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F. P. 9u H. E. BEARD, Proprietor* HOT VOL. IX CAMDEN, KERSHAW '*&* "? 1 SW? TWO DOLLARS'* YEAR. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1882. NO. 29. ^v.V^ >? .v.V :? i L JjoB^pRINTING la mjrrnui prapto^thhn i to tx?eut? to tb? uuwt i tloa of Job Printing B1U HMd* LoKer and' Posters, Dodiwt, Circular*, ' . g|j(lpg MMl Addrsss Pauls, Static "tfork <lon<i I?0r6nse, Itod, Blue ut 1 The public must remember' that th? best Is i theetetpest. ^ Wtm We do work at Charleston Prices, and purnM eniiro satisfaction to our pfttrota. Wo ke?p constantly oc hand tb? largest i Papers and Cards In town. to wed. ,\ Hath dono ^Vand roaoe blow ^Bught tho sun ; He young and fair, ?o with truth ^Bur lore will wear ?r^T youth I Bt. heart for heart, ft /or hand. Be played the nuwlso part. Von the tjand." I *t{? well to have ke of gold, ghof-ektateg atuff.jfo, ? J *??ld.^^B^^ ? ? - 1 ill your and trust leep mino aprlnga, - . 1 ou yellow duat fcpuwfribtoga,... !" sss^ $??&*-, eak In kindly guluo rherc'elr we on ; ?Id bind tho human tnfud. | Rnap to man. tho geutlo word*-' <*? th language'dwell. Itlea starving blrda i In ono thing you mustn't for bor Tom 1" I la that, Emma?"y forget tp go to the help (ftloe, mo up a cook. The new girl for' nothing,?a?d the eld one everything. ^Blaok or white, ' old, <han"'6r- woman, I don't ' send mo Tip a oompetent 4ook ilook thlB morning. ?look eo desperate, sis ; I'll r it.. I waut things in pretty le for Maxwell ; to ia used to id of good dinners ; and I I send yon. np a good, smart e^lS^Maxwell won't cxpeot >' nice ; but I'll do my beat in Iters, Tom, if you'll only pro e ono capable of serving a Ttbo ?_urtedthto.n Danger flpiily anpplied by one who soon ^ wife's $tvoi ite brother, Arthur cwell, jnat roturned from Europe, ild pay himfcrsieit. romtho firtflflEmiua had been nor Bdv?* tho responsibility of ontcrtalnv this elegant young wim whom aho never seen, She lovely and >m pUshed; but aho oonld not oodk-. lot abe had never tried. Certainly, semod tank enough for a young lady E?8 LTCTfta* ??&, . and their tutor, two little gl.ta.nd KS !hSSS?r^ Emma was mnoh beloved in Iter] Lher'a family. Tho latter she had ttdetWedtoin sioknosfl and health, 'lie gratefully intonded to make het t, n m tukt 1 * ljltttofc when, two >thftUdepartul?,the HijuMW ^der, , flowgf Rent Up 'for himself witH ono cf the white towels that lay ou the dresser, and canting a pcrntinizinar tflanoA at the ranae fire. ' Quite Teasfcurod in spirit, Emms was turning away, when she stopped' to add : "I will lay t ho tablo myself to-day, Mao, and fill 4he fruit-dishes and vases; bat if you give rstisfaotion, I will en trust yon with the key of the ohins clcHot, and yon will have the entire oare of the table and*wiih a graoious nod the young tedy withdrew from the H'oSen. ? She piled the fruit-dishes with rosy pears, c olden oranges and white grapes; tilled the vaseg with roses, lilies and flernt; set olwfcrs of da'nty glasses, filled with ember jelly, among tho silver and ohins, and then, with a sigh of satisfaction at the result, ran away to dress. "I'll not go near the kitchen to even smell of tho dinner, I don't know any thing about oooking it, and will trust to luck. I have an idea that Mao is real oapable ? is going to prove a. real treas ure. His dress was so neat, and he was so quiet and respectful," oonoludod Emma, leisurely arranging her bangs. Heir pew drees, with its abundant Iaoo and cardinal ribtibns, was very becom ing, and fitted the petite, round figure so perfeotly that Emma felt at peace with all tho world. "I havo l>eard that Mr. Arthur Max well Lsverv fastidious in tho matter of ladies' dress/' mused Emms, twisting her shoulder to 6ee the effeot of her ?uih. "I wonder what his first impres sion of me will be? I should like to hare poor Ally's brother like me." At length the last bracelet was olasped, the last ton oh given, and retir ing backward from -the mirror, with a radiant face, Emma turned and ran up to the nursery, to ordor the ohildrcn d rested for oompany, and also to speak with the boys,and, it muse be confessed, flirt a little with Mr; Vinoent, the tutor, who was always at her service for this exercise. There was a delightfully savory odor prevading tho honse, when she came uown ana made a few amendments of the table. Before Alice died she had painted an exqubito ebony riog for her brother, snd this Emma plaoed with the napkin designed for Mr. Arthur Max-, well, thinking how art is io and pretty everything wan, and deciding that the gentleman's first impression must be pleasant. , She looked at her watoh, five minutes