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VOL. XV. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 18 1886- N MNRC. 24 In Advance. Now Winter is fighting his battles With many an toilo lance, But I'm writing a "gentlo spring" poem With the editors wish "in advance." It is full, as is usual of "violets," It allurdes to the "robin's first peep," Though a blizzard's i daily ocourronoo And the snow-drifts are seven foot deep. But the editors-singular creatures, To whom I am bound hand and foot Srasp at Father Tino's typical forolook, Till it's nearly pulled out by the root. or they get 'way ahead of the season, Soa manner most wily and Arch; 8o that while you are reading December They finish the number for March. And he who would hopo for acceptance Must strike up betimes with his tune, And sing Harvest Horne in Mid-Winter And jingle his sleigh-bells in Juno. So when my spring pren is finished, No rest does mny weary pon got; I must write a review of a novel Which isn't itself written yet ! --Besslo Chandler, in Century. JOI UNEXPECTED. It was she week before Christmas, and Miss Polly Pritchard sat alone in her little room, diligently at work. So far it had been a hard winter, with the ground all iron-bound with cruel frost; the river clad in steely links of Ice, the sky full of snow, and wind, and tempest. But Miss Polly was very com fortable in the little red farm house, of which she occupied one wing, the other being rented out to Farmer Gribbage and his wife. There was always a cheerful tire of logs blazing on the open hearth, always a plant at the window, and a eat purring on the rug. "To be sure, it's rather lonely," said the little old maid to herself, "never to have a soul to speak to. But it is what one nust expect when one outlive's one's family and friends!" So she sat here on this grey winter's afternoon, singing some half-forgotten song, and plying her busy needle, when Mrs. Cribbage, the farmer's wife, came in. "Dolls, I declare!" she exclaimed, looking at the boxes on the table; and, as her quick eve fell on the work in Miss Folly's hand, she added: "And, as true as I live, you're a-dressin' 'em." "Yes," said Miss Polly, coloring a soft autumnal pink. "For the toy-shop?" said inquisitive Mrs. Gribbage. "Well-no!" acknowledired Miss Pol ly. "They are for the little girls in the orphan asylum. They don't have any one to think of their Christmas, you know.". kWell, I declare!" reiterated Mrs. Gribbage. "Why, there's eighteen of 'em. You don't mean to say that you're dressing eilgltoen dolls?" "Yes," said Miss Polly in deprecating tones. "Hutimph! Well, I just came in to tell you that t'm goingup to Miss Georgietta I'ullerton's to tea. ' ",Are you?" said Miss Polly. Mrs. fribbage nodded complneently. "Didn't they gask you?" said she. Miss Polly shook 'her head. "'Well, it's your own fault," said Mrs. Cribbage, not without asperity. "Look at that old faded turned dress of yours. Miss Georgiett a Fullerton is very particu lar about Ir' dress. And now that she is engaged to be m arried to th Al/:>i Polly gave the least, p'rcetptiblo start at thesee words, and asked: "l'; she eng!.aged to b'' married to hill?" "So folks say,' complacently an swe'r(ed \lrs. Cribbage. "And 1'don't suppose he coul aave aade - a better mattch. Miss Fullerton is ;an excellent husekeeper, and has got a little; mon(ev of her' (own1. Andl it is haigh timei ther~e ws someonIle at tIhe parllsonIae to keep Anad a'r.. t;ribbaage sailed away in 11er ru11tlinig Siik :;own cad red lu'maled hat, leatvinlg iiss P ol ly aloun' withI her dolls. The( parison sat alone, also, thaat grey thireateman ag D ecembi ler afternloonl, inl his little studcy, with aic heip of sermilon-paper in front of hian. lIe had sat down to write his Christmas semon10i; but, somiehiow, tile ideas reifused,( to colle. T1her'te was at genieralI aspect of forlorn ness about the rooma, whichl tile poor1 mant1 realized, buat~ couldt noct explain. "'it's all very un1com1for'tablo, sahl AMr. Mellen to himaself, blitinlg thloughtfully att thme feather end (of als quIill-peil. "~AndI, som1ehow, I always feel it mlore( at Christmalts tinie than11 at any othaer. Hear thosti chiildren'l scream' ! Onie would think thmey miight play withiou' making qjuite so much10 noise. But the10, arei not managed as they were when'a poor lsabel was alive. I supp)lose I amU not a goodl disilinarianl, or plerhalps I shiouild have t hem inl bet teri t rau1iing. R{eally, I dlon' t knaow but thait the goo<t ladies ini lmy cong regaition are r'ighit, andl that I ouigh't to--' "'Get airriet1 againi!"' Rlobbie Alell'n 's shrill little voice ut teretd, just at this momeltnt. "'Oh, I like that! T1hat's a ttretty note'! Our father01 get mlarr'iedh tagamii! Non senisa, lellI; snloeone has "BHut it's trua,'" reattorted little Bell, full of indigati On, "'and( you 11eedn' t lauigh. I heard old1 Miss G ramnpus say so to Miss Collyer, last weak, whlen thety all thought I was asleep oil thle bed, at Stcwimg Soca)ioty- tat papa was goinig to "'Who waus it?"' br'at b1lessly dbemai. etd Janie, It imll gi of elevenl. --The lady', I (eanl?": ,' ll thseel 'lhoydintay"Hl nwr. "MiNiss Ge'oragie' ller ton, I bet!'' shoultedI Robbci. "Oh, I wouldn't likle her for a miiother'.'' ''Who wouldl 'you like?'' retorted Janie scor'nfully. "'Oh, I dlon't know,'' answered.