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-i 1. A VOL. XV. P~1CK1,NS, S. C., TJIIUISDAY, JULIY15 8.NB s O)LD TIME JElBSEY MO)IMONS. BUT TWO LIFI' OF T';IIE ANCIE\'' BIUE RIDGE ('011.ONY. How a lIt Lotte .liIlonarv Stnrllcd a /Quk'tt ountry 'omnu:lly antd a1de Mlorao,IM of 'iemt Tiitty Yenrs Ago. (Frcm the Ne'c York star) The death of old Tom Perry, the greatest Mormon cider east of Utahl 'til the leader in what was once a settlmient of 250 of the Latter Day Saints, which occurred at Perryville, N. J., last week, virtually closes the history of Mormon ism in New Jersey. Of all the olt set tlement but two peopl now remain one, Adeline Meyers, an old maid, now residing in llainesvillo; atndl the other, Martin liecton, an old bachelor, living away back in the 131ue 1idge Mountaiins, fifteen miles from Deckertown. The history of this comnnity, as obtained I from Silas SIuydani, or ''Vloa-b oy Silo" as he is more coinuonly ealled, is an in terest:iag one. III fac't, old Silo himself is in an ilterestling story. Sile is one of l oldest settlers in the Blue Bidge Moun tatilns, and lives in what as once the very heart of the eastern Utah. Early a one morning last week a Star reporter 1 started from Deckertown to hear Sile's 11 story of Mormonism. lie found the old J man suffering from rheulatislm, con tracted during the war, and for which he now draws a pensioln. After the usual t remarks about, the weath(' and the value t of the horseflesh which th11' reporter had beeni driving, the latter said:1 ''Say, Site, did you evere hiear of ai Mormon settlement up in this neighbor hood?" t "Did I ever hear of it? )o I. remem ber it? Well, I guess . do. I come pritty near 1beinl' a M,rlmon myself the 1 days. 'Long ill the sp,rin; of ',1 think it,was, wheni at: old, long laaired pilgri111 c4.1me mareinil' into ton. I m1110 1iorn'in'. re said his m1111e was Lane, I lder Iaue, 'rol Salt Lake City. .ile id i 1ack of pap^r-covered ooks mudr his airm, and lie 4ft one at every,l hlouse. I tink I go 11he one he left.' here yet. Just wait till, go in and see." 1 wo ol man walked into the house an11. returned in a few minutes with ia ydoow-eovered b)ook (',antailing lbloult fifty pages, entitled '"T'le Christian Way; A History of the Rise and Progress of the Mormon (lurch, b y .l ll ins Lane.'' "Thet erc 1o0k," said Sile, resuming 1 his story, ''is wlat did it. The w\imlmlill folks got a hold on it li' re:'d it over an' over, an' they'd get together lin' talk (' about atweeni thenselves. Old Lane t didn't stop thet time, but he ean.e back in about a week alnt' writ out notices thiet 1 he was agoin' 1o stay 1' preaclh onM Sun (lay. Thet wi 'lonlg about the middle of'the week, .1 think, an' lie splent the rest of the woek goiln' around nailin' these notices up on trees. Well, Sunday l Colie, 111' the whole mlnountaini turned l out to hear what the old man had to say. al I was there 'leng with my sister, Sallie Acm, an' ] Iedt it lot of 1ap1cr : aln' a piece ' of clnarcoal, an1' f 1it, down the Mcrip turn notes thett the ol(d fellow read. I kinder thought. he might lie a little, or TCa' 'em wrong or satlll', don't you knbw~, an' when J get liiuni I g'ot down y the old Bible, an' huinted p111 every one 1 of the texts what he hadl read, ian' by t gosh, they were theel an just like he'd 1ai(1 'enm, too. I though,-lit I was a 1)ritty good scriptoria1n mlyself', but some how .I1 didn't reconluemul)er of ever Ilavil' read them things before. Th'Iere they was, though, in bIlack and white, ani' 1 1 couldn't go back onl the lile. l.t was I the most devWilisheCst hole 1 ever got into. I talked with some1 oft the neighblors ! about it, anid at la1st we decided to hld ai meeCtin' unbiieknlowust to L ane to talk I it~over and see what to d1( abouIlt it. We didn't just like the idea of goin' back on 01ur Methodist brethren doIwn to Sandis toln, but wo was aigoini' to be right, breth- i ren or 1no brethireni. Tihe nighit for the I meietinl' come1(, a11' ab oit thirty-live of us gathiered inl my) houlw, this 5.amo4 ohl( 1 house right here,"' poinlt ingl to the house. I "'I thought we'd hest open the meeOtinl' I with prayer' for 11011 to decide the <iues- 4 fton, anl' so I got upj anl' praye~'Od the goodt ILor'd to tell us whielh was right. Well, 5)i', mayhel11 you( weon't beliejve it, but I suthini' said to meU, 'bile, you'd host leave thaut galilot ailonl.' I heard it just as I plain as8 dayi. 11 comei so suihdlint., hby' gosh, that I ma<.ih' up~ my mluind on the spot to) sick to the' Mtethoists. It didn't C seem1 to strike thie ot hiers that way, though, forl everyU mothe's sonl of tIlem) votedl to have the old sinner stay and p)reachl. ''Well, course onie c'ouldnf't do nulthlin' algini thiirty-four, ani' iSo ty hed their waLy, an'1 .ILane( was Iinvited to4 preach4. Ilie vas m)ore0 than wi1ll' to, you4 hIet, 111' lie k pt r'ighlt onl Sunday litteir Sunday maIkini' ne0w conveit s iill the timle. byJ an11 by, I guess 'twa'is after he hed beeni 1 <(1 h1(r1 'bIout six mtont's, lie got oy inl mneetin' one Sunday, at' said: 'rt hren. . wVo beenf here some1 tini ( niow alabor(.4in' i together, anm' the churchcl ofI ( lod halsI growedo upl to 1be a big 011. ParIt (If (our1' religion isi to bap1tize , an'1 all (of you must15 be ba >tized afore you canil git to heaven.' Then Jlo said hie would he( lstanildin' on1 the shore of Lake