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. .. >? . . ? ? ? The Robber. liy Life had been broken end entered, end V theft ? V ' Committed 1 gainst met Peace and reot had been stolen. The tingle clew left ffu a memory. rbat life mi so bare; met gone; nought bat grief By the hearth,* That I took the eweet memory, and Marched for the thief , Thnftjgh the earth. I knew her again by the peaoe and the real That re to rued onto me; /But when the loet gems were restored to my b*eo*t, She did not go free; For, by strongest of fetters, the thief I have bound And imprisoned for life; * I guard in my heart with the treasures I found ? My robber, my wife. ? H. K, Spoffortt, in The Continent. TWO ENGAGEMENTS. Nina is sitting on the fresh young grass among the apple blossoms. Not unlike an apple blossom herself, in her pink aud white dress of clear muslin, is the bright girl with the tlower-like face. Nina is not a beauty by any means; but nineteen healthful, happy years have given her the charms aud graces of a pure, contented maiden hood ? gentle eyes, a smile like sun shine, crowded braid i of light-brown hair, and a strong, quiet heart. Sh? has also pretty, dimpled hands, which are at present making line tat ting and weaving, all unconsciously, a web of quite another sort. The young man whose length of sup ple limb lieq stretched/ beside her, among the devastating clovers, is de cidedly, handsome. Ho has light curl ing hair, almost golden in its bright ness, and dark eyebrow^ arching oyer lovely, jnelanchoiy dUrlceywU*^ ?*v. There has been quite a long silence between these two, who are here alone in this blossoming orchard with the soft, fragrant petuls showering down nround them, and no other company but .vagrant butterflies and hard working bees to share their solitude. When the young man speans at last, it Is in a vory discontented voice. "You know very well I want to speak to you, Nina. You know I sent the children away for no other pur pose; I must sptAk jjopu Hat you sit there cbuntlng your stitches and looking so coqI? " I don't cou<>t 'them,',' ^sfc&uWi swered, good-humoredly, and T letting her eyes rest on his an hutant. " Dear mel what a frOtyning forehead* I Well, "then, Vhy Wt fbu' sp Wr T shall be delighted to .hear anything you may have ? 7 . j ( ] " I don't want} ypu tcf be delighted/' he interrupts her, 'shortly; "?? And *ddT for uiercj sake, put that eternal work iA." i ? 0 u Uiapuacu OC Ip a convenient *gpron-pocket, and the nimble wl)lte hands clasp each other, at rest. ' * " Say am I not good and obedient ? Now for the wonderful story, }f you really are comihg toi confessloh; Stari . why, that Is just splendid 1" " For the listener ? See here, Nina, you have heard me speak of ? of Laura Dalton, havieri't you r" ?'Never. !, Yo,u have never men tioned her , name .until this moment, .Star, and you- know it 1" " Of ooursei 1 know it. Who said 1 '* didn't? Well,' iW feeing to mention her now. 1 met her at ray aunt's wheto they lived. Jn Washington tforec win ters ago,a?W4^?b orphan so?t of ward of Aunt Maggie's ? and when I had known her two months we were engaged." ' ?'Very ration id on both sides. You were then nineteen. At what period of her infancy Was Miss Dalton ? " Well, sixteen, perhaps. She has been at school in Germany ever since, until araonth ago. But the worst of It is, Nina"? stretching out his hand and laying it on herB ? "we are en gager. at this present moment." If he had expectcd to meet any stornjy demonstration of surprise, or grief,' or anger,' hi flnds himself won derfully mistaken. Tho tranquil blue eyes widen a . little/ and tho color deepens slightly in the rounded cheoks, but tne sweet voice, replies, in ItA wtitU clear tone: ? ?< . ? "Htow grange o t you, Star, not to speaK of tHis before? And why should It Tt>e 'the worst of it' that you aro beciitlSe I do not love poor Laura. She issdtftt & ^o6iish,irivolous ct'eatur^? just a big, warm-hearted child, that is all. Tell megNJtlfc d^xisatjt' etrength ening his pteSsure on tne pa$sivq fln . gors, "haven't you known all akMg--^ > '6Ver ' tjiat first night \yhep *v? walked lidme through the b^M^wpocts from Aunt Maggie's ? havra't ywi kpown tliat 1 lQved you ?" -,?.?? ."Ye^'J^ho suys, in almost a whisper; "I have known it^Statwood." '*Afcd yttf wotidercd that I 'could "But then you knew of my engage ment.^ . , . , . ? T ? i ? r '"'"V ?'WVUI JUiOTIir. ?nd for a'veiy gbod reason, Nina; you will marry me. < '^or heftven's take, don't look at me like that( r|> liayek not MQPpaed to kill snylmijT Vwfly VtfTfcaroHt ; I cannot marry Laura Dalton when' my whole heaft belongs to you, and I know, too, that you care for me deadly -daarly/ Mi eare for yotUoo much to let you acfrilshonorably.'Swe answers, stead liy,- but there areolars In her drooped eym and she undlasps her hand* to talro his own into tHeir gentle embfrfcee. You ihould have spoken before. It Is all so strange td me. And the girl? Garwood. Doos she love you ?" "That's the tjraubl^ -She loves me to di*r^#,*!