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DESOLATION. Alone I sit in gorgeous state, And view my gathered treasures rare, Which seem to mock my cruel fate My lonely lot, so bleak and bare. Within is wealth and warmth and light, Close curtained from the whistling wind, That sweeps and swirls with reckless might. Whose breath brings death to human kind. But the cold wind of her deep scorn Has blighted all my joy of life; Within my soul no hope is born No rest or peace or savage strife. And what care I for pride or fame, Since love from out my heart is driven? All, all is but an empty name Ashes the prize for which I've striven. Dead ashes from a deep despair, A heart burned out by passion's fire O God: she was so false. so fair, And blind was I with fond desire. I loved with love that ne'er grows old; My worship followed where she led; But weary of a tale oft told, She left mel-and the world is dead. -Martha M. Ross in 'limes-Democrat. Dorcas Caledon, = H :IRESS OF CALEDON HEIGHTS. .Abf A.UTOBIOG~itAFJE. 3T.LOEEN\CE E. DIAMOND. - CHAPTER VI. Be kind enough, dear reader, to imagine Ave years have passed since I was first brought to Caledon Heights. My life had varied. very little one year from another. I had attended school a great share of this e.my kind and gentle teacher had grown very dear to me in the three years she taught us in the little white building among the toes. But at the end of three years she wasaaeaaed to Mr. Dayton, a worthy young M.'D., and he took her and her mother away with him to his home in the city. I shall never forget the terrible loneliness I felt, when, on one bright morning in October, I went up to the little cottage to bid her good bye. Every thing was in confusion inside, far-they-were packing their goods, and I felt an added weight of sorrow in the sight e5 fi round; even- the trees seemed to sigh mournfully, I~thought, as I down tl narrow gravel walk after a uaseirom Mrs. Dayton, who e friend. seem quite donse now for our next teacher wala gentlemn, :and a most dis ble eat that;-but I learned rapidly tnies ''' and-bad- the satisfaction ligin~gcacidtlelast scholar in school. I was now about fitec, -years of. age. In personal appearance tIwas'tail, with a mod -ers ey pbtnp. Egure, brown eyes, pink d white, even teeth. My hair was y and was my especial *atardlv and no one de nied me the privile of curling it; I always wore it so, .in rippl g curze to my waist. Maggie and theof r se:-ats declared I was retty as a picture, but I never be S' laced-beside the radiant beauty of golden-haired Irma Bar rett, my feWicharms would sink into insig Irma ps now crown a young 'sghool..or. oety'soon, I was Irving was at ouege, bu he did not par ticular ' himself, the servants ed, r. n rs. Clay go scrapes 'hesticceeded in ge t6. brom the accounts I heard from him he was wild and reckless. But Bertie Clayton, now grown a handsome .iisuis aius.m. wa~~h vr aridrnlnes, arudteas, wandhe ver ~ei ybut I noticed that strict 13 bkaWaweadid not often see raTay-herirceumstaxno that occurred each yeardf my Stay at the Heights served to ,.he ze - that for some good was G Ofthis itocratic Thte ffrstjyear after -my being ' e thI ws urpriedto see ar o gte a carriage coaning alarge party~ .eildently come to pas quite al .n af the Heights, for~they broug l1uggage with Th~. ~ e -ntr--and'.nistress seemed i,.beralsoimuch surr * sffefwart learned they -were ~fr- few-'lay%. Among the company was an old gentleman- whose hair emppipes~eowbutt yet who looked hale .a te2gtgHe .was -a noble looking old tbsafixe,.recthfiure-and pleasant ouh.Every one seemed to like him, I t~eh;But it was. to the old lady, his -wife, my heart warmed, though I only ~.~aInglimpsg of. hers but her lovely * -iitfaie beneath.thbisehite hair was one t to be soon forgotten. I felt as re tithe kind ~l44ii-sre tfiey would "1 zra theyl" I asked Maggie, who was finy room atthe time of their arrivaL. I'hpTb old lady.andge' an are Mr. and nasan edthey are, or th/Idiip's s.. 'hey always come herQ. for a vis.-t in June and bring thi onngrelations with them, and a fine time they have, I can tell you." Idid not doubt her words, as I watched tb' merry, laughing party enter the house andproceed to make themselves at home in the spacious rooms. But that evening, greneyjto my surprise, I was transferred to a farm-house ten miles distant, where I re ~ ed for a month with no other company ithetupid Gdrman housewife and her equally stupid husband. The reason as signed for6 this was they needed my room. Whend r etuzrned again to Caledon the ,~~rwgegone. Eyery year of my stay -'tils was repeated . wondered but could W~id nolue as towhy Iwas thus banished. SThe reader must nat imagine that I had forgo1iten ~my friend Dudley, who had so kindly. psnised to retura some day and .look after mny welfare, not by any means. . His, return was the one beacon toward a-~whih Ih was ever looking, hoping and S M 'nl.Igresv (foolish as the idea was) .togve him1 po the memory of him rather, frithose days. -Sometimes an awful haunt ingfear would come upon me that when he