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HY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 5, 1884. VOLUME XIX.-NO. 47 IN TlUS ?Alt. COSTUMES OF WAR TIMES. j- Franklin, of Augusta, Gu., in I h orielton Weekly Kew?. L t'irne8 ! War days ! How long ago J appears, after the lnpne of years If recollection and reminiscences I fr back, it seem*, those days so ful then, and so historic now, must keir birth from eternity. Yet often ]ry brings back very vividly all the tuous emotions of tho::? exciting and even yet, often in social .neet frietids who eulTercd together in anxious years will converse liuger over the war and its manifold ex Ves- i i . ?rc arc many whoso glowiug pens porlrav strange and Bad events, *? histories replete with pain, denth, (ion, wrong and exile. Homes lost a leaf in the storm." as Ouida calls isolation of a village during the ol' the Commune, to hundreds in DUth, eau never again be seen, save luive dreaming. Noble lives given crimson heida have left that tender e upou hearts that held them dear, i must ever bring back, mos', sor ||y and thought of war, and to willera a vivid reality in descrip nust be given, as the ablest writers loso who feel most deeply. :ould write of Sherman's march, g of Atlanta with her blackened leys standing like grim sentinels be ruins beneath. I could tell of City hy thc Sea," looking over the 5?rs with ruin in her wall?, and picture ??ious dava and months with the y encamped about the islands near, j after the shells had ceused to star be alarmed air I stood upon the ry alone, and in the peaceful Bilence et evidence of war. In the moon al wandered by the mined Cathedral, [saw the Circular Church wreathed creepers, all silvored by the light, i softened but revealed tho ravages urstiiig shell. The ocean dimly lured far away with an unquiet roar, the troubled waters could sing in itone a Btory of the sorrow bone the foaming waves in those blocd lays, tho days of hatred and of strife, ne bring back some other themes in Action with Confederate life less Iwful. ill do I remember, though but a slip of a girl, the wild excitement secession, when all fierce, rebel lens wore the badge of sympathy. Icbool books were never taken unless ladge adorned the left shoulder for itreet. On all sides nothing was issed but the subject of secession, .e was a feverish excitement pervad ive atmosphere of the school-rooms, I remember a rebel concert- given hieb every pupil wore a distinctive ime of Confederate colors, Bongs of bern zeal and full of battle spirit Bung to the roll-of a drum, which [supported by a child who was draped a banner. The wildest enthusiasm railed when the two hundred girls ; in chorus of their love for the hem land, for ber brave Boldiera and iheir valor, yet to be proven. Gen. I. H. Cobb was present on this occa !, and was at the time full of field. TUB 8EUIOU8 SIDE OF WAB. ears after I saw ono memorial day a session of young girls placing upon soldiers' graven laurel crownB and ?lem? of a warrior's deathless fame. _ interest became more intense when jjjgn in my widowed mother's face ? look :h rested there for years. Her boys irly rushed to the battle call, and re came a day when in every home leave-taking was universal. Often I recall the going of our soldiers far i home and tender love to battle and leath, and imagination cannot create lore gallant picture of the soldiers our Southern youths afforded. It marvellous how bravely they bore lifo of danger and exposure. Among letters I read with unabated interest the details of fight, akirmisbes and [ties, in which those dear td me bore ive part, and amazement fills mo to ?rvo there was never one murmur over .ation and wounds. 'he battles of Sevon Fines and around ihmond brought anguish to many oes, and in my own home anxiety be id wordy filled ?B, when, after a long si Ice, a message waa brought, summoning 1! from home to those who lay Rt death's tr, from terrible wounds. Never can forget the history of that journey ich a loved one took. The fight wes ;ing near Richmond, and hourly hun ;<Js of the wounded wore brought ?hin the limits. AU day long, outside (building, which waa filled with dead ti dying upon the floors, could be seen b collins in construction, and the rude Anmering filled the air. The food at is time of panic consisted solely of tiennilL- and blackberries, in this es tai building, and the sufferers were lost perishing for water. Fortunately, ibtance waa soon rendered. Experi ?pea full of Buffering were endured by Ambers of my family, in following the Ray? to join tue wounded, and to render [wing attention. But these aro stories horror, and I will Instead give some mp8cs of home life in those demoral d times. By this time the Confederacy was filled th battle songs, breathing the very nt of music, and overflowing with itiment and pathos. "We'll conquer we'll die," "When this cruel wsr is sr," and "My Maryland/' were the Bihar household songs, and Father sn's poems, and those of many others feely less gifted in this line, were -tted with a depth of feeling unknown, re in dava of warfare. Soon "The ??leant Chair" and songs in the minor W prevailed, for sorrow enveloped the T>d as a veil. Literary cultivation was most classical, for few novelists existed en m our borders, and ancient works ire re read and borrowed freely. The ?tore of Confederate newspapers was ?'ffifiE marvellous, and the columns jre filled only with war and rumors of \ received Once a collection of papers .d illustrated monthlies from Virginia, nt me by an officer whose command 'd surprised the enemy's encampment >d ranted them to take possession of all '.y precipitately left. The valuables ere prized very highly? and what made em especially venable waa suggestions "gard to fashion. How infinitely ab ?at any interest should have at coed to style among Southern women. 7 ? ?as certainly true, more partlcu riy as our prevailing modes were a di ?ootrast. -Individuals in society we wwi known by their garments, many axing no ??Vt whatever in regard to ?ange or alterations. Exchanges were, waver, sometimes made to insure vari 7 and freshness. QBOTE8QDB BONNFTS ANO GOWNS. J?S0* the strange articles utilized ^fo Guinea feathers lo the formation of E.- J' .*. mw one.once, completely ?ered with them, which gave the be Kl??temI>on^?