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lewis m. grist, proprietor. | |m Jndcpcndcnt ^aniilij ^IfiL'fipapcr: gfoi; the $romotion of thij folitioal, js>ocial, gtgr,irultnral and (Commercial Interests of the ?outh. j terms?$2.00 a year ix advance. VOL.4Q. YORKVILLE, S. C., "WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1894. 3STO. 1A>. A YANKEE BY CHARLES B. LI Copyright, 189t, by the American Press Asso CHAPTER I. The day and date is the 21st of Jnly, 1S61. The scene is the battleground of first Bull Run, a field made memorable for- I ever. From daybreak to high noon tho Fed eral army under McDowell lias been moving down on the Confederate position selected weeks ago by the generals old in the strategy of war. On the flanks brigades have gruppled in the open j fields, regiments have dashed at each other in the forests and thickets. Here j a little ground has been gained, there a little lost. It has been the skirmishing I which precedes every battle, locating the I enemy, testing his readiness, drawing his strength and uncovering his designs. The hour is high noon. The Confederate front has been pressed back, the left wing shattered. Men looking down on the battlefield from the hills of Centerville have every movement in plain view. At 12 o'clock the battle is won ! for the Federals. Bee, Barstow and Evans, who have held the Confederate center, have been beaten back by Burnside, Sykes and Porter. They give way 9lowly and grudgingly, fighting as they break back, and they are trying to rally, when there is a clatter of bayonets being fixed to muskets, and a thousand men rush forward at the doable quick. It is the New York Twenty-seventh, and Colonel Slocum leads it, the first bayonet charge of the war?"Forward! Forward!" And the wedge drives into the Confederate center and rolls the fragments right and left. The cheering is heard a mile away nhAVA tho noise of battle. The Federal center moves forward to pursue the shat- j tered enemy, and couriers ride away , with the news, " We bave pierced the Confederate center and won the day!" j. Behind the flying Confederates is a t platean of 800 acres, comprising two or j three farms. There are two or three farmhouses, orchards, meadows, thickets of pine, barren fields. Here is Stonewall Jackson with 5,000 men in reserve. : The fragments of brigades, regiments ' and companies aro hurled back to the I slopes of this plateau to be rallied and reformed behind the reeerves. Couriers ride away to Beauregard to ask for more artillery, infantry and cavalry, and while the Federals pause to replenish their cartridge boxes and gird up their loins for a last struggle 5,000 fresh Confederates are hurrying forward to the plateau. Noon becomes 1 o'clock. The skirmishers are at work all along the front of the plateau, but there is no fighting, j Another hour slips away. The Federals have waited too long. At noon they could have carried the position with a rush. At 1 o'clock they would have met with stubborn resistance, but victory would have perched on their banners, j Now as the Federals are ready to move the Confederate 5,000 have become 10,' 000, and their 10 pieces of artillery have become 20. A majority of the troops are fresh and their nerves nnshaken, and all are j ready for the grapple. Thirteen thousand Federals move Bg.w >mu pimcainn inovmn pornrs" almost as one man, and the battle opens with a great crash. Under General Jackson's immediate orders are five or six regiments. On the right of his liue is a Virginia regiment. On the right of that regiment is a company from the Shenandoah valley. They have not been in action yet. As the Federals move up to the attack JEticfeett's Federal bat- j tery, supported by a Minnesota regi"Halt, men, halt! Those who are not coicard* will follow me!" ment, are in front of Jackson's men. The battery is wheeling into position, when the Virginia regiment is ordered to charge it. With a wild cheer, the command dashes forward, but to meet with each a withering volley from the western men that it falls back in confusion. Let us follow the company on A 1_ _ A A _ * A r.n_ 1 1 *A_ A_i_ me ngnt. as it ians dbck us captain is left lying on the field. The first lieutenant should be in command, but ' neither he nor his fellow officer seeks to ! rally the disorganized men. The company is breaking back in a mob right under Jackson's eyes, when a private , seizes the flag from the panic stricken color bearer and shouts: "Halt, men, halt! Those who are not cowards will follow me!" It was too late .to rally the company ! as a whole. It was breaking back on the reserve, headed by its two lieutenants, but at the call to rally about 30 of the men turned and raised a cheer j and followed the flag. The sight of the flag and the echo of the cheers put heart 1 into the beaten regiment. Something like order came out Of confusion, and a moment later two-thirds of the regi- j inent were fighting over the guns. The other regiments of the brigade moved up, and they came just in time. The First Michigan and Fourteenth New York were charging up to support the Minnesota men and save the guns. And now for the space of a quarter of an hour 5,000 men fought with ; bayonet, with clubbed muskets, with whatever weapon they could wound or kill. It was the fight of a mob. It was a mob which went circling round and round the batteiy long ago disabled by the killing of all its horses. The Thirtyeighth New York, followed by a portion of the Fire Zouaves, went forward yelling and cheering, but they came too late to save all the guns. The Confederates held the ground and retained three of the pieces. As Jackson rides forward the company from the Shenandoah valley is diagging one of the captured guns to the rear. "Who commands this company?" asked the general, looking in vain for a commissioned officer. The men halted and stared at him, but no one replied. "Where is your captain? Where are your lieutenants?" he demanded. "Can't tell yo\ general," answered a private who was bareheaded and coatless. "but the boss wo are workin under jest now is that ar' Yankee with the Hag!" Jackson was about to speak further when an aid delivered an order, and he rode hurriedly away. There is no more fighting on this front. To the right and left the Federals charge again and again, but always to be beaten back. Did they number twice as many they could not dislodge the Confederates from the plateau. Mature made it for the key of a battlefield. It is 3 o'clock, and the fight still : IN GRAY.! I WIS, "M QUAD." i I'latlon. rages fiercely. It is 4 o'clock, and the Federals are still battering ut the slopes j of the plateau. Half an hour later the volleys of musketry suddenly increase in volume, the artillery redoubles its j fire, there is wild cheering all along the Confederate front. Johnston's troops have come up from the valley. He iU.nntn f Un Kntflo f? ?1fl tVlA luiuno UJC1U 114IV IliO uiunv, u?.? ? ?V | Federals are driven back. The Confed- ! erates push forward in pursuit, and the troops who were giving way slowly and retiring in good order suddenly become I panic stricken. An army panic is like unto nothing else in its foolishness, in its madness, in that feeling of terror which makes servile cowards of brave men for a few , hours. In 30 minutes from the first wild shouts of alarm the highways leading back to Centerville were choked ! with the shattered, disorganized and ! fleeing Federal commands. Here and there feeble attempts were made to check the terrified mob, but each effort : only increased the panic. What were they fleeing trom r ueaia: If so, almost every man