returned and saw Irma Barrett so beautiful and clever he would forget poor me, but this thought was too terrible to be endured an I drove it away. He surely was my friend-mine alone. The Claytons and Bar bzetts bad nothing to do with him, I said, *'ferely. /Theyjbad been the bane of my existene but they should never rob me of my friend, -Oliger Dudley. And I watched and waited, always' pafiently, for his coming. I spent hours wondering what he would say when he should see me grown to be a young lady now, I thought proudly. Would he like me, I wondered, and, would he have grown old er and graver in all these years? Of course he had. But this meeting about which I bad planned; as is often the case with most of our plans, came about in a very different It was a dull, misty day in late October, that I saw the carriage arrive from the depot, bringing a- party of visitors to the Heights. I saw that the Caledons, who had not made their usual summer visit, had ar rived. I knew instantly I should be ban ished. and for the first time I rebelled at this. For, what if Mr. Dudley should arrive in "BLEsS SIv SOUL! wHO Is IT?" my absence. I somehow daily expected him now, and the thought that he should come and not find me there nearly drove me dis tracted. You r-my think me foolish and bold. dear reader, to say nothing of being over-confident in an entire stranger's prom ises, to have clung with such tenacity to so frail a hope, but I fervently pray you may never have felt the want of a friend as I did. It was while debating these thoughts in my mind that Maggie ente-:ed to infirm ate I must get ready to go to Mr. Kranz in the morning; it was already too late to go this evening. I made no ans:er to her remarks, but after dusk that oveting, impelled by some restless spirit, I wrapped a shawl about me and stole out for a walk:. In passing through the hal I encountered the old gentleman I knew to be Mr. Caledon. He stopped short on seeing me and threw up his hands with a gesture of astonishment. "Bless my soul," he exclaimed, "who is it." "I am Dorcas Lynn," I answered, sur prised at his words. "Dorcas Lynn," he mused, thoughtfully. then.observing my plain dress and evidently supposing me to be one of the servants he said, more 'quietly.: "Excuse me, li:tle girl, but tyou greatly resembled my-some one I used to know. I am mistaken. Don't mind it, child," and he went on, leaving me strangely disturbed at his words. I wan dered out into the dim,-dreary shrubbery, now leafless and shorn of its beauty. The wind blew in fitful gusts, now roaring through the trees in a fury, now dying away to a breath. Almost unconsciously I had wandered to the shore of the lake where I could see the boats gently rocking on the water. I had been at the heights five years, but in all that time I had never en ;tered one of those boats; but a strong im ;pulsemade-mne determined to-night to take a sail in one. I had often watched them rowing on the lake, and I felt sure I could manage one easily enough. Accordingly I unfastened one and got in, heedless that a -stift breeze was blowing now, and that I knew nothing about rowing. I took up an oar and attempted to row, but it was clumsy work, I found, and the next thing I did was to drop it into the water. I was somewhat frightened at this, for the beat ':ifted swiftly out from the land and I could not see how I could reach the shore again with out the missing oar. I sat quite still, however, and the boat drifted on, borne by the wind, which was blowing from the land. A gale was spring ing up, I saw, for the boat rocked fearfully, and I clung to the side lest I should fall out. I should never get back to the shore, I said to myself. I should be drowned in the lake. But after all the thought was not so terri ble. I had nothing to live for, I said. Every one at Caled~on except the servants would be relieved to know they were rid of my pros ence forever. And then I suddenly remem bered that i f I died the mystery which sur rounded me would never be cleared up. 'Who Itwas, whatl was, and what strange clue kept me at Caledon would never be known. Even should Mr. Dudley return and discover, - as he had prom Ised, this secret, its knowledge could never benefit me. I should long since have fus nished food for the .tishes in the lake where once in uassion I had wished lI-ma Barrett might be. All those thoughts flashed through my brain in the few moments 1 clung to the boat that was now being tossed like an egg shell in the center of the take by the fear ful tempest that was raging. Every mo ment I expected to be thrown out into the boiling waves, when suddenly I saw a boat put out from the shore and row straight for the place where I was. Some one had seen me from the house, I conjectured, though it seemed improbable, as it was now dark and afinierain falling with the wind made it unreasonable for any o'ne to venture forth. I waikhed the boat as it neared me, and could faintly discern a single person in the bow. 