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TTIZEN.
A. WEBSTER, Editor and Proprietor.
" T?:LTJME I.
A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Politics.
0RANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1875.
NUMBER 32.
TIM ELY TOPICS.
(.'AitlM'T?'i, t lu* editor win? ? -M 11 i ? .? I a
pistol-hall in Iii- head for seven months,
i- dead. Tin.1 mau wi io shot liim has
boen surrendered by bis bondsmen, and
will soon bu pm "ii trail for murder.
NM-, v. IM-hot t'arrutb, i- tin' non
nt'an nld Pennsylvania Hutch eoupje
fluni ibo Landis valley. Iii- niarriednbej!
uppish Mi-- Mi ad, win? liked money,
but soon grew weary nf y i noland lili-,
and now Landis is div??reed and indieted
for iii unter. Mural: Marry abreast ol
you.
Wm N ibo law ol Massachusetts pro
viding thal all railroad trains -hall come
to a full -t"i' bel'ore crossing a track ni
another lin?- ?a- enacted, it gave much
dissatisfaction to ra ii mad nun. The law
has, however, proved a good one, ami it
is -aid that no railroad mau of the stale
would now e'ojist-ut lo it- repeal.
Tin-: m w -tate eoii-iilutioii of Nebraska
contains a provision thai the United
State- senators for timi stale -hall here
after be elected by direct vote nf tin
people, lt wilj he an interesting ques
tion now tn lie settled whether this i
?.?oi in eonilict wiih the enlist ?lin ion ol
the United States.
A HKV vs l'A ri Nt? lire swop! I hr. nigh
Virginia Oily, Nevada, last week, laying
the greater nan ol' the eily in ruins, ami
leaving thousands of people homeless
and destitute. No greater calamity lias
befallen any western town for many
year-, ami. it' tile prospective destitution
is a- great as repro.-eiijcd. ami tile num
ber of people hil hou-clos a- many as
reported, their sulloriiig will appeal io
the charitable tho whole country ovt r.
Tl li U'li l he losses l?y tin- burning et
Virginia Uity an- somewhat less than
was lirai rep ?it'd they an- terribly -e
vere, anfl the sulleriiig i- aggravated liv
lite fact that the city was built ami in
habited for the u.iosl by working people,
'whose oui y vveaivh wa-in their labu ami
' ln'ill an': I-H'.II |-'.i-e. The tire ha-" liol
consumed the surplus wealth of a rich
old community, hut lin- ton!-, the
mechanism, thc working forces, tin daily
oread of a whole community.
?I A % t biri, u ownstwenty minimi dol
lars ul '.ii-.-;'. !, the I'ni.m l'acide
railroad, 'anti controls several millions
more, givjiig bini ah ai' poi nt voice in
its management am! one .ii' tho larges!
sharers in ii- profus. Tho total of stock
is lilly million dollars, if the wise now
before the United States supreme coiirt
is decided in favor of (his mad, Gould
will lie gainer in ail antonin double the
pri?:e of his stock, ?is the government
will be mulcted in over thieu hundred
million dollars.
Tur. mysterious murders thai have be
come so frequent in New langland of bile
are discussed a great deal in the papers
there. Oli? \lcsoo?d:?nt of th?J'ilgrinis
oilers in an exchange the following Var?
nable suggestions to coroner's juries:
"Talco up tin- corps and make tho mau in
charin; tom h her if she bleeds that i- the
mau I had thc same evidence willi ?no
some li fl eon years ago ibis will'show yon
tho ('orrock way ol' holding a coroner's
jury this i ; as^trno as god in he.-r n try
this and you will satisfy the whole nf the
Now Knglaml -'.:;!-ju i asi tell ... help
mi god."
Ni.iitMAN Wi A e i ?. of Washington, who
is conducting ordnance cxporinH'iitsr^nt
Boston, lined, i; . Saturday, an ''im
proved chilled i; '.' \Vianl projectile,*'
which |tenet rnt?<l :: heavy ?ron plating
twelve inches al :t distanec of l,(??ij
yards. The shoi . i/bi-'l .V.I pound-,
and the charge consi tt i nf Tu pound- of
hexagon.tl oriental powder. Tin- shol
struck ila- o.vael -put which it was
aimed; lix- plating was eui ?rel \ jierforu
ted, and showed marks of the Manges of
Hie shot. li- rotary motion velocity
wa- 1,870 feel per second, 'flu- expern
men! wa-willie-ni by several hu m Ired
persons, including several hundred army
loni navy otHcc'rs ami students of tech
nology.
IN IS7*rm#re than nine per cent, nf
ibo child ron o? ,;". Fatherland refused
to present themselves when called UIMMI
to enroll :.- ?ildicrs. In other words'
the deserters from ile- armies agj/reinittid
eighty-two thousand I?ittr hundred and
eight? '-n men, ahuosi a- many a- the en
lire rank and file nf thc Ih'itisli army.
i.-. undoubtedly true (hal sixteen thou
sand six hundred and .eut v-two ot
the recusants to military duty bolong in
Alsace and Lorraine, lan a till greater
number-sixteen iholland cighi hundred
and thirty, wei - natives of Prussia.
