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.?*.-< f??m?.,. MUM-m--.?. ?? R. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON. S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1885. VOLUME XX.-NO. 36. WILHITES' COLUMN. AOAl?? we come before you and solicit your trade, so liberally extended to us in the past. Wo aro better prepared than ever to eel! you, and are still HEADQUAR TERS fur Pure and Reliable ??.-ugs ?n? Chemicals), Paints, Olin and Varnishes, ratent Medicines. Et?., Etc., and In fact anything in our line. The most Important branch of the Drug Business is conceded by all to bo the PRESCRIPTION DEPART MENT, and wc desire to call the attention of the public to tho fact that wo make a specialty of romp?-undine Physicians' Proscriptions, and guarantee ell ingredients used by us to be absolutely PURE and FRES'd. There is probably ?othin;- about which mankind aro eo do servediy particular as the Medicines -.rbich sickness com pel*, ihem to take, and the great desideratum is to feel assured that tho Apothecary fully understands thc prep aration of the Physician's prescription. We guaranteo accuracy and purity, nt prices as low os quality of aamo will permit. We make purchases from first hands, select Goods with special reference to wants of our customers, and make them at such piices as will ensure their ready salo. All we ask of our friends is that they call and look over our Stock. It will bo tho constant aim ot our House to please, and wo shall spare no effort to do so. Wo take tho lead in Toilet Article?. You will find our Stock complete, and also find that a dollar will go further with us in buying such articles than you havo ever before experienced. We invite your attention to a few of our Proprietary remedies, which wo recommend to bo reliable Medicines and worthy of a trial. WUhitcs' Soothing Syrup or Baby's Friend is au invaluable remedy far children when toothing, regulating the bowels aud relieving pain. It relieves the little sufferer at ouce, produces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes os "bright as a button." It is pleasant to take, Boothes tho child, relievos wind, and is the beat known remedy for Diarrhoea, whether arising from tertbing or otherwise. Wilbite'o Congli S^rnp-Cough, Cough, Cough. A cold neglected, a cough left to cure itsalf oftentimes leads to complications fatal in their results. A prompt visit to our Store at tho inception of the trouble, the uso of Wilhite's Cough Syrup, which we can confident ly recommend as a good remedy, will relieve much suf fering and anxiety on thc part of friends. Many ct'ldren Buffer from day to day-fretful, cross aud peevish-and the causo of | their sufTering ls not suspected. A pallid and sickly countenance, irregularity of appe tito or errat voracity, bsd breath, foul tongue, great thirst, gradual emaciation, irritable temper, redness of nostrils, disposition to be picking tho hose, are all symptoms indica ting Ihe presence of Worms. If any of these symptoms are noticed or Worms are sus pocted, procura a bottle of Wilhite's Worin ISyrnp or Vermifuge, which costs but ?26 echte, ?nd give St according to directions. It any Worms ar? present they vr?ll soon be expelled, and you will have the satisfaction of seeing your darling restored to health again. If there are no Worms present the Syrup will do no harm, b it will move the bowels gently anc leave tho sybtcin In a healthy condition. This Syrup con tains no Calomel, and no CasU.** Oil or purgativo medicine is required with it. It sboold be in every family. Try it. Tho largest bottle of Worm Medicine in the market for lac. Wilhite's Ey e Water ls a sure euro for Inflamed or Weak Eyes, or euy ordinary form (whew?ne mechan ical or corn ti tu tio a ni trouble exista) bf Sore Eyes. It has been used with great success for e. number of years, and amount paid for ii will bo rcfuirfcd If it fails to cure any common form of Sore Eyes after directions have been carefully followed. If it does you no good lt will cost you nothing. Price 2?c per bottle. DH. JOHNSTONE S SAPONACEOUS ODONTINE Is the best preparation in the market lor thoroughly cleansing, preserving and beautifying tho teeth, hardening the gums and imparting a delicious odor to tho breath. Nothing injurious. A safe and pleasant dentifrice. Recommended by A. P. Johnstone, D. D. S., and prepared by WILHITE * WILHITE, PROPRIETORS, ..M.MPER8PW. - ? S.O. '- Go Tell all the People for Miles Around !" -THAT OHftfVL HUBBARD * BRO. ARE PREPARED TO SELL MORE JEWELRY, MORE WATCHES, MORE. SILVERWARE, MORE CLOCKS, &C AT PRICES MORE TO YOUR NOTION, THAN EVER BEFORE. ff EVERYTHING in the shape of a Watch, Clock or Jewelry thoroughly repaired. _ Rob 5, 1885 _ . 30 ' . . ? FERTILIZERS FOR 1885. The Attention of the Farmers of Anderson Connty ia re spectfully called to onr ' O?;0 REU ABLE BRANDS OF HIGH GRADE GUANO AND ACID given yon low prices, and ?ra prepared to do so again, van ?te M. Wt are In a position to off.r Inducements to CASH BUYERS of CORN, FLOUR, BACON, MOLASSES -AND - ^it ^-v.- f."*?"'"*/- - '.?si ' & "j ' . ' .' ; ; ' Weare Agente for tba Celebrated WHPf? HICKORY WAGONS-jrueraat?ed the] .fperwr of any make. Mlshawaba ?ulky and Ordinary Turning Plows, Daniel Pratt Gins, Feeders and Condensera. . . Ceunt's Home-made, 7-Fiu?red Cradle^he n*?t Oradle ever offered On this or any o'n.TP5n"wvu,. Pe8t The Champion Mowers, Reapers and Bindera, with The latest improvements, making them - The most desirable Harvesting Machin?e 1In the World. . .. *KJ!?> Our Stock of General MetebjanaUe I. complete In ^?^f?laS ?? to jmtfully solicita call fr?ra any desiring to buy Goods, as our tacHiuee ena wo ? ?*? the best Goods at tho moat reasonable prices. ^Anderson, ?. C., Febil**. I8B5 teas MC0??U.Y, CATHOABT A CO. HW YOU ^ IN BOOTS, SHOES, HATS? ^^L^cio DRESS GOODS and NOTIONS ? ? - t-ave, ??, fe yo;* chance, e. I will sell my RNT1RR STOCK ! Aa and below Coat for ?ie next Tbirtyd?y?. R^MBMBBR? e^reTy^lng I have in 8?k wUi be ?oh*.? wf.