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,., Dorcas Caledon, THE HEIRESS OF CALEBDON HEIGh TS. .A.T AUT.1OlBIOC3RA7my. $Y FLOREmNUE E. DIAMOND. CHAPTER 1 r. My41ear little room was never so dear to mo as now that I was leaving it forover. 1 asd been quite silent till now, too much be wildered to speak; but when 1 reached my roon the full import of what was being done burst upon me, and I fell at the tnat,ron's feet imploring her not to send mc a y-with thoso two cold, cruel women. my let me stay here," I bgged amid a 'storm of sobs, burying my face in her lap, "only let me stay and I will doti any thing. I will scrub tho steps as little P'aul does; 1 will be good oh ! so good ! I will never dis obey you, indeed I will not'" Mrs. Hart's tears flowed at this passion ato appeal of mine, but she could not grant my request now--it was too late. "You have ever been un obedient and good child, 1)orcas," she answered, softtly, "and I know you will not fail to mako friends wherever you go. Those ladies tro very n icc, I have no doubt, when once you get used to themn. ('ome, cheer up and go and bid the girls good-bye while I get your clothes ready.'' t3o saying, she put mc gently aside and began to empty out the contents of my small chest of drawers; while I, seeing that further pleading would be of n( avail, went slowly out to where my colmpanions lwere, tnid proeeed'd to bid t hemx good-hye a task that. was not, accomprllishcd without much weeping on cit her side. '['his over, 1 went back, and matdam, with hier own hands, dressed me in my hcst at tire, wlicht consisted of a linien' suit, emt broidered panitalettes and a white ntraw flat, then much worn by children. I then bade the matron an affecting farewel, clingintg to her, and sobbing the while she kissed mne gently, saying: " God bless you, my lit tle )orcas." And then, taking Miss Armtnd's hand, I was hurried to the carriage, where the coatlhman stood hoiding open the dtor. Ie helped t he ladies in, tossed mte in a fter th''m, msht, the door, and, monuntinlg his box, lrove swiftly, away. I looke<t batk till a turn in t.he riot hid the hone froni my view, and I passed out oi that life for ever. All befire me oow was a si ranrge and in known roao; did it I'' in pi(aant jIl. -s! I turned my attention to my l' (onll,,ins within the (-arriag;j. N\t tlier ;ti epoken since starting (iten >at lotkini out of the irdow, evalt uty d ptly intmr ested scery (V I i thugh w hiii we we wtg. he of tic,, Mis.s At ramnd, sat rt - S garding me with i gr i:r, ttlt.ty i exp>ressiuon of countcnan,"(l th:at fairly rhiIs iii'. 'hus wye rodo on for sune timn- wheil Mrs. Clayton suddelly exelailted, 5(11 -iiiout Iy "Its all nonsense, 111utris the i-hit wav; much happier where :hi wa,; you are ti ing no kindness to her mt taking ler awuy." '''erhaps mint,'' answered Ier c inpan ion, shortly. "I an puartly -in a duty, hot l. And yout inn ha-dly miss tie I rilte 1 tint ii Do NoT SRND Iii AwAY.' wilcs oedui;ate her toil of I lhe iminnenste Caldo etae.J\hotthink iyu,ou iiigtht, un degoioe lit, inconvien i ce for' tie sake of being miisl mess thlere.' Mrs. Chi flushed ingrily, but said nothing. and further nversat in was pre enited by the carriage stopinig at the I haid niever beenu ammmng str'angurs be-fore, and this huini' lg, r-urging im-di fairly be wildered mue. lint ever ill hiung ir, conil viction that I was going away amonig at r'ang~e pieople, with t hese t wo silenit maiil unilioving womenx, who both seemed eto liiwe mae a dee',p anti lon g-standing gi-udge. hVlyiheat 11 was ready to burst with giif. anid uinalei to ro utra-in miy tearsi' I hid my fait' in my\ hiand,s 'amnd wept b)itt.ory. iH'iverahls troh noticed moy grief, and remarki's were btin; nie as tlo the cauise, when Miss A i'roundii uiae tier way to me and, sitting dlowi byv miii. iiitiar oredl to paiti fy mue by prlomaise-s of Ii ine pies exits, etc., aid ieeing it all were' i rgard't ing mcen urioutsly 1 hushed may whts and be camo qie it. T[ho next mocmenit a shil 'i rimy of "'All Aboard"' soundied timrough t he r-oomi, anud there wias a rash for the ouitgig traini. Mr Is. C'laytoxnaid il ias A rumnd, with imn bet we-n themi, haisily c-a senunld in, gett inbg barely insklo er- thle t rain stamrteid. 'lhm conehli we haid entered'i was ati;lrad futll otf passengers, hbuIt the ladi's wvere give \' eiats5 somehow, ail ini myl haste~ andi be(w'ii'lr mient I stumabted nnidi pit clod hea iil ir in iito a fat oldi genitlemtan who' was squeceiig himIsetlf intof a seat near hv.I "G(rcious mie I'' he ex'ilahni'l. i-ather crossly, wihie Mr's. Chlii iyto . .-'n a it hi ering look fronm lierI irk eyes, whlil didi nti! addl( to myP. compure~~i~. "'See here, Sis,' saidi a kinid, jovi.d 'oien t my elbow, "t htere idon't semi to tie iv plaec in pti tnlar for yo; sun lP vo~n t.ake a seat oni my-hi kne.' A And, almost biefure- I ubl t'ompreh'.endh what was b(llig don', I found ixivielf permchmed uln th Ile Li-i' of a handisomea young fellow (if peritil il), ii'n an it\vewn iv, wihxo, seeting mny icon fun~ . ini I ak-n it up on himisel fto i-onmo to lay assist ano e. Mrs. Clatyton thankced im griously, and Mtiss Armund seemied mutt i-mitd, no 1 i-on 'luded it wias nothlinig impr.Ioper 1(o 1 akO t he proffermed seat, and, tfially gaiInag eonur age, 1 dared to ghmiieej ito my~01 compai on's face. It was a hiantdsome dehoimi' ruae, hut yet kind antd manly, and his eyes won tmy heart at once, t hey wer' so brimght anad kindi -ly in their expression. lie dhit '. 