'In my anxiety to see who he was I leaned out over the edge of the boat, and suddenly losing my balance, I fell oat head long into the water. I felt a rush of cold water, a blinding sp-ay covered me com pletely, half suffocating me; then I felt a strong arm grasp me, and I was lifted into a boat beside a dark form and knew I was again safe. My preserver did not spak, b-ut I did not wonder, for it reqjuired his utmost efforts to manage the boat and guide it to shore. But suddenly as it had risen the wind lulled and only a gentle breeze swept the lake. The sky; which bad been overcast, now partly cleared and the moon shone through, by whose light I could see my companions face. Surely there was something familiar in that face-some long-remembered linea meat. It could not be ! yet it must be Oliver Dudley who was with me. And at that in stant ho spoke. I knew that voie ; had I not waited years for those same kindly tones. "Dorcas," he was saying, "little Dorcas, and is it thus I find voun?'" Somehow his word1s seemed strangely cool and calm. I could hardly sipeak, so +umultuous were the feelings that rushed wver me. ,"Mr. Dudley'" I criod, springingr forward 'td clutching his arm, eagerly. "-It is you, -eally von! Oh, how gatd I am!'' I poured forth this in a torrent, still holding fast to his arm the while lest he might vanish as suddenly as he had come. But his answer was very different from what I expected. "Take care. Doreas! you will up.set the boat. Yes, it is really mec in the fiesh; rath r too substantial looking for a ghost, am I not." were his words. I dropped his arm as quickly as though he had struck mec. His cold 'tone, his entire ab sence of welcome to me, chilled ma to the heart. I felt instantly that all was changed. He had forgotten me, and such a weight of misery as settled upon me then and there I hope, kind reader, you may never knew. We had reached the shore now, and, un heeding his proffered assistance. I elam bered out, and before he could detain mie, I sped up the narrow path to the house, and, entering noiselessly.I reached my own r-oom without being seen by any one. My clothing was wet from my fall in the lake, my hair disheveled and hanging loose about my face. I was a forlorn looking object enough, but my looks were fit accompaniments to my feelings. Mechanically I removed my wet dress and then crouched down in the darkest corner like a whipped spaniel, wringing my hands in dumb, helpless agony at my disappointments. rTO BE C )\TLtED) The Pittsburg Steel Casting Company has notified the cilal at Washiogton of its readiness to submit the new steel gun to the preliminary tests of the Government CLILSING ON T IE CONGAREE. TIlE STE tMB0AT EXcclIoN GIVEN BY TIlE COXL111A BO1RD OF TRIJE The Start from Granby-A River Voyage of Forty-Three 31Mklr, Shoning; E urivated Fa calities fu.- Water Transportation-The Na tivrs Undergo a Surprise-A Golden Future Within (Cotumbia's Grasp- Back to the Queen City of the south. (From the Columbia Daily Record.) CONGAIEE, S. C., Jan. 25.-I venture th. statement, without fear of su easful contradiction, that two-thirds of the citi zer s of Columbia and three-fourths of the population of South Carolina have no ade quatc conception of the navigerous poszi bilities of the Congaree River. Too many have long considered it in no light but that of a muuddy, rock-bottomed stream, inca pabe of being put to practical use. Thue writer has hitherto belonged to the great army of ignorants, who have been unaware of the grand opportunities for the city of Colunbia and the Palmetto State, wrapped up and lying dormant in the uliginous wafers that lave the limits of the Queen City of the South, an'd awaiting only the Titau sparks of ENTEII'hlsE and ENE~ni to transmute the-n into vivifying elements of progre-s. The events of yes terday have lifted the scales from my eyes and I ste that. not half of that river's grand forees ha% e ever been known. Teise preliminary remarks have been suggested by a Trip down the Congaree, given by the ColunAbia Board of Trade to I number of guests, of whom the writer htad the honor of being one. WHY AND WitERIEFOiE. F.r sone t'me the Columbia Board of Tradc have devoted their attention to the Congaree River as a source of water power and as the most potent adjunct in the fu. ture greatnesi of this city. They have re garde'i it as pair e.rcellence the means whereby Columbia is to take her place among the cities of the South. They have done more. They have acted upon their belief and, as will hereafter be shiwn, have been ilstrumental in a work that will live after them. On several cec:sions the South Carolina Steamb at Company have tendered the B. sard of Ti ade the use of their steamer for the purp:asx of seeing and comprehending I the pi.ssiblities t.f Congaree River naviga tio n. Ilei e Was the ol'portuwity to show to Columbia. and through her to the world, her ereat treasure of hitherto t unused water power. Accordingly an exeutsion was ar ranged for yuterday, and the Board issued invi'ations to a number of :entlemen to ncoml!pany them and have their eyes opened. LEAVLNG THE CITY. We h ft the City lall at 9 m0, e infort ably ensconced in carriages