The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, November 08, 1877, Image 1

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ON ?OBBIS ?H?AWTI ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1882. VOLUME XVIII.-NO. 1. UATBS Of BtTJBSOBIPTIOir^-TmoDaVHMM ...?.mira aod 0!*B DOLLAR ff? ?1* montbi. f -LucriF" noi t*t8U f0lr *u"*?*lod *V?h???*oduc!toaa OB ada? to elubc of Un cr Wjjtf?f-lmBf?B?NO.-^?i' bolUrwer "uare ol on? Jueh for Ibo Oret luaertion.aDd Fttljr oints ner square roraubaaquentlnacrUonaleeatbaD ?bra? wootha. No advertlseincnte count* Un 4hu?b?r??c?ntr*.eta wlltbi madewith tbotevUblng xo kdtestUo for three, ?Ix or tw*>lre month*. Ad wtlsli.B by contract mua? ba cso&nirf to tho Un* ?edUlelus?neei of the Um or Individual cootrac * Oo'ltusry NoUeea exceeding five linea, TribttUs ? af Resoaet. and all jperaoaal conimunlcallona ox initiera of Indlvlduaf Inlereet. will be charged for it s.lveriislng ratea. Announcements of marriages and death?, und ocitcce of a religious character, are I respectfully solicited, and -Ul be In crtid gratis FEMALE COLLEGE, VJILLIAMSTON, S. C. A Live Up-Country School for Girls. REV. 8. LANDER, A. H., PrcMldcnt. LOCATION- Healthy, accessible. quiet, pleasant. Commun itv, moral, 01 ?1er- ! fy. No grog-shop within three miles. | Chalybeate Spring irr 200 yarda.- Pu pils attend tlireo Churches in turn. COU?SE ?F srUQr-GeaA-Annual on the ,'O.NB-SrvD*" plan. Eaeb pupil j pursues 01 c leading study at a time. Concentration of thought, increased Interest, success, and enjoyment re sult. Bel les-Lettres, Natural Science, Mathematics, and Latin, required for graduation. Studious girls complete the Course In three years. THE MA THEMA TICS SECTION will oi?en Monday, Oct. 8. For five weeks there after, each Academic pupil will recite three times a day in Arithmetic and once in Spelling ; and each Collegiate pupil three times in her appropriate branch of Mathematics, and once each in Arithmetic and Spelling. ?PREMIUMS.-Every pupil who averages 75 or more is entitled to a discount of 10 to 60 per cent, on next Session's regu lar tuition. PHYSICAL EXERCISE receives svstcmat ic attention. Daily practice in Calis thenics. Regular use of Health-Lift. Morning and evening walk, die. ? THE FALL SESSION opened July 31,and ls progressing with unusual order, | t harmony, and enthusiasm. ? Pupils are admitted at any time, and charged to the end. ! RA TES, per Session of 20 weeks : Board, exclusive of Washing.$G-'> 00 Regular Tuition.$10 00 to 20 00 Instrumental Music. 20 00 For further information, send io.- a new Catalogue. ' ? Sept 13,1877 9_ly TTTIHE Exercises of this Institution will be JL opened at WALHALLA, South Caro lina, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Gth, 1877, With a corps of competent professors. TtttioH is ADVA5C2-$20 in Collegiate ; ;.J in Preparatory, and $G and $3 in the Primary Departments, per session of five months. | Boord, Including everything, except lights and washing, $10 per month, payable month ly in advance. Location noted for health, pleasant cli mate and good water. For particulars ad dress J. J. NORTON. Chairman of Stockholders. Aug % 1.877 5_j_ A Now Life io the Land ! THE Exhibition in Anacreon was one or > the most remarkable events since the .war. In point.of numbers, talents and dis tinguished ability, nothing could have ex .ceeaed lt. ' At every stage of ita proceed ?iigs it was manifest thut a new life is in the Hand. The celebrated Dr. HEINITRH waa there, and advocated Southern Medicines for Southern people. His Family Medicines aire household remedies. HEmiTSH'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT pu rifies the blood. HEINITSH'8 ^LOOD AND LIVER ii PILLS-For Liver Complaint, 8ick ? Headache, Dull Feelings, Loss of Appetite. HEINITSH'S ROSE CORI?"AL - For Bowel Complaint, STANLEY'S COUGH SYRUP -Cures . Ooughs.Oolds, Asthma, Catarrh. MOTHER DARLING'S INFANT COR DIAL-For all complaints incident to Teething, Sour Stomach, Crying. THE QUEEN'S DELIGHT is the great est Pharmaceutical product eve: discovered for all disorders and dis eases which have their origin in the blood-.- Health may now be regain ed. Life prolonged.- Beauty re stored. QUEEN'S DELIGHT-For Scrofula, 8welli:<3 of the Glands, Goitre. QUEEN'S DELIGHT-For Nervous De bility. QUEEN'S DELIGHT-For Indigestion, Liver Complaint. QUEEN'S DELIGHT-For Consumptive Patients as an invigorating cordial. QUEEN'S DELIGHT-For General Pros tration. QUEEN'S DELIGHT-For all Cutaneous Diseases, Blotches, Boils, Pimples, &c, ?ftc. FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS. PREFABED CV B. H. HEINITSH & SON, Columbia, 8. C. . Aug 16,4877 ? - 6 , ly TEE RUSSjhl?f ?J TURKISH AGENTS WANTED ! For this Comprehensive, Superbly Illustrated History o? tho present momentous straggle In the Ess*, ?t- tccer?in MUDS. Plans and many Elegant Engravings aro a special feature. Xi gives s QBAPIOg JUSTOttY of each Country, wuh IDs- , torie ana uoncrtpiivc. Sketches of tho primitive manners, picturesque customs and domeaUc life of tho Contestants. Describe? the Dreadful Massacre 'of Christians Incidents o^ the war, and la the most fascinating and exciting work of tho age. Agenta aro sure ol prompt and ready eales. Prospectus Booka now ready. Also Agents Wanted on our G BANI? COMUTNATTOITPROSPECTDS representing 15? Distinct BOOKS, Of Universal Intereat. It Includes Agricultural, Biographical, Historical, Religious and Miscellane ous Works, with 8Ito, TM? ?od Description of each Book, Specimen Page* and Specimen Illustrations. Hales made from th? Prospectu? when all single Books fall. Also on our ?ffici BIBLES 3? PKi'TESTAHT <>R C A. TH 01.1 C. With l?rVato^l??tratcd Alda andSutorbBlnd loga. Nearly 100 Stylos. Superior to all others and Indispensable to every Family. ?SVertScuUra tW- ?ddreaa idHN POttEH * C^gj.r.k< Sept 13, ?&77 0_ *y STATE OF SOUTH OAROLHfA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. IN JUE COURT OF i?R!- ??ATE. John C. Horton, Plaintiff, against, K. M. Holland. Martha Lawless, et al., Defen dants.- Summons for Relief-OompUttnt not ?.r.Yff. To ths Dtffcndant, Nancy L. Hall, ?amanihn J. Grant. "X7"OU ore hereby summoned and required JL . to'answor tho Complaint irt this action, of which a copy is herewith served npon vnu, and to serve u copy of y'??V answer to tho said complaint on the subscribers at their office at Anderson CourtJIouae. South Carolina, within twenty days after the ner vi? -hereof; exclusive,of the day of such service ; and If yon f?ll ?? altswer thc com plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaln tilT in this action will apply to tho Court for tho relief iletnandsd in the complaint. PlalntifFa Atfomey. .?IE Defendants in thia action will Uko notice that the petition horcin filed for the probating in due form of law the lost will and testament of John Holland, deceased. MOORE & ALLEN. , Sot Pro. Pet. Oct ll, 18?