The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 14, 1886, Image 1
3J0L.IX.
W# ft. i
TtM^nrffd Mtothfr.
l» wml)tof •Dniiuh town
[▼ca tpooti moA m tha nlcbt
»t<t had' Iona bfcra mM.
V* I**:
boil loUad out tba paolm (or tba
^or a while front the darkentaf
* It* Mn
99 t
»***to©*
» *. ^OowSTtKe depths," aaiil prfeat and paofla.
TlrojA all tbi cl°*e-*et ton a and towera.
‘ t £*• dobta won* Khut for the silent hour*.
* • 9pt a mother boried Aw half a /ear,
r" Il9* 8 WJtjj a ar>In* In her oar.
r loo roae with the vaaue sleep still in her bead
And oladta tba abrdud that wrapa the dead.
Bbe left the cold yrare under the walla.
And took ibo street to her Itoaband’s halla,
ttv fetth* I 'rtsyj.'ad boanns sohe.
*• Wh heatbwen eblthva waro-all a» abat
And nono had broken them bread that nlgbt.
Or npurad them drink, or trimmed a light.
And none had laid them pillow or sheet;
‘ * ■* 2!!?® duetjod the day wns on their feet.
Two sirove for an empty cup. and one
Was cryint:—that was her youngest eon.
She washed and klseed them, and hushed
" <• their erlea; ;
While the tcure pressed out of her long-dead
*~ eyca
But their father, who lay on a lower floor,
Had heard h< r steps In the corridor,
And he rose and came, and saw her stand
with the children olinyina to either hand.
•be said, “The cn lug smote my heart,
— s It broke my dream* of oeatb apart.
Iwai loth to leave llieee seven. 1 died.
ir’r But when have 1 siept when the ohlld ha*
erksd?
Take m to, ere 1 pas* to my many dead:
Ynurehildren wpke and had no bread,
Mo Are, no lamp: two were at ttrife;
One cried uucomlusted. Tell your wife.’*
«— — Waaaaine of Art.
ANGEL WINGS.
Many years ago, tlie com^nunity of
a certain hamlot in ibo south of Franco
was *tnrtJoil by a crimo rare indeed in
their quiot, ogriouhural district. A
wealthy fanner was found dead at
early .morning vyithin & hundred yards
of bis own house. Ho had been Killed
by blows administered by a heavy
itakfl, which lay near the body covered
wild the blood; and his pockets had
been rill'd of their contents, ineloding
»’a considerable sum of money which he
* was known to have roceivod the pre>
*, Tlous evening for pome sheep sold by
« Lira in the neighboring market town.
•"*> When the a wo and excitement crea
ted by this event had subsided a little,
.every exertion was made by the aothor-
* hies to ferret out the jferpetrator of
.U* crime. A reward wa* offered for
the discovery of tbe mttrderer, procla-
VMttion of which bounty was made for
oral successive* Sundays at the
church door. At last some disclosures
* %e^»»de,< ia»i>lieatii)g a 'young man
named Laroche—a stripling eighteen
M-avyear* 01 age,
Tbe person who brought the charge
against young Laroche was a man of
the nemo of Lnmiry—a stranger in tbe
district, but Who had lately been ap-
* <* pointed by the lord of the manor a*
» tote of Hie keepers of game preeerves.
* \ Lundry testified that tie bed seen La-
* -vqcti* ciHtibg n sfuks from tbe hedge
* ♦ •'bp tBteiifteriiooii previous to the mur-
* f and thht he had reproved him for
* > J’uJ afltff taking tlie stake from him, had
Alnck it pn the hank of the hedge at a
| - p»rticul2f .spot. Tne stflke Was the
( ’ same ohe that was fouAd lying aear
1 . the body of me lurmor. Landry could
, swear io il, because after taking it
from Lruoclm, he had nicked it in a
>: pecultwr.way with his peu-knifo.
> 4 Now, it so happeucu that tbe mur-
i • dervd tarnier had many and induential
friends. While L troche had but lew.
Thereioro Larochoi w:is convicted of
^ The iuorder, mid sentenced to be bung
on a certain day,- and at a certain
* “place, until u umu lime be wns placed
* ■ tor safe keryiing in ike jail of tbe die*
^ . trici*-rtt«'third lloor of a large atone
’ bpiidiug, the lower part of which wns
’ ^ n Jhill.' . .
f ' • Thd prison cnM-sted of a single
apartment, by a small window,
at Urt lieiglrt of aixwit sixteen foot from
1 - ike floor. T he M»ie ot -Luo buiidiog
from which the vvin<low looked, ran
; sheer down to ihi/tirater of a dark,deep
* Mvef, WWch creep*/ fuslly by the mill,
■ • btit ^ufukened the pace n little lower
» "down, until it gradually became n
rushing torrent, ioap>ng> wildly on to
it* fall over a perpendicular fudge of
rocks, tiodics carruat over the fall
we be said L> never bavo been recov
ered; and It was a iivod notion among
the eountry people that there was n
sncUonol force below by which every
thing falling into it was carried down
v into tbo unexplored abysses of the
earth.