and 'busses. .Lust before leaving rain began to fall, in ducing sevtt:l gentlemen to remain behind and the excursionists to fear that a bad day had been sekcted. Not so, however, for the r.dn-ged soon wiped his sudatory brow and before Old Granby was reached the e emental flood gates had been closed. THE PERSONNEL OF TILE PATY . The excursionists included the following gentlemen: From the Bard of Trade, C. J. Iredell, President alt. 31. And rson, Secretars : F. W. Wing and Jasper Miller, (.f the Execu tive Committee :nd the following members; Geo K Wiight, T. E. Brapigan, Philip Motz. IX 11. Crawford, N. W. Trump, George L. Baker, M. A. Markley, J. 11. Manke., J C. Stanley, T. C. Robertson, D. L. Boozer. W. Ht. Gibbe%, Jr., P. C. Lorick, R. N. Riehbourg, and Wilhiam Robinson. Guests: Governor J. P. Richardson, Ex President b. A Pearce of the Board of Trade whzo C imle from his home 'n Georgia for this special purpose. Col. L. P. 3iIie of Getrgeetow;i Col. T. J. Lipscomb, Ren roetetative B. L. Abney, Frederick Condit, WY.1J. Keenaun, Dr. Bird 31iller, E. 31. Brayton, Allein Jons. A. A Vos, -Zoseph Bates and John S. Bates of Wateree River, C. 3M Olsen, A. T. McCants, N. G. Goi zil.s of the Keirs ansd Courier, J. Wilson Gibbcs of THitE Eve.NiNt REconnI. At 10 o'clock the party reached Grainby, thrt e mxiles fro n S:ate House, wher.: they found tile boat awvaiting them. On board ere Capt. W. H. Bixby, of the United Staet Enieer Ccrps, having chlarge of the riv er and b arbosr improvements in South Carolina, Assist:u:t Eugitneer Reid Whit forid, and Cap:.. W. Garnon. United States Inspec to' or 110lls for Charkcston Distrilt, who11 was there for the purpose of inspect ing that- sti amer and issuing a perroit for the excutrsion. Preparatory to the start the excursionists enjoyed thems~t Ives in viewinlg the situation and ex umining tue boat. TilE "JIoUN M. COLE" is a hightl presture, side-wheel steamer, with a length of 12-> feet, a width of 45 feet, h~as about five feet dlepthl of hol, antd draws four f1 et wl.co deep loaded. Hecr steel hull was made in sectipns at Wilmington, Dela wsre, arad put togcther withI the upper wood-work in Chat leston in 1886. She has a tounage capacity of 217, and can carry 6J( bales of cotton. Yesterday she was lunded witht rosin. She is commanded by Cart E. C. David, MIastei-, and belongs to the South Cars lina Steambeat Company. This boat runs in connection with a sini lar steamer belonging to the same company, the casrting capacity of whicha is about 1LO00 bak s of cotton. This latter stcamer takes regular weekly trips from Charles ton to the Congaree bridge of South Caro lina Railway Company, where she receives freight by transfer from the Jlohn M1. Cole, to and fr.'m alil points on the Congaree and Santee Rli'ers to an~d frem Charleston and Coumbi. D~own the Congaree. At forty mirnutes past ten the wvhistle blew. the boat was east from its moorings, and away tihe steamer sped downW the Con garee, making eight kusts an houlr. For t eral miles the0 course of thle river was a stmigi. t south~eat and revealed a beauty thatt was uindreamedt of in tthe ex eursioists' philosophly. Th'le expanse <f water in looking down the forest-girded vista, the clear channel devXoid of rocks, through which the boat was bowvling along. and tne occasional shriek of the wvhiatue conjured up) tw~ feelngs in the hearts ot the party who wette EXPEitIENeiNt A RtEvLtAr[ON. The sce'ne en soyage was indced a su prise, and many were the glad expressions that fell ham~ the lips of those who were beinning to realize the por lying unused at thxer ft-t. The course of the Congaree is slightly siuous, btut thle gineal dirction is good. not intelrfet ing ini the ighjtest de-giee with naviatin. A Grnbythe river is abott 600fee wie, t~davs rages -10feet along the line, It hias alo an average depth of four feet at death low water. 'rnuE L.\NNiNGs. The following are the landings otn bothl sides of the river, with their rcspective dis ances from G- anby to its junction with the Wateee anti Stutee-: On the Richlandi side: Clxilds's plantation, 44 miles; Seegers'Big Lake plantation, 4tx; Franks Landing, 38: Lykes' Landing, 3::: Westonl's Lauding 3(:. Mitchell's, 72: Buck Head Landing (Bates') :31. On the Lexington side: Chickas~aw, -42 mileIs: Springer's, 41; Starling's, des ; High Hill, 192: 1 Hunt's Creek. 