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lewis m. grist, Proprietor. j~ %k f ltbepmiirnt Jfamiljj ftefospaper: Jar % promotion of % flolitieal, Social, |.gric?ltnral anb Commercial Interests of tlje ?<mtfr. ] TERMS--I2.50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOL. 29/ YOEKVILLE, S C., THTJRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1883. ISTO. 36. ?be Jfoa _ ~ A. S "JUST AND REASONABLE" RULES , Made by the Railroad Comm February 9, 1882, and Amei with modifications as set for be made, by the Railroad 1 .Schedule to take effect Sepi ST/ For a Passenger with not over 1(K FOR PASS 12 Years old and over, Over 5 and under .12, t 1. A charge of 25 cents as a minimum full rate, ana 15 cents as half rate, may be made when the fare falls short of those amounts. 2. An advance of } cent per mile on full rates and } cent on half rates may be added to the fare of passengers without tickets, provided the ticket office shall have been opened for a reasonable length of time before the departure of the train. A charge of 10 cents as a minimum may be made when the penaltv falls short of that amount. 3. The fare shall always be made that multiple of five nearest reached by multi> plying the rate by the distance. Thus: For 33 cents for 11 miles collect 35 cents; for 42 cents for 14 miles collect 40 cents. 4. For berths on sleeping cars not exceed$1.00 for 100 miles or less shall be charged, ' and for distances over one huunoea mixes tne SI 100 JPOUSD8. I! 5o "& S> b I j ? ^ H : -r ?2 . r 2 1 32 5 % < ? 71 ? = ? 5 I 5 ? j ? 5 ,^ Hi j O. j ^ ^ j s g j ?? 2 5 a ? ! s ? u f? S _ a 5 z g ? s a |J| sg I 8 g | E g |=! fl &- 32 h | &< OD |C3 S5 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B .MILES. S CtS. Cts. Cts. Cts. Cts. Cts. Cts. Cts. 10 19 17 16 12 11 10 8 10 20 24 22 20 16 13 12 10 12 20 29 26 23 20 15 14 11 14 40 33 30 26 24 17 16 12 16 50 37 33 29 27 19 18 13 18 60 41 36 32 29 21 19 14 19 70 45 39 35 31 23 20 15 20 80 49 42 38 33 25 21 16 21 90 53 45 41 35 27 22 17 22 100 57 48 43 37 29 23 18 23 110 60 51 45 38 30 24 19 24 120 63 54 47 39 31 25 20 25 130 66 57 49 40 32 26 j 21 26 140 69 60 51 41 33 27 1| 22 27 150 72 62 53 42 34 28 | 23 28 L 160 75 64 55 43 35 29 I 24 29 F 17i>,a . 78 66 57 44 36 30 J 25 30 ISO"1 80 68 I 58 45 37 31' j 26 31 190 82 70 59 46 38 82 27 82 200 84 72 60 47 39 33 i 27* 33 210 86 74 61 48 40 34 . 28 . 34 220 87 76 62 49 41 35 , 28* 85 230 88 78 63 50 42 36 29 . .'56 240 89 80 64 51 43 37 1 29* 37 250 90 82 65 52 44 38 j 30 38 | 260 91 84 06 53 45 39 30 * 39 270 92 85 I 67 54 46 40 31 40 280 93 86 i 68 55 47 41 j i 31* 41 290 94 87 69 56 48 42 | 32 42 300 : 95 88 1 70 57 49 43 j I 32* 43 310 ! 96 89 | 71 58 50 44 ! | 33 44 j 320 i 97 90 ! 72 59 51 45 , j 33* 4;> ? 330 I 98 I 91 ! 73 60 52 46 34 46 . 540 1 99 92 74 61 53 | 47 j j 34* 47 350 f 1 00 1 93 ' 75 62 54 1 48 1 35 48 , Explanation.?Iii the classification opp( 10 signifies ten miles or under?20, twenty n Example.?To find the freight for 148 the classification, is seen its class?1. In the rate?72 cents. FREIG 1. The Commission is required by the "General Railroad Act" to determine "what shall be the limits of longer and shorter distances," and 10 miles has, therefore, been fixed as the usual limit for a change of freight * rates, but the railroads may, if they so desire, for intermediate distances, adopt rates also intermediate between those given in the table. ' 2. Each railroad -company shall make a ^ Table showing the distances between all its stations, by name, and shall post the same, together with the "Standard Freight Tariff" and classification prescribed by the Commission, in a conspicuous place at their respective stations. 3. In the application of the "Standard Freight Tariff" for purposes of transportation, main lines, branches, and connecting railroads, when operated together or controlled by one company, shall be regarded as parts of one road, and the rates shall be computed as upon parts of one and the same road. 4. For a like service, for equal distances, more shall not be charged to one than to an? other person, nor shall the same or more be charged for a shorter than for a longer distance, it being understood, however, that this rule shall not be construed as to interfere with the provisions of Rules 9 and 10. 5. There shall be no discrimination by any railroad company chartered by this State in favor of or against any railroad company with which it may connect, but each road shall deal with all its connections at any one point, on the same terms, and shall afford the like usual customary facilities for the interchange of freight between all of its connections at . the .same point, any contract, combination, joint ownership or management to the contrary notwithstanding. ; , 6. No rebate, bonus, drawback, or other r advantage, in any form, shall be allowed, directly or indirectly, upon shipments made V [ Circular No. 2.] V M. L. Bonuam, Chairman, ) , L. J. Walker, r Commissioners. D. P. Duncan, j Office of Railroad Commissioners, Columbia, S. C., August 23,1883. Upon a careful consideration of the very complete arguments and reports made to the Commission by the different railroads in the State, the relations of the roads to the "Standard Freight Tariff' has been fixed as follows: !. Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway. South Carolina Railway. Barnwell Railroad. On these roads the Commissioners' "Standard Frieght Tariff' applies as a maximum. 2. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. Cheraw and Darlington Railroad. 'Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad. Central Railroad of South Carolina. Northeastern Railroad. Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. On these roads, upon Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, o, 8, A, B, E, G and H, the maximum rates for any distance shall be those fixed by the "Standard Freight Tariff' for a distance Jten (10) miles greater; that is to say, these roads may charge the twenty (20) mile rate for it carriage of ten (10) miles and so on. In other classes, namely, C, 1), F, J, K, L, M, N, O, P and R, the* maximum rates shall ** .conform to the "Standard Freight Tariff." 3. Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. Port Royal and Augusta Railway. lb Carolina flailroad Com STANDARD SCHEDU PASSENGER A?ND "FREIGHT RAT 3 AiSrr)AREGITLAr isslon, as required by the "Gem udments thereto, approved Decei th in Circulars Xos. 2 and 3, and Companies doing business in the tember 15, 1883. kNDARO PASSENGER TARII ) pounds of baggage, the rate per mile shall EXGERS CI '. 3 ? ___! PASSENGER RULES. { rate shall not exceed one cent per mile, p o. Upon a corpse the regular passenger r i fare of its class may be charged. If not in if good condition, or improperly packed, or 1 not accompanied by a person in charge, the t j railroad company may decline to receive it. v G. There shall be no unjust discrimination c I as to passenger rates in favor of or against v any individual or locality: Provided how- t: | ever, That this rule shall not be so con- 1< strued as to prevent the railroad compaines o "from issuing commutation, excursion or j fi ! thousand mile tickets as the same are now n 7. On each passenger car shall be carried, t in a conspicuous place, one good hand-saw q and one good club-axe for use in case of t. accident. . ,, 8. Notice of change in the Schedule time r for Passenger Trains must be conspicuously tl rANDARD FREIGHT TARIFF 1 BARREL. 11 100 Lbs. t< III] 1 ! * j ! 4 ai is rs: i r.f si T S3 i .S3 \ u ; o w 5 ^ ^ C2 r>* I CS cS C * h 1 w * I ? *-= ?? - v 2 ! o ! - Si u z' ^ i o ? ?? - ? -a 3 ee ? * > r K ~ S* C ? >- ? v 35 C i. ? ' ? S Ns 5 ^ \ rs * "2 j >> o. M ? x I ~ ~ ^ fi O c~ ? s b r - si * = %- .2 o '*5 3^ ?.gJ o o g g -g o S s j < ? o ?_ c D E F G I J K j I Cts. Cts. Cts. Cts. S Cts. Cts. Cts. Cts. 8 C 8 r 11 10 ! 34 12 10 6 | 9 8 15 18 40 10 15 8 10 9 18 20 ! 46! 20 20 9 11 10 20 I 22 ! 52| 24 23 9i 12 ii 22 24 | 58i 27 25 10 13 12 24 j 26 i 62 29 27 10i 1 14 13 26 ; 28 , 66! 31 28 11 1 15 14 27 . 30 70j 33 29 11} 1 16 15 28 32 ! 74; 35 30 Hi 1 17 1(5 29 | 34 ; 78,' 37 31 | 11} 1 18 17 30 30 , 82 38 32 12 I 19 18 31 38 ! 80 39 33 12} 1 >0 19 32 40 , i?0 40 34 12} 1 21 20 33 42 i 94 41 34 J 12? 1 22 21 34 44 i 98 42 35 13 1 22} 21} 35 45 j 1 02 43 35} 13} 1 23 22 36 46 1 06 44 36 13} 1 23* 22} 37 47 ! 1 10 45 36} 13? 1 '>4 23 38 48 i 1 13 46 37 14 j 1 24* 23} 39 ! 49 | 1 16 47 37} j 14} I 25' 24 40 I 50 I 1 19 48 38 14} ; 1 25} 24? 41 i 51 j 1 22 49 38} 14? I 1 26 25 42 I 52 j 1 25 50 39 '15 j 1 26} 25} i 43 53 j 1 28 51 39} 15} j 1 27 26 44 54 1 30 52 40 1 15} ; 1 27* 26} 44} 55 ' 1 32 53 40}: 15? | 2 28* 27* i 45 50 I 1 34 54 41 ; 16 2 28} 27} : 45} ! 57 i 1 30 55 41 }i 16} j 2 29 28* i 46 | 58 i 1 .'58 56 42 16} I 2 29} 28* 46} 59 ! 1 40 57 42*} 16? 2 :U) 29* 47 60 j 1 42 58 43 i 17 2 30* 251} 47* 61 ; 1 44 59 43}. 17} 2 31* 30 48 j ! 62 : 1 46 60 44 ! 17} 2 31* 30} 48} I 63 1 48 61 44}! l"i ^ 32* 31* 49 11 64 1 1 50 62 45 1 18 2 pn/'h nrt.iplp tmnears its class. In the Stand liles or over ten an5 so on. miles on a box of dry goods weighing 100 p ? Freight Tariff, under class 1, opposite the ne HT RULES AND REGULATI or service rendered to any person, but the fi rates shall be the same to all, and public. c 7. The rates fixed by the "Commissioners' s Standard Freight Tariff' are maximum a rates, which the railroads shall not exceed. They may adopt lower rates; but if they do a so for one they shall, for a like service, adopt v the same reduced rates for all persons; and c if they fix less freight rates from one station they shall make a reduction of the same per f< cent, at all stations along the line of road, n (except as provided for by Rules 9 and 10), v so as not to discriminate against any person | c j or locality. i $ 8. The rate of freight by regular passen-jC j ger trains shall not exceed the-rates allowed; c by ordinary freight trains for first class' I freight with 50 per cent, added thereto, and j t no railroad company shall, by reason of any j e contract with any Express or other company, o decline or refuse to transport any article I j proper for transportation on the train for a which it is offered. v 9. The raiuvCi'ls are authorized to charge 1 j twenty-five cents on any single shipment, j; ! although by the tariff the rate may be less I J than that amount. a 10. The railroads may "regulate their fc charges for shorter distances by their pro- I I portion of through rates between terminal v ! or junctional competitive points," without ? i making a reduction along the line as required by Rule 7. t 11. Prompt notice shall be given to the | s Commission of any reduction of rates, and i c the reduced rates shall be posted conspicu- i a ously near the "Standard Freight Tariff." 11 12. Applications to the Commission for I i Joint Kates between stations on uinerumgi ' railroads, not controlled by the same company, must be made in writing. 13. A ton is 2,000 pounds. A car is 20,000 1 pounds, unless otherwise provided for in classification. For loads over 20,000 pounds prorata at car load rates. Where rates are OFFICIAL CIRCULARS. On these roads, upon Classes 1, 2,3,4, 5, G, ci A, B, E, G and H, the maximum rates for a any distance shall be those fixed by the ( "Standard Freight Tariff' for a distance ( twenty (20) miles greater. In other classes, r . namely, C, D, F, J, lv, L, M, N, O, P and a ] It, the maximum rates shall conform to the j "Standard Freight Tariff." ' g 4. Columbia and Greenville Railroad and ! its branches. I ? Laurens Railway. Spartanburg Union and Columbia Rail- 2 road. On these roads, upon Classes 1, 2,3, 4, o, G, * A, B, E, G and II, the maximum rates for v any distance shall be those fixed by the \ "Standard Freight Tariff" for a distance * twenty (20) miles greater. Upon Class J ! the maximum rate for any distance shall be that fixed by the "Standard Freight ' Tariff"" for a distance ten (10) miles greater. ? In other classes, namely, C, D, F, K", L, 31,' N, (), Panel R, the maximum rates shall j conform to the "Standard Freight Tariff." ! { 0. Charleston and Savannah Railway. Ashley River Railroad. On these roads, upon Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, ">, G, j j i A, B, E, U and H, the maximum rates for I s! ten (10) miles shall be those fixed by the !! "Standard Freight Tariff" for a distance i if thirty (30) miles greater. In other classes, i! namely, C, 1), F, J, K, L, M, (), P, and R, J , i the maximum rates shall conform to the' 1! "Standard Freight Tariff." 6. Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad. On this road, upon Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, o, G, A, 1 1 B, K, (J and H, the maximum rates for any 1 mission. LE ES AND CLASSIFICATION; noisrs j eral Railroad Act," approved nber 21, 1882, to be observed, j sueh ehangew jls way hereafter j State of South Carolina. This j I -"F. not exceed the following, to-wit: ON ROADS IN ass A. Class B. Class C*. Cents. 3* Cents, 4 Cents. Cents. 1J Cents. 2 Cents. I J osted at each Station along the line of oad for at least three days before the change s to take effect. 9. General Statutes, Section 1450, provides hat "Any Baggage Master or other person vhose duty it is to handle, remove or take are of the baggage of passengers who shall willfully or recklessly injure or destroy any runk, valise, box, package or parcel while sading, transporting, unloading, delivering r storing the same shall be punished by a ne not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days." 10. General Statutes, Section 1503, provides hat "Every railroad, corporation, when reuested, shall give checks to passengers for heir baggage when delivered for transporter1. in good shipping order, and snail e-deliver the same to the passengers upon he surrender of the checks." * * * TOX. CAJt LOAD. } 100 Lbs. | | r +? 5 cT 6 x x L o i ; * 3I31JI *& i \ i ! Se. I > I O I -2 ~ S-M * : i o ? . 3 =? w ! \ $ 3 * I bo sOwl.HvJr' - u _ 2 '.? - I o c . ??.5 5 | 7 a: ? jS'O ? * fi i I ? cs-tos-r -<=< i g s P ? -? ? s si u o o .? oXW o I M M 35 cc >r|T ~N 0 P R~ ts. $ Cts. 8 Cts. 8 Cts. 8 Cts. Cents. | MILES. SO 1 00 12 00 10 00 7 00 I 7 | 10 60 1 15 15 00 12 00 8 00 8 I 20 70 i 1 30 17 00 13 00 9 00 9 30 80! 1 45 19 00 14 00 10 00 10 | 40 90 1 60 21 00 15 00 10 50 11 I 50 i rn oq nit in no 11 fiO 12 I 60 On 1 80 25 00 17 00 11 50 13 70 10 1 90 27 00 18 00 11 75 14 80 15 2 00 29 00 19 00 12 00 15 90 20 2 10 31 00 20 00 12 25 16 100 25 2 20 33 00 21 00 12 50 164 ; 110 30 2 30 34 00 22 00 12 75 17 120 35 2 40! 35 00 22 50' 13 00 174 130 40 2 50 30 00 23 00 13 25 18 140 45 2 60 37 00 23 50 13 50 184 l-r>0 50 2 70 37 50 24 00 13 75 19 160 55 2 80 38 00 24 50 14 00 194 170 60 2 90 38 50 25 00 14 25 20 ' t 180 65 3 00 39 00 25 50 14 50 ! 201 | 190 70 3 10 39 50 26 00 14 751 20J 200 751 3 20 40 00 20 50 15 00| 20if ! 210 so 3 25 40 50 27 00 15 25! 21 220 851 3 30 41 00! 27 50 I 15 50; 211 * 230 90; 3 35 41 50 28 00 | 15 75 21J 240 95 3 40 42 00 28 50 10 00| 21J 250 001 3 45 42 50 29 00 1(1 25 22 ! 200 05 3 50 43 00| 29 50 10 50 221 ! 270 10 j 3 55 43 50 .'10 00 10 75 221 280 15 3 00 44 00 30 50 17 00| 22J , 290 20 i 3 05 44 501 31 00 17 25 23 1 300 25 j 3 70 45 00 31 50 17 50l 231 | 310 30 3 75 45 50 32 00 17 75l 2.31 | 320 35 3 80 40 00 32 50 18 00: 23i j 330 40 3 85 40 50; .'1.3 (K) 18 25 24 > 340 45 3 90 47 00' 33 50 18 50j 241 | 350 ard Freight Tariff, in the column "miles," ounds: Opposite the words dry goods, in xt greater distance, 150 miles, appears the ONS. xed for articles of freight in less than ar loads the aggregate amount charged hall not exceed the car load rates for such rticles. Note 1. Shippers may be required to load nd unload car loads of articles opposite to rhich "See Note 1" appears in the classifiation. Note 2. Extra Handling.?The charges tr handling extra heavy single articles aay be as follows, viz: For any article weighing 2,000 pounds or less, no extra harge; from 2,000 to 3,000, $3; 3,000 to 4,000, 5; 4,000 to 5,000, $7 ; 5,000 to 0,000, $8 ; ,000 to 7,000, $10 ; over 7,000, rate by speial contract. Note 3. Fertilizers.?This term embraces he following and like articles when intendd to be used as Fertilizers: Bone, ground rdissolved; Bone Black, South Carolina * ^ v _A_ jumpancHirounarnospmitt;. ?>iuunu vjunos.?Fish, Bird, Peruvian, Alto Vela, Naassa, lumj) and ground; Soluble Pacific, ^ine Ground Plaster, Plaster of Paris, Sulihate of Ammonia, Blood, Dried Flesh, "Msh Scrap, Castor Pomace, Tankage. Potsh.?German Salts of, (Kainit), Muriate of, Sulphate of. Soda.?Nitrate of, Sulphate of. \Titre Cake, Salt Cake, Super Phosphate, vith or without Potash; Ammoniated Phos>hates, with or without Potash. ! Complaints.?All complaints presented o the Railroad Commission must be clearly et forth in writing, giving such particulars ?f time, place and circumstances as may enible the defendants to answer the same inelligently. Defenses.?In like manner all defenses nust be distinctly set forth in writing. M. L. BONHAM, Chairman. L. J. WALKER, D. P. DUNCAN, lla iIroad Com mission a > . M. T. Ba rtlett, Secret imj. Columbia, S. C., August 23, 1883. listance shall be those fixed by the "Stand,rd Freight Tariff" for a distance thirty 30) miles greater. In other classes, namely, ), D, F, J, K. L, M, N, 0, P, and R, the naximum rates shall conform to the "Standird Freight Tariff." 7. Cheraw and Chester Railroad (narrow jauge). Chester and Lenoir Railroad (narrow jauge). On these roads, upon Classes 1, 2, 3,4, o,G, V, B, C, I), E, F, and II, the maximum ates for any distance shall be those fixed by 11c?...1 ?v.,1 LV.iirtk+'PoMflni .i rlieftinpo lit; OUlIllUViU 1 luglll iUUU H/I v??.iw??vv 10) miles greater. On Class L, the maxinurn rates shall be fifty (50) percent, greatt than the rates fixed by the "Standard freight Tariff" for that class. On Classes \T, O'and P the maximum rates for a car oad of 10,000 pounds shall be sixty (GO) per :ent. of the rates fixed by "Standard Freight rariff" for a car load of 20,000 pounds. In )ther classes, namely, G, J, K, M, and It, he maximum rates shall conform to the 'Standard Freight Tariff." By order of the Board. M. L. Boxiiam, Chairman. M. T. Bartlett, Secretary. [Circular No. .3.] M. L. Hosham, C/iaimutn, | L. J. Walkkk, Commissioners. 1). P. Duncan, ) Office of Railroad Commissioners. Columiha, S. C., August 2:1, 1880. For the purpose of fixing Passenger Rates, the Railroads-in this State are divided into [hree Classes, as follows : class ua." Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway. Central Railroad of South Carolina. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. Northeastern Railroad. South Carolina Railway. I Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. class "b." j Ashley River Railroad. Charleston and Savannah Railway. Cherawand Darlington Railroad. Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad, j Columbia and Greenville Railroad. Laurens Railway. Port Royal and Augusta Railway. Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad. class "c." Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad. Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. Cheraw and Chester Railroad. Chester and Lenoir Railroad. The maximum rate for any one passenger with 100 pounds of baggage on roads in Class "A" shall be three (3) cents per mile; in "l""" *l.?nn nnrl a Hrtlf /.'1U ppnt!!. illld 111 U lin cc aim m iiuii \^'J/ ?? Class "C" four (4) cents ; and for children over five (5) and under .twelve (12) years of age half of the above*rates, except as provided in Passenger Rules 1 and 2. By order of the Board. M. L. BONHAM, Chairman. 31. T. Bartlett, Secretary. [Circular No. 4.] M. L. Bonham, Chairman,) L. J. Walker, > Commissioners, j i). P. Duncan. ) i Office of Railroad Commissioners, Columbia, S. C? August 2.3,1883. j Freight Rule 3 shall apply in the followI ing cases: 1. To all freight passing from one point to I another, anywhere on the Columbia and ! Greenville Jtailroad and its branches, the Laurens Railway, and the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad. 2. To all freight passing from one point to another anywhere on the South Carolina Railway and its branches and the Barnwell Railroad. 3. To all freight between points located either on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, or on the Northeastern Railroads and points on the Central Railroad, and also to freight passing from any point on either of these roads to any point on either of the other two via the third. 4. To all freight passing from one point to another anywhere on the Charleston and Savannah Railway and the Ashley River Railroad, and also to freight passing from any point on either of these roads via the Northeastern Railroad to and from Charleston. By order of the Board. 31. L. BONHA3I, Chairman. M. T. Bartlett, Secretary. [Circular No. 5.] 31. L. Boxham, Chairman,) l. J. Walker, ^ Commissioners. I). J. Duncan, j Office of Railroad Commissioners, Columbia, S. C., August 23, 1883. rne maximum rate auoweu un rusm uu all railroads in this State shall be 10 per cent, less than the rate on Class "K" of "Standard Freight Tariff." By order of the Board. M. L. BONHAM, Chairman. M. T. Bartlett, Secretary. gteadiug. THE JUDGE'S WIFE. *. K Judge Shickleton, dffehe most prominent jurists in Arkansas, at a banquet the other night, related an interesting reminiscence of the early days of Arkansas. "I came here," said the judge, "just after T Kn/1 Kn/in 5if/Arl t/\ fhp h<i r ill n I Iiavi ur^u (IViiii! ivy v??v ft** * ... ern State. Like the average young lawyer, I was poor, and actually thirsted for a case. Shortly after I arrived, I went to a mountain district, and stopped at a small town where court was in session. There was considerable excitement in the town over the 'trial of a young man who had been indicted for murder. The older lawyers were loth to engage in the prosecution, so the young prosecuting attorney was working single-handed. I met him the second day after my arrival, and when he learned that I was a lawyer, lie said: "'I am glad to see you, for I know that, j as a young man in the profession, you of I course want an introduction to the people of | the State. Nothing so quickly and effectually introduces a man like participancy in an important case. 1 am at present prosecuting, for murder, a young fellow named Dawes. He is as guilty as guilty can be, and should by all means hang, yet I fear, with so much opposition, that I will not be able to assist justice to a proper punishment of the terrible crime. Now, what I want you to do is to assist me.' "I did not at all relish the idea that my first case should be one of tragedy, and that my first money derived from law should be blood money ; but seeing no other opening, and fearing that none other would present itself, 1 consented. Just before we reached the argument in the case, the prosecuting attorney was taken violently ill, leaving the entire conduct of the case devolving upon me. This, to me, put a dreadful phase on the affair, and for a time I meditated whether or not I would run away from the country and seek my foriame elsewhere, but finally deciding that I could never become a lawyer without making sacrifices in the discharge of my duty, I resolved to remain and do my best. 1 studied the case carefully. 1 if.mf +?t tlm nlorn <> chnpt. rlintmir'P llU'llV. and examined the ground where the murder had been committed. I found a witness who had not been summoned, and upon the I whole did good detective work. The argu' ments began. I nerved myself to the point, j and made the best speech I could possibly ; formulate. I was somewhat surprised at | my own powers, and at the interest I was | taking in the ease. The prisoner, a handsome fellow, would at times look at me in mute appeal, but I knew that he was guilty. I established the fact thatthe defendant had quarreled with an old man named Shannon, and that shortly afterwards he went to Shannon's field and shot him from the I fence. I made every point so clear that I could see the jury men shaking their heads i when an illustration was strikingly vivid, j The counsel for the defense, composed of old I lawyers, whose fame had long since been established, looked at me in astonishment. They met me, and wanted a compromise. I knew nothing but justice, and justice knew no compromise. Finally, the case went to the jury. Within five minutes afterward a verdict of guilty was rendered. "An appeal to the supreme court was taken, but the decision of the court below was sustained, and the young man was hanged. "I did not settle in the town, for the scene | became repulsive. I moved to another part I of the State, where 1 soon established a good ! practice. "One day, about three years afterward, 1 I met, at a nortnern watering piace, a ueauuI'ul young woman, whose husband was dying Of consumption. She seemed so devoI ted to him, consulted his every whim, and was so anxious about his comfort, that I was attracted toward her. She did not seem to i doubt her husband's recovery, and when j one evening I asked her if she did not think j that he was sinking rapidly, her large, lustrous eyes filled with tears, and in a choking | voice she replied: 44 'I don't think that he is sick enough to die.' 414But you should be prepared for the worst," I suggested. 