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ED&EFIELD, 'S. C., JULY 10, 1878.
VOLUME IXXVIH.-flo.
G. L. PENN &
^DEALERS IN
s iii fag i -9 5 <5 ? 3|
GROCERIES,
TOBACCO, SEGARS, &o.
pow in Store lull stocks of all Goods ip the Drug: or Gro
cery Business, which are Fresh a:id Genuine, and which" we W?lfel1
as cheap as any other House.
(KT PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED day or night.
May?, tf 20
DAVID L. TURNER,
Healer tn
DrugsMediciue^ (jfoceries,
<fcc, ?fee,
-EdgeneloVS. C., '
If OULD respectfully state to his Friends and the Public Generally that
he has purchased of Dr. W. A. SANDERS, his Entire Stock, and will
keep on band full:supp3iesiof ,' J
fancy Goods, FozeigB. & Dornest ie Perfumery,
HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS, TOILET ARTICLES,
Bathing and Surgeon's Sponges;
Brandies, Wines and Whiskies for Medicinal Purposes,
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS, PUTTY,
Paint, Varnish and White Wash Brushes,
FULL SUPPLY OF ALL KINDS GARDEN SEEDS.
Together with a general assortment of .
GROCERIES, TOBACCO, LIQUORS, ?Sec.,
Such ns
BACON SIDES. H' 'T'T !>ERS, T AR?.
MACKEREL. FI.C
SUGARS, SYRUP:
RICE, CHEESE. J .. '
Soda,:Starch, Snaps
Citron, Currants, Ri
Almonds, Pecan Ni
Buckets, Tubs, Bro?
All of which will be sold av ww_. . . .0... A tra '? !
solicited.
Dr. Sanders will be on hand at all times to COMPOUND PRESCRIP
TIONS at the shortest notice.
D. L. TURNER.
Jan 2S tf 6
NOTICE
TO THE CITIZENS OF EDCEFIELD
E are receiving our SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, consisting of all
the Novelties pf the Season.
Our Stock is much larger than usual, and heyer more complete. Close
buyers will save money by giving it an inspection.
. Also, full line of FURNISHING GOODS on hand.
; WHITMAN & BENSON,
229 Broad Street, Aogusta, Ga., Opposite Masonic Hall.
Augusta, Ga., April 2 3m "15
V?
Bri ?. J. TEAGUE,
DRUGGIST,
JOHNSTON'S DEPOT, S. C.
?JAVING just opened a IFrug Slore at this place, I take this method
of informing my friends and tifa public generally that I now have in Store
a full line of
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Toltol Articles, Perfumery,
GLASS, PUTTY, KEROSENE OJh
Tobacco. Segar*,
In fact everything usually kent in a Drug Store,-all new and warranted|
genuine.. . t ?
' My prices are as low ac such Go-*<ls: cati be sold'id any market in the
Rame quantity.
T. J. TEAGUE.
Johnston's Depot, Feb If) Jv 9
MILLER, BIS?LL 4 BURUM
/
WHOLESALE 8ROGERS
Commission Meroh'ts
175 and 177 Broad Street,
Augusta, Ga.
Y/E are now iu receipt of our Fall Stock of GROCERIES, consist
ing in [?art of- ... .
Bv:on SIDE1}, Bacon SHOULDERS, Dry Salt SIPES,
SUGARS of all gniles.
SYltUPS-New Orleans and New York Drips,
MOLASSES. Rio. Laguyra and -Liva COFFEE,
TOBACCO, SALT, PEPPKR, SPICE, . 1^ .1
Crack?rs, Pickles. Cove Oysters,
CANNED GOODS consisting,of Peaches, Blackberries, Tomatoes, &c.
./1 /?tronw ." r?L_1, ?^ir_? _L__ KUI- "..j jr?..
We are also offering the moat complete and largest stock of BARRE
LIQUORS of any Soase in the City, and selling at prices that will indue
huy?rjsto purchase.pearer home than in Ea-tej-n markets.
To the Planters and Merchants of Edgefleld w* wooli ?take this occasion
to express oar thanks -for their past liberal patronage, *ui respect lu Hy re
quest a con*' lance of the same.
ftjy-B-nyiuff our Good-; for CASH, we are prepared to seil as iow, and oi(
times lower, than auy other J?Douae in the.Cityw ,
Augusta, Oct 9 tf 42
?-?J? &
? ? . My Dream.
-
A beautiful vision oft comes to me,
When the work of the day is done,
Whenmytieart throws off its weight of
care, at ,
And I sit in my room alone ;
"I dream of ahorne where no shadows
fall,"
Nor language of strife is heard,
Where anger and bitterness enter not,
But love breathes in thought and in
word
As I sit in that beautiful home
i Watching the sunset glow,
I hear a step on the graveled walk,
A step I have learned to know.
One stands on.the threshold, whose ten
' der love
.^Makes the world all bright to me ;"
Whose heart keeps the vow which his ,
lips have made, .
My own, and mine only to be.
But I waken, alas ! it was only a dream,
-, Like the fancies I used to weave,
Tn those far o If days of the happy past,
Ere my heart had learned to grieve ;
Well Fknow the lace I in dreams behold,
Thoush I have not seen, it seems for
years
I have neard that voice and its cherished
tones,
Which are the sweetest of earth to my
ears.
