Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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•*1 1 r A /• 1 / \ ( h *?• % K»t*» of AdrertUlaf. One inch, on# insertion ench H 00 •• “ ench *uh#c^uent innertioji. hO craw - Qtjnrteriy, «emtmtrmnT W fetfrff'contrnctt mniieon liberal term# Cep t met vUerlittinj i# pay kbit 30d«ye pf. r drat insertion unites otherwise elinuUtnd No eommutikntioK trill be pubOebeil un- eee Moompenied by tbfe name *ntl a ldrear ef the writer, not neoeeeerfly for publicnthen, but •• • gunrantj of good faith. - Address, THK flBOPLt-, / i lUrnwell Q. H., S. C. THE WEEKLY NEWS THE WEEKLY NEWS *•—~— THE WEEKLY NEWS CONTAINS CONTA AINS CONTAINS B'OUIAl LI VK JCDITPfil Al*S ! LIVE EDITOIUSW i LIVE KUtt'OlUALf THE LATEST ELEGRAMS! THK LATEST TELEGRAMS! THE LATEST TELEGRAMS! carekci.lt selected Mail Nliws! CAKEfrULLT SELECTED MAIL NKWs! CAREKCI.LT SELECTED MAIL aE«)l! Besltit* the tullowihg SPECIALTIES: Prtze Stories ! Prize Sua ies I Prize Stones 1 Pr z Pi iz Pi z - StorifH! St* *i ! Sti.ries ! A Chess Column 1 A Chess-Ooiurnn } A CheSs Ooiuaju ! An Aiirk-ult’irul D parfineni 1 An Aiiiiculturai U.-p^n uieut! Au Agricuiturul D -partinout ! R-coyil of k sSiW^r RjOonl of MurxtAges Jiud Mirnsg>8 bud Murrisges uud -Debt he-! Dembs ! Deaths! The Weekly N>-ws The Weekly News The Week y News Gives More tor the Money Gives More for the Money Gives More for the Money Than any other Southern Weekly ! Than any other Southern W^ealy ! Thau any other Southern Weekly ! See the Prices! See the Prld 8 I See the Prices ! Singh*Bubscrlpfion*, • ersnoutn.? 2 00 Five subsetIptions at el 75 8 75 Ten subseiipiionsat 81 50 15 00 Twenty subset ipt tons at 81 25.. 25 UO Filty eubsvtipi ion- at 81 50 00 The Weekly Nnvs will be sent to yearly subscribe is to the Duty Edition of Tue News and U *uiiei fot 81. The Weekly Nkwh will be sent for one year to six in*•nihs’subscribe is to the « ai.y E litiou uj/Ttie News and CoUliel lol 81 50. * The Weekly News will be sent to V'-atly btitiseilbefs to the 111 Weekly E liii**u of The News uud CoUliel lot 81 -50. N » reduction* will be made in the |'t i**e to H'lbsepher* of Idle News Ulld Couiier except as above. R raemb'-r ! The Weekly News con tains ihe Latest News, seiee'el liom The News ami C"Uiier, besides these specialties which do ni t appear in the Daily at all : A Prize Sto y l A t hesB (JoluU'li ! An Agiteul un i Depuitiueu ! % lid II complete Wee kly Recoi l of 11 s und Aloiliages in this - .rule Any one of these speeidlies al> De Is worth the price of subscription, and the subscriber leally gels a Hist-class weekly pa[‘e| besUOS tor lioliiing. 1UORDAN & DAWbON, ^ Cbatleouui, 8. 0. The proprietors of The News and Courier offei 8100, in gold, f. r the best He Ha I Ht«*ry, written bye r» sldwnt of bouin Carolina, illuaiiatlve of South ern life, betrire, during or since the war. Tite conditions are as follows : 1. The, story to consiat of not lees than twenty ehaptete; the chapter* averaging ten pages of foolscap or the equivalent. 2. The manuscript to be pent to the proprietors of The News anil Courier not later than April 1 next. 3. Each manuscript to be accompa nied by a sealed envelope contHinMig the real name and the mtdiess of the author, and beating i ti the outside a motto, which shall likewise be placed upon the manuscript ; the sealed on velope to be opetien only when the 1 -rV^i^T == ] t I j ffff T. JC > 1 < J J I kt J X , I. f VOL. II. r I BARNWELL C. H.. S. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27,, 1879. =52 DR. SAMUCI. JOBMftO.N. Ilia **avage Wanner* Coairarliciioa—A Wat -lA»ve of m Heart gone on he would have parted with him and never have spoken to him more. When he was very ill he desired his #friend Laegton to draw up a paper tcH- ‘ Dr. Samuel Jofcnton wta a tingu!»r compound of strtogth and weakness, of great vigor of ^pind, and of strong appe* ti^.otJinnfbse learning and emineot dwmgard of tba ooartos^a, as well as the decencies of life. He was both savage am&Hender, brutal and kindJiearted; This will appear by further incidents of bis life. He oflen talked for the sake of being brilliant, or for "a»uii>g the victory, not for tha sake of arriving at the truth, and when worsted.