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" * BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1885._VOLUME XX.?NO. 33. ALWAYS FOR 111 ? DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, . Extracts, Patent Medicines, DYE STITETFS, &o. . A FTJLL line of Paints, Varnishes, Combs, Brushes, Hair Oils, Bay Bum^:';^3eif Articles,* Perfunieiy, Face Powders, Fine Toilet Soaj?, Tooth Powders, Tooth Brushes, La die*' Sand Mirrors, Razors. Shaving Setts] Trasses, Shoulder Braces, Sup porters,1&c! y " : ' Pure, High Toned Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders and Soda, Pepper Allspice, Ginger, and Finest Teas in the market. Cigars and Tobacco. I Best Coal Oil Lamps and 'Lamp' Goods, and every variety^of choice Goods and .necessary articles usually kept in First Class Drug Stores and used in families. PATENT MEDICINES, all the - > Standard and Reliable ones kept in stock. ? The sweetest and most deli? cate Perfumes and Odors, and a full line of Colognes and Toilet Water always in stock. Chapped -hands, face and lips, are very prevalent at this-season of the year, and nothing will cure and pre? vent this annoying affliction so effectu? ally as a box of Camphor Ice, Cosma ' line, or some of our pure Glycerine. FANCY GOODS and Sundries, -and a thousand and one other arti . des of general use may be found in j i bur complete stock. EaT Oblige us by giving us a call, and you will, be surprised at our LOW -PRICES and superior quality of our] Goods. v With' the compliments of the Season, we are yours, <fec., WILHITE * WILHITE. "~ "fftn'8,1885 . - FERTILIZERS FOR 1885. The Attention of the Farmers of Anderson County ig re? spectfully called to our OLD RELIABLE BRANDS OF IGH GRADE GUANO AND ACID Which are so well and favorably known throughout the County, and which we are now prepared to offer them ia any quantity, for Cash or Cotton. We have always given 70a low prices, and are prepared to do so again. Call and see ns. We are in a position to oflVr inducements to CASH BUYERS of * 'CORN, FLOUR, BACON, MOLASSES a : . - and - ? GENERAL PLANTATION SUPPLIES. As we are receiving large quantities of these Goods direct from the points of production. ? ... - "-? ? ) We are Agents for the Celebrated WHITE HICKORY WAGONS?guaranteed the tvptrior of any make. . Miahawaba Sulky and Ordinary Turning Plows, "\ Daniel Pratt Gins, Feeders and Condensers, ' Ceunt'a Home-made, 7-Fiugered Grain Cradle?the Best Cradle ever offered on this or any other market. The Champion Mowers, Reapers and Bindere, with , . The latest improvements, making them The most desirable Harvesting Machines In the World. Our Stock of General Merchandise is complete in all Departments, and we re? spectfully solicit a call from any desiring to buy Goods, as our facilities enable us to offer the oest Goods at the most reasonable price). McCULLY, CATHCAET & CO. Anderson, S. C, Feb. IS, 1885 W. JL. CHAPMAN . * ' IS NOW OFFERING GOODS AT AND BELOW COST! So as to close ont his entire stock of Winter Goods ^ before 1st February, 1885. ' JUST THINK OF IT ! CLOAKS from $3 00 to $10.00. SHAWLS from 85c to $5 00. BLANKETS from $1.00 per pair up to $8.00. SHEETINGS at 5c per yard. BED TICKINGS from 8c per yard to 35?. JEANS cheaper than ever. DRESS GOODS from 10c per yard up. DKES3 FLANNELS from 20c per yard np to $1.15. Best PRINTS 6c per yard. SHOES from 50o per pair up to $6 50 .BOOTS from $1 00 per pair up to $4.00. And as 1 have only a few Trunks, Valises and Hats on hand I am determined to ?lose them out regardless of cost. Before buying I ask everybody to examine my stock. W. A.. CHAPMAN. Dec 25, 1884 23 ly IDOIsT'T Deny Tour Wife and Children of one of the Greatest, most Elevating and Refining of all the Sciences, MUSIC. ?gCONOMY SAYS GET THE BEST OF EVERYTHING! Cbickermg Pianos and Mason & Hamlin Organs Are the RECOGNIZED LEADERS OF THE WORLD for Musical Instrument*. They cost a little more than cheaper Instruments, simply because more cere and better material tensed in their manufacture, j Only one to bay In a life-time. GET THE BEST. ?X. A.. DANIELS, AGENT FOR tODDKtf A BATBft VALENTINE'S DAT. Arp Talks or the Ways or the World. The good St. Valentine lived in a warmer latitude than this?sometimes we have a breath of Spring by the 14th of February, but not often. The birds are not mating now?in fact, they have not yet come out of Winter quarters in this region. The peach buds are not swelling. The willows on the branches show no signs. We have planted noth? ing in the garden, but we live in hope and faith that Spring will come and is near at band. The young lambs have come and are shaking their little tails, aud some of the bens have gone to set? ting and that is a sign. It baa been a hard, long Winter, and eo we will enjoy the Spring all the more. We can't plow, for the ground is either frozen or it is too wet. The boys can't bust, for the guns freeze to tbeir bands, bot they run rab? bits, and we have a rabbit; stew most every day all mixed up with Irish potatoes, and it is a savory dish. It is mighty bard to keep up an inviting bill of fare now, for we are afar off. from oysters and fish and beefsteak. It is too late for backbone and sparerib and too soon for turnip greens, and so the rabbits and the bird* help out and vary the monotony. But we have big lye hominy most all the time, and tbat is bard to beat; and we have eggs?lots of eggs?and cook them in lots of ways, and they are good any way you cook tbem. I don't know what the country folks would do without chickens and eggs. A good fat old ben makes the best soup in the world, and will* almost cure the toothache at my house. Then we have nice fresh butter? milk every day and corn meal boecakes