/ 13 0 judgment tftif? Publie 1 Dorins the pest Aye year? tba puh'lc have carefully observad UM wonderful eurea accom plished Cruiu the UM of VKUETINK. From Ita tu? many nu afflicted sufferer hu teen restored to perfect health, after having expended astunil fortune In procuring medical advice and ob? ' tai mn g poisonous miucral nioduiues. . IU ?Me?lI brocante* are Alterative, Tonk, Solvent and Diuretic. There la no disease or . the haman ayaiem tor which the VEUKTIKK cannot he used with perieet safety, ai it doce not contain any metallic or poisonous com pound. It U composed exclusively ol harkr, toots and herbs', it lt rory pleasant to Uk?! ?.TW7 f.ldui Ukc? ..? 11 '* Mfe ?nd reliable aa the following evidence will show: Valuable Evidence. Tho ioUowltrt unMlkltod-tcftlBiimJal from Hov. 0..'I\ Walker, I). 1>., formet!;? va; tor of Bojvdolnt|q??^h%li,Bt4?i>. a?d i j : t FOttlod In Providence, 1(. t., ludet be deemed aa reliable evidence. Noone should fall to observe that thia teatlmonlal 1? the result of two yeera' ?xpcrlcnro with tho UM of VEGEXiXl. lu the Kev. Mr. Walker's family, who now pronounces I lt laval t?bl?: PUOVIDE.NCE, It. I-i 1? TRANSIT ST un: r. H. It. STr.VEjyt, Esq.:, I feet bound to express with my signature the high valuo I place upon 'our VEG ETI NE. My family hnve luod lt for the last two years. Ia nervous debility it ls invaluable, and 1 recom mend it to all who may need an Invigorating, renovating tonic. O. T. WALK L.t. Formerly Pastor of Dowdoiu Square Church, Boston. A Walktag Miracle. MIL, H. IC ST EVE NB: Dear Slr Though a straugor, I want to In form von what VKUETJ NT. hos dono for me. Last Christmas Scrofula mad o its appearance In my ayatetn-c-Iargo ruuulnc ulcers appearing on me, aa for^ws: One on each of nu arms, one on my UI.".J, which extended to ino scat, one ou my bead, which eat into the skull hone, ono on my led leg, which became so bud that two phyalclcns came to ampuUto the limb, though upon consultation concluded not to ao , Bo, as iny whole body was so full of Scrofula; they deemed it advisable to cat the sore, which Vas painful beyond tlos'-riidlon, snd then waa P. quart ot matter run from this ope Bore?' Tho physicians all gave' Im. Up to die, and said they could do no more fur me. Doth of my legs were drawn up to my seat, and it was thought if 1 did got up again 1 would bc a crip ple for life. When lu this condition I saw,- VEG KT 1KB advertised, and commenced taking lt in March, and tollowod on with lt until i had used six teen bottlas, and this morning I am go|p? to plough, co.-n. a well man.- All my townsmen say it ls a miracle lo seo mo round walking and working. In conclusion I will add, when I was endur ing euch g7eat suffering, from that dreadful disease, Scrofula, I prayed to tho Lord above to tako mo nut of this world, hut as VKQKTINB has restored to me tho blessings of health, 1 desire mora thun ever to live, that I may bo of some eorvlco to my fellow-meu, and I Know of no better woy to aid suffering humanity, than to incloso you thia statement of my caso, with an earnest hope that you will publish lt, and it will afford mo pleasure to reply to any com munication which 1 may rece I re therefrom. 1 am, slr, very respectfully, WILLIAM PAYN. Avery, Merrion Co., Mich., Joly 10, W?2. Reliable Evid?rice Mn. H. U. STEVENA : Dear Slr-I will roost cheerf ally add my testi mony to tho greot number you have already re ceived in favor of your great and good medicino, VEOKTINE, for I do not think enough can bo f-tldiu its praise, furl was troubled over 30 years willi timi dreadful disease. Catarrh, and bad ouch bad coughing epeUs .that it would aeem as though I could never breathe any moro, and VEO'ETINE has cured nie; and I do feel tc thanlc God all the Hmo that lhere is BO good? s medicino aa VEOKTINE, ami 1 nlse think lt om ?r M.?. fjmst ruAdklnea fer cough? aud wsaV sinking feelings at tho aioinacn. and minim everybody to tako tho VEO ETI XE, for I cai as* ure them it ia ODO of tho best medicines tha ever waa. _t_ . MTtS. l? GORE, Corner Masar-lue and Walnnt Streets. Cambridge, Man Prepared by ll. B. STEVENS, Borton, Han VF.GET: .E IS SOLO BY All DRU68IST8. PROMPTLY I TO THMBONT THEKE arc some who have not cor forward promptly, and others'.who we < not thins will bc behind hand with thc engagements ; but we desire to state to i I that we must have what is due us, in ord I to tarry"on our business. We now carne; Iv request all our customers, who are i debtea to us, to cortie forward and pay fa If wo cannot get the money that Is due by the 1st of December next, \ will place cc Not? and Accounts in ? hunda of an Officer for collection. We have on hand a good stock of II ts j slea and Wagon?. Our work cann be excelled, and our prices aro as low nny other market. We are constantly ma ufacturing Vehicles of all kinds, and c supply you with whatever you want in o lino. All kinds of Repair Work done in t best manner, and at reasonable p.ices. "\ will give great Bargains for the cash. REED & STEPHENS Oct 4, 1877_ 12_ 3m WIL??ITE & WILLIAM) Anderson* S. C. BUISTS' NEW CROP TURNIP SEED MA80N8' FRUIT JARS, DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, Ac PAINTS, OHS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, PERFUME! LAMPS, .r WINDOW GLASS, And DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, * Cheap fox* Cash. July 19,1877 1 A. K. LON?. R. L. GILLILA New Firm! NewGoofis. LONG & -GILLIUN 103 Main Street, Colombia, S. C., BOOK BINDERS, STATIONES BJank Eook Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in ail kind STAPLE & FANCY STATIONERS \J JT K* AND-* * ' ? "* GENERAL NEWSDEALERS, ??i~ Orders for Musi? promptly fl] Oct4,16TrVc - 12 ] -J ^.A, \ f..,'. ESTABLISHED 1874. GEO. B. ED WARI Cotton and General COMMISS!0N ME.RiCHA? " Charleston- ?. v. PROMPT attention ;giye1\ to salo of ton, Corn, Pats; Iticcand Pxodut all kinds. Merchandise hought free of commis! Agent at Chorle&tcn for State Line O Steamships between New ; York, Glas; Liverpool, London and all parta of Eui RsrEBKXCEa-Rank of Charleston, Adger dYCo., Ok T. Lownde* Apo., Qha ton, a C. IY?? W J ?? Oct 4, 1877_12_3 Marble Work. THE undersigned hereby givpa nuj? all persons wishing Marble Work he cm .afford to All their orders i cheaper'than they can procure tho i work domv elsewhere. I do my own v and add no profit on my stock. Thus portion. Shop opposite Tolly's furn Store. SAMUEL MURPIi ScptlMBTT . A '_1 40? tan ssa MS is not easily earned lu those ST f i ff but it can ba ruade In three a lt I I ? ?7 >av one cf either sex, 1 ?J? Bim P*rt o' ?be country who is v ment that wo furnish. SM per week in yoe town. You aMd tat ba away fro? night Yoaeaa'tiveyourwhoie?iaiototuo or onlv your spare momenta. We bava twa ar? m?W n* o vor t? per day. All nho enj once caa ma>io money fast. At tha proses tconoy cannot bo made M> easily aed rari any other boatacas. lt ooaU nothing to I buMnees. Terms and $5 On til free. Add