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TIE WEEKLY Ijjfel UIIOI THEt VOL. XIV.?New Series. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST IT. 1883. NUMBER 33. OUR PUBLIC HIGHWAY8. Thf cost of the jircsriit si/sfrili <>/ ro n's tn ,S'iiif/i Curatina. KinsKKlKi.f?, July 23.?The population ! of South Carolina is, in round numbers,; about one million, 01 was by the Ceusus of j 1SS0. In the rat in of five to one this would jlive us 200,000 voters. Now the question is, are there as many persons liable to road duty as there are voters ? The road aire is from IGtofiO. The voting age is from 21 upwards. Will the class Iron 10 to 21 equal the class from fifty upwards ? 1 should answer in the nllirmativc or very nearly so> and if so, the number of voters and road workers must bo very nearly equal. Hut we must deduct all persons exempt from road duty under the law. They will, per* hap?, number one hundred in each county or 3,300. Wc will put the number of "ex cuipts" at 4.000. We must next deduct ail persons of the road ace in cities and towns. These wc can get with reasonable accuracy from the Census of 1880, and amounted then t<> about 130,0(10, and I shall base my ^ estimates on the status of that year. In the P same ratio of live to one, this would give us 20,000 voters in the cities and towns, and if 1113* comparison is correct the same nuui bcr of road workers with tl.c 4,000 "exempts" we shall have 30,000 to deduct from the 200,000, leaving 170,000 liable to road duty, bet us put it to 150,000, These 150,000 men are required by law to work on the public roads "not less than three nor more than twelve days" in each year. If they work the maximum number of days, ami their services should be valued at one dollar per day?and that is the price fixed by the lawmakers ? we shall have 15(1.000 multiplied by twelve, amounting tc 81.800, 000 for one year. Suppose they average six days annually, the cost would bo 8300,000. If a dollar a dav is too much, then the law is wrong. I'lstiuiatc it at fifty cents a day and for the twelve <l iys the value of th : labor would he S90D.000, and lor six days $150,000. Hut it may bo said, doubtless will be said, this is not a sound argument or fair calculation as to the annual cost of public roads ; that the people do (his work when they can, perhaps, do nothing else, and is a coutribu tiou in kind to the public service and. therefore, does not cost the amounts specified. 1 only adopt the measure of value ositUMMHXl t> ilie people themselves through their representatives. The labor is worth that much, and in contemplation td* law is expended upon the highways, and, ! it r-o expended, is taken out of the produe? : live p v.ver of the people of the State, an 1 is, therefore, lost to other channels, i j have seen the time when road hands sum- 1 mo icd out of the field were worth a dollar j a da> to the crops, and I insist it is a legit- j junto estimate in calculating the cost of ! maintaining the highways. II not bes , % . , ? i i i i . .. to.vcd upon i HO roads mi is rioor wouiu 01 | should be utiliz-d elsewhere, so as to be ; worth a dollar a day to the industries of the Stale. One mil/ton ehjlit hundred thou- ] yami ilollitrs is a large sum of tiinucv. ami if i ... " i collected utiuual'y and judiciously expended on the public highways would work a won- | dcrful change for the better. But the col* lection of no sueh sum or the half or the J quarter of it will be necessary, as I think I | can demonstrate further ou. This, however, is not the only item of cost.. Section 1,087 of the Gcueral Statutes pro. ^ vidos that "Any person who shall receive bodily injury or damage in his person or property through a defect in the repair of a highway, causeway or bridge, may recover in an action against the county the amount of damages fixed by the finding of a jury. If sueh defect in any road bridge or c uiieway existed before sueh injury occurred, such damages shall not ho recovered hy | the person inj ured, if his load exceeded the ordinary weight." The next section (1 ,OSSj provides, that ''If before the commencement of an action provided for in .he foregoing section the county commissioners tender to the plaiuti If the amount which he might be entitled U recover, together with all cists. and the plaint ill refuse to accept t lie same and does not ree iver upon subsequent trial a sum larger than the amount ten lercd, (lie de fe:i<lu)ls s>li;i 1 recover costs and the plaintiff lie entitled to the results of lie verdict." Tint is to say, it' die canity will pay Cor the repairs of every vehicle broken or injured by reason of a "d jfoct in a highway, cam .vay or In i ^o," or 11 r every pergonal injury or damage .suffered from the same cause, the parly injured sh ill not bo eutitLdto recover. ^ otherwise lie will have that ri;_;ht. Suppose thai provision should be put in'o execution, ' and what is? to prevent it except die fo'bearance of the public^ what would bo the annual cost t" the people <>f this State '! file fact that the public have rarely availed themselves of it i.