of them had faced death for hours that day without flinching. They faced it now, as terrified men discharged their muskets and threw them into the ditches, as remnants of cavalry commands dashed into the mass, as fieldpieces and limbers and caissons, drawn by horses which seemed to have caught the spirit of terror, turned in from the fields at a mad gal- j lop and rode down every obstruction. , Men flee like shadows from a plague, : but they know from what they flee. Rushing into the highways, fighting ; each other as they struggled to reach ! . the van, stumbling, falling, a chill of | ' fear upon every heart, the army which had fought so well and long streamed into the hamlet of Centerville. There 1 was no pursuit. There wasn't a brigade in the Confederate aimy in condition to pursue, nor was the extent of the Fed- ! eral disaster known to Confederate officers. Here was a strong position, and here it was that troops who had not been in action were formed across the high- i way leading to Washington to check the panic stricken thojsands. Mounted of- ! ( ticers rode into the mob and shouted commands and appeals. The panting fugitives paused for a moment, but it was not to listen, not to obey, not to feel ashamed of their silly fears. It was to draw a long breath and then dash at , the wall of glistening bayonets. The ; wall menaced them, the bayonets pointed at their breasts, but with one mighty surge the living wave dissolved the wall, hurled it down, flung the frag^ nn/1 Inff on/I fVio oiva o m UJCUIO iU ll^Ub auu iVil, UM? mv . of humanity poured on over the bills and flowed the faster for its temporary ; check. It could not be checked again until it reached the Potomac. CHAPTER II. Let us go back a few weeks and con- j nect the chain of events. The thunder of a hundred guns had been let loose at Charleston, and the south was rushing to arms. One who has not witnessed the beginning of war cannot comprehend the insanity of excitement which accompanies the pasuuftvj ox canrrgxcnra tray. ttc witic qqrtn were delaying, hoping, trying to make ourselves believe that war would be averted, though no one could tell how. While we were delaying the south was acting. No man in any southern community dared talk of peace. While the north raised regiments the south put brigades into camp and planned a campaign. While the north waited the south possessed itself of fort after fort.' The streets of every city echoed the tread of marching men; every village was aroused by the music of the fife and drum. That generation knew nothing of war. Men looked upon the waving flags and rippling banners, the marching volunteers and the holiday attire and said to each other: "Then this is war? Men who have written of war have deceived ns. There is no suffering, no wounded, no dead, i Let us also join in the march." But historians had not deceived them. They were deceiving themselves. The beginning of war is merriment and i feast. The end is marked by thousands of marble headstones bearing the 6ingle ; word "Unknown"?those and crape < and tears and desolation. It is 4 o'clock in the afternoon of one of those never to bo forgotten spring days of 1861. re- 1 membered now only by gray haired tvtArt on/1 i Thn tPOllO TO thft HI1. ! cient town of Winchester, 111 the beau- I tiful Shenandoah valley, the garden > spot of the Old Dominion. Undercover of a wooden awning sheltering tho front of the old store and postoffice two men are seated at a table borrowed somewhere for tho occasion. One of them wears the uniform of a militia captain; , the other is in citizen's dress and has a list of names on a paper before him. . Hear what the captain is saying to the ' men crowding up until they stand sis or eight deep before him. "We want 60 more men to fill up this company. Within fa week wo shall be ordered to the front. We want only j young men and good men. Now, then, you all who want to go to war and see I some fun put your names down on this paper. Yon, there, Steve Drayton, step up and sign!" "How long shall we uns bo gone, i captain?" "I reckon on GO days." "Then I'll put down." "And I!" I "And I!" "Say, captain," called a young farmer from the rear rank of tho crowd, "can't yo'make the time 30 days? The j old man's feelinporely this spring, and "We want sixty more men to Jill up this company." i he can't do no farm work. I'd like to go along with yo' all, but I can't spare over 30 days. Make it 30 days, and I'll put down." 1 "I don't like to say 30," replied the 1 captain as he stood up to look over the | i crowd. "You see, we've got to get there, ' wherever it is, and then we've got to ' have a fight or two and march around, | and I should reckon on 50 days anyhow. | Better come along. You never did have ! no such chance to see fun in all your life before." i 4i *T7.. ? 1 T 1 ft Oft i'Q irnn'f I VYclclJ, X ll'VAUji X \S \JX -V V v.i.jo ffvii b make no great difference anyhow," said tho man. And ho pushed forward to add his name to tho list. Directly opposite two men sat look- < ing out of a second story window. They f were in the law office of Justin Wil- i liams, a lifelong citizen of tho town ] and a lawyer of repute. He was a man of 55, hut carried his ago lightly. The < other was a young man of 24, well I built and having a plain but kindly I face. Ho was Royal Kenton of Rhode < Island, a graduate of luw at a promi- < nent university and the junior partner j i of tho law firm of Williams & Kenton. ' They were uncle and nephew. Kenton 1 had come down about 18 months before. As the relative and partner of a prominent citizen he was treated with courtesy. Asa Yankee, fresh from Yankeeland, ho was a subject of criticism, and there was little heart.in the hospitality accorded him. There could not have been. He represented principles antagonistic to the south. There was no neutral gronnd in those days. A man represented not himself, but his sec- f i < x mi lion 01 COUIliry. jliic uiJiiuuua ui uiaocution were considered to be his. A southerner at the north would have been looked upon through tho same eyes and held responsible to the same extent. Men liked him as a man, but they detested him as a Yankee. "Well, 1 am sorry this trouble has fallen upon the country," said the old j lawyer as they watched the crowd opposite. "I have long felt that it must come sooner or later, but 1 hoped it j would not be in my day. Nothing can ' now prevent war." "But everybody appears to think it will end almost as soon as begun," re- 1 plied Kentpn. "They do not stop to reflect, "said the lawyer as his face assumed a more i serious look. "I am a southerner, and I believe the south has been fully justi- J fled in her course, but our people are foolishly underestimating the strength : and temper of the north. They will not let us go because we bluster and threat- : en. If the south secures a separation, it will have to be won on the field of battle. It was to be, and it has come, j but it is to be deplored." "If war comes, business will have to 1 go," observed Kenton as he looked about tho office. "War is here, and our business has already fled," replied Williams. "Mar- i tial law will soon be proclaimed, and there will be no more use for judges, , jurors and attorneys. I have wanted to ask you for several days what course ; you mean to pursue. If it was to be a I ?? #1 e.nm til v nmnfKcj rvr nunn o Will U1 VV uaj Of DIA UlUli l>UO| V/4 V T via u year, we might make certain plans, bnt it is to be a long and bloody struggle, and this very valley will be a battleground. We may as well close our office today a9 a month hence. Amid Buch excitement as this there can be no call for our services." 