^* Cn*. I ?ul? gebest Uno of- . :;:X^i^'^ui<i Ch?^en's Shoes y?u can find in rho City. M?tchs,?5S ARl??8 TRAVELS. Ul? Meeting Willi old Prlesde in Texas. There aro moro bunds than one to bind tho traveler to strangers whom be meets. Sometimes a mere casual remark to a fellow-passenger in the cara ?aduces con versation ana acquaintance, and even friendship, and this is tho bond of lone liness, for we are holli far away from home and a parsing friend is better lhan nono. Many a time have I liatened ut my follow passengers talking and joklujf with each other and wished that some one would turu around aud talk to me. J have thought that I was more amiable in this regard than other people, but maybe not, maybe the oilier silont passengers were thinking the lame thing. People differ much about ll is-people from dif ferent sections and if di<T;rent callings. The universal cosmopolitan drummer is never at a loss for a boon companion. He seems to know them hy instinct, and he is not going to sit there in .?.tritely silence. Common people are moro com municative than the wealthy and re fined. But of all people upon earlh the negro is thc most ready and willing to answer your question. It seems to give him unalloyed pleasure. It is a real luxury to meet an old fashioned darkey on the road and discourse bim about the neigh bor hood. You can got moro out of him in five minutes than a while mau would tell you So an hour, and he feels highly j honored with the interview. Then there is tho bond of State pride and State memories. Whenever I go into Texas the Georgians bunt me up and talk of the good old State and tell me what County they came from and who they aro kin to, and if I don't hap pen to know their kindred I know folks that they know and they will talk about them with an unction that is tender and true. No wonder our State is called our mother, but we do not realize the strength of our devotion untill we leave her and get away off in a distant land. The j Georgians out here are clannish, but not moro so than the Kentuckians or the Alabamians. Then there aro tho war bonds or the soldiers bonds which are strong, moro especially if tho soldier.! who I happen to meet woro from the same State and in tho samo army. An old soldier rode ten mites to eoe me just to talk about old Georgia, and old Tige Anderson, and old Hock and old Luffman, and he did hate to have to quit and go home. When I asked him now many children he had, he answered, "Two, only two. Georgia and Joe Johnson. Bob Lee is dead, ne was a mighty fine boy, but we lost him. He's gone up yondor where old Bob is." A native Texan asked me yesterday about tho 18th, Georgia. Said he, "I was the colonel of the first Texas, and the 18th Georgia was in our brigade, and they were the out-figbtenest devils I ever saw in my life. Our boys were good fighters too, and true grit, but them 78th fellers could get up quicker and get at it j quicker, somehow. Why, sir, when n fight was on hand they would march ten miles and bo fighting half an hour before our boys could get started to save their lives. They said thoy had to keep up with Wofford or he would just be fool enough to charge a battery all by him self. It uoed to do one good to bear them mountain felton* say 'you'uns nod we'uus.' One night they plundered a man of all his honey, nod as our regi ment was camped right close to th? honey it was laid on our boya and we officers were assessed lo pay for it, and then we collected it out of the mon and it made them mad for they swore thoy didn't got the hooey. And that evening, as our regiment was marching hy the camp of | tho loth the confounded scamps Hangout, 'we'una eat the honey aud you'uns paid for it,' and it made our boys powerful mad. What bas beenmo of Wofford ?" There is another bond that is stronger still for it began in our you lb when the sunshine of life' was upon us, and we saw no clouds of sorrow or trouble in tho dim horizon of tho future. Our play- | mates and schoolmates and colk-gematos are not all dead, but they are scattered, widely scattered, and it is anurprue when an ola man comes up to me and taking i me by the hand looks cnroeslly into my face and Bays, "William, do you know me ?" Sometimes I do, but oftener I don't and perhaps ho will say, "I u *d to go in a washing with 'you in old B. Hy Montgomery's mill pond." or perbepai "I was in your class at Athens io 1845." Porty yoara ago ! Just think of it I And then he begina to inquire where is Briscoe, and Beverly Thornton and Cody aud Mci vee, and BO on, and I have to say of most avery one, dead, dead. How fast the world dice. Most ev c. y body is dead and there is a new. set now. Joseph ia dead, and there is another Pi m rio, who knew not Joseph. There are new ways, and r;ew methods, and new morals. There is no Sunday to speak of, over here in Texas. If a merchant wanta to keep bis store open be does it. The saloons are sever closed neither night nor day.. In some towns public opinion closes thom but 'tho law does not. In Ellis County the people are ali for good morals, and they nave voted whiskey out of the County. WnSab?cn?o is the County seat ana is a thriving town. Oar Rome boy, Will G ri fie tb, is there and ie prosperous and happy. Well he^ ought to be, for be bas a sweet little wife and a aweet little girl, and as Cobo would say. a couple of-pair of twin boys. Cobo always says a couple- of pair when,he means two. Mrs. Griffeth duce her own cooking and housework and thinks it no hardship. 