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?jf?. B. MURKAY & CO, ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1883. VOLUME XIX.-NO. 22. i ?jiixxj un j^vn ?pint? toolon ti??es h was thought that evil spirits came in throuch cracks .wholes. The generally approved way to kee,) them out was tr, d1UK Vkeyhoh- and siop the cracks with cotton. "Notwithstanding these measures, the evil things had their own way and often came in ^.pleased. ''?comes malaria nenv-a-days. We try to keep it out of the keyhole ,iconics in by the crack. We stop up the crack, and lol it comes from Kin the plumbing, or an opening from some neglected drain cr from Unsuspected source and unguarded direction. W\.m -..* alurnvM keen nial:iri:i out Imf um 1_i . LADIES' STORE ! "feiV?a mi?nSL- L"u!s?i"? E"",?,i<"" CiDCi""?ti' N?'*>?. ISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS B AT HUH OLD PLACE WITH A HANDSOME LOT OF GOODS, HATS, NECKWEAR, GLOVES, -AND SHOES OF EVERY KIND AND QUALITY. ???elected ber SPLENDID STOCK in person, and is readv with her nccom ?fjtssUlatits to wait on the public. ?kisdetermined NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD. Give us a call and be con fe, 1881 10 FALL AND WINTER GOODS. Now in Store and to arrive a j FULL STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, STAPLE AND FANCY ORV GOODS, NOTIONS, GROCERIES, HATS AND CAPS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, HAREW?RE, SADDLES AND BRIDLES, CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, BAGGING AND TIES, a full supply always on hand, ACID AJSTX) BONE ASH, First-class Fertilizers for small grain. ALL of which I will sell LOW Tor Cash or Barter. Give me a call before buying, at ilOUranite Row. W. F. BARR. ki 13, 1833 1 0 ANDREW & PREVOST, ARE RECEIVING DAILY A LARGE STOCK IT GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, BOOTS, HATS, &c. &c. ff* WE have a Large Slock, and have marked them down at BOTTOM ERES. Try a Barrel of our "SELECTION" FLOUR, whieh we claim has ii) in the City. S&" All Goods guaranteed, and delivered FREE of charge J City limita. 127,1883 / ll THE TIME IS OUT ! IPARTIES indebted to us for GUANO or SUPPLIES, we would say that bme must be settled at an early day. So bring along your Cotton and pay ?iou owe ita. We would niau call the attention of parties indebted to the old ?M REED, MOORHEAD ?fe CO. to the fact that theBe Notes and Accounts pbe settled iu full or in part on or before tho 1st January next. Take due no pd govern yourselves accordingly. WE HAVE ON HAND A COMPLETE LINE OF ?STAPLE MERCHANDISE, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, &c., ?fe wc will sell at the lowest living prices. When yon visit the etty, a call will pteciated, and your wants politely attended to. Respectfully, REED & MOORHEAD, ,1883 No. 7 Grauite Row, Anderson, 8. C. WHEN YOU COME TO BUY B, TINWARE & HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, -CALL AT H. SEEL'S STOVE HOUSE, AND SECURE 0A-R.GrA.ItV8. kVE in Stock the Largest and the Grentest Variety of the above named Good* io Anderson, and all for sale at Rock Bottom Prices for the Cash. HARNESS AND SOLE LEATHER A SPECIALTY, Also, RomiiiKton Gris?? anti Ttl ?le?. All those who I have ?old to on time MUST COME FORWARD JWPTLY and settle. I must have the money. *W,1883 14 Ufe iLsrieiEJJo A Nice Brash and Comb, A "Daisy" Box of Writing Paper, A Fine Bottle of Extract, An Elegant Parlor Lamp, The BEST Cologne in the City, Reliable Drags and Medicines, A GOOD CIGAR, SO GO AT ONCE TO TlE?IE IDIR/TTG* STOBB! HILL & HARRISON, SOUTH MAIN BTBXK. " _ I TOTHE P?B?ic. , Carpe? and Rngs. A FRESH lot of Carpet samples, and . AL beautiful line of Rugs and Mate. Call and see them. My stock is complet* in all Ito departments, prices as lowaaany o"her houseV br the same ?ggStgSg** I ask an inspection by my friends ?nd cus tomers. A B TOWERS. No. 4 Granite Row. Sept 27,1883 " fe??S?Ues wishing Scroll Work done, Stfpr" Brackets, Mantels or any S* flu? Wox* ibould sec tho nnder S?0l2rVe n*d flve years experience, ?\? W*raiitee>ork. Prices cheap as E* do it; Shop at Blue Rldire V*Kv& ..IVM.DI0K80N. THE LAWYER'S SECRET.' _, Il WM In a luxuriously furnished ? luES- W iCre 11 g!??Wi' rt Kr!llc lurew genial gut and warmth upon tho occupants, that General Langton, lawyer and mill ionaire listened with hated breath and pallid cheeks to a low and melodious voice that told a story of n life. Thc speaker, a beautiful woman of about thirty, yet ten years vounger than i Mr. Lanpton, reclined in n low, cush ioned chair, ber attitude bespeaking the ease which wealth gives, hut her face was ful I r.C illn .1-. . . . - - ??o ucepost anguish as uer lips recounted the storv. ! "You love me," the said gently, yet sadly, "and I love you as I never loved any one before, although I am a widow. 