The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, May 06, 1880, Image 1
BY E. B. MURKAY & CO.
ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1880.
VOLUME XV.--NO. 43.
BKTTKB THAN BUTTEE.
What Vanner Aiken Knows About Oleo
inargauine.
W^BHIKOTON, D. 0.. April 17,1880.
7> the Editor qf the New* and Courier :
Ca^you and your readers endure the In
fliction of a few more ideas upon the sub
ject of Oleomargariua 7 Don't protest ;
for be the dote ^aUiblo ^.^j^n^ih?, ?
it ia an esUblisbed fact ffcat iii aU tho
science of dietetics thero ie nb moto eu
ergeticcommercial product than Oleomar
garine.
During the past winter, butter dealers
in tho District of Columbia. Washington
City and elsewhere hare been arrested
for selling real butter upon tho allegation
that it was oleomargarine. Thia induced
the introduction jt a bill into Congress
to appoint a commission of five scientific
men to examine and test, wherever found
and by every possible scientific appliance,
ail substances known to be, or supposed
to bo used in the production of any pocal
ble compound that has been or may be
- -hereafter imposed upon the public con
sumers as a substitute for natura? butter,
and so fares possible recommend to Con
gress what legislation is necessary to pro?
tcct the honest dealer and the innocent
consumer. A ed for this parp?se four
thousand dolla.* is asked to oe appropri
ated. A snug little sporting fund for a
scientific tasting committee to spend in
J. their jaunts about t'je country looking
f ? for oicomargarino. ,nd I venture to
????bggest, that if they would only take their
/aSfl??neJ\firBt through the South and taste
7 ft vast deal of the stuff bartered for by our
country merchants, they would without
hesitation advise our people to buy oleo
margarine-'fevery ?imo."
Weif, this bill was referred to the com
miUee.on'agriculture, and by itt? ? sub
?omniitt?er of which I am a member.
Onr first step waa to go to headquarters
and investigate the manufacturo of tho
article ; so we wont to New York, and
thero w? found a concern in which more
than half ? million dollars had been inves
ted, turning out moro than.fifty thousand
pounds of oleomargarine d?$ly, manufac
tured after tho identic.! proce? as that
previously reported from Baltimore, but
of course upon a tenfold larg?r:*eale. .
-Thero are something more than two
tb ousAudbeeves killed daily at tho slaugh
ter houses in New York city, and they
average nenrly one hundred pounds of
fat each, beside the kidney fat which can
not be used in this manufactory, because,
ss vet,'it is impossible to divest it of ita
tallowy taste. Sut all the remaining lat
is daily eold, and delivered twice a day
to this "Commercial Manufacturing Com
pany," (the style of tho company making
oleomargarine,) who pay throe cents per
pound more for the fat than the same
article brought in market anterior to the
establishment ot this manufactory.. At
that timo it brought three and a ' half
dents per pound. now it brings six and a
half. About thirty-five per cent of this
fat is oleomargarine, forty-five per cent,
tallow,- ten per cent, st?arine, and tho
balance' waste. Of conree a chemical
analysis would sho w a great many other
remaining ingredients; such aapatmatin,
arachin, captuHn, ?Vc,, tko., that nobody
understands, but a chemist. I simply
f;ivo tho proportion of oleomargarine, tal
ow, stearin o and wast?, whian together
make up that compound known as beei
fat.
Now, if tho cattle growers of the North
west and Texas only know that this man
ufactory was adding at least three .dollars
to the value of every average beef killed
in New York, and that the butchers there
were growing rich a'- the rate of six thou
sand dollars per day, I imagine they
'would begiu.to look into this matter.
This entire amount-of oleomargarine
Is daily deposited with that well known
and immense boneo of H. K. Thurber &
Co., who are the sole agents of the Com
mercial Manufacturing Company, and
who assured me they sold it as fast as il
. vas now manufactured for home consump
ti'on." This huu&e once did an immens?
trade in butter, but to-day they don't en
courage consignments of butter, prefer
ring to handlo the oleomargarine, whict
is sold and consumed at home us rapidlj
ss V, can be made.
Bi'.oro than a dozen years ago an emi
neut F-v:nch chemist, M. Mego, askec
himself tbs question, Where does tho fa
como from toot is found, ia, milk whicl
makes butter? Ho suspected that it wai
absorbed from the animal tissues, end be
.can a scries of experiments to teat it. Hi
treated some pieces bf clean beef sue
with carbonate of potash and pepstai
from the stomach ora sheep, and fount
that the fat was in this way easily sepa
rated from the cellular tissues. This fa
was drawn off, aud cooled and found t<
barden or congeal. It waa then subjec
ted to hydraulic pressure, by whicl
means st?arine and tasteless oil was ob
>ined. Ten pounds of thia bil Was mixei
with four pints cf milk and three pinta o
water and churned, i The result waa ai
unusual quantity of a substance that ii
tnstQ and consistency : resembled buttei
When fibed from its water it waa mun
to .Mep an indefinite tims. It was cater
found palatnblo. and by continued ox
p?riment was found to be a perfecxi
wholesome article of diet. Mego at one
brought thia product ter tho attention c
the public by patenting his process of mau
uiactttnng; money was subscribed, cono
pa.;tta wero formed, and by 1874 seve;
manufactories were established in Franc?
emnloying aver four hundred hands. Th
F^mxhwovernmont to day recognize i
. ns a ?cgiUm?Uj aitlole G? vO??u?erc6, an
the French chemists pronounce it as mot
wholesome than the unsavory and rand
butter?? freely bought and sold arnon
the common people of that county
These facts I copy from the Enrfyclqp<
dia Britannica, which is, of course, .etat
dard authority.
Io 1878 Mr. Jas. Wilson, of New Yorl
purchased the patent for the manufactui
of oleomargarine in tho United Sta**
.ind hat since that timo established tin
. teen factories tfaxjughpui the Union; tl
largest being IfyNjiw/York, where the
employ two bnndred nanda in reli?is, tl
work beginning five minutes after 1
o'clock Monday morning and not etoj
ping for a moment until five minutes b
fore 12 Saturday night. All the fat th
company can buy is converted into ta
low, st?arine and oil, and if they cann?
durin?;the tfefcfc manufacturo alt tho c
Into oleomargarine, the balance is barre
led and shipped to Liverpool, where it
churned into oleomargarine. The st?
rino is shipped in hogsheads to ali par
of the world, and used chiefly hy c.jnd
and confectionery manu faut ure ra. Ti
tallow, of cou ?e. ia sold and tho was
goes into tho offal of the city.
The president bf tho board of health
New York City bas informed the coi
mitteo that he bas frequently exnmini
the material fcud tho product of thin ma
ufactory, and ho considers oleomarg
rinb palatable and wholesome, and
most valuable article of food."
I append, tbo- written statements
porno bf tho most eminent chemists in tl
United States condarnin* o??ornargftrit
Prof. Hcsry Merton, of ??Mr?
