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lewis m. grist, proprietor.! An ^Independent Jamily |1etnipaper: Jorthe promotion of the ?olitical, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Jnterests of the ?outh. jTERMS?$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. I VOL. 35. YOEKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1889. NO. 31. I 3 Jtrial ^tovji. Mystery of Deadman's Flat CHAPTER VII. Perhaps that silent walk in search < Miss Snaresbrook had formed a subt bond of sympathy between the tw young men; at any rate from that nigl John Smith did not try to avoid Jac Newenham. Another incident dre them even closer together?at least considerably affected the young Englisl man, who was beginning to feel som tning Stronger iuuu mere uia-resicu ei rioaity in tliis new acquaintance of his. Jack felt certain that, though Joh Smith mingled freely among them, lr ing their life as completely as though 1 had been accustomed to it all his day he was yet as really out of place amon the inhabitants of Deadman's Flat an its outlying miners' camps as Mil Snaresbrook herself. He was indee deeply interested in them both, becaus he was considerably puzzled. Any pr< judice he had formed against the gi: before knowing her had long since var ished, an. ho now thought as highly c her as did any man or woman in Dear man's Flat. He could not understan the state of affairs between herself an John Smith. He had first felt certai that it was a decided case between then but after a few days looking on at whs he expected to be a comedy of love mal ing, he was obliged to come to the cor elusion that there was really nothing b( tween them after alL Indeed, ther were moments when they almost seeme to dislike each other. They scarcel ever sought or stayed long in eae other's society?they rather appeared t avoid meeting, and the constraint upo: them when they did meet and talk t< gether was more compatible with dislik or even fear than the shyness of a lov not brave enough to declare itself; an< yet, in spite of all, there was no douh that John Smith had in some way con stituted himself her protector, and tha she silently submitted to and even leaner upon his guardianship. All the new interests and excitement in his life still left Jack Newenhan plenty of time for his own affairs; am there were moments when he coul hardly force himself to stay another da; away from that lonely little girl in Ne\ York, chained to the bedside of an exact ing, unsympathizing invalid. He had reason for staying on which, 6pringin, out of his love for her, was stron, enough to help him conquer his own de sires. He had written to tell her c Mr. Thomas Cairnes' death, though h had not informed her of the manner i which he met it He only said tha Tom Cairnes was dead, and that she nee fear no more for her brother. Tha brother himself was the reason of hi staying on at the "Red Unicorn." j suspicion was forming iu his own min< which he wished to verify. Subtle as hi questions were, watchful as he was o every word and look. Jack Newenhan could gain no information from Join Smith concerning his past life. Hi natural delicacy made it impossible t try to force a confidence: he could onl wait In the meantime the would be aveng ers of the late Mr. Thomas Cairnes wer not idle. The letter that had been foum on the day of Jack Newenham's arrival in a crevice of the wall of the cabi honored by the presence of Mr. Cairne when at home, was now considered certain clew to the discovery of the mui derer. The letter was dated from Ver neville, and one of the committeemen ha himself gono there to make inquiries, bu ho had not yet returned nor 6ent an; message. The Hon. Jack Newenhan heard a good deal about the affair. Parti; from a hint given by Mr. John Smit and partly from his own feelings on th matter, he had given up all thought c rUbUIlLHJ^ LlIC ^UIXLIXiiWVWLLl\JAl O lUHVO^J table welcome, and he had also, as Job Smith had prophesied, considerably mot ified his opinions on the rough minin population. He had on several occ;isior caught glimpses of things beneath th surface which had made him consldei ably ashamed of his previously draw conclusions. Acting upon all these consideration! ho had made advances to the Irishma who had been the chief sufferer in tin slight difference of opinion, and who ha come out of the fray in a much wort condition than the object of his wratl Tho advance had been received wit such complete absence of resentment c even recollection of that "trifling affai of honor, sorrl" that Newenham wa slightly surprised, and could not hel laughing. That laughter, in which th Irishman heartily joined, dispelled a lingering distrust from his heart, an they were now all on the most friendl terms. So very perfect was the undei standing that Jack Newenham was ir vited to join the committee sitting wit closed doors, and to inspect the importer letter itself. Mr. John Smith was als included in tho invitation, he havin gained tho public confidence by the d< cided genius ho had shown on one or tw critical occasions and the business lik way in which he had helped to carry 01 some sentences passed in defence of lai and order. The letter, with much solemnity, ws laid upon tho rudo table in the room ? apart for this affair of justice until th timo when it should culminate inanoos hanging from the branch of a certai tree. There was n cool determination, quiet sternness in the dark, sunburn faces gathered round the table that gav moral effect to the scene. Newenliar took up tho letter and read it calml; through, though how he did it he coul not say. Perhaps tho consciousness o all those watchful, resolute eyes fixe upon his face steadied him, although h might well have shown some signs o discomposure, knowing the issues a stake. The letter was from Redfer; Churchill, signed with his full name. 1 was written under the pressure of fierc rago and despair, l^v a man who was evi dently maddened by treachery and ruin Tho writer swore he would have his rt venge, even if he had to hunt Mi Thomas Cairnes down to the death. I was dated about a week before the mui der. "Guess we're on the trail, stranger, 6aid ono of tho men, as Newenliam a last laid tho letter upon tho table. "Yes," ho replied, his voico soundin far off in his own ears. lie drew back from tho circle of ster faced, resolute men, who would be thy brother's judges, and stood with his ow faco in the shadow. John Smith, can lessly advancing, took his place. H lifted no tho letter and read it ouietl through. "I reckon this gentleman is euchred, said tlio man who had spoken to Newer ham. It was ho who had found the lei ter, and ho was feeling very triumphant # "You bet," said John Smith lacon cally, laying the letter down upon th table. "Let's get out of this," whispered New enham to him under cover of tho buz of general conversation which then Ix gam ? John Smith nodded, and they left th e room together, making their way out c tho house into tho square. mhey stoo for a moment looking across tho ope: spaco towards the street, which was corr paratively quiet to-night. At the farther end a flaro of flamin; oil lamps from tho open doors of th gambling saloon lighted up tho summe ' ovening dusk. Newenham, restless wit a foverish excitement, harassed by doubt and fears, felt that anything would b welcome to take his thoughts away fror tho sceno ho had just witnessed. H suggested turning in tliero to seo wha sort of a placo tho saloon was, as ho ha not yet paid it a visit. John Smith acceded by simply turnip In its direction. Some ten minutes' walking brought them to the hospitable doors of Macnab's ; saloon. As John Smith unconcernedly i made his way through the bar room, nodj ding carelessly nere and there to those h j of his acquaintances who, lounging about, helped to make up the crowd of smokers and drinkers, he followed too, with a regretful thought of the fresh sweet air he had left outside, lo They went on to a farther room, where o tables were set about, each one containing its complement of silent, earnest :k i gamblers, some of whom would sit playw j ing there till daylight, their silence broit j ken only by words marking the course !i. j of the game or occasional imprecations e_ as the luck changed. The two young j. men strolled up to the tables: John Smith, being greeted here and there with n a silent nod by some more of his