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BY E. B. MURKAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7. 1882 VHT mrT? vir -T4. T y-v -v Tho Peculiar Old Mystery! h was one of the peculiarities of the old-fashioned Donors tb-t tW -er would tell patients what they vere prescribing for then Thcv -: h Luid do tiie patients no pod to know, and that it would onlv bS-r'ti Lc, a foolish curiosity. In order to keep patients from kriowin?^thev Sd write the prescriptions in dog-Latin, so that most patient ; c.ir'tl t . All that sort ofthing is now over. Thc patient want Vll.lt nd t?duieni. - Ltakes. He is weak, and wants to be strong, or he is dv unis to digest well. Or he has a troublesome liver which' li - * So he takes Brown's Iron Bitters about which th? re i- no Tnw ia thej)est preparation of iron in the world, in cosn strer.^tli. It builds up It removes feminine ; uitorights. Mystery at ail Hnjtion with gentle yet efficient tonics. It gives sb J?ebled systems. It enriches impoverished blood. ?feebled sj-. - 1 , , 1 ? ,: taknesses. It casts out debility. It is wliat YOU want, und your druggist j F. HILL FRANK E. HARRISON. THE DRUG STORE HAS BEEN OPENED AT LAST ?inBroyles" New Building, South Main Street, by HILL & HARRISON. I IHKY ?Ul always keep on hand a FULL LINE <?F EVERYTHING kept in ? First ('hiss City Drug Store. 1 L LAMPS, BRUSHES, all kinds, PAINT8, PERFUMERY, COMBS, largo and small, MEDICINES DRUGS, OILS. &c&c: ft I'resf-rlplionM a Hpeciulty. Our Mr. Harrison sleeps immediately over i^re. and win be glad to accommodate his friends al all hours of the night. We ptheoaly house in the City which has the new C. S. Dispensatory, and Physicians ?|)]gg their Prescriptions prepared under same ure requested to give us u call * ?t Will keep open on Sundays from !) a. m. to ll a. m., and from 2 p. ni io ti n ni &<U?83 S_ C. F. JONES & CO. HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE LOT BOOT? arid SHOES, MEN'S and BOYS HATS, JEANS, CHECKS, and 1 NICE LOT FRESH GROCERIES. Sr HE sure to seo us if you want SHOKS or HATS. Our Hats ar.-the newest ijte, nml we arc offering them very low. Respectfully, ?o,-;?, 18$:; C. F. JONES. R. C. WEBB. JAMES M. JP^YINTE IS COMING TO THE FRONT WITH A TREMENDOUS STOCK OF HIESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, SADDLES, WHIPS, &C. THESE Goods have been made up AT HOME. 1 have ahn Machine Goods made of tbe best material and workmanship, which I will also offer at LOWER PRICES tu csa be bought anywhere in the State. I don't keep Shoddy machine work. I guiir ceeall Goods sold in my Shop ut tin juecodeiitcil low price*. I am deter ?fclnot to he undersold by any one. I have the largest stock of" Horse Goods that ever was in Anderson. ALL I WANT B for the Public to call and examino before buying, and they will be convinced that I t??CHEAPER and BETTER Goods than any om-, because I understand my business abnyiug material and made up Goods. 1 sell hand-made Harness from $10 to $30, Mn ?Hfront ?7.f>0 to $25.00. Collars, Bridles, Saddles and Whips as low as can be bought iuy market at retail. I also make WAGON HARNESS a specialty. I have all pis and styles of one and two-horse Wagon Harness. It will pay any one to give me a trial before buying elsewhere, and satisfaction guar c?don ail Goods sold sn mv Shop. .TAMES M. PAYNE, ?vcr Wilhite ?V Williite'M ?rug Store. tat 30,188S 7 3 m REMOVED ! To the newly fitted-up Store-rooms, formerly occupied by Simpson, Reid & Co., and known as Nos. 2 and 3, Benson House Place, WHERE I will continue to keep a full Stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE suited to the dailv wants of our trading public generally. Don't be deceived. '??llgive voil as much Polid value for your money as any other" man, actuated by the .cte: A quick penny 1st bettcr'thnn ii ttlow skilling, 125 Barrels Extra Family Flour at $5.00 per barrel-Cash down. SPLENDID VALUE AT $6.00 per barrel. .!*. Come early and secure your supply of this rare bargain. J. .T. BAKER. % 30. 1883 V ^^g,______^---jg A BEAUTIFUL PARLOR OR HANDSOME ROOM flAN only be bad with tho aid of FINE FURNITURE, but either may be V made comfortable by the outlay of a little money in good Furniture. , You will find any style, from the finest $300.00 Suites' down to Suites that "Wost $17.00. You will find EVERYTHH1NG usually Bi IN ? FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, {**. same Gooda can be bought CHEAPER of me than any other house in SEEING IS BELIEVING, hat you .viii call, sec my immense Stock GK E. TOLLY W?ll that I ask is that you .viii call, sec my immense Stock of Furniture and "mJ prices. .22J9.18S2 ll HEADQUARTERS FOR CHEAP GOODS. N. O. FARMER & BRO., - DEALERS HI DEY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, LADIES' CLOAKS and SHAWLS, BACON, FLOUR and MOLASSES, L SUGAR and COFFEE, M, everything generally kept In a first-class general store. V e fclocementoto ^ wishing to buy will do well r* buying elsewhere. Weare , , o,,...!,??.. {J** for tho best Standard Fertilizer* and Acid r*"rY?*?*? l?M*in of ?ther Should not fail to seo us belora they buy. We will ?ell it !?r 'owe. than any one for cash, or on timo to good W?tl f- we will put our 4lm^ Thoso 'ndebted to ua must come forward and settle at onie, or we win P ".?"> an Ofllcer'a hands for collection e are offering to call on us IV. O. FARMER Sc BRO. 30 ag and Building Materials. ? BEACHAM, Contractor and *CL ruf,aU9?. Depot 8trcet, Anderson i?tlJ?l?? ln. S^b, Blinds, Doora Ac. m Pn^uieoL.RonRb and Dresse?! Lum Jft Window and Door, Frames, ^in? doora fitted really for the tofcatK.T6T tor Work or Materials 4?L7? ??ecuted. *9 dm "Townsend's Cotton Seed Oil Hill OFFERS to the poblic dry, wdl-jooked COTTON 8EED MEAL at H cents ner lb/ A most valuable, feed for milk cows making the butter net.andyellow, and increasing the flo*: of milk. An ninBurpeuwed Fertili??