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Desportes Wiiams, Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literature. [Terms---$3.00 per Annum, In Advance. VOL. VI.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBR UARY 22, 1871. [NO. 36 THE rAIRFIELD HffERAtD IS rUnLiSICED WKKIEKY ST DESPORTES & WILLIAMS, Verms.-Tns I[7FRALD is published Week in the Town of Winnsboro, at $3.00 in Vareably in advance. $W All transient advertisements to be aid in advance. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per square. MY WIFE LUCY. To begin with-she was pretty. I don't know where to show you another just like her. She was well rounded in figure, with fair-face, golden hair and sft white hands. She had brown eyes, regular features, and mobile red lips. On a rainy day certain fine tresses of her shining hair would escape from the remainder and curl about her temples in little gold. tendril rings. Hler voice was quiet and me lodioui, and she wore violet dresses. This is as well as I can describ. her. And I am afraid this is abont all I knew of her when we were married. We met first in Devonshire. I was alone in a strange place. She was an orphan, and teaher in a boarding school. She was gentle and *ad. I made her acquaintaie-I loved her. I promised to make her happy, and we were married. My south-western tour being end ed, we came und settled in Kensing toe. We had been married just a year when my story commences. I was young, just starting in life, and very much eugro.sed in my mer cintile buinaes.. Neither was I a particularly demonstrative man ; and as Lucy was quiet and comap-sed in her mein, I think we hardly appeared lik03 newly married people. I had all confidence in my wife. It was her neatness, frugality and good judgment that won me, as well as her beauty. All home affairs - the hiring of servants, the domestio nrrangements, household bills-I leTt entireiy to her management. It was a great rest to leave my counting house and turn homeward for I was sure of finding everything right. If Lucy had any annoyance she never coufessed them to me ; and I never t ook home my business troubles. As I said, we have been married a year, when one evening I came home as usual. It had been a fine day, but as I left the train a great drop of rain fell on my nose. I had ten minutes walk before me, and commenced the task rather briskly. The rain came down smartly as I reached my garden gate. As I enter. ed the sitting.-room. I found Lucy hurriedly putting away some papers. "The rain is blowing up from the west. You bad better shut the par lor windows, Lucy," I said. "Yes, Will," she replied absently, rumoging in a drawer. The storm struck sharply against the pane. She went and shut the parlor windows, and then came back to the drawer. When she had looked the drawer through, she overlooked the table, and finally went to the escritoire. "What are you hunting for, Lucy I" said -I. "Never mind," shesaid care lessly ; ''dinner is ready, Will." We went to the dining-room. She chatted of her garden and thme in cidents of the day. She had planted nignonette under the windows, thatt its fragrance might come into her as she was working, she said. The Misses (Giranger had called, and the man had been to graft the pear trees. P'leasant, ordinary talk, that suggest. j ed nothing of the mystery to come. The rain continued all night, but morning was clear. I felt myself a very happy man as I stepped from my door into the balmy spring air. The tulips were in blssom, and the cro cuses filled th-e whole garden with their fragrance. I walked leisurely do wn the path, unlatched the gate and went out. At a few steps distance, under, the garden wall, lay a sheet of paper. It looked like something that r~houmld not have been there, and I went and pick ed it imp. It was a single square sheet of uin. ruledm paper, and the haind-writing upon It was my wife's. As I looked at it a word here and there caught my eye. With arrested attention, [ corn menced a aareful examination of the sheet. With some difficulty I read as follows: "My dearest Percy "Your entreaties, and my own heart will no longer allow me to re main iilent. My beloved, 1 am sc miserable I These clandestine lettori of yours which I receive are my dul comfort in the world. I feed on themr -lire on them. They are the onli brightness which illumines my dar~ way. My life is almost Ihamapportable. You know that I do not love my has band4het 1 dover loved. hi.a Yhm only know the whuole array of oiroomi stanoes under which I married him. Well, he is my