#bP break my ? heart. She is so happy iu the ? thought of our marriage, it was ar ranged to take' place next month" disconsolately- -"and she's coming to Aunt Maggie's the day after to-mor with mo, Nlim," ft world of entreaty la his tone. "No, but I am In earnest. Why should we sacrifice ourselves to lives of misery. Dr. Leslie cannot feel for you as 1 do. it Is jrimost a year since he has seen you even." M He does love roe. Oh, Star, if you knew. I am all the world to him, and he has waited and worked, t could not be so wioked/ He is coming back soon. He hat finished his course in Paris, and? do you think we two oould ever be happy together If we had male others wretched." 14 But yon love me, Nina? Tell me truth, dearest; nothing will seem so hard to bear alter that. ? Only say it" He ha? drawn so near that his cheek wets against her alsnder shoidder. Shy Nina dote nqt answer, but her arm slips timidly r^und his neck, and she rests her chert* Against his curtinrf golden hair. After the fashion of maidens, she has answered her love in silence. This exquisite moment is suddenly broken in upon by the sound of scam pering feet and ringing voices", and the children come rusuing pell-mell through the orchard gate. But, after all, they are Nina's brothers, and that thought reconcilcs him to bear for a while the noisy in fliction of their company. * ? ? * * A shadow darkens the morning sun shine. Nina looks up from adding the weekly household accounts, and sees in the long, open window the loveliest young woman she has ever beheld. "Mifs Marble, Nina." Nina's heart quakes, but she goes forward with a welcoming smile. "1 am Laura ? Lam a Dalton. You have heard of ino'r" offering both hands with impulsive grace. *' Oh, yen, yes i'' says Nina, blushing slightly, but looking bravely into bril liant ha/el eyes ? lovely, wonderful eyes, so thickly iringcd#lth flue black lashes. ?? I am so glad to see you 1 It is so kind of you to come !" M Star promised to bring me, but I would not wait. You will think it dreadful of me to rush in without ringing the door-bell; but I saw you ?rom the garden, and I knew you were Nina. Stnr has written me so much about you ! I ought to be jealous, but I won't be. You're too sweet. Aunt <Maggie has told me lots about you. It is so nice for her to have such plea-ant neighbors. What a lovely place they have ! You know they lived in Wash ington when I went away, and the idea of coming to New Jersey! I have been abroad three years." " ^Ir. Burley told me," says Nina, helping to divest her visitor of a co quettish hat and feather, and laying bare her magnificent coils of shining b'ack ha:r. ?'He hivs told you everything, I sup pose? Dear lellow 1_ I find him chapged ? so dull and splrittfW.'^1^ 'Mie was not very has ten# to say, wUh a ts]\ttalc nuslr'ouJier^ face. " At least, wlfen he first camo to Mri Crelgh's, he was recovering from typhoid fever, und he? I suppose?" - UjThat was nine months ago," is the roifeafc.irt .had entirely recovered. But he seems istrangely altered! 1 think it is good for/a man to have enough money to liv$ on without work. Y ou have seen ! aj good deal of {Star, t*rfffppo*?f . slncii you've been aequalfitM f* * * * A * ??! ?? "Oh, ye.*! My brother Clarence and he hre quite tttihiatc.f ^ rv ? j V He did not tell mo about Clarence. He told me about you," says the young | later. " I was anxious to see you! Of course, you know that lie? that I-p- ! You do know, Nina, don't you?" 1 ?- ^ About your engagement ?," asks Nina, smiling gravely. ? Star Vill' haye a beautiful wife." may have a happy one"? wtthalitllo sigh. "He is such a loVely fellow. Hut, s-jj?ehpw, I don't think it is pice tobemartied So verjTsooh. !c second of next month ? only think 1 ? ami I am just nineteen ! No one knew of our engagement except Aunt Maggie, and now she is so anxious to have every one know, and to have us sottled; and I like to be single, don't you ? It seems dreadful just to leave scfiool and then be married. I haven't had any good time." " Why not postpone your wedding for a while?" asks Nina, smiling at the frankness of her beautiful visitor. " Y ou are both so young 1" . , ^ _? "All, but poor Stat^ffcifld object! >He would bo so terfibiy^disaupoUited, you know. Ilo has bee# losing for ward to our rtmrria'ge. *r But I was thinking, Nina, perhaps you could talk to him. He has such confidence in your' judgment. ? Ybu might tell hlrn that yoll >.inink I atri toe y(Mmgr You understand him so wfcll. You would just know what to say. Yon will think I afti the strangest girl in the world to come here apd talk like this; but, don't you see, I enn't spetfk ?t> A^nt .Maggie, -and I dare not to-jwof Star,fari&.thefeiahb< one else. ? I will bo marrh d before 1 1 know it, Nina, if I don't make some ' effort." I There are tears dimming the lus trous dark eyes. - * Nina, touched and astonished, draws a little chair bios6 to'her hew friend's side, and takes her hand In a kind Olasp. At this Laura's tears brim dver. ' "You will think I am a fool," she says, presently, with a little sob now ?And then between her words, " but your lovely, sweet face won me in a ninute. I don't mean that you are mndsome, but you are so lovely ! And that dear little calico apron ! I couldn't be afraid of you, Nina. Of course, I didn't mean to be so frank with you all at once; but I could never like you anv better than-I do noW, and I can't (help speaking nfy hWrl right W." I V& ri^ft^f?