-> i > p! ? ! thai ii will out in the future. 11 is sai I >1 p >r ' i ?:is h ive :i > - il-. and jur.es appear to act upon that principle whenever tlioy got an opportunity. A county i- a corporation. It collects taxes 1 j for its support from the citizen and m 1 return guarantees protection to person and ! t property. The citizen is entitled to ! j this protection, and if he fails to get it ( ' | ? the State gives him his remedy. A man com" ; inns an assault and battery upon another! j ( the party assaulted has his remedy in a civil s j action for damages, and besides this the \ Mate redresses the wrong by a etimioa! j-s prosecution. Oiietuati commits a <I<v>(nn't J upon the properly of another hy doing, or i ( omittitiyc to do, .something required hy law, and the party injured recovers damages j for the wrong. Why should not a county he " liable for an act of omission or commission .' whereby one of its citizens suffers ? The j Legislature * vid? ntly thought it sliould he, |, ir it would never h ive etiacted such a law li as the foregoing. h There is till an other matter of c >st, in 1*10 form of an indirect tax. it is true, hut i nevertheless a tax and lutrde:: resulting from ( our wretchedly had roads, which tnig t he ! v mitigated and greatly reduced hv good roads, 1 viz: the wear and tear of vehicles in cms j J inon use and tite enormous expenditure of j horse power. ! |j It is next to impossible to ascertain the j u number of vehicles of all kir.ds and loserip j' lions used on the pr.blie highways in .South | ? | j l Carolina, hut 1 have adopted the host | j method I can think of to approximate the | 'I numher, and have submitted 'bisques' m to o a numher of practical men. What is the a proportion of vehicles to population in " South Carolina? Some have answered one .. to every hundred, some one to fifty and u others one to seventy live. I slioul have nti? b swered one to every hundred, but a majority * think this too largeaud decide that one to i v fifty would be nearer the mark. However, I -j will adopt one to a hundred, 'i'liis would b give us ton thousand vehicles. The J average life of a vehicle, carriage, buggy? ^ cart, wagon, &c., is ab ?ut live years in the , present slate of the roads. In localities whore the roads are on/ bad they wiil not last longer than three years. Let us suppose ' the average cost ol the repairs on these vehicles is $."> each. Is that too much or too little V If correct, they cost annually 850,- '' OUtl. Now, it is safe to assume that if the ^ 1 >ads were made good the average life of a j vehicle would be increased to ten ycais and the annual ripairs not mure than 8- 50 7 1 itiiuk. ' I'Im h^l TT'' " bounds, it' '? g farmer premise "is correct. Itcre alone f j, would he a saving of l!d. 1)00 in cash annually I in tlij matter ot repairs, besides an en r | jV mous auiouuL by reason of the increased j longevity of the vehicles. This is a tax '< ' that comes out of the pockets uf the people j ' every year that might just as well be saved I 1 by the exercise of more practical wisdom I and foresight in working our public roads ' I am satisfied, ou further reflection and! ii i . .. a ii.cjuiiy, i nave piaeeu tne unmoor ol ^ vehicles far too low. There must be one hundred thousand vehicles in the State. ' It seems to me these <|ucst'.ons are well worthy of consideration. They are not ! J vagaries indulged in fur entertainment, hut ; propositions coming within the scope of every man's experience. It is not claimed J that they are accurate, but they serve j' to illustrate the point 1 make and to slmw ' that we pay heavily tor bad toads which eouid bo unmeasurably improved by the judicious outlay of much les money. In an enterprising gn?:ilicad country time ' 1 is money, Time is money wbe.e the poo pie are active, industrious, vigilant, pro- ' grc.ssive. Jf time is money, what vast I sums are expended upon our public roads '! Here is another tax?heavy tax : Time spent pulling and hauling, "gecin and hawing,'' swearing an 1 complaining is Very tin profitably spent There are tiiauv sections * i ol tw. lve miles ol road in Kdgeliwld County, ^ , and no doubt in other counties, that cannot i... i, l i... .i i... v ( i'\. u.iuau in niiiiti in 111*111 I HI! A", i soiiici ones lour hours, whereas not 1*1 ->rc J I than an hour ami a half ou^lit to be required 1 j | ami they can be made so tli .1 not more than ' ( an hour ami a half ivonhl bo r?