*. Cotton Seed Iwught ; OT exchanged for j _Z2i ii10 same as tho large mills. JOHN ? TOWNSEND. President, | July 12.1883 62 A (J BE AT BONANZA. I?l|.'Kli>K U Fortuno from an Old Hort Hill In Greenville-A Magnlfleent Incoui? noni drapes- Figur?? that Dazzle. From thc Orcinvtltc AV? *. l ew people in Greenville have any idea cd' the extent of the vineyard inter- ; eat in the immediate neighborhood of the city, or of the rapid strides the indus- . try is making in popular favor. From the present indications, before many 1 years Greenville will be one of thc most important grape and wine districts in the United States, and thc business will bring hundreds of thousands of dollars here every year. A few years ago we had nothing in thia neighborhood that could bo properly ? called a vineyard. No attention was | paid to thc exten-ive culture of grapes, i and nobody had the slightest idea of regularly growing them for sale or bhip ment or for the manufacture of wine. E. Liarraux was probably thc pioneer in the busiuess. He is a Swiss, and settled with j his family on a little washed out piece of laud a mile or two from town about ten yean ngo. People were disposed lo pity bim, and thc average farmer could not figure out how a living could possibly be obtained from the barren little tract for a family of about thirteen people. Hut Mr. (.'arraux knew what he was doing, and worked hard and lived close. He has built one of the neatest houses in this county, and ?Headily added to bib land, and is now worth several thousands of dollars with a, well Citsbiiahed store in town and a steady business from the farm. Truck, fruit and Howers have been his staple products, but an acre and a half of bis laud was put in grapes and looked after with the care and skill of a man who knew what he was doing. Last year that acre and a half yielded: 700 gallons wine, at $1.30 .8 045 3,000 pounds grapes (shipped) at 7c... '210 1,000 pounds grapes t retailed ) at 10c... 100 $1,255 If there is another acre and a half in the Stale, outside of the phosphate beds, that can compare with that yield, it is not known of hereabouts. It must be remembered that this ia almost entirely clear profit, the expense being compara tively oothiog-no fertilizer, uo plowing no highly paid picking. The late Dr. S. S. Marshall was the next to plant a vineyard, and was so successful that be planted another of forty acres on Paris Mountain, aud bas built a complete wino house and cellar ; the fact? of his experience have already been published in the Aetra. Mr. H. ii. Buist also weut into the business, and is known to have succeeded admirably, al though tho figures of his yield and sales have not been stated. Fagan Martin bas a young vineyard on his place four miles ?rom town which pays bim well, and two other gentlemen of means will begiu immediately the planting of vineyards on their places on the mountain slopes, and almost every gurdou in and about Greenville now bas a space devoted to grapes which aro improved in size, yield and flavor every year as the knowledge of j th? business increases. The great vineyard of the section, however, has not yet been allowed to yield, and is beiug patiently and labori ously prepared for the splendid work of tho future, lt is owned by A. Carpin, a Frenchman, and is situutcd three miles from the city. Mr. Carpin was born and reared in the wine making district of ] France, aud had bis earliest home in bis father's vineyard. He is familiar with every step nf vino growing and wine making. Il is his business, and he came to this country to engage in it. He travelled North, Fast, South and West, and visited every place where he beard of vineyards. After inspecting them all with the care of an experienced mau who proposed to invest bis al), he select ed the big red hill, on the top of which he now lives, and began work that no living American probably is capable of. He net out to spend his money and his arduous labor from dawn to dark and to wait five yesrs fer the first dollar tc re turn. He terraced the hill and dug deep and wide to plant his slips of vine. Up to last year people in the neighborhood were disposed to regard him aa a lunatic, for he had been digging and delving aud there was no appearance of cotton or corn aud nothing in sight but. trench es aud rows of little sticks. But his work ia beginning to take ahape now, and people generally have begun to conclude that Mr. Carpin has the very biggest kind of a bonanza. He bas 30,000 Concord and Clinton ?rape vines planted on 30 acres of land, le is steadily pursuing the French method of cutting the vines back every year and preventing them from bearing until they are five ycara old. Aa ho anya, be ia not after vines but bas a de sire for grapes, and intends that all of the vitality of the plants shall go into making the fruit. When his vines are in full bearing none of them will be over five feet in length, but each of them will have a stalk as thick as his thumb and roots reaching far down iuto the earth. Vines grown that way in France live and bear for centuries, and Mr. Carpin does not propose to do any replanting after he bas his viueyard set. A drought is a blessing to bim, because his deop set vines draw nourishment from far below tho surface and the hot sun ripens thc grapes fast and makes their flavor per iod ; nothing lesa than a flood in the way of a rain will trouble him because the steep hill side will shed water like a duck, and the terraces and ditches will prevcDt washing of the soil. Mr. Carpin ia now building an im menae wine cellar with brick walls three feet thick on the top of the hill. When