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A POSTPONE rILGRIMAGE. 11Y CLA14A E. HIAMILTON. Dr. Rutledge hitched his horse in front of his gate and looked out over the roofs of the village with an ex presslon that no one in El Campo had ever seen him wear before. His eyes were bright, his tiguro erect, the very brim of his soft felt hat, which usually drooped so desponldently, had straigh toned itself out. le looked ten years younger than before, and ho felt like a boy. As he walked up the gravelly path to the house he stooped, as he would have done years ago, to pick a rosobud for his buttonhole before he entered the house where his Mary awaited him. Sho had bon his wife for forty years ; but sho was still his swootheart, and this morning he thought the rose . especially appro priate. "Mary !" he said, as he thrust h is head in at the sitting room door. But Mary was in the kitchen, mending a Inuchworn coat and making the most of the yellow March sunshino which, in her provident eyes, ought to servo for firewood in California. She was a wonan of the Now England type, sparo and sallow, with gray eyes and thin, soft hair, brushed carefully back from P. broad forcheltd. Years ago she had been pretty, hut timo and care and many disappointmenilts had lon1g sinco witlherod* her girlish grace, and had left in its stead the marks of patient strength, sweet and gentle, yet almost stern. She had lived for hert husband and, through him, for her children; but, with the self-suppres sion of which Now England women are often capable, she had hidden from them the depths of her tenderness for to' much loving is a weakness which Puritanism puts akin to sin. As she looked up now from the gar. ment on which she was putting the last patient stitches, she caught the glow of tihe crimson rose on her husband's faded coat, saw the now light in his face, and dropped her hands instinc tively Into her lap. " Henry !" she cred, wondoringly. Henry walke: straight up to her, took her face in his hands, and, look ing down into the clear gray eyes, he said : " We're going on out wedding journey." Thoi' wedding journey ! Too poor to take one when they were married, it had been the will-o'-the-wisp deuglgt to which they had looked forn.% ard ever sinco. Suddenly turning fr'omii his wi fe, the doctorl stretched out his long, thin arIs and began slowly cavorting around the table w itlh a quter. ros que sort of prance wihic was the nearest approach to a dance step 'f which his early education had madh him capable, humming all the while a curious mcdlecy of " WVe'rc going home to-morrow," and 4 Oh that Vi Il ho joyful, joyful," in want of anything more secular to expre.'ss his feelings. "Oh, what a song," cried his ~wife. 1-lave you forgotten you were sixty eight years old last Decemb her )?" I know it," answered lleuivy, still continuing his evolutions. " A nt1d I should be as well satistied if it had been a hund red anid si xty-ighmt piovided we could have spent all thoi:se years together " antl lie gave her a how of schooloy awk wardiness. " lienry ! Those are sacred hynsits thit you are singimg ; and you look like a windmill !Sit kown and tell mlle what you moan." Tihe withiered cheek had hlushed andI the gray eyes looked expectantly happy. Slowly llenry drew in htis sails, doubled up his long legs and dropped himself on the carpte.d box which served as an ottoman at her feet. "Nothing to tell,"' he amnswovred, with a pr'ovok inKg cool ness that he hadl not shown forl years-"' nothing, only that wo arc going. Whlere shall it. "It will be niowhero', unless youI tell ine what you mean,'" she said, putting her hands (in hiis shoulders andt,( look ing at him ster'nly. "Whiy, haven't you guessed? Where arc your fem in ic intuition's Thle lDuarte estate is settled upl, andi I have their check for two hiund red dolliars right her'e," and he tapped his breast pocket with an im portanit air. "' Now. where shall it be ? T1o the beach--a few days at the Coronado, say-or up to San Francisco-or w here ?" "We couldn't go hiomi ?'' whispered Mar'y, wvith a wistful look. Tj ht (doctor' sobered instantly. "' H-omo " had never been in California to Mar'y, although during the twenty years of life there she hadn utteredl no wvord of compllai nt. Oftecn, ats site sat, in the dloorway, looking out thrmough the twilight toward the l'ast, her husband had caught the longing look in her eyes and had known, with a bitter and helpl)ess palin, that his health was being bought at a high price. "Go home ?" he repeated, relapsing into his usual grave manner and old fashioned phraseology. "' We cor' taiinly could return to Massachusetts, wife, and T have no doubt that it is the best and most expedlient th lng t) do. Trour'ist tickets can be had for' ninety eight dollars, I believe, and we can save up money to take us an'ound. when we get there." "Oh yes, we can save," she mur mu ared. And so it happened that the "' wed ding trip'" was (decided u pon, and that the weeks of preparation andi of simple, happy antIcipation comimer.eed. There were nmany long and serious d is. cussions as to the route they should1( take and the places and peopile the~y shul d visit. IEach famn iliar name broughit up scores of recollections, anzd the two old peoople talked and laughled over their early days with bright. faces and light hearts. Sometimes thieir hiappi - niess seemed too gi-eat, to be spokeun, and1 they would sit andl look into each other's faded eyes wvitlh a smile that wias glad and yet weigh ted with a pi tiful memiory of the sorr'ows they had shared togethier: somnoti mes tho'ey wvouli break into (quiet laughter with out having any visible reason for such a demonstration ; and al together, as Mary saidl, they "' acted very child isha." Aud yet, to stand oncoe more in the old, ItamDil iar plaee4, to lift their eye's again to the wellI-known hiIlhs, to talk with the friends of other dlays oldl family friendis whom tiecir fathers had knowni andI honored-to worship again m the little wyhiito-palniited chapel, whoe they hiad been baptized and w heo they had been married,i even to dIrink at the old sperlng and to 1 taste the apples from the old trees-was< not the thought oif all this enought to act as a mild intoxicant 'rho day befor'e their departure ar rived, cold and threatening. It had been raining heavily the night before. and the clouds still hung low over the Sierra Madras. " I must go to the Azusa," said the doctor, gravely, as hoeontered the kItchen where his wife was putting - away the break fast things. o0 up to the Azusa ! Why, Henry that's an awful ride for such a day as 1 morrow. Toll 'them you can't go toll them you aro going to start East to-morrow and you're too busy. They muist get some one 0ee." " But it is John Alvord's baby," an 3wersid the doctor, gently. Mary paused with the quick tears in hor eyos, for John Alvord had been the dearost friend of their own John, and sho loved him for her dead boy's sake. Without a word she brought out her husband's great coat, brushed it carefully, as she had brushed it every day for seven years, helped him put it on, and then stood waiting for her good-byo kiss. " ThoLord watch betwoon thoo and me," said Dr. Rutlodge, as he took her hanls in his. Perhaps it was the thought of the long and happy journey they were to commence together oi the iioirroiw; perhaps it was the memory of their bright, oarlier days, which mado that handclasp long and closo and never to be forgotten. Then the doctor turned, and his wife watch ed the tall, thin tiguro as he wont (own the path and through the gate. Just as Io was climibing into the old phoiton, sho wias seized with a bright idea, and suatching up the warm afghan which sho had knitted for him. she ran out, cal ling: " Henry, Henry, take tills, it Is so cold." luenry pulled up the old whito horse and waited for hor, the stormy winId blowing his lang gray locks about under his hat. "Thank you," Io said, with indul gent, negligent thank that ion give when they think a woman has takou unnecessary trouble. Mary stood watching him as lie drove away, until the mists that were trailing down from the nmountails in thick clouds wrapped hin round and seemed to sweep him Out of sight. She had iany things to do thatt morn ing, and she went alout them busily, singing now a anatch of one old tune and then of another. First, of courso, there was the housowork ; then the last stitches in hIenry's black coat that she had beein now lining and briushing up with proud thoughts o1 how lie would look as he wore it in the old church ; then there wias iL hand some black silk necktio to be henmned, w I ich she had saved nld scrimId :( for, and had Ilnally bought with whal seemed to her a really daring dis regard of expense, ilasiliulhi as a les stylishl kind of'silk would have dono a well. The neektie was to be a sur prise : and Mrs. Ituntledge hemm11ed oil it with pleased and( trembling fingrers, a happy olghit in tihe old eyes as she bent close to see the stitches. Aftei the necktie, there was a dress to "1ix up,'' a little, and then the final pack ing and straihitening up; for they Were to start, in the ioniin g. Almost before she knew it, the day had gone, and four o'clock struck. A sliddel for-ebodling seized Mrs. Iot ledve-he was so seldom later than the hour fixed : She went to the win dow and loolked out. It had eein rain ihg steldily since ten o'clock, and a gray wIall of mist, heavy and imonae ilng, shifting but never retreating, made a desolte island of the little house aid yard. Look any way she wold. still that blank barrier shut oit ier vision. The ceaseless l.intter on the roof, which she had not noticed b fuore, bgan to make itself audible a du11ili aid I isiient murmur that Would not be ignored. It's all .hht there is no usc in worrying ;he'll be here soon,'" thought MZar-y, seiting heri'self resoluIitcly' to the task of gettig llupe. " 'll