't lily mae wiithi qulestions, but aft i'r hxis fit r'exmaik conitiinued his coinve rsat ion withI his tomn panions, quite a numbterx of young mien i who occupied the .seats~ ne;xi, ail I gum'sa-d theyi were' evidenitly from some i-chool, ox' t-lit'ge, for they wvero dre-ssedt xai'tly ailke in -browvn suxits wiith whmii. gloves andii hats.I anarned afterwar'ds li.hy wer Cile h'(ille'gianis 'fromt iB- goiing home form thxei' va('ationi. I gave time others only' a glancue. I could not bear tlxeir mrat-he'r bold h>ilks, and then, 'too, some of them had laughed at mixy awk 'wardness, and, child though I was, I did ~o relish beling hanghied at. "We!i, little one,"' said my~ fi niln, hinmd lv, haeyou gotten over youri fright yei 5 YTou were rather mixed up, werii't, yot .Never traveled much, ohd" 'ad lie laughed, ~Ieaantly, "IJ was never' oni time caris biefio buiit - , I said, mxeekly, "xand I don't lilk' it 'icy zutake such a ter'ribmlo noi:-e." IIero thIe ot hem' gent leiman laugh ed loumd y, as if t.he idea of the car's mxakinxg a nxoise w .s very funxny, indeed. "Is thiat lady y-our ixmamma' asked one, ptointing to w-here Mm's, Claytoni wa.s sitiin enlgaged iln (rOnvei-ration wiaii ith ther ladyv. "No, siir,'" I ansawered. I did joat like be ing questionexi by t.his st i'ango fellow with his bold, blacik eyes and readhy tongue. "'Tme (iot'e one, then I" di ireotin g hxi glance-m *tO MIss Armutndl, who, when she hiearmd his remai'k, ii(owled savaxgehy. - Nto, sir," I replied aigain. I hiavo nxo :nmma at all, or papa either," and again j tolt ready to weep for loneliness. My young friend saw this, and diverted I my attention by buying some line oranges 1 of a boy who was offering them for sale. Presenting mo with a couple of the lineet ones, ho said, cheerfully: "Now eat these, ' -- = 7 4 (s~ 1 -_ A IlW-rt)' N) Ii1END. a' In e,over mi jot fetlotvs 1hat ask (ucation ot little girls ---a r'ilnark t hat was not lost. 1 uson his friends, for I was asked no niore quest1iOns. 1 I'resent ly soue of th passengers "at out, itw1 1 funnd a tett by tlihr side of i) young friend, who still wis as kinl and gentle as at Ii rst , iill I f lIt I hal 1niiown hi in always, and I bi:m to d r0, tht lie t ine wten he must f') 1Uotl I w\ouh h)0 left, l %iin ltone Withi thosc t\wo stern9, siln lit Women. I tut NIlghlt tnillte on and still my friend and isP it V wor With) us; the Ilhlnps were I ;itt'd tld thoir rays f 'll wvieirIvl on the I.oes t'alout Nm1e. I totlt see trs. Clavtonl trni t i h n righi1, the wvtiite pilunies in her hal ti iii nug w\itht the t,tay:Ving nution of the t arr, nut0 fo-r e': s Widh' ' sn, WithI no signi, of i "lttpiness abhout. thain, t.houghrl inost of tthel nteir paaSengters ttre in a ste of tin idrowSint'ss. Mil i5 A111rl sat, bent fo ra'trdl't. her eaI on 1.r bre:t. fast ase,p. von lny yo1Ung frit'nd wva'; ntrthlin?, a110 I ! f't- ltv own (,"t yi grtowing ht'acy "'nd(1 I ll, , nti abn ist befhoe I lintt' it I wasotund 1 :wx to on'C. fur an instant. ant toul i hlrtly re , tt'l \Vti(wh o I 1 was, but it earnei0 to t:" S"on. i\Iy friend1 was stilt hct.idle mt' ta l iI. :1'I l ln i tI:ru ur aboult, nu , (rti IShould i , i .""1O to the floor. lit,' 100kt1,t at In Inrw v: I a (11)1 snli;', and feeling reas a m r n - t lviy h1a tdrto) :tg t ie inst, his at i i Ii i'tst I l' 1hvtt(' ifteni won ' t i I n- '1 il' no uns n t'Ill i rit w\his i . ihn I Ithe par t 1thai tIhe slt("ping; d tiI .I t.lii ei slt' houldi (Ialaii) i in i li', (I :ttl Iitl ir ti\'rs their forta s u sh nl0 be al :int; hli h I>nhtls h- to Ih a ith ughlt a."\)'r t"rt'5hd hia aneod. lie was ktinito th11le frirnitl"S c thii fromn naere ;;ood-hea rted- I neC"'. I n ii ' ni w i't. Ilov: 1l1n! 1I '1' 'l ) 1 to) ntt h tow. I w i aw t' ' 10I1)1 1' 41 emit a lh ii;, Int, 1't ti' iv ( h t h' I n . I s tar If n to IinO i1 i: . nl nl t , huh;t ttitl v u\e"r lnt li i i ' t di tttot1:1,i ih t ( If arl' y thu'i , miN;,re' gri , 110 111ul i n ttet'r. I 1'as alon" in th1 - atil. l y otuni f-in1i an'I iis jtyt' woltr aill :n?' ' I lts th 1y It ft t hie trai) wh' Ii t 'Ia rn1 d i 1) 1ter ardi s Iilt \V Iw'ii lit li ,st o im' h;ttl tal!o' iIo a .\:'tt11 (1Id )t l h i ph'-1 . 0'tS' Na \il i n I wa i a sle'r y. li t Iih' <ili oldit't to wa. mlie,. 'ir a:iit sir;li;' Ill'inl'';s; a:al fear wht1n I lnlrw h ww "ne. utI i w,t;lo'twaed my fto e the't iit'i t o a biau t it -t 11 i t ' : sto l t iiing' f"r thl'i l:ti ir!a \il h w't\a t Si:.lta l s 1 :ln iett I \ it 1 wer it t L '- .i r lt'ly tttw\a'dcl nh one, ti as: : liOt(d 1i . A tOe r half an h"tli"r. dr ii), wV('e O'rived :t wl\t I suppnt"e Was an eltrance Iato li ' t ':' a w' I t' n iritt ti t.u i I [ tvnobre ith' res, liLl iinlll faty topp twfore. itei ho,- t o fainion ye fiigit ofN to le steL e u t o 1i-it he f ront, I et I ax the i iphi lLuppot.ing itheil piaa er o t!'he linNt -aind mst dicaN' phnense of~ arhitectre.l .LitN ae Wii usite h p. .t lu ii itl It' Ni'. Claytoni ran tw h1. Ade4414 farnt' adl Ie ui lI andilt -hi' the-wa- (to aLr h;ui(-ne' inrn he- Nd gitv ti itIitin; ro m Nher thf ilafdrie1 r ten o thiir wrap1; it Ms. h1at..o