completed, it will have a capacity of 2,000 barrels of wine. A creek runs around the foot of his hill, and ho has begun a dam which will be twenty-five feet high and will make a pond almost encircling the hill 15 feet deep and cov ering 16 acieaof land. The road leading to the cellar will be the only point at which there will be access without swim ming, and there a brick lodge will stand with a man who will keep out intruders. Mr. Carpin does not propose to lose auy thing by thieves. . By the time all of this work is done and the vineyard ia ready, thirty thousand dollara will have been inveated on that red clay hill. The firat picking of grapes will be done in 188i> and in 1886 Mr. Carpin expects to sell OOO gallons of wine. By 1888 ho will he fully at work, and then tho return will begin to come. At the lowest possible calculation the vine yard will yield 500 gallons of wine Ito the acre. Mr. Carpin has a contract with a Boston establishment to take all the wine he can make for ton jem at fr? gallon. 1500 an acre ; 82 acres ?16.000 I year, and almost all profiter the ex pense of grape picking and ^Tmak?op will be trifling. But that is not all. The tract has 100 ?cres available for vineyard, and it will be utilized, the 32 acrei being but the beginning. What does the average agriculturist think of a piece of land needing no replanting and but little culture, costing notjljg .fte Boeding or manuring, good to *Md1 for some hundreds of years and bringing in fifty thouaand dollars a year 7 That, however, ia not all. The wine will bc stored and kept. No sugar will bended, and thc Kreuch methods will be rigidly followed. Every yeer of keeping will add to the 7alue o? every gallon, and it is not probable that much of the liquor will ho sold at a dollar. It is enough to make a man's head swim to think of thc possibilities. They run all the way up io 1100,000 a year in big years when the wiue yield increases greatly. A thousand or so of iruit trees, the ice from the big pond in cold winters, and other things on the place are incidental sources of income that Mr. Carpi? docs not count at all, and regards only ns means of filling the chinks io his time. Tbc figures given above look wild and extravagant, but they aro made by a business man with a perfectly clear head and thorough knowledge of "what he is doing, and lie iias had confidence enough In them to base on them a;, investment of thirty thousand dollars and several years of very hard work. Ile has a part ner, an Archbishop of the Catholic Church, residing in lioston, who bas been here, looked over the work done, ex pressed himself as fully satisfied and thor oughly assured ofsuccess. They would not sell their land for $100,000 to da-, although they paid somewhere about $25 an acre for it a few years ago. There is no dreaming or visionary scheme about the Carpin vineyard. Simple, common sense reasoning and figuring show and prove that without some inconceivable accident it will within ten years be yield ing ils owners an iucome of from $10,000 $80,000 a year, for au investment of?30, 000. Itis no experiment. Mr. Gnrraiix ha? ulready proven what eau be dono by practical exp?rience, and Mr. Carpin proposes to do it. Where is the use of going West to hunt gold mines when we have thom right hero on our own old red hills, olTeringiuexhaustableaud mag nificent fortunes to enterprise, pluck and industry? Hon Uiry .'.Surrendered," A member of Gary's brigade in an account of thu last day at Appomattox says : Formed into columu ot fours the brigade, numbering uot more than seven ty-live men, charged a division of Feder al cavalry. These were the men who fired upon Gen. Sheridan and made him "seek a ravine ;" this is the brigade about which Merritt kicked up a "cloud of dust." Finding be could not gain his end Gary gave the command to fall back, but not a man left the ranks. While we were thus engaged oue of thc batteries of Col. Haskell's battalion unlimbered their guus and trained them upon us. Acting Assistant Surgeon John McLeod, who bud dismounted to aid n wounded comrade, told the cannoneers not to fire, as tbe men in their front were Confeder ate troops, and knowing tho execution the guus could do, double-shotted with canister as they were, rode forward and urged Gen. Gary to uncover them so that they could sweep the hills. Riding around and between the cannon thc birgade formed line to the right of them. On they came ; there was "a wild burrah, a Hashing of sabres," but be it said, to the honor of Gary's brigade and the gunners at those pieces, they never faltered. If ever men faced what seemed certain death those men did, but their "flight did not follow." The God of battles mercifully watched upon them, and at tho instant of the r seeming annihilation u Confederate courier rode between the lines with a white flag and shouted : "Hostilities have ceased ! Stop tiring !" At the same moment an elegantly dressed and hand somely mounted Federal officer (Lieu tenant Allen) rode up from tho rear of our line aud asked : "Who coin mauds this cavalry?" "I do, by God, sir, Martin W. Gary, of South Carolina ! Who are you ?" "I have been sent here hy Gen. Gor don, of your army, to tell you to stop firing, that your army has surrendered," was Lieutenant Allen's reply. "You're aliar, sir; go back to your command ; these men are South Caroli nians, and never surrender!" Gary answered. Bidding the men await his return, he rode immediately over toGeu. Lee to learn the trt.estate of affairs. Aa soon as he left the Federal cavalry awarmed around aud saluted us with "Johnny, the jig's up!" We leave the reader to imagine the reply. In the few minutes conversation which took placo between the contending forces it was impossible not to notice the