It was tbo day bofore that fixed for
., the execution of young Laroche, and
, tho-prie»l of the parish. Father Allard
•<« Jtjr aanH\ had bcu left alone with the
j/pmener, in order to prepare him, by
the consolation of religion, for his ap-
•••'wroaching doom. To his word* of com-
* fort Laroche ii*toned with humility
and silence, until the good Father be
gan to dilate upon hi* chances of for
giveness in the next world for the great
r erime committed by him. Then the
prisoner elect rifled him by declaring
his perfect innocence of that crime—n
position which he meant to maintain,
he said, with his latest breath.
To be brief, the youth of the prison-
. er, his earnest asseverations of inno-
1 hence, and a wavering doubt of his
n-nsUt, which had all along troubled
Father Allard's mind, so wrought upon
that worthy man that he at last con-
' seated to commit himself to nT0*n for
givieg the prisoner a chance of escape,
U net from death, at' lokst from
igneniny of dying by thajkead, at
e ncenrsed hangman. %
- VJUJ dia by tjfk gallows, most
sard the ytfungjpftt,
at sdtTow Wm some daypj
concerned in thy'ddkth.-reef
is. sure «tew6to ddcovsnfldi
or later;and the just relribetion
at Heaven will pursue my murddrera.
fW r | 1k *
i upon ytraf-'tohsciene*
4,upoa thiA chair,, which I plaon
upon the in-ble, thus; and then, by
i«M*attog Bpoefyear shouidern, X can
reach the window end drop from it”
“But the river bolowr’
*H, eta s’wiu line an otter, and,' IV
any r*te, ifc is better to be drotribd
thknhittged."
49 -Convinced of theyebbg man’s Inno-
oencfc Father Allard oonsented to aid
)hlmlk hUlaalpto A iuoaaentffbfficed
to carry the plan into execution. JM
prisoner gained the window nod disap-
r «*rtu.
Parading in s straggling wag ontside
the building went one of the miner of-
’Boers ot jnstioe—a solid peasant who
hat^been placed there by way of seo-
try, ami who at ikia mobieat happened
to be looking-towards the river js»U df
re
ea
eappeariag
rried away
oertaiu death, as the water era
deep enough to svia» io. and the
BARNWELL, 8, Q., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 1886.
I
wmmsmm
um luuk n.i* aigAi aeany leu nun. as
be afterwards stilted, when he new e
man drdp ftow the. jail window, strike
on to a platform that protruded from
n doorway in tha second Story, and,
rebounding from that, fall into the wa
ter with a neavj plunge,
at inlervals, until ha was
into the rapids below.
Tbe alarm was at once given. Village
officials rushed to , the prison-room
whore they found Father Allard alone,
seated on the chair, pale as if just re
covering from the sight of some super
natural vision. To the question put
to him he replied that, as be was sd-
miniatering the consolations of bis holy
office to tbe prisoner, a voice sounded
through the apartment, accompanied
by the shadow of a mighty pair of
wings, on whioh tha prisoner mounted
to the ceiling of the apartment aad was
oo more seen by him. Tbe voice, ho
added, proclaimed the prisoner’s inno
cence, the real circumstances of the
murder would soon be mtde manifest.
It was a miracle; and the good coun
try people, ever ready to accept that
form of interposition, were easily per
suaded to do so on tbe present occa
sion.
Meantime, Laroche, when he leaped
from tbe window, had forgotten all
about the platform. Aa he fell upon it
he displaced a sack of grain, which
splashed into the dark waters of tbe
river, appearing to the eyes of the be
wildered eentry to bo the body of tbe
man who bad dropped from tbo prison
window. Laroche lay upon the nar
row platform, stunned by tbe heavy
fell
Spride, tbe miller’s daughter, saw
him fall There wo* no one d-e iu i„e
mill at the time. She dre.r nun be
hind the sacks and great heap* of gru u
oh the floor, and; having administered
to him such restorative* as her young
experience suggested,threw some loose
sacks over him and told him to lie
still
That night Spride and her lover—
Laroche and she had been lovers for
about six hours only—road* their way
to where a boat lay moored l>How the
fells; and embarking in it, were soon
carried far beyond pursuit. It was sup
posed by the frightened villagers that
8pridu must have been carried from
the platform when the body from the
window above had been seen to strike
upon it; and us the whirlpool below the
torrent had never been known to give
up its dead, but little search was made
for her, and her friend* resigned them
selves to mourning for her awful fate.
Loss than six mouths after this Lan
dry was tried for the murder of a
brother keeper and wa« convicted end
hanged accordingly. Previous to his
conviction, however, be made a clean
bnsast of it to Father Allard, confess
ing that be had mordorod the farmer
for his money, killing him with the
stake out from the Ledge by young
Laroche, which, as he stated singular
ly enough suggested to him the idea
of eoihVnitting the Crime.
Two years elapsed, and Father Al
lard had been promoted to * parish at
a disuooe of some fifty miles (rum the
one which he had been pastor of for so
many yean.
hhorUy after his arrival there hi* du
ties led him to take a jourueyon horse
back some miles into the interior of
the parish at whieh ho had charge.
