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THE GIRL'S CHOICE,
if tj ? ? .
Judge Wallman, oue of the best known
jusHc-es occupying the TJnit<id States cir?
cuit bench, after listening to a party of
lawyers the other day? lighted , his pipe,
-leaned back-in an easy chair and said :
"Gentlemen, your stories of courtship I
;and marriage are quite interesting and i
"-romantic, but I believe that it is served
for me to tell you of a love affair, which
-I am:inclined to think, will teach you
lthat the common place marriage of every
?day life is not worthy of a place in our
?most prosaic novels or even."in our moat
?spirited conversation. Quite a number
-of,years ago, jiist after the war, Iwasap
"pointexl judge of,a. southern circuit. I
attended very strictly to the discbarge
of my*' duty; andn?lthough very foDd of
ladies' society^yet, in my rounds I met
very few representatives of the fair sex
who in the least impressed me.' One day,
during an' overflow^ I cretaed the river
about twenty-frve miles below my. regular
beat, and the stream was ao swollen that
by the time I [had landed the sun had
gone down and darkness had spread it?
self over the face of the eart h, so - far as I
could .^discern, and the. bo&om of the wa?
te;. I did not find a road' when Handed,
and I made inquiry of the ferryman who,
in effect, declared that lie, never made
geography. ? s?idyrand that I must take
care of myself. Of course I intended to
abide:by- the extremity of auch advice,
and after thanking, my 'water-side char?
acter' for information which, to say the
teuat, was'; self-apparent, I turned, and
began a solitary journey, through the
woods. I had not gone far when I came
Upon a large log house, surrounded by a
weh kept febce. and almost covered by a
thick growth of wild vine. I was assailed
at the gate by an army of dogs. Their
fury brought out an old man who drove
them away, and' in > voice, of touching
kindness asked me what I wanted. I
?explained my misfortune attendant upon
-highwater; that-1 was a federal judge
-trying to reach an appointment. He
?very cordially invited me into the house."
"A ' jedge or constable is welcome at
?"my house at sich-a time as t.bjs/' he said,
. 'throwing more wood oh the firel "I've
'been cotch out myself and know what it
ja. So you are a jedge ?"
''Yes, I am a Jndge; holding" the office
under the United 'St&tes government."
"That means you ain't aState jedge ?"
^?YeS." - -r-l:.
''IW^all, it don't make any difference.
I Wouldn't help a State jedge no quicker
than I would; you. Myra see if thar's
anything to eat in the house."
"I looked up and the girl -to whom he
spoke stood near me. She moved away
immediately after being addressed, but
not so soon that I tailed to note the ex?
treme beauty of her face. 11-saw her
wealth of lire-light reflecting hair, her
glorious depth of eye, her ruddy fall of
the-year cheek and raspberry mouth.
S?e seemed to pay no attention tome,
but obeyed without hesitation. Present?
ly she reappeared and announced that
there was something to eat i? the house
?Od ft was spread on the table/'
""borne," he said, and conducted me to
'the dining-room.
"Although I was very hungry, yet I
think that my appetite could have been
?satisfied by allowing my eyes to feast on
'the beautiful girl who attended there
.past. The spare-ribs, backbone and
mashed potatoes were excellent I admit,
but that magnificent face that bent above
it all, far exceeded any banquet that I
htve ever'seea.*!
"Myra," said the, old man, after we
had gone and taken position before the
fire, "hand around tho pipes."
"The pipes were brought and filled
with natural leaf tobacco. We puffed
and puffed and talked and puffed. I
told my-experience and the old man told
his. I had : been a captain under Uncle
Sam?Jefferson Davis had made him a
colonel. The old man-bad no family ex?
cept Myra; his daughter. He seemed as
devoted to her, and quite as much de?
pendent upon her as Mr. Wickfield was
upon Agnes. I had been so much inter?
ested in the conversation, and especially
with the occasional glances cast at Myra,
that I did not think to aak the old man
his name until just about the time we
were ready to go to bed."
"My name is Jasmire," he said, "I
was wonderin' if you were ever goin' to
ask me, an' banged ef I'd er told you ef
you hadn't. Hope you'll sleep well."
."I bade him a cordial good night, and
with one more'- glance at the beautiful
girl 1 followed a negro boy who appeared
with a candle.
yi scarcely remember the conversation
of the next morning. I know that 1 saw
a beautiful face, that I sat down when an
elfin little band drew out a chair, that I
heard the music of a sweet voice, and
that when I left, I looked into a pair of
eyes direct in earnestness. I don't know
how I told the old man good-bye. I
don't .k-now that I thauked him for his
kindness, even after he had refused to j
accept pay. I don't know how I mounted
my horse, whether 1 climbed Ou like all
awkward judges do, or whether I was
lifted into the air by admiration for the
girl aod sat down on the saddle. The
trdth'w, I don't know anything about'it, I
except that after awhile?bow long, I'll
behanged if I know?I found myself
riding along the road, deep in the con?
templation of a divinely drawn picture,
which the very buulight itself framed and
hung before me. '
"The_ routine of court duty was very'
dull after this, and I longed for the time
when I could wander back to the log
house, which to me held such enchant?
ment. Previously, I had lamented the
fact that I bad remained so long a bach?
elor, but now I was glad, because I had
found tin ideal. I don't know how many
sentimental decisions I made during that
session of the court, but I don't think
that it would shed the light of very much
credit on my judicial career, if the couu
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try should arise, and demand a state
ment.