once, H. ?lii-urrr A C-o., Portland, Maloc. July 76.1077 a DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. A Grandfather's Story. About sixty years ago I was in Paris for the first time iu my life. Bonaparte ?till lingered at St. Helena, and the ad venturer?, good, bad and indifferent in character, who had served in bis armies, bad not yet lost al) hope of the return of their Idol, and, consequently, had not yet thought it twrth while to settle down iuU, thorough peace and quietness. Young Paul Ferrand, whom I fre quently met at the cafe, and who had served as a captain at Waterloo, was sure that the Little Corporal would come br.ck again soon. "You hare not yet beaten him," be would tell me laughing. "You sent him to Elba, but he returued ; you have sent him to St. Helena, and he will return again. Wa shall re?." Ferrand was en exceedingly nice fel low ; and, although ho professed to cher ish au unquenchable hatred for England and oveijriulog English, be bad, by some means or other, become attached to Alice Rte, a young English lady of my ac quaintance, and who had been living with her mother since the conclusion of peace at Paris, not far from the abode of the ex-captain. And he was always very friendly with me, too. He would, it is true, abuse my countrymen most unmercifully, but he was always particu larly good natured; anti, whenever he found himself saying a little too much, !.e would arrest himself and apologize so heartily that I never could be angry with him. . I was alone in tbe French capital, and had few friends there except Mrs. Paie, her daughter Alice and Paul ; and so it happened that I passed a good deal of my timo in the society of those three. The mother, a woman still in the primo of life, and the widow of a king's messen ger, was a connection of mine by mar riage, and that fact gave me a good ex cuse for offering my services as escort whenever cho and her pretty daughter thought rt to go to the theatre or the opera. At such times Paul always had a seat in the stalls, and between the acts be would come up to my box, to the de light of Alice, who was in lovo with him, and to the no small satisfaction of Mrs. Rao, who herself had quite a maternal affection for the young Frenchman, and did not in the least discourage hie atten tions to ber daughter. If there were no formal engagement between the two, ? was at least perfectly understood by all I parties that as soon as Paul should get an appointment, for which at the time he was a candidate, be was to marrv Alice ; and I, though only a few years her senior, was to give her away. One r. >ght the opera-house was crowded more than usual. A great singer was tc appear, and a new-work by a renowned composer was to be performed. Bul Paul Ferrand, sitting in the ?talla seemed scarcely to liuten to tho music 01 to notice the acting, and much more ofter were bis eyes turned in the direction o my bos than in that of the singe. Alic? and her mother,wore with mo, and, at the curtain fell at the conclusion of th< first act, Paul came up to us. He was ir high ?pirita, for ho had Heard that th< Minister bad decided to give him tin coveted post, and be expected to hear ii a few days that his appointment hat been signed by tbe King. We congratu lated him, and, as he left us to return U his seat, I whispered to him : "You'i be a happy man in a month or two now Paul." He smiled and shut the door. We watched him ?a he threaded hi way to bis place. It was in tho center o the Bccond row from the orchestra, am bo had left his opera-glasses on the chai in jrdor to preserve his right to it : bu during his absence a tall, military-.ook ?.?g man had appropriated it, au? hai coolly put the glasp^s on one side. Pau approached the stranger with the utmos foiiteness, a ..'ti, I suppose, for naturall could not hear, requested him to mov( The interloper did not deign to answei but sneeringly looked up at Ferrand, a though to ask whit he meant by his ic trusi?n. Paul pointed to the opera glasses; but the stranger neither replie nor mo vf1, but continued to appear i though litfr did not hear. I saw that ma1 tere were assuming a dangerous complex i ion, for in the new comer I recognize Victor Laroquire, an ex-Bonapartist oil cer Uko Paul, a notorious bully, and pr of the most celebrated duelists in Franc But what could I do ? I could only a still, much against my will, and wittie the inevitable consequences. I tbougl Alice wonld faint when Laroquire i tho calmest way rose before the crowdc assemblage and atruck Paul iu the fa< with bis glove ; but she recovered he self, and, like a statue, watched her lovi pick up his opera-glassess, bow to his ii H'il ter, and without a word leave tl building. There were some exclamstioi from tho audience; but the duelist aga; rose, aud v/itli a theatrical air gaz? round, mockingly imitated Paul's pat lng bow, and resumed bis seat. This w too mach for poor Alice. She could n remain any longer ; she must go homi and so, with some difficulty, 1 got h and her mother to my carriage, told tl coachman to drive them home, and rn self walked quickly to Paul's lodgings. Ile bad arrived before me. and w already writing when I entered the rooi "Of course," he said, as he saw me, ai carno towards me with both hands 01 Stretched, "you, my doar friend, will t s?t me. It ie impossible to do anythii but fight. Even Alice could not ma ma alter my conviction upon that poii the insult was BO public." "Suppose you leave tho countr/f " suggested. ; VThen I should have tensive up t appointment, aud Alice, tool No, r dear follow, I am a ? .cu^iratp, and must fight ; o?=? - i -'sust arra'oge mt tere for me. If rle shoots me, it cant be helped ; if I shoot bim. I shall ha shot the biggest scoundrel in Paris, bes you t= L-r~j??re U?-*!*g I have already discovered bis add rc Here it is." "Bc* must you really fight? It suicide to fight with a professional du ist." "Ah," said he. shaking his head, am afraid it is suicide : but I must fig so please don't try and persuade me tl I need not. And I will fight, too, uoon as possible. You can arrange eve thing''mr tomorrow niorh?ng. I m have tho matter over. In a day or ta misrbt be a coward.". By his looks he implored me to'go Laroquire ; and, constituted as Frei society was as that time, I had no ot cou ree open to rae than to do as wished. "If Monsieur comes from M. Paul I rand," said a man-servant when I quired whether I could see his mas "M. Laroquire has sent to say that has not yet left the opera. He has, h ever, sent this penciled note, which I to give to the gentleman who comes fi M. Ferrand." I tore up the missive. It contai two cards, one bearing the name of duelist, and the second that of M. I rand Delarae, Rue Vivienne 18. ( tain ly ii ~zr. an off-hand way of acqna lng me with the name and whereab of Laroquire'* second ; bnt as I wiabe pick no quarrel, I walked on to the : Vivienne, and in a few minutes was UHherod