^KO"-??Ol the Innu merable spots. *Tho front of thlaraarvel ?.?u m wno twenty camellias made I saw during the war were the soldier of Gen. Williams, of Kentucky. Their ino borees gave an air of invincibility to tho command, and the men were so stal wart and splendidly developed. I recall a young officer who was mounted on a superb steed, glossy and black as night. Ihe dashing cavalryman, in his suit of gray, with boots and spurs and floating plumes was a young Mars from his gold en head to his horse's hoofs. They looked-these Kentuckians-like ideal soldiers, and were brave and gallant enough. If our soldiers were brave BO roro our women in a high degree ? but to others I yield the graceful task of eulogizing Southern womanhood. I know a girl who rodo through the storm, of a winter's night, many miles, to give information to our soldiers when bherman was on his way to Atlanta. Ibo country far and wide was filled with soldiers, and skirmishing was of constant occurrence. By her efforts many lives were saved, and as she returned home wards the shot and shell wero falling thick and fast around her. Later a desperate encounter took placo in her father's yard between tho conteuding armies, and her courage was wonderful in assisting the wounded and in baffling inquiries from the Yankee officers, who made headquarters in ber home. She still managed to give important informa tion, and defied detection. This girl is of an ancient family, and soldier blood is in her veins. Her grandfather was a general in the United States service many years before her mother was grown. UNBIDDEN GUESTS AT A FEAST. A singular evening entertainment was attended by me late in the war. A vouDg soldier having returned home on leave of absence, his parents gave him a welcome, with all his friends, to enjoy an evening's dance. Sunerb arrangements for that time iuterested the family, and the attendance was unusually large. Just in the rear of tho house where the enter tainment was given a Texas brigade was encamped, and during the day many of the command in passing back and forth discerned some excitement was prevail- 1 ing on the premises. 6everal soldiers announced openly their intention of ' being present, and us the guests com menced to arrive, including the officers of the brigade, the astonishment of those 1 present cannot be portrayed, when I say ' the command also arrived. The beauti ful grounds were filled by the soldiers, and the entire house overflowed with them. Their officers could not influence them, or would not, aud nothing remain ed for Ibo guestB but to quietly await their going. Many of them were under the influence of drink, and the officers assured the host tho best course to pursue was simply not to notice them. They were perfectly respectful to the ladies, and did not intrude into the parlors at all, but remained waiting forsupper they said. The supper room was opened, the supper vanished, and gradually so did the soldiers. Among the guests wero a number of quartermasters, &c. All these officials walked home miro headed, their bats being exchanged. Many humorous things occurred that will at present, however, be too lengthy to detail. The Ripper was not even seen by the gentle men who were guests, but I fancy after all it was well bestowed. Later this command was removed several miles out from the city, and I bad the pleasure of attending service held at the encampment. There was something very impressive in the hymns and prayers rising heavenward from beneath tbe arching forest trees. From the earnest listening feces one would never nave imagined they had even dreamed of festivities. I rode some distance during the war on one occasion to witness a camp-meeting far in the country, a novel spectacle to me, and it was in a section where all the men, all the horses, all the mules had gone "to the war," as the country people expressed it. I mention this to give some idea of how the people managed some matters when left to their own devices. In front of me waa slowly mov ing one of those old-fashioned high-up carriage.", with the interior steps all folded up ; the kind driven by our pa rents and ancestry generally. A near approach revealed that two little oxen were harnessed to supply the lack of hornea, and they leisurely strolled along in Bpite of the repeated adjurations of the superannuated daddy who drove them ; occasionally he would lie down against the dashboard, to better enable' hita to reach them with his whip. This equip ?ge wa? the property cf a worthy family that had gone heart, and I may say purse, into the cause, and they es teemed it all lightly. These small mat tire Are scarcely worth mention, save for this reason : They serve somewhat to give an idea of what were the inconven iences endured by Southern women, who freely gave their all to the Cause, and to provo how ingenious necessity will ren der us in providing substitutes for what was once esteemed ab?-'utely indispensa ble. PREPARING FOR THE RAIDERS. Not very long after this an alarm waa given our town by the report of a near approach of the enemy's forces. Now indeed "there was a hurrying to and fro," and in every household panic prevailed. The first night of the alarm a tempest raged, and in the midst of pouring rain my r.isior and myself carried a large box of silver to the remotest corner of our large garden to secrete it safely in the earth's deep breast. Well do I recall how difficult I found the hard frozen ground to impress, and it was only by the blinding flashes of lightning we could see what we were accomplishing. We alternated in supporting our umbrella, which was dyed in some Confederate discovery, and in the toil before ns until both were exhausted. Upon returning to the house we discovered the rain bad BO completely saturated the umbrella the dye was pouring in inky floods from every point and had converted both of us into minstrels to outward seeming. This dye was a superior article I ascer tained in my vain efforts to remove the traces effectually. The morning after this episode we concluded for some rea son to remove the silver, and the storm had so completely obliterated every trace of our work a week was required to re gain its possession, as neither of us could exactly locate the snot We were quite persuaded for some time that the treach erous lightning had betrayed our occu pation, v , ... A near neigbor came to see us in this time of peril, and in consequence of hej having strayed herself in dresses oven dresses, Jn order to save at least clothing io the event of a stampede, she found it impossible to ascend oar flight of step? from the weight of her garment. Being conducted to a back entrance near the Sound she entered, but then discovered e could not sit down. I accompanied her borne, a_d then discovered a small child of her family struggling Ur thi effort to pull on a second pair of shoes preparing for flight. I met a lady at thii time who was wearing a bustle of spooni and forks, and whose moveuenU we? considerably impeded thereby. Whee onr actual rcfugeeing took place we wo? too much alarmed to enjoy the innumer able ridiculous things which now coom of goose feathers dyed. Bonnets of pal metto were much in vogue, as were those of ornamental gourds. Tho extremo weight rendered these dressy articles more beautiful than comfortable. Yet, for summer wear the palmettoes were cool in