busband now, and I try to be a gooid wife ; but this exia. tence is like some dreadful nightmare, dream, Peroy. It does not seem ai If it could be me who lives, .and breatheeand answpra to my nahei I am so desolate and depressed-so de. sn Ir I Tbava the faaHine. some times, that I am under a spell ; that my faculties are paralizing, and that I aall lose my mind in this dll), void living. Only when your love letters come, I am alive and feel that you love me ; and I live and feel, that I am exquisitely happy and misera ble-both together. My husnd -as long as I perform my daily du ties, -he is contented. lie knows nothing of my feelings. lie considers me a machine for his comfort. Some times I loathe him. Usually I am indifferentto him. "But to-nigbt, it seems as if I dared escape to you, freedom, love, hap pI ness-oh may it still be mine I Be. fore long I will grant you an inter view. I will promise you nothing more than that now. Percy, my on ly love, Heaven bless and keep you until we meet I "One word more. Pray be cau tious. If my husband should discov. or this correspondence, I cannot an swer for the consequences. Altho' he has never ill-treated me, I know him to be a hard man. But let me hear from you soon. Yours." The name was illegible, for the sheet was much discolored by the rain; but it was Lucy's fine, delicate ohiro. graphy, and I felt as if a thunderbolt had broken around me. After a moment's blank bewilder. ment, and a strange, benumbing pain, I put the sheet in muy pocket continu ing anyway. Sich a flood of emo tion was stirred within me, that I summioned a superficial calmness, from an instinct of selfpreserva tion. I was conscious of one predominant feeling, as I went to the city-hatred against my wife for her duplicity. I must have looked wretchedly when I reached the oflice, but my partner was too much excited to notice it. "Knowles," he exclaimed, "there was a terrible fire in Birmingham last night, and our branch house is burned to the ground. Ilere is a dispateh from White. He wants you to run down immediately."1 In two hours I was on my way to Birmigham. There was much to do to restore our interest and I lent myself to the work with all my energies. It was the best thing that could have htp pened to me. It gave me no time to think of Luoy, 1 wrote her once, telling her very briefly that I would not be houwe for a month. It was; six weeks before I again arrived in London. "Hlow is Mrs. Knowles ?1" I said to the servant. "Very comfortable. I think she is sleeping now." Somewhat bewildered by the reply, I went to the sitting room. No sign of Lucy or her work. I mounted to her chamber, and quietly opened thi door. The room was darkened. Lucy was sitting up in the white bed, nursing an infant. Sweetly and calmly she ex tended her hand to me. I went to her-1 put amy arm, about her. I kissed her. I could not help it, for I felt that the child upon her bosom was my own. The nurse came in, took the infant from her, and bade her lie down to rest. Sheowas very week. I cannot ex preis my contending feelings as I Iwatched her fragile face upon the Ipillow. Slowly she gained strength. It was mid-summer before she was about the house again. Thae little one had been prematurely born, but It throve, and the mother's health was finally restor ed. I was rejoiced at this. I should have been perfectly happy buat for that letter. The memory of at was like an ugly devil who mocked me. One day as Luey sat tending her child in a low chair by the window, I laid the sheet before her I had fixed my eyes upon her face, and saw a slow surprise dawn upon it. "WVhere did you find this, Will 1 I lost it months ago." "Under the garden wall. WVhat does it mean, Lucy 1" "Well," with a blush, "you have found me out. It's a loaf from a story I was writing." "A nd Percy-" I said, bewildered. "Was the hero. The slheet must hree blown out of the window that rainy day last spring. You see, dear, r didn't like to tell you, because I thought you wouldn't fancy having a -literary wife ; but I have been acous tomed to writing little stories some. times ; and when I knew baby was coming,Ithought I would earn the money myself, for the cambric dresseu, I knew you needed every shilling in y our business. I had to rewrite this letter for my romance," she ntle. ued ;"and I didn't get It quite the same,"-examining the sheet, I looked at her sweet face for a moawent, and then fell downl op my kn~ees beside boi-, I confessed. alL. Slow asiatemen dawned in her ?rne countenance. At lengtb her soft eyes filled with teart. 