split open and butter to go with it. And once or twice in a wbile I am allowed to have a mess of cod fisb, with eggs and cream, and the dish is ?et close to me at one end of the long table, and Mrs. Arp sits afar off at the other end and looks amazed to see the children help me dis? pose of it. "The idea," aaya she, "tbat my children eat cod fisb!" And so, when sbe anr1 tbey eat tripe, I put on airs and say, "The idea'of my children eating tripe !" Cow peas are a good country dish and the cheapest thing I know of. Children love them and will I keep fat and healthy, and then there are the roasted potatoes that they never get tired of. Anything roasted in the ashes or broiled on tbe coals is better than to j be cooked on a stove. We have great big fireplaces, fourfeet wide, and the lit i tie chaps have got'eggs or potatoes in the ashes most every day, and it keeps tbem dirty and contented, for tbey are always hungry, and tbat is a good sign. Chil? dren who have no appetite are in a bad way. They are puny. So it is with stock. The best horses are the heartiest eaters. Hungry folks don't need any tonics to whet tbe appetite. I love to see a working-man eat, for he enjoys it, and he enjoys his sleep, and gets up in the morning refreshed, and h ready for another day. I have great respect and admiration for the working-men of this land. Tbey are tbe backbone of tbe government and will be its best protec? tion when trouble come*. Mr. Randall wrote well about tbem in the Augusta paper, when be said tb*t if these million airs, who are making their immense for? tunes out of sweat and toil, didn't change their methods, tbey would have to pay one-half of the common people to keep the other half from taking their ill got? ten gains 'away. Wealth is not always secure. There are millions of restless people who would divide out if they could, and they'are getting bolder every day. But tbe common farmers and la? borers of the country are not of their class. They1 are* for law and order and good government. A man *ho works hard every day is not apt to be a distur? ber of the public tratiquility. He has ent got time or inclination. Idleness is the parent ol vice, and when these idle men beg for-employment, the rich men bad better give it to them?give it to tbem at any sactifice. If a man wants to work for bread for his family the work ought to be provided, even if it is work? ing on tbe road. Bread is due every man if he will work for it. When the mills are stopped and a thousand fami? lies are cut off fron) bread tbey are a ter? rible element to deal with. There are some things that know no law, and hun? ger is one of them. The concentration of wealth in the bands of the few is tbe great danger that threatens government everywhere. No man has a right to a hundred millions when his nabors are starving. It shocks humanity. Itsbncks judgment and reason and pity. The people will respect and tolerate a fortune of a million, for that sum is surely enough to put the family above all dan? ger of want; but for ten millions or a hundred tbere is no sympathy. There is a deep seated conviction everywhere that most of it is ill gottenvand even if hon? estly gotten it ought to be surrendered and distributed. Good men feel more than they say, for tbey do not want to be classed with communists. Good men everywhere lament these colossal for? tunes, and some day a spark- will be kindled that even good men will not try to put out. Tbere is but one safety for sucb fortunes, and tbat is to give them away. Do like Seney, or Peabody, or Peter Cooper. # It is cold now, and tbe poor of our cities waut fuel. Tbere are a thousand in Atlanta who have not got it. Your people called tbem tbere. You are call? ing all the time, "Come, all ye ends of tbe earth; come to Atlanta." So they came, and many of tbem are struggling for bread and clothing. Your rich men roll in wealth, and if a man who is worth a hundred thousand gives ten dol? lars to keep your poor from starving or freezing he is published in your paper as a benefactor, a philantrophist, and so be consoles himself and receives his bene? dictions. If it were not for your benev? olent women your poor would perish. As a general thing tbe rich men have no more conception of true charity than a Comancbee Indian. They would'nt give a cent, but for public opinion. The poor are the charitable. Tbey give a hundred fold more than the rich in pro? portion to-*.heir means. The world don't j know bow much tbe poor do for one an other; how they nurse tbeir sick and bury tbeir dead, and help in every way tbey can. Two bepgars came to my house yesterday.* They were honestly poor and bad been burnt out, and asked for a little help. I gave them half a dollar,end found nut afterwards tbat a poor nabor of mine entertained them over night with food and lodging, and gave tbem a dollar besides, and I felt ashamed of myself. I am a good deal better off, and, therefore. I am meaner, I reckon. And now comes wet shoes and wet stockings, and it is all from tbe beautiful snow. The boys have juRt come in with a rabbit, and it has cost me half a dollar, I know, for the shoes have to be dried and wrll draw up and crack, and tbey want dry stockings, and to-morrow they will go again or they will be sliding down the bill, and the girls want me"to gut runners on the buggy, or rig up a ox; for, they say, the beautiful f?now does not come often, and they want to enjoy it. And so I will have to do it, I ft?br?. Ttoe* c&ildfen oftfer roe srtund and have tbeir mother to back them, and I am kept as bumble and submissive as a pet lamb. I have been imposed on ever since I came into the family. They take mighty good care of me, especially when I am sick, but