*V^th Star ? not rearfon, Mifetiy.? ltutshW* frlm^mnko ;hlm understand? well, tell him some thing?" ? " Ah. but you must tell me some thing first, Laura. Isn't there some one else? some one who has taken Star's place in your heart ? Is not that the trouble, dear?'' "Oh, Nina, Nina !" it. ' Then* we am consult" "You little darling! I have felt like a criminal; but If you could ohly see him, Nina! I met hlrn in Paris when I vfoos spending tho holidays with a schoolmate, .lie was studying with her father, Professor Vleux. There were lots of students, but this one Is a young American so talented and so handsome -and wo fell in love with each other at first sight. It was ter rible, Nina?so awfully sudden and unexpected; but, don't you know, he was quite wild about ino, and I was just as bad about him. And ho is en gaged to a girl out here ? lie would not tell me her name; but ho does not love her at all ? at least, jlimfl he's known me he doesn't. Bdtftfl, y?uifr<y hi* word hinds him, aR* .fiVi* ?<> honor able! He is coming over In a few weeks, and ! though, if \ nee I not ho married sotoow^^dofl't ybii see?Xthat possibly, something might happen." ' " What Is your lovy's name, Laura. If it be a fair questloifr " * " 1 1 Is name ? Do you think J ought to tell his name? I will tell you. His nW ''T - ; s It Is a little cry, a gasp, that eseapea Nina's lips, but is cheeked back In stantly. "Do you know?" Laura asks, with a wondering air. "I know the girl he has promised to J marry, and I have seen tho letters he 1 has written her, so full of tenderness. ' 8he never dreamed his lore oovld waver. Laura, this la terrible !? the surprise !" " I know It, dear," says Laura, pen itently; "but what can we do? I'm sure we don't compel ourselves to love. Love compels us. How .strange you uhould be acquainted with Doctor Les lie's affiahce<U* seems Just like a story.- ? Is she nipe? He Wihl never say anything about -her except ' poor ??Poor child!*' echoes Nina, with a smile. u She would only be poor child if she should marry him. I could tell you about her, too, Laura, how she has struggled to keep faith with her faith less lover, while her heart had given itself to some one else. She has suf fered, but at least she has been strong. Ah, Laura, what must wo think of men?" * ? " What must we think of women?" says L&ura, simply. " I am sure I am ashamed of- myself! If Star could know ? Nina, oh, Nina, there he is!" ? rushing suddenly to the long open window ? "but i tell you it is he! They must have told him I was here, and he is coming. Oh, oh, oh! what shall I do? Oh, Nina, I am so glad!" Nina, following her inapstuous friend, sees, not Btarwood hurley, but Doctor Leslie advancing up the graveled path in trave' ng coat and with a small va lise In his hand. As ho reaches the veranda, which is liberally vine-covered, Miss Dalton springs through the window and rush*" to him with outspread arms. Atsi^..i of this beautiful apparition an unmis takable delight flashes over his line, dark face. '? Laura J" ho exclaims, and drops his baggage to fold her promptly to his bosom; then ho hastily releases her, and his joy gives place to consterna tion. He actually staggers back as his be trothed advances, with her hand held out in greeting. " Nina !" ? he says no other word as she lifts her little quiet face to kiss him in friendly fashion. Miss Dalton stands amazed. "You know Nina, too? I thought Mrs. Creigh had sent you here? I thought you were coming to find me," she falters. " Oh, Gilbert !? oh, Nina ! Oh, Nina, are you the girl?" Miss Dalton is deadly pale, and Doc tor Leslie groans and hides his white ft is trJLbling a llttie*^d tears il her bushes'; birtr.&he? smiles up frm both. - w " I am the girl? the happy girl, dear Laura. How strange that you should come at this very moment, Gilbert ! I id not expect you untjiitho twentieth, .aura b^a tdllnfMrfo^fchfc met yon abroad, anil all the little 'ro^ niance. But come in. "NVe must sit down t.n I talk together." * * * *? -? * * V 'IJtobbie? Robbie,. w/Uyoii ;Jun up to tho house, like a good fellow, and tell NJ,U* I want to ppeak.to herv I'm goiilgHo Wring yeto-tHat hew 'fishing rod to-morrow ? honor bright. Tell her I am waiting here at the gate; and don't let all the world hear you, that's a tittle man !" ? t 1 ' ? ; s Down through tho twilight comes Nino, a Wtfnutfclfcter, KhW; gleaming white dress, with a white iaco shawl around her head, to find Starwood Burley lurking in the maple's shadow at the gate. "Will you walk along the road a lit tle way ?'r ho a^ks, abruptly, without greeting of any kind." She stops down beside him, and they walk away slowly under the great branches of the elms and chestnuts, along the quiet cjuntry road. " I suppose 1 must congratulate you on the arrival of your ? of Dr. Leslie. Laura informed me that he had arrived this morning, while sho was with you." "Thanks, yes. Hecame quite unex pectedly. He wanted to givo me a sur prise, and it was a surprise." " You aro delighted*, of course." " 1 am very, vdry happy," she an swers, gently; ftevsr thought to be SQ happy."