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Judge Wallmsu^oneof thebe^l^nown justicee occupying ithe United. ef|a{?^c|r> cuit bench, after listening to aIp?rty of lawyer? the ottier day. lighted fciji; p}Pe, leaned buch in an easy chair and cv.id : "Gentlemen, your stories of, courtship! aud marriage are quite'interesting 'and romantic, but I b?lievb that jt, ??; served for mo to tell y^upf ? leve affair, wbich I am LncrUned to think, will te;'rh you that the common place marriage bf every day life ia not worthy of a pfaee injour mo?t prosaic novels or even in our most spirited conversation. Quite a< number of years ago, j'Jttt after the war, I wai ap pointed j?idge of a southern circul?. ; t attended very strictly to the discharge of my dnj,y, and although very, fond of ladies* society, yeC, in my roundel met very few representative* pi the fair sea who in tho least impressed me. Ohodoy, during an overflow, I croped the river about twenty-fire milos below my regular beat, aud the stream was so swollen'that by the time I had landed the sot;had gone down and darkness had spread It self over the lace of the erwlh, BO far as I could discernj ?nd the bosom pf tho wa ter. ,'? did uotfiutj A.T?OU^ wli?n Ilarjded, and I made inquiry flotte ferryman who, io effect, declared Aba.t he never made geography a dt?dy, Sod that I must take care pf fty?el(?[ pf "couhre I iniended W abide by, ^thg extremity of such advice,' and after ttiaukjpg my 'water-aide char acter' for information which, to say the least, was self-apparent, I turned, .and began a solitary journey through the woods. ? had not g>sue far when' I came upon a large log house, surrounded by ? well kept leuce and almost covered hy a thick growth of wild-vine. 1 was assailed at the gate by an army, b'f dogs., Their fury brought out an old man wh,> drove them away, and in a voice of touching kindness asked me what I wanted. I explained my misfortune'attendant upon highwater ; that I was a federal judge trying to reach an ! appointment. Ile very cordially invited'me into the house." "A jtdge or. constable ia welcome at my house at Bioh a time as thin," be said, throwing more wood on tho fire. "I've been cotch out myself and know what it is. So you are a jedge?" "YeB, I am a Judge, holding the office uuder the United States government." "That means you ain't ?State jedge?" ' Yc8-" "Wall, it don't make any deference. 1 wouldn't help a State jedge no quicker than I would you. Myra see if thar's anything to eat id the house." "I looked up.arid" the girl to whom he spoke stood near .nv?, i She moved away immediately after being addressed, but not so Boon that I failed to note the ex treme, beauty of her face. I saw her wealth of fire-light. reflecting hair, her glorious depth bf eye, her ruddy fall-of the-year chee*' and - raspberry1 hioutb. She seemed to pay ho attention to me, but obeyed without hesitation. Present ly she reappeared and - announced that there was. something- to eat io the house and Jttiwaa spread oh'the table." "Come," he said, and conducted me to the dining room. . . >??'? "Although Twas very hungYy, yet I think that my appetite could have beon satisfied by allowing my eyes to feast on the beautiful' girl who attended the rc pint. T?te spare-ribs, backbone and mashed potatoes were excellent I admit, Ibut that magnificent face tbst bent above it all,-for esconded any banquet that I have ev?i?een.'",': " : ? ?< "Myra," said tBe old man,: after we had gone and . taken position before the fire, "hand aron ml the pipes.1' "The pipes-were brought ?and filled with natural leaf . tobacco... ! We' puffed and puffed and talked and puffed. I t dd ray exporlenipe'and the old man told bis. I bad beqn a captain under Uncle Sam-Jefferson Davis bad' made him a colonel. The old man had no family ex cept Myra, his daughter. He seemed os devoted- to he , rind quito aa much de pendent upoober as.Mr.-Winkfield -was upon Agnes. T bad-been so much inter ested in the conversation, and especially with the occasionalgiancescast at Myra, that I did not think ta ask t ho .old man his name until; just-about*the timo we were.ready to gd to beru*' ? "My name !ts Tasmfre,'' be' said, '^I was wonderin'ifi yau were.everigoin'to j ?k me, an'hanged ef-I'd er told' you ef you.jha^n't. ' Hopeyou'll aft?p Well." "1 ?p'Jd^him a cordial godd nighty and with one more, glance at the. beautiful . H girl 1 followed a negro, boy who appeared BM with a candler j.;' ...