"After awhile, I went back to the old
log bouse. I found the old man just the
same.- ? He welcomed me as though he
had never seen me before, but with rap?
ture, I noticed the girl spoke as though
she knew me before, and that she was
glad to see me again. This time I was
determined not to leave so soori, a?(3 the
troth is I lingered several days; t wa\ked
by the river With the beautiful creature,
and heiped her to gather the kindling
wood' at night. I roamed with her morn?
ing, at night, and at noontide, and to?
gether we chased the rabbit and squirrel,
and even the fox, with all his shyness,
didn't Always escape our prowess and
skill. Not among all the neighbors was
there such a 'girling,' and I, for myself,
had never seen one to compare with her
beauty, her gra'c? and her voice. When
I upoke of toy leaving, the old man ob?
jected, and even the girl did slightly
demur, but I told them that business of
pressing importance was claiming atten?
tion from North to South. The beauti?
ful girl, with rosy lips pouting, declared,
in a way that would have paralyzed Paul,
that I was so restless and wanted to leave
them because, as she thought, I had
found them all dull. . I made a brave
effort to go without showing the slight?
est emotion on my part, you know, and
when the old man seemed so very anx?
ious that I should remain, I decided that
I'd better go and return within a few
days, as I didn't care to overdo it, you
understand.
"Well, I went away, not because I real?
ly had any business, but because I didu't
care to injure my chances, for by this
time, you may knew, I was dead in love
with Myra.
"I couldn't remain but a short time.
When I returned, they were all glad to
see me. Myra, it seemed to roe, wanted
to kiss me, and ] would have kissed her,
but I did not have a good chance. She
was more lovely than ever, and when at
night we walked out under the stars, I felt
that she .loved ;ne?I dreamed of her.
Her growing acquaiutance with books
pleased me, for I knew she studied for
my sake. The old man, too, seemed
changed toward me. He spoke, when
we were alone, of family affairs, and told
me how glad he was that I had come to
visit him. I saw that he knew that I
wt.B in love with his daughter, and with
thankfulness, I noted that he encouraged
my suit. One night after Myra bad gone
to her room, and while tho old man and
I sat by the fire, the old fellow removed
his gaze from the glowiog coals, and
looked at me and said :
"Myra is the best girl iu the worl'."
"You needn't tell me that," said I,
"for I know it."
"Her husban' will be a happy man."
"A glorious man," I assented.
"I hope you will not regret the day
when you carne here."
"I know that I shall never do so. My?
ra and I understand each other."
" You do ?" . -?
"Yes, sir."
"I am glad of it. Myra is slow to speak
out, and I'm glad that you know, Speak
in'-on .the j subject,, might shock her.
Welly gcod night," and he grasped my
hand warmly.
"That nigBt Ixould not sleep. I knew
the old map understood my great love
for his daughter, and, with a thrill, I
saw it met bis approval.
"Next morning I was determined to
ask for her/ so, after breakfast, when he
invited me to take a walk with him, I
thought that be divined my intention.
Myra, too,.!8eeroed to know that some?
thing wasilikely to pass between us, for
she shookfhe-r fist in a charming way at
me when 'we left tho house. I looked
back au<j saw her peeping at me with
such deep, fixed love in her glances, that
I thought I ought to go back and kiss
her, but \ turned to the old man and
talked to him about the hogs and sheep.
I decided to ask him for tbe girl, and al?
though I knew he would willingly give
his comeut to our marriage, yet, it was a
difficult matter. 'When I get to that
tree,' I mused, looking ahead, 'I will ask
him.' Just as we came to tbe tree he
stopped and said :
"You've knowed my darter for Borne
time?"i
"Yesjsir."
"Nb'tlsuch a long time, it's true, but so
long tiat we almost look upon you as
one of the family."
"I ani proud to know it."
"Thahk you, sir. Well, now, I'll tell
j you, mj darter is goin' to be married
! next wsek, and I want you to be with
! UB."
I "To \tbom ?" I gasped.
"To tne ferryman dowu here. She's
been engaged to him for a long time."
"I siid nothing as W8 returned, but
when I found the girl alone, I said:
"Don't you know that I love you de?
votedly?"
"Of <ourse, I never kuew it, Judge."
"But I do, aud I want you to be my
wife."