Most of these m. n. ju-! arrived a! an
age when their labor ought In i. - mo-l
beneficial to the coinmnnityi oip
|K)sed lo have left tho country, which
they have a perfect i ?ghi (,, du
A TR lt Kl It hi' JOKK.
"J low was lt, Ma jor, Unit yow nov or
wore ma nip? IV I have'kTtown you for a
long time and yet you have iidver told
tnt* thal,*' wort* the words which (??or: ??
i-'elton addressed to his hcicliclor lVi. ii '..
.Maj. Lee. a retired army OlIiceK as lifo
conversation turned ou matter-' irTiitri
monia!.' i
..Ali. George ! it isn't wonder lu I ti:. ;
I should never mention it.- The eir/'ttm
stifuees which prevented nie getting imo - ?
ried aro ol' such :t melancholy character >
that il pain.-? me lo have them referred lo
at ail."' Was hiss answer, i
". Now. Major, I'm very rimons i>> i
know, and as**-we arc old friends, il' I
promise to keep it a secret, will you tell
me'.' lint il' it would pain yen too lum li
to tell I don't want lo know." said
f 'corgi'.
'. Well, then,"-1 i'm- Majo' answered
with a sigh, " 1 will tell '.voil, lott ?
here I.hudtlercd, "it i-- so horrible. Oh.i
so dreadful ! Let me think. Yes, i
'. lt. was in the year ?X-I7 ?lieu it hap- >
pened, ami I liad just entered the t Wcnty
seventh year ol'my age, w illi prosjiocts
as hright and promising a- any you nt;
mau could wish for. Mv wai ivas clear
to faim- in military circle-. I had Jjtt-;
coin.' fruin a Hasty Irin a rou nd tlc world,
and my mimi was full ol' strange an I
new ideas. I'copie Haltered me on ui\
sueeess. ami ila- doors ol' society were
op. ii wide lo me. thal 1 utiglit na- i::.
t>h. that they had only I iee n kepi -hu; '.
I received an invitation in attend n ver\
fashionable hall given hy a rieh family in
the wes! end ol' London. I weill there,
and while talking to a friend in om- ..i
the parlors I noticed a particularly hand
some young lady. 1 toole a taney lo her
?inmediately, and iiiamiged Iii obtain an
introduction to her. which I afterward
found otu -he was a- a I IX ?oil:- lo llave as
1 was. You know yourself what feel
nigs po--.--a man when ia- li isl falls in
love, and snell feelings I had then. How
ever, I danced with 'm r. escorted her to
slippery iil?tliparted willi hera: '.lie dour
<>f her carriage, receiving au invitation
to*call at her house, lt's scarcely neces
sary t?> toll ymt thal I visited lier agniu
and again. The following stun mer i wa.
invited lo spend a few months ?tl her
lather's* count ry residence. I was only
too willing to go, ami while down there
?ii I ifvoushirc one beautiful calm even
ing, scated o.u :i rustic bellell, I o IK-red
her lin Ininti and hean, ami wa- ai
ce pi ol.
" Now. -la- ivas \erv fond <?i' practical
jokes, ami never Iel pa-- an opjKO-lunily
to play ota', regardless nfwlio might he
union neale enough lo be lui viet itu.
.. < be.- morning Lena (I can't help dill
ing her by thc old familiar na nie) did liol
cunio down in breakfast a> usual. A ser
I vaul wa--mt io her ronni io soe wliiil
! wa- the maller .'iud found her lying in
lied, ciuiiphrillilig ol' a -ii i; headache, au
illness which we allerwanjs bum.I .ur, io
be only a-inned. She1 said thal during
thu night she wa* awakened by a scratch
ing noise, and looking in the diroetioii
wln nce it came -in- -aw a horrible lace
looking at lier. Sim tainted and remem
bered iiotbim- mure about it. Of course
wc prom in need lids unthill!! inoro than a
night mare, but at her rcqiie-t OIK* of lier
listers was allowed io sleep willi Ina.
The next morning they reported seeing
the -ame horrible appa lit io ii, aid de
(.lured their intention ol' never sleeping
in the mom again, a- ii was haunted.
I volunteered to nccli|>y ike depart
nient for.ono night, as milch to investi
gute thc cause ni the ?ip|K'arniicc ol' thc
'gluwl ' a- because no one che was wi'lim
Intake possi-siuii of?the room. About
ten o'clock I went to lied, and ibm'!
know how long I slept when I was
awakened hy a scratching noise, ami
j looking in thal direction -aw a lorrihlc
malicious looking fare directly over the
mantel-piece, and looking si might a! me.
fl had large eye-, a horrible pair ol'fangs
in ils mouth, and seemed a- if t lu- inside
i of the head were al! on lire. I jumped
from lite bcd, bu! the inoilieiil I touched
tin- Hitor lim lace disappeared. I went
io Iu d again, but did not -h ep much. I
kepi watching over the m.intle-pieee and
was rewarded by the face again appear
ing. I liad taken a revolve with nie
and placed it under my pillow. I ipiietly
I look it out, aimed ?it the lace and pill ici I
j thc trigger."
j Mero lin- Major began to cry, and grief
1 fora t'om- interrupted bis narrative, and
said :
"W in-ii I hied ive lli'lll'd a picrciUt!
