The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 28, 1881, Image 1

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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C.. THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOPER 21 1 MMT VOLUME XVI.-NO. 1.1 A Temperance County. No county ?u Georgia bad more still houses and barrooms to tho number of in habitant'! than Carroll twenty years ago. Drinking places wcro not only to be found in the little towns, but also at the cross-roads and country places through out the county. No moro unfavorable place could have been selected titan this county. It was settled by a class of citi zens who regarded plenty of corn whis key and peach brandy os essential to good living. Liquor was sold without scruple and drank without stint. Many of tue poop!.) spent all their means, beyond a baro living, for strong drink. Education and churches were neglected. Ignorance and vico prevailed to such an alarming czteut that the very name of the county became a by-word and reproach in the State it was called tho "free State of Carroll." The better citizens, going from the county, were ashamed to acknowledge where they were from. Thc 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 wau made at Bowden. In the very act by which the town was in corporated was a clause prohibi':~g tho Hale of whiskey in so roany miles of the place. In 1S63, Dr. W. W. Pitts moved to Carrollton, tho county scat, 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 dertormination that r.jver faltered, ho worked on. He was foiled frequently by thc liquor men, but he never gavo up the struggle. Other men moved into the town, and united their intelligence with his. They man aged tho prohibition movement with great prudence and tact. They did not organizo 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 tliey did not succeed for several years, they wore all the time educating public opinion. Thus they prepared to hold tho field when the; won it. In Carrollton tho temperance men worked twelve years without success. In 1875, ob'M was passed by tho Leg islatura prohibiting the sale of liquor in > the town. In spito of opposition and abuse, the temperance men succeeded, and will? re sults that aro marvellous. 1. Tho trade of tho town hos been moro than doubled. Before tho liquor traffic was abolished thc trade of the place was about $200,000 a year, now it is $500,000 a year. There are thirty stores in town, and I do not know of a single merchant among them who would not vote agai?Bt tho liquor traffic on purely business grounds. Mr. Johu W. Stewnrt, who 1ms made a fortune here, says, os a business man, that ho would not have liquor back for any consideration. Some of our leading merchants wer?3 op posed to prohibition at first because they feared that it would injure their trade. They arc unanimously in favor of it now. The $30,000 that was spent here for whisky iirior to 1875 is now spent in building louses, improving stock, draining lands, and paying taxes. The farmers are nearly all out of debt. Many of tho men who wero spending all of their money for whiskey have quit drinking and are making a support for their families. 2. The argument that men would drink anyhow does not hold good but with very few. Perhaps there are in every town somo few men who have-drank so long that they are slaves to the habit. Such men would send oil' and get whisky, and drink anyhow. But we have learned that, with nearly all the people, whisky 1 ' . like watermelons-the supply croates I tue demand. Do away with the supoly ; and thero will be no demand, as a gener al thing. By prohibiting the sale of li quor in tho town.1 of Georgia wo will soon have a generation of young men who will I have no desire for it whatever. 8. We have two drug stores hero ; but I not a particle of liquor is sold in either of I them. Tho leading druggist here told :.me that be kept alcohol io the store; but ; he used it only for tinctures. An attempt Vwas made by one of the druggists to sell bittern ; but the grand Jury soon found BO many true bills against him that ho . promised tho people of tho town if they would ask the judge to be as merciful in Iiis fines os possible, ho would never sell another bottloof bitters or drop of whis ky. 4; In a morai point of view, the re sults of this movement in our town have been perfectly remarkable. The solicitor of this judicial circuit says thero is less crime in this county than any other in this circuit. Most of the peopl ? have joinod the church. Profanity is almost unkuowu. On the train that comes daily Iinto Carrollton, not an officer or train hand on it ever swears an oath. Tho soberness nnd quiet which prevail here, even on election days and court weeks, strike visitors as being wonderful. At a barbecue here last year, though thora were together about four thousand people, Col. Thomas Herdeman, who spoke on tho occasion, said that he never saw a drunken man. Ho regarded it as something almost now under tho sun. A committee of good men rovised the jury box, leaving out the names of those'who habitually drank whisky. Tho county has boon electing, for tho post twelve years.. Dr. D. B. Johan, nrdin-.ry. who will riot graut license to sell liquor any Iwhere in tho county, for love, or threats, or monoy. Ho has dono a giand work for tho county, and so could every ordi nary if he would. Tho prohibition movement in this county is n grand success. Tbeo fourths of tho white people in Carrollton are op posed to tho .lalo of whisky and nearly -tho sam? proportion in tho county.