"Judge, I can't. I arn going to marry
Tom Pttrall, tbe ferrytnau. I know you
are a gj:.'d man, and I don't want you to
think that I won't marry you just because
you ar? a judge. Position makes no dif?
ference with me, and if I loved a
man, 1 would marry him) even if
he was a judge, just as soon as I would a
ferryman, and I hope you will understand
that position has not influenced this
case, for even though you are a judge, I
must say thatyou have ever conducted
yourself as a perfect gentleman."
"Why didn't you tell her that you had
been a captain in the army 1" said one
of the listeners.
"I did," replied the judge, "but she
said the ferryman had been a teamster,
and while that she would just as leave
marry a Captain as a teamster, yet she
was compelled to turn to her ferryman
lover, and ' now when I tell my wife of
the choice, she says, 'Yes, the girl was
right in taking the ferryman.'"
A doming Notable Celestial Event.
Perhaps themost interesting celestial
event of the year will be' the opposition
of Mars at the end of the present month.
There ia bo much about this remarkable
planet that suggest a close resemblance
to the earth, and so many of its surface
features and of the natural processes
occurring upon it are visible with tele?
scopic aid, that every time it comes to
oppos ition, that is, gets into a line with
the earth aud sun, the earth being in the
middle, a battery of telescopes is turned
upon it with eager expectation of inter?
esting views if not important discoveries.
At opposition Mars appears with small
telescopic power like a full moon of a
ruddy tinge. As the magnifying power
is increased one detail after another of
the diversified surface of this distant
world comes into view, until it hangs in
''ie field of the telescope a real globe,
marked plainly with continents, oceans
and islands, and partially covered with
clouds.
The first physical features of Mars tbat
come into view are the snow caps sur?
rounding bis poles. The Southern pole
is now inclined toward the earth; and a
small telescope, say of three inches
aperture, will plainly show the circular,
gleaming patch of snow that covers the
antarctic region of the globe of Mars.
The dark ring surrounding the snow field,
and sometimes called Phillip's Sea, is al?
most equally distinct, andsomeoftheseas,
or spots that are believed to be seas, can
be seen with the same telescope. With a
larger telescope more details are visible,
and with the largest and best all the
various features of Martain geography
which are represented on some of the
wonderfully complete maps of Mars that
have been constructed can be seen.
What a surprising thing it is that men
have Deen able to make maps and globes
representing with a high degree of com?
pleteness the surface of a world never
much less than 40,000,000 miles distant
from the earth!
Large telescopes will, during the
present opposition, also be able to show
the two tiny moons of Mars, which re?
volve close to the planet, so rapidly that
the inner one goes through all the
changes from new moon to old moon in
less than a day.
Another interesting thing about Mars
which can now be studied is the mysteri?
ous net work of so-called canals which
cover a large portion of the planet's
surface, particularly in the equatorial
regions. The idea tbat there are really
canals constructed by inhabitants of the
ruddy planet can hardly be entertained
when it is known tbat they are sixty
miles and more in width.
One thing seems to be pretty certain ;
Mars has reached a much later stage of
planetary development than the earth,
and if it has inhabitants they may possi?
bly have attained a degree of civilization
incomprehensible to us. At any rate, it
is a wonderful world which now beams
as a ruddy star in our winter midnight
sky.?New York Sun.
... Senatorial Clerks.
The resolution which was adopted by
the Senate on Thursday, authorizing
each Senator to appoint a clerk, is even
more objectionable than the resolution
which was submitted by Senator Butler.
In that resolutiou it was proposed to pay
each secretary $1,000 a year. The reso?
lution which has been adopted gives the
new clerks $6 a day during the session.
Congress will probably be in session eight
months altogether, or 240 days, so that
the pay of each clerk will bo $1,440 in?
stead of ?1,000. There are seventy-six
Senators and forty one standing commit?
tees. There are, therefore, thirty-five
Senators who are to be provided with
clerks, as not having clerks already as
chairmen of committees. The cost of
the new clerks, therefore, will be $50,4^0
a year. This amount of money is to oe
taken from the public pocket, in order
that the different Senators shall have
private secretaries at the public expense.
We can see already what this sort of
thing must lead to. Mr. Belibrd, of
Colorado, demands a clerk fc* each mem?
ber of the House of .'?^?Peseritatives.
At the rate which is to belaid to the
Senatorial clerks, the clerks for the mem?
bers of the Lower House would cost the
people between $400,000 and $500,000 a
year. Congressmen are fully as much
entitled to clerks as the Senators are,
and need such clerks quite as badly,
both for purposes of patronage and con?
venience. -
The Senate has, U is presumed, a very
large contingent fund, and this contin?
gent fund it spends in any way that it
pleases. Thcro is no check or restraint.
The Senate is growing more aristocratic
iu its methods every day, and, without
counting the new clerks, the army of
haogers-on in the Senate wing of the
Capitol is frightfully large. The House
of Representative ought to give some at?
tention to this abuse. Contingent funds
are always fruitful sourcas of extrava?
gance and waste, and the committee on
appropriations of the House of Repre?
sentatives will do well to make the con?
tingent fund of the Senate so small that
it cannot be used for such purposes as
paying for clerks for Senators.?News
and Courier.