acr. quaintances at the tables, took up his 10 place ue. r one of them. A little later g Newenham, happening to look up from ' a game in the progress of which he him? self had become interested, caught sight jg of his friend, and was startled at the 1(j change which had taken place in him. ;e John Smith, leaning against the opposite wall, was watching the play of four of his friends at the table close to him. His j. pipe had gone out, forgotten, though clenched between his set teeth. His face I. was pale and rigid with the intense exj citement of the uuholy lust of play, and (j his eyes were gleaming with a fierce n One of his friends at the table, glancing up at him as they proceeded to deal .. out a fresh hand, 6aw the gambling fever stamped upon his face and said: "Take a hand yourself, boss! You e look like playing 6takes with old Scratch (j hisselfl" n "lou look like playing stakes tvith old Scratch hisselfT (j This remark attracted the attention of ? the other players at the table. They 3 looked up too, and with a laugh or an \ imprecation, according to their various 3 modes of speech, repeated their fellow a gambler's invitation. ,f A sudden shudder shook John Smith Q from head to foot, breaking that rigid Q terrible look of eager excitement, and s he took the forgotten pipe from his lips. 0 "No!" ho answered curtly. y In a way he was popular, but the men among whom his lines were cast felt that ho lacked two things iO make him e a good comrade?he neither gambled j nor drank. It might have been the [( spirit of human weakness which does n not like to feel itself in the presence of s superior strength, or it might have been a more directly prompted simply by the desire to win money from a novice, but "*- ??? ^Knir ciirl/lnnlx7 offonl-nH Tnlin ail till J iabV fcilVJ ouuuviHj wvvwv?? v? vvmm 3 Smith, trying to force him by entreaties, t taunts, or jeering chaff to join them. y For a moment or two, baited by them q all, John Smith kept silence, his breath y coming hard between his set teeth, h Then his eyes, glittering with a strange Q brightness, were turned furiously upon his tempters. [_ "I will not play!" he said, drawing n himself up to his full height. "For I've j. sworn to myself never to touch another g card as long as I live, and I'll keep my lg oath. But, it isn't to savo my pile, as ie you say. Take it all, and much good r_ may it do youi It will only carry you a n little faster to the misery those cards have brought me to!" 5 As his voice rang through tho room he q dashed down a handful of gold and silL{. ver on tho table, scattering tho cards, while the coins went spinning in every ie direction. Tho outbreak was so sudden K and unexpected?ho had gamed the nickjj name of Sleepy Smith?that the men )r for a moment were silenced. Iu the r sudden lull John Smith turned his back ^ upon tho table and passed rapidly down p the room and disappeared through the e doorway. 11 Newenham followed as swiftly as he d could. Ho had been looking on at the y sceno of temptation with an interest so r_ painful in its intentness that it could be j. measured only by the relief he felt at 1j John Smith's victory. He overtook him outsido in the starlight, but they walked 0 on for some minutes in silence, John g Smith apparently quite unconscious that ho had a companion. Newenham was 0 at length forced to break tho silence by 0 that new feeling of respect for his friend which had suddenly grown up in his ,v heart. "Why did you do that?" he asked. ? "I don't know," replied John Smith, thinking Newenham alluded to what ie had just taken place at the card table. 10 He spoke now without auy of the affecn tation of roughness, and it was the rea fined, rather than languid voico of a man accustomed to good society. "I was q mad, I think, for the moment?men are u apt to make fools of themselves when Y they are mad." j "I did not mean that?I meant, Why ,f did you let rao take you there? If I had d known" e "It's the first time I've been in such a ,f place since? But it did not matter" t ?rather wearily. "I wanted to see n whether I could stand it; and"?with an t echo of that terrible passion?"I failed!" e "Nonsense, my dear fellow! I don't [. know what has brought you here, but, t after to-night, I would back you through thick and thin!" John Smith stopped abruptly in the 1 road, and turned to Newenham, his face lookintr verv white in the starlieht. You don't know," he said steadily. " "If you did, you would not say that. 1 ,t am a thief. One night I was at such a placo as that, and a man was there who g had a bundle of bank notes. I found them and took them." n Newenham drew back a step in the it road. It was a ten'ible confession for n an honorable man to hear, and, if tills j. man who made it were the man ho suse pected him to be, it was tenfold moredey grading and repulsive. Probably that shrinking was unconscious, for Newon" ham was too generous to trample on a i- man who had fallen; but, unconsc'.ous or t- not, John Smith noticed it, and felt the t. degradation keenly. He too moved fur[. ther away. e "Don't think I shall expect you to notice me," ho said awkwardly, but with a touch of patient humility which gave z the words a deep pathos. "It was be? cause of that?that I tried to keep you off at first." Then he turned ui>on his Q heel and walked swiftly back towards ,f the camp. d The next morning Mr. John Smith n made an earnest attempt to induce Mr. Snaresbrook to leave the place. He walked iuto Deadmau's Flat soon after g Uil) UffUJi, iiu\ui? UIU^ML mill o that that early hour was, in a general j r way, the only oue that saw Mr. Snares- j h brook's intellect at all equal to grasping j s any situation with a necessary amount ! o of clearness. The attempt, however, was j a a still moro disastrous failure. Mr. Snarese brook had received his arguments, en,t treaties and reproaches with a dogged d sullen silence, only relieved by an occasional angry gleam in his eyes, as if he g resented the young man's interference in his alfairs, but the daughter received his entreaties in a manner that sent him from her dumb with dismay. lie did not see her till noonday, for she had been keeping out of his way. He met her at last on the outskirts of the town, just as she was returning from a long walk, thinking by this timo that he would have gone hack to his claim at Red Maetarvish. She had gathered a spray of azaiea somewhere in her wanderings, and as she came down the road holding it in one hand she was absently pulling to pieces the delicate pink blossoms with the other. At his unexpected appearance the warm blood rushed to her pale face, and she stood looking at him over that rosy cloud j r\f J?l/-?ccrnnc lior lipofltli nnmincr fnsf hor ' bosom rising'and falling with tho rapid | beating of her heart. Her evident mental distress put an end : to his self control, and he blurted out the j reason of his seeking her, without any j regard for eloquenco or dignity of spceclx. Ho was only conscious of a 1 wild, passionate desiro to get her out of j that place. She looked at him first compassion- I ately; but, as ho went on with his j earnest, if rather incoherent advice, her i compassion slowly gave place to astonishment. Then suddenly that silent as- | tonishment was turned to such a passion j of anger, contempt and loathing?such a I scathing, pitiless storm of words, that ho j stood aghast. "Go away!" sho exclaimed, stretching out her slender quivering hand towards i tho red, dusty road. "Never speak to ! me again 1 Whatever I thought you?I j did not imagine you were a base, contemptiblo coward! Go away, and never let mo see your faco again!" Ho turned away without another word, and walked obediently down tho road pointed out for him by that trembling liand. He had no idea where it led to? j except that it was out of her sight. As he turned away, ho saw her sink down, | all her strength exhausted in that out- j burst of passion, the l>eautiful little brown j head bowed over the pink blossoms. IIo j caught faintly the sound of a choked j sob, but he did not turn back to help her. j She had told him to go, and he was going. CHAPTER VIII. That evening, as John Smith sat smoking on tho trunk of a tree before tho door of his cabin, Jack Newenham arrived in the camp of Red Mactarvish. Ho made straight for the isolated cabin of John Smith, guided thereto by some of the miners, most of whom were knocking off work. This proud man of stainless honor felt ashamed of himself. The first glimpse ho caught of that lonely motionless figure reminded him forcibly that 1 1-1 a.