past three. Then she went softly to' the end of tho ball, and listened to the lively clatter iu tho kitchen. She oould bear Mao 'chatting pleasaxily with tho iittlo honsomaid, Nancy, und all seemed to bo well in that dircotionf^ir At three ;ton she repaired to the draw ing-room, and took ^ soafc overlooking "4~vet- Carriages came and car ?entjhut jro.no slopped at) Vin^'nt Mtl Move's li ? , key ( ettled iu the door, the dinner-bell WW oome ?" . asked Mr. Maye, at sight of Emma's disappointed faoo. "No;** sho pouted ; 4,aud suoh a nice dinner . "Very strange 1" mused that gentle man, leading the way into the dining room. "I hadn't the leaat doubt? why, my dear fellow," seizing by the shoulders the new cook, who, aoting also as butler, had iust placed the soup tureen upon the table? ' my dear, dear fellow, why how is this?. Emma de clared you ludn't oome 1" ' That young lady grow as white as the table -oloth, and grasped a ohaiir for support. - ? That Mr. Arthur Maxwell? I-I thought it wm thi cook 1" * "I otftap earlier than I oxpeotod, and I in time to make myself useful to Miss Eoama," laughed Mr. Maxwell, divest ing himself ofbis white towel and bow ing with exquhiite grace to that young The cultivated accents, the ambrosial looks of the bent head, the clear, elo quent, beautiful eyes? oh, why hadn't '?I was so terribly anxious? I didn't look at you twice. Mr. Maxwell, I hojfe you will forgivo me I" stammered Emma, as red now as she had been nothing to foisive, if my % "There In ? _.,v, .. ? ^ dinner turns out well, ho added, laugh- , ihf, evidently the sweetest-tempered! man in the world. "I learned to o6ok when I was a student in PatttM Frenchman taught rue. I have been rather proud of my entinary skill, but 1 am a little out of practice now, and am not quite sore of the Florentine." '?Emma P' oried Mr. Maye, "what does all this mean V . V ; i t . . "Why, John, you promised to tend I me up a man oook." Mr. Maye olasped his hands tragi ima, I forgot It 1" "he oame, jost at -ton, o'oloclu. i ho was the oOok,< X ushered kHoton* *i*onff the the dinner: ol" sobbed Emma. My grand ttMde~3tajor i," observed And, sinoe I you try the joke ol the ... right down, everybody I JtiSS fcmma won* ory when ll tastes my soup," remarked Arthur, hw f lin j It out promptly, with an air < pride. Auc tion therall fell to tasting -at and urgtu* Emma to tatfte ai <nUl|ih? laughed and cried a u . ... . to , and he'd cook, loner? from tl Everything * herself a 1 FARM, MAltl)K!f AND HOUSEHOLD. ' V- u*? us J. W. 8. Pigeon Vulloy, N. O.: The marked symptoms of hog cholera, so called, but more correctly anthrax (ever, in pigs, is the .appearance of red or purple patohes on the ski o, can Bed by the extravasation 'of blood into the tis sue. Thore may be no unusual discharge from the bowels, but in place of it a dark, bloody die charge from the kid neys.. The disease affects, sometime*, the lungs, when the "throat swells and rod patohes sppear on the sides near tho I shoulders ; sometimes the liver and b iWels, when there are blaok and fetia discharges, and sometime* the kidneys and spleen, when the urine is like blood. Ea3h form of the disease baa the same oiigjn, vis , blood -poieotftng, and is - infections and oontagious, spreading from one animal to another. There is no known remedy. The only thing that oan be done is to save those that have not yet taken the dJaeasif by giving eaoh one half a pirft of linseed* oil in the morning and half an ounce to one onnoe of hyposulphite of soda in the evening. The pigs should be re moved to another pen, for if left in the infected one nothing oan* save them. . Fwdlil Culvf a. Galves that suck tho dam may natu rally be expeoted to bo finer and falter than thoso rained on skimmed milk, bo eauee in the oourso of a month, if from a good oow, the oalf may have oon&umod at least twenty-flvo to thirty pounds of butter. Thii is a rich feeding, and onght to make a fine cfclf. But if sweet skimmed milk is given of the right tem perature ? that is, eighty degrees, and no more and not muou less, and not tpo much of it so that it is properly digested, the oalf wiil be equally as well formed, and make a better cow than the ono that has sucked. It is not well to feed a heif er-oalf on foil milk j it tends to fat ten rather than to make' bono and musole. When oalvos are oostive ihere is nothing better that oan be given than linseed infusion, and when they are tco loose a teaspooful of ooator or linseed 041 given daily will aot as a remedy. PdnHrr MUaar*, ' Hen manure of good quality, if prop torly *opt pupated and applied to the to vhe gpano or^jommeree. Hen man*, ure that is mixed with