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Tke OiUw Kale. One and all who hear my lay, This much I hare to say? Do what la ri|b( ; Right thln?* in great and email. Then, though the sky should fall, Son, moon and etara and all. Yon shall hare light This further would I s?y? Be tempted aa you may? Eaoh day and every day Speak what la true t Tr$$ things in great and small. Thee, though' th? sky should fall, Bun, moon and stars and all, <? Heaven would show through. Figs, as yon aee and know, Do not of thistles grow ; And though the bloesoms blow , While on the tree, Grapes never, never yet On limba of thorns were set ; Bo, if you good would get, Good you must bo. Life's journoy through and through Speak what is just and true, Do what is right to do, To one nud all. At work and when you play, Each day aud overy day ; Then peace shall gild your way Though the sky fall. Tom Smithson's Legacy. A NEW TOftK DKTKCTIVE'S 8TORY. " Thomas Sinithson, a dealer in curi- 1 oaitics, junk man and reputed miser, j Baxter street. has been found dead in his store. The place appears to have i been broken into before or after his ! death, so you ha>. better go there with ! tlio departmental surgeon before tlio bo<ly ia removed, and see what you can maktfof it." , This n0Ws, Withthe order accompany ing it, Wad tlfc'llrst thing that greeted 1 me one cold, sleety morning in Decem ber, when I made my appearance at hoadquactop*. , 1 JOrtg in starting for the discovery. Suspicious as the man's death looked it. seemed to have caused neither ex citement nor concern in the neighbor hood. With the exception of a few i boys about the door, doubtless at- i tr acted by a policeman guarding it, there was no crowd. The body lay face upward on the floor of the back r?um, just where it' had been found. A hideous snarl ap peared to mantle the features, as if his last idea had been to growl and spit, at mankind, rtrni tightly clenched in both hands was a heavy piece of wood, like two flat boards nailed together, which 1 at first thought ho had been using as a weapon against the burglars, when; death hitd Stricken him down. This singular weapon we took from ' his grasp and tossed aside, without tliought or examination, though 1 had aftev\;a$h| occasion to look at it closely j enough. It seen^ed to /ne that the burglars had beonUuddefily sciirtxl away with . out_ Jiavmg effected any great search j for VtouabieST Trie window and the shutter of the room had been ingeni ously opened from a yard behind, and left so ; but beyond tho things knocked about in thostruggle, nothing appeared ttf have been disturbed. A' peculiar appearance about tho mouth of the dead man struck us both, and after a closo examination and some trouble we succeeded in getting his teeth open, and took out a round bit of cloth, bound at tho edgo with ' Bilk braid. "The lappel of somebody's coat has suffered," said tho surgeon, as he placed tho scrap in my hands. ,? I carefully put it away, and was then called into the front room to at tend to a queer little pair, who it seemed would take no refusal, but would see Mr. Smithson. I looked about and at last discovered two little heads peeping abovo tho edgo of the counter. I soon decided by the dim light from the half-opened door, nearly blocked up, by tho llguro of the policemen in charge, that tho heads wore those of a' girl and boy of, at the most, six and; seven years. iTiiejrwere ptiorly clad, but the faceq were so unliko anything that I ex pocted to seo in such a locality and At suoh a.time, that I stared at them In mute amazement. , Tho girl attracted', me most,, and jit gradually da\yneu upon my mind that sho had the .most beautiful and winning little face I, ever beheld on a child. "If you pleaso, sir. ^ it's only BUJy an<V <Mto bogtffi, in a voice and tone that str?(hgely thrilled me. - TPor little oourtosy seemed to imply that I kneW and understood every thing. ~ * "pKmfl that'* hilly, U ft?" said I, stroking ttio bright-eyod little trrtatt qh tho head, "And your name is ? " " Maggie? Maggie I)ayton;"nhe an swered with a simple swefitnMS tJtJK made ine.feel like a great fopnllter not knowing It before. " Ah, to be sure ; hu.w_fQPii8h of mo not. tor^iym/'r I stwrnuared^guiUily. ? "And so you Wanted to see Mf/Smfth f son, Magglo, did yMiP^'*k/. * j t| , i "Oh, yea. Ho told, us fco^ojne,'' slid quickly responded with a bright 1 tkfk which instantly toRl suspoeteU the awful truth, "lie's a Rtrar^a yum Rfraifl of h[u|(^j^^ WlutfnK MIkB seem quite so Ugly nowrinTr l"rM) him pretty well," / Wi* 1 ?*0h, no. 