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jy K. 13. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C.. THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 19, 1883. VOLUME XIX. -NO. 1 H; l?MB?S ! Marne?? I BARGAINS in HARNESS for the next Six?-v n.? ^.^undersigned want? the people of this u"d sumun? SS???* ???? 8? ANDREW PREVOST ?re Still on the Square, at the same old Stand, and are Sell ing Goods as Low as any House in the City. LrK have a eomoletei line of^HPIUNG GOODS on the way. consistingof CALICOES ' 8H&8, HATS, O Otu GROCERY DEPARTMENT ia fun> Thc best 8u c ff ^ ci.-ods at ali prices, and satisfaction guaranteed. Everything deliveredfree lu ?li City liant"' .^TO FARMERS.-We are still agents for the Celebrated CHAMPION REAPER ANT? 10**3. Testimonials frpm nil over .the County that it is the Machine for farmers Jewill take pleasure in showing and explaining our Machine. Terms liberal. " HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS ON HAND, iidiold low ?n Cotton Option A few tons of KAINIT lea. Call carly. Expectin? to ^rCottonlthis Fall, we would respectfully ask one all to give us a showing. A NDR KW & PREVOST, ^Uggg 27 DEPOT STREET. SPEING OF 1883. JEW GOODS ! NEW PRICES! TAM PREPARED FOR A ROUSING TRADE! I keep always on hand a J FULL STOCK of- ' 3 DRY AND FANCY GOODS, An Immense Stock of Dress Goods of every Description, SILKS, LACE CURTAINS, ?c. Give me a call, and I will convinco you that I mean business. My motto : Qaklt sales and small profits. I make a Specialty ol' Zeiylt r Bros. Fine Shoes. Come one, come all, and examiue my stock before buying elsewhere. No (nable to show Goods. Will compare price? with any house in the up country. Very respccllully, W. A. CHAPMAN, No. 3 Benson Street, Anderson, S. O. April 12,1888 39 WHAT IS THIS I HEAR ? THAT CXJ-AJRIK: <?Z> CO. Have tho Best Goods for the Least Money ! WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FINE LINE OF SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, Adipted to tho wanta of all-Boys, Youths, Young Men and Old. Also, a very tine as lortment of UNDERWEAR-such ;is Shirts, Drawers, Collars and Cravats. Also, a be assortment of WORSTED DIAGONALS, SUITINGS, CLOTHS and CASSI MERES, which wo are prepared to make up in the very latest styles, and will spare no puns, cither in Cutting or Fitting, that we may thereby please those who will favor us ritb. their patronage. Call before purchasing elsewhere und be convinced. ??~ Pay last year s account and save costs. CLARK &, CO. ?0EH "W. ?Ai*IiaL5, Proprietor. March 22, 1883 30 FERTILIZERS FOR 1883 ! JAM still selling tho well-Known brands of Fertilizers and Acid Phosphates, to wit : Eut.aw Fertilizer, Excellenza Fertilizer, Yemassee Fertilizer and Eutaw and Ashepoo Acid Phosphates. *t" CALL AND SEE ME BEFORE BUYING. My Stock of General Merchandise is Complete ! Such tts si?iis ti?e TPo*??-s of tl?? people irfinftrnUyi Always on hand FLOUR, BACON, SUGAR, COFFEE, MOLASSES. Ac. FULL 8TOCK. OF DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, SHOES, BOOTS, HATS, CAPS, LiARDWARE, CUTLERY. CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, Ac. fr Call nt No 10 Granito Row. XV. Jp. BARR. Feb 22,1833 32 TIMES OZHZ-A-ZtsTGl-IE A IN I) MEN CHANCE WITH THEM, AND that is tho reason wo have just laid in A LARGE STOCK OF NEW GOODS, for we know that all our customers desire something that is new and at the same "a* serviceable. Our Stock comprises afine assortment of Dry Goods, Eoots, Shoes, Hats, NOTIONS, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, ETC., "fach we will sell at tho Lowest Prices. While other things are changing, we would ?y lhat we are too young to change our plan of ofTering good and substantial Bargains 9 Wi Who favor us with a trial. WE ARE IN THE COTTON MARKET, BM give the highest prices. Wc havo a large lot of BAGGING and TIES off S* Qet our prices boforo closing a trade. _ __. m BBOWIT BROS. 3>t2l, 1882 10 ^ HEADQUARTERS FOR ENGINES, SAW MILLS, THRESHERS, AND ALL KINDS MACHINERY. ! y Vi ; j -. \ ?' t i.V.. A^^^^j^^^^^^/ HAVING??Bl?aJi^Vthe Southern Branch of tho OEISEIt HAWW^TIJ ifehMi$IJ*<*:<W at this place, I will keep constantly on hand u mil supply or their ""rosa Machinery, consisting of their ^Regi?ating Srain Separator, Cleaner and Bagger, Peerless, Portable, Traction and Domestic Steam EnglneSi SAW MNLXS. tor^^W??^ Gum and Hemp to\lo?,Qtmg ^?cock?f yjS^^ValmrOIass Water Gauges. Steam Gauges, Steam Pomp?. EHg^nmph Injectors, Klrtlng Injectors, Corn and Wheat. Mills, Nippers, Union's Reducers, in ?ct?r?rjUngiS^ffiJS?' ^^.ftef0, 00000 R"? ^ roo ber?ro bnyln&' and you will be ?uro to got ? nm* f ??5?*?* SMOlV? am always ready, with first-class tools, to repair Ml kinds Wl^'jjjg?'8 **W BtJILDIHO, HE?R BALBOA ? BBIDOJ;. AHDB?MH>g?|.> HILL AHI?. Liv* Stock VlewK Appleil tu Hainau Mc IBM Sometimes I think that a State or a government ought to keep up ita human Btock just like people keep up their cat tle stock. When a man looms up abuve the horrizon as a great man he ought lo be pensioned aud supported BO that lie . wouldu't have to think about money. He ought to be required to murry into, auotber pensioned family o? brains to draw from for our Presidents und Govern- ; ora and lsw makers. They ought to be , paid enough to keep 'em out of tempta tion. I like to see a family reputation ; and the family dignity for generations to come. I like the Adamses and Prestons and Lamars and Bayards and all such, and I am glad they were born rich. I want all great men to be rich as long as they aro good. Their influence spreads I all over the country and we can point our Children to them and say, "There's your