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C., at Augusta market prices on day of de livery. Will not buy anything I below Strict Low Middling. THOMAS BARRETT^ Jr., Pres't Langley M'f'g Co. JONES'S FIGHT. A STORY OF KENTUCKY. Col. Dick JoDes was decidedly the great man of the village of Summerville. He was colonel of the regiment-he had been spoken of as candidate for governor-in was at the head of the bar in Haw kins county, Kentucky, and figured otherwise largely in public life. His legal opinion and advice were highly valued by the senior part of the population-his dress and ti?ste were law to the juniors-his easy, affable, and attentive manner charmed all the matrons-his dig nified politeness captivated the young ladies-and his suavity and condescension delighted the little boarding-school misses. He pos sessed a universal smattering of information-his manners were th? most popular; extremely friendly and obliging, lively, and witty ; and, in short, he wae a very agreeable companion. Yet truth requires it to be ad mitted, that Col. Dick Jones was professionally more specious than deep, and that his political ad vancement was owing to personal partiality more than superior merit -that his taste and dress wero of questionable propriety; for in stance, he occasionally wore a hunting-shirt white fringed, or a red waistcoat, or a fawn-skin one, or a calico morning-gown of a small yellow pattern, and he in dulged in other similar vagaries in clothing. And in manners and de portment, there was au air of harm less (true Virginian breed and Kenfuck}' raised) self-conceit and swagger, which, though not to be admired, yet it gave piquancy and individuality to his character. If further particulars are re quired, I can only state that the colonel boarded at the Eagle hotel to the dances or pum^o, -j bringing out the smallest ones. Fie rode a high-headed, proud looking sorrel horse, with a streak clown his face; and he was a gen eral referee and umpire, whether it was a horse swap, a race, a rifle match, or a cock fight. It so chanced, on a time, though Doh Joues was one of the best-na tured of men, that he took um brage at some report circulated about him in an adjoining county ?nd one of his districts, to the 3lTect that he had been a federalist during the last war; and, instead of relying on the fact of his being a i-chool-boy on Mill Creek at that time, he proclaimed, at the tavern table, that the next time he went over the mountain to court, Bill Patterson, the reputed author of the slander, should either sign a liebill. fight, or run. This became narrated through the town-the case and argument of the difference was discussed among the patriarchs of the place, who generally came to the conclu sion that the colonel had good cause of quarrel, as more had been said of him than an honorable man could stand. The young store boys of the village became greatly interested, conjectured how the fight would go, and gave their opinions what they would do under similar circumstances. The young lawyers, and young M. D's, as often as they were in the colonel's company, introduced the subject of the expected fight. On such occasions, the colonel spoke care lessly and banteringly. Some good old lady spoke deprecatingly, in the general and in the particular, that so good <md clever a young man as Col.Dick should set sobad an example ; and the young ladies, and little misses, bless their dear little innocent souls, they only consulted their own kind hearts, and were satisfied that he must be a wicked and badman that Col. Jones would fight. Spring term of the courts came on, and the lawyers all started on^ their circuit, and with them Col. Jones went over the mountain. The whole town was alive to the1 cons?quences of this trip, and5 without much communion or un derstanding on the subject, most' of the population either gathered at the tavern at his departure, or noticed it from a distance, and he1 rode off, gaily saluting his ac-^ quaintances, and raising his hat toi the ladies, on -both sides of the street aj? he passed out of town. Fronk that time, only one sub ject engaged the thoughts of the good people of Summerville ; and on the third day the common salu tion w?B, "Any news from over the mountain?" "Has any one come down the road?" The fourth, fifth, and sixtircame, and still the pub lic anxiety was unappeased; it had, with the delay, become insuf ferable,1'quite agonizing; business and occupation was at a stand still ; a doctoi-or a constable would not ride to the country lest news of the fight would arrive in