The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, July 26, 1883, Image 1
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By D. F. BRADLEY & 00, IICKENS, S. C., TIURSDAY, JULY 26, 1881; OL. XII. NO 4
GENERAL NEWS.
AN oil well was struck near Parkere
burg, West Virginia, Wednesday, which
is punping at the rateo of 400 barrels of 28
degrees oil per day. There is considera
blo exeitementt over the strike.
A Kr. I.relt"; river man, who is no hu
ter, I+alks of aband1Nin..; his place. 'T'lhe
deer Lay wasic uis fied, the alligatolISand
catatmouuts hike all his pigs and the coons
and posstn decimlttle his poultry.
A VEHsIEn from [Pensatcola disehaged a
load of 1 hunber at Boston, and in shaking
out toliH.Ii1H to depart, a huge water-moc
"n+t lrought t11 the vaty from the Pen
stcola docks, fell to the deck.
,loma.e T. W\'t,., FloIrida'H colored ox
('on gressm an11, 1on I':1-111ig in Alnchuta
comunty, will rellii, ' Ibet%'ell $7,0(H) alnd1
$8,l)0t Ino ' from hi:, vo"getable crop this
season.
c' 1ng(stt hrtstb i'n the worb is 114.
iuildiug acr+(' 1.+I.e I''ilchartr1ain 4411
tho North w5(1esr r1 , u) Iy. It. will be
21 ', liles inl lei4tlh. ;and4 requltirex besl4esi(-4
thm p i1eH 15),II0 ,(HI0 D 'et. c'f Iumber. 1
Se.snnr11Io''ION' 11.niunting to $100,0t0)
halve b1eenl guarn11l I inl aid of the
W' (1orld's Indistrial 1a14i Cotton 'etllenniial
Explu sition at New't ( )rleanuts next, year. I
Tiwh total aml ount waltedl is $500,000.
Sr. AU-r-iNE 1nas a eutury plant
which will bloom in ia few dlays. It is
ab out thirt,v-live feet high, and the stalk
upon1 which the INowyer will appear hasI
thot u11 to at lllnred feet illth lahst two
tr ol~ three daysN-1.
A1ltANO'EM,NEN'T-4 are I eing elec'tel for
' t niiuinig the (ov"rennt work at Aran
1r:s Pass. Jt is estimated it, will re<iire
$30,00() to complete the work to a twelve
foot contour. 'I'ho (o'erineut funds
will be exp end4dl during the present
mlonth.1
A NoMIn6tt of whales, o11e of them 70
f ~feet inl length, went asthc,rt reeently near"
Jpiter inlet, Florida. Thely are a new
species of H1pe'rll whll.': 1nd it 1erfeet skel
etn of the luIrgc'.+t %V; 1 ,'bt:inled, and1(] hns
b5eeu 1uchused b1y the Snithsonianu In
Ktituttute,.
('or. 1'. l aIu AISON, probabd ly the
largest .otto p later in the world, has
1a1 excellenit cro'p. I le ha:s abl out I17,0tX)
at"re i cIt'n. If this is al average
seasnt will ship 15,(Hl0 Ib11es. H1e has at
1e.lst 20 per c"--""1 m()re grain plitnted than
at any former ses mit.
lltr ( dredging of Sou ii Carolina rivers
for ph1e 511,1tes is it new industrv of eon
Hiderl1e impo nrtaieo ;o the territory
tnruululng lto"1est11. Some of the
l111det rok is sp1111,I,r,d tt Eurolpe, 1ut11
11 lt I it i g i'"1111 at hmllle 'efrle it
goes to mmt1ket. At the p,resent time the
demallult is great. aLnd all the conanies
I'ro workiig 4n full tile.
Til; ntlna;tgers of the " A 1sHOiatetd
Railw1ItV Of tlt Viginias Vi4 arioliuna
gal 110 oice 111ha1I nt4ter th 1st of August,
1883, no piece of laggllge weighing inure
than '2510 1ounds will 1o neeep ted for
trai:spor1tation1 11s baggaIge, n1or will it be
transported ini 1lmggage-ears, bu11t nmiist
be shlippIed by~ Expre4ss 01r freight. All
balggage) over' 150 pounds.1 inl weighit to
ch person will be0 charged extra.
to the Louaisianla Legislature, backed byv
the stron ~1g pub11li(' sentim1ent1 of the State,
atskinig dat the proper)ty genlerously1
giveni by him lto4 te c'ause of eduIcattion1 inl
New O)rleacns 14e re'lease4d from 4 the14 hur
dens of ta(xationI. He4 has4 just added
p)roperty to his donaItioni, wh ic'h w.ill in..
ereiise 1114 retvenue14 o4f tihe prosp1ective
Tuilanie UiJave4rsity $'200 aI day, b)ringinlg
the dlonationl up toP $000,000,.
IN 18703 there14 were') lilt twentlIty-four
D)urinig 11he plast season0 abou411t 3I00,(000
14on)4 of see'd we're crushed, thle prodne114t
of al be'ing est1imalteld at1 4overl 350),000
barurels. As the producltt 4)t seed for' the
.vear~ was :3,500,000 tons1, it. may1 reaidily
bie con1je)cturl41 1111t the stoc4(k of raw ma
terial will allo4w a1 c'onsiderlelt expansion115)1
of oil p)roduc(tionI. Al bou4t $141,000,018) is
formi one (of tihl imp11ortatt imhis1ties (of
the South.
A Qo'EnI ac4ciden'1t happened14'( to a little
girl in Atlanta, the other'l tday. She4 waIs
wa.us runnlling it at at good 1rate~ of spe'ed
wheni the dr1iving-rod,11.which' was miau 1f44
wood, SIlIapped iln two, andit on1e4 piece'
plontte4d the fleshy plart of her jeg be'
low tilt kn1ee, tearinlg tile flesh in a ter
rible mann111er. As 84oon4~4 1as 4the brokden
'toppe)4d, and4 iln order to remo11ve the
w'4od thet whee'(l of the mIahelIIl had4 1to 144
A 4)KN'1r,EMAN near D anville, (Ga., dlis
coveredt a swa'irmi of bet's ini a tree about11
forty feet fr'om tilt grouand onhe day4 last
week, and his soni, (luite a4 lad4, elill)'mbe
down.i, but1, unlfortunately jarrTed lt limb11
and1( the b~een swalrmedt algain, this time)f
settling (on isi head1., manliy of the 1 s.11ting
ing him wherever they could touceh him.