' shriek, accompanied by a fall a- ol' some
heavy body. We lighted lin- gas. and
. rushed tn the inanlle-piece. I found thc
place where my bullet liad filtered. !:
i liad milde a clean Indi-. I knew il mu t
j be hollow behind, ami liniiid thal I could
. push down lin- w;dl paper, which I did,
jami fourni a large hole, abolit three feet
'-.liiaie. I fearing groans ns'ulo I jiiiniied
j I h lough lim opening, and groping around
' I feit a li male form which I lifted up,
ami found, 10 my horror, thal it was she
. who war -iou io be my bride. She was
-Imi lliroiigli tin- breast,?md hy thc hand
ol tin- man who bad pledged himself
? again ami again to protect lier from all
[ harm. We carried lier lo tim room
winn- I hal formerly -b pi. ami which
j wa- In r- at thc time. Here -he liu?ered
i'm- a few day-, never recovering eoii
I seiousiiess, and then died. Vow, (?eorge,
j you have tin- reason why I never was
' married.
I " There was a iiii.-snge which led fro in
I the room where she slept a- far a- this
, mantle pi.-ee. and over tin- whole liiere
, , wa- nothing hui tim plain white wall ptt
; per. upon lin- back ol' wmich she liad
; painted lin- horrible I'iiee. wiib h, by
; lr Iding ;i light behind ?L could be -bown
distiiietlv. That explain- ir." II'. .1/
! o> .Vi- lo,'/ U'.rt.l.
< ?lieu i ld bears a striking li -ev. J.
i lane" tn a grandparent without a lim a
j mei,i ..!' parental feature.
? ;vi: AMI A UAW [?ATOHEI?.
?am a. bachelor. ?iii o[d Iwch-ploi"; at
len st dial's what nt y S. 'nieces-pretty,
saucy, el?v. r. lovable girl-: -cull me; and
nu doubt they're right.-though I can't
go - it'ar as to agree with them when
they declare II man -owning to live-aud
io r; ?. years and a .dozen white hairs " de
cidedly . venerable" and " fearfully
iray."
I low. ver. an ?tV bachelor I am dubbed,
?fud I must confess ' if to acquire that
distinction one is obliged to enjoy life to
the utmost,?as I do. and lie made much
>f by lovely women and charming inaid
!-us. as I ain. ! have no serious objection
to tito till--. v? ? .
In the iirsi place, hiv bonn' is a home
in every sense ol' the word, although
without a mother, or even a mother-in
law.
i occupy, and have occupied for the
past year, a suite of remarkably pleasant
rooms, thc from window- looking on" a
;'ily paul* and the back on a gan len made
Icliglltful by two line old peach-trees, a
heavy grape-vine", and sweet-smell i ng
wistaria. Thc latter has climbed lo my
window-, and, twining in and out of tho
-lats of the shutters, eii'ei lnally prevents
ny closing them; bul gives inc in recoin
pense great fragrant bunches of purple
lower?.
These cheerful rooms arc part and
?areel id' Mr-'. Midget's boarding-house.
So. i mu wrong. Mrs. Midget-.Mr.
Midget was !..-; ?u sea li vc years ago
lo,- not keep a boardji'g-btuisi?, bul lakes
i few select boarders, ol' whom -he ?>
|i|eased lo iutiuiale she considers inc thc
?elect est.
Wonderfully comfortably tho "few se
ed" lind it in Mrs. Midget'i* shady, old
rashioiicd, neatly-kept, throe-story brick
loll--.
?. liven tiling like wax," my eldest si
er says when she ?ornes to visit me.
which is about once iii four weeks-a
hiv <>r two ?titer inv inarrazill?s have ar
rived.
- An?l thy landlady*," I invariably re
plied, isn't -In' awful cunning? so de
mure in ber ways .uni speech for such a
.vee liiinir cul s;o pretty, with her bright
blue eyes and yellow hair!"
lint Maria. I can't divine why, pro
lends not to hear me. or else repeats with
??uruful emphasis: . Awful cunning!"
The lad is, I'm so much among my
kin-women thal I often lind myself, when
I wish to I?- particularly ??ipiiaii?, bur*
rowin; their q ticer .adjective? and peel ic
liar forins Of expression.
"indeed, miele," said < 'hailey to nu
lin? other da> named lor mc, t'harlolb
i 'li; ri?-, as near as they eoiild get at il i
."yoirye beginning lo talk liken girl - an?
;i von?- time of life, too!" And 1 did li'1
i'oel at ail insulted; for il* all girls talk a;
iv.11 a. my nieces I consider ('linfleyri
remark rather a compliment than oilier
iv ?so. ,?
Mr.-. Midget knows lib? to furnish:
labio, too; all sort of little delicaciesan<
nney|Hvtcd Lidbils, stews and liashc
ii-.iv? rcproacfi, bread and pies, marvel
u' culinary skill, and tea and collce
.veil, re:ilIv eulibo ami tea.
As for Mrs. Midget herself, sile's sud
i tot of a woin.MI that I h i l like laugh
mi otttritrhl everv linn- I look at hoi
ion Iud ?m .; |dlc of music I.k* place?