their absonce. People in crossing the squaw, or entering or coming out of their houses, all had their heads turned up that road. And many, though ashamed to confess it, sat up an hour or two past their usual bed time hoping some ono would re turn from court. Still all was doubt and uncertainty. There is an unaccountable , perversity in these things that bothers conjec ture. I watched the road from Louisville two clays to hear of Grey Eagle boating Wagner, on which I . had one hundred dollars staked of borrowed money, und no one came; though before that, persons passed every hour. On the seventh morning, the un easy public were consoled by the certainty that the lawyers must be homo that day, as court seldom held a week, and the universal re solve seemed to be that nothing was to be attended to until they were satisfied about the fight. Storekeepers and their clerks, sad dlers, hatters, cabinet-makers, and their apprentices, all stood out at the doors. The hammer ceased to ring on-the anvil, aud the bar keeper would scarcely walk in to put away the stranger's saddle-bags, who had called for breakfast ; when 8Uddenlv. a VO?nrr w- A1- ' ywiu.. .-~.-, v~~.. v- - general reconnoissauce of the road made, and before long, doubt be came certainty, when one of the company declared he knew the colonel's old sorrel riding-horse, "General Jackson," by the blaze on his face. In the excited state of the public mind it required no ringing of the court-honse bell to convene the people ; those down street came up, and tho&2 across the square came over, and all gathered gradually at the Eagle Hotel, and nearly all were pissent by the time Col. Jones alghted. He had a pair of green spicks on. his right hand in a sling, vith brown paper bound round llb wrist; his left hand held the bridb, and the forefinger of it wrapped with a linen rag "with care." Che of his ears was covered with a nuslin scrap that looked much Hie the countrywomen's plan of ?vering their butter when coming b market; his face was clawed at over, as if he had had it raked ly a cat held fast by the tail ; hishead was unshorn, it be ing 'toe delicate an affair," as * * * * said about his wife's chaftcte:. His complexion sug gessd aa idea to a philosophical yomg man present, on rhich he wt)te a treatise,dedicated to Arthur Taipan, proving that a negc wa only a whiteman well pum meled; and his general swelled apearance would induce a belief heiad led the forlorn hope in the steming of a beehive. .'he colonel's manner did not e*ctly proclaim ''the conquering bro," but his affability was undi unished, and he addressed them ith, "Happy to see you gents ; bw are you all?" and then at impted to enter the tavern; but uck Daly arrested him with, Why, colonel, I see you have had skrimmage. How did you make t? You didn't come out at the ittle eeud of the horn, did you?" No not exactly, I had a tight fit f it, though. You know Bill 'atterson; he weighs one hundred nd seventy-five pounds, has not n ounce of superfluous flesh, is as traight a^ an Indian, and as ac ive as a wild cat, and as quick as owder. and very much of a man, assure you. Well, my word was ut to lick him ; so I hardly put p my horse before I found him at he court-house door, and, to give im a white man's chance, I pro-r posed alternatives to him. He said his daddy, long ago, told him never, to give a liebill, and he was not good at running, so he thought he had best fight. By the time the word was fairly out, I hauled off, and took him in the burr of the ear that raised a singing in his head that made him think he was in Mosquito town. At it we went, like killing snakes, so good a man, so good a boy ; we had it round and round, and about and about, as dead a yoke as ever pulled at a log chain. Judge Mitchell was on the bench, and as soon as the cry of "fight" was raised, the bar and jury ran off and left him. He shouted, "I command tho peace," within the court-houBO, and then ran out to see the fight, and cried out, "I can't prevent you!" "fair fight!" "stand back!" and he caught Parson Benefield by the collar of the coat, who he thought was about to interfere, and slung him on his back afc least fifteen feet. "It was the evenest and longest fight everfougbtj everybody was tired of it, and I muBt admit, in truth, I was-" (here he made an effort to enter the lavern). But several voices called out, ''Which whipped? How did you come out?" "Why, much as I tell you ; we had it round and round, about and about, over and under. I could throw him at rastle. but he would manage some way to turn me. Old Sparrowhawk