He told his fatther hie would 1)4 forced to
fall, bu~it his father uirgedi him to 11in d hi
way to4 t trunik of1 th1e. 1treet and get
down11. 114e did s44, and14 1brou ght th 114)een'
dlown) on1 h1is4 had1. 114 was14 stuing in a
fearful manner101, and14 it wasl thoaughit he
cou1ld no4t live.
EIT'ORiAL NOTIES.
A r.'Aw. ot Noew. dersey,~ prohdibiting the4
P4ale of eiga 'tIes or' toba)lcco inl only form
fto minors unider' aix teenI yeaIrs of agt, has1
just gonie intlo effec't.
"In. 11he eyes of1 thlaw Ia'. tlvoi4 by il La
c'arritges equlal rights in the( stree44ts and8
ithighways. pr< to ted by the same14 laws.*
and their riders are amenable to the same
road laws gove-i1ng tan drilvers of1 other
TirE b)ishopsi' atll 84 ahemedL~o at the
strm1 critcia.m evoked by thaoir opo
TIE CHILDIER1N WE KEEP.
The chilidren kept coming, one by one,
Till the boys wore five and the girls were
three,
Anl the big brown house was alive with fun
From the basoment floor to the old roof tree.
Like garden flowers the little ones grew,
Nurtured and trained with the tenderest care;
%'armed by love's sunshine, bathed in its dlew,
They bloomed into beautty, like roses rare.
lint one of the boxs grew weary one day,
And, leaning his head on his mother's breast,
fHo sai<l, "I am tired and cannot play ;
Let mo sit awhile on-your knee and rest."
She cradled him close in her fond embrace,
She hushed him to sleep with her sweetest
song,
And rapturous love still lighted his face
When his spirit had joined the heaveniy
throng.
Then the eldest girl, with her thoughtful eyes,
Who stood whero " the brook and the river
lneet,"
Stole softly awr.y to Paradise
Ere "the river" had reached her slender feet.
While the father's eyes on the grave are bent,
The mother looked upward beyond the skies;
Our treasures," she whispered, "were only
lent,
Our darlings were angel'sin earth's disguise."
The years flew by and the children began
With longing to think of the world outside;
And as each, in hi+ turn, became a man,
The lo.ys proudly went from their father's
sl:e.
The girls were women so gentle and fdr
That lovers were speedy to woo and wio;
&nd with orange blossoms in braided hair,
The old home was left, new hone to being,
8o. one b>y one, the children have gone
The lios were live. and the girls were three
And the ig brown house is gloomy and lone,
With bit 1%w, old folks for its company.
Thi-v Ialk ti each other about the past,
As they sit together in eventide,
And say. " All the ciildren we kept at last,
Are the boy and girl who in childhood died.'
The New Minister.
BY SormA sWErT.
Serngg EId tldde'nly decided that
inste:l of occasional preaching by the
Ponknpawk.'t mii ster, it WAS entitled
to a "tAnted supply." No longer would
it go without "regular Gospel priv
ileges."
Atlonir ni Hoewit t, whose father had
been n deacon, wns deputed to make
applient i n to the proper authorities in
that denomination to whicb Seragg End
almost universally belonged for a minis
ter to supply the Seragg End pulpit., or
rather the school desk until a church
ahould he built.
Adoniram Hewitt received an encour
aging answer to his a pplication. A very
earnest and talented young preacher,
lately graduated from a theologicai Sem
inary, would at once be sent to Scragg
End.
Th, minister was to board at Adoni
ram IIewitt's, the Iewitts being well-to
do beyond the majority of Seragg End
people, and 1bcing regarded as possesing
book-learniing, which would make them
congenial comp:u)ions for a minister.
Adoniiram Hewitt's house presented a
btclt;cdy appearance on that summer
afternoon when Lysander drove over to
Ponkapawket station to bring back the
miister.
A3 night came on Lysander drove up
-with only a girl beside him. What
could be the reason that the minister
had. not come ? The young lady was a
stranger. She had probably come to
visit somelody at Serngg 'nd, and as
there was nobody to meet her at the sta
tioni, Liysande(r had brtoughit her over.
Bunt he was helping her to alight at their
own gate. ShIe was walking up1 (lie pathi.
Mrs. Hewitt adjusted her glasses, and
sat istied hiersell that (lie face was uiifa
miliar. She wiis at grave anid dhignliied
younig woman, with a self-possessed
mmmuer, bumt wvithI a 1brighit flush on her
face. Why didn't Tysiaider conie up
nd introduce her, instead of attonding
to the horse ?
"I suppose you1 were exp-ectinig De,"
said the yoimg lady, extend ilngl ier (and
in a friendly way. "'I am the niew mini
ister--Ml iss ]harlon."
As Mr-s. llewitt afterwiird declared,
"iyou could have kmnocked mec down wvithi
a featherci."' Anid her over,1elmnintg as
ton ishiment was soI plaintb~lyiown that
the new minister became very much em
barrassed.
"Of course you know--certainly yon
(Inghit ti hamve bween told that-that I was
a womnani,'' she said.
"'We didn't know. Why, we never
thought of such a t hintg. Th'ley didn't
say a word about it.," exclaimed Mrs.
Hewitt, iand in her astonishment am l
dismay shme uiterly ignored the (lit
stretched hand.
ine young lady had a striiong andi res
.i u hi tact', buit, Mr's. Hlewit t suiddenily
beca(~ime awarie Itat the coriiei's of her
mouth wuere droopinig, anti there was i
hurt as well as a weary look in her e"es,
and al her mothietly compassion was
"lBut it don't make anyv difference.
cild- -T enm'm len ob
yuanpreach as wi ll as hl f (the men.
We know wvhait i~ giiing oil in the wiorld.,
if we do li've a gotod ways onut o f it; nily
there never did happ 1 , n to be a wo mitin
preachler aniywhere iihon t herie, si it 10ook
mie biy sur'rise. We bhehve in givinip
wVomeni a fair- chiance, her-e ini Heramgg Enid
I can tall you."