appearance. A friend of mind possessed a tarltou bonnet made of six yards of the cloth, with forty dollars worth of goose feather flowers adorning the inside. Once, by some odd chance, a young lady of my acquaintance was so fortunate as to have sent ber a bat and a pair of balmoral boots, willi a skirt to correspond. These treasures were sent by a blockade runner, and a reception was held to display them and to allow others the privilege of trying them on. I afterwards often saw the balmoral skirt, worn very guilelessly, with simply an antique velvcf jacket. The moat ingenious dress I remember iuring the war was a black silk, mode from the covers of worn parasols, tho umbrella form being preserved. It was regarded as being very stylish, and was lined with a mosquito netting, which had been presented the young lady by au jflieer who had been stationed on James Island. The buttons on tho dress had jeen in battle, and were much valued by he owner. At this timo, North and ibroad, dresses were worn very high in he throat and the skirts quite gored and .ight in front. The women of tho Con "ederney wore their dresses the same englh all around, a little longer if any hing just in front, necessitating a slight ?olding up by the aid of one band al vays. Tho neck was very much exposed, >eing worn half high often. Once I Baw i very thin woman rttired ?u thin style, vearing around her throat a chain and ecket. Thc latter bad slipped around ind was half bidden down in tho hollow if her collar-bone, just beneath her left nr. In her unconsciousness she was lelighted with her toilet, and indeed so '.'an I. The first lady who visited our own wearing a high dress at the throat, rilli a ruche abovo, was regarded with ouch suspicion, it being commonly bo ieved tho throat was badly scarred, from icr effort to completely hide even a limpse of its slender column. So we lerceive both styles of dress claimed isadvantngea. An aunt of mine war, in Europo du ing the war, and immediately upon ita lose hastened to Georgia longing to look nee moro into faces of relatives and rieiuls. The first Sabbath at church sho rept unceasingly, and ?miled at times, faming homo she said no one could 08sibly imagine how queerly everything inked to ber in point of costume, ear inn seeming a comic picture and ap earing almost as it there had been a i valry in each to excel the other in these fleets. This impression existed only in ega rd to tho women. She wept in resi ding how painful must have been the ears and anxious months to those so ear to her, when the effect was evinced ven in any thing BO paltry ns mere ress. MYSTERIES OF TUE CUISINE. In those days of self-denial there were ronderful things in the cuisine dn .rt lents-much that was myaf* - ! Raspberry leaves were ' 'ersimmons and black * i ivorite ingredients for fruit d with hickory-nuts and ... ;. Iroundnuta and parched okra . jane offee, and sometimes sweet potatoes, nnumerablo delicacies were originated, .ersi ramona dried in brown sugar replaced ates and figs. A young friend of mine a form ed nie that in her home dessert ras much enjoyed in thin manner : After dining Bhe would ta!":e down from la place their cookery book and read iouQ Borne choice selections," It wa? ustomary at entertainments for the ?dies to enjoy the repast first ; very ofteu tie gentlemen left the room until theil njoyment was over. Once an entertain ment I attended was elegant in all rrangements for the feast, and it wat rhispered around that chicken salad ir rofusion would be given. The lad ie; rere first served, and the hostess enid .ben the less favored onea entered tb? oom for refreshments, a tall, ungainlj Didier-boy commenced looking anxious]} ver the board, and finally, in a disgustec umner, said : "I believe, in my heart tie blamed women have eaten all thi alad I" He was only appeased bj !on federate fruit cake-strong of molas es and pepper. Our town was filled with refugees fron ll points, and their society was high); ppreciated in our midst. As a rule the; rere cultivated and charming addition 0 any society, and represented tb1? bea inane o?" home Wie from theil ?rcspscliv ities. As our college buildings wer iBeless, and furnished many homes unde ne roof, they were occupied by familie rho had fled to our wallu for safety "bo old buildings reverberated to so! 1 era' tread, and to the flying feet c iouthern girls, in light dancing, often o ummer nights. The refugees seemed t ccept their exile cheerfully, and when ver any soldier came home bis sojour ras enlivened by merry-making an heery society. You might see at som licnic, given in honor of severl returne old i cm, many yoong girls, clad in nomi Eun, with faces as coquetish and arch i ose that are now shaded by rich velve nd soft plumes. Among our refngees was a brigl oung woman from New Orleans, wt ras so enraged by all her belonginj icing inspected as she was leaving tl ity to join ber friends outside of Oe Sutler's rule, she exclaimed to an office! 'You haven't inspected that trunk, ai t contains both powder and caps." Tb innouncement canned much excitemen ind the officer was mnch chagrined liscover at the bottom of the trunk i [uestioo a box containing an old lad] iupply of caps and innocent face po ler. I bad a relative in Mississippi who ixperiences were annoying and, in SOD esperta, quite amusing. For two mont i command of Yankees were stationl in ber plantation, and every day b louse waa filled with soldiers. Sho i brmed me her scant and unfashional wardrobe was subjected to cutt! emarks. The soldiers unhesitating ipened her bureau and wardrobe for fr nspection. THE FASHIONABLE PASTIME. Every Southern woman became inh ?ted in sewing societies, and knitti ?as the fashionable fancy work. I in\ riably knitted the first sock of a nail lire smaller than the second, ana ? .hus compelled to always give in t nix to other's one in order to sect natches. The military r.dor of iccentrio woman known to me indue ier to send to ft certain regiment in V riola it kind of helmlt for each soldi uade of tba., gayest? kinds- of figui ?loth. She was ft year manu fae tu ri these fantastic disguises, and was infor td siter sending them that they, wi juoless, and perfectly unnecessary, was an amusing scene to watch I carious objects contributed to relievo t supposed necessities of the soldiers fr* .Imo to time, and again it was vi beautiful to note the spirit of self sac See evident in each and in all. Nothi ?vat too valued or too rare for the OM HUT loved Eold?cm. Perhaps the most Buperb body of men to mo through the mists of years. A FTES TUE BU BREN DER. At last there dawned that day co mem orable to us all, the surrender. We could not at first accept it as truth ; but I remember, ono bright and beautiful day, an officer of tho Confederacy on his way to the Trans-Mississippi came to my homo, tolling