'Negroes are at a discount here, nobody wanta them. Most every body dots their own work and are not ashamed of.it, either. The washing is done everywhere by the beatben Chinee. There are one or more laundries in every town. Most every family where I have been ? guest takes boarders and this helps keep up the family supplies.' I stayed with Dr. Oliver, at Ennis, another prohibition town. A town 12 years old and with 6,000 inhabitants and handling 18,000 bales of cotton, and corn and oats too iiumerous to mention. Dr. Oliver ls the step son of Dr. Joe Thompson pf AttanUjBtnd a brother in law pf yonr Judge Calhoun. Ho ls the obalrman of the State Medici 1 Board and is solid, solid aa a rock. Be baa a large family and ? large practice, but they take boatfi ero. He bas seventy bead of cattle and some ponies all in thc street: They live in the streets and grase around the town. They havo no other pastare. He wilt sell most of them next fall' when they are fat, and raise some more in tho st recs of Ennis. Such la Texas. Free and easy. .The doctor bas a secood wife and ie raising a second crop of children, shd of course ought to have some extra etr?et rubicon of lifer The woroon out hero who carno from Georgia are not recon ciled tot ?Jyear ct two. They want k> go back. They ; don't like Texas mt' ^^D?ackwaxj* asthsrcalVlLj TJ want togo home and see ma, they take on so that th* goad hi finally swisher b*ck ?nd sb? .etty* a month or two/oaf then wanta ,\o come ; to Texas agatrt. . A man can stick It out and suppress"his emotions, but a irottan I ham io take it in broken denes. She must go back once or twice and then she fa reconciled. A lady friend of mine at Dallis waa told tbat another family whom she knew at Dalton were moving out and she looked surprised and indig nant as she exclaimed, "well what in the world aro they coming for?" Thia lady has not been back to Georgia yet, and her husband says ho will bavo to send her or have no peace. But Sunday or no Sunday thom til no moro lawlessness here than i'j tho old States. I have not heard a quarrel between man and mau in all my travels. I have not seen a man with a pistol about his person nor a dagger in his boots. Everybody is civil and even courters. There are all sorta of pooplo and all sorts of religion. The Roman Catholics are numerous, and h av o their churches, schools and convents .nil over Northern Texas. And ao aro the Campbelites, and Cumbcrlands, and Northern Presbyteri ans, and Northern Methodists as well as Southern. But thorn is nc bitter secta* rian'.am. Th? people of all these church es are ready lo unite on any movement that is for tho public good. The laws aro rigidly and promptly executed. There are 40 judicial circuits, and 40 judges keep the dockets clear. Aa an illustration of speedy ju life Mr. Fears told me to-day about t .-..?n who was tried for larceny and Mw jury found him ?;uilty and fixed thepunuhment at forty ashes. His lawyer mort*, for a new trial and the judge said he would hear the motion after dinner. Ho adjourned the court, and after dinner when tho court con vened, tbe lawyer bogan bis argument for a new trial and had got partly started when his client, who was just behind him, pulled his coat tail. He did not notice him at li rut, but after two or three pulls he turned round and said, "What do you want?" "I don't want a new trial," said he, "for while you was gono to dinner the sheriff took me out and whipped me. I tell you, squire, he' dono whipped me." This reminded me of Judge Underwood's old story about bis arguing a case for an hour before an old magistrate up in the mountains and when be got through the old feller looked at him over his brass spectacles, and remarked, "young man, I judgmonlicated that case last night at home. I wish yon would toll Joel Har ris to lot mo alono. I cant write a few pleasantries about the girls but what he publishes to tho world ?nat I am ptaocing around among them like a young colt io a barley patch. I paid a few compli ments to the Indian maidens of A to a a, and now he paragraphs mo and tells everybody that I am flirting with the half-breeds up in the Indian nation. Well, I did throw a little taffy to Mira Tallulah Corntassle-a little patriarchal taffy-that's all, and Harris published me, and the next lotter I got from borne was a postal card from Mrs. Arp, and all it said was "Come home." BILL ABP. Caught in a Big Steal. WASHINGTON, April ?.-Every day new proof is brought forward to show the wisdom of the cbaugo in the administra tion of national affairs. Each day new evidence is brought to light showing that the changes in tho personnel of tbe departments cun hardly be too sweeping or radical if a through reform in the administration of public affairs is to be socured. The other day a dispatch waa given in the World describing the radi cal steps being taken by General Sparks to protect tho interests of the Land O iii co I from tho corporation intercala which 1 have BO long controlled it. Their audac ity in holding on to the very last moment is something extraordinary. Yesterday General Sparks found evidence of an attempt to steal over half a million acres of land light out from under a contrary order of Secretary Lamar a few days before General Sparks gained possession of the Laud Ofhco. For a number of years, tho Southern Pacific has claimed 15,000,000 acre* assigned to them by tbe Texas Pacific Railroad. Congress, at. the lust ses-d?ii, declared this grant for feited, and directed that tbe land should be restored to the public domain. Upon March 18 Secretary Lamar issued an order directing the Registers of the va rious Land Offices throughout the coun try to bold these lands subject to entry and settlement. lu the survey of the Southern Pacific Road it laps at the junction with the Texas Pacific Railroad in such a manner that for a number of miles it runs aer?se the lauds of the Texas Pacific grant. After Mr. Lamar had issued bia orders the agenta of the road, anxious lo save something out of the wreck of 15,000.000 acres, applied through their old friends in the Land Oflico to have the landa adjoining their road where it laps upon tbe Texas Pacific line exempted.from tbe order. Such an exemption was made and was issued March 18 by the acting Land Commissioner, ' Harrison.. Tho tract exempted embraces nearly 600,000 acres bf land.' This violation of Mr. Lamar'u order waa very quietly accomplished. It :.T.