1 hut you knew, but did not know my husband's name. Rv ray uncle's last re quest I dropped it, and took his with tho property be left mc. Do not look at too tenderly, Geruld, do not shako my voice or my heart, for when yon know" who I am you will not repeat the offer you made me, and which heaven is my wit ness, I tried to avert." "Lei your conscience he a? rest there," said her listener, in a grave yet tender voice; "you have never given me ono hope, Maude. By what instinct I knew that you loved me I can uever tell something in your eyes, some tono of your voice betrayed you. If, as you say, something iu your past life dues separate us. you are no coquette to toi ment me with false hopes. Hut, Maude, tell me again, whatever Stauda betweeu us, you love me ?" "I love you," she said, gravely, "and it is because I love you that 1 will not let you link your honorable name with that of the wretch who was my husband. I was very young-not sixteen-when he came to make a visit to some friends liv ing at Grassbauk. Uncle Richard bas a country seat near the village. I first met Alexander at a picnic, where bo was the very life of the party, everybody's cava lier, courteous to all, full of wit and ani mation and service to all. I believe every girl on the grounds thought she had captivated him, bis attentions were so well divided and yet so impressive io each one. Ile claimed to bo no more than a salesman in a large wholesale house with a good salary, but he had the manners of a gentleman, of good educa tion, and thc most perfect beauty of face and form that I ever saw in a man. It was not long before it was evident that ho wished to wiu my love, and he bad an easy task. Such love as a child of six tceu can give I gave him. lie was the impersonation nf every hero of poetry and fiction with whom my limited read ing had made mc familiar. School-girl like, I bad mndc au ideal hero, and lilted this, my lirst admirer, with all his imag inan- perfections. "From the first Uncle Richard disliked him, pronouncing bim false and shallow, and assuring me that my personal attrac tions bad not won bis heart ; but the fact of my being an heiress to a large property had gained mo the protestations in which I so firmly believed. "It ia a painful story to me now Go raid. Let us suffice that I had lived in a world of pleasant dreams while Alexan der remained at Grassbank. When he left me he carried my promise to be his wife al Christmas. "I think if my money had depended on Uncie Richard, my marriage might bave been prevented by his threatening to disinherit me, but both from my father and mother Iliad inherited money that made me independent in a pecunia ry sense of bis control or consent. "Most grudgiugly, however, uncle did consent, after searching inquiry about Alexander, resulting in no worse report than bis employers thought him fast, idlo and juBt the man to be a fortune hunter. Evcu then my dear uncle would have protected ray fortune by settling it upon myself; but with tue reckless generosity of extreme youth I refused to have this done. Never, I waa firmly convinced, would my adored Al isander wrong me in any way. "For a year after the splendid wed iing that made me Alexander's wife I nus too ignorant of value to understand that we were living far beyond our income, enjoyed to the utmost, thc luxu ries arouud me-the constant gayety lhat was in such strong contrast tu tho school routine from which I bad been released. "Then began a life of neglect, often of quarreling, when I objected to my hus band's course of conduct-bis drinking, his extravagance, and his late hours. Still I found my own pleasures in society, and a renewal of some of my own favor ito studies, especially language and music. I was fond, too, of water-color painting and made presents to my friends of specimens in that line. "ll was four years after my marriage when I waa thunderstruck by Alexander asking me to .equest a loan from Uncle Richard, with the information that every penny of my property was gone. "Since then I have known that a por tion of it was lost at the gaming table. "Long before this I bad lost all love for my husbartd. Respect had died out when I knew the dissipated life he wa; leading, and foolish as I was I could not continue to love a man whoso actions were so despicable. I refused the er rand, and brought down a torrent of sud great abuse that I really expected thai Alexander would end by striking mc. "Day after day tho request was renew ed, but I would not yield. Upon nij marriage Uncle Richard had sold his citj residence and took up a perinaneo abode at Grassbank, where, knowing m? husband to be an unwelcome guest, J never visited him. I wrote occasionally but the love of years, like that of mothe and child, has been so sadly strained bj my persistence in marrying Alexandc; that eveu our. correspondence was lan guid and commonplace. "I would not, therefore, write to bin to ask a favor that I knew would not b necessary without criminal recklessnes of expenditure, and each refusal mad my husband more furious. Then cam an overwhelming blow. Alexande forged a check, and drew $10,000 o Uncle Richard's mouey from the bani I don't think my uncle would have pros ecuted him had he guessed who was th forger ; but he handed the whole matte over to the law as soon as it was discov ered that the check wivs forged. It wi then traced to Alexander, and at th same time it was found he had robbed i tho same way his former employers. H bad given up all work on his marriage but when be fouud himself withot money, his knowledge of the busines enabled bim to forge the note of Deneb & Co. Even if Uncle Richard ha sparod him for my sake this other forger would have entitled him to penal serv tude. He was sentenced to seven year and uncle took me home, full of heavei ly pity forgiveness for the child wb had treated bim so ungratefully." "Then your busbsnd is in prison 1 said Gerald, in a hard-strained voice. "No, no, he ia dead I He died with the first year. Uncle Richard saw tl death in a paper and sent the money f bis burial. No, I am free ; but none tl less I am the widow of a convicted ft on." ?.But none the leas," quoted Geral "thc woman I honor and love above all others, and hope still to make my wife." lt took, however, moro than one inter view, full