contrast-on the one hand, a handful of ragged, hun ger-bitten, hollow eyed men sitting astride of what had once been noble horses ; on the other, a mighty boat, well mounted, well clad and splendidly equip ped. A Sheep !s a Shirt. Au incident which was both rich and racy, aud quite laughable, actually did occur near Smyrna, Tenn., a few days since, which was about as follows : One of our neighbors, Mr. T. D., sheared the wool off his favorite pet sheep a few days since. As the shades of the evening be ?an to gather the air grew chilly. Mr. ). being a man of much sympathy, and in order to make his pet as pleasant as possible, took a shirt and pulled it over the body of the sheep and buttoned tbe collar around the sheep's neck and let the sleeves hang loose, like a pair of winga. Mr. D's faithful dog espied this wonderful freak of art and nature at once. The poor sheep jumped the yard fence and ran for its life. It ran into the pub lic road just as Mrs. R. H. Nicholson and infant child chanced to be riding by. Her horse grew frightened and ran sev eral hundred yards. As fate would have it, she remained firm in her saddle and neither she nor the cbild was hurt. On the following morning this wonderful, celebrated sheep made its appearance in Joe Derryberry's field, when its visit caused a general stampede, where the snapping of trace-chaina and knocking down fences, and the word, "Whoa! whoa 1" bursting from the mouths of plow-boys, made music, in the air. Du ring the day Mr. D. was seeu hunting a sheep that could be easily identified, because it had a shirl on. Where's Your Glmblet ? Little Johnny Yerger has caused a breech between Gus DeSmitb.an Austin society gentleman, and the Yerger family. Gua called to make a friendly visit after aupper, be having previously informed Colonel Yerger of the intended honor. > The whole family and Gus were in the parlor, when Johnny riveted the attou tion of all present by asking Gus De Smith : "Have you brought your gi niblet with you?" "Hush, Johnny," said Mrs. Yerger. "Go to bed, sir," remarked Colonel Yerger. "What do you mean, Johnny ?" asked Gus. * "> j "I don't mean nuffin' ; except I heard pa say you were coming up this evening to borer us all." - Our little devil while in a rage, Set these two lines to fill ont the page. HANGED FOUR TIMES. Tho Unusual Esparleacea ol i? Mau \vim?o Neck wat Iladly Attuned. Watts, sir, Walts, is my Dame-Jeane Watts, leastways that ia tho narnu by ; which I care to he called fur tho present. 1 sail to-morrow for Colorado, where they say there is plenty of work for a man who cares to dig for silver-and I know what a miue is and what a miner's life is like ; but you spoke somethiug about the sensation of hanging. Now, look here, sir. As sure as I'm a living man, I bavo been hanged four times. Three times I danced my senses away on thin air, and the other lime I was saved just as the bolt was about to be drawn bael- to break my tieck. .Still, as the cap was over my head and tho parson hau said "Lord, receive bis spirit," I should I say that's about as near haugiog aa most '? people would wish to go, so I calla it four times. I was born in the town of Falmouth, Cornwall. My father waa a silk maker, doing a fair business. The Cornish coast abounds in rockv cliffs, where thousands of gulls build their uests. I often used to go egg-hunting with my boy friends. Wo used to fix a stick in a knot of rope some twenty feet long. One end would bu fastened se curely to a stake in thc ground and then we used to let ourselves slowly down over Ibo c-1 ill* and swing backward aud for* wsrd, seated on the stick, atong tuc face of the rocka, frightened the old birds away and 611 our wallets with eggs. <>::s raoruing I started out alone with my coil of rope. I expected to lind some comrades by the shore, but none were there. However, thinking they would arrive, I let myself down, not on the seat, as usual, but nilli the ropo in a slip-knot beneath my shoulders. Di rectly my full weight was in the noose, it began to tighten to an uncomfortable ex teat, so I placed my foot against a small ridge and began to loosen tho strain. FI HST AND SECOND HAHOINO. I got one arm out and was gradually putting thc ropo over my body so as to sit in the noose, when a dozen gulla flew out and began to attack me. My foot Blipped from its hold as the rope closed rupidly round my neck. I hau time to place my right hand to my cheek, an act which saved my life, tor, although tho pain waa severo, I could breathe. I shouted for help, but no help was near. Finally the agony was so great that with an effort of despair I freed my baud and suffocated. I recovered consciousness tn find myself ou tay back in a fishing tent with two men bending over me. lt seems they had discovered my dilemma and wcro drawing rae up within half a minute after the rone closed round my neck. When I recovered my health I be came wild and dissipated, and, although I managed to remain on friendly terms with my father for tho next five years, I was regarded in my native town as a quarrelsome fellow, foremost in every row and ready to get drunk whenever I had a chance. Ono night in a general row, I killed ono of my pot-house cotn pauiona with n blow on the head, deliv ered with a heavy pewter vessel. I waa arrested, tried and condemned to be bunged. The day arrived for my execu tion. My hands were pinioned, I took my last look, as I supposed, at the aun, felt the white cap drawn over my face, and begged the hangman lu pull the holt when I arrived at the supplication in the Lord's prayer, "Forgive my trespasses." I had hardly finiubed the first words of entreaty, to Heaven when a loud tumult fell on my ears, sud the word "Re prieve ?" was sh outed from mouth to mouth. The next