-?.;... "I scarcely remember the conversation H of tte next morning:"''! know that 1 saw a beautiful face> ^ha^^ 'sat down,when an E elfin little hand diet: ppt a chair, that 1 heard the mnsld of ^tt'dweet ? voice, and that when I^liw^^bto'-a-pairol j H eyes direct i^acn^p:esa.>; I 4'on't know howl told . tb?> old .map, goodi-byo. I 99 don't know that - Lthanked: bini for his kiuanessievjl? 'after-he b?d: refused to H accept pay. ; ? don't%QW,UOW I mounted 3 my horse, whether 1 climbed on li ko all I awkward judges do, or whether I was Hftfd <b'to tlio air b^'Wmifa??rr'for the j H girl and sntdoero/onithe saddle. Tbe ! fl truH' iH;T don't know anything about if, , 1 ex?pt' that after awhile-bow long, I'll j H ^b*?^ iflVri?W- I fouqd, n3y<e?? j H ndT^'WnK ?.be ,rVad,*.'^eep . in'ttjejconi Wm ten^latloo of a divinely drawn picture, j H wh,pb the very sunlight itself framed and j fm ?n? before m*e:. 'a j "-ty'q,-routine of ' court duty ' wai' verjj I I duU after this,! and. I longed for the tim? when P -fcould wander back to the log ?otjse. .**b?ch to m* held auch enchant*; I ment. . IheviouHly/r had lamented tb? ! I fact ihat'lfcad ' remained!so langra baebt I eloii-b?t"how I was glad, because I bad ! fl kund Ith ?ideal. I don't krioir'hdvr "raanj I ?entlmen^a? decisions I made durjnj- thal ! I session of tb^^^^btti'.?'. dot?.t think I I lhat TOttk-Vibad tb? 1'gbt of very much M c^ ?tm-Judicial career, if tho couo ?. jj. MUKRA Y & CO. Tho Peculiar Old Mvaf ANDERSON, S C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1883. VOLUME XIX. -NO. 23. I try should arise and demand a state-: ment. "After awhile, I went back to the old log house. I found the oid man just the same. He welcomed me as though' he' had n?ver seen mo before, but with rap ture, I noticed the giri spoke as though she knew me before, aud that she-waa glad to see mo sgaio. This time I'waa determined not to leave so anon, and til?, truth i? I lingered eev?ral day?. I walked by thorner with the beautiful creature, and helped, her tOigalber tho kindling wood at night. I roamed with her morn ing, at night, and at noontide, and to gether we chased the rabbit and squirrel, aud even the fox, with all bia shyness, didn't always escape our prowess and skill.1 NoC among all tho neighbors'was there such a 'girling,' and I, for myself, had ne**er seen one to comparo with her beauty, her grace aud her voice. When I spoke of my leaving, the old thad ob jected, and even the girl did slightly demur, but 1 "old then? that business o? pressing importance wa* claiming atten tion from North to Sooth. The beauti ful giri, ivith rosy lips pouting, declared, iu a way that would haye paralyzed Paul, that I was so restless aud wanted to leave them because, as she thought, I had found . them all dull. I made a brave effort to go without showing tho 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 bettor 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 didn't care to injure my chances, for by thia time, you may knew, I was dead in love with' Myra. "I couldu't remain but a short lime. When. I' returned, they were al', glad to see me. Myra, it seemed to me, wanted to kiss me, and ? would have kissed her, but I did not have a good chanco. Sbo was more lovely thau aver, and when at night wc walked out under the stars, I felt that she loved me-I dreamed of her. Her growing acquaintance with books pleased me, for I knew she studied for my sake. The old man, loo, seemed changed toward mc. He spoke, when wc weW aloue, of family affairs, and told me how glad he was that I bad come to visit bim. I saw that be knew that I was iii love with hid daughter, and with tbankfulriess, I noted that be encouraged my suit. Ono 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 thc glowing coals, aud looked at me and s.iid : "Myra is the best girl io the worl'." "You needn't tell me that," said I, "for I kuow il." "Her husban' will bea 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." "Ytuido?" "Yes, sir." "I am glad of it. ?dyra is slow to speak out, and I'm glad that you know. Speak in' on tue sabjecV might shock her. Wet(i;g\jod night," and be grasped my ban?'w?irmly.. "That nigfit I could sot s'eep. ? feoow the old man understood my great love for his daughter, and, with athriU,.I saw it met bis approval,, "Next morning .1 was determined to ask for her, so, after breakfast, when he invited1 mo to take a walk with him, I thought that h$ divined my iptention, Myrs> too, seepaed ' to know that some thing was likely to pass- between us, foi she Bhook her fist in * charming way at me when we left th J house. I looked back and saw her peeping at me will such deep, fixed love io her glances, thal I thought I ougbt to go back and kiss her,, bul l turned to the old man and talked .to'him about thc hogs and sheep I decided to ask bim for the girl, and al though I knew be would willingly girt bis consent to our marriage, yet, it was i difficult matter. Wheu I get to tba tree,' I mused, looking ahead, ?I will asl him?