us much of vital interest and asserting ho would surrender. I recall, as we wero talking with that keen interest which always IOIIOWB any ques tion of great moment, that a servant asked if tho Colonel would for ono mo ment go to our gate, some one desired to see him? His body servant was in waiting with two superb horses, and his intention was to leavo our city in the afternoon, avoiding the Yankees as best he could through the country. All his plans were altered in ono moment's time ; he discov ered in ono glance the Yankees were upon us and ho was taken in charge, with his watch and horses, belonging nov: to sumo one else. The faithful negro refused to leavo his master, and next dav after he bad been to headquarters with the Colonel decided to follow his fortunes. This officer left tho United States aud became very conspicuous in tho house hold of the ill-fated Emperor Maximili an. After his downfall ho once again became a wauderer, aud when I lost knew of his fate wa* in service promi nently under the Khedive of Egypt. In the square next my home, upon the morning of Yankee domination, an elderly gentlemau wasiust issuing from a gato having enjoyed a morning call upon relatives, lut lo dreaming of tho consternation all over the entire city. He was politely accosted hy a mounted horseman, who desired to ascertain the hour of day. Most courteously ho re sponded, and in an instant the watch had changed owners. It was a fine specimen of slcigbt-of-band. At night the neighborhood discussed many little incidents that bad rendered thc day memorable. I can see the home picture still under tho light of Confeder ate taper;-, which, hy the way, looked antique. They consisted of yards upon yards of cotton thread, twisted into strong cords and wound in pyramidal form, tho Bummit being ignited, wax, oil, &c, being freely used in the composition. In the fading light our circle sat, bearing within our hearts the knowledge that our hopes and fears were ended in con nectiou with our Confederate dream. Furled indeed was our banner, and wea rily it rested in silent bands. Short Talk Willi the Boys. BY M. QUAD. Como, now, my lad, but you want to run away. No boy ever yet reached the age of 15 without having several times firmly resolved to leave home. When a boy bas made up his mind to do a thing of this sort he ought to carry it out by all moana. The first step in the pro gramme is to begin saving up bread and meat. When you have a bimbel or so of provisions hidden in the barn or under the wood-ehed you aro ready for the bat tle with the cold world. Make your start at night. This will prevent the sun from tanning your complexion, and you will be quite certain of the company of a tramp or two. Somo boyu leave a note pinned to the pillow of their bed. This note goes on to say that the boy has been jawed, bull dozed, starved, pounded and knocked down and dragged out, until he bas made up his mind to sever the connection. Ile will never ba heard cf more. When you have packed up your little ? buudle Bud are off it will be weil to sot- r. tie upon some p'an for the future. Per- c haps you want to be a sailor? . Nothing r is easier. Make your way to some lake ' or seaport, and most any captain will c take you. If he can't disgust you with \ the sailoring business in about a week, i tar buckets, bea-sickness, poor provisions c and a rope's end will be called upon to ti assist bim. r Perhaps you want to become a mighty C hunter ? Mighty bunters are not made a in a few days or weeks. You want to t begin by letting your hair and finger nailB grow, sleeping in a swamp, and c wasting $2 worth of amunition to kill a t ten-cent chipmunk. t If you have decided to become a bank fl clerk, well and good. Make tracks for t the nearest city, aud the first bank you 1 enter will jump at the chance of employ- 1 ing you at a salary of $200 per month. \ If it should BO happen that the bank 1 e didn't do any jumping as you rrade ap? j e plication, you eau console yourself with the reflection that it is about to bust. But, speaking in all seriousness, my boy, if I bad a dozen sons I should be 11 glad to have each and every one of them take bis turn at running away from borne. 11 It is the best cure in the world for that. disease called "swell-head." There's a j i heap of romance in the idea of running 11 away. You think of the sparkling sea, the green prairies, coral strands, robbers' I | caves and pirates' treasures. You feel that you know so much more than your t father that it is a waste of brains for < both of you to remain in tho same house. ' You have been forced to go to school, and < have been ordered to split wood and go to the grocery after butter like a common slave. Don't stand it any longer I Pick np your duds and leave the house and go forth into the world. What I Come to a full stop in the road before yon are a mile away ! You've got a peck or more of sour meat and moldy bread in a pillow-case, seventeen cents in your pocket, and just think how your father and mother have missed you at home I The romance begins to \ ear off, eh ? You don't care half as m.'ch about mermaids and palm-groves at-d pirate ships as you did an hour ago. You bate to leave mother after all, and perhaps father isn't so much to blame for bossing you around. Come to think it all over perhaps you'd better return home and try and stand it for a few more weeks. Ah I my soo, but we've all been there 1 All these wrinkled and dignified and bold-headed old men you meet bo the streets have had about the same experi ence. We've had the same period of "swell-head." and eight out of ten of us have packed our bundles and slid out to escape parental tyranny. Eight out of ten of us have slipped back again, too, and the experience was the right sort of medicine for the disease. Any time you cometo feel that you area poor, over worked and downtrodden boy, and that if you only had a fair ahow you'd know more in a minute than your father does io an hour, just skip. There's nothing like it. - The Rev. J. L. Yass, pastor of tho Baptist Church at Spartanburg, bas accepted a call to Amenons, Ga. - The Bev; E. C. Hall, of Boston, gave a birthday party for his favorite dog last week, which was attended by a num ber of representative people. The dog sat at the head of the table with a nap kin around his neck, lapped soup licked butter, toasted and crunched "candy with mark cd dignity. It irmly mode one break, aud that ?waa to kiek ? flea off of its jaw With lt* left hind foot ?ILL ARI'. Ile Huuitnatea <;ver Love, Courtship ?ml Marriage. A tl'tula Constitution. Married and gone. It is tho ?amo old story. Lovo aud courtship. Then cornea the enpagemeut ring and a blessed inter val of Youd hopes ana happy dreams and thon the day ia fixed-the auspicious day that is never to be forgotteu-a day that bringa happiness or misery