have just about time to make some hot bil onuit, and lie likes thenm parti('ul arly well after IL lo'ng drive. I'll have to h urry, or hie'l b e heire be fore they're done." She pui~t oni the teakottle, stir'red the tire, and then plunged into the bisculit maitk ing w ithi a feveribh haste. glancing ever'y now and then at thme Illoc k. (3 ess I mlst, be uncommon spry," she thought, as she shoved the tin into the oven, andi comnmened pulttinig (oit, thic plates and cups) witih a clatter thIiat miatte a pa~thleti attemp ht to be ceerful. She was Iltening all the ime for the rattle of the 01(1 phwton as it camie up) the r'oad ; hut thiere wias ino souir.d save.' the suillen sough of t.he wind, and~ the ceaseless, irritatinmg p atter oin the roof--no sou nd excclpt one other, g'rowinig minui~te by miiinuto morlie loud and~ 01 orious-the roar of the river. TIhe San Gabriel has tremiiendous 1poss iiities of destru1c mion. It has been silent and harmless fo'- months, hut to-day, fed by swollenm miountaini torr'ents, It had spiroud itself ut to twice its uisual width, and was Ilowinug pu;st the hiouse, imutddy and thmick, w ith a suillen, slowlhy-incas ing roar. It showed no waves, it scceeme no~t uhinurually swi ft, o:' (deep, but huge mouintin logs wer'e swirlimig past, helpless in its grasp. Itlent less, treacheanus, its power wais all thbe meore terrible for its seeminug inno M~lwy~ It ok Nh at in (dismnay. " Thie Az'usa bridge is safri," she thoug ht ; "bat the north fork '"'The north lork, where the ford had to be Wouild lhe v'entm-le ! And thewn she thiought, wi th IL .'inking hecart, of that othber Iiime when, fearlesi Icost she~ should be frig htenied by hiis delay, lie in the face of a terrmi lie istorm, risk ig Ihis Ii fe. Ce rtainly lie wvouhIi vturitt She cou'ld do~ notlhing hut wait,. Darkness settled downi, and the imuii muir of the rain increased, while cut 5i(de the taw ny, edldy ig w id th of thme iver' couhi( be seen dIimHly thirough th~e gloom. An ulnutterabhle lounoiiness tceut overi lier. Goinhg to the wood-shed for aniother armful of sticks, the gusty wind blew out lier light anid spattered unigr-y ra ish iops into lien faco fromll bt,weenCl th O.ehrack, and s he i rtourned ouit, of brea!Ith. "lie will not, come1 to-nighit,'" she thogh t ho but her lheart, was oppressed with1 a heavy dhread. The ticking of the chock uriew louder' and more insistent. T1h~e hands1(1 poinut ud to tein. She had1( lend two ebatpters ,f the "' imiltation,'" and( then had l ooked thonuighi thir local paper iith - )iit com11prehendIlt ig a word of citheri. It waus tilmi for priayers, and she openn xl thbe Bible, his Bib Ile-andl readl thme asalmi wvhich lie wVOLd have read that ight: "I will lift upI mine11 (yes unlto the tilhs, fromu 'v: hence comneth my holyh p nay h lp comteth fi om tbe b ord, whIibcl nadeht heaven and1( (earlth." D rop'pinug on hemr kness, she buried mer face inl her armos. " O G)( od , pro cet him i!"' she sobbedh, piteouisly. Thme )ltter oIf the raii oni thme roof hadL~ rownu dlea2fening, and the howl of the a Ind anid the roar' of the ivei' gave uggestio~ns of uinlversal dissolution. \ fter a momenmnt shue aded, w ith Now ':nglanid firmnoss, " Nevcerthiless. not ny will, hbut Th Ino, lhe done.'' ut the vords wvoro sp'oken with the hips, antd lot with the hieart. Swiftly heri hioughts wont back over' the year~s hoy had spont togothor'; the doeop oys, thme blttor' sorrows of whIch none) 'Lt they two had knowna. "0O God, forgive me that I havo eaned on.an armi of flesh I" she cried, raining through the slender old fingers. But a wave of recollection was swoop. Ing over her. She felt once more the soft touch of baby flugors,. and looked again into the little face with the amno deep happiness that she had felt be cause It wore its father's look and smile ; the bitter desolation of the empty cradlc and their joy in the 8ecdnd little guest; their daily anxie ties, the poverty that they had faced, their petty privations and their simple joys; the way they used to road to gether, the way they used to talk to getier, the happy plans that they had laid for this " wodding trip" when they should be rich-it all caie back to her with a feeling of utter, torrible lonoliness in the prosent. Sho could not pray ; she co ld not think clearly. Going hastily to the fire, she stirred the coals and put the teakettle on again, with a pathetic instinct for his comfort, and then, throwing a shawl over her head, she plunged out into the night. She dared not go far, lost ho should como and Ilnd her away. "Houry, Henry I" she called, wildly; but no answer camo. The tears rolled down her cheeks, and she wrung hotr hands desperately. " 0 God," she gasped, " solnd him to mo ! 