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Judge Wal 1 maujobe of the best k no wn"
justices occupying [the United Sjatestcir-.
cuit bench, after listening Co aiparty of
lawyers the o^ei-day;Kgbt^;bi$pjpe,^
leaned'oack in ;$n"easy chair and said i .
"Gentlemen, your stories of. ? cpurtahip.
and marriage are quitei interesting 'and
romantic, but;^ ^lier^ ? tt|?t|' 1^. is|- se?vetf
for me to tell ^^pf'a'jjj*rajrj?>| w^icbj
I am inc&ned to; thiok,? .will;\ teach y ou
that the common-place marriage bf every-:
day life i? not Worthy--of a pTacW idjourj
most prosaic novels' or even in pur most
spirited conversation., ] .Quito-a?number,
of years ago, jirst after .the. war, I '.was ap - ?
pointiw Jjjdge of1' a 'southernl cilpculf J Jf
attonW>eri;?triclf?!3(9;i)if ^tob^e)
of rayvdRty, and although, very,'fond of
ladies' society,-yet", in my rounds: I - met
very few repre?e^tiv?'^'thJ fair; set
who in the Ieast;impressect me. One day,
during an o veitfpw, I .creased the ime?
about'iwenly-fite miles;below my regular
beat, and the stream- was souwollen that
by the time I had landed tho sah^had
gone down and. darkness bad ? spread it?
self over the face of the earth, so far.as I
?could duceroj'dnid tbe-betoin-of jtherwa*
ter. Jf 0$ noting am|%^n.Ilan)ifed,J
and I made inguyy p^ilxejfejym?h; w|v>t
in effect, declared Abi^-.he-terer made
geography a ?t?d)j, and that 1< must take
iHSS p3S^N?i^
abide D? A^-^^fij -?? - *jV%}} r
and after thanking my 'water-yae cn?r.-('
acter' for information which, to say the
kastpSwas selfi-apparen t, I turned, .and
began a solitary journey through; the
woods. ' I h ad not gone far when! I 'came
upon a large log house, surrounded' by a
well fcerft lonceT and almoat covered iby a;
thickjrrowth of wild* vine'.-' I ras'assailed
at the gale by??n ai^tfiffi- ^
fury broughtiOPt an old .man:wh'p drove
them away, and in a voice of- ton chin g
kindness aiiked me what I wanted.---I
explaiped my mUfortuWattendantnpan
highwater; that I .'wa&Ja.; federal judge
trying to reach .an ? appointment. He
very cordially invited'me into the house."
"A., jedge or constable is1 welcome at
my house at sich-a time as this// be said,
throwing more1 wood, on the fire, "Pve
been cotch out myself and know what it
is. So yon are'ajedge ?" . .
"Yea, I am a Judge,"holding the office
under the United'States government." .
"That means y?u**tn't aState jedge V
??Yes." '*;; 'T' jj ;
"Wall, it don't" make any difference
I wocldn'c help a State jedge no quicker
than I would -you. Myra see if th&r's
any thing to eat itf the bouse."
"I loosed up. arid the girl to whom he
spoke stood near ja*. .. She moved away
immediately after being' addressed, but
not so soon that. I failed to note the ex
? ".reme^beauty' of" her face. I saw ber
wealth of fire-light..reflecting hair, her
glorious depth bT eye, her ruddy fall'ofr
?he-year'"cheek and" raspberry, mouth.
She seemed to-pay "ho; attention to me,
bnt obeyed with out. hesitation, Present?
ly she reappeared" and; announced that
f.here was. soraeth rng - - to eat iti, the;b ou so
and &'waa spread^h' tbe table."
"Come," he said,.and conducted me to
the dining-room.- . > ??'-?
