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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THTJESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1881. VOLUME XVI?NO. 42. A Temperance County. No county in Georgia had more still houses and barrooms to the number of in? habitants than Carroll twenty years ago. Drinking places were not only to be found in the little towns, but also at the cross-roads and country places through? out the county. No more unfavorable place could have been selected than this county. It was settled by a class of citi? zens who regarded plenty of corn whis? key and peach brandy as essential to good living. Liquor was sold without scruple and drank without stint. Many of the poople spent all their means, beyond a bare living, for strong drink. Education and churches were neglected. Ignorance and vice prevailed to such an alarming extent that the very name of the county became a by-word and reproach in the State it was called the "free State of Carroll." The better citizens, going from the county, were ashamed to acknowledge where they were from. The county of Carroll was once synonymous ' with still house*., chicken fighting, norse swapping, pony-clubs, one-ox carts, poverty, piney woods and ignorance. The first move toward prohibition in this county was. made at Bowden. In the very act by which the town was in? corporated was a clause prohibiting the sale of whiskey in so na? miles of the .place. In 1868, Dr. W. W. Pitts moved to Carroliton, the county seat, and began at once the abolishing of the whisky traffic by law. He stood well nigh alone - for several years. With an energy that never tired and a determination that never faltered, he worked on. He was foiled frequently by the liquor men, but he never gave up the struggle. Other men moved into the town, and united their intelligence with his. Tiiey man? aged the prohibition movement with great prudence and tact. They did not organize for one year. After an election at which they were defeated by the li? quor men, they did not abandon their hopes; but began to work for another election. By keeping organized all the time, they conserved their forces, and though they, did not succeed for several years, they were all the time educating public opinion. Thus they prepared to hold the field when they won it In Carroliton -the temperance men worked twelve years without success. In 1875, a bill was passed by the Leg? islature prohibiting the sale of liquor in Vth6town. ^*%Jn spite of opposition and abuse, the trenqttjrance men succeeded, and with re? sults tn^tare marvellous. 1. The trade of the town has been more than doubled. Before the liquor traffic was abolished the trade of the place was about $200,000 a year, now it is 1500,000 a year. There are thirty stores in town, and I do not know of a single merchant among them who wonld not "vote against the liquor traffic on purely business grounds. Mr. John W. Stewart, who lias made a fortune here, says, as a business man, that he would not have liquor back for any'consideration. Some of our leading merchants were opposed to prohibition at first because they feared that it would injure their trade. They are unanimously in favor of it now. The $30,000 that was spent here for whisky grior to 1875 is now spent in building ouses, improving stock, draining lands, and paying taxes. The farmers are nearly all'out of debt. Many of the men who were spending all of their money ' for whiskey have quit drinking and are making a support tor their families. 2. The argument that men would drink anyhow does not hold good but with very few. Perhaps there are in every town some few men who have* drank so long that they are slaves to the habit. Such men would send off and get whisky, and drink anyhow. But we have learned that, with nearly all the people, whisky is like watermelons?the supply creates the demand. .Do away with the supply and tbare will be no demand, as a gener? al thing. By prohibiting the sale of li? quor in the towns of Georgia we will soon have a generation of young men who will have no desire for it whatever. 8. We have two drug stores here; but not a particle of liquor is sold in either of them. The leading druggist here told me that he kept alcohol in the store; but he used it only for tinctures. An attempt was made by one of the druggists to sell bitters; but the grand jury soon found so many true bills against him that he promised the people of the town if they would ask the judge to be as merciful in his fines as possible, he would never sell another bottle of bitters or drop of whis? ky. 4.' In p moral point of view, the re? sults of this movement in our town have been perfectly remarkable. The solicitor of this judicial circuit says there is less crime in this county than any other in this circuit. Most of the people have joined the church. Profanity is almost unknown. On the train that comes daily into Carroliton, not an officer or train hand on it ever swears an oath. The soberness and quiet which prevail here, even on election days and court weeks, strike visitors as being wonderful. At a barbecue here last year, though there were together about four thousand people, Col. Thomas Herdeman, who spoke on the occasion, said that he never saw a drunken man. He regarded it as something almost new under the sue A committee of good men revised the jury box, leaving out the names of those who habitually drank whisky. The county has been electing, for the past twelve years, Dr. D. B. Juhao, ordinary, who will not grant license to sell liquor any? where in the couuty, for love, or threats, or money. He has done a gtand work for the county, and so could every ordi? nary if he would. The prohibition movement in this county is a grand success. Thee-fourths of the white people in Carroliton are op? posed to the sale of whisky and nearly the same proportion in the county.? Christian Statesman. An Indian Battle-field Revealed. ?Mr. Frank Terry, who resides on the Coosa Biver, near the green Foster place, was in the city yesterday. As is known the Foster farm lies in a bend of the river. Mr. Terry says that during the late freshet the Coosa flooded this place, and the current that swept over it wa? so strong that in some places it washed off the surface to the extent of five acres d own to the clay. In one of these washes a buried Indian battle-field was exposed to view. The ground was strewn with bones. Not a human bone that one could think ot but was to be seen on this long hidden field of battle that the Coosa had, as it were, so suddenly lifted up into broad day. In addition