But I'm a sad and lonely woman now
No love words ?re breathed in my ears;
Life's lessons to me have been sternly
* taught
In weariness, pain and in tears.
But I love to sit in the twilight hour
While the shadows around me fall
And dream of that beautiful sunny home
Apd the love that's dearer than all.
Dow a Lawyer Worked all Night
in Preparing a Case.
The New Orleans Times tells the
following goo.d story :
s Among tile stirring recollections of
the history of our bench and bar
during the' past, twenty-five years,
chere has been unearthed one touch
ing two high legal ltfininaries -who, a
quarter of a century ago, were the
first at the bar, but wno are now,
alas, gone the way of all the earth.
The chief characters in the story
were a certain district judge and a
certain.district attorney, and the oc
casion w&s the trial of a very impor
tant case in which the district attor
ney represented the government, be
ing sued for claims that amounted to
many thousand dollars. The case
was fixed for trial, by jury, on the
day appointed, and at the appointed
hour, the Judge was on the bench, the
juiymen were in their places, but the
district attorney came not.
An hour-two hours passed-and
the patience ol' court and jury was
well nigh exhausted. Messengers
had been dispatched in all directions
for the laggard, but he could nowhere
be lound, when lo ! as the court was
about to adjourn in despair, th; gov
ernment representative appeared on
the scene, blowing like a porpoise
Tho court, in ruffled temper, deoinnd
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'-Nrlv^sr ..-c . - .. ... . . -"4
respei ' -sii . oiling I.-: i
-\*..; :.- . '. . wen (?'.?? I
gaged the whoie nignt in preparing
this case, his labors had prostrated
him, and the slight rest he sought
after his task was done became pro
longed slumber, from which he had
just awakened.
His honor looked daggers, but used
none-rather expressing himself sat
isfied with the explanation-and then
without delay the case was ordered
to proceed, and proceed it did vig
orously to a termination, marked by
an elaborate ami exhaustive argument
at the hands of the district attorney,
and a verdict in his favor a'fter only
a short deliberation.
After the adjournment of th? court,
the foreman of the jury dined with
the judge, when quite naturally there
came up the sut^pct of the recent .
suit, and the foreman dwelt at length
in terms of ardent praise on the faith
fulness, sacrifice and devotion to the
interests of his office of the district
attorney, instancing hjs labors of the
night before as evidence of " what
sort of man he was."
The judge smiled at his friend's re
marks. " Why do you laugh ?" said
the other. " Because the story is
enough to make a horse laugh. That
stuff he told about laboring all night
WH3 a confounded lie. I know it, for
(now th. is j? secret) I was with him
myself last night, and we played po
ker from early dark until long after
daylight this morning, and that was
the way he prepared himself foi- the
great case."
A LIVELY POSTOFFICE BUSINESS IN
MONTANA.-An amusing experience
which recently befell a special aejent
bf the postoifice department illus
trate* I he ideas which postmasters in
the far West enteEtain regarding the
dignity and importance of their posi
tion. The agent, commonly called
" Mac," while officially visiting va
rious offices in Montana Territory for
the purpose of correcting any irreg
ularities of postmasters, stopped at
Iron Rod. Going into the postoflice
he'foirnd the roofn divided into three
sections-first, a saloon next the
postoflice, and the last a faro bapk.
The mail bag was brought in, a rqugh
looking customer opened it and emp
tied the contents on the floor. The
entire crowd got d urn on their hands
a?;4 kpces and commenced overhaul
ing tiie lett^re, .among which several
were registered, and selected such as
they wanted. After they were through
the remaining letters were shoveled
into a candle box and placed on the
bar. The special agant, thinking the
office needed a little regulating, ask
ed the bar tender, who had received
and distributed the mail, if he was
postmaster.
fie answered, " No."
" Are you assistant postmaster?"
" No."
" Where is th" poatmaster?"
" Out mining."
" Where is the assistant postmas
ter ?"
" Gone to Hell's Canyon, and by
thunder Bill Jones has got to rim this
office next week ; its his turn."
The government official then asked
who he was, and demanded the keys
pf tlie office. The bar tender .coolly
tonk the candle boxfrpm the bar. put
it on on tile floor, apd gave it a ki?k,
sending it ont ot the dp??r, saying :
" There's your postoffice, and now
git."
The agent says : " Knowing the
customs of the country, I lost no time
in following this advice, and got."
That office was discontinued.
? _
Toe Soathern Admirers of Presi
dent Grant.
In a recent interview between Col.
Mosby and a reporter of the Rich
mond Dispatch, the former expressed
himself so much satisfied with the
administration of President Grant
that he will support him for a third
term. If necessary, he will take the
etump'to secure Gen. Grant's elec
tion ; and this admiration and at
tachment is said to arise from per
sonal friendship as well as from po
litical considerations. Mosby has
great faith in Gen. Grant's integrity,
and he considers him a man of more
than ordinary ability. In his con
duct toward the South he finds no
cause for complaint, but- on the con
trary his magnanimity excites within
him the liveliest "feeling of gratitude.
Mosby, and one or two prominept
men in the South constitute the rank
and file of General Grant's .admirers.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, is an ad
mirer of President Grant. He thinks
him a mau of strict integrity and of
generous impulses. He has no com
plaint against the President for his
action in the Louisiana case. Mr.