oene inke the qoI ai d nga 111, liho fonir ad uin' tolflprltSt, re,in in the)01 groun te in thes riar paro thi iose.4)'WS111 ieCU i evnI 1 '. Yo 'lnn retsherte t'il ateakfae tine." h rlav bu;1v4 iu .a i and tlnllighiLONI0 sic-e aIndri- inlhwn. etebahro nal ohes; ae. ve liftne aone.is A b.u)ilh,' b id i fa, continii i rade m. w'es,w o ii oL t all,', aNdt theing hitha. widow tsudl iat down roowim. rth e Ape:tirt of uihlInad.hl si.ilnslltpn here agin tt U-n as drvnt tierw hie hew ho winere.Ms in 'mu nwi sat still an gan'LV, the anid dlwnle an ha shoth tianwo arnti iliid hsever. wS casdrl h wlre bo:'hayn r. tothe ndha looke lik e wotruggnied." hagea as ,f hst her theoo u hner fa, brclae.a ast. A look of deep 'determination took he place of the frown upon her features. ihe broke the oppressive silence in her .aually quick, abrupt way. "I wa going now, Iona," she said, "but I vant to say to you before I go that I have >rought this child hero for the purpose of xlucating and taking care of her. I wish tou to treat her as you treat your own chil iren. Allow her the same privileges you tilow them, and I run content. It is," sho :ontiuued, thoughtfully, ''but a small rocom pense for the wrong done her, but it will sufllcc. Carry out my Instructions and you need do no more; but 1 wish them carried ut., m ind you,'' and her voice grew stern. "You understand rme, Lena'' Mrs. Clayton had turned from the window it Miss A rmund's first words, and re mained quiet and attentive to what she was saying. l1cr face betrayed no ('xpression but that of extreme indifferenec; but at Miss Armrund's question: '")o you under ss and mae, Lena?'' ehe raised her hu and rrnswered, coldly: "Your instructions shall be regarded, Miss A rmund.'" Very well. Tell Jamcs to get the cur ringe. I wit1 be ready in a moment. J, can rot just say when I will come again,'' in tnswer to Mrs. Clayton's polite invitation, which I could not help thinhling was given inder protest. 1li: Arrund cane toward mo then and ted out her hand. "Good-bye, Dorcas," ,vas all she said, and I shyly repeated good ye. Then her lank form disappeared in ie doorWay and she was gone. |TO lE ('ONTINUEDI E1tNlt.lt. El iE N%O'I'I'5. teo of IniereNt (anthered from S'arlouN (1iarteru. lee in the lihinc Jurs broken the b ridlge >f I borts at Cologne andc caused the suspen iin of navigation on the river. A special freim leaufort, N. C., says the Illsine"ss po1r(tinn of that town was hu'rrad. oss about $:0,00. AI. t lisonville, ''ex., on ''uesday night 'reforners' shot one ma n and hunged two ithers. ''the sherill' has called for troops. A heavy snow storm piI atils in iulga. Ia. : iira are block kseI and miails ttte in S i:i on Satlurday have not ar ived Juditge A. 1'. Aldrich contrmdictl s IIe rc 'it tI I ht: lis contenimphated rsiging. le says lie wlll Serve out his term. Tlhe iirminghali ( Englhnd) Carul 1 bust c;lrn.lay at :a point near Id)ulley. IInt Irels of tar iii lies were rendered h Ioneless >y hirundatioi. hIle I)eiueratic prinriies in Nev Or i'1N4 resulld in the lection of lifty six iholls delegates:nttl furty-ei%;ht lclEnery lelega tes. A c:ll iis bein issued from lReslin for Ie sixlth nii ural meet jg of the Natioil aw a iii! Orler League to assentle in 'hidi n e in i l'clhiruary 21 and 22 next.. A I.os Angeles. ('al., on 'liuesday the iikshop of the Its Ani;tles unrniture 'pn I'y Va1s hrured. ILuss $'2O1,000; iii. It i l neprted that the liritish Cvern t:nt i b't'ut to (dfie t' 15' i ,tt((),th)O of new p o r cnt. tk iguar:teed from repay. nt itit 1)11 for at least twenty- live yeas. Ih lmainag(i's of the Cireinnati Il.ie lli ('iuh IiVe decided to have the club iet the win tr pieticinU and giviig ex iiiNtiini L'ailes inl tie South. 'Thini 'eu:t of ('helims hIs <Iisniissed the leint ul the Missi sip1pi lIailroud (omuipy Stinst th hnited States for ("oupensation 'r 'iryig thne ) r4tils lefor the war . ihe r;tsidecnce of )r. .I. .. l'(Istin at hi. \\ illring waI il rnud( (i uainday lmrrn It';, Ito( lete with all his hou rcholthl fu'rni Cioil ulider's ii.in Philade ~lhiad arli"ira hei luie ilf cindl tifty ti sevet'rty livye cents eii toil, andrr many1 oft themi iannuniice timt hey will s;ell only onec tori on erach onrr. Thei meietinig of tire ladies of Tririty 'hur th tdilleIl at thlie ruil est of' the li'etor oiinret, this afternroon , has biiern post piiied Intil netx\t ial Ondaly af iternioion at -1 30t. -ena:tor i i' ir illI to aid the Colorecd \ t i onai Irndiiutr'ial .E xposi tiron appropi iti's uj,t; ltti, to lie ex penidci uni der the: di rT'l inti by the IPreside-nt. \in INi urn h:irk. hiit.li.1 to bie :rn h ilm u ,i 'uist ing. ofi tlwentyV-l e jieirions, it re :ll ilrowiund. F'unhwliaiil, fromii Savannah:iI, whiieb wals 'l'ii Iini distrless till thle Newv.1c Jersy :es,in Neuw York is an error. Thie vt scl A' spietial fllrm tihe ('ity of 'lexicii says hi:,! ;in c: tiniake three s('ind inu,h dlurri ir as lt Tinusday iighrt at 8 io'iclock ini it\eeiaun, (hml:irror, andu oneC of two seet m1t Is ye''te'i(l:iy nioiriig iat S o'c.ock in T'c. u ingojiLi , inl ute .ie State. n-iater Sihermann has1 intrioduii(ced a hill ii '-rI ip i:rin r 20" ,t000)) to ieimbulrrse ditpos nFiedmia' 'sI iaiings :mId Trt C(omrpanry. i i elIe ni>nty, hrowever, is toi be Jhn Io el-, aedi 21 years, luis jurst bteen distial in Nw YiXork for the inrri of )'ciy l'tarney' onr Cr'istma:s day, IS. Iie i conesses thre killing, hut .says Ire atedu ii -elf-defece. A violehnt stna mihas been raiginig ini the -r (h Chiannl, arnd great udamagiei has beeni i i*lone toii>peirty arid ipingiii. A portluin it i"anst ret Ilaoek has1 tinnbled into ire sea. Ia iage v'essel lhas been wrecked oIff Ihm - a'imon arid all I muads aire believed tI bile lost. lu-i Steametr To initwanithi, fra ia ien, I , i rmber 2!, wit,h lumbher, wvas towied rut Ni'a York last night fromi lii:riatinie dih':ns, wh ere she wits reprlte 1,1 Jaitnay I, ni distri-i with hiter l'istoni rodl briken. 