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DETOTtD TO 'OLITICtI, MORALIiY, FDUCATION AND TO THE GENERt" L INTRHEST OF THE COUN1rY.
By D. F. BRADLEY &0. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1883. VOL XII NO 46
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G ENER A.L NEWS.
BASSAFRAS root is on u boom in Win
ston, Miss., where a mill has been star
ted to grind it.
WiLKES county, Ga, voted on the
stock law Monday, and gave a majority
of seventy for "no fence."
IN the southorn part of Louisiana
many plantations will yield this year one
and a half hogsheado of sugar per acre.
F'r-nwo etudents are registered at
the colored National School at the Lin
coln Academy, at Tallahasseo.
VOL 1UILLEniEw, of 'Ientnesseo, has
gone to Mexico to work the Polk mines.
Ie says they are worth S3,000,000.
IT is clatinied in1 Atlanta that Atl: h:'
people own at least twenty silver mines
in Mexico, sill believed to be very pro
ductive.
''HE Lady Ensley mining and mani
facturing compny have purcltsel 75,
000 aeits of ore;land in Franldin,Colbert
and Marion counties, Ala.
IT will require four cars to bring the
Escambia, county, Ala., hig tre to the
Louisville EXpositiitn. It is 117 feet
long, and will be used as I flag pole iss
front of the exliotition building.
B.ins for building the new Navy Iltis
pital aL Hot Sprin: s. .! k., are rapidly
coming in. I'here is .ti a propriation of
8100,000 for this pirpose. Work is to
begin blv the 20th of August.
IN It portion of Luke anid Attalit eotis
ties, Ala., a worm resemltling the cotto
worm has made its appearance. Several
head of mtuis have been killed reeently
by esttiug oats with the insects on thei.
A tlirtu of 4,000 cattle, mostly cows
utnd heifers, passe<l tri' gh Fort Wortl
'T'c-ci,, the c:ther day, for the New 1 Mex
ito Ltind adl cattle (oinpasnv, ia IBeston
corporation.
A (oM'ANY organized in Washington,
). C., lately ls pturch:tsel six thousn:d
acres of 1:11md in Polk county, Flat., :isl
will raise ;risli(, lihm1 s, l,1ieu .s tad
other tropcical 11ruit6.
''t 1' total munbss11er 'of fitililum its 8,nIh
Catrolina thel is'st six lilenths1 is fort v
eight. with l >ii,, i:tics auuimttmting; to 657,
755. Tfhv itulunler of failures for the
corre)sl o';iing peric- of 1882 w:'s sixty
eight, and the lialilitieM siui:inted to,
80$26,517.
'ru. Board of Health have issued a
proclamti t'on tlat all vv ,4,+s fr. >i in
foeted ports a-"rivin:. at Ps: :ai with
yellow fever ton b) sard shill renitin ;it the
qiiai sten si;at-i~n until frIst.. The re
gret is general th:tt Ship Island l at.ion
for infe.fted vessels ha1:s leen close,i.
V's the ltUiited States LaInd Otliee it
k Clh inesville, Fl1t. dlring the msontl
ending Jtnl 30, .131 l +uest!e:t1 eitrie"s
we:'e iitde, etbra;u"ing 17,7111.0Y, acres.
Forty-six fina11 ln(>fs were mdtcle, eon
taining 4,977.') teret:. ''Ihe tttcl r-e
ceilpts of the otlice for the n1ith Wvere
$75,018.27.
TuH, Peters lac"e at Enicerprise, Fla,
, ws sold r'eently, mulier foreel-msure of
miortgaigi for $1 2,000O, botightf b y l'ed
erick de Bariy. Th le mors'ttggor hit h1
foro -:fused $19,00) for it. It is sasid
Lord Peters spent to o unhtii me ii4 antd
mney4' ini Jaeksonsivi I(eI t ke' an itrange{
grove sutcc'essfuil.
A<iner r.i agiving ant exh ib it 4f ths
trad(e ini ('ritde anid mmmssifactuired phlos
p)haite ini Ho uth (14r.olinia slitows flit
sipmies o f fetiliiz'ers t'' havse ii tl'-riete
from' .22,5X8) in 1871 I.s 130,001) tv
188. Thels siuineints of 4a t:.14e phts
b jhasites ro s fritn 13:2.6;24 tos in 1 :.7s 't -
355i,333 tonis ini 1883. Much osf it p4oes
abhro:id.
psla's'ae"i i f Wt . I". lIIigght-:, st::e msile
fr<ans O)xfeni, Alt., for $l5,)00 ashi. stist
to it.. Hei ha;s onie oif tlinef'ist lis-nis it
the Sout hs a:ii has boughi.~t 5 'timt of flit
11in(5st latisd ini Nosi th A labama4s~. If is uns
dlerstoodj. that lie will improv'tte thle plarve
lor ii siitnestr re'5sin 1.
8AnnrHCi iAitt, of lj{4*s4, TeX. , iiit i
L1. Jaksonti, whl ile tliin isg ini thle doi 1
' of the ecrib, atlcidOstaily stuc(k at ne4edle
~~wi wa's istick in in il 1he4 ih< s imt of her
dret8ss ginsst thle doior, srunin g fthe nee'(
d1 i abot tsn isnth an t as iuart1ifer ints lier
breatt., strikinig th base o454 f h1e4 hieatt
. ate'ly, buit shie dlied its al>uit t ni hour
a ter' the aceidet.