\" ?sst??dsy that General Sparks discovered lu He called upon Mr. Har rison to explain hts Irsuing an extraordi nary order. ' Ho aaid thai hs bad signed it merely io a routine, way. TL?.?- ta. *> favorite oefense for o very job unearthed lo the departments Tho ord ir wei traced barf to the chief cierk and the head of th) railroad division In tho bureau. Neither one of thom would assume the responsibility of the "rdor. General Sparks.intends to carefully investigate the whole subject and find out who is responsible for it. Here nader the beautiful working? of the civil service law tbe expert agenta of the plundertre1 of the public landa bave been left in thr* department in such positions that acci dent only disclosed their attempt to Uko out over half A million acres of land, contrary to the order of the bead of the. department, throwing these landa opon to publio entries. There ia no defense to he made for such an attempt. It waa as deliberate a. theft as was eve - planned? for if the order could have o' ood undis turbed 'for a number of yerra it would have given the Southern P/.elfie Road a good claim to title in the courts. What is true of the Land r.fbV, is probably true of any one of toe ir sA bureaus of tho government where tte corporations pf the country have had large interest? at stake.-&vm If* J/eu> York World. - The Governor of Kansas makes two important statements in bis proclamation for an Arbor Day. He say tbat-"tho State which tho pioneers found treeless" 1 aid a detest, now boara opon its fertile bosom "moro than 20,000,000 of fruit trees arid more than 200,000 acres of for?at'trees, all planted by our own peo ple* And the Governor also aaya ?*tba* there has been an increase in the rain fal 1 In Kansas is fully proved by tho atathr* tics of our oldest meteorologists." ' - A. darkey having beard that ex Governor Jarvis of North Carolina , ! been appointed envoy exlMordioary {Mitfister plenipotentiary tc Brasil another darse? .th et Qom**:, ]tei?aptwlntedan *,Ttrao<?psry 1 to the penitentiary la Basil. GRAST AMD TUE SWORD OF LEE, G?u.*Jub?l A. Early Correct? an Unwitting Krror of tho Blohmond ''.Stute." The following letter and Dote, publish ed in the Richmond Stair, explain them selves : To the Editor of the States. The story that Gen. Grant had refused or declined to receive Gen. Lee's sword at the sur render at Appomattox, has been sn often and so authoritatively denied that I am uo little surprised at finding in an edito rial in your paper of the 24th the follow? ing statement : ''Lee Camp-the ii rot of all the asso ciations of old Confederates, bearing the name of him who was the Southern chieftain in the long history of splendid bittles-boa not forgotten that no greater honor was ever shown their hero than that which waa added lo bia fame when his sword was chivalrously refused by the heart and hand of Grant at Appo mattox." The fact is that Gen. Lee's sword was never tendered to Gen. Grant, and the latter therefore bad no opportunity to decline to receive it or to return it after it had been surrendered; but,-by tho oxnreas terms of the capitulation, ali the ofiiccru of Gen. Leo's army were to be allowed to retain thoir side arms, as well as their horses and other private proper ty, and all couriers and other mounted men of the artillery and cavalry, whose horses were their private property, were to bo allowed to retain thom. In Dr. Jones's "Personal Reminiscen ces of Gen. R. E. Lee" will bo found the correspondence between Gen. Grant and Gen. Lee immediately preceding the surrender, and the same correspondence is to be found in Appendix M to Gen. Humphreys's "Virginia Campaign ol 18C4, 18(35." That correspondence fully rebuts the idea that Gen. Lee over con tc a lr..cd making an unconditional eur renner of bis army, or that he was in debted to the magnanimity of Grant for the term? of the surrender. Dr. Jones, wheeo book was written rrith the sanction of Mrs. Lee and other members of the family, who gave bim acccsB to Gen. Lee's correspondence nf a private as well as official character, says on pajes 302-3 that in a convocation with a number of friends, of whom he was one, Gen. Lee said that, before going to meet Grant, he left orders with Long street and Gordon to hold their com mands in readiness, as bo was d?terminai to cut his way through or perish in tile, attempt I ' euch terms were not granted as he thc tight his army entitled to de mand. I i tho last and only, interview I bad with Gen. Lee after tho war, which was in thu spring of 1869, when he talk ed very freely to me in regard to the circumstances attending bis surrender, he reiterated in the moBl emphatic manner the statement which Dr. Jones gives. It was .tot, therefore, to Grant's mag nanimity tuit Gen. Lee was Indebted for the privilege of retaining his sword, or for the terms granted vc his army, but to bis own resolute will and the anxiety of Grant to obtain the surrender of an adversary who had thwarted bim solong. There is, then, as little truth in this story about Gen. Lee's sword as there is in the famouB apple-tree Gction. It would neem that the timo for Grant to display his magnanimity towards the defeated Confederates was when he occu pied t! i Presidency of the United States for eight year?. How he then displayed it let impartial history tell. Respectfully, J. A. EABLY. Lynchburg, March 26, 1685. [Dr. Jones, on page 803, further oays : "Gan. Lee said that when be met Qen. Grant they exchanged polite salutations, and he stated to him at once that he desired a conference in reference to the subject matter of their correspondence. 