0, Cond him to me soon !" She ran down the road to the river, but sho head no sound savo the rush of the sullen waters. " Oh, where is he-whoro is he ?" she moaned helplessly ; and then, turning with an instinct of terror, she ran back to the gato and stood watch Ing for him there, with the rain beat ing down mercilessly on hor gray head. Tho dawn of day brought to light the wide desolation for which the spring of '91 is well remembered. Trees had been to,'n up, cottages swept away, many lives lost. On the east bank of the river a rescuing party from 1I Campo camo upon an old pho1ton, partly wrecked and turned upsido down, with a carefully-knitted afghan caught in one of its braces. They dared not toll her: but she know it from the talk of some passing school children, and all day she sat alone, not speaking, not thinking, her head bowed in her hands. The clock struck one-two --throw. " Ile said he would cooif at three," she thought, in a dazed way, lifting her eyes to the clock. There was a sto) on the gravelly walk outsido that made her heart stand still. The latch lifted, the door opene(l, and Ir. LRutledgo stood there, tall, gaiunt and gray as ever, but imore b-autiful in her eyes than an angelic visiOn). "Kit ran away and left me," said lie, laconically, with a grin smile over the absurdity of such a proceeding on the part of hiis well-regulated and re spectable old steed. But his wife could only bury her faco in her trem)bling hands ; and then she felt the samo protecting arms about her that had shielded hot- from troubles for forty years, and the same gentle voice that had so often com forted her in days gone by was whisp ering a deep prayer of thankfulness that, in their old age, they whose lives had been so long united, wore not separated the one from the other. It was evening before their trip was even thought of, and then Mary, wise an1d provident as evU, sai i " Ilenry, dear, the horse is lost atid the buggy ruined. We shall need all ouri motley to get us started again, and to help others thait are wo ers ol than we are. We can't go yet. You will not eure very much, will you, now that we have each other ?" And good old Dr. Rutledge came nearer using violent language than ever before in forty years. "1The wedding trip b)o- hanged !" sip hoe. And so that journey is still in the ATTICUJS G. HIAYGIOOD. The We'll1-spet lail' ol'Georgin's Great Met hiotlisi tI ihop)-" liust riou)ts as a umouis as an Author antil oyaibio as a T1he Atlanta .Journal gives a loug and aippreciaitive sketch of the late Bishop Attieus G. Hiaygood, from which the follo)wing extracts arec taken : Hi .hop Ilaygood was horn in WVat k insvi lie, GIa., Novem ber 1 9, I 1), bit when ai mere youth his father moved to Atlanta. Green B. Hlaygood was one f the pionetrs of this city, ama of sterling character, a lawyer of line ability mind ant etith usiastic mtissionairy Methodist. T1he son inherited his father's religious fervor and some of hiis mentalIcharacteristics, but he also ow ed an inestimable debt to h is nmothe r, one of the miost remarkable women Georgia h as ever seen. She was a M iss Askew, andl from her, her il luistrious son received many of his character istics. Young Hlaygood etntered 1imory Col lege when he was 16 years o1(1, and had aircadly dtetrmined that, he would give his, life to the service of the Methodist 10piscopal Ch urch, South. He was a tmore boy w hen he left college, crowned by the brigh test honors which could be wion on its curricutlumn. Hie was a boy chapjlai n itn the army and the -old citizen2is of Atlanta, especially the old Method its, rtemhmber what splendid services this younig soldier of the cross rendered here during the stormy per'iod. lie was the litst pastor- of Trinity Clhurich after the war, and helped to lay the broad founidation on which that. splend~idl organization rests tnow. His ability was so great anid his versatility so) pronounced that he was sooni cal led fromt tL. sregu lar pastorate to the gon eral wor'k of the clhuirch. As editor of Al ethodist puiblications he probably' actiuired one of the best. titles to disti nction. lie would have been one of the great editor-s of the coun ttry ha~d lhe 50 indeauvoredl. l0rotm 187;> to 1884 lhe was president of I'imtOry College andl through his efforts that 1insti tutiotn seculred the favor of Ge'orgo Cheney, who had beet) the lbeefactor' already of other' South Orni eolleges and whIo lifted 10inor'y out of the sloughI of Ii nancial desp~ond. lie foun td ttmotry College 1)011ni less aitii proc~u red for it donations atmounting to $200O,000l. IHl i magni lleent ability as atn orgaini zet- and his great ypower as a preachier wetro recogtnized by the general con ference of 1882 in hiis olection as Iliishop. lie declined the cllico because ho fel , that lie had a pledge to 1tmor'y whtich was his sturemoe command. I n 18832 lhe was made gonotral agoni 1 of the "Slateur lund," a trust which lhe heldl for eight years and wh~iich lie executtedl with a ldelity and a patience that, was truly aidmirable. l20.- a while: ho was agent, both of the Slator fund and L'eabody funid. in 1891) Drm. liaygood wvas again eleeted Bishop. lie did not feel that lhe could( dhecli ne this second call of his church to its episcopacy. lie accept. 