'Tim~ Aika(ntsas ihieri tis hiave biein its
fotrmted by (4>v. llerry thait fte sup-stuI
si<. isf the lawltsniess now~% preva'iiling:. ini
thst St:: ( tt musf 14' atYete by ls thi wn
('f10i Is iiilI these otf liw uabiding~ eit izens
ott the51ir n spective~ i'ettities. T1hie ( isv
(ernor1 seet no~ ntet'etsitfy fe'osicllinug out
9 ~timalitint it arreSt otlasws at a hieavy
e'xptenst to thle tatle, whsen the4 shersi Ifs
hsave atultorify tt summton its many phri
80ons as5 mayi, tbe i(eeed to tsake d1espera5
dles inthsoinstody.
F'IoitnmA TLimses. Unio n : )ite of the'
best tin gs that liss been~ donse 1by thie
G4.or'giau Railrotad Co mmsissionm is the re
ctt itdotioni tf anl (onler' re'qtiing the
ratilrowuls sf that Stitte ts fiirnsishs mtentis
for pro tting merchand stishist offered foir
shipment',t fromtam e bytiti'4 ithe 114 weailter.
A5 Nth rn oriii0 Weshterniiisi ritliad wvhib
fhailed1 tto (do this wouitld 1b4 ('4tnsidertedl
- teindiiit the timses, btl ins thle Soth it is
shiipmientI, *f 'ourise gr'eatfly ts ifs inujitry.
By suchl re'gutlatIions its this, the4'( tcons is
81(ion is ,iistifyitng its existtence.
EhITOltRT. NOTIEN.
IN ati elsabot'ratiso ftepo
pec'ts of thet ttonti erop51, tih- N(w Yorka
Financnial Chrioicile pu1ts the Itotal aieeage
6 ~this yeiar at 17,449,000 ae'rea, aigatinst 1,
590,000)1 acrie5 lst yestr--- ani iincreatse (5
5.18 per cent. Texas coimes lirst w,iit
3,102,000 acres4', andtt Geotrgiau comesi't nittt
with 2,977,000. As to maituirity, tho
plant is bactkwanit, hbult f lat'' fthe gr'owvt
h2a8 been rapqid.
a circular not.ifyiilg l)stmasters of the
proposed re(luc(tionl inl rates, which goes
into effect onl the first of October. The
object of the department is to have th(s
present stock of material redneeu(d to as
low at point ats 1)ossihl. The now two
cent stlml)S will h ready for delivery no
tll fifteenth of September.
ti: Cremation Society, of Phihulel
phliat, is gradually growing, an1d now hasW
Ia mem'n)b ershily of over forty. The oll
(ers ay that, the l)rejudie againist ere
inattioni is daiily gr"owing less hitter, and
ex(lreH the llope tihtt with timio 41ud
patiele theicy may at length olleeeed in
('stablishing at cremitory ill Philadelphia.
Tin directors of the Suez Canal Con
1)uny 11111timol)lsly approved the agree
msent relating to at second canal arrived
at I betweei )oLesse)s and the Englishi
gOvernment. but. the scheme grows in
unpatol)mlarity in Englanld.
DON'T GET EXCiEI). R
THIE JtUI7( MA1)C T11 Ftt11.1CT Ol A (kit
Jt)K:. gl
-,l
IS Mtarts to Tell n Wonttertn,l Story and t
Only Esenpu' ein4elg I,lc(et1) Utib it lal t
LtltIe by the Ietl tl a hs Frienidn ,.
to
Jtldge E. is very fond of relating most se
marvelous stories of his exploits, which
are always acconptnied by gestures . t
c quall,y extraordinary. I"
A few years ago the Judge was ''sum
iring" with Ia cou1)10 of professional se'
friends, Who, knowing his p])rOclivities to ,
the use of the long how, determined to -c.
1av4e a little sport at his expense. 111 'n
the cour'so of their rambles they stopped to
at ia hotel near somec famots fishing tr
grounds, and planned to astart fishing at n
t' iour o'clock the next morning. Judge "
E., not caring to go, was not to be waked y
when the others started. of
Morning came ad( the two sportsmen
slarted, leaving their tineonscious victim
sllumbering )tI(eelflly. As they lassed c(
through till- olfiee of the hotel they said nk
to the eleri, 4ipping their foreheads
sigaitienntly, "Keep youtr eVe onl that
fri'nd of ours--be's harmless enough,
lilt old-anid don't let him excite hii- r
self."
Of course flhe rumor that the new'
gguest was "ia little ofl" spread through I"
the hotel, and at breakfast the judge a
was the centre of all observation; but
stll)osilng (hat it was uile to the fact of
ii:s being lie renown,ed Judge E., he
WatS rather flattered than otherwise.
Aftir 1rea:,kfast lie strolled into the
('dice, we,r, were assembled half at dor,- t1
(Iln of the c stt:, engaged ill conve1-sa- ax
lion al'out the tnlateiious lodger. Not sh
noIticing the l,u'ks of distrust (ayt upon f
IiIn, lie begai by saying, "Fine morn.
1Ig, gentleniel.." No onl(' seemed to b 0 11
illined t() dispute tlhi"4 statement, and fo
silonee reigned for a few llomelts. ,t
Suddenly the Judge was reminded of W
e" rtain wonderfull .x)ploits, and, risiug, h
he h(gli; an auccoint of them, couched aF
in the 1ost tlowery" language, and to u
e:,force his remarks laid his hand on the n
shouItlde r of his neare)'(st audclitor', who I
hit fainj tag the lresence of the Su)- St
l).,e.d hlinitie, retired through the near
Vst, Ol)n door with more haste thaa 411
court ,.v."W
Somewhait disconleer ted, the narrator
stOkal in silenc'e for a few moments - le
ut lnlwllilin g that so good 11 story silould
a in iohcl, hie advanced and resumiedt t
hie fill', (nplasizing it 1 vnigorou,,s ,
bilows oii the' clerk's desk.