into the presenco of M. Delano himself. This worthy was a young man, aged about 23, and dressed in the very extreme of fashion. His ruffle? were immaculate, and most sy metrically ar ranged; hislace handkerchief w&aatccped in essences ; his gloves, whieh lay on the table-for ho had only just returned, at Laroquire's request, from the opera were small and delicate ; his fingers were covered with valuable rings, and the bunch of gold seals depending from his fob was unusually heavy and brilliant. He did not strike me as appearing par? ticularly war-like ; but nevertheless, after formally saluting me, he at once touched upon the subject of my visit ; and, before 1 had been ten minutes lu his company, hud arranged to meet Vcr ru nd and my self at a certain spot, derr co duelists of the time, atan early hour next morning, and to bring Laroquire with him. "I don't think we shall need a sur geon," he said to me, affably, at parting; butj if you please, you can bring one. In his las*, affair, my principal shot his man through tho temples, and he died immediately. J sincerely hone, Mon sieur, that your lriend is aa clever." rtConfound the fellow 1" I said to my self, as I left tho house, and sought tho residence of my own medical man. "I am afraid poor Ferrand is not such n consummate murderer as Laroqaiere." After seeing the surgeon, to whom 1 briefly explained matters, I called upon Mrs. Rac. She was doing her best te comfort her daughter, who was in thc greatest possible distress. "Are they going to tight?'* she asked me. "My dear Alice," I said, "they are. 1 have done my best to dissuade Paul ; bul he says, and I am obliged to agree,"that ho must fight. Let UH hope for tho best He has a sure eye and a steady hand and ho has right on his Bide. The otbei man is a scoundrel. And you must re member that poor Paul is not an Eng liuhmnn. If I were he, 1 would not fight but. as it is, tho matter cannot bo over looked, and indeed everything is ar rouged." "You are to be with him ?" said Mrs Bae, looking as white as a sheet. "Yes; they are to meet to-morroY morning, and by breakfast-time Alice' suspense will be over. She must bu* up.1? "You must prevent tho duel," sobbe? the half heart-broken girl. "Catino Paul let the insult puss?. But no; i was so public." "You can only nope," I Baid. "I wil soe you in the morning; but now I mus go back to him, and soe that he gets som tilcco " "Tell him." cried Alice, "that if he i killed I shall die. Come here directly i is over. Come, even if ho fulla; yo mast tell me about it. I must hes everything." She buried hor face in he hands ; and I, escaping from the unhnpp girl, hurried to Paul. He was still writing, and his hair wi in disorder, and his faco pale when h (urned *?WIMT1 ?i?. "I an* no coward, h said, "but I am saying good-byo to he: for I shall die to-morrow." "My dear fellow." I exclaimed, "yo will ?hoot Laroqaiere, and be marrie next month. You must finish your'writ ing at once and go to bed. I will sleo here to-night, for I must see that yo turn out in time to-morrow morning. He wrote for another half-hour, ac dressed tu. document to Alice Ka placed a lock of lib hair within it, ant after sealing it up, gave it to me. "Give that to her," he said, "if Lan quiere kills mo outright-and I know 1 will. If it were not for Alice, I declai that T should bo quite glad %z ~eet hie Now for bed." He undressed, while I lay down on tl sofa in tho next room and lit a cigar, fi I could not afford to sleap myself. Soc all waa quiet, and I stole in to see Pu lying as quiet as a child, with a smilo c his face. Probably, nay, assuredly, Sassed a more uncomfortable night th: e did. Only with the greatest possib difficulty could I keep awake, and tl hoir & seemed to linger for ever. At lu: ho-rever, daybreak dawned, and I calli Firraud, wno woke refreshed and comparatively good spirits. After a bu ried breakfast we muffled ourselves ui I placed a flask of brandy, some powd and bullets and a brace of phstols in n pocket, and we sallied forth in the cc morning air. Scarcely any one vt abroad except a few Hleepy watchmc who seemed to mnke very shrewd guest at the object of our expedition; a through the silent Btreeta we went foi milo or so, until we reached the meetic place. Laroquiero and Delarale were th? before UH, and my friend the surge< arrived immediately afterwards in 1 carriage, which waited ; near at hat The pistols were produced and loadi Laroquiere chose one, and I gave 1 other to Paul ; and then the two m took up positions at a distance of twet Eaces from each other, and waited (cl?rale to give the signal to fire. "Stay 1" cried the bully, a8 his seoo stepped back ; "let the young hon listen to this. I am not trifling w him. I shall Bhooi him only woore wishes, for I am generous, parbteu 1" "If i do. not kill you," said Paul, n etly, "I prefer to die." "Then I shoot bim through the he#i coolly observed Laroquiere. "It \ teach others not to challenge mo." There was something to me unspea bly horrible in tho way in which th hut words were pronounced. I sh dered and looked at Paul. Hesmilec me, and at the same instant D?lai gave the signal. There was but one report, for Ferrai pistol flashed in the pan. The poor low turned round toward me with fi eye and palo face, and, with the natu Alice on his lips, fell dead. Laroqu turned on his neel and departed quit in company with Delarale, while 1 ai the surKcon in his brief examinado! Paul's body, Surtly . enough the bu had'passedthroughJiia heart. Hen have died almost instantaneously, foi did not move after he fell, anet the smite with which he had looked at was still upon his face. It was a me choly business in every respect.' I to break the sad HCWB to Alice and mother ; and the two ladies were so U bly overcome'that I feared the st would have some permanent effect their health. For my part, I was obi ; to harry to England as soon as poasi and Laroquiere, I heard, also gut tr and remained out of France until affair had blown over. I kept up a correspondence with Rae, and was glad after a time to from her that Alice, though still fori upset, bad learned,to look with a coi amount of philosophy upon Bei'ill tune, and h ad ?to some fesens iwdfcn her usual health, if not hex usual ?p Meantime I settled down in London, unable to forget my Parisian hi usually dined at one of tho then r frequented taverns in Fleet street; H Cheshire Cheese, which was thei much the same state as it ls now, wa favorite haunt; and there, as m< passed by, I gradually pieced up < pleasant acquaintances, chief am whom was an extremely well-mam young gentleman named Barloo, a of independent means, good family, and first-rate education. One day. after he had been dining with me, the conversation turned upon continental manners, and particularly upon dueling. As an illustration of my abhorrence of the system, I told my com psaion about poor Paul's death, a matter in which Barton