ShllIipcog lat 12 o'clock thet night, lin' 110 would 1411111 all 11 who hod jined the faith. E'very body wvanted to see how it was doneo ani' 50 everiyb)ody was th.ero. At oxactdy 12 o'clock oid( Lano stepped into the lake, ani' aboult ai minute after Ann Ha.1rrison, a young1 girl about 2(0 years old1, folwed him i. lie commeniOiced to smlg a sonig, anld theni lie douiced her dowvn inito the wateri. He4 done this three times, an1' thlen lie a-skd for anybody else that wanted to he bap tized, and young Tlomf Hlaggormaun steppedl imto the water, lie was followecd by twenty-one mocre, ani' then they all went home. After' this baptism thoy had on10 over1y week, anld if there0 was anyblody what wan't balptized lie warn't 'iobody. The church kept a-growin' an' a-growmn' until '55, when Lane said( goodl-by an' left forII Utah. We he(ardl afterward that he died on1 the roald-an-lly way,we never naw him ain.l "For'bouit three years5 there' waisn't no head an' thie church died dowvn. T1hen in '58 a fellow calling himself E'd Dock orty an' elaiming to hai lfrom Ne(w York came an' took chiargo. He brung with him two of thie"purttest gale you ever'0 sco an' said they was both his wives. He was a~ dan&y feller an' all th e,1 im,hro tholta was clean gone on him. le adn't been here no more than three nonths before he married Sally Beebus, 6 nice young gal. The church growed vhilo Dockerty was hero, an' when he oft there was about 150 members. Along n '60, just before the war broke out, he vent to Texas, takin' his three wives vith him. I hear he died shortly after to got there. "I went to the war just after that, and vhat they done whilo I was gone I don't cnow. It was just after I come back in 63 a feller come along namied Sparks, n11' lie preached an' bossed the pariFlh mtil '69, when lhe disappeared one day nii' nothin' was heard of him until about month after, when his dead body was ound up here in the woods near Fid ler's Elbow. Ie was buried in great tyle. It was during Sparks' term when 'omt Perry was converted. Tom was >retty well along in years-around the ixetis, somewhere, I guess-but ie be aone at red hot Mormon, ani' lhe used to et up in the old school-house an' say he spirit moved him; then he'd talk an otr at a time, real smart, too. It was n accotunt of this talking power that old 'erry took charge when Sparks was one, and I think he had 'Iout 15) wim1 tlln and seventy-live menl in his congro ition. The old school-house wasn't ig enough to hold them, an' they held Ieir meet.in's outside. Old Tom had no wife when he jined the church, an' fore lie got through lie had eight. I car they's all dead now. 'Tlie old wo lan war 84 when she died, an' the otn1gest, a gal named Minnie, war hout 22. 'Long in '72 or '73 Tom made p his mind to convert the whole coun ry an' lie ma'le up a meetin' to discuss heo question with the Methodists down ) Sandiston. rhe mneetin' lasted eight ays an' both sides claimed they got the est of it, so it was plt into the hands of committee to decide, but soilelow icy never reported how it come out. n1174 the thing conunenced to dwindle, n' it kept gittin' lesser an' lesser until ow, I guess, there's only two left. One f 'em is a cousin of mine, Miss Meyers, mwn in laynesville, an' t'other one is la Mart Rectoa, who lives up her-_ a ieee in the mnottutatin on the road to owhere. The settlement just below at haytown, which was run by Charlie hers, never 'mounted to nmeh anyway, n', I. guess, they're all gone now. Well, must go to work. Much obleeged for ou fellers stoppin'. I don't see much f life up here." After thanking Sile for his story the cribe drove on to the old school-house here the meetings were held. It is a tle old hut., not much larger than a oo(d-sized dry goods box. At presenlt is occupied by Martin Cole and his lmily, consisting of a wife and eight blildrent. It has but two rooms, and esc are used for cooking, eating and leeitlg purposes. Half a mile further p the road is 'T'om Perry's old place. hi a little clearing by the road is the oulse where lie was born and lived all is life. It is an unpainted wooden uilding containing four roonis. There a little shed in the rear. Tom m as nile a character. He was born poor, n( by drudging and saving he succeed Il inl luying the land around hir home Iead, amounting to about G50 acres. wenty years before he joined the Mor mn Church he quarreled with his wife -c ut a trilling thing, and they never poke to elcl other until the night he as bapt ized. All that time they lived a the same house, cooked, atL and slept )gethier. yet they never spoke a word to ach ot1er. lie was the father of four i'en children by the woman. How many e had by his later wives is not known. Ic 1tad eighty-two grandchildren when - died. All are scattered in diferent 'arts of [lie couintry, none of them living tear the Old lhace. About half a mile north from Perry's dlace is Lake Shipoong, where all the oiiverts were baptized. It is qutite) a irge body of w~ater', contsiderinig [lie facet hat it is on the highest point (If the Bluei hidge range, ovecr 1,900 feet abov'e the avel oIf the sea. The view fromi thie lake s onec of [lie grand(est in world. Stand ng on the roadside na~ar by one canl see ifteen villages with the naked eye, the learest one ten miles away. l"ouir miles romn the hike, on the old1 staige line turni uike, is Shiaytown, which wits also once lie leadling elder in this p)lace. lieolie aime conivertedl while atteninig the actmsa ervlewhile Elder Lane dozen, amid every Suniday durinig the tununer they would go of' ini [lie woods lid hold their meetings, while in [lie anitter they wvould be hekd in his house. thers had but one wife, lie had eight hiildren, six of them girls, all of whom hmed the Mormon Chlurch and married oung Mormon converts. kono of them re lhvig now. A few miles back of Shaytown there as a settlement of Mormon women. 