Wi^e, of Virgrtii?, is another friend
of President Grant ;. indeed, he is a
Giant man out and out-and these
three gentlemen constitute the South
ern trio. In their devotion to the
President they speak for themselves
and not for* the Southern people.
Mr. Stephens is entitled to entertain,
and to express his opinions favorable
to General Grant's character and
standing, and to justify his action in
the casi of Louisiana, and Colonel'
Mosby and Mr. Wise have a right to
vote for him and praise him tor his
generous conduct toward the van
quished. 'But in doing so, these dis
tinguished gentlemen represent their
individual opinions, and not thejviewH
or feelings of the Southern people,
who, with an unanimity almost un
precedented in the history of this
country, hold Grant and his adminis
tration responsible for the crimes
committed against liberty and law,
and the deep, burning wrongs against
the persons and property of the
Southern people. These outrages
have become matters of history, and
it will take something besides the
expressions of apologists like Col.
Mosby to reconcile the Southern peo
ple to Grant. Mosby state? that
Grant has appointed his friends to
office, and thinks it w.ould be well for
the South to take him up and run
Sim *or fhfi third form 'TN?a fawn
ti1:?:.;:: ?r o: rrw;-,ov ' ' . ?
. ti:-o upon I . - '. . <l
smites . .. J?ri* ...>. - .: . ; - .? ..r -r^*
cru~h?i? .*!? '?>...
cy-for cos - , oe j
grasp ol . ^ ., powerful
and vindictive party ; but that time :
has passed for the South. We have
eaten humble pie too long. Grant
aird the Radical party have done
their worst. What is it that they
have not done within the past eight. 1
years? Every species of insult, of
oppression, of spoliation, of robbery
have been perpetrated. Our people
have been dis.ranchised, and their
property has b-en .stolen and appro
priated by the Government, our laws 1
and our institutions have been sub- !
verted, 'and our State governments 1
have been overthrown and committed
to. the ignorant, and vicious, the '
licentious and corrupt. !
Gen. Grant's conduct .during the i
war we do not discuss here. We are I
dealing with him since the war-du- ?
ring his administration as President, i
And the outrages to which we have <
referred weie perpetrated upon the :
South during hjs administration. We
cannot, therefore, see with what self- 1
respect any Southern man can sup- >'
port President'Grant, or seek to palli
ate or justify his administration. His
whole conduct, so far as the South is 1
concerned, has been as bitter and un- j
relenting as if Ben Wade or Morton I
were in the chair. He has done all
that he cquld do to insult our people
and injure the South. Col. Mosby
and other men who seek to create a
public opinion in the South favora
ble to Grant have undertaken a hope
less and humiliating task. Grant will
have to do something besides giving
a few offices to the friends of Coi.
Mosby and others like bim. who have
friends tb reward, before the Southern
people,will forgive him. He must
make reparation for the wrongs done
in our days of sore distress and for
the deep humiliation heaped upon a
conquered country which He had the
power.and opportunity to prevent.
There mast be reparation, and there
must be contrition, . t ?o, on the part
of President Grant before there can
be any lasting reconciliation between
himself arjd' the' Sjoqthgrn peqpje.
Gol. Mosby represents himself in his
estjmate of thp President, but we
think we are warranted in hazarding
the ass?rtjon that pifblic opinion
South is against him.' .We know of
only three men in the South who
seek to justify President Grant, while
there are some fjve or six nqilliqps qf
people whp are convinced that his ?
administration has been a curse to |
the South. It may be, however, that
the three apologists of Grant are the
only wise men in the South, and that
the five or six millions who think
differently are fools. But we do not I
6ee it in this light.-Chronicle ? Sen
tinel.
WHAT Goop ROADS Do.-An ex
change truly says : Gjood roads bepe
fit every one residing along their
course. Good roads saye horse flesh ;
they facilitate the transp station of :
produce to market ; they save your .
temper; they increase the value of i
your land ; they lend attractiveness
to the. eye of .a stranger; they in
crease the traffic and business of a
town by ita vitality jn all the various
branches of trade. Show u? a town
which receives a large country trade
by means of the has roads leading
to it, and we will show you a place
that is lively, progressive^ari'd thrifty,
with money circulatingjolenty, and
men in all branches of rriaustry busy
as beavers.
Tbe Rhett-fooley Duel.
NEW ORLBANB, July 1:--A private
di8pach from Bay St. joni's 3tatea
Mont
be
Cooley and
r-in-chief of
Cooley was
. The diffi
icle publisk
a reply from
that a duel was fought
gomery station, this
tween ex-Judge Wm.
R. B. Rhett, Jr., edi;
the Picayune, in whicji
killed at the second sbj
culty grew out of an a:
ed in the Picayune,.and.
Judge Cooley, publishetfin the Times,
of the 27th. Gol. Rivett was not
touched. It is undersrood that Rhett
was the challenged parto.
NEW ORLEANS, Juljjfl.-A special
dispatch to the Timesfy dated Mont
gomery Station,, Mississippi via Bay
St. Louis, July .1, Baysjfcin the Rhett
and Cooley du.el .JudS? Cooley was
killed at the second firm- The parties
arrived at this place,-:; on the same
train at 10 o'clocjt thujgiorning. Mr.