o? love's pleading, to win Maude from her resolution. She so hon ored her lover, ?nd was so proud of his good name and the position lie had attained by his talents, that, ber sensi tivo nature shrank from even the shadow of her misery upon bis life. Hut the victory was won at last, and the lawyer walked home one evening full I of a proud, glad joy, Maude had then promised to be his wife. "If you aro willing to tako Alexander Hull's widow to he V0Uf wife " "h? ?niel "I will not oppose you any longer, for I love you with all my heart." He had no thought but 'J that glad triumph when he turned up the gas in hisofQce. He was in the habit of mak ing a last visit ti,<ve before going up to bis bedroom, in case notes or menages were left for him. One lay there on this evening, a shabby-looking envelope, but directed in bold, handsome hand, which he recognized at once. Ile tore it open. After a few words of introduction, the note ran : You did the best you could on my trial, but the fads were loo strong for you. I have now a fast favor to ask of you. I die. as you know, at noon to morrow. You, as my lawyer, can see me at any time. Will you como as soon a? you receive this and win the gratitude of tho man you know as "JAMES FOX?" "The man I know as James Fox," muttered the lawyer ; "the smooth, plausible scoundrel who actually made me believe, him innocent of the hideous murder for which ho was convicted. I can find exenuution for some murders, but the cold-blooded assassination of an old man for money only was revolting. How be deceived me, though, for a time. And bow be exulted over his succ?s-? in doing so when be ?nw facts were too strong. Shall I go to him? I suppose I must. It is still very early." It was not yet midnight when (Jerald Langton was ushered into tho cell of the man who, iu a few short hours, was to meet the extreme penalty of the law for the worst of all crimes. Yet there was nothing revolting in the appearance of the criminal. His dress was neat, bis bair carefully arranged, bis mustache faultless, his bauds while and relined looking. Ila rose from bis seat upon the bed as bis lawyer entered the cell. "I knew you would come," ho said, courteously, "though you were offended at my want of frankness. Well, that is all over. You will not refuse tho last request of a dying man, Mr. Lauglon V" "Not if I can grant it," was the reply. "This," said the murderer, "is not my first offense against the Jaw. Some years ago I was sentenced to a term of yenrs for forgery. By a strange accident I escaped the penally. On the same day James Fox was sentenced to two years for petty larceny, aud we were sent together to prinou. James Fox-my comrade, understand, not myself-was derauged, but his lawyers had not been ab'.n to save him, as bis aberration was not always apparent. When we v?<jro entered upon the books of the prison, imagine my amazement when my fellow Erisoner gave my name for his own. like a flash I saw thc advantage to be gained by tbe deception, and allow? ? tho error to pass. My companion committed suicide, and I escaped with two years' imprisonment instead of seven. But I feared recognition, and went to Canada. There I lived by my wits until a year ago, when I returned to try to raise money for my wife, and thought I saw an easier plan by committing the crime for which I die to morrow. But I want to seo my wile. I wronged her-I rob bed her-but heaven is witness I loved her. When 1 was in prison she dropped my name aud took ber own again. So it is not for Mrs. Alexander Hull you must ask, but for Mrs. Maud Temple." Was the room reeling-the ceiling falling-the wull closing around bim? Gerald Langton fell as they were as the name fell upon bis ears. Maude-his Maude-ibe wife of this cool villain who talked of his hideous crimes na if they were ordinary events? Well, he knew that to carry this man's mcRsf.ge Wa* to separate himself from Maude forever, Never would she let him marry the widow of a murderer. Very rapidly all the terrible facts passed, one after another, and he Baid : "If you love her why add a misery to her life? She may live* down the old plain you caused her; why, tor n selfish gratification, will you make ber whole life a misery ?" "She wa s my wife. I would bid her farewell." "She is not your wife. Your own crimes have released her from any alle giance to you." "You know hor ?" "Yes. I know what she has suffered, and beg of you to let ber still believe you died years ago." "She is happy ?" "Scarcely that. Such wounds ns hers never heal entirely, but it is cruelty to tear them open when they are quiet." "Has she married ?" "No. She is (dill your widow." "It is bard to deny myself one more sight of her face, and the hope had that she would say that she forgave me." "Think of her, not yourself." There was a long silence?in the cell. Every throb of Oerald Langton's heart was pain to bim, but Alexander Hull sat in moody silence, evidently reluctant to give up his wish. At last he spoke. "You have been very good to me. Tell me, now, i; you have any personal reason for your request. Perhaps you you lovo her?" "I do," was the brief reply. "She has promised to be my wife." "Then it will bo James Fox who is banged to-morrow. I mcaul io give my real name, but I will carry my secret to my grave. It may be in another world that the little self denial will be a plea for rae. Go now, you may trust me." He kept his word, and Gerald Lang ton his secret. When Maude, a few weeks later be came his wife, she little guessed the ter rible ordeal that he had spared her, or tho added