Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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UV ?T. TV MTFRT? A V Mr * ^-1-^^-,^?^,^^ ^ ^ r^^-r-p^^-tr^ . ^-r -?/r^Tr?TWTTTWT^i ATmrrinfm?!) r?r* i 00,1 \mT TTlVf YY_"NT O IO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT ? NOW ?S YOUR BEST OPPOETUNITY TO BUY - Lamps, Chandeliers, Parlor and Library Lamps ! We are selling LANTERNS at bottom pri ces-something every household should have. We have the largest stock of LAMPS in Anderson, and ask that you corns and see them. Elegantly Decorated Shades, Polished Brass Library Lamps. Nickle Student and Hitchcock Lamps, Silvered Reflectors, And anything in the Lamp line that you can want. We have bought these Goods in large quantities and at manufacturers' prices. Call and get our prices before buying. RespectMy, WILHITE & WSLHSTE Nov 6, ?a84 17 MISS DELLA KEYS Has received a handsome assortment of FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY GOODS. fpo which she calls the attention of tho Ladies, and asks an inspection of her Goods, A. as she is satisfied she can give satisfaction in both Goods and prices. Rooms in WAVERLY HOUSE BUILDING, first door above Simpson, Reid A Co.'s Drug Store. Oct 2,1884 . 12 2m GOODS WERE NEVER SO LOW. This fact We are prepared te Prove to our Friends and Customers who may favor us with a call. WE are now receiving the largest and most carefully selected Stock of General Mer chandise which we have ever purchased, and will make it to your interest to call and examine for yourselves. We have added to the lines usually kept by us roany new and desirable ones, embracing Ladies' Dress Goods, Hannels, Suitings, Shawls, &c, And the best CORSET ou the market at 50c., worth $1.00. Also, a A LABOE LINE OF READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, TRUNKS; UMBRELLAS, BLANKETS, SADDLES and HARNESS. Also, the Celebrated "NEW GLOBE" SHIRT-the king of all Shirts. It needs only to be worn to be appreciated. We are agents for tho Celebrated Miahawaka Sulky Piows, Cultivators and Hand Turning Plows. The "White Hickory" and "Hickman" one and two-horse WAGONS, every one of which we guarantee. The attentionof Glnners and Farmers is called to our COTTON SEED AND GRAIN CRUSHER, By which you can crush your Colton Seed and make your Fertiliser. Ucl our prices on Plantation and Gin House 8csles, Cotton Gins, Feeders and Con densers and General Farm Machinery. . . * We are at all times lu the Cotton Market, and will do you right. We will pay all turtles who owe ns for Supplies and Guano an extra price. A large lot of BAGGING and TIES at lowest prices. McCUiiLY, CATHCART & 00. Oct 2,18*4 ia_ ., [ THE NEW FIRM. CUNNINGHAM & FOWLER, Successors to J. G. Cunningham & Co., dealers In . DR? GOODS, GROCERIES, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, HARDWARE, And a fall ?jne of EVERYTHING usually kept itt a General 8tock. ta, Alao, the world-renowned tslil? Plow. Agents for^?^1^^}^ Mickory Wagon*)* and the Columba? &u$?sy, Ike b*t kt tte *eeHd for tbs money, *, . t . f. i*-We want ali the money that is due us thg ^0??JW^^?J,ffii Q."*no. or otherwise. Tho Books, Not? and AaxmnU of thejato Wim of J. G. con ningham * Ob. are In our hands for collection, and must be settled in aome way. v Thanking our Wends tor past patronage, we ask a continuance of the same. Oems ?o see ne. We will do you rlgbX ??NNIf?GH?M * FQWJbER. Oat 0,'1881 18 ^ THE VEJHJK OF REVOLUTION, New York'? Condition a Few Day a Ago A Vlrld Dlacrlptlon of Impending Man gers. Frota t?ie New York Herald. This morning tit? Herald's assurance lu the people of this nation that "All's quiet along Manhattan Island" will carry tid inge of equal eigniGcanco to millions of people interested to know the outcome in the metropolis of the United States. But it hasn't been so long. WHAT WAS NOT TOLD. The Herald is a newspaper, but it did not on Thursday tell all it knew. The Herald goes not alone to men upon tho street and to women and children in their homes. Its stories are read not alone by lawyers and bankers and tinkers nnd tailors, but by ladies in their stores and shops, by passengers in the railway trains and by waiters in the depots. Had it told what it knew it would have said : Wo are on the eve of a revolution ; tho officiai breast is disturbed ; anticipations of sometb'jg more than idle talk and gossip ard bluster on the streets have caused our officials to lay in ammunition, to call out the police and put every man on duty, either on tho streets or in sta tionhouse reserve ! Such ideas once started soon become pregnant, and in their train come other ideas, muititudi ously processional and dangerous to a degree. Had the truth been told, not alone tho thousand roughs from Philadelphia and their well termed "friends" from other cities, not alone the gambling fraternity from Boston and the bullies, who, strange to say, make their nests along the rock bound shores of the Hudson, but the riff raff" from Jersey City and Brooklyn, thc ruffians from Staten Island-absolutely and literally the hordes of men who live by thoir b ver wits, would have nome tumbling pell mell into tbe peaceable streets of New York, whsrc, mingling with the crowds already excited and gathered in significant places, they would haye added fuel to the pyre and furnished the blazing torch besides. That would have meant something besides "Hurrah, boy:) !" The cries would cot have been "Regards to Mrs. Fisher 1" or ''Blaine 1 Blaine ! the thief from Maine i" But, "Where is the house nf this rich man !." Where the bank ! Where the well stored magazine ! Where the warehouse filled with plunder I The torch arid axe and "jimmy" would bave taken the place of the waving hats and shaking canes. Could this ii tory have been told ! Not precisely. But it was true, all the same. It was, indeed. And nobody knew it better than the Governor of the State, and the mayor of the city, and the board of police, and the United States marshal, and the chief supervisor of elections, aud the men whose hands are upon the helm of affairs deciding which way the craft should steer toward an honest de termination of the votes of the people, or a dishonest twist of what would then be a farce-our popular election. The wisdom of the Herald's course ie universally conceded. Enough was told to show to tbe people who control those thiugs-for strange ns it may seem these things are controlled-that the dannel tbey were threatingly wielding over iuii metropolis was fully understood and ab' Holutely appreciated. Nay, more, thal had it come the responsibility would have been laid at the feet and placed upon th? bends of those who bad it in their powei to control it in the first instance. TUE RESPONSIBLE PERSONS. That they had it in their, power to con trol it was from the outset prov . -first by the changed tone of certain t dletins second, by tbe extraordinary agility witt Bhich the majorities were sprung frou the ct''im tis where ;hey didn't belong U the places where they ought to go third, by that extraordinary telegran from Mr. Jay Gould to Governor Cleve laud, impudently congratulating hin that the people of the State which ba< once before honored him bad again dont their part to swell the patriotic tide tba floated him to the very pinnacle o American ambition. The majesty of the people was neve more thoroughly exploited than by th changed tone of certain monopolia speculators and stock jobbers and tbei organs on Friday morning. Yes; eve; further back than Friday morning. <) Thursday night they began to realize tb tremendous proportions of the popula iudignrtion. It ran riot in every veit It ?iir ed tb?, inmost cockle of ever citizen'* heart ; Republican and Derne erat alike, if honest, shared this indigna tion. No one pretends that integrity honor, decent- sentiment resides ia tb breasts of Cleveland men alone. Sue assumptions would be insane. Goo? true men ex .'it in every party. Goo men voted for St. John and for Butler an for Blaine as well as for Clevelaui Naturally enough every man desired tb success of tho candidate whom he hs supported. Naturally enough they ho] ed even against hope, and thousands < them bung on to the tail of a forloi hopo long alter the animal bad jumpe the fence of doubt. But the conscien of the' people was aroused, and lari numbers, not alone those who favori the success of Cleveland and Hendricl -the vast majority-said : Here, th thing has gone far enough I No 1876 ; ours! Grover Cleveland has been cloe ed. To him ab all the certificate be issue and if the thirty-six votes of New Yo: caps the climax of the already towerii column, so that victory shall perch upi that banner, in the name of all that ust and honorable let that be the verdi' and let the country return again to : normal base of trade, industry and prt perity." TUItK OV THE TIDE. Well, without making an unnecessari long story of it-tor dealing with gem al Hie? ia the best course, evon UOW~t end came. . . . Did physical fear have anything to with UT . , .. Physical fear bad a great deal to with it. Physical fear does not alwi mean the dread of a smashed head, broken nose, s black eye or a well thrai ed anatomy alone^Spme?mea-U tal ?Ot? consideration hui nlng nouses, pilli ed stores, bloodshed in tho streets, ter 10 homes, broken and disturbed relatie in every sphere of life, the suppress] of ine legitimate ebb and flow of tr? AU those fearful scenes which those the Herald readers who can go back 1868 will quickly and vividly TOCI Yes Indeed, physical fear bad much do who it, and well it might, for then no doubt that the publiO mind had mi its*oonclosion that loathe hand of J Goul? l?y?lhe teeret pl th* witch returns, the botched, incompleto, um Ufattory'concluelon^, and for a purpt Tb kt purpose, according to the ppp? belief, was tbatbe mljAt liave time which to concoct stock Jobbing echei favorable to himself nod of necea disastrous to the common weal... Sol as he continued bte projects with ioterfcriurwitlt the masses of his fell citizens they were content to be OB ins here, dealing there, bamboos aojpewbere elie, the people taon? "Well, ifs the pot painting tho kettle black. Why doesn't the kettle take a turn at the pot." But wheo climbing the pole still higher, and reaching out as thc monkey does for chestnut*, till Iiis band literally reeled upon tho great treasure' of the American people, an honest vote, they rose in their might and said, "Here, this thing has gone far enough ! No more ! Stop it ! Drop it, or we'll stop and drop you." And they meant it, and he and Mr. Blaine, his partner, knew that they meant it. And they knew that he knew that they meant it when Gould sont that dispatch to Grover Cleveland. A reign of terror was on tbe verge of outbreak which might bavo been already