moment I was unbound and tho royal message of mercy read to me. The death penalty was commuted to teu years' penal servitude. THE TH IUD H ANi. I NU. Never mind how I passed the next ten years. Finally I waa once more a free man. My poor old father gave me ?200 and bia blessing and I shipped for the Cape of Good Hope and the di amend fields. I arrired at tho S;ld3, and, iu partnership with an acquaintance I made, I purchased a claim for ?i50. For a month we found Dext to uothhig, then success crowned our work and within ?ix months of leaving England I waa worth ?2,000. I returned to Cape Town, but could not make up my mind to cross the ocean home, so I took rooina at a crack hotel and began to enjoy myself. Those who fin fortune easily spend freely ; in a short time gambling and drink left me with just enough ctsh to return to tho fields. This time I bad no money to buy a claim, so I had to work for a percent age. Luck favored me, and again I was the possessor of moral hundreds, suffi cient to join a company of ten in the purchase of a large claim. There was an old Dutchman who had a daughter, a handsome girl, the only ?oung woman for hundreds of miles, 'he Dutchman did not appprove of my attentions to bis daughter, and the way in which she favored me aroused tho jealousy of my companions. The Dutchman determined to get rid of me. One day be accused mo of robbing him, and certainly a package of loose atones, belonging to him, were found in my coat pocket. I had been talking to Gretcheu and had thrown off my coat because of the heat, and the Dutchman placed ibo plant on me. There ia not much justice in a mining camp. As I said, I waa dis liked because of Gretchen's preferences, and my partners, no doubt, were willing to have my abare of the claim to divide among them ; BO I waa tried and con demned to be haoged in lesa than au hour of the old man's sccusation, by a lynch jury. I was allowed two boura to prepare for death, and then taken to the nearest tree, where a rope was placed around my neck and I was jerked by a dozen willing bands into Ibe air. But before strangulation ensued I fell to tho ground with a thump. Gretchen bad not been idle. Her entreaties brought sn opposition crowd of digger? to my auistauce. The tide turned in my favor, and I believe the old villain would have been burned in bis shanty, but for my intercession and bis daughter's tears. Gretchen jilted me, nevertheless, shortly afterward, and, as I had next to no luck in my search for diamonda, I left the fields again for Cape Town, this time with only two or three hundred pounds io my pocket. I found a letter awaiting me at the poatoffice, from a friend in Falmouth, telling me my father was dying. rot; UT 11 AND LAST H ANO I NU. After sgain enduring the mysteries of a sea voyage, I arrived in England only to find my father dead and buried. He left me a small tum of money and bis business. There was no peace for me in my native city, however; blood was on my hands and coldness met me oa all sides. I sold my father's effects at pub lic auction and journeyed to London, where tay identity was soon lost among the many millions. But the brand of Cain followed me. I tried several kinds of business and employment, bot no lack was mine. I took to drink again, and a fight with a policeman landed me once more in a prison cell. I was committed to hard labor fourteen days. Despair seized me. I twitted a rope dat of the sti tuda I was given to couvert into o:.k Uir , made a noose for my neck, secured tb* other end to the bars of tho window, kicked away the stool and lost conscious ness. To my dying day I shall remem ber thc sensations of my last hanging. I was transported to a beautiful paradise of meadows and flowers, where lovely forms of children greeted mc and deli cious music sounded in my ears. It seemed lo last for an ago, but it could only have been a lapse of a few moments, for r?ruff voices succeed the delicious music and tho faces of the angelic chil dren faded into the stern features of a pair of prison warders, who cut. me dowu just in time. I was ueuteucod to three mouths longer for the attempt at self destruction, and watched night and day to prevent a repetition. I had, however, no wish to omi my life again, on ihe contrary, the deliro for new scenes and fresh adventure was full on nie when ny release from prison arrived. I still pos sessed a little money, so I purchased a ticket for Colorado. In the far west, with a new name, new associations and a clean shave, for I am younger than I look, providence may yet ser.d mo hap piness and fortune. WHAT BECOMES OF THE KAUS. An Industry lu Which Millions of Capital ?re Invested. Fruin thc MUuhtuket livening Wi?contin. William Franzon. one cf the oldest and most experienced rng and pnper stock dealers in the west, was asked about his business and the possibility of its being a medium of bringing Asiatic diseases into this country. IIo said : "Large quantities of rags from Egypt and Tur key pass through Milwaukee on their w ay lo thc paper mills at Neenah and Menasba. I mean actually largo quan tities-not relatively large-for the grea ter proportion of the receipts of foreign rags in this country aro consumed in tue east. I don't think, however, Ibero is any danger of diseaso originating in Mil waukee hy reason of the rag trade. Tho foreign rags are not pickett over here. Labor at the pointa of shipment is so much cheaper than here that it pays to do all tho necessary assorting before the rags aro baled and sent off. lu support of my belief that no danger of the spread of contagion in Milwaukee by tho bales of foreign rags which pass through hero is lo bo apprehended, I can say that I have been in the rag business for 20 yeara-12 of tbem in this city-and