The Kershaw gazette. (Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C.) 1873-1887, February 28, 1884, Image 1

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V ? # FRANK P BEAM), Publisher. ?? ? . ?? ti i . BB JUST AND FBAB NOT. TWO OOLLABS A YEAR. CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. 0., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1884. NO. 23. " ? I ? ? $er$ljan> $??jette. THE PEOPLE '8 PAPER. PQBUSBBO AT CAMDKI, ?. O. FRANK P. BEARD, Publisher T? Oomipoa?eate. * All communication* for thl. paper ahoakl tow. voanpenled by the Mmi of the Author, not nece* . mtUr tor publication, bu\ m an evidence of moot faith oa the part of *he writer. "Write only oa one f aid* of the paper. Be particularly carefullnfclYlng name* and date* to bare the letter* plain and dle tinct. ?> > ? - ? '^V- ? - y *_ ~ i T he ? Gazette Job Printing Ofpic* Is BKTTBB prepared thai a any otter oOm to tova? to exwcute III Uio moat attract real/ t?uTorydworly Uoq or Job PrtnUuf, noli m FwpWete, mil Head*, J -otter and NoU? IImOi, Law ArtaC* Circular?, llaud Bill* "Y'ltlC. 1 VlaHlngasd Addivta OvxU, VudueaaUanl* HMl ' Av. Wrl Work done in lirouie, lied, Blue aud Bladk Tlio public uiu?t remember tbat the beat It al way* Uie ohoapoeu We do work ai Charleston PrloM, and fuillaM ontlro aatUfaotiou to our patrons. Wo keep constantly on h?u(l the (took ?f Paper* and tferdaln town. THK WILLIAM AND THE Tli.E. I. A goat stood by tho orchard wall? A goat forono and fat; He spied a Uttlo distance off On the ground a wliit) felt hat, And In a Jiffy swa'lowo.1 it who!o, And his heart weut pit-a-pat. ' - II. Then Joy fully on his hludor limbs He assumed a buttful ixjso, Then stood In a gOntlo ivvorie, Liko a lard in a popjiioi do to, And wriggled his tall and blinked his oyos And twisted h!a putplo 11050. 1IL "Oh, I can th? boot and the oyster-can And the old hoop-skirt digest!" Just then he juinpod ten fcot off the ground With a motion of vazue unrost ? Bo suddenly felt that that wliite fo'.t hat Was a raging hornet's nost. ?v ? J>ucfr. A BLIZZARD. Carrlo Wolton looked tho school -house door and wulkcd down the dusty high way toward tho farmhou9o elio callcd home. Bho was very tired, and tho long flilo boforo hor scemod Interminable, ust then there was tho sound of wheels, and a span of bay horses wore reined up closo bosido her. "Would you liko 16 rido homo, Miss ?Wolton?" somo one said. Carrie looked up in tho sunbrowned face of Aloxandor Hall. Thero was no smllo in his grave oyos, and tho shadow of a /rown was visiblo on his brow. "I thiink you ? no. I would prefer to walk," Carrlo responded. "Very well. Qot up, ponies.') And tho span and buggy whirled past her, leaving a cloud of dust to sottlo upon her linon dress nnd straw hat as she trudged along the highway, looking very flushed and very angrv. > <tThe idea of his thinking I would wake up with him in this way I" sho said, montally. "No, indeed 1 Ho will have to apologizo boforo I rido with him again. I could see by his face that he was lust as sot and . stubborn as over. No dCubt ho intended to givo mo another leoturo,' and thought this would be a splendid opportunity. Ho ,will learn that I have somo dignity, I can tell him." Carrie was eo tirod she ' ato but very little suppor that nipht, and retired oarly to her room to think ovor matters in solitude, away from tho clattering tonguo of good Mrs. Smith, who felt it hor 'solemn duty to "entertain" hor boardor - ? said cntertainmont consisting in reci Rations of tho neighborhood affairs, past andpresent. When Carrlo folt well and happy, and was not worn out with hor day's work, she boro this very heroically. But to-night sho was too norvous to onduro UHS ordeal. iMre. Smith's volco grated upon her nerves liko< tho filing of a saw,, and sho flow tf hor room for pro tection, pleading a headache. In irutli. it viM a heartache which troubled tho girl. During tho last six months bIio nnd {Alexander Hall had been vory good 'friends? such very good friends that they wero, in -fact, lovors, and needed only a lew words to bolong to each othor 'for all time; words which would have been spoken ero this, but for an unox pected evdnfc) S k jk n Hmithtown bdastod of two storos, which of oourso woro visited at oortaiu periods by drurfitUera. One of these, a handsomo, dashing follow, had rpcontly made it in his way to pass Sunday in Smithtown. Every onu in tho llttlo town ki;ew why ho had remained. Ho.hv} chancod to see Carrlo Wolton one evening at tho store making somo purchases, and ho was not at all slow to oxttfess his admiration for tho teaohor. Ho boggot I tho favor of an introduc tion, whlon, owing to tho. somowhat in formal |n a" uors .,of Smithtown society it was not difficult to obtain, since every body know everybody there, and tho handsomo agent soomod a very nlco fol low indood. Cno whom all the young Indleft would-be dad to cotmlilnr *? ?/>_ M consider ai* a<? ??? jar. j-arser attended church ttie tallow ing Sabbath, and walked homo with ^M0hto^Wf,^*u-ono,Al0,<" He took it upon himtolf to say some Vbry cutting things to Carrie when thoy met, to robuko her for hor readiness tor receive* attention- *from a clothier's ly had 'parted to angor, r noxt mooting was that oh tho rie congratulated hor self upon hor _Tioir, nnd thon orlod herself to ftlcop. Kibe was sure he would oomo again in , ay or two, ftnd then she would be aj ious, and tako him baok for roally Smithtown was ? ?'X -.J ?11 did nofceomo the next TVit,rfnd to #n6lo Week went by without hor sooing him. Then a strango report came to hor ears. * "Alex Hall has an auction to-day," . wiq ^X?lM x. Jj- .. - ? * 1^ forr. Carrie ' wonderingly. ', he's going away? going to take lit Dakoll. He's sold his farm lay ho sells of! ? hiJmbthor go wit? \AtaV> asked ? with a dull pain at her heart. kl ' [Oj she is going to Iowa, to her ^Jter. Of oourso, the farm belongs her, attd thamoney will be hers* and ? says Oho does not Want to go into ft country.'- ButAlox is wild to go, pa says he wtil Jbe a rich man in ft ; yc?re? that land out there wiil soil nSSwss*4* Could It be true! And was he going away without coming to say good-bye > her, and this shadow between them? 7. But ho did, all the satire. Three bojrri way to the uftemotftt train which would b?ftr him from Smithtown. ' It wfts the noqnty\iB\ *rt$ ?