disgrace that belonged to tho name she had given up. ?UC8tS. Don't invite them if you don't want them. Don't run into debt to entertain them in style. Don't wear your Sunday dress when you are cooking the dinner. Don't show them oft* too publicly if they happen to be distinguished individ uals, and don't hide them if they are poor relatives. Don't change the complexion of your family prayers to match the religion to which they happen to belong. Don't tell them every minute to mske themselves at home, but make your house so home-like they can't help feeling at home. _ - There are 34,000 deaf mutes in tho United States, or ont? out of every 1,600 people. Who tho Western People nre. The Philadelphia 77m< < undertook, ! ?ou?e weeks ago, to investigate tlie origin of the people of the Western States and Territories, to discover which States had contributed most to tho wealth and pop ulation of the great West. New Hug land bas bad much of the credit of this ; and tho prevalence of New Hugland ideas and habits throughout this region seemed to give some foundation to this claim. The Tinte.*, therefore, was not a little astonished to discover on what a \ feeble basis it rested, atol lo find by a thoronirh investigation of tho census ligures how much more tho South bad contributed to the wealth and growth of tho West than New Kngland. In taking the (.'anadian census, the British Government civet not only thc nativity of every inhabitant but bis descent. It is consequently able to declare that lhere are 1,208,92a* persons of French descent, whose ancestors have probably not seen France these 200 yean; 881,301 persons of Knglish, i*-~?7, 403 of Irish and 099,083 of Scoth descent, etc. With all its elaborateness our census bas not sought lo give similar figures, lt is, however, a very easy cal culation to make, and the result will certainly be a surprise to ninny Western people who have been taught this idea jf their New England origin just as the iiuigariaus, who aru cousins of the Turks, have '/.cn taught tba* they were Sclavs. When Ohio, t ?n a Territory, was thrown open to ttlement, a century ago, a large number of New Englanders settled in tho northeastern corner, "tho Reserve," but a much larger number of ?Southerners established themselves throughout the State. There aru today twice as many Virginians in ohio as people from all the six New langland States, and the South contributes at least j five times as many people as New Eng : land. Of the present population of American descent, 3(3 percent, trace, their ancestry to families moving from south of Mason and Dixon's line, and 04 per cent.-of which only one-third wa-* from New England-from the older Northern States; in oilier word-? more than Olio third of the people of Ohio are Southern ers in blood und descent and ponlimcut. In other Western States, tho South contributes an even larger proportion of the population, in Oregon, for instance, one Southern State contributes more Epople than all thc New England and liddle States together. Dividing thu people of Oregon according to ihcir descent, 4^ per cent, came from thc South and 02 per cent, from tho North. Kansks is supposed to bo another New England in the far West, yet there arc 1G 1,000 Southerners to 19,000 New Eng landers, and 42 per cent, of its people carne originally from Southern soil. It lins been customary to refer to Texas os owing ila largo prosperity to Western immigration and enterprise. Without saying a word ngainst these Western emigrants, who are the very best of citi zens, it is quite evident they have played a small part in the development of ibo State. New England has contributed just 4.UG? to the population of Texas, the rest of tho country north of tho Ohio, 00,394, nnd tho older Southern States, 555,937. Of tho native population ol Texas to-day 93 per cent, is Southern aud 7 per cent. Northern. Such was pretty much the condition of a Ila i rs that the Philadelphia Tintes showed, and which we have only carried out a little further. This internal move ment of thu population in ibis country is one of its great safeguards. It mixes up tho people of tho different sections and prevents that sectionalism which would destroy thc Union. In those carly days, when the West was thrown open to sel tlemcut. Southerners by the thousand poured into it, and did as much to devel op it as the people of New England and tho Middle States. If this tide of immi gration now turns in this direction, and thc neoplo of the North and West move southward and settle on Southern soil, il will be but naturally accomplishing thc same result as has made the great Wost firosperous and populous with Southern abor, enterprise and energy. An Interesting Story About n Will. I had a rather interesting experience with old Mrs. Norton once. She married Mr. Norton on the death of bis first wife, and the moment she came Into the house war began between the new wife and tho wealthy man's son, which has lasted uti til now. Mr. Norton soon died, and when, years afterward, thc widow was very ill, I was called to write ber will. I hurried to the death-bed with paper and pen. I found a stand nnd a candle, placed them at tho head of the bed, and, after saying a few words to ber, told lier I was ready to prepare the will if she would now go on and tell mc what she wautcd to do. I wrote tho introductory Eh rase rapidly, and, leaning over toward er, said, "Now, go on, Mrs. Norton." Her voice was quite faint and she seemed to speak with an effort. She said : "First of all, I want to give the farm to my sons, Harry