"Iwsafraid you mi aght have oNli.
in,''said thie 7,iungo holy, a smile th
Iing' thoe weriiiines out ut her fac'e.
I'v o doub nlt a ;fteri a uli"I. You iion'tol
Ikniow what it is t he twthouit regutlo
I rt-aching as long as we haiveu Com,'
right ini ad get rested, iindt have a cuij
oif tea, for T expect.y*': b-n a liutit
j(lourney."
Befer-e escort ig heri guest to1 her room
Mrs. HIewitt managed to ship utp-statir.
anid slyl,'y 'bstrict Lyitul'r's new shav.
lng set fr. m Ithe toilet te tabile, wvhere
she had plaed~r it for the convenience of
thc' new miihr
it is -"~ md i.: that at the ftr-it mi
of th- tiews a gmueralI dismay overspread
S'ragg End. ~ Th' older people' were dis
posedA to conlsider that ai tr:ck had been
played upotn them, and werei angry a.c
fordigly,'oip even going 8o far as to
'vish to have Miss Barton told that hei
services could be dispensed with. Bu
nobody seemed willing to tell her, ant
there was a great curiosity to hear he1
preach.
There were a few conrageoun spiriti
who openly avowed that they saw no reat
son why a woman should not. preach, an(
were glad to have one for a minister
Many complained of Miss 1arton'syouti
but, acknowledged that they would no
have oljeoted on that score to a youn
man of twenty-six or twent.y-seven, whicl
was her age.
There were some who thought she wia
too handsome for t minister, and othen
who thought that since she was going t<
set herself up for everybody to look at., i
was a pity tlat she was. not handsomer
some wh t I ouht. women ought not t<
preach at all, and others who thoughI
sone women might. be allowed to, hil
that Miss Barton was not of the righl
kind.
It was tacitly agreed that. she shoul(
he given a hearing, but a woman ministei
as a stated sutpply was not what wm'at
want 0(1.
But in two Slundays Miss Barton con
quered Seragg End, except a few of l(
most prejudieed, who wouhl never owl
themselves con<luere<l. She was so sinl
ple, so earnest, so sym ath1etic. Ther
were n) hmuug words, Ino far-fetched a11n1
ogies, such as Mr. Ericson used; ther<
vas no rattling of the dry hones of the
r)logy; she touched the 'chords that vi
Ibrated in Iheir every-day life.
"she comes right home to you, that'
a fact," said Joshua King. "She's Seril
tooral, too, aid she ma kes as feelin'
praycr as ever I heard. I don't like I
see a womntl in tlo pulpit. and f ain't ij
goisg to say I do, but, she's edifvin', an,
11 imistake."
"I never went. to mee in' before whej
I didn't have terrible hard work to kee
from noddin', but somehow her talk i
kind of plain and sensible, and keeps m
awake," said Luke Pettingill. who wn
I:ont to distturb the congregation by audi
ble breathin1g.
People flocked to Meit gg Etid fror
far and near to henr the new minister a
first with much the samte curiosity t1n
they would have shown to se(t n'whit
elephant, but soont for the sake of th
'reaching. Nobody could quite explail
liss Barton's popularity. Perhaps oli
Mrs. Simmons came as near to the trutl
as anyl'ody when she said "she wasn
any snarter than anylody else, lm
soneway She seemed just like own folk5
And she knew just how folks felt withou
being told."
Ponkapawket was scanlalized. It w
a disgrace to the whole town to have
woman preacher holding forth every Sur
day, and drawing such crowds-drawin
half the oongregatior away from tv
Ponkapawket chnr h, too I The deacon
requested Mr. Ericson o preach a se
mon from the test: "Let, your wome
keep silence in the churches."
Mr. Erieson was known to hold th
Woman 's Rights movement in contempi
but l-e had been Iwice to hear Miss Bai
ton preach, wheln there were no serviee
in his own ehurch, and he had also caile
upon her several times, and when ti
deacons conferred wit h him nbout. preal
ing that sermon they found it impossibl
to obtain any satistaelinm; he was ver
polite, and Ie did n''t say that he woul.
not, b>ut "hie smiling pitt the <puestio:
by"
One dai1y he surprised al i.-s linrt''1 Ib
invitimg her to an exehu;ang If 1'111pit
for the following hsutny; I'iut imt w'tt
in harvest-time, and she had cime i
t'ragg End in Jine. Even i'ikipaw
ket had become neiust'm di to tle ide
of n womain preacher, if it. did not ap
pI'ove of it.
Hie had h ountd her sittIing on the piazzi'
*oni a warm afteri ni ini late Sepl t ember1
Slie had a hlarge Ihusk~et ful of stock ing.
beisidle her, and( was daring thmdil
gemtly. Some wo'' hier owni. siomet w1en
Adoniram IIewiitt nd Lysuander's, fo
Hoxy had gone awaiy on a visit, and1( Mrs
ILewitt's hanids were nm're thn full. Sli<
lootked as5 houisewifelv' is if shie huuh nevel
.iimed at any wider' sphen''('
Thle shmadowv of a smile flicktredh ihon
AIr. Erieson's mothtI as lie b'served he1i
empi loymenit. AIt houigh Miss hinioi
looked 1up only as nmeh(1 a polhitermi,s
requjiredci, she' saw the smile, and i
briounght a flush to her chuet'k. Tlhiiigi
shel looked sit stronig and1( resolilt(, it wm'
senisit ive.
lie sait downi beside( lher. uand immeitdi
a tely proffered't't his req uiest,I perhaps a'
"Your pueole woubll I'iii shced. 'Then'
;uon't, approve of me1,"' soid 71i as lkinrtton.
* A nd I shoi'iln't imtvt' tie co urinig."
'onurage,'' said Mi'. Er'icsoni.
"'I am21 ai dracldfull ',wird. I don't
hink T fully r'ealized it wheni I b'eganu. It
I hadl been senit ainywhi're bit to Se'ragg
l'udl, I don't kniow what I shoulid hatve
* I un'. IIlere t hey aire hirumblle-miniudedl
'1eople, wit houit stron'i g preju ice i's, and I
do seem to have foun td thle way to their
h ear'ts. But I I ami afraid I should never
'hare to enter miiother'm puilpite-certainly
no or t Ponkapau ket.'