86ie d sw my fage downi to the boson) where the lit tles babe was alambering. "Anotr lovet 1" abe murmured, "Wb , Will,slobodi but yos evai loved me in all my life' ' Then again I knew the was onoe more my owni Luey. From Abeville. COKESBUnY, February 18, 1871. Mn. EDITOR : There was unfortumate ly, a difficulty in our town, on Satur day, which resulted in the death o Henry Nash, a colored man, one of ou County Commissioners. An alteroa tion sprang up between hin and tw young men, L. F. Connor and J. l Moore, at the back door of one of ou stores, no one being present to bea what was said. Firing of pistols com menced, Nash retreating, the ot he two pursuing to fire at him, and he re turning the fire as he ran. I was a' another store, about 100 yards off as soon as I learned what was goin a on, I rushed out amidst danger-fo1 he was running towards that store and the firing being in that direction -and succeeded in stopping it. Nash went into the store and I followed him, to see what injury was inflicted He lay down upon the floor and I re, quested Dr. Gary, who happened t< be present, to examine him, which he did, saying that he was mortally wounded. During this excitement, the young men left on horse-back. I, as Intendant of the town, issued a warrant for their arrest, soon after, but they had fled. The next norning early, a warrant was issued by Trial Justice Hemphill, put into the hands of the Sheriff of the County. Such occurrences are greatly de. plored by all good citizen and lover of peace and order. I give you thiu statement, as such oceurrences are apl to be exaggerated. Two weeks ago, there was au occurrence greatly ex aggerated--the shooting of Ed. But, ler by Gilkerson. They were brought before the Town Council and the tw< colored men who were present wh'a the shooting was done testided, upon oith, that in their opinion it was pure ly acoidental-that there was no quar reling, no difficulty between th< parties. F. A. CONNOR. The 1u Klux Proclamallon. The following is a copy of a doou, nient handed to the Jailor in Union on the night of the recent outrage : TAKRN DV IIABEA5 Corus.-In .ilece and in Fecrecy, thought bia been working, and the benigosun etheacies of concealment speak for themselves. Once again have we been forced by furee to use 'force Justice was lawe, and the had to lean upon us. Iniformatio-n being ootalned thata doubting "Thomas"-tho in, ferior of nothing, the superior of nothing, and of onosequence the equa of nothing-who has neither eyes t< see the scenes of opprosion, nor carl to hear the cause of humauity, ever though he wears the judicial silk had ordered some guilty prisoneri from Union to the city of Columbia and of injustice and prejudice, for at unfair trial of life, thus clutching aI the wheel-spokes of destiny, then thil thing was created and projected otherwise it would never have been We yield to the inevitable and inex orable and account this the best "[et not thy right hand know wha thy left hand doeth," is our motto We want peace; but this cannot bi till justice returns. We want an will have jatice ; but this cannot b till the bleeding fight of freedom ia foughrt ; until then, the Moloch of in iqulty will have his viotims, eveni the Michael of justice must have hi martyrs. K. K. K. inuercased Cluored Popuilion. It appears from the census return for 1870 that in 5031 counties, il Kentutcky, M'ssouri, North Carolina Tennessee, Virginia, and West Vi: ginia designated old slave-breedin, States, thec colored population wai 1,870,478, or nearly 11,000 more that in 1860. There were gains In tbh percentage only In North Carolini and Tennessee In Alabama, Arkansas, Florida Georgia, Louisians, Mississippi,8Soutl Careolina, and Texas, designated ok slave-consuming States, In 417 coun ties, the colored population In 1870 wa 1,775,402, or 95,542 more than i 1860. There were losses In porcon tag. in Li'uisiana, South Carolina ant Texas. Good Scnse in MississippI, The planters, manufacturers an< mechanics of Mississippi have latel held a Btate Convention In Jacksoni The Convention condemned the polio of farming oo share., urged the pro duction of more ors and meat, recoin wended the nrganisaatlon of cunty ag rioultural sosletles, and favored th division of large tracts of land int small farms, and the sale of the sant upon reasonable terms to the colore< people. The Convention also declat ed itself to be earnestly In favo of the eduestlon of all elasses of th people, the Introduetlen of labor saris implements and uschinery, the Is crese of imigr~tlou and the eneOurs gemnent