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NG, DECJBM?ER 24, 18T0. DUMBER 45 The orangeb org ra nWASHED A* ?rerj Saturday Morning, UY THE .NGEKUIUi NEWS COMPANY TERM* OF SUBSCRIPTION. Cepy Cor ?.r.e recr . .. 'pi'," Months... 1.00 Aay ens sending TKX DOLLARS, _f?r a taa* of New Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA COP*/ f<ir ONK YEAR, free of eWgc. Any on* sending FIVE DOLLARS, Ter a Club of Now Subscribers, will receive aa EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of 'karft* ? - ?:o;? ?ATKS OF ADVERTISING. 1 Equiro 1 st laserrion. $1.50 2d. 1.00 A Square consists of 10 line* lire vier or bee taWof Advertising- space. Administrator's Notice*.So 00 Retioes of Dismissal of Cir.ai'diitns, Ad wilntsfrst-ors. Ereen-tor-?. &'o.$0 00 -Contrast Advertisements inserted upon tHr* inast liberal terais. MARRIAGE and FIT MB HAL NOTICES, ket sx?eeding ouo Square, Inserted without ? ? ? ? :<>:?' ?! ? Terms Cash In Advance, ""?a Sbs KNO WLTON & BULL, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS OltAXftF.niJlMii, S. Vi augustus b. knowlton, ciiaui.es s. bull Mr. Kiiortlt?H Will be at l.ewisville EVERY rMTUUDAY. and at Fort Motte on the 2d , and A\h FRIDAYS of every month. jalj 21 ?f cook 13 ? co?icIS.' ATTOUXEYS AT LAW, O R A X G E B V R G, S. C.\ TT ill s'ttend to BUSINESS in any of ' *vs\ ?J. K r4M0MUgii&^ District of South Carolina. *?. ?. COOES. It. Pi COOKE. T. II. COOKK, Trial Juniic*. Vill S.TTKND PROMPTLY to all BUSINESS ?strutted te bis care. jaa?2l if 8E?BR0?K, BROWNING, ^LI7,Y:F<RS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, I fit; YAW'LIU C. SI., So. Cm 1.1. sEasrook, Acting SMicitor 1st Circuit. fcALCOLK I. BROWNING. J. FELDER MEYETS, Trial Justice. F. M. WANNAMAKER, ATTORNEY' AT LAW. U st ORANV.RHCRG. ea Meads jr. Fridsjs aad Sutures; s. A* LIWIITILLK en tk? other days sf the Week. tea 11 tf IZLAR & DIBBLE, ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, ORAXGEB t'RG, S. (7. Ja?s? F. 1 zi.ak. Samlkl Diani.t. febM ? If W. ?. AV. IllTVttY TRIAL JC STICK, Residence Ih Fork of I-MIMo, ALL BUSINESS KN TRUST ED rill be preaiptlv aad carefully attended to. J?lj 21_'_ lj NOTI O 15 . The Sub-tcriber respectfully informs the CITIZENS of Orangcburg County that he has on Hand and for sale, nil the CHOICE VARIETIES or G RAPES, IT.A'E from HOT. Also tho l?es! Collection of Choice PEACH? En. APPLE, PEAR* 1-OSK TREES and EVERGREENS Address A. JOCRDAN, Poplar Club, sept 10? tf St. Matthews, S C. BOOT and SHOE MAKER, ,<H5A\^I UCItCJ, 8. C,. Jr>ESPECTKl l I.V INFORMS THE CITl [\, xens of ()rattgct>urg and Vicinity that * has open' I at his NEW STORE on Run tell Street, between Messrs. P.riggniatiti k t*o. und MeNamarn A Jones, with a complete Stock uf LEATHER, &C.f and that he has iufhciciiLWorkmen to fill nil Ordco n ihil td to him. Thanking the Public for past patronage, respectfully solieils n coniimuiuee of the ? anie. 1 I K.MS CASH. feb 5 oet 23 tf BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, Squir* Ellis' Old Office, OWA.\?li:?L'KC-, 8. V, Is prepttred to do all work in lle< jibrr+c tine as nest sail cheaper than any othe? ivrarr. Please give me a.trinl. A?l rt?rTfft*?n? fo civs satUfsction. FRANK MKLLT/Tf. Wh* V! Jn> THE CHEAT P1CT0JUAI. ANNUAL.?r tlostetter** United State* Almanac for 187lj ulalributimi, gratis, throughout ?11 the United StAtes. anil ?11 civilized countries of the Wes tern Hemisphere, will be published about the first of January; ?Jltl .ill who wU.li t?