^ ar^mnmwoiH Hnom|,i rink an0( her. Goldsmith laid there was no use arguing with him ; for if his it. He told Boswell when he was get ting the better of him r “ Let’s have no more of this. I'd rather you’d whis. tie a Scotch tune.” He would say to his opponents: “ You talk the lan guage of ignorance.” A life-lonsr friend said: There is no arguing with Johnson, for he will not hear you, and having the loader voice tuist roar you dewn.” lie threw Garrick's elegantly bound books to # the floor and split the backs saying: “ I treat a pack of silly plays in fops’ dresses just as they deserve; 1 see no book.” Ha told Rolwcli when he was defending the Americatis on tne subject td the 8tninp Act: “ If your company does not drive a man out his house nothin" will.’ In disputing with Beauclcrk as to whether a man’s having two pistols was proof tha* he meant to shoot two per sons, Beauderk said: “ This is what you don’t know and I do.” Johnson replied ; “ Oue thing I know which you don’t seem to know—that you are very uncivil.” He said afterwards that he was thus rude because there were tw o strangers present who might think they could take liberties with Tiim if Hcau* clerk did. At another time Dr. Ferey disagreed with him about Pennant’s travels in Scotland and his accuracy, and Percy said to Johnson.* “ Vou arc near sighted and do not see as well as I ing him what he thought were his (John son’s) great faults. He did so and men? tioned his contradiction of people. John son at this rebuked him in a loud aud angry tone, and subsequently told Bosi well no one was the worse for being harshly and roughly coukn»dioted, r and that he knew no weak nerved people whom he had hurt by contradicting. A gentleman having quoted something from Johnson’s own writings by way of reply to his argument**, he advised him, site <having drunk ont that gloss not to pistol misses fire he knocks you down with the butt end of it. bis inihfeerknce to peoples’keel- IMOS. • .— JhJ * .. * - -- - 1 TSiA* Johnson was arguing t^nt a man could live very comfortably with another even if theydi-airreed strongly on some point. Goldsmith suggested some difficulties. Sir, I am not saying, remarked Jonhson, that you could live in friendship with a man from wh m you differ as to some point; I am only saying that I could do k. A- gentleman corning out of Lich field Cathedral said : Dr. Johnson, we have had a most excellent discourse to day. Johnson scolded Boswell for shivA cring in the cold, and said to an emi nent gentleman who complained of the headache : At your age, sir, I had no headache. A young gentleman once asked him*. Dr. Johnson, would you advise me to get married? and he an swered, I would advise no mau to get married who is not likely to propagate understanding, and left the room ab* ruptly. He told Jira. Thrale when she informed him of her approaching mar riage, that her hm-band was not only a stupid, ugly dog, but an old dog, too. When Sir Joshua Reynolds got the bet ter of him in argument, he said: I won’t . argue with yon any more, sir; you are too far gone, to which the latter replied, do.” Whereupon Johnson retorted : j l should h ive thought so, indeed,, sir, “ This is the resentment of <i narrow | |n,J 1 made such a speech as you have u, ind.” Percy——“ •'if« you may lie a^ ; now done. Johuson blushed aud said he Hide as you please.” Johnson—Hold, sir! Don’t tdk of rudeness; re me tu ber, sir, you told me (puffing hard with award has been made. "^•t didn’t mean to offend, which was his usual excuse for his insolence. A noble- ! man who was entertaining him at his passion, struggling for a vent) I w*as | lou short sighted. We have done with civ* iiity. We are to be as rude as we please Hut they afterwards made up. John son whs so a const *uied to contradict that he often said no, sir, when he meant to agree wi'li what was said. When lbs w ell said in Scotland : There’s a moun tain like a cone, Johnson replied : No, >ir. It would be railed so in a book, but though it is pointed at the top, one side is larger than the other. He a most always began a controversy by vcmark- ing : Why, sir, I see no reason ; sir. if you mean to say. After talking seve. ral hours with an eminent man he ssid : You have but one thing for which I en vied you. He told Boswell once, if you em't talk better as a man, I’d have you bellow like a cow. He said to Mbs Hannah Moom, who was flattering him more than he liked: Before you flatter you sh"u d consider whether or not your flattery is worth the having. When he was in Fiance he met the Abbe Rottf fette. They trked fluently in Latin, and Johnson pronounced so glowing a eulogy on Milton—ihat the Abbe em braced him, wliernupon Piozsi, on John son’s account, invited the Abbe to En gland. Johnson rebuked him on the spot for asking a man to vLit him whom be kne*v nothing about, and the Abbe went off disgusted. A gentleman hav ing said that diinking makes us forget what is disagreeable, and asked ; Would you not allow a man to drink for that - J reason? Yes,sir, jf he sat neic to you. 4. I he stories to be read by a com- ' JohQ * > ° bcin ? a Tory, had a great dis- mlttee of three residents of Charles- like for Wilkes, the Liberal. - Hemet ion, selected by th.