"You woul 50o1n cIlolu t iereas you
'1v ('n(ru edti't hu're,"' said M1r. Erilcson.1
"I c iui't ''milire thieir unhfriendly)
. zo I shlI thdipla all miy w'omianl
It-hnes. I alhouhh b'luisi, I shiouldl trern
'Il', I might faint. I should be a stumn
'Ilm g-l 'ock to thle womeni(1 who are foh
l wing in the ~utme pat thiway. 1 (don't
titan t' he thai. My work in S4eralgs
H, id si llets mel', andr I amf so t hanukfu
-'Ir it.''
"'I am s'oirry you feel ao abou'nt Poiik a
1'awket, h eratise I hiivo a propj''iti'n i'
my 1110 m n w'ch more sadaio us thant th'
M1iss lortton raisedl hier eyets i.iquiir
mgly, and (lropped'u themi ilgin intaniltl.3
mtilhr the minaister's gila.
"'I thoug~ht we, miight un iito tht
1hurch'llS." Mr. Ericson's oi ce t remble'ho
a little, as if lie wiere afraid.
"'I doni't seet now it. could lie done,'
-'ih Miss Bariton, frigid1ly.
Mr. Erieson. qui..'tly "'I dated not as4
you to bie mi o if. "iu suggest'ng t<
'The gifrl"eto b'' f:'d
stockinig fell fromn he: ^.d 'Ed 'a
bloiwn away hy the wi"d, u'"''-d'ed. "]
don't knowv.' 119 - done to deservt
#*-,rtia ind1t, 1 thought4u#t #4\
you respected ne, and I thou thi mu l
calling made me SI(reI from sueh -sue0
attacks nitogether.
"I am sorty that you sh(11h14 think it
an insult. I canl lmrdly ser how a man
could giv oo better proof of his re.
speet than to ask you to b,ecoIne his wife.
And as for yiru calling making you sa
cred, we d(on't believe in the eelibino'e of
the clergy, you iow.'" In spite of his
d'vidlent, rortitie"ntion and distreoss, thdere
was it Ply twinkle in Mr. Einsotn's eye
as he said that.
"But I-I ai a woman," said Miss
Barton, sit-ting down again, and covering
her face with her hauds.
"Tho more reason whyv vsn sh,uld(t be
married," saidl Mr. Irie:o In, caulmy.
"Yott need a p rolet(tor."
"I am pe"rfeotly stlli(ientt for ly:{e(i.
And I shall tnever ('are for anyh( dv
imythinlg-hlt my wo"Irl."'
Mr. Erisoln arose. "I am a(,rry to
have troubled 3 ou," he said gently. 66I
love you, and I have never known who
it was to Iove at woma 1b1efore - that i;
nll my excuse."
Miss Barton watehed him :ts he wdent
down the road, wit Ii the yellow leaves
falling upo(in hilm. ShE ol':;erved, as ai
never had (one 1before, how fluev hit
head was set up1 on hlis br, nd altohoIleris,
what it a manly grae, Illthro Wa Ioabout hit
strong, well 'knit figiure.
"uit he has no 1l.uines s t~ love lmr,'
shie sRi(, (t11,awNsing lier brows in,t it tight
frowvn.
I'hen su(lddenly she remluembl,." 1 t i.
4saner's st(o'kiig, and wtent (o-n in iIi.l
grass to look for it. It had blown over
the fence into the field. She stretclhed
: her arm ibeflw.,,1 1 lie 1:4tois 'i'l (Irow it
- she saw his tigure in ilimet o agoimis1
I the sky. lIE starl"tedI I, f4 e1ne14" to war1 the
houlse, anti sh(+ wait, I f,"hl al
1 until at suddenr th~nght soun t a11tltme it
> color over her fier.
R "It can't h1e -" she s;aid, haltf lli(ur ig . "}w ll ie , t al~it ,f
imy life. I won 'h a f,itlur,' ! " wont
- he 1" And she rutshed,u i, 1, 1,e'r 1,".,1)
and locked her;ulf in.
I She came 41,d4wn a:+ dn4m nam1 1 -lve aii
t ever when tihe t hill rlln;z, nMl nftEI
t. ten alle and1 i4 tst,i4er reml thoir <daily
3 qulantity of (rteek, for Lynsandlcr w's+
pursuing his stu(ldies wit Ii rene-wed
Savidity since he h4l It eompaniolnl to IIwAl,
1 him, and had not yet given up his loni
cherished h(pe of (I dvuiing f~r I h4
t mnimstry, 11houghl there r",""m1,"( II
t >"r(,apect of his 1hemng '1b'le t leave th,
-ak. As shle lid] s hel caugtil t;ighf of
t Lysander. li1 bswas gathering l4iOtahhe-;
and pumpkinr o1 the little smuth hill ;
a When she Was not wriiing her aermni'1s,
a she was visiting the siel; Itnd1 the inor1
and making, or sIggeslting( and1 ind1sleiIg
g others to make, imIIprvey'n1rnt4, sanitaI"
e and moral as well a s reli(s::.
a "Bhe was as i,nwtienl and], efl'diil m,;
if she was not i womanl," muan.v 1e(h11
said; and old Jcremy (rinwos, iho ,le
wished to tell her whel oh' enm1e 1lmi1t
e farm.
After that layi hat (n1 lIe'v't 4ed
- herself more zenloutsly than ever t he
s work. She darned1 I4o more stockintg+.
I thev didn't want n wom(,ni prencher, Kai,l.
"'They coulI'It hav ( had mih wmen
- in St. Iul's (11 ihni, hr i' never won'(1
have written wthat lie did.4
V But Mrs. 11e1witt hssdl n grievan,e.
IMiss Iiarton didn't sieemtfl t ake iswrt
self one of th1e ftmily as shle 11(ied to.