4 4 4 1 cannot be prepared for it. No preparation can lighten the blow. If he dies, it is my desire to go too.' 4 4 4But you cannot go without committing i suicide, and you certainly cannot contemplate such a terrible step.' 4 4 4Oh! I don't know,'she exclaimed, 4I don't like to think about it.' "The consumptive grew worse rapidly, but his wife was still hopeful, for he would j : talk of what he intended to do when he recovered. One night, about twelve o'clock, ! ( 11 was summoned to the poor fellow's room. ; j j lie lay gasping for breath, and his wife, ;, ! beautiful even in grief, sat holding his j ] hands. The end soon came, and [ saw her ; j bow her magnificent head in despair. j. "I didnotseeMrx. Delure, the fairwidow,:! , for a few days after the funeral. Then she j , came to bid me good-bye. . ! j j "When the memory of your husband af- j ( I fords a melancholy pleasure, instead of a ; j j deep grief, will you not write to me?" I j, j asked. \ "'I don't know,'she replied. 'I don't j ( feel as though I shall everagain be disposed ; j to write, but I thank you for the deep inter- , est you have taken in me, and hope some j, day to meet you again.' "You are young, Mrs. Delure, and so am j J j I. We may live a long time. We may i ] j meet again. 1 would like though, to gain | ] I one oromise: that, five years from now, you j j will*write to me, if for no other purpose! than telling me that you are well.' j '"But I may not be well,'she replied, , with a faint smile that went to my heart. ! " 'Then promise to tell me whether you ] are sick or well ?' "Why, if I am living, I will be either 1 sick or well, and if I'm dead, I cannot write, ( you know,' and again the faint smile, like a ( softened twilight, passed ever her face. ( " 'Write to me anyway?' "'I will,' she said, as she entered the j hack. 'I will write just as soon as I can.' " ] "I returned to Arkansas and resumed my practice, but business cares did not re- j move the image of that beautiful face. Day and night my thoughts, sometimes anx- ; ious almost beyond endurance, wandered ; back to the watering place. Once I dreamed ' of that quiet, sad smile, and awakening, I . found that the first beams of a rising moon . were lighting my chamber. "Two years passed, and I heard nothing , from Ella, as I had learned to think of her. At last I determined to go again to the I watering place. One evening, after I had , been there a few days, I was strolling on the . mountain, when I chanced to stroll near . Delure's grave. Hearing voices, I approach- , ed cautiously. I stood behind a tree. The : moon came out, and I saw Mrs. Delure and a man sitting near the grave. " 'I cannot marry you,' she said. 'You , have been very kind to me, and have greatly aided me in getting my school, but I j cannot marry you.' , "'Do you ever expect to marry again?" , he asked. "I (lOIl't KIIOW. more IS one man wjiiwc j memory I love. He was with me when my husband died. If I were to marry any , one J would marry him. I promised to . write to him, and I have tried a dozen ' times, but each letter seemed like a love f letter.' / "I could stand no more, and exclaiming 'Ella,' I rushed from my hiding place and t caught her in my arms. The man looked on for a moment, and turned away. "Our arrangements were soon completed. Our wedding was quiet and simple and immediately after the ceremony, we started N for my home in Arkansas. t "We began housekeeping at once, and I fknow there was not a happier man in town ^ than I. One evening, while Ella and I ^ were sitting in the twilight, she said: t "'I never saw a man so little interested i in any one's history as you are. You have a been acquainted with me a long time now, 1 " * ' * 1- ? J' ana have never asKea me anytnmg uuuut my former self.' "'Your present self,' I replied, 'belongs to me; your former self did not. I am never anxious about anything that does not belong to me.' " 'Do you know that I used to live in this State?' " 'Did you?' I asked in surprise. " 'Yes,' she said, in a saddened tone. 'I have been three times married. My first husband was named Dawes, but he was a bad man, and died by the hand of the law.' "Great heavens! I had hung her husband.' '?Hopkinton Traveller. Lke After the War.?The oration upon General It. E. Dee, delivered at Lexington, Virginia, last week, by Hon. John Daniel, was a perfect tribute to a great soldier. Not many people knew before, that Gen. Lee had been offered the chief command of the army in 18(51 and declined it. The offer was made upon the recommendation of Gen. Scott, backed by the venerable Francis P. Blair, Sr., who conveyed the tender of the position to Gen. Lee in person. It must nave been a great moral courage to decline the highest position to which he could ever have attained in his most ambitious dreams. ()ne or two of the allusions of Major Daniel are not generally understood and I will explain them. In I860 the railroad which is now called the Virginia Midland and its connections was mainly owned by English bondholders.. After an expert had carefully examined the condition of things the committee of bondholders held a meeting and tendered to Gen. Lee the presidency of the road and its connections under one organization, at a salary of $50,000 a year. About this time one of the most powerful of the New York life insurance companies offered Gen. Lee $10,000 a year and a house in Richmond to take hold of and build up their Southern business. Gen. Lee declined both these splendid offers to accept a place as a teacher of Southern young men at $6,000 a year. Can such conduct be matched in history ? ()ne more instance of his greatneas : The Duke of Beaufort. Lord John Manners and two other Englisn noblemen tendered Gen. Lee a splendid estate in the