of manufaoture. "A friend of mine," said Ersklim "was suffering fros aeostinual waki fulnes., awd' aions mothedep wer tried to bring him sleep. A6 tast hi physiolas rpeorted to ,aa expedleq whieh asseoeded adzsirably. The dressed hias ic a swatqbinsn's @ost~ yp a lantern In his hand, pkle1 Id:1la a sentrybog, and he was sleep in to mlante0? Brutal Outrages. . A terrible outrage was committed yesterday morning which will proba. bly cause the loss of the life of an 01. dorly and'industrious, straight-forward citizen-. r. Archie Gribble, an on gincer on the Greenville and Colum. bia Railroad. Shrtly after the pas. senger train went out yesterday rmorning, a construction train also do. parted. Whou this train neared Smith's branch trestle, the engineer r discov.red a man on the track i he immediately blow his whatle, when the individual (wno carried a double. barreled gun) went down the out. bankment, and as the train passed, deliberately discharged both barrels into the cab-woundiug the engineer, Mr. Gribble, fatally, as is supposed -one charge striking him in the face as he looked from the window ; tho two firemen were also slightly injured. Both of Mr. Gribble's eyes were put out, and his face so di.afigured as to be unrecognizable. After firing, the man walked a short ditannce, when he stopped and re-loaded his g-in. As soon as possible the train was re. versed and backed to Columbia, where the wounded man was properly cared for. Sheriff Frazee was promptly notified, when he immediately sum moned a posse and proceeded to the spot where the outrage was commit. ted. Tracks were discovered and fol lowed up a road leading into the Winnsboro road, directly opposite the residence of Mr. iHornsby, about thiee miles from Columbia. As the tracks corroeponded with the shoes of Mr. Wil. Hlornsby, the Sheriff arrest ed hin and brought him to Columbia -Mr. H1. signifying his willingness to accompany hin, although persisting in his innocence of the crime. The prisoner had an examination before Trin lJ ust ice Solomon in the after noon. It is generally believed that Mr. II. will prove an alibi, as he is known to be an horest, quiet, upright mian. It is hoped the perpetrator of the outrage will be diacovered, and made to pay the just penalty for this erine.-Phanix. An Eloquent Divine Wedded to a Iemnle Convict. Rev. E Grnuley, formerly pasto'4t the Methodist Episcopal Church in this village, and now tettled at Wau pun, performied an unusual marriage ceremony at his residence last Friday. For some time there has been iucarce rated in the State prison at Waupun a woman named Susan Ilarrington. What was her crime ii not stated. Settled in Sheboygan county is a Methodist minister known as Rev. 8 W. Coggshall, who is represented ai au eloquent divine of fine address and attainment, and a shining light in tI e chapel. Not long since he saw the immured Susan, and was impressed by her attractions. The prison coin. :zmsioner kindly allowed frequent visits. Fasoination grew upon the enamored pastor with each of them. Happily his aff'etions were reciproca ted, and asabove stated he now calls as his own that beauty which had been, of late at least.. Fo carefully guarded from the temptition of the outer world. The friends of the bride were opposed to the allianee. r Barn n~er's entenced. We learn from the Hillsboro' Re. corder that at the Fspecial term of Chatham. CJourt held last weck, five I negroes were convicted of barn burn. ing in that county, and sentenced to the Penitentiary, for terms ranging from seven to fiteen years The evi dence adduced showed th at these mlen belonged to an organisation to burn barns and shoot people because they had lost the election. It was knows of country ; they are sub divided intc e lubs ; eaoh club has its captain, sco. retary and orderly. They are furthei diieinto "fire companies" and "shooting companies." Some being detailed to shoot petaons and otheri to fire buildings. The pass words are "Lincoln""Liberty,' '"Loyal League,' and another "Red Cow Lick." The organisation itself is somnetimes called the "Rled Cow Liok." A Point infBankrnpley. ,An important decision in a bank. r ruptey case has just been rendered -ino the United State. DIistrict Court by Judge JBlatohford. Eight credi. -tori hed proved their claims, to the b amount of *332,000, and consontec > to the choice of trustees who were a relative. of the bankrnpt ; but anoth I or creditor objeoted to the confirma. -tion of the deere., en the ground ol r his rejationship. The court decide, . that a relative of the bankrupt