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*> <- nr VOL. XVII. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., FEBRUARY 8,1894. ho-rm’m Bettaona. The wall flowers to the frolic wind Do dance their golden algulets, And elf-maMs steal the hawthorn beads To wear for fairy amulets.' The spring Is here, the spring Is here— The lore-time of the year, my dear! All beery hang the apple boughs. Weighed down by balls of yellow gold; The poppy cups. jgo fiery bright, .. Meseems would bum the hearts theytjold. The summer’s here; the summers here— The kiss-time of the yw, my dear! The birds are winging for the South, The elf-maids haste them to their bowers, And dandelion balls do float Like sllrer ghosts of golden flowers. The autumn’s here, the autumn’s here— The wife-time of the year my dearl Now are the hearens not more gray Than are the eyes of her I lore; ' More dainty white than her sweet breast The snow lies not the earth above. The winter’s here, the winter’s here— But love-time lasts the year, my dear! , —Amelie Rives. A— UP_ TREtB GG AMILL ' By UnxtAN Qi'Tli.rk Couch. ’' '''Gee;‘“ViLoa M \>nTe” 1 TtePe!' XroflT up. rieusaut!” And tfie youth at the n.ill gathers the reins tightly in his hi'nds, d'nks with his tongue at the roof of his mouth, and the heavy red -.ami yellow wagon rambles‘out of the mill yard, away from the sight of the mill windows, out of the sound of the mijl iwheela. doiwti TVeslawm hill to wards the town The youth at the mill has a round sun burnt face, etyipod By unmanagea ble and ruddy <nirls, and l* sprinkled by unoosmtable and tawny ffns-kleH; but the- »tpeuness of his smile engplfs the freckles, and the. dust of hia trade dims the eurls. — 1 Down the hl’.l the wagon jolts lietween the thiek and dusty hedges, where the last spray* of honeysuckle smell honey- swe<*t through the grit, and the spikes of golden rod. and the stray straws hanging on th<' brambles, tell that Sum- ■ mer is dead, and harvest has passed by that way. The note* of a lugubrious ‘LMethisly’’ hjann, cheerfully whistleil by.the youth, are jerked out of him as die wagon rambles ori. Down the hill it goes, then over the bridge at the fobt where the town eljildren wander out to throw stones and fish with benn-stieks. and mwvittinglv -lave- off tln-ir grime; And then the gbissy brutes slacken phi and setting their shoulder* to the work before them, proceed to curve their way up the niilo of Treluggan hill jto the town. _ *' : -j-— Just ahead of the rmgon toils a small figure^ in a black gown and a broad straw hat; her gait balanced As she goes by a big blue bundle on tfle left arm and a big green umbrella in the right hand. The youth from the mill, fi|idinr hjs cheerful notes no longer- jerked from him. misses the Assistance, - and ceases his tune: th.-n. being familiar with the nature of Treluggan hill, and a humane youth to tioot. he resigns himself to tin* wagon rail and the inevitable, .and lets his eyes rest absently on the only figure in sight—the figure of the girl toiling keep us from atarvln’, *n’ I’m the oldest, an’ I’m goin’ in service." The youth’s face turns a 'deeper color than sunburn as he listens; -when the girl stops, hie asks: “And where’s your home?" ENCAMPMENT. The Pi»a t •" W *ej rn Atishwk Endorsed. ___ _ -Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3.-r-Tbe Conatttu- “At Liscaddick.’ the other side of the tion will publish tomorrow letters from big bridge.” ; many prominent editors of legding pa- “Whatfs the name of the man?” pers, Republicans and Democrats, in f “Vellum—Josias Vellum; he lives fin the next village, an’ he an’ father had a quarrel when they was boys -together. I’ve heard tell that ’twas about renHier; anyhow’, Josias Vellum never forgave father, an’ he’s never let a week pass without trying to do him a bad turn; an’ we’ve got poorer an’ poorer ever since I can remember, an’ father got to look whishter and whishter, an’ fearful that he’d nevejt last on till good times came again, for he grew feeble an’ white wflVh brou|hle; an’ then three months ago our dnmkey was poisonwl, an I know Josias Vellum must a-done It: on’ poor father had to go an’ work ns day laliorer; an’ he hadn’t been at that mmre’n two months before Josias Vellum toid lie* to h's master, aii* got him turited off, an’ then . Well, I don’t care who L’tnrws’tfi fa 9 titvm ofn *ff -fa fkiiilt—hdv. 'Scent Jiidit-hondesl with trouble, a«’ we onlv thought he was wonderful oheej-fnl. and when we was into the market', .try- in’ to- get some .pence Jiy selling flowers from mother’s lfit of g«rd<m. he went— he went an’ hung himself. The girl leans her head on_the wagon raft'rnid' tnrnrtg 1 nm tuars.—The rm’rfhV the North and West, most heartily ap proving the invitation which has been extended by the city of Atlanta to the Grand Army of the Republic, to hold Its annual reunion In 1895 In this city. The expressions are unanimously in favor of the idea, and all comment on the .fitness of holdtog a reunion of the Grand Army at the gfegt centre of the battle flalds pf the South, before the ranks of the Grand Army bscome thin ned by age and death. Hearty letters of endorsement of the suggestion have been received from Mr. Murat Hal stead, of The Brooklyn Times-Union; Mr. Frank Hatton, of The Washington ...... . ^i r log rap hers have bad their ears poured 1 full of sound.; .The expert judgment Is that there are more rapid talkers in U up the hill liefore him. After a few mo ments an idea seems to creep .into his brain: i _ “Hi! little maidr" he .earth, “would’ee like a lift up the hill?” The figure turns, and the youth from the mill sees that she is not quite Uu‘ ••hild lie guewed her to be, in spite of h< r short gown: but he also sees that she is hid*and dusty, and not at all dis composed by the familiarity of his ad dress; and he repents in a more defer ential manner, and without the “little maid”-?