? "I can't carry this bundle," said a
wife to her husband. "I can't," the hus?
band replied, "for I have to carry the
two children." "But you ought to have
some consideration for me," the wife con?
tinued. "You must think I'm a wagon."
"Oh, no, my dear, I don't think you are
a wagp.n. 4- yagon holds its tongue and
you never do."
BILL ARP AT HOME,
How ho got ills Norn do Pluwo.
Having seen several inquiries recently,
from some of our people respecting the
domestic life of Bill Arp, the great
Southern humorist, I think it probable
that what little information I can give
may interest oar readers.
JuBt before and during the war, t was
attending School at Borne, Georgia, and
was on visiting terms with the family of
Maj. Charles H. Smith, ('Bill Arp') then
a prominent lawyer of that city. A
more lovable family than his, it has
never been my fortune to know. Urs.
Smith was at that time a bright and
beautiful little matron of about thirty
five, surrounded by six or eight hand?
some boys and girls, of ages ranging
from one and two years to fourteen ; and
it was one of the greatest pleasures of
my school-days to visit "cousin Tavey,"
?as we called her?Id her magnificent
new home and elegant surroundings, and
hear her laugh and repeat the quaint re?
marks of Charlie. They were wealthy,
refined, and cultivated people enjoying
the goods of this life as good Presbyteri?
ans ought to?not hoarding them in a
miserly fashion. But the war came on
and disturbed the happiness of this fam?
ily, as it did thousands of others in our
sunny South. Major Smith volunteered
with the Borne Light Guards, a company
composed of the best young men of
Rome and vicinity. Ohl the sadness
and weeping of that day when parents
gave up their darling boys ; wives their
husbands, and young girls their lovers;
but saddest of all, fathers left families of
little children with only the protecting
care of the weak mother. Those noble
J'oung martyrs whose faces I saw for the
ast time, wet with tears, I can never
forget. The crowd that had assembled
to see the last of those who had bidden
the dearest ones "good bye" at home,
was filled with sobs when the order to
"fall in line," came, and "forward
march !" was the signal for the company
to file down the dusty street out of sight;
next the whistle of the engine, the
hoarse yell as they left the depot?and
they were gone. Two of those who left
large families were Major Smith, and
Bill Arp,?a poor Ferryman of Floyd
County, who was very witty, but wholly
unlettered, yet withal a true patriot.
They went to Virginia, and while camp?
ing on Bull Bun they heard of Lincoln's
Proclamation, ordering the Confederate
Army to disperse. This was laughed at
by our men, and Maj. Smith wrote a
humorous answer to Mr. Lincoln, saying
that he couldn't get the boys to even
think of dispersing, and having despaired
of doing so he had gone off to himself
in an old field to calm his patriotism,
and try to disperse, but he found that he
couldn't disperse worth a centl He
read his letter to 3ome appreciative
friends, and Bill Arp was one of the lis?
teners. When he had finished, Bill
came forward and asked: "Major, are
you gwine ter have that printed ?" He
answered, "I think bo, Bill." "Well,
sir, ef it is all the same to you, 1 wish
you would put my name to that paper,
'cause them's my sentiments, adzactly."
Thus it was by the rightful owner's re?
quest that Maj. Smith adopted the name
and exact style of Bill Arp, and over
that nom deplume has become world-re?
nowned, as much to the pride of the
poor Ferryman as if be had earned the
reputation himself. Bill Arp, the Fer?
ryman, was killed by a fall from a wagon
several years ago, but his name will ever
be linked with the great humorist of the
day, and descend to future generations.
After the war, Major Smith gave up
the practice of law, purchased a fine
plantation in Bartow County, Ga., and is
now a progressive farmer. His children
are scattered from Maine to Florida, and
f;randchildren are numerous in the farai
v. I well remember "Hines," the boy
Boldier, who went with his father to the
army when only fourteen, and Hattie,
whose infant dress Mrs. Arp dug up
from the bottom of that old trunk some?
time ago, and "made it over" forHattie's
first baby; and the dear, sweet old moth?
er?to whom be so often alludes in his
letters?was once ray ideal of a noble
wife and mother. I havo not seen her
since the war, but the nice strawberry
parties which she used to give her chil
\ dren of my age, and to which I was
I often invited, is still fresh in my memory.
She wonld often reward our good be?
havior by relating to us some of the ro?
mantic incidents of her childhood, of
I which we never tired, but were always
! greedy to hear more. I always listened
with wonder at the real romance that
was finer and fuller of pathos and felling
I than any fiction.
Pardon me, Messrs. Editors, for the
[ length of my communication. There is
I so much in this family to interest me
I that I forgot the length of my letter.?
I Georgia in Laurensville Herald.
Death on the Rail.