'SlIe !Irsl loiier tirst. nmcte anid oeC eamanii. A partry ofI negrotes wetre digin Irg a grave ns! wers k nealr h0>insl, in Aikeni ouinty, udoneo thlemr, I lantdy Sweat,i waus st n lsiiita:(1lii orse for. n h iito utlaroot~ At I l erayette, lind.,t J udge \'iintimn, sittiml n lire C'irtcuit Courh t, hlas ieldedih't that tek naes eecorplletd b y te sttute toa iiriih Lond r'uinntls at the legall rate of $3: lii oithI, wtihther t hey wIshed to tdo so ori ii yt-mus, lhis been'' dhi'.cover'ed in tIre irm >' II. .1. Alien, Si n &k ('i., wlelia:le ielcul in i:1 lcheiitl mntl lhinaware, in Phiila hIia. Theii detaurlter is Illenury lioopes, tho hi is tell in the' emiploy of tire irm A si (ril frm Ithe ('ity' of' Aeitco says oithetrni Aleicio, anml a; 1he city of I gia apai: ii wats quite seere. Soiiel iluarge to it life. Iuht is Mnr. A nuni ld twiin, late hirlt iif th.e 'ilin-lij NaIt iona:l lk, dlied smhiitcuiy of waly-is at ihis reshencue in Cirninniiati y(s ini' in i'i'n huir biind wans p.larcedi it $10, Th'le '!t i mun the Ilint plars; wi,tr rn-i extendied fromii te We'sitern to) tIn hst rir fatris, ad menc whoi li woirk In if'te'n faties i ml rooklyn1, Phliihlb.!phi a:w Hi'dftoru, Jiustoun, anal Corrning, N. Y, rve falhA t i r'itiurni toi work, with twit Twoi texpr'(9S naims iin tihe I hik-h State ailwayi4, ilinrhual, ('ame nht'crllisionn nraii Ii i'i yttenuay, u ilu rlemning at ai b;ir tie of' s;'ted. Thie enginte andi cans u er stailly wreckl(i, andi tenty six persons ;ur'e kilemIh. Thc noimbr' of Inujmn.l1i nt exactly known, but it is very large. Both trains were filled with passengers. A collision occurred between two freight trains at Olympia, Ky., on the Chosepeake and Ohio railroad Tuesday, causing ;great damage to the road by the total wrecking of a number of cars. Brakeman F. A. Hennesy was instantly killed, and several other employcs of the road were seriously injured. A collision of frcight trains on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad occurred yesterda y morning at Tye 11111, Ky. Pat Finn, engineer, was slightly hurt, as was also Etniet Payne, fireman. Tom lien iiesy of Blacksburg, V. Va , brakeman, was caught by coal shooting over him and killed. 'The President of the Board of Poor 1)1 rectors of Iancaster, Pa., ycsterday morn ing asked the tramps confined in the county workhouse, 1'40 in all, who were willing to go to Reading to take the places of strikers, to Sign a paper to that ef'ect, but only twenty-live conp1lied, the others fearing violence. 'liose who hive consented will be scnt there. The d11ad boly of an itinerant clock mentIer, E. Dawmuan, was found in the woods four miles from Cresswcll, Wash ington county, N. C. 11is head was horri bly crushed, and he had been (lead appa rently four or five days. Three negroes have been arrested on suspicion, and one of them has confessed to seeing another kill hdm. TI,e coal leet which left Pittsburg for Cincinnati and Louisville on Thursday is having a rough trip on account of the re ceiling water and heavy ice. Between Pitts burg and Wheeling af. least ten tows arc reportet griounded, and in a number of cises portions of the tows have been aban diunedh. The loss cannot be estimated at this time, but it will be very heavy. A special from Dubuque, Iowa, says: 'Senator Allison, who leavcs here to-day for\ Waslhington, said in an interview that the party which failed to do its share in speedily reducing tarif' taxes would lose in pilic favor. The necessity for'somc action was great, and Congress would be com le led to act lie (lit not wish to outline aiy definite plan, but said that parties were so thvidied that iii order to reach any result nitutal concessions must be madle. lie would he willing to repeal the tobacco tax anil sugar tariff anal to further enlarge the free list.'' 1. IF. Avey, one of the victims of the railroad echlient on the Southernt Railroiad neiir (liitttiiooga, (lied in Covington, Ky., and his wife is reported to he in a (lying c)'lition. I'he other Wounlcl are doing well. liones iail hair and a letter have bccn dhiscovered in the wreck indicating thaf a man, womian anil child, names un known, were burned wit lithe ladies' conch. 'l'Ie letter was from St. Augustine, Fla , was signed+ "lrn, and aidressecd to "1)ear Lii ia.'" ''he oflicers of (lie Cincinnati Su mthierin Railroad Company emphatically deny thatl there was further loss of life than previously reportedl. They publish a list, of all (lie passengers and employes on boti trains, aund account for each and e'ery one. Arc-hilt-et l:chmitz. lMuai,'s,d. On Wedinesday evening the follow lag corres pondenlce passed between Com ptroller (iiral \erncr, Secretary of the State louse Commis.