Part at the h>ad travelled by him
wound through a swampy forest re-
f ion; and, after a ride of several miles,
• cetne to a sluggish stream that had
formerly been spanned by a bridge,
of which nothing bat tbe abutments
remained, however. Tbe priest turned
his horse's haad and rode along the
bank of tbe river, hoping to And anoth
er bridge, or at least a ford, by whiclt
he could cross to the further side; nor
had he gone far when ho dtsooverod,
by boot marks, a plane where cattle
seemed to be in the hatfli of wading
through or coming to drink.
The water appeared to be shallow, so
he urged his unwilling borne Into it,
and bad got about half war across,
when the animal began to plunge and
struggle violently, sinking at the same
time, as if drawn down by some invisi
ble power. Aware now that he had
fallen into one of those quick-sands
which are net onoommon iu that part
of France, the good father knew that
to <lirow himself from bis hone would
tbrvrawr was not
_ ___ hun
gry sand at the bottom was gaping for
btaf Ho held upon hie bone, there-
forev and shouted tor help. „
The water was gaining upon him, a*
the terrified horse sank deeper nod
deeper in the treacherous stream. Up,
up u came, until it reached bis saddle
flaps, and then his knees; and *he bad
given himsoU up as loet, when distant
shouts came in rasponso to his, which
were going (eeblcr with each repetition.
And now a man bursts bis way
through the brushwood oq tbe river-
bank, and, laying his axe upon a tail,
slender young tree, cuts H down with
four or Are rapid strokes, leaning it so
that it falls down upon the water, its
.Upmoetibengbs, just brushing the sink
ing horsomau in its fall Grasping the
boughs with all his remaining strength,
the priest wa* drawn to the bank by
the vtaoosmafl, fainting and senseless,
however, nod with hardly * visible
A1 su*U
hg him
woman
wpo wa* aathiaff his temples uttered
brightened, what was hi* surprise to
Bed his attendant ihb lest Spride. Rx-
plaastion ensued, and all was made-
clear as dej without recourse to mar
vel or rairaol*
Presently Laroche, who had been en-
gagedt with tbWMhistanee of seme of
the ueigbbora,in extricating the priest's
*■ 1h»4n»a»d Um soeae was an
sherbetWesa 'the twe, each of
whom bad been thus wonderfully ap
pointed by Provide ade 16 preserve the
other.
“My conscience U dear now," said
a “PpniQ ef those country landlords
make life tirddr" sahf V’ drummer.
“They don’t know how to koep hotel,
bat they think they do, and the way
(hemselti
thunder is qoito laughable. One day
, last week 1 was in * hotel at Peoria
. „ , . v eatiag dinner. I bad iiut tackled a
JM fFathar AJlanl. ••Heaven has surely piece of applo pie, using my fori, of
pnwipwml the Buie Action framed by eourso. whuu the landlord happened
me; else why— ^ ‘ ** 1
old.
Bat hold, reverend Father,” cried
Laroclie, Interrupting him; •there was
no Action tn the case. Ton Mid that 1
was qartfed away upon an angv!*s
wings.’ and so 1 Was, and thin Is the an-
^ i
iasm
gto thf
threw
hinr.
wife
that saved m-T’ And he. 1 ui^hin
his arms around the jnoltj
and hugged Iter to hit aidu.
Poetical justice mi/ht now have boon
Well satistl'd, but I have a few words
farther to add upon tlie subj-mt.
Laroche, who wa* now einployt'd as
forester upon an os talc, wa*. cuauied
by the assistance of Father Allard to
return to his native Villain, win-tv, not
long after, bo obtained an ap noun incut
to the vcry koeuorship formerly held
by the assassin Landry.
Decrease In Marrlaxcrl
A comparative record of marriages
In the State of Ohio has been compiled.
Which shows a remarkable decrease in
the number during late years in i ro*
portion to the population. During the
year preceding the War there were
over 23,000 marriages out of a po;trla-
tion of about 2,340,000. The War re
duced' this number to an average of
about 19,600, and the return of peace
ran up the number to 80,479. This
large increase denoted that there were
a good ninny faUhlut girls who waited
patiently lor the young men to whom
they had plighlod thwirtroth. After
that tbe average number of marriages
was about 26,000 a year for a number
of your*; but following the panic of
1873 there was a drop to 13.489. The
revival of business iu 1882 was marked
by another increase to 30,600, nut the
succeeding depression of 1884 again re
duced the number (o 28,720.
While those statistic* indicate pretty
clearly that good times promote mar
riages and hard times depress the nuw
tritnonial as well as other markets, it
is still more significant to note that the
number of marriages in proportion to
the population is very tanch smaller
than formerly. The annual average
before the War was about one marriage
to UK) inhabitants; tbo sumo proportion
now would give 32,500 mnrriaghs per
annum, whereas the average for the
last Ave years has born only a little
more than 29,000. Fewer births are
recorded than twenty-fivo jfaars ago,
though the married population is 25
per cent larger.
These marriage statistics of Ohio may
be accepted as denoting an appreciable
decline in tlie family life of this touhtry.
Obio occupies a middle ground be
tween the mickJy settled Eastern States
and the newer State* and Territories; it
is one of the most prosperous States in
the Uuiou, and there is certainly a* much
encouragement for domesticity there
a* in any other portiou of the country.