they make me pay back and keep me busy when I am well. Their school begins Monday, and then I will be in for another seige of geography and arithmetic, and so forth, every night, and will have to take tbem and bring them back in rainy weather. But such is life, and the business of one genera? tion is to raise another, and it is the best business and the happiest I know of. Blessed are they who enjoy it. Bill Arp. Tvfo Sides to Everything. Editor Cotton Plant: Agreatdeal has been said about the advantages growing more corn than cotton. No this opens up a debatable subject and the affirmative side is looked on as the strong est. To test the weight nf two objects place tbem in balance scales, which de cides the matter at once, but in this cast complicated matters come up, and as the farmers are always ready to have thei experience tested as to what has been their s?ccess in planting the various kinds of produce, the Cotton Plant bas opened its columns for the benefit of the agriculturist, that if tbere are good plans advised, tbey can be taken up, and th worthless modes thrown aside. In the first place, it is admitted that barns full of corn are very essential; but how often are efforts made to fill the barns and tu out to be almost a clear failure. Then what is the consequence ? If no oats other substitute is made, a fall back h to be made on King Cotton enough master all deficiencies. Yes, three bal of cotton will pay for two hundred bush els of corn laid down at tbe corn buyer nearest depot. Bight here let us illus tr?te: Three bales of cotton are made on five acres of upland, and let the same acreage and same quality of land be planted in corn, and the same amount of fertilizers be used and tbe enst of labor one-half to make the corn, and when is gathered it only measures nut fifty bushels; figure this down to a close cal culatioti and see what the profits are The entire cost of making ana gathering the three bsles of cotton was eighty do lars, and tbe entire cost of making and gathering the fifty bushels of corn was forty dollars; tbe bales of cotton each weighed four hundred pounds, at ten cents a pound tbe amount would be $120; the fifty bushels of corn at sev enty-five cents per bushel would be $37. 50. A clear loss ou tbe corn would be $2 50, and'the net profit on tbe cotton $4.00. The cotton seed from the cotton would more than equal in value the shucks and fodder from tbe corn, and "Straws show which way the winds blow." A planter setting a good example is worthy to be a guide, like Mr. W. Mar tin, near Hodges Depot, who is a man of good, sound judgment and a practical planter. He was of late interviewed by a correspondent of the Cotton Plant on his experience of fifteen years in farm ing, and remarked: at first, for years, he made the raising of cutton a specialty and succeeded to all expectations; next be turned bis attention more particular ly to the growth of grain leaving off cot ton to some extent, and at the end o the years of the grain farming it did not fit up so well as the cotton farming did He recommends diversified crops and the planting of plenty of all kinds of .grain, but make cotton a specialty, aud at the end of the year air business trsns action fits up to a traction and a surplus in tbe treasury. Planters are sometimes strayed off with cattle experiments. It is tbe safest way to count the cost, prof? its and losses before the experiment is made. "A word to the wise is sufficient.' Of late, a noted lecturer, asking tor con? tributions, iu the midst of his speech to a large audience, said that the people were complaining of short crops and bard times and at the end of the year tbe tongue and buckle would not meet but advised them to cut a plug out of the middle by giving liberally, and then press the two sides together and it would be all right. All of tbe audience could not see into the mystery, but concluded it was strategy. Sarcasm or n*o i.arc as in, it is a conclusive fact, tbat there are two sides to everything. W. A. Moore. Cokesbury, S. C. Public Roads Again. Tbe people in many parts of tbe coun? try are again almost cut off from their local markets and isolated from society by tbe miserable quagmires, yclept pub lie roads. Thousands, no doubt, are abusing tbe road laws, while profane thoughts are in their hearts, if wicked words do not find vent by way of their lips. This seems to be the proper season of the year for such things, but tbe Spring will soon be at baud, and tbe time for putting tbe roads \n*passable condi tiou so tbat tbey may pass the inspection of lenient grand juries will come with it. It may not be amiss to again call the attention of road commissioners, over seers and citizens generally throughout the country to tbe fact tbat merely tem? porary wofk on tbe public roads does not pay. A few days' extra work done on a baa piece of road in an intelligent man ner will save a vast deal of labor and an? noyance in the future. It is almost use? less to throw a few pine tops aud a little dirt in a gully and leave it so that it will wash out and be worse than ever tbe next heavy rain tbat comes. Road offi? cial" ought to study road building, and learn bow work done on tbe roads may be made permanent.