- 'Just as we'esrae to the tree b< ' stopped and said : "You've knowed roy darter for some time?" i "Yes, sir." ' : ..NoV.sifch a long tin??? fc"f?. but 8< long ' that we almost look : upon you a one of the family." "I am proud to know it." "Thank you, sir. >Vell, now, I'll tel \ you, my darter, in goin'to be marriet > tteritwtUk, ?od H want yon to be witl Pi?* .'?I . ' " ' ' fJ J? "To whom ?" I%a*ped. v ji "To the fer'rym?n down here. Sbe'i g tteen engaged to him for a long time." ? ll ?i g*id nothing as we returned, bu ' %b?j5 ?Hfoundihe girl alone, ? said : Jv ?TJon't you'know that I ?love you de i Jtotedly?" ; ^-.;< w ? -, 1(41 "Of course/1 noverknaw it, Judge. "But I d*. and I want you to be ni; * ll IA 'i.i'V > .' ?i .... . . v II "Judge, I can't. . I am going to marr I? *om Patrall, the ferryman? I know yo j ?re a good man, ant'-I don't want you t , think that I won't marry you jost bacana : yon are a judge. Position makes no dil i ference with me, and if I loted . man, I woold marry WnV, erac i ; lie was a judge, just as soon as I would a i i ferryman, and I hope you will understand i ! tbnt position baa not influenced this j ! case, for even though you are a judge, I ? ' must say that you have over conducted j yourself as a perfect gentleman." j "Why didn't you tell her that you had 1 j been ,a, captain in the army ?" said ono: j of the listeners. "I did," replied ?he judge, "but she j , said the ferryman had been a teamster, : aud while that she would just as leave marry- a captain aa a teamster, yet abe 1 was compelled to turn to her ferrymau ? loveland now when I tell my wife of! ! the choice, she says, 'Ves, the girl was right in taking the ferryman.' " . - o -m -* A Coming Kotablo Celestial Event. Perhaps the most interesting celestial 1 event ot the year will be the opposition of Mars at the end of tho present month. ? There is so much about this remarkable i planet that suggest a cloao resemblance j to tut: earth, and PO many of ita surface I features and of the natural procea&ea ? occurring upon it are visible with tele scopic aid, that every time it comes to opposition, that is, gets into a line with thc earth and sun, the earth being in the middle, a battery of telescopes is turned upon it with eager^ expectation of inter esting views ii not important discoveries. At opposition Mars appears with small telescopic power like a full moon of a ruddy tiuge. As the magnifying power is i tu^ eased one detail after another of the diversified surface of this distant world comes into view, until it bangs in the field of the telescopo a real globe, marked plainly with continents, oceans and islands, and partially covered with clouds. The first physical features of Mara 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 tbe globe of Mars. The dark ring surrounding the snow field, and sometimes called Phillip's Sea, is al most equally distinct, audsomcof the seas, or spot?'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 tbo various, features of Martain geography which are represented on Borne of the wonderfully complete maps of Mars that have becu constructed can bo seen. What a surprising thing it M that men have Boen able lo make maps And globes representing with a high"degree ol' 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 moona of Mars, which re volve close to the planet, so rapidly that the inner one goes through ell the changes from new moon to oH moon in leas than r. day. Another interest?Dg iuing aoout Mars which can now be Btudied is the myateri I ous net work of so-called canals which cover a large portion of the planet's surface, particularly in the equatorial i regions. The idea that there are really I canals constructed by inhabitants of the ; ruddy planet can hardly be entertained when it ia known that they are sixty mile? abd more in width. One thing seems to be pretty certain ; Mars haB reached a much later stage of planetary development than the earth, and if it haB 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 wintei midnight Bky.