'le leaders werec a Mrs. Ray and a Mrs. 'ox. No man was allowed to joini this onuunity, bitt if waiited to come and et' a wife hie wits welcome, p)rovided lie greed to go away with her. At ono0 ime11 there were as many as fifteen mem wrs ill this settlement. A drive oIf three niles over a stoiny, rocky road and you~ tre inl Bick House, tihe only town in thme l('iglhb(ohood that did niot have at least mec conivert tol Mormonflismi when it was irevailent. Why it was called Brick II ouse i4 a mystery, as at blrick is some :hig pIrobabIly nteer seen bly tho ini liabitantis (If that village. He[re is where lhe weary' traveler cats, however, and if thlere is anay onme [thing morei than another [hat the priopriiiet o the IBrick House I1Iote'l knows about, it is feeding hungry poleCIIl a god, squr milc ieal, giviing a biorse six quarts (of oats, and1( askinmg [lie traveler wh en lie haS i fiishied his meal whether lie woIuld1 like ai little ''chain lightinig," ''or woul prefer tol "hnektc a itone fence.'' If lhe prefers "'eluan tilitnuing," ''le gets appIhle whiskey straighit, two driniks of whlicht is wiarrant ed to take [lie lining ofl' the stomachl (If i cast-iroIn main. If lie prefers toi "huck tho stone fence," lie gets a big howl of hard cidor. All this is (don1 for fifty ionts. Three miles from Brick H ouse is llaynesvillo1 the homo of Miss Meyers, the only' livmg female Mormon iiier soy. She is about 80 years 01(1 and is a remarkably sharp old lady. When askeCd bout [lie old settlements in the muoun tamin 8ho toldi susa the s, story.as "Whoa-boy Silo.' She said tha mnamrage in thoese dys according to the reto hn ohu?ok wa u.a iua mcnt on1 the part, of the w(;nnall to obey the inaii. There was no written contract, simply a shake of the hand. In repl,y to the question if polygaly was praetlce( to any extent sie shook her head and said: "Some did it, but I never tried it." After "bucking a stone fence" the scribe started on his weary way of thirty odd miles back over the hills to Decker town, having learned more about eastern Mormonism in twelve short hours than he had over learned before in his life. Is there not a moral lurking somewhere in the fact that the only two living Nor mons of the two or three hundred who once lived there are an old maid and an old bachelor? Till' E "W rl, 11u lt*s li-: ltlw;. lnki,g the Mnnslhm More of n litne and Less of a (luIb Iunm. (From the Now York Sun. The daily routine of life at the White House has not been altered much since a bride came to preside there. A writer in the New York Stu says that the Presi dent's habits have not Yielded to the change in his domlcstie allairs. There is one more servant, a German girl, whom Mrs. Hoyt brought from Fayetteville with her, who will remain as Mrs. Cleve land's maid. But the presence of a mis tress at the Executive Mansion would not be perceived by the casual visitor. A close inspection of the private portion of the house, however, shows that a woman's dainty hand and refined taste have passed over it, and the rooms look less like a club house and more like a home. Mrs. Cleveland and her friend have been overhauling the antti(Iue furni ture, pulling one piece out of this room and pushing another into that, and at. the west end of the private corridor they have fitted up a little snuggery, where they sit sometimes and exchange con fidences. A piano has been taken up into one of the south chambers and that part of the house, which has so long been gloomy and forbidding, has now become musica! and1 merry under the touch of their fingers. Visitors who are shown into the President's library nowadays hear unaccustomed sounds, a snatch of song disclosed by an open door, or an echo of laughter, or a few notes of a piano gayly played. When the President hears these sounds he often looks surprised and many a time leaves a pile of oflicial lapers on his desk, looks into the adjoining room to see what the girls, as lie calls them, are up to and then returns to his work a happier and more contented man. A Cabinet meeting was interrupted the other day and grave matters of statecraft were laid aside by a little confusion in which two girlish voices were apparent, but the interruption passed suddenly away and diverte t attention was restore'd to the consideration of the fisheries ques tion. Breakfast was formerly served at the White Iouse at eight o'clock and the President was often at his desk an hour or so bcfore. Now the breakfast. hour is nine o'clock, and only once or twice since his marriage has 'Mr. Cleveland at tended to any official duties before going down stairs. lie usually passes into the library on his way to the dining room to take what telegrams or letters are lying upon his desk and runs through theni while waiting for breakfast to be served. He gets into the official harness about. an hour later than