.o a chair :h?' ? hair itself biller thai
my nf the - lew -elect-" -at the head ?>
In dilling table. Indeed, only titi* ollie
lay, when she asked, in a solemn man
HT. fixing her blue ? y? - <>n my face,au
ii"; iii-- a large soup-ladle in her mite ot'
laud, it I would have some -"tip. I di
Hirst out laughing, she looked "<> vcr
ike a little girl playing dinner with lu
not lier - dinner sot.
The miniature woman laid down th
?nll? and va/t d at nu* in surprise.
"Mrs. Midget, I h?g your pardon,
a'al I; "I suddenly thought of a mau
a v at t he circus."
"Oh!'.'said Mrs. Miiffcol, and_ rein nu
o : lie si mp.
I'm a romantic old lid low lhere. Vii
rc how natural!**, I fal! in my niece
ray love, poi'try. nuisit', flower- t Mt
kl nigel alway- basa posy ready for n
II sumuuT-tinn*, which slur pins into II
m t ton-hide with ber owii lair band
md I assure von ?i's not al alUutqdcasn
0 have her standing nu thc lips ol' h
?.i - tn reach it. with lier -niall, rom
iCad just touching my chi ir)?; and i
air sex.
X. es; old bachelor lis I am, I lo Ve, .?i
ll ways' have loved, tin* fair sex : and
ready think it is because i love them
well I -till remain unmarried. I nev
rould make up my mimi linn one of
t hose I ?ul mi rod w a- prett ier, briglil
nuil -'v. u r iban thc oilier", mid iii
wanted lb? .'.'.desi. ord liest and luigi
esl I ha. c been in a dilemma all my Ti
Hut I * vi always incant to, ??nd my inn
ii..!' i- -t longer than ever -ince theda
picked up the little patched chive
1 bond wa v in front of Stewart's.
I feel convinced that the owner of tl
glove i- thc w ife for mc. I wear it m
my hi ait. Silly'.' Nol a bil of it.
-nedi man could help wearing a gh
like that near hi- heart.
Ki ve and a half, II pretty mouse-col
every linger well lilied mn, scarceh
crease in lb? ni - In* must lie pl it mi i
faint -mell of i'o-e (as a general fbi
with tho inception olMumcst cologn<
detest perfume-, but if J ,?,., endure :
it i- i" , . calling t.. mind, ns it di
br" . butterflie . Howers, and all that i
ol' thine), and the cunningest patch
I he palm ol' thc band.
N'.e.v I'd never seciV'ii patch in a gi
before, :-'? it 'nick im* as .-??inething t
and I examined it critically. The n
iii r in w hich that patch wiis sowed
: .: ! nip thc wearer of the gloyc was i
?.hil li?ot,hodi?*;d ; lb?* (inc silken slit?
!:. d Itt ..-'W il. ;':::! pilich ?ll, timi
w. dainty.; thc hie! timi thc color of
pat.'?li cxactlyjniatched that of thc gi.
j hal -ito w a" constant, I ruc to (inc sh:
I ben I ining'nicd her personal app
.
ame: Soll brown eyes, chestnut hair,,
sliullt but ?plump ligure, toot, ts? eorr? j
pond willi brr hand's decidedly grae lui
mut; altogether, vs ry uti i -? civo.
" i'll wajor sin? -ings. pl ivs ?ind . I:iii .
well," I sutil to, JUA self, M i':>nelusion :
.'is not rich, or -he would not patch her
gl?vc; or j)oor. or shs- wool ", not wear
'kids.'" Lj
I must fnii! Keri .
.AM very well to 'say. hui how n> iinil:
lier? A ''j?i^mial,,,rii'fit mot li cc ."t>
brown cyos,?u?oulri frighten s. ? modest a
little creature, and ?he would he 'likely
to liiilc I'.iT.vVf instead ol'allowing herself!
to ho foti nd J
.Shall I show my trs'?-uiv td. my ni? . -
and ask if tiffy can uivs* nie any clew to
lifo original jKissessor 7
l'sliaw! th}1 teaming I li hms wold?! maki
ut) end ol' Inn ol' me.
,l>y .love?.Avh?rc have my wits heen'.'j
P.1 see what*! M rs. fidget saya about it.j
She'-hy larkin' most sensible,woman of i
my at's?uahiltiiicc, and very sympathetic,
and is at tliil tnomeiit sitting alone in
thc iliniug-rsimi in a low n icking-chair, >
with ?i giaiitivsirk-basket hy her side aiu?J
a'heap s?f stockings, in lier la)?.
' " There, mv dear Mrs Midget, is the
clove. Youfwill set; at once that it i
all my faiicy jiinitilcd ii ;" and I placed il
in tlu- landlady's little hand.
Over wcnijt?ie hig workd?askct on the
Moor as Mrs. Midget, ihr??wing herself
back in a paroxysm ol' laughl r, came j
near goifig over too, her absurdly small
leer kicking wildly hi Un- air for a ino?
nient, until I han restored the rnekhig
.liair to ils cu?l i librium.
"..Shall I pick ftp the things, Mrs.
Midget V said 1. as soon a- she ceased
laughing, rallier put hut, i" tell the
truth, hy her strange eondii?l, so unlike
lim sympathy I had ive pee ted.