was there, who had seen all the best fighting at Natchez under the hill, in the days of Dad Girty and Jim Snodgrass, and he says my gouging wa*? beauttful; one of Bill's eyes is like tbe mouth of an old ink bottle, only as the fellow siad. describing the jackass by the mule, it is more so. But in fact, there was no great choice be tween us, as you see. I look like dappe.v, and hitting him awkward ly, I sprained my wrist ; so, being like the fellow, who, when it rained mush, had no spoon, I changed the suit and made a trump-and went in for eating, In the scuffle, we fell, cross and pile, and while he was chawing my finger, my head WUB between his legs ; hiB wollen jean britches did not taste well, but I found a bare place, where the 3eat had worn out, and meat in ibundance; so I laid hold of a *ood mouthful, but the bit came mt ; and finding his appetite still jood for my finger, I adopted Doc :os Bones', the toothsmith's, patent Datent method of removing teeth vithout the aid of instruments, md I extracted two of his incisors, md then I could put my finger in )r out at pleasure. However, I shall 'of one time have an excuse for rearing gloves without being bought proud." (He now tried o escape under cover of a laugh.) But vox populi again." "So you anned him. did you?" "How did he fight finish?" "You were not )flrted?" "You fought it outdid rou?" The colonel resumed, "Why, here is no telling how the fight night have gone; an old Vir ;inian, who had seen Francesco, ,nd Otey, and Lewis, and Blevins, ,nd all the best men of .the day, aid he had never seen any one tami np to the fodder better than re did. W" had fought round and ound, and ab?tit and about, all ver the court yard, and, at last, ust to end the fight, everybody ,ra8 getting tired of it; so at -a-a-st, I hollored." TO EXPEL SCROFULA from the system, take MER'S Sarsaparilla the standard blood-purifier and tonic. It Cures Others will cure you. Bills of Sale and Mortgages of ersonal and real estate for sale at ae ADVERTISER offico. In the lield of ^fissions-The Digeringof The Well. Christian at Work. The following may be found, in substance, in the journal of the Rev. John G. Paton, a missionary to the New Hebrides, and show? what instrumentalities are used by Providence in redeeming men from the darkness of heathenism. The island of Aniwa, unlike the others of the group, which are hilly and mountainous, is flat, a mere coral formatiou just above tho sea. Its structure is very porous, so that although much water falls during the rainy sea son it drains rapidly into the sea. Frequently the impro aident natives are confined to. the water found in green cocoanuts, which although more delightful than the best of lemonade, soon becomes stale when used as a regular diet. Hence, water is much prized on the island, and what is gathered during the rains is husbanded as long as possible. So zealously is it guarded that it was found that lt was dangerous for the missionary to attempt to fill his casks from a near pool at hand where the water gathered for a little while after a shower. Mr. Paton could not keep house without waler; so after viewing thc landscaps o'er, he came to the conclusion .that at a certain spot near by a living sup plv might be obtained by sinking a well. He at once set about his un dertaking. As a first step he told his friend the chief that he was going to dig a well-hole and see if Jesus would not send them up fresh waler from below. "Why, Missi is crazy," said the old chief. "His head is going wrong. He must ba watched." However, the well was commen ced, and the compassionate chief premium with the yonng fellows idling about on guard. Having anticipated the fatigue, Mr. Paton had some large ones in his vest pocket; taking one out and holding it up, he ssid. "One of these to every man who 51Js and empties three buckets jut of this hole." Such a rush tor buckets by the poung fellows vas never seen in Aniwa before. But the shaft lowered ?lowly, and one morning ie found it caved in. The result was a great powwow vith the natives again, who iarnestly dissuaded him from dig ing any farther. But the brave missionary was resolute, and after curbing the )ortion dug, the work went on. The fishhooks gave out. Then knives, axes, atc, were used to lire them with. After the cave-in lot a native could be induced for ove of hooks or axes to go down nto that hole. "No, Missi," they said, "you go lown and we'll hoist the dirt up rith the windlass." But one day Mr, Paton found he earth and coral began to be [amp. That evening he said to he chief commanding