0(d it, as the cr-ownintg honor' of his life andi only those wiho have known of his service in that o1l1co can estImate it~s value to'the church and how splendidly it portrayed the man's dhevotion .andl character. A most hi it-n t serviceas Bkho was ombraced in his voluutary mnission to- far California. where he inspired and strongtoned a feuble organization, and where the effects of his great efforts are still felt. Wherover he wont he was honored and loved. A few years later he returned to Georgia and has since roesided at Ox ford, a place wich10 he loved possibly moro than any other locality. His health has not beon good for ton years, but this fact did not deter him from arduous labor. He literally worked himself to death. Not only was he ready to go anywhere at any time at the bidding of his church, but he was busy with his pen in the work of re ligious literature. His mission book, " Go, or Send," has boon pronounced the best appeal of the kind in modern times, and is used largely in Europe as well as in this country. Among his other books " Jack-knife and Bram bles," may b0 mentionod as creating a very deep and wide impression. " Our Brother in Black " attracted the attention of the whole country, and is probably the strongest presentation that has been made of the race ques tion in the South. The last work which cano from him was "The Monk and the P'rince," a splendid story of Savanarolo. It is ditlcult to say whethor he was more forceful as a writer or a proacher. Certainly he had few peers in either field. The funoral of Bishop Haygood took placo in Oxford, on Tuesday after noon. The exercises were very i pressive and were attended by a largo gathering including some of the most prominent men of Georgia. Bishop W. W. Duncan, of South Carolina, preach od the sormon aftdr which the romains woro laid in the Oxford comotory. COTTON GitOWERS' ASSOCIATION An Appeal to (lie Seif-Initerests of' t"le Flariners-Must Make the Cotton States nitirely Self-Slnpportiing. The second annual convention of Southern Cotton Growers and others directly concerned with the cotton crop, convened in Memphis, Jan. 21., upop a call from President Hector D. Lane, of Alabama. Evory one of the cotton growing States were represent ed, Mississippi and Arkansas having conspiciously large and intelligent delegations. Prosident Lane, who was chosen permanont clita1rman, delivered his address immediately after the con vontion was called to order, dealing extensively with statistics to dlemon strate the necessity for holding the cotton acreage within bounds. He pointed out that tho annual surplus is the clYectivo instrument used by the cotton " boars " to depress values and that over-piroduction fosters manipula tioli. At the conclusion of the address, the var ious com1imlittees woer appointod, and tho lion. Charles Scott, of Mis sissippi, was introduced. He dwelt chielly upon the method of SouthorrA cotton growers, which carried him away from diversiflcation and to the all-cotton crop, which 'n turn carried him to the supply men who predicatec their advances upon that crop. The closo of M r. Scott's address aroused enthusiasm, becauso lie took up the certain consequences of a war in which this country should figure as a urinci pal. He insisted that so long as war could be honorably averted lot it be (one but when the time arrived, it would be found that the agriculturists of the South would be found among the foremost of the country's soldiers. At the close of this speech the com mittee on resolutions announced its readiness to report and did so. Tihe preamble recites the evil conseguonces of over production and unsystecmatic tmarketinig of the cotton crop, andl re solves, " That we call the attention of the Southern cotton growers to the fact that they arc masters of the situa tion. The crop of 18915 being less than sev'en miihion bales, renders it entirely feasible, by a further reasonable re diuction of acrecago (luring the present year, to materially advance the value of cotton and thus insure a safe and substantial prolit that cannot fail tc bring increaseod profit, but the enhanc ing the value of our lands, and turniug hither the tide of immIgration, much needed for the development of thc great natural resources of this favored section. "We earnestly ur-ge all producers of cotton to take advantageoof this golden opportunit3 , and continue the wise pol1icy adopted (luring the past season of making the South self-supporting by Iirist producing an abundant, supply of corn, hay, mos~t and other like con sumfption ; decreating the cotton acre age still further fur the imattor ol prime iimpiortanico, thus guarding angainst the dangers of overpirod uction and leaving the cotton as a surplus Other resolutions *woro reported and adopted, making the American Cotton Growcrs' A ssociation permanent, in structinug the president and