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^ —OF— ' GRAHAMS. * " S. D, M. GUK3S, Prksidf.mt. C. L. WROTKN, Cashiek. •ollclied, special attention Riven to Collection*. Kemittarce* made at lowest rate* of exchaiiRM.— laiana made to farmers on good col la t- [Jan9-3ni Special Notice. Alljieraon* IndsbtPTTT^ririe' eTther by noto or o|»on aj*count. are /eqncsted to vnd wht*n ti»o.a» , m»ou ends tlie caiiiog bell, make early K‘ttlenient, aa longer indul* • Ronce caxuiot be given. — ^ CIIAKL23 PECHMAXX. Barnwell, Sept. 5, bsrt'j. A bridal |*Ur, rith tHi talc? blush a-km. Await iinfiarifotly th^ htflrwrml Which l.lods shout their h^uxs-ths^pto,! bow. 4^ ^ •* - - The ■« wtfglOQtfd-tt,ir.?ltf,?For^hcanl. * “ ,s ' l»Ut W Very clump of rusl.es m. winch is its “form;* As puss g.'ws away down the T. ft. Einstein, i4i coxgiiii-:*s .^ ritr.KT, S -^. V A IS r TsT A H O A Wholesale Dealer In GenU’, Boya’, Cfaildrena* and Ladies’ Hat*. , .IvilTJ-iy - t raownl In a mined meeting house. And phanbans of the nvneiatiou.'. gono ___ Orm.o round about me. reveries to arous* Of all the phases to which flesh Is Lorn. ( saw the pulpit as It stood of yore. The prayerful preacher tolUu^ of the tnml\ Tlio TUlajrn choir prrchoil up above the door, And patient listeners iu pcnmve g’.ooSL Yet not all so, fur here an«l there a look Of faith and trust sublime WikiIJ Imply ^loW, And turn devoutly to the sacred t»K>k la xlad subiniusion to the lot below. )n yonder hlxh backed N*nch a tiny waif Of weak humanity lu purvutal arms tbidr* the chrudeuing, luuoceutly anfe l-'rom all the horrors of heretic harms. A CURIOUS CHAPTER IN ENGLISH RURAL HISTORY. FASHIONS HAVE CHANGED FLINT LOCK TIMES. SINCE TOM ALLEN’S INDIES ADVENTURE IN MONTANA WITH Ways and Methods of Men WLd Tlututw the Game Laws of Great llrltaln—Ka* listing the Aid of Coonty Justices, Milk men and Somo of the Farmers. P.iocliing is one of tliofino arts—how “rtno" only the initiated know—aud the succctatful p«Micher is nl ways a si>echilu.t. lie selects oiki kind of gn ,ne . an d hLs wholo knowledge of. woodcraft is directed against it. In autumn and winter the man who devotes himsolf to “fur’’ knows the whereabouts of every Lure in the -parish—not only the field in winch it The silent retinue, the sable |iall, Fhe wall of anguish, the *o<I story tell Of siu’s jtu.1 itcuu*uc« resting U|ion oik Those green young bo’.ighs fresh budding Ints bloom, Thoc*« bent old brunches weather worn anr* ftray. • Alike have pawwd the portals of the tomb And melted like the morning mist away. Soon sinking as a sunset out of rk w, Tho cougregatioic choir and pn-achcr fade. And but rvuialu the antiquated j-ew And empty pulpit, broken aod decayed. Aad so, methought, the ginerstlons glldo And vanlsii bite the vUioo of tile night. Nor ta.Ty on the lnexorablc_Lids That wafin tl^e soul Immortal Into -Pavtd GreTtam aTTi>»' in lhdiijiK>n* Americaa. turnip rig, ho notes her cvefy tAist and ttouhie, and takes in the niinntost details, lie Lv careful to examine the* “smoots” ami gates through which site passes, and these .spots lie always approach** laterally. He leaves no scout of huod oor print of foot, nnd does not disturb the herbage. All this with a view to his talent work. After this it need hardly be said that the intelligent poacher Is always a naturalist Tho sij^ns of wind aad weal her he knows, as it were by heart, and this is essential to hU silent trada Tim rise and wnne of the moon, the rain bruiging tides, tho hwal migrations of binb—these and a hundrctl otlicr things are marked in bis unwritten ca lute tar—•Hh wutdmir life bar A First Class Dueling Outfit of Forty Years Ago—The Derringer Interval ami thw Dawn of thu Uevulver Fro—A Trlni Modern tYeupon for Dead Shuts. “If you are intcreste«l in shooting irons,’* Niid a gun ih-a 1 ^ in lower Broadway not long ngo to a reporter, “let mo show you some pis tols. They will indicute bow fashion have chungisl among .thootiiig men during the last forty years.’* In a ueut *hmhogany case which the <h*aler placed on the counU*r lay two single Imrreled pistols. Tlie 4Mirrels were a f(*n long The Imre was a-ttnlf inch m diameter Carrels, locks, nnd stock* ware elaborately nnd taste fully eiigfaved by hand. The jrtocLs were peruilir.in sha]ie iu Unit n horn projts-ted so ns to fit tietween tho thumb and the rest of the hand ami keep the wea|ion from jumping up when llreil. There waa u cirdeof steel in the case flial was for cutting patches for the round bull iixvl in loading the pistol. Bullet "mould* were also in place, and ajiowdcr llask uml cap box as well It was a tii st (lass itt]Pl*~ iug outfit. - They ai-e for sale,” said the dealer, “ho- The lied UaaeaU Make a Raid on the Cabin ami Hum It to tl>« Ground, but Tota Foots Tlieut by 8llppin~ Away In a Laig Dugout Covered with Itntsh. One of tbo earliest settlers In Montana was Thomas Allen, whoowns a ranch about twen- ty-fivo miles south of Livingston. Coward tbo National pm k Allen and several other yomtg men nilgrato! to the west during the gold excitement at Emigrant guh-h nliout tlm year 1W. and. after meeting with considerable hard tuck, tlnally took up quarters for tbo season near the foot of thu Snowy Kattge mountnuu and cions to theliankk of the Yellowstone nv«r. Here they built a small fort and profidihL it with loopholm for defense in case of an attack by Indians, as tha latter fm,ut-ut|y came that way while on their raids up ami down the valley, and might be expected at any inoimmt. . The little log hut ^)f these pioneers alvo stood close tx-side a swift mountain stream, ami in quite u secluded spot, and the three men who occupied it, though very brave and fwvi !