appeared much interest ed. He asked me a good many questions about the parties concerned, and, after expressing a remarkably strong opinion to th? effect that Laroquiere was a black guard, bid me good night. I went home to my rooms in tho ? ?imple; and next daj, on visiting the Cheshire Cheese, found no Barton. He had left word with one of the waiters that urgent business had called him away, but that he hoped to e.v, ino on his return. Weeks passed, and then mouths, and still Barton did not come back ; and I con feas that I had begun to forget him altogether when, one evening, ne dropped Into dinner as though ho had not been absent for more than a day or two. "Where have vou bern ?" I asked, after I had heartily shaken hands with 1.1m. "I have been to Paris," ho said. "On arriving there I found out a littlo more than you told me about Laroquiere, and, when I had thoroughly convinced myself that ue was the blackguard you painted him, I arranged for a scries of lessons* at a pistol gallery. Every day for a month I went aud shot for an hour or two, until I was so perfect as to be able to hit a small coin every timo at a db'.anec of twenty paces. After satisfying myself as to my proficiency, I took a oox at the opera, it may havo been the same box that you used to have. Laroquiere waa pointed out to me. He sat in the stalls, and between the acts he left his seat in order to speak to a lady in another part of the house, i descended os quickly as possible, aud took his place, ho return ed, aud asked me in an overbearing tone to move. I refused. He persisted. I struck him. He sont n's a challenge, and we mot upon the same spot, curious ly enough, where he had killed your friend, f errand. Before tho signal was given, I said : 'M. Laroquiere, listen to me. I am not here to trifle with you ; but I am as generous os you were with Paul Ferrsnd. I will shoot you only whero vou wish.' Ho turned deadly pale. 'We will see,'he said,'whether I shall not make you a second Ferra nd 1' 'Then I will shoot you,' I returned, as you shot him-through the heart. Il will teach other bullies not to challenge me.' Whether he was so upset as to bo incapable of aiming or not, I cannot say ; but, my dear fellow, I shot him as deac as a dog, right through the heart, and avenged your friend, ut tho same time ridding Paris of its biggest villain. It was a case of diamond cut diamond." "Well done, Barton I" I exclaimed. "Wait," ho said, "and let me finish the drama. We managed to keep the matter j very quiet, and before leaving Franco I 1 was able to call on Mrs. Rae, v/ho is now I at Boulogne, for I had a letter of intro I duction to her from a Parisian acquaiut ? aneo. When I saw her first ?he knew nothing of tho affair, but at last I broke the intelligence to her and her daughter. I'found Alice to be a pretty girl, some what spoilt by her long mourning, and not very much inclined to listen to me ; but, my dear follow, after three weeks of hard persuasion, she gave in, and now ( Bho and her mother are coming over next week. I believe you were to give Alice ; away. When she arrives you shall have I a capital opportunity." "And," I added, shaking my friend's hand warmly, "I shall bo delighted to do so." A FEARFUL RISK FOR GIBLB.-The pastor of a church in ono of our largo cities said to me, not long ago : "I have officiated at forty weddings ?ince I came here, and in every case, save one, I felt that the bride was --inning an awful risk. Young men of bad habits and fast ten dencies never marry girls of their own sort, but demand a wife abovo suspicion. So, pure, Bweet women, kept from the touch of evil through the years of their girlhood, give themselves, with all their costly dower of womanhood, into tho keoping of men who. in bose associations, have learned to undervalue all that be longs to them, and then find no repent ance in the sad after years. There is but one way out of this that I can seo, and that is for you-the young women of thc country-to require in associations and marriage, purity for purity, sobriety for sobriety, and honor for honor. "Thero is no reason why the young men of this Christian land should not bo just as virtuous as ita women, and if the loss of society and love be the price they are forced to pay for vice, they will not pay it. I admit with Badness that not all our young women are capablo of this high standard for themselves or others, but I believe there aro enough ' ' earnest, thoughtful girls id the society ot' our country to work wonders if faithfully aroused. Dear girls, will you help us, in the name of Christ? Will you, first of all, ba true to yourselves and God; so 'pure in your inner and outer life that yon shall have a right to ask that the Eoung man with whom yon marry shall * the eame? The awful gulf of dis honor is cloao beside your feet, and in it, ! fathers, brothers, lovers, and sons are gc ?iig down. Will you help us in our great work?" -i .??.T i -ii li - An Irish lady called on a photo grapher to have a cabinet portrait taken. \Vhfti, tho artist removed the" plate ho fold her she need not sit any longer. On coming out from tho dark room he found her still bolt-upright in the chair, with that look of petrified despair on ber face peculiar to the photographic pose. "You needn't nit there 'any longer," said tbe frightened artist. "What'e that?" sho hoarsely whispered, without changing a muscle. "I say you needn't alt there now -I have finished." he explained. "Ain't I to nav vou a dollar?" she interrogated, in tho same gnrgling tone, with her eyes strained on tho mark. "Yea." "Well, thin, do ye mane td nay I'm to give ye a dollar for only five miuits in the cheer? Bcgorra, I'll havo a full tin minits fur the money, au* that's little enough in all conscience I" And she had it. - The late Mrs. Jan? W- was equally remarkable for kin du eas of heart and absence of mind. One day abe was accosted by a beggar, whose stout and heathy BnnMrtnM ?turtled her into a momentary* doubt of the needfulness of charity in this instance. "Why," ex claimed, tho good old lady, "yon look i well able to work." "Yea/' replied the supplicant, "but I havo been deaf and dumb, these seven years." "Poor mau, What a heavy affliction 1" exclaimed Mra. W--, at the same time giving him re lief with x liberal hand. . On retuning home, sh? uientioned the fact, remark ing, "What i? dreadful thing it ia to be deprived of euch precious faculties 1" "But bow," asked her sister, "did vou know that the poor man bad boen deaf and dumb for seven years?" "Why," iras the quiet and unconscious answer, "ho told me so." - The difference between going in and t;olng ont of office la this-they are sworn o, but go out swearing. PRESIDENT ELECT TILDEN. HU Great Speech to the Young Men's Democratic Club. From lUe AV* York Sun. Although the hour eel for the serenade, which the Young Men's Democratic Club were to tender to Gov. Samuel J. Tilden, was 9 