The down freight train on the Colum?
bia & Greenville Railroad due here at
4.20 a. m. yesterday ran over and killed
a white man named John Bowers, at
Kilgore's Hill, four miles South of New
berry. The fatal accident occurred be
tweon 2 and 3 a. m., bi: nothing was
known of the occurrence until after the
train arrived in Columbia. The deceas?
ed was intoxicated and had laid or fallen
on the track. He left Newberry with a
flask of whisky in hia pocket. Wheu
the engineer passed Kilgore's Hill he
felt the locomotive jar a little, but thought
it was only a slight obstruction which he
had passed over. The body of Bowers
was mangled almost beyond recognition,
and the engine which passed over him
was besmeared with blood on the front
portion and pieces of flesh were also
found about the wheels and truck. An
inquest was held and a verdict rendered
in accordance with the above facts which
exonerates the railroad authorities from
blame. The deceased was a brother of
Lee Bowers, the postmaster at Prosperity.
? Columbia Register.
? Many Englishmen are settled on
ranches in the neighborhood of San An?
tonio, Texas. Among them are an ex
General of the Indian army, an ex Cap?
tain of the British navy and other sol?
diers and sailors of rank.
? The health of Jefferson Davis is
extremely poor this winter. His eyes
f-ivehim much trouble and his step is
eebie.
Harrying Iiis Own Child.
The strange scen6 has been presented
, here of a clergyman in a fashionable
church joining in matrimony a father and
daughter. The details have just become
I known, and the story is now the chief
? topic of society gossip.
Invitations were issued to a large num
I ber of Philadelphia's most fashionable
l people to be present at the Church of
the Epiphany to witness tbe marriage
of Wilson Mitchell, a young gentleman
well known in society, to Miss Fanny
Elizabeth Kessler, daughter of John
Kessler, Jr. At the hour named the
spacious church was crowded to overflow?
ing and the assemblage was anxiously
awaiting tbe arrival of the bridal party.
Presently there was a whisper which ran
from tbe door to tbe chancel that they
bad arrived. Tbe rector of the church,
the Rev. G. H. Kinsolving, who waa to
perform the ceremony, stood up and ad?
vanced to the altar railings. The deep
tones of the organ pealed forth Mendels?
sohn's "Wedding March," the swinging
doors at the foot of the centre aisle swung
open, the six ushers started slowly for?
ward, and following them came the bride,
attired in traveling costume, leaning on
the arm of her father. Tbe wedding bad
been arranged in the usual English style,
and the bride was to be met at the chan?
cel steps by the groom, attended by his
best man. Eyes which bad been fixed
on the bride turned towards the door of
the vestry room, from which her pro?
spective husband was expected to emerge;
but the door was tightly closed and it
gave no sign of opening. The organ bad
ceased its music, father and daughter
stood oefore the altar, with the ushers
ranged on either side, and yet no bus
band had come forward to claim his
bride.
The clergyman evidently did not un?
derstand the situation, though it was evi?
dent from the rustle of excitement which
stirred the assembled guests that they
were only too well aware that something
was wrong. The bride turned pale and
clutched ber fathers hand convulsively,
and the father's face grew scarlet in the
suppressed excitement of the moment.
Tbe awkwardness of tbe situation was in?
creased when in solemn and deliberate
tones Mr. Kinsolving began to read tbe
marriage service. He bad mistaken the
father for the groom and was about to
marry him to his own daughter. The
excitement was intense. Ou every coun?
tenance was depicted a consciousness of
the situation, yet no one spoke and the
clergyman proceeded with the service.
When at length he came to tbe words,
"If any man can show just cause why
they may not lawfully be joined together
let him now speak or else hereafter hold
his peace," there was a noise outside, the
door of the nave was thrown violently
open and Mr. Mitchell, attended by his
best man, both nervous and excited and
both asben pale, came rushing up the
aisle.
A few words sufficed to explain mat?
ters to the astonished clergyman. By
some means the vestry door had been
locked, and the two gentlemen were thus
prevented from making their entrance
when tbe organ gave them their cue. In
vain they had tried to open it and had
lost valuable time in the effort. When
they finally abandoned the attempt it
took tbem several minutes to get out of
tbe vestry and around to the other door.
The ceremony was again begun, and the
wedding was duly solemnized, but the
shock which the young lady's nervous
system received was severe, and for a time
it was feared it might be attended with
serious consequences.
? Twenty-Four Hours' Prayer.
A special to tbe Boston Globe from
Akron Ohio, says: "Harrison Ramon
lived for many years in Hinckley, Me?
dina County, Ohio, and amassed consid?
erable property, most of which was in
cash. He would not trust his money to
the keeping of a bank-, but hid it about
his own premises, keeping the hiding
place a secret even Irom his own family.
A short time ago he told his wife that he
had hidden about $30,000 in mouey and
that pretty soon he would inform her of
its whereabouts, so tbat in case of his
death -he would know where to find it.