«■*, gi urn HXirnineTyfesirful and constant ly excrtCHl tho greatest vigdamx* to provent a ■urpriae. ■mtr HABERSHAM HISTORY. Ti ingenuity. He Ims mnise aumuut of knawlolgo of the life of tho fiehls and woods; and he is that one man in a thpmujL'Lw ho luts-ifici-iini‘-y "ye ■u- 1 -Thf 'radical Watchmaker. Old Time Freshet and Hurrlram Cold Snliirduy of I KU;|. Tlm writer of these nMidnlscmcc* was born mint •ulllcicnt to interpret nature aright. KXTICNniVK rilEKAUATIONA In mmmer_poachers ninke nnd ropalr their caus;< dueling is out of f;i*bhjiL They cast *4^ - - AI.WAV*. OX TOk LoogOilT. hxf hfe hax ■to-rtjri| l ohcj wh-»n nt^, nnd ujsiU 44ike41e : Any atrawgw muse was a signal fw iipi much ruody—now tn buy the ewtHt:—Fmty ysam 5gf> no ‘ fn fh.-lr guns, and the slightest crackling of a imbibed an uu- -^nfier sort of a weapon ** •■« n^l in the twig near by fouml them Instantly rraily for sii«s>ting grillcrics. The gnllery .man loaded action. Numerous times they had otMcrved thu wcn[snia and gavu tho word as if a duet wrar parties of the Sioux or Blackfuet on the ■ltd tU6 JTiSuld tie expert.! ojqsAiie^sborc of tho Yeliowstmfc, but a man placed twelve only one* had-the red men mmle a Moorish Wire* Not flneh Coroplet* florae to TUetr Lords as Hus Uoew S«p|mmmmL Tho Moslem wouktu are hot sach complete •laves to their husband* aa la fp^iftrally sup posed A Moorish offlevr we took to Jeddah _ fnan Tangier hod his wtTe with Uut. Sbe was his only wife, afft. though only Hi year* of age, bod been imrried to him five year* and bail had thmo children, one of whom was dead nnd the other two alive nnd left bebiud at tboir borne in Fux, whence-they came. He had twlco before performed the pil grimage to Mecca, Ctrl each time hail bees arcotn|>nnied i»y his young wife. This time they were takidg her mother with them, and, 1 indeed, the thoughtful n<>d oonshlemts way iu which be treated them occasioned ma a good deal of surprise. Tills bigoted Mussul man—looki-d upou l»y his European brethren as a jealous tyrant of women, os' one utterly iarapnMe of appreciating thetr higher qtfal-" iti^s .stnl.t ^Itsinl) ln.es sliswusl them in this matter. Tho ship was lying In the hay almut a mile from the city of-Tangicr. The s**u was rim- ning pretty high, and long liefore they came alongside both Uulies were very *iok. (iently ho lifted them on Utard ami laid them down in a quiet corner, while he rushed about to iu<ck the U-st place on deck wbun«»n to fix hi* tent Then lie toru opon his jMtckages aqd -drew oiirfnnn tho»n carpets and pillows and curtains, and in u short while a well fitted tent was ready, and into it he curried the two woman and laid tbam d<*wu aiui ttiwir There they lay till the next day. a* much like two bundle* of clothes as anything else, A lively little woman, with a chin that was lively, too, and defrauding the pious Ad ataki old Windham county Her henrl over the cocslRkwv »f the faraway M heaa stsadily, and she told every one ahe BMC what her setitimenfes were ebohl the The beat boo must be clothed, educated out of their benigb the imly way hr which to do'it wee to theguejA to them aad infjna them th^l they had perishing sonla To carry tW gos» pel end tlist Information Would cod maaey. she sdmittsd, and “if Hr. —— would pleaee make a small doostloo, she would carry thw money to the missionary folks la Mew York, who would buy the gospel with it aad chip Id promptly to Indie's coral Congo basin.* —. « —— - Mot i «pW little aowa adth First door soutli of Brown IIoiisp, Barnwell (L II., S. C., olfers his servioes to the public! 'r——7" An exnrrlnnce t>f upwards of forty -in Booth Cardina-JolyW. - H*v fariirr - lon-Kliiter um\ .Large huro m-u aw» j-emoved to ilabersb.-un countv, Oa.. about *>u»de for gt tee, inallar ones for raldwt bar the year 1SJ2, and dio.1 ou the C»Ui of .M.ui li, ■ nn.l “«.ioots. n Partridge nets are also USXi The fa 11 of tho indoors wns la 1SCI, and. necrssarUy largo, haying sometime* to ctocr Htrungo as it may seem, I neversaw anything Although most of the summer of rt, tuMtUer did any om? whWe i wns at that <4tt * Is-pracDcaHy tcHe, it i* at this was in piogn 1 ^ firvsl at the outline of |idK» nwny. Althoiigli revolvers w»«rc in vented before liui date I sjn-nji of. the dia-hng -pfcH*>WtcW n* own in The KhcvvrtUg gSHcrles until after the war. • for even their face* and hands were invisible, and 1 really lieUcve tbey did not move oneo, although iu a few hours, as soon a* ws had pretense * got through the straits and entered the Medl- „ of attack, and that wa*Np|tareutly to frighten terranean, thosea horame perfivtly calm ami ’ the innmtes of tho hut to, that the formor a great «Uui of their iiidik)siidu«>tt must have in Putnam, or in plooo in ths county trisd to rettet tkri •ionary xcal that actoate*! tbs dimj chin, ate! every man came Higfet Ehiocs, dencoaa, c parishioner* subscribed to Fund,’’ that the little woman carried In her pocket, and the missionary** daily rerwipta were from #10 to $fiO. Mbs capitated thw entire.masculine heart of Putnam, and Use good folks were tbinkingof having her give a lecture in the village churches, oa the “uut* look for the missions in tbo Btattampatr* and Pnajah Piekis,” when the ■ilaleuei y v angd suddenly di*a|>peanfd. That b all, as* cept that anme of the victims suboequently wrens to the Blhle house folks In Mew TOW^er iot Tbey added that They Were out “pushing their missiooa into Congo terri tory as jet," The ladles of Windham county are very glad that she liss gnus, for they fear if sbw bad tarried much longer aha "wstd have had aii the reruiy money the Windham ana pov ms.