- I ?Chri?tian Statesman. m AN INDIAN BATTLE-FIELD REVEALED. ||-Mr. Frank Terry, who resides on tho -tpoosa River, near the green Foster place, pros in the city yesterday. As is known the Fosler farm lies in n bend of the .river. Mr. Terry says that during the |)ate freshet the Coosa flooded this place, ptnd the current that swept over it waa so Strong that in some places it washed off .the surface to. the extent of five acres .down lo the clay. In one of these washes fm, burled Indian battle-field was exposed ito view. The ground was strewn with oones. Not a human bone that ono could ; jthink ot but was to be seen on this long bidden field of battle that the Coosa han, Kiss it wore, to suddenly lifted up into '?broad day. In addition to tito bones a pargo number of Indian beads, varying p size from an averago hickory nut to a Mms.ll nea, wera also found. In one place ;;,in Indian pipe, carved into tho shape of ;* human face, was picked up. As thora v'jfure a great many logs, so lying ooo on the ^Bher as to indicate that they once con ggHtuted a fortification, it is supposed that M?ese bones are indications of a stubborn ?Lud?an battle having been fought on this afoot in the unknown past. Who can igfeoipher these hiaroglyphical records of Sndian history?-Rome(Ga.) Bulletin. Life ana Death In a Ureat City. The moat 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 s betel 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 ono perfect independence of action nnd es tablishes the police and health officers as about tho only censors of social conduct or individual behavior, and enables one to live in perfect quiet and seclusion, if it is desired. But it seems to me that it tends to selfiohnesp. coldness and loveless ness. Just next door to where I am lo cated, for instance, I saw yesterday a little coffin takcu in at tho door. No one in tbe house in which I live knows tho names of the next door neighbors. In quiry developed the belief that a bright eyed little boy, who had been missed from tue sidewalk and the little yard for a few days, wrj) dead, and that thc collin was intended for him. But none of us were permitted to oiler sympathy or assistance in that house of mourning. We had nothing to do but to look out ot* the win dow upon a velocipede standing idle in thc yard, and a boy's dog wanderiug aimlessly about. And 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 motb?r's heart was breaking in that silent and desolate bouse. Of course, nny interference might have been worso than useless, but it seemed strange to people coming from a town where thc death of a little child started thc 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 tho house that could bo noticed. The little coffin was taken to the door-the door opened -the casket was passed in-the messen f;er departed-the street cars swept noisi y by-tho newsboys cried tho evening fiapers-the rag-picker passed in tho ab ey way without lifting his eyes-the door closed-tho parents were left alone with tho dead. To-day, Sunday, the funeral took piacc. There w as 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 acquantances. The little coffin was put in a carriage and tho procession trotted off bi'skly to tho cemetery. In au hour or two one carriage returned bearing the parents and a little sister of the dead boy. They got out of the car ringo, thc door was opened by a servant and they went in alone with their grief, to master it k." best they could. Of course this is thu 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 tho house in which the corpse was laid, and the stifT formality of the fuaeral, has sad dtned 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 largo that a misfor tune to any one of its citizens will not kin dle regrets in the hearts of the people, aud bereavement not be tempered by common friendliness and sympathy.-II. W. G., in Atlanta OotutUution. The White House Teetotalism-Hr. Hajes 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 bo thc case in other countries and with other people, in our climate and with tho excitable, nervous temperament of our Seople, tue habitual uso of intoxicating rinks was not safe. I regarded the dan ger of 'he habit as especially great in political And official life. It seemed to mo that -,o exclude Uqiio/a from tho White House would be wise and useful as an example, and would be approved by good people generally. The sugges ; tion was practically agreeable to Airs. Hayes. She had been a total abstinence woman from childhood. We had never used liquors in our own home, ano it was determined to continue our home custom in this respect in our official resi der, co in Washingtor ns wo had dono Pt Columbus. I was not a total abstainer when I became President, but the dis cussion which arose over the chango at the executive mansion soon satisfied me that thero was no half-way house in the matter. During tho greater part of my term, at least during tho lost three years, I have been in practice, os in theory, a persistent total abstinence man and shall continue to bc so. AU statements, in cluding the ono you sent me, inconsis tent with the foregoing are untrue and without foundation. PUSHING THE PLOUGH. Tho Agricultural Progr?s* of tho State Figures from the Census Burean Show ing the Greatly Increased Production of South Carolina. The tables given below aro tho first of the kind made up by the United States wCUSUS ??U'CSu, .mu? mc ickuilis Ul :usi year, for any State, and wore furnished in advance by special request to our in defatigable Commissioner of A inculture, Col. A. P. Butler. It will bo seen that the total number of acres cultivated in cotton, corn and small grain is 8,090,972, which is 80,442 acres more than all tho "improved land" in the State in 1S70. Tho product of cotton is 516,490 bales, against 224,500 in 1870, a gain of about 130 per cent. In corn tho increase is from 7,014,207 bush els in 1870 to 11,763,72? bushels in 1880, or moro than 50 per int. In oats the tables shows 2,715,.HR bushels against 613,593 bushels in J WO, or, in other words, the oat produu. of tho Btato has multiplied more than fourfold in ten years. In wheat the increase is from 783,610 bushels in 1870 to 902,431 bush els in 1880, or nearly 20 per cent. Tho United States Agricultural Report, for 1879, shows that the average yield of cotton per acre for all tho 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 3G2, and that,' it must be .remembered, is long staple cotton. Tho average yield of corn per aero in tho United States in 1879 was 29 bushels ; the average yield in this State for 1880 is aly 9 bushels per acre, which shows how much room there is for improvement in our methods ! of cultivf.