She was "histl up1, in Iher own"ii room
alnosl fil te tillme ri\iw, a(1 she a4n
I4 yand}er dlidln't ee1lI t~ get along 4)o
i gethor as they um-,l 1,. She never came
intlo the kitchen 14a1 udnnte(1 to help
m1ake eake now1(', or sat with th1em 1 11-411141
the tire in the eveniatg while L ivsIni,.r
read alond. slit- "dlidn't 5s11m i(,hn
anthing aganinst ihwm, hn . she., u,.n't"
fre i nl41110 siela1 l lly 1414414.
in iter, 14114l at.teluli11.. 10 tli' frmI we, 441
M li s 14- eisl4'1jr ltm . I i n t :I 4t 44f ititlv
''lt. To' his m1other4'l's I4elni:tent 4jgles
tionlings. ysIj'4444lerl repl4ied that4 in-'itherz
o4f them11 444 hol4ny tinw4 for1 it now4".
Mrs. ITrwitt 4'4!4bl no't n144410 it ''ut.
he4 wouhl4 not4 sayV 4outr1ighit w lint the
though~1t, 44114 his w'.ife n'tnled4 hiiin
Iwith lo ftyt 04corn.
One niternoon441, aItterl s0cho'bhours,44 I,y.
m441Er0 wtent doEwn1 to4 lth woods :1 -k41 o4f
o4f some144 men4 u444 hewer' ''ut Iin I2lt 'tibe.
fromS s it to alO si parishi4'' encoun.~I 114
tt'red fis| me a rynill al44l44l.Ii~ 44 11 i114141''
(itless bodyl. 114' was4 lymp whIitc andl
rigidl, and1( tIj'ere were4 44carlet' 4pols 41upon44
Down.1 (44 hier kneeo's ini t' 40nowi fell A1l-.:
Oh(l, 141 lov 1l4i 14y love14 have you14
gone so fiar a4way that4 you0 (e umi4t 1h4ar1
me siay 1 d(o loveO youi ?"' she' cied'. "'1
was cold1 and1 111 had erus I though4t, it
- was my dutty, but if you ('ould only com'111
back-"
4AndI then thlev 444 had t4 rah V Mis- 1r
tOnl, and carry '1mr into the house100, ft r
sh10 had( fainted.
"Thallt's just-I wha1t I conh414 have' toldI
you a g(ood whlile 4igo4 if I had4 had1( aI
min d t,'" sa1idl "Pa4," ' lie rebehitre 4' the44
soene to his wife. 441 hou4Ir ferwlardl.
''She's a terr'ile4 .jhighili' t ''m44an if
sho is at mljfinish. A.d by 'u-b i nel.
I ('1clulte hei won'lt comph14i4in of haiving
hlis foot euit, if it does4 la4y hliro 1up f'r a1
w'hilo. T '41 an V'11i't say wethe s'4ll let h im
do the prle'ichmi g.4o whe(the the1 ly'llI
1h4th1 do it, hoit you'll son them mari 1d
"1 dlon't want14 nnybodyt4I t(o th4ink it-i
Iedi hePr, bhwh1sin:g 4441le bo444l. t' 144.
ille to (4i help it. A n-1 1 y4ander says V
nleednl't givol rap my wor44k."
A PERw4NAL MArTTRR. --The Meb- et
Prine Napol.-'ol'if'hwnt o i Piigin..
France, is: .1lI4ped4 t' e be du"' t' Ilm ie-igh
borhood'ha ing le n ih' hr ad co: entr<c
of socialism. It 4s 0x Il Ii' -d that it is
not pleasant for the' Trince' "hen taiking
a rural walk to aind ii.mel~t :42e to fac:
with a mmor -ma vho 4.-11h :k
ciiIac that " the time ha' com.ne ! t
:e1lughter of a.11 princes a.nd bou.rwi2
- fr.r when tha hog an.r fttrne then ?
Hitiol to the lec easedt wife's is er h1 i
thalt fhey are4 prain.Jlilg to inplish at
reply inl justifienationl, expl:ainitg thei
muotives. The royalI famliIy ix muecl
Vexe(d alt, the failure of lie %le hil
pits the intended marriage of the Prin
cess Beatrice to her wilowel irother-in.
law as far ofl as ever, tlhat prufect b einp
asaid1 to explain the wtarmIt adlvoeacy of th(
b)ill by the Prince of Wailes andt hi:
brotherm.
Tillf: plilinlg of the resuiiI of t he ienti
e1u11 1 well atdvincl'ed, mnost of it 1beinl:
low inl type. Nothing Ibut tle compen
lum, in two volies, l1iH yet, been print
Md anti (listriluted. So far 11,000 paget
Iave been ptt in type. Vollines eibrae.
ug the following suljeet* are ill type
Population, Imatnufattures, agric"ulture
ntblic indlehtcedness, valuattion, t axation,
nining; Statistics, Law, etc.; H:oci(a tatis
ics, fish and fisleries, fire a11(1 life inasur.
Iee, cot ton production, HtatiHtics of rail
ads. Hteamllshipl , etc.; newpnper an<u
leriodlical press, water powver, it emn
nmmps and pumping engines, Htatisltics o
liury industry, meat pro(duction, petro.
Cum, Alaska Ftur SelII island(1, etc.
A LOUISIANIAN writes: "''Th time wil
he iloorl of all the utores inl New Orlea;m
uld inl other cities in the Site will h(
uilt oi strongl':, n ater-proofa l indestn ru
ible paper tiles. The dampness permlent
ng our dwellings will be counte"rantetl l
Saper material of a suitalte cllaiunter
kill our city cars will be bulilt of paper,
'lho wheels of these will be nh ol
venl th r i . i ' lii t. H t l lt .1 ti tlet'av. w"il
till be reuetmel Iin the coulr1e otf lime. amt
>e replaced b.v paper nuateri.tl sutitahl\
reatetd to remuedy existing evil:s. N\ed;
ill the furniture of olur claelliae s, st lit;
Ile to swell or Hlrink in our 1:1111)p elii11t(
'vill be lanufacaet'tred in all eleganit an<
u'tistie style hv mtut of paper stock it
al lr <,f n-siNtin:- ell'. t itally the' :udltll
h'CnnH (olf ('Ilr a.Ilterat1rt'.