aud begins a new life. Then comes the license, the pormit of tho law which says you may marry, you may enter into bonds. Tho State approves it and the law allows it and it will only cost you a dollar and a quarter. Cheap, aint it, and yet it may bo very dear. Then comes tho minister, and the happy pair staud up before him sud mako some solemn vows and listen to n prayer and benediction, aud they are one. In a moment the trusting maid has lost her name and ber freo will and is lied faut to a man. Well, he is tied fast, too, so it is all right all round I reckon, but somehow I. always feel moro conceru about tho woman than the man. Sho is a helpless sort of a creature and takes the most risk, for she risks her all. Wo gave him a cordial ?.elcome into Ibo family, and we kiesed her lovingly und hado them good-bye, and the chil dren threw a shower of rice over them uni an old shoe after them, aud they svere soon on their way to the land of [lowers. Sim was not our child but was ilmost, for Mrs A rp was the only mother die ever knew and we lovo her. I sat in my piazza ruminating over tho I00B8 and I wondered that there were as many happy marriages as there seem to L-3. Panner-i foi lifo ought to bo conge nial and harmonious in so many thing*. When mon maka n partnership in busi aess they enn't get along well if they aro unlike in disposition or in moral princi ple, or iu business ways and busine&s tiabits. But they can't dissolve aud sepa rato at pleasuro and try another man. A man and bib wife ought to be alike n most everything. It is said, that folks liko their opposite, their counterparts, and io they do in some respecta. A man .vith bluo eyes goes mighty nigh listracted ovor a woman with hazel oyes. [ did, and I'm distracted yet whenever I look into them. But in mental qualities ind emotional qualities and tastes and Habits and principles and convictions ind tho iiko they ought to class together. Indeed it is better for them to have tho mme politics and the nnme religion. And io I have observed that tho happiest inions as a general thing aro those where ho high contracting parties have known :ach other for a long time and have as limilated from their youth in thought md feeling. When a man goes off to lome watering place and waltzes a few imes with a charming girl and falls des perately in lovo and marries her off hand, t is a long shoot and a narrow chance br happiness. Why, we may live in the ame town with people nnd not know as mich about them as we ought to. I lever made any mistake about my choice if a partner for the dance of life, but I've bought of it a thousand times that if ilia. Arp had know I loved codfish and ?ot up by daybreak: every morning she lever would nave had me. It was nip md tuck to get her anyhow and that vouhl have been the feather to break the amel'u back. Well, I'm mortal glad he didn't know it, though I am free to ay that if I had known she slept until he secoud ringing of the first bell for ireakfast and was fond of raw oysters, it vould have had a dampening effect on ny ardor for a few minutes, only a few. ?ul I have seen sumo mighty clever peo de eat oyHtera raw and sleep late in the norning. But still a maa and his wife an harmonize and compromiso a good nany of these things, and it is a beaut! ul illustration of thia to see Mrs. Arp looking codfish for me and fixing it all ip so nico with eggs and cream, and it s a touching evidence of my undying levotion to lier to seo me wandering ibout tbe house lonely and forlorn every norning for an hour or two, and forbid ling even the cat to walk heavy while he sleeps. That codfish business comes o me honestly from my father's side, and ny mother put up with it Uko a good, lonsiderate wife, and we children grew ip with an idea that it waa good. I've leard of a young couple who got married ind went off* to Augusta on a tour, and he feller stuck his fork into a codfish iall and took a bite. He choked it down ike a hero, and when bis beloved asked vhat was the matter, replied : "Don't ay anything about it, Mandy, but as iure sa you pre born there U somcUtiog ?ead lu Cbc bread." ' Well, we caa make compromises about ill auch things as habits and tastes, but here are some thinga that won't compro nise worth a cent. If a girl has been nought up to having a good deal of free born and thinks it no harm to go waltz ng arouud with every (tay Lothario who oves to danco, and after she geh) a feller >f her own, wants to keep at lt and have polluted arms around her waist, she had ust as well sing farewell to conjugal love ind domestic peace, for it is against the irdcr of nature for a loving husband to itand it, and he ought not. There is mother thing that ought to be considered, ind that is age. A few years makes no lifferenco. but an old man had better be :areful about marrying a young wife. Se won't be happy but about two weeks, ind then bis misery will begin and it viii never end. It may be better /or a .vornan to be an old man's darling than a i'oung man's slave, but she had better JO neither. When a young girl msrries tn old man for his money she has gone back on herself, for money don't bring sappiness. Money helps, but money .viih a dead weight is a curse-an aggra vation. I was talking one day to an old man, a Frenchman, who had made a Hermit of himself and was living all alone in the woods, and be said : "Mine friend, [ bsv make one grand meestake. Mine Srst wife whom I marry ven I vas young vt3 an angel from heaven, Qod bless her, but mine last wife vas a devil from-" ind he pointed downwards. "I vas old md she vas young. I had money and she bad none. I marry her in haste and repent at my leisure. I try to live wid her for tree years but we were not com patible. It was against de order of nature and I find myself a fool and a prisoner, and so I geeve her half my monies and run away from ber and hide ia this vilderness and here viii I live and here viii I die. and ven I go oop to St. Peter and tell beem how dat vomau devil me on earth .de good maa viii open do garden gate and say come in my brother for you have had trouble enough." Country marrisges are generally hap pier than those made ia cities among the families of the rich. Children raised to work and to wait on themselves make better husbands and better wives than those raised in luxury. It is mighty hard for a mao to please bis wife and keep her io good humor if she bsa been petted by hex pare?te and never know a want aaa had oo useful work to do. She soon takes the ennui or the conniptions or the "don't know wbst I want," ?ad must go back to ma. A yoong lady who oever did any thing after she quit school bat dress for company and make visits and go to the th cat re or the dance will nev or maleo a good wifo. This wife business is a very serious business. It i? right hard work to play wife. Tbc mother of six, eight