Rt?ett was accoinmpaiwd by Messrs.
Chas. Roman ana Br. Burns and
Judge Cooley was amended by Col.
Geo. W. Carter and%Maj. McRae.
The weapons were double barrel shot
guns-one barrel wiq* loaded with
single bal1. DistanM; forty yards.
The ground was 'promptly selected,
the distance measurSt and parties
placed in position. 4ft the first fire
Rhett's shot ranged "high and Cooley's
to the right. Coole? delivered uk
fire first. At the second fire both
fired simultaneously Send Cooley fell,
mortally wounded % a shot enter
ing his left side ani&rpassing appa
rently through. his ??'ehrt. He ex
pired in six minutes without apparent
suffering, only speaking the words to
Dr. 'i?olliday, " I ap' shot through
the breast." The gentlemen engaged
in the affair 'exchanged the usual
civilities after the Second fire and
separated with' the impression of mu
tual respect and consideration.
NEW ORLEANS, July 1.--The Eve
ning Herald has t9T following par
ticulars of the duel0For several days
past this comniunit# has been much
excited by an apprehended duel be
tween Col. R. B. Rkjett, Jr., editor of
the Picayune, anaL Judge Wm. H.
Cooley, leading counsel in the case of
Hawkins vs the Picayune. Friday
Col. Rhett, sent a.. peremtory chal
lenge to Judge Cooley, which was ac
cepted-the meeting, however, to be
postponed until Tuesday, on account
of Judge Coo!ey'8:emgagem,ent to ar
gue a rule lor, a'-new- trial before
Judge Hawkins, which came up yes
terday. Duling the course 01 the*
argument Ju<\?e Cooly, in opposing a
. ?nery station, ....... ."" u ??? . . -
uuued, is a wild, sandy looking piace,
some four or five miles this side o? (
Bay St. Louis, where the road passes
through a wood ot tall pines, behind
which is an open field. Near by,
and on the line of the railroad, is a j
small cottage occupied by a family, \
but with this exception there ?ire no ??
residents nearer than three quarters j
of a mile. This difficulty is one ol '
the sad results ol' the iniquitous
Hawkins suit against the Picayune. '
Df which Col. Rhett is editor. In his 1
speech for the prosecution Judge '
Cooley made reflections upon the pa- '
per, which called forth an editorial i
in its next issue, pronouncing them 1
false. Judge Cooley then addressed 1
I communication to the editor, calling '
for explanations, which not being ac- [
:orded, he followed it up by publish- (
ing a card assailing Coi. Rhett. A 1
shallenge promptly followed and the 1
result is now before our readers. .
This is not tie first duel in which
Judge Octoley has been concerned. '
Some years before the war he met (
Dr. Kaufman, one of his parishioners, 1
upon the field of honor, and after an
exchange of shots an amicable ad- '
justment nf difficulties were made 1
and thereafter the parties became '
warm friends The bodv was brought 1
to the city this evening and left at '
Luzeberg Hospital. The funeral will J
take .place to-morrow morning. '
The following from the New Orleans 1
Times gives a full history of the ori- 1
gin of the difficulty. :
Yesterday morning the Picayune, 1
in au editorial, assailed me on account- \
of my argument in the Hawkins- ?
Picayune libel suit. . My statements (
to the jury were qualified as being 1
" malicious and wilfully false," As :
seen as I read the article I addressed '
a letter to Colonel R. B. Rhett,'Jr.,
the editor, which was handed to him
bv a friend. After reading it, Colo
nel Rhett stated that he, within
twenty-four hours, would answer;
and this t-.rae was granted. .To-day
I received his answer ; and I now 1
put before the people of New Orleans '
the two letters ; '
New ORLEANS, Jone 25, 1873. .1
R B. Rhett, Jr.,' Editor of Ike 1
Picayune : '
3IR- -In the Picayune, of this
morning, tinder, the caption of " Haw
kins vs- Pift+yine," you take the
liberty of. comment jug upo.n thednci
dent?' of the trial of the libel suit
against the paper. So far as you
deal in generalities, it is not my pur- ;
pose to ask you any explanation; but
in referring to me, under my own 1
name, you have been guilty of what
I consider a direct misrepresentation.
You refer to my concluding argument !
for the plaintiff, und say that I trav- '
eled out of tho record and m?srepre- ,
seiited facts because I knew no one
was to follow me awl show my mis
takes, winch you Qualify as not only
wilfully but maliciously false. In
this connection you allude and quote
from my argument as follows :
.? This canvass (of the Lynch re
turning board) was made-this result
proclaimed to the citizens of the
??tate of Loniaiana on the tfyei;t'th day |
december. What d^d the Picayune
j0? . Did the Picayune in {hg ty'?jptji1
of December say one word about it ?
iStylfc^ft?t H Word, Then ??mes the.
month of January. Did the Pica
yune in the month of January say
one word about it ? Not a syllable.
Another month is about to expire.
On the twenty-third of February,
two months and a half since' the ac
tion was committed, then it is that
the virtuous indignation of that very
.virtuous sheet is aroused, and it pub
lished this article.