* The great point in securing good roads is drainage. Water should not be allowed to collect at any point on a road to do damage even du? ring the heaviest rains. A little work done on properly drained roads every year will keep them in much better con? dition than a great deal of work on roads tbat are not properly drained or not drained at all. It is tbe custom to abuse the road laws. No doubt they are defective, but if tbe road laws were enforced with intelligence there would be very little cause to com? plain of tbem. If commissioners and overseers would only learn their duties, and perform them according to the letter and spirit of the laws, and require road hands to do houest work, as if they were receiving wages in cash, the roads in nearly all parts of the country would be in pretty good condition at all seasons of tbe year. ? The Lancaster Ledger says: "There is a man in this County who weighs 90 pounds, wears a No. 1 shoe, is 22 years of age, and can eat 13 biscuits at a meal. He was put in a quart coffee pot when an infant." How many biscuits could he have eaten if he had been put in a bush? el measure ? ? Priest; "Pat, I believe I saw you asleep in tbe church last Sunday." Pat: "No. indade, your"rev'rence didn't. You moight a'seen me with me oies shut, but divil a bit o'sleep could I get anyhow, W'd vour screech iu' an' your thompin' of th* *>btfr c-ushfofctr." Albert Sidney Johnson. From a recent article by Colouel Wm. Preston Johnson on his father and the Sbiloh campaign, we quote the following : ''Gen. Johnson was with Stratham's brig? ade, confronting Hurlbut's left, which .was behind the crest of a hill, with a depression filled with chaparral in its front. The Confedftrates held the paral? lel ridge in easy musket range; and as heavy firing as I ever saw during the war, says Governor Harris, was kept up on both sides for an hour or more. It was necessary to cross the valley raked by this deadly ambuscade and assail the opposite ridge in order to drive the ene? my from his stronghold. When Gen. Johnson came up and saw the situation be said to bis staff: 'They are offering stubborn' resistance here. I shall have to put the bayonet to them.' It is the crisis of the conflict. The Federal key was in front. If his assault was success? ful, their left would be completely turned, and the victory won. He determined- to charge. He sent Governor Harris, of bis stuff, to lead a Tennessee, regiment; and after a brief conference with Breckenridge, whom he loved and admired, that officer, followed by his staff, appealed to bis soldiers. As he encouraged them with his fine voice and manly bearing, General Johnson rode out in front and slowly down the line. His hat was off. His sword rested in its scabbard. In his right hand he held a little tin cup, the memorial of an incident that had occurred earlier in the day. Passing through a captured camp, he had taken this toy, saying, 'Jjet this be my share of the spoils to-day.' It was this plaything, which holding it be tween two fingers, he employed more effectively in his natural, simple gesticu? lation than most men eould have used a sword. His presence was full of inspira? tion. He sat on his thoroughbred bay, 'Fire-eater,' with easy command. His voice, was persuasive, encouraging and compelling. His words were few; he said : - 'Men! they are stubborn; we must use the bayooet.' When he reached the centre of the-line he turned. 'I will lead you !' he cried, and moved to ward the enemy. The line was already thr llingand trembling with that irresi t ible ardor which in battle decides the day. With a mighty shout the line moved forward at a charge. A sheet of flame and a mighty roar burst from the Federal stronghold. The Confederate line withered but there was not an in? stant's pause. The crest was gained. The enemy were in flight. General Johnson had passed through the ordeal seemingly unhurt. His horse was shot in four place.-; bis clothes were pierced by missiles; his boot soles were cut and torn by a minnie; but i f heliim ?elf bad received any severe wound, he did not know it. At this'moment Gov? ernor .Harris rode up from the right. After a few words, General Johnson sent him with an order to Colonel Stratham, which having delivered, he speedily re? turned. In the meantime, knots and groups of Federal soldiers kept up a de? sultory fire as they retreated upon their supports, and their last line, now yield ing, delivered volley after volley as thev sullenly retired. By the chance of war, a minnie ball from one of these did its fatal work. As he Bat there after his wouad.' Captain Wickbam says that Col onel O'Hara, of his staff, rode up and General Johnson said to him, 'We must go to the left, whete the firing is heav iest,' and then gave him an order which O'Hara rode off to obey. Governor Har ris returned, and. finding him very pale, asked him, 'General, are you wounded ?' He answered him in a very deliberate and emphatic tone: ' 'Yes, and I fear, seriously.' These were his last words. Harris aod Wickham led his horse back under cover of the bill, and lifted him from it. They searched at random for the wound, which had cut an artery in his leg, the blood flowing into his boot. When his brother in law, Preston, lifted his bead and addressed him with passion? ate grief, he smiled faintly, but uttered no word. His life rapidly ebbed away, and in a few moments he was dead. "His wound was not necessarily fatal. General Johnson's own knowlege of mil? itary surgery was adequate for its control by an extemporized tourniquet, had he been aware or regardful of its nature. Dr. D. W. Yandell, his surgeon, had at? tended his person during most of the morning; but finding a large number of wounded men, including many Federals, at one point, General Johnson ordered Yandell to stop there, establish a hospit al and give them his services. He said to Yandell; "'These men were our ene? mies a moment ago; they are prisoners now. Take care of them.' Yandell re? monstrated against leaving him, but he was'peremptory. Had Yandell remained with him he would have had little diffi? culty with the wound." THE LAST CHARGE AT SHILOH. From General Grant's account of the battle of