mark, now shoot at it." " As it is now the struggle seems to be who can get the richest, and it don't matter much ltow they get motley HO they get it and are not caught stealing of it. There is a power of diff?rence in hu man stock. The pure breed of Yankees never was a favorite stock with me. When il injudiciously crossed it docs very well and 1 bavo known some mighty good erados to come irom a misture of I the Yank with the old Southern blooded stock. The old time Sou?.hcrtjcr blooded stock. With bim honor and fair dealing aud family pride are bigger things than money. The Yankee runs on mon ey. Their catechism says the chief cud of man is to keep nil you get and get all you can. They like what other people have got better than what they have got themselves and they go for it and call it speculation. If they can't get it that way fust enough they pass laws iu Con gress that will get it by degrees. Through tarilla and protectiou aud boun ties and railroad subsidies, they got nearly all we had before tho war and they aro still playing the same old game. I They look upon us us foeman worthy of I their steal. When a Yank .gels right rich and don't tran't any more, and is sorter broken down in the loins, he gets sorter honest and gives Borne away to meeting houses and colleges. A Southerner don't care much for a dime, but a Yank will get rich off ol coppers. He will buy nails at four dol lars and ninety cents n keg and retail em out at five cents a pound. Ten cents and the keg is fair profit for bim. Ile will speculate on anything in the world. I knew one to buy his wife's dower in a piece of land for ?200 and sell it to his daddy-in-law for a thousand. That wa3 a cute way of making the stingy old cuss give him something bclore be died. A regular Yank is a perambulatin man. He don't mind going from Maine to Tox 08 any more than we mind going to tho postoffice. He is smart and be is dili gent and is never left by the train. When a clever Yank comes down South and mixes with our people bo improves by contact, and if be stays long enough and marries into a respectable family ho is apt to make a good citizen. It helps bim and it helps the family, especially if | it is poor and proud. This kind of a cross generally does well and brings good fruit. Thc offspring are lively and shifty, ?nd have tho love of money and the love of honor su beautifully blended you can't tell tother from which. A cross between Massachusetts and South Caro lina does very well now-a days. Ono is chuck full of money und the other of j honor. The money keeps the honor from perishing out, which is a good thing, for if it aio'l kept comfortable it is inclined to degenerate,and the stock will run into ecrub in two generations and have to be withdrawn from the turf. Honor nor nothing else ain't bomb-proof agaiustthe debasing influence of an empty stomach. If a race horse ain't well fed bis offspring will [day out, and so when one of tho first families gits poor the children become a secouu family and so on and so forth until you can't tell 'em from com mon stock. Then again we sometimea see the com monest kind of scrub bumana blessed with an uncommon quantity of brains. Then you may look out and you might as weil surrender for they are going to baye a slice of your property. A smart scrub is a dangerous animal. A cow tba; horns down the fence or a hog that j roots open the gate or a horse that lets down the bars is a nuisance and'a cuss. They are a scrub. Tho old fashioned first families wouldn't do a mean thing. They were pbove it. They wouldn't sacrifice their self-respect. I like them sort, especially if they are rieb. They have big ideas and big ways and bold their heads up and look at you when they speak to you. They don't walk nor ride like common folks. I can tell V a hundred yards off. It takes all sorts of j folks to make up a world and I'm glad that kind are in it. I'm most aa poor as Lazarus, but I ain't fool enough to bate rich folks. I like 'em, but if you think you can make anything off of a rich ucrub just try it. Ho dou't waste enough to keep a bound dog from starvation. Poor folks are a rigbt good thing in a country. In fact, a country is obliged to bave 'em to keep rich folks io money, i That's what I've been doing all my life and if I don't grumble at it nobody needn't. Being poor and keeping so is my forte, but we have bad a right good time, nevertheless notwithstanding, for money brings a heap of trouble, and the children get awful tired wailing on a rich daddy to die. But I like money money is a right good thing in a family, and I would like to feel the feeling of a rich man for a little while, may be it would stretch me up a little. Mrs. Aro says Pm getting bump-sbouldered. I would like to be a patriarch in a church and give $500 a year to the preacher and shake bands with the brethren and sisters in the vestibule. I think I would like thaL But after all it don't matter much whether a man is poor or rieb, one is aa happy as another if his heart is in bia bosom and not in bis pocket. If it ain't in his bosom then he is a scrub. BILL A BP Perverted Proverbs. Hunger is the best sauce, hence Btrcet boys aro uaturally saucy. . Many men have many minds, but one woman frequently bas more than all of j tbTh?v who dance leave the host to pay tho fiddler. . What cannot bo cured supports the doctors. ..... Speak of the devil and he is sure to call for copy. t t. -A fair exchange would ruin the stock mMarriages were invented in heaven, but unfortunately the process was not "Swishes were horses wo shoold all be ruined in boarding stable billa. - Fair play ? a jewel, but bluff takes the pile. Nothing builds np shattered eouUtu Uons io quickly aa Brown's Iron Bitters. SIX MONTHS ASLEEP. lin i .