35k; Kaigler's, :3; Bell Hall, 31; Ball's Hill, 8: Peterkinl's bridge is 43 miles from Columbia aud 41 miles from the river junction. _NAVAL STOnES STATIONS. Between Columbir. and the South Caro lina Railway bridge there arc three statIons for naval stores: First. Chickasaw L:dnr ins, now owned and used by Capt. C. M. Olsen. It is known also as Olsen's Uluit, contains about 350 acres, and carries on a very large business. Second. Iaigler's Third, Bell IIll. These stainns are on the Lexington side. Considernble guano will hereafter be shipped trm Charicton to these points, instead of sending it by rail. There are also tha following creeks etmp tying into the river: Congarce. Gill Creek, Hunts Creek, City Gut. Mill Creek, Big Fever Creek (which divides Lexington and Orangeburg counties), Old River. Cedar Creck, Pocket Hole Creek, Devil's Elbow and Buck head Creek. TUE FinST iOAT ON TuE Co AoAEIE. In 1822 a boat n :ned the "Charleston' undertook the trip from Charieton to Co lumbia. On board was a young lady, who was a:inig to school in the former cit and who was on her way to spend the holidays on the Santee. She is now an old hidy. Mrs Atkinson, and is living in George town. This was the first boat that ever piyed ha tween the two cties. In 185 river travel was stopped and no boat has run on the Con garee since, untit navigation was made possible last year. HOW IT CAME AHUoT. In 1886 throuah the instrumentality of our Congressmen, and earnestly and elTec tively assist--d by the Columbia Board of Trade, Congress made an appropriation of $7,5U for work on the Congaree. In February, 168. the work was cunimencaI by Assist-nt Engineer Whitford, tinder the supervision of Captain Bixby. Mr. Whit ford was very diligent and assiduous and in live months suceceded in clearing a channel seventy feet wide and four feet deep, by the removal of artificial obstruct ions. 0) struciions had been accumulating in the river for forty-two years and the celerity and cheapness with which they were re moved is remarkable. With the money appr :printed there was also built a first class self-propeiling steam-hoi :ter which was used in the work and which belongs to the goverument. This was accomplished by t iun strictest ecnuomy and tim indefatiga ble personal attention of Mr. Whit ford. SOME (;itANI) i'ossninrTii-:S. With the improvement; already imade the .John M. Cole is enabled to make two trips a week. The nineteenth of June will b the last day of grace given to the South Carolina Railway Company to place a draw in their bridge.' When this is done the South Carolina Steambo:at Company will place upon the Congie a steamer with a carrying capacity of 1,590 bales of cotton or the same number of barrets of rosin. The boat will make regular trips and every inducement will be offered to shippers fu: quick and che ip transpc.rtation. The east per bale will b3 about one-third of the present railroad rate. Heretofore the people on the Lsxington bank have been compelled to haul their produce by wagon, to some railroad :tation. The territory along the route is exceedingly rich and is productive of magnificent tin ber. Here we find cypress, pin-, oak, ash, sweet gum, mapie and almost every variety of wood known to the Atlantic States. Th< opcniug up of the Congaree will furnisii cheap and easy transportation facilities ard induce the crection of mils, turpentine dis tilleries and stations for the production o naval stores all along the line. N1o1E AID FLOM (oNG tESS. The next step in this wort is to scurt Government ail for its cominuation. Secre tary Anderson, of the Board of Trade. it set ding in weekly petitions to Cor.gress, signed by citizens of every class, to induce further appropriations. Having alre 1dy shown what benefits have been derivea from a small::ppropriation and live months work. it is easy to see that additional aid. sullicient for the comple-te develoment o the river, would be-an inealculable bless ing to our pe'le. ADvAxIrAGE TO Rts:. When the proper governmental improve ments have been miade Capt. Bixby say the river will not be so liabile to ove: lmw These overilows have alr eady caused con siderable damage and last year an immensi amount of property was dest royed thereby. It will also improv-e "the culture. value aus health of the adljacent towns an.1 encouragt the setthent of previously unoccupier territories. In no othler way can soi snmal an expenditure of public money piroduec such valuable results in thle development o! the country at lar ge." 5oMaG OTHlERit U .S When Congress grants another appro priation and all thi? obstructions in ti:< river have been removed, we w:I! hav< opeui navigation to Georgetown andl Charles ton, antd wvhen the Canal is cotmpletedl and the tw o miles below Gervais street, we w'il have oj-en navigation from the mountairn to the seaboard for 'steanmers of ordintari capacity, andi the whistle of sicambhat: n~ ill tie heard on cvery side. This is at object to be attsined in the nearr future, i Congress grants the aid asked for. 'Th< benetits accruing to Columbia wviil ha, conr mur ienated to a dozen adljacent counties. ltEst'ING rTE ROU'TE. The party amnused themselves on tio voyage by taking in the scenery and ds cussing objects of interes!. At 2.:30 thn gue.ets were ca!!ed to dinner, and an elegan one it was 3Mr. Tonm Branigan had : corps of waiters en hand and:( served-o:,e o1 the finest dinners thart I have ever assiste' itn demolishieg. There were ttu-key, wilr duck, chicken trlad, tong.ue, oysters. coffee cranberry sauce, potato salad. 