It may bo fairly assumed, therefore,
that if marriages and births ure de
creasing in Ohio ia proportion to the
popu.atiou the same is true of other
Stales and even to a greater < xtent in
some of them. The tendency is cer
tainly to be deplored. Hard times will'
account tor a ladiug-off in the number
cf marruigos in certain yeafs, but will
not explain the decrease in tbe general
average. The drrft of modern ervuita-
tion in the crowded communities is to
ward celibacy. The influences ntv nu
merous. Among fhe ciasscs who anf
in comfortable circumstances and
ought to maintain modest, happy
homes there is a desire lor display and
an indulgence In cxtravagatffio which
warn young men against the responsi
bilities of a family. Among the wealthy
classes a large proportion of the young
men acquire habits which divert their
attention from marriage. A* our cities
grow in population the proportion of
poor people increases, and^fmTiage,
with it* ultsadant expenses' of family,
is a forundahie affair. Many other
conditions could be named wnich are
deterrent in their influence on mar-
Tinges. The ami-marriage tendency is
Mpecially io he deplhrvff oocatue it im
plies increased immorality. It can
only be coupteruuUMi by tko cultivation
ot more moderate mode* of family life
and the repression, so far as possible
of social vtce*.—IViteoyo Tribune.
Tbe Mi Hen ni mn in Norway.
A North European correspondent of
tbe Springfield Republican a good deal
more than insinuates that the millen
nium has not only arrived at Norway
but that It is a greater ethical success
than was anticipated. Ho conveys tins
most interesting and most cheering
piece of intelligence,
Whieh Kfn«r* and prophets waited for,
But died without Ibo sight,
in a manner as unique as it Is intistao--
tory. Liston to him: “As we were
driving along one day [through Nor
way] w« saw two umbrellas hanging
on tne branch of a tree. Some people,
not oaring to bo encumbered with
them, hud left them there till they
should pass that way again. Although
it was gaining, no one
touching them.
Obviously no commentary can add
to thfl force of this simple, nnadorhod
statement The news from Nbrwsy
will come home to the average man
with the irresistible power of a steam
pile-driver. Norway may well feel that
• • • ,fe
•be hM fulfilled the choicest sort of a
manifest destiny, and that shfl hM
nothing more to live for except the en
joyment of her triumph’s crown; of
triumph and the envy of her sister
nations. In order to realize bow far
behind Norway is this metropolis of
the -New World, let any one of onr
readers who is interested in the pro-
gnMS of the raoe hang a nion silk um* 1
br«ya lor temporary sale keeping on
one of the trees of Madison Snuare or
Cenpml Park, A | / ;
atyfiidi silk umbrella can be purchased
for from. $5 to 110, and tbe one selhct-
ad for Vlhrenphriment should be hang
—not necessarily for pubncnUdri buf as
n.aMarante* «I good inith—mi a- limb
wEffUeasy reach at fStowi.bx
York Tribune. V"™**'* ^
y«w
I - *
l» com* in. Imagine my surprise
upon bearing him growl out to tbe
waiter; “Why ia Ute devil do»’t you
give the gentleman a kuifeP Too
dodVexpect a man to eat pie with a
•effc. doyot)?”—(Aoajw herald.
- r * .
OLD TIMES RECALLED.
T.i.k*
1C-
ry-
liU
last to die,
A Mctnb.-r of Fill mors’* Cabinet
About His Colleagues.
The Inst surviving member of Mill
ard Fillmore's cabinet Is lion. A. II.
H. Stuart, of Staunton, Va. Ho is 78
years of nge. ami luis a lively rrcollcc-
tion of ihe in^n of those day*. A re
porter for thu Now York MaU and l x.
P^Cfi iilel him tho other day at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, when ho wa-: i i at
tendance at i ho mooting of thu mu-
tees of the Peabody fund, of whom ho
js one. He U very tall and thin, is
stooped by ngc, and has a small, clean
shaven face nud bright c\e*.
"Recollect those limes?” ho s .id.
“They cun never hide from my memo
ry while 1 live. 1 wu.s .secrctury of the
interior from 1850 to 1853. 1 went in
to the cabinet scon after Mr. Fillmore
became president. My colleague* were
Daniel Webster, secretary of stale—he
died in September, 1852, and was suc
ceeded by Edward Everett—Tuum s
Corwin, secretary of tlie treasury;
Charles M. Conrad, secretary ot w..r;
Gov. William A. Graham, navy; John
J. Crittenden, nttoni-'y general, ;.ud
Nathan K. Hale, of Buffalo, postmaster
general. Mr. Graham was nominated
for vice presidency with Scott and
signed. John P. Kennedy, of M
land, then went on the ticket in
f ilace. Of all tboso men, 1 alone am
eft. Mr. Conrad was tbo
some five years ago.”
"How do our statesmen of to-day
compare with those of your time?''
"There are no men now to rank with
Clay, Webster, and Calhoun. C ay
was.tho greatest practical statusman,
Webster tho grandest debater and ora
tor, and Calhoun the most profound
.politioal philosopher. Mr. Clay had a
personal eloquence that enabled lum to
control nearly overrone who came un
der his influence. Mr. Fdlmoro was it
very able man and had a mind perfect
ly balanced. I don't thifik that public
opinion has dooo justice to hi* great
ability. Ho was a statesman of vast
resources, and always had sufficient
power to meet exigencies of whatever
nature, i know him well in c , ongro*s
in 1842 and often heard it remarked
that he was born for the leadership of
.the house.