'I am a northern man," said Ken- i ton after a moment's thought. "Yes, they call you a Yankee." "I have cared nuthing for politics. 1 There is a great principle herein involved, but our greatest statesmen are < divided over it. The south seeks independence from u federation which has become unbearable. The north, or at least a goodly portion of it, denies the right of secession. This coming wai is the consequence. I stand on neutral 1 ground." "You are neutral today, but you can- i not be 30 days hence, "said the old law- ; yer as a troubled look came into his J face. "Do you find any neutral inen in that crowd down there? Have you heard any neutral talk among our people? It may not be 10 days before you will be put to the test." "What test?" "Of your allegiance to one side or 1 the other. Every young man in our ! town is hastening to volunteer. 1 am too old to be taken now, but later on I may be forced into the ranks. It will j be a war in which the south will need j her last man. I am not pledged to a j southern confederacy, but I am pledged I to Virginia. I go with my state. You j have come down to cast your lot with us. j It ia fnr vftll to sncuur xuhwthor ynii ara j for or against your adopted state. Think it over. If you wish to go north, the routes are still open. If you wish I to remain, you will bo asked why you j don't volunteer. I do not seek to influ- | ence you. Be guided by your own con- j science. Tomorrow we will settle all ; business matters between us. It may be ; years before there is any further call I for our legal talents in this or any other j Virginia town. Military law will soon j override everything." The old lawyer rose up and passed j down stairs on his way home without ' further remark, leaving .Royal Kenton in a brown study, which was interrupt- I ed 10 minutes later by wild cheering on the street. He went down to ascertain . the cause, and a man who had just volunteered swung his hat and replied: "Hooray! We uns is gwine to send fellers right on to captur* Washington : auu 010 auo ljincoiu; CHAPTER HI. Night comes, and tlio streets of the old town grow more quiet. Men have : cheered themselves hoarse, and intense excitement has wearied everybody. An even 50 men have signed the roll, and more will come in tomorrow. The recruiting office has been closed by the removal of the table and the departure of the captain. With that officer we have little to do. With the man in citizen's I clothes who assisted him we have much. \ Let me introduce to you as he sits on the veranda of the village inn Duke Wyle, 25 years of age. a bachelor, the only son of ex-Judge Wyle, the nabob of the village and county. The young man has been educated for nothing in particular. Ho has done nothing in particular since he left college. "Duke? Oh, Duke's all right," was ' the reply to any half meant criticism, j "The old man's got plenty of money, and Duke is his heir. Good boy, that Duke. Likes to hunt and ride and is a little wild, but he'll steady down after a bit. Don't you worry about Duke!" And when the news of war came Duke found the excitement his nature craved. When the volunteer company was full, he was to bo its first lieutenant. Ho and Royal Kenton were acquaintances, but not friends. In tlie beginning they had been attracted toward each other, and there was jironii.se of close intimacy. But no two nun can love the same woman and bo friends? be anything less than enemies. Uuth were frequent callers at the old mansion standing at the head of the long street, in which resided the widow and daughter of the late Hon. John Percy, j one of Virginia's oldest and wisest senators and statesmen. If Marian favored either one, if she was interested in any | one of her numerous callers, no sign of encouragement had been given. Kenton and Wyle were only two out of twenty, and yet it seemed to be generally understood that 6he would ultimately favor 0110 or the other. "Hooray! Hooray! We tins will be in Washington in less'n JO days!" It was the voice of Steve 13 ray ton shouting as-ho drew near. "You there, Steve?" called Wyle as the enthusiastic volunteer was swinging his hat and making ready for another cheer. "Wat's wanted, lootenant?" , "Come up here!" "Doggone my hide, but 1 want to git down thar and hev a font so bad that I ; can't stand still!" growled Steve as ho came along down the veranda. "What's ud. lootenant? Hain't dun gone and got word that them ar' Yankees is goin to give up without a font, bev ye?" "No. There's no news this evening. Sit down." "Whoop! I'm powerfully minded to sot out by myself and git thar hefo'the fiissin is all over!" exclaimed Steve as ne hesitated to take the chair pushed at Mm by the other's foot. , "Sit down! You'll yet there soon { mough without any extra hurry! Say, Steve, do you know there's a Yankee miong us?a regular, full fledged Yankee right hero in this town?" "Lordy, no! Has he un cum down to :aptur' we uns?" i "Ho is here as a spy, Steve?as a spy to let 'em know up north what we are loing. You fellers are not very bright, jt you'd have got onto him without my telling." "Shoo! A Yankee spy right yero in I "Say, Steve, do you know there's a Yankee among us?" this town? Hevyo' seen him with yo'r I own eyes?" "I have." "And yo' kin name him?" "I can. Do yon know Lawyer Wil- ; liams?" "I reckon." "Do you know the man in the office | with him?fellow named Kenton?" "I do, fur 'suah. Ho drawed up some ' papers fur rao awhile ago. Purty nice j sort of a feller, 1 take it." "Didn't you know he was a Yankee?" j "No!" "Well, he is. Any one will tell yon ! that he came down here from the north j only about a year ago." "But he cum to go inter bizness." j "Yes, but he's a Yankee, and they ; are all alike?all down on us about the nigger, and all want to make us eat dirt." "Shoo! Jest want to walk right over I us and tread us into the ground, eh?" "That's it, and he's one of them. No j one knows how many letters lib's sent off in tlio last two weeks, tie prooaoiy sent one today, and they know in Wash- j ington just what we are doing here." "But what's he doin yero if he's a Yankee spy ?" persisted Steve. "Seems like I've heard they hang spies. " "And they'll bang him if ho stays long enough! I'm thinking he'll get all the information he can and then sneak for the north and enlist in the Yankee ! army." "Shoo! What'syo'r idea, lootenant?" I "I think somebody ought to wait on ' him and give him warning to leave the town at once. If ho refuses to go, 1 reckon we can scare up enough tar and feathers to give him a coat." "Doggono it, lootenant, but yo' are dead right! Yo'n the captain orter jest | walk right up to him this very night!" "Well, you see," observed Wyleafter some hesitation, "the captain and 1 ; are very busy waiting for war news, and wo have sort o' decided to leave the j matter to you boys. You'll find he's a j Yankee spy, and you'll probably want to use him rough, and if we were along we'd be obliged to protect him. You'd better get nbout a dozen of the boys together and give Mr. Yankee a call tonight. Talk right up to him and let him see that you know all about him. Perhaps he's found out all the Lincoln j government wants to know and is ready j to go north. If ho says he'll go, give j him half an hour to pack up and walk j him down lo the train, which goes past ! at 11 o'clock." "I see. But s'poso he says he won't ! go?" "Tar and feathers, Steve?tar and I feathers will make him change ins | mind!" "They will, fur Bhore, and we uns i will giv him tar and feathers! Yo' ar' j sartin he's a Yankee?" ~ "or course." - j "Means