to the bones a large number of Indian beads, varying in size from an average hickory nut to a small pea, were also found. In one place an Indian pipe, carved into the shape of a human face, was picked up. As there are a great many logs, so lying one on the other as to indicate that they once con? stituted a fortification, it is supposed that these bones are indications of a stubborn Indian battle having been fought on this spot in the unknown past. Who can decipher these hieroglyphical records of Indian history 2?Borne ((7a.) Bulletin. Life and Death in a Great City. The most striking feature of New York life, perhaps, is the utter lack of social sympathy and intercourse. Persons live for years in a street without knowing the names even of their neighbors, and think little more of visiting each other merely through neighborly instinct, than you would of calling on the transient who oc? cupied the room next to you at a hotel. There is not a trace of the fellowship and sympathy that dwellers in smaller cities are accustomed to. Of course, this has its advantages, in that it gives every one perfect independence of action and es? tablishes the police and health officers as about the only censors of social conduct or individual behavior, and enables oue .0 live in perfect quiet and seclusion, if it is desired. But it seems to me that it tends to selfishness, coldness and loveli? ness. Just next door to where I am lo? cated, for instance, I Baw yesterday a little coffin taken in at the door. No one in the house in which I live knows the names of the next door neighbors. In? quiry developed the belief that a bright eyed little boy, who had been missed from the sidewalk and the little yard for a few days, was dead, and that the coffin was intended for him. But none of us were permitted to offer sympathy or assistance in that house of mourning. We bad nothing to do but to look out of the win? dow upon a velocipede standing idle in the yard, and a boy's dog wandering aimlessly about. Ana yet we knew that a little child was dead,in [the adjoining house?that a little form was lying still and pulseless in a coffin?a motheVa heart was breaking in that silent and desolate house. Of course, any interference might have been worse than useless, but it seemed strange to people coming from a town where the death of a little child started the tears in hundreds of eyes, and wrapped the bereaved family in heartfelt and universal sympathy, that it should be made so much a matter of fact. There were no friends who called at the house that could be noticed. The little coffin was taken to the door?the door opened ?the casket was passed in?the messen? ger departed?the streetcars swept noisi? ly by?the newsboys cried the evening {?apere?the rag-picker passed in the al ey way without lifting his eyes?the door closed?tho parents were left alone with the dead. To-day, Sunday, the funeral took place. There was the same dearth of sympathy and tenderness that we had noted before. There were a dozen persons present, but the most'of them had the formal look of mere acquautances. The little coffin was put in a ferriage and the procession trotted off briskly to the cemetery. In an hour or two one carriage returned bearing the parents and a little sister of the dead boy. They got out of the car? riage, the door was opened by a servant ana they went in alone with their grief, to master it as best they could. Of course this is the custom of the cities and of city people. They doubtless feel as deeply and are as full of tenderness and sympathy as provincial, but the death of that little child, the desolation of the house in which the corpse was laid, and the stiff formality of the fuaeral, has sad? dened a little colony of Georgians this Sunday afternoon, and sent their hearts wistfully back to Georgia with its warm sympathies, its affectionate friends and its impulsive kindness. I hope never to see Atlanta grow so large that a misfor? tune to any one of its citizens will not kin? dle regrets in the hearts of the people, and bereavement not be tempered by common friendliness and sympathy.?H. W. G., in Atlanta Constitution. The White House Teetotalism?Mr. Hayes Explains. With reference to the matter to which you call my attention I have only this to say. When I became President I was fully convinced that whatever might be the case in other countries and with ether people, iu our climate and with the excitable, nervous temperament of our people, the habitual use of intoxicating drinks was not safe. I regarded the dan? ger of the habit as especially great in political and official lite. It seemed to me that to exclude liquors from the White HouBe would be wise and useful as an example, and would be approved by good people generally. The sugges? tion was practically agreeable to Mrs. Hayes. She had been a total abstinence woman from childhood. We had never used liquors in our own home, and it was determined to continue our home custom in this respect iu our official resi? dence in Washington as we had done at Columbus. I was not a total abstainer when I became President, but the dis? cussion which arose over the change at the executive mansion soon satisfied me that there was no half-way house in the matter. During the greater part of my term, at least during the last three years, I have been in practice, as in theory, a persistent total abstinence man and shall continue to be so. All statements, in? cluding the one you sent me, inconsis? tent with tlu, foregoing are untrue and without foundation. PUSHING THE PLOUGH. The Agricultural Progress of the State Figures from the Census Bureau Show? ing the Greatly Increased Production of South Carolina. The tables given below are the first of tbe kind made up by the United States Census Bureau, from the returns of last year, for any State, and were furnished in advance by special request to our in? defatigable Commissioner of Agriculture, Col. A. P. Butler. It will be seen that the total number of acres cultivated in cotton, corn and small grain is 3,090,972, which is 80,442 acres more than all the "improved land" in the State in 1870. The product of cotton is 516,490 bales, against 224,500 in 1870, a gain of about 130 per cent. In corn the increase is from 7,614,207 bush? els in 1870 to. 11,763,729 bushels in 1880, or more than 50 per cent. In oats the tables shows 2,715,443 bushels against 613,593 bushels in 1870, or, in other words, the oat product of the State has multiplied more than fourfold in ten years. In wheat the increase is from 783,610 bushels in 1870 to 962,431 bush? els in 1880, or nearly 20 per