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15y E. B. MURKAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1885. VOLUME XX.-NO. as ALWAYS GO TO HEADQUARTERS DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, . Extracts, Patent Medicines, YE STUFFS, &o. A FULL Hue of Paints, Varnishes, Combe, Brushes, Hair Oils, Bay Ruin, Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Face Powders, Fine Toilet Soaps, Tooth Powders, Tooth Brushes, La dies* Hand Mirrors, Razors. Shaving Setts, Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Sup porters, &c. Pure, High Toned Flavoring Extracts, Bakiug Powders and Soda, Pepper Allspice, Ginger, and Finest Teas iii the market. Cigars aud Tobacco. I Best Coal Oil Campa and Lamp Goods, aud every variety of choice Goods and necessary articles usually kept iu First Class Drug Stores and used in families. PATENT MEDICINES, all the Standard aud Reliable ones kept in stock. The sweetest and mott deli cate Perfumes aud Odors, and a full line of Colognes and Toilet Water always in stock. Chapped h suds, face and lips aro very prevalent at this season of the yeur, and nothing will "cure and pre vent this annoying affliction so effectu ally as a box of Camphor Ice, Cosnia liue, or some of our pure Glycerine. FANCY GOODS and Sundries, and a thousand and one other arti cles of general use may bc fouGil in our complete stock. ffi?y Oblige ?B by giving us a call, and you will be surprised at our LOW PRICES and superior quality of our Goods. With the compliments of the Season, wc are yours, Ac., WILHITE * WILHITE. Jan 8,1885 FERTILIZERS FOR 1885. Attention of the Farmers of Anderson County is re spectfully called to our OLD RELIABLE BRANDS OF GH GRADE GUANO AND ACID h are so well and favorably known throughout the County, and which we are now red to offer them in any quantity, for Cash or Cotton. We have always n you low prices, and are prepared to do BO again. Call and ns. We are in a position to off"r inducement? to CASH BUYERS of * RN, FLOUR, BACON, MOLASSES - AND - GENERALI PLANTATION SUPPLIES. e ar? receiving large quantities of these Goods direct from the points of production. ? ?re Agents for the Celebrated WHITE HICKORY WAGONS-guaranit?d the of any make. Mishawaba Sulky and Ordinary Turning Plows, Daniel Pratt Gins, Foeders and Condensers, Count's Home-made, 7-Fiugered Grain Cradle-the Best Cradle eyer offered on thia or any other market. Tho Champion Mowers, Reapers and Binden, with The latest improvements, making them The most desirable Harvesting Machines In the World. Our 8tock of General Merchandise ls complete In all Departments, and we ra lly solicit a call from any desh lng to buy Goods, as our facilities snsble us to ?beat Good?at the most reasonable prices -dsrson, S. C., Feb. lt, 18S6 MoC??JLLY, CATHCART & CO. - .A.- GI?-A-^P^A.Isr * IS NOW OFFERING * ?ODS AT AND BELOW COST ! Oo no to close out his entire stock of Winter Goode before 1st February, 1885. ' JUST THINK. OP IT ! -LOAKa from is 00 to gio.oo. 8HAWLrTfrora 8&oto|500. x . A_ BLANKfcTS from $1.00 per pair up to ?3.00. BHinrrmO^atocperyard. BED TICKINGS from 8c per yard te Sie. JEANS cheaper than ever. DRB8SGOODS from 10O per yard up. {FLANNELS from SOC per yard np to $1.15. Best PRINTS ec per yard. pHOES from 50o per pair np to $6 50 I. -ROOTS from $100 per pair up to $-100. ? . -_A.tmmln*A ta MaslbaveonG-afewTrnnkaVVafisesand Hats on band I am determinad to fi*10 ont regardless of cost. ? ?. F<wa baying I ask everybody to examine my stock. _ W. JLm CHAPMAN. ,1884 23 l* r Year Wife and Children of one of the Greatest, tost Elevating and Reflning of all the Sciences, TTS IC . t0?Y ?5AY$ GET THE BE8T OF EVKRYTHINOJ Wokering Pianos and Mason & Hamlin Organs . RE000NIZED LKADKR8 OF THE WORLD mrMuakal I**"T^ ^lllin? Sar?X?per frustramente. Imp* beaease more ?are .nd ****ttl leased in tbdr raanufceture. ? ?7 one to buy in a Ilfo-timc- GET THE BEST. ' .. - jr? A. AOMTT ?O* OH)?? *ataVWam M$?k) "... fe . :u aj|t VALENTINE'S DAY. Arp Talks of the Way* of the World. The good St. Valentine lived in a warmer latitude then thia-sometimes we have a breath of Spring by the 14th of February, but not often. The hirds 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 tbe garden, but we live in hope aud faith that Spring will come and is near at band. The yoting lambs have come and are nhaking their little tails, and some of the bens have gone to set ting and that is a sign. It has been a hard, long Winter, and so we will enjoy the Spring all the more. We can't plow, for the around is either f-ozen or it is too wet. The boyB can't hunt, for the guns freeze to their hands, but they run rab bits, aud we have a rabbit atew most every day all mixed up with Irish potatoes, and it is a savory dish. It is mighty hard 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 birds help out and vary the monotony. But we have big lye hominy most all the time, and that is bard to beat ; and we I have eggs-lota of eggs -and cook them in lots of ways, and they are good any way you cook them. I don't know what the country folks would do without chickens and eggs. A good fat old hen makes tho beat 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 hoecakes split open and butter to go with it. And once or twice in a while I am allowed to have a mess of cod fish, with eggs and cream, and the d'rsb ia set clone to me at one end of the long table, and Mrs. Arp sits