* V » ‘ ' .‘‘WopId .'co like uplift up the hill?” “Yon'nv, very good.” replies the girl. waatcEk rtrming towards him and hold 1 ing up Iwr bundle; “will 'ee hold th's while I get up?" The youth takes the toimile and sed- ting it down »he wagon, holds out his hand to help her: but she diies not sec it, and scrambles up unaided: ami stands beside him, 'c''’' , ng against the rail. Then bo sees flint her skin is very fair, all pink and white ns apple-blos som, that her hair is black and curly, and ‘hat her features are well-favored; but he also sees that her grey eyes are surrounded hv reddened lids, and he guesses that she has been ctrlng. “You’d IVst get over tlie rail.” lo- says, when ho has noted her appear ance; “’tu steadier footin’, an’ you can sit on that -there sack if you like.” I II aland, thank you.” she returns, as she "obeys the first part of his re’ mnrks and chunbers over; “I musV flour my frock.” " ' • “There's my coat in the corner; you enn put that over tlv sack, ’tlsn’t floury on the inside.” taken his advice in silence, nnd spreailing his <oat, seats herself, and for some moments the silenee is only broken by the slow rumble of the wheels aitil the thudding hoofs of Lion and Pleasant. o ^ the ' 7 onth Blanks It with a ‘click" of bis tongue, and then his own sound seem* to embolden him. T “y o,|, « >”•»’ '» to Penslyder Market. I spoae? be ventures. *Tm goin’ to Penslyder, but I ain’t jroln to market; I s'pose I shan’t nevft- go into market no more. I’m on inv wav to service.'’ * v 0 ’* ” claim8 cheerfully, look ing at hea fnrtrvely the while; “an’ I Post; The Philadelphia Times; Keenan, of The Pittsburg Press; Mr. Bradford Merrill, of The New York r5ss f “Mr. TCohlsaaT, “dT The Chteago Inter-Ocean; Mr. Robinson Locke, -of Tha7 Toledo Blade; Mr, Rosewater, of the Omaha Befii Col. Cockerell, of the New York Advertiser; Col.* CowafdTh, of The Richmond T>ispateh; Gen. Felix Agnns, of The Baltimore American; .SOME SHORT STORES. —- ik- Fatal ta tka St*aoara»hera. The, atenographers who report ■edtngs of what is known as a “roaat.” The Increase In the number of mem bers of the House to 356 has materially Increased The difficulty of reporting, and during thfe debate on the Tariff bllU under the five-minute rule, the confu sion. the atenographers state, has been greater than during any other, debate they have had to take. The seml-elr- eular space In front of^ the Speaker’s desk is described. In Congressional ver nacular, as the "bllll pen.” When there , . . - H great excitement thrmtembera rush d^ad- down to the front, and the rise of the and 111 J"* take W He ^ crowd In the bull pen Indicates the de gree of Interest. During this flve-mln- ute discussion the pen has been crowd ed much of the time, and the dlu of interruption and back talk has-been unprecedented. Fiverylhing said ta sup posed to be taken down, and the sten- faotom of LONoarmr. mlgJit tike half a dozen to eighty or ninety, ye iTirrviort*, tm tcrwWTi „ tnde given the individual—not At the atated meeUng of the New [ D r. Itogm h^teJfcSTSS; York Academy of Medicine, December ' J.OOO deatha, in pereoa 19, Dr. Charles E. Qulmby, the chair-j ^ be * n man, requested examlnera for several p^^en^had died'^of dlseasi life Insurance companlea ae well a* | iiiugs, and about l^-per cent of others, to take part In the dlecusslon mooia, the other 5 per cent of of_ the specific and relative value of j “ d 0| 2|i er t * l J* C 2? 91 £ the important factors of longevity. He * " ’ - itoa-Honae than Jiave.been .assemMecl togelher within the memory of the men who do the" reporting. Some talk, dur- | lug a set speech, over 200 words a min ute, and the- eagerness to say as much as possible within the short time allow- face la troubled,- too, and he leian<i for ward nnd lays his big brown hand on hers, while Lion and Pleasant oontont- edlr curve up the hill at their rleasiwe. “Your name’s Golrbrrverthv.” he says, quietly. ‘Tve heard a|l about vour trou 7 ble; and Josias Vellum has beihaved had by you. you’re right therei but), all the same, I b’lieye you’m happier than me is.’'’ “Yes. I’m Ann Ooldsworftiv”—she lifts her head quickly from' the rail in her as tonishment. the tearts still wet on her eheeks “but bow’d yon know aliout Josias Vellum?” There is a pause, while the youth .looks fixedly at the white stretch of hill before him. “Because I’m Jos.as Vel lum’s son.” he answered at last. The girl’s eyes blaze with anger. "•Then I’ll iplense to get out. an’ walk, rather than be beholden to Josias Vel lum’s son for a lift.’’ .Bull asain he lays his lag hand on hers, though she roughly shakes it off. “Don’t you go till T tell yon one thing more. T-m Josias Vellum’s only son; but when I found out what he’d done to your father from some words be let slip when he heard of the bangin’. I told him what J toou^ht aliout it, and then I walked straight away nnd took service at Tres- hiwn Mill. An’ if you’ve got your trou bles. he’s got his now: for I’m the only livin' bein’ he’s got in.3ie world, an’ he’d done anything for me: and Tie knelt nnd prayed to me, with the tears runnin’ down his chi'eks, but T left him, and oalh'd him a murderer.’’ There is A long silence, during which Ann Goldsworthy thinks n good deal, and then— : “I b’leeve I’d rather be me than you.” she declares. And, after another pause, “But you don't care very much for your father. I s’pose?” "Why not?” - “Why. you couldn' a-borne lt.