he used to do, and it is generally ten o'clock nowadays before lhe begins work, when nine was the hour formerly. lie pulls steadily along until half-past one, when, on every alternate day, he receives the public and then goes to luncheon, and afterward chats with the ladies for a few minutes as he smokes a cigar. During the morning hours Mris. Cleve land sees nothing of her huisband, but spends her time m reading, sewing, ar ranging things abiout the house, wander ing in the conservatory and gossiping with the gardener about the flowers, of which she is very fond. In the attic of the White House is a wonderful store of old things, and the young women have been overhauling them, diragging to light relies of Jefl'erroniani simpllicity and Jacksonian severity and t hrewinmg 'thlemi into contrast with the artistic mo)dernl ness that has p)revailed since (General Arthuir and the TJ.iflutnys reniewedl the Pr.esident's quarters. While there is no necessity for Mrs. Cleveland exercising any suplervision over the domestic atleirs of the place, as the servants are well trained and numerous, scarcely a dlay passes without a conisultit ion w ith thli steward or. a visit to the cook, who, with the rest of the household, admirne theiri young mistress as nmch as the public (10. The New~ York Herald quotes from its Jacksonville nmamnesaklc to prove thatt bachelors niever die, thus: John Kelly thought T1ilden too old and frail to run a secondi t,ime as P'resident. ~John Kelly is dead. The stalwart CThan (1ler~ wrested the Presidency fromt TIilden. Chandler is dead. Grant, it, is sid, wvould have arrTested and1( imprison ed Til den if lie had iattemipted to claiim the office lie had been elected to. Grant is diead. Hiancock was chiosein as a more likely man to live through the Presidlen cy than TIilden. Hfancock is dead. Hien dricks seemled to have a long life ahead of him as comparedi with the man at the head1 of the ticket. Hen(idrick(s is dead. Seymour, MetClellanm, all the old1 candii dates are dead. Meainwhile T'ilen thinks there is nothing so invigorating as work ing uiway before the nmast on his yacht. (levelaind's Hienominnon Tanlked ,of. "r. C5leveland will 1beat everyb ody in '$8," saidl lepresentative Miller, of Texas, to a Star reporter the -oilier day. "Pubihlic opiniioni is in his favor and no one can beat h'im. If thne election (oc cur'redl this faillihe would be elected by an unmense majority.'' "Will lie he strong in theconvention?"' asked the Star. "'Yes Machine politicians can't suc ceed in a fight against well dlefln(ed pub lie sentiment. With Mr. Carlisle sec~ond on the ticket they would get the largest mai;jrity ever given to any ticket.'' Th'lere is coiisiderable talk of this sort among D)emoerats ini the House, It seems to bie acknowledged on all sides that the turn of the tide is towards Mr. C.levelanid's renomination, and that al ready it hats got out of t.hi( control o,f the polhiticianis. -Washington Star. Tihe only thing that can makc money without advertising-the mint. IMPPESSIONS OF TlIE SOUTH. 'l1AT A MILAUKEEi MAN TniNKS OF THIS SECTION. Ain inteligcnt Stnentenmt of the ,ondiltion of AR,iirs, liewed Ti'rotih time Spectaeles of an impartial Correspondent. (Mobile Letter to the Milwaukeo Journalist The long, lanky editor of a Northern paper, who went to Canada to dodge the daft, insists that the rebel brigadiers are again in the saddle, ready for anoth er assault on the Union. He whispers to those who will listen that the South ernl man still hates his Northern brother with all the ardor of his iunbred nature. As usual, the organ editor lies. I have spent six weeks looking for uncoln structed citizens, without finding one. On the contrary, the visitor from the North is impressed wit.I the cordiality which marks his reception here, and the spirit of National pride that is manifest ed. A spectacle not unfrequtently lc held is that of an ex-Confederate soildier, who gave one of his legs to feed Uncle Stn's bullets, steadying himself with a crutch while lie praises with generous gesticulation this great anid glorious na tion. I have not heard the late unpleas antness spoken of except when the sub ject was broached by a Northerner. Of course there are Bourbons here who can not understand that we have passed from the t0's to the 80's, but the average Southerner would fight for the Union to-day. The story of the business life of the South is a :-id one. It may have been a guest at the Rip Van Winkle banquet.; it has certainly slept for twenty years, and is now straighening out its legs prepartory to going forth to learn what and where it is. It will find as much I.appiness and prosperity as Rip did at the end of the journey. There is no limit to its resources; to the right and the left one can see fortunes; but there is nobody here to reacli out his hand and take them. One rides through miles of splendid conutry that bears no sign of life. Immigration is the first great need; no effort has yet been made to secure niew citizens. Is it likely people would go into such a frantic scramble to settle on )akota blizzards if they knew of the advantages this section of country offers to men of small capital and day laborers? But the Northwest will be ex. lausted sooner or later, and the tide of immigration will flow Southward. Then, and not till then. shall we know the New South. It i; not