sand and gravel or has been long exposed to atmospheric and other influences, is ?depredated in value and will not stand the compaii son mentioned, although it may not have lost all Ms fertilizing proper! (M/In Hen manure is more or less valuable on all soils and crops, being identical in its action With guano. ?he value of oaoh uP?n tho -with Other sttbriances^bat will cause them to pott gradually with their caus tic anal itiea. * V A very oommon error committed is the mlxfog of hen droppings with wood ashes. Exoellent as tc 0*0 two mater ials are when applied as fertilisers apart, their association is altogether wrong, for the simple reason that it causes a waste of valuable material. The potash in tho ashes liberates the soluble ammonia in the dropping, and it escapes into the air. In plaoe, there fore, of wood ashes and other sub stanoes that deteriorate poultry manure by driving off the valuable ammonia, absorbents, snob as olav, dry l?am, Suck or gypsum, should be mixed with ; and if the others are required. ?PPly these separately to the Soli later in the season < When the dear droppings are soooped up and saved at brief intervals an exed lent plan i? to paok in barrels or boxes, under oover, with alternate layers of dry earth between, letting the earth al ways oome on top of the heap ; this will not only save the manure without waste, but puts it in oonvenient fonn to *Oue ' of the most economical and at Jhetame time convenient methods for saving and pteparlng f owls' droppings is to keep the floor under rooste and In poultry-houses sprinkled with dry earth or muok, aud as often as onoeaweek, at least, scrape Off and deposit this out face earth and droppings where it will remain dry until a sufficient amount has aooumnlated for use. Then spread it on a tight floor andpulverfse by beating dt rolling it. When pulverised a valuable mixture may be prepared by adding to one pSrt of this earth and droppings one part of clay or muck and one quart of plaster to every two buahols of tho inixturo. WheTfe. the droppings have not been Keviously mixed with earth, either on e floor of the hen-house or on being, paoked away in borrdrf, they should be mixed before applying to the orop with two or three time* their bulk ol day, muck or whatefAr absorbent it em fyed. If salt is required in oonnac <k with hen manure, it may be added small quantities, say one pint to a bnshel of droppings and muck, all to be thoroughly incorporated. farmers as a rale mix poultry ma nure with thono various substances dry and apply in hill or drill at about the rate ol one gill to ft bill, tftklng care that the seed does not oome in ooniaet with the fertilisers, but that there U ft oovering of ioil between.? KTexo York w?rid. Fsibklkd. Bw*.? Brown ? piece of bolter the Mfce of en egft in * ?etioepan, add a (rap o! oreum or milk, one tees tfpoonfnl flonr, mixed with ft little cold milk. Here reedy e hell pound of WhinTy-ehared smokod beef, add it to jft^miitnre, let it |n?t oome to ft boil} l. OAnnAriN. ? (Jhlpflnee medlnm bet!*1 of ?nd noRHon with * en<racW)Por ?nd Bait ; *dd water ? thfiu WL "Ook until yftrj tender { u thick. ArJi ? ?up ?* f who wrSe? vineger for thoee s ES2lrSSisfkZ ? '"TzSito. n, of ten rlrawn bdoMd bettlwe iof vindio tire Retire. iyP^HlB LA * ESC FASHL ^ ... . A Tattle Alllgnt-r? A Ka?titouah)??nd Ka?- , lIUlous Pel. ! "You aee that item in one of the pa- 1 pen about taming young alligator.-, 1| reokon," bp id a Gravesend man, oap inriog tho city editor bv the button hole and drawing bim into a doorway. ??You" know tho paper eaid it wee th< fushionablo thing to do." "I don't : remambor. What of it Tasked tho oi "I tried it," said "A friind of piine New Orleans, aiT gator for tip oh the alligator is tbrivin'. fie was six weeks old when I got himtwo months ago, and be is seven roars old now. People io ouf parts say ne> all Hre alli gator I'lfover need." "WhSt does he do?" "Well, it's here. When he came he was a sportive little o jss and just wab bled around friendly. He waa chiefly mouth and we used to.fedd him for the fun of seein'. nim ik\Z \Now wo skin around whe# we see him comin' for the fun of seein' him go hungry." # > . ? "It lie.