*** Mid sov 1S the nooivbo\*r, and she and i ?#? i smaller children play "Ring around the toeee<M ?% ,4 it ? As he passed by ho swung his hat to the children, with whom ho was ft groa I At lost, _ #s .-?ssSSSSSms ton turn her back upon him very delib erately when sho met him in the villago store. lie was not accustomed to this sort of treatment from pretty girls in small vil lages; for Mr. Parkor was one of the young men who had " a sweetheart in every port," and he had fully resolved to make Miss Welton his Smitntown swott heart; and now all his plans were upset by the very disdainful manner of that young lady hersolf. IIo sought an explanation by post ? but his billet doux was nover noticed, and ho was obliged to look elsowlicre for a sweetheart to make his number good. The very day that school closed Car rie rcceivcd a letter from her Uncle Tom. Unclo Tom was her only near rola tivo, a roving man of Bohemian tottes, a sort of Jack-at-all trades, and good nt none. But now ho seemed to hnvtf found a location whero he would bo lia ble to remain soma timo. "I am in Dakota," ho wrote, "and I've taken up tho very nicost claim you ever saw ? ono hundred and sixty acres. I have built mo a Httlo house, and I kcop old bachelor's hall. I go whero I pleaso in the day. I'm only five miles from the railroad, and people are coming in and villages going up fast. I lrivo plenty to do and seo ? odd jobs of carponlor work, to keop mo in living expenses, and then I go baclc to my shanty and sleep nights. You know I was a soldier two years in tho lato war. Well, that counts just so much timo on my land ; and when I onoo own , it, I can sell it, or keep it for a homestead,"; as I chooBo. Lots of women are taking up claims. Now, I've been thinking of you, Carrie. Thoro is a splendid quartcr scction a littio way from mine. It will bo pickod up soon, and if you want to mako money, and havo tho grit to stand roughing it, you'd bettor bo tho girl to pick it up. You must havo saved up comothing, teaching so steadily as you havo for llvo years. It would cost but littio to come out hero on a land-holder's tickot, but a littio moro to put up a small cabin, and but littio more to keep you for six months, and then you just about own your land ? nt least you've only got to mako periodical visits to it after that. And you can find enough to do out hero in the meantime. Aud you can wear your old olothes, and dress as woll as tho best of them. And in a few years you'll bo a rich woman. Carrlo, for this land will sell at a good price, it is so admirably located, and so fortilo." Carrie had no sooner finished tho lotter than her decision was formed to go. 8ho hated Sinithtown and everybody in it, and tho furthor slio could got away, tho better. Sho wroto to her unclo that sho would nrrivo within tho next three weeks, and sho was with him in less than two. "I havo tho lumber all ready for your littio house," ho said, as ho drovo her from tho station to his "bachelor hall." Somehow sho was lightcr-heartod and happier sinco sho know sho was in Da kota than sho had been for month#. Sho knew why ? sho did not cheat herself. It was bocause sho was in the same country with Alox Hall. It gavo, her a sense of companionship ? this very knowlcdgo. "In tho morning I will take you out and show you your claim," continuod,hor unclo. "And I'vo choson tho sito for your cabin. It'll bo about a mllo from mino ? just a nice walk for you when you get lonesomo." Tho next morning was bright and sunny, but, of course, windv. "What a windl Does it often blow like this?" asked Carrio, as they rollod along ovor tho "month- prairie ' "Windl Why, this is a calm day, my dear," said Unclo Tom, ." Just wait un til you havo scon a Dakota blizzard, my dear, boforo yotr talk of wind." By-and-byo thoy camo to Carrie's " quartor-soction," as Unclo Tom callod it. Carrie could not boo whoro it "began" or " loft olf," she told Undo Tom. It was all llko the rest of the country? just land, and nothing raoro; prairio molting into prairio as fur as the oyo oould reach. " vYell. })Ut I knoV Where the invisible linoH lie," responded Unolo Tom. "Now, over yondor, on that knoll your cabin will do built aftor wo have attended to the legal formalities; and that is the ox treme southern limit of your claim. A iittto south of it there is a slight ravine, and then anothor knoll. Tho ravino is the dividing lino botween two quarter sections.*' " Who owna tho othor ono?" . asked Carrie, anxious to know who might be her neighbor," "I don't bolioveit's taken, though I heard something about it tho other day. dome follow waa looking it up, 1 bollove. Thorn mo do*ons of thom around almost dally. That was tho , roason I waa in a hurry for you to come." A few days later, after all tho logal formalities had been attended to, Uncle Tom drove Carrie out again to look at the cabin, whioh was already undor headway. Greatly to the astonishment of both, a oabin waa also in process of oroction on tho opposite, knoll. "Way, that claim has been taken, tool I wonder who will bo ? my neighbor!" queried Carrlo. "l oan find out at tho land office," Undo Tom replied. , v , > IIo did so and jpavo Carrlo tho desired information tho noxt day. "It1s iomo follow hamod Hall ? A. Hall," he faid. "Ho's Just sold out his interest in .some claim about fifty miles hotth of Wre, and now ho's taking up this, which ho intends tb keep as a home stead. Tho.y often sell out at a nice fig ure after staying a fow months on a olaim. Homo follow pays thom a good surA for their chauco, and they go else whoro.