'Billyh said moVt got no friends,>'tto'rlto)t>84?y tofoodt aft? us in the world aow^?o Mother's dc?l< you a rUH,? of tears blinded nor, eyes xuat I felt my own be came so utterly forlorn and to liave any. oout\0ctipn with sucfc a manlike NmithsMW* took, tho two home With me fttfd' gradually drow out of Maggie tho following Blmplo details : widow for somo ycari?. Their homo had heaii* Philadelphia, and Mrs. > Dayton^ being qf a spirited and inde* . pendent rtatnre, hail struggled hard, without onco letting thoir condition bfe kttoAvttV 1/> I rtfiy of|their pommtntr aftfce&. At last she J fmttiA ' tnAt tho struggle had been a vain one, and that by selling all her furniture she would barely clear her rent and other liabili ties This she did without a inurmor, and then frcrtoived to quit the sdeno of her troubles add humiliation. Mho finally landed in New York with only a few dollars,' The weather wm styffmg/nml swore and the snow lay dedp on tho pfTddrtd. Wet #>et and the unwontnl Otposuro nnd exertion which succeeded her arrival In ! tho metropolis soon prostrated the friendless woman. /I wit* lief' last Jtftfatliv however, she enjoined Mag glo not to allo\V them to take her and Hilly t> the almshouse, but to seek out an old acquaintance of her own, whose addfeS't she had when sho left I'idhwlelphia. That night Maggie and Hilly were orphan-.*. Then, with her peremptions sharpened by her mother's last words, Maggie heard some remark about the almshouse and the advisability of placing them, in it. The iaom?Ui she ?aw her mother bidden' fn the icy ground she toolrBilly aside and con fided to him the MUrmii>g state of af fairs. Together they kr\elt down on the new-made grave and clasped their lit tie blue hands; then Maggie said a prayer with many little interruptions J? cry and wipe Billy's eyee. She asked God to look down on them and make them forget to cry and not feel lonely, and bo as happy as if their mother was still beside them. To this Billy said Amen, and they both kissed the cold turf and at last dragged themselves away. Now Maggie's first thought was to seek out tho address of her mother's acquaintance. But here another cruel disappoint ment awaited thorn. They found the place and the very house, but it was empty, and being, with its neighbors, dismantled to make room for some improvements, and tho tenant was gone no one know whither. After this crushing blow tho two had to retire into a dark stair to re lievo their little hearts, and then when they had in somo measure composed themselves they wandered aimlessly through the city, till at last Billy com plained of hunger. A quarter which Maggie had, by some unlucky accident was lost, and nothing was left her now l>ut to trv and dispose ol" a locket containing a portrait of her mother which was at that moment suspended by a s%htT ' chnip from her neck. For this purpose she made her way into Baxter street to the very store wlu-rc Tom Smithson carried on busi ness. I Tho hideous face of the old miser ' frightened her, as it had frightened j many a one before; but the thought ? of Billy nerved her on and she man aged to make her shaking hands undo i the locket. "If you please, sir, would you buy that?" she asked in tremulous tones. * ?' Can't buy it? not allowed to buy from children," he snarled, with a look that curdled her blood; "send vour mother." I " My mother ? my mother ? oh, my I mother!" was all she got out; and then j a scalding rush of tears hid the ugly i monster from her sight. " Can t have you crying here* leave j my store!" ho growled. But, as if taking another thought.' lie i fumbled in his pocket and drew out a , quarter, which he gave to her. "And now get out of my store J" he | cried, harshly, "and don't let Aife you here again." ' 1 i But Maggie still lingered, *ind?Jit ly^t got out the words: " ? ^ " If you please, sir, it's my mother's' portrait; would you open it* and give mo one look at it, and I won't trouble i you any more?" I The miser appeared struck dumb at the odd request, but mechanically com plied, holding it well in front of her, that she might have a good look at the well-loved features. Maggie's eyes brimmed oy^rvHt the sight, but with a migiiti.^lfort she strenuously kept back! t|ffia?]fi4 and chokingly got out Th#%ord$ M "Please, would you let Billy come in and have a look at it, too?" 1 don't know how the miser felt, but this, too, was Conceded; and he evt?u after Billy been brofyfcht' {Ml and similarly favored, grullly in quired: " Where's your mother now ?" Maggie, firmly resolved not to cry before him again? had some determi ied winking at the tears ahdohokintf.gulps, at something that had risen in her throat, before sl^e^quid getoi^t ; . ^ " Mother? mother is in h^aVen, *ahd I wish we were there, too." She made a rush from the store to get out before ho could see her J-ears. : ilo started amfovon eall6fl aftrt-Mr; but she was afraid that ho would tako back the quarter ,Md flurried dji tftT she had left tho store far behind. Then she satisfied Billy's hunger and -began to wonder what Bhe would do next. Tho W?fHt<yr repeated , itself during the day in her mind, but the solution did not come readily ; A squoakingfdog \frhichfylly landed, ; in a toy store window took a \v)tol? dime, and tho rest nfosUy dfcappWcd' in satisfying his hunger. What troubled her most was where tho next quarter : was to como from. So while ha. was enjoying the gr4dM*feM?l 1$W( toy she was tliWUrtffJik v7Jf Jt/jL f I Night came on and advanced, and the stores 'shut up one after another, tho pasBers-by bceamo fewer and fewer and vfal(l?rt<U ijujkf-ftj far as Baxter street again, they crept intoa stttlr not far from Smithson's, to Shelter themselves, in some degree from tho intense cold; 1. \ ^ \ ' ; BUlv now began to cry and per sisted In <fa^tftflh^be>WhlH?iliWfleti into a warm room near a stove, andlt taxed her to tho utmost, to act him quieted, for (ear _thej^>to^w8ll?pfc^ tlnjh and coad liit. I V rt M f g The squrtiklnf h o| HildMlhg slid ceased to-tmve any power-over him, ho, she took him into hot lap and covered him over as much ?