( Rob-. bie. ''Not her, anyihow. 'She scoiwledt at 111 0one dayi~ when I stepped on1 theO train of her dIress. Anal I heardl her say, 'Clumsy boy!' tao her'l sister."' "Anad she( was1 very right,'' didanetie. )Ndly ob)serveda dJ anl i'. "'Ycu ar ai' ctlumisy boy, Rob." "'Perhaps," said Jolan, "it.'s Mrs. Biricknor. Therel'('s I' stuniner for you. Ain't she always dlrcete li ka the Queen' of ShebaP" "I can't bear Mrts. Brieknor," said Boll. "'SIle laughs too hooud, ia nd her falso teeth don't, fit, and I dlon't thin1k she lIkes little boys and girls. She lookedl real cross at the birthday-party when we had thIem funny games, anld told Mire, Fenwbok that shie didn't think nknamnz an.ht to beall~,-d to wae much noise.'' "I'll tell you who does love children, though," suddenly exclaimed Janie; "and I love her too, and I wish papa would marry her. Miss Polly Pritchard." '-What, that Miss Polly that has the blue Maltese eat, and the red cardinal bird?" said Robbie. "Well, it ain't a bad idea. She gave me some bread and.jam the night I got lost blackberry ing on the hills, and told me such a nice story about Fortunatus and his Purse when I was resting on her sofa." "Yes, and what do you think?" eagerly struck in Janie. -'She's dress ing eighteen dolls, now, for the poor little orphan girls in the asylum, and she has bought eleven jack-knives, b cause she says all children ought to have a Christmas.'' "She's a trump!" declared Robbie, pounding both hands down upon the table. "I declare I've most a mind to marry her myself! But look here, Janie, ain't you going to help i fellow with these long-division sums, before papa calls us in to recite?" And then the noise of four talking to gether drowned the sense of what they said, and Mr. Mellen, smiling to hint self, pushed back hWs pen and sernlon paper. "'Out of the mouths of babes and suckling's,''' he said mildly. "'Who knows but that these little ones' voices have been sent to guide my footsteps aright? It was it sweet aint' gracious idea, that of preparing a Christm:as for the little homeless ones who have no parents to take tendier thought for theml. 1 think I will go out and gilet my troubled meditations with a walk." And his walk led him to the little red farm house in whose wing Aliss Polly Pritchard sat diligently at work over the eighteen dolls. The parson was a sensible straight forward man, who comprehended none of the sinuous wiles of society. He knocked at the door :nd walked in. All looked cosy and comfort able there, from the big geranium in the window and the Maltese 'at on the rug, to the shaded lamp and the work-basket be side the prit lit tlc spin, ter. And .liss Polly herself, with her thick brown hair coiled in a knot at the back of her head, and a faint carnation like bloom on her cheek, was not the least attractive elemllent of the scelle. "So these are the dolls for the little waifs and strays of humanity-ell?" said the parson, looking kindly at the maiden lady. "Yes," said Mliss Polly. "But I don't know how you heard anything about it, Mr. tlellen. It was to be a profound secret." "I will keep it, most profoundly," said the parson. "You see," blushingly explained Miss Polly, "I am fond of children, and it's a real pleasure to me to do anything for the little things. I've often thought I should like to adopt a child.'" ''Miss Polly," said the parson bluntly, "that is the very' business I have come to you about. What do you say to adopting four?" ''Four?" repeated liss I'ollv. "Yes," said the par.on. ''Mine! And their father thrown into the bar'ain. What do you say, Miss Polly? Will von ina rry me?" "I--I'm afraid I am not good etlolught," said Miss Polly, with a little gasp, as if the tide of unexpected happiness was surgmtg up into her very throat. "If ever there was a good Christian, Polly, y Otare one," said the parson. "Or else," putting his hand lightly upon the tiny heap of dolls, "you never would have taken all this trouble for Christ's orphaned little ones. Only say 'Yes,' Polly. That is all I want." And P~olly- said "Yes." when shie caime hiome antd heard the news. "I thloughlt it was to be Georgietta Fullertont, sure eniough,"' said sihe. "But howv ever caine Mr. Mellen to think of you?" ''1 amt sure' I dlon't know," said Miss Polly with humility. So, like the old-tinte fairy stories, our tale ends. ''Atnd they lived happily ever after.'' For Mrs. Mellen was a model stepmtother, and