-Putnam (G>nn.) Cor. Mew York dua. t i nows hi* r>usines* jtud will give satis faction in the quality ol his work ami the moderation of hU cliarg, s. ^g^Keliahlc lime kcciHT? for sale. tuchS TffiTT.T [Kirs by in aifcty. - The manner in which these tliree men lived, w«-rv it fully written, would pre^uit rntbir a utrange culinary |»rol»h-lU.J OcOer While shoot Ing men clung to the- dm-ling j ^ify spanking, their diet w a* >l»nHiiod ahn«*t Tnk nCRRI.'CCER ntTI.OD. ftttlai i», tl»» Irndl ««o^wn'I4^*fiter^PwaW9RClt<i»^atte»nj*t-s-: lin * 4> - lU4U - u T ** i . Dr. J. II. E. MILIIOUSj Dental Surgeon-^ Blackville, S. C. %Vill ha^e regular appointments a* (•Hows: . At Barnwell, U. II from 1st. Monday '(or aale't-tl.ty) in each month to WeU- uesdsy evening. Oilier at tho i’aUer- •OU House. At Silly’s, B. A. A N. R. R., from Bd Monday in each month to W*dmo»- day evcuiiiR. Oihco at Price’s Hotel. WHl he at ni* homeoflic-<at Binekvilie t‘very Friday and Saturday from 1st of j February to 30th Septcmher inclusive, nnd every TUursday, Friday andS.itur- day, from 1st October to 31-t January laelnaiva. H'lH make appoln’Rijenf* w ith patlcntM U> tuent litem xt either of hi* ollicva at any time. Patient* will And It more comfortable to Have their work done at the '/(lice, thoi:glt If desired w ill call on them at ibeir residences anyw here w itMin thirty miles of Ulackvilie reeitaPorrevsi-ituIvTuMi. but merely* sa/That great cxcitcmeut prbvailud. On tho next «lny everywhere the V^>iirion wa* that tho *uu would never ri.-ia any ueira Tho |M-oplo met and lull meetings and prayod f»r deliver anca. TIih grand pbenonienon is very ably I written up by several able divine writers Tho !n>'iuonabie cold Satuedny was the Tth <lnv of February, iHst, and was tiiu i-oldint account of. The chickens om tho roof dca<t l'rvv» [ froze and l»ur>t all that night, making rejiort llke giinx TheTfi'-nnoiiK-t'-r tii>'n«-xt nv-m ( mg was from 4 dcgrwv to 10 degrees below _ u-ro. ' Tlic stage ilrlver on oik* of the mail rotit<'» I south of H:ii«o!sbam froze, and wheu the horss* camo to a (iostofllcn they halt->l, tin* p*stui:ister wijnt #Hit to-g»< tho mail and found the driver in his seat cold mi l dead. Tho lit Tin us were t he llr>t zet tiers of Haber t sham, but ui tha (oouutains whore 1 was r.ai-v'ii Uicni weri* nona, and I never saw anv ly -atud^ef. the |jfe_nf Jha fields kbd niMkes Uis~dbNervat»on!« for winter, lie gets occasional cmploynK-nt at bny or har vest, and for bis «tarker winter profession trt>asiir<-* up w imt he sec*. He is often intro- duix-llothe lK*art of tho Lind, and miase* iH>tl.i)ig wdien im gwt* thw npporTOTttty Ttl autumn b* 1* engn^o»l to out down nah |v»hw, or to fcIlN'oung wo<*l.s, and this bring* Liui to the covert. Nothing escape* his notice, nnd in thu end his employer* have to pay dearly for his labor. At this time pin isants, t>m tri-lge and grouse an* brcs-ding. and are therefore worthies*.>*> with rablxtsand imrea. Every poacher know* thu^t the dHTlculty lies not *o mucli in oldaruing the game as iu transporting it aafcly home Their dog* are nlwuys trained to run n couple of huudavl yards in advance. *o as to gi' e warning of nny nun * approach. If a polico oonttnlde or Lcvpcr b met tm the highway, the-rfng-im- moiliately leap* ths fence, and, under its cover, rons back to it* master Booing thi.*, the game bag is di-opjjod into a dry ditch, y**!*t*»l for ptilery |»mrti«u, ni anncf|xition of tKsvUttffa k>iowh»dg--'of it* some Aide, they could n<»t carry-WH-h a w repou around wi(Ti tbciiL Thederr1ugcr a aa*anoordingiy »>rmight out ox a |»ocket pistol, it wasa short ncn;s>n, , the iiarix-1 la uvg, tfl|t two and a half mchc* j is of the old time gam- I >pl *tcnmlMiat.s it wa* a N he y been of that inexplicable nature which would have tried the pnticnoa of many a Christian busiiand o.nsidcralily But Its husied hiinnelf aUnit and lit a fire, and presently tumod.-»ut a nice little din- exclu-qwdy to Vixusoii or a^( st'-ek. siO<Lii*h*, '*-*er i o*k1 -dMln’t ‘Uwo hf* temper aliit breauwe Ion" tiutrui the idPr* nn the deadly weapon. oln-n fought duel* ! w i:h dcrriqger*, while In hand-to hand cou- Qtcta ilernngcrs ^nvarin’l.ly uso'l if any weapon la-wi-ie* A l^wat ktnfu were drawn. I Of onurKe the fact tl&t tbo derringer had j hut one charge wa* tmtod. To make up for this two were miTuOf T en double he.rrehvl derringers x%cre.inLrodi intrisiu<V»l. one I«»i tc! h mg , os iu a slmtgmi. Gmlin has of tiwiu. I have rv- n a great nwiv rvlic-s. a- I ftn ’ 1 ^**2 "nd man make o*f in diffident dii*cc- ladies Wanted AT- Mrs. Mo/airs New Store, - , »■ ■ ■*- ^'^4 - ^AIN STREET, (Caves old stand) F1r«t door West of Tobla’a Dreg Store, - To se#vidin : re ami purchkHO the bo-1 ^ JUKI tnuat tKaittifuI Millinery (»<>«<ls ever brought to Barnwell at prices that rhallenge approbation ami defy. coui|»e- tilion. The atock if oompletn, embracing all V ’ Rmnl* In th* millinery line that hw* needed in adorn and make happy the fair sex and to'cliarm ami captivate the lTd* of creation. Without attempting impo*«ihle task of enumerating it* ctiona Mr*. Molair content* herself with inviting the ladie* of all the coun- «r to call xml bw^conviuoed that they cun be suite# with good.* that can not bo excelled in m»re pretention* place* and at price* that cau not be under quoted auy#here. 7 Dress' Goods d j a11 the late ami mo*t popular aut) ap proved fabric* will be found at the old *Und which ha« *o long been head- qnartetlfor thl* line of trad •and which pledgfl&very effort t«* pr* serve and !n- 'urtaae Kk well won prestige. - #pforegoing further and *urolv fariug worse the Udie* are cordially lrfvlu-,1 io visit bMh atorc.