> Understand the true philosophy of healil should rend and poudcrthc valuable sugges tions it contain-.. In addition tu nn admir able medical treatise on the causes, proven tIon and oitre of a great variety of diseases, it embraces a Ir.rge amount of information illteKCStiiig to the merchant, the mechanic. ' ilic miner, the winner, the plantar, and pro- j fessional tnenj and the calculations hare beeM ! made for such moiidinus and latitudes as arc.j most suitable for n correct nnd comprehen sive National Calcnuak. The nature, uses, and estraordinsy snni? titry efTeci.s of Hoslefier'a Stomach Hitter-, the staple toHl*! hlli alterative of more than half the Christian world, are fully -et birth in its pages, which are ulso interspersed with pictorial illustrations, valuable recipes for Rio household ami fit rift, humorous anecdotes, and other instructive and mousing reading matter, original and selected. Alitong the Annuals to appear with the opening of tile yfrar, this will be true of the most useful, nnd may It had for the atki?g. The proprietors. Messrs Hosteller & Smith, on receipt of n two c-nt stamp, will forward a copy by mail to any person who c.-tnoet procnreotic in his neighborhood. The Hitters arc sold in every city, town and village, ami are extensively used throughout ihe cniiio civilized world. i'asn is supposed to be the lot of via. poor mortals, as inevitable as death itself and lia hie at any time to come upon us. Therefore It i* impanaut that remedial* agents should be at hand to bo raised on an emergency, when th? seminal principle lodged in the svstcmjdir.il d^vel^pjjself.jiud^ wo KMd^th?_j j oxeivvr tiog agonies i f pain. 'Jr the depres.s j ing influence of disease. Such n remedial agent exists in the Ha in Kii.i.ke, whose fame has made the circuit of the globe. Amid the eteriial ices oT Ihr polar regions or beneath the intolerable and burning sun bT the trop ics its virtues >.re known affd appreciated: Under all latitudes, from the one extreme to the other, sttflering humanity km* found re lief from many of its ills its one. Tbe wid.-4 and broad area which lhit a ediciue hat spread, attests its value and potcMicy.' Frotu' a small beginning, the Pain Killer has push es! gradnal'v along, making iis own highway, solely by its virtues. Such unexampled success and j opulnritr has brought others into the field, fcfco" have attempted, under similarity of uanie, to usurp f the confidence nT the people and turn it to j their own selfiahli*'.'? and dishonesty, but I heir efforts KatB proved fruitions, while the t'ain Killer instill growing in public favor. HOW Tt) MAKE HOME AT TUACTINE". i Don't have yonr stairs witheut banisters, at ; the risk of breaking your children's nee**. I Don't havo wooden ceilings, that feffttiff a l cord of light wood to illuminate the room. Don't have windows without glass, so that [ whenever it rains you must shut out the I light of heaven. Don't have sashes without J blinds, so that the summer sun will dazzle your eyes, \\rap your furniture nnd fade your carpet. Hut order all the necessary materials for finishing your house in comfort able style from P. 1? ToaJe. Charleston, 8. t\, tho largest manufacturer of such things in the Southern States. METALIC CASES. THE UNDEHSIGNKD HAS ON HAND all of tho various Sizes of the shore Cases, which can bo lurni -bed immediately on ap plication. Alffo manufactures WOOD COFFINS a* usual, und at the shortest notice. Apply to ff. fttflOS, mar ev**Qnl Carriage Manufacturer. NOTICE State of South Carolina. OUANtiEHUlUi COUNTY. In the Common I'i.eas. lohn C. Pike, Trustee^&ct, } vs. \ John McMichael, et. nl. J Hy order of Court in IIii? case, the crodi tors of John .NfeMichael are required to present and prove llu-ir defftanda before me, within three mouth? from 'his dale. CEO. HOHIVER. November 4, ItftQ iteferee. Nov. ? . 8m HEEDER & DAVIS, COTTON I'ACTOIIS a>'? sj. ;\\ Commivstloti Merchant*, .?1</'/'t'.i Wharf, fllAlliil^TON, S. C. Straps lUr.i?stt/ ZrjmsitMAN Dams. r-ti M ??>? EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. STATK TREASURY OFFICE. Coh mmia. S. C. December 1, 1870. Til f: BOOKS of the Treasury Office for (hp Transfer ?tj?l Conversion of STOCKS Ilm) BONDS wilt ho Hosed on and'nftcr (he Ii I uili ilifiiaot !tn?il flic 1st proximrT' for ?con veien'ee in preparing statcineut of il!l?f-e3l due to January 1, 1871., .' , Ultjfcfi O. PARKER, Treasurer Slate S. C. dec 3 o EXECUTiVE DEPAItTMEXT. Srvts TrJwtsfcnT Orrt'-?, . CoMMitiA. SC.. December \; IRTO. rpiIK INTEREST fulling du- on the Coupon Bonds of the State of South Carolina to the l*t of January, 1871. will be pajd IN 6<)LI) on and after that dale at the office of II. II. Kinipten. Financial. Agent of lh> State, No. It, Kassau Street. New York, und at thi? office*. The interest falling duo on the Registered Stock of the Stole to.limitary Ist. 1871. will Ii? paid IN GOLD on and aOer that date lit the Tvf-h.irv office otilv. Ntl.KS 0. PARKER.. Treasurer State Souih Carolina, dec 3 e AN ORDINANCE To Pfevftnt I ILLICIT TRADE or TU4#Tl(! wlthla the t or H. V. PrcTio* 1. That from and after ihc Oth Dee ember, 1870. any Parson or Persons ! found Selling, Bartering, Exchanging, or [ Disposing of Produce, Goods, Chat teas or Men iimidisc of any character between the hoars or '.? o'clock P." M. and ? o'clock A. M.. Iroai the 1st September to 1st March, and between ihc hours of 10 o'clock P. M. and j 4 o'clock A. M. from the )*t March to 1st i September, shall subject the Offender to a J Penalty not exceeding Fifty (o?j Dollar.-?. Sci\" J. Half of lie Fines Collected .shall 1 be given to the Informer when sufficient I Prolf is g'tT?n to Convict. 6kC. It. Any Ordinance, or part thereof, contrary to pr repugnant to this Ordinace is hercbv repealed. Hi A. BULL. [i..s.] ISuperiuteitdeat. E. J. Ox.fvr.nos, Clerk, dec l<) ' It AMENDMENT TO OADMAXCfc to RiiIhc Sup plier*. Ac:, Tor the Tuna of Ornngcbnrg. S. V. jjjftaCTin* 1. Thai aur Itinerant Yealeror Trader who brings ilorses, Mules,'&c. in the Cm-por .te Limits of Crangchurg shall forthwith make a Return to the Clerk of Council, 'he number of Stock on hsnd. Sk?'. Any Stock, sttsh as Horses, Mules, &C, Sold or Bargained for and Delivered within the Corporate Limits or Outside of the Town o( Orangcburg during his or iheir ?lay, alter making bis or tbeir Returns lo the Clerk, shall be subject C* th<i Tet of One Dollar per Head. Sr.e. Any Violation to Otis' Ordinane shall subject the Offender !<? a l-'iae of not less than Five (.'?) Dollars nor more than Twenty-Five OJo) Dollarn. Ski;. 4. Any Ordinance, or part thereof. Contrary to or Repugnant to this Ordinance, i? hereby Repealed. N. AUSTIN BULL, [i..s.j lutendartt. E. .1. Oi.irsHOS, (Men:, dec 10 It ASHINGTON HOUSE Mrs. M. W. Sti'?tto?? (Job sea UEItVAlS <fc ASS EM REV STREETS COLUMBIA, S. C. Convenient to ihc Greenville and Charleston Railroads nn-l ihc Business portion of the City. Rule of Transient Board?Two Dollars per Day. Regular Boarders received at Rensnnnldo Rates dec 10 tf FLORENCE! THE BEST Family Sewing Machiae! Uneipia>*d for SIMPLICITY AND DURABILITY O* CON STRUCTION. FXCF.LLINO ALL OTHERS In its capaci ty for all kinds of work without change or adduatbicnt, and for Beauty aad Elasticity of Stitch. AOENCIRS??08 BROADWAY, N. T., and in all lb* principal cities iu lbs United States and Gre'rrt Britain. SHAFFER & BUO? Aifents, Chrfrtcslon, Sv C. C. H. HAM,, Agent, Ofvigeo'ttrg, S. C spl SO tf Escn pc? J nsl ice. It was n Dilti? *?t?ht in January, a itignt wti'iu nbiukfiws wanderers on the liJ?brs might liavMHtuk down nnd f'rose | to death, and th&tfery tnanow seutned to congeal in one't? hones. "There's one aitwutagc in stcom," growled a lit oldfljjsjitlemati In the cor ner scatj "wind ?reuther dod't affect it. iS'o flesh dull blood horse could stand a night like tlittf^bet the iron horse keeps straight .ttfiflfesY whclhet tti? thcruioiuctcr is at'j&w or boiling heat. Just then the o^ejjfoctor entered. '?Ticket?, gentlemen, it you please." "It's a druiidltjl night, couductor/' 1 said fueling with ^ilFcucd fiiigcrs Ibr my ticket, in tho breast pocket id' my coal. "Dreadful, sir.