4xeliningl, 'Now' ('114m your1self, sir,(1
"'B' wha li?" cried the0 Judge,hr
iuighily mys81 tled. 4
"Thiere, now11, lhe calmn; dlon't excite t
vaurel'if, or we' sh1al1 have to take
lm 'lasurtes to re'strainl vou1.''"
"Iliestraini me !Take mneasoures I'" faLir- t)
Iy howled tile victim of the joke, in) a
pt rfect ralge. "' Ud like to see y'ou."
The cilrk was1 no0w thloroughily per-I 1
Sua:de'd 114hat for his own) personal safetyt
st rol 1)1 asures 1'(1 lye )nces'sar'y, and was
about t1 1)ut hliH thrieat inito execution -
wheon , hidge E. 's two comlpanlionH re
t'tue, and1( hurriied explaniations fol.
Jiidge E. could only hush81 tihe matter
upl by, a gener'1ous " trea~'t."' EvAen then
the4 story lea4kld out, and now the Judge
c:ni 11e stoppelod iln 11is most mnarveillous
tale( bIy his aulditoris sayinlg, "' Now don't b:
get excited."-harper's "' Drawc,r." a:
a
A Governtor's Veto,
i
(Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, iln k
his veto (If the 1hill entitled "' Au act au
thIorizig marr Iied womeni and their hius
hands, livinIg separa4te and1( apart lunder a
to sell and414' '4nvey tieir separ4ate real1i es
tale fre 4( l 'ii r oI ~ f rights of dower and1(
couLrte;v :4n11 444her1 inlterests," says:
"' Legil , di'n an1<4 juldiial inlterpret'ationi
have allready goneo a long way toward im
piinlg thew sacr'ed nes and811( weakening the"
streng) th of tile marriage r'elation. If t
this~ bill should become a law marriage II
in Pennsaylvaniia would ho. lit the more
than11 a temporarl'01y conitract, of thle nmost "
Her'ous rights an.1(1solen duItis5 (If which C'
the parties might relieve themselves at '"
their mutuial plieasuire. They are ablan
(doned4 by this blill t1 (lie ftull efTeetao of
thleir imme<hlate plrejud(ices, andlo passion a4
is given) futli venit to wvork the maost se- n
rioous evils and1( destroy all vestige of "
home or' mtuaiil prope'rty. The fruit of
their . nfion,. the innlocenlt chilidren of h
wedi ., are exposed4 without shlield or"
gualrdianislhp fromY tile law to the worst b)
conlsequlences oIf the inltemp)erate disposi
tionis of the4ir partsf. Tfhe des'truction01 rI
of home having b eeni beguni this 1hil1 in- I
vites its comlelte de'sohationi. This1 oulghlt
not to be and( it is to) be hoped never v
will become the plolicy of our law. That1) f<
p)olicy 8sh0111d 1)0 to conserve and( niot fa- f,
cilitate the etxtinAi)in of the mnariaige re
lation. The sacr''enes anld so-eurit y, of
its homes are the glory and1( strength'of a
State, 'a fortress at once and a temple.' a
It is to be devoutly hoped tile law may*
never relinquish its brooding guardian- I
ship over thlem. For these reasons I re
t,nrai the bill without my mammiovo :
CORONA Cli.
He is gone to the mountain, . co
He is lost to the forest,
Like a summer-dried fountain, T
When our need is the sorest. s~
The fount re-appearing gl
From the rain-drops shall borrow f
But to us comes no cheering,
-To Duncan no morrow I 1
The hand of the reaper m
Takee the ears that are hoary,
But the voice of the weeper
Walls manhood in glory.
The autumn winds rushing, r
Waft the leaves that are soares ,
But our flower was in flushing,
When blighting was nearest.
Fleet foot on the correi,
Sage counsel in cumbor, t
Red hand in the foray, b)
Ilow sound is thy slumber?
Like the dew on the mountain, 13
Like the foam on the river, at
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou are gone, and forever. v
WALTER Boos'r. .1
alph Terrill's Courtship. ,
.1
in front a moonlit, dimpling sea ; on
her hand a stretch of level beach,
ostly and dim ; behind, the mighty,
ack-browned eliffs, with hero and k
ere a treo leaning far out, as though 11
if tempted to try the fearful leap
ward the sea beneath ; and between
1, and cliff a pair of lovers.
Happy, yet. trembling ; trusting all to
o rosy god, yet dreading to dare pater, Ic
milias!
" It won't do, Nell. He'll never con
ut I You remember he told me last "
ring that he did not care for money, s
it that the man who won his daughter ,
nst have performe(1 some valorous deed
prove his worthiness of the precious t'
ust. It's a queer notion, pet. Why,
y beloved, it is an insult to talk of
uning you! I love you, hut to win ~
in I never hope, except by the power
that love!" (d
The handsome fellow bent. his fae
ward the girl at his side and a suspi
>us saound danced ont across the glint
ering Waves. t
'' But, lalph dear, perhaps father ti
ill-" c
" No, Nell, no ; he never will," inter
ipted her lover, again drawing her
ose to him. " I know what you would '.
y-that he may change. But it's im
saible. Darling, we must either wait,
tit indefinitely, or else-" n
A second time he bent toward the I
,eet cheek and whispered a few words I
the listening ear. r
The girl starte(1.
"Oh, Ralph! don't-t mn't! You know l
at I could never (1o that ! What! run t
vay-elope? Oh, my darling, do not
eak of such a thing! I shall love you a
r ever, but this I cannot do?" e
The young man soothed his con
mion with low words and tender, and
ead his love and longing as a reason o
r the proposal, but when the moon, d
hose blushing face had been hidden
-hind a great rift of clond, peeped forth v
;ain, the lovers had risen and were a
oving along the beach toward the k
ore frequented part of the shore.