* * * *
Why is it that they single out'
Judge Hawkins from the returning
board ? It was. not Hawkins solely
and singly who had perpetrated this
immense injury of which you had
complained. If anybody, did it, it
was the Board ; that Board was com
posed of five individuals. I ask you,
.it' you put yourselves forward as
champions of public liberty and pub
lic interest, and on that account
claimed exemption of damages for a
libellous article which you have
written, I ask you if you did that in
the interest of the publie, why didn't
you pitch into Longstreet, Lynch,
?ovee and Herrons ? I might sug
gest a reason, I will let you guess *
at it. Some people, yon know, it
don't do to trifle with.
In answer to this you pretend that
the Picayune had repeatedly de
nounced the returning Board previous
to your article against Judge Haw
kins, of the 23d of February, 1873.
No, sir, I was defending Judge Haw
kins against a charge of " perfidy,"
" perjury" and " bribery" in con
nection with his labors as a member
of the returning Board, and I took
occasion to tell the jury the Pica une
had made no such ' charges against
any other member pf that Board. \
now reiterate my language, and make
this proposition : If you can find and
show me, in any number of'the Pica
yu e, the words "perfidy," " perjury"
and " bribery" applied to any other
member of that Board, I shall pub
licly acknowledge I was wrong ; if
you cannot, you will inajte the ac
knowledgment of contradicting your
record.
Your obedient servant,
W. H. COOLEY.
NEW ORLEAN, June 20, 1873.
W. H. Cooley, Esa. ;
SIR-Your communication of yes
terday was received.
The editorial remarks in'the Pica
yune to which you refer were a reply
to a portion of your speech therein
quoted. You asserted that neither
?uring the month of December nor
January had the Picayune noticed
the canvass of the Ly noir. Returning j
Board and the result proclaimed, and J
that I had omitted noticing all the (
other members of the Board but "
Judge Hawkins. I controverted \
these assertions, and appealed to the 1
files of the Picayw\e to disprove 1
. :ae consider-1
In the meantime, I am, sir, your
)bedient servant,
R. B. RHETT, JR. .
The public will perceive from the
ibove correspondence that I made a
fair, honest and-manly offer to Col.
Rhett, viz: to publicly acknowledge
[ was wrong if he could show from
lis own files that from the 12th of
December, 1872, until the 23d of
F?druary, 1873, the Picayune bad
tsed toward any member of the
Lynch returning Board, except Judge
Hawkins, t he terms " perfidy, perjury
ind bribery ; ' provided that he agreed
;o admit that he had spoken incor
.ectiy in the article of yesterday
norning, if he could not prove what I
lenicd. The valiant and truthful
Colonel dodges the issue in his letter
o me and very complacently refers
ne to the files of his paper from De
ieinber 12th, 1872, to February 23d,
[873. I had already examined these
iles, and knew that Colonel lihett
:ould not prove by them that I had
nisstated the Picayune and I presume
hat Col. Rhett employ ?d the twenty
bur hours of delay he churned, and
vas allowed to answer my note to
lim, in e.prqir.jng those file* himself;
mc] after satisfying himself therefrom
?bat he was fairly caught, he refused
ihe proposition I made to him. Col.
Rhett having written in the Picayune
;hat I n.ade assertions to the jury
ivhich were "malicious and wilfully
false," and having subsequently ie
"used my fair, honest and honorable
>fler to decide which of us is correct,
t publish hi tu to the people of New
Dtleans a? an unmitigated* calumnia
tor, a deliberate and wilful falsifier,
in artful dodger, and, withal, a
thorough-paced braggart.
VV. H. COOLEY.
NeV Orleans, June 26, 1873.
Sayings of Josh Billings.
All successful flirts, I^vfl ?/iiarp
eyes, one they fceep on you and one
Dn thc; ether phellow.
Don't uever quarrel with a loafer,
?kurality is hiz trade; you never-can
make him ashamed, but he is sure
tew make yu.
Man is a highly educated, uni (uah
Don't never p|',rove?y, young matt,
for if you phrovesy wrong nobody
will forget it, and if you phrovesy
wright nobody will remember it.
Genuine grief iz like penitence
not klamerpn8? but subdued. Sorrow
from the housetops and penitence in
a mftrket place shows more ambishun
than piety.
About the best thing that experi
Bnce kan du far us is tew learn us
how tew enjoy mizery. .
The reazen why so few people are
happy in, this world iz behause they
tnista'ko their boddys for their souls.
We are poor, not from what we
need, but from what we want ; ne
cesety3 are not only natural, but
cheap..
Vain, men should bo treated az
boys treat bladders-blow them up j
till they bust. j ?
It ia a grate art to be superior tew i j
others without letting them know it.! (
Thare is not only p'hun hut there
iz virte\y in a barty iaff; animals
can't latf'i *nd devils won't.
<?... J .Ki
Vouilou Festival' ia New Orleans.
. From tlie New" York World.
NEW ORLEANS, June 2&.-Last !
night the annual Voudou festival of j
the negroes was held along the bor- j
ders ol the .Bayou St. John and the,
Old Lake. A more .disgusting sight
it has never been my- lot to witness.