'1'n17 relative iljiortaml'e if the i ,
lt1H <f the0 uterld aire suite iut-tl\ :iItle,l
is foIllitus, in the .l 111v 'enturc.' byv I":,
. 81m1ll1oy, inl his graph : nt1 tully il
ustratet article on "' St riki g ( il:'
'Nearly aal! the pela.roleumu that goesI int<
he world1's comlnree Iis prllthtc"e( inl 1
listrict of country aboul It a hlidled 1)t
ifty miles long. w ithl at vary"ing 1lIeatiltI
If from one Io twotyIt mliles, lying 11in"
y in the State of Pennsy'lvania, 11t lIapl1
ing ever i little oil its northern el tg
nito fte Staite (of New York. Tijs re'gilIl
fielded, in 1881 , 26,950,813 bat;rrels, ami
ni 1 882, 31,398,750 barrels. A little ,eI
:role'lum is ob tained1 in West Virgini:a, 1
ittle at Var"iousa isolated points inl Ohit)
mdt 1 a little in the aanaldial 11:\ii't.
ntario. ''here is also a small tld it eil
>ped:, ill soltthern llssia, atnl on2 -till
aarger, peraplap, in -Indi:a. The tt,tal
rod11tetion of all) the lieblk. useo
he region here described, is; but 'tfr
iona inl the general Itecounlt, howmever.
h"urthermore, the oiI of these mintI
ldHe wa"hether in tertit cttta ol te 1l1
Worlde, isrof and inrorqulity qandfi i<
liknl as the grlet, Penslvnaireervoi
n'the vgic iit ofi tt (X well eflt'1."2
jOThe(f lroertyleif inlhe Tranvaal,41 Stlii
oltf golt-realch(ing in certait n f ast' nii J(C
elelyl to be ftaken,it has been a'cqie by 11)
geologrt2 ,f senlt out tohexine1'I2u t pros.1'
pects f2th underl('ltki,hsnt ho nufl1 1
molist 1atisf(ctor reprts on31 theC1 subjectll
"emloyting seven 1Ia(ll0irs, had juf4i1
elenned uprge wef111ekt't1 seetv..ttheti'
ouncesihl oflIgl,an fh lwirlmeans224 l' work,
ric het placfie fo Inve' ve st , 112 th'i.
amounfteit wIill produc w is tone ftin
ft O 18 l freet reef ibe dicovlLeret
of quartz, str'ongly chanrgedl with iroii
somec of wicih, hainilg been washed''t, ha2s
yielded very fair prospects (If gohl, Pluf
Scient, as estimated, to plrolduce fron
t wo oun2ces to three OUncs to the tonl
The engineer is of opjinlion thait tis reef't
whleni developed toI a depJth oiif 510 feet. t<
the0 whole oIf the smaller vemis at presenC1
being worked.
Some quar'tz. reefs wichel have hMem
141ready partial ly worked, give, alccordlint
80 .the diggers, 200 ounilces to tihe (0on
'I'his pIroIportion1, inIdeed(, ist what (1hev itd
mlit haIvmlg got fromi tho qluar't wiid
they pck (ont ini thetir sluiinig. Blit'o4l
a]lluvial soil, somle of wvhich is r'ep~orte'd t'
ctI ilmi tie ext raolrdil nary quaniltity C)
thiese.prospltects are't realized't inl pract ica
working the Liydenbulrg (Goldilebtia ma,i
elaim to take ranlhk amon(ig thie r'ichest ii
tile woild, oven if tIle excep'lt~ionail retulrl
ilgs oni tile '"Lishon" pIropertty ha"'
beeOn proved toI yield tihe unprecedeniter
quanltity of 1,900 ounes of gold to flit
Accrdting to the certifienate (f the as
saye)rs (lie ave'rage yield of thlirty-cighl
samiples, taken unlder th1e pris''ion01 o
the late Gold Commhisiof'ner fr ti
.r'ausvaal undcer the' Briti24h G :vernmenlt
:0 48 cce of gold and i mueces 0
diver to the ton of ore. The rafuse, til
reently 'thrown away by tho miners oi
.ie spot, containa suiflicnt old to wy
ahnm a b4oVQ - t- .or j . f .l. -
THIE BAD SIILLING.
AN IRISH RKETCH.
Mv brother left Oxfordshire and setr
tied in n milder climate. During his
long sojourn there a vague report
reacheI him that had money had been
nssed on Moore, one of his tenants, and
lI had iunde the distrit ring.
Vlhen after Keven ytrs my brother
retutnerd to his native woods, he looked
in n Scot t'n Iarin, and there was Moore,
ihe only famitinr fac o about, which did
not setm11 11 (Illy older. After other
friendly lqa ui ries any brother said :
But how about the had money that
Nvnls pnnned on you ? 'ell mo all about
it..'
"Imot I wool," said Moore, delighted
to thad t good Iistener to a grievance
wlhieh to him was over new, though the
cireunni,taneo was5( five years old. '"I
was at dung-cart most of that day, and
then I wtashed, aiil tried to get a minute
t.. niiik the cow; but bless your heart,
they never will let me milk her afore
sunset. It's Mt.cre here, and Mooro
$here, from half a dhozen of 'em; and Mr.
Moore here, andi Mr. Moore there, from
the one or two na have learned manners,
which very few of 'em have in theso
parts; and between 'em they allus con
tr ive to keep me from my own cow till
(Iusk. Welt, sir, I had got leave to milk
h(er, hurr-l;urrv nas isual, and night
t1ming on1, wla'an I aman I had sold a fat
la4f to raiu into the yard to pay.
Wait an minute,' sayi. 1. But, no, he
was like the rest. coniln't let me milk
her in Iace; wanted to settle and drive
fltae baeou hliome. So I took my head
,ut o' the cow, and I went to him with
iat so mucha an let ting aay smook down,
:ad le gave tno the nmoney, ?$ I7s. I
1t,oh,k the g,-Id in one hand so, and tho
"ilver in t'other hlanl so, and I went
neresis the vard to the house, and I asked
lhe mliasi to get a light, and then I told
the monoy Ibefore her. six sa;voreigna and
'teventeei shillings, and left her to ncratoh
hilm rectilpt, while I went hack to my
Cow, anl I thought to milk her in pence
at lat. Uut before I had drained her as
shul( I l', out com1 my minisua, and
sereams tit to wake the dead: ' George I
r I' ' I he coming,' says I; so I
iip witi the nailk pail and goes to her.