(nit; nu<l ! ur-, iiiii :< Mc Nun of M Cou? necOcut Mun of Thirty-five. skillful m?dical men, deep thinkers, and oven the psychologically gifted have been called on for opinions as to what ail-* Mr. Thomas W. Platt-what Orst induced bis drowsiness, aud what hus tended to bind and keep bim so loug in a lethargic state, compared with which there is no parallel in medical history. .Mr. Platt is at this time iii tho bouse where he has always resided with bis lather, Mr. Waltzer Platt, a well-to-do larmer, whose dwelling stands four mile? from Newton and ubout the same distance from Ikthel, at a point kuown as Mor gan's Four Corners. The sleeper is a well-built niau about 3? yearn old. Ile received a good education, and in man hood as in youth was above mediocrity as to intelligence and amiabillity. j While not leading in the social circle, j be always stood well with bis fellows and | eujoyed the respect of all who knew him. Ol a retiring disposition, he was unlike most of the youug men ol his town, in that be never had a haukering to leave home to take position in somo store or business bouse, preferring rather the quiet of bis native heath. Owning a productive farm, the father sought to conduct it on correct principles, by which it in understood that, to receive real profit, one must do most of the work within himself, and assisting in this the sleeper secur^u pleasure ana ?dtUfaclion, Ile was ever un obedient son, and in pay ment therefor was the subject of special parental care. During tho spring of IS*;: Mr. Platt, to be in fashion with the rest of the world, was attacked willi ma laria, and while treatment of the disease was in accordance with symptoms, recov ered slowly, aud afterwards was at no time free from its effects. During the summer he continued working on the farm, bul manifested a few comatose symptous, and during tho haying period bo was ns active ia the field os any, and conducted himself ia all particulars os bc had done in previous years. One hot day, however, bc was affected more than usual by the heat, and, while not over come by it. lay dov. :: jn the hay under a tree to rest, boping to feel better after a short nap. While under the tree the belief is entertained by bis mother, Mrs. Platt, that he suffered sunstroke, for on being removed to thc house he acted and talked strangely and was never afterward really himself. Whether it was malaria, sunstroke, or thc two combiucd that in duced bis present condition or not, cer tain it is that after lust Thanksgiving bo kept binn elf aloof, remained most of the time within doors, aud, three or four days before Christmas, sunk into a deep sleep in his bed, continuing there till the lat ter part of January, scarcely changing his position or recognizing any person iu attendance, and not once rousing /rom bis stupor. Meantime watchfulness and care have been given bim day aud night. Toward spring there was a slight chaugo in the sleeper, which was manifested by an inclination to move, but be did not open his eyes, and during tho three months since the semi uncousciousuess set in bas scarcely eaten enough to sus tain life. What influence kept life in him is more than any one can tell. With lengthening days bo was from time to time bolstered up in the bed, still with closed eyes and mouth sealed against speech. Ho expressed by sound or mo tion no evidence of suffering, and silence seemed to indicate that his wish was simply to be left alone. Later be waa assisted to a sitting position, the kindest words of au affectionate mother were uttered in vain in his ears-those words fell as upon the ear of one totally bereft of rjason. At last he was taken from the bed and his clot hen pu t on. This was brought about with difficulty, and waa like oue with no life ?nd no muscular power. In April he began to walk trcmbliugly at first, holding on by arti cles of furniture, and afterward he could stand and walk alone. No power of language, however, resulted in the reply of asyllabic. As days came and went, hu WU?ked fi Oin bis bcd tu tho lOCk?r, and back again to tbe bed. Daily, like an infant, be was dressed and undressed. Evidences of returning strength have been marked since the arrival of warm weather, but reason only in part. Han ger bas swayed him LO answer its call, and as if by instinct, a while ago he scented the way to the household pantry, some boyish memory, it may be, of the hiding place of frosted cake and mince Eie giving the cue and direction, and he as since, at nearly regular intervals, oscillated between the chair and the cup board shelves. In transit his eyes have opened only partially, and he has utter ed involuntary words only, and none which could be understood or accepted as intelligent or with a motive. Rising in the morning after sleeping soundly all night he is regularly put into bis gar ments, like a baby, and led to tho rocker, where he immediately sinks to slumber. In the chair he maintains cn upright position, gently leaning with tho. loft arm for support on the arra of a chair, his eyes all the while closed. When hunger prompts he risen, often with eyes wholly i.hht, proceeds to the pantry, eats, returns to the chair, sleeps, and wben night comes disrobes and goes to sleep again. In winter and early spring, or before the strange nature of the case was known, many persona were admitted to see a person wno could sleep so long and live, but of late none are allowed to see the patient save tbe immediate members of tbe family. The period of his lethar gy at this writing covers 188 dava, with no evidence of change for better or for worse, though hope on the partoffrieuds is ardent that he may live and yet come out of it and be himself again.