the four young reb)els at the parsonage loved her hieartily. Th'lis was Miss Polly Pritchard's last Cihristmas in loveless solitude. For' whten the next Christmtas camne she war the htappiy little mistress of the p)arsonage How Many Hours for Sleep? .There is an old saying that has frightened a gr'eat many peop)le from taking thte rest that nature detnanded for them, ''Nine hours are eniough for a fool.'' Thtey may be; and inoet too nmany for a wise tman who feels that. he needs them. Goethe, whten perfotrmi ng his most prodigious literary feats, felt that lie needed inine hours; what is better, he took them. We preCsumte it. is con~eded by all thoughtful persons that the brain mi very young cldren, say tharee or1 four year's of aige, requiires all of twelve hours in rest, or slee'p. TIhis periiod is shortened gradulally until, at fouteent years of age, thte btoy is fountd to need only teni hours. When full grown and in a healthy cotnditioni, the man may find a nlight oif eight hours sullicienit to rep)air the exhaust ion of the (lay and new-create hint for tihe tmorrow. Bunt if he diso'<'r that he needs more sleep he shoeuld take it. T hiere is suirel y sette ting wriontg aboutt t him; perPhapnns a for gottetn wa:ste mtuist be repuairedl. His sleep, cyevietly, has nmot been mtade up; and1( utiil it ha:s anitd lie ctan 'sptinag to htis work wiuth ani exhilharatiotn for it, he shoutldh s;ensib,ly ecnh(de to let htis ini stmnet con trol im andtt stayv ini bed. Alar/"1aret Sline ,1/ iin(')( < 11o 1 |PbC.tep. 'nag. .Miss Ginei y, thIe tnew poet of lHoston, iS descrtibeda as tall an td as lithle as a willowv wandu, with a face that has that delicacy of contour tand r"ueli'nt of feature betokenm.u ' a sens-itive naturie, the poe)ttiC naiiture in~ a high degre-'e. Iler mtoth and nose are lovely, but she miars the expresion.i4 of hert ey1' by weaingitJ 'ye'-glasse-s, the cei~umstary insignia o Boston's intellectua ittIwomen('. Miss Gui hey is, however, nar-s i ghted, and would rathter :<ee whaint site is doing tihan to look prtetty. Sihe is fonad o f outtdoor sports, itthndls anl oar like' an old tar, and is a tirean-ad'au- led:.str;aut. Thirty-twvo daily newspapers aro pub linhed in Nme Vm.'k. THE HUNTING LEOPARD. A Singular Kind or Sport witich Li Prac ticed in I he .1oingle. I think it was hero, writ'!n a corre spondent to Our Indian Stations, that I witnessed the only instance I ever saw of the black buck 1 eing run into and killed by the cheet:ah, or hunting leopard. Many consider this a low kin, of sport, but I think it is v4pn:l to a partridge shooting, besides being a beautiful sight. I shall therofore de. scribo as well as I can what I saw. On arriving with my friends at the piace of meeting in the jungle we found a few rough-and-ready-looking natives in charge of three carts, or rather small two-wheeled platforms. drawn by bul locks. On each vehicle sat, in an erect attitude, a beautiful leopard, strongly chained and with a hood over his eyes, similar to those used for hawks. We were soon under Ny and driving to ward the herd of antelopes which could be seen grazing in the distance and which had been marked down beforo hand. 'T'here was no dilliculty in getting the carts to within 120 yards of the (leer. Then one of the cheetahs, a line male, was unhooded and set free. Its depar ture from the gharry and its decision in choosing the tmo,t covered line in the open pl:.in for rushing oil its prey were so imsatantaneous and rapid as to he quite marvelous. It seemed to vanish from the cart and appear siidtltaneously half way toward the line black back it had singled out, for attack. Wlhen at about thirty yards from the unsuspicious troop they suddenly becate aware of, the deadly peril they were in. One and all sprano into the air with galvanic bound(s, and no ( doubt expected to es cape easily by tliglht. But the huntin( cheetah is, I sttpplose, for a undrel(l yards, by far the Ileetest of all wingless things; and this one was soon in the midst of the atfighted throng, which scattered wildly and panic-stricken in all directions, as their ltader-a line black buck-was struck down in their midst. There he lay, alone, in his death agony, in the deadly clutch of his beau tiful and relentless foe. We ran as hard as we could and were soon surrounding the strange grou1p. Neither anlmalI moved, for the buck was paralyzed by fear--his starting eye balls and dilated nostrils alone gave evidence of life. The eln'etah, on the other hand, with his body spread out over he prostrate form of his victim, secueed to strain every nerve in pressing his prey against the carth as, with hit long, sharp fangs buried in its delicate throat, he continued the process of strangulation. ie was very motionless, but his eyes were fixed upon us with a glare of extraordinary ferocity that be came intensified as his keepers rushed forward and seized