- dangerous ?" asked ihki editor. fL - ? J "I haven't been olose enough io r him, hadn ?tteSr get rid ited tho oity on't know," replied send man. We've, stored so in him now - most of oar propert girl eoysBho oftn't h go out among strange "Did he bite the horriftedcit "Sure,** ti maa,v^T6ok._ the baby. We hate i baby's grave, so we a couple o' pedlars and all, and she's got an l?lon>l5 jo all tha' _.,_w He ooml houso, same's any of us an self. He's got that h Qravesend foot. "TheiriM^**# ZbfSa vtavfc atlMkit like Ud! BD _ of having off?" demand* Je'a tho "ligH?fflfil? etgfm^&SSiL hammer, drew nails with him, htfs the head Of the family except in' the rent. When there is lioiy terions disappearance aronnd Qravesenu ? , the ooroner oomea and views the #lli- L gator. That ends it, When the baby p wwrsnatohcd they held the inquest iri a L tree. Tho Jury was all on one limb arid (ho alligator underneath looking up feimeby the limb brok* and the jury disappeared in a row. just as they sat: We didn't wait for any verdict. The ooroner gave me a permit and a(ter thfr funeral we shied an empty coffin fkfc'tWs alligator. Then the minister said dust to dast, and We all dusted* Do you re* member whether that item said what .a real tame .alligator ought to >e fed ' Don't reoolleet peeing it at alt Aren't yon afraid he'll eat up some more ol your family ?." u "Think he's liable to T' asked the Gravesend man, with a ouriou* ex pros- r sion of visage. "Hetoight. Sapp se he shou yon* wife r;, ? ? 4 'Ah V said the Gravecend man. might get hei< mightn't he ? Yon I'd better keep him, then ?" a Qravesend man leaned up agiiki door and gave himself up to re?U "Ho he might, ?o ho might," th< editor heard htm say as he d re w end left him there. - "That beai young tame alligator may get her and the gletan of nightfall envoi the man dilating *ith a new hope. H$w great a power the reporter really is til Journalism *9* manifested in New York city some jeers 1 ego. The i'WnW Circular Is responsible for e story in this oouneotion e? follows : ? , J4 Jj! a' given A. A. juow, et toe Fifth avonue rS^SsPil 'IFiFS Stilton, except the elder Bennett, who never Went to dinnehl* After ell the magnates wwe seated* the reporter were edmittod'-thero were fourteen el them? end were taken to a lopg table Whieh wee not set for a dinner,, though admirably adapted for writing purpose* The waiter* trooped In wlihthe viands, but Ignored the reporters, who bore the slight until the oourteshad been served then, by mntnal agreement, they aroiw and trampod nUontly ont of the ban a no bell In Indian file. Horace Greeley Man ton Marble, Jones of the Timt Hndson of the Htrtild, Brady of ths Mail, and Brooke of tho frvprui, aa* the departure. Mr. Oreeley langh(W and said 1 ?'Blamod if the boyeniu'j serving 'etn Junt right." Tip gnest o . the evening looked on in diemey : h wes primed with a long ?eeeh that h Wanted well reported^ Neat morntnj j the poor, snubbed reporters hed go I even with the milllonefres, judgee an< lawyers. The Tribune had to refereito whatovnrto the dinner; the Iltr<tt4 hm twenty Hneej the World apologia? that the liow dinner wee orowded ont in the :?M* there, weeeatlokfnl did teted by the editor; who 'gmelt a won* and hntrled to the office from the dit ner to find not a Ittte of It, Just as fa expected, All the importers wei severely reprimanded by thulr ohleta one of tbem^ him of Mae H?ra\a~4, 01 his place, for the eldo* Bennett was merciless maeter.^p^'v : j'r> * Potato floor, or the fried pnlp of th potato, Is obtaining gteat Jmportanoe i & ^#XMs * tons of Ut ?old annually, brings alprfHfc ttfVew r- ?. -THB JOLLY TAB. iin aiaidfuiM *>rtef*f til* Nt?? <&gl Y*?u? Una. To was a seafaring man arul he pushed way past iho people, to one of the I Boats in the pArquet, Mgardless of lef toes and stray hats. He plumped >wu next toavery weak, blonde itleman who nervously pnllod ovjjrcoat, and felt around for ?vei- und<>r tho seats to see if it 'M intact or flattened ont under io feet of the pallor. all right, shipmate," said -tho \ double yenr jacket np eon usHin I'll stow mine . ? J he. flonnood an old to* tted ooat half way aorou the ? gentleman's r drees- trousers iw liis hat on top of it ".Lend paper, lad," hd continued, tak ? ^ - ceremoniously and blinking ktetits. WlTat'cthe show, ".A ot acquainted with yen V ' ^ V yer not, but . I don't object making a friend of jo for the oven "said thesailor,' slapping the weak U vigorously on the leg' and expeo ing dangerously near his patent ler shoes. "No use o' standin' on Ain 'an manners when we're ashore, le lad?'* and the hand oame down on th^youth'p'thig^ ' * ' it before. "But my dear sir, I? * \ "I'm not yer deai sir, "said the sailor, ;ing hie limbs ont nnder the seat in it of himTand taking a fresh ofcew of "-?, ?oall mo Ike, lad; just Ike, enough." At' this moment the In %re?t up on"01i,vett<b" aaitho aailor .Mp>me all eyes and ears, b totfcertflef of tho mild young gon ? ' soon, however, the .old tight* head in time to the he oommepoed to Aeeg V- ?1KMM VMUtU UVWU igh more vigorously ith one foot, then with l-cbligo me very mnoh by. , ' t ptill," saiS a gentle, the mild, youth. juth. mild yontht ? yourfeet st behind! I [ pardon#; Mid I this party next to me. t'e in tho wind I*' asked the . , ?k|ng over his shoulder. hex*, 30*," said the sailor; "I this borth 'nyL^ean to oDjoy ^stowyetHKand give ua aj sonny," Mid the ?dIor, | >re for a racket fcftJLpro i ! Xwher loried ihe mild | rg to his feet. -; -> 'em.but I Pal 'em out!" eeme all parts of tho house, and soon tiers rushed down the aisle fol \ fireman. young fellow," ealled one of . fow, ?