-Bridge port (Conn.) Standard. What Uen. Rosecrans Knows About Fighting. General Wm. 8. Rosecrans was in Chicago the other day, en route for Lake Geneva. When a? Led if he want to fight any more, he replied : "No ; I never did a thing in the war for glory alone. It was all for duly. The fascina tion of war is all in your eye, my hoy. Ko old soldier ever pines for a battle that is, in times of peace. Still, I could fire a gun again if I bad lo. See Gener al Crook here? I may when I come back from Lake Geneva. He is a capi tal Indian fighter, and has made a good record. The secret of his success is that be keeps bia word with the Indians, and they believe what he telle them. I told He?ntx?lmap, when he went to Arizona ?ears ago; "You've got to kill some ndisns to make them realize that you are in earnest. When 'they surrender always keep faith with them." In later years Gen. Ewell pursued the same practice. Crook ma?do a success of lt, too. He is a great fighter." - People often wonder why country editors wear a belt to hold np their j, ants Instead of wearing suspenders. It's the most simple iblog tn the * world. When 2?? editor gets Word from borne that there is nothing on hand for dinner, he simply, tightens up his belt one hole: and says nothing. JUST WHEN TO PROPOSE. How i. <iu . lu ia Missouri Tpnru Vlow l-?i>i>ii>c (hu oiutlton. St. I.uuh i\?t-Dt*]wteh, "How shall a mau propose in order to be successful in bis suit" repeated one of j the most intelligent society ladies, whose silver locks only servo to enhance the beauty of her still youthful face. "In ? my opinion, though till men know well enough how to 'make love,' there is not I one in a thousand who knows how tu ?propose. My husband spent six months protesting and convincing mo of his love, of which, hy the way, 1 was well aware from the first, without once nskiug tho important question, 'Will you marry mo?' ami finally one day said to me, with a disheartened air,'you ure ii kc all the rest, a perfect enigma. I have spent mouths trying to win you, and I do not know that I have made any impression upon you ; you arc as bani to unravel as the scarf you wear around your throat.' 'This,' I exclaimed, in thc most innocent way,'why, 'tisnodiliicult task lounraval it, if you only get hold of the right string.' He saw thc point, took hold of the right string, and-" "His ann took tho place of the scarf?" "Well, neil .er of us have ever regretted it." A bright-eyed girl, who H a skillful angler for hearts, tuinas a young man, to be successful, should propose after a ?hort acquaintance, take tho giri by Btorm, as it were, whilo abo is pleased with a new beau, and before sho bas time to tire of bim ; then follow the pro posal up with a vigorous courtship, lots of flowers and bon-bons, drives, theatre parties, etc., nud, if sho consents, insists upon n short engagement by all means. Another well known blonde beauty, who bas created sad havoc aud bad much experience in thia line, says the only sue cesful way is to propose when least ex pected. Allow no time for consideration, and then insist that the acceptance must be "now or never." She feels sure that is the only way that she will ever bo captured ; but sho thinks very few men aro bold enough to try that game. A handsome young widow, well known in social circles, who is not so rich ns she was, says that the only successful way lo wiu her is to offer a fine house, hordes and ' carriage, with plenty of money to keep them up. A dark-eyed girl, with a tange! of soft brown hair shading her brow, says : "If a fellow is desperately in love with a girl and persistent in his efforts to win her, he is sure to gain his suit. Widowers understand this point, and know how to make love and promise, and' you will observe they are always successful." She kuows one case where a widower went in and bung up bis hat, announcing ins in tention of remaining until bc was accent ed, and the girl had to marry him to ?et rid of him. A widower beau make-, her nervous about the result. One Bweet, dreamy-eyed girl, who is just on the threshold of society, says: "Love-making must be BO sweet that sho would wish her lover to be a long time making tho approaches, and she would not shorten the delights of au engage ment ; if they tire of each other it would be better before than after marriage. She is not particular as to hi? style, hut he must be tall and handsome, and sing and dance well, and, above all, be must know how lo make love." This girl's ? name must bu kept HOC ret. A rr Tried lady, in whoso household the little god of love certainly makes I his abode, Bays tho only successful prop osition of which she knows anything waa made without a word being spoken : "John and I Bat looking in the fire a long time without saying anything, when all at once ho put h iii arm around mc, drew me to him and kissed me. When father came in a momc ; later he said : 'Ma jor, I'm going to steai your daughter.' " 'The quickest courtship on record," said one old resident, "was that of Dr. Nick McDowel, who, driving along tho street io bis buggy one day, saw a beau tiful girl Btanding at the window. He immediately stopped and hitched tm horse, rang the bell, inquired the lady's name, was ushered into the parlor, an nounced his own name, said he was 'pleased with ber appearance and wished to marry her at once.' Nothing but the knowledge that abe was actually in the Er cs euee ot the celebrated physician kept er from fainting. To ber plea of 'sur prise at this unexpected announcement,' no only replied : 'Now or never.' When alie asked to 