He neglected to do this, aud about a
week ago he died of apoplexy. After
his death au examination of his papers
showed that he had ?335.000 in money
all bidden about his premises. The most
thorough search failed to reveal the hid?
ing place, and tbe widow began to de?
spair. Then she was impressed ivith the
notion that if she prayed with faith the
Lord would direct her to the place where
tbe money was hidden. On Wednesday
she prayed all day and all night. On
Thursday morning she was impelled to
go to the bee hives, which stood on a
bench near the house, and in the excite?
ment of expectation she knocked over
one of the hives, disclosing to her view
the top of a bench with a pile of large
denominations upon it. A search under
the other hives resulted in finding a total
of ?15,000. In the afternoon one of the
family dropped a bunch of keys through
the barn floor, which necessitated taking
up a plank to find them, and when the
young man put his hand down he struck
a halfgallon fruit jar, which he pulled
out to find partly filled with $20 gold
pieces. Other jars and a grain bag were
also found containing gold and silver,
and when it had all been counted the
total amount figured up over ?213,000.
The widow was overjoyed, and in her
statement to the correspondent said she
believed that the discoveries were in di?
rect answer to her prayers.
Never Satisfied.
Thad. Stevens had been conducting an
important suit for a wealthy old Penn?
sylvania farmer. During its progress
he was the hitter's guest. While stroll?
ing over the farm, Mr. Stevens observed
tbat the fanner's corn crop, which was
just ripening, was remarkable beyond
anything he had ever seen.
"My friend," said Mr. Stevens tjtho
farmer, "this is truly magnificent! There
is nothing left to be desired in your corn
yield this year."
"W-e-l-1," respouded the farmer,
guardedly,' it is purty fair; purty fair.
But," and this with a noticeable tinge
of sadness, "thar might be a few more
cunnel3?just a few more cunnels?at tl-e
end of the ah."
Vanity of Yanltlcs.
A few years ago Alexander T. Stewart
died with an estate valued at close on to
$75,000,000. It was bis ambition to found
a house which would be recognized for all
time as the head of the commercial enter?
prises of the United Stales, and to this
end he toiled until physical nature was
exhausted. He died full of years, but his
life-long dream was as unstable as an
April wind. He had no son to take up
the burden, and his fortune passed under
the control of one who was bound to him
by no ties of blood. Even his weary
bones were denied rest. The price of a
huckster was set upon tbem. The great
house of Stewart has almost ceased to ex?
ist, and a whitehaired woman alone keeps
the name from being forgotten.
Eobert L. Stuart also toiled to win a
pjace among tbe great merchant* of New
York. He accumulated millions, and his
last hours were spent in superintending
the construction of a palace in the upper
part of Fifth Avenue. He passed away
without chick or child, leaving a frail
woman the sole arbiter of his fortune.
The famous vintages which had made his
cellar the envy of the town are now at
the call of any who choeaes to pay the
price in the gorgeous cafe of the Hoff?
man, and a widow in broken health nur?
ses lonely thoughts as she sits surrounded
by the splendors of the Fifth avenue
mansion.
A few days ago Mrs. A. T. Stewart was
assisted down the broad steps of the mar?
ble palace in Thitry fourth street and
was driven to the brown stone palace of
Mrs. Robert L. Stuart iu upper Fifth
Avenue. It was the first time that the
two ladies had met since tbe husband of
one had been gathered to dust, and we
shall not attempt to say what passed
through their minds as they looked into
each others eyes. Slowly they moved
from room to room, where were unfolded
views surpassing in richness the fanciful
creations of a magician, and yet upon
each face rested a sad, far away expres?
sion.
The woman who 6at in the scantily
furnished room two blocks from the ave?
nue, earning her bread with her needle,
heard the prattle of children, stopped
now and then to kiss rosy lips, and ?ue
thanked God for having given her sr jie
thing to love. Humble as were her sur?
roundings, the sun shone brighter for her
than it did for the childless widows of
the merchant princes. Verily, Riches,
thy name is Vanity \?Turf, Field and
Farm.
Hiram Homespun's Ideas About Raisin'
Children.
A good many folks has somehow gotten
tbe notion that the youngest of this here
age is just about as bad as they was afore
tbe flood. I am only a plain farmer fell?
er, but I have observed a few things, and
I don't agree with those people. Tbe
boys of to-day ain't no wuss than they
ought to be considerin' tbe trainin' some
of 'em gits. I was only 'tother day 'tell
in' naybor Skimmer that he was makin a
big mistake with his boys. Skimmer's
a good farmer?none better. He farms
scientific. Hut he don't know the science
I of bringin' up a youngster. Children
thrive best in the light, sandy loam of
kind words, where it is allus warm and
cherry like. After a while, when they
gits middlin' strong they ought to be
transplanted to heavier clay of com?