Sbiloh, we quote the following: "This day everything was favorable to the Federal side. We now had become attacking party. The enemy was driven back all day, as we bad been the day be fore, until finally be beat a precipitate retreat. Tbe last point held by him was near the mad from the landing to Cor rinth, on the left of Sherman and right of AicCleinand. About 3 o'clock, being near that point, and seeing that the ene? my was giving way everywhere else, I gathered up a couple of regiments, or parts of regiments, from troops near by, formed tbem in line of battle and ?narched them forward, going in front myself to prevent premature or long range firing. At this point there wa3 a clearing between us and tbe enemy favor? able for charging, although exposed. I knew the enemy were ready to break, and only wanted a little encouragement from us to go quickly and join their- friends who had started earlier. After march? ing to within musket-range, I stopped and let the troops pass. The command charge, was given, and was executed with loud cheerB, arid with a run, when the last of the enemy broke." Man in Love and Out. What is there that a man will not do when he is in love? What else will drive him to such lengths of brilliancy and daring? It is then that he puts on his most brilliant plumage, struts about in his greatest glory and reaches the most beautiful perfection of his nature. He writes long letters, spends his money like a prodigal, is ready to go here, there and everywhere, rain or shine, at tbe heck and call of his fair mistress; wears his best clothes, walks with erectness and elasticity of a trained athlete, smiles on all mankind, and is a being much beyond and above the common run of the race. All this he is to the woman to whom he is playing the lover. She takes him for what he seems to be, not for what he is. Perhaps be may turn out to be what he seems to be, perhaps not?generally not. Most husbands are disappointing to their wives because they immediately after marriage collapse into mere matter of fact, plain, every day men, who seem to t ink about as much of out thing as an? other. CHAINED SKELETONS. The Cave of the Famous M~urrell Gang Found. Correspondence Nashville World. Huntingdon, Tenn., F?'b. 13. On the 11th instant we left Hunting dun for thp Southwestern portion of this County for a few days' bird and squirrel hunt, having for our companion A. M. Lee, tbe acknowledged prince of post? masters. Being securely seated behind a two forty (hours) thoroughbred, we were soon on our hunting ground, it be? ing in the immediate vicinity where we were both born and raised, as a matter of course we were well acquainted with the woods. While following a rocky branch, known as the Gin Branch, we came to where it skirted the margin of a high bill, our setter, Charlie, made a dash at the rabbit, and both rabbit and Charlie disappeared in the hill. The en? trance was what we supposed to be a crevice in the rocks, as the margin of the hill wan covered with large sand rocks; in a moment the bats came pouring out by the hundreds; the weather beiug chilly they fell to the ground in a stupor as soon as the air struck them?their slumbers had been disturbed by tbe dog. We were enjoying the fun when, to our a>tonishment, several large horn owls tame flopping out?one gave a dismal hoot as though he had not seen daylight in years, or wished to frighten us away. Becoming uneasy for fear our dog could not return, Mr. Lee went to the entrance ot the cave, taking a pole aud probing some six feet, he found it made an abrupt angle to the right; the opening was barely sufficient for a commou-sized man to entex; he groped his way until it be? came so dark that he returned and re vealed the terrible news that it opened out into what he believed to be a large ball, and that be could hear Charlie run? ning around and whining, as though be was lost and could not find his way out. We sent to a neighboring house and pro cured a lantern, determined to rescue Charlie at all hazards. With lantern in hand we both entered, compelled to crawl on hands and knees for some distance before we could walk erect; the entrance turned first to the right, then to the left, in a zigzag form; finally we met Charlie, and bis bark, as it echoed and re-echoed, astonished us to such an extent that we raised our lantern over our beads, which threw a bright light around. We stood dumb for a moment; we were shocked aud horrified; the surroundings were re? vealed ; we were in a large room, cejled on sides and overhead with rude clap? boards. Before us te. a large table with a mutilated pack of cards in tbe centre; heavy wooden chairs around the table; a couple of large aud rough shop-made knives on one corner. As soon as we could collect our senses and calm our staggered brain we found we were in a secret cave that bad once been occupied by a band of outlaws, but who or when, was tbe question. In surveying tbe room, which was 18x18, we found, in one corner, a black something; holding tbe light close, our blood was chilled ; it was a large black man, bis skin and flesh dry as those who, in ancient days, were given passage over Sharon ; a large and rough made chain was lucked around his ankle and fastened to a staple in the floor. In tbe opposite cornpr lay the dried frames of two huge bloodhounds ; in an old and heavy wooden box was found two old fashioned horse pistols with flint locks; they had undoubtedly done service in the revolution; there was also several pair of baudcuffs. We begun to think tbat we were in the regions of the damned. Ween looking on the rough wall there we saw "the handwriting." It was "John A. Murrell, 1828." We were in the great outlaw's den ; we