"As vice president he seemed to have
every quality to control a::d dignify
the position. He was a model presi
dent. Ho brought with him to tho
oabiaat meetings a more thorough
knowledge of ttic topics and questions
Jo be discussed than was possessed by
any member. With it all he was tbo
most considerate and affable man it
lias ever been my good fortune to
know. If there was a purer man or
more unselfish patriot l have yet to
learn his name. Daniel Webster was
not only one of tbo grandest orators
and debaters, but socially lie was most
captivating. His wit was superb, hi*
words of wisdom and his R,w of spirits
perennial. At ids own bouse he was
a mpal delightful host, unu uctic eo i.d
excatul his hospitality. His very pres
ence gavo life to every convivial party.
He often diiMMi with me and 1 with
him.’ bo i Knew turn thoroughly iu h:*
private us well as his public life. 1
stood by Ais side when be laid the cor
ner-stone of the capitol i xieiihiou at
Washington in 1852 or D»3, 1 forget
which year. lie mado grand speech
on that occasion."
“Have tilings ‘’changed much since
then?”
"Weil, wo never he. M so much
fraud and corrupt motives attributed
to men iq high position os now. The
acerbity that prevails now in ihu jio-
litiCal parties did not exist then to such
a great degree. A* to hi)w the gov
ernment affairs are conducted now in
Washington I can not Judge. I have
not been there to remain any length
of Urns for thirty years. Bui l could
write lU tny volumes about tho men
and tho ivout* ot tho old whig days.”
New House* on Old Site*.
There afe, no doubt, many petsons
pow living in Rome who have beneath
them tho residence of some gentleman
of tho Middle Ages, under which, per
haps, is the home of a Roman family
of the time of tho Camrs; and this may
have been built upon tho foundations
of another Roman house, which was
considered a good place to live in
some five or six hundred years before.
It must be a very satisfactory thing,
when one is going to build a house, to
find beneath the ground some good
sfibstantial wall* which will make ex
cellent foundations. It very often
happens that theta remains of ancient
buildings are built of larger stones,und
thought'of * ro firmer nod more soiuf than tlie
* houses whieh are erected npon them.
4'bcre is another side, however, to this
matter, and the remains of old build
ings are frequently very much in the
way of those who wish to erect new
houses, for it does not always occur
that the ancient walls are in the right
places, or of a suitable kind, to serve
as foundations for the modern build
ing. Then they have to bh dug up
and taken out, which is a great labor.
There is a handsome American church
is Rome. When this was. built, the
work was mado very expensive by the
'difficulty of getting rid of portions of
walls, arches, rooms, and vaults which
fimee'Baunus Bad Ittt behind ihom,
never thinking that in tho course of
ages there might be such people as
gotfd, servieeablfl, UAmesteans who would wish to.build a
T church hexo.—-Fra/ik IS. MoclUon, in
at. Mcholat for Sovembcr.
• r ■ ■■ w' n ^ 1
jwo krancisco continues one of the
F cr » *- d ElTrur 'i.
The State ccrmu of VV !.- ciJIhIu has
been taken and the total population is
shown to bo 1,563.930, a galu ovi-r 1S8-)
of 21 per cent, i lie large-t gains are
in tho northern lialf of Ihe State, where
there hate been largo openings of
com para Lively now country, duo In
grout measure to lumlier interests. ^
Co-operative, a" ;-’ Uloii.s, or union
stores, lor tbo sn •• id groceries or dry
goods, are ns popular iirMassr.cfihsutts
manufacturing towns ns building asso
ciations ore in F-dlaih-ipiiin. Soipo
communities of C.0 M inhabit nU sup-
E ort two or threg. Tlie union store at
'anvers, n minor shoernnk ng town,
has lust dociuicil its tUlli annual divi
dend of $36 on every 850 share.
Accordintr to dnla collected by Mr.
R. W. Best, of tlie l>e.i r i at of Ag
riculture. tiioro nr in th-U hrd States
28.'),000,( Od acres of improved land,
445,000,000 acres of f. r s . .- i d 780.-
OoO.OOO r.crr s of uiiiinp: v* d ..u-i waste
untuubered Itr.d. lenta ly il i*
ftotad that forests are dis .ppCeVing nt
the rate of 2.},000 < O') utres’ < ucl» year.
The forest pro I e during the consns
year was 1$,<.0 >.<■■.»>.000 ; hoard
moasuro. L;-.t )e„r il wa 28.000.000,-
000 foet.
The eat liest t .'corded protected En
glish invention i* *nid tp be the making
of the Philosopher's Stoue: "'i'lint iu
tho time of Edward 111. some alchem
ists persuaded the King that a I'liifortu-
pher’s .Stone might ho made; that the
King granted a eoinmi<sion to two fri
ars and two nldertnep to inquire it it
were feasib.e, wlm certiTted that it wns,
anil that the K ng gr.uited to the two
aldermen a patent privi ego that th«y
and their ns.-i. * should Imv,- tlio solo
making of.the 1’nilos: p let's Slone."