‘ It must have bln awful to see him cryln’ to you.’’. “Te*. It was,” he returned shortly. And he gathers the reins tighter, and flicks Pleasant's ear with his whip; and. Ann Goldsworthy watches him furtively In her turn, till he looks down at her and meets her <ye«. Then he leans down' tdltards * her ^galn, r and the gravity fade* out, tf Its fitw* hs he says, coaxlngty: “Tmr limit’want to get down and walk, do you?” Ana Goldsworthy blushes, and smiles a l)ttle smile In spite of her swollen lids and ll»»t cheeks. “No,” afi^answered .Slijjj,,. tv Then, while her eryes are last dot#*', Tom Vellum looks at her again, and seems to like the doing of It. “And now you roust, please to tell me where you’m goin’ fd service." " ’TIs at the ‘Methody’ preacher’s, as •general.’ I don’t s’poes I shall like It very much at first, after always livin’ home; an’ the wages Isn’ what one could call high. But I don’t know much about service yet. I ain’t up to servants’ ways, so I’ve got to be taught.” * ’ “I s’pos-you get your Bimday out?” “Yes.” - * Treluggan hill Is a good mile, but even miles conae ta an end If atendv persever- ence 'n one direction Is adhered to; and In spite of the unchecked Indlfferemw In the matter. Lion nnd Pleasan* do not, fall to reach the top at laat. But by the time, the last trees r *J easting their shadows ncyoss the dust/ rani, an 1 the flrsl r>ofs are rising aWve i e bend Tom Velinm tins raid much * • comfort Ann Golds worthy, and A^iu Gold j vert hv has forgiven him for being Tom V’eln.nt. “ I’d best get down here." she says, while they are stfll among the g-ccn shad -.ws; nnd he helps Her flown tlie wheel r-nd. tnuda her handle ‘o her. Then, as she looks at him and s/ietches up ter hand to say ’Good-by’,’’ he lakes It. and holds It for a moment or two. Then reddening furtmqjly-, , Stiatl us keep company?”'he murmira; and h; Icntic over the side of the wagon In a roost perilous attitude were not Lion and Pleasant en tirely dependable. Meeting lips sound but as the rustle of leaves on the air—hut lives arc changed thereby, “Gee! whoa! Sob Lion: Come np, Pleas- ant!” : : . ~ —’ .— 1 The wagon rumbles on to the town, the little figure In black trqdgea‘ forward’ with her portable property. Bqt-h Is the top of Treluggan hill now, and things look different somehow, for the youth from the mill and the little maid In black are smil ing as they go. • Selected from the Speaker. Mr." GeorgeTSr Matthews, of The Buf falo Express, and many others. The communications are all enthusi astic, and show the unanimity, with which the idea has been adopted by the men who represent the Grand Army sentiment on *he question. 100,000 win Coma.- - Mr. Halstead, In speaking of the In vitation," says: "I tyncy the Invitation will be ac cepted as heartily as It Is given. It Is a fortunate .and splendid Idea. The interest In such an encampment would be unparalleled. So far as I have been able to consult the veterans they s?em to feel greatly attracted by Atlanta’s Invitation. If you do not want 200,000 down 'there again you had better not continue to urge them to come. ,l ^f Mr. .Hatton, of The Post, says; "It would be an Innovation upon past pre cedents, but there Is no reason why the innovation should not be made.—JA the Grand Army of the Republic, Is It not? Then why should they confine their encampment to any - particular geographical section. A second Invasion of the South In the name of peace and brotherhood, would be au event In Grand Army annals worthy of Immor tal commemoration and honor.” The Philadelphia Times says: "Can you doybt what The Times Will say lo the invitation to the Grand Army of the Republic to hold Us next encamp ment In Atlanta? It would be a good thing for Atlanta; It would be a better thing for the Grand Army.” „ Mr. Keener, of The Pittsburg Press, 4hya: - “Most of them would gladly re visit The stirring scenes of the war, and kindle upon their old battle fields peace ful camp fires; around which the cam paigning tales and reminiscences would lerive a new zest and piquancy from the contributions of the men who once wore the gray.” Mr. Bradford Merrill, of The New YoriilPjess, says: “If I were a citizen if Atlanta I should extend such an In- v 11a 11 on,. ;u i ■ 1 1 f I were a veteran I should—cordially accept It." — , ed each speaker under the five-minute rule, limbers up the tongues remark ably. A very large prdportlon <Vf the speakers oan get off a thousand Words In five minutes, and several go beyond that. It had got to be a superstition among the stenographers that a Tariff bill calls for the death of a stenographer. Grlaa Hamor of tks i The grim humor of the oamp waged eternal warfare on the general despon dency, said Gene ml Gordon in hi* I/ouisville lecture, introductory to, a few choice bita of fun. One day while stroll ing over the field of a recent battle he found one of his men, an Irishman, talking earnestly to a dead Federal soldier. "Faith,” he was saying, Tip sorry for ye, poor old fellow, but you don’t now, . pulled the shoes from the dead man’a feet and put them on his own. On one occasion a prayer meettog was held in camp, and one of the 'soldiers was called on to pray. __ “Oh, Lord,” he said, “we are In the midst of a terrible battle and In an awful lot of trouble. We hope you will i mucwuh h«mj ue«-n imu ueiure mm durance take a proper view of the matter and h« could not say that It had particular- , l n reply, Dr.' Lanftert said with r»* give us the victory." ly cleared up; it was still debatable as gard to weight there