nnd James; just pul that down." But, said I, "you can't do that, Mrs. Norton ; the farm isn't youri to give away." "The farm isn't minc I" she said in u vo'co decidedly stronger than before. "No, the farm isn't yours. You have only a life interest in il." "This farm that I've run for goin' on forty-three years next Bpriug isn't mine to do what I pleaso willi it! Why not, Why not, Judgo? I'd like to know what you mean ?" "Why, Mr. Norton-your husband gavo you a lifo estate in all hts property, and on your death the 'orin goes to his son John, and your children get ihc vil lage bouses." "And when I die John Norton is to havo this house and farm whether I will or no? "Just so." "Then I aint going to die," said the old woman in a clear and decidedly ring ing, healthy voice. And so saying she threw her feet over the front of tho bcd, sat up, gathered a blanket and coverlid about ber, straightened up her shrunk form, walked across tho room and sat down in - ?rejit chair before the fire. The doctor and I carno home. That was fifteen years ago. Tho old lady's alive to-day. And she accomplished her in tent. She beat John after all. He died four years ago in Boston, and I don't know what will he left."-iV<ri? York Journal oj Commerce. - "How do you like the squash pie, Alfred ?" asked a young Milton wife of ber husband a few days after marriage. "Well, it is pretty good, but-" "But what ? I suppose you started to say that it ic n't as good as that which your mother makes." "Well, yes, I did in tend to say that, but-" "Well, Alfred, your mother made that very pie and sent lt to me-" "Why, Sadie, don't cry. I didn't mean to burt your feelings. Mother probably never made that pie. She bought it at your father's bakery." - The New York World is authority for the statement that "Senator Butler of South Carolina wi'! give up cotton Claming and is now in New England uying stock for a grass and horee farm," City mid Country Holidays. Tho editor of the Cmmiinn Farmer ; thus discusses n subject that is worthy of moro than a mer:' passing glance, and wo commend his views tu out readers: "Do fanners or country people in j general work harder than tho dwellers ' in cities and towns ?" Business men of the cities tell us that country people know nothing about hard work, that they arc often so hurried they have not limo to take their meals, and are at work ? especially St certain seasons of the year late and early. True it is that the far- , mer's work has le-s of car?? and anxiety, that the day's work is over, though il ho : labor?os, yet it brings health and strength, j and induces sweet nights of rest, free from cares of business, the anxiety of: maturing bank notes, besides other claims ; to be met. and perhaps not knowing : where the money is tn come from to meet them. Ihisiness men do more brain work, and have moro brain worry and more anxiety ol mind, while with farmers their labor is labor of muscles with less care. Men cnn, however, make their business whatever they choose-laborious i or otherwise, and often times the care*! that seem the most oppressive aro ?magi nary. I ii fe is about as WO make it, and lhere are pleasures, and also hardships, found in all brandies of business, but wo claim the farmer's life lo be the happiest ami pleasantest ol all, if rightly managed, but too often made u ??fe of hardship by unceasing toil. Were lhere more lioli- ; days put into farmers' lives, it would be better, more lune taken for amusement and recreation. Il bas been thoroughly proven that human beings can accomplish more with occasional intervals of rest and recreation than by constant toil, and the application of their utmost energies. "All work and no piny makes Jack ?dull boy." Il has the same elici t on Jack's taillier and mother, his uncles and aunts, and all the rest of his relations. JKsop's fable of the unstrung bow em bodies au important lesson, and that the bow always bent loses its spring. There is proof enough of this in thc tired and Spiritless way many go about theil work. Health, strength and youd spirits are the essentials to vigorous toil. It is a pleas ure to work when as propio say, "you fuel like it," and a punishment when you don't. There is need then of keeping up the spirits by recreation, holiday-keeping, etc. Tho overwrought farmer who refu ses to rest aud recreate when ho can bet afford to, may have to turu in with a 111 of sickness, and lose time when bo eau le.i-t a do ni il. The farmer, il is true, cannot so well as others take a week or two amigo oil" for a holiday trip, especially in the sum mer when it is needed, but WO have seri ous doubts about thia manner of recrea tion. It is better to mix pluy with work, to weave the bright holiday threads into tho texture and fabric of our ordinary life. This kimi of holiday keeping is practicable for tho farmer. Thero are short respites from pressing work when a day can be spent fora pic nie, or a pleas i uni drive, and a team and conveyance is j always at ham). In thc winter there is more leisure lime, and should be taken advantage of ill social gatherings, litet . ry meetings, ?dc. Something to amuse and also instruct. More holidays and more amusements would serve to attach people lo farm lifo and country homes. Were a little more enlivenment put luto the dull existence of farmers' lives thero would bo a more cheerful contentment among them and lesa desire for city lifo. Old Jubal Karly's Wnyi Old Jubal Early is a character in Virginia. Ho is drawn up into a bard knot with rheumatism and bas a lace like a hickory nut. His voice is pitched on a very high key and bc is a com pound of shrewdness and sarcasm in equal parts. He was strongly opposed to secession at tho beginning of tho war, although ho fought valiantly when fight ing was inevitable. In tho Virginia Convention of ?Hoi he attacked thc con duct of South Carolina bitterly. After tl... ??