Ralph Terrill was only a young lawyer c
ruggling into practice, while Nellie s
evillion was the beautiful daughter o,
1 Jeremiah Trevillion, one of the I
althiest men in the State. it
By chance the young people had met, (
d meeting had loved ; but how hope F
esly those only knew who had learned
e foibles of old Jeremy, when over his ;
ne his tongue was loosened. As Ter
1 hiad snlid, lhe caredi little for montey
ta son-in-law; but for some unknown t
ason lhe had fixed upon a hero for his
mughter's -husband. To win Nellie
revillion a man must first p)rove him
lI a knight of ' 'ye olden tinme;" antd
c chances of attaining such famne were
wv enough in the nineteenth century.
Nevertheless, so n thie edict ; and1 al
ough Terrill had, by his gentlemanly ~
~aring andl suiccessful pleading of cer
in eases, gainted the~ esteem of his do
red father-in-law, yet he knew too well
at any hint of his affectioni for Nellie
ould at once turn him from the door.
nid so it wvas that the young peop)le
ight, as yet, only love andI hope, but
>t marry.
One ally, however, they had in Nellie's
icle, a retired merchant and an old
bach "-Dwvight Trevillion-and to
m they confided all their troubles.
his sage o'id party listened and advised,
it as yet no result had been reached
1.1 thte future remained dim enough,
erc it inot for the light of glowving trust
1(1 love. They would watch and wait.
Early morning on the coast; and as
0 bright beams of the happy sunt
sned all the little waves awake, brigh t
ling the face of the smooth beach, two
alwart figures were seen to emerge
omi a cottage and turn toward tho sea.
was Jeremy and Dwight Trevillioni,
0 b)rothoera, b<-und for a day's fishintg.
Th'ley en,tersd their boat, spre'ad their
mnvas, and wore seen sailing gentlIi
"ay blefore the light land breezo-a-loiie
r these gentlemen were thorough
ortsmten, and( desired no third party in
eir trips. This morniing, however,'ere
woy embarked, Dwight Trevillion lad
*iretsse'd a half hope that some man
ighat he stirring, wvhoso services thiey
ihd entgage, "' to attend to the boat
haihe they fished."
lBnt his brother laughed him to scorn.
"Bosh, Dii Why should wet ne(d
bothaerintg ignoramus with us to-dlay
ore thtan on Tu'aesday last, when w'e
ent crabbifng ?"
"Oht, no reason," replied the other,
-sitatingly, "' only I thought if we
anted to go far from our boat it would
better."
"Well, we can toss heor anchor over,"
plied Jeremy, "' and she'll wait for ius.
,n't let us htave ai man.''
Just as the chimes of theo far away
llage clock tang across thb mootht wvalr
a- six o'clock the Seagull ground her
>refoot upon the fine white sand of a
nail sandbank, perceptibile at low tide,
ud the Trevillion brothers emb,arked.
"Now for a jolly (lay," said Jeemy.
a lhe prep)aredl his tackle, undisturbed.
Stick that little anchor in the heacht,
)wi, and we'll go to the lower point.."
The other obeyed, and with rods anr
nes the gentlemen strolled away to
gling, and then, borne upon the crest oa a
commtng watv?, boat and men were hurlei
into the sea of foam that frothed about
the Trevil ons ani,l four half-drowned
tdventurere at ood knee deep in the risint
can.
"Great heavens !" cried the fair Nel
lie's father, as he strove to keep his feet,
and grasped the arm of his would-be
son-in-law. "Great heavens I now we
are lost 1"
"Not so, sir I" cried young Terrill,
peering across the white line of breakers
into the night beyond-''not so, sir.
Deputed by your fair daughter to row
hero and see that you were safe, I em
ployed this honest boatman and came
came to and you in danger and to seek
to save the life of one precious to het
whom I love better than life itself ! And,
sir, my mission shall not be in vain !
Stand here, Owen," he conbinued to his
boatmian, "and assist these gentlemen.
As for me, I will swim to yonder boat,
which I can see tossing beyond these
cruel waves, and return with it or perish
in the attempt I Not a word, sir," i
went on, as Jermoy Trevillion would have
spoken. "I love your daughter. Let
me show how much love can do for love's
sake. Because I love her I will risk my
life for yours, sir ! I will gain that boat
and save you, or die I"
And with these tragic words, Italph
plunged into the sea.
"Brave boy !-brave boy I" sobbed Mr.
Trevellion, as the dauntless rescuer dis
appeared. ''Oh, Dwight I -such a man
is a hero I Such a man is worthy of Nellie,
and she shall marry him if she will, do
we but live to see the shore again."
His brother only pressed his hand,
and the three figures stood silent, braced
against the hurrying waves that each
moment burst against them, rising
higher and higher. Suddenly a shout
rang in their ears, then another, and al
most before they could believe it, the
boat loomed through the night before.
them.
'Men ahoy I Stand by to take hold of
this line !"
"Ay, ay, sir I"
A rope whirled through the air. Tihe
boatman caught it, a little craft plunged
into the surf close at hand, there was a
general scramble, a flap of sails, and
then the Seagull bore away with four
drenched but happy men aboard, and
breakers tossed alone upon the shal
low.
Ralph had won his bride. The praise
of his prospective father-in-law knew no
hounds; nor did he offer a word of oljec
tion to the proposal of the longing lover
that their nuptials be celebrated on the
earliest possible dty.