& fit# told him a wonder fiCflilfyii tiaX .Attifcr [ two children who had no moUiefi.and wero in the cold, whert aVPat l#>. suMmd :ings opened up and a brigfttTUghV shone out from a warm heaven holUod, and a beautiful being' rfft nfiMintf Xilf1 gold came floating out towiWrd' theth: and took them up in his arms and t,ald, IJfc fRr>,clc(' lw> iwarflr A MWhmIi IMHpttt bht his fftiW flamy fritttft dark ness, to touch Maggie's cheek and 'see if it was wet, but she wouldn't let him touch it ; she tohUUm'V) trv and sUmp and dream rtnMtifcaMs ^aWo** w*ilk tales of a different kind no fast that he oouldn't get in a wort, and at Jast forgot all about it and /ell i&fM Hut Maggie didn't sleep. No, she sat staring straight out the entry at tho black wall, half expecting tjjflt, hflLfairjLtaio would come true , tffitl ChtaoiiSS rftfR tAwjJ, imrolkm nM# jifwirld nriDl wi| hold her breath. %) , , , Hut It waa only an <>1<1 man tylth a hag over IiIh shoulder. He had got on well enough until he tame near the mouth Of the stair, when nho saw IiIh feet nudd?*nly shoot out from under him and Ills head came down with a crash on thehnrd sidewalk behind. Maggie gavo a frightened ery when she na\v the man lie very still, and an t he ery awoke Hilly, they ran out to gether to the prostrato form. Hut. it was not till Hhe had brought Home water and poured it on his face that he slowly opened his ayes, and sho recognized Tom Smit!ison. " ()o away!" ho eried, as he recog nized them in a torn of the light. "What do you haunt, me f ? ? r y In it more money you want r " I Haw you full, and was afraid you were killed," said Maggie, only too glad to hear him apeak. ?' Your head 1b cut at the hack." ' ' .. ? 1 And she gently stroked the wounded : ^He suUinto tie two UtM faces, ' I and she fueled that hie eyes pew less "You smmldirc haihoMM he cried at last, with an attempt to snarl. " Why didn't you lei me die?" * M What, do yon waolfeo dM you a man V said Maggie, in great ! wonder and pity. ' ? M FTI ? ' j I "No, don't want to,<yo. but I don't, want to 'be* Interferar' wifha-So be .off?"?, ^ Maggie turned awajfi AdfeAbut hel angrily called them back. " Where ai e ? yo^jdtog*'*? OH 4 Tfl "I'm going ?way; you told m< away'; you told me to.* 1 No, I diun t, and you mustn't con* 1 tradict mo, for if I did, I didn't ,meaa . it. Aren't you sorry you ever had a mother to bring you to all this mis ery?" 1 ; , / > "V? , / , ? ^rJ " No, I'm not korry; oh,ff I only had her now !" And Maggie quivered and quivered ,and winked , (Uspettitely and tried to IdofcMhdiffer^rit'aim mink on something Hsp to koep back the tears from her eyes. A peculiar working about the mus cles of the man's face, and a change i in his eyes, caught tho girl'^ atten j tion. L " You're crying," sho said, sorrow fully. *ij didn't mean to grieve you j indeed 1 didn't." "I'm not --ing," lie fiercely an | swrred, witn a sudden dash at his eves w.Hli his hand. " Ugly old men don't cry. Do you know that I'm hor j riblc--and ugly ? and hard-hearted and a bca<?t ?"r * -j . ? ? j And hii bitteKlones ro6e almost to | a shriek, i j. 1 V | " You're not ugly at ^11 just now," i replied' Maggi6', truthfully! *' '*?' Th<J J water in your eyes t makes you look kind anil nice." " What's your nwun?" he asked, in i a S'>rt of husky voice. " Maggie ? Maggie Davton; and that is Hilly." "Have you no friends, Maggie?" I " No; there is one somewhere, but I couldn't lind her out." ; " Tlien you are just like ine. I have no friends either." ? Maggie was sorry for that. "If you like, I'll bo friends with i you," she said, pityingly. " You've no mother, either, so you're just like us in that, too; only you are an old man, 1 and I'm pretty young. ? I suppose i you'll feel it wors ; than me." i " I don't think you could like a f rightful old man Jikcine," doubtfully returned the miser; after a pause, tc(t| : examine his bag. " I'm like a devil, ain't I?" ' I " Yes, but that's Only on the outside, i ' 1 think I could like you pretty well jrfUTMi bite wherwl^et tu know you pix ttti. ^??ur l<M)kl wtnijj^h' : me away so much *;vs > _ a't frighten away so much as your hard words. j " Ah, 1 would try hard not to speak them," pleaded the old man. "Stop, i don't go away yet. See, here's a quar I ter. It's for you and Hilly, of course ; i only you must promise me before you ' go that you will coine to-m#wow into ^tore your thai Maggie met a policeman, who 1 directed them to a cheap lodging-house, where they passed the night. The with an overllowing hospitality and kindness that fairly banished all re serve, and with many stop's and quiet jcrvings Maggie told him her little [#oty!T ft, m: wluit It? taught of It'* ffld* not ap i>ear ; but that night ho took them to [ feAp&4at]tf fciftatvf at lefc'^hilcks off, where he left them with the strict in junction that they were to come back again the next morning. That morn ing Tojn $taiths6n' lmd -bfesiv fjtstlned never to see, and tnis concluded the ^S^?