were two sources In the midst ol a battle the General > to what were absolutely Important and of danger, one In light weight, and a saw a man running from a very close also relatively Important factors of very different, one In heavy weight. situattonT : 1 —— ——rn/TivtamiTW5lwi Tn itTa TJfhl Weight*, as a rule, develop their - | „„ CAV;1UUC .diseases before forty, heavy weight* di9gU8ted General in * •t*™ two lords’, v!z., always and never. after fifty. The rule applied In the selec- ywce. . , A _. , „ .. ^ tlon of n first called upon pr. E. W. Lambert, who said ho responded to the Invita tion with some diffidence, because he found the subject so complex, the fac tors so many, and apparently contra dictory. Of course, In his long; experi ence as examiner for life Insurance the question of longevity had naturally pre sented Itself. In spite of. the long time this question had been laid before him that post-graduats instrnetton York and other centres had raised the standard of rural ^ men who made preliminary examinations of those applying for life insurance. The chairman asked some questions regarding bow far Inherited conutltutioa might be modified by environment, the mutual Influence of tb» several factors relating to longevity, and the of considering them In granting '•-Til ;;Golly ( General,” raid the fleeing man,! I ^"^blTnew w^h •Tm runnin’ because I can’t fly.” to Mm, was that ibe jdad should have woi<rbt fln( , height. One was taking an ‘ Interest- Inheritance No one coqld deny rUk in , nsnrinir * man did that long life on the part of ancestry ] hot weigh two pounds to the Inch In -on both sirtrs of"the Iromre -was an lm- v - M'girr TYlf TiiSTftrce. TTA IWn SStrareT portant factor In considering the Ion- 5 feet 10 Inches and weighed leas ♦!»»■» g’vlty of the Individual. Indeed, he 140 pounds, hie life was an extra risk. General Gordon also told an h-t4dH^oldier*bore* ih^^ t,)int M he ever sent to hia men. “But.” he v/a am o vc aav, e . «».^..x;a . nR ^ 0n tne Uime irOIIl WWCJl QO SDC The overstrain on the debate of the he said; “And by the memory of Mills bill killed . Edwards. McElhone; the veteran^ICd of nervous prostration toward tjieclose of the fight over t^ie McKinley bill, and now White, one. ot the best men In the corps, Is down with nervous prostration as a result of over work on this debate.—Washington Evening Post. A MINISTER’S MISTAKE. added, humorously, “I had to send a private Confederate along to vouch for his venacitv.”. He concluded with a burst of South ern eloquence' and, seeing the silken flag on the table from which he spoke. the fathere who bequeathed us this glorious country; by the long line qf noble heroes who fought in It; by the unrivaled hero ism and devotion of; her sons—by ah these we declare that this flag of the South; this flag of the North: this flag of the united country, shall bo a pro tecting power to all on land and on Oxvfl ** kn«w of no other single factor of as gteat importance, yefc^ppe might feel staggered at times to meet with a rase In which a mixture of the blood of j% Icng-llved couple resulted In a short lived progeny. This was the exception, and due to peculiar combination. The next question of Importance was Of course, there were marked excep tions to this rule. In the same line, At a man’s chest did not measure halt his height, the risk waa great, jj >oth the weight and chest ‘ meaanrements were below the propei* proportion com pared with the height, the sooner tile case waa barred out the better for the Insurance company. that o^envlroumenta. or the conditions n 0 did not regard a stout man as an In which a man was born. A comforts- extra risk if he came of a good family ble, well protect’d, well organized i and his ffcsh was well distrinuted. But household and sanitary 'surrounding* If a man’s chest measured 86 and hia were pretty sure to carry the child waist 46 Inches, be was more likely fdle all ' n '’ er8 . wearily, “1 never o **e town more’nr' on market 1 wn<l aI 7ays for home.” t„ , wby d0 > Fo? You’m young to ..V? n tQwn "rnrioe yet.” I in near seventeen,” she replies; and Usen he aeea that tears are in her eves, and she is fumbling at the tpocket of her gown lirseareh qf her handkerchief 1 m afraid you m in trouble.” he mv« wntly all the cWrfukne* fading om t/ a »?i w r en ret : But as he away fr^ £ ^ ^ .3°^’” -cries, olencliing ther small, toil-worn Lands, “ tis all trouble never nothin’ but trouble; ever sTn^ i *“s old tmoogh to know what, it was, f** , lt • *> ln bangin’ over us;'an' now In Uler ! l . d< * d -t an ' I don't care who Nothin’ ** be W ar8 ’ 'Rte youth looks at her burning fane anAJoaes the remnants of Ms bashfulness «• he does it. You can’t be angrv lust with trouble, if tfent nobo-V* fan?” he i gravely and decidedly. •fla some bne** fault—a brute who himself a man, who’s bounded so* dWTs^MT hither to his desA; an’ now bo« d**d ns money *t home to that flv* AT THE BARGAIN COUNTER. This Is Not a Sn^iple of the Way All . Behave. - She waa • well dressed woman of Im posing mind and rasping voice, and she gradually worked hrir way- to the centre of a small crowd of—other—women, - who were concentrating their attention upon a pile of cute Httte teapots being sold for five cents each. Cash girls were strug gling back and forth, wWb pots In wrap pers nnd pots about to be wrapped np and bringing change. The big woman finally got her Innings. _ “How much did you say?” “Five cents, madam.” The price was marked on a great white placard that could be seen a block. ’’Five cents for this oner* "Yea. ma’am.’!