have never had a sick day. 1 have employed from 12 to (30 hands in sorting rags du ring all that time, and havo never known sickness to break out among them from tho handling of rags. I don't think there is any danger to bo apprehended from the rags at tho paper mills either, for the strong bleaching materials UHOU would be likely to act as a disinfectant." Mr. Franzen went on to give some facts to prove the rag business is one of the staple industries of the country. "The business in rags and paper stock done in Milwaukee alone amounts," he said, "to $700,000 uunually, and furnishes employ ment to upward of 500 persons. Careful estimates of tho present annual consump tion of rag stock in the United States i place the amount at 3,000,000 bales, val ued at $36,000,000. Tho arrivals of for eign rag stock at Now York city aro esti mated at 600,000 bales annually, and those of domestic rag stock at 1,800,000 bales. Twenty-live thousand bales of rags were shipped out of Milwaukee during the year 1882. Most of the do mestic paper stock received here comes from Iowa, Minnessota, Wisconsin, Ne braska, Dakota, and Michigan. Missou ri and Illinois also contribute large amounts. A considerable quantity of foreign rags also pass through this city during the course of a year. These como from all parts of Europe, Englaud, F rance, Germany, and Turkey contri buting most freely. Egyptian rags as I have said, often pass through this city. The destination of the rags which are shipped from Milwaukee ts dependent upon their quality. All the woolen rags and the better grades of cotton rags go To the east, mostly to supply the fine paper milln and shoddy mills of Massachusetts,. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. Tho cheaper grades of stock aro UBod in the west in the manu facture of printing and wrapping pipers. The foreign rags received iu Milwaukee, which are inferior in quality to those made in this country, are used by paper mills at various points in this State. The foreign rags, as I have said, reach this market assorted and ready for the milln. The domestic rags, on the contrary, in variably require to be assorted here. It would astonish the uninitiated to see the number of distinct grades into which rags are discuminated. Here is a list of most of the important classes ot rags and paper stock recognized in Mil waukee: Whites-Nos. 1 and 2, thirds and blues, prints, manila rope, mixed bagging, wrapping stock, seamed cloth, wool seams, new clips, soft wools, print papers, manila papers, common papers, tea papers, white shavings, mixed shav ings, No. 1 book. No. 2 book, strawboard clippings, skirted delaines. It must not be supposed that the differentiation ends herc. Soft wools, for instance, are made in Milwaukee into one grado. In Cin cinnati, Philadelphia, and other cities east of Milwaukee there are a number of establishments which buy up suitable western stock and assort it for the wool en manufacturers. In these establish ments what are known in Milwaukee by the one title of soft wools are sorted into IB different grades. All the woolen rags shipped from here go to eastern manu facturers, by whom they aro converted into shoddy. The better grades of cotton | rags go to the east, where they are made into writing paper. Print rags and bag ging are used in the manufacture ot print paper, which is carried OD in the west. Manila rope is principally UBed in Ohio, whero it enters into the manu facture of paper flour bags. Wrapping stock, which ' is the mere refuse ot the rag bin-the cheapest grade of rags made-is used principally io the manu facture of roofing felt. The western mills where this is made are mostly in Ohio, but there is one in this State at Beloit. All grades of woolen rags go, as heretofore stated, to the shoddy man ufactures. The remaining grades of stock mentioned io the above lists are converted into wrapping papers in the west, principally ia Wisconsin. The Wisconsin mills which make wrapping papers are at Sparta, Menasba, Appleton, and Beloit." - The story from Toronto is that the Methodist of Oanada are united in a solid body. The Methodist Protestants, Methodist Episcopal, Wesleyan Metho dist, and Primitive Methodist, have all thrown aside the cccleaiaati~.nl barriers, and have eome solidly together. The Canadian Methodists have set a good ex ample we think. - It ls stated that the heirs of Brig ham Yoong have brought suit in Salt Lake City, Utah, against President Tay lor of the Mormon Church and his graud staff of officers, charging them with hnv lng stolen over $600,000 from Young's estate. POSTAL WORKINGS. Tho System In liront llrltnln mid Ireland. WASHINGTON, September 9.-Tho Post Office Department hiiB just received tho twenty-ninth annual report of the Post master-General of Great Ilritaiu and Ireland, for tho fiscal year ended March ;??t, 1883. From that report have been obtained the following interesting facts and statistic? with regard to the prcaont working of the British postal system: The number of letters delivered in tho United Kingdom during the year was 1,280,636,200, and increase of 42 per cont ; number of post cards 144,016,200, au increase of 64 per font; of book packets and circulars 288,206,400, an in crease of 6!! per cent ; aud of newspa pers i40,082,600, a slight decrease, Attrib uted io thc increased facilities for scud ing newspapers on thc railways aa par cels. Tho estimated average number of letters carried per capita of tho popula tion was 40 in England and Wales, 30 in Scotland, 16 in Irelnnd and 36 in tho United Kingdom. Tho number of reg istered letters aetit was 11,264,026, an in crease of 33 per ccut over the preceding year. There ware 15,406 post offices in thc United Kingdom, employing 44,600 permanent officers who might become entitled to pensions. This number in cluded 2,561 women, of whom 455 were clerks and 2,106 telegraphists or counter women. Tho rc?ir>?d officers numbered 8,3-'i5 with pensions aggregating ?170, 826 per annum. Tho number of telegraph mesanges sent in the United Kingdom during the years was 32,002,026, an increase of 746, 165 as compared with tho previous year. Mr. Fawcett says it has been decided that au soon as the necessary increaso of plant can be rindo tho minimum charge for ?uland telegrams shall bo reduced froui ls. to 6d. Tho busiucBs of tho postal aavinga banks is reported to show satisfactory progress. 