checked, overpowered. But it would have taken tho combined force of tho police, tho Uuiied eunice. Uinrshals and the militia, and even tben the common sense of the people would have to como lo the rescue. Sharon After 24 Years. "Next!" aune out tho barber at ibo second chair in Mayers's barber shop in Chatham street yesterday aflernoou. A tall, grizzled man started to bis feet and began unwinding a silk handkerchief from bia neck. When it was clear a beard unrolled itself until it fell io a wiry tangle down on his breast, unfolding until it touched tbe floor nod concealed the figure of tho customer. Tho barbers stopped work with n start that jeopardized three customer*' noses. "Gott I What's this?" said the boss. "Don't be afraid, it's only me," said a voice percolating with molian effects through the wiry jungle. 'Ts there a man actually concealed in that halo of hair?" exclaimed the funny mau ol the Slar, who was waitiug his turn. "There is, young feller, and don't you forget it, when you use the scissors, Mr. Barber," replied the voice from the bair. "Himmell How did you get so?" asked the barber of the second chair. "Through politics," replied the tangie. "Politics?" chorused customers nod barbers. "Yes, politics. Give rae a nh nv o and I'll tell you all about it, and eet up tho drinks, too." All the customers waited and some went out and brought in friends to wait, too. The barber tackled the hair and after a tussle of twenty minutes got the better of it. A good looking, ruddy faced roan of middle age emerged under the magic touch of the artist. "Now we'll have your yarn," said the boss. "And the drinks," whispered the cus tomers. .''You Bhall have both. I'll tell you bow it is that politics made my beard grow." "That's what we want to know," said the boss, with a professional interest in tho new and mystic lotion. "Then," said the clean faced Btranger, "for twenty-four years no razor has touched my face. This beard is there suit. It was in 1860. I was as spruce a young chap as ever kicked un his heels at an Orange County wedding, and everybody knew young Joe Barstow in those parts. They called me 'young Joe' to make n difference between the ola man and mc. The old man was a Bourbon Democrat to the backbone, and I wu's with him till the split in tho ISG? cob* vention, when the Southerners put up John C. Brecknridge ind we-the North-nominated Step!.. - A. Douglas. I felt strong on the subject and worked for Douglas day and night. I used to bo very smart in my appearance in those j days, but I worked so bard I bad no time for prinking up. "Ono nlgot1 made a speech al a meet-1 ing in the old Turnpike tarera. I hail a week's growth of stubble on my face, and before I had spoken a dozen words some lout sung out, 'O i get a Bhuve.' Every body laughed as they looked at me. 'Get a shave?' says I. 'No razor touches my face till I see a Democratic President in the White House.' " "I have kept my word. Take it off and roll it carefully up in a piece uf paper, barber, for I am going to rend President Cleveland a chain made out of it." And the beardless man started up the steps with the clan of a boy, followed by the gang. Last night ho was painting the Bowery crimson, to the delight of the dime museum men.-New York Star. II HUI en Old Farmer Says. Thia is the advice of as old maa who bas tilled the soil for forty years t I am an old man, upwards of three score years, during two scores of which I have been a tiller of the soil. I cannot Bay that I am now, but I have beeu rich and have all I need, do not owe a dollar, have given my children a good education, and when lam called.away will leave them enough to keep the wolf from tbe door. My experience bas taught me that : 1. One sere of land well prepared and well cultivated, produced more than two which received only the came amount of labor used on one. 2. One cow, boise, mule, sheep or hog well fed, is more profitable than two kept on the same amount necessary to keep one well. 3. One acre of clover or grass is worth more than two of cotton where no grass or clover io raised. 4. No farmer who buys oats, corn or wheat, fodder or hay, as a rule, for ten years, can keep the sheriff away from the door in the end. 5. The farmer who never reads the papers, sneers at book farming and im provements, always bas a fealty roof, poor stock, broken down fences, and complains of bad "seasons." 6. The farmer who fe above fais busi ness and entrusts it to another to manage, eoon has nb business to attend to. '? 7. The farmer whose habitual beverage Is cold water, is healthier, wealthier and wiser ' th.un ho who does not refuse to drink: 1 ' ' ' Ilurrriu for the Old Mea. At the elction In Howard's Creek town ship? P. A. Keeps' precinct, on tho -1th of November, there was tbe largest vote cast that waa ever polled at that place. 