'old slaw, celery, pickles, wincs and e-igars. Th< bracinig air hnd put the di'ers in spleadid gastronomic condition, which was heiight ented by the elegrance of the feast, and sior the "serried ranks" of victuals evidenced furious onslautght. At :115 the boat artived at the bridyu atnd the excursiaanhts started ofr in partie of two- and thrce on tours of intsi-ction Dr. T1. C. Robertson aid 3r. D)avid Crasv foid were theC Nimrods ( the pity', biut a! they fauil mo rindl the "lIitd e boy" whoi selb the gcaue to bird shooters they returned empty-hiandled. A fter sup'per had been served, the excnur sonis:s induilaed in a litile stunmp speakin~a until t;he :t rival of the. tain which was t take themn tbtek to the city, At 9,.10 wt boarded the tratin arnd ar i ved at I10 u'einec in the City on the Congaree. Ilow Womnt Diifr 1rom Men. At beast thuree muen on the average jury~ are buouaid I disag'mee wi htihe rest jat- ii show that they've got riutis o1 their o'wn; but there is no disagrteemen~it :mn~c the women aus to the merits of Di'. P'iere-n "' ,Yrite Prw(s1rijtion." 'ier a-red uinnm ons in protouneh'ti it the best re edt' in the worni~d for :nl thioc ehtuoune di ase-, wseatktneses antd comptla~ints peCui to thei' sex. It transforms the pale', ha gard, dispirited woman, into one of spar ling health, and tihe ritiging laugch a'm "ignsIi suipremue" in the hauppy household. Orer 100) Yer.re Old. Out :neighblarig county of Chiede( eIi' ld can prob~aby boast of the oldest cidnt it this section of the Stat'. HIsI namec~ Join Ouitlaw', and he was biorn in 1I: Though lie served in the war o f 11:i hie has nevei' received a pension from the National Gov'ernment. Mr. ()'n'aw ias quite a ntmber of children, and the mnnu er oif his grand children is le-'end. IHe has a son living in this cotunty oin Mr. .1. Sweet W\e love ie m'a fot' jlow%. But in the evoltV:1: Will you .oget your von ? O "'! v' 1:vc eme, h:7 (Then ' i lea ." li ng I \" i. When yn'e :eca'c a wnt a. ::d I've h !.me a :n:m? He w1 doe's not look bieore lags behind. Doi't e-%pect too nuch from those around you. lie that. smiakils roth sow, but he that holds Lis pe ace lotl reap. A helping hand at the rgtmoent wOlid :t\.: niav17an fron rni:1. Where there is ncfwant of will there will be no want of opportunity. Tlhe u::kludest cut of all is to h,:' fonad in, the average eight-dolar suit of (cnthes. More pople are drowned in the intox iCing clp thani1 in the sea. One talent carefallC plo ed is hetter than a hailrid'i mcrely posewed. I)ispense with the cl;eck rein. ,aml ct more work from youlir horse without. tort l1.e. M,-n are not iwletr d1 by tli:r"r de.-s now adays: they ade jidgc, by .im-r ''rds at:d nortga ec. lie who dets o -oIt; '--.ne. IlIe whoi car's not for others 'ill soon tind iht others will not care for him. A woman confesses to the marrying of eight lusbiand. Few women possess her power to fasten-eight men. Landl:adv-Jane, pass Mr. Dumley the salt for his egg Danmle-Thanks, not any suit. The egg is none too fresh as it is "111i\" (.i it is, said TIt. a' he trulail alon'.r on fit, "1ht a m:a niver naid :a team tin r' te :nne way he :. A good. 11aithy business year. in spite of the Pesiderinti1 elecion. seems to lie the 'eneral convictiou a.monlg; conservative judge.s. Sweet p't:no"C. lile the white. were found 'grwing here when Colhnnhu'.ms cane, andi they were among the presents he carried to Onueen Isahella. New Orleans women enitivate rameli::s at. such goitd profit that more than one wom:,:n iC .til to h:ve "gone to Europe on her c.:meliat bud;h " "Ah. yes,'' s id a ealinet-maker to a (crockery- dealer, to whom he was intro duce.-'-"a, yeS, you:1 sell tea-sets. and I sell e tees." "1):in. what wiwl y.- z call a man who stole a "ailon av w.4' -ky and drank it. and got the'jim-j-i" " eglirt I th nk 1I' c:ll him a snake thie'." JnI *1s-Strange thin Mttir:r,:i ' every tinge 'you draw a breath somebody dil:. Mrs. .Tones-Well. I ain't going to stop breathinig on that account. i"H it rin ?" ie exclaitcd. in the co'urs. of a thril'ing rceital of h-irder life. ," it rained so hard that afto-rnoon that the water stood three feet on a slant roof,' Begar -Plase, scr, can't ye help a po man with a large fm.ily out of work? Schoolmaster-No; why don't you set your family at work? These woin would render their charities useful shol'l judiciously diffuse them. He who would have a good crop must sow with his hand, and not pour out of the sack into one heap. Whea a hotel clerk becomes an angel, if his wings are proportionately as wide as his earthly smile, he'll topple over the hat tiements of heaven unless his feet are ade qjuatelty ihllastied. "You needn't order me around, sir.' sail the washerman. "I'm not the hired giih. It's Bridget's place to liok after tie milk. I':n the launciry. l :d y." "That d(oe-n:'t scsi-r me. said the man. "I'm the P. W. G. It K. of the U. O. G. G . and iNo1t Eminent Past G. W. of the Anciei: Ordecr of M. X. U. Z.. and I want samne b~odyt to ta-ke this iniik." "Ye, sir, sak( the "washerwvomno, mneekily, . a 'e wenC't tt land a crock. "I 3;e tt a post-amortemn examiation h of'eu imade in munior cases. What does post-mortm ex b::ar-on mean?" asked youling wif-:e of huer bette r-half. "AX post mnorteml exainiation, myi dear, is intended~ to all' w the victim tostate ve'rb- ly his owr ~ testim'my aainst his asailant, ad is taker dorv n nwriling. " ':Thanks, falin.0g: ant vion wo n't look down on mn. witI you, be cause I caven't your education?" HeI sait he wouldn':~t. "'F r ten yars prist," said the newa boardler, 'my h:abits have been regular a: elieekwork. I rose on thme stroke of iix half an hour inter I sat down to b-cakfast at seven I was at work, dined at twelve Iate surper at six. and in bed at rnine thir ty Iate only hearty food, ad hadn't a sick da) ueaconi in sy'mpathietic tones: "and -.vha were you ini for?" And in the awfui si I -ec that foliowed you could hear the hash Igrate its te. h. iouthbern Newas Notes. A mine of painit-clay3 has been fouun ne-ar McNair St::tion, Miss. Pittshtis, Lincol:1 county, Teann., ha: .