^Ve^XKalOT,g the Bowery, I mot two well-known thieves, que of whom had a clumsy patch on die lappel'of his coat. K tken\ to headquarters, care Krtlly rippitl off -fho patch, and then j f nind the scrap taken from tho teeth J of the Mleadr curiosity ^detUer exactly ' flllo^ and ytAtchudlt. v . i I A g<jld Aefklet, wittyl octet and min 1 iature attached, which I fornid on the I other, I took hmie with me, and tho [cry of delight, with which Maggie at portrait dmJkjLat it was thaFof her mother; wntennad been stojen, from Smlthson on the night of hlH death. a Ti>? Uw<**?pre dulv, trlpd, apl, U>o eviaeft cfrlwrng sui^feuwmSd* ly^hfcr own confession, whjch was to the effect that tho fright of seeing the n^ser iwddenlT (iron df?wn before their teyes, fmd MfeOtuWly driven them .flffdvithout looking for more. Bift that was not all. When the auctioneer came to ar ?8i|ge and take an inventory of Smlty son's goods, he began by making a rousing fire. Hut T)eforo he got the -8jai? gSing a strange thing occurred. Ho had to splTt open grasp of the dead nilaTglx^BeWi the two Iwards he frnind a* minute account of Smithson'n bolohglnirS, some baiik notes, a bank j^6s?w.' ' I rtT i poKsesfllons alluded to in tho dvoument, after all claims ^ul. hep n satisfied, were properly in vested and y'flldcd seven hundred dol MlaQMjIore Wi%r^f?ggif and Hilly were over, IJk^ly to(want,/of t^o jady. with whom they stayed s> took toihetWthal when real relations turne<l up she reso lutely refined to IVM(t-ji|(ith them, and' ievolf oJTerrtdAr) \il^ *)j t^ie eqiial y ajuo, for the pri vlTego of he result, of course, waa that they grew up well cared for anil happy. \ Fond or Tho bulletin of the United Htatfld fish commission for tho last year con tains an account of the shrimp flsh nose. part of each <Ia^s catch frt not Hold Is carried to tho Chi nese quarter and there put at once into boiling brlnC. Tho shrimps are then sproad out to dry upon level plats of smooth, bare ground. After four or live days they arc crushed tinder lar^e woolen pestles, or trod upon by the Chinese In wooden shoos, for the purpose of loosening the moat* from the outer chitinous covering ; nfter 1 which tho entire mixturn is put through a fanning mill, for the actual separation of the meats from the I shells. Almut 2(H), <KK) pounds of shrimps art* sold annually In San Fran ! clsco, and tho annual export* of shrimp I meats to China and the Sandwich ' Islands are valued at. about 1100,000. ! The in *ats urn eaten by nil classes In China, but they nro cheaper and loss esteemed t ban the native shrimps, which are said to bo comparatively i scarce. TIMELY TOPICS. J ' ? /><?>, "Ml, | i V | J. R. Dodge, statistician at Wash- . Ington, furnisher an estimate which 1 ajiows tb*L the annual productions of ; different meats in the United States, taken in their green state as 1 slaughtered, is as follow* : tsssu : a,2W.0US ?,???, OCiOjm I VMla S.<r0,t>x> fi&.000,u00 < I Mdttoo* l,0"Q,000 MO.OOO.OOlt 1 UUSUk S.COO.OOS 10*' ,(*?>. OOO TotU v..^?,?0,000 i[tf(\0?J,000 i Even so apparently harmless a thing , , ju an autograph album 8>ay bo put to [T* iminal uses, as was shown by a case ; in a Canadian court .thie" other day. a young man was tried prran indictment ' accusing him of wrltingover the name of J. Taylor, on a leaf torn from his ; sister's allmih, a promise to pay $2,000. lie escaped punishment by^st techni cality. but he lias furnished a warning ! to people who ate' too jeiuiy.to write their names on blank, sheets of paper. ^ *T 1 /'<? ' " ' i "VVearilgi I?ir04 as )|4dgear is ro- 1 ported # to 'dk*ogoing but of fashion ' among the latlie.s of England. It Is said thafeafc jftgnrden- pt*Ur< a young girl xva^boyoOtteA ft)Wng orf life" hat ,'t*<W^e*t ?i$l$ dotfeS," wluclvsTie boasted, 90100 oiie twhsliot especially '{or Jier. Tito other girls scarcely 'spoke to her and made the 1 men promise not to dance with her,' and she was only reinstated into gen oral favor when she removed her -ii.it. confessing that she had never thought of thaeruelty to the birds.* I All I he preparations for ,Miss Mor- 1 ton's wedding were made, at Hopkins- i I viJle, Ky., excepting a choice of a i bridegroom. She preferred Mr. IIol- j man, while her father insisted upon j Sir. Mcl'herson. 