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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.
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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