could theu see that the man chained had been stolen by the bold bandit?brought tbere and chained until they could run him South and sell aim. The presumption is that when the cave was deserted be was alive; the door;) was sure, but what agony be underwent?chained and alone?his face like MiHon's devii, "giiuned horribly a ghastly smile." The bloodhounds had been kept for tbe purpose of recapturing any slave that might escape. As we were about making our exit our compan? ion, Lee, called our attention, in an ex cited manner, to another object. We turned around and be was pale and the lantern trembling in his hand ; he point? ed under the table, and there lay tbe form aud dried frame of another human being. Examining close it proved to be that of a once beautiful female. She too was chained. She bad died a horrible death?starved to death. Her loug yel? low hair still clung to the dry skin on her bead, which bung in golden tresses over her bosom that once heaved with tbe breath of life, though now cold; her once ruby lips were parted so as to dis? close a set of pearly teeth. How came she in a robber's den ? She could not have been a victim tu Cupid's dart; if so, why chain her? She undoubtedly bad been ^kidnapped and held for ran? som. But our hearts grow sick as we write '; several letters were found of a suspicious character, but as they contain the names of people in Middle Tennes? see, we decline to give their contents. The discovery of the den has caused great excitement in the neighborhood. Numbers have visited the place, and a few have ventured in. Mr. W. C. Blair, on whose land the cave is, refused to have anything disturbed until the people could see it. He permitted A. M. Lpe to remove the dragoon pistols, which have John A. Murrell's initials stamped on the barrels. . Any person wishing to see tbem can call on bim at tbe postoffice in Huntingdon, where he will take great pleasure in showing them. The Pricelessuess of Mau. Let men speculate as they will on man's origin and place, let them ex? pound tbe stages of development by which he has attained his preseut struct? ure and power; this much, at least, is clear about him?clear on the face of God's word; that he is a being whose rescue from moral evil is held on bigb to be worth the agony and the bloody sweat, the cross and passion, the precious death and burial, the glorious resurrection of the Son of God. His sacrifice is the eternal witness to the truth that man at his very worst is worthy of being minis tered tu from heaven, and at a cost which defies expression in terms of our earthly sacrifices. If you are tempted to think meanly of man ; if, face to face with the dark facts of bis vice and frailty, all the fine things that poets have sung of him and proph ets have forecast, seem to you *o be a hollow mockery, then remember that there is a judgment above yours; remem? ber that, however little you can see to honor ur admire, there must be in each one something of infinite value, siuce God would fain redeem each for himself by an infinite sacrifice. The humblest personality is glorified by this thought of redemption, and you cannot stand before a human being, no matter what his race, his creed or his character, without being in thj presence of one whom God love* and for whom Chrwt fins died. ? Idleness- is tfcfc tttf; of *it eVil. A Farm For Breeding Geese. Tbe only goose ranch?that is a farm devoted to the breeding and care of geese, in thi? country is owned and oppiated bv Philndelphians. Thp farm is located on the Eastern shore of Virginia, and cover* nearly 3 000 acres, over which the feath ered occupants are free to roam. In England there area number of such farms, some of them having as high as 1,000 geese. The American one is. of much larger proportions as it flock* num ber in the neighborhood of 5,000 birds In certain tpxtile branches of trade tin down and fpathers of geese are the main raw materials. The manufacture of fine quilts and the preparation of certain articles of dress utilize the down, and in cheaper grades of goods the younger and softer feathers are used in the way ot adulteration. The large and strong feathers of the tails and wings go mainl) into the quill pens used by proftsbiona engrossers, lawyers, clergymen, author? ed others. These are too tough I'm much use in the textile productions noted above. The American farm is devoted exclu? sively to producing the raw material* needed for the tine down quilts. Several species of geese are bred, all of them being, however, of American lineage. The largest specimens are the swan geese, and the plumage of all is of snowy whiteness. The birds are regularly fe? with corn and other grains, and are given the utmost freedom consistent with the prevention of straying and loss. In con? sequence, men are employed as border* to keep a watchful eye on their charges Sheds for shelter are provided in case ol inclement or especially severe weather, but the birds rarely use them. About every six weeks the plucking takea place. Only the breast and por tions of tbe side are touched, the feath era of I he back, the wings and the tail being left intact. It requires nearly one hundred average geese to furnish a pound of down, though the smaller feathers, which are also taken, weigh much heavi er. These feathers, however, form an entirely separate grade of product from the valuable down. The average life of a goose is said to be about forty years, and they produce ' from six to ten eggs per annum, a lurge proportion of which are batched. A bird hatched in February is in condition lor plucking the following August, and so on thereafter ever nix or eight weeks. The feathers are packed in sacks and sent to the Philadelphia