"Although Ifwas- very 'hungVy, yet I
think that my. appetite could .have been
satisfied by allowing my. eyes; to feast on
the beautiful' girl who attended' the re?
past:' spare-ribs, backbone and
mashed potatoes we're excellent 1 admit',
but that magnificent face that bent above
it aII,"far exceeded. any banquet that I
have evefleen?1.? ? :< . .: ?
"Myra," said tBe. old man,; after we
had gone and;' token position before.the
fire, ."hand around the pipes." '? ? ' '
"The pipes- were . brought lao.dv, filled
with natural leaf. tobacco.;. 1 We puffed
and puffed and talked and- puffed. I
told-jay.experi.ence'and the old man told
bis. I had beqn;a captain und -it 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 mach de?
pendent upon her as.Mr.-. Wickfiold was
upon Agnes, f had been so much inter?
ested in the conversation, and especially
with the occasional glances cast at Myra,
that I did not think, to ask the.-old man
his name until - just-about- the * time we
werejeady to go to bed." . "
"My name, ^s Jasmire," be said, "I
was wonderin'.ifi you were ever,goin' to
ask me, an' hanged ef I'd er told; you ef
youJbajnX ! Hope you'll sleep well."
"rbaoTe,him a cordial' good night, and
with one"ribre glance at the beautiful
girl 1 followed a negro boy who appeared
with a candle, 't.\
"I scarcely remember the conversation
of the flext morfcipgr 'I know that 1 saw
a beautiful face, that.I sat down when an
elfin little band- drew- oat a chair, that I
heard tbe music of -'a'sweet voice, and
that when I'left; Hooked ? *nt0 8 pair of
eyes direct i^-easoestneip. I don't know
howl told the old map good-bye. I
don't know that I thanked him for his
kindness/even after he had refused to
accept pay. I don't inow.how I mounted
my horse, whether 1 climbed on like all
awkward judges do, or whether I was
lifted into the air -by-admiration for the
girl and sat down-on-the saddle. The
truth is,'.'I don't know anything about ifri
exceptrtl!at after awhile?how long, I'll'
beh?nget^ if IkhoW?I found myself
riding-alpng the r?ad, deep in the coo-,
templation of a divinely drawn picture,
which the very sunlight itself framed and'
hudg before nie. ? "i
"^he,jrputine of court duty was ver?.
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 I hat I Iliad remained so long a bach-,
elojy but now I was glad, because I had
fou'rtd an '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: en.my judicial career, if the coua*
? 1 .-rr?.-1-? i ? ???- - -
try should arise and - demand a state- ?
ment. ' " ?? . <
"After awhile, I went back -to the old
log house. I found the old man just' the
same. He welcomed me. as though.1 he1
had never seen me before, but with rap?
ture, I noticed the gjiil spoke as though
she knew me. before, and that she-' waa
glad to too me again-. This time.If war
determined not; to leave so soon, and the,
truth,^tHngered 8eYeraldays. I walked
by thttriver with tbe.beautiful creature,
and helped/l her to;gather tho kindling
wood'at night. I roamed with her morn?
ing, at night, and1 at noontide, and to?
gether we chased the'rabbit and squirrel,
and even the fo*,'wiih"' all' his-shyness,-,
didn't always "escape.. our prowess and j
skill.01 Not.' among all- -the neighbors' was
there such a'girling-,'and I, for myself,,
[had. never seen one to compare with her
beauty, her grace and . her voice, iWben
I spoke of my leaving, the old - man ob?
jected, and even -the girl did- slightly
demur, but I told . them .that business of
pressing importance..was claiming a''en-,
tion from North to Sooth.' -The beauti?
ful giri.wth rosy^lips footing, 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
daysj'.ssfl didn't care to overdo j t,. you
understand.
"Well, I went away, not because I real?
ly had any business, but because I didn't
care to Injure my chances, for by this
time,1 you. may knew, I was dead in love
with'?Iyra. "
"I. ..'couldn't remaiu.but a short time.
WheliF returned, they were all glad to
see me. Myra. it seemed to me, wanted
to kiss me, and I 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 rae?Idreamed of her.