1'arentiU authority ! seemed likely to bo maintained, and 1 Mr. McIMierson Was told to be on j hand. AAdoirdinglflie was there; but ' Ilolmftn was there too. Although the front door w&sjocked against him. he got in by fRe fiafK ' " ftTt'lTTTW his case so earnestly that the girl ro called her promised obedience, and de clared that she would marry him or nobody. .So I he guests, after yUcing kept in snspyMiy ya4iU iltrtyjjslino ment, finallv lA'#oAij|^M 1 I ( Holman. ' /XOJ 1 f ? f j A recent, visitor to I lie Dismal Swamp in Virginia fvMind-it inuch re-> duced in ;exte;i)l. compared to what it jyus twenty years ago. It now con \ fa ins some ,ot the best farming land ih the State. A "railroad runs across it, i and it is on Its way to ilnal extlnction. I The drainage of Lake Dnmmiond, a 1 central body of water lying higher j than the averago.level of the swamp, would make the whole area fertile. This is a project of (Jovernor lienja min F. Butler, who once had surveys J made but at length abandoned It. The great industry of the swamp is lum bering. It is penetrated by small ditches in connection with . larger c.i - nals, and by rude traptrtTad*. over which the logs are hauled to l>e -sawed up into shingles, railroad ties anil lcne ing. The lake itself, however, with its almost impenetrable fringe, ot cypress and its projecting roots and broken stumps, is quite as dismal as ever. JEstheticism has run its race in | England.., A London letter to the j Liverpool jtfr rem''/ tliu's' refcordK' its I downfall: " Everybody ! is remarking, < ; and few people fail to bo astonished at 1 the sudden disappearance pf th^. j thetes from good society. The move- I inent seems to have worn itself out j completely, so far as dress is concerned. The erstwhile' fashionable coloVs, the ! whilom remarkable shaped,1 'the sit ran go j and affected attftude!?, 'are thingtfof the j past. It is v id gar now to wear sage- ] green; it Is no longor/ qjegant to be j limp; and those peculiar garments, de signed, like the robe of Vivian, rather J to express the" figure "than conceal, j have been1 rondered * rih&date by. 'tlio hideous and graceless (.jrjn.det. In the I very homes where it was necessary to ! be either Japanese or. early English, or at least '"(plaint,' to 11ml a footing, the "f&coisnow set against 'mere eccen tricity.'" ~ | ebb tfdtto flleet at H o'clock in tlio morning an<l evening, caeh to bo over come. In its tarn with n terrific splash* ing> find roaring that seemed to tho pnmlttvo Knickerbocker so suggestive of tlio region nut known to freezo tbfit it has been called since their day Hell <i ate. Flood Island Is about mid way, between Bhores, and from that point excavations have beiin carricd on foV .ilbout rtlnfc yeara, and will he? tho baso of operations for about a year moW, when the mine will l>o oxploded. A poraon who recently visited tho goVMrnjnertt works at this point says: Twelve steafiiV drills advanco the varlon* tunnels 300 foot per month. Tho plan of the Work la to undermine art art* of thirteen acres, leaving only here and there pillars to support the rbof, which is ten feet thiok below tho water, wheft it has Wecti' ftulllclently honovfrtnfecxll rWAWW flf oiit, blasts of powder will be inserted In tnese pillars and fired off at once, when tlio whole area wJlL Buttle, and Hell (late will bo navl$iNKf?llr nIV accom modate a share of tho vaat ocean eorn meree. An area of eight acres h;**< been tnnnoled, at the eogt of $1/)00. 0()0, and the qntimato for the thirteen acres lr, $2,250,000. Tho work is to be completed in a year if Congfeas makes the additional appropriations necoHsary. If $1?b channel is not d'K'p^VWlghfiftcr the explosion, the experience of two years ago proves that dredging will bo effective, as the surface Of the rock will i>e broken by tho concussion. So f:ir only ono life has been lost, ami every precaution in taken to protect Mte 2 VI men who serve the government i tere night and day. The will of the lato General Dorris, of St. Louis, was admitted to probate recently. Much interest attached to tho reading of the document from the g o n er atTTmTfflT5'"WrWIWP"f*flWP,Wtfj - aion it WAuhi nuikx' to Russell Jlrown, the testm6f'^ TfliVytung man was until recently the favorite grandchild,, and would, have in herited $250,000 if he hail uotVouimittod the indiscretion of killing his grand mother not long ago. 