-<jui! ?!. j , Would it not bo hotter to repair the roads | l ami save this time to bo used more }>r> 1 if i ' j bly and avoid ilio torture of min i an ! b dy ami l">s of vital eiieiu'y ami Ibroo It would Hooin so. I ini^ht cite other facts sh.e.viir.r the ex travaoant cost of our road >te:n, but tie \ would only be cumulathc. h our roads cost the one-half, or the one fourth, or the | one tenth of (he amounts above stated t hey would he the mo-1 expen-ive nui- iiiees that any people ever supported, ilut I Iri.c not overstated :t. I have not included the aiiiiitil tax wo pay ha* the hni Ini:.'and re; tit* ei luidoes, which is a tax upon prop- , j eity and in the titrtfrcjiatc for the whole ! r'tat.' ma t reach a I ;r_'e muii. and which 1 ! e.innot uive b cnu-e my inquiries on that , ! point b iVc m t v. t been aii.-wcrcd. I have ! I * not re!, ria d to the increased expense to | which every mail is subjected in the addi| 11 nil horse-power he must use to trans- i | port his family and products ovci the hills : and oullies and through the mud ami slush lie j i lie -tuners in the public roads Two mules t will liau; lour hales i I cotton over a properly ( I .rated. well?jjratleil and well-worked road, j as readily as lour mules noiv eel alono with { tiie same load. Apply this proportion to 1 J the internal commerce and transportation I | id' lhis State, carried on by horse-power. 'i . and some idea may he formed <>| its extent ( ! 'i Ills is a pirl?d (lie cost the people pay I towards m.lint; ining their public highways, j ' and n > in-i_enilie mt \ ut. If ini^hl h I ' saved hy c i id r 11 Is. >1 (! Hi ri.uu. ** BURYING THE TIVOLI VICTIMS. Ua'i.TI.mouk. July 2?").?Thirty or uioro of lie victims of the Tivoli wliarl disaster wore juric?l to day and the streets in Nor.heast ttid Northwest llultimoro. where most of hem lived, have been tilled with funeral ^recessions All but one was buried tiesordini; to the rites of the Catholic Church. Nearly all belonged to two j arishes? 'orpus Christi and St John's The Church ?f Corpus Christi, of which the lie v. N\ i I iaui lv Starr is pastor, liav boon open all 1 >y, and one funeral service has rapidly uceoeded another all the afternoon. A roung lady. Miss O'Conuer, was the lirst to e butio 1 from this church, an 1 as soon as he coflin containing her body iiaJ departed not her procession arrived. Many of the teople remained for both services. The narch up the aisle was led by f'uihor Starr. Adhiwing him came tour pall-bearers bearng the coflin in wliieh lay the body of Tdin MeAnany four more followed and ore the body <;l Mrs Annie MeAnuiy, is wife. N< xt came a man bearing across lis arms a small coffin cont lining the body of Iainie their infant. ^VCtor this were two ten who carried the coffin which hold the iody of Alice MeAnaiiy, tl eir little daugher. Walking closely behind these coffins ,as Johny MeAnany the only survivor of he family. He seemed heart broken, lie tears tilled his large eyes and streamed own hs cheeks. I i is faee was the most itilul spectacle of the whole funeral. The itt h? fellow sat up all night Tu *sday night Hitching and keeping the flies away from he dead bodies of his sisters. The strain n his system was clearly and sorrowfully act tired in his features. It was almost u.pos>ilile to look at liim without crying, wo of the Collins were placed in the aisle, no upon the catafahiuc, tin- other on stools. 11(1 tho Collins of lliu oliiidi-utt wuro put poti the backs of the benches. After read ng the service Father Starr made a short (1 dress. ' It is not necessary," ho said, to telly in how sad this scene is. It is ut the beginning of a series of sorrowful ights; it is only one of tin. first of the uneral trains which lor the next two days rill proceed through the. streets of the city, 'o many of us this disaster was a tin st ewildering and completely unnerving di.