New Jersey, ?ays : "I am ablo to say wi
confidence tbat.it contains nothing win
ever which ls injurious as an article,
diet, but on tho contrary is essential
Mentical willi tho best frosh butter."
Prof. 8. W. ?ohmon, of Yale Colloj
write*: "Mado according to the specifi
cs ti o os of Mogo it cao not fail to yield a
product that is entirely attractive and
wholesome a? food, ana one that ia for
all ordinary culinary and nutritive par
pos?s the full equivalent of good butter
made from cream. , * * *
It bas the awae spjpear&uco ander the
microscope, and in chemical composition
?f?ffm ?rom butterhot in tbo nature, but
only Sn tho proportions of its compo
nents."
Professor 8. C. Caldwell, of Cornell
University, New York, writes : "When
made after the liege patent oleomarga
rine when need in reasonable quantity ia
a perfectly wholesome article of food.
* * ? # * It cannot com
pete with fine butter, buc, will prove a
public benefit in driving poor batter out
of tho market."
Professor H. A. Mott, Jr., analytical
and consulting chemist of tho Commer
cial Manufacturing Company, writes: "I
am clearly of the opinion that the pro
duct called oleomargarine butter Ss essen-,
tinily i?curical with butter made from
cream. * * * * * *
It is destined to supplant the iuferior
grades of butter, and be placed side by
side with the best product of the cream
ery."
I have many moro testimonials before
me from men of eminence in Northern
colleges wbo have witnessed the manufac
turo and analyzed the product, who testi
fy eimilarly to the above concerning oleo
margarine. Bat why cito any more. I
have "proved the pudding by chewing
the bag," and confess I am amazed at the
magnitude of this enterprise. It ia ah
established industry, and it would bo aa
easy to stop tue trafic in any other arti*
cle of commerce as to prevent tho manu
facture of oleomargarine. A half mil
lion of pounds are produced, sold, bought
and eaten in the United States every day.
? Such a fact speaks for itself The produc?
commission merchants of New York, and
j the dairymen in their leagues all over
I the North are combating it, and denoun
cing it as the product of dead horses, and
diseased beeves, ?kc., ?tc.,'.all of which is
! as idle ea darting straws against the wind.
There are to-day eight millions of dollars
investid in tho manufacture of .oleomar
garine in the United States, and this in
vestment belongs to men of as mach posh
and energy as can be found in Yankeo
land, ano it pays them handsome divi
uen?. ' l'hoir product is s?lu ?u tWcD?y
cents per pound, and can neithor be dis
tinguished by the palatr nor the olfacto
ries from creamery butter that commands
ninety cents per pound. How legislation
is to remedy the imaginary evil ia beyond
my ken.
I might write you much more of how
I have heard friends denounce this pro
duct who ?.over saw it, bat eat and ate it
by another name ; how I have seen men en
joy, as they, thought, the delicious batter
while I knew they wera eating oleomar
eurine, and above all, I might write you
ow I was impressed during my recent
visit to Gotham by the endless wealth
of that mammoth city, of their : utter
ignorance of our condition, of the almost
absoluto destitution of principle- in the
fslitica of thoso people, and how little
the Northern capitalist (itt my judgment)
contributes to the maintenance if the
general Government. But I must for
bear, for I have already, I feat-, bored
yon. Very respectfully,
D. WYATT AIKEN.
Sleeping a Life Away?
Nathan. G. Vrooman, an employee of ;
thc CentraltHudsod .Bailroad/\ residing
near the city of Schenectady, ia sleeping
his life away. Six years ago he received
a sunstroke, and ever since he has com
plained of dizziness. On the'. 15th of
February he was compelled to quit work
and take to his bed on account of severe
pains in his.head. He at once fell asleep
and continued in this condition al moat
without interruption, day and night, for
three weeks and two days. Hts oleep
appeared to be .natural, and his breath
ing was not labored as in certain diir-iasea.
of the brain. When aroused he seemed:
very morose and disinclined to converse,
so that it waa with tho greatest difficulty
any information concerning his feelings
could be drawn from bim. Ke desired
above all thinea to ba let alono and not
disturbed. His appetite during thin Cime
was very fair. He ate, on alternate,days, 1
enough to support life in an Inactive'
state. But each time, as soon as his food ;
was disposed of, he would at once relapse
into hia* former apathy. What ia a little
singular in his case, there was at no time
any symptom, of fever or inflammation or
d2iiriumF"nor of any material increase of
the temperature of the body which would
indicate nuy deep-seated disease ; nor
any paralysis or disturbance of vision.
Attbe^end of tba ^twenty-three days he
awoke and became communicative. He
was not suffering from any pains, but was
Weak. His appetite was voracious, and
it was then supposed that he would soon
.recover his strength- 6nd return to his
'work. Ten days later ho became sleepy
'abd again took his bed, .whore lie is at
n reran I in annul tho fi?^oe condition as at
first. Day And night ho sleeps without
any ?fever/ and; refuses to take any food.
'.Vixen h&: awakes from, -his sleep, it ia
with tho greatest difficulty he can ho
made to.talk.~ It ia only by perseverance
requestioning th?t a ''yes* or a "no"
can be got out of him in reply. He de
sires tobe allowed to sleep. Hls^r?frgfi
sro getting ntlxlous ?hoyt him, an it L? 1
nowltvo weeks since be tasted food, and
still his sleep'continues, with no material
change in bis condition or symptoms,
Ho is a single man, aged about thirty
five years, hardworking, sober and indus
trious, and the main support of a widow
ed sister, With whom be resides. Death
must eusuo in a short time, but the case
ia so remarkable as to excite the wonder
ead interest of the physicians in that
section. The doctors are unable to give
?uejtp^aUf|3 of the maQ^a^aoj^iej^
DRINKING TOO MUCH.-Children are
not apt to believe they drink too much
water, and yet they do. When yon come
_ can
and then rush out'tt> r&dma pfa>j $ik%
perhaps repeat the drink. Now the
next tim? you feel thirsty, try this ex
fieriment: Take a goblet, and siowiy sip
t, befor-i it is hali gone your tbiratwill
be fully quenched, and you will feel bet
?n for having drank only that;which
you need. Abd again, We are all apt to
acquire the habit of drinking while eat
ing our meals. Auimala don't do it, and
it la hurtful to us. Nature gives ns all
the saliva we need ; and if any one will
chew bia , food slowly ?nd tuorqughly.
and hot take a swallow of drink until
through eating, tho desire to do so will
leave, and he will require only a few sip?
of water,-tea-or coffee/ after .the meal is
finished;' This practice; to*, will do won
ders in the way of .keeplrg off Indiges
tion, dvanemshv and sickness.-Golden
i>*y>- ' " ' "
- Invest vour funds care ful ly and in
telligently. , Beware of the brilliant bub
bles that are blown up to tempt ingenious
speculator*.
KALLOl'U't WLSXQ.
F arti culara at tha? Morder of Charlea JO?
Totmg. Editor of the tan Francia*?
Chronicle.