afar off at tbe other end and looks amazed to see tba children help me dis pose of it. "Tho idea," says she, "that ray children eat cod fish I" And so, when she ant1 they eat tripe, I put on , airs and ssy, "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 > keep fat and healthy, and then there are , tba roasted potatoes tbat they never get M red of. Anything roasted in the ashes or broiled on tbe coals is better than to be cooked on a stove. We bave great , big fireplaces four.feet wide, and ibo lit ( tie chaps have got'eggs or potatoes in the < ashes most every day, and it keeps tbem \ dirty and conteuted, for they are always < hungry, and tbat is a good sign. Chit- ] dren who have no appetite are in a bad ? way. They are puny. So it is with , stock. Tbe best horses are the heartiest , eaters. Hungry folks don't need any < tonics to whet the appetite. I love to | see a working-man eat. for he enjoys it, and he enjoys bia (deep, and gets up in L the morning refreshed, and is ready for ^ another day. I have great respect and , admiration for the working-men of this ! land. Tbey are the backbone of the j government and will be ita best protec- | lion when trouble comes. Mr. Randall j wrote well about them in the Augusta , paper, when be said that if these million-1, airs, who are making their immense for- | tunes out of sweat and toil, didn't change ? their methods, they would have to pay t one half of the common people to keep L ibe other bali from taking their ill got- j ten gains away. Wealth ia not always j secure. There are millions of restless I j people who would divide out if they I, could, and they are getting bolder every j day. But tbe common farmers and la- , borers nf the country are not of their j class. They sre* for law and order and , good government A man ?ho works j hard every day is not apt to be a distur- j ber of the public tranquility. He bas- , i-nt got time or inclination. Idleness is < the parent ol vice, and when these idle t men beg for-em ploy ment, tho rich mon J, bad better give it to them-give it to j , them at any saciifice. If a man wants | j to work for bread for his family the work , jugbt to be provided, even if it is work- | ? ing on the mad. Bread is due every t man if he will work for it. When the , mills are stopped and a thousand fami- | lies are cut off from bread they area ter- : ribla element to deal with. There are j rame things that know no law, and bun- ? ;er is one of them. Th? concentration c uf wealth in the hands of the few is the |reat danger that threatens government averywbere. No man has a right to a hundred millions when his nabors are starving. It shocks humanity. It shocks] judgment and reason and pity. The people will respect and tolerate a fortune t nf a million, for that . sum is surely 1 on nu gb. to put the family above all dan- I ger of want; but for ten millions ort M hundred there is DO sympathy. There is i a deep seated conviction everywhere that t most of it is ill Rotten,, and even if hon- ] estly gotten it ought to be surrendered I and distributed. Good men feel more < than they say, for they dp not want to be t classed with communiste. Good men I everywhere lament these colossal for- I tunes, and some day a spark will be < kindled that even good men will uot try i to put out There is hat one safety for such fortunes, and that is to give them . away. Do like Seaey, or Peabody, or ? Peter Cooper. , . . , 1 It is cold cow, and the poor of our I cities want fuel. There are a thousand I io Atlanta who have not got it. Your I people called them there. You are call- ' ingall the time, "Come, all ye ends of J the earth ; come to Atlanta." 8o they 1 came, and many of them are struggling < for bread and clothing. Your rich men i roll in wealth, and if a mao who is ? worth a hundred thousand gives teo del- < lars io keep your poor from starving tor freezing he is published in your paper aa I a benefactor, a philantropliist, and so be ' consoles himself and receives bis bene- ? dictions, ir it were not for your bener- I oient women your poor would perish, i As a general thing the rich men have no ? more conception of true charity than a 3 Cotnancbee Indlao. They woold'ot give a cent, but for publie opinion. Tbe ? poor ?re the charitable. They give a < handred fold more than the rich In pro portion to their meaos. The world don't know how much the poor do for one an- j other; how they nurse their sick ?nd bury their dead, and help io every way I they can. Twa beggars came to my < house yesterday* They were honestly poor and had been burnt ont, and asked for a little help. I gnte them half a dollar, and foopd ont ^?^*rd* * poor nabor of mine noterUlnrd them I over night with food and lodging, and nm them a dollar besides, and I felt Shamed or myself. I am a good deal better off,'and, therefore, I am meaner? I TAod' now comee wei shoe* and wet sleeking*, and lt 1* all fmm the beant?fol snow. %e boy? bave Ju*t come in erith erimb?l. and it ha. coat me halfadollar. I know, for the ?boealievw to be dried and wHl draw op ggJl ?ont dry ?oeHng?, ??