probable this ietimor phiosis will be completed early enough to benlltlit the pr-eSen1t generation. The belief quite generally entertained by Northern people, that the negro is 0,stined to act till important part in the development of the South, is fallacious. They do not appear to progress. I have seen colored children at school, ftnd it is hard to realize that a human being can be so stupid as they are, with rare ex ceptions. The older negroes have not a spark of ambition. They live on a few dollars a vear, and are lazy, shiftless and contented. I could learn of but few colored imployers. We drove three miles into the country, in Mississippi, to see a specimen of negro thrift. The fel low had rented ground and planted cot ton. lie picked enough to pay his land lord and merchant, the latter being the man froi whom he buys meal and mo lasses. About one-third of the crop lie did not harvest, leaving it as it grew in the field; lie is sure of food and lodging for the year, and is satisfied. Like tall the darkeys, lhe lives in a small cabin11 that has one room, a b ig chimney and nio wind(ows. I le spends nit money for clothing; in fact a decently dressed negro is not a commtnon s'ighit. Where on earth they get the rags that partly cover their blodies is a miystery. It is faiir to say I have seen 5,(i00 negroes, and evtery one of them wore a liat whiich words can not describ,e, and nio two of them were alike. In foot-gear, patrticulatrly among the curly-hecadedl denizens of Tienntessee anid Mississippi, they display fetarful and woniderfuIl inigetnuity. The hmajority wrap rags aroutnd their feet, and (1o nout re mtove or change theta until warmi weauth tr is guatrateed. Th'le reltatitun of the whites and1( blac1ks is mIisrepreseted. '['he ntegro es aire ex.. tremly respect fuml and fre<inently aif'ee tionaite in thteiri conducnt towarnd the wuhiite li(ole. TIhey have trouble with te uneducated whites, whom the(y con-. sider beineathi thiem. 1t was from ti s class tIhe overseers were selected1 in the (lays of shavery. The stories of bull dozintg aond shot-guni rule are gross ex aggerat ions. Wh en the carpet-basggers were driven out stormy scenes were wit ntessed, but 1now elections tare peaceable. The negroes do not exhibit the slightest interest ini aiflirs of State. Tlhousandsl o)f theim (10 niot even know when an elec tion will be held. Wh'len a D)emocrat (hegginig the Ilourbonts' pairdon for calhl ing Mr'. Uleveland such ) btcameI1 P'resi dent somle of them were exeitedl by pitures (drauwn Iby dlemaigoguets, but now~ t hey seein to regard thie adininistrationi with favor. Alexan der, the colored man whot (deliveredl laine camapaign speeches in Wisconisin last year, died here this week. 11e was aL hardl chtmaater, accord inig to the general verdict, and1( openly traieiked oni his influience with his peco ple. If the negroes could lie intelligent ly(dircCted they might do much towatrd developing the South, but it is doubtful if they can do anything for themselves diurmitg the presen~tt generaLtion, at least. I ami not p)repatred( to say they have not adlvainced smien~ the wvar, as I know little of their conmdit>ai wvhen they were iln blondalge. [In judging themi the r-eader muist keel) in mindta the inet that for genm erationis thiey have b)eent oppressed. It is therefore not reaisonabile ti expect that they will at (once raise themselves to) a jio:itioni which hutmaiaians wish and exp)ect themi to occupy. Sciailly the South shines. Oiie can tnt iuniaginie moore charming p)eople. 'Iheir hiomtes were bunilt for entertaining on a grand1 scale. The rooms are always large and1( the ceilings high. Each house cost a for-tuine originmally, now you could buy it for a song. The handsomest place I have seen cou1(l)b had for $1 5,000( or $20),000. As evidencee of its dlepartedl gloryv, paintings that represenited an ex pend(iture- of $100,00 cHf)(over' the walls. TLhie grounds are acres wide and dceep, tinely wooded and watered. Now there is nothing to support such e,staliSh ments. The nenhitnniumoo althu hmo1mnan is severely plain; there is so little varia tion that the prospect soon lecomes11 monotonous. A feature is the bread gal lories, with their immense pillars; nearly every building has them. In these great houses there is room for A hospitality. The people haven't as much b money as we have in the North, but they 14 know how to spend what they have bet- t1 ter. A Now Orleans gentleman said: g "A great many people live comfortably on nothing." If they have but a dollar ti they s1pend it like a kig. society seens \ to be thleir life. Breakfasts, hImclhcons, 5 dinners, balls and receptions! They a never tire of the crush, the chatter, the i music. They work as we play. The sl women are b)eautiful and well educated o: generally. Men idealize them. Their y sway is absolute. The result is dottbt- d less beneficial. They try to live ul) to I the standard which their male friends til have set up for them--mortals that are e but one step from heaven. ''a link 1be- p: tween a woman and an angel." Per- g haps too great a part of their lives is si spent in society; the strean of insinl- \1 cerity and flattery which is poured into i: their ears year in and yelr out is apt to a wash away the frcshness und simlplicity l which constitute woman's greatest charm. g< They read good books, and consequtent- w ly are broad-mitided. 