An impc rtnnt series ot ev’cfini* nts
has long tn'en in ]Togrr-» at Mid ilcs-
boroitgh, England, with tjio view of
utilizing <^l \v.i-;e from chemical
work*, in den I of cm!., as fuel for
steamers. It is <' im-d that the new
invention wi.l tevolution the ocenn-
enrrying trail.*. Sevenl steamers jdy-
ing between Engiish.nno Meiiiterrnnenn
ports nave made rottn i tri])* bv the use
of tho new fuel exc u-hvelv, nndtho eti-
gineers report ex •ellent 'results. Too
oil tanks occupy but little room ami
tho fuel costs only half ns much as
coal.
More than threo iiuudrcd years ago
an English histor.au gave the follow
ing description of a saw-tail]; "iiie
saw-mitl is driven with uu upra^iit
whoci, and the Wuter that lunkulk it gt»
is gathered wuoi.i iutu a mti tow trougti,
I whioli doliveu tli tiiq s uuo water to the
-wheel, iwis vvaecl has a pieeo of tim-
ber put to thv! ; xU -.tn e. cud, like the
handle of a hroch, and fasted do the
end of u saw, which being turned by
tho/yreu of the water holsteth up ami
down the saw, that it continually cat-
Xdi^iii, and Um h.tnJ.c of thu saw is
kuptSqn riguli oi wood from swerving.
Also tho litpbur lielii, a* it wore, npon
a ladder, whltsiT* broiigiit by littlo to
tlie saw with rtnoTbcr vice.”
Three hutidred pagehnf xtatisticB in
tho last report of tiio JilibKmdiusotls
Bureau ot Labor Statistics a relink un
up with a hist or'cal review of waifo*.
ami prices from 1752 to IHUJ. Taking
the history broadly w'o find that wage*
have ri-eii far mpje rapidly than the
nrieo 8T e film has advanced.
In thirty ye.it* hi'fore tlie war wa^ws
advamod t : 2 3 percout. in twenty Iced-
ing ogcupalapn;, while commodities
rose but 12 p r ccut. in price. S.oco
1860 tho c.sj iit wages has been 24.4_
perceY.t.; in co'n: modi tics, Iff. 5 per
cent. O ', emce 183'9 tin re has hccu a
rise of 89.4 per emit, iu wages..am| «u>
advance ot 28 per cent, iu the price of
comniodiii ■». The same umount ot
hunnn 1 ill tivjjjjy mill s a largi r -rto"
ward in lieces.-i:,, > .,•:•! c mferts than
at any preVlnw, era hi otrv iiistory.
Man grows more valuable and things
less Valuable.with every' t'.ec.tdo. Tue
genera! tenTIcncy isrfo tiie equalization
of cond.tion, ; * Mr. Gnrdy- t.t- ci t' d in
tho face of rim pesdmistical to..: dag of
tho Engi iit econoiuis'.* nearly In.if u
century ago.— i It A • cricu :. '
A Strands Le^al Custom.
There are some peculiar customs in
connection with the administration of
the courts of fhr Dis'rlct of ToTffni'BTin
relics ot llio oid Maryland laws, but
one which strut:* the ordinary observ
er a* thu m >s. peculiar is that which
requires a winning party to a civil suit
to pay for the tobacco tint the jury
which tried tho ensu is supposed to
have used din ing tho hearing of tho
case. Now, it happ us sometimes, that
not one of the jurors uses tobacco iu
any form, and yet the pound of tobuc-
iiMlthiMst ciliss ia tho world, with an
annual death ralo of 19.68 per thou-
saad, whieh ia lower than the death
rate in thirteeo foreign cities and
wleVCD American cities selected for
comparison—that is to say, of foreign
cities. London, L rerpool, Manchester,
Sheffield. Leeds, Hail, Stockholm,
Bueno* Ayres, Dnblin, Belfast, Berlin,
Miinieh, s«Mi Hamburgh; and of
AaMTioan cities. New York. Uoeton,
Pittsburgh, Washington, Bt Louis,
New Orwans, Charleston, Baltimore,
Savannah, and Kich'mood.
i ' SAP • W*
A man iu New York who had been
the victim of a card swindler, went in-
t# oours and described from memory
tMrty wcparalc marks that hod been
put on as many cant* by the thumb
nail of the sharper, each of whieh idea-
tittod Hs pwrticuiar card.
foreman ui the jury tlio hi-l.int a ver
diet has been given. As iiligants or
their attornets are not in the habit of
carrying so much tobacco in their
clothing, for custom requir« s a pound
be given tbo jury, thu lawyer on the
winntn.
recorded i rr , the foreman of tuejury
§1, wh e i just i s good as the pound
of t' jiicco. S niictiuie* a jury will try
several cases a dav.'
will get $1 for
ucr. Tlie j.trie
money togeliier,
term divide it
Wufhinjlo.i < <.r.
eh from the win
> put nil their tobacco
an i at the end of tho
among themselves.—
. '■'f York Herald.
W tv'i-e 1 !> y
They were on ;age I to t>o married
and etlic'ii t;ieh other by their first
names, Tom and Fanny, and ho was
teliiug her now ho had always liked the
nnmj of Fanny, and how it sounded
like music in his ear. "1 like the
name so wcjl,” ho added, its a sort of
clincher to tiie ergum :nt, "that when
sister Clara r.skcd mu to name her (Hit
terrier 1 at one: called it Fanny, idler
yon, t'e ru t.” "1 don’t think that
was very nice,” said tlio fair girl,
edging wWay from Jiim
you like Ui nave a «log
i:y, tluU’s notiifng!” soul
me.