cent. The United States Agricultural Report, for 1879, shows that the average yield of cotton per acre for all the cotton States in that year was 188 pounds. The small? est yield in any county of this State for 1880 is in.Beaufort, where it is reported at 362, and that/ it must be remembered, is long staple cotton. The average yield of corn per acre in the United States in 1879 was 29 bushels; the average yield in this State for 1880 is only 9 bushels per acre, which shows how much room there is for improvement in our methods of cultivation. The average yield of wheat for 1879 was 13.8 bushels; the average yield in this State for 1880 is given at 5.6 bushels. The average of oats is given at 13 bushels as against 28.7 bushels average per acre in the United States in 1879. The greatest aggregate yield of cotton, 34,907 bales, is in Edgefield County; of corn, in York 626,305 bushels; of"oatii, in Edgefield 415.243 bushels, and of wheat 107,608 bushels in Abbeville County. The greatest yield of cotton per acre is in Marlboro/ the temperance county, where it is 857 pounds; of corn the largest yield is 13.3 bushels in Ker sbaw County; of oats 18.2 bushels'in Georgetown County, and of wheat 12 bushels in Charleston County, the result of experimental, farming. The figures, considered in the light of the past, are very gratifying as Bhowing an improvement not only in the extent of laud under cultivation but also in the manner of cultivating, but in the light of what can be done and is done else? where by improved systems of farming they leave much yet to be desired. Cotton. Pounds Acres. Bales, per acre. Edgefield. 91,356 24,907 574 Born well. 83,546 28,809 519 Abbeville. 82,862 26,226 476 Fairfield. 69,179 25,501 553 Orangeburg. 63,854 25,244 595 Laurens . 63,764 24,422 536 Newberry. 57,309 24,092 633 Darlington. 00,368 23,912 595 Marlboro'. 41,261 23,714 857 Sumter. 57,910 22,434 581 York. 55,239 22,256 605 Spartanburg. 56,531 22,156 586 Anderson. 60,861 21,867 522 Marion. 45,428 21,743 718 Chester. 52,284 19,043 547 Greenville. 45,304 16,975 504 Union. 50,911 18,811 560 Aiken. 36,987 14,287 587 Lancaster. 30,744 12,678 640 Kershaw. 28,900 11,280 583 Richland. 28,361 10,973 581 Lexington. 22,762 9,017 595 Clarendon. 26,674 8,572 482 Charleston. 22,235 8,500 574 Chesterfield. 18,480 7,733 640 Hampton. 21,411 7,655 530 Pickens. 18,364 5,724 461 Williamsburg... 15,831 5,607 530 Colleton. 11,390 4,846 580 Oconee. 13,556 3,803 419 Beaufort. 11,570 2,740 362 Horry. 17,740 809 681 Georgetown. 363 155 640 Total.1,347,373 516,490 . Corn. Acres. Bushels. Bush. ? per acre. Edgefield. 67,814 558,756 8.0 Barn well. 84,043 606,985 7.1 Abbeville. 51,517 471,955 9.8 Fairfield. 40,259 367.930 9.1 Orangeburg. 66,419 529,259 7.9 Laurens... 45,066 381,933 8.4 Newberry. 34,005 315,863 9.3 Darlington. 53,557 440,892 8.2 Marlboro'. 33,773 338,527 10.0 Snmter. 51,876 442,360 8.5 York. 51,532 626,305 12.0 Spartanburg...?. 56,225 593,454 10.5 Anderson. 49,946 492,556 9.8 Marion. 55,183 470,745 8.0 Chester. 40,469 357,308 8.8 Greenville. 52,347 580,031 11.2 Union. 36,710 379,330 10.2 Aiken. 51,481 377,922 7.3 Lancaster. 26,622 291,939 11.1 Kershaw. 21,891 219,957 13.3 Richland. 19,431 171,040 8.8 Lexington. 35,760 304,509 8.5 Clarendon. 32,810 222,274 C.7 Charleston. 29,569 279,968 9.5 Chesterfield. 27,228 247,430 9.0 Hampton. 30,825 227,884 7.3 Pickens. 27,065 314,064 11.4 Williamsburg... 30,291 220,311 7.2 Colleton. 43,544 376,532 8.3 Oconee. 23,224 268,889 11.5 Beaufort. 14,735 135,755 9.2 Horry. 13,381 103,895 7.8 Georgetown. 4,389 44,161 10.5 Total.1,303,037 11,763,729 9.0 Oats. Bush. Acres. Bushels, per acre Edgefield. 36,432 415,243 11.1 Barn well. 10,868 140,150 12.9 Abbeville. 23,544 249,981 10.0 Fairfield. 7,581 86,566 11.2 Orangeburg. 9,727 140,473 14.4 Laurens. 15,860 149,410 9.2 Newborry. 13,994 177,962 12.7 Darlington . 8,317 88,216 10.6 Marlboro'. 4,727 63,180 13.1 Sumter. 5,886 64,581 10.9 York. 13,824 119,882 8.6 Spartanburg. 11.280 74,572 6.6 Anderson. 12,766 94,613 7.4 Marion. 6,784 69,011 l?.l Chester. 10,440 87,583 8.3 Greenville. 9,275 62,613 6.6 Union. 5,558 42,040 7.3 Aiken. 3,540 54,339 15.3 Lancaster. 6,697 48,385 7.2 Kershaw. 2,849 34,402 12.0 Richland. 2,158 30,904 14.2 Lexington. 10,237 121,290 11.8 Clarendon. 2,345 28,777 12.2 Charleston. 1,773 23,996 13.5 Chesterfield. 4,640 41,646 8.9 Hampton. 5,325 58,595 11.0 Pickens.. 2,882 23,987 30.0 Williamsburg.... 1,076 9,860 9.1 Colleton. 5,931 66,097 10.9 Oconee. 4,527 37,392 8.2 Beaufort. 213 2,901 13.0 Horry. 157 1,057 6.6 Georgetown. 205 3,741 18.2 Total.261,427 2,715,443 13.0 Wheat. Bush. Acres. Bushels, per acre Edgefield. 11,328 67,869 5.9 Barnwell. 3,778 22,584 5.9 Abbeville. 14,396 107,008 7.4 Fairfield. 4,012 24,511 6.0 Laurens. 9,804 62,243 5.2 Orangeburg. 3,529 15,635 4.4 Newberry. 9.258 64,136 6.9 Darlington. 2.5S9 13,423 5.1 Marlboro'. 2,436 20,071 8.2 Sumter. 466 2,713 5.9 York. 14,175 75,173 5.3 Spartanburg. 14,806 79,995 5.4 Anderson. 16,755 101,964 6.0 Marion. 1,081 9,131 8.4 Chester. 7,342 35,768 4.8 Greenville. 11.597 62,103 5.3 Union. 6,710 33,951 5.0 Aiken. 6,527 22,584 3.4 Lancaster. 3,777 16,852 4.4 Kershaw. 1,569 6,355 4.0 Richland. 514 3,916 7.6 Lexington. 12,155 48,167 3.1 Clarendon. 125 S24 5.0 Charleston. 16 198 12.0 Chesterfield. 2,549 10,320 4.0 Hampton. 23 147 6.3 Pickens. 4,994 31,663 6.3 Williamsburg... 78 409 5.2 Colleton. 186 805 4.3 Oconee. 4,264 26,017 0.1 Beaufort. Horry. 3 11 5.0 Georgetown. 1 6 Total.170,899 962,431 3.6 Total Small Grain. Acres. Bnsh. Edgefield. 47,890 484,641 Barnwell. 15,641 167,294 Abbeville. 38,730 861,327 Fairfield. 11,674 111,619 Orangeburg. 13,691 157,728 Laurens. 27,026 213,308 Newberry. 23,817 243,840 Darlington. 11,469 103,381 Marlboro'. 7,451 84,182 Sumter. 6,478 67,891 York.:. 28,380 195,961 Spartanburg. 26,188 155,091 Anderson. 29,849 198,948 Marion. 7,804 78,258 Chester. 17,890 73,729 Greenville. 21,566 128,143 Union. 12,405 76,923 Aiken. 10,444 77,891 Lancaster. 10,664 65,917 Kershaw. 4,610 41,507 Richland . 2,677 34,834 Lexington. 22,392 109,457 Clarendon. 2,730 30,369 Charleston. 1,827 24,566 Chesterfield. 7,390 52,621 Hampton. 5,456 59,299 Pickens. 8,125 61,854 Williamsburg. 1,197 10,462 Colleton. 6,326 67,996 Oconee. 9,696 66,365 Beaufort. 216 2,914 Horry.:.. 180 1,145 Georgetown. 