\mt<>f that.", ?It's not my , fault, it's?" bnt the (Ado youth was tax * warn DOU _ ehew, and concluded he would dow bij "allowed to enjoy the singing in P <?" S-A ?. 'ij Ancient Peoples of America, f Atthe New York acadomy of Boionoon, ProlTeasor John 8. Newberry lectured rcbently on 41 The Anoient (Civilization of America," and said In substanoe : Whbn tho savages woro pressed baok by advanoing oiviliaation until they had what was onoe the great natural p between the lakes and the gtilf, It was discovered that ire not autochthonous, for . oaves, palaoes\and remains of , .iiowed the existence of ? raoe lived in the highest state of oivili ?, Investigation and research by ?Agists and arobwologists r. light much oonoerning nl people. |?4They can be two olasses, whioh,, With :i#e goner loally the i&bnildetoj ?? . vns is the monna-Dntiders, who *11 in the fertile vally of the Missis sedentary andipeaee i bttllt by them, and pottery and copper by them, have been ihrongh the Mississippi rere miners and farmers, and remains of their oil k at Titnsville, Penosvl mbers they probably tbitante of the feglon at tough is known of their , they wore of medinm tlons, with a cranial de nnliko our red Indian, were large and strong. They I dead with great . oeremony. ?^hy, and how the mound ppeared we do riot know, fite was probably entire ? second class of these early Amer ms was the pal aoe -builders of the ?*'- olase that was spread the south, to Utah, on 'indvthoir greatest de Jclvili nation in Central ? tod Ml The In w era far surpassed anything the construction of public -lueduots, palaces and i&damiifod road ihat led I/ima exoeeded in cost e Union fetoiflo, Milroad, and if all the forld within our borders wete put into ofce it would not eqaal the fortified sfcmoture that is ret to be seen on the Peruvian coast. Louis EToffmatfi an has nesertwea ine rum* ot a large sea PO**t$Wn an the pacific coast of Moxt oonntry X1NY COUNTIES ISU.NDATKD. . The Damage *ad KiOvrlit b r the Floedi la the Htnte mf tlllMlaalppl. Washington, Mar. 9.? Secretary Lin coin reoeived to-night, a tomographic re port from Gtptain Loe, wlio is at Mem nUK in regard to the damage and Buf fering caused by tbe flood in the State of Mississippi. CUptain L?e says : "I havo conferred with General Hem in g why, agent for the 8t*te of Missis sippi for forwarding snpplies to the snf farcta, and have conversed with a num ber of planters just from tho overflowed district, and have also heard letters read from persons now there. From the in formation thui recoived I am satisfied that this overflow is the most disastrous and widespread that has ever ocourrod, and the resulting destitution is corre spondingly groat. My information will pertain exclu sively to the counties in Mississippi ly ing between Memphis and Vioksburg, fronting on the. river, and the tier of conniies just back of these. All these, counties are wholly or partially over flowed, the water which breaks through the levees running baok over the low basin, and oomiag again to the Missis sippi through the Yazoo River. The very lowest- estimate as to the number of destitute is placed at 18,060, dis tributed as follows : Tunica oounty, 2, 500 ; Ooahoma, 8,000 ; Bolivar, 6,000 ; Washington, 5,500 ; Quitman county, 1,0 0. As yet no demands have been reoeived from tbe oounties of Sunflower. Laflore, and Tallahatchie, lying baok c I the-river counties, but as these aro in undated, applications for assistance may be reoeived at any moment or as soon as it is possible to communicate. Many persons from these baok oountlps have taken refuge in the hills to the east, and thus have thiir immediate wants provided for through suoh local aid as loan be furnished. , No reports [of destitution have been reoehred from Sharkey and Issaauera oounties on the river front this side, of Vioksburg, and probably no aid will be needed there, as tho levees are still safe. From Ttfntoa county down to Greenville in Washington oounty, the levees are broken in many plaoes, and people are oompelled to take lefuge in such buildings as are standing on the lovees wherever possible to reach them. Plantations