40 more voles were cast than nt any pre viona election. Among the old land marka of our County at the ballot box waa Maxwell Warliek who voted for Adams in 1824 and Cleveland In 1884 making sixteen times he voted for Pres! . dent. His age ia 80 year*. Jonathan Carpenter also voted at the same time. Age 86 years. General Daniel Beagle voted ct tho same ti tte. Ago 88 years. Jacob Michel voted at the same time. Ago 85 years. Joseph Blamey voted at the same time for Adams. Ago 80 years. AU these old I men were ont on the alb of November '. and voted for Cleveland. One old gentleman vaa so anxious to hear the news that fae started to Lincoln ton bareheaded and had to borrow a hst. -LincQbtton, N. C., PYeu. JEFF DAVIS* PORTRAIT. A Northern l'ancr Charges that m South cm Editor la Afflicted With Had Kye alght. The following ia taken from tho Cin cinnati Tima-Star in reply to the state ment made by the Coweta (Qa.) Adver tiser that Secretary Robert Lincoln bad removed from the Hat of portraits o? tho secretaries of war that of Je flo ruo ii Davis : A paragraph is floating about in the newspapers, just now, to tito effect that some Georgia editor, who visitod the war department recently, wont away very indignant becauao the portrait of dell* Davis was uot to bo found among those of thc secretaries of war-which adorn tho department. Certainly he must have beeu nlllicted with very bad eyesight for tho portrait of Mr. Davis bungs in its proper placo among those, "large as life and twice as natural." It hangs in the room of tho private secretary ot war, in its regular order, tho portrait? in tho gallery being arranged with reference lo tho date of service of the secretaries whom they represeut. The war department prides itself on having, with one exception, the only full liuo of portraits of tho various secreta ries who have presided over it from tho beginning down to the presont time. So tho portrait of Mr. Davis is th ero. If the Georgia editor had had occasion, however, to ride up tho Potomac a few miles above Washington he would hnve found something genuine to excite his regard. "Cabin John Bridgo" is said to ba the largest Btone arch in the world. It was constructed by the war depart ment in Pierce's administration for the purpose of carrying across a deep chasm tho large nine-foot water-pipe which runs from Great falls, f? ticen miles above Washington, to the reservoir. Tho bridge, which is 420 feet long, is a stouo arch. It was considered so impor tant a feat that it was thought proper to cut in it tho name of tho president, sec retary of war, engineer aud others under whom it was constructed. Mr. Davis being then secretary of war, his name was cut iu the brown sandstorm of which tho arch is made. It is not there now, however, but opposite tho words "Secre tary of War" is a deep blank, showing that the name has been - cut out. The name, it is stated, was cut out by order of the secretary of war, Mr. Staunton, who was the head of the department during the years in which Jeff Davis' name was so unpopular North of Mason and Dix on's line. The deep incision made in the stone just where the letters of the name originally were, and beside the words "secretary of war," makes it "conspicuous by its absence," and this feature of this wonderful structure is a subject of remark by many visiting it. The portrait gallery in the war depart ment, regarding which the complaint above alluded to was made, ia the crea tion of William K. Belkoap, secretary of war under Grant from October 26, 1809, to March 2, 167C The propriety of adorning the walla of the department with the portraits of the secretaries of war occurred to Mr. Belknap during the term of his period in office. Ile imme diately sot to work to gather theso por traits. It required a deni of effort, how ever, in the earlier days, but hy persist ent effort he succeeded in collecting all hut two, ono of which wss Roger Gris wold, who was secretary under John Adams, and the other a gentleman who was secretary for a brief period, and whose name has not been learned. A Lou g-, Long Journey. BY MKS M. L. KAYNE. When the doctor came dowe stair-i from ti.;; sick room of Mrs. Marshall the whole family ?-.cerned to have arranged themselves in the ball to waylay bim. "How soon will mamma dit well?" asked little Clyde, the baby. "Can mamma come down stairs next week ?" asked Katy, the eldest daughter and little housekeeper. "Do you find my wife much better?" asked Mr. Marshall eagerly. He was a tall, grave man, pale with anxiety and nights of watching. The doctor did not even stop to answer their questions. "I am in a great hurry," he said as he took his bat; "I must go to a patient who is dangerously ill. This evening I will call again. I havo left inatructions with the nurse." * But the nurse's instructions wero ail concerning the comfort of the patient; she was professionally discreet aud allen?. The children playing on the stairs were told io make no nias. The gltfflai day wore on, and the patient slept and was not disturbed. But that night before they went to bed they were allowed to go in and kiss their mother good -night. This privilege had been denied them lately, and their little hearts responded with joy to the invitation. Mamma was better or she could not see them. The doctor had cured her. They would love bim for it all their lives 1 She was very pale, hut smiling, and her first words to them were : "I am going on a journey 1" "A journey,''' cried the children. "Will you Uko us with you?" "No.it Is a long journey." "Mamma is golag to tho South," said Katy, "the doctor has ordered her to. She will get well in the orange groves of Florida.'