^'vv'r;. V... . ( "4. ltnUi" Carrlo felt a suddon loaping of her heart, ahd a curious excitement. But it was not likely that this was Alox. It would be too wonderful to bo truo. Vet it? was Alox I Bho saw him in tho postofflco tho noxt day, and passod him without so much as a glance. Bho was not going to conduct herself In a manner which might eauso him to think she had "run after him?pursued him to l)akota,". jo sho told heriolfi A t*x looked as if ho had aeon an ap parition, at)d took a stop forward, and foot* stood still, chilled by her cold tflartdo, in whi<6h thore was no recognl After all, It was hln own fault. He knew he had conduptod himself like a brute and an idiot when ho loft Bmith town. He had realized it a doxen timos slnco rcajlxod it constantly. In f sot? with a dull heart-ache whenever ho wan alone with himself. Sfiipiut he had never boon quite bravo or manly enough to write and ask her par don, believing that ere this Mr. Parker had the first place in her heart. And now she was here in Dakota? how strange I w'H! A greater surprise awaited htm In the knowledeo that Carrie's claim and Car rie's cabin wcro ^ust opposite his own. Tho two cabins wero completed and furnished, and tho occupants movod in. Alox'g was the more pretentious of the two in tho exterior, and Carrie's tho moro sumptuous within. Kor sho had brought her books, and sho had a fow plants, and with those indescribable feminine knick knacks which some women seem to creato by a turn of her hand, her rooms wero very cozy. Yotsho was not very much at homo. Sho passed a good deal of her timo at Un cle Tom's, setting his "bachelor hall" to rights, and mending and darning for him. But she wont to her desolate little houso to sleep. Sho was not timid ? sho know that no hnrm would come to hor thore. Sho knew that a law of kindness pre vailed in this new country, which was better than any law, "to keep tho peace, " to bind tho people together. Sho occasionally saw Alex, but they never rccogni/.od each other; yet thcro was to her a sense of protcctiou in tho knowledge that he was so near. '? Uot acquainted with your neighbor vet, Carrio r" asked Uncle Tom, aftor a month had passed. "No, and I don't want his acquaint ance." answered Cnrrie, rather acidly, "Nico fellow, I think," said Uncle Tom. " He's got business in him, and will make a successful man. lie's taken a) a tioo claim now. I was talking with m to-day." " What's a tree claim ?" asked Carrio. 44 Oh, you plant so many trees, and have 'em growing at a certain stated timo? say two years? and tho land is Sours. Ho said you might do that, and o worth just so much moro. It would cost yon but a triflo to liavo tho trees planted." 41 He is taking an interost in my affairs, is ho ? Woll, nobody thanks him for his advice !" snapped Carrio, in a voice very unusual to her. Undo Tom wondered what had como over tho girl, usually so sweet-tempered. ?The weeks went by, and November camo. Carrio was on the third month of hor six. I^ho had mndo a great many friends, aqd had read and sewed, and made hor Uncle's cabin and her own very tasty and corafortablo and neat with her handiwork. Sho folt thnt her timo had boon well omployod, and tho dnvs had not boon long. And yot sho and Alex had never exchanged a word. No 0110 ? not oven Undo Tom ? knew that thoy had ever been friends. Ono Novombor day Cariio was "tack ing a comforter," which alio had pieced together out of bits of calfeo* Tho wind had been blowing with increasing fury from tho northwest all day. Toward evening it becamo terrible, and a slooty snow began to fall. It scorned to shako tho littlo cabin to its founda tion. Carrio folt hor heart sinking with fear. This was something beyond any of her former exporiences, and sho remem bered what Unclp Tom had Baid of a "blizzard." "This must be a blizzard," she thought. Higher and higher rose tho wind, louder and louder it shrieked. Tho wal's of tho house shook, trembled, nnd then? Carrio was only conscious of being lifted up into^ tho air by somo unseen force, and whirled through tho darkness, and then falling. After that sho know nothing for a space. But it was a briof spaco. Sho was only stunned, and when sho opened her eyes, sho found hersolf still in hor own room, but with everything in a confused mass of ruins al>out her, and Alox Hall kneeling by her, rubbing hor hands and calling her namo. Sho sat up and oudonvorod to bo upon her dignity at onco. ' 'It was not necessary for you to como over," sho said. "I am not hurt in tho least." Alox broke into a laugh. "Como ovor?" ho repented. "It is you who havo como over, Miss Carrio, you mado tho first call in spite of yourself. And very glad I am to see you, ovon in this unceremonious manner." "What do you moan!" sho asked. "I mean that you camo house and all, and planted yourself right in my door-' yard with a thunderous clnttor. I thought tho whole village had arrived. It is a wondor your neck was not broken, my dear. Are you sure you are not injured?" he asked, with a sudden tender concern, Carrie rose to her foot and stood qulto steadily for a moment. Then sho wavered, and Ids arms caught her. "I am only unnorVod," sho said, half sobbing. "Do you really moan, Alox, that my houso blow ov6r into your yard?" "I moan just that, Carrie. I always thought your cabin rather shaky? mlno la twice as substantial?and now you will be obllgod to accopt my hospitality for tho present. Fortunately. I havo a man and nis wife stopping with mo this week ?friends of mine from Nor thorn Dakota, whom I am entertaining until they get a house built. Thoy havo slept soundly through all this blimrd. Thoy ajro usca to the country. But I will awaken tho good woman now, and she slrnll attond to you." Tho next day .Alox said to her; "Since you unbent sufficiently to call upon. mo in such an upcoromonious man ner, Carrlo, boforft I bogged your jmrdoii for my old xllsagrccnblo moannoss, can't you stoop still further and marry mo, now that I do most humbly cravo your forgiveness? I havo always loved you." Of courso, Cafrlo could not rofuso. "'Pon my soul I" said Undo Tom, whon ho hod heard tho whole story, ? "It is bet ter than a magar.ino yarn! You're tho heroine, Carrie, and Alox 1s tho hero, and I'm the sort of good angel, you know, thnt fix?