An immense number of men and
women congregated in the evening at
particular places, and at a given sig
nal'they all divested themselves ofj
their clothes to actual nakedness. I
Bonfires vere built all a?ongthe shores
of the lake, and the whole appear-,
ance was such as would almost strike'
terror into a stoat hfeart. The horrid
orgies were inaugurated by one wild,
unearthly yell, in which all the as
sembled crew joined their voices, and
for a moment afterwards'there w'as a
fearful silence? The " worshippers of
the demon" then' contemplated their
naked forms, upon, which the fire
shone with a ghastly effect, and with
a hideous yell they began to dance
around the fires, singing weird songs
and occasionally bursting forth into
a wild, and piercing laugh. T*he
songs that they sang could not be
identified with, any living lan
guage, but' seemed to be a commu
nion of languages.,, as, occasionally, :
you would be awe to distinguish gen- i
uine English words, German and
Fr?nela. Around these bonfires they 1
kept revolving with joined" hands for 1
over ?n hour and a half without ;
ceasing, uttering their horrid yells i
and singing their wild unearthly
songs. . On all occasions a woman !
presides over these orgies, under the
name, of. ''Queen? of tho Voudou," '
and when they cease dancing round !
the fires they go forward and make i
their submission at Her Majesty's >
feet, who is usually seated on an eie- '
vated mound or a large rock. This j
Queen retains her title and dignity ;
during life, provided bhe conducts I
things with a proper grace, and she 1
is usually chosen out of the most so
cially elevated class of negroes in the
locality. On thia ?occasion the old i
jtreen, Marie Lavody, did not attend
)n account of illness, and her emblem J
if power, a garland of flowers round
:he head, was worn by one Mammy !
Caroline, who has already been named ;
md acknowledged as the successor 1
tb the queenly dignity. After the ]
ireft part cf the performance was I
)ver, Queen Caroline held her court ]
a an old house on Hie. banks of the '
xtypu, where she shone forth in all ]
;he resplendence ol' her nude beauty. <
[ saw. with regret, that these deg ra- I
.ting orgies' were participated in by a <
i'oung white giri, about eighteen <
'ears of age, and possessed of more *
.han ordinary beauty.. This hideous i
.evel was prolonged . till a late hour
lire vi tii's ?mu L?V?UCSJ
f?g~ A man of seventy-three and a wo
llan of sixty-nine eloped from West
Amesbury, last week, because their
hildren objected to their marriage.
EST An Irish physician was called to
ixaminc the corpse of another Irishman,
vho had been assassinated by some of |
lis countrymen. "This poison," said
ic, after inspecting the body, "was so
ll that if he had not been murdered, he
vould have died half an hour before."
jittt-Tlie Humboldt Journal's poet
?rings out the following-version,
Mary had a little lamb,
Tu as always on its muscle,
She nulled the wool out of irs hack,
And studed it in her bustle.
There is an Irishwoman of gigan
ic strength in St. Paul. One morning
ho lifted a burrel of sugar from the
;round into a cart. The next evening
he presented her husband with twins
?wo days after she did the washing for a
amily ol' ten (iersous.
ty A story-teller in one of the litera,
y weeklies exclaims: "Ah, what is
boro moro unendurable than unrequited
ove I'' Nothing, nothing ! Ile who loves,
nd knowingly loves in vain, experiences
ll tho unutterable,agony the true Chris
tan feels cm hearing ol' thc painful ill
less of his-niother-in-Jaw.
;.-r The retiring editor of a Kansas
taper "valediets" hirirself as follow.
'If I haveVsoid anything through the
oin nins thatXam sorry for I am glad
if ii. To my friends*I thunk you for
rour liberality, and to my enemies, you
ian go to the devil."
$&. Josh Billings saya : "I hav? often
jooii told that thc best'way is to take
mil by the horns ; but I think, iu many
nstanees, I should pref-ur thc tail hold."
?afir-A Methodist clergyman in this
ionferenoe was recently .no deeply im
ircssed with tho evil of chewing tobacco
hat he gave up the habtti and went to
smoking.
.3$*--aenatnr Scott was talking to a j
Pennsylvania Sunday school, a Sunday
?r two ago, and asked tho scholars why
simon was kept in prison. One of the
cachera quietly prompted a boy to say
hat it was for a hostage, and the youth,
mt quite.catch.iug.the words, piped out ? j
' Fn was detained tbr'postage.*'
TJT- A New Hampshire farmer scouts
he idea-'of taking a newspaper at two
vhole dollars a year, and posts a notice
m thu schoolhouse that "2 hoggs hov
rude or bin stoolen" from him.
fiST An exchange says. Tho Turks
lave little need of newspapers. When
inything happens it is told to the wo
llen, and circulates like air in a gale of |
grind. The Turkis are behind the Wes
;em nations in many things, but certain
y they'have the most beautiful circula
pig medium in the world.
There was a desire on tho part Of I
,he teacher to make a scholar miders! an? 1
?.hat conscience is. She Baid : " What
nakes you feel bad after you have done
arong." " My pap," said the youth,
feelingly.
?ST* A man named Tease went to see a
lady named Cross,' and teased her until
??io' conserit?d't?' bo Cross no more.
gSF A steam-boat on the Mississippi
passed a drowning mah. The unfortu
nate man striiggred, floundered, and
ioreamod for dear life in the water. The
pilot of tlie steamboat yelled to him to
"standup!" He did so, and found the
water scarcely knee deep.
h .UOjYWl > ? I
How lo Uve Cheaply?