^ "I am going to a far distant country, more beautiful than even the lovely South," said the mother faintly, "and I will not come back." "You oro going alone, mamma?" asked Katy. "?o," said the mother, in a low, sweet voico, "I am not going alone. My Phy sician goes with me. -Kiss me good-bye, my dear ones, for In the morning before yon are awake I shall be gone. You will all come to mo when you are made ready, bul each make the journey alone." In the morning she was gone. When the children awoke their father told them of the beautiful country at which she had safely arrived while they slept. "How did she go? Who came for her ?" they asked amid their team. "The chariot of Israel and the horse men thereof!" their father told them solemnly. Ht People wonder at he peace and hap piness expressed in the faces of these motherless children ; when asked about their mother they say, "She ha* goo? on n journey," and every night and morning they read i ti her guide book of that land where she now lives, whose inhabitants shall no more aay I am sick, and where God himself shall wipe all tear* from their eye*. . - GOD. Grant, who is writing an account of hi* battles, said recently that he enjoyed writing more than he ever enjoyed anything eue in bis life. "More than fighting?" bo was naked, and he laughed and answered heartily : "I never liked that." - Tf.lmngo naya ho expects to the dar when the winning political party will bara the tea commandment? as a plank In it* pla t form. Thia looks Ilka a plan to prevent ans Republican politi cian from ever holding office.' AFTER THE BATTLE. What Senator Oormau Sura About the I'roriUloiit-clect. Special to the Ballimore Sun. NEW YORK, November IL-Senator Gormon, In conversation with your cor* respondent to day, said the country owed much to tho Independent Republicans its escapo from Blainelsm. He said the Independent Republican organization was admirably managed, and did most eflectivo work, although nut one of its members was a practiced poliliciau. Socuo of the papers nut forth by the In dependents wero models, both as regards form and style. Mr. Beecher, he said, had been ono of the most active of the Independent members, aud many of his suggestions were moat applicable. He thought Mr. Beecher had given tono and earnestness to a number of thc addresses which were issued. The Independents j consulted and co-operated with the Demo* crnlic committee, out had never under taken to interfere or dictate to them in tho least degrco and had novcr asked for tho least pecuniary assistance from the Democrats, though speuding at least $100,000 iu their own way. All asser tions as to tho D?mocratie committee contributing anythiug to pay tho cam paign expenses of tho Independent Re* publicans wero without foundation, aud no one of them had ever made any such application. He said the Democratic defection had proved to be greater than wns anticipated, and it was unquestioned that the succor afforded by the Indepen dent:? gave New York to Cleveland. He believed that Governor Cleveland fully recognized tho fact that be was not the choice alono of lils own party, and would Sive duo consideration to the Indcpen* cuts. Tho more bo had seen of Cleveland during the progress of the campaign just j cliped tho more ho had found to respect1 and admire. Cleveland would Bhow him self in the Presidential office fully equal to all its requirements, and his policy and appointments would be of such a chut acter as to disarm just criticism. In reference to the apprehensions said to be | entertained among the subordinate Gov ernment employees at Washington, it | was like ono starting at ono's own shadow. Cleveland was a Democrat, and it would be odd if he did not lean to favoring his own side, but neither he nor the Demo cratic party could afford, after, winning the batllo as it baa been won, to lond themselves to such an ignoring of the elementary principles of civil scrvico ro* form as would be involved iu an immedi ato and wholesale discharge of subordi nates. Ho did not believn that there would be more, if as many, removals in Washington under Cleveland as there would be under Blaine. Cleveland has not made one singlo pledge os to oilico and is not under a solitary obligation, while Blaine has mortgaged every office in Washington above that of any ordi nary clerk. The Senator said it had been published in some of the newspapers that he was to St in Cleveland's cabinet as Postmaster* eneral. In his belief, Cleveland would construct his own Cabinet when the proper time came. So far as be was con . cerned, bo desired no place in the Cabi net. Ho preferred bis position as a Sena tor from Maryland to any other under the Government. Upen the subject 6f tht operations of the two National committees, he said the results could speak for themselves. The determination on the part of the Demo* eratic committee lo make no fight for Maine was arrived at after the mos' care ful consideration, and the committee felt perfectly satisfied as to the wisdom of its.course. It bad, without expending any funds worth speaking of, scared che RepubiicE-j ectnaittee into throwing $15?,0Q? into Biafne'B own State. The Republican committee bad spout im mense suma in the West, and the Demo* eratic committee comparatively nothing. They had also saturated Virginia and West Virginia with the stream of green backs poured from their corruptiou fund, and Mr. Elkins sent $60,000 in one lump to West Virginia. He felt now quite satisfied that ff the Democratic committee had paid a tittie attention to Michigan they could have captured that State, as its very close vote allowed. He said be was somewhat disappointed as to the result in California and