mon eenee ana. if-reliance. This will
give 'em a will of their own?strength of
purpose, you know. I like to see a boy
with a will of his own. Some parents is
allus a feelin' bad when they see young
uns actin' stubborn like. Then they go
to work to break the stubbornness with a
barrel hoop or hickory switch. They
thrash and pound until they beat out
everything that's good, and there's noth
in' left but a lot of worthless chaff that
you can blow anywheres. It's fearful
foolish, that. If the parent had only got
the child's will under control instead of
knockin' all the spunk outen 'em, their
boys would have been some use to the
kentry. The boys who makes successful
men is those who have got lota of push
and go ahead, which is nothin' more nor
a good strong will that has to be trained
to grow straight. Another mistake?and
naybor Skinner's makin' it?is to want
all your boys to learn a profession. You
might just as well try to make a wagon
pole outen a tooth pick, or a barn door
outen a ?hingle. They would be dead
failures. If you have had to work hard,
the boys can work hard too. Some of
the boys won't make good farmers, and
them's the one's to make store keepers,
book agenti, or lawyers of. But what?
ever you do don't choose their profession.
Turn a sheep out in the bush and it'll
find the best grass and purest water.
Give your boys a chance, and when they
go into the thick woods of life, they'll in
nine canes outen ten come out to tbe
cleariu' right side up.
_. .-m^~m m
A Moonlight Sympathy.
Algernon?My dearest Endora, you
know that as we are so soon to be mar?
ried, we should cease to live in an en?
chanted dream and begin to take practi?
cal views of life.
Endora?I know that, dear, and I have
thought it all over much more often than
you think.
Algernon?You know tbat I am not
rich, and can not afford to keep my bird
of paradise in a guilded cage.
Endora?It makes no difference, Alger?
non. I have already picked out a sweet
little house in the surburbs, which I know
you can rent.
Algernon?How good of you, my an?
gel ; and then you know that, in order
to pay for the furniture, which must be
bought on installments, it will not do to
keep a servant. Can my darling's pretty
white hands make bread and attend to all
the other household duties?
Endora?Well, no; but I have provi?
ded for that, too. Mother's people are
staving housekeepers, and she and my
three maiden aunts will give up boarding
and come and live with us.
? "A baby," says the New York
Journal, "is tbe oasis of married life."
This does away with the popular notion
that an oasis is a quiet place.
? The Louisville Pott editorially as?
serts that "to be a Kentucky horse is as
dignified as in olden limes was to be a
Roman citizen."
? A daughter of Mr. John Bennett,
who resides near Walterboro, dropped
dead recently.
ANNUAL REPORT
OP
M. P. TRIBBLE,
TREASURER
OF
ANDERSON COUNTY, S. C,
TO HI3 Honor J. H. Hudson, presiding
Jndfje of the Court of Genend Sessions,
February Term, 1884, showing s:hedulo of
claims paid from tho County and School
Funds for the fiscal year ending Occtobcr
31, 1883:
COUNTY CLAIMS PAID.
ASSESSMENTS.
No. Name Amount
373 Thos J Webb.$ 125 00
398 Thos J Wobb. 275 00
Total.$400 CO
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' & CLERK'S
SALARIES.
Name Amount
It M Burriss, County Comm'r.....* 25 35
J H Jones, bounty Comm'r. 31 40
Ezekiel F-.nis, County Comm'r.. 37 45
J H Joi js, County Comm'r. 99 60
R S Bailey, County Comm'r. 105 85
John A Reeves, County Comm'r 90 40
W H Frierson, Clerk. 41 00
R 6 Bailey, County Comm'r. 140 05
John H Jones, County Comm'r... 113 05
John A Reeves, County Comm'r 100 &0
W H Frierson, Clerk. 162 00
Total.-.1946 Cfi
JURY TICKETS.