- T??.l xr i. _!. j. X. He nau come 10 nuu juacuu visa not. 10 see the camp, but to beg the pardon of the man ho had so wronged the night before. John Smith sat there, smoking hard, and staring at a landscape ho did not even see, so blinded were his eyes by that vision of a beautiful, scornful face, looking at him over thoso pink azaleas. He did not hear Jack Newenham's approach till the latter touched him on the shoulder. Then ho turned with a start, flushing a dull, deep red, and rising silently to his feet as ho saw who his visitor was. "I've been a brute!" said Ncwenham, going to the point at once, like the sturdy downright Englishman he was. "I'd like to shake hands with you, if you've no objection." The dull flush faded slowly from John Smith's face, as he stood looking away towards the distant sierras that stood out clearly against the red evening sky. "Not even the touch of your clean hand can make tuo an honest man again," he said. "No," 6aid Ncwenham simply; "but the present and future can; and tho past is gone by"?and ho held out his hand. John Smith took it The action looked only like an ordinary greeting, but that silent hand clasp between tho two men was the seal of a friendship which never faltered so long as life lasted. Jack Newenham stayed some time with Smith, tho latter doing the honors of tho camp. He was invited by several men to spend the night there, but he had his own reasons for getting back to Deadman's Flat. The affair of the murder was growing very serious; indeed it grew more serious every moment he spent in John Smith's company, for, if this John Smith wqre the man ho imagined hira to be, then that letter was u terrible weapon in the hands of those judges in Deadman's Flat Not that he for one moment believed in the young man's guilt, for, if Redfern Churchill and John Smith were one and the same man, he was certain that lie could not havo done so base and cowardly a thing as to shoot down in cold blood his most deadly enemy. Others, however, might not see matters in the same light; and thero was always that ugly piece of evidence in the shape of a letter against him. They had been walking for some time in silence, John Smith accompanying him a little way on tho road back to Deadman's Fiat, when suddenly Newenham stopped, unable to keep silence any longer under the pressure of his anxieties and fears. Ho glanced about him and saw that the road was lonely and silent. "Are you Redfern Churchill'/" ho asked, lowering his voice. "Yes," said tho other simply. That quiet "Yes" was a whole confession of faith in tho other's honor, anil Newenham felt it to be so. "You shall never have reason to regret having told me this." he said. "1 will tell you something, too?I am going to marry your sister Violet." A deep drawn breath was the only outward sign of pain, but this sudden recalling of relationships and scenes so long dead to him caused tho young man an acuto pang. lie could not speak, and Newenham went on hurriedly: "She has never forgotten you?it was for her 6ake that I came to Deadman's Flat to get tidings of you. I did not know you then?now, I would travel doublo the distance for your own sake. Tell mo if there is anything I can do for you." If lie hoped for soino allusion to that fatal letter ho was disappointed. There was a brief silence, and then Red fern Churchill answered rather slowly: "You havo dono more than any man would havo done already; you can do no more. I am dead to them, to yon and all tho old life. If you have not yet told her that you havo seen mo, I beg of you not to d<> >? it would only hurt her. Don't think inu ungrateful; I would give my life to prove to you what I think of tho sacrifico you have made for my sake. Heaven bless you both!" IIo turned abruptly away, and walked swiftly back in the direction of tho camp. Newenham, after a short pause, during which lie watched the muscular figure disappearing into tho fast gathering shadows, turned and walked on hurriedly too, with a sudden sense of helplessness in his heart. The road was getting quito durli, and the silence was broken only by the distant roar of the water as it foamed along its rocky uneven bed at the foot of the Ited Mactarvish camp and the gentle soughing of the breeze among tho fragrant pines. Suddenly there was a faint rustling sound in tho ditch which ran right across tho road. Then a figure moving therein cautiously raised itself up till there appeared a palo flabby face, still heavy with the drunken sleep which had caused tho man to seek suddenly and involuntarily the bottom of that ditch, on his way homo to Dead man's Flat. The facowas surrounded by tangled yellow locks, to which adhered clay and twigs and various other trilles. gathered in that unexpected and hasty plunge into tho ditch. After carefully reconnoitering tho dusk on either side, ho rested his elbows upon the edge of tho bank and propped up his still rather unsteady head with his hands. I'okcr Dick was cogitating, for even to his hazy and extremely expansive views of propriety there seemed a slight doubt as to the fairness of taking advantage of a private conversation to tie a halter round another man's neck. Ho had not even any grudge against r Iiedfern Churchill; on the contrary, he rather liked him. On the other hand, however, Poker Dick's affairs wcro in rather a desperate Tl condition, and there was even some talk of expelling him from the virtuous community of Deadman's Flat. An energetic display of virtue in tho shape of capturing a "wanted" murderer might soften tho hearts of his fellow townsmen. Then <>,, there was that handsome reward which it was decided should bo given. ?'T A-nnpc I'll clnnn nn iM'* muttnrn/1 fltn ol perplexed man to himself at last, letting hi himself di op once more into the moist m clay at tho bottom of the ditch. "I'm in f], a bit of a buzz!" ,. In tho early morning of tho next day a small band of men came down the road *J| leading from Red Mactarvish. The tramp 1>( of their feet was steady and regular, in- sa dicating that they were on some grave ja business. A few persons lingering about r(, tho doors of tho "Red Unicorn" before . beginning tho serious duties of the day caught sight of that small band as it turned round a bend in tho road. ro Jack Nowenham, talking to Quaker ni Joe about a shooting expedition that r() would take up two or threo days, turned , with tho others to look at the advancing group. Miss Snaresbrook also looked. J.j] turning with a soft laugh from some oxtravagant compliment just paid her by sl] the gentleman at her side, the proprietor v| of the grocery establishment of Dead- n] man's Flat, who, attracted by her ap- <>t pearanco sis she stood inside the small en inclosure before tho hotel, had run over so from his store at the opposite side of the tii square to exchange "good day" with CO her. Mr. Snaresbrook turned from his vi ferocious contemplation of tho adoring Cd grocer to gazo too at that rapidly ap- til proaching band. It began to attract the 1,( attention of others too?children ran ' down tho road to find out what was "up," for that solemn, steady procession VI' evidently meant something. Men, ' i- , guidly strolling forward, caught tuo ^ meaning of their words as they shrilly ^ called out the discovery they had made. fr( Voices caught up tho burden here and there along tho road, until quite a great wave of sound reached the cars of those js standing about tho "Red Unicorn," from n( which they could distinguish the words, vc "Murderer"?"Go-for-him Tom"?"Red m Mactarvish"?"nabbed." j\i There was a variety of expressions on ra the eager faces of those assembled in the iri square as the words readied them?ex- til citement, interest, curiosity and satisfac- hr tion. Even the grocer hastened forward, to though in doing so he had to leave Miss Snaresbrook behind. Quaker Joe was already hal- way across tho square So was Jack Newenham, a heavy sinking 1)( feeling at his heart. The procession, which was now a silent to one, as if the stern resolution and gravity 'll of those men in its center had checked even the excited curiosity and eager ' gratification of tho townspeople who had gathered about them, was more than J half way across tho square before it ' , parted sufficiently to allow of the chief (j'r actors in it being seen. m There were about twenty of them? so the committeemen appointed to sec into (..j the matter of tho murder, a fow miners \\-; from Red Mactarvish who had come ar along to seo tho end, and in the midst of nt them John Smith, or, as he was now ro known to be, Redfern Churchill. ill . He was very pale, but otherwise quite ro cool. When arrested at the camp, just as as ho was proceeding to his day's work, rn ha had come away quietly, without saying a word. Newenham, forcing his "J way through tho crowd surrounding him, reached his side. "It's a lie," ho cried, facing tho lead- ?