Nevada, as the committee's advices from those two States were of such a character as to lead them to expect a different decision. A Funny Han's Den. The well-known humorist of the Detroit Free Frets does his work ip ? unique deo. A corresponder-.; who took a look into it the other day? thus de scribes it : "It was a curious room, and it looked more like a museum than a literary office. I One of the smallest rooms in tho building, twelve feet long by eight wide, I should think, ita walls were covered with bracket shelves upon which were laid all sorts of relics which M. Quad bad gathered - from the Southern battle fields. There were flattened bal? lets and bursted shells, rusty canteens and old cartridge boxes, brass buttons and big belt buckles, mixed' indiscrimi nately with the ends of flag-stalls, rusty pocket-knives, and a dozen other things of a like nature. Hanging crosswise en the walls were numerous guns and swords of various makes and various stages of decomposition. That blade there flashes as brightly now as it did when some rebel band swung it through the air and brought it down on the bead of a Union man. But the old saber beside lt is rusted with the dews of many summers, and that rapier labeled Fair Oak boa lost its point, broken perhaps lo human flesh. On the electric light bangs an old tin canteen, its canvas cover now faded, its mouth filled with rust, while just I below it is A v i limn on o -look 1 nc blade | fminted red to imitate blood,-ooo label ed.: 'Never draw me without reason, I or sheath me without honor/ There two rusty bayonets cross each other, and near them bangs a pair of heavy handcufis, a relic of tun slave trade before the war. There are few pictures in thia room of] au nd's, bis tastes seem td run rather to cod and thunder than to poetry ead arl." -j ' i -i .-. rj i il : They Loved* "My young man ls a contractor," abe said to a group of t-uvioos young lady friendo. "A contractor?!' asked* half a dozen companions. "Yes. a contractor. Ho bas contracted the habit of tobacco* usina, beer-drinking and Md besides a long Hst of small debts." "Ho is almost as smart na ono of my admir ers," chimed in another young lady ; "ho is an undertaker." "An undertaker?" came the choros from the company. "Yes, be undertakes to make me believe that be is very handsome and smart. He undertakes to make $60 a mooth carry bim through where $100 could not Eay cut, and undertakes t? imitate senti* le people at times, but gives himself away."--IAn?oln timon. ;*~T Experiments In raising 'tobacco" near Quakcrtowu, Pa., ore proving eu occas . ful. -.-;->-^ An Island Frison. Io raid-oc?an, midway between Africa and South America, lies St. Helena, known in history as tho Island Prison-. Here in thin lonely spot mau, who had once made al) Eurone tremble, pined and fretted away his life. As you approach the Island, it seems to bea huge rock; a nearer view shorts that there are val leys and ravines, with here and there luxuriant vegetation. Half a century ago tho" 8urfnco was mostly wasto land, the road poor, tho few houses scarcely habitable. The waves dashed so wildly against the shore that ships could land only in ono placo. Waves and rocks, then, were the bolts and bars which con fined this famous prisoner. You ntl know ot this great hero, Napo leon Bonaparte ? he who led a large army through tue defiles of the Alps, while- tho world was saying that it was impossible; who fought and ^conquered as no marched Eastward over ibo plains of Europe ; who forced the terrified Rus sians to burn Moscow, and then led b:.ck through the snow his retreating army, perishing by thousands from cold and hunger. And thcu came Wu'erloo, and his public life was ended. It was Oct. 15, 181o, when he first caught sight of the island from the deck of tho steamer Northumberland. "What am I to do on this little rock at the end of the world?" he mid. At every opening on the shore cannon poiuted seaward. Ho soon realized more than ever that ho was in reality a pris oner on this island. A circumference of twelve miles was marked off. Within this boundary Napoleon took his exer cise. One or moro officers were with him continually, and sentinels were stationed at tho limits. No stranger entered with out a pass. Under such guards he lived for moro than five years. ' It may seem strange tbnt ho did not try,to escape ; hut, OB a fact, he thought very little about the matter. On one occasion, his attendants planned to enrry him away In a trunk filled with soiled linen ; again; he waa to be disguised as s servant, carrying a dish. It was though! that ho might escape to America. When Napoleon heard of this, he surprised them all by saying. "I would rather stay oe this bleak rock than be a free" but undis' tinguisbed man in America." - : So much for his ambition. He hat the feeling that France would again be como a power in Europe arid demand bil release; perhaps he imagined that Europi herself iu time would invito bim from bl exile. But when he realized that Frunc? was powerless and that Europe oould di withont him he was nearly heart-broken Yet be settled down into a sort of cob tent. He became interested in garden ing; busied himself abnut shrubbery Honers and vegetables. He had a pom slocked with small fishes, in which hi took great delight. Owing to a mixtiir of copperas in cementing the basin, th water became poisoned and the lishe died. "It is so with all I love," sal Napoleon. A strange sentiment from roan whose life had been spent destroy ing tho beautiful things of toe world 1 Much of . bis time was taken up ii writing passages from his life, wbic! have since been' published. Then b received his visitors, many of wbot stopped on their way to the East Indi? to seo this renowned island prisoner. H was very fond of chess and horseback riding. It is said that his handsom horses came from the Cape of Ooo Hope. If you wore to read some of Napoleon conversations while a prisoner nt S Helena, you would think him a rei moral man. A few of his attecdan! were infidels. Trying to convince tbei of their error, he Bays. "You may talk ? iona, *s you p?eass, but ?