^tvcltngly responded ; iho - conductor. ?Wliy. the brnkomcn can't lite tfutSll?fjjd so I* look the other tket when felSey creep in, poor tcllows, lo get nhbrcath of warm air at (lie stove. Wo luve not had such h night since a 3 car ago the '3d of Febru ary, when Tom Walfride?, the baggage master, iroxe both hi* feet, and a woman who wns coming nu from Chicago, got off ut Dunn's Ffett Corners, with, her baby in her urms.^unrpae !" "Fr?re to doalMBI.y - "Aye, froren tu?death, and she never thought, poor thing, but i*. was asleep.'' ??.My baby's cold says she, 'but we'll soon warm it, when ?fc get home.' It Was jus! Miel! a n;L'hl sWtaisnjci And tho coudwM&Opkncd the door, pin- u<?<! a'-r.: ?.- the <>? eiiing into : he iif\t car. ?? ? yi11 v? ????.: -Uardwi. k !" ? . It was quite a considerable city, with a hiiuduoiuc troi?,<fc pot, fiaring gas lamps, and the us al cigfytil a.vnrud the platiurm, with hands in it*: pockets,'and its^cigar end.s A.iiitit?{f. thr^jph the [light. iirv^. ?hn. I?** ggitogj long train, and ttht one passenger entered it?a alunder ynftng girl, wrapped in a gray blaukct shawl, and wearing a uont little travelling hat of gray straw, trim med with sfone-colored velvet flowers. She scorned to hesitate, like one unused to travelling, and fiuully sat down near the door. "1'ardon me. froUng lady," said I, "but you had b>itqr coftic nearer tothe stove." Shu started, ItctKated an instant, and then obeyed. "Docs thi* train goto lUyswater 7" she asked in a voice so dcliciouaiy soft and sweet that it seemed to thrill through me. "Vcs ; cm) I be of any service to y?.u r "Oh. no?ut leasl Kol uh?i we reach llayswatcr. 1 would like a carriage then." "We sbr.ll not'be there yet these three hours. "Do we stop again ?" "Only :.t Kxmouth." She drew u deep sigh. fc.>tf/lht?lj' of relief, and settled hark ?/t a Cor nor. By the lig'.'f Of tho lamp that bung in its brrtss fKtffro opposite. I could sec her face, that of n lovely child. Apparently she was no more thna sixteen, with large blue eyes, golden hair, brushed smoothly buck from her face, and a little rosy mouth, like that of ri baby. '?Do yon expect friends to meet you at Baysvrirtc.-, my child f" 1 asked ino? deufally. ' No sir, I am going to school there." "It will be an awkward hour for you to arrive ut?one in the morning." "Oh, I urn not afraid," she Miid. with in artlesa little laugh ; "I blull go straight to the seminary So tho express train thundered on. with steady, Ceaseless pulsing at its iron heart, and constant roar. Suddenly the signal whi: tie sounded, the tra .n beguc to slacken ita Lpced. "Surely wo are hot ut Kxmouth yet," I thought "rfi/fcte 1 liavo fallen uncutf Boioualy asleep and allowed the progress of time to usowpe mo." 1 glanced ut my watch ; it was burcly half-past eleven, und I knew wo were uot due at hxmoulii until after twelve. 1 rubbed tho frost from the pane and lo'uKed out. >V'? hud stopped ut u lonely littlo way .station 10 the midst of a dense .pine woods. ?Kx mouth %h It was the sort voice' of tfVe' pfefty traveler opposite. "No?1 don't kuow what place it is; some way station." "Does this train stop aft ?taliiYiis ?" "Not generally} they must have been specialty sigualltHi hero. Tou are cold, my chird) your ?oico tremble*." ' Jt ia cbiu," she ?nid, in a scarcely au dible voice, (ih-ain?; her slwiwl around hsr. "OH( 1 with they would hurry on !" "Wo nrc moring once nmre," I said. '?Conductor"?fur tho man of ticked was passing through the car?'Svbjf did we stop at that backwoods place ?" "Out of water," wi.t> the reply, as ho Hurriedly paBseQ %j Now 1 knew perfectly wdH ?lHt Mis answer was uot the true solution of the mutter! Our delay did uot oxeced half u luiuutc. altogether too short n tiiuc for rcplellUI'ing the boiler; and where on earth was the water tu come from in that desolate BtrcTch of burj*on pineWoods. | Fivu minutes after, the conductor re eutcred tha car. I tundc room for him at ttiy side. ''Sit down, conductor j you're uoth ing to do tllis minute." He obeyed. "what do you mcKri by telling rHu such a lie jttst now !