*4oo. The average yield of wheat for 1879 was 13.8 bushels ; the avenge yield in this State for 1880 is given at 5.6 bushels. The average of oats is given at 13 busheb as against 2S.7 bushels average per acre in tho United States in 1879. The greatest aggregate yield of cotton, j 84,907 bales, is in Edgefield County ; of I corn, in York 626,805 bushels; of oats. in Edgefield 410.243 bushels, and of wheat 107,008 bushels in Abbeville County. Thc greatest yield of cotton per acre is ia Marlboro,' the temperance county, where it is 857 pounds ; of corn tho largest yield is 13.3 bushels in Ker* shaw County; of oats 18.2 bushels: in Georgetown County, and of wheat 12 bushels in Charleston County, the result of experimental. Csr*?sB?. The figures, wmidereri in the light of the past, are very gratifying as showing an improvement not only iu the extent of lana under cultivation but also in the mauner of cultivating, bot in the light of what can bj done and is done else ^hero by !:::,jro7ed systems of farming they leave much yet to be desired. Cotton. Pounds Acres. Halts, per acre, Edgefleld. Ul,350 24,007 574 Uarnwell. 83,540 28,800 510 Abbeville. 82,862 20,220 470 Fairfield. 09,179 25,501 553 Orangcbnrg. 03,854 25,244 595 Laurens . 03,704 24,422 530 Newberry. 57,309 24,092 033 Darlington. 00,308 23,012 595 Marlboro'. 41,261 23,714 857 .Sumter. 57,910 22,134 581 York. 55,239 22,256 005 Spartanburg. 50,531 22,156 580 Anderson. 00,801 ?11,867 522 Marion. 45,428 21,743 718 Chester. 52,284 19,043 547 Greenville. 45,304 10,075 504 Union. 50,911 18,811 560 Aiken. 36,987 14,287 587 Lancaster. 30,744 12,678 610 Kershaw. 28,900 11,280 583 Richland. 28,361 10,973 581 Lexington. 22,762 9,017 595 Clarendon. 26,074 8,572 482 Charleston. 22,235 8,500 574 Chesterfield. 18,480 7,733 610 Hampton. 21,411 7,055 530 Pickens. 18,364 5,724 461 "Williamsburg... 15,831 5,607 530 Collcton . 11,390 4,846 580 Oconce. 13,550 3,803 419 Beaufort. 11,070 2,740 302 Horry. 17,740 809 681 Georgetown. 303 155 040 Total.1,347,373 516,490 Corn. Acres. Bushels. Bush, t per acre. Edgefield. 07,814 558,750 8.0 Barnwell. 84,043 000,085 7.1 Abbeville. 51,517 471,955 9.3 Fairiield. 40,259 307.930 9.1 Orangeburg. 60,419 529,259 7.0 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 Sumter. 51,870 442,300 8.5 York. 51,532 626,305 12.0 Sparenburg. 50,225 593,454 10.5 Anderson. 49,940 492.5?0 0.1 Marion. 55,183 470,745 8.0 Chester. 40,469 357,308 8.8 Greenville. 52,347 080,031 11.2 Union. 3?,710 379,830 10.2 Aiken. 51,481 377,922 7.3 Ls^caster. 26,622 201,039 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 6.7 Charleston. 29,569 279,908 9.5 Chesterfield. 27,228 247,430 9.0 Hampton. 30,825 227,884 7.3 Pickens. 27,005 314,064 11.4 Williamsburg... 30,291 220,311 7.2 Coileton. 43,544 370,532 8.3 Oconee. 23,224 268,889 11.5 Beaufort. 14,735 135,755 9.2 Horry. 13,381 703,895 7.8 Georgetown.. .. 4,389 44,161 10.5 Total.1,303,037 11,703,720 9.0 Oats. Bush. Acres. Bushels, per acra Edgefield. 30,432 415,243 11.1 Barnwell. 10,868 140,150 12.9 Abbeville. 23,544 249,981 10.0 Fairfield. 7,581 86,500 11.2 Orangeburg. 9,727 140,473 14.4 Laurens. 15,800 149,410 9.2 Newbgrry. 13,994 177,982 12.7 Darlington . 8,317 88,210 10.6 Marlboro'. 4,727 63,180 13.1 Sumter. 6,880 64,581 10.9 York. 13,824 119,882 8.6 Spartanburg. 11,280 74,572 0.0 Anderson. 12,706 94,013 7.4 Marion. 6,784 69,011 10.1 Chester. 10.440 87,583 8.3 Greenville. 9,275 02,613 0.0 Union. 5,558 42,040 7.3 Aiken. 3,540 54,339 15.3 Lancaster. 0,697 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 Clicsierfteid. 4,640 41,640 8.9 Hampton. 5,325 58,595 11.0 Pickens. 2,882 23,987 10.0 Williamsburg.... 1,070 9,860 0.1 Coileton. 5,931 66,097 10.9 Oconee. 4,527 37,392 8.2 Beaufort. 213 2,901 13.0 Horry. 157 1,057 0.0 Georgetown. 205 3,741 18.2 Total.261,427 2,715,443 13.0 Bush. Acres. Bushels, per aero Edgefield. 11,328 07,809 5.9 Barnwell. 3,778 22,584 5.9 Abbeville. 14.390 107,608 7.4 Fairfield. 4,012 24,611 6.0 Laurens. 9,804 62,243 5.2 Orangcburg. 3,529 15,635 4.4 Newberry. 9,258 01,130 0.9 Darlington. 2,589 13,423 5.1 Marlboro'. 2,436 20,071 8.2 Sumter. 400 2,713 5.9 York. 14,175 75,173 5.3 Spartanburg. 14,800 70,095 5.4 Anderson. 16,755 101,004 0.0 Marion. 1,081 9,131 8.4 Chester. 7,342 35,768 4.8 Greenvlllo. 11.597 62,103 i>. Union. 0,710 33,051 5.0 Aiken. 0,527 22,584 3.4 Lancaster. 3,777 10,852 4.4 Kershaw . 1,569 6,355 4.0 Richland. 514 3,916 7.6 Lexington... 12,155 48,167 3.1 Clarendon. 125 024 5.0 rharlrwitnrt ,"" 1? 193 12.0 Chesterfield. 2,549 10,320 4.0 Hampton. 72 147 0.3 Pickens. 4,994 31,663 6.3 Wdliamsburg... 78 409 6.2 Coileton. 186 805 4.3 Oconee. 4,264 26,017 0.1 Beaufort,. . Horry. 3 ll 5.6 Georgetown. 1 6 Total.170,899 962,431 3.6 Total Small O rain. Acres. Bnsh. Edgefield. 47,890 484,041 Barnwell. 15,641 167,29i Abbeville. 38,730 861,327 Fairfield. 11,674 111,610 Orangebarg. 13,601 157,728 laurens. 27,020 213,303 Newberry. 23,817 243,840 Darlington. 11,469 103.381 Marlboro'. 7,451 84,182 Sumter. 6,478 07,891 York.:. 28,380 195,004 Spartanburg. 26,188 155,091 Anderson. 29,849 198,048 Marion. 7.804 78,258 Chester. 17,800 73,729 Greenville. 21,566 128,148 Union. 12,405 70,923 Aiken. 10,444 77,891 Lancaster. 10,064 05,917 Kershaw. 4,610 41,607 Richland . 2,677 34,834 Lexington. 22,392 169,457 Clarendon. 2,730 30,860 Cha;'.eaton. 1,827 24,560 Chesterfield. 7,300 52,621 Hampton. 5,450 59,299 Pickens._. 8,125 61,854 Williamsburg. 1,197 10,402 'Colloton. 0,320 67,996 Oconee. 0,600 60,365 Beaufort.,. 210 2,014 Horry ... IBO 1,145 Georgetown... 