I Says the Golden Age : One bf the
j subjects talked and "written about a
good deal at the present time is how
to live cheaply. Prices of all the
great styles of life are high. Rents
.ire enormous;. Fashions are exacting.
Wants multiply, while resources di
minish. H'jw to make strap and
buckle meet is the problem which
presses on hundreds of housekeepers
of the middle class. The difficulty
in the problem is to reconcile the ir
reconcilables. The midddle class
generally want all the fine things, all.
the style and display of wealthy
neighbors. T*he problem would sim
plify itself at once, would the middle
class family cease trying to appear
what it is not, and be conteut to ap
pear and be thought just whai-it is.
It is what is done to keep up appeai
ances that destroys the equilibrium
between outgo and income, and makes
life a drudgery and vexation. '
How to live cheaply is a question
easy enough to answer if one will be
content with a cheap living. Substi
tute comfort for show. Put conveni
ence in the place of fashion. Study
simplicity. Refuse to be beguiled
into a style of living above what is
required by your position in society
and is justified by your resources.
Set a fashion of simplicity, neatness^
prudence and inexpensiveness, whirh
others will be glad to follow and
thank you for introducing. Teach
yourself to do without a thousand
md one pretty arid showy things
which wealthy people purchase, and
pride yourself on being just as happy
without them as your rich neighbors*
?re with them. Put so much dignity,
sincerity, kindness, virtue and love
into your simple and inexpensive .
home that its members will neyer
miss the costly fripperies and showy
adornment of fashion, and be happier
in the cosey and comptable Apart
ments than most of their wealthy
a?ighibors are in their splendid estab
lishments.
It does not follow that in order to
live cheaply one must live meanly.
The great staples of life are not cost ?
ly./ Taste, refinement,' good cheer,
wit and even elegance are inexpen- 1
sive. There is no trouble about
young people marrying with no outfit
but health, and love, and an honest
purpose, ..provided they will practice
the thrift and prudence to which their
grandparents owed all their success,
ind make their thought and love sup- ?
ply what th .-y lack in the means of
iisplay. "Those who begin life at the
;op of the ladder generally tumble
while those who begin at the foot 1
acquire steadiness, courage and
itrength of arm and will as they '
rise.
I i.tx A U1H? Uart Vu< . - ti? t '.?. '.
valk into a grocery store and order * *
>arrel of sugar or a sack of coffee, .
ir into a law office and demand a le 1
;al op'nion from its occupant,'or into (
m undertaker's and request a coffin, j
without expecting to pay for their 1
eepective wares or services, as into (
i newspaper office and demand the
ise of its brains aud muscle and ?
ype, without ? thought of recom- (
tense. 3. That hereafter all person- j
il or political m.itter, having for its (
ibject the jjroniotion of individual (
brtune or ambition, shall be treated ]
ixactly as other business matter, and ^
..barged, at the. option of publishers. ?
us editorial advertising. 4. That dead fi
Katine-political ..persoual and com- c
nereial-on the Missouri press, is t
' played out." 5. That any editor [
>r publisher who fails to carry out c
hese resolutions in the letter and \
ipi rit, shall cease to be regarded as (
i member of this association. ]
Enjoy tue Present. 1
It conduces much to our content if i
?ve pass by tnose things which hap- \
pen to our trouble, and consider what i
s pleasing and prosperous, that by <
che representation of the better the
worse may be blotted out. If I be
jverthrown in my suit at law, yet my ?
iioitse ?3 left me still and my laud ;
DI- I have a virtuous wife, or hopeful '
?hildren, or kind friends, or good '
liopes. If I have lost one child? it *
may be I have two or three still left 1
cue. Enjoy the present, whatsoever 1
it may be, and be not solicitous fe;
the future ; for if you take your foot 1
from the present standing, and thrust '
it forward to to-morrow's event, you 1
ire in a restless condition ; it is like :
refuging to quench your presetit thirst
by tearing you will want drink the 1
next day. If to-morrow you should 1
want, your sorrow would eom- time 1
enough, though you do not hasten it; :
let your trouble tarry till its own day
20mes..' Enjoy the blessings of this"
day, if God sends them, ard the evils 1
af it bear patiently and sweetly, for
this day is ours. We are "dead to
yesterday, and not yet born to the '
morrow.-Exchange.
There is a woman in Washington
who has buried five husbands. Re
cently she married a sixth. Upon
the day of the wedding a man ca lied
at the house of the groom, asked for
that gentleman, and proceeded to
measuro his body with a tape line.
The infatuated groom entertained an
idea that this "might, perhaps, be a
mau sent round by his tailor. After
th? ceremony in chureh. however, the
husband was surprised to observe the
same person standing in the vestibule
and winking furiously at the bride
as the party came out to the car
riages. Just as they were starting
off the mysterious being put his head
into the carriage wipdow, ^nd whis
pered to the bride :
?i Got. a ready made one that'll just
suit-' him ! Beautiful fit-beautiful 1"
When the happy mam- demanded
thename of the individual, the bride
.brushed, and said she believed he
waa soriie kind of an undertaker.