-New York Sun. Senatorial Clerks. Tne resolution-which .??? adopted by the Senate ob Thursday, authorizing each Senator to appoint a clerk, is even more objectionable than the reaolntion which vms submitted by Senator Butler. In that resolution it was proposed to pay each secretary $1,000 a year. The reso lution whit."', 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 $1,000. There are seventy-six Senators and forty one standing commit tees, -There are, therefore, thirty-five Senators who aro to be provided with clerks, as not baying clerks already as chairmen of committees. The cost of the new clerk?, therefore, will be $50,400 a year. This amount of money is to be taken from the public pocket, in order that the diff?rent Senators shall have private secretaries at the public expense. We can iee already what this sort of thing must lead to. Mr. Belford, of Colorado, demands a clerk for each mem ber of thc House of Representatives. At the rat? which :?s to be paid to the Senatorial clerks,'the clerke 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 bas, it is presumed, a very large contingent fund, and thia contin gent fund it spends in any way that it ?leases. Thero is no check or restraint he Senate is growing more aristocratic in ita methods every day, and, without counting the" tret .clerks, the army ol hangers-on '?nj?ie,Senate wing of the Cap?tol is frKWl&Jarge. The House of RcpresentajWs pught to give some at tendon to thia abuse. Contingent fund? are always fruitful sources of extrava< gance and waste, and tho committee on appropriations of the House of Repre sentatives will do well to make the con tingent fund of the Senate so small thal it cannot be used for such purposes ai paying for clerks Xor Senators.-Nevo? and Courier. _ it- e - ? - "I'can'* efcrry this bnn<!!t-," said t wife to - her husband. "I can't/' the hus band replied, "for I have to carry th? two children.": "But yon ought to batt some consideration for me," the wife con tinued. "Yon must think I'm a wagon.' "Ob, no, my dear, I don't think yon an a wagoo. A wsgou holds its tongan and you never do." - * BILL ABI? AT HOME, How li J got hi? Non? de Plaut?. llaviug ref-ii several ?uqu?ries recently, i from some of our people respecting Ibo j domestic lifo 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 *he w?r, I was attending t?cbool 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 muro lovable family than bis, it has never been my fortune to know. Mrs. Smith was at that time a bright und beautiful little matron of about thirty five, surrounded by six or eight hand some boys and girls, of ages ranging from ono and two years to fourteen ; ana it was on. of the greatest pleasures ?.f my school-days to visit "cousin Tuvey," -as we called her-io her magnificent new 'jomo and elegant surroundings, and hear her lough and repeat tho quaint re marks of Charlie. They were wealthy, ! refined, and cultivated people enjoying j the goods of this lile as gnr. Presbytcri ana ought lo-not hoarding them" in a miserly fashion. But tho war came on and disturbed the happiness of (his 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. Ob 1 the sadness and weeping of that day when parents gave up their darling boys ; wives their husbands, uud young girls their lovers; but saddest of all, fathers left families of little children with only tho protecting care of the weak mother. Those noble young martyrs whose faces I saw for the last lime, wet with tears, I can uever forget. Tho crowd that had assembled to see the last of those who bad bidden tho dearest ones "good bye" at home, was filled with sobs when tho order to .'fall in line," came, and "forward march !" was tho 6ignal for tho company to file down the dunty street out of sight ; next the whistle ol* the engine, the hoarse yell as they left the depot-aud they were gone. Two of those who left large families were Major Smith, and Bill Arp,-a poor Ferryman of Floyd County, who waa very witty, but wholly unlettered, yet withal a true patriot. They went f.? Virginia, and while camp ing on Bull Run they heard of Lincoln's Proclamation, orJering the Confederate Army to disperse. This was laughed rt by our mon, and Maj. Smith wroto a humorous answer to Mr. Lincoln, saying that be couldn't get the boys to even think of dispersing, and having despaired of doing so be had gone off to himself in an old field to calm his patriotism, and try to disperse, but bo found that ho couldn't