the deer by the hind leg. The brute now grow led liereely, and, tightening his clutch, looked so ex tremely dangerous that I was far from envying those who were in such close proximit- to him. But they know their trade. Vith a long, sharp knife they cut the deer's throat and caused the warm blood to spout in torrents into thle fae of the half-wild beast, whose wholo frame now seemled to thrill with ecstasy. One of the operators, in the meanwhile, caught a quantity of the criinson life strealnl in a woodenl howl, and forced the steaming lthid tinder the very nose of the excited leopard, who, quitting his hold, at once began to lap with avidity. While engaged mI this proce.s the leather 1100(1 was swiftly clapped over his eyes, and the collar, withi two chains attach ed, was adjusted round his neck. Whiile this was going on a third man had cut oil one of the bucks lind legs. and this, the "lion's :tare, was held close to the bloody chailice, whliich was nto soonecr emtuietd thanat thle brte seizd Itihe meat thus pro v ided with a v ice-like grip. Each einiin was now Uiriaiped by a iiYerent mian, who. by keeping illpart so that the t ther renutlied taut, kept th leopard bilt tweeni themI in suchl awa that neither was withinl reach of his ela.ws or teeth. T1hen the third individual, uno10 hadl ever retain''d his hioldl of the shiantk-bone of the leg of venison, gently drew tile chitaih to the little cart that had now been brouight close up. As soon as thle beast felt himtself against the edge of his own familiar chariot he sprang l ightly upon 1)0 iL andl proceededl to dlemol ish hiis succulet miorceau at hiis case. I niow inspected the careass of t ho deer, w ith1 a viewv to ascert aintoing, if po.esible, how the c' eetaht hail been ale so inst antaneii oil;- to strikie do wn such1 a p)owerfli aimaiIll immnediately onI i'et ting upl with it. I at once0 observeii a single long, dleep gash in thle tlanik, which was~ evidletly c ausedl by thle de (eisive blow. I hit I'coul not ilm ag'ine withI wha :t wen >on th leopared luad been ab)le~ to infl11ict i iis very stratnge-looking wound, for the. chle'tahi hats a foot like ai dog anud Ihis claws are not retractile. Turn itng thenci to the beiast as it sat on the cart I inspected it closely and saw that the dow-claw. whticht in thle clog apl pears sutch a uweless appenid age, is repre sen ted in thIi s Ibrute bv a terrible-lookinhg taloni exactly suitedi to> tile infl itlin of such at gash. Gates o. Hfappiniesf. All men~i atnd 'wome shou 11iihi reljouOC to re.main pairt chill all thiroughI life', how ever long its course mIayv run. Thle gamnes, the dlance, the anicdlote, the as 'emb lly of friendls, the feast,i are5 as imch ia part of hlumlaniity as Its ntura~ l p ower to laughi or to peireiveO the poinits of wit. Anmtsemnent is onte o)f lie formsi of hu1 old TJhcebes, hats a hundridi iiate fo i ts for lman wieps when'i hi to happy, maido hiomie, the gate of penisiveness,~ for lhe is htappy wheni lie re'ads "Gray'si FJg" or walks in the r ustling autoumnu loaves; the gate of admIrt lin for mtani is hap11 py aido the bieauty of nturieo andI of art: the gate otft fri'ndship, when heart tindis its compnijiton hearlt; tile gate of hiope, for manii is hap py wvhin the como ini,' days are picttted with tIhe angel tigiires of \I exetation. Of those htludred gates of happine mlt' :iiIousemenIt maukoes <liie --pilatnned by the Iluiher o)f huinin life. It mu1i 'openC biefoire us~ andu we( may all pas ini anid out as long as the he'rlt shiallI remia ini lurokeni by death or grie f. --Rev. David Swinyj. Gencl. IButle~r cottinues to appear in the United States supreme court. Hius residence is in Lowell, but he maintains law offices in Boston andi( Washingtond "As 'o Sow so Shall Yp Reap." To IUarry or not to marry. is i (tles. tion nearly all muist answyt'. To one side it is an unfair position, for tley must needs choose from those who a4! or gro without. and the tutet ainty of future opportunities are so grea' as to greatly i hlttence the tntrwer. :,t"c -:o often do after events prove he m s tak i' 1Jms made, one can not hellp wishii each person Was stamped with the aldre.s of their partners for life; this much settle.d, ono factor of mi;al:e wonlhl be removed, and whatever fatilt-linil ng the 'e must le ot(ld not he ained tt either. As such a state of thin,:: c"annot he, we tiust makc the best of imatters as we lind them. No doubt there is tIroiblte on both sides, but it certainly is not more than half on tht' side of the wvoman. .The present rules; of scie'ty ar1' most favorable to both it,'ntional mol unin tentionai:l deception ne"ith"ir 1':r1v c(n kiiow muhelt of the l1>mut life of the oitie' until the irrevm.:1b!, step i takeun. Yotung 1eo}ple are allowed to mtint"- t.o gether, forming :ls,ociatiols fron it pulse: taught to believe love wilt !'4 where sent, and that love is blind, :i l all such-l')nsnst', inste:ad of knowing for a certainty that reason should judge all things, and that, matrimonv meanl, inloro than unliuited freed o'n, wvitht somte one to ('on stantly aticipat' ne's wishes. Girls have learned ti :t however sensible they may be. mlless they can put on style and look bewitching, Ien chances to one inste:ad of beihg honored for it, they will be sn ubbed and left. 