"Take her, my boy. You have won
hor," sai( the happy old gentleman, on
the following morning, when the two
young people stood before him.
But to this day Uncle Dwight h:
kept silent as to his part in Ralphi'
eourtship, and his brother will nevei
know that he purposely tripped the
anchor short, so that the Seagull might
drift away; that Terrill was to be on
hand for a re:-cue, and that the tidt
never covers the sandbank to a greater
depth than four feet, except in the most
fu rious storms.
I'he Outer 1lebrides.
One mile from Mingalay lies Soutli
Bernera, the southernmost of the isles
a bold mass of gneiss, about a mile iti
length and half a mile in width, sloping
gradually downward toward the east, bu
presenting to the western waves a pre
eipitous front of about seen iundret
feet in height, crowned with a magnifi
cent lighthouse of granite and iron, suel
as may defy the wildest storm, andl wart
all mariners to keep as far as possib<
from tl1'A dead(ly coast. It is said tha
this blessed lighit ('anl be discernied at
distiaince of upwards of thirty miles, bur
practically the height of the crag em
which it has bee'n placed is found to b<
a disadvantage, as its light is oftei
shrouded in mist, whIle all is clear be
low.
hLnely indeed is thec lot of the meni ii
charge of this bieacon light, left to th'ei
own resources on this ut'termost isle
their ontly communricationi with the oute
world being when, t wice a ye'ar, th
lighthouse sto res are brought b.y
steamen(r, wihichi enn only lie to for a im
hiounrs, for there is no manner of anchor
age, anad thle onily possible landing-plac
is a shlv ing ledge' of rock, oni which h
who wonuld go ashiorte must. spir'ing at th
miomtent wh'len Ihis hoitat rises oni the cres
if ia wave', andi( their make' thre b est, of hi
way tot the sutmmit, byv scrambling up
sl iipery, shelving rock.
Once a year, too, a piriest from Bari
'oumnts here to visit iris littie fIoek, nun
lering aboiut t wo setore-a flue, hard;
'self-re'lianit race. Their isle sutpplit
patstunre for cows and goats, so thety lire
lie blessing oif good milk ; othierwise tI
sea-hirdis who congregate on thre cliffs.
jill ins and auiks, guillemt ts and kitt
waketst -suppilly their Ilarder with fret
m eart in anmmirer and salt meat for wint
use; also withI oil for thiir lamp js a
feaithers foir heddiing. When'i fishing
piossib le, the boats go off ~to wrtest
hmr vtest from the sea-cuddies, hiaddocl
heorrinig, floun ders, lythie andi sy titw, ruiel
ci dlinigs, antd skate. Eels they will m
touczth, hut dog-fi art' wtelcomt, andt ai
r.amltedl and dlrited for wintter store.
lIn the spinig time Itousand of egg
are taken liy hosld cragsme'n, whot iadvt'm
i oret aind soimtetiimts sarrifict' theair Iiv
i:i this qulest.-- /C }hfyar lHoumt.
A Newv Eniglandt Turni,ont.
Newv Einglandi wagorn fac'tories ar
turnring ot foriia'X i nex summr aiin imsii
nilumber oif I wii-whei'lid r'arts. Somr
Iryet an arranigemenit bty which they ei
be' adtjusteto h iorse's of diffherent 1huil.h
ra a tall bolar'' rt'<pures thait tIre ear 11
pijtched' att a diIl'erenit angle fronm the
uised with a shiot onie. The large's
, lt' oif t wot-whrteld carts, b uuilt for for
paopl and haivintg seats rh unmg length'
wise of thre hod,v, piassres under the nam
if wagotitt. 'iheit carrge tdealers sa
that the reason wh,ry t here are so man
noveltites this year m the vehicle line
biencnse the t radle is so dIull, anti t
nainfactuirr have becen ransackin
Steir birains for patterns which wvill hel
stmulate it.
A little later two young people met.
on the cool piazza of the Trovillion
ttage,
" My darling I." whispered Italph
'rrill, stealing a kiss ; " your bright
'ect face pales the beauty of this
urious morning, even I "
" Oh, Ralph I" cried Nell, laughing
what a Persian compliment' And, my
vo, may I not say that the brightest
urning is dull until I have seen your
" My queen I" ej-ienlated the young
ver, his eyes dancing. "But, dearest!
is day more tli:ui all others will, .
lst, be a briglit one to us. Come,
'ootheart. nit here a moment and I will
11 you." And he drew a chair to her
1e. I have a plan. If it succeeds
>ur father will have given his consent
our marriage before another n mrniing
-ightens the earth I"
And with Nellte's hand clasped in his,
alih half whispered the modus oper
idi in her ear.
" Splendid !-splendid I Oh, Ralph,
>u darling !" And her white, plump
-Is wereabout his neck and two soft,
no lips repaid the recital (Oh, my
ve, then you will he ,vith me always !"
eo continued, wit i a charming hlush.
And Uncle Dwight heilped .e contriv',
"Yes, sweet. It w s ils plan. i am
it a factor in; it. But it. will be sure to
ccoed if the weather remains fair.
nd now, silence. Not a word of it until
o end comes. Once safely wedded, if
,ur father must know, we can tell him.
it a hint of any conspiracy now would
se the (lay forever."
With mutluli promises of secrecy th'
vers parted.
Slowly the day wore on. The morn
ig sun grow older, and proud of his
rength, beat upoi the earth beneati
ith noon-day beams ; then regretting
is passion as the hours 1lkw by, lie drove
tpidly down the wvstern heavens-half
i sorrow-fleecy clouds attending him,
uitil just as the crickets began to chirrup,
id the tide come in, he sanl: to rest in
hank of rose-colored vapors far in the
istant horizon.