*, inspect go >ds and learn price*. w — . •Ml**. MOt'AJJT. . ♦ " Barnwell C. 1I?J S. C. •epl9-tf jrt-'ces of dirt oven.*, | qx* and i“htTcuri«ai> implements There w as said to U*nu ol 1 w<^ . mail that nio<U- a confewian' upon her rh alii .ta?»l tothi*effect: Tluit th'-n> were once two trilx.-s and they gat to fightiog. and ono of the trilics aauihilateil tb'' other. Shic weqaou !<► • s.;j that tu? copq’ter.Ts would brin" rrf'oc i; , the others to ber llv l and blindfolded, and 1 -h<- would throw them Into the river, wb'-re ■ they would go ov«c Tixxoav Falla. 0he tdxo ,*ji 1 that sho could get for^iveue-* for ever)’ ! thing >h? ever did but drowning these In ! dian*. but that her d *>fn was fixed, and that : die wnagoing to hell then topay tbo penalty I of her crime. t'alviu^J. ILTuks ivns killed at Clarksville ' (1 do not recollect w hat year), and his omr 1 den-r went to Texaa and thero went derung : o-t and «U'*L I do not recollect hi* nauio. ' Texas at that tuna wras entirely out of the! Ciiib-d Stater!, and was a place of rofugc— Menieil like it did not matter whnt « man did, , if lie cr>ul 1 get to Tcxas at that time he w;i* pei Lvily r.-ifo.- Ward kilLtl flojier at a placo called tbr-* “Cli>'*Pfxvf Ouk. 1 ' about Tourti^n mtJcf-frsm ^ thcar U» be irix-aicd, nnd yet ht* •Clartsville. TVard was Kojs-r'* non-in law, nixl they had tx-ennut peddling with a wagon <«ud team, attd Loptr wax killed widTa fuck f<>r his monay. War<l maiio iu> ♦ , >ca')x> and was p>ac fob sometime, Imt was finally trijxl. romrteted anrt liarrgoil.'tJdt - ! do hot recolloct the y«ior. | Ja-v-b Stroup, from- Norfh Carolina, cam» j U> Habersham nnd Aft'ctetl a fnruqyc on fkvjue, liclo'v Clarksville, nn 1 run it for n fe./ years nnd **4d out to John R. Matthews 1 and others, who wero ktyled “The llalx*r ; sham Imu Works Manufacturing company,’* i a:id they ran but a few year*. Jacob • Strqup went t^ Stamp Creek and put up a furuuce in what is now Dortow county. Ilatiersliom furnished her quota of *ol<iicrs ! for tho Creek war of ISK*. nnd-tho removal of tho Cl'eroksre Indians of i 'Hie great-Mny freshet that is known as the Hf.rriaon freshet wa-. iu ISiO. 1 went tosch<x>l ti«*na County conttoblcr. loiter kboht umru- queutvd Inuos aad bypaths ct daybreak The poachers know this, and are rarely met with ptfue upon them. Ditches;xt.ncks and rick* niror-l g<x»d t'.iding places until woin-u can Is* scut toJutch the spoil. Tbckfe failing, ix-mitry Cart km and early morning miik carts ait) useful to the |x>acher. In one t-hwpy viliago , knowu to us, both tho postman and paridi clerk were poachers. The latter carried his game in the black ba," whicti usually held tbo funeral pail Tho smith at tho xburing forge was the regular receiver, and there were few in the village w ho had not jxjarhod at xomo time or other The cottngo wonic.’i netted li a.ainl shut their garden gate* on liRroic.-vl rabbit* when they earhe down to feed in win ter. ruormsTtifo rn* rAi uKis. Except for immediate use. pmcher* seldom keep Uttar nota at houio. Tiny uro ttusrrd away iu church tt»w«r, iKirn, rick, or out house. .A* to the j>ORcber'* morality w jih re gard to i ho game law * it is difficult to defect jma. w here be draw* thb line He for native phi losophy tells him that when this lime come* game wifi have become wcllnigh extinct.* rjx>n the ground act he l<*>k» with mingled feeling*; for, after all, aix- not rab bits and hares the chief product* of his bight*f Tlie Tanner* now get thcM*. and the poacher’* field ix limited. They •‘ttgr.ge him, maylx-, to stay tho ravages upon clover an<i young wlirat, or to thiu the rabbit* from out the pastures. The poacher propiti ates the farmer in many way*. Occasionally, in .the morning, Fie farm lad find* half a dozen rabbits or a hare urojqK-d Ix-Kind tho liui ti door ilow these come there no ono knoww or asks. The Country attorney is sometimes Kulnnittcd to a liko indignity. In crowing land the poacher is coreful to doe* gates after him, mid lie never break* down fences. Hu nxeisl* cuttle and t>heep which ho find* iu extremity, and leaves word of the mishap at tho farm.—I* it likely that th* beside theylher a double barreled flintlock derringer in hi* 1 Broadway gallery. Tho flash ]*aiis were on i top of tho borrclx. It was elaix-rately on ! graved. (>ut it wns about ns unhandy a weapon to get out of a man** |*>cket ui a hurry a* . irHihl well be hnagined. Mftny of the doulile , barxch-d wxvipon* had bronze Larirts, and 1 Just l>cfore the war it was n common thing for fut:nv w riter* to refer to doable LcneU-d Lnw* pi--*<U a* tLo t}!-* of nut rust wortbi- • newt T}:-sc r.capoux were geuerally of i!cl ' gian make ar;l never had eti extended sale. The invention of metal cartridge**waji a * great tiling for pistol maker*. Many rmicti., , weapons were brought out during tho war. | One of the mobt novel w a* a three liarrrloil 1 weopon with the liarrel* orrange»l vertically ■ ’onp als*ve tho other, while* a substantia] Ixiw ie blade could lie slid out beyond iho r muzxlm on occasion. The blade was fixed ) then* by n spring, and the empty pistol then Ix-cniiu-u wicked knifa. Tin-dould#barreled den ingi-r of tbe present time, w ith tlie Uir ; rel* one on top of thuuther, wasevolvetl from tWs idea. After metal carli idges were adopted the*; production of light nnd effirb'iit revolvers j l-ecame possible, nnd no end of styh-s wen- brought out. Among n host of worthies* cast | iron affairs were a few made l>y firms that, prop<>M*i to r-.inko the best s<-rt of weapon* | pz-siMe, ami these few firms arc still in the , business, Tho good revolver proved xo efll- j cient that tho u*o, of .derringer* drop|x.