'take a week to consider,' lie said : 'I am going down street to attend a critical case and have no time to spare right now.' " 'Give me a day, then.' "I'll tell you what I'll do. When I sm through with this professional visit, I'll drive around and get a preacher ; if ?ou'vo mads up your mind to marry mc y that time, all right," and he left her, breathless, and unable to articulate another word. When he returued they were quietly married. "No cards." Southern Society Ladles. The Southern* ladies are great readers, say? a correspondent of the Philadelphia Press. They literally devour books, and this may account for their beautiful, flowery and rhythmical sentences. Their conversation is like tho music of running waters, smooth, even and delightful, the tone.of voice extremely pleasing, and the repose of manner and the perfect ease with which they entertain something to admire. In this lies the great charm ol tbs giris of Dixie-they aro indolent but accomplished, shiftless but charming, prejudiced but hospitable. Many know no more about cooking tbao the man in the moon, but they eau play the piano or guitar, and sing like nightingales ; they could cot make an apron to save their lives, but tbey can quote Shakes peare, Byron, Moore, Tennyson, Whittier and' all the rest by the hour ; they know nothing about domestic economy except that the cupboards must be kept locked when there are darky servants around the house, but they can tell you the deriva tion of "deuteroscopy," or some other equally obsolete word with perfect ease ; they cannot tell you where the poor of tho village live, but they can define what constitutes aristocracy till it would make your head swim-in fact, they are calcu lated to make brilliant society women and rich men's wives. The stately for malities for which tho South was noted are still observed, and the code of hon or-that relic of barbarism-still remains unburied. Appearances go a ?re?t way i ?ewe here, but the entree ol i aper ten dom" is not ohtained with a, ^.ketbook, no matter how plethoric; ye/ credan tlals must be irreproachable. Herein has the South tho advantage of the North the best society is free from the "shoddy" element that is no prevalent in most of oar eitles op North." -??tam - -? - It is wonderful to note the number of men who see the value of a thlog after ii is beyond their reach. - A very old lady on ber death bed, io penitential mood, said : "? have been a ??mt-.sinner more than eighty years, end dide't Inow lt," An old colored woman, who bad lived with her a long ticao, exclaimed, "Laws, I knowed it all the time." ABOUT NEW YORK II El RESSES. They iiec'i Marry f?r Love, bl?l Tliey ?lo Coftnlilcr :t tin tiK Account. Front the New York .hun-.oil. Now York heiresses are noted hy all i society people to ho the stupidest and and silliest girls in the city, or else the most worldly and callous. Of irse there are many exceptions of beautiful, charming and sensible girls who iuher't largo fortunes; hut as a general tiling tin' training of a New York heiress is calculated to repress any energy, bright ness or whims they may possess. She is in many respect? like the daughter of an Englishman, but not so wcli off. An English nobleman's daugh ter amy know any one, because sho is sure of tho position of her people. Hut a New York heiress may uni, for per eunuco her washerwoman was an inti mate friend of her grandmother. Two of the greatest New York heir ossesH ure Miss Currie Astor, daughter of Mr?. Wm. Astor, and Mis* Nellie Gould, daughter of Jay Gould. Miss Astor has been out in society for thc last few sea sons. She is perhaps 22 years old. A plain, fair, insignificant looking little girl, whom hardly any ono would think of noticing twice if it 'vero not that she was the heiress lo ninny millions of dol lars. She is perfectly bred and very quiet in manner. She speaks t rench, Gcrimin and Italian, has been abroad many unr-s. kuuws abaut pis til rcs and statuary, tho opera, the park and Fifth avenue, and that is till. She, like most girls of ber class, has no de cided opinions of ber own, but refers everything to "mamma." And she un doubtedly will marry just whom "mam ma" tells her. She is religious and likes painting and embroidery, visits tho hos pitals, is interested in tunny noble chari ties, and bas never beeu known to make thc slightest breach ol etiquette. Miss Gould is not quite grown up. She is between fifteen and sixteen years of age, and possesses ii sweet, bright face and a graceful carriage. She is still at school, and is quito a linguist and very sensible. She will undoubtedly go into society year after t.ext, but whom she will marry is us uncertain ns when the world will end. Most New York heiresses aro made aware of their important position in this world before they can talk, but they tes tify their Knowledge of tho fact by screaming ai thc nurses, of which commo dity they possess from three to four, by demanding lo bo carried ult night anti other similar signs. If tho family is noted for largo feet or bauds or mouths, the baby is taken in hand. I's little feet aro kept in linen bandages, and il is never, until fully grown, allowed to walk any distance, its j hands are treated in tho uame marmor, and it is taught every day to repeat a number of wordr, euch as "prunes .md prisms,'* to make its mouth small. It is exercised every morning by being thrown up and down in thu nurse's arms, goes to bed at sundown, and, until out of school, is not permitted to have a heavy supper. This information was given tho Journal ier by nu old woman, who had been nurse in some of the wealthiest families. A French governess is secured when thu heiress is about