*' I spoke undsr nry breath ; be replied in the same tone : "Aliodt wiwt?" "About the reason ydtl stopped to take on a single passenger?a gentler*? n who who has come, d.?wu from Bays water." ".For tue pleasure of travelling once mure ovei tho same route ?" ?'Exactly so?for the purpose of trav clitti? fur your own socic'y. Don't hi' ! aianucd !Vr your own society?it's a de tective fWliocttian." 1 tfn!3 abddl Iii -repeat the words i?? us touishmcut, when he motioned iuc tu ailcuce ??The detective ? He sits by the door yonder, with a ragged fur cap pulled uver his eyas. Diu you" ever isce a more perfect specimen uf the dilapidated coun tryman ?" I smiled ; t could hardly help it. "What is the case ?" ? L '"A m;,.-dman and h>jvifc.aud ' two litfK: ~ children?their throats cut, i hint night, ami tfie hoiiso set on lire af terwards." '?f!rent heavens ! what a monster!" We had continued the couvcrsatioii throug'.jut in a whisper; scarcely above nur breutll,' and How Mit" '?oft'dtfetor rose j and left me to study trie fare'* of iiiy lel j low passengers with curious dread and hurror. Somehow, often as I revolved the matter in my miu'tl, my fancy would set tle uu a coarse, gross-looking man oppo site, with a bushy beard anal a shaggy ! coal, with tho collar turned up around J his ears. 1 fell convinced that this man with the heavy hanging jaw was the I. aiti '? and as .u ross 1 caught the wide open blue orbs uf the fair little girl. Obeying the instantaneous impulse of my heart, I arose and went over tu ln:r. ''You beard what we were siyiug, my child r ' Yes?a mtrrder?oh, how horrible ! "Do not be frightened?no one shall h*lft ;mu." She smiled up in my face with sweet cunGding iunoeeueo. Our stay tit Kxiuouth was bot grief; but during tho delay, 1 cmild see that the watchful detective bad chungud bis real fur one nearer Vho hrutish man in the shaggy coat. ' Sec" faltered the tt'tfug girl, "they lovVed tlft car ?I >ors a( Kxiuouth ; thov are unlocking ihcui uow;" She was right. "Probably they were fearful that the criminal would escape," I remarked in an undertone. ??Will you?may T trouble you to Irring mo a glass of water ?" I roso und made my way towards the ice Cooler by the door, but with difficulty, for the train was again under rapid mu tioli. Tu my disappoint no*'.'t, the tin gob'ut was chained to the shelf. ??No matter/" .?.nid shw with a winning smilu, "1 will come m/self." i drew the water and held up the eup; but instead uf taking it ns she sppro aohed, she brushed suddenly past me, opened the dour, and rushed out upon the platform. "Slop her, step fai l" shunt ad the detective, springing to his feet; she will be killed; conductor, brakctnaa, bold up! There was a rush, a tumult, u bustle. I was Iii. t upon ihn platform ; but it was empty aud deserted, aavo by a half dozoir brakctnen, who seamed horror-stricken. "Shu wont past mo liko a shadow, and jumped off as we crossed Cairn turnpike road," ho stflrttrmeiiW "Jumped off the express train. Well,"' said tho conductor, shrugging his should ers, "she must have boon kiihd instantly What mad lolly I" '"it in .live httudicd deliars nut of my pocket," eaid'the detective ruefully. ' ''I didn't went n tow beforb v*e ?ofc ttf ?rtJ? wuter, but 1 *vns H confounded fool. A wouuiti cornered will do anything, I believe." ' "What V I ejneulafcd, "you surely do not incuii that child? .'