executive committees to move energetically against, every disposition to increase acereaige, andl prov iding for- permianent olheeris from each cotton grow ing State. A conmmitte, to formulate an address to agriculItu rists was also app~oinuted, to prepare andl promuilgate it, after which the conivention adjouirned sine The comminittee onl address 01 soon pleted its work aftcir getting togother' tonight. Calling attention to- the g reateri retu rns from the decreased cr ops and thq catuse thercfor, the com miitteo concludes: "We appieal to your self-intcirosts aeid your' patriotism to do all in your power- to keep) down the production of the staple. I)o not (dosert the groeu nd yout have wvon. ["ight upon the liines laid diowni, make the cotton States self sumpporting ; Put more land in clover an~d grasses for your hogs to rumn on; d iveri fy your crops, and w henm you have done all this, the area devoted to cotton will yield moure prolitablo re turns than if you sought to increase the number- of yourm hales, it is felt, by thbe nost thmoughtfulI men that we are onlteri 1g upon a year- of grciat uncer tainties, and that oven~ a smnall cotton erop~ may fail to give adequate returns for. its produictioni. The inmtterings of aL stormi arc d isturbini g the couniitry and unsottling all businuess calculations. The prudent men will trimi his .sailIs to meet it. With tihe commerce tof the colutry initer-rupitedI by war-and1 warl mayL~ comue-cotton wVouldl1 bei u saleable Oxcept at nominal prices. Ilvory consideration then of patr iotism, er sel f interest, and omf prudence, die tales that, you ad here sti-ict' y t o thbe irule of thie diminisheid acreage."' Th~e di loerenco between Il'ills and Smm n lfl1 IAiver lI tgulater, is jutst thlis: Il'ills don't, go dlown very eausy with Imost peoplei, andt ytmu feel tibmn afte Ivard-os. Wh1 ilo Simmons011 I iv-er l'hegula Lor ini lqulid or powder is very pllonsant to Luake, andmo thme feeling that, you'm have tfterwamrds Is theo groat relief that It r ives fiom Consti pation. HI l iousness, alck Headacho and Dyspepsaa it1 is a nild laxative and a tmuin. ADDITIONAL COURTS. Two Mlore ProposeI-The easons I COIIUMBIA, January 21.-The advo catos of the proposition to creato two additional circuit courts have distrib uted the following circular among the members of the General Assembly: t Somie figures by way of comparison. Present cost of courts : Eight eieCults, I averaging now 4.37 counties each : Six t Judges, $3,500 each, $21,000; two Judges, $3,000 each, $,000-oight Judges, total, $27 000. Seven solicitors, $1,350 each $9 456: ono solicitor, $1,600 -eight solicitors, total $11,050. El ght 1 stenographers, $1,250 each, $10,000. Total for State, $18,050. Average cost per county, $1,372.85; average cost Por circuit, $6,006.25; 105 rogular courts pr . yar-averago cost per court, Cost with ten circuits; ton circuts. averaging 3.6 counties, (with Saluda) each; ton Judges, each $3,000, $30,000; ten solicitors, each averaging $1,250, $12,500; ten stenographers, each aver aging $1,100, $11,000. Total for Stato, $53600. Average cost por county. $1,186.10; average cost per circuit, $5.350; 105 courts, as now hold, plus 32 a-dditional courts in sixteen counties, a total of 137 courts per year-averago por court, $300.58. Comparison : Cost, ten circuits, $53,500; cost, Sight circuits, $18,050. Total increase for State, $5,450. Averago cost of increase por county, $151.30. Total tnxablo property of the State, say, $174,000,010 ; Increase hlvy less than 32-100 of a mill, or about 3 cents oi every $1,000 worth of property. There are sixteon counties in the State of over :10,000 inhabitants, in which it is proposed to hold four courts for criminal trials annually, instead of three, as now-i. c., au average of one court nvery three months. This will save the dieting of prisoners for about throo months in each year. If each county averages only ten prisoners awaiting trial, their cost Ouch per month Is $9, or $110 per month, or $27u for threo mont',s for each county, or fotr thu s!xteen counties $4,320. Ii twenty counties adopt four cot-th $5,100 (if thirty conutics adopt four courts $8,100) will be saved on account of dieting prisoners alone, more thant suflicient to moet the increase of $5,40U for the State. 