1 i:ey
you r
Tom
ftbii nTtw" i'i i i n a tin rj* idle
don't spc.i■, i:oit.
No one will quusuon the affirmatibn
of the postulate*' that speech u oi.o of
the chief and most valuable of tho tal
ents possessed by men, aud that they
are held responsible) to Go>4 ah.l mao
for its wise and beneficent use
Till* I’RMTDEXT and the pafekh.
A Ci'ltlrUm of Cleveland'* CriUcUm of
Certain I.eadln|{ Newspaper*.
( hrom the Charlotte Observer.)
A few days ago the President wrote
a letter to Mr. Keppler, one of tbe
editors of ibo New York Puck, In
which he took occasion to My that the
newspaper of tho present day wm
wilfully mendacious.
The denial of the assertion ia being
hurled back into Mr. Cleveland’s teeth
from a thousand presses, from Maine
to Mexico.
It was an nnfortiuiate expression for
the President U> use if he really meant
it. i
Wayland, iu his Moral Philosophy,
averts that there is much more truth
in the world than falsehood.
Iu the everyday newspaper there are
a thousand truths, where there is one
misstatement.
Indeed, as a rule, editors, correspon
dents ami reporters endeavor to get
facts and publish troths.
A newspaper writer who would do
any thing else ought to be, and would
l)e, kicked out of tho •editorial room of
any rexpectalde newspaper.
We do not know what Mr. Keppler
did, nor do wo care, that called forth
the caustic letter from Mr. Cleveland,
Wc only kubw that Mr. Cleveland
has gone ont of his way to assail the
w hole press of tlie United Stales.
He is tlie last man in tho country
who ought to do anything of tbo kind.
The newspapers made him Governor
of New York, and
The newspapers made him President
of the United .States.
Tlie hat toons, of even Puck, were
largely Instrumental in determining
tlie final result which placed Mr.
Cleveland in the White House.
An election alwavs Is, or ought to
be, an expression of popular sov
ereignty, and popular sovereignty in
America is but an expression of pop
ular opinion.
A political election in this country is
therefore, when successful, a regis
tered majority of tlie voters who have
deliberately come to conclnsions as to
men and jiriticiples, as they are pre
sented by tbe press.
Wc well remember when nearly two
years ago tlie managing editor of tha
Obstrvtj' wrote down the names of
about fifteen gentlemen who were at
that time regarded as probable camlh
dates of the Democratic party lor tba
Presidency.
Tlio merits and demerits of each
name was discussed and name after
imme was scratched from the Hot.
Tlie name of Grover Cleveland re
mained.
He was unknown to tbo pnbHc.
He had been sheriff of Erie coonty,
Ho had been mayor of Buffalo arid
lie was rbo Governor of New York.
There arc three thousand theriffl in
the United States.
There arc several thousand more
ma\ or*, and
There are thirty-eight Govemora of
fine
—Tha CharieaUM cotton Mododafll
hM •(upended operation*.
—A heavy fall of mo* b
hM delayed railway tnriaa
-Miss Kate Boater*!, M
had bar ana broken by n\
—D. H. Day, n wall known
of Atlanta, wm killed by a
train last week.
—Five-sixth of the Irish peonte ee-
cording to Herbert Qlnteitee, ere M»
lowers of Parnell. .. r r
—Tbe Criioree for lea! 1
336—the largest segregate i
since Jen nary, 1885.
—The Richmond Whig tee
bought by neompeay, and wit
lished as a Democratic organ.
—A Are in Mobile, Ate, on Friday
night destroyed •160.000 Worth of
property. Insurance fl19,000.
—The postofflec at Js
Lancaster coonty. wm recently rt
of several dollar* iu,money ana a <
tity of stamps.
—At Jackson, Miss., the
caucus last week nomil
Walthal and George for
L nited States Senators.
—Gen.,Jqbal A. Early Is
as a man of venerable appeal __
long, white beard rmebteg to hie wale!
and his bent figure indicauit| '
advance of extreme okpqpe.
-It is pretty dear that tie Mfc
question is still for from a l
solution, notwithstanding the
anticipations inj^hiob Mr
his lieutenants have been
-The Legislature bavin
vision for the new jell in
and part of tbe necessary __
already collected, tbe county
•loners will take early '
the building.
-Tbe Virginia Honan of -
has appointed a committee to
Into the cost of bnlldrng a new
House, ft is proposed that Ihb bnild-
l ng shall be of granite,^parried bmp*,
gnda by convicts. 71
—A sixteen-year-old glrf. hfoMf te>
^vamt in tbe Onset* eMe if Mew
Orleans, milk
I <g on Saturday evenii
in thatdty. She bad
In apparently
—The Galveston JTam rslli sttsnflsp
to tbe f*9t that while tribbtaeteS
memory of “Bob* Toomte been pfon
tifhlly eotne Axms all partenf dmennn-
VirJX STbST-JhliK
Davis.