— “How much for the green kind?" “Five cents.” “Are they damaged?” Taking one up and shaking it, and looking it all over for holes. '■ ^ “No.” “How ean you afford to sell them so cheap? There’s probably something the matter with thank” ' s .t “Oh, no; thay’re cheap goods. Have thar one.?” “Y-es; no. I’ll take s green one.’’; She fished out five cents. “Here Is my address.” ’’Excuse me, madam; we can’t deliver “Whs-s-at? You don’t 'tpoee I’m going to carry that all the way to Harlem! Gimme OOhts, k—Pittsburg Dispatch. Hearty Approval * Mr. Kohlsaa*. of The Chicago Inter- Ocean, says: ’T feel that I express the Wirttfufetf Jqf ftbef Onion / Vet?ran» :ot Chicago in giving hearty .Approval to "he proposition to hold the national en- •ampmetit tn Atlanta in 1895. It seems to me peculiarly appropriate that a ■rreat reunion of the soldiers who serv 'd under Grant, .and Sherman, and Thomas, should be held at the point Vbout which they strove and struggled !or so many months ' Mr. Locke, of Tb^ Toledo Blade, says: ‘The spirit of union that gave birth to the happy idea should touch a re sponsive chord In the hearts of all the boys In blue. By all means hold the next encampment In Atlanta.” Mr. Rosewater, of The Omaha B?e, 'lays: “In view of the fact that this -nay be the last opportunity which the men who wore the blue shall have of revisiting the scenes of th?ir young manhood’s struggles for the preserva tion of the Union. I trust yiat the pro posal to pitch their tents and light •heir campfires In Atlanta will be en dorsed by every Grand Army post in the^country.’’- ' - — What Cockrell Says. Col. Cockrell, rff The New York Ad vert Uerj says: “I hall with delight.the itatudfi'-Vf genefous, historic Atlanta, ind trust that the bugles of the Grand Army may be heard ringing in her ■Ureels next year.” General Angus, of The Baltimore American, says: “The veterans of both ■ddes, as they^-fraternally march through your <t reels may the old war }ongs mingle In loud and ringing an thems of peace and good will. May Maryland, my Maryland,’ go ’March ing, thrbtigh Georgia.’, ” HU Acttoa Waa Fatly Justified By Appearances However. Ministers In their real to heal feuds and spread the gospel of brotherly love often make mistakes that are ak ludlcrom as ' they are deplorable. A local clergyman gave the clubman an Instance that Is worth repeating. “I filled a pulpit in'a Rhode Island town some time ago," said he, “and It was there I got the story. The parish was too poor to hire a regular pastor, but was bent on having religious services every Sunday. It had a grist of theological students to draw from, and When -none Of these Juveclle stu dents was available It used to call upon a superannuated minister from Cambridge, Mass. The town did not have a hotel and the men who filled the pulpit were always quartered at the same house. ■ • “Well, on* day the old minister was on hand to officiate. The family was n pecu liar one. yhe husband was morose and taciturn and merer aald a word from one week’s end to another. The wife waa ac customed to cut her own kindling _ and build the fires. That particular morning she struck the stick viciously with the axe and It reaiwinded by flying up and striking her In the mouth. One tooth was knocked out and. her Ups were badly cut. The poor woman, of course, sat down and had a good cry. \ : v ' “The breakfast bell struck and-the mic- Istfr. whom we shall call Mr. Clark, took hia plgcp and prepared -to say peace. la a mojnehf ths^lady came Sharp Dtaclpllna. In the “Biography of Professor Isaac Sams” the author says that the Profes sor loved to encourage hia pupils and to imbue them with a proper self-resj>eet, but that he quickly perceived the fact whenever any of them became self-con ceited, and no one could better take down any supefnliumlance of egotism than he. As illustrating his metlyxl. of checking this propensity the writer gives an interview between Mr. Sams and himself. „ After having enjoyed the advantages of the academy for several years It was thought best by my friends to send me to college. I had an idea that going to college waa rather a great thing and felt somewhat self-important at the prospect. On Friday of the week before I ex pected to leave I thought I ought to bid the profeasor good-bye, and at the same time felt not a little proud of the announcement 1 was about to make iiii _ him. I thought that It would perhaps prematurely were usually tb raise me In fata eatiination and that be ^ n< ^ lived temperately. It wi would prophesy scholastic honors for roe . . .. ftattereing to my soul. « tooth, the Cut Ups and tb r ‘“fU BLAND’S REPORT. It Aatkorlsea tka Coinage of tka Seigniorage la tka Treasury. 1 Washington, Feb. 3.—The silver ques tion again presented Itself to the House today whetK. Representative Bland, chairman of thfc House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, made i favorable report oft his bill to coin the silver seigniorage iirflre Treasury fin. The missing .be tear-filled eyes told the story. To Mr! -Clarit there had clesrlyto&Q a family quarrel and the wife ns<i cnffl^?onf *krcond best.. There was only one thing to do and that'was to pray for the woman and her belligerent husband. That morning grace should be off and pleadings should be fhe order of the day. With bowed head and clasped hands the minister began: “ 'O Lord, we beseech th« to l ot> k ^"Uh compassion on those, thy erring children. Let not their passlons-srise* and prompt to discords that end In blows. Soften Thou thq heart of him who has so far forgotten himself as to strike the weak and helpless. Console the afflicted, wipe away her tears, and apply balm to her broken