- I....I -_>.._!)-. I~--. _ 1_ - I..J i 1120 ..a. uBU Ht.vuutij fv?i4.? nu neu III his brigade a South Carolina regiment. It was obsorved that obi Jubal was al ways .-ure lo put that regiment in thc must ticklish place when tho brigade was under dre. During one of tho battles uround Richmond Early's Brigade was ordered to thc front and, ns usual, Early mado tb South Carolina fellows head thc column, squeaking out ut the lop of his v<iice aa ho rodo up to them : "Yes, I'll send you to tho front and I'll keep you thero, too ! You got UH into this fix and, d-n you, you've got to get us out !" During thc war ho went to church only once mid his experience then was not auch as to encourage him to go again. It was in tho winter of 1804, when the Southern States were agitating tho expe diency of a conscription. (Jen. Early was one of the most ardent advocates of it. He talked conscription in season i ami out of Henson and wanted to conscript ! everything. Ono Sunday morning, to tho amazement of his staff, he proposed that they should ride over lo a neighbo ring church and bear tho sermon. The oflicers were nearly paralyzed ut the proposition, but of course consented promptly. The country congregation was astonished at seeing (Jen. Early and bis entire stall' maren solemnly into church and take their seats in tho front pows. AH .?'ion as old Jubal settled him self bc laid his bead back and relapsed into a comfortable nap. Thc clergymau took for bis subject the testimony of tho truths of Christian i ty. After preaching an hour or two he asked : "What would you say, my brethren, if thc dead of all times and nations and ages should pasa in solemn review before you? What would be your feelings at seeing this vast and countless multitude from tho gravo? What would you do with '.his army of men of all trades, all grades, all professions, all of every kind, before you ? I repeat," with a whack on the desk, "what would you do?" "Do ?" bawled Jubal, suddenly aroused from his nap, "I'd conscript every - ono of them I" A roar went up from tho congregation aud Jubal made a bec linc for the door. - Washington Leiterin the Niete York Sun. HUI A rp's Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving day served a doublo purpose at my house, for it was the birth day of om- of our hopeful children, and we surprised bim willi a new gun, and of course he wanted to go out and kill something right away. He brought home a partridge and a yaller hammer and a rabbit, and made the feathers fly out of a big hawk. Tbeso boys are always making the feathers fly, and they kill moro birds they can't fina than what they do find. Give a boy a dog and a gun and ho is happy. These birthdays come mighty thick in my family and Mrs. Arp thinks a heap more of 'em than I do. Well, that's natural enough, I reckon, for she had moro to do with 'om than I did ; but poor folks' children ought to all bo born on the 29th of Feb ruary and they wouldent come around so often. Nevertheless, we must all do tho best we can for the offspring and bs thankful. Thc Bown (irmle. Col. J. !. Owen, editor of the San Jose Mercury, give? thc following photo graph of n class of young men in that California town, accompanied with some wholesome advice to them. Possibly lhere may bc other places whero a simi lar class of young meu may bo found, to tho heart of sumo ono of whom the quos* (ion which closes Col. Owen's article may lind entrance : ' I bero are scores of young men in San Jose-intelligent, activo aud really in dustrious young men-who arc on thc down grade, going straight to hell by the through Liquor Lino. They nrc now only moderate lippier*, though seldom without the taint of liquor on their breaths. They aro social and convivial young fellows. They do not like the Inste of liquor particularly, but because il is the custom of young men of their kind lo visit tho saloons and truut each other ; and when they go away on a pic nie, excursion or get off together for au evening, to get themselves "full," na they term it, and have a regular carousal, and wako up next mourning with a splitting headache. "Many of these young men oro dorks and mechanics, with good situations, who should practico habits of economy and thrift, and lay by something of their weekly earnings as a IlCSt-egg for their start in busbies sometime ; or, if they expect to marry, as most ot' them do, as something with which lo procure a hume. 13ut instead of this they live up to their last cent, and often incur debts besides that they lind very difficult lo pay. But thu worst feature of thc business is, they ure cultivating habits of thriftless ex travagance and dissipation thal will work their utter ruin, and that in nu distant future. "These young men aro halo fellows now, full of thal life and energy which if properly directed would make them, in time, thu foremost men of bu si ne rs in tho coiumuuity, and the best members of society. But tho demons of Evil Habit and ill Health aro toying with their morals and their vitals; mid n few yoarH boneo wo shall lind them bloated and loathsome drunkards, broken down gamblers or already dead and rotting in their graves. "l?od pity ibo young woman who mar ries ono of them ! 