* ? V???? ?21 .rill goT again or they will be rildlng SwnUeHll. ?nd the girl* want malo Kt runners on tba buggy, or rig np a sar- ???? sud have their mother to back them, and I am kept as bumble aud 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 Hick, but they make me pay back and keep roe busy when I ern well. Their school begins Monday, and then I will be in for another seige of geography and arithmetic, f rd sn forth, every night, and will have to take them and bring them back in rainy weather. Hut such is life, and the business of one genera tion ts to raise another, and it in tue best business and the happiest I know of. Bleated are they who enjoy it. BILL A HP. Two Sides to ti very thing. KDITOH COTTON PLANT : A great deal bas been said about the advantage* of growing more corn than cot.on. Noa? this opens up a debatable subject and the affirmative side is looked on ns the strong? est. To test the weight of two objects pince them in bnlanco scales, which do cides the matter at once, but in this case complicated matters come up, and as the I farmers are always ready to have their experience tested as to what has been their Huccess iu planting the various kinds of produce, the Cotton Plant baa opened its columns for the benefit of the agriculturist, that if there are good plans J advised, they can bo taken up, and the worthier i modes thrown aside. In t!te ii rut place, it is admitted that barns full nf corn are very essential ; but bow olten are efforts made to fill the barns and turn out to be almost a clear failure. Then what ia the consequence ? If no oats or j other substitute is made, u full back bas to be made on King Cotton enough to master all deticiencies. Yes, three bales of cotton will pay for two hundred bush ela of corn laid down at tbe corn buver's nearest depot. Bight here let us il I un trote : Three hales 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 the cost of labor one half to make the corn, and when it ia gathered it only measures out fifty bushels; figure this down to a close cal culation and see what tho profits are. The entire cost of making ana gathering the three bales of cotton was eighty dot lars, and the entire cost of making and gathering the fifty bushels of corn was forty dollars ; the bales of colton each weighed four hundred pound?, at ten :enta a pound the amount would be (120; the fifty bushels of corn at cev ?nty?flve cenia per bushel would be ?537. 30. A clear loss on the corn would be P2 50, and' the net profit on the cotton ?4 00. The cotton seed from the cotton would moro than equal in value the j mucks and fodder from the corn, and 'Straws show which way the winds DIOW." A philter setting a good example is worthy to be a guide, like Mr. W. Mar lin, near Hodges Depot, who is a man of I rood, sound judgment and a practical ' planter. He waa of late interviewed by i correspondent of the Cotton Plant on sis experience of fifteen ysars in farm? ng, and remarked : at first, for yearn, he nade the railing of cotton a specialty, ind succeeded to all expectation* ; next, ie turned bia attention more particular y to the growth ot grain leaving off cot .on to some extent, and at the end of | be years of the grain farming it did not u up bo well as the cotton farming did, j ble recommends diversified crops and .bo planting of plenty of all kinds et ;rain, but make cotton a specialty, aud tt the end of the year alf business trans tction fits up to a traction and a surptus n the treasury. Planters ere s ometimes i tray ed off with callie experiments. It s the safest way to count the cost, prof ils and losses before the experiment ia unde. "A word to ihe wiseis sufficient." Jf late, a nuted lecturer, asking fur con ributions, iu the midst of his speech to i large audience, said that the people vere complaining of short crops and lard times and at the end of the year he tongue and buckle would not meet, jut advised them to cut a plug out of | bc middle by giving liberally, and then iress the two aides together and it would ie all right. All of the audience could lot see into the mystery, but concluded t was strategy. Sarcasm or no sarcasm, t is a conclusive fact, that there are two ides to everything. W. A. MOOEE. Cokesbury, S. C. Public Roads Again. Tbe people in many parts of the coun ry are again almost cut off from their ocal markets and isolated from society .y tbe miserable quagmires, yclept pub ic roads. Thousands, no doubt, are ] tbusing the road taws, while profane bough ta are in their hearts, if wicked vordu do not find vent by way of their j ipa. This seema to be the proper season ii the year for such things, but the Spring will soon bo at baud, and tba time br putting the roads \n9pat?abte condi ion so that they may pass the inspection >f lenient grand juries will como with t. It may not bs amiss to sgsin call tbs tttention of road commissioners, over ?ers sod citizens generally throughout ] be country to the fact that merely tom lorary work on tbe public roads does not jay. A few dsys' extra work doue on a lad piece of road io an intelligent man 1er will save a vast deal of labor and an loyaooe in the future, It is almost use ess to throw d few pine tops and a little I lirt in a golly snd leave it so that it will | rash out and be worse than ever tbs text besvy rsio thst comes. Road offi sisls ought to study rosd building, sud earn bow work done on tbe roads may ie made permanent..