factory, where they are trimmed, washed, steamed, and otherwise prepared ?for their ultimate uses. In adulterating the fluffy down for the cheaper grades of goods the feathers are chopped up fine and then mingled with the more valuable material. So practiced are some manufacturers that it requires an expert to distinguish between the grades. Tbe local factory, which is the only-one of prominence in tbe coun try, makes nothing but the finer goods Heretofore the down and feathers used in American markets have been imported. ?Philadelphia Press. The Lethean Liver. Young,'theauthor of "Night Thoughts," calls sleep "tired nature's sweet restorer." On tbe enchanted plains of dream land, we forget our troubles and are happy for the time. We bathe our weary limbs and aching beads in tbe Lethean river, where all is placid, calm and serene, and He that spoke to the storm-rocked Sea ot Galilee and the mad waves cowered at his word, will smooth our rough pathway and "give his beloved sleep." We don't like the. thoughtless and flippant express ion attributed to Sancho Panza: "Bless? ed be the man that invented sleep" Sleep was not invented, and if it was, it was done by man. It is one of the richest boons that a merciful Providence has vouch safed to erring and ungrateful man. It is tbe bivouac in the battle ol life where the tired soldier may snatch a moment to repose from the stern and exactiug duties of tbe camp. Sleep, i* a blessing that comes to all alike. The rich cannot monopolize it, and tbe poor cannot be deiraiided out of it. The iufant that has just opened its eyes upon the beauties and the flowers of tbe sunny laudscapeof time, and the aged pilgrim that is about to bid it farewell, and thronging multitudes that stand between these two extremes, all enjoy the privi lege, tbe luxury, the blessing of sleep. Sbakspeare's utterances on this subject, grand, comprshensive and far-reaching aa they are, fail to do it justice. It bov ere about the dwellings of poverty and tbe invalid's couch like a ministering angel of mercy, binding up tbe broken heart and bathing the fevered brow with the healing waters of a happy and heal thy. forgetfuluess. When the duties and labors of the day are done, and "dark ness drops her curtain down and pins it with a star." the welcome and refreshing spirit of slumber steals over us so gently and wooes us so tenderly that we natur? ally and unconsciously sink into its sweet embrace. The Summer, with its debilitating days and sweltering nights, makes restless and uneasy and disturbed slumber almost universal, and those who, at no other time, miss an hour's sleep, have a chance to learn what a boon, what a priceless thing it is to enjoy undisturbed repose. The tired laborer, the weary mother, the fretful child, the restless invalid, all appreciate to the fullest extent the refreshing and soothing iuflu ence of that preserver of health, restorer in sickness, and prolonger of life, a sufficiency of health ml and invigorating sleep.? Columbia Yeoman. Women Who Detest a Marriage. Men marry the rattle brains of society. They choose tbe pretty,good tor-nothing girls, for that is the kind they like ; they run after and marry the livelitst girl at a picnic or'ball, though bhe may be a "holy terror" at home ; they rush after the belle and the heiress, though she may be selfish and spoiled. They pass by the jewels and take "the snide,''' for that is all they know, and then, like Adam, they blame the fruits of their own folly nu the woman. 'Twas ever thus. But. brethren?we wish to break it to you j gently?there are women right here at home who have their own money to spend as they please, who have their own pleasant homes and congenial occu? pations, who can, if the fancy seizes them, pack their trunks and take a jaunt to JTcw Orleans, slip off to Washington for a few weeks, take in the cream of New York or the balmy airs of Florida; in short, have a royal time in any way they choose, who call no man master, and who "wouldn't marry the best man that ever stepped in shoe leather." This will be a shock to you, beloved brethren, but it is none the less true. Women find pleasure and comfort and happiness out? side of matrimony. It is not flattering to men, but there is a growing disinclin? ation to marriage among women. They are growing more critical as to the meas? ure of a man. He will have to come up to a nobler, higher standard, or, in the practical par'anc** o' r????? day, ha will get','lefu"? WmM'sleXtcr in PittsHurg 'Mio Fallier at Hunte. Some fathers fail to gain their chil? dren's confidence by an apparent lack of sympathy. On the other hand, few young people ever take the trouble to put themselves in their father's place? to imagine how he must feel this or that behavior, bow a disrespectful word or look insults him, or a voluntary confi? dence is prized by him. There are many things, no doubt, which boys and ?irls do not care to .