to fight agin us?" "Of course. You are not going to I dunk out, are you?" "Steve Bray ton never did flunk in all his life, and he ain't goin to begin now, but" "But what?" impatiently demanded j Wyle, who was in a hurry to begin pro- i ceedings. "Seems like wo orter hev some sort o' I beginnin. He un drawed up them pa- j pers fur me and didn't make 110charge, 1 and I don't ^ant to jump in on him all of a sudden. Seems like I orter he sort- ! er civil and decent at fust and find out | what he un's doin or means to do." "Steve Bray ton, I'll scratch your name off the roll this very night! You ain't got the sand to make a soldier!" "Shoo! Don't yo' bo so flustrated! Hev yo' got that roll with yo'?" "Yes." "Good! Hand it over." "What do you want of it?" "I've dun got a plan. I'll take that j paper along. I'll git Ike Baxter, Bill \ Taylor, Tom Henderson and six or eight ! mo', and we'll find that Yankee. When j we've found him, I'll be civil and de- j cent ard say: 'Folks is a-tellin that yo' j un is a Yankee spy, and that yo' un is I gwino to skip out fur the north purty i quick. How does yo'1111 constunduate?" I "What do you mean by that?" asked Wyle. "Thai means how does be un stand. , Is he un for tho south or north? If he un's fur the south, let him put his name right down thar to be one of us. If he un's fur the north, we uns will cum back fur tar and feathers." "Steve, you've hit it?hit it plumb center!" exclaimed Wyle as be rose up to shake hands. "You've got the idea exactly. Put that there paper right at him! If he's for us, he'll sign; if he's agin us, he won't. Get your men together and start out right away." "We uns will find out all about it in an hour, lootenant, and doggone my hide if I ain't so chock full of fout that I've got to holler! Hip, hip, hooray! Aim low, boys, and giv' it to 'em heavy!" CHAPTER IV. The averago writer of fiction describes every southern man as wearing long, black hair, a wide brimmed hat and a J fierce mustache. The southern woman is pictured as tall and stately, with black eyes and raven tresses. Marian j Percy was a true child of the south, and yet she had hazel eyes, brown hair and was petite in figure. As she passed the ragged little darkies in the street they j looked after her and called: "Golly me, but dar goes Miss Sun- I shino again!" Of sunny disposition, charitablo in thought and deed, respected by all, she ! had dignity without haughtiness, was a j queen among girls without arrogance, j If every other girl of the south was ar- ; guing for and enthusiastically applauding the right of secession and wearing the toy Palmetto Hag, Marian was tho exception. Not that the momentous events were lightly passed over, but bocauso she was weighing them and pondering deeply. Educated at tho north, j she had formed strong friendships and j found hosts of friends. She had seen the Yankee at home, at his worst and at I his best, and she rather liked him. I That n general election, such as had ' been held so often before, should result j in turmoil, bloodshed and separation : she could not understand. Politicians defended the secession of South Carolina, but she was not wise enough tositt their sophistry from their constitutional arguments. The talk of a southern confederacy did not appeal to her patriotism. Her pride and patriotism belonged to Virginia first of all. Virginia's weal j or woe was her anxiety. At 8 o'clock 011 the evening of the day of which wo have written the widow Percy and her daughter wire eagerly scanning tho columns of a Richmond paper which had arrived half an hour before, when Royal Kenton was announced. Ho was received in a manner to let him know that his presence was welcome, anil conversation turned at once to the all important question. After it had continued for a time Mrs. Percy suddenly observed: "Mr. Kenton, wo were speaking of you this afternoon and were agreed that your position was at least embarrassing." "Which means," he smilingly re plied, "that you have been wondering which side I would take in this contest." Mother and daughter looked at him with considerable eagerness, but without reply, and he continued: "No doubt 1 ought to be ashamed of the fact that I have lived to be 24 years of age and have taken no interest in politics. If all others were dear on this question, I could soon decide it for myself. Here we have some of the ablest men of America contending that no state is bound to the Union by any constitutional law, while others equally wise advise war as a penalty for secession. We have no precedent to guide us. No state was forced into the Union. If the people of any one state believe that separation would be a benefit, how can we deny her right to withdraw? And yet no state has a moral or legal right to imperil the welfare of the general government." "1 cannot Bpeak for the south, but for Virginia only," said the mother. "I know little of politics. I am content to leave the question to the statesmen of our state. I have no bitterness of sectional feeling." "You are from^Rhode Island, Mr. Kenton," observed the daughter. "Yes." "But you came here to make your home with us. The state has adopted you, so to Bpeak." "Yes." "You have become a voter here. You have no intention of returning to the north?" "None whatever." "Then you must stand on the same platform we do. You must stand by your state." "He has doubtless given the subject serious thought," said the mother in tones meant to gently reprimand the daughter for her eagerness. "I have indeed," answered Kenton, "and it Beems to me that" At that moment a colored girl appeared at the door and beckoned to mother and daughter in an excited way and whispered: "De sogers hev cum fur de Yankee, an dey's gwine to do aunthin awful to him! Dey wants he un to cum outdoahs right smart 1" "Soldiers? What soldiers?'' asked Marian. "Why, dem soldiers dat's paradin up an down an makin sich a fuss! Dar's ober a hundred of 'emaroun de house!" "And they want Mr.Kenton?" "Yes'ra?want him right bad. 1 heard 'em talk 'bout tar and fedders!" Whispering to her mother to entertain their caller, the girl excused herself and passed down the hall and out at the front door. Just as she opened it Steve Brayton was reaching out to ring the bell. Behind him were a dozen or more men. "Well, what is wanted?" quietly asked Marian as Steve pulled otf his hat and shifted about in a nervous way. "N-nuthin, ma'am, nuthin 'tall!" he replied as he backed off. "That is, we jest considered that we'd better call and?and" "Did you want to see any one here?" "Why don't you un tell her?" exclaimed Ike Baxter as he pushed himBelf forward. "Waal, ma'am, we uns cum yere to see eomebody," continued Steve. "Yes, we uns cum to see that Yankee!" added Ike. "Oolly vie, but dar goes Miss Sunshtru again!" "Yon mean Mr. Kenton?" queried Marian. "That's it! They say he's a Yankee spy, and it's onr dooty to liev a little talk with him!" "Who says he's a Yankee spy?" "Reckon it was Duke Wyle, ina'am, and he orter to know. He's goin to be first lootenant of our company, yo' know.'' "And Mr. Wyle told you that Mr. Kenton was a Yankee spy, did he?" demanded Marian us her eyes flashed and her breath caine quickly. "Yes, ma'am." "Steve Brayton, yo' un's a fool!" called a voice from the crowd?the voice of some one who knew that Wyle was a caller at the house. "He dun told mo so, and it's left fur us to find out!" continued Steve, who wanted to square himself. "And you want to question him?" asked Marian. "As a dooty, ma'am, as a dooty to Virginny. Can't hev no Yankee spy about yere, yo' know. We hain't got nuthin agin him as a