can g be legally appointed hi. trustee it -bankttaptoy wben there Is nothing bu the faiet of relationshuip to abow tha he will not lboostu. discharge hi duty toward lioth paiskrmpt agd credi ,icr. The cleoee is terefore affirmed S-N. Y. Cowsiea . A Meniphipaper announess than SdistilMeeasindJavA oflse is su b attgiMelweao .and brandy' . Thi a ubatltsee maeetstrike gentlealen whb a um ~~~metbomtngtrong es 6 inv nd of the amy Tile Sarety of Dr. Livingstone. The faAt was recently announced that Sir laderick Murcaisou had re ceived a letter setting at rest the question of the safety of the long.ab. sent explorer, Liviugstone. The fol lowing is from Sir Roderick's com inunication to the London Tines on the Subject "I heartily rejoice to announce to the public that I have this morning (January 24) received a letter from Dr. Kirk, att Zanzibar, dated the 8th of December, 1870, which h.As reliev. ed me from all anxiety respecting the fute of my illustrious friend Liv. Ingstone. Dr. Kirk had just receiv. ed a letter from the great Arab Sheik Said, of Uny-amnyembe, dated 16 Roboa cl Akbar, which, being tr!ans lated. is to this effect : "After com pliments, your honored letter hus renohed, and your friend has under. stood it. The people (that is, of a caravan sent from Zanzibar) arrived in good health, and are going on to Ujiji to our friend the doctor. The news of him i that lie has not yet re turned from Manimtes (1) the Arabic word is spelt in three different ways,) but we expect him soon, and proba bly lie and the people will rea ch Ujiji at the same time.' Dr. Kirk adds : "At all events, on his arrival at Ujiji from his Western journey, he will have goods for prescnt wants. Tre new gang of men with fresh goods has set out, and the road being free, we maiy hope they will reach quickly and safely.' Ve now learn for the first time that Livingstone had made an eKtensive journey to the west of Lake Tanganika, and this accounts for -he long continued absence of all informna tion respecting him. Any letters that Livingstone may have written and confided to jealous Arabs have probably either been destroyed by them or lost with sonic of the carivans that perinhed on the journey to the coast during the cholera epidemic." The Vandals. The Washington Patriot says: "If we had read of a railroad acci. dent in the South, marked by circum stances of extraordinary horror, and demandiig attention of the utnost pro.mptitude and assiduity from all who could approach the scene, and then had found that while women and children were burning in oil-drenched cars, mangled bodies wcre sinking through the ice of the stream, and numbers of wounue.l we.e screaming for help, the bystanders were engaged in rifling trunk,, and the railro:id officials and hands in coolly repairing the brulkn bridge and saving the pieces of the cars, &c., we would have grieved to confess a proof of barba rismn going far toward excuning the calumnious reproaches with which people in the North are induced to indulge the oppreasions on the South of their politicians in Congress. Yet such is the scarcely exaggerated pic ture given by the Now York papers oi the abominable brutality exhibited by the inhabit-ints and railroad peo pIe of the populous and cultivatod Valley of the Iladann. No event has ever happened in the South for which the "Christian people of this Christian nat ion" could blush so a, deep red." P~erhaps there were some of Slher man's burnmmers practising a trick they had learned in their southern expe. rience. Lsife bisurance -A Concrl of Artlo a hrmong thle States. Mr. 0. WV. Miller the Superintend ent of the State Insurance D)epart mont has sent a letter to the Superin. tendents of other stato dleparrtments recommending thme adoption of nmeas ures to promote the general interesi of the insurer and insured, and gathering of those concerned to takt concert of action. TPhis letter har received the approvail of some of the best of our life insnrance companica in this city ; and, indeed, is supposed to have been suggested by their earn est desire for some approach to uni. form actIon among t he several insur, ance departments of the States.--N Y. Aheen ing. Post. Revels, the colored U. S. Senatoe anys be finds the prejudice agains color "in thh~ country", very great and he fear. it is increasing. We sup pose Revels meant by the term "thi country" to speik mo're especially e tihe North. iunt whether he mean the whole or a p art of the country, hi fears are well founded. The fanatic -and negroes together have just donc those tiiga which will cause this In creased prejudhice. Pasrtisanship, fa n fatleism, and1 nanllee are doing worldl of ihjrary to the - pbr nEgfa whose day of woe will be hgstened b; the use which party knrvame and fool ,have made of hIm--ichmonnd Dii ^A ud str f h Ftution e gambling comnes from Fort Wallset Kansak A yong soldier, .who ,wa b' W00psQhQhtala, i .