.. S es -nd il'yoii mease I don't rare,"'
stammered Sirs. Midget, in a voice very
lifloreut from her ev.ery-tlay one, and
with the lovel est ros?>-e?lorin her cheeks.
A> I thought I dt ' '?ted the fragrance
if ro-e appareil) ly emanating front a spun i
?ft lucan I li*-1? I in my hand, and reinem*
bored t heriot e.
"Did youd, iiitheglove, Mrs. Midg.'t?"
isked I. seriously.
"No." replied shejiopcniiig a wee hand
md showing it. crumpled into a heap.
.Take it. and oh! please, say no moir
tbout il. lt's too-too ridiculous!'' ami
?l!'she wont a ..?lin.
"Mc.-.' M's."' ! !' SM;VI I "\vli-u USO '-oui
a ugh i ut; at . \
"I suddenly thou j* ht of a man 1 .-aw al ,
lite eirciis," sUid she, with a saucy loiik I ;
ia?! never seen before iii her hine cys -.
'.I'm convinced you know lim owner oil
he glove," said I. "lt's au old nut id |
ivhom nat ure bas sought i>> eoiiipeiisati
or lack ol'other cha ruis hy "iiviiig her a
?effect hand, ora grandmother who still
Aears live and a half, though lier c?in
?lexion luis fed and hairdep ledi Yoii
enow- I'm-nie nf it; andi th nigh you
.ompleielv shatter my I H*:I II 1 i 1 ti I dream,!
foti must tell HIV." And in m. excite-]
neut I <|iiiie iinirtem ionally ; ?ul my
inn around her siender waist
"\\ ell, if ! imist, I must," -. i.l Mrs.
Midget. "Prepare for a fearful Mow.
The glove is nnia '''
Mrs. Midget has ceased lo ix: . id iv .
im! I am no Umger a ha? helor. /.
Tl?I*.SAI \i:ir.-.u'Cn. \< rum . ..' rah'?
erins are s.'xui ? night, and lu- i- ? u? ai..:
0 phij in tile Til't li Aw mn thealri dui
ugtlicpri'scuiscasnii. .Innvti & l'aimer
le-ire him to play for them, and ; : vf
dlered ??t?0l) ;i night, hut he has a -n
i:tt II tal dislike io appearing amid .
. rene- of his former triumphs and li in
ventual ruin. The associations ol such
1 s|M?t would he l.Mi painful. Il |f is
rears since he opened that theatre with
ligh expectations ol' -ucee--, and du rim.'
his time he exerted every faculty le
uistnin the inst it II 1 i<?n. Athis! heiia.de
i farewi'll amid general ruin, and he does
lol care to revisit ii.
Harry Sullivan, as a star, receives lu
[HT cent, ol' tlic house- -such, at least, is
the rc|Nirl -hut it i- probable that the
terms are oyor-stated, in order to give
lum eclat. He i- a very clever actor,
hut will not. achieve any grand -mee-,
l'he Irish do veil in comic performance-,
ind il' Harry Sullivan convinces, thc
American people that he is a tragedian,
he will he tin- first nf hi- countrymen
that has done st?. Davenport, a- a -tar
of Shakspearian dignity, i- worth ?01 lp ?I
week. hirst-class comedian-are rated at
from s|-_'."i to jt?i?tl a week, .lame- hewn
receives the first-nienlioiied pries', except
under cxtiaord'mnrv ci reu instances,
from this rale the salaries decline iiuti
ihev nash s|? io s "jo per ws-s-k for stage
walkers.
Nm I,IKK W'ASIIINti I'S ?X. - -The ollie
slay a Vicksburg father, finding it ucees
wary to reprove hi- still, gently said;
" Don't stulf victual- into your monti
thal way, my -on: (?eorge W'as'iim/toi
didn't eat attn- that fashion."
The hoy accepted the reproof withoii
comment, ami after poiisleringfor awhib
he remarked to himself:
"And I tlon't helieve i?eorgc WjisJi
ingtoii licked hi- l"'V fm' fm 'lin-/ a holli
ol' whi-ky in the -Iud when he wa
hunting after a horse-sluic, either!"
MAKIX<? SICKMONS. -"'How do you ??C
ni? your seriiKui- ?" asked someone of Mi
M nt i<ly. Iii- reply was; "For a lill ni IH
ol'years 1 have hep; large envelops
marked; say, 'Ti lund, 'Heaven,1 'Taith
etc.. and evs ry thing I lu ar m meet -.vii
on any ol'these subjects I mal e a n??li ?
ii. and keep it ill t hc.-e en\slopes. Aft?
-onie time I Imve mats-rial eiiom.'h ?liol
ol' these en vs-lopes for three or foin
moll-. People sttnietlilies speak of II
taking four or li vs-months io pn
sermon; i; tabias me Jour.or live y?-.u-."
A .?MA?.I. ; piece, of ?alfs rettnel -<?id:<
in milk and tied around lin- linger, r
newing occasionally, will cure any . .
vf l's;ls>n,
Tili: <? ti-, - -.> itr.n-TiTCt
I lt; i :. . i, -ti ?Ki - st:veil in ll?' Illili,
i :?. . in f?-'\v ni tin- i-liiMlfii's iltty,
I ititi ? !'- li litllu patti-iit u f? .?-I
l"i i titi ,1.1,11 .? ;i!i<l nilif* Ililli li viliurj j ! rt j :
I.Int I lilli ill .'ill ? :llrl tilla
! Ina! i I i lil'Il silvor ll.lV-lll.hlll whit. .