n year old, and she learns two languages nt one time. She in ,icver permitted to romp, and she has only one or two companions of her own age, and sometimes nut that. She must have her huir brushed every night and morning for an hour to make it thick. She must have her eyelashes clipt while n baby tc make them grow long and curl. She must have her finger-nails atteuded to every morning by a manicure and wear braces for fear she might grow round-shouldered. Her insteps and eye brows must bo cultivated, and almost every ucliuu necessary io a healthy child is forbidden ber. She cannot play steam cars with the nursery chairs or make mud pies in the hack yard. She cannot play see-saw or awing. All these aro unladylike and beneath her station. She belongs to a private dancing class and riding school ; learns painting, em broidery and sketching, and makes Uer debut in fashionable society by a large ball at either Delmonico'* or ber father's bouse. Then comes the trouble. She is courted by every kind of a man, front the weak but moneyless dude to the bogus nobleman. Here tho tact of her wise mother comes into play. If a gen tleman calls to BOO Ethel, her mamma goes down and inspects him, telling bim she is "BO sorry Ethel has just gone out," or "Ethel has a terrible headache," and if, after many subtle questions, she is convinced ho ts uli right, she invites bim to "call again.''* An heiress of good family is hardly content unless shu marries a real noble man, but au heiress of a new family is very glad to secure thc poor scion of a noble Knickerbocker name. Very few heiresses marry for love. Very few of them have enough sensibility in them to experience such a sentiment. But they are clever nt keeping a man at a diatanee or luring bim on to propose, but bo must show himself to possess nome recommendation before be is admitted into the family. Nothing to Do. A man who has nothing to do is a pit iable object. Ile is simply a kept min. He is living on charity. Some amiable Hnoozer, now dead, has left him the mon ey that be lives on, and all be has to do is to draw thc money and eat, drink and sleep. No eyes can brighten with happiness when he comes home, because be only comes home when the other places are closed. Ile cannot come home tired, and be pettied and rested by willing hands, because it would be a mockery.to pet a tired man who had got tired, doing nothing. Such a man simply exists and is no good on earth. If be would wheel a bar row and earn a dollar, and get tired, and buy a beefsteak with the dollar, and have it cooked, and eat it while the ap petite was on that he got wheeling the barrow, he would know more enjoyment than he bad ever known before. That man with nothing to do on earth no doubt thinks, as ne lays around and smells frowsy, that he is enjoying life, but be knows no more about enjoyment than a tom-cat that sleeps all day and goes out nights to play short-atop to a lot of bootjacks and beer bottles. Such a man is a cipher, and does not know enough to go in when it rains. If there were less incomes left to lazy young fel lows, and moro sets of carpenter tools, I there would be more real enjoyment.-* I Burlington Hawley e. Jorti Billing* Heard From. NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. ll, 1880. Dear Bitter?-I am here, trying to breathe in all the salt air of the ocean, and having; been n sufferer for more a year with a refractory liver, I 'r~ doced to mix llop Hitter? with /?ale and bavo fonnd the tincture rious result. * . M \Xt* bavo.. greatly helped by Ut? .Ritters, an not afraid to say so. Yours without a struggle, .. >?4 Jo?iH ?3I1L1V DIV LUS AND SHARKS. HI ra n|(o %dv?nlure? With Finny Monsters Ht'llClltll (ho WHVO?. Harry H. Ballard, of New Orleans', one til' the eighteen marine or Halt water divers ol' the United State?, was found cnn fl ned to his room in tho pay ward of the Cincinnati Hospital by au attack of j inflammatory rheumatism, caused by ex posure as a diver. "Did you not fear the sharks in your diving expeditions ?" asked an /inquirer reporter. "That is a subject about which there is a great deal of humbug. Old snilora wiih lott of idle limo on their hand? love to spin yarna about tho ferocity of sharl: >. Thc shark is a cowardly fish. He never attacks one nu!ess you provoke tho quar rel. I ha vj met thousands of them, and had them swim all around mo willi their horrid, glassy, dcalb-liko eyes glaring at me. and their huge mouths under their bolly snapping ns though it was ready to swallow mo. Tho noise that tho air makes roaring into tho shell frightens them, and then they see tho mau is moving about. At Callao Harbor, which is a regular shark's nest, I went down forty feet or moro nod met lots of these ocean devils, but none of them offered to molest me." I Divers have various expedient", for avoiding these animais, and ono wns told (neon the Peruvian coast. A diver was at work on the wreck of a Spanish man-of-war in West India waters. A safe containing $3,000,000 was tho object I of bis search, and after hours of patient labor the treasure waa found. While ho was shackling heavy iron chains to tho treasure box a dark shadow, long and motionless, suddenly attracted his atten tion. Looking upward ho Baw a hugo spotted shark, Mve nt y feet long, poised above and wntcbing every movement ns n cat does a mouse. Thu diver forgot a out tho $8,000,000, and, walking a short distance, was on tho point of sig naling to tho tender to pull him up, when a glance convinced him that it would be sure death. Tho sharl: watched his every movement, and, with a scarcely perceptible movement of his tail, over shadowed bis victim with his huge propor tions. Never