'Ibero is before ber a life of such unutterable wretchedness as no pen can describe. Her only ray of hope is in ber possible strength of soul that will enable her to riso up in ber womanhood, ere it bo too lato, and cust adrift thc worthless vagabond who would drive ber and ber children down lu ever lasting despair. "And yet thcro isn't ono of these young men who might not, if bc would, break loose from bis evil associations, throw off the straight jacket that the demon of drink and dissipation is weav ing around bis limbs and go forth to ll nollie and manly life. If they only knew the misery in Btore for them-the agony of soul, tho physi cal torture-if they could realize tho do gradation and shnmo they nro bringing upon others., ns well as themselves-thc scalding tears that will bc shed io theil behalf-tho breaking hearts, the blighted lives-and all because of their unwor thiness, it would seem that they would sooner thrust their right band into mob ten iron, and hold it the" intil only tht charred bones remain, t. ..j raise it tc their lips bearing a draught of that sub tlo poison that nt last 'biteth like a Ber pent and stingctb liko an adder.' "Is there one of thia class, who maj read thesu lines, who bas enough man hood left to try ?" Shooting a Thief. No man can perhaps appreciate th< horrors that haunt the man who ha; without sufficient reason shed humar blood, but tho miserable wretch wh< does it. Not long ago we beard a mar making inquiry whether he would bi protected by law in shooting a thief ir the net of stealing from him. Ho wai properly advised that it would bo mur dor, and moreover that it was shocking to contemplate such a thing. It called up in our mind an expert euee once related tc us by a citizen o: Overton county in this Stato, with whoo we were well acquainted. Ile had beer missing meat from his smoko house Time after time ho had noticed tba some unknown thief was carrying it oft It provoked bim very much, nnd nursinj bis temper from one discovery till tin next, be became very angry. At last hi concluded it was intolerable, and rcsolv cd to kill thc thief. Ho had n trusty rifle and understood well bow lo use it Ho kent it loaded and convenient foi grasping. A close watch was kept fo: the rogue. One bright nioonBbiny nigh bc thought bc beard a noise about th? smokehouse and Bei/ing bis rifle crop stealthily to a place whore bo could sec There stood his mau by tho side of t crack through which be hnd been steal ing bacon. He saw his white shirt bos om and resolved to do deadly work Evidently bo WHS not discovered. Ii tho beat of bis passion bo did not falte in thc terrible resolution be bad formed With caro .iud deliberation the iustru mont of death was leveled at lim heart Crack ! flash ! and down tumbled tb buted thief. The work was done. H waa dead. Then the thought came hom to him liko n thunderbolt, "I am a mur derer !" How his heart sank in bim u he saw his victim in the palo inoonligh streiche?! in death-hurled without on moment's notice into eternity. Wha had bc done, and what must he do How insignificant bis losses appeared t him then. With fluttering heart an faltering step ho walked into his roon again, and sitting down before the fir buried his faco in his hands. Who should he do? He told his wife th terrible result of bis shot, and they con suited what course to pursue. It woul not do to have it known. Should h bury him somewhere and never mentio it ? How could he carry such a secret Overwhelmed with the enormity < his crime he Bat in bewilderment. A last bo determined to go and seo who WOJ. No doubt it was an acquaintance "'ho vrac there in the neighborhood li did not know? Ho roso in his agon and went to the spot. As he approache near bis victim what was his joy to fin that after all it was only a large dog. bad a white breast, and had reared u against the wall trying to draw met through the crack as it had done befor The snot was so fatal it died without whine. Tho old man, at the conclusio of bis story, with much feeling, remar! ed that men who talk about killing fellow creature for theft did not kno what be was doing. "Why, sir," I continued in substance, "if a man wet to steal everything I have on earth, would not shed his blood to stop hlr You cannot imagine how I reit aa a rea ization of what I thought I had dot flashed over me." - The average hog nets eighty pi cent, of his gross weight. - General Butler bas a fortune i $12,000,000 to console him for the lot of a $3,500 salary as Governor of Mass; ebusetts. Plowing1 By Steam nt linnie. pican ?1 in recent ivsues to reprint from various pnper? in Indiana nud other western States, accounts of tho application of our traction engines to plowing; but wo did not venturo to au ticipate that we would so soon have tho opportunity cf seeing so great and pleasurable a novelty in our own midst and right at tho very door of our fucto to thc kind invitation of tho Geiser Manufacturing Company tobo presentat " 'ri*! to come off on thc "Ant!"