=rhr> r35.de a this?" pointing to the sky. He fuily realizes his lonely posltioi "Now that I nm at Kt. Helena, now thi I am alone, chained to this rock, wi fights for mo? Who thinks of me Where are my friends?" Yet this same man had said, when 1 the height of his power, "Friendship but a name, love a silly infatuation." ' love nobody-not even my brother-pc haps my brother Joseph a tittie, fro habit." In spite of his talks on Ohristianit his whole lifo shows that be had no mor (irincip)e, and that he failed because I acked this one essential thing. Enif son says that be would ut ea), ni and; kill, poison, drown, as he felt it for I interest. For five years and seven months 1 lived here a prisoner, puring the h {.car or two hts health began to fail ra dty. (Still be refused to~tako medici? He oui'i ibnt man's days rsm aumber? and that physicians were of no use. ) wished to be buried on tho bank?, of t Seine, in bis beloved France, but tl was not granted until roany years aft He died May 6,1821, and wait buried a quiet volley of St. Helena, Near was a fountain from which.bia scrvai bad filled sliver pitchers for him. tn I last will ho says, "I db, prematur assanaloated by the English ariatocrae -E. W. FL AGO, JJ? Congregationalist. Food for Faitenlng Swipe. Experiments have proved that core not toe beat food for tho product ion pork when fed alone, but it is cmplo; more ox te nui vc? y than all other ?ral roots and vegetables together, ff u M a chief article in combination n other foods it is unequalled by any ot cereal or vegetable that can b?e suco fully grown over as great a range country; Peas, barley/ oats, mang potatoes and artichokes are undotibu valuable to a certain extent, bot t can never nu pc ree do. corn for rea; obvious to every intelligent farmer, shell corn and soak it in water twei four hours to soften it, because some i with defectivo teeth cannot thorouj masticate it when bard, and conseque waste a great deal. Soaked corn cont all the fattening qualities of cooked c and ians digestible. Soaking coste n lng; cooking is expensive. For coal corn it is best to use two' tanks or t When a cheap power can be oblainc would probably pay to coarsely grin crack the corn ; twelve hours would I be, sufficient for soaking, For vari and to keep the bogs in healthy co tion, feed potatoes, mangles, peas.: chokes, oat-meal and bran, or midd! mixed to a mush, with skim milk of si even ff only jo small quantities th ev firovo very beneficial. . Aim to feed I br market profitably. Intelligent ol vation and experiment will show he can bo done. . Remember that warm, well-bedded sheds are absolutely eu ti al to profitable feeding. - ---. .. . - A brfftht little boy. who bari engaged In combat with another boy, reproved by bis aunt, who told hit: ought always to wait until tho oihci "pitched upon him.? ^W>H, exc?ai the little hero, "but if I wait for other boy to begin, Vol afraid Ibero i be any fight." <c, ~ An lodiabA" editor' waa koo down and robbed of $1.65 ?tst -t Wiil editors never learn that it Is dat ous to carry their woaltb.about them ?hen thay go out et night. "A Map pr .Destiny." Immediately after the Friday mottling session of tho National Convention in which Governor Cleveland waa nomi? ~ nated, Abram 6. Hewitt, of New York, and General Butler met in a ball pf the Palmer, House. To *. question.of Hew itt as to what ho would do, Bu tierno - ewered that he had not yet made up his mind. Hewitt then spoke as follows ; "General Butler, I have been an inter ested observer of your career for a quar ter of a eeutury. I have neyer known of a man or measure you were afraid to an tagonize; You have gained victories, but have also met defeats. Now let me admonish you against opposition to thia man Grover Cleveland ; it will meet only disaster. I am in a position to offer this advice. I have not always admired bim. A year ago I rather derided the'mention of him for this candidacy ; indeed, I had somo anticipation of its coming to me, and there were dozens of older and more experienced Democratic leaders X thought more deserving the honor than Cleveland, But within tho year I hnvy noted bim weil, and mvest i mate of him has cbAsged. He ls really: A wonderful mah--fully equipped for the Presidency. But more: 1 look upon bim as a man of destiny. I believe be has been selected by Almighty God as a special agent for defeating the Republican party and reforming the administration of thia Government/' Tho foregoing conversation is here printed for the first time. Of course. Mr. Hewitt's ascription to Cleveland of the mystic hold upon fortuitous Mate is not argument. Tho supportera of the Republican candidate would