Her growing acquaintance with books
pleased me, for I knew, she studied for
my sake. The old man, too, seemed
changed toward - me. He spoke, when
we we're"alone, of family affairs, and told
me how glad he .wad that I had come to
visit him. I saw that he knew that I
was in love with Jiis daughter, and with
thankfulriess, I noted that be-encouraged
my suit. One night after Myra bad gone
to her room, and while the old man and
I sat by the fire, the. old fellow removed
his gaze from the glowing coals, and
looked at me and said:
"Myra is the best girl in 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 came .here."
"I know that I shall never do so. My?
ra and I understand .each other."
"You-ao?" '<>
"Yes, sir." ? 1
"I am glad of it. Myra is slow to speak
out, and I'm glad that you know. Speak
in' on the subject, might shock her.
Wel(j;g}c>bti night," and be grasped my
band^wprmly.,
"That nigfet I could not sleep. I knew
the old man understood my great love
for his daughter, and, with a thrill,. I
saw-it met his approval.,
"Next morning . I.was determined to
ask for her, so, after breakfast, when be
invitedr me ta take a walk with him, I
thought that he divined my intention.
Myra, tpo, seemed . to know that some?
thing was likely to pass between us, for
she shook her fist in a:charming way at
me when we left the bouse. I looked
back and saw her peeping at me with
ouch deep, fixed love in her glances, that
I thought I ought to go back and kiss
her, but I turned to the old man and
talked ,io him about the hogs and sheep.
I decided to ask him for the girl, and al?
though I knew he-would willingly give
his consent 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'earae to the tree he
stopped and said :
"You've knowed. my darter for some
time ?"
"Yes, sir."
"Not such a long time, it's true, but so
long that we almost.look upon you as
one of the family." ?
"I am proud to know it."
"Tbank you, sir. Well, now, I'll tell
you, my darter_ is. gpiu' to be married
next' weet, and I want you to be with
us." .?"? ? ?
f. "To whom ?" T gasped.
"To the ferryman' down here. Shea
been engaged to him for a long time."
"I said nothing as we returned, but
Syben f-found the girl alone, I said:
V "Don't you'know that I love you de?
votedly ?"
?; "Of course, I never knew it, Judge."
> j "But I d-i, and I want you to be my
vwife."
Ii "Judge, I can't. I am going to marry
Tom Patrall, the ferryman. I know you
are a good man, and I don't want you to
think that I won't marry you just because
you are a judge. Position makes no dif?
ference with me, and if I loved a
man, I 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 that you have ever conducted
yourself as a perfect gentleman."
"Why didn't you tell her that you had
been ?,-captain in the army ?" said one
of the listeners.
"I .did," replied the judge, "but she
said the ferryman bad 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.' "
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A Coming Notable Celestial Event
Perhaps the most interesting celestial
event of the year will be the: opposition
of Mars at the end of the present month.
There is so 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
opposition, that is, gets into a line with
the earth and sun, the earth being in the
middle, a battery'of telescopes is turned
upon it with eager expectation of inter?
esting views if net important discoveries.
At opposition Mare 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
the 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 that
come into view are the snow caps sur?
rounding his 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, and some of the seas,
or spots' that are believed to be seas, can
be seen'with the same telescope. With a
larger telescope more details are visible,
and wich the largest and bestall 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 W that men
have'oeeh able to make maps and globes
representing with a bighrdegree of com?
pleteness the surface Of a world never
much less than 40^)00,000 miles distant
from the earth ! " ? i.
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 m'oou 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 that there are really
canals constructed by inhabitants of the
ruddy planet can hardly be entertained
when it is known that they are sixty
miles atid 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 wintet 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 resolution 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 be $1,440 in?
stead of 51,000. There aro 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 $50,400
a year. This amount of money is to be
taken from the public pocket, in order
that the different Senators shall have
private secretaries at the public expense.