man, hut if he un's spyin on us that's different. Will yo' please call him out?" "No! Three of you can come in and question him!" Steve Brayton, Ike Baxter and Tom Henderson followed her into the house, while the others crowded up on the veranda to wait for what might happen. "Mr. Kenton, some callers to see you," said Marian as they entered the parlor, and ho rose up, with a puzzled look on his fuco. Steve Brayton had broken the ice and recovered from his embarrassment. He did not propose to do any talking. Kenton was either for or against. The quickest way to ascertain was to present the enlistment paper. Ho took it from his pocket, extended it to the young lawyer and said: "Mr. Kenton, some folks around yere ar' talkin that yo' un's a Yankee spy. Will yo' put yo'r name down on this paper?" "I will, and I'll go with your comrtonw whannvar it TPJlllv tn l/fl!" WJ1S 1/U..J -v? J Q_ the prompt answer as ho drew a pencil from his pocket and wrote his name, which was the fifty-third on the roll. Twenty minutes later Steve Brayton and his companions appeared at the hotel, where Duke Wyle was impatiently waiting for news. "Well, Steve, is it tar and feathers?" he asked as the crowd came up the steps. "Does that look like tar and feathers?" replied Stevo as he handed out tho paper and pointed to the name of Royal Kenton. "What, ho volunteered in this company!" "Exactly." "Did you threaten him?" "Not a threat! Reckon we'd better mako him second lootenant, eh?" But Duke Wyle did not answei. He sat and stared at the name and was dumb with amazement. CHAPTER V. It took three (lays more to enlist the men necessary to fill tho ranks of the Shenandoah guards, as the company called itself, and while awaiting orders from Richmond an election of officers was held. Only a few of the volunteers were surprised at Royal Kenton's enlistment. They were men who had hut | one political belief?state rights. They were not looking beyond it to tho southern confederacy, but had enlisted and were going to the front to fight for Virginia. Why shouldn't he fight for his adopted state? So argued the captain, so argued tho rank and file nnd many j citizens of the town, and, but for Duke Wyle, Kenton would have been elected second lieutenant of tho company. When , ho saw how things were going, he called I Steve Bray ton asido and said: "Look here, Steve, you fellows are as 1 blind as young kittens. If that Yankee j hadn't signed tho roll, what would have happened to him?" I "Tar and feathers and .a ride on a rail!" replied Steve. "And be was sharp enough to realize it. He enlisted as a blind." "Shoo! How kin he un bluff that way?" "We are going to the front. The first chance he gets he will desert to his side. He'B playing a Yankee trick on you, and you ain't sharp enough to see it." "Doggone him, but yo' may be right, lootenant, yo' may bo right!" ' "Of course I'm right! You just move about right smnrtand give the boys the | tip. Don't even elect him corporal. I He's just one o' that sort that if he gets ! any office at all he'll want to run the whole company." "And we don't propose to be run?" "Of course not!" Steve soon turned the tide against Kenton, and that without any one knowing exactly what was taking place. The citizens of the town were almost as much interested in the election as the members of the company. The old law, yer had left Kenton to settle the matter according to his own judgment. When he heard that the young man had enlisted, he was secretly pleased, and it , was his influence which made a number of the rank and file decide on electing j Kenton as third officer of the company. "I am not in the least disappointed," replied Royal when the result of the voting was known and the office had /vat>a f a nnAfVtAt? * T onliat rul M?i f | guuc ivs auvtuci x ciuioiuu Tvttuuuv j thought of position and prefer the ranks to any place they could gi*w me. Besides, I am a Yankee, you know, and it | is only natural that there should be a little feeling in the matter." There were two callers at the Percy mansion that evening. Duke VVyle came first. As previously stated,he had been a frequent caller for a year or more. Some people had even said that there was an engagement. That was a mistake, however. Try as hard as he could, he could remember little or nothing to ! encourago him in believing that he was a favored suitor. Neither had he the ' slightest reason for believing that Royal ' Kenton had any advantage in that reI spect. It was simply the fact that he i W88 also a visitor at the house that i roused the spirit of jealousy and the dej sire to work mischief. His reception ! was cordial by both mother and daugh| ter, and both congratulated him on his | election as one of the company officers. : This paved the way for him to observe: "I presume you have heard of the nn: blushing assurance of the Yankee, as all call him, in making every effort to be elected second lieutenant?" j "Do you refer to Mr. Kenton?" J quickly answered Marian. "Of course. He is the only Yankee | I know of in this locality. The men saw through his scheme before it was too late, however." "Did he have a scheme?" asked Mrs. Percy. "Most certainly, ma'am?that is, the | members of the company fully believed | he had." "What was it?" quietly asked Ma! rian. "Well, they all think he volunteered ; to hoodwink us, and that he will desert j the first chance he gets." "But you don't believe it?" "Well, I?I?I can't say that I do, but he leans toward the north, you ! know." | "No, I did not know it. He is a Virginian by adoption. He owes her alle; giance. He did not enlist until he felt { it his duty to go with his state. You did not enlist for any otner reason, uia j you. Mr. Wyle?" "Of course not, but I'm a born Vir| ginian, you know." "Well, I think Mr. Kenton acted acj cording to his conscience and best judg. raent, and that the guards would have } had reason to be proud of him as an ofi ficer." "Yes, I think so, too," replied the I mother. The lieutenant realized that ho was 1 walking on dangerous ground and let i the subject drop, but in his own mind 1 he decided that ho had new cause for ! hating Royal Kenton and removing him from his path. During a moment of silencea plan flashed through iiis mind, i and be presently said: "It is an old saying, you know, that | blood will tell. It may prove false in j this case, and I hope it will, for Kenj ton is a line young man. Suppose, how| ever, he should actually desert to the ! Yankees and come back to tight against I us?" I "Then 1 should bo glad to hear of his ! being shot as a deserter and a traitor!" I exclaimed the girl as her eyes flashed j and her color deepened. | "Ho would deserve it," added the I mother. Duke Wyle had made his call intending to make every effort to discover just I how he stood in Marian Percy's estiraaDukc makes n call. tion. The presenco of the mother acted as a restraint, and the demeanor of the daughter was not exactly what ho had hoped for. In one sense he was disappointed and chagrined. In another he was encouraged and enthusiastic. "I can wait," ho said to himself as " "? ?.U7I 1)6 WHIKt'U UOWI1 HI ret'I. vriit-u mo news conies back here that Kenton has deserted to the enemy, I shall have the I field all to myself!" The reception of Royal Kenton half an hour later may not have been more cordial, but his visit was more prolonged, and he appeared to glean more comfort from it. When tho act of his nonelection to position was incidentally referred to, ho suid: "I did not seek for any position. In] deed, had it been left to me to accept or ; decline, I should have remained in the ; ranks." j "This is only the beginning," replied ! Marian. "Virginia has always been ready to honor those who honor her. Mother and I both feel a little disappointed, but wo know it will come out right in the end." "Your mind is fully made up?" queried Mis. Percy, thinking of Duke VVvle's flinir about desertion. "Fully, ma'am," replied Kenton. I "I stand or fall with Virginia." Two days later the company left for the front. Every soul in the ancient village turned out to bid them godspeed and goodby. Mariun Percy shook hands with many, with Royal Kenton and Duke Wylo among the number. People Remarked that she was excited and enthusiastic, but if her lover was among those over whose heads -waved the state flag of Virginia she guvo no sign, not even to him. The Shenandoah guards were made Company A of a Virginia regiment, which was among tho first on the battlefield of Bull Run. When it was known that the Federals would attack, when they were observed marching out of Centerville on tjiat July morningjo find the Confederates and give Lattle, Lieutenant Wylo found opportunity to say to Steve Brayton, who had been made a sergeant in the company: "Well, it seems that Yankee is with us yet." ' "He un's right on hand, lootenant," I was the reply. i "How has he behaved himself?" "Right well, 1 take it. Hain't heard one o' the men find any fault." "He's a deep one, Steve?deeper than ! I thought. He's been biding his time. I If he gets a chance today, he'll go over to the Yankees. This is what ho has been waiting for." "Shoo! But yo' don't think so?" i "Ui course 1 uo. xne captain wants | you to make it your business today, in case the Yankees come out, to watch him. If he makes a break, shoot him in the back! Better tell the rest of the boys, so as to make sure of him." "Reckon the Yanks will pitch in?" "Pretty sure to." "Goin to be a reg'lar fout?" "Looks like it." "Waal, doggone my hide if I hain't feelin rather shaky in my legs already, and yo' don't look none too peart, loo! tenant, but I reckon I kin keep an eye on the Yankee if "the shootin don't get too heavy!" "Shoot him right down if he makes a break!" "Jest so, unless I'm shot first. I've bin acbin fur a fout fur the past threo months, but durn my skin if I don't wish I was back in camp and the Yankees 50 miles off! What's the use in all this fussin nnyhow? Why can't we nil sot down and hev a talk and fix things up?" TO IIK OONTIUNKI) NKXT WKKK. i SUioccttancous ^catling. POLITICS AMI I,lUl'0Ii. . Governor Tillman's Version of the Darlington Affair. The following article from Governor Tillman's pen appears in the May number of The North American Re i -- a.- ?;? _p 11r\ oti.:_ | View uuuer me caption 01 win >vm?key Rebellion": The attention of the United States [ has for more than a year been directed to South Carolina. This State has endeavored to solve the liquor problem, a troublesome one to all governments, in a manner so novel as to be start! ling. So much lias been published | about the dispensary law in the papers and magazines of the Union that its ! scope and purpose are well known, : and explanations on those points are 1 not needed in this article. History bears out the assertion that whenever restriction or prohibiton of the liquor trallic is attempted, resistance, either political or by force, is attempted. When South Carolina sought a solution of this troublesome problem, j and tried to solve it by passage of the dispensary law, the inevitable cou1 fliet with the whisky element was expected, nor has- the expectation been without fulfillment. The general conditions can easily lie understood, for they would prevail in any other State were a similar law enacted there; but i the struggle between the whisky and i anti-whiskey elements in South Caroj lina has been intensified by conditions i peculiar to the State of South Carolina i and which would not obtain elsewhere, j I will brielly outline these local con1 ditions, so that the cause and violence I of the whisky rebellion can be seen j at a glance. Prior to 1890, under a vicious system of party politics, the ! control of the government of the State i was in the bands of the remnants of the old slave-holding aristocracy, which had saddled upon the State a condition of affairs resembling, as much as possible, that prevalent before the war of 1861-65. A complete return of those conditions, the outcome j of that war had rendered impossible, i I led a fight inside the Democratic nurtv. the white man's party, to free I the State from the rule of these old 1 Bourbons, who wanted the reins of j the government to rest entirely in the hands of themselves and those j who would be subservient to their ! will. After a canvass of the State from one end to the other, meeting on i the stump two representatives of the old order of things, I received the nomination of the Democratic party regularly and by an unexampled majority ; but the old aristocratic ele! ment woidd not submit, and ran an independent ticket at the regular election, appealing to the negroes for votes. I was elected by an overwhelming majority, the greater pnrt of my support coming from these agricultural classes, which had until then been practically deprived of a voice in the : selection of the officers of the State government. The old Bourbon element had control of the press and the banks. Among them were the best trained intellects of the State, and J these all kept warring upon the new ! order of things. Taking the position that naught good could come out of i Nazareth, they opposed every act of j my administration, which has been for the masses as against the classes. In 1892, after another hot canvass, I was re-elected governor, obtaining an increased majority. The Bourbons be! gun to see that they could never be j returned to power by a vote of the people, and commenced casting about lor new combinations and devices by which to regain power. In the fall of 1892, the general as i seinbly passed the dispensary act as a j compromise between the wishes of the j ultra prohibitionists and the whisky ! people. This law gets rid of the I worst features of the liquor truflic, ! while not removing liquor beyond the leach of those who desire to drink it in moderation. It was natural that | the men who had been engaged in the liquor business should try to evftde I the law and sell liquor in violation of it. They opened "blind tigers" for the sale of contraband liquors. The : dispensary law provided for the com; mission of whatever number of con! stables was deemed necessary for the ! discovery and suppression of these places. The Bourbons made this feature the point of attack upon the law ; their many papers hounded down these men, calling them "spies" and i "sneaks," and applying to them all manner of abusive epithets, thus seeking to stir up against them the anger j of the people in the town ami cities, I the inhabitants of which constitute the j opposition to the Reform movement ! which resulted in my election. Al1 most all the work of these constables had to be done in these cities, which made it easier to create bitter, unrea miinel I liotn l'l'CI'V suiting jinjinim. daily paper in the State, save one, is i under llie eontrol of the "antis," as i they are called, and these have spared ' no ell'ort in the attempt to stir tip nnj ger against the constables, the law ! under which they operate, and the adi ministration which enacted that law. ! Realizing the effect of the assertion that liberty is in danger, they used that sacred name in the appeal for subversion of the dispensary law and I the retirement from authority of those i who are responsible