-peak of before their father; but they do not know how hurt paler familias feels when a conversation is stopped upon his entering the room, when lie is made to feel tha'. he is" not one of the circle, that he is a power to be respected and propitiated, but no more. Very often a man has. himself to blame for this siate of things, but not always. Often it is mere love or secrecy which make girls especially exclude their father as much as possible from a knowledge of their doings, their friends, their comings and goings, their fears and hopes. With ?ouie this reticence must be necessary. Confidences would only be mrt with -uspicion or blame or ridicule. But most men have a tender spot in their hearts, even tor the weakne>s ind foolish? ness of "their own flesh," and feel pained when they.aresilently condemned' as unworthy of confidence. Pater fami lias may be too proud to show that be feels hurt. He may wrap him-elt up in - dignity and aff.ct a contempt for the trifling concerns of the girls; he may even repel the first advances, but his heart may be exclaiming bitterly against the coldness and hardness which excludes iiim from the knowledge of his daugh? ter's mind aud heart which is given to half a dozen school girl friends. A girl owes much to her father, eveu if he has not been all to her that a parent ought to be. He has had to work hard, very probably, that ber bread and butter might be secure. He has borne cares, anxieties, struggles, temptations, at which she can but guess?of which she can form no real conception. If be is hard and unsympathetic some allowance for the nervous irri'ation of an overwork? ed or anxious man may surely be made. And a girJ never, we believe, has any conception bow precious she is ia her lather's eyes. Rough words and cold or angry looks may peem to disprove it, but it is true nevertheless. More even in a sense, than his wife, she appeals to bis protective care. He may scold or slight her, but let any real 'harm threaten her and she will see that to touch her is to touch the apple of his eye. The day comes, no doubt, when her allegiance and sympathy are transferred to another, in right of a still higher claim. Tbere is Jittle wonder if poor pater familias looks askance on him at first and is slow to admit tbat he is the one at whose coming his reign* must end. It is the way of nature, and it must be so. Butitishrrd. A father often loses more on bis daugh? ter's marriage than her mother does. "My daughter's my daughter all her life." But a lather's right changes entirely when the ring is put on the finger. Till the fairy prince comes, then, let pater familias be considered and deferred to, and if necessary, humored. Let him not be made to feel that bare duty is to be paid to him. Let nim not feel him? self a stranger in his own hou.-e. For many a little sacrifice, many a gentle or patient word, unnoticed, unacknowledged at the time,, aud soon forgotten by her who renders it, lives in the memory of him who receives it.? Waverly. Dues Farming Fay ? This question is often foolishly asked and often foolishly discussed by men who make nothing pay. The man who has never farmed successfully and who lives from hand to mouth is fully pre? pared to show that farming does not pay. js.uch discussions, by such men, tend to dissatisfy young farmers and to make them believe that the world has work and large returns in money iu other call? ings. It this question is discussed so as to dignify the work of the larm and make men and women belter contented wilh their occupation and cause them to im? prove their metLods of work arid beautify their homes, then it is well to talk about it. In our Couuty there are'more than 30,000 people depending directly on the farms for a support. They are generally not in a condition to meditate a change. They are like the boy watching the go? pher hole. ?Vith him it was not a ques? tion of pay, or whether some other occu? pation would not be better, but meat be w.ia obliged to have and he had to get it "out of that very hole he was watching. Tou might as well ask if merchandising pays and answer by giving a lung list of men who have failed in the U.-t fifteen years in our County. So with r.he learB ed professions and all occupatious. When you consider the failures of men who go into any business, it is easy to prove tbat it does not p'ty. We believe the outlook for the farmer in Sparenburg County is just as good as it is for any other profess? ion. He and his boys may not wear quite as fine clothes as the dry goods clerk who is'getting ?25 00 a month and paying four-fifths of that for board and washing, or the hotel clerk or the bank cashier, but they are just as much to be respected as those who wear kid gloves and fine linen. Farming does pny even here on the old red hills of Spartanburg. It keeps alive more than forty thousand people, aud builds fine houses and pays interest on railroad debts and keeps up the State government and is .the grand motive'power which keep* all other wheels iu motion. Of course farming pays. If farm operations should stop for one year, banks, factories, stores and pro? fessions would all go under; Tbe ques? tion is not whether it pays or not, but how to get larger returns for labor and improve tbe farms and country homes to much that clerks and professional men will be attracted to farm life, and will always be longing for the time to come when they ran quit the drudgery of the store and the cobwebs ofkthe office for an independent life on the farm.?Spartan' bury Spartan. Thirty Years on Oue Menl a Day. David Allen, of East Bridgewaler, .Mass., has gained a good deal of noto? riety on account of eating only one meal a day. Mr. Allen is a larmer fifty-four years of age, rather below the average height, strong and healthy in appear? ance. He said that some thirty years aco, knowing that frequent eating was injurious, he began to eaT>only oue mtal a day, taking an ordinary dinner as near noon each day as possible, and has since continued the practice and does not mean to give it up. He eats slowly, usually occupying from a half to three quarters of au hour at th<> table. He does as much work as the average man. Mr. Allen never used tobacco in any form, and has never drank intoxicating liquors. The only indulgence which he grants himself, aside from tbe noon mealj is an occasional apple or some little fruit. ? Be car fill bow you treat the cows now. Radical changes of food produce i'id gesiion, and general unthrift may fljllow.