We can see already wbat this sort of
thing must lead to. Mr. Belford, of
Colorado, demands a clerk for each mem?
ber of the House of Representatives.
At the rate which is to be paid 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, it is presumed, a very
large contingent fund, and this contin?
gent fund it spend* in any way that it
pleases. There is no check or restraint.
The Senate is growing more aristocratic
in its methods every day, and, without
counting the new-clerks, the army of
hangers-on infthe Senate wing of the
Capitol is frighBully. large. The House
of Rcpresentatwe ought to give some at?
tention to this abuse. Contingent funds
are always fruitful sources 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," eaid a
wife to her busband. "I can't," the hus?
band replied, "for I have to carry the
two children." "But you ought to have
Borne consideration for me," the wife con?
tinued. "You must think I'm a wagon."
"Ob, uo, my dear, I don't think you are
a wagon. ? wagon holds its tongue and
you never do."
BILL ARP AT HOME,
How he got his Kom de Plume.
Having seen several inquiries recently,
from some of our people respecting tbe
domestic life of Bill Arp, the great
Southern humorist, I think it probable
that what little information I can give
may interest our readers.
Just before and during the war, I was
attending School at Rome, Georgia, and
t 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. Mrs.
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?in her magnificent
new home and elegant surroundings, and
bear 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 Rome Light Guards, a company
composed of the best young men of
Rome and vicinity. Oh 1 tbe 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
young martyrs whose faces I saw for the
last 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 I" was the signal for the company
to file down the dusty street out of sight ;
next the whistle of tbe engine, the
hoarse yell as they left the depot?and
they were gone. Two of those who lefc
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 Run 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 cent! He
read his letter to some appreciative
friends, and Bill Arp was one of the lis?
teners. Wheu he had finished, Bill
came forward and asked: "Major, are
you gwine ter have that printed ?" He
answered, "I think so, 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, adzactiy."
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 he 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
grandchildren are numerous in the fami?
ly. I well remember "Hines," the boy
soldier, 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" for Hattie's
first baby; and tbe dear, sweet old moth?
er?to whom he so often alludes in his
letters?was once my ideal of a noble
wife and mother. I have not seen her
since the war, but the nice Btrawberry
parties which she used to give her chil?
dren of my age, and to which I was
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
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
than any fiction.
Pardon me, Messrs. Editors, for the
length of my communication. There is
so much in this family to interest me
that I forgot the length of my letter.?
Georgia in Laurensvilte 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?
tween 2 and 3 a. m., but nothing was
known of the occurrence until after tbe
train arrived in Columbia. The deceas?
ed wa3 intoxicated and had laid or fallen
on the track. He left Newberry with a
flask of whisky in his pocket. When
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 tho 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
give him much trouble and his step is
feeble.
Marrying: His Own Child.
I The strange scene has been presented
j here of a clergyman in a fashionable
j church joining in matrimony a father and
I daughter. The details have just become
; known, and the story is now the chief
topic of society gossip.
Invitations were issued to a large num?
ber of Philadelphia's most fashionable
people to be present at the Church of
the Epiphany to witness the marriage
of Wilson Mitchell, a young gentleman
well known in Bociety, to Mies 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 the arrival of the bridal party.
Presently there was a whisper which ran
from the door to the chancel that they
had arrived. The rector of the church,
the Eev. G. H. Kinsolving, who was 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. The wedding had
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 had 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 had
ceased its music, father and daughter
stood bef ) the altar, with the ushers
ranged on either side, and yet no hus?
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 her fathers hand convulsively,
and the father's face grew scarlet in the
suppressed excitement of the moment.
The awkwardness of the situation was in?
creased when in solemn and deliberate
tones Mr. Kinsolving began to read the
marriage service. He had mistaken the
father for the groom and was about to
marry him to his own daughter. The
excitement was intense. On 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 the words,
"If any man cau 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
opeu and Mr. Mitchell, attended by his
best man, both nervous and excited aud
both ashen 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, aud the two gentlemen were thus
prevented from making their entrance
when the 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 them several minutes to get out of
the 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 atteuded with
serious consequences.