'hey have pnaet i- st cal ideas, and 1nake the best of wives. t 1 Their pale faces will not compare tavora- el bly with the rosy celneks of Northern fa girls, in the eyes of Northern men at -. least. They ruin their conplexions by i11 using powder; at a very early age their of faces are colorless. Congress might ptss in an anti-face powder act, on the ground w that beauty is a gift, from the gods for ev the benefit of mlankind, and she who in ruthlessly destroys it is a lit subject for al tine and *iplrisonment. Se The men do not average as well as the w women. 'They are able, lout do not kutw el how to make their talents serve them. It They lack energy and appliention, and ti possibly opportuinity, although men in ought to make opporttunities. Verv few h: of them still cling to the idea iluit .w:rk fi is degrading, that a gentleman must lit a loafer. di Amusements are liiberally lint rIioiizet I. S< Tuesday was the lardi ( ias festival. w There is no holiday in the North like it. \ P'usiness is suiet'nded, and the whtie dt poptulationl appears on the streets. ]"ully .h1 half the people wear nmtsk: and highly Im fantastic costumes, and are given due as license inl speech and manners. Fromi in early morning until late at .niglt they h blow horns, dance, sing and ply th tt fool generally. They ire I better citizens hi for the frolic; it revives tleir intcu"rst in ats sober things, and colvilces tlmeti that a I little nonsense goes a long ways. S Mobile has ttout 410,000 inlalitanlts, ii and is better oltan nimhiv otier South- o ern cities. It. is a delightfil place fora i winter tourists, and is its ftane sprleads a throughout the West it will turniiih wiln- a ter homes for people who o jecet to severe o weather. A N I:XI11:1 .. Atl')1.1:0\. 11 I'rlince 1'Ion-1l4i1n T01t ,a Irtiht or ''v.o A\ bou141 t ltte I. Jim I-,ion. (From tht ir :d n :tie t. r.) Oi the ulderstanlitig that till, h'lalit- it her will expel the (C oite de Paris aid t~ his son and .Prince Napiletin and his stil o tand leave Ithe ite Pri'i ics wit hit France, Prince Napoleon hats; 1)1iiished ,,t a prnotest, in which he nuike: nmineen eatt. .1 of the siupporters of the schelie. An tl "Orleans Prince," he says, "uitarries bi; n daughter, and invites his frieills to cele brate that event." That is nott a eiai. II "I had no connect ion with it; yet it is It this which 1ms suddenly trahnsfiorme mile sh into a Pretender, though I wai; iot oil the day before."' The peris if tett .o s public do not spriing from the Priuies, but from a Con'istittioni dntIwa til by Rloyalists, but slhpedl into ani inst rumten't of ,hicoin oppreissionii. 'By whlat stcal imiproivemietst have youit justilied youir ti ride? You ltrve nmeithier iieen ale toi w respect the Ctoncitat iltr tot ablihshi it, d protectionists, to reftorni t:mtion11 nor to It friendliness nior tio procurei lin llianie." ' Prtoscriptioin hias cinnltenitedl, mtaitl tonl fiscatiton will ctoime; thiien tth ut i itt nt the P'rinices wixll lie expetlled, anditi te l m-ii the C2hambl.er will lie tdriviin to tin 'I,oi Il dels Suspects.' "It is11 all ini-, In 'irin;t Napoleotnimight, hamtI he chiioslni, I atv. w proved his case bty a finatl ilhttrat iiin. N liis(couin,llt t Emper il, wa. <hIv ln Nt that ofecie diLe hvith iin wile ii pscrito of t Or111 it rncs il peir pr, ml tinling wtsit thll terribb it yands ot tbet lin in, Fanwe wer t ni sient untied It Cayeie.luu il\i liii chaie in oui i h liiinlT itnt ii' i the count iI is ie eina,it ii i (Fromam the thtnt, Mitt tI I.) t Aterng nteva of I n-li it.Ium ; i years11C if ros ltig1i oa sere i lil nt Sonept of heurs,of . i'itht wii gtIv my( readr otf th tae Atlti', msl l asi 1rithe fri te (actionhi tof ahc bth wit' em i meta~fo which tI rmisin t ysit eiifi. The change wrouhtV by1 ludf~ Ii detury int Lthes coutries )itvislitd muitnt iniit ut1' i ai tasforathion.ii I lef theil:, ui I f ll im the Fourilt,t stht i)uk ofiai Wrlelingh ton ofln ir Robeit Petl; thi foranhe ofis( Phlie, ofhat lashah (it, of Th1irs, iici i ot. eZI weng h i frhsorManhel istt tLivtrnls by ti. newtl raiad the nly oniii itw i Europe. lt louke upon En hit l fron,ii~li atihe boxo a stage conib, uonii't P2raii I talylfrom theti baiot o et uriino. li The sItil barded utp whaed NI'a in. aii onlon. Therasphlt paicrvernt wsmoeti Il itn ti ithe groveboati throw (hein , hu no neath,io s tour be* lDcrtheoy( tifids BUSINESS IN TlE SOUTH. o It IK Snid to be 'Icking Up--A Noted (ol ored Man. New York is full of business just now. big merchant says that trado is much etter this montl than it has been for a .lg time. An interesting incident of us tncrease of trallic was related by a eitleman of large afliirs. ''Much of our trade," said he, "at this me of year comes from the South. You ould 1be surprised at the number of ouitlern merchants who conic North on combination tour of pleasure and busi ess aloit this time. Most of them are trewd buyers and aro leaving good rders. Therefore at this season of the tar", when we generally expect to be aill, we are having a good, brisk trade. can account for it upon no other theory mn this is the time of year when South "n men find it most convenient and rofitable to come North to purchase iods. This revival of Southern trade tows the prosperity of that region. ithin the past two years it seems to ive picked ill) wonderfully