West Rid V/olfuUinn iififl, <1 Im nrlcrwrwi rontol 1 111 musmu-, nun iv liuuu.n/ii.v . V equal to $23,000a year for life, if he would accept it and live upon it. Earl Spencer, now Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, made the tender. Gen. Lee, with a charming dignity that these men say was beyond anything they had imagined, declined the offer. It is a pity that the letter cannot get into print. I think it would give the world a view of Gen. Lee in a light he has never been in and show how lofty his nature really was. In this age and time of competition for wealth and power a character so great and a nature - *- 1 r SO Simple IS almost uicompreiiensiuit. iicr showed that the true greatness of manhood 1 is in tlio.se elements which make him supe- ) rior to fortune and equal to any fate.? Wmh- 1 1 inrjton J Tendd. | Wonderful Instinct in Beks.?Many > i interesting accounts have been written of 1 the wonderful instincts of honey bees?some, < in fact, which would almost tend to prove 1 that they possessed reasoning faculties. An 1 Australian bee-keeper contributes to the 1 Queens/under the following interesting inei- ( dent, illustrative of the sagacity of these 1 wonderful little insects: "A neighbor of mine who keeps bees in bar-frame hives { had robbed them of some of their surplus i store, but noticing a few days afterward the i honey running from the entrance to the hive, and the bees clogged with it, he raised i the top to ascertain the cause, when he found 1 the bees in so woful a plight that he knew s . not what to do, and was quite disheartened, t He mentioned the matter to me and I went i to his assistance. I found the hive in a i dreadful state ; the frames were very large, i and the weight of honey proportionally j great; the combs had fallen down, and the ^ honey had been set free. Thousands of bees .v i were suffocated and smeared with the 1 honey, it was a work or some cnmcuiiy 10 i set matters right. On the floor of the hive, s and floating in the escaped honey, were i dozens of white grubs, which had evident- 1 ly been forcibly drawn from the cells by the t bees, and the reason they sacrificed their s i progeny appears to be that, finding them- f selves overwhelmed with the disaster that t ( had befallen them and having filled every c available crevice with the overflowed honey, i they had found it necessary to empty the c : cells of the young brood in order to find t space to store the balance until the wreck c ; could be repaired. There was reason, cer- a tainly, for what they did, and the fact has c not, perhaps, been noticed before because 1 the people who kept bees for observatory c purposes would never have allowed such a 1 , calamity to happen to them. j ROBINSON CRUSOE'S ISLAND. A correspondent of the Rochester Democrat writes : The sun was bathing the beautiful island with a flood of golden light is we neared its picturesque harbor. In little boats we went ashore and landed in the primitive manner of running the boat iground and pulling the boat up on the more. It was difficult to realize that we were, indeed, on this historical, mysterious island that imagination had pictured from childhood's early hours in so many fanciful forms. The books tell you that it was on this lovely island that, in 1704, the celebrated English navigator, Dampier, landed his coxswain, Alexander Selkirk, with whom lie had quarreled, and left him alone on this uninhabited spot with a small quantity of provisions and tools. Here he lived four years, till he was picked up by a passing ship and brought back to Europe. It was from the notes he made during his solitary residence, that Daniel Defoe composed his incomparable work of "Robinson Crusoe." Xo book, doubtless, ever held the childish interest with greater fascination than that which describes his wanderings on this mys1 1 r..i ? a nni,^4 [erious ana encnaiuou isinuu. mm ?mui had always seemed but a dreamy romance was now before you. The scenes where all the wild and wondrous experiences were described are just at hand, and you wander i)n, as it were, but just aroused from a fanciful dream. Perchanc6 it was on this sandy heach along which you wander that Crusoe first discovered the footprints of his good man Friday. The island is about seven Spanish leagues in circumference, or a trifle over twenty English miles. It belongs to Chili, and for i number of years the Government used it is a place for transporting convicts, till one night all the prisoners arose in power, killed their keepers, and taking the only boats on the island sailed away and were never heard more. Of late years the government has leased the island to one man who pays something like $2,000 a year for its use. This man has a small colony of workmen whom he employs incuttingtimber, drying fish and goat skins and sending them every few months, in large ouantities to the markets at Valparaiso. There are to be found in the waters about the island, lobsters of a peculiar kind and enormous size. Some of these measure from two to four feet in length. Every variety of fish in the greatest abundance seems to swarm about this one island. It is a great resort for whalers, who put in here for a few days to supply knmenliino n.ifli frouVl "IMfl With fish. loultry and game, which they obtain at narvelously low prices from the sovereign uler of the island. Many years ago, two one, lorn goats were brought to the island md their families and children have inireasd so rapidly that to-day, thousands and ens of thousands of these now are to be ound in every part of the island. Large lumbers of them are shot each year, and heir dried skins sold in Valparaiso are a ource of large income to the lessee of the sland. Taking Cold.?A person in good health, vith fair play, easily resists cold. But when he health flags a little, and liberties are aken with the stomach, or the nervous sysem, a chill is easily taken, and according o the weak spot of the individual, assumes he form of a cold, or pneumonia, or, it may le, jaundice. Of all causes of "cold," probibly fatigue is one of the most efficient. A tided man coming home at night from a long lay's work, a growing youm losing iwo iours' sleep over evening parties two or