'Gen. Grant returned you your aword, did be not, General ?' one of the compa ny asked.. The old hero, straightening himself un, replied in most emphatic tones: 'No, sir! he did not. He bad no opportunity of doing so. I was de termined that the aide-arms of officers uhould be exempt by tb? termo of anr reader, and of course I did not offer him mine. Ail that, was said about awords was that Gen. Grant apologised to me for not wearing his own sword, raying that it bad gone offin.hls baggage, and he had been unable to get it In time."] What a Privnto Union Studier Bay?. DES MOISES, Lt., April A.-One of the few surviving eye-witnesses of Lee's surrender at Appomattox was interview ed yesterday concerning General Jubal. Early'* recent denial of the story that lice's sword was tendered General Grant and refused by him.. The man's name is Benjamin Jeffries, and he is a carpenter by -trade aud a resident of Dos Moines. Ho served through the war io a Pennsyl vania regiment, and at the time of Lee's evirreuder v.T.!) a member of Company A, 191st, "Backtetla." .When asked aa to the circumstances that followed the cloae of tho fighting at Appomattox, be said ; After fighting ceased General Gr.-ot rode to the front, where our regiment was employed on the skirmish line, and ordered ?bat a guard bo stationed across the road leading down to the village, and that no one be allowed to pass. ! At about 2 p. m, he returned, acccDioanied by- an escort of 200 nr ?00 officers' Leaving ail .but one aide behind, he rode through the lires and down the slope toward the Cour', House, ? short distance off. As be did - o General Lee. accompanied by one aide, came toward ulm from the oppoaito direction. About seventy-five yarea from where we were stationed on guard stood a small story and a half log noose, near which grew a large apple tree.' Grant p.ud Lee met at this point, and halted under tills tree. Lee rode a large, hand? acme roan, while Grant was mounted on cv small black horse. Dismounting, Lee drew his sword and offered it to Grant, but Grant refused to accept lt, declining it with a wave of bis hand, and it was pat back tn tho scabboard. Then Grant offered hie band to Lee, and iaey shook bands, as did their aldea, aod nil engaged in conversation for about fl. vt* minutes. Then, remounting, they rode away :o the Court Boase, where the papers complet ing i the. terms of, the surrender wete drawn ap. M saw the first meeting between Grant and Lee, and aaw Grant refuse to take his sword, for I stood leas than a hundred yards away at the time.' I have, aa ..vivid a recollection of that oceoo a'i if it took placo yesterday. > - Gen.- Grant's fa m 1 ! y is well provided for. The fond of $260,000 which waa raised a few years ago for bia benefit waa settled upon biro not only for life, bot he waa allowed to dispose of it by will. Thiene baa doubtless done, and bequeath ed It to the companion who has shown herself worthy to share not only his carly straggles, hat this later honors as-well. - Thomas Workmen, cf Lauren*, S. CL> has invented ev cotton press which packs a round balo. When She cy 1 inder ia ran ?own the ties ?re all fastened aod the eada of the bales doced up. A pair of scales wi!', bo attached, and when the am out of cotton desired has been pat lo a bell ?triked. A patent bas been op plied for. - Tho Presbyterian Church at York Vtlle rr* broken lato and robbed ol 4W0 lamps ouo night last week. Called Hack. A few days ago Governor Hughes issued a pardoo for Benjamin F. Taylor, a young mau under sentence for several years on account of a crime committed when bo waa a boy of 16. The exercise oi the pardoning power is something which requires the utmost caution and the most careful consideration. It is a well-known fact that innocent men are often convicted and sentenced, and it is also beyond denial that .non guilty iu the eves of tho law may yet be deserving of clemency. This is why the power has been left in the hands of tho govern or, and it remains with bim to discrimi nate as to tho merits of the scores and hundreds of prayers for pardon which poor in upon kim. Tho case of young j Taylor is one which has attracted con siderable attention, and has boen watched with no small degree of interest. His story reads Ilk? a romance. He was led away by evil associates, and in his sev enteenth year found himself within the walls of thc State penitentiary with a loner term ot aprisonmeut staring bim in the face, li? was a daring little fol- ; low, and befo? .. ho bad been long in the j stripes ho nm. ie a bold dash Tor liberty, evaded tho guards and taktug to the woods, succeeded in baining all pursuit His insight into prison life seems to have had a most salutary effect upon him, for 1 ho made his way into Texas and un-.!er j an assumed name soon become identified with one of the smaller townB, living an honest and industrious life. He was re spected by the community, and when he married one of tho belles of the town every one looked upon it as a most happy match. He lived thus in peace and se curity several years, but one bright evening as he sat by his fireside with his children at his knee, tho officers of the law came in upon him. His sin had found bim out, and be was torn from his happy borne end carriod back in chains to the Little Bock penitentiary. Heart broken, his loving wife followed bim. Petitions from leading citizens of his new borne poured iu. It was an unusual case, and the Governor gave it his closest | attention. Tho young man's record ail the penitentiary, both boforo and after Iiis encapo, was commended by the au thorities. At lost the decision was reached, the paper wns signed, and the patient wife received her happy husband, ince moro a free man. Tho 'governor ?vas highly commended for this action in his part, and it was predicted that be lad been instrumental in restoring to the ?vorld a man who would be an honor to iimoclf and his friends, and a living nonument to justice .and humanity. L'hc