=ioi, and Assistant Archi ta Selunitz: ('outi a., S. C., Jatn. 4, 1S*8. .if,. f. J/. ,'r/,it(., I.iis(tant ArchItoct ,S/al Iouse'. Coldum/>ia, & C.. H )EAu Suii: 1t a me:eting of the State .lCiuse Cuuiission, hell this (lay, I was in:t riictl to inforni you that your salary (Ce.es ithis day is Assistant Architeet. You w,;il also, dismiss the prter, and you a.e nIC d ui to turu over the keys, etc., to the ofhiee. Very respectfully, -1. S. VIiu a*:u, (C. (I. and See'y. The foldlowing letter from Mr. Schmitz 'v:s addressed to the State Ilouse Commis . Gai li:N: Your letter it Januarv 4, uitC formi-incsm of miy dismiissall as Assistanit .' i ieet,c re:ceive'd. As such sum mairy d Ias-ii ighlt he construed as either ri' t1 illing d up nimy complee (or o)thterwise aupona my persoal character-, youri hionora h!ei body ' 1 is heeby respectful 1lIut earn e tly3 reu lestedl to give yourl opinioni tipon these~ tw 0 puest ions in wVriting to ine. I, lmi .not awaire of d1(oig any imiproper neam ithnI which I couldt have been con iC-elt 1 havi-e done this step only for self pr oecti oi, and hope that you will do0 jus. I lespectfully' yours, E. J. Stu.iu-rz. 'ITie ex phumiition of thle matter is in all pirobability this: l ly (lie tennis of (lie recenit .~upl b t~ill (lie State IIlouse architect is re 'luired to residle in Coluiina. This Mr. Neiiln 1 am1 :inot dlo, oni accouint oIf his builsi ne(ss ini I alftimofire. Somleboldy else wilt h1: i' e to ibe chiosen, aIl, ini the initerim (lie iionk ha:s been stopped, and t he ser vices of 711r. Schitziii, inicidenltally andI consequent ly ar ncot,'I now required. There Is evidlenit13y ni reflect ion upon01 71r. Schmitz's lnt(grity ori cmpletenlcy Iiimpliedl in thle dlimissal. It is inierely' in accordaniice with thle intul 1 C' uirs e of evients5, ahlliniiiy applicntion tliit M11r. Schminitz his iiadoe, or wvill make, for the p'ositioni oif Architect, of the State House, will be duily andl proper-ly considered. rCarl isle's coin uittees giv'e very general itisft ism'. 'Therte arek, oif (course, sotne dI isa~ liC omt meats. This is uisiial. Even ihe i'.>iitic d opponients of Mr-. Carl isle praise lh:iIn for the Icar h~Cle has 'xerclised, aiid -u egnizie his most earnest, cliideavors to not only sat i'fy i hose directly filterestedl, but renider the best1 pibille .satisfactioln to the 'Tihere: were m:1uly 'oniflictinig iinterests toI he. Ioidj(ered( ini the formation of thle com miittcee, iad manyui3 membei lrs no t onily beg ed to e pI Ie(d uiponi CertainI coilmtttees >ut ref used in adlvance to serve if given assign mienits they did not like, and which they It is beclievedl thait Mr. Cairlisle has aictedi v'ery wisely, iln view of tile policies of his pa ty'. respe(Cting tali iif reform, apprnopria lions11, penshins, financial matters, tierritor'ial inite'rests, ril roadl, edu lcationail, laboir and gress for lacOin. g('n Thei( Spea~ker' said tonmight that lIe wais ne(ver 11 i more comlet(ely exl hunted from hiis wod. iiid tlmit hie felt greatly relieved nio'w that it~ was finished. Most oif thle :ommliiittees will meet, tomo row and organuize, b,y (lie selectioni of sub ('hIinuties, asignmeniiiIts o)f mieasuires wvhiich hiive 11headily been refeired, and1( will ap point clerks, etc. Membeli trs oiff the (Commiittecen Wa Viys iiind 711ean s say the.y blievc-e thait I (ni-iing 'will be g.~ranitell on tari it maitters, and t hose mo1(st in (tereste ill be ivenian eI portuniity to aaoman and Ifler IiMnates is thle title oIf a1 large illuistra ted t reatise, bay D r. ht. V. Pierce, fhifTalo, N. Y., sent t' 'anty address for ii ten cents ini stamps. It tiIehes su1ccessfa .t elf-treatment. IPIlant ationi phIilosophyi3: D at sorter charity dati is only dra'lwed ouit by3 the Tack dat deC ilsum whai;t nee'ds lie'p 'longs ter' de same se-ret soCity daIt yerse f does2 in'L dle sorter (.harity de in'wd libs. A unieuhu iral e'xchiange thiniks thant thie ohti- fashione1( d plimgh is so10n to become ia thing oft till pa:st. We have often thought it wra h)(ihm mu in the. grou.d BitIC-A-uAuw. There was a land of bitter tears and wail ing A land most like that drear one Dante knew, Whore wan-faced Niobe, with dark robes trailtug, In sad procesion moves, brows bound with rue. It is a land peopled by witless mortals Compared with them the virgin's flive were wise And it is writ above its gloomy portals: ''We did not think it paid to advertise." There is a land that flows wi ith milk ,and honey Not the condensed, nor yet the rorghum strains Each dweller bears a grip-ack fat with money, Bonds, coupons, t1icks and various other gaius; IIappy are these as, t lilh tide, the lishea; No tear doth drown th laughter in their eyes; For better luck they have no sort. of wishes; The cake is theirs-they learned to adver tise. A cold snap-The click of a steel i ap. The gate-keeper at the railway crossing should be a man of signal abilities. The man is known by the company he keeps away from. A fire in the Brooklvn n-ivy yard de stroyed property worth :2OO,OO). The rabbit is timid, but no cook can make it quail. A rolling stone gatht is :o moss, but it. knocks out -l. opposition at the foot of the hill. 