'lMiese are thft ? it';. ?' THE ?d'tf j'yn^v| There hat? been 489 during the Tw in Baltimore (roo imtU-po?. Elijah W. Big ley and *fo, farmer*, (ron> Johnson county, Ky., weal to-purehaaa |5.000 of unlawful mono/ foe (300. Am uanal io euch oases, they were victlmad by confide ac? operators and were left without mean* to return borne. Ale*.. Wdjhw was arrested as one of the swindlers, but he was not identi fied, and was discharged. Bigeley received a package of nsd for his money. The groM receipts of tha Baltimore po*t office for the last fiscal year were $4iX\4'Jl and the expenses $162,257, tearing a net revenue of $J?H,284. . Street hignwaymen in Chicago are becom ing so bold and their attacks so frequent that thore is talk of suppressing thein by private enterprise. Scarcely a night pa*so? that an attack does not occur. I On the ground that the recent election* in Tennessee were, in effect, an expression of .Ujo opinion on the part of the i>eoj>lo thai nnother settlement more favorab\o to them as taxpayors should be made by their credit ojrs, Treasurer Polk unnouncos his determi nation not to pay the interest falling duo on the funded bonds of the State on January 1, ?1888. On New Year eve night, vhilo watch-mee: I ing services were being held in the Reformed Evangelical Church at Reading, Pa., a large cannon, fillod with stones and powder, was discharged. The front wall was broken in. and nenrly all the window pases shattered. 1 Great excitement was caused among the uu diotice, bat no one was hurt. Eight aricst* [ have boon made. Mrs. Stillwell, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, wife of Jay V. Stillwell, omployed on the Chica go, Builington and Quincy Railroad, has uir\de a confession on her death-bed of tlires ! murders. She is at the house of relatives in j Knox county. The first was Benjamin Swi gart, her first husband, whom, she says, she [ killed in Maryville, Mo., in March. 1 1?77. | with the aid of her mother and brother, j The second was a stranger, whom the same parties killed for his monoy while stopping I at a boarding-house. The third was herown daughter, aged 14 years, whom she strangled in the presence of her mother at Ruk>, Neb., in May, 1<*80. 8he also confessed that she attempted to kill her husband three times to obtain his life insurance. These ooiifer.3ionF were first mado to her husband and since to others. She is dying of consumption. Whilo a party of boys were playing on ti e ice in a brook in Hyde Park, Boston, the ici broke and five of them fell into the water. Johnny Burns, aged 7; Charles Bums, aged 9, and Johnny Carney, aged 7, were drow ned. William Baldwin, chief commissioner of highwaj a,of Philadelphia, died suddenly on January 1. Three hundred prisoners wero release. i from the Baltimore jail on Now Year's D iy on account of the smallpox breaking out in the jail. Seventy-one deaths occurred in the same city during the week ending Deccm ber 31. In the Tennessee legislature at Nashville, a slight sensation was caused by a passngi in the opening prayer of Itey. T. A. Hoyt. us follows: "From repudiation and from all forms' oif flishOuesty, good L?ord deliver us.' Dnvo Roberta, tolorod, confiued in the jail at Abbeville, tt. C., on n charge of cotton stealing and murderous assault, has been taken out and lynched. The inauguration of Governor Cleveland in Albany was a quiet and not a noteworthy ceremony. There was a decrease of 466 liquor saloon in Georgia in 1K82 compared with the previ. ous year, which the tomparance advocate insist indicates a decided falling off in the consumption of liquor. A shock of earthquako lasting thirty sec onds shook the buildings in Halifax. A shock wf.o felt lit Rookland, Mo,, also. A heavy snowstorm set ill at San Francisco with grGat violence, 8now fell to the depth of five or more inches. Old pionoers state that navar saw a storm of equal violence an<J duration for tha past thirty years. A nufribor of Meigbs, the first ever seen in this city, wero out on the streets. During a lecture by th Bdpton a rough express] thi brothers were "nog upon their prowess wa np'bytha Fords, who i a$d leaped from the stagp. stampeded. ' Friend iblishmuit oft tfl Brothers in 0 opinion that His reflection iately taken fir fevolvert. The Audience faclui inv ULL STOCK r>F (iftOGKKIKS, Hakdwarb, Harness, Dky Goods, Boots Shoe.-., Hat (1\NNKI> (loons, Canimkr, h AT I & OR^, Wo are Best to* WWAtfoyJs Good Best Gr Ruin, Gin. A pi* , reduced gallon 4 II :o |?i. *N, ton, I- C. A casta for Sxt<MM VFreaahra* Trente* Or**. "*? . aeg 19'Iy jy^KTMA mON, RAO?, HOV* OOTTON RIDRH, HKINfl, WOOIsWAX, KUTlfi KW We ?r? paying t'"> niRlifBt C**b PricT. MfVPKft GOMWWTH A HONH. ?nalfllV r. O Hfx IV ) t TTnrt*Mrr'rrT# ? WDLBERN k PIEPER riWfi9|w*f^ <*W8 And D??1?r? in \ \>*l rj M ? !? > , ( Provisions, Liquors Tobacco Ac & W AlUJk*' MftKAVt BU 1 , l#-ly OHAIlf.WroN * O i?b. t. ppwick Lwani;, DfiNTlST, ' Ornrlunte of the Baltimore College of Dental 8urgnry. OFFICE-flKKALR HOCNK. Entrance on Broad Rtroet. OLD 11833) ESTABLISHED Charleston Ice-House, ALVA, GAGE & CO., Market, cor. Chvrch St., Charleston, 8. C. ixuporU'ra and Shippers, Wholesale aud Retail Kalera m I O E . loe packed for the oountry a specialty. Ice by the car-load at special ratce. Waverly House, Oaamroar, B. 0., GEORGE T. ALFORD, .... Manager Ratee 12 and 12.50 por Day. This favorito Family Roiiae, under its new management, is rooooupeudcd for the excel lence of ituouiaiiie and home-like comforte. Ite airy and well ventilated rooms have just boon newly carpotod and elegantly furnished. A. R- THOMXJNSON Manufacturer of HA1XNE89, of Every Description. SADDLES, BRIDLES. Eto McC. SADDLES, NEW AND OLP. Importer of English Saddle.