following loiter from the poor fellow ibows bis feelings when once more at lome : MT. CALM, HALL COUNTY, TEXAS. -Kind friends at Little Rock: I am -*PPy-V0I7 happy this morning. I am into novo at home and a froe man fox I ivermore. How sad I have been, shut ip in your prison there, away from my amity and those whom I love so dearly. Duce more I am with that dear loving vi fe who left her Texas home and fol? owed me to the prison door, never re )roachlug mr;, but striving all the time hat I might be freed. A kind governor ivas be who treated her bo courteous and /iewed my case so fairly. Never shall ie regret his clemency, and never Bhall .he justice of hi? act be doubted. We ihalf nover forget him and our little ones ih&ll learn tu breathe his namo in night y prayer. Who can doubt that he bad nost jUBt ground for his action? Tho >flo ..so waa committed years ago by a nere boy, and most bitterly have the ault* of the youth been repented by the nan. Kind words of advice and admo lition be gave mo, end moat carefully jave I oheriahed them. Received in my rexes home with warm-hearted friend* ihip and freely forgiven; with the mern >ry of the kind.sympathy I received in [little Bock, how much tho more will I itrive to live a life which shall repay it ill. Very respectfully. BENJAMIN F. TAYLOB. Gen. Logan Very Angry. CHICAGO, April 6.-The political ex?, sitement attending the municipal election in Tuesday ne.it nos been intensified to fever beat by the attack made last night ipon Mayor Carter Harrison by General John A. Logan. A few nights ago at a large Democratic meeting the Mayor ipenly. charged tbat some time prior to tho trial of Mackie and Gallagher for election frauds, certain persons connected with the prosecution bad offered to pro* vide a loophole for the escape of the d?fendante upon condition that Mackin should secure the co-operation bf a suffi* clent number of Democratic members of | the Legislature to enable the Republicans to secure a majority on joint ballot. United .8tate* District Attorney Tu thill and Gen, Logan were mentioned as being i privy to the alleged scheme. Last night j Gen. Logan spoke to eu immense con Bourse of Republicans at Battery . D Armory. Hii address was a merciless] arraignment of Harri?m's?.dminletraticn, and when he came to the Major'? speech be became greatly excited. ' So* ^oly be paused for a moment and tb .abfing bis voico he shouted : I denoc Major HarrUnn a? ????-In?- un ?r?fumou?, vil lainous falsehood. Ho ht a vile, infam?os liar, a poltroon and a coward." For a moment the audience sat speechless. Then lhere was a murmur ol surprise, followed by round after round of ap plause. When quiet had been restored General Logan again advanced to the front of the platform, and said ia sten torian tones "I again prononce* Harr rison a vile, infam?os sVsderer, a pol troon and a coward. I repeat this remark that, the press may get it correctly, and that I may not fc* misunderstood/' He then took hie teal. In what manner, if any, Mayor Harrison will respond to this attack ie not yet koowa, bot there is* an unwflrmed report that be hos addressed a letter to General Logan demanding an apology and retraction. The matter ores tee a great sensation, especially at GUtical headquarter?. It is an Interest* g fact that while General Logan waa speaking, Mayor Harrison wa? repeating his charges at the North Sido meeting ?nd readug an'affidavit from a member of the Legislature lo corroboration. - A singular will boa been probated itt Jasper, Tenn. An old mao died, leav ing n large property in trust, to be used by the trustees in soy manner they deem best to suppress the-habit prevalent among men of eating with knives wile* forks should be need. The deceased wye he ha* always felt tho- disadvanta ges of early training ir. that resp ec t. He wa* in tho habit of roproving everybody st. hotels or elsewhere , be saw using kni vies" for eating, and tai ft monoman lac ^ggtosubject. tell you, air, ho ?vornan can bo j folly trusted !" exclaimed a cynical man to a Liend. "Wk Salton; Didn't br . _ Didn't ho consider iisr an angel?" Didn't he fairly worahlp ,der? Didn't ho think nothing was too good for her? bow h**/ %bo revolted blmt'? "He asked ?y; other. "Gono en-i had tw -^tb?sc?.i?dtlD^" The Clair Hammer on the Farm. *ND?oJyou ever think about what an im portant thing a good claw hammer is about a place, or wbat a meaa thing a round faced loose handled one is ? Thore is nothing outside of a good steed bach? elor Billy-goat about oue's place that can show more brnisos or bring forth more "cuss words" (mental ones, at least,) than a round faced, loose handled claw ham mer. TL ero are three Boccies of the claw hammer fnrjily that are "no good." One ie a loote h ladled round faced fellow that you dou't drive a nail with, another is yo*?ir grand daddies' claw bammer^coat that you don't often wear nowadays, and the other is that old time claw hammer goat, that old bachelor William goat that can drive a nail up to the head, or you through th? paling fence every nop. The principal difference in the ciaw hammer goat and tho claw hammer coat is the claws of the coat is on tho tail, while tho claws (horns) of the goat is on the bead or butt end of the goat; and the main difference in the claw hammer is, the latter flies off tbe handle, knocks down r omo of tho children, and barks your Angora-while the former barks everything out on tho place, except per haps the iron crowbar, and knocks you down unceremoniously and irrespective of your ago, color, or previous condition ano wi th out flying off the handle. ' Now wo will leave it to those of most experience to say which of the two latter are the more productive and prompt io wrenching from one's lips disconnected sentences or utterances that the parson must not hear.. A good square faced hammer with a stout, well fitted handle is the most useful tool on the fimo, and ought to have a fixed place to ko?4 *** two claw ham mers at one placo is as demoralizing, os two drinks of whisky is to one man at once, they aro usually both out of place. Have but ono claw hammer ih common uso, and keep that in good fix and you will find it very easy to tell who had it last. With a good claw hammer and a few nails you can stop tbat crack in the pig or horse trough that is leaking away your income, or the leak that .is rotting your building and worrying your wife, and nail on the garden paling, and Btop the bens from raising nu eh a rumpus in. the family and the seed bcd. After carefully reviewing tho subject we are led to believe that the selecting and keeping of a claw hammer about the place has moro influence for good or evil about the farm house than does the selecting of our President, or regulating his Cabinet.