'Table 1oarder-Wail:r, Ihere's a hair in this stew. Waiter (ceerfnll)---Ycs, sir: it's a rabbit stew. One good act done tuday is worth a thousand in conteniplati t for some future ti m'. The English language sounds funny to a foreigner, as when one says, "1 will conic by-and-by to buy a bicycle. When a man attempts to warn his hands over a hotel register it is high time to in criire into his mental condition. The man w'ho spends all his money on lipior is usually down at the heel. Old boots aid bottles go together. Coal is so high that it is only the million airc who ann afford to heap coals of Jire on an cenmy's head. "The rich," said a Jew, 'eat venison he c'auise it ish deer; I cats nitton because it ish sheep." A little Burlington boy spelled cat. ''C a-milk." because, he said, cats didn't like tea. Sherburne G. Ilopkins, who, some weeks ago, sent a bogus infernal machine to (hief Justice Waite, pleaded guilty in the Vash. ington 'olice Ctot and was lined $100. A correspondent says that milkweed is the proper thing to plant on a milknan's grave. I e is wrong, though; a water-lily is the thing. 'It's queer how .su1e pcople make money,'' remar-ked one traveling man to ant other. ''Yes; 1 suppose you refer to the counterfeiters." was the rejoinder. Life says that as between the dude and his cane at this writing, the cane seenis to have a tritle the best of it in the iatter of head. A wolf was caught in the streets of Chicago the other day. It was suppos' d that lie had unwittingly strayed 1rom the Stock Exchange. The man vho has a long ulster never dreads Ilhe winter: nay he rathierhwelem-s it , for he: is thenic ien!d to conceal the bags in the knees of his trouser-s. A caniel will wvork seveht or eight days without dinking, in this respiet lie differ's from some men, who drin1k seven or eight days without workintg. What is it to be a mnan? Well, it is a good dlel like wvork to be a man, and that, i's thme chief reason why men, teal meni, are so very few. iss Adiraitioni--Gener-al, werec you ever miixed lip in mtany entgagzemtentts7 deni crisl-Qutite a onmbet, 1I'mt I lotuna iztely es eapedl with becing married~-u but onice. Womtieni hav'e mucth itmr iadatai lit y tan mten. Thfle girl w ithi thle tenitie:st. tinliest rosebud tioth tenn hold fioi itfou r to six six-inch clothespins between lheri nw.s ott wasliday. There are t wo waiys oif getting thrt'ough this worb(l. One way is to maizke the best of it, andt the othier is to make thte worst of It. 'T'hose who take the lattetr course work hat'd for poor- pay. TIhe man.wh-lo goes ihin g and( sits itt a r untp- invitg posture oit a narrow thwt iI fromt early miornt tell diewy eve, and calhls it funm, is the satte chap thait niever ges to chutrch because the pcews arein't comn fortt le, Hie whto helps to circulate a piece of gor sip is as badl tas the oneC who (:riiiate-d it. To put your i list ini a tar- barirel nfid t hent go rounmd shaking handils withI every body is what. some peCople like to doa. "tI wo from otte you take, how mtany wvill remain, Alice?"' asked a yountg nmnt of his girl. "'Why, you can't take two tirom (tie, Chartley." "Ohl, yeCs. I enni Alice,' "'I've takeni two frott one, and lhunidredis remaiin."- "Attd they will remain titer,,'' rep)lied Alice. A t the requiest ofi imany read ers, thle fol low ing order of weddings is pub' l ishied: .At the end( o)f thle fir-st ye-ar--Cotton wed. Sc.ondl3ct ya- -Pa'~per wedldimr. Fitith year'-Wooden wedldinmg. Sinventh year--Woollen wedtinig. 'Tenth ycear--Tfin weddling'. - 'TwuelfithI year--Silk andt( Iinie lbinn wed. 'l'iftenith yetir --Cystal wvedding. ThiiirtiethIiycar-Pe'a'l wetling. i"ortiethi year-Ruby wc<hdlang. Fiftieth year--Oolden wetiing. Seventy-lfth year-D)aimotnd wedding. A' shocking Acident. .\.ttguts I icathI, the father of Walter; and( Mir. E(ddie O'Hannon, af[tr hnt ig awvhile Saturday miornitng, went into Mr. I teathI's htouse, but set their guns against the steps outtside. About 1 o'clock it comn mtencetd i-aiiing, andt( Mr. O)'Ianiton takintg his gttn in. Mr. IIeath aisked his son, who is 13 yeats old1, to btring his itn also. Watl - let' steppedl to te dlooi' and( sttoped (lownii taking hold( (if the bar'rel of thte gun.it thle stock restintg on the grounid. As lie straighit cited upi, thir left-hand bat-rel wenit off, thle en tire l oad tatking efflec juist aibove tIhe right bureast, ralngingj acr'toss to the heft, but did(1 not come out. ills fther says it wars instant rleathi. It is thiouightt thtat the ham. mera strmcA thte step andt catused the gitn to go oil. Mi' IIeathl is a new comner fin tId vicinity, lit havittg lately moved front ntear Levels Chmi oh to wvhere lie now livyes on Cedar' Creel.--- ilken '1ourna/., Venr' Tlench' Miore' 'Than iiookN. Amtong ot her- v'aluable le-ss(ons imitpu d by thtis teacher is thme fact that for a vr long time D)r. Plerece's '"Golden Medical DIscovery" has bieen the prince of liver cor re(-Iives andi blood purifiers, being the hotusehiohl philciani (of the jorit mni, itndi the able cotnsutlting physkit ho thle rich pat ientt, and1( praised by all for its magniti. cent service anid tilicacy in all dlisease's of a (chronie nature, as nmala-ial poisonintg, till iments of thie respiirator-y uad digestive sys tents, liver dilsease antd all cases whtere the use of an alterative remndy is imnied. Th, Urowth of the lolheril '6tSak. OnATTAiooA,. January 8.