hree times a week, ora young lady heavily 'doing the season," young children overfed nd with a short allowance of sleep, are oramon instances of the victims of "cold." juxury is favorable to chill-taking; very lot rooms, soft chairs, and feather beds, reate a sensitiveness that leads to catarrhs, t is not, after all, the "cold" that is so much o be feared as the antecedent conditions hat give the attack a chance of doing harm. Some of the worst "colds" happen to those vho do not leave their house or even their ied, and those who are the most invulneraile are often those who are most exposed to lianges of temperature, and who, by good sleep, cold bathing, and regular habits, preserve the tone of their nervous system and lirculation. Probably many chills are contracted at light or at the fag end of the day, when sired people get the equilibrium of their lirculation disturbed by either overheated ;itting-rooms,or underheated bed-rooms and ieds. This is especially the case with ellerly people. In such cases the mischief is lot always done instantaneously, or in a single night; it often takes place insidiousy, extending over days or even weeks. It ;nu8 appears that "taking cold" is not by iny means a simple result of a lower temjerature, but depends largely on personal conditions and habits, affecting especially he nervous and muscular energy of the iody.?London Lancet. Curiosities of Statistic s.?Let us observe what our farms and farmers are annudly producing for every man, woman and child of the country's population. The year 1880 produced for each person thirty bushels >f corn, nine bushels of wheat, eight bushels )f oats, one bushel of barley, two-fifths of a lushel of rye, one tenth of a bale of cotton, hree pounds of wool, two-thirds of a ton of lay, half a pound of hops, two pounds of ice, ten pounds of tobacco, three and a half wshels of Irish potatoes, and half a bushel if sweet potatoes. Of animals there was one hog for every lerson, one horse-for every five persons, one nule for every twenty-eight persons, one nilch cow for every four persons, and two sheep for every three persons. There were ifteen and a half pounds of butter and a mlf pound of eiieese macie ior eacn person, ind the cows averaged sixty-two and a half bounds of butter each for the year. Alhough our farm products seem immense in unount it is an astonishing fact that if every icre in Illinois was devoted to wheat for me year, and the average yield should be he moderate amount ot fifteen bushels to he acre, the crop would exceed in amount he entire wheat crop of the country for the ast year. If the State of Missouri was vholly planted with corn, and should give 1 moderate yield of forty bushels to the icre, the aggregate would equal the entire irop of the country for the year 1880. The State of Kansas alone can raise beef enough :o feed the present population of the coun:ry. When we have ten times the present population, and when all our lands are as veil cultivated as the valley of the Kile, ;he aggregates of the farm products will be expressed in figures difficult to comprehend. Agriculture is becoming chemistry, and husbandry is becoming mechanics, so that one ?ood man to day can do as muclmvork upon i farm as four men did fifty years ago. Indian Romance and Reality.?It ,vas on Wednesday that we took our outfit roin the baggage car at Grayling, a lumber settlement on one of the northern spurs of he Michigan Central road, which runs far ip to the end of the Michigan peninsula, elying for traffic chiefly on the lumber amps, writes a correspondent of the Detriot Free Press. From the Saginaw River north,vard the mils ascend by heavy grades for iOO feet through a monotony of forest only iroken here and there by the clumps of ough houses grouped around the unpainted stations. The slow journey had, however, ts touches of variety. At one point close jy a station a magnificent spring, with water is clear as glass, boils out from the white and, filling a stone walled reservoir ten eet deep and of equal diameter. Now and hen, too, a group of Indians boarded the ars, grotesque in the ragged garb of civilisation. One of these coppery brethren was i sight which incarnated in one spectacle he decline and fall of the red man. The irested plumes of the Indian of romance vere superceded by a torn soft hat, the astaway relic of some backwoods camp, mnging in picturesque tatters athwart his 'oarse hair and projecting cheek bones. Phe war paint of tradition had been supilantod by a coarse shirt and faint inemen toes of pantaloons, from which all semblance of "original color had faded away into the dingy hue of the dried leaf of his native woods. In place of moccasins were a pair of blunt angular boots, and to crown all, our noble red friend was radically drunk. A lurch of the train deposited him in a heap of imbecility on the floor between two of the seats, whence he gazed upward with a stoical expression of woe irresistably comic. With tjie coming of the conductor, Progress and the Red Man met in the irresistable conflict with the familiar result. The red man had no money for his fare, and the conductor summarily settled the Indian question by roughly dropping his passenger at a convenient station, amid volumes of profanity of a distinctly civilized type. Hygienic Valueof Mirth.?But, aside from all this, mirth has an hygienic value that can be hardly overrated while our social life remains what the slavery of vices and dogmas has made it. Joy has been called the sunshine of the heart, yetthesame sun that calls forth the flowers of a plant is also needed to expand its leaves and ripen its fruits; and without the stimulus of exhilarating pastimes-perfect bodily health is as impossible as moral and mental vigor. And, as sure as a succession of uniform crops ; will exhaust the best soil, the daily repetition of a monotonous Occupation will wear out the best man. Body and mind require an occasional change of employment, or else a liberal supply of fertilizing recreations, and this requirement is a factor whose omission often foils the arithmetic of our political economists. To the creatures of the wilderness affliction comes generally in the form of impending danger?famine or