-* icnsnt ion. Wo could not, and many of us lo not, recogni/. r the providence of the act, til* understand wliv one nieuio should 0 made the occasion of.such a fatal ami uch an appalling calamity. We must all iray lor the gr nvn persons who lie there in heir o.tlins. For the children you need 01 pray. In their innocence the little ties went from the bosom of that dark rivr to the bosom of find." After speaking ft ho necessity of prayer for the dead adults, ie said : ''When I saw my people strugling iu the water and could not save them, ?ranted each and all o( them absolution roiH their sins. I did wlmtTcoulo.? ~'You i mow dear friends, 1 would havo given my cry life to save those people. I would ! lave--" At this point the priest's feel tigs were too deep. The members of the oiigrcgal ion were sobbing aloud, and lor he moment he bowed his head and wept. Ms soon as he recovered he said he would iot draw on the already overcharged hearts f tho mourners. The service was finished lid the cortege moved away to'lie cemetery. Jnite a number of persons remained t the Holy Cross Cemetery during the day 0 witness t e six or seven interments umle there. Along the Hartford road ending to this cemetery groups of people lathered at the cross roads and street e >riers to see the funeials pa.-s by, and many lied tears at the melancholy sights. From St. John's ('nth die Church, corner 1 Iviger and \ all v stre t-. there w. re live if the victims hurled with Christian rites, uid the clergy of that parish also officiated it several other funerals during the day I he saddest and tncst impressive luiicia! ; ii the Northeastern faction of the city was hat of Mrs McLaughlin and her three liildri n, of No. 1 10 Ste ling street, who vent to their death together, and together vcre borne to the tomb. The little parlor >i the modest dwelling where ?!i* y had lived vas scarcely large enough to hold the eufins, ai.d two were placed in a back room kV hilt* the grief stricken husband and lather i villi his eldest son. who i- weak-minded and I ilniost an imbecile, moved from colli u to | a.lliii and took a hiok.it the pale faces ol lis loved uiies. a neighbor held in her inns h yotuigist child, which, together with lis helpless boy, are all the poor father low has left of the large and happy latnily ie had a few days ago. The narrow street n front of the house was thronged with leople, not only from the immediate neigh oh "oil, but oilier parts ol' the city. There j vcre four sets of pall bearers. Such scenes j is these were frcniient at the loocr.ds <>! I ho victims. On Sterling street, in Northt Baltimore. the re were six funerals in no |r.-itv ; four in ciio house, nil moinbeis i the .Niol<:iiiohlin family. There is nc evidence that llierc will bo :ny eriiuinnl prcsi c'liticn of the owners or '->!'(! of the propirty. hut William li. Why to, son of" Mayor Why to, will bring a j uiuiler ol' civil suits I r damages against he owners ? t In- estate of W iiliam .1 < AIbcrt. J ivi !i is in Baltimore County, and the city 1 miimrities are powerless in the matter, j l'iie County authorities are not iikely to do much. No more bodies have been I'ound. A Sad story conies from New Orleans hat a poor mother who went out in search >f a colli u for her dead baby, was stricken >y heat and died iu a hospital t > which she ivan removed. Her living children w itched j'.side the c u'pso of their sister and anx </?i - J y waited their mitlicr's return. Their listress was dreadful when -ho ivas brought j >aek ilc ad?do.nl with the money in her j > .okjt that w is to have bail'hi her little J l.i 11 i11 .* s colli 11. CoxiUTION <?K M US S'I'AHH ANI> i I I'.l pAfUUTKK ?Wo arc truly glad to bo infornnd that Mrs. John L. Starr and hoi daughter Irene. the latter about 17 years old are in a fair way to|recover frou* the injuries inflicted hv li 'lituitJir l ist week, though tin mother is by no means out of d inner yet Her wounds are in a .healthy condition, am the chief danger that the physicians lear i.erysipelas. In less some unlavoralde change takes place, the physicians will probably remove the ladies to their own home tomorrow (Friday ) They are now at the residence of Mr. J. Hoonidas Moore. We had not heard the full particulars ol the disaster up to the hour of going press la&t week Hot, Mrs Starr and low da ugh t or escaped being instantly killed as a miracle. The lightning seems to have first struck the mother on the hack of the hca 1 cutting a terrible gash. Facing the skull hone exposed and burning the hair oil*. It then passed down her back and circling aroun 1 herwai.