or ten children has seen eights. She knows what caro and work is, and ono of theso do-nothing-women can't stand it. If she is not a used up institu tion with one child, two will ttnish her and if it wssrt't for condensed milk the children would perish to death in a mouth after they we:o born, and sorter liko tho cows in Florida. I heard a Florida mau say the other day that a Florida cow didn't givo enough milk to color tho cofTeo for breakfast and they had to raise tho calves on the bottle Getting married ought to he a consider ate business. Folks oughten to get mar ried in a hurry, neither ought they wait four or five years ; six months is long enough for an engagement, I don't mean children. I mean grown folks who have settled down in lifo and know what they aro about. There is no goodlier sight in all nature than to see a good looking, healthy young man who is making an houest living stand up at tho altar with a pure, sweet, ^ood tempered, affectionate, industrious girl and the parents on both sides approving tho match. Then the big pot ought to bo put in the littlo pot and everybody rejoice. BIM. Am*. OLD "HOUGH AM) BEADY." A Metlcan War Campaigner'* rersonnl Recollection of Gen. Zach. Taylor. When our command joined the army Gen. Taylor was the horo of tho day. The recent battles which he had fought and gained had made him famous throughout the laud. We woro prepared to iee a warrior with "gold laco and plume," of noble carriage and fierce countenance. Our astonishment can be imagined when wo beheld a plain old farmer with not the first military insig nia about him, wearing a wide-brim Mexican sombrero and ordinary citizen's clothes. There was not a subordinate around his headquarters that was not better dressed, verily his name, "Rough 1 and Ready," was appropriate. He was ! rather short in statue for his size and ' apparent, weight, with a face that indica- 1 tea Btern decision and untiring energy. His features were not handsome, but by 1 no means repulsive. A pleasant expres sion seemed to dwell there when ho was 1 off duty. His face gave no evidences of 1 cultivation. Shaggy eyebrows, rather a : Firominent noso and round face ; if any 1 andmarkB of intelligence were ever there 1 the rough camplife tho old soldier had ' led for so many years had obliterated 1 thom. Gen. Taylor was a clumsy rider, 1 mounting and di -nourning his horse like < an old farmer only accustomed to horse- 1 back exercise when ho bad occasion to 1 ride to town once in a wbilo. < Your correspondent is not advised as ( to what were the religious preferences of 1 Geu. Taylor. He nod fallen into the 1 habit so common in tho army, and point- i edly emphasized bis remarks OB occasion < required. He had nono of that bombast ' about him that even nonie of his lowest ?' subordinates manifested. In social con versation with his officers bo Boomed to < forgot bis rank, and oftentimes bad a 1 kind word for tho poor private. On one - occasion we had to cross one of those ? swift-running mountain BtreauiB, the ' water of which was over waist deep, and 1 a sick and weakly-looking soldier was < standing on tho bank. I suppose medita- f ting whether he should take the venture ' or not. Gen. Taylor rode by and saw I the situation, assisted the poor Buldier up < behind him and carried bim over the ' water. I saw that, and heard that < soldier long after the war brag that he < had "rodo bohind the President." I Gen. Taylor was always in the thick- 1 est of tho battle, and Beetned to bo BB < destitute of feor as a rock. He rode a I milk-white horse-Old Whitey-which < Beemed as clumsy as its master, and from I long association Beemed to havo adopted t some of bis peculiarities. Gen. Taylor < rode Old Whitey throughout the battles >" of Monterey and Buena Vista. Ho was t dressed very plainly * wore a common s soft hat and an old faded casBimero coat, t which his old Boldiers informed u? he \ bad worn for many years. This coat re- i ceived its first wound at Buena Vista, I where two musket balls, one about threo | inches below the other, passed through i both lapels. The writer, though with ? Gen. Taylor's command l'or nearly a i year, never saw him dressed In full uni- < form, except on the occasion of the de- I ??arturo of the remains of our regiment I .or home. We had struck our tent.", < packed our knapsack?, and the l&at act f of our departure, from Walnut Springs t was taking leave of car old chief. We j were formed in line, and he came out in i our front dressed in regulation uniform, I cap-a-pie. Ho was visibly embarrassed, t and not a heart in our command but 1 what waa touched. With some awkward I schoolboy gestures b managed to say "that bo hoped that in private life wo < would make as brilliant records as we. t had in the servico of our country," (or 1 something very nearly to that effect,) and ? bade us farewell.-Letter in the Fort Worth, Tex., Gazette. It Was Sent to Uer House. A certain pretentious shopper, after teasing the clerks of a dry goods store beyond the forbearance limit, pompously ordered a spool of thread to oe sent to ber bonne. It was agreed that she should be made an example of, and a warning to her kind. She waa surprised and her neighbors were intensely interested, shortly after she bad arrived at home. A common dray drawn by four horses, pro ceeded slowly up to her door. On the dray, with bare arms, were a number of stalwart laborers. They were hoi mg on vigorously to some object which she could not see. It was a most puKzleing affair. The neighbors stared. After a deal of whip cracking and other impres sive ceremonies, tbe oart was backed up against the curb. There, reposing calmly, end up. in the center of the cart floor, was the identical spool of thread I which she had "ordered." It seemed to be coming all right. With the aid of a plank it waa finally rolled barrel fashion, safely to the sidewalk. After a mortal struggle it waa "up-ended" on tba pur chasers doorstep. The fact that the pur chaser came out a minuto later and kicked her own property into the gutter detracted nothing from it.