* up things." "You and' tho blimrd." laughed Carrlo.? KUa Wh*Ur. . . i ' 111 . U --l-'lL'rJJ' ' Lj-L ' g The Delighted l?ootor, Tom Moore has a funny story of a sick man who was tellinghls symptons (which appoarod to himself, of courso, dreadful) to a medical friend, who, at oaon now item of dlsordor, oxclaimod: "Charming I" "Dollghtfuii" "Pray, go onP And whon ho had finished, said with the utmrtet pleasure; "Do you know, mv dear sir, you have got a complaint which has been for somo tlnio supposed to bo oxtlnctt" ? I ?' ? mm \ ? ?. Of tho six largest sugar-producing countries of Europo, Germany this year carries off the palm, with 800.000 tons, or thirty-nine per cent, of the whole. Next comes Austria, with 475,000 tons, Prance with 488,000 tons, ftussla'with 880,000, Belgium with 78,000 tons, And Holland with *5,000 ton?. Germany hits tint only the greatest number of re fineries, 057 out of 1,201, but the largost fcUo. HUMOROUS SKETCHES. . A RKovlnr Hpcclaclf* . . 11 Oh, Bill; that was right nice in Harry Archer's landlord presenting him with a reccipt for two months' rant." "Is (lint 6of How did Harry fool over it 1" 41 lie could scarcely return thanks in words; lie was almost moved to tears through gratitude." "A neighbor of mine was much moro moved than that by his landlord." r "Ah! IIow?" " IIo was moved out'of tho houso."? r Kentucky State Journal. 1 lio XV nj lo Paralyze Hint* Dumloy had taken tho landlandy's daughter to the theatre, and, as usual, had business outside between tho acts. "Do you sco young Brown over there?" ho said to the young woman. " Yes," she replied. "Well, ho is a man I oxpect to paralyze some day." "Are you goinj^ out to sco another man at tho conclusion of this act?" alio' asked. "Yes," Dumley said, reluctantly. "I am afraid I shall nave to; ho is waiting for me now." . ?."? " Well," said the landlady's daughtor, "I don't liko Mr. Brown -very much oither, and I will toU'you what to* do. When you return from seeing tho gcntlo man outsido Avlio is waiting for you, iust ston over to whero Mr. Brown is sitting ana breathe on him. Tlmt will paralyze him." ? Philadelphia. Call. ? , Iliirglar Under Iho Bed* ' A young lady from Cincinnati visiting o lady friend in tho northorn scction of St. Louis was quito certain tho Other night that sho had at last bagged tho bird. A party of four of them had been to the theatre, and upon their returning homo tho Cincinnati young lady retired to her room, humming in subdued tone : "In days of old, W hen tbiovos were bold And bandits hold their away, A burglar bold, -v With ba?a of gold Bang merrily h'? lay: My love ? " At this point, she saw half protruding from boncath tho end of the bed n <|>atr of man's boots. She did not scream, or rush wildly from tho room, but with great prcsenco of mind .branched off into a timid, tremulous littlo whistle und walked around onco or twico apparontly unconc'ernod. Then sho stepped out iuto tho hallway, shut tho door suddenly and_ locked it . from tho outside. In 'a moment sho was down el airs in her friend's room with the start ling announcement, "there in a man under my bed!" Tableau! Tho gentleman of tho house and a young doctor cousin who lived with them wero aroused and gi^on the startling information. Armed cap-. 'a pie, tho two proceoded cautiously to tho young lady's room and thrc>v open th$ door. 'Twas true, there lay thq monster burular. Tho report of a pistol reverber ated through tho house. Tho smoko cleared away, but still tho villian lay motionless. Ho must havo been killed instantly. Approaching tho foot of tho bed tho old gcntloman grabbed one of tho boots and gavo it a jerk. He landod on his back in tho middlo of tho room, still holding tho boot stuffed with rags. A post-mortem rovcalod a bullot-holo in -feho.pdgc of his dress pants. His young Bon,*who"hftd evidently been fold ing '"reek's Bad Boy," thinks it mean that Romo fathers should lick a littlo boy just bccauso ho wanted to havo some fun. A Qnoutlon ol EUqncttc. ' 'Is this an editor?" Tho horso reporter looked up from a littlo idyl on tho Hfo and enreor of Rys dyk's Hambletonian into which he liad been putting the best efforts of his surg ing brain, and behold ,a rather short young man who-was peeriag-in on affa ble but somowhat irresolute manner over a very high collar, nnd.on whose upjxjr lip was a doHcatc tracery wMch looked as if it might have been offeoted with Bomo No. 2 molasses, and at which tho young man whs making furtive grasps with tho thumb and forefinger of his right hand, ovidontly undor tno impres sion that ho had a raustacho and desired to pull it. "I want to see aft editor," said the young man, in a voice that sounded like the best offorts of a criokot, "about a social topic ? I -want to sco the social topics editor." "What sort of a social tonlo is it that's worrying you?" inquired tho biographer of St. Julian. ' 'Thero aro a good many social topics. If you'll quit grabbing for that supposititious mustache and tell mo what ails you, perhaps I can settle tho point. "What's tho social topic you arc distressed about?" "Well, you see," said the young man, "when I got into tho laoos ? ?" Into the what?" "Into tho laces? tho laco department in our store, you know?the other fellows there wore real jealous of ,mo because I had boon out moro in society than thoy had* I belong to. three clubj on the. West Sldo, and wo hate hops. and as | semblios, and things ovory week : so I'm really quito in tho swim, you know. Well, they aro awfully jealous, you know ? just as I said? and thoy talked real mean. I, told Oliolly about it ? Oholly's my chum, you know? and ho said to nevor mind them, but keop going right nto society ; and ho lent mo his mauve ?pants for an awfully swell reoeption one night last week. Oholly and I are awful chums, and I'm tfoing to givo him a book mark on his birthday. That will be nice, won't it?" "Yes," said tho horse reporter, 44 a book-mark is a valuablo aid to any young man who is hustling around to get a liv ing. With a strong arm, puro heart, and a nico book-mark, fortuno ,1s within the roaoh of all. But what's the question that's worrying youf" "Oh, yes, tho social topic, Woll, tho othor day a lot of us wero talking al>out young ladles, and I said that very few young men know wjiat real etiquete was, and I gave an awfully eovoro look at ono follow who has boon terribly jealous of mo ovor since a young lady who caino into tho store tho othor day smiled right ovor in tho direction where I was stand ing, and uover oven looked at him. And then Bomo ono said it was proper to call on n young lady and ask her to oocom^ Fany ycni to tno theatre that evening. said that would bo wrong -that tno correct way was to write tho young lady a noto asking the pleasure of hor company. Wo had a terrible discussion about it, and Anally agreed to Jeavo it to tho social topics editor of tho TribuM, Now, sup posing you wero a young lady, ind I were to ciill at four papa's house and ask Cto go the theatre with me that even what would you do??' "Supposo I wero a young lady!" Bald tho horse reporter. 