are entirely10|b)porged, and the only communication,' in most oases, is by means of skiffs. .' With the 100, 000 rations already sent, the 50,000 now on the wdy from St. Louis, and with local aid famished by the State of Mis4*fflppl>4he destitution in my dis trict dap be provided for until the 20th inet Everything Bhows that the desti tute must be oared for at least thirty days from this date, wfcgutwill require an additional twenty^Rjppfrations for 18,000 persons, making a total of 800, (WtLTiStlrnfl. ^AphlwL TMauy planners' sayitwiii oe ifmn^r six weeks beforo'any work oan be done Si the overflowed district. -* , Other* say ot before the 1st of May.; Butjait as soon as work oan J>e oommenoed I would advise that tiik; issue of rations otase. General Hemingway's distiibu tion of the rations Is systematic and ef fective. He has shipped to well-known and responsible parties in tbe overflowed, distriot in Mississippi, with a onroful disoriminatjion that none but thota actually destitute shall reoeive succor. 1 leave in two hours for the overflowed seotion, and, if possible, will, report further as soon as I oan make personal inspection. Stories of Burglars, A gang ef four men once robbed the house of a railway ticket agent, and the next morning bought thoir tloketd of hint With the money (hey had taken fronl his pooket the night before. In spite of the iaot that the ohildren of, a member of the Now York Legis lature were awake nearly all night talk ing about the Fourth of July,; three burglars drilled a hole in bis safe and oarried away $0,600 in 8100 bills, whion he was accused of having reoeivod as a bribe for his vote, but which he did not date deposit or invest less he should exoite suspicion. Another time thre j men, who had , suocesefully robbed- a house and wexe I gointf out with their plunder, heard an alarm clock go off ana two visitors get up and dress themselves for a sporting expedition, Tho burglars hid in the parlor and the sportsmen let themselvos out without knowing that (he house had been plundered. They found out all about it, however, when they re turned and learned that the polioe had suspeoted them of the robbery and insisted on arresting them. .On another oooasion when burglars were all ready to leave a house they were astounded at Basing a form in white pass back and forth in the ball, whioh finally dis appeared frem view, /they lost no time in getting out of the house. It Was only A- daughter of the family who was in the habit of walking in her sleep. A thief was robbing a ohuroh, one day, and found on the Bible a sermon Which the clergyman had left there in order to make sure of his not leaving it at home. When he was ell ready to begin his. preaching he discovered, to his ainaviemeni. that the sermon was gone, He ?et tho ohoir to singing and went home after it, but of course oould not And it : bed to oome back and turn hie services into a prayer-meeting. A bachelor uncle, Who was expeoted to give his nieoe something handsome for a wedding present, failed to send it along. He was plentifully denounced for his stinginess, until a note was received Announcing that the burglers had made a raid on him the night be fore and taken away the Jewelry and silverware he had bought. t irWWWV HO UHU uvugut. | A trargler laughed so that hebame ?r betraying himself, on hearing a other tell her little boy to say his prayers, be a good boy and always look up to God. (The mother had feoentlt appeared In a fine sealskin coat whioh the neighbors' were told wae a present Sn her husband.) "But/* Mid the , "you will loee by looking up." ?ver," said the mother, "wi vou said . I do, too," (udd the looking || BUTLER'S LAND GRAB. A Small War la W??l Vlrc Inla-The Bar rcror* Fired Upon. Fur some time tbe pooplo in the roc tion of Dililo's Mill, in Pooahontas count v, ]iAve boon much oxoited over what is termed among the people in that region the "B?n Butler land grab." Somo timo back, Qoneral Ben Butler and other capitalists purchased an im immenso traot of wood and mineral lands in Pocahontas county, and Bath oounty, Va. This laud is known as the Wilson survey, and embraoed 200,000 or 300,000 aores, much of whioh i* con sidered the tlnost in this part of the two states alluded to. The titles to those lands, it is said, t have always boen obs ouro. Those who have possession have ooenpied the property for years, and thoy claim to havo acquired valid titles to their posso*sion. General Butler bought the land for a mere song. For some time General Batler has had a party of surveyors making a sur vey of the Wilson traot. The people had frcqueutly warned these men against continuing this