak of j it. Our system of cash sales requires the I purchaser to pay l'or his articles at a cashier'sj ! desk 011 going out. "Wo have, in somo cases, j I caught people frying to leave the store with- j j out settling, but it does not occur very fro! quentlv, as our salesmen aro mado responsi-' ,j ble for their checks and it is their duty to . j soo their checks are presented to the cashier, I lmt. r?C wim-un rlnrinn' thft husv 1 , hours of iho Jay this is impossible. Busin?ss ! j 13 vc,.y jjood with us just now and will bo1 j until after Ihc holidays."?Chicago Trihuno | .t'oisco I'ofttb ti>siuo uown. ; There uro many farmers who believe I that fence j-ostu sot upiitic down will last j longer iha.i will those set the seine way i as the timb-r ?u.:This idea probably j originated from the theory that moisture ( would not huve'ke same cited upon the i tissue of (ho wood v.iicn it was inverted j as would be the case when llxed in its ; natural position. There may or may not ' be something in this, but with oulinary j oak fence i>:; i - it would lie quite counter- j | balanced by 1 inconvemeii-'C of having ' i the smaller ai.il jjoneraUy more sappy ; part of the pw-t fixed in the soil. An ag- 1 ri'iilia'.'iii writer who has had large experience with <?ak posts prefers having these sawe<l and tixcu in the same position as | the trees ;rrew. especially when tho logs from which they are cat taper consider*. ablv, which they are liable to do. j .... ... ; " '> !-< I' 1 ilCl.H rjiiiurrs 10 iviumh i The Wcf.iern \ow York Horticultural society U 'ii hold ils ti.Irvy-scrond annual meeting at Muchestor oa \?"c;In?8dj:y, Jan. 2J. Papers arc promised from John J. Thomas, Dr. E. LewisStnrtevjnt, tileries II. Green, Dr. J. A. Lir.lnor and others prominent in horticulture. The December crop report states that j the farm viiluc of corn which last December was ,;;i cents per bushel is now .'J 7 cents, one cent higher than the crop of iy$4, and the average December price of wheat is 0!) cents, a reduction of 0 cents I from the average value of the last crop j uiifl 4 1-3 conta nbov# the uric? hi 1884. Jg? ( THE HON. MILTON HAY | Mentioned an a Possible Sueccsaor to Gen. Logan. J Tho Hon. Miltcn Hay, of Illinois, was nl ! one time mentioned as a possible successor of 1 Gen. Logan in the United States senate. It j was then thought that Governor Oglesby I might appoint Mr. nay, mis it lias since oeer i : decided to let the election take its usual I course, and balloting will begin on the 13th. i Mr. Ilay's public career is loo well known j to requiro recapitulation here. When be was studying law he was a student of Abraham Lincoln, and ho contributes some interesting ! reminiscences of those days to Hay and Nic> j oloy's "Life of Lincoln," now running , through The Cental y Magazine. I THE HON'. MILTON HAY. A i is shown by the portrait here given, | j Mr. Ilay's face is a genial and kindly one, j | and there aro lines about the cj'cs and mouth ; that look very much as if ho had mingled a i good deal of laughter with the close study of ' the law, which has made him ono of the legal ! lights of Illinois. I ! THE ANDOVER TRIAL. i The Theological Professors Who aro Accrtscd of Heresy. Few events in the theological world have I received greater attention of late years than i tthe trial of Pro- j Tucker, Churchill, j Harris and Hincks I of the A lid over seminary, the chief j doctrinal school of! the Congregation- j alists. Tho charges j have just been trisd i i were preferred Oct. i Henry 31. Dexter, : PROFL.5SOR SMYTH. of ^ j tionalist: Dr. J. W. Wellman, of JIal-j den; Professor J. J. BlaisdelJ, of iieloit col- j li>ge, and llie Rev. 0. T. Lamphear, of Beverly, Mass. From all accounts it appears that Professor Egbert C. Smyth, professor of ecclesiastical history, is the Jender in the teachj.:g of the doctrines \ which are consid- jrejaafe ered objectionable, The most objection- \ } able of the doctrincs not approved is tbut there may bo \ J proiation :ifter y<!?Hv death. Tho holding Jxf*; ^ of this doctrino would not be \" i thought sufficient ' to call for trial for pROFE3SOR TUCKER. heresy if held by any one but a teacher of theology, but it is claimed that in teaching it tho professors have proven recreant to the trust reposed in them. According to this theory tho seminary is not an institution for the investigation of theology, but for tho contservation of the faith as held by those who founded the school, as set forth in the creed. I NJo decision has! been reached as j yet, and it is expected that it will i bo some lime before I judgment wiil be j rendered, as the: ^ documents lo be examined by the FUOFESSOR PARK. ^ of before whom the trial was held, are very j volutniaoua THE INDIANA CONTEST. Robert S. Robertson, Who Claims to be ; Lieutenant Governor. The people aro already familiar with the j political contest now going on in Indiana . which involves the lieutenant governorship I anil the United States senntorship. Robert S. Robert- ?f* son,of Fort Way no, f j Ind., who claims igw^ to be the legally P? Wm j elected lieutenant I 7 *?