Ups. lAt not morning brawls embitter tBe cup ' “At this point there was an audible te-he at the end of the table where the husband sat and something between a snicker and a sob from where the wife presided over the coffee-pot. It sounded as though something wasn’t quite right, and Mr. Clark partly unclasped his hands and half opened his eyes. The head of the - bouse was actually convulsed with suppressed laughter. Hia unbafSpy consort, the tears running down her face, ^waa on the verge of hysterics. There was a momerit of 'hesitation on the part of the minister and of confusion on the part of his auditors. Then Mr. Clark smothered bis Indignation and again began: “ ’O Lord ’ " 'Oh. Lord,’ echoed the head of the house.' ’’ ’What doe* this mean?" asked Mr. Clark, the blood mounting to hia forehead. “Oh, Lord, don’t pray for me. Pray for the axe or the firewood. It’s them did it’ “Then In a general round of merriment there was a full explanation, and the min ister declared he would thence forth stick to grace pure and almple, and not Indulge In prayers on mere appearances.”—Chicago Mall. A Good Joke. . How the Southern editor doesn’t steadily believe In the economic medicine he pre scribes for bis patient# may be seen |n this little anecdote, reported by the New York Commercial Advertiser: “Colonel Patrick Walsh, editor of the Augusta (6a.) Chronicle, who la at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, la Captain Evan Hewett’s political cham. In the latter days of Samuel J. Randall these two Georgians were for pro tection. After Cleveland’s tariff reform Doubtless I showed something of this, in my manner as I approaohed hlm> just before the clooe of school and, hold ing out my hand, informed him that as that was probably the last day I would be under his charge I wished to say fare well, - - “Ah, last day? Where are you go ing’/” “To college.” I rather pompously, je- plied through early life with all Its at^grfdlng acoldents. The next Important factor was tem perament. It seemed to Dr; Lambert that a placid, calm, philosophical way yf looking at things was much more cunduclve to longevity that ihe Irri table, fretty, fussy, fault-finding wiy observed in some people. Thiol was well Illustrated In the case of anlpials. In a span of horses going up Fifth ave nue It would be observed that one horse would go quietly along and do all the pulling, while his mate danced, pranced and cavorted around, wasting his ener gy and shortening his life |wlth little good. Tlie next matter of importance, he thought, was the wav of living. The man who was careful, considerate, and moderate in the exorcise of all his facul ties, whether animal or intelleotual, was one who would last longer than the man who overindulged In any ohe of the numerous things which go to make up life. The men who broke down wild who wAs often ; &said that men worited themselves to death, yet the more he observed people “College! What are you gqing to do at collage?.- , - v ’ This puzzled, me a little, ^but l An swered, hesitatingly: "To learn, I sufl“ pose.” He hurst out: “Ha! ha! Going to learn! Glad to hear it; time to commenee, boy; Ha! ha! ha! He’s going to learn. My dear child, .you rejoice my heart. Here you have been for years, surrounded by all the applinncea to a liberal edu cation, but you have been light-minded, mercurial, frivolous. But now I am happy, to know”—here he whispered as if to himsdf—“he’s going to learn.” I left him after a few vary kind words, which allayed my mortification somewhat, an humbler, if not a wiser, boy. - . . * Governor Gilpin Nnmed Colorado. the Wore did he become convinced of fhe correctness of the Western editor’s'as sertion that men do not die of Overwork, but rather of what they take between work. Me thought it would be found that what killed men was not work, but what they did outside of their work; yet he did not believe in totzl absti nence in any sense. There was no law. with regard to eating and drinking, am oF living, which could he Ini When, in 1861, the act creating the Territory of Colorado was passed. Col. Gilpin was selected as the one man above all others who, owing lo his ex perience and military training, was competent to stive this section of the West to the Union. The name of Colorado, by the way, was selected by Coi. Gilfrin to replace that of Jefferson, which waa in the hill introduced by Representative Green, a strong secessionist. Secretary Oameron told the new Gov ernor to write out his iusttuetions. The Secretary was too busy. lie applied to Lincoln for money. "Do as I nave done,” replied the President. “Issue drafts on your own reaponsibilily have no money for you.’ a * “What about soldiersT’ asked Gover nor Gilpin. “If you need them, call them out; command them yourself; send your pay rolls to me, and I will hee that they are .paid,” replied Mr. Cameron. “Go,” added the President, “and help save your cduntDr.” Governor G-ilpifl came to Colorado and immediately organized the First Regi ment. It'-,was reported that , the Con federates were preparing to make a raid from Texas, and, this regiment marched 64 miles in 24 hours—one ot the greatest feats on rechrd—and saved Colorado and New Mexko. It was hot work, but President Lincoln’s almost un erring Instinct made him choose the right nren, and Secretary Cameron kept his. word about the pay roils. The bKl was f 1*27.500. In 1S44, when Explorer Gil din stopped _ . _ - - " tl manner down as applicable to all individual*.., Each person tnuat find out the )aw which applied to himself and obey it. Each person could usually discover ' what agreed and what disagreed