(ubascrlibed $25,000-' for a bank. P'rohibition waill rule in all but about: idonen t-o'ns in Arkamsas this y'ear. The Jh'lierson county, Ark., grand jur his found near];y four hunadred true bill this termn. Ciat ksviihe, A: k., will follow the exam nie r-f Lintie Rock-i and foibid the sale o: eigare~ttes-' ti) heys. 31:s. Po2ly Butier, lving near Clehurne Ark ~ .Ii ~ty years ild and( has. eighity-twa g'rarnd chnildren. Only ~ (t:,000~ has1 been scu-red of tht '%l,00 mbt qeerir'tion at Penrsroh Fla. to reccure tihe Peuienco a andI Memiphis road Tw a.o himan skulls were recutiy un earthed at Clarksdale, .mi's. by men dig giga ic. Thir pre ane- therei is nmvsterv. A. 'N' -rni ciril no'w li viI n-ear T:n ton. Tenn., take h: ler gunl andm goes allekh :and ls not.e game than any of the y.ounI At a blii i.:ar libt Springs, Atk., rec Saeti :ro farmers of Al t h'l''ni '.e: ,'ac yetr ie aI priz t'o the oge. T. t P:umt-er whorlesi the "irge a h At. Ton tile fo the~ iar wasi Mr ie m tis 0. i : d eighedr il pound'ls.ii~hi vear-ld in f l r . T (.N1il 'a ' 'h -uIa one u o fhslswre se tre i 30 ptNo('f Teli lii ifes ANOTHER BLACK EXbus. A .?lltor. Colored People to Emigrate to Sontlh America. (From the New York Star.) TonnIAA. Kax., Jan. 22.-Three years a-"0 se:vertl well-known colored mhen. men of means. met to consult as to the best meti'oi of relieving their people from the wore than servitude that prevails in the Cxtrcm'e Souhern States, especially in Loui iann. Misi$sippi and South Carohina. After c refuly studying the plan of gov ernmient of the various countries open to thcm. tiey arrived at the conclusion that South Americ-i was the land that would aive the m shelter and a home. The pub lie was not called upon for contributions, it these men sent out educated agents, whos reports are now coming in. The Guianas, Brazil and the Argentine Confed eration were examined as to climate, lands, la ,- andc privileges. While tiese agents were out, their prin cipLas qietly effected a secret organiza tion. whose head is in Topeka, for the raprpose of spreading the news by means o trustworthy agents throughout the Suthlern State:. The men thus organiz i represent nearly $2,000.000, their own mn ,r~e and property. Before the end of t is re. ci:ed an exodus from the South era .tates will have commenced that will carry ed1' more than a million of laborers from the cotton, sugar and rice fields, where they are now at work, while the tihacco fields will yield their full quota. While there will he two colonies or out litting points established in Honduras and Costa Mica, the main efforts of this new organization will he directed to moving the colored people to South America. There will be settlements established in the Guiana Highlands, directly north of the equator, and in the Brazilian Highlands, on the southern tributaries of he Amazon, to which will be directed those people comingr from Florida and Southern Ala b:uua, Mississippi and Louisiana. Farther woutia immigration depots will be estab lished in the Argentine Confederation for pxople from Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina and -Northern Alabama, Missis sippi and Louisiana and Texas. Important concessions will b3 made by the Brazilian and Argentine governments in the way of lands and immunity from taxtion, and aid in transportation, which '..ill place the new haven within the reach of all who can secure money enough to cirry them through the first season. Their rights and privileges as citizens are guar au:eed. and. owing to the mixed blood al ready existing in some of those countries, the color will not debar them from politi cal and s-:eial preferment. A Horror of ta1. Mines. VcTona, BTISi CoLUmBA, January 2>.