* j governor, and Ljw^\ Ay whoso claims are M&j&M contested by Sena- I tor Smith, who claims to be legally f^Vx ' capacity, is a ' 7f ! iclent ot I-ort ^3i?KS^ Yy . / ' Wayne. IIo is a n:i? ':J ' tivo'of Argylo, N. robert 3. robertson-. , Y., ami is about -IS years of ag<\ During the : war 1:0 served in the Fourth Now York Volunteers ami rose to tlio rank of colonel. He par- 1 ticipate ! i:i every battle fought by the army of tho Potomac from 1SC? i to 1301 a:ul three times wounded in tho battle cf tho ' Wilderness. Ac tin close or hostilities ho located ir Fort Wayne, v. hero he Las a good I law practice. : 1 j How tlio Kaco Was Won. j i Tho Tucson (Arizona) Citizen rolr.vs that ( a short time ago a great horse race . : made ' up between two bands oi tho l'.-r - jo In- ' dians. Vast numbers of cattle, poni , .! :s, tin cans, and other personal proper;., \u:u ' wagered upon the result by both s-kltand ' great crowds of Indians gathered upon tho 1 occasion. T!:? race was run, and liiguel's 1 crow bait? v.'on tho icee to tho chagrin and J nstomLnvnt t>f Lis Sonora cousin, and trua t to their w-.r Ir th- stakes wcro turned over c to hi:n. and the d -featcd Papagocs wdlied i homeward, sadder but wiser aborigines. Later on thev learned that JligutTs men ' had in t, pepper in tlio eves of theSono.a f jyeerj nnd tliereby blinded and defeated them, and they have applied to the agent to have their lost property restored.?Chicago Times. Thouias Nast, the cartoonist, wears a scarf pin of his own design representing tho union of capital and labor in the shield of tho TTiWfckri ARCTIC ANIMALS, METHODS OF HUNTING EMPLOYED BY THE MUTES OF ALASKA. ???- *. -; Ilabits cf tho Seal?Summer Sports?Tho Clumsiness of the "Walrus?"Ihi Polar Bear In His Icy Habitation?Whit* Whales. Nature seems to lrnvo provided certain animals peculiarly adapted to tho hyperborean region, and eminently fitted to afford sustenance to tho race who havo to withstand tho exigencies and severe climatic changes of an Arctic zone. The principal animals inhabiting the waters of northwestern Aln?lr? are tho various members of the seal family. During tho winter the seals, rising on the surface, strike against the thin young ice and make a hole. Through these holes they crawl upon tho smooth surface and lio sleeping at tho brink. In tho early spring the first g'impso of sun induccs them to forsake t'acir watery homes, and to bask in tho warm rays seems to afford great pleasure to these amphibious creatures. When lying in these positions tho hunter crawls upon all fours In as stealthy a manner as possible. When, after a gale, the ice is broken up into small leads a net made of stout seal hido is stretched across the chasm, and the scab rising to blow becomo entangled in tho meshes. Within tho last decado breech loading firearms havo been used by the Mutea in hunting, but previous to their introduction spears made with copper or iron heads were used, tho frame for carrying the spear boing carved from walrus ivory. To the end of tho spear a long coil of seal lino is attached, to which at intervals bladders of the seal aro fastened. In these ways the hardy natives hunt the animal which affords them not only food, but also oil for their lamps and hidc3 for their clothing. When the icy carrying with it small pellicles of snow that, j striking tbs facc, cut tho skin like a charge of shot; when fog and snow mist envelop tho landscape, n Muto hunter has to possess grit and nqj-vo to face conditions that no white man nas over yet done. SCMMEB SPORTS. In the summer, when the ocean in again free from tho grasp of the iceberg, seals disport themselves at tho mouth of every stream and rivulet in order to catch fish or seatleas. Then tho kyack is called Into requisition. In this frail construct I.