before had tho diver moro need of coolness and nervo, together with his wits about him. He spied a long layer of mud close at hand, and ho mov ed toward it. Tho shark followed, glid ing stealthily toward him, while a thrill of horror run through bis veins. With an ?rou bur ho stirred tho mud, which rose Ulick and fust above him ; the clear, golden light of the water disappeared, and the. diver escaped. "The only scare I ever had with a fish was when I first went down off' tho South American const. I hud a great big crow bar in my hand, which perhaps fell nbout ii foot or eighteen inches bolow ;ny feet. Just beneath n?e luy a huge cuttle fish fast uleep. Of course I did noi ace him, and the crowbar v/out clear through him. Tho mittle fish lins a peculiar modo if alt nek-. He discharges a blue'* hurr.or, rh ich makes the water look like ink. Tho first thing I know it was so blnck all around mo I could not seo my hand he* fore my fuce. I couldn't imagine what bud broken loose, und I signaled to pull mo up. The natives all laughed and told me it was a cuttle-fish. Not long after ibo cuttle-fish waa worked ashore, and there was my crowbar gone clean through "lim.-Cincinnati Enquirer. Murringo In Chitin. On tho wedding-dny tho gueula assemble, in tho bridegroom's house. Theu a procession is formed, consisting of friends, bands of music and sedan chairs decorated in red and gold, with bearers in red couta, and dressed in a sort of livery, sometimes wonrintr red cans. The procession starts from the house with a courier at tho head. He bears a large piece of pork on a tray, to keep off malicious demons who may be lurking on tho street corners and in the alleys. These demons are supposed to tackle the pork, and while they aro thuo busied the procession passes on without bring affect ed by their ovil influence. All this timo the bride is at her own house, arraying herself in her best dress and richest I jewels. Uer hair is bouud up and ar rayed in duo form and Btyle by a skilled matron. After this her head-dress is donned. It usually consibta of some rich material sprinkled with ornaments. A large manilo io then thrown over her. It completely covers her. Last of all an enormous hat, ns largo as aa umbrella, is [?laced on her head. It comes down to 1er shoulders, completely hiding her face. Thus rigged, abo takes her seat in the red gilt marriage chair, called twa kiau. When concealed in this chair sho is carried to her husband by four men. When the bride is seated in the chair her mother or ?onie other relative locks tho door, and the key is given to tho best man. I suppose he turns il. over to the bridegroom ou reaching his house. The procession returns with mor ? care and more style. I saw ono during .1 ramble in a Chinese town. As tho bride was borne past us we gave her three cheers. I dare say that ali her children will be either knock-kneed or bow-legged because of the cheepe of the barbarians. Good luck to tho poor bottlcd-np one. She bad tho best wishes ot all our party, as we followed the procession for some squares, to the great astonishment of all tho Chinamen on the street. As the procession approached the bridegroom's door a bund stationed there struck up a tune, and fire-crackers were ?ut off by the box until the bride was carried within the gate. The go-between theil got the key from the bridegroom and opened the door of the sedan-chair. As the bride alighted she was saluted by a small child at the side of the old man. The groom was closeted within the house, and Bbe went in to seek bim. Sho atilt woro the enormous hat and mantle. When she found the groom ho greeted her with great gravity. They both ap proached the ancestral tablet and bowed their heads three times. They next took seats at's small table bearing two gob? lets tied together with thread and con taining wine. The go-between severed the thread, but the bride failed to quench her thirst, owing to the enormous hat and mantle. The two were now man and wife. The husband took the hat and mantle from the bride, and for the first time in bis life bad a look at her. After he had looked at her for some minutes he called in bis friends and guests. .'They scruti nized ber and made no bon?s of express ing their opinions concerning ber charms. The females gave their tongues full scope, rind had no'mercy upon the poor bride. She took it all without making any disagreeable answer, for fear (bat tho mutch would be considered stn nui lucky one. These cruel criticisms ended, Isb? was introduced ter ber husband's i Baluted her own wedding fe?3 ces .eating in te, male?-' woro and bis malo by tho bride Isted by- Ber y eil do wu at Diversified Farming. (\,rretj*onilence of the Collen Wont, I do not know that I csn better com ply will? your request to write something for your forthcoming agricultural paper than by submitting n few observations upon the subject of diversified farming. The road to fortune between tbe plough handles, under the most favorable cir cumstnuces, is not easy, but when wisely followed il ia tho most certain, most satisfying and enduring. There can bo no question, it is tho most independent and healthful of all avocations, and one presenting os wide a Held for progressive improvement as any other, lint to ac complish thc moat satisfactory and best results require study, observation, patience, frugality aid industry. Too ? many men become impatient, discouraged and quit the field if their most sanguiuo auticipatious arc not realized, md a pocket full of cash is not enjoyed after ono or two or three years' effort. A visit to those sections of tho country where fartniug lands command tho highest prices and where