SAN FEANCISOO. April 28.
Just before 8 o'clock lut evening
Chirles De Young entered tho businesi
office of tho Chronicle, on the ground
floor, corner of Keprnoy and Bush streets,
and stood talkie/' to some gentlemen)
leaning against s>.e counter. Directly
the door opened, J. M. Kalloch entered,
and drawing a pistol, without, aa far as
could be learned, spf iking a word, began
firing at De Young. The latter turned
and ran through the gate of tho counter
to a desk inside, Kalloch firing at bim aa
he ran. On reaching the desk, De
Youog turned to face his opponent, with
a pistol ia hie band, when Kalloch, lean
ing 07cr tho counter, fired again, the ball
striking De 'Young in the month. Kal
loch then started for tho door. De
Youog raised his pistol as if to fire, bat
apparently hi- strength failed him, for
th? j/stol waa not discharged. Staking
backward, he fell on the floor. Bystand
ers ran to his assistance, but the ball had
jvideutly pierced his brain, and in a few
momenta ne expired. Aa Kalloch ran
out of the door, he waa seized by a citi
zen end at the sarre moment an officer
carno un, took bim into custody and con
ducted aim to tho city prison,"where ba
was locked up. Thc newe flew through
the city like wind. In a few moments
tho street io the vicinity of the Chronicle
office was crowded with people, eager to
learn the particulars. Policemen were
at once stationed at the doors of the office
to keep ont the inquisitive crowd, and
only personal friends and reporters were
admitted. In-the rear office M. H. De
Young, brother of the deceased, reclined
on a lounge, surrounded by friends, evi
dently overcome ' by tho tragedy, but
with dry eyes and cairn. He waa not
fireeent at tho timo of the shooting, hav
ng left home after dinner a few minutes
later than Charles. The deceased lay on
his back on the floor, Ids taco and breast
dabbled in blood, ?yes closed and face
bearing tho calm expression noticeable Id
the caso of those dying from shot wounds.
Only one wound vraa found on his person,
although at least four chota were fired by
Kalloch-two having jplerced the glass
door and partition ortho office,,and the
third lodged in the window casing.
Young Kalloch on being arrested was,
as tho arresting officer rern?rk?d: 'The
coolest man I ever saw." He still car
ried the smoking pistol in his band,
which he surrendered to the officer. On
his way lo tho station-house bo observed
strict reticence, and on being' shown to
his cell positively refused to haVe any in*
tercourso whatever'with representatives
of tho press. In the absence of any . ex
planations from tho assassin of the cause,
the act is generally understood to be at
tributable td the pamphlet which has re
cently been circulated about the' city at
tacking Mayor Kalloch, father of De
Young's slayer. 'During a recent .visit
East it is believed the deceased devoted
a great deal of attention to gathering up
matters regarding tho past life of Mayor
Kalloch for tho prc gamed purposo either
of using it.at tue expected trial of tho
deceased on tho charge of shooting: Kal
loch last August, or making it subserve
journalistic purposes. The pamphlet
above referred to was a document of some
Bixty pages, and recounted tho details Cf
the Kalloch scandal in Boston, and other
matters of a scandalous nature. The
pamphlet was anonymous, but young
Kalloch evidently considered that tho
deceased waa responsible for its publicity,
and acted accordingly.
ANOTHER STATEMENT,
A San Francisco special says tho kilt
ing of Charles De Young by J. M. Kal
loch in tho Chronicle offico last night has
Ereduced a sensation which has rarely
cen equalled. . Tho young man'' bad
been on a debauch for several daya past,
drinking very heavily, and had made fire
?uent threats of his intention Co "fix, tho
>o Youngs," but no attention, waa paid
bim, as -ft waa simply regarded os tho
vaporings of a drunken man. His boast
ing was regarded with , more indifference
from the fact that since the shooting of
his father last August ho has>boasted
from time to time that De Young would
feel his vengeance.. De Young, who
heard of this, did not pay the slightest
attention.to.the reports,.and, as ne al
ways went armed,, possesses undoubted
courage and. waa usually quick in his
movei4*nU>, bis friends wera, not at ail
alarmed .'br his safety. One bf the im
mediate i tuses of thc tragedy that t?tarr.
led and shocked the city last night is be
lieved to he the recent appearance in this
city of a pamphlet entitled ' "Tho Only
Full Report of tho Trial of J. S. Kalloch
on the Charge of Adultery." The pam
phlet contained a portrait of Kalloch and
tho woman with .whom be was said to b a
intimate, and pretended to give a full
fai?tory of the affair, the doings of tho
church, Kalloch's pulpit experience,
arrest, arraignment, trial and tba result.
Its imprint was-"Boston : Ederhein &
Co., 1B?7," but it was generally regarded;
with how much truth lt. is now Impossi
ble to say, that its reappearance was due
ko De Young, who .was known to have
gone Bait some timo ago to hunt up tho
facts in the career br Kalloch. Tim
bampnl?t Was extensively circulated, and
the Kalloch party were wrought to quito
asiate of dmporation. ;De Young con
tinued his vigorous assaults os' Kalloch,
and. as thc timo for Liafcrfai for ?i?shoc?
ing bf tho Mayor drew near, he became
boro aggressive, and K?lloch's frionds
became correspondingly ! exasperated.~
There is no doubt .that the young ?nab
wa? egged on moro br Jess by deapcratb
Characters, who havo recently had such
set-backs as tho arrest of Kearney and
the talc of impeaching mayor iiailocn,
that they took advantage of bis boasting
and condition to put him up to the dead.
The Workingmen make, no effort to dis
guise their reeling over the result, and
aro gathered in groups this morning ear
nestly, discussing the situation.
Do Youiig'a aged mother, betweeft
whom and her'son an Unsuallv strong
affection existed, ia prostrated by the
shock of her ron's murder.
That tbe end is not y t? is generally be
lieved. Db Young's brothers are cour
ageous, and moro blood will bo spilled
before tho end. Great sympathy for her
Is felt everywhere, and, although Do
Young was most cordially hated, ???ove
for his mother was one.of the redeem
ing features in him, and many, words bf
sympathy are expressed..
THE EXC?TEME arr.
A_. a- -<v?~v au? r^_
UVIU.I V|rvWW. ..vu. AT . ?. tl V.O\<<#
says the shooting:of De Yoting by young
Kalloch lint night has created such ex
citement in thia city as baa never been
equalled before even at '? the moat stormy
period of our history. It exceeds in vio
lence the storm of public passion and
agitation that succeeded tho shooting of
Mayor Kalloch by Do'Young in Augvat
last, and it haa increased to-day to such
an extent that no one can foretell what
the ultimate consequences will be. Tho
feeling against the party of which Mayor
Kalloch and Kearney are tho leaders bas
been growing stronger1 of lat?, and this
assassination has infuriated tbs pernio so
that tho Mayor'a lifo is not considered
safa from public vengeance. Threats axe
freely oxpreased against him ?nd the en*
tire Band-lot party. Young Kalloch is
' in prison, and ia closely guarded.