225 3,872 Total..440,562 3,721,486 - Modesty ia * guard to virtue. A Host of Coutiflthnts. Testimony in the following contested elections for Representatives has heen 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 rs. Joseph Wheeler, eighth district of Alabama ; Robert Smalls, Republican, vs. George D. Tillman, Democrat, fifth district of South Carolina; John T. Sto viii, Democrat, vs. George C. Cabell, Democrat, fifth district of Virginia ; Pr.nniel Leo, Republican, vs. John S. Richardson, Democrat, First district of South Carolina ; George M. Buchanan, Republican, va. Van II. Manning, Demo* cat, 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. Reel, Repub can, First District of Maine. In addition to the above it is under stood that ue 8cat?of the followingDem ocratic Representatives in the Forty seventh Congress will bo 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, ana 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. Tho scat of Gen. Hooker is claimed by Mr. Dcoson, and that of Mr. Muid row by Mr. J. L. Morphin who, because of his duties os United States marshal, will claim additional time for taking testimony in this case, J. Floyd King, Fifth District of Louisi ana, nud R. G. Frost, Third District of Missouri. Mr. John Lynch, tho colored contes tant, says that ho will bo ablo to estab lish his own title to the seat now claimed by General Chalmers. Mr. Vau H. Manning, of tho Second Mississippi district, says that admitting as true all tho cvidenco submitted by his opponent, Mr. Buchanan, the latter still lacks over four thousand votes necessary to equalize his undisputed majority. It is believed that tho above list em brace all the seats likely to be contested during sbo Forty-seventh Congress. It will thus bo seen that the House commit tee on elections in the Forty-seventh Congre*? will bc- not only an important but an overworked committee, tue Re publican members of which will bo glad to serve their party iii carrying out the programme, already announced in these dispatches, of ordering new elections in contests where there is any evidence of fraud ou tho part of the Democrats. The minority Democrat! will be equally zealous in defending the famo of their brethren whoso seats are to be so warmly contestod, and tho work of tbe committee on tho whole will make a po litical compaign of no mean importance. Tho Lion and tho Jackals-A Fable. One day a troop of Jackals were aston ished beyond measure at tho appearance of a L'on in their midst, and their sur prise could not be imagined when his countenance assumed a pleasant expres sion, and ho remarked : "Friends, I have come to settle among you and bo a neighbor. I want to be 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 thc old man-killer !" cheered the Jack als, and they were tickled to death at their good luck. But the Lion bad hardly got his den in order when ono of the Jackals came sneaking in and began : "I-I-that is-^delicate subject, you know-embarrassed, you see-an hum." "My friend, if you have anything to say to mo, be at your ease," replied tho 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 causo, and his wife's second cousin is a wall-eyed villain." Tho Lion received tho information without remarks, and the caller went away, chuckling over the idea that he liad 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 ti? warn you agaiust Joe Jackal, who lives over thu creok. He beats his v/ifo, cheats his neighbors, and is u double back-action hypocrite by tho watch." Soon another appeared with a similar 6tory about some ono else in the commu nity, and in the course of a fortnight the Lion felt it his duty to call a publie meeting. When the Jackals had gather ed around him he unid : "I find by your own statements, thatyou aro a community cf thieves, liars, dead beats and swindlers, and henceforth you eau fight your own battles and hunt your own bones. Sneaks, sku'bs and vaga bonds, farewell 1" MottAL.-He who tries io climb up by gulling his neighbor down makes poor ead rray.-Detroit Free Pre**. H A itu TO DIGEST.-A most remarka ble story comes from Middletown, Orange county. A maiden lady of that place on the 5th of January, ?8C9. swallowed a now set of false teeth, which became separated from the rubber mould in which they bad been sot while masticating ber food. Before she could eject tho food from her mouth thc 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 tho matter was entirely forgotten. A few days ago Miss Cole felt a sharp pain near her left shoulder, and upon examining tho spot found what appeard like a wen nndor tho skin. With the aiilof a pen knife she extracted a hard substance, which proved to be a tooth. She was at a loss to know how tue tooth came to be in Mich an unusual spot till she suddenly recol lected that she had, twelve years ago, swallowed her set of tcotb. During tho pa*t four days tho lady has been cutting teeth all over he body, and had, at last accounts, recover ed twelve of tho fourteen teeth that had formerly constituted ber full set. Shn is anxiously awaiting the arrival of tho other two. Sho bas placed the teeth in a glass caso and will keep them as mementoes. - Secretary Blaine begins work vigo rously by a noto to the British Minister, calling attention to the misrepresenta tions of the British Consul at Philadel phia, in ration to thc 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. Cecretary Evarts intimated tho move for a correction by a note on the 7th of March. A Fable- How the Coon Presided. Once upon a time there was n general assemblage of fowls and animals, called together to discuss the question of re form. The Tiger shed tc.rs over tho wickedness of the Rabbits, the Hyena wept nt tho rapacity of the Vultures and the wild Cat pressed his paws to bis ach ing heart and sighed over the villanies perpetrated by tho Rats and Mice. A venerable old Coon was made chairman of tho meeting, and after clearing his voice he began : "My friends, there io great need of re form. We are drifting down to perdi tion at race-horse speed. Speak, broth ers, spo&k, and let us have a full and frank expression." "I am tor reform," said the Tiger as he roso up. "I eeo the Coons out every night, stealing corn end raising old Ned generally, end I hope they _ may bo brought to see the error of their ways." "Reform ie my watch-word," began tho Buffalo as he secured the floor, and I hop*.