(1 ing man of tho arresting party?"an infamous lie! If you do him any harm, you shall swing for it!" j(l "He'll have a fair trial,""answered the ^ man, with sullen civility. "Clear out, j)r boys, and let us pass!" or "Leave mo alone," said Redfern nr Churchill to Newenham, in a low, hur- (m ried tone, though his eyes expressed his gratitude for the generous championship. "I'm all right." w "Besides," ho added, in a still lower in tone, as tho young Englishman, with sil ominously gleaming eyes and pab set til lips, still kept by his side, "I would sc rather you kept out of the row, for an- ar other's sake. I'll tell you when it is all so finished." , They had no further opportunity for 1,1 speaking, as at that moment they reached |() the inclosuro where Mrs. Quaker Joe ')( was standing just inside. Her cheeks were crimson with excite- tu ment; sho was furious at Churchill's ar- KI rest, being convinced of his innocence, ' 1 though, after tho fashion of women, she had no logical reason to givo for her con- ^ viction. ^ "If you go for i . harm a hair of that ((, young man's head, may you all swing s0 for a set of blundering idiots!" sho cried, fli barring the entrance to tho inclosuro st< with her amplo figure. The foremost committeeman made a at dignified though hurried reply. None 111 of them wished to discuss the matter th with Mrs. Quaker Joe; and her husband, rii emboldened by tho majesty of tho law, pr as represented in tho persons of the com- W mitteemen, caught her arm and pulled fC her aside. !'! This sudden exhibition of marital 'n authority had such an astounding effect ^ upon Mrs. Kezah that she actually re- L. treated a few paces. The committeemen took advantage of her momentary J' discomfiture to pass, with as much dignity as decidedly hastened movements would permit, into tho inclosure. Rodfern Churchill caught sight of poor fj, Mrs. Kczah's face. Its utter consterna- fr; tion struck his sense of tho ludicrous and he laughed outright, nodding at her with T1 the bright winning grace which still oc- fu casionally made its way through these- th vere repression of his manner, and which, w when it did, had as great an effect on \v the lady population of Deadman's Flat pr as it used once to have 011 tho women in ht the drawing rooms of Now York and hi Brooklyn. The crowd outside prepared to await l1' the verdict with patience. Mr. Snares- * }, brook wandered about rather aimlessly P for a little while. He inquired for his ,V daughter; but sho had disappeared and j was not to bo found. After a time ho proceeded thoughtfully to the tumble js' down cabin at the end of the corral which j)( Quaker Joe had kindly handed over for j his occupation. ri, It was there, half an hour later, that p. his daughter found him. s(> [TO JtK CONT1NUKI) NKXT WKKK] ill A Shoo Dealer's Observation. I was in a Stato street shoo store yesterday 111 when two ladies seated themselves and asked .. to bo shown shoes, of course. A young mau jjj waited u[K)ii 0110 of tho ladies. A moment later ho camo to tho proprietor, with whom I j was talking, and said: "She has whito hose." j%, Tho proprietor mado a reply that 1 did not J.] quite understand, and tho clerk departe<l. I (J, retuiucd to ask why it wus that tho clerk had ]i< mado such an observation. "It is ono of tho U< tricks of our trade," answered tho head of t'f tho concern. A woman who will wear white JI hosiery don't wear ihio shoes. You can gam- 'It bio on that every time und win. So wo V? know about what class of goods to show her and thus save time. I don't know "whether you know it or not, us such matters do not interest outsiders, but wo can tell by ^(' 111 tho sort of hosiery a woman wears what * w price shoos sho wants. Now, tako a woman who wears black silk hosiery or bluck bal- * j hriggau, sho wants tho very best shoo, as a rule, that thero is in tho houso. I havo mado study of this for years, and 1 am away up on tho subject, I can tell you. Another thing (j| 1 havo noticed?a woman who wears black to hosiery generally has small feet. That ro- j^i minds me that tbo averugo foot of tho Chicugo lady?I mean good stock, tho aristocrats to ?is not small, but long and slender."?Chi- 111 cago Mail ittisccllaucmts ^riutini). |] z 1) ROM LIVERPOOL TO LONDON. It. Mr.CLAIN TELLS WHAT HE SAW }' IN ENGLAND. J lie Railways niul Railway Cars? li Public Highways?English Farm- V in#??Cliatwortli Castle?On to Lou- c don?The Crystal Palace and the () Pyrotechnical Display?The British Museum?The Bank of England ? London Tower. ( rri'spoinloiicc of tin; Yorkvillu F.i.qmror. London', England, July 10.?After p itaining permission of the hoot- 11 ticks of Liverpool to depart, by j! aking a solemn promise to give p icm a job on my return, I hoarded s ie Midland railway which runs to a i i ... ..j' xi... i\ i.CJ [>nuon oy way ui me iiirriiysiiire eak iind the Vale of Mattock, and is ? id to afford the finest scenery in c ngland, some idea of which can he n alized from tlie fact that 1 counted rty-three tunnels on the trip. I had often heard of English rail- s ads, their wide gauge, large loco- s otives and elegant cars. The rail- f ads are first-class?there is no doubt 1 ' that?but the gauge is not so wide i ours, and the engines are much tl nailer. The coaches?carriages, as p ie,v are called here?are somewhat nailer than in America, and are di- f, ded into compartments?two seats ti inning crosswise and facing each jr her in each compartment, and each Sl pable of accommodating five per- p ns. The conductor collects the a I'kets at the stations and seldom ij imes through the cars. If his serces are needed at any time, he is t< lied by means of a signal cord, a Kiugli a fine of .?5 attaches to the S| irson using the cord unnecessarily, h have not learned what constitutes b sufficient reason, or who is to de- a de in case of a supposed offence, k ou enter the cars at theside and the tl >ors are locked on the passengers, ev not being able to get out except ti the stations. The conductor passes inn one car to another by means of a <i atform on the outside and running p e full length of the train. There a no drinking water in the cars and Si > stoves. Some of the trains make a ?ry fast time?from fifty to sixty iles per hour; but these are specials j, id must be paid for extra. The n ilroads are fenced all the way with f] r>n or hedges and are crossed along <> e highways by means of overhead tl idges. Pedestrians arc r.:,c allowed v walk on or across the track, and of 0 urse no one is ever run over by a ] coniotive. The engineer scarcely i er blows the whistle for any pur- '] >se. n When we arrived at Rowsley, a p wn about 75 miles from Liverpool, (] lite a number of our party had come ] the conclusion that they did not ] ant to go to London by rail. We ust see the country and took a car- tl age for that purpose. Imagineour tl rprise when seven gentlemen were c icked into a large vehicle, to be awn by a single horse, but the ani- il t ^ - /*> .1. ? 1!..^!.. 4.-^4. ?^?