for it. The law I gives the constables, when armed with j proper warrants from the civil authori ities, the right to search private resi | deuces for the seizure of contraband liquors. Were this provision absent ' from the law, it would be practically ; inoperative, as men would turn their ; private residences into "blind tigers;" j where they wouhl sell liquor with im| punity. The papers supporting the combination of the whisky men and the old political leaders alleged that the dispensary law gave the constables the right to search private residences indiscriminately and without warrant, ! which is something to which Anglo- 1 Saxon blood will not submit. These falsehoods stirred up hitter, unreasoning passion in the cities and towns 1 against the constables, and threats were freely made against them, lleing in danger of bodily harm, after having been mobbed and pelted with , 1 rotten eggs 011 more than one occasion, the constables were armed for their own protection. Hypocritical use > was made of the old adage that "A man's home is his castle," to incite violence. "A man's home is his castle," hut he has no right to turn it into a saloon and expect to exercise the same right there he would have in - | , il |M 1 \ ilir ll?Vlllll?^. Those were the conditions of thought and feeling existing at the time of the whisky rebelion, which broke out last month. The towns of Darlington, Florence and Sumter are points of a triangle connected by railroads. Darlington I and Florence are ten miles apart and both are about forty miles from Sumter. Certain people in those towns , banded together for opposition to the ; dispensary law, especially the coustab| ttlary feature of it. Several consta bles were sent to Darlington. The \ j leaders of the conspirators spread abroad reports that the constables were there for the purpose of searching private houses without warrants. This i was not true; the constables under ! the dispensary law, could not search | private residences, without warrants, and they had no intention of search- 1 ing any residence in Darlington?all of their warrants being for the search of public places, where contraband liquors were stored and sold. Hut the false report was spread and had its > due effect, when the execution of the warrants began. Large numbers of | ! armed men gathered on the streets for the protection of a "liberty" which i was not in danger. The five or six ' constables in Darlington were followed by this armed mob, which guyed, j cursed, and abused them. I thereupon ordered the chief constable, by tele- 1 graph, to proceed to the scene with reinforcements. The six constables i ' on the ground being in danger, I sent ! a military company from Sumter to Darlington for their protection while in the discharge of their duties as officers of the State carrying out one of its laws. The mob quieted down at once, and the military company returned home the morning following its arrival in Darlington, in the after1 noon of the day of the departure of the company, four of the constables, their work being done, went to one depot and the other nineteen to the other, to depart. Two boys, citizens of Darlington, got into a fight at the depot where the main body of constables was. One of them, who was whipped, ran up town and returned, ; followed by an armed mob. A wran glo started a ngnt between mis moo and the constables. One constable j and two of the mob were killed, and several constables and citizens were | wounded. When the mob was put to j | flight, the constables themselves took : to the woods near by, for they knew i that the flying mob would return reinforced by hundreds of armed lei- i low conspirators. Such was the outcome. The town bell was rung as a tocsin to the conspirators, and they i turned out in the twinkling of an eye, ; all heavily armed. The constables i were pursued and the conspirators in ! Florence and Sumter, being called out I by telegraph, joined in the pursuit. ; Fortunately night soon came on and none of the chasing parties came up with the escaping constabulary, or ' | else more blood would have been shed. The disposition of the conspirators to exterminate the constabulary is shown 1 by the fact that the train containing the four constubles who had gone to ! ' the other depot of the town and had | taken no part in the fight, was riddled j with bullets, fired in a desperate at- i i tempt to kill them, as it came by on its way to Charleston. The mob took possesion of the three 1 towns, committing many acts of vio- j lence. In Sumter, where the first 1 mobbing of dispensary constables took place, there is one of the best managed i dispensaries in the State, and the police authorities have assisted in the enforcement of the dispensary law. The ' part this town took in the rebellion was confined to the going out of its 1 most lawless and turbulent citizens to ! j aid in the chase of the constables. I Under the dispensary law, part of i the profits of the dispensaries goes to J the towns in which they are located, provided the authorities of those towns assist in the enforcement of the law. ' ! In cases where municipal authorities fail to help enforce the law, the State board of control is vested with authority to withhold from such towns the 1 share of the profits that would otherwise come to them. On the morning , when the constables were first maltreated in Darlington, the municipal 1 authorities of that town were notilied 1 that they would receive no share of the 1 profits from the dispensaries located , ' in that town, because thev had faded 1 to do their duty towards the enforce- 1 meat of the law. A similar notice had 1 been j?iveu to the council at Florence. ' This added to the anger of the mob, ' and had much to do with inciting the 1 mob in Florence to looting the dis- ' pensary there. I was informed by the sheriff that s the civil authorities were powerless in ' Darlington, and was asked to order out the militia. I did so, ordering out ' at first five companies nearest the ' scene?three at Columbia, one at Manning, and one at Sumter. The old 1 political Bourbons, aided by the whisky element, brought such pressure to I bear upon the companies in Columbia ' that they refused to obey the orders 1 of their commander-in-chief. The 1 Columbia companies set the example, ' and it was followed by the other two 1 companies f ordered out. Thirteen of ' the town companies, and the entire 5 Fourth brigade, composed of the troops of Charleston, refused to turn out * when ordered to do so. The armories i ' of two companies in Columbia, one [ 1 iu Florence, and one in Chester were j 1 broken into and their guns stolen, pos- I ' sibly with the connivance of members of the companies. The idea was that I ' would be left powerless, and that sim- , ! ilar disorder could be created in other 1 cities, making it necessary for the I'nited States government to take charge of the State, thus accomplishing > their determination to overthrow my * administration and restore themselves ' i to power by my downfall. But many 1 , military companies, without regard to ' polities, remained true to their allegi' 1 ance, and the ycomany of the State < volunteered for duty in such numbers I < as showed the conspirators that they < were powerless. Had I deemed it neces- t sary, 1 could iu forty-eight hours after t i issuance of the call, had an armed < force of 10.000 farmers at my com- ] maud. But this was not necessary; ' my determination to uphold the laws j ' i t , oi me mine aim iu juuiec-i u? umvcm, j and the fact that I would be supported 1 by the best citizens of the State, over- j