* p. op. b ows of Tbs brother, a man of very amiable News ann Conifer, who will n eke their decision on or before April 15' h. 5. The story which rrhsll be declared to be the best to be tite absolute pro perty of the proprietors of The News and Courtef, and published aa a serial in The Weekly News. Rejected manu scripts to be returned forthwith to the Luthors. In making this proposition the ob- character aud refined taste, and who, as a matter of fact, was a Tory, thou*zh Johnson did not know it. During din ner Wilkes, being about to make a re mark, Johnson ^topped him with,, I hope, sir, what you are going to say may be better worth hearing than what you have |ect Is to encourage, as far as practica- already said. This rudeness shocked bit* the development of literature In _ i . * i _ „t South Carolina, and to give the read- ^ T rea ‘ 1 * 8 loo “ 0Ter the ver y dlstlD * log public, through Tbs Weekly News, gullied company present, tales of Southern life which shall pre- When riding with him in Scotland lerve the recollection of trait* of char- „ „ . , j t , , , , icter aud social peculiarities aotj hab- ™ h,u S to 8° ■ n ‘ 1 m " k « ilg fast passing away, and keep before proper preparations tor him at the inn, rising generation the memory of a t0 ]j j,!,,, ^ j,},,, f^. aw ),ile i more glorious than that of a * . , - olutlog and of suffertops great- Although Johnson had two ittendants those which were botae by the w ith him, be raised a tremendous shout, “•» *"»'•** t-- be proprietors pf The News and Cou- would as aoou think of picking a man’s tor will hope to extend the literary pocket as of doing so.' Even after Bos- leld aud enlist as contributors to The * . # j . Weekly News the most brliMant wrl- •*P k,, » ed h “ motl ™ ^ to on to the whole South. ( be pacified, but said that if Boswell had ’• t ee asked him what he thought of a neighboring peer. Johnson said to his hot: He is u du b comraon-pLce sort of a man, justhke you aud your broth er. Garrick TuVited him to a seat on the sta^e whan he played Lear, and he talked so loud as to interrupt him. \\ hen the actor afterwards reproached hiib for disturbing his feelings, Johnson said .* Don’t talk of feelings. Punch has m> foe ings. A friend told Johnson that his .wife’s si-ter was a very happy wo man, and appealed to her to confiVm it, which she did. Johnson, who had a theory that nobody was really happy, turned to her and intimated .that she lied ; for, said he, she is happy without health, without beauty, without money, and without understanding On being afterwards reproached ivr^is brutality, he defended it, saying, I tell you the wo man is ugly, sick, foolish and poor; and would it not make a man hang him self to hear such a creature say it was happy. A gentleman was defending Bercwley’s theory that things do Rotex< ist except as the mind presents them When he was goiog away, Johnson said to bitn, pray, sir t don’t leave us, for we may perhaps cease to think of you, and then you will cease to exist. A young man met Mr. and Mrs. Thrale, whom he knew and spoke to, but Dr. Johnson who was with them took no notice of him. Mr. Thrale said: Dr. Johnson^ here is Mr. Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumly). Dr. Johnson did not speak or move, and Mr. Thrale repeated the remark again and then thrice. Then Johnson answered: Well, sir, and what ll there is Mr. Cholmondeley ? Several years afterward Johnson made him an humble apology, though he clagnad to have forgotten it. THE ALLEUKI) CAUSE Of UtS BRUTALITT. His friends explained his roughm by saying that it was partly due to his deafness and short-si htedness making him onsensitire to those signs and hints which regulate people’s behavior in good society. When somebody called him a be»r, Goldsmith said : No man has s more tender heart. He has nothing^of the bear but his skin. MEDIATOR wRIKLDft* A DYE*. y TV •• KM. * What He Bmvr of She Mem lw She Earl? ■eta. In the spring of 1856, while travel ing la Minnesota, near the Big Woods, about forty miles from bt Paul, he came to a lake of