-The Trades man has received- official reports from the comptrollers of all the Southern States ox" cept Louisana, giving the total real estate and porsonal property valuation in 1876, 1880, 1880 and 1887, railroad valuation1for the years 1880, 1880 and 1887, and tax levies in each. The total realty and peraonalty valuation in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Miss.ssippi, North Carolina, South Caro lina, Tenesse, Texas and Virgiuif is as follows: 1875, $2,464.47,292; 1880, $2, 505,34.'29; 1880, t3,077,084,451; 1887, $3,279,848,045. The increas:c in four years between 1870 and 1880 was $41,087,437. Between 1880 and 1880 it was $571,809,722, and in the singlG year 1887 the increase in the ten ttates was $202,213,564. Thu in crease in the four years ending in 1880 was 2 per cent, and in the six years ending in 1880, 20 per cnt. In the twelve months of 1887 the increase was 01 per cent. and in the seven years ending in 1887, 30 per cent. The total railroad assessment in the ten States in 1887 is $258,656,8 17, an increase of 8 per cen!. in the past twelve months, and ani increase of 123 per cent. In the past seven years. In round numbers the increase in the past seven years in the ten States has been; Alabama h,.0001,000, Georgia $77.000,000, Kentucky 132,000,000, Maryland i22,000, , 0, Mis.isippli, $:0,000,000. North Uaro lina $37,000,000, S aith Carolina $21,000, 000, Tenrsee $t8,000,000l, Texas .:382, 0G0,000, \'irgiiia $18.000,0(0. tn the past twelve mon ths the increasc ai 1e d estate and personal poperty ''sesslnnts has been: Alahani: $11,000,000,. Keitcky $97,00e, (00, ?lisasiippi 1i,00(,000, 'Teinesste $15.000,1000, Geo'orgia i0,000,000. Miy land $5,7i000,0(Pt) Not th Carolina $5,000,000, 'Te1x;s $20,000,0co. In Southi Carolina there wasa decrease of $5,000.000, adu( in Virghtia ii decrease of :1t00,000. T'he t.ouith'n Ad(Ieuate it(nbur. 'he Souti li s a fair siil i.ly of l:ihoi to meet the demais of pr(sent indusitries which Is tractable and ti ustworthy. I found litt the Southern man who is en gaged in iindustry pays a warm tiiute of prai-e and apprecialion to I lie c'ilored labor ers. Ant e-war delusions ai:>it the negro aC scnttore(l. l'.verywiere the black man is :tt w nk. I saw hin on the railroads, in the furnaces, in coal and iron mines, in cotton ccliresses, at freight terminals, at wurelouse, at enkinfg ovens, on farms, at Icaniing, cetc. ''lie negrG is at the 1ront in the nimiiu:tl work in the South. For such se! vice he is 'a Iavorite,'' and he is doinm lit part well in all the region which I sav A gentleman who is engaged In lnbering in tower Alabania taid he aid el fagecd c d ored inc largely for hirteen years in ii opeatioi , and 11ad faunid li iii hionesi, c'"aible and l yal. Sonie of his hands hain scrcd him the whole time, and a few were :ec(--iving $1 a week wacs. lie found tliit V ioso teats the negro fairly and jiit 1 and keeps faith with hini need have a Ironble with his ielp, and will get ;good wo:fk don This o; inion was confirmcl by I'rof. (ravath, f Fiske l nive rsity, ii (.onvelVsation with him.--h(T'imorc; .h/i,' J(c(t ri('rs' Iieercr. .hllere i great alari amlon;-g mnuuifatI ric"i (Ipendent up1)0on the I.:nhing Ilor.d for fuel. Not many of them cairy lar;ge stocks of coal ihead, ami two weeks' stoppage of mining woilid (lose up the majority of the ni. A TONGUJE IN KNOTS. I. contracted malaria in the awamps of Louiiana while working for the tele graiph companly, and( uised every kind oi mje<bemue 1 could hear oi' without relief. 1I at last suac(eeded ini breaking the fever, but it coa21 me over $100.0)0, and then my systemi wias prostrated and saturated wit!i makl.'d p'eisoin and I beernme almost he( tless. i fImUdly came flhere, mlY mouth so1 filled with sores that I could ~scarcely eat, and my tongue raw and Ii led with little knots. Various remiedies weore re sorted to vwithout el'ect. I bought two bottles of 3. 13. 13. and it has cured and strungthiened ime. All sores of my mioiuth are healed and my tongue entire ly clear oif knots and sorenes~s, and I feel lhke a neCw man. Jackson, Te'nn., April '0, 1880. A. .". iuIrios. btJ1i" JOINTS. A Mosr. i:M.)maira c. ('se o1- sm'Oi'IA AND 1lHi1-MAT'iaM, 1 have a little boy twelve years old whose knces ha:ve b een drawn almost double and his1 joints are perfectly stilT, and he has been in this icondition three years, unable to wal:k. D)uring that time the medical board of L.ondionl county ex amineld him anud pronouced the dlisease scroifula and prescribed, but no beneflt ever derived. I then use'd a imch iid veris'ed prepal;irationi withl out hene-fit. Three weeks ago be Ncamo perfectly helpless anid siYtered (1.read(1fully. ) A friend who hand used 1B. 1. 13. ad vised its use. IIe has used one bottle and all p)ain has ceased and 11e can now wralk. T1his han been a me-st wonderful action, as his comuplaint had bafled overy thing. I1 shall conitinue to use it on Unitiua, Tenn., March 2, 188(1. WEl>B CITY, ARK., BLOOD. Having tested 13. B3. B. and found it to be all that is claimed for it, I cunenid it to any m'ud every one suffering from 1b100( poison. It has done mio more good for less mlonley and in a shiorter space of time than any blood purilier I ever used1. I[ owe the comfo)rt of niiy life to its use, for I have been troubledl with a severe form of blood poison for 5 oir (1 years and found( nto relief equalil to that given b)y the use of B. B3. 