41 Yes." "And you wero to call and ask mo to go to tho theatre with you?" "Yes." "What would I do?" '.'Yes." "Well, if somebody had mislaid tho gun I supposo I should havo to content myself with a club." ? Chicago Tribune. i i ? i ? ? A Fertile Imagination. Iu an article on Now York theatres and tho methods of tho managers, the Now York Time* has tho fOllowiug: "Some llttlo tlmo back thero wero ne gotiations between tho Madison Squaro Thcatro management and Mmo. Modies ka, with a viow to scouring that lady's services for a thrco months' engagement at this theatre, beginning noxt spring, in a now play, to bo written by Mr. David Belasco. Tho negotiations camo to an end becau80 Mr. Frohman's offer of terms was not satisfactory to Mmo. Modieska's husband. Tlioso terms providoa that Frohtnan should first pay all tho expenses of the thoatro, and should then hand the balnnco of tlid rocoipts over to Mmo. Modjeska. Tho Count Bozcnta Clila Eowska Insisted that thero should o a guarantee that his wife's share should amount to $2,000 a week. Mr. Frolimau said lie was willing to do any thing oxccpt mortgage his property for so liberal a man as tlio count, but ho must draw tho lino at giviug hifn more than tho net receipts. It had been Mr. Froh man's intention to get oven for his outlay on tho Modjeska engagement by retaining tho play for his own uso in tho country. Tho history for tho negotiations is rather interesting. Thoy wero opened in Chi chigo by Mr. Charles Frohtnan, who told Mine. Modjeska ho had a play in viow for her, which ho wished her to try at tho Madison Squaro. Tho actress made an appointment for him to bring Bolasco to dino with her tho next afternoon. Mr. Frohtnan had no idea of what ho was to do for a play, bat he truBtcd to Mr. Bc lasco's fertility and moant to tell him of tho schcmo far. enough in advando to give him a chanco to cudgel something out of his head. In tho press of other business, however, ho forgot all about it, until at dinnor ho was reminded of tho play by his hostess. In desperation ho turned to Bolasco. "What about that play I spoke to you of?" lie askod. . Mr. Belasco looked slightly astonished, but managed to murmur sweotly, "Which play?" "Tho one," pursued Mr. - Frohman, with innocent fluency, "tho ono you are going to, writo with a strong part for Mmo. Modjeska. Mr. Belasco laid down his knifo and fork and thought. But ho provod quito equal to the omergoncy,- and immediately began to toll a story, elaborating it as ho went along. Modjeska becatno intonsely interested, and at tho end of the talc ox claimcd : "It la magnificent I But I am afraid the charactor is too strong for mo. ' I must try to think it ovor, and you must como again to-morrow and havo another talk with mo." Mr. Frohman was a considerably aston ished spectator of theso proceedings. Ho says Bolasco is always introducing h m to these unoxpcctcd freaks of his genius, and that ho is not to be surprised by any- I thing heroaftter. So powerful was tho impression mado on Mmo. Modjeska that tyor husband was immediately hurried to New York to negotiate for tho opeuing. The schomo foil through, as already ro tated. : _ . MRgnotlsm of a Great City. Mr. Richard Jeffries, in hi# essays on "Naturo near London," remarks upon tlio way in which tho magnetism of Lon don ia a force iu its roraotest suburbs, and tho lnfluenco of tbo mighty city is felt in its most rural environments. "In tho shadiest lane," ho Bays, "in tho still pine-woods, on the hills of purplo heath, ft f tot brief contemplation thoro aroso a roatlesshcss, a fueling that it tvas essen tial to be moving. In no grassy m>oad was thero a nook where I could stretch myself 1n slumbcroua enso and watch tho swallows over wheeling, wheeling ia tho sKy. The something wanting in the Holds was tho absolute quiet, pcaao aud rest -which dwejl in the meadows, and uhdor 4 tho trees, and onvtho hiU-tops in tho country.11 The inevitablo. etna of every foot-path round about London is London; tho proximity of tho immense city induces a mental, a norve restless ness, and, as you sit and drown, y<)u .can not dream for long, for something -pluckH at tho mind with constant romtndcf "that the inlarid hills, and meads, and valleys, aro llko Sinbad's ocean, but that X<ondon is liko the magnetic mountain which draws all ships to ii" - V . "i immd i ' The Florid* Everglades. A. P. Williams, one of the yparty which explored the. Florida JCvorglados, says of thorn i Tho Evorgladcs aro a vast marsh, intersporsod with thousands of Islands, small in extent, and, with a few oxceptlons, completely inundated, cvon atj tho time wo explored thom, whioh was during a very dry season. On tho islands that wero out of wator thero wore but a few inchos of soil covering tho rocks. In my opinion thoir drainage is utterly impracticable, and evota if it wore, Sracticablo the reward tor such an Tin,-' ortaking would be lands that could bo utilised for no other purposo tlmn_ as a grazing ground for stock. Thoy~aro nothing more nor lose than a vast and usoloss marsh, and such thoy will remain for all time to como, in all probability, ' ? ? A Pauper's Petition. A remarkable instanco of dormant talent for vorsiflcation has been discov ered in the person of an aged panpor in tho City of London workhouso. At a lato mooting of tho guardianft, tho fol lowing effusion was read! bi You, wh'o the godlike pleanure know, Heaven's attribute distinguished to bestow. Whose arms of love woujd gratp tho aged yJSB vest with atl the heavenly grace, Krlnnd of my life, In rhv old age. Why shrinks my mind,- half blushing, not barfhed, to s^ek thy friendly aidf I know my need, 1 know thy giving hand, I crave this friendship at thy kind command. Sir, I hope yon will give mo a riso and a Httlo IhkI clothes for the winter. ? Lo$* don truth. '?! ??.