/l I 0 <u SUini'U on ill a iivcity nwi, <uiu a ^ on discovered that there was 110 oc- s sion for surprise. The public high- ii ays all over thecountry are very tine t< id seem to cost almost as much, if * >t more, than railroads. Asphaltum c adbeds and flagstone sidewalks are ^ ore common than macadamized ads at home. The roads are swept s, clean as a floor every day, and to p :le over them is (juite a pleasure, e tiey are all bordered on either side " r stone walls or hedges. (1 The landscape is so very different [>111 our American scenery that I 0 uId not fail to enjoy it. The little e rms on the road would hardly at- ii in the dignity of patches in York 0 unty, and I saw only two frame 11 lildingsfrom Liverpool to London. " early all of the houses are either t| ick or stone and covered with slate t. 1 tiles, though some of the roofs ii e thatched, which struck me as a lite odd, vet they are by 110 means P fly. * \l The farmers grow vegetables, Q heat, oats and the grasses, and the p lmense amount of hay to be seen is s mply astonishing. I would say at it is their principal crop. You ft arcely see a house at which there ,s e not from one to a dozen hay ricks, c metiincs within ten feet of the a veiling. As to improved agricult- i ill implements, they do not seem p he very much used. I saw a num- 1 r of improved reapers and rakes ti id a very convenient machine for o riling hay in the sun. Most of the ain and grasses are cut with the or- c nary cradle and scythe. Ii The English system of farming is <r rtainly very thorough, and the ti rmers get oil' their ground all that o is capable of producing, imwgn ic of our party remarked that it omod that the principal products of e country was, "hay, hedges and one fences." In about fifty minutes we arrived the famous Chatsworth castle, six iles from Uowsley, and the home of s io Duke of Devonshire (Lord Krede- s Cavendish.) This is the finest a ivato residence in England. The est portion was built in the twelfth v ntury, and connected with it are () any important events in English ti story, not the least notable among h hicli was the imprisonment of '| ary Queen of Scots at this place, v lie castle is surrounded by a vast ]; trk, enclosed by a stone wall, twelve <> iles in length*. In this park are n ore than a thousand deer and more t an a hundred thousand pheasants t id other game birds kept solely for v e pleasure of the Duke and bis a iends, who occasionally enjoy a real ild bunt in his big "front yard." a here is also a great variety of heauti- ? 1 trees, among which are to be seen f e beech, horse chestnut, fern, p eeping ash, hawthorn, etc. The a alks, grasses, flowers, etc., are sur- ( issingly beautiful, and the yew dges look like the walls of fairy- f nd. trillions and millions of tons t ' stone have been brought to this )( ace and made to represent nioun- t ins, gorges, grottos and other freaks r ' nature, and the delusion is so per- t ct that few persons would detect . * cfraud. At the foot of one of the a dges there is a large clear pool of u ater, in the center of which is an ]< land, nnd on the island stands a n 'autiful reddish looking tree. While \: was admiring this perfectly natu- ( 1 object and endeavoring to learn a < species, I was greatly surprised to r e suddenly shoot up a great revolv- n g spray of water. Little jets all a ound the tree joined in, and every f< anch and every leaf began to add ti <own little stream in increasing the ost startling effect. Then I learned s nit the tree was a copper iniita- v nil and was connected with a great v ater main that could lie turned off p id on at will. A short distance c rtlier is the highest fountain in t< ngland, a two-inch stream reaching u ie height of lf(>7 feet. In the green- p nise of this wonderful estate, the mi of tht! earth seems to have reach- 11 I its most luxurious perfection, t' ere I saw the shaddock, or "forbid- .J mi fruit," the palm, the banana and h irious other kinds of tropical plants p 'aring their respective fruits. This t ecu house is 1feet wide, 'J7<> feet j.? n<; and !M) feet to the roof. The a mperature is controlled by twelve si iles of hot water pipes, and the v hole vast space is encased in 715,mil) p uare feet of tflass. The design of li lis ^reeii house was followed in the o instruction of the present Crystal d dace at London. In the castle are a be seen pictures, frescoes and beau- I ful carvings by the greatest art mas- <; rs of the world, until they actually a ow wearisome. At length we resumed our journey 1; London, and passing on the road t< microus lime kilns and stone quar- I i's, arrived in the great city at S; / i. m. Of course I soon became bus- I ly engaged in sight-seeing, but I j ardly know where to begin to tell | bout*it. As large as the city is, one f the first facts that I became iniressed with, was that not more than vvo-thirds of it is on the surface of lie ground. Instead of street cars ere, the whole city is undermined fith underground railways, and you an goto almost any part of it witbut seeing the light of day. The node of street travel is somewhat umbersome and slow. For this purpose the Fnglish use a kind of 0111ibus capable of accommodating lii icrsons inside, and seating about I I ilore on top. And a top seat is genrally preferable if the weather is lir, as the passenger is better able a see what is going on about him. ome of tlioso onmibusses arc run on track similar to street cars and arc ailed tranmiys. There are very few f them in London however. The vast amount of statuary and nrving on the buildings, and the lassiveness of English architecture, ?ads one to the conclusion that these eople scarcely know of any other se for money than to pile it up in tone. With few exceptions the tyle of architecture is so massive hat all beauty is destroyed. The ateriors, however, an? generally rand and elegantly finished. London has plenty of people, but here does not seem to Ik; any of that ush and energy that characterize Jew Yorkers. The merchants appear > be very contented and are not paricularly anxious about selling their oods. They ask a fair price and lick to it, and if you don't want to ay it you don't have to, though they re very friendly and treat you potely. 1 have encountered one little mys?r.v that 1 am as yet unable to solve, ml that is a scarcity of babies. I appose there are plenty of them ere. In fact I have no doubt of it, ut they are very scarce on the streets nd also in the parks. I reckon they eep them in that third of London hat is underground. Another thing that bothers me is hat I don't know when to sleep, it 10 o'clock at night it is not real ark, and at this writing?2 o'clock a the morning?it is about as light s in America at .'}() minutes before unrise. It doesn't suit my sleeping rrangements at all. On Saturday I visited the crystal a lace at Sydenham, seven and-a-half liles from London bridge. It was he occasion of a grand feie in honor f the Shah of Persia, whom I had he good fortune to see all in a bunch dth the Prince of Wales, Princess f Wales, Prince Albert Victor, 'rince (Jeorge and the Princesses iouise, Maud, and Victoria of Wales, 'he principal feature of the afteroon's entertainment was a grand yrotechnical display, the following escription of which I clip from the iOiulon edition of the New York rera Id: Tho grand scene came, however, when iio Sh:ih appeared in die Royal box in tie centre or tno main on no inn- as w?; heors rose from fill,000 people in tho arkness, the bomb mortars thundered way like a park of artillery with a deafning and reverberating series of bangs, 'lie swish of many rockets, chasing the pinning bombs, made the sky a map of ery lines, which the eye scarcely wished 5 leave to note tho colored fountains pringing high in tho air. A second later ame a rattling series of reports, and the rhole sky was illuminated with showers nd clouds of colored 3tars. Red stars urst out in the centre jf clouds of green tars ; heliotrope stars Hashed out among ale blue stars and dark blue stars. The utile grounds seemed roofed with lire, fith colored comets, nests of blazing, arting serpents, with great drooping prays of gold and silver and green, verlilion, cardinal and countless asteroids f every hue, and underneath this covring, the backgrounds were lighted up I a way altogether infernal. Rig flames f red and blue and green firo burned at II the lire stations vividly tintingclouds, nd clouds of smoke that roso floating ver tho tiles. A volcanic eruption in lie gardens would have been nothing in omparison to it,and Milton's hell,though ; somewhat surpassed the scene in aeroge, was nowhere beside it in general yrotechnicoflect. The frames presented lie portraits of the Shah, the Prince and 'rinooss of Wales in tiro, a large number f glittering irridoscent emblems, and nally wound up with tho Lion and the un. Next morning I went to hear the unous London preacher ltev. ('. II. purgeon. I was favored with a onifortableseat and had the pleasure nd benefit of a line sermon from Kings v: IK. The discourse was Jain, exhaustive and convincing, 'he seating capaetity of Spurgeon's ibernacle is ">,(100 and it is filled to verflowing every Sunday. On Monday I visited St. raid's athedral and also Westminster Alley. Westminster is a magnificent otitic church of stupendous proporions, and has been used as the place f coronation and place of interment f the English kings for more than a liousand years. The relics and melorials that have been collected here re sufficient to interest the visitor >r more than a month. Hy reason f my limited time, however, I had a content myself with noting the tatues of the different eminent tatesmen, the tombs of the kings, nd the old coronation chairs. I next went to the British museum, t here those who love antiquity have illy to exercise time anil patience a enable them to take a journey ark into the departed centuries, 'he collection of books, manuscripts, forks of art and antiquities, is the irgest to be found under any other ne roof in the world. Specially oteworthy are the Elgin marbles, he Nineveh sculptures and the unique vases and bronzes. I saw a roll-preserved Egyptian mummy ,0110 years old. From the museum I took in Regent nd Hyde parks and the zoological * (lmw, owi 1/onf mure WIU IV uu II <11% lian .'