disperse worth a cent 1 Ile read bis letter to somo appreciative friends, and Bill Arp was one of the lis teners. Wheo be had finished, Bill came forward und asked : "Major, are you gwine ter have that printed?" He answered, "I think so, Bill." "Well, sir *?f it is al! tho same io you, I trish you would put my name to that paper, 'causo them's my sentiments, adzactly." ThuB it wa? by the rightful owner's re quest that Maj. Smith adopted the name and exact style of Bill Arp, and over that nom de plume 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 Barlow County, Ga., and ia now a progressive farmer. His children are scattered from Maine to Florida, and f;randchildren are numerous in the fami y. I well remember "Hines," the boy soldier, who went with bia 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 the dear, sweot old moth er-to whom he BO often alludes in his lettera - was once my ideal of a noble wife and mother. I have not seen her aince the war, but tho nice strawberry 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 ns some or 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. Editora, for the length of my communication. There is so much in this family to interest me that I forgot the length ol' my letter. Georgia in Laurentville Herald. Death on the Bail. The down freight train on the Colum bia or. Greenville Railroad duo 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. Tho fatal accident occurred be tween 2 and 8 a. m., but 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 his pocket. When tho engineer passed Kilgore's Hill he felt the locomotive jar a little, but thought it was only a slight obstruction which he bad 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 ; {lortion and pieces of flesh were also bund 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 blsme. The deceased was a brother of Lee Bowers, the postmaster at Prosperity. - Columbia Register. - Many Er -inbmcn are settled on ranches in tho ^ ., hborhood of San An tonio, Texas, j'jng them are an ex General of the Ie-inn army, an ex-Cap tain of tho British navy and other sol diers and sailors of rank. - The health of Jefferson Davis is extremely poor this winter. His eyes ?'ivo him much trouble and his step in sable. Marr) wig ills Own Child. The strange scout, hus been presented here of a clergyman in a fashionable church joining in matrimony a father and daughter. Tho details havo just become known, aud tho story is now the chief topic of society gossip. Invitations were i?*ued toa huge ?.um ber of Philadelphia's most faslilonablo people to be present nt the Church of the Epiphany to witucss thc marriage of Wilson Mitchell, a young gentleman well known in society, to M?FS Fanny Elizabeth Kessler, daughter of John Kessler, Jr. At the hour named tho spacious church was crowded to overflow ing and the assemblage waa anxiously awuiling the arrival of thc bridal party. Presently there was a whisper which ran from tlie door to tbe chancel that they had arrived. The rector of the church, the Kev. G. H. Kinsolving, who was to perform the ceremony, stood un and ud vauced to thc altar railings. Tho deep tones of tho organ pealed forth Mendels eohtvo "Wedding ?larch," tho swinging doors at the foot of the centre aisle swung open, the f ix ushers started slowly for ward, and following them came the bride, attired in traveling costume, leuniug un the arm of her lather. The wedding bad been arranged in tho uaual English style, and ibo bride was to bo met at the chan cel steps by the groom, attended by his best man. Eyes which had been fixed on the bride 'urned towards the door of thc vestry room, fro.a which her pro spectivo husband was expected to emerge ; bul tho door was tightly closed and it gave no sign of opening. The organ bad ceased its music, father and daughter stood heforo the ul tar, 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 tho rustle of excitement which stirred the assembled guests that they wero only too well aware that something was wrong. The brido turned paie and clutched her fatbers baud convulsively, and the father's face grew scarlet in the suppressed excitement of the moment. Thc awkwaicluess of the situation was in creased when in solemn aud deliberate tones Mr. Iv i ns living began to read the marriage service, ile had mistaken the father for the groom ami was about to marry him to his own daughter. Thc excitement was intense. On every coun tenance was depicted a consciousness of the Bituatiuu, yet