' THE BEMAIN8 TAKEN BOMB.
When the Coroner's wagon bearing De
Yoong turned from Kearney into Market
; street the crowd made a rush that had
i the appearance of being directed nt the
1 wagon. It might have been merely the
, natural surge bf the concourse following
, the wagon on meeting tho crowd gather
ed on Market street, but the police view
i iog It as an attempt at vlolenco, used
their clubs freely, beating back the crowd,
! and inflicting BO vero punishment on some
, of the most forward. Aside from thia
1 incident, there has been no sign of vio
i lenee and no reason for the services of
i the police, except in keeping back the
press. Large throngs still linger around
tho Chronicle office and at the main and
branch offices of tho Cale and at the
Morgue, quietly discussing the affair and
waiting with usual morbid interest to
hear any further particulars obtainable.
Charlea Do Young was formerly a
Cinclnnatian. He removed from there
mot before the war and settled in San
Francisco, where he became a compos
itor. De Young continued a type setter
until 1869, when be began publishing a
little paper called the Dramatic Chronicle,
which waa used as a programme in the
varions theaters of the city. It was sue*
ccssful, end ho soon turned it into a reg
ular morning paper, assisting with hiss
in its publication hu ??Sther, XL. H. De
Young. The paper was personal and
violent in tone, and quickly attracted at
tention. Do Young himself waa bitterly
assailed, and from one end of the year tb
the other, was ia hot water that waa in
cessantly changing and growing warmer.
The paper prospered, and in its peculiar
way acquired a great deal of influence.
People who attacked ' De Young fonnd
him an unrelenting and an unforgiving
foo, and it used to bo not an uncommon
Sicstion of tho day, "Well, baa any one
ot De Young to-day ?" Bat he never
was Bhot ; he was fearless and was known
to be always armed, and his character in
that way was'pretty generally known.
He shot at an-reporter of the Chronicle
one night in front of the postoffice, the
provocation having been almost precisely
similar to that which appears to have
prompted the shooting or Kalloch; Thc
reporter, whose nama was Benjamin F
Naptba?y, had started'an obscuro sheet
in which he defamed and abused Dc
Young's family, and De Young took thi
earliest opportunity to revenge himself
Both were bad shots, and no injury ro
suited to either. ' Subsequently. Judgi
Deles Lake, whom De Yoting had at
tacked most unsparingly for imprope)
conduct on the bench, shot at him ot
California street, -near the corner ' o
Montgomery, but missed him, and Di
Young, in turn, shot at the Judge anc
missed, too. Ho has had numeren
escapes of the kind; indeed, ' if re per
speaks truly, ho bas not always escapee
entirely, but he has always shown llttli
or no hesitation in taking' publicly th
conseqaonces of anything that appearci
in the Chronicle. The De Young famil;
consisted of three brothers-Charles
Gustavus and Michael-their mother an<
one sister. They came originally fror
Louisiana, and Mrs. Do. Young ia no\
in ber eightieth year. She has alway
enjoyed the reputation of being a moe
estimable and wdrthy woman: and he
children, particularly Charles De Younj
were noted for ?their devotion to her.
-i- nw
A Carious Revelation.
Gen. James Steedman, who la suppose
to have saved thc Federal army in Chid
?mauga from annihilation? and whoc
cotton, poker abd other exploits in At
gusta, after, tho war, are still matte;
of remembrance, ia how h leading pol
tician abd excellent talker. Ho hi
been indulging lately in reminiscenci
which are very racy and not infrequent!
"important if true." He -declare
among other things, that while he was i
: command at Chattanooga he was viait<
by tho notorious Parson Brownlow, wt
became his guest. Ono day while chunga
their underclothing the parson exhibit!
to bim a.most singular birthmark on L
body. It was a perfectly formed MSL
not exiled nor yet extended, \ml ^J?;
es serpents are often seen. It wes,of
red color, and. with every feature so di
tin?t that . tho indentations for tl
'eyes, wero plainly, visible. Said,ti
; 'General: , ''Physiologists, I presun:
can readily explain tho cause of t
mark, but I am at a loss' to understai
how nia whole nature became BO. cerpo
tiue as it was. Venomous, vindicti
and cunning, bp had as mach snako
nature in bia composition," The he
of tho snake in question, was just, ant
the parson'o lott breast. ? > The body
tho reptile, extended down over his ri
and waa about six or eight inches. ICH
Woref?r physiologists and tho cari?
generally, hot to ?peak of Gen. Stet
mar?.'to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holm
startling, learned and ingenious no
.called EUie Venjur. Tho heroine of j
romance had. physically and mental
tho characteristics of the ophidian . tri
and yet enough of . a sublime spirit*
nature akin, to the noblest humanity
seek escape from tbp dreadful thrall
her birth-mark, There was no piotu
cernent upon her fair? lissome shape i
delicate akin, but tho.blood itself seen
to have been oorrnpted and the mind?
tortod. Possibly Pareen Brownlow i
fered from .,similar causea . simile
brought about. Tho difference, howe'
between him and.Elsie. Venncr was rx
pronounced. Tho poor girl recognt
the spell that was upon her and son
? to bo emancipated from it. The nnc
hy man, apparently gloried in bis 1
sh Jp to tho reptile whose form ia the <
liest type of the infernal pr?sence. 1
not a little significant that tho head
{Jrownlow's snake rested vindictively
aridly in that spot Which is the dwell
place of the heart, a muscle comme
supposed to contain and originate al
Mons or hates, as the caso shall bi
wholesome or perverted one. "' Of con
we alindo to thia matter as n phono
. non, and advise all wbo would- pui
So subject , in its minute metaphya
latioiis to read Dr. Holmes' woadc
work.--Auputta Chronicle and Con*
iionalvt?-. ?
'-? i . -1-L
I TIMELY. CATJTIOS.--Genuine 3
Bitters , are put up . in square pant
amber-colored bottles, with whito 1
en ono aide printed in black letters,
, green nop cluster, and on tho other
: yellow paper with red letters; rev*
stamp or er tho cork. This is ! the i
form in which genuine Hop Bitten
put up, and the solo right to make,
and U?."J tn era is granted to the Hop
tera MT g Co., of Roohester N. Y.,
Toronto, Ont., by patents, copyright
trade mark. Ail others pot up- in
other way or. by any. one else, elah
to bo diko it or pretending to cot
bona, by whatever noatea they maj
called, are bogas and unfit for ase,
only put up to sell and cheat the p?
on the cr?ait and popularity of Hop
tera. .;...! 1 ' ;
- Ther? are now ?ix telegraph e
connecting tho United States witt
rope.
The GriAt Feature of the ?enturjr.
The engineering achievement* of thia
century, beyond a question, ara thoao for
which it will bo moat famous aud longe?t
remembered. Theologians and philoso
phera may split hairs about mjtaphyslcal
science, but they will all join in the cele
bration of what tho engineers have done
for modern progg\Jt.