1 ho total amount duo deposi tors iucludictr interest, wei ?40,000,000, an increase of ?3,000,000 ovor tho pre vious year. This is the largest annual increaso since thc establishment of the system. Tho deposits during the year were 6,000,000 in number and ?12,000. 000 in amount, aud the withdrawals 2,000,000 number and ?10,000,000 in amount. Tho amount of interest credit ed to depositors war. ?891,629. On .March 3let, there were ',081 post office savings banks and u..iney order offices. Tho average amount of the several de posits WUH ?2, and of withdrawals ?5, 5s. 3d. There were 787,858 accounts opened during the year and 537,494 closed leaving 2,858,976 accounts open nt the end of the year as against 2,607,612 in tho previous year. Thc nccouutB wcro apportioned aa follows : Tho savings bank business iu Ireland again showed a largo iucreose-thc number of deposits during tho year having been 278,727, amounting to ?752,673, as against 251, 146 amounting to ?662,170 in 1881. The total amount, including interest, due to depositors at the end of the year was ?1,926,460 against ??,723,395 in 1881. The gross revenue froiu the whole poatal service during tho year was over ?9,413, 812 and tho net revenue ?3,061,748, a decrease of ?38,727 from that of thc previous year. The gross revenues from telegraphs was ?1,768,060 and tho not revenue ?235,570, as against ?264,810 in the previous year. This decrease ia ac counted for by the heavy additional working expense-* THE CONNECTING LINK. The Iron High-ray From the Atlantic to the l'a el ll c. BETWEEN GARRISON AND GOI.I: CHEEK, NORTHERN PACIFIC HAIL,' ROAI>, September 8, VIA HELENA MON TANA, September 9.-It is 8 mile? froit Helena to the point where the steer, grade of the Rocky Mountains begini and 12 miles from there to tho muuth ol Mullen tunnel. As the tunnel is nol completed, Mullen pass ia crossed bj running in curvea at a distance of about 4 miles. The grade ?B the name as al Bogemau. The sections ot tho trait bearing tho Vi I lard party were safelj lifted over the height and the deacenl was made to this point, where the cere mony of driving the last spike in th? Northern Pacific Railroad has just been concluded. From Portland there cami ai;inewbat eurlier a aplendid train, bear ing prominent citizens of that section t< partic?palo in the ceremonies. Then were hearty greetings between the Amer lean guests of the East and Weat. Al were surprised at what they beheld. In stead of a wilderness of rocky moun tains they here beheld a magni?cen pavilion capable of Beating more thai 1,000 people, over which floated thc national colors of the American, Ger man and British nations. In front ant reaching to the road bed waa an exton aive promenade, skirted by a platforn with seats. To the right waa a bane stand, occupied by tho Fifth Unitet States Infantry band from Fort Keogh When the last of the guests had arri vet the ceremonies were opened by Presiden Villard, who divided the attention of thi multitude with Gen. Grant, who sat oi tho platform. Mr. Villard spoke a some length, and concluded amid Ire raeudous applause. He then introduce! tho orators of the occasion. Hon. W M. Fvarts thon addressed the assemblage Mr. Villard then introduced Secretar Teller, who spoke of the great energ; aud capital required to complete tu' various trans-continental lines and thei practical benefit to the nation. Secreta ry Teller was followed by ex-Presiden iii I lings. Speeches were also made b, Sir James Ilanuen, of England ; Paroi Von Eisendreker, the German Minister Dr. Koeias, of the Berlin Universlt] and General Grant. The Governors o Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota, Montant Oregon, Washington and the foreig ?nesta were then given seats on the plat brm, when a photograph waa taken c them. After that a horse that helped t build the road from its inception wi brought up on the platform. Then wi witnessed an extraordinary spectacb Three hundred brawny men quickly lal the iron and drove the spikes on tl thousand feet of uncompleted track, ei cept the last spike. During thia worl which waa witneased by the foreignei with amazement, the band playea an the people cheered. When nearly con Edeted a cannon salute waa fired. Tb ast spike was driven by H. G. Dav! assistant general passenger agent of th road, who drove the first spike on tb opening of the road, and tho spike wi the same ono first driven by bim. Th end waa reached aa the sun waa e.-.!tin behind the mountains. The enthusiast of the audience-variously estimated i 3,000 to 5,000-waa indescribable. Thi waa brought to a happy conclusion very remarkable event In American bil tory. - Th? largest fire insurance ever el fected in a single order waa recen tl taken out by the authorities of Han burg on the city mobiliary possession; It amounted to 18,000,000, and waa di vided among fifteen companies. Arnon, th? items was $840,000 on the city libra ?7? A!! Sorta of Paragraphs. - A fig tree at Micanopy, Fl?., bears fifty bushels of figa every year. - Wife-beaters aro given a job on the cbaingang io Georgia-ono year for each chastisement. A scientific chemical compound that givea health and strength is Brown's Iron Bitters. The very best iron preparation, and the ono having the largest aale, is Brown's Iron Bitters. - ueorgta'a melon crop is estimated to have bien 6,500,000, of which 5,500, 000 were marketed. - After all, thc coachman and tho actor have something ia coramos-they aro both pretty apt to succeed if they handle their lines well. - "Are you dead, Tim ?" 