/ \\ &JI And of her own free Will sh?Hays her hand within his arm, and leans con fidingly on its support. * ''Oh, don't in# I .dojTfc tip|f aj|>out -it!" looking flowrt longingly >at ths little clinging hand on bis coat-sleeve. "You make a coward of me. In all honor, 1 have no right to be here with you -now; but Laura intimated that you wis] led to see me, and I came, N ibfi,' but Only t?,s$ygfcQi<l-fty? I can't bcrtr t\{ mfi of thing. ^We tnust not meet any more. By-and-bye, per haps-?" "Star," says Nina, standing still be fore him, suddenly, - in the darkened road, lonely now as a forest na)ih. "1 am the happiest woman in the world to-night. Do you know why? Be cause you lovo me.- Something bo st range lias happened." And then she pours forth a story that Starwood can scarcoly credit, in his amazement and delight. " It is like a dream," ho stammers. " The other two will be happy together, and I can have you! Am I really awake? Doctor Leslie is willing and it is all arranged?" " Doctor Leslie has gone over to see Laura, and talk with Mrs. Creigh ? I sent him oft -across ilekkk,as soon as Hobble told Hie )?<& 'hfctVotJW.1* AfyS Laura thinks it be nice to have the two mar* tiig*&'at once. What do you think, Star ? Mr. Burley's answer, though silent, Is decidedly in tho affirmative. A Remarkable (b i. In tho plantation of Oak Held, Maine thero in a girl who possesses tho faculty of spelling difficult words backward without hesitation. Her name iu II at tie M. |>rww, shoJs 1U|t Ptflftjjtfkeltth birthday, ahd will mffajfa, who are people of moderate education, living upon a furrn. While thin little girl i? bright and smart us the average of her mates, Hho never attracted any particular attention until, a little more than a year ago, It was accid'-ntally dis covered that she possessed the singular gift of spelling any word tfith which she was acquainted, backward and' without hesitation. At a spelling match ' recently hold in the school which sho ' attends, without any warning, she ' stood befora tho audience for some ten ( minutes,- spelling words selected at ' random, some for their difficulty of ! combinaton, but without any previous k they were to bo, | tn|lldlf-atidj|co?fectly, except one or i twA wnich ffle C6uld not spell in tho I proper way, and when prompted In the correct spelling would jinmedla^ly re verse it. Amontftlie words whfbhshe spelled wero these: (Islaxy, syzygv, as tronomy, rQbin, phonography, diffi culty, attendance, indivisible, etc., and many other words of equal length and difficulty. All of these were spelled 'XAV.XiiTi^X: wltnout ik single misplacement of a letter. Has any other person wfthout any training been able to do this or similar feats? In addition, It may be paid, upon tho testimony of tho girl, that "she can see the words In her mind, ami knows no reason why *he should not road the letters backward tin in the usual way."? Hoston Journal. I The microscope shows the hair to b* like a coarse, round raspTbut with tlie teeth extremely Irregular and ragged. The moo as crepuzculis, one of Ihe ? animalcule*, is only a - twenty-four thousandth part of an inch in diauv- , eter. The /African negro ia remarkable ft* tils length of arm and leg; the [ Avmura Indian of Peru for his short ness j f|rj*. ?* n u i A sweet potato- four feet 'leng ? and an average circumference of seven ami , a half inches has been raised in Marion | oounty, Ky. The Burmans assert that before the 1 advent of Buddha they had 334,569 kings. They say also that nearly every one of these monarchs was a parricide. There were four races in Italy in early times; tho Pelasgians, the Ital ians, the Etruscans and the Greeks. The first camo from the west, the sec ond and third from the north. A carpet in th3 palace at Versailles, France, was sixty-two years in manu facture at the Gobelins, the whole bor der wrought with rich garlands ol flowers, embracing a,U the roses knowo In France. Mormonism started neOT Tfroy, N Y., in 1839, under the leadership ol | Eleanor Miller. Miller and others I went to Victor, N. Y., and preacheo the doctrine, and then Brigham Young was converted to tho faith. * He wa > baptized by Miller In 1832. In 1G91 a barrel was made at Sleid elburg, in Germany, which is coin i posed of 112 solid beams, twenty-sev< o I feet in length, is sixteen feet across tlx ends and eightem feet through the center, and contains 800 hogsheads yet it was onco drank out in elghl days, L j ; ' " \ \ The pfpVfetb about people living in glass houses will soon lose its meta phoriealfBignificancc. One of the most prominent; glass manufacturers ol Pittsbn& announces his intention ol furnishing the public with' glass houses at an approximately early period. As soon(asa suitable annealing process Is discovered &nd a