-J. C. STBIBLIKG, in Wett ern Plowman. Courting in Nebraska-Effect of the Scarcity of Women. A heavy dose of girls, none of your homeoopathio prescriptions, is what Nebraska needs. A party of us were duok hunting tho other day on the Mis souri bottoms. Night overtook ns before we were aware of it, and we were obliged to seek lodging at ibo first dwelling we could find. It was a small one-story structure of threo rooms, and occupied by a family of nix-father, mother, daughter, and throe sons. The bons were all unmarried, arid from the calis that were made afterwards, we judge the daughter was unmarried also. Wenadn't been in the house five minutes when some kind of a vohicle drove up and two young mes were ushered into the parlor. Straightway the mother and daughter held whispered consultation which closed wi',b an Invitation to the sitting room for supper. It was evident the yoong men caliera had been to tea, os they stayed in the parlor with "sweet sixteen." Scarcely had we taken oar seats at the table when a howl from the doge outdoora announced another comer.. Ho Beemed to avoid the front door, and knocked at that where our party waejust sitting to supper. The mother rose to answer the summons, when we. were j surprised by the daughter opening the parlor door au tl rhshed forward with, "Don't git up, mother 1 It's one ? of my fellows I Como in, Jim: how do you do?". f . ? And Jim. entered in response to the cheery salutation. He made himself as comfortable as possible till we had finish ed ?upper, when another Whispered con? imitation .proved that the "parlor.ia as full os it ort to be," whispered by Mb? in ! response to some motherly suggestion. The old gentleman solver! tbe question by inviting us to tho kitchen to smoke. It was evident that Jim didn't smoke, for he remained in the sitting room. Wo should have doubtless ' enjoyed a quiet cigar, bad hot the old lady opened the back door, and shouted at the top of her voice, "Come round here to the bock door!" It was another young man, Md w? fancied be looked os if he bod come very late. Two young men within the parlor, one in the sitting-room and one In tue kitchen, What should be done ? Tho courting business was getting hot I There was another talk between mother and daughter. It was evident their devicee bad been exhausted. The old fentleman was called into the corner, fe settled the question by a whisper : ?Til not move again" until tbe sitting room ia full." Into tho sitting-room wen* .number; four and we smoked. It woe full ten minutes before the next disturbers name, and they entered the kitchen wltb the air of old acquaintances. Wo looked anxiously at the host. Taking, bia pipe \ from bis mooth a single sentence relieved ua: . "Them'* the widowers. Stick I* And we "otuck" and smoked on. For the next half hour tho girl must havo been kopt busy. The wide wc ra hau certainty a third of her time. It. wai 9 o'clock; We wish to go to bed, and the ! only bed we bad discovered woe in the parlor. Tbe oid gentleman divined our wishes, end ?aid : "I'm sorry, gentlemen I But this io one of the regular courtln' nights I Them two feilere in the parlor sever leaves afore midnight, and the widowers ellas stay all night. And that ain't the worst of it. Dan'll be hero at 10 o'clock. I and tho boys always sleep In the hay stack Friday night?. Yer welcome co that I" Tho parlor, sitting-roam and kitchen full, wa retreated to the hay-sUoV. io responso to a question ou the point thi old gentleman said: "Friday nights it's purtv bad, but Sundays It's wuxa. Last Sunday night there w*s ten cn 'em, and the girl is got tin' moro end more por tickler. Tho more she gets the more oho wants 1" : . ,< On the hatstack, with * stiff bre?i* diving away (be mutq'uiweu, we heard Dan drive up. One of the Jost remarks of tho old maa before wo fell asleep, waa, "Yes, gentlemen comiln's hot in Nohras by I" And we believed him. -:-ii Virginia ?how that the abandoned wheat fields which were about, to be plowed up for other crops havo corn? out.? finely ?nce th? Warm weather aa to change entirely the crop p'ro*?oq? t?Jcft?o; earlier ia. the season. -_-?-~--?-- Y Rlddles of Nature, Chickens, twojminutes after thoyjhavo left tho egg, will follow with their eyes tho movements of crawling insects and peck at them, judging dtntooco and . di rection with almost infallible accuracy. They wili?instinctlvely appreciate Bounds, readily running toward an invisible hen hidden lu a box when they bear ber "call." Borne young birds also have an innate instinctive horror of the sight of . & hawk and of the sound of ita voice. Swallows, titmice, tomtits wrens, after having been con lined from birth, are capable ot flying successfully at once, when liberated on their wings, having attained, the necessary growth to reeder ilight possible. Thc. Duke bf Argy I relates some very interesting particulars about the instincts of birds, especially of Ibo water ousel, the merganser and tho wild duck. Even as to tho class of beasts I find recorded : "Five, young polecats were found comfortably