225 3,872 Total..440,562 3,721,485 ? Modesty is a guard to virtue. A Host of Contestants. Testimony in the following contested elections for Representatives has been filed pursuant to law with the clerk of the House of Representatives: Horatio Bis bee, Republican, vs. Jesse J. Finley, Democrat, second district of Florida; William M. Lowe, Greenback Democrat vs. Joseph Wheeler, eighth district of Alabama; Robert Smalls, Republican, vs. George D. Tillman, Democrat, fifth district of South Carolina; John T. Sto vall, Democrat, vs. George C. Cabell, Democrat, fifth district of Virginia; Samuel Lee, Republican, vs. John S. Richardson, Democrat, First district of South Carolina; George M. Buchanan, Republican, vs. Van H. Manning, Demo? crat, Second district of Mississippi; John R. Lynch, Republican, vs. James R. Chalmers, Democrat, Sixth district of Mississippi; J. C. Cook vs. Madison E. Cutts, Sixth district of Iowa; Alex. Smith, Republican, vs. E. W. Robertson, Democrat, Sixth district of Louisiana; James G. Smith, Republican, vs. James M. Shelley, Democrat, Fourth district of Alabama, and Samuel J. Anderson, Democrat, vs. Thomas B. Reed, Repub can, First District of Maine. In addition to the above it is under? stood that the seats of the following Dem? ocratic Representatives in the Forty seventh Congress will be contested: M. P. O'Connor, Second District; D. Wyatt Aiken, Third District, and John H. Evans Fourth District of South Carolina. Thomas H. Herndon. First District, Hileary A. Herbert, Second District, and William C. Oates, Third District of Ala? bama. Henry L. Muldrow, First Dis? trict ; Otho R. Singleton, Fourth Dis? trict, and Charles E. Hooker, fifth Dis? trict of Mississippi. The seat of Gen. Hooker is claimed by Mr. Deason, and that of Mr. Muldrow by Mr. J. L. Morphia who, because of his duties as United States marshal, will claim additional time for taking testimony in this case, J. Floyd King, Fifth District of Louisi? ana, and R. G. Frost, Third District of Missouri. Mr. John Lynch, the colored contes? tant, says that he will be able to estab? lish his own title to the seat now claimed by General Chalmers. Mr. Van H. Manning, of the Second Mississippi district, says that admitting as true ali the evidence submitted by his opponent, Mr. Buchanan, the latter still lacks over four thousand votes^ necessary to equalize his undisputed majority. It is believed that the above list em? brace all the seats likely to be contested during she Forty-seventh Congress. It will thus bo seen that the House commit? tee on elections in the Forty-seventh Congress will be not only an important but an overworked committee, the Re? publican members of which will bo glad to serve their party in carrying out the programme, already announced in these dispatches, of ordering new elections in contests where there is any evidence of fraud on tbe part of the Democrats. The minority Democrats will be equally zealous in defending tbe fame of their brethren whose seats are to be so warmly contested, and tbe work of tbe committee on the whole will make a po? litical compaign of no mean importance. The Lion and the Jackals?A Fable. One day a troop of Jackals were aston? ished beyond measure at the appearance of a Lion in their midst, and their sur? prise could not be imagined when his countenance assumed a pleasant expres? sion, and he remarked: "Friends, I have come to settle among you and be a neighbor. I want to b* friendly with each and every one and think well of all, and I trust we shall dwell together in harmony." "Hooray for the Lion! Hurrah for the old man-killer!" cheered the Jack? als, and they were tickled to death at their good luck. But the Lion had hardly got his den in order when one of the Jackals came sneaking in and began : "I?I?that is?delicate subject, you know?embarrassed, you see?ah? hum." "My friend, if you have anything to say to me, be at your ease," replied the Lion. "Well, I simply want to drop you a hint. Don't be too sweet on John Jack? al. His great grandfather was banished for cause, and his wife's second cousin is a wall-eyed villain." The Lion received the information without remarks, and the caller went away, chuckling over the idea that he had sowed good seed. Next day a sec? ond Jackal appeared, beat around the bush for a while, and then observed : "I feel it my duty to warn you against Joe Jackal, who lives over the creek. He beats his wife, cheats his neighbors, and is a double back-action hypocrite by the watch." Soon another appeared with a similar story about some one else in the commu? nity, and in the course of a fortnight the Lion felt it his duty to call a public meeting. Wben the Jackals had gather? ed around him he said: "It find by your own statements, thatyou are a community of thieves, liars, dead beats and swindlers, and henceforth you cau fight your own battles and hunt your own bones. Sneaks, skulks and vaga? bonds, farewell 1" Moral.?He who tries to climb up by pulling his neighbor down makes poor headway.?Detroit Free Press. Hard to Digest.?A most remarka? ble story comes from Middletown, Orange county. A maiden lady of that place on the 5th of January, 18G9, swallowed a new set of false teeth, which became separated from therubber mould in which they had been set while masticating her food. Before she could eject the food from her mouth the teeth had gone down into her stomach. The family physician was summoned, but all efforts were un? availing. The teeth caused her no dis? comfort and in a short time the matter was entirely forgotten. A few days ago Miss Cole felt a sharp pain near her left shoulder, and upon examining the spot found what appeard like a wen under the skin. With the aid of a pen knife she extracted a hard substance, which proved to bo a tooth, She was at a loss to know how the tooth came to be in such an uuusual spot till she suddenly recol? lected that she had, twelve years ago, swallowed her set of teeth. During the past four days the lady has been cutting teeth all over he body, and had, at last accounts, recover? ed twelve of the fourteen teeth that had formerly constituted her full ^set. She is anxiously awaiting tbe arrival of the other two. She has placed the teeth in a glass case and will keep them as mementoes. ? Secretary Blaine begins work vigo? rously by a note to the British Minister, calling attention to the misrepresenta? tions of the British Consul at ^Philadel? phia, in relation to the hog cholera in the West, and desiring that immediate steps be taken to correct the injury which the report is likely to do to American trade. Secretary Evarts intimated the move for a correction by a note on the 7th of Itarch. A Fable?Hott the Coon Presided, Once upon a time there was a general assemblage of fowls and animals, called together to discuss the question of re? form. The Tiger shed tears over the wickedness of the Rabbits, the Hyena wept at the rapacity