work, threatening them with bodily punishment if these warn i ings were not regarded. Oimpbell, Strong un l Baroett, the" men employed to make the surveys, proceeded to the neighborhbod of Delile's Mill and qom menced work. In a short timo a orowd of peoplo from the neighborhood as sembled and flrel into the surveyors. They made things so hot for the sur veyors that thev boat a hasty retreat up the mountain e(de^- As they continued their flight the pursuer* followed, firing at them as they ran. Finding that dis cretion was likely to prove the better part of valor, ono of the surveyors dragged out of his pooket a large hand kerohief, whioh he fastened to a small sapling, and hoisted it in token of sur render. The Dillie's Mill people, how ever, oontinued to prees on, foroing them aoroKS the mountains toward* Vir ?inia. It is said that altogether about 00 shots were fired at the men, none of whioh, it is believed, took effeot. It is said that if the attompt is mado to oontinue the work of laving off this disputed land, tho Dillie's Muty* people threaten to immerse th* surveyors em ploy ecTby Butler and hisZssooiates in tar an I brim a' o?ot baths. / Told bjr a Guileless Drummer. >ntly 6 sad-looking drummer ar to Little Rook. He had juat made . 'tour of several of the northwestern 1 ?unties, and, as he ^pressed it, had j enough experionoe in one house toward the " shank" of hisJtirip tg sarvo for ?ears of adventurous jMminlflffi noe. ?* Several da?" ago," sai^Flbo drum mer to a partx ef aoquaintanoes, I was riding along through tho woods, 'et Jffljl "weary., a^y\nngtqr? other norse* wl. : ;r^; horse baok when I r e&oheath 6 raili _ ~ ? Well, as I was riding along Jfcrough the country where thetoadxW*s a mere path, and *h#r?rtbe woods were ao thiok that ttfoy reminded me of a per potual, evening, I was suddenly con fronted by two men who, with leveled g?n<L tola me to hold up my hands. I would like to havo had an explanation, f&t my hand* went up. f^veral other merf advanced, and two of them searched me. - They found a borrowed rovolver and a watob. They did not tako the watob, but relieved me of the pistol. "?What's tho boy doing with you? one of them asked. I replied that he bad been sent along to take mv horse baok when I reached the railroad. " Yes ; when you rctvoh tho railroad I one of, tbem Said. I asked for an ?*" planation, but they oursed me. I didn t know what to do, and it didn't seem that they desired me to do anvthing. They tied a ropo around my neck. ??Let's swing him up here," said one festive young fellow wnom I took to be in something of a hurry. Theu thoy boaa'n a debate. The oolored boy was heightened out of his wits. Pretty noon thoy told him to go baok, ana to take mv horuo with him. To tbi<? ho readily assented, and in a minute more I was on the ground. I bogged for an explanation. One man solomnly pointed to the rope I wore. ?? 'Fellors,' remarked a thoughtful looking man, 'we'd better take him 6vor and see if he is the right man.' This motion seemed to prevail. They threw me onto a horse behind a little fellow, and I started off through the wood* It seemed to me that we had traveled .au age, when we reached a clearing, in the oenter of whioh stood a small house. Soveral men were gath ered in tho yard, and I notioed excited women inoving around. Oar arrival was greeted with a loud shout. . ?' ?Where's Abram f ' askod the thohghtful man of our party whon wo reached the gate. 'Abram' would be out in a few minutes. He came ; an old man with gray hair and a hickory shirt. " 'We'vo got him, TJnole Abe,' etid the man who had proposed to hang me, 'and we're only watin* for the word, The old man regarded me for a moment, and then said, 'Boys, he ain't the man, turn hloi loose.' "The ropo was taken from his neok. ?What was I seised for f I asked of Abram. . 4 ?< ?Wall, you see,' he said, 'a feller oame along hero this mornin' in' tried to steal my dog. You ain't the man. ton can go.' I turned and walked away. I had gone about two^mlloa when a man on a horse overtook me. .The old m*n must see vou, he said ; ?hurry baok.' I trudgcu* baok to tho farm home. The old man was at the gate. 