o'clock, still there had assembled in Gramercy place two honra before that time a multitude that stood there patient ly awaiting the appearance of tho man whom they wished to congratulate upon his safe return from Europe and to honor as the rightfully elected Presideut of tho United States. There were no signB, ex cept of brilliantly lighted windows in Gov. Tildcn'B house, aud still tho multi tude waited patiently and crew larger. .At 84 the Btreet wa? blocked with a dense mass of people that Htretchcd near ly to Fourth avenue on the west, and far toward Third n?? *??o east. DJ Gramercy Park Beveral brilliant calcium lights had boen placed, many of the houses in tho square began to show bril liantly-lighted windows, and tho whole front of Gramercy Park Hotel was illu minated. | In Gov. Tilden'? parlors were, besides the members of hi? household, a number of ladies and other family friends. Ex Mayor Wickham had arrived early. Soou after him Augustus Schell and John T. Agnew came, and speedily the parl?n? were thronged with prominent Demo crats, amone them heine Henry L. Clin ton, Allen C. Bench, Juago Ackert, Col. Harrison, Charles MncLcan. Henry Havemeyer, Edward Cooper, Parke God win, James Mackin. J. R. Fay, Austin Flint. Jr., Judge Kilbreth, Wm." A. Fow ler, F. F. Marbury, Peter B. Olney, Wm. C. Whitney. Chus. D. Ingersoll, F. L. Stetson, Vincent G. King and W. 8. An drews. Soon after tho committee of tho Young Men's Democratic Club called at thc house, and Dodworth's Band from their station in Gramercy Park began tho sere nade. At this time the multitude had curved nrouud tho west and eaHt side of the square, and filled ovcry inch of stand ing loom far beyond hearing distance. The enthusiasm was hardly restrained. Now and then a cheer would go up^for the rightful President of the United States. Gov. Robinson was in the city, and it was expected that he would introduce his Eredecc?sor, but he was advised that the rilliaucy of tho calcium light would greatly affect bia eyes, their . caknees re quiring, on thvi j--^rt cf tno Governor, very great care. Ho regretted deeply that he wan then prevented from doing what he very much desired to do. Hau Mayor Ely arrived sooner ho would have been asked to introduce Mr. Tilden. Augustus Schell was asked to do so by the committee of tho club. I After 'the band had played several pieces, Gov. Tilden appeared on the front ?tep with President Van Wyck of thc Young Men's Club. As ho appeared in the doorway a great about went up from the luuiiiiuuo, WttOft& ciitu?bi?sui u?u ?? already been too long restrained. Cheer j followed cheer, and the people seemed not to tire of cheering tho man whom j they elected President. He stood there in plain sight of all. gracefully bowing. It was only by decided intimations from tho members of the club, who flanked j Mr. Tilden on tho stops, that tho people were restrained. Then President Van | Wyck, in behalf of the Young Men's, Democratic Club, finally welcomed Mr. i Tilden home. When Mr. Van Wyck j spoke the name, the people took it up. and again cheered, "Our President." i Mr. Van Wyck, in closing, introduced Augustus Schell, Mr. Schell said : "Fol-1 low-cititent> : Wo meet to-night to wel come on his return home our distinguish ed fellow-citizen, who has been absent from us for a ?hort time. JJThrce cheers for President Tilden.'J V. e cannot do that without reminding you of a fact which has* become history, f'amucl J. Tild?n [cheers] was elected by tho peo 5le of these United States to bo Presi ont. [Cheers] I* i has been deprived of that great office and tho people have been deprived of hb services in tho dis charge of his duty by fraud. [Cheers, and eries, 'They won't do it again I'| 'It was a fraud which will not be condoned, which we cannot condono. Wo have Sassed it by for the present, but, as he as assured you, it must not bo repeated. I have now the honor to introduce to you the Hon. Samuel J. Tilden. [Great cheering.] There was nc mistaking tho sentiment of the multitude as Mr. Schell said this. It was approved by cheers and exclama tions. "Three cheero for President Til den." shouted ono man way back by the Park fence, and he did not have to wait to put them. Throe times three were given. Mr. Tilden then addressed tho assem blage as follows : GENTLEMEN OP THE YOUNO MEN'S DEMOCRATIC CLUB: I thank you for your kindly welcome. My summer ex cursion now just closed bau for its object a season of physical activity, in tho open air, in n moderate climate, and amid scenes interesting by thnir associations with our literature, with our jurispru dence and with the origin and growth of representative institutions. It has re paired os much aa three months could the waste of six years consecrated to an effort for governmental reform in the city, State and nation. I do not forget that in 1871 you joined in the work, and have never since been wanting to it. I am glad herc to-night to mingle my con Sratulations with yours on what has been one, on the good auguries for the future, and, above all, on tho resolute purpose of the young men of our country that the Republic shall bo completely restored ana ro-e?tablishcd according to its origi nal ideals.' [Applause, j The contrast which strikes the Ameri I can eye between the British isles and our own country in tho supply of food and I especially core?is ought to bo the boa!? u? profitable exchanges and inestimable mu tual benefactions. The wants of our ilritish cousins-already enormous-will rapidly increase. They grow, not only with population but by an incessant di version of labor toward the most profita ble employments. Our means of supply are boundless. We have immense areas of fertile soils-cheap-peculiarly fitted for the use of agricultural machinery, and connected with the centres of foreign commerce by great river?, by vast inland oc*?, and by 75,000 miles of railway. We have a sun in our heavens which, in the season of agricultural growth, pours down daily floods of light and warmth, making the earth prolific, giving abun dance and variety of fruits, assuring tho wheat crop, yielding cotton in its tone, and ripening corn everywhere, even to the verge of the farthest north. J. predict a great increase in the consumption ol our corn by Great Britain over the 00, 000,000 bushels which it reached last year. It ia the most natural and sponta neous of our cereal products. Our pres ent crop ought to be 1,500,000,000 buth els against 800,000,000 of wheat. It is but Tittle inferior to wheat in nutritive power. It costs less than one-half on the sea-board, and much less than one-hall on the farm. It can be cooked, by those who consent to learn how, into many de licious forms of haman food. Why should aol the British workmen have cheaper food ? Why should not our far mers have a grcM market ? Why should not our camera have tho transportation ? Let us remember thal commercial ex changes must have some element