-Albany Argue. - Baby said to his mother, who bad false teeth: "Mamma, you are very lucky." "Why, my dear!" "Because, if all your teeth ache yon can pull them ri.it at once." - "Do you know the Jacksons t" asked a lady of a young man who lived in their neighborhood. "Ho, I'm not Gmon al ly acquainted with all ?he mern ra of the family," he replied, "but I always speak to tho dog at the front gate AS I go past." - Io the town of York. Maine, ia to be seen a birch.tree, about 40 feet high two roots of which have lifted a block of granite computed to weigh 20 tom, about 12 inches. The tree Is still grow* log. and the reek continues to be raised and pushed sideways at the rate of nearly an inch a year. TUF SECRET SERVICE CORPS? Operation* of Ofnolalt who Hunt Counter feiter?. A Washington correspondent of the Boston Traveller visited tho headquarters of the Secret Kc rv ico officials in the TIuitcd States treasury building. Mr. i.night, ono of the officials, said : "The operations of the corps of secret service detectives extend all over the country. Thero is not a city or hamlet in the United States which is not liable to re ceive a visit from ono or moro of tho forty men who aro constantly on the watch to suppress tho counterfeiting of tho coin ana paper money. Tho move ments of our officers are, of course, from the very nature and danger of the work in which they aro engaged, kept in tho strictest secrecy. They" wear no badgo, nor do they oven carry a document show ing that thoy are in any way connected with tho service. Oftentimes months and months aro taken in tho detection of a singlo case, and when a man has been convicted of counterfeiting, or of passing countcrfoit money, ho never is out from under tho roach cf our eyes. To show how successful wo havo been in suppress ing counterfeits, I cnn tell you that we havo not seen a new issue of bad money for over two ?ears and a half. In that nafo which you see thoro thero are $1,000 000 in counterfeit money and about $22,000 in bad coin. This sample book, in which you seo paatod bank and nation al notes, with tho word "bad" punched out iu each contains $25,000, and wo havo here tho hist?rica and photographs of 2,500 criminals, peibtpa ton nor cent, of whom aro womon. William E. Brookway is 'ho most notable person in tho collection. Ho is called the "king of counterfeiters," and occupies tho first Elaco in this album. Next to him aro is two pals, Doyle, who passed the money, and Charles F. Smith, the most expert engraver of "crooked" work in the country. In all their operations Brookway furnished the money, laid out the plans, aud was tho brains of the gang. Doyle passed the "stuff," and ?junth was tho engraver. Doylo is now serving a twelvo years' sentence in the Illinois State prison. Brockway was captured some woeks ago on the charge of counterfeiting some railroad bonds, samples of which wo have hero in this D?fico, and Smith is living with his faml ly in Brooklyn, N. Y. Smith engraved the famous plate from which the $1,000 ?evon-thirtv bond of tho issue of 1865 ?vas printed, mid $83,000 worth of it were actually redeemed at tho treasury donart ment before it was discovered to bo a counterfeit. Tho Itupressiou was so good that the exports were unable to deter mine whether the bonds were genuine or counterfeit, and tho matter .rr.i only lecided when tho government issue hear ne the duplicato numbera came back for redemption. Smith also engraved what s known as tho Hamilton $50 greenback, ind tho $100 note on different banko, which are tho finest known of these leries. Several years ago a very shrewd dodge was played by one of Smith's confeder iles on R. H. Wbite dc Co., of Huston. .V woman entered their stoic and looked it some very expensive shawls. Finally ?ho mado up her mind to toko one, and rendered a Ol,000 bill in payment. The slerk took the money to the cashier, who tent it to the bank to find out whether it .vas genuine or not. The auswer came fiat the bill was good beyond the shadow if a doubt. Then the clerk said that he shawl would bb sent to tba woman's iddreas, but she proceeded to got very ingry, and said that if they could not ako her money without question that ?he would go elsewhere, and she flounced mt of the store in greet rage. About an lour afterward she returned, and told the :lork that she bad visited several other argo firms, but that she had been unable 0 find a shawl which suited her as well LS the one she left in their establishment. 3he said she would take it with her, and endered a $1,000 bill in payment. The ?bawl was valued at $200, and the woman ook it away with her, together with 1 SOO iu chango. The bill first tendered was genuin?, the Becond was a counter eit. and tho firm was just $1,000 out of locket. Smith engraved the plate from which this counterfeit note was printed; ind it was so nearly perfect that only a ninute examination would have caused letection. Smith also engraved the plate from which tho $1.000 six per cent, jonds wero printed, but we captured the intiro issue on Do-rie ia Chicago, amounting in ail to $204,000. A curious bing about his arrest hy our detectives was the fact that thoy took him, ouspect ng that he had the old counterfeit $100 jills in his possession, when, imagine .heir surprise, they found a new bond, it will be several years before we shall lave to look nfter Mr. Doyle again. Next to Smjth, the best ongravor of counterfeit rooney is Charles Ulrich, who !er"?'i a term of nine years in one of our ?? .them prisons. He ia now in Germa ny. George White is another export of tote. He stands accredited with the lest counterfeit $5 bank note ever issued md but few people are able to detect hem. The counterfeit is OD the Mer chants' national bank of New Bedford, Mass. Here is a picture of George Albert Mason, a noted counterfeiter, who came from England to this cou ut ry and engaged in this business. He was ar? rested, tried, convicted and served nine /caro in prison, but he is now at liberty ind has sued the government for $50,000 for false imprisonment. His papers are in the hands of British Minister West, bot I wouldn't care to gamble that he .rill recover anything. Now I wish to sall your attention to two curious facta. Counterfeiting runs in families, and without exception the men engaged in it ire all poor. For instance, take the Hilliard family. Thomas, Benjamin, 3eorge and John, four brothers, all in jur clutches, together with an uuut. There is JUD brother out of jail, bat we ?e satisfied that be is aa noscjt man. Thomas Ballard is a wonderful follow. He is the only person, so far as we know, who bas succeeded io imitating the fiber Caper upon which the genuine notes and onds are printed. At present ho ia terving a thirty years' sentence as a re* ward for bis discovery. He is a chemist of no ordinary attainments, and he in* vented a p/ocess by which be was able to take a genaine $2 or $1 bill, and com pletely remove all the traces of ink from Its nnrfaco. Then, with a counterfeit plate of a higher denomination, he would print upon the genuine paper, and thoa raise the note. Speaking about raising notes, here is * check on Uta Third national bank of New York, which w.ia raised from $451 to $26,068, and paid, In 1876. Tho perpetrators worked off with chemicals ail that was w ritt on in the check except the Signatare, and I Xi to say that we have never been to discover who did it. Here are three steel plates which were engraved by Ulrich for a $5 Issue. The engraving ls done on soft steel, and when complet ed tho plate is hardened. To give you some idea of tba amount of