factory and ovens arc built for ^he spcclal purpose, glass blocks will become a reasonable and suitable building material. The Boman people onco gave a pub llo pot a public funeral. The dis tinguished animal was a raven, which flew every day into tho Forum, perched on the rostra, and saluted Tiberius, Germunicus and Drusus by thcii names. This he did for years, till a shoemaker by accident killed the bird. \ gthe people killed the cobbler, and the ^corpse of this birel was placed on a bier, richly dight, and carried on tin shoulders of two Moors, with music playincf before them, to a field called Ridiculous, on the Appiati Why. Then was that bird solemnly burned, and his ashes covered with garlands of flowers. Frnlts and Flowers Anionic the Ancients. ! Modern society can scarcely form ;i conception of the extent to which flow era were cultivated In ancient Greece, 1 not merely for the sake of their beauty 1 when beheld in the garden, but on ac count of the immense use made of them in religious ceremonies, as well as In the circumstances of daily life. The lover crowned himself with flow ers when he went to visit his mistress, hung garlands of flowers upon her ' door, adorned with wreaths the statues of thediYinities who were supposed to ' reside over love or marriage, cnrcely any one entered a templo un crowned, and according to tho charac ter of tho deity worshiped there the I flowers of the wreath were changed. Again, when the Athenians repaired I to the theatre,, which contained an au- j dience of between twenty and thirty thousand persons, nearly every one wore a garland on his head. At private parties, likewise, when they dined ! ordrank together, their brows wero | decked with flowers, whilo the apart ments in somo instances were covered ! so deeply, .jvith roses that they reclined ! upon tliein as upon sofas. This taste,.' which prevailed more or less through, ?flout tho whole country, an well as in nMagna Grtecia, Sioity and Asia Minor, | may convey somo idea of tho extent of floral cultivation, which everywhere' constituted nn important branch of in dustry, jilst as the cultivation of roses still doqg Jo parts ? of Central Kgypt and the . northern provinces 6f India. In these Eastern countries vast (juan< : tities of roses are needed for the mann- i faatm^oL attar, thynnst lasting and ' i r<)|es to severaL uses not much tapufeht ; qljirt'thie Went.' AMtJb^f' for e*am pl|? ?*ado aconjwrvwHfroses, which rtAy be reckoned ainftng the .most do Hfous tirnfcles of ltiHBMf*hat can1 be ftJag^ed.^eipgeau'tWt^arkablefor tapte andscent, a# won tSTof its poWor of stimulating digestion and promot vlo? of C?6ece will rennny'TW^# fchPex ten t tmwmm tie water mcl^.wMu . cptd thejray 4?r'a lips as E?U JjMm Ijbllowsof the Mor^baye'mWarli oeon ijtepuied the flnfot ttt ' th?' t,?**nt, iflut what In ooii) tfieYci^l thrtfr are vV-e fgirded exclusively as articles <% profit, were at an earlier . period of the world's history looked upofc # rtiote poet flftl point of view, It yrak dodbiletu fie sight of oraages, *h'en by so*n< ? Grecian wanderer they Were l)efral< rmc the first tlriio on the warm ao< i lively ' slopes of MoUnt Atlas; th a farmed the germ of tho myth abou llio gardens of the Hebrides, an< caused the trees that bwuUUem bj stwnr from Af rtoan shores , aud. acelf mated uiuop4(>h(?iielones. J'lven now, % If ^ W?fi|cvnce, oae or tho ftiostboautiful tfrnt <\kd ?>e Im ajjfmed, somo cf tho fruit pew>lhg through thtvgreoh follago llko golden i spheres: otlifcf*, partly of , the colo'r of the Ipjtf, partly yelloW, whiloaii nbuml an of of eitpamttd r itftfdtditng blos soms fill tho whole rttrrtolph^Vo with an , intoxicating frftgttnce.vvfexperlonco , provto' Wh*t mlgUt otherwise be at tributed to tho tyioy; that the soli of A^ti?|ti8 so sweet that everything planted In it acquire* fth additional del* racy of flavor. Th us/ pear trees trans planted frtfrn Malta to the gardens of Maronsi, n village ab|0t*tkV* miles from A t. ert?, not oM? ftroduco' more deli -te pears begirt *-to bear tho very j Drst sei^son. If such by the case flow, tho st<md '|)amSh king; what. muHt. if, havo been orlfl, wljen the most prsc- \ tieed, skillful and studious of garden- ' srs exhausted their Ingenuity In tho ' Htomntto please the palates of faatldi- ( ins colintrymert? -> ? Look herp, boy," said a stern Aus tin parent, "you are telling me a false bond right now. 1 can read It in your face' "It must be some falpehood I told > ou last week, pa. You know , you ? an't read anyhow without your ; njjc'tacles."? Hi/tiny*, 1 the news. The coroner'# jury rendered a verdict In the invee ligation of the Newh&lJ House (MU 7? XZ ^ fottud *? Win ter of the house guilt* of culpable negligence la not employing a sufficient number of watchmen to guard the house against fire and to awaken the inmates in time to save all the lives possible. At Lasalla, IU., while officiating at a m&r riage servioe, Bar. Geo. F. Bronson, pastor cuaroh' ?eu d*&d ?? *et of tb* couple whom he was marryinu wife. Pronou??H> them husband and TCie flood in the Ohio river, at Wheeling, is doing great damage to bridges and other property. Marietta is partially submerged and fears are entertained for lives of people on low land* and on the Islands; the ice com pletely preventing assistance from reaching them or of their escaping. Ex-Governor Davis, of Texas, is dead. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Uunpany has placed on record in Albemarle county a mortgage for *100,000,000. The oompany is a largo owner of iron lauds in the State. The deed covers 269 written pages. The headquarters of the Department of the Missouri at Leavenworth has received offi cial notice of the capture of Captain Payne nnd party south of the Cimarron river by Lieut. Stevens. The party wore on their way to Oklahoma with one hundred wagons. Captain Carroll, commanding the troops in the Oklahoma country, will take the entire party to Fort Rono. A mail robbery occurred at the Union Depot j 'owa. The east-bound ! rain being late, the mail was carried into the baggage- room, and while there the mail pouch was ripped open and 140 regisfored iTS)0Wbem r?.Ut- 0ne,?"or contained n *1,000 bill and a $100 bill, the amount of tl.o postmaster's monthly remittance to tho department. There is no clue to tho robbers. Smith, the colored ravisher of a nine year old g.rl at Paolo, Kan., cut his throat to pro vent an avenging mob from lynching him ?ho mob was load by leading citizens. Reports from the cattle-range section of ani0rftn09fty tJ,?lo3Sof stcokby "now storms and cold weather will amount to fifteen per eont \llv V"f ^ H' Mi"?' <* C??? ?May, N. J., has been arrested and held to 2 Tnr ? ?harKe of Betting 11 ro to the pal ing and workshop of her husband. 1 u the attic was a lighted candle so arranged as to communicate when nearly consumed wife )!"an/,1fy combustible material. llio Ohio river is reported to bo higher than for years, inundating the lower part of Cincinnati aud other towns along its banks. Cm eat destruction to proiwrty is reported. Pensaoola has been connected with tho Apalachicola river.by the completion of the Pensaoola and Atlantio railroad. Plumbago in payiug quantities has been ound on a farm near Schoenick, Lancaster county, Pa. Recently discovered copper deposits in Adams county are causing much excitement, and several Harrisburg com panies have boon formed to develop them. 1 he negotiations between the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Mutual Union Company for an arrangoment between i ho two companies have been completed in the lease of tho Mutual Union linos to the AN estern Union. The latter has assumed tho debts and dividends of the Mutual Union Company. Ex-Governor Marshall Jewell died at his home in Hartford, Conn., of acute pneu inonia. A fire nt Rondout, N. Y., destroyed tho steamer City of CaUkill, the railroad house and other valuable property belonging to different parties, amounting to the unp;r cedonted loss of N? ),vt,s ro,,orteii lost. Middle and Southern States. liV?Wn0rB"to' hn* fiPMt n 'nossago to tho lennossoo Legislature justifying tho policy of scaling the State debt, and proposing a ??ttlement with tho bondholders which involves tho oxohange of the "con tingent?. bond? for now throeper cent bonds ftt fifty cents on the dollar. Emory E. Hawks, of Wythe county, Vn befo "n0? n" 0fnK?' ,ms bcon ftrraigned before United States Commissioner Patter ?on, at Lynchburg, on a charge of embez zling and destroying lotters entrusted to him as a mall-carrior. John B. Oorprew, wholesale dry cooih dealer, of Norfolk, Va? has made an ?:?. iig.,! mont. Liabilities JlUl.OCO. , arrestod at Montgomery, Ala. or rifling tho mails, is tho owner of a largo anisic and novelty store; he made an assign ( ' A I A , /V1NI? SKIC FULL "s T O C K OF OnocKKiicft, II A It I) WARE, II ARNICAS, Dry Goods, Boots Shoe*., Hats Canned Goods, Candies, CllAOKKRS, & & \ ? AT BOTTOM PRICES. Wishing to clone out our utonk of LIQUOR8, We tire polling out Ht the following rodnred prioes : Bent. Rye Whinkey, $2. 50 to SH.00 per Kallou Goodji.ve " 2.00 " " IionfV. 0. Qorti Whinkey, 2.M) " " Oood Corti " 1.75 " ' 2.05 1 " ' Gin, 2.25 '? ' Apple Rrandy, ? 8.00 " * _ W. A. ANCRUM A CO '"??"K ? .???>?>? ?"?> f m ?. onavhh, .. . OHAPBB & O'BRIEN, _>???? v i;,:: Wholesale Qrooer* / .... , ... ? SOS East Bay Bt f ChtrUtton, ?? C. Agent* for Bxttm'e Fremitus TrMiton 0r*A tn. * *ng It-fj jyjKTAlA IRON, BAGS, ' * BOltCf CXTlTTOH * IIIDKH, HKlNfl. WOOIsWAX, IOJIUi ALt) KINDA OF TAPER STOCK, Ae, KW Wo ere p?j in? the Highest Cwh Prl^c M Of Eft OOI.IWMITII h HONH, auglft-ti . r. O Ho* 1 v WULBF.RN & PIEPER, Wholesale Qrooers And Deeleve in \ ? # -* / Provision*, Liquors, Tobacoo Ac <?> rtnrf f KAHT BA r. *"* " ly OTIARLBinxyW, B. o OK. T. BKRWtCI LfcflARB, DENTIST, Graduate if the Baltimore Colloqn of Oerffal Surgery. OFI'K'i; DKKiil.R HOI ME, Knlrenco on Broad Street. OLD 11853) BBTABLBBHHD Charleston Ice-House, ALVA, GAGE & CO., Maxkat, cor. Church 8t_, Charleston. 8^ C. Importer* and Shippers, Wholesale and Retail *>ealerB In lO?? loe p?ok?d for the country a specialty. loe by tho c*r-lo*d it special ratoe. Waverly House, Cn > BI.WTON, 8. 