of the Vultures and the wild Cat pressed his paws to bis ach? ing heart and sighed over the villanies perpetrated by the Rats and Mice. A venerable old Coon was made chairman of the meeting, and after clearing his voice he began: "My friends, there is great need of re? form. We are drifting down to perdi? tion at race-horse speed. Speak, broth? ers, speak, and let us have a full and frank expression." "I am for reform," said the Tiger as he roae up. "I see the Coons out every night, stealing corn and raising old Ned enerally, and I hope they may be rought to see the error of their ways." "Reform is my watch-word," began the Buffalo as he secured the floor, and I hope the Tigers will commence the good work in their midst. The Tiger who just addressed you has the blood of my slain calf still on his lips." "It is my opinion," began a veteran old Hyena, "that reform is most needed among the Vultures. They have become so bold that I hardly stand a show nowa? days to find a carcass for myself." "And since men have taken to carrying guns and swords I hesitate to attack them," said a Wolf. "I move you, Mr. Chairman, that it is the sense of this meeting that men no longer go armed." "Hear what I have to say," pleaded the Wild Cat. "I move that the Pan? ther be censured for eating flesh." "And my friend the Cow should be forced to let grass alone," observed an Elephant." "In order to get the sense of the meet? ing I move that we no longer eat flesh," observed a Deer. "I move to amend by substituting the word 'grass/ " promptly responded a Wolf. Amendments and resolutions were coming in like the Pacific Express, when the old Coon in the chair called for order and said. "My friends, let us begin our reform by routing out the Serpents." "No I no!" no protested a Fox," I lease my cave to a family of Serpents at excellent cosh figures: Let's drive the WormB out of the country." "But we feed on Worms," chirped a hundred Birds. "Drive them out and we'd starve 1" Thus they continued, each one anxious to preserve whatever was good for him? self and sacrifices whatever was good for his neighbor, until the Coon cut the discussion short by saying : "Order 1 Order! Now then any bird or fowl who is willing to begin this reform campaign by sacrificing personal gains please stand up." Everything continued to sit. "Well, then, any one willing to begin the reform at home and under his own hat please stand up. No one stood up. "I think we have bitten off more than we can phew," said the Coon as he laid down his gavel. "This is a very wicked world, and there is great need of reform, but when Tigers set out to reform Hye? nas and Wild Cats find fault with the doings of Wolves, it's time to dismiss the meeting. moral. Charity may begin next door, but re? form should commence at home. A. T. Stewart's Body. New York, April 15. Many persons in Garden City and Hempstead believe that the body of A. T. Stewart now lies in the crypt of the Stewart memorial cathedral at Garden City. It ts said that about two weeks ago two large slabs of blue stone were brought up on a freight train. They were so heavy that special appliances had to be brought into requisition to take them from the car and carry them to the cathedral. In each corner of these slabs there were eye-holes for the insertion of heavy bolts. It is supposed that one of the slabs was designed to lie beneath the coffin, and the other on top of it, and that they were to be bolted together. Next, the story has it that about twelve days ago a special train arrived at Gar? den City at midnight, consisting of an engine, a baggage-car and a passenger car. That Mr. Hilton, Mrs. Stewart and about half a dozen others got off the train and went directly to the cathedral, while from the baggage car was taken a coffin which [was also taken to the cathedral. The party was there a long time; the cathedral being lighted and the doors locked. It is further said that the body was put in the crypt in the basement of the cathedral beneath the chancel, and that masons then laid the stones, bolted them, poured lead around the bolts in the eyeholes, and sealed the masonry with cement. It is further said that elec? tricians skillfully led wires from various parts of the masonry and of the crypt up to the chime of bells in the steeple in such a manner that if any person should attempt an entrance every bell in the steeple would ring. It is further related that the cathedral has been lighted up frequently since that time, and much work has beeu going on in it. Formerly there was a watchman in. the daytime, but now it is said there are two at night. The Spider's Apparatus, Few things are more wonderful than the spinning apparatus of the spider. On the under side of the creature's body are placed four or six little knobs, each not larger than the point of a pin. These are outlets of certain receptacles within the abdomen, where the silk is prepared. When the snider wishes to spin a thread, it presses the knobs or spinerets, with one of its legs, and forthwith there issues from each, not one, but n thousand fibers, of such exquisite fineness that it is only when all the products of all the spinerets are united that they become visible to the naked eye. The "thread" of the spider is thus a tiny rope of four or six thousand strands. The twisting of the fibers into one cord is performed by the hindmost pair of legs, which, like the rest, are fur? nished with three claws apiece. Using these claws as fingers, the little rope maker twists her groups of thread into one with surprising rapidity. ? Some idea of how much the Amer? ican people are willing to pay for amuse? ments may be gathered from the fact that there have been taken in at the perform? ances already given by Sarah Bernhardt between $430,000 and $440,000. This is an enormous sum to be expended upon one entertainment alone, and when the other successful organizations are taken into consideration, and the money they have received, it can readily be seen how strongly the. theater-going passion is de? veloped in our people. Mile. Bernhardt will take back with her, as her share of the season's work, somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000. No wouder the foreign singers and actors regard America as a gold mine, the working of which brings profit and pleasure. A Hatching Cat. Brooklyn, April 15. A cat owned by Thomas Leonard, a south Brooklyn mason, and which is now sitting upon a nest of eggs, on Thursday afternoon batched out two chickens, makiug the twenty-first brood that she has hatched. The cat is a brindle, and is about three-years old. She