6aid an Irish father to his 8on, who had fallen down a well. "Not dead, father, but spacholess," came up from the depth. - During tho first eight months of the year 284,966 foreign immigrant') havo landed at New York. Of this number 75 per cent, went Weat. - Tho cotton crop is short, compara tively speaking, but the surplus from Inst yoar ia said to bo large. We doubt if holding for better prices will pay. - Lost, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each act with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, because they are gone forever. - The Germnn carp sent to Florida by thc Fish Commission docs not thrive in the evcrgladea. The Alligators acare them to death and the turtles eat them. - Capt. Webb'a aister became incane when abo heard of hia death at Niagara Frills, and since then abo has been found drowned in the river at Lady Smith. Natal. - "You don't know how glad I am to eoe you, Clara, dear." "Ob, yes, Ido," replied Clara dear ; "Johnny told me that he heard you aay you would rather die than aeo mo." - Mother-"Now, Gerty, bo a good girl, and give Aunt Julia a kiss and say ??ood-night." Gerty-"No, no I if I kiss her Bho'il box my ears, like abe did pa pa's last night." - Robert, E. Lee, the youngest son of General Lee, has declined the Democrat ic nomination for tho Legislature in Virginia, saying that he bas no taste for politica. - "Woman," says Mr. Eastman, "is a problem." So sho in ; and though a problem we can never hopo to solve, it is ono we shall never, never bo willing to give up. - It is claimed that tho first street letter-boxes ever used in this country were put up in Boston in 1858, the first collection hoing made on tho 2nd of August, that year, at noon. - A long-haired hermit has been dis covered in tho New Hampshire woods. He does not know his own name. It is likely he in the sole survivor of the Greenback party. - A . toment ia going the rounds that tho texas cotton crop instead of reaching 1,500,000 bales, os the prospect at first indicated win now hardly rise to 1,000,000 hales. - A mining company havo sunk a shaft near Cold Springo, Greene County, Tenn., to the depth of aix feet in a rock, and have struck a largo vein of silver that pays at that depth $34.71 per ton. - Since it has becomo popular for gi rta to attend boao ball matches they nave picked up ouough of the talk of the game to speak of those lovers who go away at night at a reasonable hour as short stops. - "What Bide of the street do you live on, Mrs. Kippie?" asked a counsel cross-examining rn witness. "On ?ither side. If you go one way, it's ou the right aide; if you go the other way, it's on the left." - The presiden tal canvass in Ken tucky will be made on a platform calling for whiskey for snakebites only, and a law will be passed forbidding the killing of snakes under the direst penalties. - The Macon police arrested a negro recently, who bad nearly a peck of kim - ?erin' or conjuring channa on his person, 'bey were composed of little bags of frogs' liver, snakes' skin, &c. They were to prevent sickness and all harm. - A certain little Pharisee, who waa praying for his big brother, had a good deal of human nature in bim, even if be waa onlv six years old. He prayed : 'O Lord, bless brother Bill, ana make him as good a boy as I am." - Warner Bailey, a colored man of Augusta, Ga., is creating quite a sensa tion by his acquatic gyrations and diving feats. He catches fish by diving for them, and gives regular exhibitions, whicb are attended by large numbers of citizens. - New England ia badly damaged by a long drouth. In many localities the farmers have been compelled to take their cows from the pastures and feed them upon winter hay. In consequence tho price of milk in many places baa been raised. - The t@r g?~ of the Yankee girl of the . are small, tapering, and beautifully shaped, her II as beautiful aa the**, and she is without ber ll ; her form is a t, and her figure excites 1 I 1 of surprise and a hankering to ,-.-sher. - The latest returns from Java say that 80,000 people lost their lives by the recent earthquake and volcanic distur bances. All communication ii cut off, however, by the succession of vast banka raised in the ocean in the approaches to the ruined district. - A Jacksonville merchant has just ahipped North two hundred boxw of lemons grown in Florida. They are said tc be as fine lemons aa can bo grown anywhere, their color belog perfect, while they are finely flavored, and aa Juicy aa the best Messioas. Mr. Bean, the snip per of this lot, saya the fruit growers throughout Florida are paying very much more attention to growing lemons since a successful experiment was made in curing them last season, and aro setting out or budding a number of traes. ? ? . -. Work" on tho Washington moty-K ment will be resumed about Ootobejp-nt, when as many men as can postjMj bo used will be employed. The ea^?tatlon that the monnaient would ref^- a height of 420 feat before the clear*? the season is hardly likely to bo fW^W .** ope?, tiona havo been aorbv-fj" delayed by tho failure to obtain aKf.?TOi w .original contractors. Vf1*' W Pffeat contract an average v^J^O*0^,..^ received each ?t?Sr1?*? ?ft?neeutte? ara now emplo*^' toonument'a bara, and asaV'i*.tae ?tonc-oetting commences t^Mll bo nothing to delay the rapid /?ogre? of c o us tru c t Ion.