'o languish on the parental bush imtil the frosts of fall have come: if young m1eni ('annot atlbrd to marry it is tRtcir own fault, for they have put, a premium on dress and accoml)lishments in Wo mlenl, and its not their fault all women are not extravagant an1id seltish, which thanks to innate rood sense is not the case. Were men not so near stone blind on this point they would have less trouble in finding sensible wives, for in every tow n there is at leastI a sit re of jtist as grood, economieal, sensible girls, as the good mother, mlen are so fond of quoting. She probably does not excel in t'oller skating: I doubt if she knows how to dance, but sho can and does hiel p mother, plays for homne amtu metnt, and enjoys reading of the more suhstan tinl kind, but let tm' tell you vontig man if you are goinr to liinlhier von will neei more of a recommnend:ttion than i- gold-headed cane, a love of a uliistacll 111(1 a rhline stonle pin c an give, or you will very likely fail to win her for it wife. It is more than proh:1 ble she can take care of herself andl will need to see she is gainin g a hcellnect before she contsents to give up her lhilier ty and her n:ate. Bat young men will not. get their ('yes open utitil mothtrs take the matter in hanid and trainl their boys from the cradle up ito be Men 1:;t For LIushands. It is :. ilameultble fact that mothers seldom thi,lk (it haVin' this object in view. It seems to be Ih general opinion, that tomel wmeian wil me ablo to live with the ti:tt, who, as r boy, 1po."essed such1 a viilhiint temlper i was abmost impl o-.ible t) live with himl) vho %:" coaxed, 1)ttt'd aind spoilet from the er:dle u), untii hV sel fain process lie is to ottgi'ow alI th,"se littl failing s atd dvh p, in'to :al Fit Fol a IIushan , la (lI as vai;ly :t:, ll:ttill gives the dtiwgn up tetr lip 'whe'i an hood'; estate is r':- tiitd. The far:'s ni il beatr te out in ,ayin thi., i, hnt ahvav the cate as ye sow, so sh:lll \e reap" -the totgtiverra-'d boy w%i1lal.ak a morr, or less ttr:nfniteal hiish: td. l:ne.n d. Whi!)|al/. in (,o'e/!I||u' kritar. Erect.s o Co.; pi 71 o io iii fn :iteS of 'The tIedst of fr'' zimp't it io in tr:ale is to bring:.1- 'ret I- e,'zopotition in heari on those. ''bh' i h:ia th-r1 i the Lrre::i t-. :: h.. R s liwei s the sn1iallet~ lar f i ,1 pi e; ' t aI t he next r.:a .lk o i' the conon conm T1his *'fli-et is,114 no cauwd. byli any dign~ tonthe opouzar :t of tra e . from'an beine eicet t) leg',slatio o the prtiif plit ians. It reut om t rhe zutera11 gtin,o na'turalm lawtoi n. Wite OThe operain so h ann- (l etipr<lu thle oaime (lo.ll on te te ofn ten:t spota tin. Weeeaiu ini,usa rull, tti' 1owttu redte In hertes o at l erl at, i on, noner, eit;thei next lost i'iunatiour inii,rr proviion, art . wiov - iln havefn' bots and hoitis, t hctio and ofolten4 good)s, clothling, het. Iand then) iia varye 1ing) lisf mor' citotly oimrper ishablse 'r' tietes ond cluxur (iis whiths,wt are tonsued tti decreasting'41 <iuatite lie Al ies nat'r al forcs of' tcompe)trit in! whihed to r leducosti' ive the lae ftasowt atio toop 1(ra1te nlwoduing thtist ittimino-n inie ting wih ae move ain the 'hirn sttputiies)1,1 an 1 wich ar, of cou 114re, foonsmd thn lthieg largeth mots The tr'alie.Tto't otis to he musitck loder 'rats oniseitapomlotes, with fhore oIf life i iet esu ls in disetrii utig th t ctarge for 'etanIsport ain where theys are wo eansilyi bittrne Nt('only' do the necesaores hae the iitlwest rtes mto te luxurstiies ten h Ifet, bt' the fnts, 'ears Inume in the l'~arges <;iran tlitideshua lowedae it h: those ntn died ina sman < )anite. ei y on lmneo feur.el thnsbread, and mosre foodei thanohin, awl tortes in tr aprt aIfreon wth opposnit order SThi.s isim (inton th ughvi avorli was atuyresl tsht ifavoig tlahe I. then d-lborr., te thamst enelostehi th hrisanwho winfue, in athlitaion toa th nCassarios,an of he omfrts LIFE IN ICELAND. Gu'uate Packest Away i'romiycuoualfy to Nalrrow, U'n.le.Iral ltuhks, All members of an Ieland fanil\ Sleep inl one roc)m, ;:ntl this, indleed, often serves all pu:rlo;:, save that of kitchen, sav a c'tressponlent of the Philadelliii Pr. 'Vey iirrow, and from six to twenty fiet lo'ng. according to the size of the fa mily, with i a row of low bunks on either side, leaving a spae thrco or four toet widlo diown the center, these rooms are lighted by onc small Window at the end, iventihted by the (loor or trap hIIrouigh which the are entered from bwlow, and wa rl' l hv the heat of the Itodies eu!!e"ted in theni. The Steeply-pitched n>of, con ,tru('ted of rafters and overlapping boards and covered on the outstide with a thiek laver of growiiing Itrf. rests on low walls antd mlake, it imim):s,il' to stanld up1'right except under the ridge. 