1'des, it will increase the nuuber and lengths of terms of the hands Oh the chain-gang, and speedy trials will be had. The saving to the Stato In the fees of witnesses for the State, and for the defendlants in felonies, in cas.s necos varily continued on account (if want of time to try them, is beyond catlculu tion, bit it may bo safely estimated a-i at least 25 por jcnt. In mileago and attendanco. This does not 'aCe into consido-a tion the relief wi!ic! will be expe rienced by litigants in civil cases, whose cases ar-o continued from toerm to term through no fault of theirs nor of their attorneys. They pay an one rous tax in the formu of loss of timt and witness fees, simply because the Stato does not afford them the necos sary machinery for the trial of their causes. In addition to the cost of the present circuit court, a county court would cOst for- each county not !Css than f-omt $1,500 to $2,000. Should the General Assembly see lit to reduce the salaries of .udges to $2,700 each, there will bo a ferther saving of $3,000, leaving only *2,450 to tie made up in the way before mentioned. Jutdge Trownisond, who is a mombet of the General Assembly, has resigned as assistant Attorney General in view of his membership in the Assembly, ills resignation is in the hands of At tor-ney General Barber. JOHN BULA, 4ND JONATHAN. Various Theoriles as to the Oigin of These Two Mlythiceal Peorsoniages. From the Baltimore Suit. " John Bull," the mythical personage supplosed to represent the 1English peo 1)1e and~ now figuring largely in our edlitorial wrilting and in cartoons, was the invention of Dr-. Arbuthnot, in one of his satirical sketches ridiculing the great D)uke of Marlbor-ough. In the opinion of Dr. Johnson Arbuthnot was "' the first man among the eminent writers in Queen Anne's time." He dre-w Johna Bull as the typical 10aglish man-a stout, ieu--faced old far-meor, far too corpiulcnt for comfort, choleric, but withal an honest and well-meaning fellow. H~e clothed him in lolither broecchos and top boots, put a ;ttout oaken cudgel in his hand and a baill dlog at his noees, and set him up for- all time to serve as aL represenitative 10ag Ilihman. l1e may have been not Sc) bad a caricature in the days of Queen Anne. But today certainly therec .is much for-ce in L.ostii Stephen's remarak that "' he completely hides tho'English man of real life." The average En glish men of 189 :~ts p l ysically no stouter thban, priobabuly not, so stout as, the avr-age A mcican, and the' stout, cudgel and tlibo bull1 dog artc flo l'ongor' aipt, symbolsi)1 of the moder-n Britisher-'s dlisposition. Il has lost the oGxuossive puignac~ity of htis fomefathers, anid1 as we have lately seen, is abovo all Lanx ious to) koeop the peace wiLh htis Uncle Sp~eakl ing of "' IJ nle Sam "~ and " ro thor Jlonathan," wihose names are being fr-ecly used, too, ini tibe passing intr ntionaEl Ilur-ry, thet'e is no doubt about their origin. When Gen. Washington wvent into Alassachuseets to take comn muand of the revolutionar-y army, lie found aL greatt lack of ammitunition attu other' supplies, lie turtned fo~r aid to~ Governo~r Jlonathan TVrumbitll of Coni necticut, atnd got, it,. andi ini'inay eum'r gencs tof that period he used the ph1rase', "We tiust, consult lBrother ~JonaEthan~ on the subjec0t."' Tihe ox pro-ssio~n h) cam~io national ly currn and it, stanlds as the Amer-icain paralleci "Johin iHil ." U cle Sam was not, In vented until t'o war oif 1812. Two In mlpector's of war sitp'.ies at, Tro'iy, N. Y., W"ilIson. A wortkmanit in thirt employ was mairking aL lot of (Jasks r'eoived froam tone libei'rt A nderson0t, IL Now York con tr-actor, and whIic abwer tlihus stam~iped-: "i 1. A.-- U. S.'' A bystandor' asked tlhc work manL~ whait these mar-ks mocant, and lie replied that, they prtobabily mteant " 1'01hert Andelrsonm and iUncle Sam.'l." Lu id in1g to inspector Samuel Wilsonwhio wits locally* catted Unc0io Sam. Thus the initah., of the UnIteod Stat<s 5were transfoirmedl by EL local joko into a natIonal sobrkdlt, which will docubtless last as$ long as5 outr reptublie. Bitt who irst undertook to give the pottrait oif Untilo Sa:n or Brotherm .Jon. tha asl a1 Ithmig, ln, s il)b-sided 1m tae jaLwed imilivlidual is not known. Who vr lhe wals he Ibheled tus. T.hietro Is strong reasons for blielving that, the avern~go Aniemleani of todaiy Is heavier itn the scales, broader- btwewoon th shoutlder, ld-por- in the chest, and1( moroe g'enerouts waist gir'th than a of h's civ i lizedn JOetm ,....a u ise T11E DIVOROE OANUEIt. t Is Eating Into Society Everywivero Except in Sout h Carolina%. Orom the Indlanapolis Journal. Abuses somethnes b.ing about their wn remedies, and' there are indica ions that the growth of the divorce Ivil is attracting a degree of public ttention that will eventually lead 4 a reform in the laws, or, better till, in public opinion on the subject. L'ho Detriot ministers have boon dis !ussing the subject. A paper read be oro the association showed that while iho increase of population in the United 3tates during the decade from 1880 to l800 was 30 por cont, the increase in livorces was 80 por cont. Comparing lilforont States, it appears that In )hio the inordaso of population was 10 per cent and of divorces 59 por 3ent ; in Indiana, population 17 por 3ent. divorces 21 per cent; in Michigan, population 38 por cont, divorcos 108, or cent; in Illinois, population 21, Ivorces 81 por cont; in Delaware, population 17, dIvorces 100 por cent in New York, population 15, divorces 14; in Arizona, population :118, di vorces 2,200 por cent; in Wyoming, population 127, divorces 61 