labor ti takes to engrave these plates I eau only tay that we have, evidence .nat Ulrich was fifteen roontbs corunleting them. Perhaps Ula greatest cor.loslt'es la oar entire collection aro the bills which made their appearance about four years ago, executed with a nen entirely by hand. At Ont we thought that it must take a great amount or time for the rascal to turn out one of those bills, but now we think that ho produces about one a week. Tho denominations aro fifties, twenties and tens, and they are turued into the treasury for redemption from all parts of the Union." A DREAM, Translated from the German by XV. G. Dosrlag. After a long spell of sickness I was sitting, for the first time, at the window of my room. The ringing of the church bells reminded me of the Lord's day. I wished to go to God's house; this was impossible. I opened the sacred page, I closed my eyes, and in thought watched those who wero walking to tue chapel. Suddenly methought I was at the chapel door, an unseen hand held me back. I felt tho presence of a majestic being. I beard, "Child of man, God's mercy saved you from death ; stop, think boforo you enter, how often your inatten tion has desecrated thor.o walls. Consid er the privilege of communion with God ; do not force God to deprive you of that which you do not prise." Feoling guilty, I cast down roy eyes and heard that voice again, "I em the angel who collects the prayers of Ibo saints, and presents them before God's throne. ?. Como, I will teach you how to distinguish prayers which are occoptcd from those whiob are not." We entered the church ; before us was tho worship ing congregation. "Remember," remarked the angel, "all tho unspoken real heart-prayers will seem to you as uttered in a loud voioe. When tho attention flags, and the thoughts com mence to wander, you will notice the voices losing in volume till not a sound will st Ike your ear, should they even try to pray at the top of their voices." How strange 1 Tho organist ie playing nt tho full strength of the organ. I henr not a note. The service opens. I heat only a faint murmur, every member's lips move, and all seem attentive. In many pews the silente of the grave reigns, a few hearts only voice their thanks to God. Tho paid choir, tho best quartet in tho city, arise to sing an an ti) om ; not one chord comes to my listen ing ear, I eeo only the open mouths. Hark I I hear a child's clear voice pray ing, "Our Father." I look at his folded hands, his closed eyes. The angel opens hin book and writes, "Out of the month of babes and sucklings thou bas perfected praise." God's servant reads the twenty-fourth chapter of Mathew. During the reading a poorly clad man steps in. His atten tion is attracted ; he listens, he listens solemnly. He covers his face and cries out: "What will my doom be? God have mercy on me a poor sinner." His words thunder in my ear, they drown the preacher's voice, no one elsa heard him. Now and then I hear ievout, earnest, Christian voices, then long intervals of silonce. Where, where are their thoughts ? "Are you astonished ?" questioned the angel. "I will givo you the power of bearing thoughts." I heard confused noises, a sound as of many watore. The congregation outward ly appears devout. I hear many yolcea speaking at the same time. For some time it was impossible to distinguish the individual words. Listen I "Ia it not a shume." thought one elater ; "Mrs. Black is always Iste. What a bad -ex?,renie. Thank 'God, 1 am always punctual." Mrs. Black takes a seat, and looks around : "Ha, another new bonnet. I can't see how abe can afford it. She baa not paid for it I'm sure. Even if my daughters don't dress BO much, we pay our debts." "Hello, there is Charles H-," thinks a young man : "he is commencing to be pious. I wonder how long it will last." Yonder sits a merchant thinking of his firoflts, another calculates his possible oases. I notice a couple whoae heart voices I had heard distinctly during the opening s?vices, now the hearts are allent. They aro engaged to be married. Slowly, unconsciously the young man forgets God's house, his eyes glance towards the face of his beloved. "How good she is," speaks his thought, "bow attentive, I am thankful that I gained her love." The young woman feels his eyes on her, her attention is distracted, oho com mences, "How he loves mel Even in Church he can't forget my prouse?/' Suddenly, she atops, she prays to God to drive away the thoughts of things earthly. As the Hermon grew in length the thought-talk on worldly subjects in creased. One man is composing a letter. Another recalls a conversation, and con siders how be might have expressed him self in a more effectual manner. Young men glance around at the young maidens and think of them. Young ladies dwell in thought on the last time they saw their lovers, and long for the next visit. Saving housewives figure expenses. One sister concludes to dismiss her maid. Another settles back with satisfaction; she knows how to trim her dress. Many think of husbands and children. How I wiBhed to aronse the thoughts, how my heart ached. Are there none who ore conscious of God's house ? Joy I I see tears of penitence, tears of tbankfuluess steal down some cheek. I notice fright at wandering thoughts bringing como back to devout attention. Among the six hundred present the real worshippers were few in number. I glance at tue recording angers tablets, only a few God-thoughts had he noted. He turned to me, "As these have dono, so have you; mend your ways," He disappeared. I awoke.-Wettern Christ' ian Advoeate. Selling Eggs by Weight. There is from twenty to thirty per cent, difference in the weight of eggs; yet the custom is almost universal in the Eastern markets of selling them by the dozen, at n uniform price. Even ducks5 eggs, which are much larger, and by some regarded as richer, bring no more thar, the smallest hen's egg of not half the weight. In California, eggs, fruits and many other srtiolee that art) here sold by the dozen, the bunch, or by the measure, are sold by weight. The practico ia a good one, and works beneficially foraU parlies, especially for the producer. It operates as a premium upon the cultiva tion of the most productive var?etela of frails, vegetables and farm stock. Tho farmer who is painstaking with his poul try, and gets the largest might of eggs? bas a fair reward for bis skill and luaus* try. The present custom is a premium to light weights and good layers. We need a change in the interest of fair dealing In trade, and, if necessary, it should be enforced hy legislation. If tho legislatura is competent to fix the weight of a bushel of corn or potatoes, it can easily regulate the weight of a dozen eggs, and thus pronote justice ?>ciween buyer- and seller.-Nericon Agricul turist. . - ? " ~- Samuel J. Tilden was born February