of mu ! tuality. Whoever obstructs. the j means of payment, obstructs also the facilities of sale. We must relax our barbarous revc nuo system so aa not'uuBecessarily io re tard the natural processes of trade. Wo must no louger legislate against the wants of humanity and tho beneficence of God. [Applause.] The election now impending involves tho choice of tho State officers who cotn 1m:'e the administrative boards. Gov. Robinson's Administration has been characterized by incorruptible integrity, by wisdom and ability, and by unswerv ing fidelity to the reforms that have re duced the Bute taxes one-half ; that are rapidly extinguishing tho State debt; that have retrenched two and a half mil lions a year of tho expenditures' upon publie works ; and have purified our great official trusts, lie needs and has a right to have tho cordial co-operation ol' those officers, which, in the Government of tiio United State?? and other systems, form tho Cabinet of the chief Executive. In my judgment the gentlemen ir. nomi nation will co-ope Kite in thc reform poli cy which I had the honor to inaugurate, and which Gov. Robinsou is consum mating. I think that their election and the changes that will tako place from the constitutional amendments, adopted in 1870, will give him a more united sup port in the Canal Hoard than I was able to receive during my administration. I havo the more satisfaction in avowing this conviction because I believe) that any nominations that did not promise such co-operation, would be disowned by tho Democratic masses. The electiou, although for State offi cer!;, has relations to national politics, to which I know you will expect mo to al lude. You aro all quite aware of tho re sults of the contest of 1876. [Voices : "We are sick of it ;" "We know you got robbed."] No, I did not get robbed ; tue peoplo got robbed. (Great applause.] I had, on one hand, a course of laborious service, in which health and even life might be imperilled ; on tho other haud, I had a period of relaxation hero and abroad to recuperate from tho exhaustion that io your service I had incurred, bul to the people it was a robbery of the dearest rights of -tho American citizen. The condemnation? by tho peoplo ii? the greatest political crim* in our history, by which tho result of the Presidential elec tion of 1876 was set aside and reversed, is general and overwhelming. Her sister Stutes might alford to have tho voice of New York frittered away or ita expres sion deferred. It could not change his tory ; it could not alter the universal judgment of tho civilized world ; it could not avert the moral retribution that is impending. But Now York herself can not aflbrd to have her voice uuheard. The Declaration of Independence, the ?.inn ut in^u., aou tu? . I?..- wons?iv>. tiona all contain assertions of the right of the people io govern themselves and to chango their rulers at will. The.;e decla rations had ceased to have auy meaning to tho American mind. They seemed to be truisms which there was nobody to dispute. Tho contests !:nown to us were contests betweou different portions of our peoplo. To comprehend tho significance of theso declarations, it is necessary to carry ourselves back to the examples of human experience in view of which our ances tors acted. They had seen the govern mental machine and a small govern mental class, sometimes with tho aid of the army, able to rule arbitrarily over millions of unorganized, isolated atoms of human society. In funning the Gov ernment of United States they endeavor? cd to tako every precaution against the recurrence of such evils in this country. They kept down the standing army to a nomir.sl ??nount. They intended to limit the functions of the Federal Gov ernment so as to prevent the growth, to dangerous dimensions, of an office-hold ing class and of corrupt influences. They preserved the State Governments as a counterpoise to act as centres of opinion and as organized mcaUB of resistance Ul revolutionary usurpation by the Federal Government, Jefferson, the leader ol liberal opinion, in hin firet inaugural, re cognized this theory. Hamilton, the representative of the extreme conserva tive sentiment^ in the Federalist, e:: Sounded it with elaborate arguments ladison, tho father of the Constitution enforced these conclusions. The increase of power in the Federa Government during tba last twenty years tho creation of a vast office-holding class with its numerous depeudents, and th? Stowth of tho means of corrupt influence ave well nigh destroyed tho balance o onr complex system. It was my judg mont in 1876 that public opinion, de manding a change of administration needed to embrace two-third* of the peo pie at the beginning of the canvass, lt order to cost a majority of votes at tin election. If this tendency is not arrested, its in evitable result will be the practical do 8truction of our system. Let the Feder ai Gov?isment grasp power over th great cv-.*porations of our country and ac quire the moana of addressing their in terceto and their fears : l"t it take jurie diction of tidal which it is tho duty of th State to suppress ; ! let it find pretexts fo increasing the* anny, and Boon those L possession of the Government will have, power with which no opposition can BOC ce&Bfully compete. Tue experience'.c France under the Third Napoleon shot, (that, with elective forma and universe suffrage, despotism can be cstablishe and maintained. In the canvass of 1876 tho Fcdcn Government embarked in thc conto: with unscrupulous activity. A membe of the Cabinet was the head of apartisa cc:r.-iii". Agents stood at- d00** ' the pay office? to exact contributor from official subordinates. The who! office-holding class were made to exbau their power. Even the army, for the fir time, to the disgust of the soldiers ac many of t>.e officers, waa moved aboi the country aa an electioneering instri ment. AU this was done under tho 03 of the beneficiary of it, who wan makir tho air vocal with profession* of civil se vice' reform, to bo began after he ht himself exhausted all the immoral a? vantages of civil service abuses. Public opinion in some State? w overborne by corrupt influences andi fraud. But so strong waa the desire f reform, that the Democratic'candidat received 4,800,000 suffrage?. Thia wai majority of the popular vote of abo 800,000, and of 1,200,000 of tho whi cltizene. It was a toto 700,000 larg than Gen. Grant received in 1872. ai 1,800,000 larger than ho received iul$f Tho step from an extremo degree Corrupt abuses in tho election* i-? a M\ version of tho elective ff?tviM i:-elf natural. No sooner was th.-, elect! over than tho whole power hi '"..e. otfi< i holding class,, led by a Cabiie ' lulal i was exerted to procuro, and did uvi??i r from the State canvassers 01 two St*i i j illegal and fraudulent certificate?, whi ? I were raado*^ pretext for a false count ?ewa ?utniucrlpw wm. not>> returned, unie** th? l?cc?ttrr afcnrpa art foraUhod to repay tb? postage thereon. Jar We ?ra not cwponalble for ?he tlewaand Dplnton? o. our correapondenta. AU communication??roula b*addrericd to''nd. Ito? InteUIgencer't and o?l chec!