* The great point in ?curing good roads is drainage. Water j mould not be allowed to collect nt any >oiot on * road to do damage sven du? -lng the heaviest rains. A little work lons on properly drsined roads every ?rear-will keep them in much better con-. HtiOD than a great desi of work on roada bat sro not properly drsined or not trained at all. It ls the custom to abuse the road laws. I So doubt they are defective, but If the I road lsws were enforced with intelligence there would be very little cause to com plain of them. If commissioners sod iverseers would only learn their duties, ind perform them according to the letter ind spirit of the laws, and require road bsnds todo honest work, as if they were receiving wages io cash, the roads io near Iv all paru of the country would be in pretty good condition at all seasons | nf the year.' - The Lancaster Ledger says : "There is a man in this County who weighs 90 pounds, wests a No. 1 shoe, Is 23 years bf age, end can est 18 biscuits st a meal. He was put lo a quart coffee pot wben an lofent." How many biscuits could ho have eaten if be had been put in a bush, si measure f -- Priest; ^Pat, I believe I ssw you ?sleep In the church lau Sunday." Pst : "No. indsde, your'rev'rence didn't, Yoi? mnfght a'seen ms with me oles shut, but di vi I a bit o'ftleep could I get anyhow. iffffijgs?fc **' *our u,ou,piD'of Albert Sidney Johnson. From a recent Article by Colonel Wm. Preston Johnson on Inn father and the Shiloh campaign, we quote the following : "Con. Johnson was with Stratham'* brig ade, confronting Hurlbut's left, which .was bebind the crest of a hill, -vith a depression filled with chaparral in its front. The Confederates held the paral lel ridge in easy musket range ; and as heavy firing as I ever saw during the war, says Governor Harria, 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 he said to bis staff : 'They are offering stubborn' resistance bere. 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 staff, to lead n Tennessee regiment; and after a brief conference with Breckenridge, whom he loved and admired, that officer, followed hy his stafT, appealed to Ilia soldiers. As he encouraged them with his fine voice and manly bearing, General Johnson rode out in front and slowly down the lino. His hat was off. His sword rested in ita scabbard. In hie right hand he held a little tin cup, the memorial of an incident that had occurred earlier in the day. Pacing through a captured camp, he bad taken this toy, saying, 4JL?et this be my abare of the spoils to day.' It was this plaything, which holding it be tween two Angers, bc employed more effectively in bis natural, simple gesticu lation than most men could have used a sword. His presence was full of inspira tion. He sat on his thoroughbred bay, 'Fire-eater,' with easy command. His voice waB persuasive, encouraging and compelling His words were few; he said: 'Alen! they aro stubborn; we must use the bayonet.' When he reached tho centre of the line he turned. 'I will lead you I' he cried, and moved to ward the enemy. The line waa already thr liing and trembling with that irreal t ible Ardor which in battle decides the day. With A mighty shout the line moved forward at a chnrge. 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. Thc enemy were in flight. General Johnson had passed through the ordeal teemingly unhurt. His horso was shot in four place?* ; bis clothes were pierced by missiles ; bia hint soles were cut and torn by a minnie ; but i f ho 'him ?elf bad received any severe wound, he .lid not know it. At this' moment Gov ?rnor Harris rode up from the right. Alter a few words, General Johnson sent bim with en order to Colonel Stratham, ivhicb 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 tuppnrts, and their last line, now yield ing, delivered volley after volley as thev sullenly retired. By the chance of war. i minnie ball from ono of theae did ita fatal work. As he sat there after his .YOUnd. Captain Wickham says that Col mol O'Hara, of his staff, rode up and Senerai Johnson Baid to him, 'We must ?o to the left, wheie the firing ia heav est,' and then gave bim un order which O'Hara rode off to obey. Governor Har ris returned, and, finding him very pale, inked him, 'General, are you wounded ?' rle answered bim in a very deliberate ind emphatic tone:''Yes, and I fear, leriously.' These were his last words. Harriss and Wickham led his horse back ander cover of the hill, and lifted him from it. They searched at random fnr ?he wound, which had cut an artery in lils leg, the blood flowing into his boot. When bis brother in law, Preston, lifted ais head and addressed bim with passion tte grief, he smiled faintly, but uttered no word. His life rapidly ebbed away, md in a few moments he was dead. "His wound was not necessarily fatal. Se?era! Johnson's own know lege of mil itary surgery was adequate for its control by an extemporized tourniquet, bad be been aware or regardful of its nature. Dr. D. W. Yandell, his surgeon, bad at tended bis person during most of the morning ; but finding a large number of Rounded mea, including many Federals, st one point, General Johnson ordered Yandell to stop there, establish a bospit si and give them bis services. He said to Yandell ; 'Theuo men were our ene mies a moment ago ; they are prisoners DOW. Take care of them.' Yandell re monstrated against leaving him, but be iras'peremptory. Had Yandell remained with bim he would have bad little diffi culty with tho wound." TH B LAST CHAROL AT 8BILOH. From General Grant's account of the battle of Shiloh, we quote the following : 'This day everything was favorable to the Federal side. We now had become ittackiog party. The enemy was driven back all dav, as we had been the day be fore, until finally be beat a