- the Tigers will commence the good work in their midst. The Tiger who just addressed you has th? blood of my slain calf still on his lips." "It ia my opinion," began a veteran old Hyena, "that reform is most needed among tho 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 uv,-o rds I hesitate to attack them," said a Wolf. "I move you, Mr. Chairman, that it is tho sense of this meeting that mon no longer go armed." "Hear what I have to say," pleaded tho Wild Cat. "I move that the Pan ther be ceuBurod for eating flesh." "And mv friend the Cow should bo forced to let grass alone," observed an Elephant." "In order to get tho SCOBO of tho meet ing I move that we no longer cat flesh," observed a Deer. "I move to amend by substituting tho :vord 'grass,' " promptly responded a Wolf. Amendments and resolutions wero coming in like the Pacific Express, ?rhen the old Coon in the chair called for order and said. "My friends, let us begin our reform by routing out tho Serpents." "No 1 nol" no protested a Fox," I lease my cavo to a family of Serpents at excellent cash figures: Let's drive the Worms out of tho country." "But wo feed on Worms," chirped a hundred BirdB. "Drive them out and we'd starve 1" Thus they continued, each one anxious to preserve whatever was good for him seli and sacrifices whatever was good for his neighbor, until tho Coon cut the discussion short by saying : "Order I Order I Now then any bird or fowl who is Trillin^ ?c begin this reform campaign by sacrificing personal gains please staud up." Everything continued to sit. "Well, then, any ono willing to begin the reform at homo and under his own hat please Btand up. No one stood up. "I think wo have bitten off more than we can chew," said the Coon as ho laid down his gavel. "This is n very wicked world, and there is great need of reform, but when Tigers set out to reform Hye nas and Wild Cala find fault with the doing? of Wolves it's time to dismiss the 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 nud Hempstead believe that tho body of A. T. Stewart now lies in the crypt of the Stewart memorial cathedral at Garden City. It is aaid that about two weeks ago two large Blabs of blue Btone wore brought up on a freight train. They were so heavy that special appliances had to bo brought into requisition to take them from the car and carry them to the cathedral. In each corner of these slabs ilrere were eye-holes for tho iusertior Of heavy bolts. It ?6 snpposed that on t the slab9 was designed to Ho 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 dayB ago a special train arrived at Gar den City at midnight, couaisting 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 tho cathedral. The party was there a long time; the cathedral being lighted and tho doora locked. It is further said that the body was put in the crypt in the basement of the cathedral beneath tho chancel, and that mabocs then laid tho stones, bolted them, poured lead around the bolts in tho eyeholes, and scaled the masonry with cement. It is further said that elec tricians skillfully led wires from various parts of the masonry and of tho crypt up to tho chime of bells in tho steeple m such a manner that if any person ?mould attempt an entrance every bell in tho steeple would ring. It iu further related that the cathedral has been lighted up frequently since th?,' time, and much work has beou goi ^ on in it. Formerly there was a watchman in the daytime, but now it is said there are two at night. .?11... DHM.HI- , J_J_ m uv kjjiiuct-a A]>i>ni uiua? Few things are moro wonderful than the spinning apparatusof thoBpider. On the under side of the creature's body are fdaced four or six little knobs, each not arger than the point of a pin. These are outlet* of certain receptacles within the abdomen, where the silk is prepared. When the snider wishes to ?pin a thread, it presses tue 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 producta of all the spinerets are united that they become visible to the naked eve. The "thread" of the spider is thus a tiny rope of four or six thousand strands. Tho 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 thea* claws as fingers, the little ropemaker twists her groups of thread into one with surprising rapidity. - Sotno idea of how much the Amer ican people are willina to pay for amuse ments may be gathered from the fact that there hare been taken in at the perform ance?! already given by Sarah Bernhardt betw?or. $4S^,000 and $440,000. This is an ?-vjrmbus sum to be expended upon ono entertainment alone, and when the other successful organizations are taken into consideration, and the money they bave received, it can readily be seen how strongly tho. theater-going passion ls de veloped in onr people. Mlle. Bernhardt will take back with her, as her share of the season's work, somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000. No wonder the foreign Bingera and actors regard America as a gold mine, the working of I which brings pu fa and pleasure. A Hatching Cat. BROOKLYN, April 15. A cat owned by Thomas Leonard, a ? south Brooklyn mason, and which ?snow sitting upon a nest of eggs, on Thursday . afternoon hatched out two chickens, j makiug tho twenty-first brood that she i has hatched. Tho cat is a brindle, and is about three-years old. She had one litter of kittens before sho begau to hatch chickens, but since she has usurped the placo oi a hen she has refused thc com pany of all other cato. About two years ago tbe cat, which is christened Tibhy, found a warm resting-place iu tho uest of a sitting hon, when tho hen bad gono to hunt food, mid bees nie so fond of it thut it refused to