I awed the conspirators and they sub- < i sided. i The trouble at Darlington eulmi- t nated on Friday, March >'30, at 4 p. m. t | Valuable time was lost that evening 1 and night while waiting to mobilize the ( militia which failed me at the last. I Orders did not go to the companies i i which responded until Saturday morn- i ing; the lirst company that could be j ' depended upon arrived in Columbia on i Saturday evening at "> o'clock. As a i more dangerous mob had assembled in i i Columbia Friday night than was pur- i f suing the constables at the scene of the ilistnrlmnce, I deemed it wise to concentrate troops there to overawe it and not to leave thecapitol unprotected or move on Darlington until I had a force to do hoth. Saturday night and Sunday militia and volunteer companies of fanners continued to arrive, so that on Sunday evening I felt warranted in ordering 1500 men to Darlington, and had as many more in the city of Columbia. This last force was mostly volunteers who had taken their horses from the plow, and, shouldering their shotguns, hastened to sustain the government of their choice. One of the most potent factors in the suppression of the rebellion was the seizure of the telegraph lines and the railroads. It is hard to say how much mischief would have been done had I not availed myself of the old statute which was doubtless placed among our laws for just such emergency. By this means excitement was allayed and the insurgents were kept from being reinforced. The people had been wrought up to a frenzy of excitement by the many blood-curdling and sensational dispatches sent out before the seizure of the wires, and I feel sure had I not stopped their transmission, we would have had collisions between the excited and angry countrymen and townspeople in several parts of the State. The railroads obeyed the order and co-operated with me without protest, deserving great credit therefor, but I had to invoke the assistance of thejudiciary by injunction on the telegraph company until I could use the military and seize the otlices of the company by force. This caused considerable dissatisfaction among the newspapers, but under like circumstances I would do the same thing again, even without authority of a statute, for the public welfare demanded it. A prompt reorganization of the militia has been ordered. All the men who disgraced themselves by refusing to respond to my orders will be dismissed from the service. The conspiracy is crushed and will raise its horrid head no more. The inevitable conflict with the whisky element, wmcn was made more ueree man is ordinarily the case by the political complications I have briefly sketched, has been fought, and the dispensary law will hereafter he enforced more rigidly than ever. As I staled in an address to the troops: "The dispensary law was enacted by the legislature, by the majority of the representatives of the people. It is the law until the supreme court declares it unconstitutional or until repealed. The places to light it are the ballotbox and the courts, and not with bullets." And until it is declared unconstitutional by the courts, or repealed by the general assembly, it shall he enforced at all hazards. B. K. Tillman. Charcoal and Limi:.?These two articles play a very important part in the management of fowls, whether bred in a fanciers yard or on a farm. Charcoal should be liberally fed, for no one thing is more conducive to health than this. It should he broken into lumps and put where the fowls can get it, and they will eat it with great relish. I have fed and seen it fed to pigs with the very best results and those who were treated to it were never troubled with disease or ?i.:i~ MA:..t.i^w:.w. S1CKIICSS, WIIIIC llcl?iluui Uiji UIICS ??tnr. This helps to prove its value, not only for swine, but for fowls. Where the birds are kept in confinement it is a good plan to keep a trough in a sheltered place full of small bits of charcoal, and the fowls will soon learn to help themselves. In preparing pills and powders for sick fowls I am just assure to prepare my charcoal first as a person in starting a tire is to put the kindling in the stove first. I have put it in conditio:; powders for horses, and even taken it myself with good results. The value of lime in the shape of whitewash is well known, and those who use it liberally are the ones who keep their flocks healthy and cleanly. To render whitewash more effective in dislodging, driving away or destroying lice and other parasite (nuisances, the addition of a little carbolic acid is invaluable, for scarcely anything else seems so distasteful to the vermin. Airslacked lime should beoccasionly scattered over the floor of the chicken house to remove all unpleasant and unhealthy odors, while a little might be scattered around the yard and runs. For material for egg shells, oyster shells and lime, or old plastering is very good, and any kind of fine, brittle sea shells, but according to my experience there is nothing in the world equal to old, rotten, fine clam shells. Wouldn't Promise.?Mr. Absalom rhayer and Miss Estelle Flagler stood up to be married at English, Indiana, recently. The minister had reached nl-AA l.ft I,,,.no,l tlio LI lilt jMULU ? II tit ll V kin iivm vw ?..v bride elect and said : "You take this man as your lawful husband ?" She inswered: "No, sir; I do not. You ire the first one who has asked my jpinion on the matter. Mr. Thayer lias been courting my mother for more than a year. I thought it was'herself lie wanted, but it appears that he only wanted her consent to marry me, and ?he concluded to compel me to wed liim." The minister then said : "This ends it. I have 110 power to bind any one igainst his or her will." The crowd broke up, cheering for the girl. Vdr Tea drinking among men has all it once excited discussion. Hut it does not appear to be known, says a eotemporury, that nearly all men of literary babits who exhaust nerve force take :o tea drinking. Kdwin Booth used to have a pot of tea simmering in his dage dressingrooin. Preachers, orators and lawyers find a cup of strong tea the gentlest and most harmless if brain bracers, and it has no reaction. If it could be made to take the place of champagne and absinthe, the oniing race would be better otf. South American restaurants have taken to furnishing the extra tea that is served l la Kussee?that is without milk, but with the addition of a slice of lemon. ? TilK I'sk or (J l.Y< KitIN K.?(?Iyecrilie s one of the most useful and misunderstood of everyday drugs. It must not w* <it\rtlSo<l t/\ 1]\g% cLrin iitidi n l* if JIT UJ.J...I .. vw ...v- .. will cause it to become red and bard, tut if rubbed well into tbo skin wbile .vet it lias a softening and wbitening ?flect. It will prevent and cure happed bands, and soot be an irritable ough by moistening tbe dryness of the hroat. Applied to shoos, glycerine is i great preservative of the leather, and ifl'ectually keeps out the water, and prevents wet feet. -***- ? S&T A camel lias twice the carrying power of an ox. With an ordinary ond of four hundred pounds, be can ravel twelve or fourteen days without water, going forty miles a day. Tbev ire lit to work at live years old, but heir strength begins to decline at wenly-live. although they usually ive to forty. The Tartars have herds if these animals, often one thousand belonging to one family. They were lumerous in antiquity, for the patriireh Job bad three thousand. Tbe rimbuetoo or Mebarri breed is remarkible for speed, and used only for con iers, going eight hundred miles in light days, with a meal of dates or pain at nightfall.