The past nfly years have been tho most
fruitful in the whole history of engineer
ing, and, therefore, the review of its ac
oomplishmenta in that time, given in a
recent address by. Mr. William Henry
Barlow, the President, of the Institution
of Civil Engineers of England, bas a gen
eral interest. When that institution waa
chartered in 1828, the question of trans
portation waa ono of great urgency. The
canals, which dated in England from
about the year 1708, bad increased to a
length exceeding 8,000 miles, but they
were inadequate to tho Commercial needs
of tho country. In the United States the
Erie Canal bad been opened in 1825, and
had been hailed as an engineering feat of
astonishing magnitude; and about the
same time lesser canals had been con
structed in other States. Both here and
in England much attention was bestowed
on turnpike roads during tho first quarter
of the century.
The steam.locomotive was then only In.
its early experimental stages. In 1880,
however, the Liverpool and Manchester
Railway was opened, and George Ste
phenson's predictions rogardlng the value
of locomotives for. tractive power began
to be realized. So great was tho want bf
improved methods of transportation, that
tho spread of the railway system was rap
id, tar beyond oven Stephenson's expecta
tion. In his address to tho British Asso
ciation in 1875, forty-five years after, Sir
Jno. Hawkshaw estimated tho total length
of railroads then existing at 160,000 mile*,
and tho total capital invested in thom at
$16,000,000,000. ... j
Since that tim? railroad extension has
gone on throughout tho world, though
curiae the last five years, owing to the
prevailing business d?pression, tho prog
ress' has hot been so rapid as it waa just
pre viously. Yet even In England, which
already scemod well supplied with rail
ways, the increase In miles was moro
than two thousand between 1870 and 1880;
and the railway trafile has nearly quad
rupled In twenty:fivo years. With ns,
from 1872. tho year when railways were
built with such astonishing rapidity,
reachin? 7,840 miles of now construc
tions, up to last year, there was a decline
in the progress : but 1879 witnessed tho
addition of 4,430 miles of rail, and 1880?
promises to bb ono of the most active
Sirs we h?vo ever known in the business,
e total mileage of railway in the United'
Btates. Was, at tho beginning of 1880,86,-'
288 miles, or .one .mile of railroad for ev
ery 574 inhabitants, a ratio greatly in
excess of that of Europe, which has one
milo of railroad to every 3,800 persons.
Outside the now railroads to be built
in the United States, there is field enough
for railroad extension in Asia and Africa.
Cliina has aa yet no railroads. Japan has
only begun to lay them, and Africa is al
most without railways for the 350,000,000
inhabitants Mr. Brassey gives that conti
nent. South America, also, still only
supplied to a very limited extent, and in
CentralAsia they must be vastly extended.
Steam navigation has had nearly its
whole growth within the last fltty years.
It is true there were 844, steam vessels in
cdstence in lfe28, but they wera of an
average of only about ninety tons each,
and were chiefly employed in river ?na
coasting trafiic. Ocean steam navigation
bad not yet been attempted, and not till
1838 did the successful voyages of the Si
rius and Great Western make it an ac
complished fact. Before 1886, the largest
Rhips afloat were between 800 and 900
toas burden and about 220 horse power.
Now the Cunard steamship Servia is of
7,500 tons, and 10,000 horse power, while
the Inflexible of tho British navy has a
tonnage of 11,600 tons, and its engines a
power of 8,000 horses, and the Italia of
the Italian navy will be of 18,200 tons
burden and 18,000 horse power.
Tho telegraph; which was at first brought
Into practical use in this country in 1844,
between Washington and Baltimore, em
ployed 40J.OOO miles of wiro as long ngo
as 1875. Since that time its extension
under the sea and bn land has been enor
mous.
The employment cf gas as a means cf
illumination was only beginning fifty
yearn ago, bat now tho capital invested in
the London Gos Works alone amounts to
&30,000-000- and ?P tba whole United
Kingdom it amounts to $200,000.000.
I And these are only a few of the engi
neering achievements bf the half cen
tury. Mr. Barlo?*, estimates tho total
capital invested in engineering works du
ring that tims at $17^00,000,000, or
about $350,000,000 annually.- Of this
vast-sum nlnetecn-twentleths bolong to
railways, steamships, dooks, harbors; and
telegraphs, all of which are directed td
improving and extending the means of
transport for passengers .and merchan
dise, ; and ' the communication of intelli
gence, ii
The great feature of tho last half cen
tury, therefore, has been the improve
taent of the methods of transportation,
n obedience to the argen t demand made
by commerce for new and swifter means
of intercourse.-^irto York Sun.
' Ag Ovo VinGiw^GiANT.-^The allu
vion bi a recent letter bf your Louisiana
correspondent to the Cid Revolutionary
giant h'jxo, Peter Francisco, revives many
traditions and reminiscences of tho won
derful performances and darinji deeds of
that extraordinary mau. My father re
cently deceased at tho odvaeced agc cf
ninety, well remembered-bim, having
iys/,ue5t!?* BA?ty"him tn h ta nativo Cou n tv
f buckingham, and related many anec
otes bf hts striking and perilous adven
tures and hair-breadth escapes as he
heard the r?cit?t fall from the lips of the
?ant himself. He described him as six
st one inch'in height, his weight 260
pounds, his complexion . dark; and
swarthy, features bold and mauly, and
bis hands and feet uncommonly large,
bis thumbs being as large ss an ordinary
man's, wrist, Such was his personal
strength thai he conid cosily shoulder a
cannon that weighed 1;100 pounds, and
he had seen him take a man tn his right
hand, pass over the floor and dance ms
head tj??lp-si tb?- ?s??lsg wKh M much
?ase as if he had been a doll baby. The
man's weight wa.i 105 pounds. Partak
ing of tho patriotic enthusiasm of .the
times, he entered tho American revolu
tion aiy army at tho age of sixteen. _ He
was present at the Biormiug of Stony
Point, and was the fire?; soldier, after
Mnj?r Gibbon, who entered the fortress,
on which occasion h? received a bayonet
wound in tho thigh. He was at Brandy
wine. Monmouth aud other battles at the
North, nnd waa transferred to tub South
under General Greene, where bo'was on
paged In tho actions of tho C?wpens,
Camdon. Guilford Court .House, Ac He
wis lib brava and possessed such confi:
donto in his prowess that he' was posi
tively fearless. He UKXI a sword with a
blade rive fact ? long, which no could
wield Uko a feather, and every swords
roan who caroo within reach of him paid
the forfeit of hie lifo.-Irom ? Letter in
Ike Pctereburg Ajyeal,
Bates and hie Crime?