*), Steel Bitr, Spurs ^limine, Etc. Factory auu salosroom 137 Meeting R* . Kept, 1-1 y. CHARLES IV N, S. C. w. wnn.DBN & co., Cotton & Naval Storks Fiorou. Bagging and Ties Furnished at Low eat , Makot Rates. Offloe, No*. 8 k 10 Middle Atlantio Wharf. Naval Stores Yard, Marshall's Wharf, Charleston, 8. 0. Liberal Admnoes made on all Con signments J. C. KOL LING S ACK.VT FOR Stationary auQ Portable Steam Enainc?. Brown Cott i?n Gins Wlrinshlp Cotton Cln | With Feeders and Condcnsi rs Tai.uot & Sons Enoink'h, Monarch Enuinlh, fciKiNNEii .V Wood Enoines, Boss Cotton Pheab, Bcuokjkld Cotton Prem, FiNDttT Cotton Frf.s?, Corn and Wheat Mills, 8aw Mills, Shafting and rru.KVs. And *11 kinds of machinery. Bo sure t<> r-jl! and si'o my prices before purchasing any k:i;<; <.?! machinery. J. C. BOLLINuS, Camden, 8. C. Ho, Ye That Are T'airstj 1 Come and try tliat favorite brand of Old Family AVliiHlty. Thero in nothing 1'ko it undor the nm. Having tried it once 1 know that your pat i ooago is secure. 1 n?e ibis medium to inform my friend* and tho public generally, that I have removed to my old uuud one door North of W. A Ancrnm, where 1 am prepared to furnish them with a ehoico stock of Ohoceries, Canned Goods, Wines, Liyfoits, Toiiaoco and Cic.au ?, Which I will sell at "Hard Pan" prices fur cub. FRESH! LAO-ZHc BZSR Always on draught. Families supplied wi-l< bottled Beer. Genuine Scotch ALE a specialty. Givo ni a call and ^ou won't rearm it. augsi-tija j. e. c. Mcdowell. W agons fa nil Hntvgies HARNESS, ETC. The nndArslgned respectfully oalls atten tion to the. Jurge stock ot 1,2, Sand 4 horse, wagons, single and double buggies, open and top buggies, wagon afid V\JKXy harness, etc., which he now Iisb on hand, and whioh he is selling at living prioeH? so low as to ensure largo sslfs. Handling the heavy stock I do, I can afford to dell at a small profit. RKPAin I rv G In all its branches promptly and sstlsfaclorilj executed by competent workmen. IIORSE ?HO?BNG A specialty. Give mea call. If. A. MKTTB. sep7-1yr Your I^t/onage Is rcspeotfully solicited at tho storo of JAB. L. r^ASINCTON ? h?ro you will find an entirely new stock o FAMILY OROCMHIES, (JANNFrD (won, sr, CON FEC TIONRR I EH , rmr goods , f TOBACCO , CIGARS, Pfo. The patronage of my old ouBtomers and ihegonoial publio is most respeottully so licited. Mr. Wiley Hheorn and Mr. .trtb fihiver ?re still with me, and will bo pleased to ifrrvo my customers. JAM. L. BRASWOTON. Remodeled Mil Newly Torimbefl, B i/VTHAM IIOUHI3, OA MOfiN, R. O . Transient- Board >$2*00. Per Day. Amnio accommodations. Tables snpplio with inchest the markot affords Every ad tont'.on paid to tho comfort of guests. I flonnooted with the House is a first-class BAR, whioh is orderly kept. Hack to and from the depot. Fare 1T> rents '?a eb way. . . ?.?. . Feed and LlYQrv. Stable on premises. S. rt. T/HTiIXm, I'noi-RiETon. 5. WILLI AMI C LYBURN; COTTON BUYER, And Firo Inauranoo Agont,. CAMDEN, S. C. OCRoe oorner Broait and PeKtlh Htrnot*. Georgia Home Jnmiratioo Coin . pany, apaet* M7R.041 no Oortitnerrlal Union Inanranne Onnpany of I?ondon, anieln, fir W),4fi1 73 Homo Insnranoo Company of N"*1 York, nsanta tft,410,9flR. 11 0W If R irat market price*. paid lor Ot'on in eaah< ('orn and Huron alway* on tifcnd al wholenala. Have Yonr Cotton Ginned On an #0-Haw ft*U Oin, with Feeder and Oondenaor. Having jiaat put up an 80 Haw Hall Olh, with Feeder ana (JfliMiMiKir, t am prepared to Rln anil paek cotton n an expedition* manner, and guarantee aaii^'ae i^n to all my patrona. The patronage ol t ie pnbllo in rfapretfnlly xolioiied, Oln loeated at .Hteam Planing Mill, oorner I, mien* and Fair atrei t. I VI,. OIIAMPION. J. BLAKE 8TEEDMAN, RF.rftfcllcWl/trt KNOOP, FREERICH A CO., Charleston, 8. C. laarten Fxohango on Oharleaton. Bnya Ootton at Highoat ()aah Prleea. *0- Oftloo at JL>. W. Jordan A Co'a. |!SE\V ARRIVALS, I W. C. C E R A L D ' 8 OLD CORNER STORE. i I bare just returned from market, where I | purchased}* beary'atook of ml I? inclH of Goods, At the very lowest price*, and I intend to I my customer# the beuetit of my low p. iced purchases. My stock oousists of Fall and Wintor Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery, &o. The best make aud latest styles of Boots anJ Sbocs. Clothing, Hats, &c. GROCF.RIES ! In Grocerio* I Lave aotm'J a tl>ck as can t>c ? ti-eu m w*u. HARDWARE! vor l'lantalion, Oa< dun and H' n?eh< 11 use. ; :iil l:m* oj Sad tlfiy nnd Hartje**. In ta< ?, i l.?vu koi almost anything yen cau call :or, U'l am determined to sell CHEAP FOR CASH. Call before yon buy elsewhere. lia.'g^ng an 1 ii h always on hand. Hit-licit price* paid for v ton iu cash. \V C. GKUALt), At the Old Cornor Store. NOTICE TO DEBTORS. A 1 of my papers liaro been placed in lh'? liaiuitt of Mr. J. T. Hay, Attorney-.v-l.aw, {or ?iilection. M* buetnots must bo cli.