All day long Jeremy and Dwight Trc.
illion had fished, luichiing beneath the
iadow of the single point of rock that
(e sand-bank boasted, and continuing
wir sport until the shadows of the
oming night and the swift-rising tide
arned them to desist. Once dmiing the
ftcrnoon Jeremy had proposed return
ig to the boat, but to this Dwight ob
-cted.
" There's no need. It's high and c0ry
ow, and will be until the tide tiu is.
,et us improve our time while we may.'
Lnd so, the fishing being good, they had
emamled.
Now, however, they had waited too
ang. Night was at hand and the tide
oo. They must need hurry.
"Wo must walk fast," said Dwight,
s they packed up their tackle and fast
ned their creels upon their shoulders
the tide is higher than I thought."
But you fastened the boat ?" said ihe -
ther, in some trepidation. " You
ropped the anchor ?"
Yes," replied the brot her, ") but it
ras tripped, you know, and when the
rater swings it clear there's nothing to
eep the boat at her moorings."
" You don't mean to say that there's a
hianee of such a thing happening ?"
lid Mr. Trevillion the elder.
" Indeed, I do !" replied the other,
urrying onward " for the sea is coi
ig up rapidly. You know the tide cov
rs this place entirely. We must get to
te boat I"
" Good heavens !" cried Jeremy; r'this
lhorril le ! Are we to drown, then ?"
The surf was now lreaking upon the
ttle bank in long, steady waves;
itch momient the strip of sandi~ grew more
arrow, andi b,ehind there could1( hie hea'r-1
1o roar of thle ocean among the rok
-here they had eateni dinner. U etre at
as1 no0 longer' posible.
"I mean to say this," said the youniger
ian; "' we are in a trap, and1( unless we
aini our ooat, or succor comes from te
hore, within twenty minutes the sea will
"My poor Nellie !" groaned Jerenmy;
uid together they ran onward..
Suddenly D)wight, wvho wan in advance,
toplped with a sharp, "' Look I''
Through the night they could see b,e
ore them tihe outtlinte of their b)oat. Slue
van twenty rodls away, rockinig upon0 the
wells and drifting from them I
Trevillion tuttered a hong, hoarse cryI,
mad threw up his arms in despair.
"We are lost !" he groaned; " we
(1hal1 both he drowned I'" And the waves
apiped their very feet.
"Hold on f" said the btrother; "' we're
tot lost y'et. Can yon1 swim ?
" No ! '
"Neither can I. We must shout. Per
hap)s some1 fishing smack or plassinig lioa t
may hear uts. Come, togetheior-nowi!"
Their ;'oices rang out long and loudit
iver the growinig roar (If the surf ablout
them. No answe'r.
"Again h" whispered D)wight, gathie:
inIg his b)rcath.
A second shout went blindly out into
lth' darkness. Thbis time it wa&s faintly
tiswered. Jeremy seized his brother's
arm.
" Listen!i Some oiie comes ! Heaven
b0 thianke'd I''
The old man was trembling from his
terr!ile fright. Another call brought a
we(oond1 answer, anid then, as the ories oft
the t wo men entinuied, the soun 1 of
ars wan hcard nuear and still nearer, unii
Iil a small boat conttainiing tw" men cold(
heo distiniguishied ini the gloom, It stoppe5 d
outside the surf, which was now break
inig with a heavy roar uponl 'tihe how sand
>anka eachm iinstant. rising higher about
the Trevillions.
"~ Beat ahoy' I" cried Dwuighit; "' come
at and take u.s off I Our craft has drifted
away and we shall drown I"
"All right, sir !" responded a cheery
vo ico, " we'll he there dlirectly !"' an'd
igain the craft wan headed towardl
thiem.
"That's young Terrill I I know buis
voice," saidl Jeremy.
"A fine fellow, too," replie' D)wighit.
'" He'll save us noIw, sutrely. IHe is bravo
.-.ILook out! All!"
Tl.he rescuers' boat had been1 caught
by the tumabling surf and overturned.
[is occupants were seen elinginmg to tihe
.1(d0 an it rolled and tossed in the break
ers.
There was a moment of wild atrno
THE ACT OF DYING.
1low People Feel W1 en 1,ife's l,at Chord
tun5pN.
Sir Benjamin Brodie, Professor of
Chemistry in the University of Oxford
and an eminent. Enlglishl scientist, in an
interesting work, eit i; led " Psychological
Inquiries," gives thn following resulis of
his professional e.perieieo of the last
moments of life:
Really, according to my ob servatioii,
the mere act of dying is seldom, in any
sense of the word, a very pailful pro
cess. It is true that some persons die in
a state of bodily torture, as in cases
of tetanus; that the drunkard dying of
delirium tremens is hinted 1y terrible
visions, and that the victim of thatt most
horrible of all diseases, hydrophobia, in
addition to those peculi:r bodily suffer
ings from which the disease hau derived
its name, may be in a state of terror
'rom the s.pposed presence of frightful
)hjcects, which are presented to him as
reatlitiis, even to the last. But these
and some other instatees which I might.
adduce are exceptions to the general rule
which is, that both metItal and bodily
l;uffering terminates long before the scene
is fiually closed. This as to the actual
fear of (death : It seems to me that the
Author of our existence, for the most part
gives it to us when it is intended that me
should live, and takes it away from us
when it is intended that we should die.
'hose who have been long tormented by
bodily prin are generally as anxious to
die as they ever were to live. So it
often is with those whose life has been
protracted to an extreme old age, be
yond the usual period of mortality, even
when they labor under no actual <isease.
It is not very common for any one to
die merely of old age:
"Like ripe fruit to drop
Inti hia mother's lap..'