A quiet enough roan ?hon sober, but
dangerous and violent when drinking I
Married at eighteen, he is separated from
his wife a month later. A boon compan
ion is shot in a drunken brawl. Time
rolls on. diristmas eve comes and at a
dancing party, while under the influen?a
of liquor, he murders a young man of his
acquaintance. This is tho brief history
of Wm. 8. Bates, who was executed et
Barnwell on Friday. It is the tale of
drink I drink I drink I from the sad be
ginning to the awful ending. Whiskey
caused him to abandon his wife, whiskey
Erevented him from having any honors
le occupation, whiskey brought him to
the gallows. And thors are hundreds of
young men who read this who will be
saved from the fate cf Bates, if saved
they are, by the mercy of Providence,
not by snytuing they do to avoid or
avert it. They excite themselves with
whiskey as he did. They habitually
carry deadly weapons, as he did. They
have murderous impulses, as he had.
Why should they feel confident that
the paths which for others lead to
shame and death shall for them bo the
ways to mere mirthfulness and sport I
Bates did not dream that ho woutd end
his days upon the scaffold. When sober
he was qui?', enongh. Liqour developed
! the latcnJ ferocity of his character, as it
j arouses 'VJ lurking passions lo every liv
: ing man and woman. At tho best times
i it Ts difficult for many of us to .preserve
< the supremacy of heart and brain over
whatsoem to be animal Instincts and brats
, desire?. To drink is to unloose what is
dangerous and bind foot what lr eleva
ting and pare. Around un in every direc
tion, io this Bute and in adjoining States,
there are.instances efrain and death in
duced hy tippling. Whore blood is not
shed, more .than blood is spilt, and the
soul ts in bondago while the body is free;
For one man who like Bates kilto an ac
quaintance at a dance there are thone*
ando who murder what is bestia them
selves. They kill their young hopes,
destroy their talent, mordor tbeir fruitful
opportunities. And they will hot bs
warned in Urne/ Each ons thanks Ood I
that he!? not ss other men are, but it
needs not the oye of Deity tooee that,
sooner or later, his undoing: will bo ai
theirs. There is nevertheless an awak
ening of tho moral sense in tho people ol
Bootu Carolina on the subjectof drinking
intoxicating liquors. - The conviction ano
execution of Bates are the proof of it
For the first time in our reeoikction, ir
this State, drunkenness hos not been re
Krdcd as an extenuation of an ofi?neo
?provide oneself with tho instramonti
of death and do that which will inevlta
bly prompt their use ls an aggravation o
the crime.
Tbesaddeat phase of. the Black villi
murder was tho part played by tomo o
tho young women who were at tho dsnci
where the murderous shot Was fired. Om
of them saw that Bates was drunk, re
pealed on the trial the curses and threat
which foll from bUlips,and, While he wa
in this condition, foal in body aad soul
consented to deuce with him. Was thor
none to save this young Carolina gin
from this reproach T Is not such tolera
sion of drunkenness by our young womei
sn encouragement to tipplers to confire
themselves in their debasing habits
Again we say, it is to the women c
South Carolina that the State mut
look for aid. As long as they give th
tippler es muoh consideration as the
give to him who is always sober, th
most powerful means of suppressing lr
temperance remains unused. Nay ! t
tong as they place the drunkard on tb
same plane with him who is r?solu tel
abstemious, they encourage drinking, an
aro in Borne measure, responsible for i
far-reaching degradation and hydra-beat
cd sin I-Dew? and Qvtrizr.
?*.??
THE OLD-FASHIOKED Qruu-Sb
flourished thirty or forty years ago. Sb
was a little girl until she was fifteoi
Shousedto help her mother wash tl
dishes and keep the kitchen tidy, and si
had an ambition to make pies 06 nicol
that papa could- not tell the difieren*
between them and mamma's,. and si
could fry. griddle cakes at ten years "
Se and dorn her own stockings befo
e was twelve, to say nothing of kn!
ting them herself.
Sue never said "I can't" and "I d?t
J.J.- _U._.
leave her play, ?rrun up stairs or de
on an errand, because she bad not be
brought up in that way. Obedience w
"_X?'-? -trf?t.-. !-. %t*? .A'.I^A!^
E BS5U?W-S? rf titles ?li U.ii ?otiUivu
girl.
. She rose in the morning wbeu sho w
called, wentout into the gorden and BJ
tho dow on the grass, andu she lived
the country sho fed the chickens a
huuted up tho eggs for breakfast.
Wo do not suppose abo hod ber hi
ia carl papers, or crimping pius, or h
it "banged" over ber forehead, and 1
flounces were no troublo to her.
She learned to sew by making psi
work, and wo dare,say she could do
"over and over" seam as well as nil
tenth of the grown up women do nc
I Tbe old-fashioned little girl * did 1
grew into a young lady and talk ab
her beaux before sho was in . ber tee
and was not fancying a hero in ?vi
plow boy she met.
' Sha learned tho solid aceompliahme
as she^grew np.^ 8be^was taught^the
Of e?O?.i?K?nu i40u5?mccp?iig< n'ii?? i
got a husband nba know now to cook I
a dinner. if.?
She did not think she ?~ew as, mt
aa her mother, and that her ludgm
wok!aa 'good an. her, ' grandmotbora.
And ?f there bo an old-fashioned
tie'girl in the world to-day, may bea
bless ber, ?cd keep her. and raise
others like uer. '
'_:_?_mi, _
SOLD 'HIMSELF.-A Correctionv
farmersold a load of corn at. that t<
the other day. When it was weighed
slyly stepped on tbe acales, and tl
drove off to .unload. When the wa,
Iras weighed he took good care not to
n it, and congratulated himself that
had cheated tho buyer, in good shape,
The grain dealer called him In 1
after figuring np the load, paid hire
?hil.
As tho farmer buttoned up hie cos
go out, the buver kindly asked bin
smoke with him,, and then talked <
the crops and the price of ?hogs, and
likelihood of tho Maple Yaller rail,
building up ?hat way, till the fa
fairly squirmed in his chair with uni
ness about his chorea at home. ,
At last he could stand it no lon
and said ho must go. The dealer qi
ly said that was not to be thought of; J
he had bought tho farmer at full wei
and paid him his own price, and tba
would insisten doing os he pleased 1
Tbe nusc/?si corn saw that ho. hat
deed sold himself, 3b ono sense at li
Ho acknowledged his cheat and com
raised the affair. . .Kow When he maj
grain he.don't stand on the scah
jfyux Oily {Ia.) Journal.
- It Is fn tho. nature of men
tilinga that education, no lesa than
Sion, mest be personally experience*
e of the. largest bonofit.
Careylng Fistel*?
A good deal. ??aa been written and
spoken of late a^ldnat the habit of csrry
ing concealed weapon-, and we hope that
tho crusade that ls belog Kotten np against
it will not stop until lt has effected its
?iurpose, if not in abolishing lt, at least
n placing it under the ban of the moral
sentiment of tho community. Pistols are
tho concealed, deadly weapons which we
are striking at, and we may aa well call
them by their right names. We don't
moan bowie knives or sliug shois or sword
canes, or anything of tho kind ; it Is tho
Eiatol, and nothing but the pistol That
i the corner stone, tho foundation of the
whole difficulty, and wo can drive that
Instrument of death from tho pockets of
our people, the object of tho quiet, orderly
and law-abiding citions will have be^n
accomplished.