* Slaves in the floudan Aro taken down to the poast, put on board a vessel, and shippod by night to Ataxia, wbenco thoy are distributed to all^pajct* of tlio Turk i U If 4^, ' }; ' There are about 800.000 head of cattls in the Black Ilills. A. T. STEWARTS BODY. Mow Wf?y ,hou a?d Dollar. Wore for Itn Iterover) ? ? . ^X' Croflfut, iu u Now York letter to tho Dotroit Post gives nn account of the recovery of the body of the merchant prince, A. T. Stewart, stolen soverul yeare ago from St. Mark's graveyn rd in tho heart of the metropolis. Mr. C'rofTut s.a-v?: " Jho real facts about tho body of A. l. btcwart have been purposely with ?clu, ana various stories have been given to the local papers hero to sjitisfv the curiosity of their readen. Two of the $ I ?: P1C80 1>a,K'nj hav? alleged within the last two months that it has never been recovered from the thieves who stole it from tho vault on that dark night five years ago. b * * "."J abl? fp-day to give tho true story for tho first tune, and on high authority. 0 restless remain* of tho millionaire were recovered more than two years ago thn /nM U f T lh?V !"lvo r?l>os^ under the cathedra1 at Garden City, in a special vault so constructed and equipped that if an attompt were made to enter it, tho touch would sot in motion tho chime of bells iu tho towor abovo and ring a,arm to tho town. If Judge Hilton? conjectures aro correct, tho robbers of btowart s gravo wero threo horse-thieves pretty woU known in this State and Con nectictit. Mrs. Stowart from tho first moment of her discovery that her hus band s grave had bden desecrated, in sisted on the recovery of tho body at ny price, but Judgo Hilton doggedly on posed it declaring with some show of reason that public safety required a de Se. ?f tho villains and a refusal to jield to their demands. But in the fall of 1881 (I think it was) nn t n occurred that woke Judge Hilton nVnf t '? 1>0rll'0f, further persistence. Unoof his servants happening to go out of thn f?V art n g,lt di8Covered some men at n??52 ? ? long ladder that was erected against tho sido df tho mnusion. Thov immediately lied and ho alarmed the household. At the top of the ladder a window was open? tho window of tho room where slept Judge Hilton's seven fetZr ??vn ' 1 CHmc ftn nnonvmous letter: "i ou were m time last night. Noxt time you will be too late." Hilton yielded to Mrs. SU wart's view of the case flcgotiQt ions were rco?x?ncd. horrllf" Was 0 ?oocl deal of shrewd bargaining as to the actual sum of money ffM. an(l ? ?I>irit exhibited on both sides that must have rejdiccd tho soul of tho great merchant if it was present; but H? 8Um of ^?'0?0 fixed on, and th<v terms C. O. D. Not precisely either, for tho thieves insisted on eottiug tho money m hand before delivering the i,,,/' condition was accented by Hilton, as no other was offered to him by tho commercial and suspicious parties of tho second part. Tho place selected for the delivery was ft small bare lull in Westchester county, commanding ^ tho approaches from every . Iho directions to Judgo Hilton ran virtually thus: "We wilt be thereat lwi v ?n 8Vm,?y niorn>?g with the t /* ..T ?V 8cn(1 ono ,nai)> unarmed, on foot, with ft>o0,000 for us. When he has given us tho money, wo will leave him in possession of the body." This pro gramme was actual ly carried out. A plucky servant, of tho bite Mr. Stowart was selected to complete tho purchase. He walked to the top of the hill and was examined for weapons by masked men, who then accepted the money and departed, leaving the tormented body be hind them in a trunk. 1 have forgotten to say that while the negotiations wero pending tho villians proved their identity by sending to Judge Hilton a piece of paper oxactly tho size and shano of tho piece of zigzag cloth had cut from the lining of tho rifled coffin they had left behind them in tho Sr?a7rftrt VftUlt' S? ?nd8 lh? glm9t,y Sinco tho recovery of the body Mrs btowart is very secluded and is constantly attended by detectives, who aro hardly over out of her sight. Judge Hilton thrives amazingly. Stewart's great pro jecte of a cheap woman's hotel : ?d ft pardon City Utopia have both bcon al lowed to go to dismal wreck, but Judgo tho at" 1 19 money by ? hl? inKenuity at the rato of more than a million dollars a year. Tho million dollars that Stewart gavo him ??8i^\iUrnc,fi ,ovcr and over and over. Stowart himsolf is seldom spoken woll of mi te krr him- 1 know of no V ur,e of WOalth than his l"?,ftnd revolting death and resur roetion, otfone bettor calculated to mako tho poor c^ted with their lot. I PIgiftw Wlne-Blbtaerg. Mr. "YV. Mattlou Williams say a that ho once witnessed a display of drunkonneaa among throo hundred pigs, which lmd been given n barrel of spoiled oldorberry wino all at once with their s*ill. ' 'Their behavior was intensely human, exhibiting all the usual manifestations of jolly good fellowship, including that advanced htago where a group were rolling over each Other ami grunting affectionately in tones that were distinctly oxnrcsslve of s wear ing good-fellowship nu around. Their rcolingand staggering, and the expression of their features, all indicated that alco hol had tho aaino effect On pigs as on moat that undw its influonco,both stood nrociaely on the rismo^zoologloai level." Jle quotes also MM. DuinrdSn-Heaumota and Audlge's account to tho French A cm I emy of &oiences of their ox periraant* dur ing three yoera on tho effects of alcoholic diet on pigs. "Eightcon, of theso ani mals wore treated sumptuously, according to old-fashioned notions of hospitality, by mixing various alcohols with ihnir food, in proportions about coVresponding to a modest half-pint of wine at dinner. The alcohols that wo drink in wino, malt liquors. whisky, hollands, brandy, cto., invorionly produced sleep, prostration and general lassitude, while absintho (in cluded as another variety Of ' alcohol) pro duced an oxeitation resembling epilepsy. Rome of the animals died from tho effects of alooholio poison. Tho survivors wcro killod, an4 subioctod to poni-mortem ex amination. All wero found to be injured, hut tho mischief was greatost when orudo spirit was usod, less whon it was carefully rodlftlllcd and purified. ? Popular fkitiico Monthly, j ;?