-t cut several other deep, ragged gashes oil her person. I lor clothing caught lire and her neck, hack an l hip were badly burned. The Unities were communicated to thedaughter, who had been fearfully shocked by the stroke, and her clothine being also set on lire, the two unfortunate ladies were in a fair way to burn up, and perhaps would have done so, had not Mr Hubert llantia (who had also been knocked senseless) returned to consciousness. When ho recovered his seiisos, he discovered thai the ladies' clothing was afire and rau to theii rescue. After a desperate struggle witli the flames he succeeded in subduing tliein hut not until Miss Iron :'s clothing hat been burnt off down to her waist and tin mother burned a* above noted. Purine all this time the mother was perfectly un conscious and the daughter had not recnv ered consciousness -milieieritly to know thai shc.was afire until Mr. II anna went to work to save her life. She knew her mother's condition, however, and her efforts wen directed towar 1 extinguishing the fire on her. The unfortunate ladies were attended by Drs. Crawford, Hratton and Campbell and they agree that in all their reading and experience they have never known a east like Mrs. Starr's before. The flesh is cm and torn in an extraordinary manner, leaving wounds which it would be hard for anj oi:e to believe had beeu dour" by lightning ile.i1 w:*Ii the cxccptics .of : eh irrot^+'cc about six'inches long by tw< wide. h ts'ncvcr been found. It was eithei knocked into atoms or burnt up. Tin physicians are now of the opinion that Mrs Starr's mule and Mr. llaiiua's horse wort killed by the shock and were not struck ;u all. Tliev are borne out in this oninii.r. h\ ^ i J the (act that oeithor the mule nor the Ioum was bum oil or scratched id any way. A piece was knocked oft' llie baggy. and af'tei leaving that the lightning went into tin ground, a small, round hole being left, in(< which a walking stick could be placed I'm a foot or further.?J inch Jli/l //>ra/</. * o Tiik MokaIjS of tiik Tuamk.?A mat should examine his business by the stand aid of justice and morality. It is no sufficient that my business increases no coins, or that the purchaser is willing ti take' hat I otter. Kvcry man, we ar told, is morally bound to pursue such , business as to render a valuable consider.i tiou for that which he rccciv s from another A man who receives in trade the avails o the industry of another is under obligation: to return that which will he of real value I t he receives the fruit of toil and thai which will be of value to himself, comiuoi equity requires that he return a valuabh consideration. The tanner brings to the titer chant the product of his toil, and receive in return the product of the manufacturer needful for clothing, subsistence and coinfor for hiiuscif and faintly. The mechanic, tie physician, the teacher, all return valuabl consideration lor what they receive. I her aii! many lair and h iimi-ablc su jcets o exchange by which the interests of but! panics arc advanced. 1 >lit bow is it with thy dealer in intoxiealing drinks ? lie obtains the proper!1 ol' bis i'cllow men, and what does lie _iv< in return? Does he give biiu that wbicl will promote bis real welfare ? That wbicl will make bin: a better, happier or 11101 Useful :iiaII ? That wliich will elibauc t!ie welfare all 1 comfort ol'bis family ? Tba welch wili enrich or bt.'ie lit the community N'i ne. oi t Ik's!! tilings J lie gives laiiii rathe that which will produce proverty and want iears aiid Miller ing?perhaps death itsell lie gives liia; that which is known to b the source of no good ; but that which tend to beggary and wretchedness. If this wer praticcd in any other I u>inc>?i. would it tie be open fraud ? 11 you could palm upoi another that which is not only useless bu ini: ebievoiis?that which would certain] tend to ruin himself and family, couid liter he any doubt as to the nature or honest of the employment ? The fact that h mipposes it ti> beyond, or takes it voluntarily jannut bo your justification. Von knot it is not ouoil ; you know that it will ten to bis ruin. Wliat oonil has the traflic i intoxjc 't'.";,". or.-? over conferred ujio soe'ety '( Iiisluatl of eood it has been evil tiic fruitful source of ruin to the individua the family, the community. ? L'cinj />. n (iu.'ltc. :j For Sixteen-Year Oi.i> >1kn?Ue? \ _ ' member. my son, that the world i< older 1 than yo i arc by several years, that four thousands of years it has been so full of j ' : smarter and better young men than your- | * j self that their feet stuck out of tIre dormer j windows ; that when they died, the old ; globe went whirling on and not one man in j j ten million went to the funeral, .?r even ; ! heard of the death. I>e as smart as you, e.n, of course. ! Know as much as you can without blowing I 1 the packing out of your cylinder head ; shed . | the light of your wisdom abroad in tin* , j world, but don't dazzle people