Various plana and measures have been,
suggested for the suppression of this rel ?o
of a semi-barbarous age, but thus far none
of tb 3m have been successful. The en
actment of laws, with cains and psualUes
nnuoxed, havo boen tried to come extent
dealing
our words, and there are many at this
time preaching law and order, and con
demning the vices sod bloody affloye
which are prevailing to .buch a fearful
extent, with pistols in their pockets,
ready io reseat tho first real or fancied
Insufc -sith a ballot. What Is the use of
trying to effect a reform in thia respect
by stringent laws and penal enactments,
when a Targe number of those who make
oar laws Indulge in tho liixary themselves
aud vote tc-put down the practice with a
pUtol In their pocket?
The Marlborough Planter, becoming
disgusted with Tanny plan? and failures
to stop this nefarious piactico/auggests' ?
new remedy, which 'tte fool very much
tempted to endorse. It despairs of atop
ping tho evil, and proposes to make those
who indulge in it pay for tho privilege,
Its proposition is to lipase the practice,
and.make it a source of revenue If it
can't be stopped, ie might bo regulated,
and wecan't tee airy better way to doit |
chan by adopting tho iVar.fr fy propcrxil-ua.
Tho pistol & the xYnUMebhrce of much
of the expenses oh theaes?i?nsel?oof our
Courts, and it is nothlojj but right that
thcoo who help to provide expensive work
should help to foot the bill. The followv
lng Is the proposition of tho Ptcmier,
which we commend to tho attention bf
the public in general, and the members
of the next General Assembly In particu
lar:
" It hos been suggested that a good way j
to meet the emergency, without passing a
4 straightout ' prohibitory law agni nat ?ar* j
vying concealed weapons, is for tito next
Legislature to pass aa set requiring ali ]
persons wanting to carry pi?tols and bow
ies to apply to the clerk of court for a li
cense for the year. And all who are
caught with a pistol not having a'license
-to be ia the shape of ? silv?r-plat?d
badge to be worn on tho nt ont of tbs coat
and to bo paid for by the person taking
out the licenso-sholl pay ? Qne of not
less Uisn one hundred or more than three
hundred dollars, half of which shall go to
the informer. We think the suggestion
is a good one. We may then know, when
in a crowd, who has a pistol and who has
not, without a fear of being ?hot to death
for some fancied wrong."- Ootwiibia Y?h1
Four Klnlatcrs? fauns.
A story has been going the rounds
the papers for several years, and was
republished recently In regard to four
young men. sons ofministers, alleged to
havo!beon killed by one shell attho sec
ond Man*ssssi . Tho following true ac
count of the dea the o? tho parties men
tioned, and of the incident which is tho
groundwork of the story, is from tho peri
of one who lay between two of these who
were killed, but who with another com
rade similarly situated escaped unhurt?
Thomas Carey Duncan; fourth son of
Professor David Duncan uf Wofford Col
lego, and member of Ootopa?y K, Pal
metto Sharpshooters, was killed ia . one
of the battles before Richmond. He
breathed his last in the arma cf bis friend j
and comrade, James Jerman Paln:er.-~ !
Horace Asbury. McSwain, son! of ..Kev.'
W. A. McSwain of the Bou?';' Ci*^}na |
Conference, was killed ai second Man ?- i
sas. m Mea wain was a'fow yards in " ?riht
o* ?zo - ?T^Uf?r ? ?~o ch&vrf?2! t?io **?i?'II
when ho was struck in the right si/A. by
a piece of -?bell. After b??rur Fdt ho
lived, perhaps, twenty m?nutcvj. I was
with him when the cruel brou entered his
manly breast- I heard the last words ho
uttered. For som? re??cn, the rcglnient
was ordered to atop. While lying down,
a shell exploded immediately over Com
?any K. This shell killed Theodora
/cGrand Capers, youngest son of Bishop
Japon?; Whitefoord Andrew Smith,' c *
on of Dr.. Whitefoord Smith, of W^fi^
College; James Jemrnn Paltrier, sowof
Dr. John a Palmer, of St. Steuben's Par
iah, CharleatottObuaiy,^ Watson,
bfjt?rfiaid County, tad Dsy?d Bearded,
of Spartaubcrg County, Sergeant
Mitchel!, GesspaSty'iC as? -throe Geor
gians were mounded by the same shell.
, Duncan. Palmor ?nd Capers graduated,
at Wofford College lu WV. W&mti
Sd Smith wcrbimaelt^uat?ri John
sterling Waiker, ida of Kev; farica
Walker* of Son? 'CarolM:C??f?w?ce,;
and George AUettOrpdiSd^h of T&v.'
wm; ?irxiana, Of' me ??TU?, uaro?ica
Conference, were wounded In this battle;
but in another part cf the field'. These
gentlemen were raembere of Company
r,K.,'? Palmetto Sharpshooters.
Company'B^F. 8.8;, Was commanded
successively : by" "tCapt.-. Joseph Walker,
(afterward colonel or P. S..S, oommaad
(OJ Jantrtnft? .IbW/l* A?i *W?? huid
campaign,) Xtafc'John* H. Evins, (now*
member of Congreso,) GapL H. H.'
Thomson, (who lost a leg at Shafpsburg)
and was disbanded it Appomattox ander
tho captaincy of John H. Blassingame,
Oow treaenreif of Bp^nburg'County.
In tho summer of 1862 Wofford Collett
bad thirteen sena la Company K, Pi B. j
S.i Only three eur vivo.
PBIVATB COMPAKY K, P. 8.
~-?-, i-ri - ' ?
THE FIFBT Gua THAT J?nr DAVIS
F/HEP.-Uncle Ike waa sweeping out tho
ornoo Wednesday moiroi?g when be was
up ted by a darkey Tyne- feb I
; ''Good morn', Uncle Ike, ain't you
gwlno ter see Oih'r&i 'Giant' arribe .ter
day. De 'siety a powerful big roeetin*
las'nit*/an* we 'eluded to take-part In
do* caption."
"I like ter see de Gln'r&V Jim, bub.
biinessimtoopressln' dis timo" a-yeah."
"Pa ^prised at von, Unela ike. I
tinks dat it am de duty db chery culled
paason ter tah' in do 'ccptiou ter day/'
"How's dat ?"
??K?se bo freed uit niggers." '
DId'nt done sich ?'lhg,'*e*id Ike; drop
ping bia broom.
.'Who was It den?"
"lt wai de fha* gan dat Jeff Davis
flashed eek UH fcc*.' Ef he hadn't flaahed
ctr day." > ?r _
- No kissing by telephone foi'us. Wo
proferto tako Ute electricity direct from
the batter..
Boys ou tb? ?ariw.
" Wby don't you tw a tjoed word ia
tbe pipers for us boyer* omited one of the.
neighbor's boys ?? be cunio iuto the room
where I wee busy writing.
" What 'a the natter now, Guy?", 2
asked.
4* Nothing in particalar," he answered.