the ^ateliers "I think that Jehovah Jod wili give water to-morow rom the hole." "No, Missi, " replied the chief, it will never rain from the ground f this island." Next morning the missionary rent down in the well at daybreak nd sunk a small hole about two Bel eu. Then, O joy, the water -elled up : He tasted it. It was resh. Falling on his knees he raised the Lord for living water. The chiefs and the guards were tanding .close by. Warriors a* hey were, not one was brave nough to go to the edge of the ell and look down. So taking n empty jug he filled it with aternow partially settled, and mt it up. The oldest chief tasted ; ; rolling it in his mouth for a ?oment he swallowed it, and lounted "Rain ! Rain ! how did ou get it?" "Jehovah, my God, has given it i answer to labor and prayeJ." Then they concluded to look at ;. Grasping one another firmly y the hand in a loug line, the rst leaned over and looked, and then passed to the rear of the line ; all in tum gazed, "It is too good to last,'' said the chief. "No," said the missionary. "It is living water, which always Sows." "^e??y^Sf^Iissi, will j ou and your family drink" it -all. pr_ shall we also have some?". "It is God's gift, and is for you and all your people." "Then, Missi, we may use it as our very own?" "Yes, whenever you wish it, and as much as you need." The chief looked *long and earn estly at the missionary. At last fully convinced, he and the guard went to work with a will and! wall ed it with coral rock. It wt?s eight feet in diameter at the surface, and six feet at the bottom. The next Sabbath the chief said to Mr. Patton : "Let me preach a little, this morning." It was a grand sermon. The pith of it, however^was the closing sen tences: "The Jehoval^^^od has sent US rain from theIfpj?P Why should he not send his' Son from heaven? Namaki stands up for Jehovah." That well destroyed heathenism in Aniwa. Idolatry was rooted out. The chief appointed a committee to ferret out every idol in the island. They put on clothing, and every man who did not ask a bless ing at meals was regarded as a heathen. This was speedily fol lowed by universal family prayer, and everp mark of Christian civil ization. The President's New Order. New York World. President Cleveland's new or dc re quiring that "White House visitors no matter what their political, official, legislative or social status ? at; nence have complained ot same treatment. Thursday an in cided occurrel that caused a great deal of unplesaut talk and may have an unplesant sequel. Several members of the Board of General Managers of the National Soldiers Home, now in session in this city called at the White House to pay their respects to President Cleve land, who isex-officioa member of the board. Among those in the party, it is understood, were Gen William B. Franklin, ex-Senator W. J. Sewell, of New Jersey ; Col. 3am Fes8endeu, of Connecticut, md others. Word was biought Dut in answer to their cards that the President could not see them. Thinking that this message must be a mistake of the messenger, he svas aent back with an intimation to that effect. He returned with the statement that the President regretted that he could not see them besause of a press of public Dusiness, but that if they would jail again during the afternoon he vould try to receive them. The gentlemen, it is said, became in lignant at the treatment and left he White House saying that they vouid not call during the afternoon >r at any other time. The Thirst For Thc Infinite. "I feel myself the future life. I ,m like a forest which has more han once been cut down. The iew shoots are strouger and livelies han ever * * * Winter is in my head and eternal spring is in my heart. Then I breathe, at this hour, the ragrance of the lilies, the violets ,nd the roses as at twenty years, rhe nearer I approach the end tho ilaiuer I hear aroud me tho im mortal symphonies of the world rhich unite mo. It is marvelous, et simple. * * * For haifa cent ry I have been writing my noughts, * * * but I feel that I ave not said the thousandth part f wnat is in me. When I go down 5 tho grave I can say,like so many thers/I have finished my day's rork'; but I cannot say 'I have avfinished my life. My day's work ill begin again the next morning, 'he tomb is not a blind alley, it \ a thoroughfare. It closes in ie twilight to open with the dawn. improve every moment because love this world as my fatherland, [y work is hardly above its )undation. I would be glad to je it mounting and mounting for ver. Tho thirst for the infinite roves infinity."-Victor Hugo.