0., GEORGE T. ALFOHD, .... Managw Ratce $2 and 12. .50 per Dar. ThlB favorite Family House, under lto ne* management, is rcootnmeiulfd for the excel, lenoe of its cuisine and home-like comfort?. Ite airv and well ventilated rooms have Jus* boon newly carpeted and elegantly furnished. A. It THOMLIN SON Manufacturer ot HARNESS) of Every Description. SADDLES, BRJDLES. Etc. MoC. SADDLES, NEW AND OLD. Importer of English ~8RdtU?a*?-8*v~l Hits, Spurs, stirrups. Etc Factory anu Biilpnroom 137 Meeting 8t., Sept. 1-ly. Cll Alt MIS (ON, K. C. W. WIUI.DKN Ot CO., Cotton k Naval Btoiihs Factors. Bagging and Ties Furnished at Lowoal Mftkot Rates. Offloe, Nob. 8 A 10 Middle Atlantic Wharf. Naval Stores Yard, Marshall'* Wharf, Char loe ton, 8. C. Liberal Adranoea made on all Con signments. J.C. ROLLINGS, AOENT rOB Stationary and Portable Steam Engines, Brown Cotton Grins Wlnnshlp Cotton Cln . With Feeders and Condensers Talbot <fc Sons Engine's, Monaboh Engines, Bkinnkb A Woon Engine*, Does Cotton Paras, BcnoriKLD Cottok Press, Findlet Cotton Pbeso, Cobn and Wheat Mills, Saw Milia, Buattinq and Pulleys, And all kinds of mackinery. Be sure to call and sco my prioes before pnroh-tslng any kind of machinery. J. 0. ROLLINGS, Camden, 8. C. Ho, Ye That Are Tliirstj ! Oomo and try that favorite brand of Old. Family Whisky. Thore is nothing liko it under tho sun. IlaviDg tried it once 1 know that your pat ronage is secure. 1 use this medinm to inform my frionrtR and the public gonerally, that I have removed to my old stand one door North of W. A. Ancrum, whero 1 am prepared to furnish thoin with a ohcrico stock of UnooBBiEfl, Canned Goods, WlNEfl, Liquohb, Tobaooo and ClOAn ?, Which I will aoll at "Hard Pan" prioes fur cash. FRESH LAGES BEER Always on draught. Families supplied wi'h bottled Beor. Genuine Sootoh ALE a specialty. Give me a call and vou won't regret it. aug31-tlja J. E. C. MoDOWELL. W agong n nd Urag^iew HARNESS, ETC. The undersigned rospeotfnlly calls atten tion to the large stook of 1, 2, 8 and 4 horae wagons, singlo and double buggies, open and top buggies, wagon and buggy harness, etc., whioh ho now has on hand, and whioh ho is selling at living prioes -so low as to ensuie largo salt ?. Handling tho heavy stock I do, I can afford to soil at a small profit. REPAIRING In all its branches promptly and satlsfaotoril} executed by oompetont workmen. HORSE SHOEING 1 A specialty. Give mo a call. M. A. MKTT8. aep7-lyr Your Patronage la respcotfnlly solicited at the store of JA8. L. HRA3INCTON whero you will find an entirely new stook o FAMILY GROCERIES, CAHNfiD GOODS, CONFECTIONERIES, DRY GOODS , TOBACCO, CIGARS, tfo. The patronage of my old customers and tho general pabllo is most respootfully so licited^ Mr. Wiley Sheorn and Mr. Job Bhiver are still with me, and will be pleased to servo my ouatoaaera. . . , JAB.L. BRA8INGT0N. RemolelManJ Newly Fumisliefl, LATHAM HOUHE, oamd^in, s. o. Transient Board $2.00 Per Day, Ample aooommodallptUL Tablea sdpplle with the host the market ?fforda. Every ad tent'.onpald to the MmCr*! or kaesta. Connected with fin Hotfue in a flrst-class nAlt; Whloh Is orderly *#[>%. ' Hack to and from the despot. ? Fare 35 cents csoh t?ay. . .. .. Feed and Iiverr H table on premises. & IM4?JIA,H, Pilpftnne*. W ILLIAM OLYDUR N, oottom kuveii, And Fife Insurance Agent. CAMDEN, S. C. Offloti oorner Broad and DeKalb Rtreets. Georgia Home Innnranoe Com pany assets W7fl.Ml.S0 comrofroikTlJaia* Insorsnoe Company of Tendon. UMb, |10,2?0,?1.7S llurie Insurance Company of New York, assets |fl,410 9ftft.ll mr H g'lcst market price* paid for Cstton in o?nh. (torn and Bacon always- on hand al wholesale. < Have Your Cotton Ginned On An flO-flaw Hall Oln, with Feeder and Condenser. Having Jnst put np an AO-Raw Hall Oln, with Voeder and Condenser, I am prepared to gin and pack cotton 'it an expeditions manner, and gnarantee satUfao ion to all my patron* The patronage of t ie pnblie la respeetfally solicited. Oin located at Bteam Planing Mill, corner Laurens and Fair street. M. L. CHAMPION. J.BLAKE 8TEEDMAN, sspnwrnHTiHo KNOOP, FREERICH A CO., Charleston, 8. C. Issnes Exchange on Charleston. Rnys Cotton at Highest Csah Prloee. Ktr Offloe at D. W. Jordan A C'o's. new ARRIVALS AT W. C. GERALD'S OLD CORNER STORE. I h?T* lost returned from market, wh?i? I purcba**d|* be*ry>tock of all Kinds oT Goods, At th? Tsry lowest prices, And I intend to my customer* the benefit of mr low pi iced purchases. My stock consists of Fall and Winter Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery, &o. rhe beat make and latest style* of Boots and Shoes. Clothiiie, Hats, k GROCERIES ! Ia Orooeriea I bay? m fine a ttock as can b? seen In town. HARDWARE! For Plantation, Oat den and Household uao. j Fall line o! Saddlery and Harness. In (act, ? 