?I mean,'' said tho dcteetivo..caljm1y, ;itl!.it c'fiild, vA yol! call hef, is Atilla Burton, a nlnrrted woman twenty-six years of' age, who last night murdered four persons in Qold , blood, .end wjh trying to escape to Canada. That's w hat I mean.'' The train was stopped, und a party of us, headed b+ the conddctur and the detective, went biidr: V' search for any trace of the beautiful, creature, whose loveliness and apparent innoeeuco had appealed to my sympathies. Nor was it lotijr before we found her, lying quite dettd bf.thij *id* of the track, frightfully mangle! I'j tits force of the fall and mutilated almost beyond recognition. "Well, she's escaped jiutiee in this world, if not iu the next,-' said the detective gloomily, as he stood looking down upon the remains. "l>o you suppose she expects! to be able to spring oil the moving train with out injury !" I asked. '?Without -much injury, women un reasoning creature*. But I Never I dreamed of such insane folly or I should j have taken prompt measures to prevent jit" Tb?y lilted up the fair dead thing, aud carried it to. the nearest place ul refuge?a lonely farm bouse among the frozen hills, mid wc returned *o the train, ! reaching llayswnfer only ti Jew minutes bulitoft our regular time. And when in the next morning's papers I resC nn recount of the mnvdero^. I jves aud n "pitying thnVl at'iin ilni?c oi' Coli er. ? ?? ??. '.. You rannn( see now, r.s we did tct 3'cars ago. the' cabin taolos Hurrourtdcd by planters, merchants and p-ditioiaris ca-lliilg themselves gentlemen, wjio would gamble, from morning till night, ami again till morning, staking, and often losing thoir entire fortune! \Vo din.it u.iw e.iciujiUt tho elegant, gcntlem wily, profe.isi mal gambler, wit ? w im accom plished in every way, and not least ii | tho use of pistol and bowie knife. Wcl i educated, fascinating gentlemen wen thuy, whose hands were sgafn and again stained with the blood of thc'.r fellow creatures. All this class of men an hardly to be found in the south-west iu : thi- goodly year of our Lord 1870. The war did Splendid scavenger work in sweeping t'neni into the other world. Hut the young men now coming into life, who would have been such'ns they. Una a bettor existence in working for their daily bread. The gang of gam blers who arc our companions on this trip belong to altogether another class than tlnwe whose pl.tes they fill. These aro what the panel thief is to the bank ' l'i?rghir, what burns is to MorrI* is amusing for your experienced travel ler to watch the tricks m.d schemes of lliosc miserable wretches. One of them ! is short, rather carries under his plug hat a cunning, greasy, siliooth-shavun race, which has small, feroet like eyes in it, and n red, snub ttwk, liko a car buncle, imposed upon it. The man is called the ??Judge," and is, I boliove, the loader of the gang, although auoth or fellow in common clothes, with a wol fish, cowardly countenance, gives the cue to all tliQtr doings. 'J he third thief of the party is small iu Btuture, with a black moustache, and an assume.1 woe he-gone look. It is he, who, in their make believe games, bets wildly aud largely, who most always lo.-.es, gets an gry, ami aypcals to tho lookers on. The fourth of the squad looks like an honest tradesman, who ought to p'O in better busi ness than bolting. One day those gcutlciiK.d were play ing at poker, which is a favorite game for their nefarious purposes. The "Car penter'-?wo will givo tbetn such names as describe them best?had donlt "Fcr rot-cyes" u barrfd of ihrco kirfgs und u seven and eight of clubs. To '?Wolf mouth" be-gave throe aces ami a nine and ton of hearts. With thess hands "Ferrett-oyes" and "Wolf-month" hi gnu to hot mul brag in tho most excited way. talking to each Other, appealing to' tho crowd, and getting up nn cnthu'si a*ruv pretty nrtfclv as tho oluwu and ring master do hi the p ire us, shouting aud running in rlrd'er to make the audience |j:.!?cv'? [hiA Ilk! horse which the "equine i|iieen" is riding is going frdrfrllly fadfe ! u shnm. g?lten up lor ef fect. Such WaV the excitement about our steamboat gaming table. "I see your twenty dollars and go liltjf bettor," shouts "Ferret-eyes." '?I see you. fi?y und go ten ..