and there is substance and fidelity about this trade itt iintkes it profitable. The class of >ods that go South has also changed onderfutlly. They are buying more thstantial goods than formerly, but at 1w same iue of richer materials. Form ly the Southern trade demanded costly b(rics of a show v character -red, orango ol figured goods predominating. Now (y are taking more (uaillle materials substantial colors. In fact, no trade this country has shifted so radically ithiui the past five years as tho South n. The change has also given us an lex to the reforms freedom has brou ght tout inl the ecolomic condition of that (-tiol. ''he way it looks now the South ill. in a very few years be among our toiC("i u ctistomers. Iutt the goods they iy will be a reflex of the broader life at luas co1mie to that people, since the any are better ofl and the few are per tps sutlb"ring or have suffered seriously )tm1 the disasters of war." This 1 isiness man had hardly stopped scotursing upon the past and present of mtthreir trode and Southern elements ien a singular character appeared. It a I 'inchback, of Louisiana. lIe was -ifting arotuld the corridors of the St. tuies I lotel, occasionally speaking to a al, but, miost of the time walking about if' inl a half brown study. le is look g m1uch older than ten years ago, when h had ben elected United States Sena r frol Louisiana and was trying to get s seat, to which, by the way, lie was much entitled as was his colleague, itt Kellogg, or Jom Patterson, of mttli Carolina. But lie is interesting >w olly as a reminder of the curiosities reconstruction. You would never the him for a colored man as lie walks out. auoiig the throng which drifts bolt the place where he stops. lie is f albott medium size and very well nt-"d. lie is stouter than he used to e while mingling in politics, but does at wear enougli flesh to make him ross. His full beard is growing very ra,y, mind his hair is following suit. His hit("ning whiskers and locks make his live complexion seem much lighter than re-ally is, and he would readily be k1n1 takeni for it well-to-do business an of the West or Sohutllwest.. lie is >par-iltly well to do financially. He op a it a swell hotel, wears good clothes, Ieaty of jewelry and eats and drinks of 0 best. . f 1he had not been a colored :t with a reipttatioll for gambling he ouh( prolathlly have secured a seat in e United States Senate, for in point of ohs, man 'ners amid ability lie was the ierior of maniiy of the Southern men Io appeared ill Congress during recon ine Stlipe. Thle lol lowinig is Mr'. A. F. iUoadwai ri r-lila f or ink ing ani excellent tale~ aie fr.omI hiakhelrries, grap)es, museca [((lit, 2 hultI; suIgar (betst whiite) 80 linids; nmish the I ruit, puit inito a -t10 gal ni barrie, then iiit ini the sumgar'. Addl diat ni ihie barrel is filled to wvithin ii(in chs of Ihe bang, and shake the bIar 1111ntif the ingredieiits are thoroughly ie. '[ha ( cover thet hunig with some11 .i ilothi to lisp out inisects. Let, it :1111 toen <hiys to fermeni~tt, then add dter to within 2 inehies of thic hung. iw stop the luitrrel peirfetly air tight. it trodlne(C a sy phonii---heuig care'lfuIl that does not dip into the liqlnid---antd let 0 011 utiten ip ito ai vial filled wvit.h iter. ThI e gas; wilt ('eaple thirough the pholnii nltoi thle wtert aitii not allowv anty r toi enter' fte barrei. Liet the barlI inl ini this conjditio unm lItolested -1 oinths, and thle wine is readly to) draw 1'. After ihe w.iine is drawn ol, leav~o II pununne'e ill the barrei'll iad add a, -w lhiinds if' coniunoiln suigart or molasses iil tillth bar ~irel with wate-; let stand matke viiliegatr. ighit mal askling moe toi thr ow you ani ias ille i-loht oll kiey-holes outtof thle wvidow ,Ithl youi might fiind onie largol iandt "'.\nd4 do0 rememberiOl the nuight before 4w yiou a-skdl 1(1 to come downVi and old the sto ne steps still enioiugh for you > SIop onii?" ".\ind till nlighit before thait, ho'w you 1n- 1orne oi I(f the room?'' "\ndl still anmothler night, when you rle uIlly exphbiined toc me that nol man >wn wI'ithoulit hohlllinig on, antd then at llipted h1) go( Io lbed oni a1 perlpenidicular "Yes. dar.'' "John, dooureli zeh V i iCt that11f you have 4(n( 1hm1e siobIer bul two nuighits in the "Thaot's; all, andl you ouight to be s:liuled (If y'our'self, toot. 'The idea of a mi of youir age0- -. Ibit, ,John---whiy, idn't1mea to lie too1 sever'e. After all, oul didil come11 hloim sobe)r two nights.'' "Yes, thatI's whlat makes miet feel F'o Andl thn th Ile meetinlg -idjournedt)(. Jhiago l{aumbler. I)o lbe reticenlt; the world at largs has~ no 2terest in your prIvate affaIrs, "MAIDEN'S CREEK." TIHE INTERESTING STORY OF AN O 4 i ENGINEER. "" HEe Tells low lie Crossed the Stream Ru,entg Fily Miles an Hour to Keep Out of the. Way, of a Detached Box Car---A Place Dreaded by, Engineers---Is Narrow Escape. "Yes,." said an old engineer yesterday, i talking to an interested group of listet ere, "I have had some novel experiences, and some narrow escapes, too, since I began to pull the throttle of an engi&e, I stauct botro you, though, without a scratch, except a patched up arm." Rolling up his sleeve ho exposed to view an arm that looked, judging from the sear that remained, that it was at one time a very useful factor in pulling the lever of a locomotive. "That was nearer a serious