precipitate retreat. The last point held by him was near the road from the landing to Cor rinth, on the left of Sherman and right if flicCleinand. About 8 o'clock, being near that point, and seeing that the ene my was giving way everywhere else, I Slithered up a connie of regiments, or parta of regiments, from troops near by, formed them in line of battle and marched them forward, going in front myself to prevent premature or long range firing. At this point there wss a Blearing between us and tbeeoemy favor able for charging, although exposed. I knew the enemy were ready to break, and only wanted a little encouragement from BS to go quickly ar.d join their friends abo had started earlier. After march ing to within musket-range, I stopped ind let the troops peas. The command charge, was given, and was executed with loud cheers, and with a run, when the j last of the enemy broke." , Maa ia Lore and Oat. ' What ie thara that a man will not do wheo he is in love? What else will drive bim to such lengths of brilliancy ar.d daringf It le then that be puts on his moat brilliant plumage, struts about in bia greatest glory ?nd reaches the most beautiful perfection of his nature. Ha write* long letters, spends bis money like a prodigal, ia ready to go bera, there and everywhere, rain or shine, at tba beck and eal! of bis fair .mistress ; wears ] hi* best clothes, walks with erectness and elasticity nf. a trained athlete, om i les on all mankind, and Is a being much beyond and above the common run of the race. All this he ls to the woman to whom he ts playing the lover. She take* him for what he seem* to be, not for what be is. Perhaps be may tarn ont to be what be acema to be, perhaps} not-generally not. Moat husbands are disappointing to their wi ven because they immediately after marriage collapse toto '.mere matter of feck plain, ci cry day men, wht? seem to b ink about aa cucb of ona thiog aa an CHAINED SKKLLTONH. Th? Cuve of ttir Famous Murrell Gang Found. Correspondence Nashville World. HUNTING DON, TENN., FVh. 13. On the 11th in-tnrit wo left Huming don for the Southwestern portion of this County for a few days' bird and squirrel hunt, having for our companion A. M. Lee, the acknowledged prince of post masters. 13eing securely seated behind a two forty (hours) thoroughbred, we were soon on our hunting ground, it be ing in the immediute vicinity where we were both horn and raised, as a matter of course we were well acquainted with the wood*. While following a rocky branch, known as the Gin Branch, we came to where it skirted thc margin of a high hill, 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, ns the margin of the hill was covered with large simd rocks; in a moment the bats came pouring out by the hundreds ; the weather being chilly they fell to the ground iu a stupor at soon as the air struck them-their slumbers had been disturbed by tho dog. We were enjoying the fun when, to our astonishment, several large born owls ?ame Hopping out-one gave a dismal hool as though he had not seen daylight in years, or withed tu frighten us away. Becoming uneasy for fear our dug could uot return, Mr. Lee went lo the entrance ot the cave, taking a pole and probing some six feet, he fouud it made an abrupt ungle to the right; the opening was barely sufficient for a common-sized mau to enter ; he groped his way until it be came HO dark that bo returned and re vealed the terrible news that it opened out into what he believed to ho a largo ball, and thal he could hear Charlie run tiing around and winning, aa though be waa lost aud could not find his way out. We sent to n neighboring house and pro cured a lantern, determined to rescue Chnrlio ut all hazards. With lantern in hand we both entered, compelled to crawl on hands ami knees for aotne distance before we could walk erect ; the entrance [urned Oral lo the right, then to the left, iu u zigzag for: a ; finally we met Charlie, and his bark, av. it echoed and re-echoed, uatoniahed ua to such un extent that we raixed our lantern over our heads, which threw a bright light around. We stood dumb tor a moment; we wero shocked and horrified ; the nurrnuudings were re vealed ; we were in a large room, cejled on sides and overhead with rude clap boards. Before UH tot u large tablo with a mutilated pack of cards in tho contre ; heavy wooden chairs around the table; a couple of large and rough Bhop-mudo knives on one corner. Aa soon as we could collect our senses and calm our staggered bruin we found we were in a secret cave that had once been occupied by a band of outlaws, but who or when, was tho question. In surveying the room, which was 18x18, we found, in one corner, a black something ; holding the light close, our blood waa chilled ; Tt was a large black man, bis akin and flesh dry as tlioBe who, in ancient days, wero given pavotge ?iver Sharon ; n large and rough made chain was locked around his ankle and fastened to a staple in the floor. In the opposite corner lay the driod frames of two huge bloodhounds ; in an old and heavy wooden box waa found two old fashioned horse pistols with flint locka ; they had undoubtedly done service in the revolution ; lhere waa also several pair of handcuffs. Wo began tn think that we were iu the regions of the damned. When 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 then see that the man chained bad been stolen by the bold bandit-brought there and chained until they