Then the mun was not so happy. He
was hardly happy at all, and a cer
tain gloom seemed to overcast the
honeymoon. Perhaps the undertaker
was too prompt, litt sun. w-, ii*c
to see a man take au intern in titi
business.
A STRANGE ROMANCE.--Tho two
Canadian cities, Montreal and Que
bec, have a romance to share between
them. Thirty years ago this summer
a three year-old boy was left without
his uurse to play upon hie father's
door-step in the latter city, and when
his pare?te searched for him he was.
nowhere to be found. Detectives
were placed on track, advertisements
wer? inserted in the journals and re
wards were offered, but. the little
wander r, could not be found, and
his'family have since mourned him
as dead. The father of the child
was named Richards, and a friend of
his recently visiting Montreal, ano
having occasion to ouy a hat went
into the store of a hatter named
Richmond. The resemblance of the
proprietor to his friend at home struck
the purchaser, and he questioned
him concerning his history. The
man said that when a child he had
been stolen from Quebec by an Indi
an woman whom he had regarded as
his mother, until on her death-bed
she confessed her act and g?ve him a
name as near like that his father
bore as she could remember. After
the squaw's death the youth tried to
find his parents, but bearing a differ
ent name abd having bnt a vague
clue he was unsuccessful and settled
himself down to the business in which
he was found. The mother came on
to Montreal, and by certain birth
mirks, the strawberry mark perhaps,
identified him as her son which is t?e
latest development ot the romance
up to date.
. Curiosities of Journalism.
How THEY READ NEWSPAPERS,
UNCLE NED first hunts up a funny
thing, then laughs with a will.
Aunt Sue first reads the stories,
then turns to the marriages, births
and deaths.
The laborer looks only to the
" wants." hoping to find a ' better
opening in .his business. ?
Miss Flora seeks out the new ad
vertisements, t? ascertain the newest
importations in bonnets and kids.
Mr. Pleasure Seeker turns to the
amusement column, anddecides which
entertainment will afford him the
greatest enjoyment.
Mi-s Prim drops a tear-first over
the marriages, then over the deaths,
for, says she, " one is as bad as the
Dther."
Mr. Politician commences with the
?ditorial, then scans the telegraph,
jading his perusal with the speeches
juotea.
,r p iT&ssbr- ?lowly examines the '
. hctori ' . ut K and
<'v rotor** . bis
r
un,
.-.as
Sir. M ?rei u* . foi tba acu
len . tn miers . :': i?t - i '.'?8,
: b : ? ...i.--. ^ ..Ith
?? r ? i ?O it -.zing
?V*. yiOnai.
But- why extend the iisi. I'jach
ndividual reads for himself, and if
?ach does not find a column or more
a his' particular tfiste, the paper is
nsipid, the editor lazy and deserving
)f censure.
A MAN WHO NEVER OWED MORE
THAN FIVE CENTS.-A correspondent
>f the Fredericksburg Ledger, wri
;:ng from Essex county, mentions the.
loath of a. remarkable and worthy
)ld gentleman of Richmond oounty,
Mr. John B. Sisson, iu the eightieth^
rear of his age. He was an indus
irious man, and had accumulated
i ?rae property, which he left co his
inly daughter. He was a soldier in
?he war of 1812. He often remarked
?hat he never owed any one but five
lents during the eighty years of his
?fe, and that was a balance on a bill
)f. goods purchased of old Mr. Hutt.
ie said he could not sleep that night
because of his owing five cents, and
ie got up very early the next mora
ng, went t.o see Mr. Hutt, and paid
;!ie five cents. Never before or af
;jrwards did he owe any person one
?ent.
A LOAFER'S SOLILOQUY.-I wish
[ knew where to get a cent, I do.
Blest if I dont emigrate to Kamtr
?chatka to to dig gold. Money's
scarcer than wit ; can't live by nei
ther-at least I can't. Sold the last
sid shirt, pawned my boots for three
cents, and went home ric i as a lord.
'I told my landlady I had a hun
dred thousand #dollars, and wanted
the i .est room rn'the house. Insulted
me by saying the attic was too good
for me.
'I am an injured individual. So
2iety persecutes me. I don't do so
ciety any harm, as I knows of. I
ion'trob widder's houses. I don't know
no widders. I don't put the bottle
to my neighbor's lips. I ain't got
no neighbors, and the fact is I'don't
own any .bottles. Couldn't fill *ei
if I did.
'I'm an innocent man. Nobody]
can look me in the face and say'
ever hurt 'em-nobody; and yet
havn't got a roof to lay my head be
neath. My old landlady rated m<
why? I couldn't pay, and left. 'Caue
why-! ain't it better to dwell in th?
corner of the house-top than with
brawling VT oman in a wide house
top ; but if I had a corner it wouldn j
be safe, would it? I'm a despera^
man, I'd go to work, if it wasn't fo
my excessive benevolence. I'm afean
of taking the bread out of somebody]
mouth.
Besides, wisdom's the princi]
thing; don't the good boob say
What's money to wisdom ? Ain'tl
studying character?
If a man kicks me because I.car
Say for my licker, ain't I getting oj
erstanding ? Ain't it a lesson in "
man nature ?
I'm told the world owes me a
ing.
When isifcgoing to pay, I wondc
I'm tired waiting L
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