Twenty-Four Hours' Prayer.
A special to the Boston Globe from
Akron Ohio, says: "Harrison Ilaraon
lived for many years in Hinckley, Me?
dina County, Ohio, and amassed consid?
erable property, moat of which was in
cash. He would not trust his money to
the keeping of a bauk, but bid it about
his own premises, keeping the hiding
place a secret eveu trom his own family.
A short time ago he told his wife that he
bad hidden about $30,000 in money and
that pretty soon he would inform her of
its whereabouts, so that in case of his
death she would know where to find it.
He neglected to do this, and about a
week ago he died of apoplexy. After
his death an 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 the widow began to de?
spair. Then she was impressed ?vith the
notion that if she prayed with faith the
Lord would direct her to the place where
the 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, aud 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 plauk to find them, and wheu the
young man put his hand down he struck
a halfgallon fruit jar, which be 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 bad 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.
Tbad. Stevens had been conducting an
important suit for a wealthy old Penn?
sylvania farmer.% During its progress
he was the latter's" guest. While stroll?
ing over the farm, Mr. Stevens observeu
that the farmer's corn crop, which was
just ripening, was remarkable beyond
anything he had ever seerj.
"My friend," said Mr. Steyeus to the
farmer, "this is truly magnificent! There
is nothing left to be desired in your corn
yield this year."
"W-e-l-l," responded the farmer,
guardedly,'it is purty fair; purty fair.
But," and this with a noticeable tinge
of sadness, "thar might be a few more
cunnels?-just a few more cunnels?at the
end of the cob.''
Yanity of Vanities,
A few years ago Alexander T. Stewart
died with an estate valued at close on to
$75,000,000. It was his ambition to found
a house which would be recognized for all
time as the head of the commercial enter?
prises of the United States, and to this
end he toiled until physical nature was
exhausted. He died foil of years, but his
life-long dream was as unstable as an
April wind. He bad 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 them. The great
house of Stewart has almost ceased to.ex-,
ist, and a whitehaired woman alone keeps
the name from being forgotten.
Robert L. Stuart also toiled win a
place among the great merchants 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 choeses to pay tbe
price in tbe 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 tbe mar?
ble palace in Thitry-fourth street and
was driven to tbe brown stone palace of
Mr3. Robert L. Stuart in upper Fifth
Avenue. It was tbe first time that the
two ladies had met since the 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
creatious of a magician, and yet upon
each face rested a sad, far away expres?
sion.
The woman who sat in the scantily
furnished room two blocks from the ave?
nue, earning her bread with her need'o,
heard the prattle of children, stopped
now and then to kiss rosy lips, and she
thanked God for having given her some?
thing to love. Humble a9 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.
11 iram Homespun's Ideas About Raisin'
Children.
A good many folks has somehow gotten
the notion that tbe youngest of this here
age is just about as bad as they was afore
the flood. I am only a plain farmer fell?
er, but I have observed a few things, and
I don't agree, with those people. The
boys of to-day ain't no wuss than they
ought to be considerin' the trainin' some
of 'era 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. But he don't know the science
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 the heavier clay of com?
mon sense and self-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 afeelin' 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'? 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 lots 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 shingle. They would be dead
failures. If you have had to work hard,
the boys can work hard too. 8ome of
tbe boys won't make good farmers, and
them's the one's to make store keepers,
book Agents, or lawyers of. But what?
ever you do don't choose their profession.
Turn a sheep out in the bush and it'll
find tbe best grass and purest water.
Give your boys a chance, and when they
go into the thick woods of life, they'll in
nine cases outen ten come out to the
clearin' right side up.