por cent. A Chicago pap)11r recently had a sensa tional article concerning the alarming increase of divorces in Indiana. The caso is bad enough, but the figures show that the )ercentage of increase has been much greater in Illinois thanl in this State. The extraordi'dInary in crease in som11e of the new Western States, notably in Arizona, beoars wit ness to the.disgarcufui laws which on courage non-resi kits to go there for the solo purpose of getting divorces. Some of the reasons given at thlle Detroit meeting for the increase of di vorcos were: A seelingly growing sentiment that mar-riage. is 8110 ply It matter of contract, to be dissolved at the pleasure of either pLi-ty - inl all over-cmphasis of idividual liberty ; in the easier acc.-sibility in these modern days to the benefits of the law ()n the part of the less wealthy classes ; the emancipation of womni, and lihe grow ing recognition in the courts, enabling her to use the law wi th g reater f reedo in her own defence ; her indpendence as a wage earner, and hasty marriages. Those causes are general in their op Oration, though see are worse in their social and moral tendencies than others. That the evil is a real one and It! effects upon society insidiously demor alizing none cain doubt. The remedy lies In better laws where they are lax, a stricter construction and a bettei dmnistration of thei by courts, and t reformation of public opinion thait 4hall make uaterial obligations more bind Ing. HOOD'S 1)l LLS are the best aite linnor pill, assist digestion, Cure head icho. Heart Disease Cured By Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. Fa ninting, Weak or llungry Spells, Irregu tar or Intermit tent, Pnilse, Flattering or Pal-i pit at ion, Chok ing Sensat.ion, Short ness of Breath, Swelling of Feet and Ankles, are symI)toms of a discased or Weak Heart. / ugr s , a Ofpi aoto soVar, h. writn wonl bNo acut 1R and torturing, that, I becam~liO so wea .k and nervous I could niot sleep. I wais treated biy several physicianis without relief and gave up ever being well again. A bout t.woyen rs ago I commenced using D~r. Miles' Remedies. 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T. 12 00m I1 15 70 45 " Atlanta,1.T. 100p 12. ,a 50a 456 " Norers--........... 120 a 10 a3 on ufora............. ... 1010 a 708 4 tisvilo'.. '25p ''4.201a 1 a 4 - 11a:::::::::::.223f 1104& 812p 4. Centra. ..... ....... . .445 .a ''-+a. " it iryvi ... ..... 0 p 11u3j216 " TScan. . 6 3 16 1a 3 " istinstor......... 3 4 --. "Kneca ............... 4 07 a 12 0..0 61 ('eural.4.. 4451) 4 Mt1 20,... " GatnVia- ... -30-. 7 113 a 21 . ASp.ranburg. 8 20 p 6 8 a 6 202 " OaRvoV ............ 0 31 40 . A.itckburg. .7 001) 7 0 a 4m0 *' lnglH Mt.....732a ol (.11stsnla .... ......... 7 63 a~ 2 .1 Ar. Chasrlotto ...$201 8 3j a 6201).... 46DauIvIllo.:12 00 a 1 1s 3o 11251) Ar. 1Itiuiond.... 6 00a[ 0401 (;00 ....... Ar. Washlngton . 042 a 9401 p ... 11al,'ss. P Il.1 800 a 1125 . p ''-* " I'hliladeI phia. 10 25 a 3 00 a I" hw York.... 123 i 6 20 a ........ .... Vos. Fat M I Southbound. No. 37 Nu. 35 No. I I No. 17 Daily IDaily M.ly Iuf Lv. N Y., i'Ilt It . 430p 12 10 i " Piladueiphia. 665p 30a. Jlails~s ~,. 20 p 0 22 a........... lVashington . 10 43P 11 16 a............. Lv. Itichinond... 200 a 1265 P 2 00 a. Ly. Danville...... 5 50 a 606) 7 00 a Charlotto .... 35 a 10 55 1; 12 20 p Ki' Si.. ) 01 1300P . i" G t2. .. .... ..... .... i " tilau isburg .. 10 49 a 12 10 a 200p. " all'neys..... .-.---.. 12 23 a 2 18 p " Spartusburg. 1137 a 12 9 a 306 P. Grees illo.... 12281) 160 at 4 40 p. Central...... 115p 235a 640L . .. -. - --..........-......300a 05p . ........... -..-............. 62 p. Vwepa ...... ...---830 a 8p1'. " Ai .... ''''. ' ' 40 po -...... "...u..a.''''''''.---......? 45p . Gahil Ul'. 441a 812P 65?a " lItrd. 113 .. ' ) 44a 3 p '20a Nurerost:... ' ' p 827a Ar. A; lantI:a, E.'. 455 6 Ia , 730 a 1.v \. -1'.T .' 35 ae e p I' . -'-'". p. it. "M'' nion. "N" night. No.s. 37 atild .18 -it-4Wasiblsgtn and Siuthwestern Vestihule 1. Lni ted. Through pulhn1iian sloopers letwuun Now York and New O leans, via a-lI. itigt.on, Atlanta and Montgmor*,, and also be. tweens New York and MCemphs si. y a Washington, Atlnta and iirmingihant. Dliing cars. Nos. 35 ait 36 --I itLed %ta' mi Fast Mail Pull. man sleeping cars betweei Atlanta, New Or. leans aid New Yorki. Nos. 11 and 12. Pullnani sloeping car between ticoliniid, Ih1avill and G reensbosfo. W. it. lENJ. 5M. cuL., G0n'1 Sipt., Trafnlc MI'g'r, Wasiington, D. C. Washington, 1D. 0. W. It. RYD)R, Su peorintendent, Charlotte, Nortli Carolina. W. A. ilK, 8.. HARl)WICK, Geni'I Iiss. Ag't, Ass't Gen'l 1'ass Ag't. Washington, D. 0. Atlanta, Ga. SOUTHERN 1A Y.1,,j CO Conden.;: hdu e in Effect ~iaiestssn..........-.-.... " dolni... .. . . ~rNvl;i.-.................. 12 21 p ni .A.r.Nwtser.v ....................... 12 3:1 g i Ar.linon (x. Minii.)........ 2 3)p . .. urLens (E. 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