'l'he priests' house and a few otierr have gunest-ehbll,ers, With som et liii's a stove, which is only ui-e1 on ext r"aonliar'v Occ"asion, owint- to thtm dillieulty <of tranispor(ing fuel from the e a-liorts. Parties of toturi-t: Stop where titre is a church atnd shiver out the Iri'rht oi the eight-inch-w ide be"nihe,, tie vestnment ehe,ts, on the Iloor: htm if Ihireare only one or two of von :ii Io rr guet-rooni, or that is Alreitly tilled, you generally share, for exliwrience', sal;t. in tht s;(omew\hiat prolliscuons nigihthlv p)a'k in.r Of the famnily- for expierience sake,mind y)u. andl you always fret it. as well as the onily good idea of the htom life of the people. U)ol th is evenin' I found my1'self in a room smokily an(t dimily lighied by sc'ad-oil, burnled with a wick ofcoon gross inl a lamp of brlas, much like the anieint lamnps of the Greeks, hut fur nished with an oerhan;ing a;im amd a ,vivel ati ho:,t-hook a*mrrangetll--lt, w\hicthl liermmiits of its h lra, n-k or hiiiiig w'herevtr the ler w\ishiet"I Two bunk: on MnV sidt :tn I 'ine tiln tw othier wer literally full. In one a niin:a and two boys, ill ai 1lIter two woll amd chil ren, and iii the third 1hr.e i n., all sleeping like sardiin' in a btox, the lie:itl of olt on the -aine ilt>was the fllet of his next bed-t"Illpn,, :ti the space that wnc not octienphtt by hin:a hein' prbtal)ly was by t-an1r's inh11iiiii:i. After shaking up the imianuy boxes and bunldles under it" rude m:lln-t~ amd giving ilan extra poke or two to Ihe feath er or tiwn-hted, vhlib iS the only form of covering kiiowin ii .hlanl, one of the girls luionet if. to tlie htled where we were tt sleep (an Iiethant geitluemain was to sl:re il',y bed), :uil then, as ii it Were :ii evt'ry-tday (tiurrcilet) to shook the sentses of a molest traveler, whIlo wie wee ndtrliltessii she, with l,two other ,1rot eatled to tdisret ntl tak:: lw>"e,sion t)f the htumk oppo)t)itu our-: utl "the lat.t in htd putt out the light."' My companl)Il nl ;t)omewh,I1t sml'" prist'd( m1 byv a1 w\;i'1-1in' to 1n-t'. :113 v'aluiabl's I lil,iit lave, luit .s ie \a al lcel"uider I thought it hittet to follov his advice I hal to truitt to the Iroverhia honesty of his cotilat ruinnU, and after ain apiliention from a1 box of rotigli oin rat -not, well, neveru1 I1111d I wast ,soon unl COnscioul,, bre"tathinu rb11Iolit' acid ya by the cubic yart, tut in sweet oblivioi until awakenedt dinig the general turn out neCxIt mornllli . T'1he thiylighti reveale d nothing imlv excpt, petrhal);, the nn litlle article: stulled tinto eVery' nIO k ;tn'l crevice, Furnitlin'. is ,c.1ree .1110 a cli::t o dna\veri a luxtlrv in :m Iieelamtlie habhi. tation, mtu( odhis :mld tis. are hung on nails ini the rcoof, stull'td into the cracks, or in bow,S hiidden away tunder the muattnre:, in the buns. t l'it p)oon:+, ktniv s an t Iits I fti 1 oth , net 1 dlies, iboos, ands ig h-l f k twe (licked r i-'t (ttvrily ani:t, e : It ihi Ilohe ing te slrie te , ali i':i'irt slipie gato ret1' irin serteti tte edg lit f iteCt bedf etting:ai'pngte corgil,v.hut i'ii brougt gmi gs by f-i thlit rlin g of i theei ir.. red overh!ininoh a bd hich I hadhl( liahed thib ion woublh a eirt opfn> t htolte det hs:ni stn-e insh ('en-.-ydwne athsrA:, in>uat retundth -z Awith a Jtrniof tOiC. hOlieru ttitwritine wihin idm. from t hof Iin-resoti i.e inlted r boe,tis n,illagh, au foe were to flw? bir teiitt f ir'tmit tof thOealCna mattn' gn 11n'..d it pon (tshe flotre(had iserved for the re of -plac of' threiae more girl' hosei:tt antIusma ably oci;d.it as a th01 t Itit ha<litb iunet fl t w hed of ali: likle, i clekai, bird, gitting itto coheavy 01 deiiind eac to e iwt-ni m, I wt' aiwrte I tiea-ii fated bneingr Shtiot li:e a turnihl,bt. l1'ihed, hitie wtth aItIt teup of clte bndy some Elnishp;~- rackers.iiile' ofthe idowlk '- frottt of i rsden:i, in th in a tilotf wtisI vitage, a fewi fly (miik atingetenwy awkwardl,lts init movmnt s hiornthegoditws eve5tV( ia sily haturtllied it. Is ahnit thizt tof n ii dipar grous'e itor;- iiii ph'aant mtali half a body aro d altsiii a i bltlItisf shte' neanti do i headO' ito shape l tikedc's, wih ait harp til. tsth eysaririh hed. The tole gtt, whitbae slat: tcovred,t bimlrr, maingi Iitomtop' hihavy ton hmd.r Toer arettl' tre toie~ onf ie'o, andh. Coffee. I see a bie train of coffee was mado up at New Orleans for this market, the cotico coming from South America, This is a great industi v. Coflite Is the pricipal p;oduct of lirazil, growing in the motlltilln COntry, being better as the hills are steeper, aid ilountin, to 4,000,000 bags unnually. Coffee growin, is an interesting industry. The seed is ist sown, and when the bush Is about two feet high it is transplantod in rows about four ?eet apnrt. In four years the bush bears fruit, and thoreaf ter for forty years, the tree being in full vigor from its tenth year tuintil it decays at forty. 