A Moonlight Sympathy,
Algernon?My dearest Endora, you
know that as we are so soon to be mar?
ried, we Bhoutd cease to live in an en?
chanted dream aud begin to take practi?
cal views of life.
Eudora?I know that, dear, and I have
thought it all over much more often than
you think.
Algernon?You know that 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 ah-eady picked out a sweet
little house in thesurburbs, 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 tho New York
Journal, "is the oasis of married life."
This does away with the popular notion
that an oasis i3 a quiet place.
? The Louisville Pott editorially as?
serts that "to be a Kentucky horse is as
dignified as in oldeu times was to be a
Roman citizen."
? A daughter of Mr. John Bennett,
who resides near Walterboro, dropped
dead recently. ?
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
M. P. TRIBBLE,
TREASURER
OF -
ANDERSON COUNTY, S. C,
TO HIS Honor J. H. Hudson, presidir.g
Judge of the Court of General Sessions,
February Term, 1884, showing schedule of
claims paid from the County and School
Fonds for the fiscal year ending Occtober
31,1883:
COUNTY CLAIMS PAID.
ASSESSMENTS.
No. Name Amovnt
373 Thos J Webb.$ 126 CO
398 Thos J Webb. 275. CO
Total..;..$400 CO
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' & CLERK'S
SALARIES.
Name ? Amount
R M Burriss, County Comiu'r.....$ 25 35
J H Jones, County Comm'r. 31 40
Ezekiel Harris, County Comm'r? 37, 45
J H Jones, County Comm'r. 93 60
R S Bailey, County Comm'r. 105 85
John A Reeves, County Comm'r 00 40
W H Frierson. Clerk. ,4V 00
R S Bailey, County Comm'r. 140' 05
John H Jones, County Comm'r.- 113 05
.John A Reeves, County Comm'r' ltiO'50
W H Frierson, Clerk:;. 16!} 00
Total..$940 C5
JURY TICKETS.
No. Name Ainpnnt
2319 W A Geer.,$ ' .' 7. 90
2281! J CHamlin.:.'....'.... 4 00
2327 Thos J McClure.......... 12' 70
2353 D J Sherard. , 4 60
2402 Jas G Riley., ' 5 10
3324 Jeptha Harper. 2t 60
2395 Wm Jones.;....?-. .4 10
2396 A C Keys.;. ' 4 90
231? John Eskew. 12 30
2192'Jesse M Smith. 150
2425 J C Woodland..... 160
2424 B S Tucker. 4 CO
2423 John P Traynholm........ ' 4 40
2415 W A Evans.?1 4 80
234GW A Evans.-. 4 80
2412 Benj F Bowie.;. 3 50
2356 B STucker.....Y................ 4 CO
2403 G L Shrimp. 4 00
2404 A J Surratt. 4 60
2384 Robt Broyles......:...'.. 4 00
2383 D S Branyan.'.. 5 ?0
2343 B F Bowie. 3 00
2357 5 C Woodland. 4 60
2389 Thos B Earle. 2 50
2381 CS Beaty.. 4 50
2213 D M Humphreys;.,'. 3 85
2450 Andrew Oromer. 3 10
2449 W A Chapman...~ 13 50
2410 J Bovce Burriss.......'.. 3 00
2341J Boyce Burriss.. 3 00
2419 Joshua Pruitt. S 40
2282 Joshua Pruitt.... 3 40
2353 T Banks Wright. 4 50
2457 B L Johnson.- 2 90
2278 J C Gantt. 4 30
2347 J C Gantt....:....v. 4 30