-?. dra?U, ?aoaey aroora, ?ic, ?boula ^^^^^^^Y'Vo?0 _ " Anderson, 8,'c. the electoral Totes. To enable these offi cers to exercise the immoral courage necessary to the parta assigned to them, and to relieve them from tbe timidity which Qod has implanted In tho human bosom as a limit to criminal audacity, detachments of the army were sent to af ford them shelter. The expedients by which tho votes cf the electors chosen by the people of these two States were rejected, and tho votes of the electors having tho illegal and fraud ulent certificates wei? counted, and the menace of usurpation by the President of tho Senate of dictatorial power over alt the questions in controversy, and the menace of tho enforcement of his pre count was consummated, are kuown. The result the r?tnbliahment of a preceden I destructive of our whole elec tive, system. Tho temptation to those in possession of tho Government to perpetu ate their own power by similar methods will always exi/t, and if the exainp'e aimil be ^auctioned by success, the suc cession of government in this country will como to be determined by fraud or force, os it hos been in almost every other country; and the experience will be re produced here which nos lcd to the gon ers! adoption of the hereditary system in order to avoid confusion and civil war. ' The magnitude of a political crime must be measured by its natural and ne cessary consequences. Our great Repub lic bas been the only example in the world of a regular anti orderly transfer of governmental' succession by the elective system. To destroy the habit of tradi tionary respect for the will of the people, - as declared through the electoral forms, and to oxhibit our institutions as a fail ure, is the greatest possiblo wrong to our own country. It is also a heavy blow to tho hopes of patriots struggling to estab lish self-government in other countries. It in a greater crime against mankind than the usurpation of Dec. 2, 1851, de? gicted by the illustrious pen of Victor [ugo. The American people will not condono it under any pretext or for any purpose. Youug men I in the order of nature we who have guarded the sacred traditions of our free government will soon louve that work to you. Within the life of most who hear mo our Republic will em brace a hundred millions of people. Whether its institutions shall be pre served in substance end in spirit, as well as in barren forms, and will continue to be a blessing to the toiling millions here and a good example to mankind, now everywhere seeking a larger sha.a in the management of their own affairs, willdo pond on you. I avail myself of the occasion to thank you and to thank all ir? our State and country who have accorded to me their support, not personal to myself, but for tho causo I havo represented, and which hos embraced the largest ana holiest in terests of humanity. Mr. Tilden's speech was received with forred to tho damning fraud. "You have boon robbed." said a voice. Mr. Tilden drow himself up and said, in tones whioh wiil not bo forgotten soon by those who beavJ him. "I have not been robbed. Tho American people have been robbed." For a moment there was silence, and then his full meanicing was compre hended, and a response caine from the crowd that was most earnest. After the speech an informal reception was held by Gov. Tilden in his parlors. A Low VOICE IS WOMAN.-The, fol lowing paragraph which has been going the rounds of the press, will con.iuvuii itself to many whoso sensibility has been often exasperated at the theatre, on the cars, in the streets, in short in every pub lic place by the loud, aggressive voice of the young woman of tho day : "Yes, we agree with thnt old poet who said that a low, soft voice was an 'excel lent thing in woman.' Indeed, wo feel inclined to go mueh further than ho has on tbe subject and ? call it one of her crowning charms. Ko matter what other attractions sh o may have ; she may bees fair as tho Trojan Hole" and as learned as the famous Hypatia of olden times ; she may have all accomplishments con sidered requisite at the present 'lay, a?? evory advantage that wealth can pro-, duce, and yet if oho lacks ? low, sweet voice, she can never bo really fascinating. How often the spell of beauty is rudely broken by course loud talking. How often you aro drawn to a plain unassum ing woman, whoso soft silvery tones rea der ber positively attractis ?j. " Besides wo fancy we can judge of the character by the voice; tho blank, smooth, fawning the social circle,'bow pleasant it ls to hear a woman talk in that low key which always .characterizes the true lady. Ia the sanctuary of home how such a voice soothes the fretful children and cheers the weary - husband. -.How Bweot- ita cadence floats through the sick chamber and around the dying bed: with that solemn melody does it breathe a prayer for the departing soul. Ah, yes, a low, soft voice, is certainly 'an excellent thing in woman.' " - Claiborne F. Jackson, a native of Kentucky, was once Governor of the Stato of Missouri. Ho joined tho South ern Confederacy, and died during his term at a farm house opposite the city of Little Rock, among strangers, with no kind hand of affection near to soothe Mi ?aln and rob his death bed of its anguish/ 'he most remarkable fact connected with the history of his lifo isperhapa the state ment that he married five sisters in one of tho most respectable,, weal thy and dis-. tioguished families in the State; that as soon aa one wife would die ho would go and marry her sister, in'seasonable time, of wt:rsc. ' Some cf them i?er* ?*?dowa when ho married them. In connection with tbs marriages there, waa a oUnding jpko told at tho expense of tho Governor, which waa that when ho went to'ask tho old gentleman's consent to marry the last one the venerable father is reported to have said. her. You goodness sake woman." - The story about Mr. ?varts' daugh ter Minnie and her dor^Vo' th?l felt lone some, which In going the' rounds of tbs Sress, is not correctly told. Ho rant tho onkey up to Windsor to bo used io car rying things between his country seat at Runnymeade and the towri, and hil daughter Minnie, then six, was particu larly impressed with th?, animal's voies, and remarked to ber go iciness that when she heard tho donkey bray lt made her think the animal was very ?ad, and she thought it must bo heme sick. After eomo moments' reflection, evidently cym pathiring with ibo unhappiness of tho animal, tho child continued: "Well, perhaps when papa comes up thc donkey won't oe to lonesome." . , - An Irishman having been told tm*i tho price of bread had boca lowered, ex claimed : "That is tho first timo I over rejoiced at the fall of my best friend."