with it, and don't imagine a thing so simple because ! you >ay it is. Don't be too sorry for your ' j lather because he knows so much less than t j you do. Kcuicuibcr the reply of Dr. WayI land to the soivlcnt of Drown University, i who said it was an easy enough thing to make proverbs such as Solomon wrote. "Make j a few." tersely replied the old man. And we noverii.aru tij.it the younix jij;mj inaue any; not more than two or throe, anyhow. The world has "real need of young iiiou.but no greater need than young men have of It. Your clothes lit you bettor than your father's lit him ; they cost more money, they are more stylish, your mustache is neater, the cut ofy>ur hair is hotter, and you are prettier, oh, far prettier (hau "pa" Hot. young man, the old gentleman gets the biggest salary, and bis homely scrambling signature on the husines end of the check will drain more money out of the bank [ in live minutes than you could get out with a ream of paper an i a copperplate signa I lure in six mouths. \ oung m m are useful and they arc orna1 mental, and wo all love them, and we ' coultlu t l'Ii^iii vr a picnic successfully I without them. liui i Lev a re uo novel-, i ties, my sou. Oh, no, nothing of the I kiml. They have been hero before. | Do not be so modest as to shut yourself . 1 clear : < ut but don't be so fresh that I . . I you will have to be put away to keep ! IVoiu spoiling. Don't be afraid that your i merit will not be discovered. People all t over the world are hunting for you. A ; diamond :sn't so easily found as a quartz 5 pebble, but some people search for it all : the more intently. ? flur/iny/on I fate kryc. i I "Da.MNEU ScuUNDUKIjS."? Wasbintou, July 2.Y?Colonel .Jack Brown of Georgia, j is one of the most prominent of the Souths era republic.ins in this city. Yesterday ho had occasion, in looking after the interest of a client, to call upon the Postmaster General He was horriticd upon being told by Mr. Gresham that he regarded .Southern ^ Republicans as "'damned scoundrels." Today Colonel Brown sent Mr. Gresham the following letter : r ^ Sir : Since your remark ofyesterday that Southern Republicans were the damnedest set of scoundrels who had comejin my | (your) w y, since your advent into your . i present position,' sell'-res-poet will prevent my calling in per on. Vo? are certainly i | type nl'tiie human species from whence the r j smbriijuel of 'lloosier' has been given to Imlianians, for in all my travels on this ( j e u.tinent ami tliat of Kurope 1 have seen j n<) man who could boast of lower accoui; piisluiicnts in civility and politeness than i yourself. (Jrant mid.? h great mistake in i ; having you appointed i'osiuiastcr General, - for all meii of sense with whom you have t j come in contact agree I hat you are sans yr I common senses, sans law and sans decency, o \\ hat a pity for this nation that Arthur e i (as was his intention) did not appoint a j Longstrcct or Me Laws of Georgia, either i one of whom has intergri'y and force of' I* j character that you nor none ol your Iudi s j ana confreres can boast of. i: An , innate respect for inn ilics, idiots anddudcsi prcventoil me from slapping your jaws yes' ; terday when you expressed the 1 lousier , i and contemptible idea that all Southern s | I! publicans were scoundrels. Had Grant | or any other man for whom L entertain res* L poet manifested the same spirit, 1 should J have downed him on the spot." i Wiiv 111: Missi:i> His Ciikck Hook. i , ?It was on the elevated road the other morning. A man was seen to suddenly rise " ! upward, look around on the scat, feel in al ^ i his pockets and grow excited over the loss ( of something or other. , "host your wallet ?" queried the man e 1 lieXt to hi III. e I No." "Had your watch taken?" " .. V " r , ( ! "Lost a mil of hills, perhaps ?" "It is my check honk ; I believe I left it c i at home. J tear, how careless I am !" s i 11 iikiirlit l... c..:.i .i,? ...i...- .. ?? unnnw tj\j ii vriou, otu u niv; utllti in il el ^ I CollSollllg tollC. ! j "i don't sec how it could be," growled ^ .lie other. "My wile will hit down and ,, | figure up tlio stubs, and when I go huuio 0 | t > dinner it'll take a lull hour to make v tier believe that "incidentals" have any(l thing to do with household expenses." ' 1 v A New York phy.