(4 ~sehege. :and b 9i~d to 5ig est~ms 9pg to-ion lie lhad,.beeu egag S eohie't~its, wontita eo ta ahoney he owned in the world, $2,O0i An hear later 'aseh=af A Sweet Aiuen. If there is a more quiet and touch. ing 'irgumenit againbt war, than may be drawn from tho followlng little episode of the Franco 'russian strug gle, we have yet to see it : A corporal of the second regiment Thuringian infantry, was ordered to assist. in )urying the dead after the battle of Woerth. lie described the scene to his father in Germany, and sent with his own a letter which he discovered in the hand of a French captain, whom lie found on the field. The letter read as follows : A!y Dar /A --Since you are gone I never cense to think of you. It is so hard that I can't seo you and cm brace you every morning, but I hope that God will preserve your health and that you may soon return and kimi your child. I behaved very well in order to make manima feel your ab. scnce less. Adieu, dear pa ; I kiss you tenderly. Your dnigiter, who loves you. MAumUFRItrTE. The brave soldier was evidently comforted in his last hour of trial by the dear words of his darling, whom lie was never more to see in this life. He closed his eyes for the last timo on the fiold of honor, with her sweet' little letter in his haind. Ullc Tool's ubin. The countless thousands of renders of "Unele Tom's Cabin" will be inter ested in knowing Cihe circumstances anld surroundings under which the great novel was written. Mr. Fields satates some facts of interest in regard to It. Ile writes : "Uncle Tom's Cabin was wholly prepared for the press in a little wooden house in Maino, from week to week, while the story was coming out in a Washington newspapier.. Most I of it was written by the evening lamp, on a pine table, about which the I children of the family were gathered together conning their various lessons for the next day. Amid the buvy hum of carnest voices, constantly askitig questions of the mother, intent on her world renowned1 task, Mrs. Stowe wove together those thrilling clapiters which we--r . - i 0 1., f ( readers in so mai) i IiiL i I rou.lh. out t globe. Nu wuri o siailar importance, so far as we know, was ever written among so much that seemed hottilo to literary composi. tionl." A New Orlens lDetedi'e Tricked. The other day a New Orleans de tet ievo arrested a man on suspicion of having stolen a valuable diamond pin. Being hard pre,.-ed, the thief owned up, and surrendered the jewel to the officer, who placed it in his shirt bos om. On the w iy to the look. tip the officer and prisoner got on board a horse-car, and in doing s:,the former was considerably jost led by a crowd on the platform. Just then the pris oner whispered in his car, "Look out, Captain ! that was a thief who passed you jiiet now." The ofileer glanced hurriodly at his shirt front. The pin was gone ! lie sprung from the ear and started in pursuit of the imagi nary thief. It i.4 ieedless to say lie was not to be foind, and when ho re turned his pri~oner was missing also. Tlhe next d tv the vigilant (1) detee tivo had his alro-udy overwrought feel ings laeerated anew by the receipt of pencil line, say ing "'Ca ptain, I'm gone. I take the pin with me: it was too nice to give up." Ali like. Ridicalismn is alike everywhere. In the jungles of .\ississippi, the alliga tor ponds of lFlorida, the bayous of L~ouiaiana, in Coorgia, and in North CJarolian, it is the same thieving insti. taition. No one has forgotten how our Radical Legislature ran thme ma elhino. The Governor of Mississippi. Ishows that the per diecm of legisl a tive clerks in that gtt, in 1865, wvas $5,861, and in lIMO nearly six times greater, or $28,201. The per diem of members was $46,000 in 1865 against $166,632 in 1l0.--1xchange Ilentll ol'Nr. Ileherd Ycndoln. It i, but a little while since the citizens of CJharleston united in pay.. ing tribute to the memory of Hion. Richard Yeadon. To-day we are cal led upon to record the death of his widow, Mrs. Mary Videau Yoadon, a lad~y identified by birth and associa tion with many of the principal fami lies of the State, and one whose hearthstone was the centre of all those womanly graces which make a model -home.