13. W. (3. McG.wm:v-;. Webb City, Ark., May 3, 1880. All who <desirei~11 flii iforynalin abmu me:lOt (cause8 ai li ure 01f 11om I l'o'iens, Scirofo ht an i scrofuilouis swell ings, I lorm, fores, ilhuiiua t isni, I( llney ompilaits,~ 'aa i'rrhi, etc., enni s0ecuro by3 mail, f ree, aL cop i' ur Epage Illu. tltrt li Uilk of wointlirs, lii Cl' Iwit th1e11 most wontlIerfulI anel st artting po of ever b efore knowni. Auihlress-, IU'Ai ;00 i.I ('., Atlanta, (a. PjriT OARMI1NAT1VE! FOlt '% INANTI AanI T1lEETJIHNG( (11 IL DREW N.' Anm instant rel.ief for. colic of infants. Oures Dy3'entsry, DJiarrhcoa, Cholera Infantnum or any diseases of' thoe stomach and bowels. Mlakes the critical peOriod of Toothing safe and easy. 1s a safe and pleasant tonie. For siale by all dru gista, and for wholoale by H-owanID, W I 'rE & Co0., Augusta, Go,. 8H OW CSH.-WALLags DESKS, OFFICE FURNITURE ANp FIXT'JRIES. Ask for Illustrated Panmphlet. TERRY 1HOW CJASE CO.,* Nashyl,,, Tenn,J FARMTLVELS 1 for Engineers,Ar e o aii(d bridge men ;for yo eenr armr ad .Afechjanui amTeleicic sights,l an head igrendoble t re, ra Invalids' Hotel and Surgical lustitut Blair of EiaAteen Bxpeylneod a1d Stle frat Pbysilanand turgeoan. ALL CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY. atients troated here or at their homes. Msi.v reated at home, throu gh orrespondeno, muccessfully as if here i person. Com - 9eo us, or send ten cents in stamps for olt Invalid' Ouide-Book," which gives all partio ular. Ad'lress: WORLD'S DISPBNSAlty M DAL AsOCIATION, 063 Main St., Duffalo, N.Y, For "worn-out," "run-down," dobilitatet school teachers, milliners, seamstresses, hos. keepers, and overworked women generaU) D)r. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the besu of all restorative tonics. It is not a " Cure-all." but udmirably fulfills a singleness of purpose b'ing a most potent Speeiflo for all those Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to won'in. Thu treatment of many thousands of such cases, at the invalids' Hotel and Surgy hal In'tituto has aiorded a large exper enoa in adapting remedies for their cure, and fly. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is tho result of this vast experience. For intornail contgestion, in lammat on unal ulcoration, it is a Specifie. It is a powerful general. as w'ell as uterine, Ionic and nervine, and imparis vigor and strength to the whole system. It cures weakness of stomach, in(ligtstion, blo atng, weak back nervous prostration, exhaustion, debility and slecp>lessess, in either sex. Favorite Prescrip. tion is sold by deliggists under our positive uuaraulcc. Seo wrapper around bottle. PRICE $1.00, oa".ll""crS. Pend 10 cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce's large Treatise on 1)iseuses or Women t100 pages, paiper-cov0retl). Address, WOInD a DIsPS. RAa MnYh)IcAI. ASsocLArIoN, 003 Main Street, ilulo, N. Y. -1 WxCQ7S LITTLE i ? r LIVER d ? e PILLS: ANTI.BILIOUS and CATIIARTIe, S CK ADACHE, Ilious Iondache, DizziniesA Vonstipa tion, ind igestion, aiad HllousAttacku, proml>tly cured by )r. 'Iorco's Pieasn t Purgative Pollots. 2. reIts a vial, by Drugists. 4 PiV Aj.TrE BOAItRDIN(. ON THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, the unerrigned opCued a 11 (lS' ('LASS BOA B UING (OUSE in C1halcton, for the accommodation of bo:li Tr'nsient and Permanent Boarders. 'The Building, located on the northeast corner of \Veutworth and Glebo street., i i conveniently near the Iusiness portion of King street, yet fIOe from the noise of the thoroughfares. It is within easy rexch from the Acade my of iusie and ironi Churchen of all the different de fThe hiomeaso beenlc thoroughly re p)a;1c(d, al!Id zitted ip iu good style with new. fairm~ture andi lxtures. Termus reasonab lo. For further iniformation add re MliW. . HJASLL~4, or Mas. S. 13. EDWARDS, Ltf Charleston, S. U. Gilders Liver PI1LLS. 'iTh jutsily celebr)ated SOUTHERN VEuETALEj PILL baving been used is a hous~ehold remedy for the past half sentury, in all the Southerni and Westorn States, for the cure of Dyspopsia, Bl ousness, Malaria and1( all diseases of the LIVERi, havo, by their WONDERFUL CURES, gained the supremacy over all other L'ILLS on the market. After one trial ,you will join the cry for "GILDER'S LPILL13" with tihe ten million people of hie JUited States who are now using if your merchant has not got them, end 2i5 cents in stamps to h. BlARRETT & CO.. AUGUSTA, GA, IL\AIRLOTTE"I FDMALE INSTI1lfUTE. TheIi current session of this Institute tlosos tJauuary 2J st, 1888, when the 4pring Session begins, which ends June >th, 1888. Thle present session is one of the most >rospoerous in tho history of the Insti utte. There is room for only a few more >oar1dinug pupils. Theli health of the chool, thec accommodations of ita board. ng department, nna the efliciency of its orps) of teachers are unsurpassed any hm i o the Houth. Th'Ie first of January S at very con venienIt time for entering, nupilsn are charged only from date of nit ni:ce. P rincipal. EOAGER o rJ IS A LINIMENT PERFECTLY H A R ML E SS.ANOI S HOUL:D 9I UjSED A FEW MONTHS,DA,'OR E C0NPNENT: !SEND FOBOOIK TO MOTHgERSs R3fAmTEI1REQUlOja(Gb ATLANTA,. t r int r l n one ~ai c rTuetlors. A~ 4