-The
is tlttVMU yeas, with
•60,900 for bouse bold
iug a total of tl80,C
whe has Jum been i
Of sevenvean, is now
years oltL
States in this country, aud there was
little better reason for mmdnptlhg ^ —Ice m^n along the
Grover Clevclund, because he had I ^ lBno * >>cot ’
been sheriff, and mayor and was then
.eu (Wf
sitting Governor, per te, than any of •” al
v ati
gathered in* tbs*
for above 1,000,900 spaa ,
— —*-<— * -.- I
recemiy gotten w 1
- he Governor, bni an eeatjnAng-
with the superintendent of ti* aegF
tenttery it wm found Oaf tte coMl
find been reteaeed by
man
was
lo
at her this winter < v crop.
f,*, «r, limn H ny oi -dninsboosMnow empty
thu six thousand other officials to l * *f*° H 1 ? WlH be tte
wliieiMre have referred. ‘‘
But tho Democratic newspapers
thought we rontd win with Cleveland
at tho head of the tioket, and they
went to work and puChlm there.
Tlie politicians fought and kicked,
b|it the press won, as ft always does.
Mr. Cleveland was nominated, find
Mr. Cleveland was elected
Ho was made a candidate by the
newspapers, and x
Ho was made President by the news
papers.
When Mr. Cleveland goes to ill
iug Ids caustic irony around
to remember that “whom ___ 9
would destroy they would first make
made,” and that under the neW dis
pensation while the old Roman myth
ology has been relegated to the shapes
°f ,,1C lhc *>«wapapere of the
United .States are even more powerful ju.
'han the “destroying” gods two’lbW-II?*
sand years ago.
I tO SUM-
be ough!
the gads
senator iwti.br cowrr.nnwrkb.
Tlie Kindly Coniinenl*of a LPtolbW Uortll-
... ora Nowspopor.
The New York World recently pub
lished a very complimentary notice of
Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
winch will bo road with plcMure by
every South Carolinian. The World
says:
Senator M. C. Butler is certain to
eo or it* uq liViiu tii il .* to Do paid tho Jjecome very prominent iu the debates
■, n iii Ii.m iiitt' fim i t .. ...... _ ** .» . _
• of the next two or three years. He is
one of the ablest ami clearest-headed
men on the Democratic side. He hM
never taken very much part iu tho
debates, but yet has spoken often
enough to show that he has unusual
' - * w snow tuai ms uas uiiusual
^ side a* soon a* tho verdict is powers as a debater, while he has that
IM1 Dn* - Hid lf>rf»m;i?l nf tliomrir ^ ; liA - » . % *
aggressive quality and steady courage
which are so necessary to make a suc-
,. - - , - cexsful leader. He is very quiet and
.t tiicv do they geulie in his manners. He is onn of
the best bred men in the Senate, lie
would never begin a quarrel, bat
would be the last man in tbe world to
ruu away from one. Ho has had a
number of very sharp tilts with Sena
tor Edmunds in the executive sessions
of t lie Senate. It is said of him thal
ho has held his own verv well _ ‘
tho savage thrusts of the keen-wit
Vui inonter. The Senator is very near
ly fitly years old. lie was educated
as a lawyer. He lost a leg in the war
of the Rebellion, where bo rose to the
rank of a major-general in tbe Con
federate army. lie wm one of the
earliest of tbe Southern men to accept
tbe results of the war, and has always
been a conservative. He was one of
the iew white Democrats in South
•how Would Carolina who opposed the Black Code,
in,mud alter which his cf< — T * J
bsomhu
RiCHBoen, .
of the Yiigfele
morning i
jo oppose*! me disck uoae. Green, of xxn
Slate Legislature adopted censber fil, in
■m oiuu >7 .*wt >t was readmitted to the “Do me u»:
an* "oiif thu cat* in tho Lnion. He has al wave been a peace- wbatsteBsI.
T* 1 '.'541 7—'T v ..ia.-. 1—. 1i «f . ■>* ^■ 1 ■ I-va t A t. i a IJ E. ^ _ _ a# _ _ m a flL
1 VTlffiNn d
his Sutc. Through partiMn misrepre-
sentation fora time be wm mam to
appear in tbe North m a leader of tte
whites at the Hamburg msseacre. Yet
it was clearly shown afterwards that
tie went there only after the flghtief tte
began and iu the interests of
Through his personal eflbrts
Crvat many inooceet UTsa.w«
David T. Terrjr,
is koowu in _
with Senator
latter was kil)
—Iu Uw cattle eonventioe
this month «! Denver,
heals Of ceprw
member most <
to secure a seat,
dinatisfoetion
with limited. <_
thus deprived of a voice
ceedings and are left oat te the
—A singular salt hoe bom i
by a San Franeiscojnstieo. T^bui ■■*
•299 damages for eontraeltef^S
“barber’s Itch” ot tte eteritav SUIT
of Soiomou Cohen. After tmdfm \
testimony. Justice Burke set*
dofibtfni whether the ffiisass Wal «
tractsd at Cohen’* pteo% aod he m
him a verdict.
—A Ricbnso
cold has catted tin lee w ,
Kennebec Biter Is lb 11 ef i
there with a tepaffi -
and thousaads ef
peiwient upoto tte tea h
employment are walttegt
thejaxntdbe brokem