'T'he phantations present their most beautiful and attractive appear ance in September and October, when the trees blossom. The blossoms aro wh'lite anld very fratrl'allt, ant are sue eceded by a small t"ruit, green at. first, and which is not ripe for gathering un til March, and from that to August. It often happens, that the gathering is eon timutl the year round, many 'rees pro lucing amore than two crops. The labor is done by slaves, iany planters owning hundreds of them. After the fruit is gathered it, is thrown into large, open yards, paved with rock and stone, and on a grade suflicient to run the water away. After somie (lay's exposure to the sun, the berries being perfectly dry, they are put. into the crusher to sepa rate the coflee from the husk. The coflee is thlel passed through large and1 small sieveS, one under the other, with a large fain at the back of them, by which means the coflie is relieved of the husks il graded according to the size of the grain. The best is sent to the burnish cr, which gives it an additional market value, and to obtain a still fancier quali ty, though this is in reality only a ques tion of the eye, the graim is placed in a tank half full of decoction of green colee-ho:iis ainid water. After renmliin ilg the"re several (lays tlis dyed grain is Iriid and bunnished and sold as extra fancy,though it is not really better than the other as far :t": the quality or taste is concerled. 'l'Tiis work is all done by appliances on the plantations, and 1 was told very ree'ntly that several planters Iave as rlult as $250,000 in vested il maclthinrery of all klds. This systemu of gettillng tile cotl'ee ready for tle maIrket, is of course only employed by the wealthy planters. There are miany who are still very biekward and rel:ti all of the primitive methods. Interiew with A. d1e Figuciredo, Bra ziliu ('onsul, in St. Louis (ilobc-Dcmo craf. Queer Oil Wells. An Olean, N. Y., correspondent Writes: There arce two oil fields in the middle petr"oll,umt district, that are never heard of in the anlus of the trade, but there is none it rt' curious. One yields a product which is called the " Oil of Joy," after 'T'. C. ,t oy, who discovered the territory. 1'he oth,r fiehl is called tht: Gra shoppe1 ;r livbd . I)t -au,;t of the re sem:n11i;(e of the ligh,t onld primitive wikiai h!'bai t tIitp1)iiump the oil from the :and to a lot of ll t-r;' i n)plr-s. Thet G;rass.hopper field is hlet\weent 1'lta,:it\-ille andt Tli:1,\ville. lktfo tilm) I in f I liold wt. dilot cer"t sulme opt'lrttor- tdrildi a m o or :.o in this )twt'lil:l it 1rri;tl'1y ft>1 ;Uumimal i ngtil oil. The drill strt:ek :1 1md tl f stuif cbnt, as tblui 'as indi, ah) ' :u .m nhy ft i. below the surfaci. ''h; wa tdrille ;i throun h, malt a l . win:; a :Ii etv I t1' .l f 'a ni. Tht welwa, soun ah:it mi.t:-tn-Ir afte'trwanltls it o t _\';wr if t w p -\o ' da' ll w: tI \v ith a pick :11at i thot l down thro( h til:- 1.d f hiiu: ti :. In tigi o ' . IT ) i; t al n f ri m hlls, o re l i ihe w tll art eit I '' it' wo.. lit' a phak d :ati Ifto 0 is pon:ptdtb tm t. tip t hlxiin of It :'eer- 'd is . bleti''t w ll' wt r dui i I ini' thi' i ri"i A-n-tox n finnb tr. Tim Ih-pe om.t is i .. Stila lt n t d it .91 iit'-rl'" tli'iii w'll , :'iltt i is hiil tiifp'ler w I Tis -Il tu. ' l ui'cnj.d m iw os *; i ottepI:are :.1t is a na tral l lub in i , I - ilt fi 11-iih ' met be;flore m,b'I'-0 uhi ii.ts Ah l 'tiif i' , y 4. i.,rlis si -iare the1 'Grose val-y. Thie all i"ftle il a. iall hfltc ell mifh- liliong, m- new 'wre lTi ris af th f r littl; n c an lies iat 'iidiept tIft f 'tiiii;iu tt->(kieet biw d,lj.-it' ofi tihe hr ts ir, t : ca. h i al heoft re iot!t ol ta. THE FREE-TRADE MOVEMENT. An Open Letter to the South Caroua. Congressmen. In accordance with a resolution ,of the Executive Committee of the 'Free Trade Associatlon, a copy of the fol lowing let ter has been mailed to each Seiiator and nen.ber of Congress from this State: IIEAQUARTER$ FREE-TRADE ASSOCIA. TION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COLMtmIA, S. C., March 4, 1888. My Dear Bi:'-The Free-Trade As. sociation of South Carolina believe that of all causes asMigned for the present deplorable prostration of indugtrial in terests in the United States, none is more disastrous and far-reaching than the sN stem of so-called protection under which a trevious tariff, imposed avow edly as an extraordinary war measure, has been perpetuated through twenty years of profounid peace. They believe that this wrong endures only because unrealized and unexpos ed. 