No. Name Amount
2319 W A Qeer.* 7 90
2231 'CHnmlin. 4 00
2327 Thos J McClure. 12 70
2353 D J Sberard. 4 60
2402 Jas G Riley. 5 10
3324 Jeptha Harper. 21 60
2395 Wm Jones.~ 4 10
2396 A C Keys. 4 90
2317 John Eskew. 12 30
2192 Jesse M Smith.... 1 ?0
2425 J C Woodland. 4 60
2424 B S Tucker. 4 90
2423 John P Traynholm. 4 40
2415 W A Evans. 4 ?0
2346 W A Evans.-.- 4 80
2412 Benj F Bowie. 3 ?0
2356 B 8 Tucker.~ 4 ?0
2403 G L Shrimp. 4 00
2404 A J Snrratt. 4 60
2384 Robt Broyles. 4 CO
2383 D 8 Branyan.- 5 CO
2343 B F Bowie. 3 00
2357 J C Woodland. 4 60
2389 Thos B Earle. 2 50
238lC8Beaty. 4 50
2213 D M Humphreys._ 3 85
2450 Andrew Cromer. 3 10
2449 W A Chapman...-. 13 50
2410 J Boyce Burriss. 3 00
2341 J Boyce Burriss. 3 00
2419 Joshua Pruitt. 3 40
2282 Joshua Pruitt. 3 40
2358 T Banks Wright.-. 4 50
2457 B L Johnson. 2 90
2278 J C Gantt. 4 30
2347 J C Gantt. 4 30
2416 J C Gantt. 4 Z0
2258 Ira C Williams. 2 CO
2401 J W Poore. 4 10
2391 JM Glenn.~. 6 10
2452 W J Freeman. 13 80
2237 Wm Harper. 3 90
2468 Charlie Starks. 14 85
2467 Geo Riley. 14 05
2460 W H Long. 14 95
2473 John R Zacbery. 15 (0
2455 E M Holland. 14 20
2457 R L Campbell. 14 SO
2420 J J Vaughn. 15 00
2459 James W Keaton. 14 70
2465 John V Osniint. 15 10
2445 R B Brock. 14 40
2453 J A Emerson. 14 ?0
2447 Mattthew A Cobb. 14 30
2472 Scott Young. 14 90
2442 John Agnew. 13 f?
2444 F M Bonds. 15 00
2440 Eliab Ambrose. 14 SO
2466 Wm Pruitt. 14 95
2458 John L Jolly. 14 20
2441 Thomas A Archer. 13 50
2382 R R Beaty. 3 70
2032 John W Dalrymple. 2 50
2469 J J Stuart. 14 10
2454 Jas L Geer. 14 10
2464 James A McCallister. 14 ?0
2463 Wm T Mattison. 15 ?0
2413 Jas S Benty. 13 40
2323 W T W Harrison. 12 SO
2461 W W Martin. 14 00
2378 P G Acker. 5 20
2397 James A Montgomery. 3 90
2312 L C Clinkscales. 13 35
2407 James H Wanaley. 5 20
2406 G S Williford.- 4 SO
2405 T W Webb. 5 60
2399 M EPruitt. 4 20
2351 Joshua Pruitt. 3 40
2380 John H Burns. 6 Z0
2344 James A Celey. 5 40
2335 Sani'l D Childera. 5 30
2275 James A Celey. 5 40
2326 A C Latimer. 5 ?0
2354 John W Simpson. 4 50
2373 B B Breozeale. 3 60
2285 John W Simpson....w 4 50
2342 B B Breozeale.>. 3 00
2352 Wash Richie.5 30
2283 Wash Richie. 5 30
2328 G W McDavid.?. 8 60
2446 John M Craft. 3 75
2328 G W McDavid.? ? 8 50
2379 James M Banistor?.??.?. 4 10
2386 James F Callahani...??.....?. 3 70
2375 W C Andrew. 4 50
2409 RE Yon. 5 70
2394 A P Jobnstone.??. 4 60
2392 Benj F Gantt. 4 50
2393 Jas T Gassaway. 5 00
2338 John RWyatt. 13 80
2340 A C Wardlaw. 12 70
2289 T Banks Wright. 4 50
2284 D J Sberard. 4 60
2272 J B Burriss. 1 50
2349 D D Gentry. 3 30
2337 John FWatkins. 13 50
2280 DD Gentry. 3 30
2253 E B Rice. 5 50
2355 J P Traynholm. 4 50
2388 G W Evans. 4 70
2329 W T McGill. 12 70
2418JCHomlin. 4 00
2277 W A Evi ns. 4 80
2274 B F Bowie.~ 3 00
2276 Ira E Dodd. 5 30
2286 Jno. P. Travuholm. 4 40
2287 B LTucker. 4 00
2288 J C Wardlaw. 4 60
2311 WB Bailey. 12 40
2321 J Perry Glenn. 9 30
2310 John C Boggs. 13 ?0
2322 L D Harriss. 3 10
2330 G B Robinson. 13 40
2336 James A Wooten. 13 70
2335 J N Vondiver. 12 60
2325 B C Johnson. 14 30
2315 WT Davis. 13 90
2331 J C Rush. 12 70
2376 John D Dobbins. 12 55
2332 W H Simpson. 13 30
2339 J A Wallace. 13 60
2314 John Crews. 12 50
2309 Wm Brown. 12 35
2320 G W Grtibbs. 13 40
2313 I P Clinkscales. 13 85
2334 Julius Thomas. 12 00
2333 TC Shearer. 13 10
2306 James R Ashley. 13 70
2311 W C Bailey. 7 50
2307 E A Bell. 12 15
2377 R Q Anderson. 3 40
2387 B A Davis. 4 20
2398 D A McAllister. 4 30
2418 A R Cox. 14 60
2350 J C Hamlin.?.. 4 00
Total.$1165 70
WITNESS TICKETS.
Name Amount
W Emerson.$ 1 55
Hannibal Jackson... 8 35
Ligi Wilson. 1 30
James Johnson. 8 50
Sam Acker.- I 65
Geo Poore. 1 65
II Jackson....... 6 85
Frank Gambrell. 1 30
Thos Gary. 2 25
Frank Lyles. 3 00
Geo Ladson. 1 00
Tom Gary. 2 50
Isaac Glenn. 1 00
Lucy Owen. I 55
R F Haynie. 1 40
JBKav. 3 10
D E Carlisle. 1 00