with him. and if longevity’ was sought after he would have to avoid the things which evidently disagreed with him and seek the things which did agree with him. », Dr.Xamhert added that he was aware that to what he had said one could bring exceptions by the thousand. Take any one of the factors which had been men tioned and one could mention men who had lived long without any; for Instance, with regard to alcohol, men could be found whqrhidC done nothing much but drink aft'their lives, and yet lived to a full age; hut when one found a man who bad drank hard all his life, he could be pretty sure he bad done nothing else. All were subjected to circumstances which they could not altogether control, and at times found* themselves com pelled to do things which they were ad vised not to do; and now nnd then It happened that even then, in the case of the person who seemed to posses alt the factors of longevity, death ensued early in life. Dr. Brandreth Symond# said that when he was asked to take part in the discus sion, b* expressed the opinion that the subject wss rather a large one, where upon the Chairman had-kindly extended him the privilege of nibbling at It here and there. With regard to the effects of athletics upon the expectation of long pfjife. It waa notorious that professional athletes were short-lived. In seeking a to die of fatty degeneration than If ttis cheat measured 38 Inches. Such per sons usually died of diseases "below the belt.” The further a man was away from the ordinary standard In build the more critically did he Inqulrfi into the family history, hia personal habits, whether he took more nourishment than any docent man could burn np, and -S* OR. ■ Bloekadera and Bloafcadad. It has been proved that the electric light used by blockading vessels is not sufficient to discover vessels bent on escape, particularly if their bnlls are painted Mack or gray. Its effects is uncertain, and In war It woold draw the fire of the enemy upon the ship by which "ft Is displayed. It has been far- ther shown that for the nae of torpe does, the Mockaded squadron has con- s dprab'e advantages over the bloekadera. IP its port It can quickly choose the mo ment for the attack, can constantly give trouble to Ita opponent who is forced to defend himself by net* and other contriranceit and may retlr* when It likes to Ita refuge, and give It* com panlea rest, while the crews of the block ading squadron must he constantly on trie lookont This wss evidently the reason why Admiral Try on did not attempt to «*-_ cape during the first night of the block ade, hut only when Ms adversaries had been worn ont by watching. The blockaded squadron has command of the telegraph, the Morkadbte can only communicate hv its dlsnateh boats. - Fi- nally. the -blockaded shins ire BlwtXB able to replenish their bunkers, whfle, when the ees is rongh* cooling is on awkward business for \he blockading squadron. Yet this Is a necessity In real war. where blockades] mnst laat for a ooneHemble length of time, , In hl|/ work. ‘The Influence of Sea Power upon the Fremdi Revolution and the Empire. u Grpt Mahan saysr- “To maintain such a blockade efTectnallv • fleet needs to be fixed st the highest nnmber the resources of a conn try can supply, and a reserve so preporttoosd that by a constant coming #nd going so sb’p In the front should be suffering from exhaustion either by condition or of supply.” This Is certainly true, but exteremely difficult nnder the present circumstance*, nnd It explolna Admiral R'r Geoffrey Hornby’s opinion that todaj all the Iren-cladn of Great Britain wonlc not be able to blockade effectually tha port of Tonlon. However, that mar he. It Is certain that In order to accomplish anch an oh- S *t, (1) the blockading squadron mnst greatly superior In force to the block aded : 12) its shins mnat be provided with efficient defensive contrivance# hgainst the at tank of torpedoes, without dlmin- iehing their mobility and their offensive force: (3) It mnst have its disposal a sufficient nnmber of swift and well- armed cruisers, which may Instantly give chase to *nch ships of the block aded gffnadron as succeed In escaping; (4) some Method must be found to supply the ships with coal, for the blockade will he Inefficient nnleoa they are able tn get np steam at any moment.—The Contemporary Review. V- Juif* I at Bent’s Fort, tha/t sectic try took hia fancy, and affcff the* Mori- 32* ^ f 0 ™ ’O** wa *’ he reason for this he had opportunity to ex amine four, and only one of the- four showed no ahnomality. It was differ ent Wlffi amateurs, for they left the field before permanent lesions developed. He had examined eleven good amateurs with reference to ^he question whether they were desirable subjects to insure, and he had fonnd all hut one practically sound. The one who constituted the exception had a narrow cheat, thirty Inches, and secondary enlargement of the heart ae a consequence. Dr. Oscar H. Rogers thought Dr. T.am ber t wan quite correct In regarding the family history a* the most important factor in longevity. In the excMKional cases where longevity In the parents had not been transmitted to the offspring it might, perhaps, be accounted for by the moderate extremes In some respects existing in both parents, combining and causing marked extreme* 'n the off message had become the Democratic policy dirt At the same time Charles W. Stone, of Pennsylvania, presented an adverse re- i Howell yielded to party port from "the minority of the com- Atlanta Constitution x n v i the Radnsll Idea. can war he secured a floating grant 1 of 1,000.000 acres. In December, 