^e.i tip, U'l those indebted to me will lake noiico aiui ovtrn themselves aocordiuniv. J. A. AKMSTHOSO. Bollmann Brothers, " ] l\)inmii5fiori Merchant**, Doa'er* io (IIKMT/'IKH. vviNKf r IQl'OKS. TOL'ACCO, ' 1 C.ttAKH K ' I .S.1 n I It 11 > ? t *tl It r t CM wfk| C? M. L CHAMPION. ircbitect, Contractor an! Bnilier, Camden, S C, Special a'tdiHon lo furnlahloff plant and vati-naii it u r and private bulld? tux#. ? ) i ic'tcal builder of ???eral y<-?rv iiff, i ? i< cnat>lod to guarantee nati -ivtio > i i kii >:< tui'tn cn:a o! his Dualntw. 0*'i ??? hi t! . (Vol* c! Mr. J. L. Ur&oiugtoa. t u v W. CI.VBTJRN, General Insurance Agent And Cotton Buyer. U< ra<ivM lo hi* old tta id *t C' vburo'a Block IV til pay the hijtho?t price f.r Cott)Q and bu. Of re freely than over bo'. >re. air My oouutry frienrfa will pleaae ?!?? n coil. augl7-lf. PRICES REDUCED. ROBERT D. WHITE, MARBLE t GRANITE WORKS. PLANS FURNISHED. V. : n?' Htroo', cor. ?T TlUc -kV A '.lev, nn;;is.\l. I 11 AULKSTOS. H. i>r <? c: o rw u, Wholesale and Retail 1.K al r In Dry (Ms, Hosiery, Notions, &c, 4'2H A 4'JS KittR Htrcol, Adams, Damon & Co, No. 18 Droad Btrcet. Charleston, 8. C, Cooking Stoves, Rtngen, Orate*, Marble and Plato Msntels, Pi. rap* of aU klndn Lead and Iron l'lpo, Hhoet Load. Copper and Ziao, Roof ing Tm, Tinware, Tinner ? Tool* <ko. lion no PtirnibbinK Ooods In )*r?o quantity. Fiio JVicks Tilee. Terra OoiU Dr?ia Pipes and Chinuey Tops.. AU kinds of P.umblng Work, Rioting, O.itteri-ig and Tin Work gone ?lly promptly attended to by Hie most c?r?>fiil and rupericLoed workmen. Depot and relUbl* I?wi?n? l).l Hlr.vm tPC 111 ly GRAND FALL AND WINTER OPENIKG i i in: C3 1. o "t Jtl X BT.& g Xj. IKZ I 3ST .AL JEtJD, Mi ll's. Youth's ami Boy's Suits. Mi'ii'j, Youth'* an I Il<?j 's ( tvurcout*. Fine Soft and 8tiff Hats in all Styles and Color*. limits' Furiiisliinu :uul Nock wear. (iKNT'S FI.M0 SIIOKS. When in the city yon nrc cordially invited to ??*iuninc my stock of Clothing. All order* addressed to im> will rt?*eivt' prompt attention. Cohiinl>ia, S. C., opposite Cirand Conlrnl. Columbia, S. Nov. HI, )k*I. m i. kinds avd or in i; mh. nor <,r<.\i>r. < ?f direct Importation. Cotton Si cd Menl and ;? U Fertilizer Sii|>|?lH"*, for *'dc by Wando Phosphate Company, * lut rlt \sloi i y H>. C\i FRANCIS R. HACKKR. President. .IOSIAH BROWN. Treasurer. Wilcox, Cibbs 6c Co. 's Manipulated Cuano, Wilcox, Cibbs & Co.'s Superphosphate, A r- acknowledged l?y everybody to lie tin 15. -t Fcrtili/r <?'? in n r. nnd nro fold low for Cnah, niifl on reasonable terms on rtvodit. w?th Cotton < >v>ti'?n, by WILCOX, ( i I lii>s iV C< Chiirlotou, S. < '., and Savannah, (la. And their Agents throughout the country. dcc7-'2m FOUNDRY, 50x2U Foot. MACniNK SHOP, r?0x2.r)0 Foot. UOn,P,R 8FT0P, 40*120 Yet, t. G EORGE R. T,0 MB A. RD &, CO. Foundry, Maclunt; nntl Hoilor Works, - OGS-eoifgs'jLaa... BL"ILDF,R8 OF KukUiob ami Boilera, ?aw Mills, Grii-t i I 1h, an 1 nil kinds of Mill m*oki~ m i y of the Uto?t imi>iovo 1 bVvIcij. bhifOii;, Hunger*, l'mlttv*, Gearing and Journal Boxes. We have r largj* aMurlnieiit "f Patterns, tf ngur H ?)Ioih an'l Gin Glaring. DFALE1W IS airl Mill HnfiphfM, < irouUir SiW'", Filo>.( Oitrnmorw, flWAgow, Oloh* Check ami Safety V.<lvv>-<, Whittle*. (Mm;#!*, H ?ini Pip* and Fitiing*." Ballet metal from 10 * to 40 cent*. B .l;'.::<, Hubhor, H<hu] ( > o vpav no an4 Anbijet--'. Paoklon, Oil, and Oil OnjiM. Wronc'.-Ar, v V.hoole, oto, ?. . , ' . ? . . AGKNl'S I t P. r>.,ublj Turbine \Vh<<!, Ktn1|'ig'n Universal Jujcotori?t Iho boat made. liradJnid M.ll C<6 ?. Porlalilo MlUn.'NojUyk" At Murm'm Oo.'n Plantation 0<V h and ' FecdMdls. A 1 1 > y F.rffclno Works and Krlo f y Iron Wtrka, J'ortablo fend HUtlOhGrr Englnct. Knnklf'rt Pop Nafct/ Valves. Cloud OroeK Mill R'.ckB. ' "i ' " Iron and Rra<? Oasiihg*', and all klnd< of Ropa r<* pro:nptj/donn. Wo da-St ?v?r j day, and are working about ono nundrfr't timid- ' ?" ? t GONGAREE IRON WORKS,. ' * ' - I ? . .. COLUMBIA, BOU^fH OA.ROLLNA. 1 ^1 f I V o V JE D CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. ' ' ? ? ' ??? '! , ./ * SIMPLE, OIIF-AP AND DURABLE. W# n?? the eelebrfttod Friollon F^n?! on till onr Sftw Mills Mt maU^.I i. M.^1. - Ai !? t _ 1UIIIB, P BIO IB , * Ifo, 1 Mill, witt? BB IB r??t i*rr1?sfn ...ft7l.0B "1 " 8B ?? IB ?? 885. OB "8 ?? " 40 " 20 '? 800 00 - a " M B4 M 20 "" 885 00 ??8 " " 40 " 20 ?? 880.00 ?? 8 " " 48 " 24 " 876.08 "4 " " fiO , " 24 M 400 08 ?? 4 M " r>2 " 24 " 428 (4 Extra OArrinfld, 83.00 por fcot. '1*1 o nboro milU c.)mt>lct?? to main holt. DivlW ^ i ,, JQffV ATiK^VNDER. Poprtftto WILSON, CHILDS ft CO., PIIILAO K T, P H I A WAGON WO RK s| A t) *" IiriTT - *"*? A , o? -I 'fj O ? w 5! < T w ? - ; T ? -* MANOf aotukkh' oY A-tx urnDs of Plantation, City, Freight, Bu?inenn, Bxpraia and SIMMNO WAGONS, THUOKR, DRAYB.CAHTrt, T1.MI KB WHRELS AND WHKF/LnAWtOWa