-An explosion occurred yesterday in Wel:ingtou colliery while over two hundred minei were at work. It was at first sup posed t'tat no lives were lost, as the micers were rapidly hoisted out, but it is now be lieved th it ninety or more were killed ot suffocatel. The bodies of twenty whits miners vero taken from the mine laa1 iight, aid there are about seven-y more men stW ir: the mine, and there is no rea son for )>ileving that any of them are alive, and no Lrpes of raving them are entertain ed. Three-fourths of the men still in the mine are Chinamen. There is no scarcity of volunteers, and oticials and employee: of the Vancouver Coal Company are ren dering every asistance required. how tht e.' plosion took plae:. is a mystery. Which was Killed First? A curious complication has arisen it consequence of tihe murder of the Wool folk f-;nily by Tom Wooliklk near Macon Ga , which was one of the most revolting tram;iics of this generaion. The mur derer now lies in jail under sentence o; eath, tnd he has been approached by the heirs of both his murdered father and step mnother No one but the condemned mat knows the particulars of the crime. If h< killed hiis father first, his stepmother's heir will come in(o the property-; but if hi! mother (lied first, his two surviving sister: and himnself succeed to the property. . full confession from this monster is ex peetued before his execution in order to elea up this point. Three miilion women in the Uniteu States are working for wages. The mar who cannot miarry rich may at least secure a w ife w hose w aes will make his hom< happy. A TON~GUE IN XNOTS. I contracted malaria in the swamps o Louisiana while working for the tele graph company, and used every kind o medicine I could hear of without relief I at last succeedea in breaking the fever but it cost me over $100.00, and then m; system was prostrated and saturated witi riaailpoison and I became almos helpless. I finally came here, my mouti so filled with sores that I couid scarcel; eat, and my tongue raw and fi led wit] little knots. Various remedies were re sorted to without effeet. I bought tw< bottles of B. B. B. and it has cured ani strengthened me. All sores of ma mouth are healed and my tongue entire ly clear of knots and soreness, and I fee liea new man. Jackson, Tienn., April 20, 1880. A. F. Bmn-rON. STIFF JOINTS. A MOST IGM~UIA3ALE CASE OF ScEOFUL.! ANDI) HUMATISM. I have a little boy twelve years oli whose knees have been drawn almos: double and his joints are perfectly stif and he has been in this condition thre< veais, unable to walk. During that tim< the medical beard of London county cx amined him and pronounced the diseas< srofula and prescribed, but no benefil ever denived. I then'used a much ad vertised preparation without benefit Three weeks ago he became perfectl3 helpless and satiered dreadifully.5 A friend who had used B. B. B. ad. vised its use. IHe has used one bottb and all pain has ceased and he can now walk. This has been a most wonderful action, as his complaint had baffled everything. I shall continue to use it oi him. Mns. EMM~A GRwIFrES. Unitia, Tenn., March 2, 188S6. WEBB CITY, ARK., BLOOD. IT ving tested B. B. B. and found it t( be all that is claimed for it, I commend it to any and every one suffering from bodpion. It has done me more aodl for less money and in a shorter space of time thau any blood purifier i ever used. I owe the comfort of my ife to its use, for I have been troubled with a severe form of blood poleon for5 or 6 y-ears and found no relief equal to that given by the~ use of B. B. B. W. C. McG~m~. Webb City, Ark., May 3, 1886O. All who desire fult informuation about the cause suat cure of !:tood t'oisons, Scrofula and scrou:ois swellin gs- 1 leers, sore.;, lineuma. tin, 1-:hdny'a ments. uatarrh, etc . an Secure by muail. free, a copy oar :2p::e ltius wonerat ndstaruing proof ever eore jown. 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ON THE FIRlST OF OCTOBER, the undersigned opened a FIRST CLASS BOARDING HOUSE in Charleston, for the accommodation of both Transient and Permanent Boarders. The Building, located on the northeast corner of Wentworth and Glebe streets, is conveniently near the business portion of King street, yet free from the noise of the thoroughfares. It is within easy reach from the Academy of Music and from Churches of all the different de nominations. The hiouse has been thoroughly re paired, and fitted up in good style with new furniture and fixtures. Terms reasonable. For further information address Miss. E. E. HASELL, or Miss S. S. EDWARDS, 1 tf Charleston, S. C. IS A L.INIMENT PERFECTLY R ARM.E SS.AND~ SHOUL.' BE USED A FEW MONTHS,2EFORE CONFINEMENT' SENJD FOR BOOK TO MQTH ERS5 RED)IEID'REULATDCIO .b x. ALAN~TA.GA. e PITTS CARINATIVYE ' FOR INFANTS AND TEETHING CHIL DREN. An instant relief for colic of infants. Cures Dysentery, Diarrhcea, Cholera Infantuma or any diseases of the stomach and bowels. Makes the critical period of Teething safe and easy. Is a safe and - pleasant tonic. For sale by all druggists, and for wholesale by HowsnD, WInnE'r & Co., Augusta, Ga,. GLIAU.OTTEi FEMALE JNSTIf[UTE. The current session of this Institute closes January 21st, 1888, when the Spring Session begins, which ends June 6th, 1888. The present session is one of the moat prosperous in the history of the Insti tute. There is room for only a few more boarding pupils. The health of the sc'ool, the accommodations of its board ing department, and the elliciency of its corps of teachers are unsurpassed any where in the South. The first of January is a very convenient time for entering. Puils are charged only from date of entrance. Rev. WM. R. ATKINSON, Principal. Charlote, . C.