{,0(10 animals, collected from all arts of the world. Many of these re very rare and are in no other olleetion. Hampton court, thirteen miles mm London, was reached in what he English call a stage, which has a in*;, hroad lied like a wagon, with hree seats across the front and two mining lengthwise the balance of he way. It will carry thirty porons, and is drawn by four horses at pretty lively rate. The driver still ses th<' old stage horn to let you now he is coming; but that is hardly iccessary as the noise of the vehicle i sufficient to announce its approach. )n the road we were very much mused at a number of little boys milling along by the stage, standing n their heads, cutting somersaults nil performing other acrobatic feats >r the pennies that were from time a time thrown out by the passencrs. Arrived at Hampton court, I pent several hours in enjoying the renders of the beautiful garden, rhicb are somewhat similar to those reviously described. The castle ontains a fine collection of old mas[ rpieces of art and portraits of nuicrous individuals famous in Lngish history. A part of Tuesday's work was seeng tlie Tower of London. This strucure is said to have been erected by ulius C'scsar. It is situated on the 'ft bank of the Thames in the eastern art of the city, and stands 111 the ecu- i re of an area of thirteen acres, which < surrounded by a massive wall and deep moat. Inside of the tower 1 uw the old executioner's axe with ,'hieh different political prisoners ave been beheaded, and also the old lock which carries its grim record f the bloody work in a number of eep scars made by the descending xe. Admitted to the Jewel house, saw Queen Victoria's imperial rown offstate, which cost one million ndseventy thousand pounds sterling -about live and a quarter million dolirs. It looks very pretty, but seems i) be rather expensive millinery, t contains .'iu?);{ precious stones, u'oundand underneath the imperial crown arc three other crowns worn ha by her majesty's immediate predeces- co sors. There are also a gold witielbun- it tain, salt cellars, tankards, orbs, cliris- w< tenin^ font, and the diadem of the on queen's late consort. In fact the I entire imperial regalia is kept at this po place. The whole treasure represents ro twenty million dollars. W To the Hank of England? yes, of course 1 went to the Hank of England, and saw the money changers < shoveling gold with brass shovels. We looked at them a while, drew a. |m long breath and left. jn 1 visited many other places and oh- jjf jects of interest, hut have told enough es for this time; so good bye until my V(i next. I am off this morning for .,t. I'aris. T. Haxtkk McClain. tei VISIT TO A 1>ATKY FARM. do For tin: Yiirkvilli: Knquircr. SCI "I Karlyona fine morning about the j j first of May, your correspondent ; tp might have been seen wending his | ye way to the east, and alter a drive of j W( about ten miles, he halted at the I ,l* fine country home and dairy farm of ; tf ('apt. (). A. Wylie, of Chester county. | After being cordially invited in by the Captain's most estimable wife, ? the Captain himself was not 1 oil}; in making his appearance. . ft was soon proposed to taken look , about the farm, of which 1 will try to give the readers of Til ! : Kxqri ukk ' an account, though necessarily an imperfect one. a The first place visited was the barn, , which in dimensions is about 1U by (infect. It is fitted with two rows of J, patent stanchions, the entire length, . for confining the cows to their places. The mangers are so arranged that the . cows cannot get their feed under foot. ()n one side are several roomy V box stalls in which to confine cows when necessary. Overhead is room for a vast amount of fodder. The entire building is kept scrupulously j" clean. The liquids are conveyed to j' the outside, and the solids are clean- . etl up and moved every day, and the . ' floor is then covered with dry earth. Twenty-five head of Jerseys are .. kept in milk. One man milks and feeds the entire herd. jj The next thing that attracted my f attention was the silo, which was now empty. It is built on top of . the ground, weatherhoardod outside, C rough ceiled inside, and the space , packed with sawdust. The corn * stalks are cut into half inch lengths .. and tramped in as filled into the silo. The gables are left open to admit of filling in the stalks. The Captain >' says that pea vines make Very fine * ensilage. They are not cut. but pack- j ca in wnoie. \\ nen inesuo is nueu, planks are fitted over the silo and J'f weights placed on top sufficient to , pack the mass and exclude the air. ;,V The silo should he tilled at intervals of several days to permit the mass to ... heat and drive out the air. The material thus treated, corn stalks, pea vines, etc., will remain all winter in xj its natural state, fresh and sweet. The cows were now called up by x? an unspellable cry by Vass the col- [7 ored milkman. The captain, or his little son, was able to handle any in J'1 the field with ease. Several of this fine herd are now yielding two j/; pounds of butter each per day on or- <r dinary pasture. The butter is shipped r. to Charleston, where it readily sells for forty cents per pound. Calves are never permitted to suck, j ; but are fed on skimmed milk. We next visited the dairy, which . is a model of neatness. Here the ' milk is kept in a cellar, twelve feet * ' deep, in deep tin cans. When the cream rises, the milk is drawn off at xh the bottom of the cans and after .. being thus separated, the cream is . collected and churned. I The cellar is ventilated by anarch of brick built on a level, from the .j* bottom of tilt; cellar to the surface of the ground, about 100 feet from the .. dairy. A swing churn of 25 gal- .. Ions'capacity is used, and the finest butter 1 have ever seen is made. .. Dinner was announced after our inspection of the dairy, and 1 can ' only say that it was a good one, and that 1 did it full justice. After dinner the calves were seen, ?, and truly they presented a fine appearance, grazing in a field of rye. After visiting some other points of interest about the farm, J bid the hospitable Captain and his family u| adieu and started homeward, feeling an " 1 : :+ o. ..?n ,.r tl.? m wen rrpaiu ny mt\ \ inn in wnv in mi best conducted dairy farms in the th State. * <;. th bj CHRONIC BOKKOWEKS. an If you are buying a house in a neighborhood unknown to you, you 51 will naturally ask all kinds'of qtios- krr tions. Vou will want to know if the drainage is good, i ft he air is pure, if m there has ever been any malaria, how far it is to the depot and postottice, l'< but ten to one you don't inouire if di there are any borrowers in the neigh- 1,1 borhood. * {,() Now a chronie borrower is a dead- .V( ly nuisance in a community. A wo- J}v man who isalways "just out" of sale- fr< ratus will stir up more trouble in a neighborhood than a mad dog and a ('11 Hock of fifteen hens and a rooster. She will run in on you at any and l,r all hours, and want to borrow just a as littlesugar, or spice, till she can send to the grocer's. She really did not J'j know she was anywhere near out till she went about her cooking, and ^ then she found she hadn't a dust of S'1 sugar in the house and not a soul w around anywhere that she could send to out after any s'' And she will tell you that she does to so hate to trouble you; for if there is anything on earth she dislikes to do it is to borrow?and she never does Jl,i 1 til it when she win neip n ; nui huh mi piecrust is nil on the plates, and she w was obliged to, because she could iU! not spare the time to run to thegro- {'.