imbedded in dry, withered grass, and lu a sido hole of proper dimensions for such a larder were forty frogs and two toads all alive, but merely capable of sprawling a little. On examination thewholo number, toads and all, proved to have been purposely and dexterously bitten through tho brain." Evidently tho parent polecat had thus provided the young with food, which could be kept perfectly fresh, because alive, and yet was rendered quito unable to escape. This singular instinct ls like others which are yet more fully developed among insects-a class of animais the instincts of which are bo numerous, wonderful and notorious that it will be probably enough to refer to ono or tw J examples. The t?malo carpenter bee. in order to protect her eggs, exca vates, io some piece of wood, a series of chambers, in special order, with a view to . . . a peculiar mode of exit for her young ; but the yoting mother.can have no con scious knowledge of the se) iee of actions subsequently to ensue. The female of the wasp, ephcx, affords sc other well known, but very remarkable example of a complex instinct closely rein ;ed to that already mentioned in the case of the polecat. Tbe femalo wasp hos to provide fresh, living animal food for her progeny, . which, when it quits its egg, quits it tn the form Of an almost helpless grub, utterly unublo to catch, retain or kill an active struggling prey. > Accordingly too mother iusect bas not only to pr?vido and place beside her eggs' suitable living prey, but so to treat it that it may be a helpless, nnresisting . victim. That victim may be a mere caterpillar, or it may be n great powerful grasshopper, or even that most fierce, active and rapacious of iusect tyrants, a fell and venomous spider. Whichever it may be, the wu jp adroitly Btings lt at the spot which louuces, or io the several spots which induce, complete paralysis as to motion. let us hope as to sensation also. This doun, tho wasp eotombs the helpless being with its own egg, and leaves it for tue support of tho future ? grab.-JFbrinightly Bevieio. Singular Call Upon a governor^ TOPEKA, KAHSAB, April 8.-Last week a young woman living in Howard County'wrote to Governor Martin, solic iting from bim a donation of $60 or $100 to help bor get married. The letter and the Governor's reply are as follows : , KIND SIB : Please excuse the seeming impertinence of this letter. I nm a poor girl. I am engaged to a young man and I we wish to get married and go West and I take up a claim, but we have uot money I enough. Will yon please send me $60 or $100? Picoso send it and you will moko two- persona very, very happy. Please do send me some money. It would be ? god-sood to us. : In reply to this the Governor wrote i . DBA? MADAM: I acknowledge the receipt of your very curious letter of the 26th instant. The State of Kansas is oot remarkably generous toits officer?, and it does oot afford salaries that would justify them in making Buch donations as you request. I hope the young man to whom you are engaged ia energetic.-in dustrious and intelligent. If ho' iSj- Jth^^v- --^ leek of 960 or $100 will not bo a serious obstacle In the way ol' your marriage, and a good wife'will materially sssi??; him fn conquering a respectable place in tho world. Thoucmds of men who are now prcspvrcus and prominent began their married life with hardly ft dollar in their pockets. What hos been done may be done.. If y our. Intended husband is. worthy of a good wife Ho can go Weet and take a claim and soon earn money enough to furo lab ? home for you. Yours, very respectfully : '?ff JOHH.A. MA ni iii, Governor. /e ? She Declines to Resign, CHICAGO, April 5.-Misa Ada,0. Sweet ?esterday received tho followiog telegram rom General Black, Commissioner of Pension? : WASHINGTON, April 4,1985. tb Min Ada C. Sweet, Unitol State? Petition. A??PJ, 'Jiis?zs, Jli<; V/'??? you .end to this office your rewgnutlon, to toke effect the 80th day of next Juna? You will readily appreciate tho fact, which I gladly elate, that there is no reason personal to yourself or *c the management of your olfico wh?oh induces Mus request. I nm very, respectfully yours, JOHN C. BRACK,- Com. . Miss Sweet declines to make public tho form of her reply, in which aha re ft^ to resign, considering It an official document. Bbb, however,- furnishes tho following copy of* telegram to tho President ? . : ?:?-:? %. .. CHICAGO, April 4. Grover Cleveland. President qr tte Whiled States, Washington, A O. ." The Commissioner of Pensiona telegraphs mo to-day asking; me to send my resignation aa 1) ni led S tates Peusion Agent, to take . effect 3 uno 80,1886. At the same ti too ho declares that no reason personal, to myself or to my management ?t roy office induces tho request, My cominis sion from the President rona for four years, my present term not ending outil April 16, 1888. I have performed all the duties of my office with an oyo siegle, to tho interests confided to my ohwf^^^H Conscious of thia, I do not wish to reaigr.. and I know of co reason why I should take action that might Boom to bo volun tary, when in reality it would bo taken under protest Very respect fal iy your Obedient servant, Hs?4 . ADA. C. B^sse, ? , TJ. S. Pcoaiou Agcut. - Mks Sweet is a daughter of General J. B. Sweet, who died in Washington while occupyiug tho office/?f ?^ej^ - Ptfisioo Commissioner. She succeeded b>jf father iu the Pension Office . here on promotion eleven years ago, being ?ari app????w? by G?nerai Grant. Her present term expires' by limitation. April 10,1880. , - A gentleman waa giving a1 little baby boy aorjiO peaor*a tho other day. S^^gow.jW?bar jsaldi!?New/ whs* ' are ; i .. JW'BWHK ? say id the gentleman?" With ohilaW? simplicity, tho little fellow ... - looked tip iii tte? geoUeaun'a ??p and. wpUedv^?ofel" - Mr? John ?. Koore, of^uoett?t%f 0 taise? hisown lemont..-.Ha ha? > towra! trees Ia his yard bearing frai fc,