Nm in ??lir ilarfclii'ss . inti- tu ivst.
lilli SHS IV it lilli II J?l?|l|l!H Wl'sl.
.Mi, minter lu-.uts timi s**ti?l ??tini
. li'irliil'ircirs kisses tlirntitfti :li? lu-ti-e.
A lill l'llt?H<> mitt's l.f StVr. I "li.I Ililli."
'I'lrit ili.iuiilils n! lira veil lilli! Imaa-ilimi. " .
A lill ll -uti -lil- tn - i Ilse aili) lu url,
A ? ti-lii'ii Our li, !. ami I.1.I--I.II.. |i:iil ;
?Aitil Itt'tl*.- h-i-i iliiit ifiilt'-r ?li.w'ci1.
i.iUi ?ir Iii iiii?|ijilti):s.of Iii., .-Unit rr.
An,t in lin' i lui.e.- a - I?,..in? iili.fi
'.Vli it Lt.ni >lia|i-s i|..:::ivlv .Jip
'th. i: iliiis'j sliisillis. iititl i'i-y rna
'.l-'r.ili: eli: i'iiii- IIIIIHI ami kl-siiij: li|>,
A na!?. <1 -n i ..!ne-', tn tlu->.;.i
Hln-.-tiili ii ll-1 Ililli.; ?un? liulti'itH
In ? it. hin;: rn:.' .tear ;i Mg?; !
\n . :.i. y ..i Ll.- au.I ti-lit. -,
An iiili. .f?t it liivi'iy ? i|. )i.'i i. - ,
1'.. -nev. ti,.- ti", i ! .in imply U.
Hy valiistl.'il tlitlil'i'iintl .- .ii_' ?i'll !n,.-c
Astl.:t.l LinU llti'i.iitts; ii lin; - i.ii.i k
I .i;it. -nu-. II|HIII -im.' nu l-l,,? ur?vtt-.
iViiil ilrank iii- lu-avi.|i-stvei.| rains; ii I.
si:".i' inry. i iliiin :.n in>.til?-III?:
I r.ii-ks licit Mi-iii lion.'.'!'} i.ir.i'l- t-in jip.
Til . llly-tlri's! in iiii.-i-l viii ty
l.i li-.-lill. I i- klll'C III.-'-' ll.?i|.?!l-.; n.lll.'.
Tl.?U|i'?lt?i- f?'t|il like ki-siim shells,
Vii-I ilii'v aiul wi? sn -in-iin t Imtni'
lilli'. lirlgili ll.'itits IM.UIHI iitlil tv ,l>lli|.|.illj,
A- I linnell Mini,- (ili.ry . l ttl.'sprint!,
Silin; liillUxlll Illili in'"'iii' <i.iv.
Sli,-alit tnlii iii- -_,.!ili'ii ('illili- iiml i ir? y.
Ti--- : a- nf IVnt.li-i- swim; wilie
A ii...in..iit'- -?.?i- i- in -ult no m tl.
Ami lltnsctlriiiil ?IIII?I.'IM Ufe mut Uifiilli,
\ llllltlli'llt tai! ill." ll.llnilU! -Wi,l-l.
A- ..'. i Hi':-, tv.'iirv tv.irltl let ?nm
i e t,, I ,?.->- . ei. i helli fis ll.HII.1
i kit liri mit >.! I'm ail is., tuosi fail.
\Vililli nu,tl?i i- eiill "tlniiiliililifiiS |M?iy..|
Al:. .l.vp |i:itlii'li<- mystery :
Tl?' ? 1.1 iii'- ure.lt w i.iii i.||?.-?,|'is lititiu,
\ . in i||-ii|i?.ii a lilus-iiiii - lin: t
Wiiit.'-llllle. i'l.i .. Illili ?V4M-S l.lll W li'li.
Ami |i|yiiili\ini. lina liH.ksuiailii,
ritt-iiiiJriiiiis nf I lu: tr"s? iiml pain,
I j. .m swii'i i-liilil-i-yt's. iiml in Uti! . IIIM
Sn-! earth mill lii'iiM a i. - "i,- iltSI.
'I'll- a '? i - -. .!. "ii i-, ii- tt'iiilay i lr i.i ,?, ,tt u,
A - ft a; t -iii! trtii!.. ila 'l"t i-f 'I MHI.
Ain! ii.! iliei?i?:?--t- linois uti.tv.lir ' .
\'- ?iii i iiiliiu nV sleep ;.III! iinji- :' ? .i?!
An,; il- -I it- theil' Ifilllis lin Illili'.
II. . : t l.ir> iif Ivtitiuhl i,i.i nu tr ?ile.
Tal:., ic lin- li.-aV.'tily nile al even,
.\ :,l ! ' . 'i- - .a i,i 'i,?' ?mil lu .m II.
- V.K ,1.111o,,'s .1/,.ll
Sltiiicwa!] .lac!.- .; cl Wcsl I'oinl.