() cer's. And she will sit down in your til kitchen and stop half an hour, and nt talk about everybody in town; and, t'h meanwhile, she will take an account ()l' of everything her eyes fall on, and l"1 she will see behind your stove the cobwebs that you forgot to brush 'n down this morning; and she will notice the old boots that your husband left on the wood box to dry, and she will see that your lamp chimneys Hi have not been washed, and that your to dishes are in the sink, and that you II had ham for breakfast by the spatter oj of grease on the stove; and when she lb goes into some other neighbor's T< house on a borrowing expedition she will give a report of what she saw in v< your kitchen, and swear the neighbor M over to eternal secrecy regarding it; wi and the consequence will be that in di a week it w'llbeall over town that I your folks live on ham, and that you ('si are the most untidy housekeeper on en the footstool. an When the borrower returns what ad she borrows, it is always in a little to smaller measure, if, indeed, she returns it all. And you may congrat- nil ulate yourself if you get half what wi belongs to you. re; A regular borrower will borrow iiij everything, from a piece of salt fish lei for breakfast, down to your boy, if re: you have one. The book borrower is even a great- th er nuisance than the woman who sp borrows household supplies. She th never hesitates to ask for the choicest or costliest books in your house, to And she seems to think that she con- op fers a favor on you by so asking. ab And if you arc fool enough to loud, \vi the possibility is tluit you will liavo sa; to go after the books in i|uostion, and will iind on doing so that she has lent ye thoin to a friend of hers, who want- an od to road them, and she will toll you to that she know you would he wil- ill' ling?you are so good naturod. th In the course of our life we have boon dr asked to lend everything in the book ov lino that over wo owned, except our do Bible, and somehow nobody ever th seemed to care about borrowing that, and in ninecasesout often, when we ili lvo complied our literature has I to me hack to us in a shape that fitted ! tli only for kindling?if, indeed, we at :*re lucky enough to ever set eyes tli i it. ' ta So we say to all our friends, if it he (a issihle to avoid it, never have a hor- nc wer for a neighbor.?[New York g. ceklv. \\'i at WANT OF PKINCIPLK. sv This is the crying want of our time, w is the threat desideratum in every or isiness and profession, not merely th what we call the lower walks of in e, the degraded and criminal class- in , hut in what are regarded as the dr rv highest classes, and among pf ople refined and cultured, and of- di it, indeed, professedly religious. <>f jwnright sincerity of speech, and iwnright honesty of dealing, wotdd an L'ln to he among Wendell Phillips's ni ost arts." Prevarication, dissimtt- |>r lion, adulteration, defalcation? no ese have become so common that th hi arc ready to ask, "Whom can m :i trust ?" Sometimes it does seem if business and society were lion- es: combed with evil, and ready to fall re pieces for very rottenness. The su uson is not far to seek. We are not li llieiently careful to inculcate high- d( ned moral principles upon the sus- tli ptihle children entrusted to our ra urge. The writer was recently on board a ilroad train on which was a moth- tli ly-looking woman with three unmmonly handsome hoys, all of em evidently in their teens. For (/u rself and the oldest son she bad 'J1 irchascd tickets, which she present- ^t to the conductor. For the second '> y she was willing to pay half fare, tu (1 the third she tried to smuggle rough without paying any fare at *il I. Judging from the whispered con- "51 rences before the conductor came, (1 afterward, the mother had failed *01 come to terms with the ticket out at the station from which she iU1 id started, hut they hoped to have tter success with the official on the iU1 lin. It was a clear case of an attnpt to "beat" the road out of <!<) oney to which it was fairly cnti?d, and in making it the mother uivocated about the ages of her ildren, and haggled about paying ex r them, and altogether gave them or lamentable lesson in lying and aling which they will be likely to irtfully remember to their dying iy. We do not imagine that* the tn oman meant at all deliberately to ) or steal,?she would have been kt palled at the thought,?for she oked for all the world like a reput- j11 le church member, but this was ecisely what she was doing, evincg a lack of high-toned Christian liieiple, which, in the.second gener- 'n ion, would develop into falsehood J11 id roguery, and lead to Canada or tu e penitentiary. ^ This same mother may some day ^ ind weeping at an iron-grated door- 00 ay behind which is one of her boys, w e wondering meanwhile how in e world it came to pass that a child carefully raised should have come l,< so dreadful an end. It will proba y never occur to her for a moment m at she herself planted the seed that n) is home, at last, such hitter fruit. fine sense of honor that instinct- V ely recoils from the faintest sugistion of fraud or falsehood, is a **e ingthat cannot be too scrupulously " ltivated in the rising generation, id must he cultivated more than is iiig done if we would save society T1 )in "going to the had." If there "i anything on which we pride our- r() Ives in America, it its our "smart- 1,1 ss," and "Sam Slick" is our patron 5lP int. And we are aj)t to he migh- 111 y pleased with the outcropping of 1,1 is characteristic in our children. ^J1 hove all things we glory in their ling "smart," as furnishing assu- S1( nee that they will "get along." If tfj1 ere is anything we are ambitious ly , it is to see them "getting along," ough often it is only another name 811 r hurrying hell ward. What is greatly wanted is less so- 08 itude about mere "cleverness," w id more about character; less con- tu rn about getting along in this y )rid, and more about pleasing (Jod 'u id getting to heaven.?[Baptist >'( acher. 1,1 ? ? ? hi CONCKRMNti INK. c? The Boston Journal has an article aj ion the subject of "Authors' Ink," gj id it says that violet is the color so uch affected by American writers at it has come to he known as au- re ors' ink. Well, we should judge ' their literature that American fli ithors used violet ink. ()f Still we do not think that violet is fr( serviceable ink. Jt is sure to fade; p, een ink will fade, and so will blue, lack ink is the best by all odds, and j1( i.\ t to black comes carmine. 0f We have made a good many exrinients with different inks and r? fferent colors of ink upon parch- p* ent. An ink that will hold its ' lor upon genuine sheepskin for one iar is a mighty good ink. The (.(, - - ?