no one ?poko ?nd the clergyman proceeded with the service. Wbeu at length he carno to the words, "If any man can show just cause why they may not lawfully bo joined together let him now speak or else hereafter bold bis peace," there was a noise outside, the door of tho nave was thrown violently opeu aud Mr. Mitchell, attended by Ins best mau, both nervous and excited and both ashen pale, carno rushing up tho aisle. A few words sufficed to explain mat ters to thc astonished clergyman. By some means the vestry door hid been locked, and tbe two gentlemen were thus prevented from makiug their entrance when the organ gave thom their cue. In vain they had tried to open it and had lost valuable time in the effort. When they finally abandoued 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 Bhock which tho young lady's nervous system received was severe, and for a time it was feared it might bo attended with serious consequences. Twcniy-Fonr Hours' Prayer. A special to the Boston Globe from Akron Ohio, says : "Harrison Ramon 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 bani;, but hid it about bis own premises, keeping the hiding place a secret even (rom bis own family. A short time ago be told his wife that ho had hidden about $30,000 in money and that pretty soon ho would inform her of its whereabouts, so that iu case of bia death she would know where to find it. He neglected to do this, and about a week ago he died ot apoplexy. After his dei tn au examination of his papers showed that he bad $335,000 in money all bidden about his premises. The must thorough search failed to reveal the hid ing place, and the widow began to do spair. Then hbo was impressed with 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 ono of tho hives, disclosing to her view the top of a bench with a pile of large denominations upon it. A search under the other hives reaulted in finding a total of $15,000. In the aAernoon ono of tho family dropped a bunch of keys through the barn floor, which necessitated laking up a piank to find them, and when the young man put his hand down be struck a balfgallon 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 had all been counted tbe total amount figured up over $218,000. The widow was overjoyed, and in ber statement to the correspondent said she believed that the discoveries were in di i rect answer to her prayers. Never Satisfied. Thad. Stevens had been conducting an important suit for a wealthy old Penn sylvania farmed During its progress he was the latter's"1 guest. While stroll ing over the farm, Mr. Stevens observed that the farmer's corn crop, which was just ripening, was rcrnarkablo beyond anything be had ever sean. "My friend," said Mr. Sfcejreus to tho farmer, "this is truly magnificent! There is nothing left to be desired in your corn yield this year." "W-e-l-1," responded the farmer, guardedly, ' it is putty lair ; putty fair. But," and thia with a noticeable tinge of sadness, "thar might be a few more connels-just a few more cunneLa-at the end of the cob." Vanity of Vanities. A few years ago Alexander T. Stewart died with an enlato valued at close on to $75,000,000. It was bia ambition to found a house which would be recognized fer ali time as the head of tbe commercial enter prises of tho l-'niu>.! Stales, and io thin end he toiled until physical nat o ve Wa? i exhausted. He died full of years, but bis life long dream was as unstable as an April wind. Ho had no son to tako up the burden, and his fortune pasted under the control of ouo who was bound to bim by no tit? of blood. Even bis weary hones were denied rest. The price of a huckster was set upon them. The great house nf Stewart has almost ceased to ex ist, and a whitehaired woman alone keeps thc nniue from being forgotten. Robert Lu Stuart also toiled to win a placo 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 Aventtf-. He passed ?.way without ?hlek or child, lewviug a frail woman the sole arbiter of hs* fortuno. The famous vintages which had made bis collar tho envy of the town are now at the call of any who choese? to psy the prico in the gorgeous cafe of the Hoff man, and a widow in broken health nur ses lonely tlioughte as she sits surrounded by the splendors of the Fifth aveuoe mansion. A few day? ago Mrs. A. T. Stewart was assisted down the broad steps of the mar ble palace in Thitry-fourth street sod was driven to tho brown stono palace of Mrs. Robert L. Stuart in upper Fifth Avenue. It was the first time that