accident than any I've ever been in," continued the narrator, "but that ain't what I was going to tell you about." After the lis tenors had expressed their desire to hear his story, he refilled his pipe, and after deliberating a few minutes, said: "It was on the Baltimore and Ohio, about forty miles out of Toledo, Ohio, that the accident, or to be more correct as to the nature of it, I will say, inci dent, occurred, for I can't say that it was an accident at all. It was the most novel, funny, and at the same time most dangerous experience that I ever wit nessed. The place I speak of was called -let me see-it was called the "Maiden's Creek," and was a very beautiful place to the tourist and pleasure sooker, but a very formidable place to the engineer who had as man as forty cars to pull. The "Maiden's Creck" was spanned by a trestle about one hundred yards in length, and it was approached from the north by a grade of one hundred and ten feet, about two and a half miles in length, and one of about the same length, and steep in proportion, to ascend on leaving the creek. To an en gineer with a moderately loaded train following him, it was necessary that he got a good start on his descent, in order to be able to clear the grade on the oth er side. We had orders from headquar ters not to approach any trestle in gen eral, and this one in particular, at a greater speed than twenty miles an hour. Well, now, it would have been utterly impossible to go over that hill with an impetus of twenty miles per hour from the other side. As we were approacing this place, one night, my firemen said to me, 'Georgo, you'll have to give 'er steam, or we'll camp over yonder on that hill, as sure as preaclin.' 'I know that,' said I, 'and I'm going to let her roll.' And 1 did let her roll, as sure as you're born. We went down that grade at the rate of forty miles an hour, or we didn't go a foot. We just fairly slid down. I hardly know when the trestle was reach ed, we went over so quickly. The first thing I remember was, wo were about half way up the grade on the other side going about fifty miles an hour. I thought we were climbing mighty easy, but 1 had a brand-now twelve-wheeler, and I attributed it to that. Finally I made the top of the grado, and started down another. Something told me that something was wrong, but I couldn't see anything. I was letting her roll down the grade at about fifteen or twenty an hour, and as that 'something' kept toll ing me that something was the matter, I sent my fireman back over the ears to see if anything was the matter, sure enough. WVhen ho crossed twelve boxes lie camne to a halt. We had been (is connected. By this time we were at a standstill. Th is was a p)redicament! About half way to the bottom of a steep g radoe, in the dark, disconnected, not kniowingl whether the other part of the train was coming down on us, or wheth - er it had failed to comoe over anid had gone back the other way! Woe hadn't long to wvait, however, for all at once we heard a terrible rattling, andl then I knew that was thme de taiched p)art of the train that had managed to get over the grad1o, and( was coming down on us! What mumst I do? It would not do to standi( still and let the wild train in its mmad rush run over my engine, which would have meant certain destruction! In the meantime, my trusty fireman hmad gotten ofi 'andi was going back to discov er if lie could see or hear anything. So it was lhe who yelled to mc: 'Fly! Out runi it! It is a box car!' I caught his imieaumg, and( took in the situation in a second, andi( in another one was going down at a fearful rush, pursued by that empty box ear. While going down I thought of a plan by which i could stop the car without serious dlamago. I would run just a little slowver than it, amid by that means let it overtake me. This plan worked admirabily. The car caught up with me just beforo I reached the foot of thme grade, and the connection was so slight that it was scarcely perceptible. After checking up, and comimg to a standstill, I found that I was still ini a fix. Where was the remainder of the train? i"or it wvas p)laiin that we were in three sections instead of two. After waiting there about ten minutes I the balance of the train c.ouming' slowly downi the grade with two or three of the crowv holding theit lights, iiot knowing wvhat mrinut' -they would run into the biox car, 'or my enigine. They -camne onl .iown, however, and we coup1led ump again and finished our trip without any more accidents. "Bu3t I have always thought," con tinued the old enigineer, "that was the mocst novel, as woel as the most danger ous way of getting over a grade that I ever heaird of. I could not do it again ini a thiousandl years without smashing lip piroperty, andl probably sacrifice lf'e. C'ould I, boy4s?' Thoe umonIs answecr was: ''You are right, you couldn't." Maurface Water. In vIew of the vast qiutity of rain that hats fallen recently, saturating the ground wIth wa'teri and ill!lung them wella wIth surface drainage, medicalcm authorIties advise thM imuchtl sickness may be avertedl by drawing oIlf the waler now In thle wells, and1( contin. mning thme operation for twvo or three times or until the water resumes its nlorml) depth' Th'lis Is an Inportant matter which, in the abscec of any sanItary regulatIons. shiould - not be overlooked by ownnra of weii*