had one litter of kittens before she began to hatch chickens, but since she has usurped the place of a hen she has refused the com? pany of all other cats. About two years ago the cat, which is christened Tibby, found a warm resting-place in the nest of a sitting hen, when the hen bad gone to bunt food, and became so fond of it that it refused to surrender it. There was a fight when the hen returned, and the cat was the victor, the hen retiring from the contest with one eye scratched out. The cat warmed the eggs every day, faithfully leaving the nest only for a meal, and soon hatched out the chickens. From all of the twenty broods, number? ing about fifty chickens, the cat has raised about twenty one. The maternal care tbe animal exhibited for the chickens was a constant surpise. She followed with her eves the movements of every chick, and when it strayed too far she stepped softly after it, picked it up by the back of the neck and returned it to the company of the others. In her frol? ics she turned upon her back, took a chicken between her paws and played with it. As soon as one brood of chick? ens was born she seemed restless until a new nest of eggs was provided for her. At the same time she kept an eye upon the last brood, which she warmed beneath her fur at night in the same nest with the eggs. The chickens recognized tbe cat as their mother, and when she left the cage in which she was kept they ran chirping after her. The cat defended them against another cat, and especially against a hen. Her grown up chickens Tibby never failed to recognize, and the memory of their feliue mother did not seem to desert the pullets. She played with one of ber chickens until it was three or four months old and always seemed to welcome it when it came where she was kept. In the hatch hing process she seems morose until she hears the first peep or feels the first throb of life in the shell. Then she draws the quickened egg to a point in the nest where she can both warm and set, and if the chick in pecking its way through the shell needs any assistance she helps break its covering with her teeth. She has now two chicks a day old and two that are about a week old. She hugs them about her in ber nest and if one hops out she steps after it, bears it down with her foot, grasp3 its neck between her teeth and carries it gently back. The cat has been the source of considerable income to Leonard. It is now on exhibition in a museum. A Soldier's Dream. Just before the battle of Cedar Creek a camp sentinel who was off duty tempora? rily and trying to put in a little sleep, dreamed that he was out on a scout. A mile to the right of the camp he came upon a log barn, and as it began to rain just then, he sought shelter, or was about to, when he heard voices and discovered that tbe place was already occupied. After a lit? tle investigation he discovered scouts had taken up their quarters for tbe night in the place, and he therefore moved away. Tbe sentinel awoke with such vivid re? membrance of the details that he asked permission to go over and confer with one of the scouts. When the log barn was described to this man he lecated it at once, having passed it a dozen times. The dreamer described the highway ex? actly as it was, giving every hill and turn and the scout put such faith in the re? mainder of the dream that he took four soldiers, one of whom was the dreamer, and set out for the place. Three Con? federate scouts were asleep in the straw and were taken without a shot being fired. Three days before the affair at Reeley's Ford a corporal in the Sixth (Michi? gan Cavalry dreamed that a brother of his, who was a sergeant in another com? pany, would have his horse killed in action, and wonld almost immediately mount a dark bay horse with a white nose. Within five minutes both horse and rider would be killed by a shell. This dream was related to more than a score of comrades full two days before the flight. Early in the fight the sergeant's horse was stiuck square in the forehead by a bullet and dropped dead in his tracks. It was scarcely three minutes before a white nosed horse, carrying a blood-stained saddle galloped up to the sergeaut and halted. He remembered the dream and refused to mount the animal, and soon after picked up a black horse. The white nosed animal was mounted by a second corporal in another regiment and tbe horse and rider were torn to fragments by a shell, in full sight of four companies the Sixth.?New York Commercial Ad? vertiser. Characteristics.?There is a little incident connected with Mahone's career during the late war which is worth re? lating. On one occasion Mahone had a fight with General Wilson's division near Petersburg, and Wilson captured a whole regiment of Mahone's men. Fits Hugh Lee subsequently gave Wilson a sound drubbing, and recaptured Ma? hone's lost regiment and twelve or four? teen of Wilson's cannon. Mahone had the pieces hauled to bis quarters, and sent a dispatch to the Richmond papers announcing that he had whipped Wilson and captured his artillery. In tbe mean? time he had tbe guns placed in conspic? uous positions around his headquarters as trophies of war. Fitz Hugh Lee, hearing of this scurvy trick, went to Ma? hone's camp at 2 o'clock in the morning and demanded the guns. Mahone im? pudently refused to give them up. Fitz Hugh Lee went back to his camp and or? dered hiB men to prepare to take the ?uns. General R. E. Lee, hearing of tho ifficulty, interfered, and Mahone deliv? ered the guns to him, refusing to hand them over to Fitz Hugh Lee, who had taken them from tbe enemy and saved Mahone's captured regiment. In bis magnanimity Fitz Hugh Lee did not report to General Lee that Mabone had lost his regiment, but the little brigadier gave him no thanks, and meanly stuck to it that he had gained a victory and cap? tured the guns. The incident is sug? gestive of the character of the man.? Courier-Journal. ? "I used to be an odd job Christian, but I am now working full time," was the remark of a laboring man who had been remiss in his duties, but had been through a revival. ? Henry Ward Beccher announced from the Plymouth Church pulpit Sun? day morning his belief that baptism was a non-essential ordinance of the churcb. It was pleasant enough and useful enough, but if a man died trusting in Christ it made no difference whether he had been sprinkled or immersed, or both or nei? ther. Whisky Drinking in a Dry Climate. The effect of alcohol on the Iudians of the high, dry plains, even when taken in small qupntities, is lo almost instantly drive them crazy. The craze is evinced by bloodthirsty