'hey have therefore resolved to urge pllon the people of South Caroli na, in publie meetings, the propriety of deanidiiting of Coigress a speedy abolition of artificial barriers and gov eiiimental toll-gates, by which the traflie of the world is diverted fromn its' tnitural channels, and man is deprived by man of his God-given right to secure tie fullest returns to his labor. Feeling assured that. as a custodian of South Carolina's interests in the 1"ederal Congress you are desirous of tmialntaitimg her past rec.-rd in this ma iner, and of removing obstructions to her material progress, the Free 'Trade Association warmly invite your ail is their work. 1'tec trust that you will consent to l"live"r alt least one public address at such timle and place in the St ate as may be most convenient, discussing the burdens of the tariff, setting forth the position of Congress In regard to its releal in whole or in part, and sug gestiig the ieians by which your con Fiitueints iay most efflciently cu-oper ate with you in securing relief so greatlN needert, yet so long deferred. By order of the Executive Commit tee. I1. MEANS DAVIS, Chairman. A TALL OF WOE FROM IRELAND. ,Mnidens Naked and Starving--The Iiihabi. tinnts on the West Coast Subsisting on 11oss andt Roots. The Euglish Government has placed ti'unlboats at the service of Mr. Tuke in his work of relieving the inhabitants of tle i.lands along the western Irish coa.t. Imdeseltibable distress has been develoupd among among the people iiihbl it itug the At ran Isles, of Galway, who besides having lardly aiything blt 1uss and sea grass left to eat, are wit hout tire and otten without clothing and shelter. Ii is not rare to tind girls of seventcen and eighteen kept inl cn breed bidintg during the la. time be vau-e hereft of' every thread of cloth ili, long ago bartered away for seed potitotes or roots to feed the smaller clhild ren. Fislhing-Inspector Brady re ceently went atnong the miserable peo ple of' Arran io di"ti ibnio relief fur mished hr nll orgaiization of Irish police. llis finds rantu short and he still hmd so munch pitiablE wretchediiess to relieve that he appealed to Mr. liussey, who is cliarged with the dis tribtiion) of the raised in America tirough the New York AS'un for the im)poverishel fishermen of A chill amid Iiuflii Islaiis, andtl begged him to di Vert p)rt of his store for the benefit of lie A Iranuese. 'his M. Rusev was perti' itetd to (10, andt lhe reports that in orderm to Nave the lives of' scoires of taeo)ple, now)~ dying of' star'vation in iitos Wester'n i slandrs, it is imperative thiat relief on a large scale b)0 at onice ora)i z iied. 'Ills i'wRONG~ MEN LYNCHEIE. .A Shocking I)iscover'y Made Too Late to Doe Any G,ood. The horrible miurd(er' on Christmas Eve, 1881, wvhen thrmee childr'en were linurd'er'ed at Ashilnd, Ky., which re t ulte ini a l.vnehinulg, is reenlled aga in by dlevehlpmnts about, to b)e mando whlich wvilldemlonstr'ate that Neal, Graft and1( Ei h were innocent of' the Lrimel 1for which they suifler'ed. For somne iiunc seven genIthleen have been emloiyinig a comipetent detective to sif't every thueor'y and investigate every 'lcw. T1heir' work has been crowited a ith success, anid it is claimed that the n'tl'eHt of the real criminals will soon hollow. The evidence is said to be nonuclusive and will show that the ile murd'(er was cotmmittedl early' in tih eycning; that the per'petr'ators went to the house by appoin)tmenit with >ne of' the gir'ls, who had previously beeni Oin mtinat terms withI one of h lem, anda that the tip[le mur'der fot.. owed lie uniinttentional killing of the boy for' resisting khe assaults on the irls. 'ITie arrmests wvould have been mrad(e before but for' the excited1 state at putblic feelinig on the subject. The tsuspectent p)arties hiold very recspecta ble tplaces. -Stewar't Pringlc, a noted Confed 'i'ate inegro, died ill Morehuse, Par'ishi, La)., last week, le wvent thr'ough tho Mexicon war with Col. Butler, of South Caroliina, atid was in the Cotn feder'ate atrimy with, Capt. I. D. Brig ham.i le was Southiei'n to the core. I 's wvould nOeer admtiit that the Sonth was whipped, but would always say t hat the Coiifeder'ates wet'e overpower' ed1. After the wvar Ito was a sttnnCh Decmocirat. Do lovedI to talk of' L'O and ,Jackson, but Stontewall was his favorite, iIe had a canteen f'rom wvhich .Jackson driank, and noe money conlH have .indnced him to part with it. ~-()i Friday mninuig, when the keepers of lie New Orleans jail made effor'ts to arouse FoXrd arnd Murphy, conidemneid murtidei'eirs, they could niot wake them tup. After an oxami nattionl, the phlysiclin concluded the rnen had taukeni belladona. At 9:80 Iurphmy hadl r'aliedI a little, but Ford van sti:t unconiscions. 'The men were aketi to the gallows ini a hatf-conselous ftate, at'si had to be stipported while lie noose was adjusted around the ieck of each. A t 12:46 the drop fell, mud both men died instantly.