~' l- .'it's deal now?' says I, ' for
mera\'rt" aae.
S(ne in, cone in,' saa she.
(-oorge, w hoever is that man ? %ie have
1ai(1 us a had Khilling; look at that.'
Well, wke tried that there shilling on the
t;alle lrrt, id tien ot the hearth: 'twas
I"aal; conind'1 he wis. ' Run after him,'
nys she; ' run this moment.' ' Lard,'
'a 1, - they be half-way to Walling
(i 'by 1v this tite. Hero, give me a scrap
If paper. I'll carry it about, in my fob;
h e it)es to all tie market s; he will ehang )
V, you ma1y be sure.'
" well, th very next Friday as ever
w aa I nut iim at Wallingfo r<I market,
pual' a,ut the paper, i.hown lhim the Khil
liag, tells lin it waarn't gotol. He looks
it it iail agreled whi mae. ' Tlihen change
it. if yoult ilease,' says 1. ' What for?'
- s he. ' I don't want no 1ad shillings
nt more nor y u 11 .' ' 1ia,' mays I,
i'riae of i.)g wias hix seventeen, and you
~Ily liatiu six itixtetit in moiiney.' ' Yes,
I diti.' stav lie. ' I gave v' i six seven
t''n.' ' Ni', ye tliin't.' ' Yes, I did.'
No, ye li'iiI yei gave tme six sixteen,
anl tihm. N" %w, nay man,' says 1, ' not
ihonrit mnd iaty me' It',ther shiihnilg.' No
lie weail(d'i 'I'ie' wia a cnowd1 by this
111 , o 1 sabl1', 'i here, gentlemen,
I stold t air nIa II ii.g, ian'l le gave me
Ihi in 'i it p'ny, wlhli,b it aia't a real
:htlhllllt,, 111'I liii wvas it gemlllino hog;'
:a Ith' all 'aid it waai't n shilling at all.
'h'ii the m1lI1 ahbat thait liwa fio
wi tha hf If I li- maraket rat umy hitels. ' Will
youa py me m it ly abaillinig?' ' tltdon't owo
youa no iIhilling,' saaya lht. ' Yoau do,'
s,ays '4; ' andi 1ia, maat miy ashilllig y,ouh
ishall. ' I won ia . ' Youti shaall; l 'Il piaoan
N tI han at of aing IiJ, lits tat' sayinag it,
i'bt.npiilning a' calf. 'lihT'ke tutt MIhillinag.
N w, 01n.: I, 'icr's youra lad Mhillag
an youn gave' mae for' mya hotg which it in
aa warinmig to hInes't itolk with calves to
sell,'ays' T. 'lIt- yoi gtoing to claamtge It ?'
'No,i I ha il't 'Ylu beimin't ?'say 81.1
'Youa h'aill, iata'n,' lias 1a. 'lime llv
show.' te'ya hiat andahI; mni good-day,
it-nal . I:' atl t him tIl i aaat*tth itay, liud
Iate ilope a'tinitaf r i'lat sto
thiiat' geth tn. ltui laianotd. ' l have
gi a't lne ia t Ia lthila.' x You maIigt't
in-r m 'Iove the aret. lat Thenz hii
ib .tna defamaio or I summ 'aaatiatl
"Metim t Ilenllt'tley1 n ext cmencedg'l
trs lare h ag. Ctt, a nitr'n, mtai
onily a athillinat; whtau is aall this haero to
It 11b4u1 a ithiling ?' says8 I; 'iact honest
11 it i vt ma my v :hiin ig, and1( take this
bIr r( . ep.bo/ baoek.' 'I wtna't, says lie.
'all won!J't.' saysi I; 'then01 I'll hunaat you
''ni If 't aly arket in Enagliad. I'll
hauint ye h into the wihitiktta rnsaind thta tart
ee'siiv4 U ',
"Ib. r't vma psitk if 11- in1 a y'ear oir
imiiio lting, i con: lell you, for I
ntvea wai,.Md t marktl't 'irw, becaiuse of
the lihill ag. IIe haid lt give up trade
noid( f'l hioma whaenever be saw my shil
huga'n-i me a -cominlg."
'Ain i o ta tired] him out ?"
'A tml pi,t yoir shillng ?"'
"ThIt :1 dail noit. lIb founmd a way to
tchieni nai aflir all"(twith a suddten vell of
repriohnihanil ' "ife wont nnd dlitet -and
h Itat' th, dhilinag !" llJforprr', Moa7;.
am o i' pting toi marry thoat itmaal
w ''1 4"y,taa < nmpt ive loo kinag a' ptaieime
of iia' nii a.' yo :" -u s in- girl to an
r ther 1 I i alv~ don I'.t m w'h't youi can
fwii ii that '''it- fthift ex'p tha
a n...w.l W Jo4ubul il
I ,Omg~ to rnarry thajt &m;dl rama bWaus
I'm fomndc of h:-ing mv myn wa.v a.d wonu't
AGAIN OVER ALAMO.
The Neene of the ttrugae of a foree Baud
Against Overwhelamng Odde.
A dispatch from San Antonio says that
the flag of Texas is flying over Fort Al
amo, the property of which it forms a
part having been annexed to the State by
the Catholie bishop after purchase. AI
nmo is known as the Thermopyls of
Awerioa, from the heroic defense of the
fort made in 1836 by a small body of
Texans against t force of Mexicans fully
thirty times their number.
Fort Alamo was an oblong structure
of about an acre in extent, on the left
bank of the San Antonio River, near the
town of San Antonio. The fortiflcations
of San Antonio had been recently dia
mantled by Houston when (February
23, 1836) the Mexicans under Santa An
na beleagured the Alamo Into which
Travis withdrew with 140 'exans, while
the Mexicans, 4,000 strong, occupied the
town and bombarded the fortress from
hatteries on both sides of the river. Not
one man was hurt by the shelling, how.
ever, and the garrison picked off the
Mexicans with their unerring rifles, or
when they ventured to charge the wall
relmised then witi disastrolis loss.