savageness and utter reck? lessness. The frequent assaults that have been made by mounted Indians armed with bows an arrows, on Western trading posts defended by American riflemen, sharply indicate the effect of alcohol in men of highly nervous temper? ament, natives of a dry country where the light atmosphere is highly charged with electricity. So it is with white men. The murder? ous acts ot the "cow boys," when under the influence of liquor, are well known. When sober, a more hospitable and kind? er-hearted class does not exist. When drunk, they exhibit all the characteris? tics of the Indians. They are transform? ed into howling, bloodthirsty fiends. They shoot and stab each other, as well as unoffending strangers, with the sav? ageness of Cbeyennes or Sioux. Most of these men are residents of Western Tex? as. Almo3t all of them have lived on the plains for a term of years. The country they inhabit is arid and of an altitude of from 1,200 to 6,000 feet above the sea. Throughout the pastoral region the atmosphere is surcharged with electrici? ty that expends its force in terrific thun? der storms, in tornadoes and in the dreaded dry waterspouts. Throughout the pastoral region the fact that a man who has become acclimated can not safely stimulate himself with alcohol is well known, and has long been admitted by all thinking men. In Kansas, above all other Western States, has the attempt to settle the Arid Belt with agriculturists been made. Liv? ing in this celt are thousands of voters, and it was the ballots of these men that accomplished the adoption of the consti? tutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of Alcoholic liquors in the State. Unconsciously they, by their ballots, recognized the conditions of the climate in which thoy live. The adoption was a measure of self-defense. Democrats and Republicans, irrespective of party, voted for the measure.?New York Sun. How Officials were Once Paid. It is not a general known historical fact that from 1777 to 1784 tho territory now known as Tennessee formed a part of North Carolina, and that in 1785 the Tennesseeans, becoming dissatisfied with their government, organized a State gov? ernment under the name of "Franklyn," which was maintained for some years. The organization afterwards disbanded and Territorial Tennessee was again an? nexed to North Carolina. The following is among the law? passed by the legisla? ture of the Statp jf Franklyn. We copy as found in a speech by Daniel Webster on the currency in 1888 : "Be it enacted by the General Assem? bly of the State of Franklyn, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same: That from the first day of Janua? ry, 1779, the salaries of the officers of this Commonwealth be as follows, to-wit: "His Excellency the Governor, per annum, 1,000 deer skins ; "His Honor the Cfcief Justice, 500 deer skins; or, 600 raccoon skins; "The Treasurer of the State, 450 rac? coon skins; "Each County Clerk, 300 beaver skins; "Clerk of the House of Commons, 200 raccoon skins; "Member of Assembly, per diem, three raccoon skins; "Justice's fee for signing a warrant, one muskrat skin; "To the Constable for serving a war? rant, one mink skin; "Entered into a law the 18th day of October, 1779, under the great seal of the State/' Effect of a Bad Example, "My early practice," said a doctor "was successful, and I soon obtained an envi? able position. I married a lovely girl; two children were born to us, and my domestic happiness was complete. But I was invited often to social parties where wine was freely circulated, and I soon became a slave to its power. Before I was aware of it I was a drunkard. My noble wife never taunted mewith a bitter 'word, never ceased to pray for my refor? mation. We were wretchedly poor, so that my family became pinched for daily bread. One beautiful Sabbath my wife went to church and left me on the lounge sleeping off my previous night's debauch. I was aroused by hearing something heavy fall on the floor. I opened my eyes and saw my little boy six years old tumbling on the carpet. His older brother said to him, 'Now get up and fall again. That's the way papa does. Let's play we are drunk.' I watched the child as he personated my beastly move? ments in a way that would have done credit to any actor. I arose and left the house, groaning in agony and remorse. I walked off miles in the country?thinking over my abominable sin, and the exam? ple I was setting before ray children. I solemnly resolved that with God's help I would quit the cup, and I did. No lec? ture I ever heard from Mr. Gough mov? ed my soul like the spectacle of my own sweet boys "playing drunk as papa does." ? A wedding party got so druuk at Waupaca, Wis., that the object of the gathering was forgotten by all, including the bride, bridegroom and* minister, and the marriage did uot take place until next day. ? Some remarkable revelations con? cerning the adulteration of food are made in tho annual report, just published, of the inspector of viuegar for the City of Boston. The total amount of the liquor sold and used in Boston each year under the name of vinegar is estimated at about 3,000,000 gallons. Of this, the inspector declares, less than one-tenth is pure apple juice, the first being a villanous decoc tiou of molasses, glucose, acid sour ale, lager beer distillery slops, &c, made for about half the lowest possible cost of pure cider viuegar. Nor is this all, uor even the worst view of the case. Such sub? stances as oil of vitriol and other mineral acids are brought into requisition*. One cent's worth of sulphuric acid is sufficient for the manufacture of four gallons of vine? gar, and when disguised by other ingre? dients its presence cannot be detected by taste alone. Much of this wretched stuff, it is believed, has been sold in the Boston market as "Pure Apple Vinegar." Fifteen hundred barrels of it in a single cargo were seized by the ?flicers, and captured in a warehouse and shipped back to the former owners. The extent to which this illegal and inhuman busi? ness is carried on is shown by the fact that the wholesale price of vinegar in Breton averages 9 cents per gallon, much of it being sold as low as 6 cents, while the genuine article cannot be man? ufactured for less than about 12J cents por gallon. It is only natural that the inspector, in concluding his report, should attribute the high death-rate of the city large!