2416 J C Gantt..'.. 4-0
2258 Im C Williams.I.i:. \2 SO
2401 J W Poore. 4 10
2391J M Glenn. 6 10
2452 W J Freeman.- 13 80
2237 Wm Harper. ' 3 SO
2468 Charlie Starks.'.. 14 85
2467 Geo Riley. 14 05
2460 W H Long. 14 95
2473 John R Zachery. 15 (0
2455 E M Holland. 14 20
2457 R L Campbell. 14 10
2420 J J Vaughn. 15 00
2459 James W Keaton. 14 70
2465 John V Osnrint. 15 10
2445 R B Brock........ 14 40
2453 J A Emerson..... 14 50
2447 Mattthcw A Cobb. 14 30
2472 Scott Young. 14 90
2442 John Agnew. . 13 95
2444 F M Bonds. 15 CO
2440 Eliab Ambrose. 14 ?0
2466 Wm Pruitt. 14 95
2458 John L Jolly.... 14 20
2441 Thomas A Archer. 13 50
2382 E R Beaty. 3 70
2032 John W Dalrymple.... 2 50
2460 J J Stuart. 14 50
2454 Jas L Geer. 14 10
2464 James A McCallister. 14 80
2463 Wm T Mattison. 15 Z0
2443 Jas S Beaty. 13 40
2323 W T W Harrison. 12 10
2481 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 Wansley. 5 20
2406 G S Williford......... 4 20
2405 T W Webb.- 5 60
2399 M E Pruitt. 4 20
2351 Joshua Pruitt. 3 40
2380 John H Burns. 6 20
2344 James A Celey. 5 40
2385 Sam'l D Childers........ 5 30
2275 James A Celey. 5 40
2326 A C Latimer. 5 50
2354 John W Simpson. 4 50
2373 B B Breazeale. 3 60
2285 John W Simpson.? 4 50
2342 B B Breazeale.~ 3 60
2352 Wash Richie.- 5 30
2283 Wash Richie.~ 5 30
2328 G W McDavid. 8 50
2446 John M Craft. 3 75
2328 G W McDavid. 8 50
2379 James M Banister. 4 10
2380 James F Callabam..-.:. 3 70
2375 W C Andrew. 4 50
2409 RE Yon. 5 70
2394 A P Johnstone. 4 50
2392 Benj F Gantt. 4 50.
2393 Jas T Gassaway.- 5 00
2333 John R Wyatt. 13 80
2340 A C Wardlaw. 12 70
2289 T Banks Wright. 4 50
2284 D J Sherard. 4 60
2272 J B Burriss. I 50
2349 D D Gentry. 3 30
2337 John F Watkins. 13 50
2280 DD Gentry. 3 30
2253 E B Rice. 5 ?0
2355 J P Traynholm. 4 50
2388 G W Evans. 4 70
2329WTMcGill. 12 70
2418 J C Hamlin. 4 CO
2277 W A Evins. 4 SO
2274 B F Bowie. 3 03
2276 Ira E Dodd. 5 30
2286 Jno. P. Traynholm. 4 40
2287 B L Tucker. 4 90
2288 J C Wardlaw. 4 60
2311 WB Bailey. 12 40
2321 J Perry Glettn. 9 30
2310 John C Boggs. 13 Z0
2322 L D Harriss. 3 10
2330 G B Robinson. 13 40
2336 James a Woolen. 13 70
2335 J N Vandiver. 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
2344 John Crews. 12 50
2309 Wm Brown. 12 35
2320GWGrubbs. 13 40
2313 I P Clinkscales. 12 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
2448 A R Cox. 14 60
2350 J CHamlin. 4 00
Total.$1165 70
WITNESS TICKETS,
Name Amount
W Emerson.$ 1 55
Hannibal Jackson... 8 35
Ligi Wilson. 1 30
James Johnson. 3 50
Sam Acker.. 1 55
Geo Poore. 1 55
H Jackson. 6 85
Frank Gambrell.- 1 30
Thos Gary. 2 25
Frank Lyles. 8 00
Geo Ladson. 1 00
Tom Gary. 2 50
Isaac Glenn. J 00
Lucy Owen. 1 55
It F Haynic. 1 40
.IB Kay. 3 10
D E Carlisle. 1 00