could run him South and Bell uim. The presumption is that when the cave was deserted he was alive; the doom was sure, but what agony he underwent-chained and alone-his face like Milton's devil, "giiuned horribly a ghastly ?rolle." The bloodhounds had been kept for the 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 te., ned around and be was pale and the lantern trembling in his band ; he point ed under the table, and there lay the form and dried frame of another human being. Examining clnse it proved to be that of a onco beautiful female. - She too was.chained. She had died a horrible death-starved to death. Her long yel low bair still clung to the dry akin on ber bead, which bung in golden tresses over her bosom that once heaved with the 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 I have been a victim to Cupid's dart; if | so, why chain her? 8he undoubtedly bad been "kidnapped and held for ran? som. But our hearts grow Bick as we I write '; several letters were found of a j suspicious character, but as they contain the names of people in Middle Tennes see, we decline to give their contenu. The discovery of the den bas caused great excitement in the neighborhood. Numbers have visited the place, and a few bave ventured in. Mr. W. O. Blair, on whose land tho cave is, refused to have anything disturbed until the people could see it. He permitted A. M. Lee to remove the dragoon pistols, which br ve John A. Murrell's initials stamped or. the barrels. Any person wishing to see them can call on him at the poe tn ill co in Huntingdon, where he will take great pleasure in showing them. Tho Pr I cel.?8 sues s of Man. Let men speculate as they will on man's origin and place, let them ex pound the stages of development by which he bas attained his present struct-. ure and power; this much, at least, is clear about bim-olear on the face of | God's word ; that be ls a being whose rescue from moral evil is held on high to be worth the agony and the bloody sweat, the croas and passion, the precious death and burial, the glorious resurrection of the Soo of God. His sacrifice ls the eternal witness to the truth that man at his very worst ls worthy of being minis te red to from heaven, and at a cost which defies expression io 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 anu frailty, all the fine things that poets have sung of bim and proph eta bava forecast, seem to you to bo a hollow mockery, then remember that there is a judgment above yours ; remem ber that, however little you can ace to honor or admire, there must be io each one something of Infinite velue, since God would rain redeem each for himself by stn Infinite sacrifice. The humblest personality is glorified by thia thought of redemption, and you cannot stand before ahuman being, no matter what bis raise, bis tweed or bis character,' without being in th ? presence of one whom God love?, and for whom Christ has died. '/> - l?ham U fe? ritft of Sit ?Ml. A Farm For Breeding Orr,:'. Tho only goose ranch-that is a farm devoted to the breeding and care of geese, in thia country ia owned and opeiated bv Philndolphians. The farm ia 1-c n, t on the Eastern ahoreof Virginia, and cover? nearly 3 000 acre?, over which the fcath ered occupants are free to roam. In Englund there are a number of auch farina, tonio of them having a* high a? 1,000 ge-ene. The American one ia of much larger proportion* aa it flock? mun her in the neighborhood of 5,001) birds In certain textile branches of trade th? down and feathers of geese are the main raw materials. The manufacture of tine quitta and the preparation of certain articles of dress utilize the down, and in cheaper grades of goods the younger und softer feathers aro used in the way ol adulteration. The large mid strong (eathers nf thc tails und wings go mai n I j into the quill pens used by professiona engrossers, lawyers, clergymen, author? and others. T/hese are loo tough foi much uso in the textile productions noted above. Tho American farm is devotod exclu sively to producing tho raw miKeriula needed for the tine down quitta. Sevei al species of geese uro bred, nil of them being, however, of Americio lineage. Tho largest specimens ure th?* swan gee^-e, and the plumage, ol' all ia of snowy whiteness. Tho birds are reguhirly fen with corn and other grains, and ure given the utmost freedom consistent with the prevention ol straying and loss. Incon sequence, men nre employed ns herders lo keep a watchful eye on their charges Sheds for shelter are provided in casu ol inclement or especially sovero weather, but tho birds rarely uso them. About every six weeks the pluckinp takes place. Only thu breast um! pur lions of the side ure touched, the feath ers of ibo buck, tho whigs and tho tuil heine left intact. It requires nearly one hundred average geese lo furnish a pound of down, though the smaller feathers, which are also taken, weigh much heuvi er. Theso feathers, however, lorin nu entirely separate grado of product Irom the valuable down. Thc average life of a gon^o is said to ho about tony years, and they produce from six to len eggs por annum, a large Contortion of which aro hatched. A i rd hatched in February is in condition tor plucking tho following August, and su on thereafter ever nix or eight weeks. The feathers are packed in sacks and aeut to tho Philadelphia factory, where they uro trimmed, wushed, steamed, and otherwise prepared ???for their