/ to the consumption of these de? leterious compounds. News and Gossip. ? The man with a scolding wife is overrated. ? Georgia will produce only a half peach crop. ? Itcosts more to revenge wrongs than to bear them. ? Persons who fret more than they work can never be happy. ? Michigan has a man with three arms. He is the only man alive who can take two girls sleighing and enjoy it. ? A new cave has been discovered near Falmoutb, Kentucky, large and beautiful. Human bones are found in it. ? Cattle are dying very rapidly in Louisiana for want of pasturage, which is caused by the severe and prolonged winter. ? An Alabama doctor who mixes den? tistry with his practice, charges "fifty cents if you don't holler, a dollar if you do." In fifty years he has yanked out 2,000 teeth. ? The Czar of Russia gets up early every morning and takes a long walk, after which he breakfasts with his family and then he romps for a good while with his children. ? One son of Mr. English, the late candidate for tbe Vice-Presidency, mar? ried a pretty variety actress, and a sec? ond is betrothed to Minnie Kent, a skip? ping rope dancer. ? At Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, Jefferson Davis Bill, of Connecticut, has completed his studies. His two brothers are named Lecompton Constitution and Kansas Nebraska Bill. ? Secretary Blaine is undergoing mis? ery with inflammatory rheumatism, which skips over him remorselessly, and has at last settled near his eyes. In spite of his suffering he persists in working. ? The Virginia Democrats are pre? paring for a vigorous campaign this sum? mer and fall. The Mahone party is splitting up, and it is probable a straight Republican ticket will be put in the field. ? Detroit has a young lawyer who, when he remains out to an unreasonable hour in the night, "having fun with the boys," goes to a hotel and registers his name as "Roscoe Conkling, of Washing? ton." ? The German Government, having prohibited the use of tobacco by boys under 16 years of age, is considering the practicability of still more stringent laws, including the prohibition of beer in the army. ? A walnut desk which once belonged to Washington has been discovered in a second hand furniture store in Staunton, Va. An inscription shows that it was presented in 1777 to Washington by Mr. Webster. ? In some of the rural districts of Italy a lover who wishes to make a declaration of his passion places rooo leaves before the door of the lady. If she rejects him she sweeps them away but if she accepts him the rose leaves re? main. ? "See here," said a fault-finding hus? band to his wife, "we must have things arranged in this house so that we shall know just where everything is kept." "With all my heart," she sweetly an? swered, "and let us begin with your late hours, my love; I should dearly like to know where they are kept." He lets things run on as usual. ? Every Russian above the age of twelve has to take what may fairly be called a steel clad, sixteen-inch plate, copper riveted oath, to shed every drop of his blood iu protecting and defending all the rights aud authority of the Czar, now and in the hereafter, and to keep every secret. For failure in his alle? giance he will hold himself responsible at the judgment day, and not ask divine intervention on that important occasion. ? It is remarkable what little bites a woman take3 when eating iu tbe presence of her sweetheart. What a little mouth she has then! She nibbles with her little white teeth like some dainty squir-w rel eating a hickory nut. But wait until wash-day comes! Watch her when she goes to hanging out clothes and gets in a hurry. By the time she gets the big ends of fifteen clothes pins in that mouth, you will begin to think that it is a pretty good sized, hearty mouth after all.? Bloomington Eye. ? The Voorhees-Alahone difficulty, says the Washingtou correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution, is virtually end? ed. Voorhee? says he iutends to treat any message from Mahone, whether it be a challenge.or otherwise, with contempt. Mahone, full of indignation, iusisted upon cballengiug Voorhees, but was per? suaded by discreet friends that such an act would only injure him. The friends of both Senators are endeavoring to fix up a mutual explanation, but neither Voorhees nor Mahone seems inclined that way. ? Having tried every variety of fuel out We3t, the Minnesoteans have finally hit on an entirely novel one. Wood is not to be thought of. as the country is entirely prairie, and will not grow it well, and coal comes too expensive and is not to be had at all off the line of the rail? roads. During last winter corn was used by many persons, and a large number of firms dealt in it as fuel. It is now dis? covered that the best substitute for wood is sunflowers. They grow rapidly and luxuriantly, and when dried, burn well. A number of farmers near Nelsonvillc piantcd their extra land iu sunflowers last year, and had a supply of fuel throughout the winter, and were even able to sell to their neighbors. ? A Mr. Sternette, who lives at Big Lake, Dakota, has managed to reach Du buque, Iowa, and gives some rather cold pictures of the life that he and his neigh? bors led during the late cold spell. When the first blizzard came, two fami? lies, residing but a short distance from Sternette, becoming alarmed at their small supply of wood, came over to his house, and it was agreed that all three families should pool their fuel, and thus try to weather the winter. Notwith? standing this combination, their fuel ran out, and they used all the railroad ties and telegraph poles they could dig out of the snow; then the houses of the other two families were, little by little, torn down and burned, and nearly all their furniture went the same way. Another family had lived some time on soup made of an ox hide. ? The Postmaster at Baltimore, Geu. Erastus B. Tyler, described as "a man over sixty years of age and highly re? spected in the community," had a pretty female employee whom he grossly insult? ed two or three times in a secluded por? tion of the postofBce building. She thereupon brought suit against him for $20,000, and obtained a verdict against him. Pleading that he could not obtain a fair trial, he was allowed to remove the case to another county, where it is now in progress. The case has caused much excitement in Baltimore, and sympathy for both parties runs high. Mr. Fulton, the editor of the Baltimore American, has opened a subscription list iu his office to defray the plaintiff's expenses, and has made several stirring appeals in her be? half. One of the interesting features of the case is that the young lady, Miss Murray, has for her attorney Charles Jerome Bonaparte, grand-son of Jerome Bonaparte and grand-nephew of the great Napoleon.