An nlil friend ara! comrade ol' .-loin- j
all .hickson uri!? - t" ila- Itichiiioiid
'hi-: itt .iuiif. 1*12. .\. i'. Hill,
V.. PiuUelt, V.. I>. I'rv. .nal il,,.,
riler having passed mir li Ml week at !
10 military academy, were standing to-i
.'.la t uti the ..??iith -i'll- oi' the st iii th
.irrnoks at West l'oint, when a cadet-1
?rgetiiij '-aim- liv us com'm-iing a now Iv'
rrivetl cadet to Iii- i|iiaiiers. Mo was
ppnroiit ly alunit twenty years nf age;
le.; was weil grown; hi- figure wasj
iigttl'ir ami clumsy : hi- gail t-.as awk
ar :. ile was cliiil inuM-lashioiieil Vir
itsia hiiittesjnin wooh-ii chilli ; in I ti ire/
cross Iii- shoulders a |ia|r ..' wi-ath?r
Lailied sadiHc-hags, 'and hi in' ivas une
f lit?se heavy, low-er<?wifed. hriMid-j
rimnnal wiiul ititi s usually worn in th? iso
av- liv over.-ec rs, county c?nsialiles. j
..itgoht I'.-, eti" ! lt* trani|K'(l alono hy ila .
ii.- o'" ila sor.: .'io with an air of reSolii-j
ion. :.: ! his -'."?i i ino!: added io ilic in
e xii iii d?termina! ion ol his whole aspect, I
li'tlial otic of us remarked, .'Thai fel
>\t l:;:s eoim i:er. l'i .-lay.'" Hi- namo '
.?a.- Tlititiia .'. .5iit;ksoil.
H<- had a rnilgli linn- ill ila aeadeiliyl
: litSt, !. itis wini! "j |irevioiis traininir'
laced ! im a! a disadvantage, and it Was I
11 h.- i, ???d o'o io ?ia- hi- lii-i examina-1
ion. Wi were si nd vi mr a Igel ira, ami
laylie iinalvtical geoiiielry, that winter.,
mi ilacksoii wa- very l ev iii hi- class
Lauding. All lights wen put oui ai
tap-.' hu', just lie fore ilu- signal lie
,'Oilld i ile Up hi- -nate with* anthracite j
ind. and. lying prone he lo re it on lite
!eiir, would work away at his lessons l?yj
lie glare of tin liri , which scorched his
cry hrain, tili a lat: hotir in i In- night.'
his evideti! determination t" succeed
ioi only aided hi- own elli ?ri s directly.'
int impressed his instructors in his favor,
nd he rose steadily year lo year lill we;
-ed io say. " If \\e had io stay lu re mi
llier year 'old .lack' would he ai the
ead of lin- das-.''
liv lin- fourth year In- attained a po.si
ion ?II lin- first section, Inn hi- lower
landing during th.- early year- in the
nurse, and in drawing, "''renell, and some '
thor studies of a lighter am! tuon orini
ii-utal chanted r, brought hi- average
?'low the point to which In- bad actually
ttaincd b\ the end of our course
In tin- rid'iug-haii i think bis -nih II?._
iiii-t hate bein gr?ai In- bad a very
otlgh horse and when the older came]
o .* cross stirrups" ami "trot," .old.
nek" swayed about and struggled hard'
o keep In- horse. When We had ad
itiiei d t" riding al lim bead-, leaping the
.ar-, ete.. bi- eoilitatioi! was trillv t'oar-'
iii; hut h? persevered linough tin- most
ii rilotis trial-, and no man in ila- rid i lig
io ll se would lake moro risk- than he.
ind certainly m? ono had our good wishes
'or success and safely moro than he.
I believe In- wen! through ibo very
rving ordeal Of the four years at West
'oinI without ever having a hard word
ir : bard feeling lor or a hard feeling
iohi any cadet or professor And while
ben w en- many who seemed lo surpass
lim iu lin- grace- of intellect, in genial
It. ami in .I fellowship,; lhere was no
.in- of mir ela-- '.tho mole absolutely
H. .- .. : d the rc peel and confidence of
ill than le- did.
A vi tn i: !.. ViiniHeier's -look farm
o K?ninck) -aw three piiri-bretl -hort
lot'! rows, Wiirth "n an avui?ge lwo
hon sa nd doliar.-, workiug in the yoke to
?rev.'lil lb-- lioeiiinillaCl?ti ol mt ami
To ; - r\o ;i lil;.- in tili? grate or ('ur
ine i.vet i light there ?. nothing better
ban moistened ciial scre<'iii?igs; iln-v
o. In ti, i than ashes, and will liol canst'
ihc l'ovuuttion o', cliukcrii,
\
Courtship tn Texim.
I lr -:tt ott one sidcof tin- room, in a big.
whiteoak rocking-chair, sin- on tho
other in a little, white-oak rocking-chair.
A long-eared deer-hound,snapping ai the
Hit s, wa- liv hi- side: a basket ol' sewing
by her-. both rock incessantly, that is,
? the young people, not the dog and basket,
lb- sighs heavily, and look- out thc wost
: window al a crape myrtle tree; she s'e_di
lighliy, and gazes oui tin- eiist wihdow
at tin turnip patch. At hist he remark-:
"Thi- i- mighty good weither to pick
cotton."