-d al- j ♦nnrt entirely. Thero. u only one firm how ! of course, had m j-Q tddqV**- 1 by i.imiuin 4 Wheu Indum* weia> w* plenty iu the valley ax to make it dniqp-rooe to veutuieout the trio of squatter* would u»eextra precaution*. Two of tlie men would leave tito but at the approach of daylight and repair to the ntoun tains, niul there wait until a dw-r or elk came along and shoot and dn-ss it, and after taking thu rhuict^t and bext (Mirtions cover up the balance to SLsTcte it from' the wrnjvo* or mountain lions, and then retui u to their but ui a stobithy nuuiner. Oftentime*, to avoid any chanco of a sur- prise, tln-y would mumn *way untii late at nl^fit, thus entirely escaping olmervatiou. Then, of ennrsw. at *uch hazardous times they dare not make much fire, aa it might Lead to a xurprue and purbape to their de struct ion. , Meat '‘atraight” was therefore not an on- common diet, and they took turns doing sen tinel duty for six inontli* at one stretch, being «-enw:lew* ui thoir vigilauca —~ Unt ono night two of tha^irufNec*. on ro- turning with tlw-ir lUX-UKUMne*! load of^x-uvie ions, wi-re astonuhod to uiM'ovttr th.it ttotir Imt was niLr.itig. It had Ik-ou burnol to tho ground during the day, leaving nothing only sotne lire Cabers, por could they find any trace of their companion. So they concluded that he certainly must have perished, as traces of Indians were du- linrtly vi^it-.l* in many places, showing con clusively that they were the iueendinriua Afuu* several houn^, however, their aompuu- Um put in an appeat'aius-, he having bcun coq- Ccaled over a milo away and aiuong soniui-ob touwuod bushes. 1 • * Thu account which lie gave of bis escap* was *o very rtrnugo as to aimuMt *e«-in lucrisl- it'la He luul ob^ervisl th« Indians when tbuy were at quite n iliJaucr from tho hut, and is asoiie-l that with »o large a force of *usr age* defense would l« entirely iiseloa*. Bo bo aliatidoneil tho little log structure and. with gun in hand, dod down a ravine toward tho river, thinking to avoid-discov cuy.. But Hie keen, sagacious eyo* of tho Sioux d i*i:erne<i bun and ti,e) gave pursuit. Tlmy ondefivored to prevent bu reaching tli«.Yellow stone, hut as the dUiutn-e wa* sliort tl»ey would have mme of Hr. but ouly gaerd sorrowfully at the provisions that were to bo wasted. Then he made them some tm and then some coffee, and left nothing untried iu tbo wbolo catetfory of thing* to make tln-m comfortable, naticntlr sitting there fanqing them, or anon starling up to get them w-me water or any other thing tbey might want. When, the next morning, the ladle* had been induced to look over the side of tlu> ship and had nmviittxxl tbeinsclvee that tbv ww was aa calm as it |*«albiy could he and that, f-two tnilee twao In thopdid they bewrir ttM-ineelvea aihI do ttieir' This jmir^Hglvea projirr work hi att-mding to ttie house and rural life feTjapa doing tl»e cooking They took great pride in making the tent look clean anti neat, and al together tliey teemed a very happy couple.- Corubill Magazloa Japan, properly caHed Den (pan. U the groat land of the rising sud. The harbor* t4 this bland greatly reserabte tbon of India. The txxp.t b vory pi,:turewpie. A* jam «p* Ttrach Uu* car of ToMjanm TO* feel a aor* of pleasure. The strand for a*Bee Uok* < crowdwl with -h-rt *i*nl dreesnd in different you laml you are surrounded by sean re questing you to make yoaraetf comfortabiv iu their ranveyancea, which are gvneralty drawn by one and propelled by TIkj wbceh of tjMaa oarrlafea ar port innately large, to that tbey teem to be iw good keeping with ibesiasof the panpfa, who can he mU to have no necks at all. - Frum Yokohama ruaaa railway of twantw- J'tiffi therefore, they could not Any Linger Iw sick, j.-two tnliee tq^ao inunooae city oalWd Tubka engaged in. making derring.-ra, and ths do- j nuO.llon wa* fleet of f.**t ih«t was itnpwa* maixl scarcely justilHw them in continuing bic.^AonlijluK. h'>\.«vrr. that, bis scalp wa thu stylo. U UfKtt every goutiuman otwe car ried a brace, very* few shooting meu would now take onq aa a gift, save as a curiam! y. And yet f<<r a man in close quarters no woopon is quite so ciBcicnt as the bi^ bored dernngor. Arrnn tns r.crLj dcclint. After tho war the |xipiilurlty of the duel, soveonly iu isolated districts, wa? gone, and tl-e use of dueling pbtoi* oven in shooting gullerie* was ulcindoued. R<.*vulNei s bcc-Miuu they folhc.v*^ him w.itli gtvat *>agnr akitig tho ui-xit terrific and b.dcous tban* t ne»v>, ro yella ^ “ ' ■« | Their ugly shout* maile Allen somewhat 1 I ionic strk-kqn, and yet ho did not cutiroJ y j hw ids prcMUH-u of mind, bui “kindur felt that pro vide rv v* would ojieii u lead l»y which ! Uu could eM-.-ijio. ” * II.*W HE ESCAPED. On reaohing thu river q instantly flashnd to lib min 1 that there wns a *ort of log dug thw ptq Hilar weapon* even in gallcric*. Butt out inoort-d to tlio IkiiiU and fastened by s a<*s • * * * wisv*v sea »• a »* v a j v xv/ oa^-i I' x'zf * • . that .lav to David IIilL Considerabledamag*4 fa r"ivr will dog the steps*T>f Uk> ir.arf who w a? done, tho bridges an J mill swept away by tbo raging water*. Steamboats run on-i Broad struct in Au;pist^ Considerable dam j ago was doflo everywhere 1‘bilip Weeks lived ou an bland on the Tugalo river, ho wa* a young man and livefl with his mother, and when the water commenced rising in the flunse they got Ufxm the bed and then in the loft, and when tho water rose up in the loft protect* hi* property and pays toll for do ing it, • j It frequently happens that the poacher Is not Us* popular with tlmso wboxo intcresfs be more directly serves. It u even asamed that more than one of the county justice* have iu snmo sort a sneaking affection for. him.