-i i. J-.i- -11 r*.V 'Onige VlOICt J1IK WJII unit' Hint- j )in in less than forty-eight hours; p! een will go about as soon ; the so- 0j lied indelible red seems to he dura- j,J e, and there are numerous wateroof black inks that will last as long te the iiarehment itself. sp A writer should, however, use the a, k that suits him best. J lis ink, irr s paper and his pens should be po liat he regards as the finest; he sp ould have the best tools to work XV; ith, and then he will be more likely ar turn out good work. A writer ^ ould take pride in his copy; prin- u, rs have some rights which should m respected. Very many profes- f0 mal writers write execrable hands id some of them (miserable crea- a(] res!) are really vain of their J.n retched chirography. Quite often os i awkward or blind chirography j0 vers poor orthography. Some- sn nes the writer assumes a careless- S() iss because he fancies that careless |,| irography is one of the trade marks .symptoms of genius. Hut in most j1( ses it is a lack of training in youth ].j at is betrayed by loose handwritir.?fC'hieairo News. a A POSTMASTER RESIGNS. "in The postmaster at Mount Carmel, ov linois, who is a democrat, recently 1111 ndered his resignation to President re arrison, and availed himself of the dr (portunity to unburden himself as is Hows: ed > Hon. B. Harrison, President, etc. he Sir: By the grace of (iod and (iro- sa >r Cleveland, I am postmaster at ha ount Carmel. My official term sei ill expire January 20, ixoo. In ad- fei tion to editing the mails of this city hi am also the editor of the Mount m irmel Register, a live, local, demo- pi: die newspaper, established in is:j<), ll d published at $1.2") a year, cash in afi vance; a discount of 20 per cent, hi ministers and presidents. sei While the office has agreed with ti< i? and I have in the main agreed ith the office, and while L might ? isonahly entertain the hope of hold- wl gon for eight months longer, yet I up 1 it my duty to tender you my lo -agnation. w< Being a democrat, I have preached go at "to the victors belong the no oils." I feel disposed to practice "( at which I preach. la Your immediate predecessor hoped lir build up his party by keeping the as ""Hi"" ?i N'jiii !tri? iirnb- v< r|#wr?a iiw" w...vv. 1 ly aware, if you arc at nil familiar sil ith the vocabulary of true and trite all yings, that his name is now Dennis. 1 am moved further to tender to m my resignation because of the os xiety of a barnyard full of patriots on succeed me. I believe that a tar- lui is a tax. They do not. Therefore m ey are of your own kith and kin- yt ed, and he who provides not for his of rn household is worse than an inti- in I. 1 am told that you are not built 7!) at way. " :tl Hut to resume the thread of my b;i seourse: The boys who are anxious en ' - ?????? 1)0 my successor arc very hungry; ey have been feeding on shucks id icicles for four long, weary years; e official calf is fat and they long to ste its tender joints. They fought niong themselves) hied (at the >se), and are willing to die for the o. p. When I assorted that you ere the Chinaman's candidate and e rat-tail soup with chopsticks, they ,'ore hy Dudley and Foster that it us a campaign canard, and threatK?(I to detail blocks of five to fry c fut out of me. Fortunately for e their threats were never carried toexecution. They carried torches, ank with the coons, sang "Orandi's iiat will just lit Benny," and did vers and many foolish things, none which would they have been lilty of doing had they not scented i aroma of postoffice on the crisp orning air. And the picans of aise which they sounded when it came evident that you "had got ere, Eli," will ever he a Sahara in y memory. For these and other reasons, unnecsary to mention, I tender you my signation, with the hope that my ccessor will he animated by a simir spirit in 181)3. If he is, your smocratic successor will he spared e painful necessity of "turning the seals out." I am respectfully yours, Frank \V. Havill, P. M. X. B.?I would rather he right an he postmaster. This Ykar's Elections.?The rrent year is notably an "off year," general politics. Only eleven ates elect State officers this year, entucky will hold a general elec>11 for State treasurer on August ">. lections in ten other States will ke place on November ;>. On that iv : Iowa will elect governor and lieunant governor. ' Maryland will elect comptroller id attorney general. Massachusetts will elect governor id State officers. Mississippi will elect a supreme art judge and two regents. New Jersey will elect governor and ate officers. New York will elect State officers, :cept governor and lieutenant govnor. Ohio will elect governor and State ficers. Pennsylvania will elect a State insurer. Virginia will elect governor and ate officers. Political interest this year accordgly is centered in the elections of e newly admitted States, North nkota, South Dakota, Washington id Montana, which are now framg their constitutions and will elect 11 State governments and legislares which will choose eight new n i ted States senators. Each new ate also elects a representative in infi-njc nvcimtKmitli DiiL-nt;! wliirli ill elect two. The terms of no United States senors expire next year, so the elec111 of members of the legislature is year is of interest as bearing on itional politics only in cases wliere embers of the legislature chosen is year hold office for two years, tie senate elected in New York ate will vote for a United States nator in 1891 to succeed the Hon. 'illiam M. Evarts.?[Albany Argus. Tin": Proposed Road Convexox.?We are heartily glad to see at the suggestion favoring a State ad convention has met with so ueli favor. Now the next step is to ,rree upon the time and place of eeting, and arrange for the appointed of delegates. A sufficient time lould he allowed to elapse before e meeting to permit a free discustin of the subject, so that the deleites may have some definite ideas ready formed, which will enable em to agree upon some plan to be ibmitted to the legislature. It has occurred to us that the quickt way to get this matter into shape as for the commissioner of agriculre to take hold of it. We therefore rote to Col. A. P. Butler, respectlly making this suggestion, and he ?ry promptly replied on the loth stant, stating that it would afford 111 pleasure to call a convention to nsider the road question, and to d in the work to the extent of his ?ility, and that he would be very ad to have any suggestions in reird to the n atter. Now, in this connection, we would snectfully suggest: hirst. That Colonel Butler request e clerks of court of all the counties the State to select two delegates mi each county, who will promise attend the convention. Second. That the convention lie ild in Columbia at the usual time holding the State fair. Third. That it frame a bill on the ad question to be submitted to the gislature.?[Aiken Recorder. ~ Evil of Sxfff Dipping.?Rently at Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. J. Murphy died from a disease which id been nuzzling physicians for silt years. A dozen of physicians id treated her, but none of them ere able to say what was the matr. For two years past she has conuntly suffered the most intense pain id said that she felt $ometliing owing in her stomach. Tlie doers could feel a hard substance in her >mach hut could not tell what it us. The woman was too weak for i operation and physicians from all or the State puzzled over the case itil she died. An autopsy was ade. and in her stomach the doctors und two pounds of wood. For ,'enty years Mrs. Murphy had been [dieted to the habit of dipping uff. She had small wooden brush, and would often bite off and swalw small pieces of the brush. These lal! particles of wood had formed a lid mass in her stomach, and the ock weighed just two pounds. The lysicians say this was the cause of r death. It is the first case of the ml on record. gy The world loves to laugh, and st as the week ends the derail portion of Europe is convulsed or the following paragraph, which irrates, it is said, an actual occurnce. "Trichina is still greatly ended by Germans. The latest case an odd one. A peasant was arrest for not having his pigs examined fore selling their pork. 'Oh," he id, 'but that's not necessary. I ive a perfectly certain method of ttling my pigs' condition,' Under ir of punishment, he stated that s pastor was always hungry, so lie akes up the first sausage from each gfor him and sends it as a present, know he eats it at once. Then ter a week I go and inouire about s health. If he is well i can safely II the pork, and can save examina>11 fees too.'' A Berlin judge, the other day, lien addressing a locksmith who pea red as a witness, spoke as folws: "I should have thought you >11 hi dissuade your workmen from ling to law for such a trifle." Witss?That's just what I did! I said: )l ...,M I (? !?? ,.1/m.I- a<n Iiuwiv'ii, rvuw i, uiu VIVIIV ?u nn. vvyer's will take your coat, and the wyer will strip off your sliirt, and for the judge, why, man, he'll skin in alive !" You see, I talked sen)lv to the folks like that, hut it was I of no use! A Lakc; k U ka pe V i nf??The largt vine in the world is said to be le growing at Oys, Portugal, which is been in bearing since 1802. Its axinuun yield was in 1864, in which >ar it produced a sufficient quantity grapes to make l(>o gallons of wine; 1874, 1404 gallons, and in 1884 only 4 gallons. It covers an area of 5,f> square feet, and the stem at the ise measures 04 feet in circumferice.?[New York Telegram.