**"**** Spring Farm," owned by John H. Frants, Esq., situated one mile cast of this place. At half-past twelvo o'clock, "Peerless" Traction cngino No. 1380, with truck and "Kimmel! Gang Plow," the name that was used in tho trial recently had ot Cambridge, Ind., steamed out of the company'? yards and in n short timo was at thc field of operations, a milo distant. Cleats were placed upon tho large double driving wheels, the plows wero adjusted and at half-past ono "Charley" Kline, tho trusty engineer, opened the throttle and away went tho seven plows diving into the bard matted sod and rolling it over with all tile apparent ease and grace that might have been expected bad there been but ono plow attached. Thc initial mund lay through a portion of the field where thc grass had not been mowed, and wiiere the stuhle was tufty and obsti nate. Some difficulty was encountered in the way of the plows clogging, and it happened that the Qxturc used for pre venting and overcoming this was not present. On thc return trip a new land wau started in n different part of thc field, where thc stirfnco was free from stuhle accumulation-;, and hero it waa that tho most perfect and gratifying work was done. The speed was heightened to tho ruto of about six miles nu hour und every plow performed its functions, the whole gang working beautifully and harmoniously. Tho soil was of such a character ns to afford a thorough teHt, being of a heavy clay, and covered with a thick growth of clover sod. Thc whole gang consisting of seven plows, each turning fourteen indies of land, was tined, ono of which size is considered plenty of pulling for three horses. The engine used was only a twelvo horso power, and yet it walked away with a twenty-one homo load without tho slight est apparent effort or inconvenience, demonstrating beyond all question that I tho traction eugine cnn bo successfully I adapted for plowing, and thal in point of amount of work done, and comparativo cost, the old "gep" business is nowhere. It had seemed almost incredible, hitherto, that thc success of this method of plow ing could bo fully up to thc representa tions made, but this "proof positive" has convinced us and wo very cordially join in saying, with others who bavo written tho matter up, that it can be did, and right here in Franklin county as well as Weat, if the noil is reasonably free from limestone and other obstructions. About two hundred people from town and country witnessed tho novel experi ment, who were intensely delighted with tho feat ami its entire success. The trial was made under tho supervision of the gilled patentee, F. F. Landis, accompa nied by some of tho officers and Direc tors of the Compnuy, all of whom have abundant reason to ba greatly pleased nud encouraged by this splendid "home" exhibition of the merits of their engine. Key Stone ( Pa. ) Gazette. John Fant, a colored man working for Kev. lt. C. Oliver, states that last week about midday ho was passing between Mr. Oliver's house and the Chap?n house, and hearing a noise ho looked around to seo where it carno from, ile saw in a wiudow, up stairs, in the Chopin house now vacant, a man beckoning to him. He looked at him, and when tho man motioned the second time he went to tho house and went up stairs. The man pointed to a certain place in tho ceiling where them waa a nmnll rrn?k between the planks and disappeared suddenly and mysteriously, going neither through door nor window, ile had on a dove-colored suit of clothes. Ho did not get to seo his face. HI? hand was white. After be bad vanished, Pant says he went to tho wall which had tho slope of tho steep roof and ran his knife into the crack and felt something there. Ho cut a bole and pulled out a common buggy whip. Ho saw that there were others there. He went to Sarah Wi Iky, who cooks for Mr. Oliver, and told her the circumstance. They carried an ax and prized off the plank and pulled out 37 buggy whips, there being several varieties. They wero wrapped in brown paper. Nothing elua was found, This is about the story as Fant relates it. Mr. Oliver has them in bis possession and any one desiriug may examine them. Thev nre apparently new, some of them looking somewhat shop-worn. There aro several theories in regard to this mutter. First is the ghost theory. Pant bas never been a believer in such, but bo says it must have been a ghost that motioned and then disappeared so suddenly without speaking. There were about ten tramps that wero prowling around this deserted house, and they may havo left the whips them. Another theory is that they were Ku Klux whips stored there, for use in former days.-Carolina Spartan. Tho Secret of Popularity. An Austin man, who was a candidato for a certain political office, was badly beaten at the polls by one whom we will designate as Brown. Thc next day tho defeated candidato strolled into a saloon where he owed a considerable bill, and with an air of deep dejection, called for a todd". After drinking it he remarked to tho barkeeper : "Don't you feel sorry that I was de feated yesterday ?" "Not a blamed bit," replied tho viva cious saloon-keeper. "But, don't you see, if I bad been elected I could have paid you my bar bill, but now you will have to wait on me a spell. "Yes, that's ?ll right enough." said tho saloon-keeper, "but if you bad boen elected Brown would have boon defeated, and Brown owes me thrice as big a bar bill as yours." "Great Heaven 1 Can this be true? Alas, too lato I have discovered the secret of Brown's popularity I He prob ably owes all the saloons and everybody in town, and they were all anxious to gat their pay. Give mo another toddy. I'll try and make up for 1 oat timo, and when the next election comes off I'll be neck and neck with him, if not a little ahead." -Thxaa Sifting?. CHANGE OF MIND.-I declined to in sert your advertisement of Hop Bitters last year, because I then thought they might not bo promotive of tho cause of Temperance, but find they rire, and a very valuable medicine, myself and wife having been greatly benefitted by them,; ?om known. REV. JOHN SEAMEN, Editor Borne Sentinel, Afton, N. Y. A Strange Story. td take great pleasure in making