* The same wild spirit and lovo of sport taku him to the Adds end w-oods os his more nil this time n coopleof firms wrro m.«niifac- turing a single InirrclctT'pistol that was much like the old dueling pistol InVhnpo and weight, and yd used tlio convenient metal cartridge. Becaiuo jlioae* single imrreh-d weapoas wero extremely'nn-urntu nud tho Tartridgeh worn cheap, say IL.'iUa thousand, tho single barreled target pistol bnx ut Icosl hold on to tbe esteem of enough sjx-ning men to warrant tlie continuance of it* manufac ture. There are indications of a grow th of popularity in tho future. Thore are several fwftul ist of the target pf>tol that esjxvially means of a *in*i) rop-. and which th« tliree men had often used fur cruasiug tho Yellow stone, . •• • . - Running to this he drew bis knife from his px.-kct, severed tke rop-, and cutchhig up quite a large limb of cottonwood bush that was full of leaves lie throw it over the liltio cruft,- cnuitly c«tm-ealiiig thu latter from view Tb<^ he put iu tii* gun, and a moniuit lalur crept into tho beat iiirnboff, pulling th* limb of tho true closely over him. lu less than two more minute* the boat had A Mammoth nrltfge* Borne Now' Yorker* behave the Brooklyn bridge to Iw tbo (frenteat in tbe wprkl, but theso statistics altout the bridge across the Forthof Scotland, to bo opened iuafow wueLa, disprove thuir Iwlicf; Thl* bridge has three •• us across tbe •truam, one of wbieh i* 1,710 feet long, while the Brooklyn bridge proper U IJUA fivi long. Thu rpaco spanuol by Uie Forth bridge is 8,0**3 feet, while tbo bridge, from shore to shore, is feet and fl inches in httigth. The approaching span* froqiIbe:*>uth *ide are tun iu number, each I3H feet long, and on the north rldo the spans are five lu number The Brooklyn bridge, in its approach on tbe New York side. Is feet I^Mig, and on tbe DnMiklyn side l.UM feet, making the-total length ft,UH0 fej-'t against 8,0IIn for U»o Forth. Tbe cost of Die Forth bridge is le« than that of the Brooklyn, tbe former being #13,- 500.000 and tbe let tor #15.500,000. Tbe Forth bridge i.as been six year* in buikliqg, and tbe loesof life bus been fearful, on the average oo- death a day occurring by accident.—New York Star. , , A Fair Canoeist. A girl in a canon is often of a pleasant afternoon one of the feature*of thu UudMoii. between Now York and Yonkcr*. The canoe is w hat w ood»men call a decked “buck- t;ul,'’ being ’JC indue wide by about (U^'TweT long, decked over (it lioth ends aud w eighing probably not over twenty poumtx. Thi* cocklo shell is one of thu protliest tbing* afloat, with it* thin side* of polLhud ct*Lr and it* brig lit cyc«l occupant seated on a scarlet cushion ou iu Ixittom. Khe has scarlet rib bons on her aailor hat and a scarlet hash fast eoe<l ahont tbo waist of her dark blue surge baling gown. A heavy silk shirt of dark blue and white striuos top* this, and as sbe Wiclilstbe long double paddle she *kiitia tbe surface of the dimpling river with thu light- ues.4 nod biniliko motion that only a canoeist know s. Bbe hr on i'X)H.*rt sailor lax*, aud ber ix-at dqis and duck* with all piwsible grm'e to the steamer swell*. — New York Cor. Buvauuab Nor. a the true pk-Utre of U*w Japan. Rice irlds abuond ail over. Boiled flxli and rice form tlm only staple foo.1 of tlie people; ysi Chat has not in any way maiU the people m itkr the JCwtgnltt The Japs brave and industrkma —Young V There’s i Tke queen of Sweden ms aud is curing herfetf by meane sf Urn rbamliermald treatmmk That k, she «hrly, makes her own bad aad dwmehsv mom, and then work* la her f rflea tor fee W part of the day. AJ1 this le by erfer of her phystclaoa. It is a rate, however, that will not work both wgy* Everywhera thr wide world over there are paliimt wesaem spying through eighteen boor* of eaoh day, cooking, washing, mending, making beds, aad who have i nor tbe money to be treated tor thetr i aad distremittg nervous rest, I*ut do not get it; laxtniea, tag afe"<to- akvl them; kUenem, hot that will only efesr wltea tbey fall into eteroai ITcayuna. Tom Slow for A I don’t think cricket will ular game in Ui* eonntry. of that it nrflLevsr bo a rival to basebaU. Ail maloh gamse take three days to plsy, and according to "Ertt»C nils* a great (wreentage roust even them fe unfloishod. Only sight Edgllah pc ted this season for tfe _ of tbo»e, throe tied for first place, «** haw ing scored ten victorfe. Thie record in UaeUL shows what a don game Itfe. But *hem m utte chanipionahip rule (a furee whirhumkee the coy tests of great k/cai haterret; no man can play for a county uutil he has resided in it for at least two year*.