- -Charleston Neto.. "What is the difference between you and me T' asked Viotoria Wood hull of Judge ]lingham, the other Sday, in a conversationson .the. equality of sexes. "i cannot conceive, inaa, -responded then- gallanI opponent of woman suffrage. . If you cannot inspjre a woman wt15m , love ef you, lyri.yg . ,I im over wlH 'be ydervs.**, r i,1 Ureat Eritnip raisie1 42 /-. '88d5y-du i I if aNIcee.6 ). rower duties on only forty-four arti. A Musical Christaln. Thh1 story is told by the Boston Traveller : some few years ago a gentleman who was employed as superintendent in a really charitable lostitution in Now York, went into one of the markets of that city and seleoted a quartor of beef for "home consumption." "8hall I send it home to you " askod the market man. "No, I thank you, I will carry it myself." The market man regarded him with an incredulous look and remarked : "What! you carry a wholo quarter of beef I "Yes, Sir,twas the quiet responso. The market maun again regarded his eustomier with attentiun, and no doubt made up his mind that Ie was over rating his strength. Then he Paid : "Well, sir, if you will undertake to carry this quarter of meat ho-ne yourself [ will give it to you for noth ing. "Are you serious ?" "I am serious,' replied tie market. Uan. "Ten," returned the customer, "if that is the case, just help mme to get it on my back, and we'll see if I can't carry it." This was done, and without let down or rest the gentleman carried it to the institution with whioh Ie was connccted, the inarketman accompa nying him, lost in amazement at the unexpoeted development of strength and endurance. On another occasion the same mus cular Cristian, having purchased twenty-five pair of shoes for the insti tution under his care, began gather ing them together in order to carry them off. "Are you," sild the merchant, "going to carry these home yours 3lf I" "Certainly was the reply, "and if necessary would carry twenty-five pairs more." The merchant looked thoughtful for a moment, and then turning to his clerk (Io knew the ocupation of his customer) said "John, you may put tip twenty-five pairs moro of these shoes for Mr. T-. And John, do not make any charge for them." Of courso, the customer who had oarricd thC quarte-rof beef did not fear to sioulder fifty pairs of shoes. This strong mnan-strong in faith as in works-is the Rnv. It. G. Toles, now and for some years back the eifi oient superintendent of the Home for Little Wanderers in this city. Woman. A woman in a neighborhood is only exceeded by another woman. She can love truer, or hate worse than the inon of ordinary calibre. She can make of home a little heaven or a little holl. oi less capital than any other business can be car ried on. Sho can make a ten or hundred dollar bill go up, 0 1 so quick. She can drive a man out of a house if her tongue be working all right quicker than Beast Butler could got away with a set of spoons. She is better than pino or stono coal for keeping a neighborhood boil ing hot and home more unendurable than a burn on your first thumb joint, all the time makiing you think she is a package of refined innocence, a saint, a favorable angelic advertiang agent for Gabriel. She can kiss another womnan sweeter and then talk about her worse than one of these Reform Republicans can talk about the President. And she knows imore by intuition of all the affairs of the neighborhood than Grat knows about his relations or the post office presents lhe receives, or is willing to!i She can be nicer to a woman she bates than a carpet-bag politician is to a negro before lie has voted. She can walk further to display a new dress than a loyal or disloyal contraband could travel for chickens in the night. And God love her, If she loves a an an, she will stick to him longer than the Dent family will to the immortal speech-maker Ulysses! LIke dollars, good women are hard toget, hard to keep, bothersome to look after, but hereois a conumdruni? Howv can we get along without thomn? A story is told of Alexander H. Stephens to this effect : In the political canvass of I856, ho was -accompanied by a shaiggy dog, named Rio, that became as well known as himself. In Columibia coun ty, ho met AGeneral E. W. Wright in dphate, an4.worsted hIm. To post. pone thlefeat Wright oried out : "I denmond a lst of your appoint. meonts, Sir I VI'l get my doouulents andfVlgseo$ you at svory plae, Sir!i 3Yes, Sir,.I'll dog you all. over this Stp hens, poIntle to the slooping ," l. PIl sand , lio home. One. &g 4 a tipne Ioesongu$M" to establish a pational bank at Ware unian., Va.