'"Tis thal, it' wc only had any i ,
? pick.'"
( The rocking continues.
"??'.What's your dog's name'.'''
"< tioney."
Another sigh-broken stillness,
"What i* he -rood fur'.'"
"W hat \- who good tur".'" said he. al'
' f-traetediy.
" Vour tlog, ( 'ooney."
'Tur ketchin' possitn s "
Silem c of halt' an hour.
"Ile look- like a deer dog."
"Who looks like a deer dog.'"'
'.( 'ooney."
"He is; Inil he*.-kinder hellowscd an'
gctliii'old and slow now. An' lie ain't
no 'count on a cold Hail."'
lu tin- quiet len minutes that ensued
-he took two stitches in her quilt; it was
:i gorgeous atliiir, thal uiiilt was,made liv
the pattern called thc "lo.I' Sharon."
She i- very particular about tim iiomcii
elni uh* nf her qiiilts,and frequently walks
? ! i ft ce 11 iuilcs io gel a new pattern, with a
"n al putty name."
"Your nm raisin' many chieking.s?"
" l 'oi ty-ndd."
Then more rocking, and. somehow, af
ter awhile, tim big rocking chair ami tin
'?M!'- rocking chair were jammed -ide liv
-ide.
" I hov many bas your ma gol '.'
" 1 hov many what ?"
" < "hiokens.
" N igh on to a hundred."
Uv thi- time the chair- are so close to
gether thai rocking is impossible.
"The mink- ba- cal ali ours."
Then .-i long silence reiuns. At last lie
oh-erve.-:
" .Makin' quilts?"
"Yes," .-be replies, brigittelling up.
" I've just finished a 'marin' eagnl of
I'.ra/eel.' a 'sitting sun,' anti a 'iinsio.u's
pride.' I lave you ever saw lim "yellow
rose d' rite ph ra rv '." "
" No."
.Moo- silence ; then he says;
. 1 io vim love cabbages?"
" I do that."
Presently hi- ham! i- accidentally
placed on hers. She dor: mu know it
a! least dor- uni -nm to in- aware ot' il.
Iben altera half hour spent hi -mb-,
coughing and doa ri nt; ot throats, li -nd .
deary says;
I -e a irreal mimi lo bile you.''
" What \ou irreal minimi bite me
fur?"
" Kaso yon won't have mc."
" Kase you ain't axed nie."
" Well. now. I ax you."
" Then. now. I "na.- you."
Then (.notley dreams he hears, a sound
ot' kissiiur.
The m st dav the vonni: man eoe- io
rigerville aller a marriage license. Wed
m-.-day life following wi i k. No cards
Tm I?.\?tv !".rsi\Kss rs nt?: Sinn.
- Mr. tiro. H. Williamson, in l'h i ! li T .'.
Southem l'arnier, calls attention io the
fact thal tim south offers a rich field for
the dairyman, whether in milk butter
or cheese, the price of all these products
beiug always higher here than at the
m.ith. while it costs much lr- io pro
duce them. I le add- :
Any town ?il two thousand inhabi
(ants will support a first-class milk
dairy, and the butter and cheese can
always lie shipped to thc bes! market? at
a small cost. Foi a milk dairy, the
Ayshirc will prove most profitable a- the
improved breed-, and a dairy eau bc
-tarted in this way al a -mall expense,
If dairying will pay, and paya big profit;
under all disadvantages of long north
ern winters, high priced labor and grout
competition, it ought certainly to prove
profitable in the south, where there is
lio competition whatever except ina few
sections. Thru- i- no business, however,
which requires a closer attention to all
detail-. We Hird it a few years, and
sp?ak hom experience. Aside from the
profit, ii ?sa constant source of improve
ment to the la rm
A N MI it A I. NA neon c.- hr. lYoycr,
of.lena, ba- hrrii lid to make experi
ment- with those substances which, are
found in the tissues after -even- inii-cu
lar or nervous fatigue, to soc whet ncr
they do not possess narcotic properties.
Lactic acid, especially, lei- yielded thc
mus I satisfactory results, and l?clate of
soda i- recommended lor use in many
cases where morphia or chloral is now
ordered, from a large number of ex
periments oil animal-. Dr. Trevor is
strongly opposed to thc use of Hie Inc
it?tes of pota-li. magnesia or lime for nar
cotic purpo-e- in lim human subject.
Lactate of-mia is not, however, alw ay
lo be depended on for inducing -h ep. its
cll?cts being in individual- very diller
cht, both as regards the time ol' thc on
i-et of sleep and ar- to ii- duration and in
j lousily. Mothers will be glad to learn
that young and small animal- an- more
I easily a (fee tel I by il (han old and large
I one-.
Petei l:. ?d. ol ({ridge of Caley.
I'da i i gow rn , has sent four -taino- to thc
Kiigli-h mint to pay for coining for him
. two pennie-, one with two head- and one
Willi two lad-. lb-adds" " N. I|.
I. i- for hissing that I wain them.
I'm i/raY limy he hied in and in for
! many years, amt tin- quality greatly; im
proved hv always -electing the finest
lb wi* lojjrecd Iruiit,^ This ? a fact.