-Interview i» ffe, Louis Ulobo-Democrat, reached (KM)iu deep rapid* aud wusdmvndiug — —^ , one head of guiuo kifitnl cluun by skilful they tore a h<--le tbroucii tins roof and got out - ^ or * ,ma k’1° ® ,v ^ oorc *"k shooting than on a sovro slaughtered by a |s>rtuble caimoiu A* rides among these men increase in jiopularily tboy wlM turn to the target ptstol Jo' rej>lacc, or at least go with, C'.mmcud it to tlio licttur class of rporumeu, 1 the river with considerable rapidity. He had tbe better rtaxs, ux 1 understand the tinn, gone but a few rods ere the Sioux a|>p> ai'o*l includmg pi) who pride .themselves nw're on : up'ei the l*ank, hut*®evcr, ixsrbap*, were Lu- on tdfi of the houae, and at last w hen the bouse ^ ^ untrue, ax ha* been mid, that overy tx'gau to move this hernic voung man told hi* P oac fi e *’ ^ a nit rcenary wretch wlm invari- mother to bold him and ho would make a «d.ly *eUx hi* game. He a* frequently scuds death struggle for hbertr, nud ho went I * n a bird* or a hare to a jxx>r or iqck through tho «.urgfng water^’and reached terra noigh 1 ***'- He oonuw in contact with tbo Law Injeetoii, ShaWng. Pulley, Beltiof, and fitting. Ui uia xafclv with hU mother, but the bourn went down the river to lie of nt> more. In March, lv|l, I and my larothcr, (ireen, wero in the ttrid plowing. I wo* plowing a little Chickasaw p.ny, and ho wa* plowing a rteor. We were forty or fifty yard* apart, and the wiuri had been howling all day. A Unit 3 o’clock la tbe eveuing the hurricane began in good earnest. The trees ootuuieuced l»opping and falling aud a terrible crash en sued. I stripped to sec what Green was do ing. He bad cut the hajuestring and turned tbe steer loose, and at iho s&um time a cheat- nut tree fell on the Chicka6aw pony aud killed it. Tbe storm wa* going towunl the eaxt, and HU) yard* from whore I wa* It lifted off thu rough aud weight poles and jnlcd tbe debriA about twenty yards from tho bouao. Tin hiitai*Buu linjn umtiBd tbu pUiLl alxiut a mile east of th?re, and blowcd the tunter tit every direction. Considerable damage was done iu thu vicinity.—Harrison Block iu C.vu'ksville (Or.) Advertiser. Tbe Qaeeo’e Gloves. Queen Victoria will wear notbiug hut black glovua, wberbur kid or suoda. Bbe is er- trcuicly economical in her glove kill, wearing at*;ut two dozep jeur* of gloves, costing < ;ghl shillings and sixpeucweach, iu a year. There are a great many fashionable women who think nothing of a glove bill if it only ramaa to £1UU a year. Many women win epuud tTM) on gfeves daring tbe sip weeks of tbe sea son by wearing two or three pairs a day. The queen refuses to conform to fashion and has POf^EE, <mr Bouth O anv. r at Ina, w ill b« glad to call never worn toofe thafi four buttons vo her lane* where 'the intruding to gtove*. -$£'’> York Tclcgiaxu. *. . dues aotru^mre t ' (AHCaJ _ ^ ... - w iijst sufilcient to know eooiething of its bear ing*. ’ When ctiarge-1 w »tti being iu ikwios- sicn of “gsrve,” he roite.rate* thn okl ai gu- ruent that rabliits are vermin. * Tbo pugnacity of the pheannt U well known to the jx^cber, and out of thi* trait he make* capital lie takes under Li* arm a game code fitted with artificial rjHirs. Thero arc attached to the natural one*, are sharp as needles, and the bird is trained bow to use th»-m. Upon the latter's crowing, one or more cock pheasant* immediately respond and advance to moot tho adversary. A single bio* usually sufiV'es to lay low the. pride of thu pheasant, and iti thi* way half a dozen birds may bo tukou, while the poach er'* bird remain* uuhurt The mo*t ingenjous plan adopted by poaCh- 1 yr*. 1 Im* H'FT.TS nlsb 5Uo Af \lio most succwS^* f’:L If tune and op’wrtunity offer thero L scarcely auy limit-to the depredations which it aliowa A nunilx'r of dried peas are taken # »nd sUv*t)ed io boiling water; a hole is then made through tbo center with a newlle or some siuu p iiixtruiHent, and through this a stiff brfrilo i* throodod. Tbe et^ls are cut off short, leaving only abcHit a quarter of aa huh of brL-Xlo projecting at each etqL Tiie pea* are fod to tho birds and ana-greedily eatr a In pausing dovriLihe gullet, however, • Yfolcnt irritation is se# up, and the pheas ant “ '1be blr^T hedges. nm. Tiie way is a qmet by poachers, if brutes enough to eaass it ssfj bo adopted la tbe rorole and birds dost tbemselvee, and rsepesB. - Loudos Spectator. the rifle for small game. , Thtre are a mighty few tn^u who boro tho xiill to do it, hut it i* p<«gil>to for a man to bag as many partridgo* a* ho ought to kill in a day with a target pistol only. It Is a most admirable weapon for u _ « iu tho brush. Tlio ; birds gel up in thick cover lu a vertical lluo, and for an instant before they dart away fur* 1 nixb beautiful targets. To a reasonable j sportsmen two binls hilled witli a pLsU>l would be in'H'0 satisfactory than ten killed w ith a abotguu. With a pistol, particularly in the band* of a ijcginncr, sitting shots ere allowable, aud thu man who shoots at ducks afioot need bate no fear that ho is doing anything uiixports- manlika That *jx>rts:ucu wautfrequ«ntIvtogoartRc<J for t w o M>rU dinn* more gristly iHttni>»ta.»eiL The white man had c.nnpluUdy diMapfKvircd, been xpirito-i uway, as it wore, and evuu the float mg limb faiiml u> attract tiicir attemion, afld it wo* not until the ImikI) wTix far out of thu reach of their nnox that tboy dfv:ovcrvd the imuiicr in w bicb tbe pole faced hunter had excuped. ~ The tracks loading to the water and tbe drifting limb were U»o pl.mi to bo g,i>uiider- sto»xl oven pj tho h*ast »n»ulhgc!it of tbe war rior*, and they gavq vent to tbeir feeling* in umny a “ugh:” of d©>ivur. Being fully as sured that their prey had escaped, tliey re paired to the but, and after taking all thnt they deamed of euy value out of it, they re duced the budding »o ashes, sending up the most savage hurrahs of gioe and pieu^um. Alien hud by this time stoered btsliUlo craft to the shore, and wan agaiu on land, but the Indiau* pausing on down that way h* wa* ouce more couqiollud to secrete hiiaxelf from their sight, which he did by crawling of game—deer aud small gam*, into a beaver boh*, and afterward AbflPCftrto shpmi lq, rilk fnr^- *i ..i - . ■!