^better," screamed "Wolf-mouth." ?'I see that and, make it one hundred,'* cries " Ferret eyea." At this point tberh was u dead pafi.^h ' and silence, broken in an instant by ? \\ (ilf-rnolifl?,'' who turned hostet bio'gly to the bt-ststtders with the r*nt*rk * . "Ueu;!enidd, I'm bloWcd il' I alii't strapped." MoahwTitTc moving dfoiint) tho table there was a peaked, - sandy-haired man, why has on board forty mule-', which be is taking to Memphis. Thf? fcliovf bad soon both hands, nod knew "WdM-mouth*' bad the strong cards. '.U\-i tit this mo incut, he caught the gambler's eye, who , coatihttwl : had a mule, wouldn't T sling j him, ears-and ftllj atop o' that pile V '?You kiu bet one of toy mules," was j the aiiswor of "Sandy-liair." j "Will yott t;<ko the trtule ?" cried j ? Wolf-mouth" to ?Fei'i'ct-c'ycS." ? Yes." answered the other, asking the ' "Carpenter," ns'h? bad a right to bj I the laws of the game, for two cards in ' place of his sevcu and eight of clubs. The obliging gentlemen at once com plied, giving him the fourth king and an noo.. "Wolf-mouth" did not ask for more. They,shotted their bauds. "For r. t eyes" swept i:i the pool, and "Sandy hair'' to his dismay, b id lost his mule. lion to Haiti rt Sou mu\ '.?Flttl?h^ a DuiigHti'i'. now m nurs A son. 1. Let hi 10 have Iiis own way. 2. Allow him a free use of mouoy. , ' :i. Suffer Itiin to roam wlicrc lie phases' on the Sabbath. 4. Hire tf?fii full access to wicked com panions.. ?. Call him to rtb* account for fcbi ev? ni 11 us. 7. Furnish bioi with no stated employ ment. HOW to "KINISIt" A OALOiIIKK. 1. lie always telling her how pretty ' i she is. 2. Instill in bur mind a proper lore of dress*. 3 Accustom bsr to so r?deb p1cs!8n*re i h:at 8be is never happy at h'oitui.' 4. Allow her to read nothing but nor 5; Teach h~r nil tho accoutpHsiacnta but none of the utilit'tM or life. G. Keep her in the darkest igro-.rance <u the mysteries of house kecptn*. 7. Initiate her irit? tWf principle' flfcll it is vulgar to do anything for herself. 8. To Mtrungilieii the latter belief, le*. her have u lady's uiaiif. 9. And lastly, having glvori her stich an education, marry hef id i cl?rfcv trp'O'rj $400 a your, or to a lictenati'? going out to a fort. If. with the above careful training, your daughter is not finished, you may bo Mire it is no fault of yours, and you mu?t look upon ficr escape as nothing sifotf! of a miiaelo. ? .-???III - Tub S.vmk oi.n Ghouno.?"My dear .Mis.?Jones," said Mrs. ]l?owu, "ionYir near to my t'cuVulo. 1 am dying, aud I wish to say a few words to you." '?Yea mann," sighed Mrs. Jones. '?Well, Mrs. Jones," ejaculated Mrs; Brown, "you \ e/3 T hare bad a go*d many tiffs in ov.r day, ahd* now I part with v(.u in peace; can you forgive mo?" "Yci tmirm," sighed Mrs. Ihown, 'indeed, indeed I can!'' "Am I forgiven?", ejaculated Mr*"1 Brown. "Yes, ?uirtn/' r?spbded Mis. ?Jones: witV difficulty," in' conscqucnco of the intensity of her nirguruilV ; ntfd then slic attempted to wecf>' hef Way out of the dying woman's room. "Stop a momeint, my dear Mrs. Juries, add the expiring Mrs. Hrown, "I've another word to hay. I wish' to bare it understood that if I get well everything goes back, and Wo stand ?rV the name old ground. "Where arc you going ?w said H Scotch gentleman fo a thief, wfcVmi he observed rftiwlmg through a hol? in the I h tilge into hiV garden. "Hiefc rfgnin*' ' n-plied b'atVpey, u., ho h.i*ti?y mfcktlt}^.