* >. ? ? Pen, Ink an?1 Taper, in trad*'* pfeaCflftilxtrlfo, The strongest npoko* In tho great whool of life, Have sown the Seeds of truth throughout the wot hi? 'Gainst foulest wrongs the keenost shafts | havo hurl'd, Yet fchfcss three champions, ever prone to ohange, [ Are known as Stationery ; ti-uty, t? nth Is . - strange. ? \k< [ ? n . I\itnu>rt J i lh proportion to its population, Italy ' makes more use of tho telephone than I any other country in the world. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. Tlio horseshoe crab grinds its food be- | i tween its thighs. One-half tho human family die under seventeen years of ape. Tho emperor of China sleeps on a bed stoad that has been in use for two centuries. Uliss Nellie Kossiter, the Philadelphia girl whose book on silk culture is th<J standard authority fur the work, is only i sixteen years old. The salutation of the Egyptians is nl- , leged to be, "IIow do you perspire?" and tlmt of the natives of the Orinoco, "How havo the mosquitoes used you?" In the lust century whittling was so ' general an amusement among English sailors that the landlords of tho W tipping I ale houses used to distribute sticks to their customers, expecting them to cut them. Taking tho human race as a whole, it is observed that races living almost ex clusively on meat have been tho most sav age ones. Civilization and tho cultiva tion of plants have thus kept pace with each other. A pair of knitted socks 2,000 years old havo been discovered in an Egyptian tomb. They are loosely knit of fine sheep's wool, and tho foot is finished in two parts to allow the sandal strap to pass between them. . It is alleged that Rome New York violin makers have an ngreeablo practice of taking tho valuable Crcmonas which occasionally come into their hands, halv ing them and substituting new pieccs, so as to make two instruments. Feigning death is a phrase commonly applied to the action of animals which lie motionless when attacked, but Dar win's experiments go to show that the at titude assumed at these times is nover that of death, and is usually very unlike it. Recently the owner of ten beehives standing inngardon in Selkirk, Scotland, and with no heather within a milo's flight, weighod them at 7 o'clock a. m., and again at 7 o'clock r. m., and found tho result of the twelve hours' work to have been a gain of thirty pounds of honey. Gold Hunting Extraordinary. The St. Louis Chronicle says a syndi cate of wealthy St. Louis men are inter ested in a scheme to acquiro fabulously rich gold mines between latitudes twen ty-seven and twenty-nino degrees in the Moxican peninsula. In lB^O there was a population of 1,000 in the area named, but nothing was heard from them for years. Early in 18(J3 the Mexican gov ernment sent an expedition under Senor lilanca to explore the country and re port. They traveled from San Diego and the Pacific coast of the Gulf of California, and returned in four months almost skeletons. For 250 miles they saw no living thing except an old Indian and his squaw; the pack animals died of hunger and thirst. At two places tncy passed deserted mission churches built of stone. In theso were gold and silver vessels on the altars, and in the vestries hung priestly vestments covered with dust and dropping to pieces with- age. Dried and bleached bones were found, but not a bird, animal or reptile; not a drop of water and no indi cation of rain for years. A few days later thoy found rich deposits of gold ore, both place and ledge, of which they brought hack specimens. These specimens are in the hands of the agr nt of tho St. Louis syndicate and have been assayed by gov ernment experts. Tho placer specimens show $240 to the pound, and tne ledge specimens show from $(10,000 to $200,000 to the ton. To reach theso deposits pipe lines and artesian wells will bo tried and caches constructed for food. Tho coun try is tho abode of desolation, and many lives will bo sacrificed beforo it can bo made habitable for tho gold hun ters. Tho K urlle Islanders. Writing about the inhabitants of tho Kurilo islands ? a group of twonty-flvo islands at tho eastern extremity of Asia, in tho North Pacific ocean ? a correspond ent says; Hardy and adventurous, hav ing no such word as homo in thoir meager language and no appreciation of such an institution, thoy roam in thoir canoes from island to island, killing whatever breathes, putting up rudo huts when tliby aro forced into wintor quarters, but generally de spising anything liko shelter, and living in thoir boats. So littlo aro thoy used to tho arts of construction that, unlike their fellow-natives, thoy do not build skin canoes, but mako up what aro called bai dara, a class of craft that Is as primitivo as tho rest of their habits. Wrecks aro not infroquont, and tho islanders wander ing along tho shoro pick up whatever driftwood may bo scattered about, tho womon being generally engaged in this harvest of flotsam and jotsam. Tho pioces aro rudely tied together with thongs in tho shapo of a longhox and calked with moss. Tho roughness of tho elements and thp roughness of tho work aro not partio* ularly conducivo to seaworthiness, and thoy generally spring a heavy leak an hour aftor thoy aro launched. To kcop them afloat tho Kurileans always put a load of moss and ft con pi o of women ^>n board, tho moss boing to stop up whatevor cracks may bo open and tho womon boing em ployed in this work with a bunch o? moss and a x>i?oo of stick, daubing any partic ular obstini\to crovico with a lump of seal fat. Hecroaso in Number of the Blind. Tho authors of tho recont census in England note tile encouraging facts that tho proportion of the blind to tho popu lation has not only decreased witli each successive enumeration sinco 1851, in which year account of them was takon for tho first timo; but the do ereaso in tho dccado ending in 1881 was' much greater than in eithor of tho pro coding tfoccnnlal intervals. Tho number of cases roturncd on this lattor occasion was 22,882, equal to ono blind person in every 1,188. This deoroaso. is considered to bo fairly attributablo to tho progres sive improvement in the surgical treat ment of affections of tho oyes, and to the diminished piovalonco among chil dren of such diseases as smallpox. Trollopo received $240 for his first production nnd $85,000 for ono of his 'last. Captain Marryatt received $100, 000 fot ono of his works, and Lord Lytton $15,000 for tho copyright of the cheep edition of his works by Messrs. Pout ledge & Hons, in addition to tho large amount paid at tho tlmo of their publication, while it is well known that Mossrrf Long man paid T-iOtd Heaconsflbld $50,000 for ?