«« ♦.♦■^r.wupwmiwps SSftf* | -*^;-^, r ^ tj1ri) ov ^j. baiTcled shotgun that ban a third barrel Be- 1 Toe three meu now went to work ag&io, ucath f h* tho use of hail cartridges has a large sale. The *i»>>rt*man with ono of these can kill fiortndges until a iker is jumped, and tlien he is ready for the d'\<r. The gun, how ever, weighs about tfl'fi’pouud*, and that Uau aw ful weight to lug. But a ecven pound riflo on tbe xhouklcr, a one |x>utid pistol ora Uvu pouud pistol on tlie inp or la the hau-L would by no menus tire a man ox one big weapon dma. And yet the man wiU) the ne>.'essary skill would fliwl tbe (wo light weight wce|K)n* quite as eincieij.t aJL A Gown Th*t Dries the Mather. Tbo Russian bath gown, made of toweling, is a recognised boon for l«tb room bather*, and io England, where tbey recently made their appearance, no gentleman’s drawing room i* considered complete without one. Tlie material now most popular ts in deHcats tissues of stripe*, and broad cbucka Some are smbroidured on the cuffs and hood with chenille. Tbe tdeeves are straight nod looflec liixteod of (tnnding-and getting chilled while the stow operation of drying wjth towels goes ou, the Russian absorber is slipped oa as }ou-strp out of your hath, and you canal once proceed to your drowing room and com fortably finish your tolfcL By tbe time you rvnch your sanctum you are dry.—New York Star. Nv • A YerswUI* TVmtisn. There is n woman in New York who is an author, a doctor, an artist and an octresa. After krcnkfaat.in the morning she spends a “ couple of hours over tba nvumscrlpt of tfe story or essay which aha has lateo employed to writ a From 10 to 2 she practices medh 1 cine and receive* patianta hi her oBlon 6h# next works a# her eaxsl a* a painter till 6, and makes pictures for which msjlnds buy er*. After dinuar and an hour's rest tb* be-< takes herself to a theatre, wbTrs sh* plays thu light port for which aim may be set do , fei.lUs estti Btuhliwroffjrirtta |»- g roomier, knows bow to make her own clothes, and understands bow to use her tscocue from all ber profesttons. —True Flag. ITkakjr UltL Near Cambridge 1 ad., U a I known as 8 ha by bilk Seventy Tsars-ago a pioneer erseted his cabin oa tfe hill ami-began a clearing, but fe was so dlstttrfed by tfe occasional and often rtnlsifl sfeldbg of tfe earth that be removed to oaotfer locality. He said tfe shocks wero so strong feat tfe dishes In tbs cupboard rattled. Tfe rocking Jar or shaking of tfe bill would oat? osewr SS interval*, arNimtiiiseB several aaofete l■rnaal_ spells, and always tfe wyrst aod-rooil Tiofant In damp, heavy, w»t weotfer. Tfe hill ia sliil uninhabited.—Tn* Fb*. Oratas ef Time which streagtfeos i love.—La Briiyere, Small cheer and great WeloooM a ^ merry feast. —Shafespsara In general, pride Is at tfe feMfe of all great mlstakca—Rnskiu. .* Silence when noUua* W feaaMJltfe 5* eloqneace of discretion. — Borea Tlie lovo of books Is a k>*» which requires neither justification, apology oor 4 Langford. “J. -'•M IDgUne aad PfwnTW u Thero are many ample rules of feaftHri©- lete<l because It L cousutored LseuewetdeaS fe obey thero, fet it is tfe Hhfetfet kt Ufett simple rules that hurdao tito udfe tfeTgrwtc er inconvenienr*—ill feaJtk*, TWfear tnaa « will fiodthat it takes far leiftMn* to comply with hygienic law than it dearie safer tfe • < sic knew resulting CrutPtfei/.l Vork Telegram. . .i'jj. STr^Taro p«SI up from beneath .the .. If 1 '.!,! itui< l uly ^ h.wriptioa Uu Oertmuq, “Learn ya. to whk-h shelter they almost always **£l**^ > ' l>u kl practice till proflpiccK. wllUoutc•n»pUunlng. , • Theomtsuk Th# way Is a qmet ooeond is preferred _ . tfe# fes gcntleroan eportsman lar* left oueof thorn in acoatptcuo lies it, bo- and in a few days had another g-xxi strong hut ou the site of the former one, and equally a* nutxftaniial as tbe Mm. Fortunutely tncy wera n<>t again nio.extod by Indian*.—St. Louis UIobo-DemocrAt Grim Qiitunr. • Burglar* entered the Jawelry store of a large manufacturer in Icipzig and made off with a very-heavy buotf. Sh aily Ixrfore ilfi* 4 ^ _ uocurrvncv Cu. . ^ mir-ni<w - — -- "X-—-• ..i .. tbmk f 7he fiCa i.iabe L > v*t vI want* I* recredtion rotfer than much game, aud tfe haady target pistol is gotog to grow in favor with the gcuUetnou •p'^rteroan.— 5ftw York Sun. atnurk, for *oa*o purpose oRicr; wlfli the Uf suffer The cmti'ic rate burg- consptcuous place in hi* safe, by way of cuuaolatioa we supposa It L, however. Letter “to give tkau to ro- crive,” which rotors principally to advice tad medicine.—Js water is Circular. _ ^ riappy Old School Days. j- The comical Incident* of ths school room of oidon time* even now give many* a hearty J laugh to the gray haired sexageoariana. There arv also memories which bring grief shadows to tbe heart and tear* to tbe eye* as the pan orama of hoy *4'd girl faces and forms pass in the miiasr of fond remenibranoe. . We to os on the old rustic benches, conning lessons from Ike same books, whispering MnutaaJ oonfl- iencas, and-con almost serai to toonk tfe kindly hands stretched out towards wltLta tfe veil frbfciu ed. Happy old school del Tfe Blgtat Kta# mg «r Gtsl » “Which of tfe gifts Io year sefcoet 6o think tfe roost of, Bamntyl^asfed feds tji in a quizzing sort of way. .“I don’t think most ef none of > copy all her BBaropte* on my ] she's the right kind of S| Safipj-ll stwuggla Tor gweet, doocher how you incut have Frida. fell, aw, wmu/k have to Aw, l ww fen* Crosty—Orsat Soottl Ti-r ' “Is tfeprtskkDt of tfe depositor. ’’Tee, fe is in fe skipped last sight. LBhAi fl*1ir1iiMii