But I have known this to happen; and
: happy conclusion it has seemed to he
Of worldly cares and joys. It was like
talling to sleep, never to wake again inl
this state of existence. Some die re
niniiig all their faculties, and quite
1 tware that their dissolutiol is at hantd.
)thers offer no recognition of external
h01jects, so that it is impossible for us to
form any positive opinion whether they
1o or do not retain their sensibility; ail
others again, as I have already stated,
who appear to be insensible an(1 un1
conscious when carefully watched, are
found not to be so in reality; but they
die contentedly. I have myself nevet
known but two instanees in which, mn
lie act of dying, there were manifest
indications of the fear of death. J'h
inlividuals to whom I allude were unex
peetedly destroyed by hemorrhnge,
whiicli, froni peculiar circumstances
which I need not now explain, it was
impossible to suppress. The depressing
ff'eets which the gradual loss of blood
produced on their corporal system
seenied to influence their minds, and
they died earnestly imploring that relivf
which art was unable to atf'ortl. Seneei
might have chosen an easier deafth thaa
from opening his arteries.
"What I have said refers only to the
ast stge in the process of disso lution.
There is no doubt tliat a pure and simple
religious faith, antd a frm reliance (n
the being who has placed us here, con
tribute more than iniythintr besides to
disarm death of its terrors, deprive 'the
grave of its victory,' and smooth tle
passage of the humbl le and sincere
believer it, the termiintion of his
worldly career. Nevertheless, according
t) my own experience, and what I have
lieard from others, the influence of
religios feelings is, for the most part,
not so muich perc'eltible at the momuent
whlen de'athI is actuiiil ly imiiptendinug, as it.
is at ani tearlie'r pe'rhid, wiheni the itndi
viduanl, whot was previously in he'althI, or
suppo.(lsted himseulf toi be so, first discove'rs
that if is piroblab le lie will die."'
How Colds are Taken.
A person ini goodl health, with fair
play, anys The Lanet, easily resists
cold. But when the health flags a little,
and liberties are taken withI the stomach,
or the nervoius systemi, a chill is easily
taken, and according to the weak spot of
the indivitdual, assumes the form of a
tt>ld, or pne'unmiia:, or, it. may be, jauin
dice. Of all causes of "' cold, " probab ly
fatigue is oiie of lie most ('flieient. A
jaded man-coming homne at night from a
- long day's work, a growing youth losing
a two hours' sleep over ieening parties twoi
or three t.imes a week, or a young lady
a heavily "' doing the season," young chii I
t dlren over-fed anid with a short allowance
s of leep, are common instanices of t'
a victims of "'cold." Luxury is favorable
to chill-taking; very hot rooms, soft
a chairs, feather beds, create a sensitive
.ness that leads to cafarrhus. It is not,
aifter all, the "4 cold '' thait is so nmehi fto
a lie fearedI as the aiitec'teiint 'onitiont lS
ethat give thle at tack a chance oif doiing
e harm. Some oif t he worst "'colds "' hap
-pen to those who do( not leave t heir house
or ei'(ven their lbed, aiid those who iare
hi most invulnerab'le arei often those whoi
id tuire, and whoc by3 good slesIp, cold hath
iig, andl regular habl its Ipresterve thlei tonie
a "'f t hieir iiervous systemn andi cirenulation.
Probihal y mnany chills are econtracd at
n uighit or at the fag endil of thle day, when
t tred peopile get the eqiuilibirium oif thelir
e circulation (listurbend b y either oiver
heated sifting.-rooms or underheated beiid
iiroms and beds. This is specially the
eaise with elerly peoplte. In such~l cases
ihe mischief is not al ways done instanita
ni oisly, or in a singlo night. It Often
takes place insidiously, extending over
lays tor even wee'ks. It thus appear's
'hat ''taking cold '' is not by any means
asimple result of a lower temperature,
butdepndslargely ton peCrsonial condi
iosadhalbitsf, afbet ing especially flit
erusand inmuscuilar enorgy of the body.
A IIOMRale'K IIORsM.--Blair, tile bioyise
ttrainer, says: "L1eoesbuirg is a sftraniger to
t thle turf, amid has ino rotcord. When'I I
r rr, tAok him away fr 'im his home'5 isime
- ieago he was fte most homesieek
a s ave evert hid to tden] with. For
Y two days it was worth as much as a
Y man's life to go narm him, but fhially lie
S calmed down and allowed us to attend to
0 himr. Then it was that I found thait,
g while kicking and tr':rinig thiirgs about
p in the ear; he had badtly cut one of his
hind legs."
Amasa Stone's Fortune.
(rath writes to the Cincinnati En
7uirer as follows: The great wealth of
Amasa Stone, who committed suicide in
[Develand, Ohio, now falls into the
buds, in part at least, of a young mafl
who was bred on a farm in Illinois, of
)oor, plain parents. Possessing a sym
pathetic nature, good sense and talents,
e fell into the way of Abraham Lincoln,
ho gave him a Secretary's place. He
remaned with Mr. Lincoln during his
whole term of the Psresidency, and was
then sent to various positions in foreign
Nounttries, acquitting himself well at all
,f them. He was our Minister virtually
n France, Spain, and, I think, Austria.
Finally he concluded tp give up these
loners that lho had worn so well, and
!)lunged into the hard life of the press.
F'or a time he edited a newspaper at
Springfield, Ill. I frequently received
notes from him in those days, comment
ing upon or encouraging publications of
mine in the Chicago Tribune. At an
other time he returned from Europe and
began to write on the New York Tribune,
making his column or two every day,
and lecturing a little meanwhile. Here
his eyes began to fail. In this discour
aged condition lie met, the wife of A. B.