-n of skin and wood the hunter, launched r.pon the . waves, paddles quietly and gently upon the seal until within range. Naturally a very inquisitive animal, an imitation of the crooning noiao peculiar to the phocse is sufficient to make a seal swim on tho top of the water with its head protruding, thoreby insuring a good object to aim at. Whistling is also resorted to in attracting the sehl to the surface. The variety of seal known as tho "smooth black hair" is highly prized by tho natives throughout tho territory of Alaska north of the Aleutian islands. Its large hide forms tho covering for boats and canoes, and alsc ccrves as boot sole3 entirely impervious tc water. Saddlo backs are rarely seen to the ~ north of Point Hope. Theso are very handsome and conspicuous animate as they lie basking in the sun upon the ice. Their color is a deep chocolate brown, with a broad h.uirl of white, sham' like a saddle, which extends from tho Lack abound the bel'y, and from this peculiar marking they derive their name. Forty years ago immense herds of the bulky walrus mi^ht be seen disporting in tho waters of tho Lehring and Arctic seaa. Owing to tbo prices which their ivory tuska were valued ot hunting of these pinnipeds becamo a eoutco of profit to the whalers. As a conscqucnco of indiscriminate slaughter their numbers have bzen sensibly reduced, aud csccpt around Bristol bay mud flats and upon Walrus island of tho Pribyloff group but few walrus ai'e now seen in the Alaskan seas. There i3 perhaps no animal in nature that appears so clumsy and so ill adapted to locomotion as this enormous brute. Upon land they aro utterly helpless. When striving to efr'cet a landing upon an ice floe or rocks they uso their fore flippers to hold on by and wait for tho assistance of each wave to hoist them up to tho desired spot. In hunting the walrus tho riflo is used by the natives, but it would be safe to say that within the past few years not more than a hundred have been killed between St. Lawrence island and Point Barrow, owing to their shy nature. While walrus ivory lias so depreciated in value that it does not pay to bring it to this port, a demand has sprung up for the hides, which have been found to make the finest and most UUraDtO isatner lor ueiLmjj jjuijjvsca. xuo use ol tho tusk3 that form the appendages to tha walrus' bead is to en&blo tho animal to dig for clams end other shell fish and also tho bu'.b : oots of sea weeds that are to bo found at tho mouths of the numerous small streams and creeks tliat Cow into the Arctic. WIIALE AND J3EA.K. School of white whale?beluga, or grampus?are tho first of the cetacean family that appear along tho Alaskan shores whea tho ico begins to break up. Their gleaming ~ whito color is sensibly visible as they gracefully clave tho dark green waters of tho sea, Following the ico pack as it drifts to north and west, these grampus seem to be tho forerunners of their gigantic brothers, tho bowhead whale balama, in their passage to tho northern waters. In hunting these white whales tho natives on IZotzebuo sopnd display great ingenuity. A fleet of kyacks spread into a semicircle incloses the school, ' ' '<!> graduallydri ving the affrighted fish into shallow water, until, being unable to escape by reason of grounding upon the beach, they fall easy victims to tho spear or harpoons of' their hunters. On the coast to the north of tho &ound tho riflo again serves as a weapon to kill tho beluga. White whale blubber resembles limburger cheeso in taste, while the flesh, if of a calf, is tender and palat cbio. T113 tins wnon Donea ana coverou with vinegar are an excellent substitute for pigs' feet. Urs;js Americanus or tha white polar bear is f.lso a food supplier for tho Mutes. The entcnt of bruin's travels in tlio Arctic region ure fur and wide. Observations by Capt. 1 Tr-nlof the United States revenue marine, f -ov j- the fact t.'tat the polar bear's southern limit of rungo St. Mathew island?(GO do^rec>, oJ ."uniit -3 north latitude; in the Behfing 1k>"that a few of theso bears svero teen * uao years ago near the Seal Islands. Pn-- '. y tho season va* a late one, in.1 they v.- . re seen u; on a large ice floe Irifting. At St. Mathews the polar boara javo lairs and dens ar -ng the rocky glens ;hat diversify that island. In summer tho hairy coat of tho polar jear turns to a dingy yellow, and its pelt ;hon becomes v-. less. These boars are ar ant cowards, and will not attack any one jnless there aro two or three ai company. V? soon as they Sicut a man approaching hey ran awav as <!ist r.s thev can. There iro b'jt few rotorus of a bear killing any lr.tivo along tho northwestern coast. Tho vlutcr; a: a \\ ry partial to white bear meat, >ut tho blubber they reject and even tha logs, unless t hoy aro very hungry, turn up heir nones at tho oily mass. It is almost an m;:os?ibi)ity to obtain an entire skin of any ;ind of bear. Tho Mutes throughout tho or* ilorv out. oi? tho head and claws end ilther throw them into tho eea or running vater ov else bury them in tho ground. This s done to cnablo tho hunters to kill more jears, ana the idea is that u the other bears eo tho head3 or claws of their dead friendu hey will laa^s the dkti let, " " 'N