ultimate uses. In adulterating the lindy down for the cheaper grades of goods the feathers are choppca up fine and then minglrd with the more vuluable material. So practiced are some manufacturera that it requires au expert to distinguish bolwreu the grades. '1 he local factory, which h the only one of prominence in tho conn try, makes nothing but tho liner goods Heretofore the down and feathers used in American marketa have been imported. -Philadelphia /VMS. Tho Lethean Uiver. Young, the author ofNight Tho Jghts,'' nulls sleep "tired nature's sweet restorer." On the enchanted plains of dream lund, we forget our troubles and are happy for the time. We bathe our weary Uruba and aching heads in the Lethean river, whero nil ts placid, calm and serene, and Ile that -qtoke to the auirm-rocked Sea ot Baillee and the mad waves cowered at bis word, will smooth our rough pathway and "give his beloved aleep." Wu don t like the. thoughtless and flippant express iun 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. lt is one nf the richest boona that a merciful Providence has vouch safed to erring and ungrateful man. It is the bivouac in the battle ot life where the tired soldier may snatch a moment to reposo from the stern and exacting dulles of the camp Sleep ia a blessing that cornea to all nlike. The rich cannot monopolize it, and the poor cannot bo defrauded out of it. The iufant that bas just opened its eyes upon Ute beauties and the flowers of the sunny landscape of time, and the aged pilgrim that is ?bout to bid it farewell, and thronging multitudes that stand between these two extremes, all enjoy the .privi lege, the luxury, the blessing of sleep. ShakBpeare's utterances on this subject, grand, cotr.prehensive and fur-reactilng as they aro, fail to do it justice. It hov ere about the dwellings of poverty and the invalid'.", couch like a m?uisterlng angel of mercy, binding up the broken hc-ai i and bathing the fevered brow with the healing waters of a happy and heal thy forgetfulness. Wheo thu duties and labors of the day are done, and "dark ness drops ber curtain down and pins it | with a sur," 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 ita sweet embrace. The Summer, with ito debilitating days and sweltering nights, makes restless and uneasy and disturbed slumber aimost universal, and tboso who, at no other time, miss an hour's steep, have i chance to learn what a boon, what a priceless thing it ia to enjoy undisturbed repose. The tired laborer, tho weary mother, the fretful child, the restless invalid, all appreciate to *he fullest estent the refreshing and soothing ioflu euee of that preserver of health, restorer in sickness, abd prolonger of lifo, a sufficiency of healthiul and invigorating sleep.-Columbia Yeoman. Women Who Detest a Marriage. Men marry the rattle brains of society. They choose the pretty,good for-notbing girls, fur that is the kind they like ; they run after and marry the 1 i veli* nt girl at a picnic or. bull, though she may bo a "holy terror" at home ; they rush after the belle and the heiress, though she may bo selfish and spoiled. They pass by the jewels and take "the snide," for that is all they know, and theo, like Adam, they blame the fruits.'of their own. fol ly on* the woman. 'Twas ever thus. But. brethren--we wish to break it to you gently-there are women right here at home who have their own tnnnoy .to spend as they please, who nave their own pleasant homes and congenial occu pations, who can, if the fancy . seizes them, pack their trunks and take a jaunt toJ7ew Orleans, slip off to Washington, for a faw weeks, take in the cream of New York or the balmy airs of Florida-; lt) short, have a royal time in any way they choose, who call no mau roaster, and who "wouldn't marry the bea1!; map that ever stepped in ?hoe leather." This will bo n shock to you, beloved brethren, but it la none the lesa true. Women find pleasure and comfort and happiness out side bf matrimony. It is not flatte ri tig j to meo, bot there ls a growing disinclin ation to marriage among women.... They .re growing more critical as to the mens uro of a mad. . He will have to come up toa nobler, higher standard, or, io the practical par'ano o< the day, h* will Tbe Father at Honte. * Some fathers fail to gain their chil dren'* ftnnfideuce bv an apparent lack* of sympmhy. On the other band, few young people ever take the trouble to put themselves in their rather's place to imagme how he must feel tbisnr that behavior, how a disrespectful word or hmk i;..-.nhs him, or a voluntary confi dence is prized by him. There are ninny tilinga, no doubt, which boy? and tfirls du not care to spe.tk of before their father: but they do not kni/W how hurt paler familias- feels whim a conversation i? slopped upon his entering the room, when lin is made to feed that he is? not one of the circle, that he is a power to be respected and propitiated, but no more. Very often a mau has. him: elf to blame for thin state of things, but not always. Ol'ieu it is mere love of ?eurecy which make girls especially exclude their f-xther .?s II Him as possible from a knowledge of i heir linings, their friends, their comings and goings, their fears and hopes. . With -nun- this reticence must bo necessary. Confidences would only bu met with -uspicion or hlumo or ridicule. But moat men have a tender spot in their heart?, even tor ibo weakness md l'unli-h uresj of "their own