consequently farmers aro tho richest, will disclose tbe fact that they have become rich not so much from tho money they have realized from their hums in cash, us from thc enhanced ! value of their land. For instance, a I man buys a bu mired acres of land nt ! $"C per acre. He cultiv?tes it iur; say, ten years, improving and enriching it every year, ana at tbe end of ten years it is "worth tfcn) per acre or $5,000 instead of $1,000. This is a very largo interest on $1,000, and yet I bolieve it can be made on tbo nvcrogo run of land in South Carolina, and Ibo man support bis family comfortably in tho meantime, lt bas been done and can be dono again, but not by planting corn and cotton only. The farmer must make bis foud supply at borne-bis bread, bis meat, bis ma nure in a largo measure, bis fruit, his vegetables-in fact everything that enters into the household economics, except perhaps his groceries. But to do this bo must diversify his crops. Ho must plaut wheat and corn aud oats and neus and potatoes, and sorghum cano and fruit aud vegetables in suflicient quanti ties to sustain himself and family, and only cotton enough for bis market crop. Theso diversified crops will of themselves i m provo tho fertility of his land, and when bo applies mau ure to each crop aud cultivates judicious by tho nd io of im provement will bo surprising. I will not say ho cao plant all of theso crops advantageously for market, but ho can make enough for his own UBO SO that his cotton crop will bo a clear surplus. Many, howovcr, contend that it is moro profitable to confino farming operations exclusively to provision crops and eschew cotton altogether. I am not prepared to ?;o that far. Certain localities conven* ent to ready markets for perishable farm products might prosper by such a system, but for tbe average farmer io tho cotton belt, cotton is the best market crop in tbe world. It is imperishable except by fire, it is always as saleable as a United States bond, it Is easily bandied and always in demand. And it is theso attributes tbnt carry people away and make thom plant too much. If our farmers would only diversify their crops, live at home, economize, and make cotton their surplus market crop, ire would bo the richest, -ntni prosperous people in the world. I know how much 'easier it is to preach ibis doctrino than to prac tice it. I violate lt every year, but this does not make it any the less true, andi am persuaded our farmers are every year becoming more and more alive to tbe advantages of diversified and 'intensified farming. Very truly yours Soc., M. O. BUTLEB, Edgefield, S. C., June 6,1 888. * ??-AH -Xl _u ? A X ICH J urtiiiciium iwmanwi The Martinsburg, West Virginia, cor respondent ,'f the Wheeling Intelligencer relates tbe following . story. "Almost every family and individual here has some bit of romance in connection with tho late war. To-day at s -musicale, to which I was kindly invited, I meta lady whoso taloUts as a musician and whoso remarkable beauty bod attract?*! say ex tention. She possessed. that rare typo of prettiness that is wholly southern. Great, deep blue eyes, the face perfe .tin every feature; hair rich iu ita abe'r ? dance, aud wonderful in ita tint. This is her story. Twenty years ago, when tho tide of battle in fong, bloody waves . swept over the terrible field of Mauas* sas, a baby girl waa left an orphan on tbe battle ground. During the charge of the fateful day, the home of the blue eyed girl was at ono time directly be tween the fire of both armies. As tho first shots whistled above th? house, tho parents et?-:ted to flee for a place of ref" ugo. A dozen yatds from tho door both were shot down, and the baby, an .orphan, without sister or brother, was. alone in the world. The bnttio raged on, dead and dying were, everywhere, bat tho baby was unharmed Tbe day wore away, mrd just as tbe run's last .fays, half bidden in the curlip smoko, sas?y kissed the earth good night, Gen. Job? J Early, riding by, heard tbe baby's crieiy He dismounted, and taking the litt lo waif np, eared for; it until be could place it under the care of his sister. They watched il through ita infantile years, ?riving it an education, and a world of bve, and now .that baby, grown *,o womanhood, lovely and accomwiriied, the pet of a wido circle of frionas, who call her "Waif," is tho sole support of these two women,' alst?ts ."? of*, the -rebel general. . ' Wanted lt Bad. On Monday night a white, man;'with, a pretty good face on him, but tho clothes of the shabby/ genteel sort, sup plemented with a tolerably good white shirt, approached the one-armed negro vendor of peanuts on the cot uer ot Cher ry and Fourth streets, and, after a short conversation, asked tho negro to buy his shirt, offering it at thirty-five cants. Tho dispenser of grouodpeas thought tho figures too High, and made a bid of twenty-five cents for lt. After ebise haggling tho man consented, and actually polled off the shirt on the spot. Forte* nately there was no one present exo&pt the buyer and * seller a-id n policeman, who wr.tchcd the transaction from.a short distanced After disposing > : shirt the man drew, bo his coat, ? handkerchief around his neck ov undershirt and disappeared.. The poliah man followed and saw bim enter ?.' gro- . eery store or?. Mulberry V.r?et, whero Whioky is sold io thc back room. Tho shirtless mun went in and called ?br a nickel drink cf whisky, which he drank and pct down the quarter bf a dollar he had received from, the salo of his shirt, receiving twbnty cents in change. These fa^HHH&^manartnb^uent^ ^obv tho M?j?^^'fitPange^'in' Xdacon, having r0n^L\^m\^m\n&0la .A tb**i te ',.? Whan a i i i ot ;\t to tell