*8naytoiei,n." '? , A rleh editor can at the same timely ft f?ry poor one. DRAWN BLANK. Tho passionate griof boddo tho dying b?lj Tho jxujionato longing for the vanished bliss; The pa.ssioiv.Uo yearning for the glory fled : Of each we ask: ''Can life boar worse than this *" Ave? answer weary lipe and tlrod eyea, To vio'ont sorrows, pola^-o Nature granta; Worse thin tho world's suproiuost agonlee, i Aio nil its empty blank#? its hopeless wants. When vivid lightning* flame and thunders crash, Wheu tho tlorco winds lash tho florce sea t? storm, We 6oo tho beacons by tho lurid flash, Tho tossing spray-clouds glittering rain* bows form; But when bolow tho sullon drip of rain, Tho waters sob alone .tho hollow shore, 'Tis hard to think the sun can shine again, Tho dull waves gleam to living light onoi moro. When tiir.o saps B'.owly strength and hop< away, And tho black gulf yawns by tho lonely l>aMi, Whon tho dumb night croeps on tho empty day, And tho ono cluo of all is hold by doath| Look not to faded joy or lin^orlng love, To waVo tho powers youth and faith bad given, Take patiently tho lot wo all must proro, Till tho groat bar swings bank and show# us lleavcn. ? All tho Year Hound. rUNUENT PARAGRAPHS A eoUl spoil ? Z-c-r-o. "I hcv alius noticed," observes Aunt Tubulin, "that tho l>oyA who lets his mother bring in all the kindling-wood and build the kitchen (Ire, is tho mourner that hellers loudest at her funeral." And then she added carefully, "Mebbe lis not it is Iwcauso he misses her moot." A woman's brain is of a finer quality than that of a man. Fineness of brain gives quickness of perception, and wo see that 1'aet illustrated in this: A woman can tell what another woman has got on, at a glance, whereas a man might atudy the matter a year and be no wi$or. ? So mere ille Journal. "Look here," said Fustieu", at a recent concert, "the seat you have given me is only tit for a dog." "Why, what's tho matter with it?" inquired tho u&hcr: "it's ono of the best soats in the hall." "That may all be," said Fusticus, "but it's a dog's seat for all that. Look at the number; that proves it ? 1C 0!" Mrs. Bymkins dc Harris (to lady caller): "Do we know tho Hoggs? I don't think wo do. Do wo, Maud?" Young Syinkins do Harris (ago olevon years;: "Oh, ma, what a story t Didn't pa say ho owed Mr. Hogg $5,000 and he didn't know whore in the world it was tojcomo from?" (Tableau.) ? Life. "John," said a d "how is our stock o "Got plenty," said John arc wo well supplied sir; a fresh barrel morning." "Our and brokon-bono complete, is it?" enough of every then," said the sky through as though wc night, nnd you wash down Call. TIIK DOO TAX. "Yes, I'm tho Assessor, mum; 1 vo just called tosoo What you've got to l*> tr tod And what you'vo got fros. Now mum, you'ro oxcitod; Well, I ain't to blame, For collootln' thoso fl^gerj A iv 1 listin' tho same. Ygii'vo a ho?3 nnd a cow, mum; Well, don't oount tho cow, I don't want tho (arth, mum; Nor won't rniso a row, Horo's a whole string of KtufT, mum, Miscellaneous and remarks, I'll just throw 'on? in, mum, Wo Assessors ain't sharks, That's all mum. Oh I no, I forgot, Havoyou got any hogs) No I Thanks, mum. Now say If you'vo got any dogs I What, nary a dog, mum I Well, look at my olo's; My coat tails toro off, And this scratch on my nose, And toll me, on oath, mum Now l)o on your guard ? What the dloKOns tnat was 1 mot in tho yard I" ? Alt rohaUt-Traveter. llrignndngo In ftlelly. A Naples lottor to tho London graph says: Tho I)uko of G'alvlno, "who was captured by brigands in tho neigh borhood of Trapani, has boon released by hiB captors on payment of a ransom of 150,000 francs (f HO, 000) by his family, ' who never oxpcctod to seo him alive again, ho being very obeso, advanced in age, nnd afilicted with a nervous malady, llo had passed thirty-llvo days with the tyrlgands, and, strango to say, tho troat mont ho had reooivod, though by no moans pleasant, has had tho effect of completely curing him. Tho duko re lates that in tho night when ho was taken ho was put on horseback and made to rldo till noxt morning, whon the bri gands stopped at a kind of warehouse. Thoro ho remained the first day, and wroto, at his captors' dictation, a letter to his family asking thom to send tho above-named ronnom? In tho ovoniug tho journey was resumed, nnd, as tho rain was falling in torrents, tho duko was clad in sOtno tar Imulin, and a snok was thrown over his ?cad to protect him. Tho sccond night tho party reached an ' abandoned shod, whore the duko was left, with a guard outside the door. The third night tho journey was continued, and ended at the place destined beforehand for tho duko'fl concealment. He had to entor thla re treat on hands and knees, through a narrow opening, into a cavo. and then through a seconu holo Into a suotorranean grotto. Hero ho remained for thirty ' days without any light, lying on a bun dle of straw which was never changod. His food consisted of bread and cheeso, and water. Tho brigands left him alone, only returning to bring food. By tho light of a lauij), which was loworod from above, they forced him to wrlto other pressing letters to his family, and dicta ted what should pay. His family, to obtain his roleaso, used their utmost influence to prevent tho mllitnry authorities from pursuing tho brigands until tho ransom had been safely paid and received. Tho band liberated their victim- after having con ducted Mm ou foot for ai considerable distanco the territory of Castellamaro, wVro a peasant's houso had boon indi cated to him, whence ho wouM be con ducted by the inmatrA to Trfpanl, about twenty miles distant.