flesh," and feel pained when they ure silently comb m ned m unworthy of confidence. Pater'/ami' /ian univ be ton proud to show timi be leela hurt. He may wrap bimmelt up in dignity and ufiVot a contempt for tho trifling concerns of the girls; he may even repel tho first advances, but hts tieurt may be exclaiming bitterly sgaiust the coldness and hardness which excludes nilli lunn the knowledge of bis daugh ter's mind and heart which is given to half a dozen school girl friends. A girl owes much to her father, even if he bas not been all to her that a parent ought to be. ile has bud to work bard, very probably, that her bread and butter might be Becure. He has borne cares, anxietios, struggles, temptations, at - which ?he cnn but guess-of which-she can form no real conception. If he is hurd and unsympathetic some allowance for ths nervous irri'ntiun of an overwork ed or Anxious mun may MI rc. ly be made. And a gird never, we believe, huB any 'conception how precious shela inlier iaihcr':i eyes. Rough worda and cold or angry looks may peens" io disprove it, but il is true nevertheless. More even io a sense, than bis wife, sho appeals to his protective care. He may scold or slight her, but let any real 'harm threaten ber and she will Bee that to lone-., her is to touch tho apple of his eye. Tho day , comes, no doubt, when ber allegiance mid sympathy aro transferred to another, in right of a still higher cUim. There is little wonder if pour pater familias looks Hskanco on him ai first and is slow to Mihi! it that he is thu one at whoae coming bis reign* must ena. It is the way of nature, and il must bo so. But it is hard. A fat!..T often hines more on his daugh ter'* marrisgo than her mother does. "My daughter's my daughter all her life." But a luther's right changes entirely when the ring ia put on the linger. Till the fairy prince comes, then, let paler famitiat bu considered nud deferred to, and if uecessary, humored. Let bim nut be made to feel that bare duty is to be paid to him. Let him not foe! bim seit a Htrauger in hm own house. For. many a little sacrifice, ninny a gentle ot patient word, unnoticed, unacknowledged at the tune,, and soon furgotten by her who renders it, lives in the memory of bim 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 band to mouth is fully pre pared to show that farming does not pay. due ii discussions," by such tuen, tend to - dissatisfy young farmers and to make them believe that tbe world bas work and large retu rns in money in other call* ingw. ll this questiou ia discussed so as to dignify the work of tho larm and make men and women belter contented with their occupation and cause them to im prove their mell ods of work and beautify their homes, then it is well to talk about ii. In our County there ;? rc'moro than ?? 30,000people depending directly on the 1 farms fur a support. They are generally uol in a condition ,o meditate a change.- - They are like the boy watching tho go pher bole. . vVith him it was not a ques tion, of pay, or whether some other occu pation would not be better, but meat be - was obliged to bave and he bad to get it 'nut ol thai very hole be was watching. You might BB well ask if merchandising pays and answer by giving a long list of men who have failed in the last fifteen years in our County. So with the learft ed professions and all occupations. When you consider the failures of men who go into any business, it ls easy to prove that lt does not pay. We believe the outlook for tho farmer in Spartanhurg County is just ni gund as it is for any other profess ion. He and bis boys may not weat quite as line 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 elerk or the bank cashier, bul they are just as much to be -respected ss those wno wear kid gloves arid floe linen. Farming does pay even here on the old red hills of Spartanhurg. lt keeps alive more than forty thousand people, and builds fine houses and pays interest on railroad debts snd keeps up the 8iate government and is .the grand motive "power which keeps 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; The ques tion li not whether it pay? or not, but how lu get larger returns for Isbor and improve the farms and country homes so much that clerks and professional men will be attracted to farm life, sod will alway? be longing for the time to come when they can quit the drudgery of tbe store and the cobwebs of' the office for sn independent life on tbs farm.-Spartan burg Spartan. Thirty Tears on One Meal a Dey? David Allen, or East Bridgewater, Mass , bs? gained a good deal of noto riety on account of. eating only one mesl a day. Mr. Allen is alarmer fifty-four Iears of sge, rat bor below the average eight, strong ned healthy in appear ance. He said that some thirty years URO, knowing thst frequent, eating ?ts injurious, he began to eaVonly one mt al a day, taking an ordinary dinner aa near, .noon escb day as possible,.and bas since continued the practico and does not, mean to give lt up.. He eats slowly, usually occupying from a half to three 3' carters of se hour at th* table. He nen M much work as tbe. average man, Mr. Allen never used tobacco in any form, and bsa never drank intoxicating liquors. The only Indulgence which be f;nanu himself, aside from thonoou meal, ? an occasional apple or pome little fruit. -- BV ear ful bc* you treat the cows now. Radical, changes.of food produce ind cestion, ?nd gtttjtt? uothrift may