'What do you want T I Mked. ?I want to say, young felleT, that it would be a good idea for you never, never to steal a dog." Thon I walken ten miles to the railroad. I have thought the rtatter over slnoe, and blamed.lt 1 intend to steal a dog. What'll you all have." Onefflt Victoria's fortune. It la usually supposed that the Qaeen has laid by * great d?lol money, and acting on this supposition it is asked wltf cannot pS^de for her family ? * fact she haa not. When died many of the Btate in debt ; theae debts " pme'*f them ? ' Of the Hors*. m la allowed Iu Summer Field*. SometLaion, u 1q the summer Holds I watt abroad, there comoa to ma ' So strong* a sons? of My boy* stands still, my reRmnet stay' I anvMSsuoh straago company. v *? I look on high? tho vasty doep Of bluo outreaohoa all my mln& j And yot I think boyond to ihd i ? Something more ra?t, and at my feet *? The littlo bryony is twined. Clouds sailing as to God go by,"5^^ . Earth, sun and stars aro rilshlng on ; And faator than swift time, more stroLg Than rushing of tho worlds, I feal A something is of u*me unknown. And turning suddonly away Grown slok aud dtasy with the senea V; i;& Of powor, and mine own impofeiioo; * : I seo tho gentle oattlo feed u< Iu dumb unthiuklug innocence. Tho great unknown abovo, balow, The cawing rooks, tho milking shed, God'a awful eilonoo overhead ; Bolow, the muddy pool, thf path Tho thirty herds of oattlo toad. Somotiines as in tho summer folds ' I walk abroad, there com 00 to mo So wild a sonse of mystery, My senses reel, my reason fail*, I am iu suoh strange company! ..?*> *?# Vot eomewhoro, dimly, I can fool The wild confusion dwells in And I, in no atraugo company, Am tho loit link 'twist Him and thesev And touch him through tho mystery. ? . : . ^.m? ITEMS OF IN Till EST. The ratablo value of Loudon twioa that of Ireland. Philadelphia baa 1,800 professiond/Hf beggars. * WGZB The larges*. national Lynohburg, Va. ^ ..... The number of national banks III tite > United States is 2,163. Ontario has 10,468 pri jails and 8,065 lunatios in The caterpillar destroy bales of ootton last year* * It is reported that twenty people in India in killed by snakes ana tigers. ? y The aot ofa&ollnhing flbgf ' United 'States 'navy was a*" Congress, September 28, It The average life a! an Ei? sovereign is abtfht eighteen ye is, the ooin loses about three- 10 grain in. weight iu that tlmf ceases to-be a legal tender. The Utfitmmber of blast fu rolling mill estkblishmerttsj works in the United*'" 1870 and 1,005" in 181 taaterialtTused W& IU 115)1,271 Mai. from Chicago to in 1872. He now thrifty orange tr? 500,000 oranges in a) Cork trees aria raised In Georgia, Tl speoimens planted the tuiok enough for use. these trees oan be suoot most of the Southern stftt It requires about 5,000 yc stock a pond of one aero in u flab weighing from' one to tw( 1,000 to the acre is a liberal and these will require arlidotal unless the pond is very rich wit producing vegetation, The phrase "suited to a T" is'1 bo derived from the so oalled T an instrument used by utohiteot mechanical draughtsmen in drawl plans. As the T-square is often test the wwuraoy with whloh lines > angles have been drawn, it is *H Jtrobable that the expression ori{ n this faot. HUMOROUS* Wj VM "Time makes all things even" except 'ii1 odd numbers. , Yr When a rive?*breaks its bank is the result flnanoiai ruin ? Dr. -Tanner has selected Buffalo lor his future home, probably beoanse it is a fast city. It isn't beoanse a woman is exactly afraid of a oow that she mas away flal'; soreams, bnt it is beoanse gored dresses are not fashionable. \ , We see by the San Antonio papers ' that the batchers have raised a otub. If their tenderloin steaks are as, tough as they used to be, they might me the oiub to advantage on them.T^ In 1851 the students at Tale Oolloge 'i&L broke 1.800 panes of glass inside of twO JjK# days. Binoe that time they hava fonnd it oheaper to break eaoh otUorV.heads. Dr. Tanner still insists thaftW did a groat thing, and that the public didn't appreciate him as it ought. He should have kept right on fasting to be appro* oiated. An American named Maxwell has a , ranohe in New Mexico containing 1,700,- _ 000 no res of land, and yet he growls when a vigilanoe oommitteo asks for a fence corner to bury a horse-thief in. The Philadelphia C IhrohM* says thl some one worked off a counterfeit haf. dollar on Otoar Wilde and he has now ohanged his mirid about this country having no ruins. There are thirty different fire escapes to seleot from, bnt as none of the ioven- i tors ever make a trial from a fifth* stoft window with a sheet of flame behind them, the ordinary man is suspicious aboni investing. The Naval Committee. Oongtess Is once more inspecting the half-bnilt or worn out hulks that haV boon laid up at the various navry " sinoe the war, and bringing its pot ous wisdom to bear upon the whether any of them should I condition for duty, t Among several iron oofflns of the, monitor tvpe, and. it la rei some members want them to 1 up and fitted for servioe at ofvteveral millions samo Insneotion faw these adcient iron*< ing away. Itwoul ~ "i mon*y oi&r