Doti't tell mo ! I know better ! Boys
doii'L wear such solemnchoiy faces for
'nothing ic particular/ .. Come, eui with
lt!? .
" Well, theo, it isn't any one thing in
particular, it ia every thing pot together
that makes mo so mad. I want to get
somebody to write a Whole book about
how grown folks treat boys,- J tell you
--ana I want you to put it tn thepaper
that boys bare a hara time of it on, tho
farm? wa are healed oat of bed before
sunrise to milk the cow's., cut tho wood
and do forty other things that nobody
else wants to do. I wouldn't mind the
work if we ever got any thanks for what
ws do, or ever had anrtbing we could call
oar own. No. matter how much we do,
br how well we do it grown folks are al
ways finding fault. 1 conder if they ex
pect us to Knowhow to do eve.-ything
jost right. I guess the men have forgot
ten that they were boys once. Then the
old folks never think that we.boya like to
have something of our own. There's
father now. he & alway? complaining be
cause I don't take any interest in the
farm. How can i toko any interest in
the farm or anything aboutit? Ho never
By? me an interest in anything, minever
d anything of my own in my life except
rabbits, and tho first time they got in to
the garden my rabbits had to no, Last
year I wanted some chickens ofiny own.
some pure-blooded ouw, you know, but'
hewouldu't hear a word of ii. . Then I
begged for a little piece of ground where
I might rafee 1 pleased. Do you
Buppose I got H? Not much I And now
to top off with, he wouldn't let mo go to
I Behool this winter; says I've got enough,
learning for a farmer, ea if I ever expect
ed to be a farmer ! I halo tbe old farm,
and I'll not stay on it n day offer I nm
of age I , If father wanted to make a fann
er of mo, ho took a mighty queer way to
do it."
* Well, well, Guy !; that will do foi?
once. Please tate thes???tteru to tho office
for me, and.Pll think over w?tat you bavo
JJ And I did think tho matter over until
I came to tho conclusion tb av thofe wss .
a good deal more truth than poetry in
Guy's boyish outburst. Like bia father,
a good many bien tako a " mighty queer"
way to make farmers of their boya. Tucy
ebowlhe boys only the hatdessjmoirt. dis
agreeable^ wost baryeo; olde of farm life,
and thea wedder why it ia that their sons
leave tho farm tho fiist chance they get.
If you want your boya to "stick to tho
farm,"stick the /erm to the boys. Teach
them to like tho farra and fanning so well
jth?t thsy will haye no desire to leave the
old home until they leave fos homes of
their own.' You can do this hr making
homes attractive, by taking pr >s to show
them the bright aldo of farm life, and by
showing them that a man caa be a farmer
and ? gentleman too.
Provide your boys with good hooke,
mafMoo^^coltnral works and papers ;
andinstead of sitting in the corner during
ibo lonvwinter evenings, and bewailing
the fftilUk'? of one ^rop, predicting tho
failure of another next Seaton, aud d?
claring thtt "farming don't pay and a
formers life is a clave's lifo," read with
your boys, si^dy with them, and < play
chesa, backgamiu-.n and checker? wi to
them, asd-yoa wom;Vfeel all tba botter
for tho fxm^Prairf? jfarxicr.
The Bad and Prevailing Habit of
Sr.earbsg.
It maybe a grievous truth, bat?s iruo
that very many of men and women ere
j addicted to the uso-bf expletives, some;
I cf whioh ero profane, coma simply wily,
ooma lu bad toste, some meaningless, and,
all unnecessary if you critic ?hem
closely. Moby 'naen use oaths which ar?
terrible ?a their intensity and bitterness,
and yet their utterers havo no feelings
which need such, language,. .They .win
condemn people to everlasting,torment,
;cnrse their eyes^and call down thodirest
jjwjguHjuta vi ac?T?u vTj pernuna nuv
canse them slight annoyauce, and when
Anything goes wrong with them they will
???se ssd i-.tii^r likf, pirstc;; and ye?
rekHy they would do'ilo man any. harm,
anti ?a to sending auybody'B soul io hell,
tk^r lives would ba miserable If they
j ?huughfc they had. done it.
It I? plain, therefore, tbatstfeariug gen
erally ?S only a habit intowhichraen fall,
and that it by no means indicate? that
they ?re profano in &eir. thought or dos
pesad to arrogate to .themselves the divino
fonction of pasting eternal judgment on
their fellows. isTne,...,c clamaiioaa ex
pressive of .wonder or delight or indigna
tion Which women ao freely use, and
Which servo J&e purpose of assfety volvo
for their feelings, and the darna and,
ff?uys of the boyjj, aro, in 'their' essence,
about tho same. Of cours? it ls'.fot
to use them, and their employment is iu
bsd taste. ; Thsy dp not Bbfeugthea ! tho ;
Sposcb.'f?r?iW have lout any real mes?
la*;their free arid careless uso has de
stroyed thia force thr~ moy boco have had, ;
If men always had -? their tongues'esda '
nip fit words to express their ideas and .
feeuna&'they probably would not swear .
?? 'hidejt. "But when the right word ;
&an*a'L?aaiA ASA?IV. S?O. o?ih?a hand!,
emphasis/ That ls':?boat all there ls In 1
i ?ffi-t b?f defended, tor it J? e. ?
^disfigure epeecfr*which la w<>st effect
?ve |When it is Ssat?astiahd . simplest,
fjgjha^msn tp^^toswearijMfin a very
i* osrly -JN?rJ?m of ..; Lhtiir. davoienmenia.. t*
lave^ia? tm?tt^?H? pV?flic^, ; .
civilised? .they have become, is a; traill
creryhody's experience snatain.1 Chrism
.?ySSy ts??e who ?.rtmtwttllg nmCtwi.
.hesther*, anet probably thew waa not
t?pre swearing b?fero our eira than there
fa now. Web*veovsnrti??n^some ct
?opSiStrt oaths ia thtdr exact fens, and,
to others we have riven new forma
ledtractd? lind? Chrt^iantty. whib
nave manufactared ourselves an orig
inal ;aopply.-^Yr?fi York &tsK
-i A St. Lpuis girl figures out that sho
knows perhaps o\\o hundred young rae?,
in round bambers. Of these >he think?
she knows nbont thirty fatlcuit- :.. .-;vt
of these thirty there we not more t l
r.-1_if_-i^uJZH -
.JW? iimflp ruiip nvMiu COTiZSUZitO TUtXtV
for ^ove or wouoy on the spur of the
moment. B rftfty sot be a pleawmt way
of patting it, but whst. she says fis that,
taking a hundred yenng ment?a they
come and go, only o fte, out of *Ms v twen
ty-five can be set clown.,an anohjttfitkin- ;
able ?td able to malta a living hbn
solf ?bd? wife. ?fcia leads "th ? .
mnctiad wHtor'ef the Philadelphia j;
WomrA floes at
up to ?omeUiit
Joisycjttng niau
sort Of ?cs;I?ci 1
ta n'.ako s ch