the two ladies had met since the husband of one had been gathered to dust, and we slial I 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 tho fanciful crcatious of a magician, and yet upon each face rested a sad, far away expres sion. Tho woman who ?at tn tho scantily furnished room two blocks from the ave nue, earning her bread with ber needle, heard tuc prattle of children, etopped now and theo to b:sa rosy lips, and she thanked God for having given her some thine <o love. H ur, ole as were ber sur roundings, tho sun sbouo brighter for her than it did for '.he childless widows of. tho merchant princes. Verily, Riches, thy name is Vanity 1-Turf, Bifid ana Farm. Hiram Homountvu's Ideas About Kn I.-i In' Children. A good many folks has somehow gotten the notion that the youngest of this here age is just about as bad as they was afore tko flood. I am only a plain farmer fell er, bul 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 conaiderin' tbs trftinin1 some of 'om git?. I was only 'tothor day 'tell in' naybor Skimmer thal he was mskin a big mistake with his boys. Skimmer's a good farmer-none better. He farms scientific. But be don't know the science nf bringiu' up a youngster. Children thrive best in the light, sandy loam of kind fiords, where lt is alias warm ant) cherry like. After a while, when they gita middlin' strong they ought to be transplanted to the heavier clay of com mon 'sense aud self-reliance. This will give 'em a will of their own-strength of purpose, you know. I like to seo a hoy with a will of his own. Some parents is al lus a feel in' bad when they see young uns actin' stubborn like. Then they go to work to break the stubbornness with a barrel hoop or hickory Bwitch. They thrash and pound until they beat out everything that's good, and there's noth in' left but a lot nf worthless chaff* that you can blow anywheres. It's , fearful foolish,- that. If the paran fe bad only got the child's will under control InateacTof knock in' all the spunk outen 'cm, 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 notbin' mora cor u good strong will that bas to be trained to grow straight. Another mistake-end naybor Skinner's makin' it-ls to want all your boys to learn a profession. Yoe might just as well try to make a ? ag?n pole outen a tooth nick, or a barn door outen a ablugle. They would be dead failures. If you have had to work hard, the boya cnn work haid too. 8ome of the boya won't make good farmers, ?nd them's the ouVs to makoi store keepers, book agent?, 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 chanco, and when they go Into the thick woods of life, they'll in nine cases outen ten come ont to tho dearin' right side Up. A Moonlight Sympathy. Algernon-My dearest Eudora, 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 lifo. Eudora-I know that, dear, and I have thought it allover 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 gui Ide d cage. Eudora-It makes nodifference, Alger non. I have already picked out a sweet little house in thosurbnrbs, which I know yon can ren'.. , 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 banda make bread and attend to all the other honsebotd duties? Eudora-Well, no ; but J have provi ded for that, too. Mother's people *re staving housekeepers, end she and my three maiden aunts will give ap boarding and come and live with us. '-r-m m ' - ' - "A baby," says the Kew York Journal, "is the. oasts ol' married life.'* This does away with the popular notion that an oasis k a quiet pince. - Tho Louisville Pott ed i tori al ly os ee rta that "to be a Kentucky horse is, ee dignified as in olden times was to bo a Roman citizen." Jr*' - A daughter of Mr. John Bennett, who resides near Walterboroj dropped dead recently. .ii.. ANNUAL REPORT _ . ia J i OF M. P. TBIBBL& OF ANDERSON COUNTY, S.Q., TO HIM Honor J. H. Hudson, presiding Judge of tho Court of General Besaloh*. Februnry Term, 1884, showing schedule of claims paid from ibo County and Behool Funds for tho Asea! year ending Occtuber 31, 18S3: . j COUNTY CLAIMS J?AID. AHSKSMMENTH. No. Name Amount 373 Tims J Webb.~$ lib 00 3i)H Tlios J Webb. 87ft CO Total..;..'..?400 CO COUNTY (X)MvtJ88IONE?8' A CSL/ERK'H ."ALARIE*. Name ? Amount R M llurriss, County Couiiu'r.t 25 35 j H Jones, County Comm'r. 31 40 Ezekiel llama, County OomruV- 37,45 J H Jones, Ccunty Comnt'r. W CO R S Hailey, County Comm'r. 105 85 John A Reeves, County Gva><u'r 00 -iO W ll Frieraon. Clerk.., 4100 R a Hailey, County Conuu'r. 14Q 05 John H Jonee, County Comm'r-, U5 05 . John A Reeves, County Comm'r ITO' 50 W H Friorson, Clerk:.16? 