Stone, brother of the lato Aniasa Stone.
Mrs. Stone, though her husband was re
puted to be worth a million or two, ad
mired men of mind and career. She had
a blooming niece, whom she introduced
to him. The young lady was delighted
nt ith him, as women have been in every
land. When they married he took his
bride out to see his parents on the Illi
nois farm. Persons have described to
me his anxiety ns to how his wife, reared
m the lap of millions, would appreciate
the plain homestead where he had been
nested. Without any hesitation she
called them father and mother, and gave
them a daughter's kiss. Had she looked
back but a single generation she would
have soon that her own father began life
as poor Joseph, the carpenter. Col.
Hay settled down opposite his father-in
law and became a favored son. Children
were born to him. Even he, in the
midst of youth, felt that money is not
the wholo of life; and at times he has
hmd to lay down his little portion of the
heavy load that Amasa Stone carried of
i".evitable, inexorable buminess. He was
otn one of these journeys to recruit his
health when his father-in-law passed
away.
A Dynamite Story.
In 1865 a prisoner, who was con
demned to hard labor in a German mine
(a fate that befalls many evil-doers in
Rhineland), managed to effect his es
cape. lie ha<T hed at position of somlte
little contidence in the mine, and when
he dlecamped lie suce'eded in taking with
him a small can containing about three
pounds of nitro glycerine. Profoundly
ignorant of the nature and fell destrue
tiveness of the explosivo, anid believing,
from the care with which he had always
seen it served out in the mines, that it
was of considerable value, he clung to
his treasure with tenacity and eventually
embarked for the United States, carry
ing the can withl him and using it in his
long sen voyage as a pillow. Arrived in
New York, he sought accommodations
in a Greenwich stxeet sailors' boarding
house. There, ponding his search for a
purchaser, he put the can in the public
1arroomn, where it was used by the
boarders as a foot-rest when they blacked
their boots. This went on for fully two
weeks, and probal y thle little can was
k necked about by careless mariners,
who knew little, the daniger they were
incurring. Onue day there was a fight
in the barroom, and the can wais kicked
b,y a stalwart German in his cffort to
reach one of his opponen(1ts. Themi fight
enided instantly. Simultatieously with
the kick there was a general scatterinig
of all the inmates of the room, a crash
ing of falling bricks and spliniterinig tim
1hers, and1( a repoert like a seventy-four's
b roadside. A horse that was passinig in
lie street was struck by somte of the
b ricks hurled from the buiildinig and
pieces of an iron pillar that had been
shattered, andi( was instantly killed; but.,
stranlgely enlouig, t lie men in thme bar
room11 (etcaped withI slight b ruuises, the
kw"kers even being only stunniied b y the
shock. -Philad:/phuia Prcas.
A Naval ('adet's Trouble.
The most unfortumnate ease of klepto
mania hais b)een brougit to light at the
Naval Academy, Anmaiolis, which may
result in thle ultiniate disminissal of one of
the "' star " mmbers (Jr the first class.
It app)lears flint for sonic time past the
cadlets have been missing from their
rooms articles of weairinig apparel, triok
ets, etc. It was supplIosed that they
had been stolen by some of the colored
emloyees, andit sonme had1( even been dis
charged on this aeconut. But lately
suspicion fell uipon Cadet Bowman, of
Michigan, a member of the graduating
class, which was promptly reported to
the authorities. 1 t, was not deemed ex
pedient to aict, however, without further
proof, and int ihe meant imue a quiet watch
was instituted. It was aseertained that
a b)ox had b,een taken from Cadet Bow
mian f 's oomt ini a siurrepttiftious manner.
-An orda -ly wyas dispastcIhed to the ex
press5 otlice, where it was carried, and
tIhe b'ox was ,* retd to the Academy
.tunder authority o f the comimandlant of
entdets. It wis op -ied ini the presence
of ietnants I','tter, Manniey, Green
and Cadet liowinani, and the latter (lid
not deny tha;t. some of the contents did
not belontg to hiim ; in fact, the strange
demeanor hld t hose pre'senit to besliove
thiat his nimid was affected. hBowman
.was regelated to the hiospital for furthier
ordlers. lie is a birighit young man
standing No. 3 in the first class, and
much sympathy is expressed for him.
It is believed he will either hec dismissed
or allowed toJ resign. It was stated that
a pistol had been1 taken from him. Fear
inig pe(rsonmal violence a guard wiitchea
over l um.
A Righteous Retributoon,
A strange affliction has been visited
upon01 a young man who resides in a town
not many miles from Atlanta, says the
Constitu/ion. Several years ago when
lhe was a boy ho was acenstomed to pass
ing through passenger triiins thatstopped
at hist towni and( soliciting abams, repre
seniting that he was a muite. H e (did so,
niot 5o muich to dlefrautd ats for the pleas
uire of p)erp)etrat ing ai joke((. lIe is now
in Atlantai for trem ient o f deafness, and
cannot h,ar a i'ord t hat, is spoken to
him. The deaIf;h'ss its due1 to a disease
huiehi attaceked him while in Texas some
weeks ago. ie spe1)(lls on his fingers as
an ordinary deaf mute does.
Wr. nevor knew a muan wvho could ap.
preciate the blessintgs of prosperity as
did a Boston printer, who long since laid
biy stick amid rule fo'rever. A "' fat take "
o'f p)oetry fell to him. He seiz.ed it with
avidity, gazed at it long and tranquilly
thben called a " sub," put on his coat
went off. " When a man gets such a it
take na that," he said, " he can afford to
loaf for a day or two."--Boaton Tran.