find in any faith of Cleveland's success grounded on the "star of destiny" idpa a weak super stition to laugh at; though, in truth, Buch a faith would be no lesa absurd than tho imagination which parades that invisible in War and" invincible in peace as "the Plumed Knight;'' Nevertheless it is. worth noting that there havo been men whose, triumphs havo seemed to,bo guided by what wo tenn destiny. The'first Napoleon fully believed his achievements so directed. Richelieu, the: great Cardinal of France, claimed to bo prop! from harm, by violent hands, declaring "the stars had said it." Io bur own age Ulysses's. Grant, with less military experience and less renown than other ns brave and sagacious Gen erals, p ass od over them all to the. com mandership.of them all. By many he Was terme.? a man of destiny. Call lt what you will-fortune, fate, destiny or special Providence-Ibero is back of some men an impelling curren'; setting to prefened harbors, Vanderbilt and Gould were never brainier^ more in dustrious nor moro ambitious tor wealth than thousands1 about them who have never accumulated a half hundred thou sand. Abraham Lincoln badi never been the most active or noted worker in the abolition cause whose adherents selected him for their candidato; James A. Gar field was less prominent than several Re? Cublloan leaders over whose candidacies e was ohoaen.by his.party in 1880. : Whatever is. this cubtlo clement, Gro ver Cleveland baa been its beneficiary. It has Sent offices and Honors In quest of him, not waiting for him to go in quest of them. From the retirement of a quiet -profession he .was. called -to reform tho administration pf'? cons!d??sh!e city ssd performed the' trust. From that Mayor alty he1 was elevated for a like purpose to an office which In Its exactions and extent of bestowmeut of patronage is sec ond only to that of tho Presidency ; and now, for the same vrork of reform, oho of the great National parties has selected bim as its standard-bearer. His star has pleases every'former nomination withv victory, and it appears to be still lending him its good right ham\.--Indianapott8 Sentinel. Absent-minded Women. ' Speaking of absent minded people," said; a West eider, 'VWomen beut tho nation at that. There is my wife One of the most careful and level-headed women , in the world. But one night last winter we went to a large party, and wo both, for special reasons, were more than. aux loue to appear well. My wife was greaV ly concerned about; mp, ss I am tho a >. cent-minded member of tho family, ap'1, looked me over critically and care'uUy after I left the coat room and before we went down stairs. She was herself all right, of cou rae. and was superbly dress ed. Wo went down In high feather, and had passed th rc ugh tho parlors and had ?pest a de??g?tnii naif hour u'a"p*Mrae duty, as it were, when my *vifo euddou?y turned pale in what; I thought ; was a fainting fit. I hurried, her from tho room, and was about to turn tho house upsido down In search of restoratives, when she clutched myolcevoand noinftd to ber feet. She: had before leaving home drawn over her shoes, apair pf my socks and had forgotten to remove them. fThe thougbt'that ?ho had been j before three hundred peopb with tho?e I socks.on was too much for hen - ... ,A?ontb:sider,.who had listened to thfsr said, after indulging ia a contented tttS?oait?km ??t?y^?ris'almost aa good a story as that oh herself. ShV is, ! as everybody knows, who knows her at ! ?Hf ?My particular about her dress, end she grieves over a Spot on my shoes ..with a grief that will not ?be comforted. Sho wont down street shopping On one occa sion last Spring, and in 'trying rm boc ueto became a little disturbed oytfr the fact that nono of tho now shaper. en'ted her face. 8ho, therefore, picked up ker parasol, walked out of the stoic, called on a very aristocratic acquaintance, and then carno homo. . A glance lit tho glass showed that eh o had no bonnet on. .Sho had taken it off to try on the new ones, and, as she expressed it, had beeri parad ing along the street with nothing: on her < bead but a small veil across ber forehead. She didn't scold me, about the ; spots o.t my coat for a week," ;; . "I have a better story thad that " said a superintendent of one of the depart ments at Field's. /'Not long ago a tash ?unnhly dressed lady cameIrt early, and In the course of her bargaining pnthcr Sarasol dh tho counter hear a large feather uBtcr which ono of tho clerks had been using; After making some purchases the lady caught up the duster instead of the parasol and went out. As coon as I discovered the mistakJ I sept a boy ailer her with the p?raaol, but ho did not over take her until she had made quite a journey. .. ..<. Vin fact, shp,fiourUbedp that ftathtr duster along the Street, flourished it AbOnt as she vent into another store and put it down, on the etmateryeUil under the imjwresslbn. ib?> It .WM.*MMU?V ?loY :tha?sairior, dusteraskw? for her parasol. The clerk explained thal ?wt* bcd riot brought ?hy parasol io, hut came Mn carrying that duster. ShPwAs ?adlg !nant at auch* an' intimation, and' was ! delivering the clerk/ ,a sharp leo: . ture oa the subject whet? m camc-our: boy with tho parasol rind nu explanation. Sho ? was s? overcome that, she had to be tent ! homo in a carriage."-^ C'Aicei^o Ncics. \.-?.-'^* The first newspaper was published in England 'la 1588,