surrender it. There was a fight wheo tho hon returned, and the cat was the victor, tho hen retiring from the contest with ouc eye scratched out. Tho cat warmed tho eggs ovorv day, faithfully leaving tho nest ouly for a meal, and soon hatched out tho chickens. From all of tho twenty broods, number ing about fifty chickens, the cat has raised about twooly one. Tl" maternal caro tho animal exhibited ft? tho chickons was a constant surpise. She followed with her eyes tho movements of every chick, and when it strayed too far sho stepped softly after it, picked it up by tito back of the nock aud returned it to tho company of tho others. In her frol ics sho turned upon her back, took a chicken between her paws and played with it. As poon os ono brood of chick ens was boru sbo scorned restless until a now neBt of eggs was provided for her. At the Bamo time she kopt an oyo upon tho last brood, which she warmed beneath her fur at night in the same nest with tho eggs. The chickens recognized the cat OB their motlier, and when sho lott tho cage in which she was kopt they ran chirping after her. Tho cat defended them against another cat, and especially agninst a hen. Uer grown up chickens Tibby never failed to recognize, and the memory of their felino mother did not seem to desert tho pullets. Sho played with ono of her chickons until it was three or four months old aud always seemed to welcome it when it came where she was kept. In tho hatch bing process she seems morose until she nears tho first peep or feels tho first throb of life in the shell. Then she draws the quickened egg to a point in the neat where she can both warm aud set, and if tho chick iu pecking its way through tho shell needs any assistance she helps break itu covering vith her teeth. Sbo has now two chicks a day-old and two that are about a week old. Sha hugs them about ber in her nest and if one hops out she stops after it, bears it down with her foot, grasps its neck between her teeth and carries it gently back. Tho cat has been the source of considerable incomo to Leonard. It is now on exhibition in a museum. A Soldier's Dream. Just before tho battle of Cedar Creek a camp sentinel who was off duty tempora rily and trying to put in a little sleep, dreamed that ho was out on a scout. A milo to the right of tho camp ho carno upon r. log barn, and as it began to rain jua: then, he sought shelter, or was about to, when be beard voices aud discovered that tho place W8B already occupied. After a lit tle investigation ne discovered scouts bad taken up their quarters for the night in the place, aud he therefore moved away. The Bontinol awoko with such vivid re membrance of the details that he asked pei mission to go over and confer .vith one of the scouts. When tho log barn was described to this man he located it at once, having passed it a dozen times. The dreamer described tho highway ex actly as it waa, giving every hill and turn and the scout put such faith in the re mainder of tho dream that he took four soldiers, one of whom was the dreamer, and set out for tho place. Three. Con federa to scouts wero asleep in the straw and were taken without a shot being fired. Three days before the affair?t Keeley's I Vord a corporal ia tho Sixth golichi ?an Cavalry dreauied that a brother of his, who was a sergeant in another com pany, would have his horso killed in action, and wonld almost immediately mount a dark bay horso with a white nose. Within five minutes both horse and rider would bo killed bj a shell. This dream ?ros related to more than a score of comrades full two days before the flight. Early in tho fight the sorgeant'o horso was struck square in the forehead by a bullet and dropped dead in his tracks. It was scarcely three minutes before a white nosed horso, carrying a blood-stained saddlo galloped up to tho sergeant and halted. He remembered tho dream and refused to mount the animal, and soon after picked up a black horse. Tho white nosed animal was mounted by a second corporal in another regiment and the horse and rider wore torn f o fragments by a shell, in full sight of four companies tho Sixth.-New York Commercial Ad vertiser. CitAnACTEBiBTics.-There is a little incident connected with Mahone's career during thc late war which is worth re lating. On one occasion Mahono had a fight with General Wilson's division near Petersburg, and Wilson captured a whole regiment of Mahone's men. Fits tTtirrti \ x\a onhanriudii'Iir rr a vn W {! arm a - -o----j-J o- 1 - - * sound drubbing, and recaptured Ma bone's lost regiment and twelve or four teen of Wilson's cannon. Mahono had the pieces hauled to his quarters, and sont n dispatch to the Richmond naners announcing that he had whipped Wilson and captured his artillery, in the mean time ho had the guns placed in conspic uous positions around his headquarters os trophies of war. Fitz Hugh Leo, hearing of this scurvy trick, went to Ma hone's camp at 2 o'clock in tho morning; and demanded the guns. Mahone im Sadently refused to givo them up. Fitz [ugh Lee wont back to bis camp and or dered bis mon to prepare to take tho gunB. General R. E. Lee, hearing of the difficulty, interfered, and Mahone deliv ered tho guns to him, refusing to hand them over to Fitz Hugh Leo, who had taken them from tho enemy and saved Mabone'ii captured regiment. In his magnanimity Fitz Hugh Leo did not report to General Leo that Mahone had lost his regiment, but tho little brigadier favo him no tbanks, and meanly stuck to t that he had gained a victory and cap tured the guns. The incident is sug gestive of the character of tho man. Courier-Journal. - "I used to be an odd job Christian, bet I am now working full time," was the remark of a laboring man who had been remiss in bis duties, but had been through a revival. - Henry Ward Beecher announced from the Plymouth Church pulpit Sun day morning his bolicf that baptism was tx non-essential ordinance of tho church. It was pleasantenough and useful enough, but if a man died trusting in Christ it made no difference whether he hod been sprinkled or immersed, or both or nci tner. Whisky Drinking in a Dry Climate. The effect of alcohol ou tho Indians of tho high, dry plains, even when taken in small quantities, is to almost instantly drive them crazy. Tho craze is evinced by bloodthirsty savageness and utter reck lessness. The frequent assaults that havo been mado by mounted Indians armodwi't bowa an arrow?, on Westarn trading poste defended by American riflemen, sharply indicate tho effect of alcohol in men of highly nervous temper ament, natives of a dry country where tho light atn'Cdphere is highly charged with electricity. 