persistept persecution ; and under such circumstances the modifications of the vital process seem to operate against its long continuance ; well wishing nature sees her purpose defeated, and the vital energy flags, the sap of life runs to seed. On the same principle an existence of joyless drudgery seems to drain the springs of health, even at an age when they can draw upon the largest inner resources, hope, too, often baffled, at last withdraws her aid ; the tongue may be attuned to canting hymns of consolation, but the heart cannot be deceived, and with its sinking pulse the strength of life ebbs away. Nine tenths of our city children are literany starving for lack of recreation; not the means of life, but its object, civilization has defrauded them of; they feel a want which bread can only aggravate, for only hunger helps them to forget the misery of ennui. Then pallor is the sallow hue of a cellarElant; they would be healthier if they were appier. i would undertake to c 're a sickly child with fun and rye-bread sooner than with tidbits and tedium. How Carey Was Killed.?Details received at London by mail of the shooting of James Carey, the informant of the Phoenix Park assassination, by Patrick O'Donnell, on the steamer Melrose Castle, show that O'TVmnpll became aware of Carev's nresence through a paragraph which was published in the Cape Town papers. He immediately began drinking, and while in a saloon in that city was heard to denounce Carey. Intent on killing Carey, he took passage by the steamer Melrose Castle for Port Elizabeth. The shooting was done in the fore cabin, O'Donnell waiting for such an opportunity as would prevent the possibility of interference or failure. The first two shots were fired in quick succession, both penetrating Carey's back ; he staggered and partly turned and the third and last shot struck him in the throat, when he fell. The blood from the wound in his throat spurted in a powerful but jerky stream and covered the walls and furniture in a most horrible manner. Mrs. Carey, with a scream, jumped at O'Donnell and clasped his arms in an attempt to prevent him from firing again. O'Donnell pushed her gently away and * said : "Shake hands, Mrs. Carey. I didn't do it." He then quietly satdown and remained perfectly still until the officers of the vessel placed him in irons. Carey was quickly lifted from the floor and placed on the cabin table, where in a few moments he died without uttering a word. A dispatch from Cape Town says that O'Donnell will sail for England to be tried on September 4. A Wasv's Strategy.?Setli Green, the fish breeder, tells the following story of a wasp's strategy. He says one morning when he was watching a spider's nest a wasp lighted withfy an inch or two of the nest, on the opposite side of the opening. Creeping noiselessly toward the entrance - " ? " 1 - 1 J.i.1 - wt i. or the nest trie wasp sioppeo a mue sunn, of it, and for a moment remained perfectly quiet in the web. Then reaehingout one of his attenie he wriggled itbefore tneopening and withdrew it. This overture had the desired effect, for the boss of the nest, as large a spider as one ordinarily sees, came out to see what new victim he had caught. No sooner had the spider emerged to tnat point at which he was at worst disadvantage than the wasp, with a quick movement; thrusts its sting into the body of his foe, killing him easily and almost instantly. The experiment was repeated on the part of the wasp, and when there was no response from the inside he became satisfied, probably, that he held the fort. At all events he proceeded to enter the nest and slaughter the young spiders, who were afterward lugged off one at a time. A Fox Story.?'The following singular fox story comes from Chatham county, N. C., and Is the better as being vouched for as true: A chasing party was out, and early in the day the dogs started a fox. After a long circuitous run the scent led into one end of a large hollow log, out at the other end, and thence around a tiresome circuit, in and out of the log again. At this point of the proceedings, in the hope of catching the long?-?dl-? J o fKn nvif nrirl flio W1 Iiueu iUA ill HIS nap, Lilt L.Ml Lim VII U4V log was stopped with sticks. Sure enough, after another hard run, in which some of the men and dogs were beaten out, the trail x was traced for the third time into the log. The log was opened with axes, and three foxes, all showing evidences of recent running, were captured. Then it dawned on the weary party that a fresh fox had led on each grand round, the second runner going out upon the entrance of the first in the log, and the third upon the return of the second. Costs Money.?People with a high appreciation of their beloved dead will pay the undertaker well for the coffin and the use of his hearse; they will pay the sexton for digging the grave, and generally the minister for preaching the sermon?and then will come to country editor with a long piece rehearsing the many virtues of the deceased, which they expect to have Sublished free. This is what they call the tness of things. We find it absolutely impossible to make some people believe that it costs money to publish even a country journal.?Palmyra (N. Y.) Journal. ? There is a beautiful clock with an inhistorv in the White House. It is an albaster clock, surmounted by a statuette of the Muse of History, and it has ticked in the White House time out of mind, for it was a present from Banaparte to LaFayette, who gave it in turn to Washington, who decreed that it should be handed down to his successors in the presidental office. And so, while the presidents come and go, the clock ticks on, and tells its tale of time to all alike impartially. B&- In nature, seen under ordinary daylight, there are for the healthy human eye about 1,100 distinguishable colors. For a hundred and two of these lloget has names, but the number of color names in modern French is said to be not short of five hundred. Alma Taderaa reproduces his color impressions of the antique world by a palette of twelve colors, while the palette of Virgi l's vocabulary contains twenty-seven terms of high colors, and fifteen more for shades, due to excess or deficiency of illumination.