-ieian says the best d thing lor a cold is an old fashioned sv. it, n \hici? may be produced by tak ng n i ten grains oi <|uiniue, a hot mustard foot; j bath and a still glass of toddy," The trouble I. with this recipe is, that too many men, " having t reacliorou- memories, can't retnetn* b.r but one portiui of the cure. TIow Sue (Jot Evf,v.?"Ts this scat engaged ?" ho nskod of the prettiest girl in the car, and finding it wasn't, put his sample box in the rack and braced himself for solid enjoyment. ' Pleasant day," snid the girl, coming for him before he could got his tongue unkinkod ; "most bewildering day, isn't it ?" ' Yc-yes, miss," stammered the drummer. Ho was in the habit of playing pitcher in this kind of a match, ami the position of catcher didn't fit him as tight as his pautaloons. "Nice weather for traveling,*' continued the girl; "much nicer than when it was cold Are you perfectly com Tor table ?" ' Oh, yes, thanks," murmured the drums mer. "Olad of it." resumed thegirl, cheerfully. "You don't look so. Let me put my shawl under your head, won't you? Hadn't you rather nit next to the window and have mo describe the landscape to you ?" "No. please," he multort. d, "1 ? I'm doing well enough." "Can't 1 buy you some peanuts or a luok? Let mo do something to make tho trip happy. Suppose T slip my arm arouud your waist. Just lean forward a trifle so I can." "You'll?you'll have to excuse me," gasped tho wretched drummer. "I don't think you really mean it " "You look so tired," she pleaded j "wouldn't you like to root on my sinjuiocr T :xo one wtn notice. .7ust lay your head right down, and I'll tell you storic?." "No?no, thanks. I won't to day. I'm very comfortable, thank you," and tho drummer looked around hopelessly. "Your searf-pin is coming out; let me fix it. There!" and she arranged it deitlj. "At the next station I'll get you a cup of tea, and when we arrive at our destination ,..-...'11 !., ..... ....II .... ...... V" .....1 ul.n u.I ^ ?.?11 ii iv;u titvi v#.?ii v?ii *<mi . iiiiu i?ii u uiiiiivt an auxi'jus prayer rii?lit up into his pallid oouutuuuuco. ,lI think I'll go away and smoke," said the drummer, and hauling dowu his gripsack, ho inado lor the door, knee-deep in the grins showered around hiui by his follow-passengers. 'Strange," murmured the girl to the lady in front of her. "I only did with him just what ho was making ready tg do with me, and, big and strong as he is, he couldn't stand it. I really think women havo stronger stomachs than men, and, besides that, there isn't any smoking-car for them to fly to for refuge. I don't understand this thing." Tint she settled back contentedly all the same, and at a convention of drummers held in the smoker thai morning at was unanimously resolved that her sea' was engaged, so far as they were concerned, for the balance of the season. .?. I'........ I .......... 'II.? 11 i? i#i\i i i 11 i j s\ i w iv r? i v > 11 r< i j 11 u 111:111 lias a good suit of black in which logo to church on Sunday, and his wife sits by his side attired with equal neatness and comfort, and they both, with their children also, present a tidy and wcll-cared-for look as you see them on the streets during the week. Their dwellings, viewed from the outside, are suggestive of anything but poverty or distress. They art of humble dimensions, to be sure, but the windows, shaded with imitation lace curtains, as many of them are, and lit up by flowering plants, present a really beautiful appearance, and vliet the appetite for an inside view, Within you find almost invariable cleanliness and good cheer, and what is still better an all-pervading home feeling. The house looks all over as though i' were occupied by those who felt it a privilege to live there and were bent 011 making the place something beyond a mere shelter. That this class make their small earnings serve them so well is owing to several reasons. Rents ! are very !<?w, these tasteful dwellings cosf1 iny them, with a small g.rdeu attached, j from to $20 a year. t'lothiug, too, costs less than otic half what it does in America and is more durablo. The schooling of the children amounts to scarcely anything. for the first, child four cents a 1 week must he p tid, Ibr the second two cents, lor llie Hunt two cents, and all tliu other little ones, even if there should be a score in the family, go to school free. In return lor this sum the children get a fair education and have all the necessary books found for them.? London Letter. 11amnot) HitKAl>.?A? .? curious souvenir of the war, Maj. Albert Koss has pre* served in a glass case a piece of what was known in the Confederate army as ramrod | bread it was made by stringing out a piece j of dough and twisting it around a ramrod i and then baked by suspending on two forked , sticks. The piece preserved by Major Koss j was baked in istil in Kast Tennessee* ?Macon TcOyraph