80 it ia with white men. Tho murder ous acU ot tho "cow boys," when under tho ?nfl lenco of liquor, aro well known. When sober, a moro hospitable and kind er-hearted class does not exist. When drunk, thoy exhibit all the characteris tics of the indians. They aro transform ed into howling, bloodthirsty fiends. They shoot aud stab each other, as well as unoffending strangers, with tho sav ageness of Cheyennes or Sioux. Most of those mon aro residents of Western Tex as. Almost all of them have lived on the plains for a term of years. The country tliev inhabit is arid end of an altitude of from 1,200 to 6,000 feet abovo tho sea. Throughout the pastoral region tho atmosphere in surcharged with electrici ty tliat expends ita force in terrific thun der storms, in tornadoes and in tho dreaded d?y waterspouts. Throughout tho pastoral region tho fact that a mnn who has becomo acclimated can not safely atimub.to himself with alcohol is well known, and has long been admitted by all thinking men. In Kansan, above alt other Western StntcB, has tho attempt to settle the Arid Heit with agriculturists been made. Liv ing iu this belt aro thousands of voters, nnd it was the ballots of theso mon that accomplished the adoption of tho consti tutional amendment prohibiting tho manufacture and anio of Alcoholic liquors in tho State. Unconsciously they, by their ballots, recognized the conditions of tho climate in winch thoy live. Tho adoption was a measuro of self-defenso. Democrats and Republicans, irrespective of party, voted for the measure.-Nao York Sun. j How Officials were Once Paid. j It ia not a general known historical fact that from 1777 to 1784 tho territory now known as Tennessee formed a part of North Carolinn, and that in 1785 the I Tennessecans, becoming dissatisfied with their government, r.ganized a State gov ernment under the name of "Franklyn," which was maint .?ned for some years. The organization afterwards disbanded and Territorial Tennessee was again an nexed to North Carolina. The following is among the laws passed by tho legisla ture of the State of Franklyn. We copy as found in a speech by Daniel Webster on the currency in 1888 : "Be it enacted by the Goneral Assem bly of the State of Franklyn, and it in hereby enacted by the authority of the same: That from the li mt 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 Chief Justice, 500 deerskins; or, 500 raccoon ?Lins; "Tho Treasurer of the State, 450 rac coon skins ; "Each County Clerk, 800 beaver skins ; "Clerk of the House of Commons, 200 raccoon skins ; "Member of Assembly, perdiem, three raccoon ukin? ; "Justice's fee for signing a warrant, one muskrat skin ; "To tho Constable for serving a war rant, ono mink uh in ; "Entered into a law the 18lh day of October, 1770, under thc great seal of the SUte." 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 'omestic happiness was complote. But 1 was invited often to social parties where wine was freely circulated, and 1 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 foi my refor mation. We were wretchedly poor, so that my family became pinched for daily bread. Ono beautiful Sabbath my wife went to church and loft mo on tho lounge sleeping off my previous night's debauch. I was aroused by bearing something heavy fall on the floor. I opened my eyes and saw my iiltlo boy six years old tumbling on tho 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 tho child as he personated my beastly move ments in a way that would have done credit to any actor. I arose and left tho 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 my children. I solemnly resolved that with God's help I would quit tho cup, and I did. No lec ture I ever heard from Mr. Gough mov ed my ???ii l?k? tba BpcCtaClO of my OW? j sweet boy? "playing drunk as papa docs." . . ,,. . . . i - A weuuitig pauy gol so or un ic at Waupaca, Wis., that the obit? t of the gathering was forgotten by all, including thc brido, bridegroom anti miuinV'.r, and tho marriage did not take placo until next day. - Some remarkable revelations con cerning the adult?ration of food are mado in tho annual report, just published, of the inspector of vinegar for the City of Boston. The total amount of the liquor sold and used in Boston each year under the namo of vinegar is estimated at about 3,000,000 gallons. Of this, the inspector declares, lesa than ^ne-tenth is pureapple juice, the first being a villanous decoc tion of molasses, glucose, acid sour ale, lager beer distillery slops, ?Sec., made for about half the lowest possiblo cost of pure cider viuegar. Nor is this all, uor even tho worst view of the case. Such sub stances as oil of vitriol and other mineral acids are brought into requisition*. Ono cent's worth of sulphuric acid is sufficient for tho manufacture of four gallons of vine ?ar, and when disguised by othor ingre ienta its presence cannot be detected by *o alone. Mach of this wretched 1 stu.., it is believed, bas been sold in the Boston market as "Pure Apple Vinegar." Fifteen hundred barrels of it in a singlo cargo were seized by the officers, and captured in a warehouse and shipped back to the former owners. Tho extent to which this illegal and inhuman busi ness ia carried on is shown by tho fact that tlie wholesale price of vinegar In Boston averages 0 cents por galion, much