Travis was re-inforeed by thirty-two men,
who forced their way through the Mexi.
enn liues, but tho garrisotn wan too feeble
to take the initiative, and though it
never Abated its spirit, hnrl work and
eenselcss wateltitig so told on its feeble
innumbers that by the t;th t lie Texan cause
"its lespe'rata'. Wt itnit p r0visi,nl3 and
with but a scanty ui ply of amiunuition,
the garrisoi yet mile a gallatit stand
against the ove"rwhelniiog force which
assailed it at daylreak from every side.
'wice repulsed with great loss, the
Mexicans at. instt made good their attack,
Ibit it Was oily whenl the defenders of the
Alamo numbered six men and their un.
loaded rifles were shatttered (lbs in their
handsa. These, inicIding Crockett, tur
rendered to Castrillion, upon a promise
of lrotectiotn, but being taken before
Santa Anna they were ordered to be
hewn down. Crockett fell, maigled by
a score of swords -I the woilecl Bow{e
was dragged from his led and butchered,
though not until he itd shot several of
his murderers, and Evans wats slain jIist
It9 he at tenpted to t. >w up the ma gazne.
The bodies of the Texans, horri Iy nmiu
tilnted, were piled Ip in the centre of
the fort nd burned, n negro, a woman
a child, alone beittg sp ared. On
the 21st of April, however, the dead of
the Alamo were bloodily aveigod. It.
was I o'clock in the afternoon and the
Mexican9, confident in their numbers
were enjoy;ng their siesta on the fiehl
of San ,JIcinto, where Houston, forming
his little force in line under cover of the
forest, advanced upon their works. At
20)t) vards the hastily mustered Mexicans
tirel uplion the aplroaching Texans, who
received the volley in gin silence ; than,
with the shout. "' Remntember the Al
1111101 ' lurst upo niili then. In instan
taneouis panie the Mexicans tied, pur
stied by the relentless victors. Houston
lost eigltt mnel killed tutd twenty-five
woundtd ; tihe Mexicans, 680 killed, 208
wountiled and 730 prisoners. In the at
inck upon the Alumo they had already
lest I,f0I) men. Its defenders had been
avenged.
IA)ST TIhEIR LIVES.
The Mtory of Two Youna Mlen Who wsre
Lynched nN tquntter,.
A ourious mobtbing stor,y is that which
comes from Devil's Lake, mt noitrtusternt
D akota. About half a mile front thet
to,wn (of Creel City thlere, which is com.
It ted of hal f a dlozeni house's, was a
quamlrte'r section of land located uipon by
a man named Beil. The vicinity hast
niever been regularly surveyed, the occu
panicy was but little more titan nominal,
ais oftetn happens, and two brothers
namelid Fordic, in B3el's absence10 took pios
scsin built ai seconid shanmity and begani
hiving there. One night recetly Belt
went to the place, found the intrudhe-,
and ordered them off. Thel y refused to
go, whmereupotn Bell rousmed the peColo of
Creel City with the report that his claim
w'ts being ''jumped,'' and returned withr
12 other meni to drnive the Fords out.
JTust. how the proeedinigs began is no
very clear, but. there appears1X to have
been somec tirinig onl both aides, and at.
lie closee both theo Fords wero killed.
Onue report sayt tht a mtemberhC of the
attackiung party was wou'nded itn the arm,
lbut that is niot certlinm, andi ' none were
killed. The pilaint truth of thle erso is
that a party of melt ini the viintity die
Iih erattlv at tacked anid murd1mdcI I wo
tf t he buisiness mott comptrehtensible to
''asterni poplet is the fttctt iiwt. th Itouttt -
rage1 was jtustitied by tlhe ctttontnityv.
An inqujtest was hetld. it is saitdI tat every~
one (If tihl 13 testillted, aut mthnobody con
eernedl htesitattes albouiit aidintitt ing the
genieral facts as stted, b ut the verdict
wats simply that tho Fords wvere sihot b)y
som un11 ikniowni persons ;no arrests wereO
miaide, and1( the killing is re'gartded u1pon
all hands as a rough bu ot ncesary av p
-lplitionhl of jtustiec. Attd yet Iheom
ttonuniin Iundteer tilt similtar ci ictane-t ilos.
Peise((5l~y as lihorse5111 stlg ill reckonled
worsea t han n'trdet <m tIto plainis, claim.
juminiig is conisidered thein groeatest of till
ctrimes im placce li ke this. The land is
open to all, there is no imm tediat way of
getting legal title, and aii unwritten law
hais grown up that, lie who first, takes a
ract of I160t acres shall hold it, and1 deatht
is the p enalIty for its vioIlationt. The
Ftordl boys wver' niow to the frotier and
seem not to have knownt the riskc they
rant. They were niephiews (of Congress
mani Farwell, of Chicago, andt there is
stome talk that he may try to birinig their
miurderers to ptuishment, but that
would he no easy matter.
The~ Capture of Dlavis.
M. Qtiad, durmng his visit to the S3outh,
madle an early morning call ii 'on JTeff.
Davis. He tells abiout it us follows :
In the Stat4 Library atf ,Jacksont, Miss.,
is a crayon portrait of Mr. Davis as he
appeared w~hen cap[tured. I asked him
if he was correct, and ho relied:
" I will tell you exactly hew it oo..
curred.(h I had lain down without remov.
ing a garmonmt. I had high cavalry boots,
pI anta loons tuceked into tihe tops, a ga
bl ouse andia soft hiat. Uponi the alarm
heing giveni I Stepped out of the tent
and saw a Federal cavalryman thirty or
f-sty feet away. Hie ordlered me to halt.
At. the siamet moment Mrs. Davis threw
over myl shoulders a folded shawl. Isaw
thtat miy onily chanie oIf escape was to so.
cure the horpse of the Federal. I advanced
strtaight ttupomn him, feeling that he would
tire at me, but believing that he would
mitrss his target. Had this occurred,
the.re would have been a struggle for the
po esion ocf the horse. - As I approrched
the~ soldier' be lowered his carbine as
if to coot, andh at the momnent Mrs. Daivis
cui.,ted upl a.nd threw her' arms around me.
The f.irar h.ted a wn,tre
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