1 bavu got alrnoat any thing you can call lur^ 1 i nd am determiued to sell CHEAP FOR CASH. Call before you bay eleswhere. Bagging and Tics always on hand, llirheit pricoi p?i?i lor Cotton in oub. W. C. GERALD, At the Old Corner Htore. | NOTICE TO DEDTORS. All of niT papers have been placed in iho lianda of Mr. J. T. Hay, Attorury-a'-Law, for i-ollrotiou. My businera must be close, I up, i nd those indebted to uie will lake notice and l.oviru themselves accordingly. J. A. AKM8THONG. Bollmann Brothers, < C-om ini union M erchants. D osiers In llllth RU1K8, WINES, LTQU0K8, TODACCO, 0I0AR8. ET0. I A3 ? 1 AA Fnm Rut, t'kurlMUn, 8. V. M. L CHAMPION/ Med, Contractor mi Builder, Camden, S C. Special Attention paid to furnlablng plana id vetimaiee Jvr pnblio ami private buUd ><?>, lh?Dg ? practical bulluer of ??ver*l ?n In#*, year* experience, l.n in enabled to guarantee satisfaction in ill depart it cuts of his minim ??. Cfloo at tho ?tore of Mr. J. J,. 13ra?ii>#tou. Ju 2tt)r W. CLYBURN, General Insurance Agent And Cotton Uuyer. Removed to his oM et* id at C'yburn'a Ulock Will pay the highest price for Co't >n anil bu. o>"r? freely than over before. *#? My oountry fneude will please kIt? we a call. augl7-tf. PRICES REDUCED. ROBERT D. WHITE, MARBLE t GRANITE WORKS. PLAN3 FURNISHED. Mwt iij' Stre<'', c >r. II ?rlbcck'* Alley, nnglH yl. ( II VlU.l.srns, ?\ c av. c( <>>rn. Wholesale i\ t?? l i ]> ?1> r in Dry Goads, Hosiery, Nations, Sc., 4 J3 A; 42."> Kmc Str?*? t. Adams, Damon & Co, No. 18 Broad btr?et, Chirk uton, 8 O: Cooking Htovee, Ranges, Ora'c*. M utile and Btalo MauUla, I'l.rupn if al. kiini? l.oirt anJ IroD Pipe, Sheet Lead. Copper am) Z'uo, Roof ing Tin, Tinware. Tinner s Tool* Ac. House FurnirhinK Goods in la;.,,- quantity. Fire Hricka Tile*. Terra Colta l>r ^ i i l'uos and Ohinaney Top*. All kind# of P.umblUR Work, R>ofl?g, Guttering and Tin Work gone ally promptly attondod to by tho most ctroful and experienced workmen. D*.?pot anil r- 'i xbl? OH HUitai arg li) ly GRAND FALL AND WINTEB OPEKIKG AT TIIK Clothing House OK ZMZ. IKI I IN" IR JD? Men's, Youth's and Boy's Suits, Men's, Youth's and Hoy's Overcoats. Fine Soft ami Stiff Hat? in all Styles and Colors. Gents' Furnishing goods and Neeloveir. GEISTT'S FINE SHOT^S. When in the city you are cordially invited to examine mv stock of Clothim;. All orders addressed to me will reoeive prompt attention. Columbia, S. C.* opposite Grand Contrail. Columbia, 8. C., Nov. 81, 1881. OF ALL KINDS AND OF TIIK HMi||K<T OUADK. Of direct Importation. Cotton Seed Meal and all Fertilizer Supplies, for s.(le '?> Wando Phosphate Company, C?}ia.rlostoiif S. (J. FRANCIS R. HACKER, President. .IOSIAH HKoW N. Tieu-un < i Wilcox, Cibbs & Co/s "Manipulated Cuano, Wilcox, Cibbs & Co.'s Superphosphate, Are acknowledged hy everybody to be the Rest Fertilizer* in use. and are sold low fm Cn-h and on reasonable terms on credit, with Cotton Option, by WI LCOX, ( i 1 15 liS & <'<).,< 'liar lest on. s. < ?., ,m<[ s,i \ .uinah, (in. And their Agents throughout the country. dic'i-'.'in FOUNDRY, 60x214 Feet. MACHINE SHOP, 60x250 Feot. BOILER SHOP, 40x120 Poet. GEORG-E R. LOMBARD & OO. Foundry, Macliino and ISoiler WorliM, ? Gi-eorgria, BUILDERS OP Engines and Boilers, Haw Mills, Crist .Mills, and all kinds of Mill niacin" nery of the late.t impiove 1 styles. shifting, lUngers, Puileve, Gearing and Journal Boxes. Wo havo a large assortment of Patterns, SiiRnr Rollers and Oin Oi arm#. DEALERS IN Engine and Mill Supplies, < lrouUr Sa'vs, Files, Glimmers, Swages, Ololie Oheck and Safety Valvoa, Whiatles, OAitges, S enn P,pi and Fit'lnn*. Babbet meal from PI ?o40 cents. Rolling, Laoing, Rubber, Hemp, > o ipsti-ne an?i Asbestos Packing, oil and Oil Cups, Wrenchov, Envoi y Wheals, oto. AGENTS FOR EoLpne Double Turbine Wh<<l, Rolling's Unlvorsal Injectors, Iho best made. Brad fold M;ll Co's. Portablo Mills. Nordvk" ft Marmon Oo.'s Plantation On n and Feed Mills. Alia* Eneino Works and Erie City Iron Works, Portable nnd SUtionery Enuines. Kunkle's Pop Safety Valves. Cloud Greek Mill Rooks. nr Iron and Brass Castings, and all kinds of Ropa r* pro nptiy done. Wo oa?t every day, and are working about one tiundred" hands IMP i< O V K 1 > CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. SIMPLE, CHEAP AND DURABLE. W? the celebrated Friotlon Feed on all onr 8*w Milla, We nne the Tory beet material In their oonatraotiou, and Hpare?noithor labor nor eipenne to ren ter them M near perfeot as poeeible. We warrant all onr work to be woll made Mid of good material. We would like if you wonld oompare tbo following figures with thoM Of other manof aoturera and see if we do not aell you a better and larger law Mill .at aame flgnrea: PBIOHB. Wo. 1 Mill, with 88 lnehee,8aw, 18 feet carriage W76 0? ?? 1 ?? ?? 88 " 18 " 288 00 ?? J ?? ?? 40 20 " 800.00 ? 2 ?? ?? 84 M 20 " 828 00 ?? 8 " ?? 48 " 20 " 860.00 "8 M " 48 '* 24 " 878 00 ?? 4 ?? ?? 60 14 24 M 400 00 a 4 ?? ?? 62 " 24 " 426 00 Extra Carriage, $8.00 per fcot. The above mill* <v>tru b-to b> main bolt. Dec! \y _ I OHM A LfcX VNDER P oprieto WILSON, CHILDS & CO., PHILADELPHIA WAGON WORKS. r?Kii . /v Tt? n r*A 00NQAREE IRON WORKS, COLUMBIA, fiOUTH CAROLINA. % 25 O 8 ? 1-4 ?J ? MANOrAOTURKH 0? ALL ErKDW Ot Plantation, Oity, Freight, Btmin?**, Bxprosn and SPRING WAGONS, niUOKS, DRATfl.CAKTd, TIMBER WHEEIjH AND WHEELPAUROWa