18G2, Mr. Bland’s proposition Is advance with a view to supplying the Treasury with 156,000,000 of silver certificate* to meet current expenses. It was orlgt- Ictation and the , Ceased to Insist on , , . , .. , luo • But Pst Walsh stood £e located Ari gnu* along the northern „ ” “ . boundary of New Mexico and the soutfa- :ed J ZL “onadar ref two bottodary of Colorado. About the •hot agalns . * game time he waa given the refusal ot men. tot. toll of ton, and enough alike to de Cri(It<) , r3nt of acres in San Luis Park till March 4, thought, next in importance to family " * b<» too be brothers, were joking together, nally Int.nM Hat the coinaie el tht, jflj 3 - ,j** 'rt-Ul’S’l^ln'^Nea 2 ■'r 1 ft*. “.d* N a S iSmlSZ Sw SS *• amount of silver seigniorage would pre vent Secretary Carlials from Issuing bonds. The reports are voluminous, and deal with the silver question broadly, as well as to the seigniorage gni bonds. To Free Mrs London, Feb. 3—Land and W.ater today says It believes that Mrs. Msybrlck will soon be quietly liberated. If friends of the Imprisoned woman cease thel “Ill-advised .agitation," "That Mht May brick la not already free,* the paper continues, “la due chiefly to these absnfo friends who, with every stupidity, tried tbe greateot folly of all a petition signed by some meddlesome: " Americans because, forsooth, she la a fSI- low citizen of thelra.” ' '* Chicago Inter-Ocean. -Denver Pol*mea Pomrlag Over tho Bible. Ever since an eloquent book canvasser paid a visit to the Manayunk Police Sta tion the unusual sight may he dslly wtt- Dlstorted Titles of Books. Mrs. E. C. Lewis, librarian at the'free public library, states that many very pe culiar applications for hooks are handed over the counter there. The other day a ncased there of a dozen or more blne-coata very pretty young lady game In *«af poring over handsomely bound volumes of for “Rider Hgggayd’a latest book, The the Bible, which the agent sold to them. Prince of Indt*,' "Another reader wanted Their earnest study of the book. In order “The Man Without Any Land” for Ed- to become famldar with Its contents. Is ward Everett Hale’s popular book. One due It said, to a flew rule that at fcvery j man recently tbouhgt “The Old Mama- roll coll each officer Is required to quote selle's Secret” referred In some way to the M, I Cincinnati. O., Feb. S.—Ives won to night’s billiard game from Schaefer. Scot* «00 to 4M. a passage from memory. Lieutenant Alli son acta as spiritual director. Every man giving a correct quotation la to be present ed with a blue ticket as a reword of merit. —Philadelphia Record. JSelU family, sad asked for “Old Man Sell’s Secret.” “He Wanted to Love His Wife” was the some given by mother caller to “He Fell ta Love with His WU*.”-Top*ks (Kan.) Capital. A person might not only his fat might .ilno he nmi- - history, heavy, hot mnlated in the abdomen instead of Ming evenly distributed.. Dr. Rogers had once considered the question what persona might be expected to die of consumption, and. on looking through a life Insurance Hat, had found that about one-fifth of those dying of consumption gavo a family history of that disease. Stated In a different form, shoot four-fiffks of the people who died of consumption la adult life gave no history of, this djseaae «n their imme diate : family. Approximately, seven- tenth* of those who had died of oon- anmotion were tmdrtr average welvh* and build. Very few *wefll of the average weight, and fewer still above It. Gont was of sufficient frequency in England to be considered In the family history tiff insurance companlea. bat in this conn’Ty neither it nor rheumatism were considered of so groat Importance. Aftw the question of disease In the family and the pointn previously men tioned, he next Mid most a trees upon hafetf. Home persons would train well on five-pound dnmb-befK others better on ten-pound ope*, and ft _ with alcohol: one man Would be s raving that mania o with a etpgle glass of ‘ ‘ “ drink • day. John Gay. Gay's affectionate and amiable nature made him a general favorite; bat than la some truth In Johnson’s remark that tht wit* “regarded him as • playfellow rather than a partner, and treated him with mot* fondness than respect.” If that were sn he hud no one bnt himself to blame. He waa hopeleflsly Indolent, nnd spent hia thse waiting tor aid from others, and. aa Pope put It In au Intentionally ambiguous line, “dies unpensloned, with a hundred friends.” In those days men of letters were fre quently rewarded by political poets, but It Is not cieer what Gay would have comM- ered adequate! nor what duties he waa fit to discharge. Yet He was always com plaining of the ingratitude of the Govt: “It la my bard fate. I must g*t wothtag. write for them pr against them!”. He was fond of fine clothes, and like several’ of hia friends, he wss » great ester. "The great est proof of Gay’s existence to, Bdl, ergo eet.” said Congreve. Owing to this self-lmtalgeartr. and to a deep rooted objection to everetae. he waa very tot, 'and 1 table to froquent SHgdm of fever and colic accompanied by fits at depression; yet his temper was eo sweat that his soctetv was to the end nought by great nobles and ladle*, who humored sad petted him, and by brilliant writer* Hty* Swift and Pope, who In other cams wars £ easily p/pveked to bostfltty. HE timidity sad gullelemmesa. hia want > ' reliance and discretion, seem to 1m stronger men to protect and love him. Westminster Review. . -‘fe.hjjasu—— • -- V • — '"-’‘•CH Atlanta. Ga.. Feb. 8.- tbe Tammany chief, here Ibis afternoon on Mardi 'Gras. l*e Corps mine hi ■pedal train, bound fog New C*.'.