00 Total.~ C? JURY TICKETS. Ko. Nnrao . 'Amount 2310 W A Geer.?......7 00 2281'J C Hamlin............ ' 4 Of 2327 Thos J McClure. .12' 70 22?;? .'J J Sherard.?...? ', ? 00 2402 Jaa G Riley., 1 ft 10 838*Jeptba U'ari>er.... 2X 60 2305 Wm Jones.4 10 2300 A C Keys...-..... .4,00 2317 John KskcW..V?". 1Z 30 2102?Jesso M Smith. 1 60 2425 J C Woodland. 4 60 2424 B 8 Tucker. 4 IX) 2423 John P TroynholnV....., * 4 40 2415 W A Evans........^, ". 4 80 2340 W A Evans. 4 80 2412 Beuj F Bowie. 3 50 2350 II 8 Tucker. 4 f0 2403 G L Shrimp..?. 4 00 2404 A J Barratt. 4 60 2384 Robt Broyles......I.......:.. 4 00 23831) 8 Branyan. 5 CO 2343 B F Bowie. 3 00 2357 J C Woodland.4 GO 2380 Thoa B Karlo..... 2 50 2381 CS Beaty.. 4 60 2213 D M Humphreys. 3 85 2450 Andrew Cromer. 3 10 2440 W A Chapman...-. 13 50 241U J Boyeo Burriss.. 3 00 2341 J Boyeo Burriss. 3 00 2410 Joshua Pruitt. 3 40 2282 Joshua Pruitt... 3 40 2358 T Banks Wright. 4 50 2157 B L Johnson..'...,.- 2 00 2278 J C Gantt. 4 30 2347 J C Gantt......v. 4 30 2410 J C Gantt..'.. 4 M 2258 Ira C Williams...-:.... ,2 60 2401 J W Poore. , 4 IO 2301 J M Glcun.-. 6 10 2462 W J Freeman.- 13 80 2237 Wm Harper. ! 3 CO 2408 Charlie Starks. 14 85 2407 Geo Riley. 14 05 2400 W H Long. ll 05 2473 John lt Zachery...... 15 (0 2455 K M Holland., . 14 20 2457 R L Campbell. 14 iO 2420 J J Vaughn. 'to 00 2459 James W Keaton. 14 70 2405 John V Osmint.... 15 10 2445 R B Brock....... 14 40 2458 J A Emerson. 14 60 2447 Matttliew A Cobb. 14 30 2472 8cott Young. 14 00 2442 John Agnew. .13 t'5 2144 F M Bonds. 15 00 2410 Ellab Ambrose. 14 '20 2400 Wm Pruitt.V.. 14 05 2458 John 1. Jolly.,.-. 14 20 2441 Tbbm&a A Archer. 13 50 233^ R R Beaty.-. 3 70 2032 John W dalrymple.,-..... , 2 50 2400 J J Stuart. 14 50 2454 Jas L ?eor.;. . 14 10 2401 James A McCallistcr. 14 80 2403 Wm T Mallison. 15 ?0 2443 .ins 8 Beaty.,.. 13 40 2333 W T W Harrison......- 12 10 2401 W W Martin.... 14 00 2378 P G Acker. 6 20 2307 James A Montgomery. . 3 00 2312 L C Cllnkscales. 13 35 2407 James H Wansley. 5 20 2400 G 8 Williford......... 4 20 2405 T W Webb. 5 GO 2300 M E Pruitt.- 4 20 2331 Joshua Pruitt. 3 40 2380 John II Burns. 6 20 2344 James A Celey. . 5 40 2385 Saiu'l D Childers..'....'.. 6 30 2275 James A Celey. 5 40 2320 A C Latimer. 5 50 2354 John W Simpson. 4 50 2373 B B Brcaseale.... 3 60 2285 John W Simpson... >.. 4 50 2342 B B Ercazeale.".?..- 3 GO 2*52 Wash Bichls.?.~ 5 30 22$3 Wash Richie. ....- 5 30 23*8 G W MoDavid.,,..,........ : 8 50 2440 John M Craft. 3 75 ms O W MoDavid.- . 8 50 2379 James M Banister.?.. 4 10 2380 James V Oallabam.,....,.,. 3 70 2375 W C Andrew.:.4... 4 50 2409 R E Yon. 5 70 2394 A P Johnstone. 4 50 2392 Benj F Gantt. 4 50 2393 Jas T Gasaaway.- 5 00 23*8 John R Wyatt. 13 80 2840 A C Wan!law. 12 70 2280 T Banks Wright. 4 50 2284 D J Sherard. 4 60 2272 J B Burriss. I 50 \ 2849 D D Gentry. 8 80 !?57 John F Watkins.v 13 50 ' 2280 D D Gentry. 3 30 I 2253 E B Kies.*.- . 5 50 2355 J V Trajnholni. 4 50 2388 G W Kvons.,. 4 70 I 2329 W T McGill. 12 70 2418 J C Haii??iu. 4 90 2277 W A Evins....,. 4 80 2274 B F Bowie.t.- 3 00 2270 Ira E Dodd.?.... 5 30 2280 Jno. Pi Traynholm....,., 4 4a 2287 B L Tucker.-. 4 00 2288 J C Wardlaw........ 4 GO I 2311 W B Bailey....,...............0,. 12 40 2321 J Perry Gtenn.?. 0 30 2310 John C Boggr. 13 60 2322 L D Harriss...,...,. 5 10 2330 G B Robinson.,.,.M. 13 40 2330 James A Wooten. 13 70 2385 J N Vandivcr.,,,.,. 12 60 2325 B C Johnson.-.- 14 30 2315 WT Davis.,.,. . .13 00 2381 J C Rush. 12 70 2376 John D Dobhlns.-a.-- 42 55 2332 W H Simpson. 13 30 2330 J A Wallace. 13 60 2344 John Crows....-. 12 50 2309 Wm Brown.,v.?. 12 35 2320 O W Grnbbs. 13 40 2313 I P Cllnkscales." 12 85 2334 Julius Thomas. .12 00 2333 T CShearer.,.."".,. 13 10 2300 James R Ashley..............- ; 13 70 2311 W C Balley...... 7 50 2307 EA Bell. -.12 15 2377 R Q Anderson,,,,,......... S 40 2387 B A Davis. 4 20 2398 D A MoA Ulster.,-.M, 4 30 2448 A R Cox.,... 14 00 2350 J C Hamlin.... ? 4 00 Total.-til65 70 WITNESS TICKETS. Name Amount W Emerson.$ L55 Hannibal Jackson... 8 35 Llgl Wllsonu-^-.. I 80 Jsmes Johnson.-- S 50 8am Acker-.- 1 55 Geo Poore-.....-.-. 1 55 H Jackson- 0 85 Frank Gambrell-- 180, ; , r.y .'. 1 Thoa Gary.. 8 ?! "t J-**? : Frank Ly les............ 8 ?0 Ml I ON* Goo Ladson. 100- 1 tj eMS ?\ ! Tom Gary.. :/r "?? . *Isaae Glenn... J 00 mV/ WCS Eley Owen;,. 185' rp.. " RF Hannie. 1 40 1 y ' DE C?llale.-. IO' .1 4.