of it being sold aa low as 6 cents, while the genuino article cannot be man ufattured for lesa than about 12J cent? per gallon, It is only natural that the inspector, in concluding his report, should attribute tho high dcath-rato of thc city largely to the consumption of these de j leterioua compound*. NOTTS and Uosuip. - Tho man with a scolding wifo is overrated. - Georgia will produco only a half peach crop. - It costa more to revengo wrongs tliHn to bear them. - Persons who fret more than they work can never he happy. - Michigan IJBB a man with three arms. He is the only man alive who ran take two girls sleighing and enjoy it. - A new cave has been discovered near Falmouth, Kentucky, large and beautiful. Human bones are found in it. - Cattle are dying very rapidly in Louisiana for want nf pasturage, which is caused by the severe and prolonged winter. - Au Alabama doctor who mixes den tistry with his practice, charges "fifty cents if you don't boiler, a dollar if you do." In fifty years he has yanked out 2,000 teeth. - Tho Czar of Russia gets up carly every morning and takes a long walk, after which he breakfasts with his family and then he romps for a good -.vhiie with his children. - One son of Mr. English, tho lato candidate for tho Vice-Presidency, mar ried a pretty variety actress, and a sec ond ir. betrothed to Minnie Kent, a skip ping rope dancer. - At Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, Jefferson Davis Bill, of Connecticut, has completed II?B studies. H?B two brothers are named Lccompton Constitution and Kansas Nebraska Bill. - Secretary Blaine is undergoing mis ery with inflammatory rheumatism, which skips over him remorselessly, and has nt lan 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. Thc Mahone party is splitting up, and it is probable a straight Republican ticket will bo putin the field. - Detroit has a young lawyer who, when ho remains out to un unreasonable hour in tho night, "having fun with the boys," goes to a hotel and registers his numo as "Roscoo Conkling, of Washing ton." - Tho German Government, having prohibited tho uso of tobacco by boys under 16 years of age, is considering thu firacticability of atilt more stringent laws, Deluding the prohibition of beer in tho nrmy. - A walnut desi: which once belonged to Washington has boen discovered in a second hand furniture store in Staunton, Va. An inscription shows that it wns 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 II?B passion places roso leaves before tho door of the lady. If she rejects bim she sweeps them away : but if she accepts him tbo rose leaves ro 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 whore everything is kept." "With all my heart," she sweetly an swered, "and let UB begin wi'l* your late hours, my love ; I should deHy Uko to know where they are kept." He lets things run on as ueunl. - Every Russian above tho age of twelve has to take what may fairly bo called a si coi ciad, sixteen-iuch p?ate, 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 nt the judgment day, and not ask divine intervention on that important erasion. - It is remarkable what little bites a woman takes when eating in the presence of her sweetheart. What a little movtb she bas then I She nibbles with her little white teeth like somo dainty squire rel eating a hickory nut. But wait until wa?h-day comes i Watch her when she goes to hanging out clothes and gets in a burry. By the time sho gets the Dig ends of fifteen clothes pins in that mout , you will begin to think that it is a pretty good sized, hearty mouth after all. Bloomington Eye. - The Voorhees-alabono difficulty, says tile Washington correspondent of tho Atlanta Constitution, in virtually end ed. Voorhees says he intends to treat any messago from Mahone, whether it be a challenge.or otherwise, with contempt. Mahone, full of indignation, iusiated upon challenging Voorhees, but was per suaded by discreet friends that such an act *"Mild only injure him. The friends of jolb Senators %re endeavoring to fix up a mutual explanation, but neither Voorhees nor Mahone seems inclined that way. - Having tried every variety of fuoi out West, tho Minnesoteans have finally hit on an entirely novel one. Wood is not to bo thought of, os the country, is entirely prairie, and will not grow it well, and co&l 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 tho best substitute for wood is sunflowers. They grow rapidly and luxuriantly, and when dried, burn well. A number of farmers near Neieonvillo planted their extra land in sunflowers last year, and had a supply of fuel throughout the winter, and wera oven able to sell to their neighbors. - A Mr. Sternotte, who lives at Big I 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, carno over to his house, and it was agreed that all three families should pool their fuel, and thus try to weather tho winter. Notwith standing this combination, their fuel ran out, and they used all the railroad tics and telegraph poles they could dig out of the snow ; then the bousos 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 mado of an ox hide. - The Postmaster at Baltimore, Gen. Erastus B, Tyler, described os "a mun over sixty years of ago 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 postofilce building. Sho thereupon brought suit against him for ?20.000, and obtained a verdict aga'Tst him. Pleading that he could not obtain a fair trial, h waa allowed to remove Ibo case to another county, whero it is now in progress. The case bas causal, much excitement in Baltimore, and sympathy for both parties runs high. Mr. Fulton, the editor of tho Baltimore American, bas opened a subscription list in his offico to defray the plaintiff's expenses, sud has made several etirrlng appeals in her be half. Ono of the interesting feature* of the case is that the young lady. Miss Murray, has fbr her attorney Charlea Jerome Bonaparte, grand-ioJ of Jerome Bonaparte and grand-nephew of tho great Napoleon.