aucb plotureeque surroundings os to tempt the traveler to explore It Fastening hi* horse to a tree, be ttr< lied ou through the coun try, and, on trying to retrace his steps- he found that he bad loat bia way, Night was falling when be descried a Sh'ux village uf fifty tepeef or wig wams. Entering the largest;tepee he saw spm* forty Indian wanton^They tbok^ao notice of the traveler’s en trance, and he approached a young and Intelligent-looking Indian, and took bold of a Hiring of beads which he wore round his neck, and polled a trifle too hard, for the next moment the bea'Jg^ilrewed the - floor. The young man rose, seized bis rifle, and, pointing to Urebeada, ordered asquaw to pick theno. up. He then motioned the visitor to precede him, and they marched out of the village to a point opp' Site to where he had entered, and, either by accident or design ou tbs part of the Indian, made a WeS4flSeTi*f bis lost horse, which they found stjlj securely fastened to a tree. After making his guide happy by giving him a five dollar gold piece, the traveler made bis way without difficul ty to St. Paul. Delighted with the fertile spot he bad discovered, he pur chased the tract, including the lake and village, and returned there after a few months with a party of ten, and formed the nucleus of a settlement, Which is now a large and prosperous city. They got on friendly terms with their In dian neighbors, who had frequent bat tles with tbs neighboring Chippewas, with whom they were at War and whose scalps would frequently adopo their spears on their return.. One night the white settlers were startled by a horrible uproar in the Indian vil lage, and Gen. Shields started thither with a half-breed Interpreter. He fouud the squaws dancing round a large fire, uttering most unearthly yvlls and poking i mg sticks Into the flames at two Chippewa captives, who were bound tv trees elosa by, whom Jktey were preparing to put to death. Gen. Shields told them he could not permit this to be done on his land, and threatened to obtain soldiers from Fort Sneliiug and burn the village if they did not release the captitea^Tbis produced no impression either, and be was about to return to the settlement for help to attempt a rescue, when the half breed suggested buying the cap tives. i he ofter of ten dollars apiece was gladly accepted by the chief, who gave orders for the liberation of the intended victims. They appeared to feel no pleasure or gratitude at their deliverance, and quietly accompanied Gen. Shields to bis home, where food was set before them. Though they bad fasted for three days they ate but moderately, and departed the next morning. They were set down as un grateful wretches and soon forgotten. S"me time after, when starting on a journey to tbe Selkirk settlement, he applied to the Chippewa chief for guides. English-speaking men were asked for, but tbe chief said that though he had some who bad been ed ucated at the mission schools and con verted to Christianity, they would its aud steal on every opportunity. He nad two whom he could depend on, unci who fairly worshipped a white MEXICO. Karl riles ef Population Cwstoms—What May Uc ■•4 Of tbs fifteen thousand Inhabitants which Vera. Cruz is said to contain, about one thousand are foreigners temporal ily engaged in business, and but oue in three can read or write. ropbLATION. The Indian predominates In num bers, as In nearly all Mexlchn towns, the Spaniard bolding th* balance of wealth and influence. The Mexican, sang pur, is a conglomerate of both these classes; for, in addition to the Iberian, two other distinct races have contrib uted to make up tbe tnotly population of the city. In no other place, per haps, will one meet with a greater di versity of complexion. The white and olive-eolored Creole and Spaniard; tbe bronze-brown mestiro, or mixed-blood |«*eat Roman*, of SpHuieb nod iudian; tbe darker brown Indian himself; tbe repulsive bistre-brown melange, cross between wsyegiv* y***v nmma sad Post Ofts«add|rs*a. 2. lihuaaat Isttsrt sad eoamssisstises t* bs published nboeld be written m •spsrMa sheet#, »nd th# ohfrot of t ' rated by neeearary note' 3. Articles for publication should he writ ten in s cl«*r. If jpbl# hand, sad on oafy on# sidsof lb# pago. 4. AU ohsura is advortLeneaU Must, n FrliLy. -..adik.-.-sr-r-, tni# ‘■•L-tfJhw reach us on tiHXERAL. HEWS. exposed in tbe markets; In tbe menu f.cur.of .h.M«lr«pot n WM Bolter.It!.»,« "“ L T h*''> r *“*°d1*«“*™ .wlte tiro to rote. generally very elegant and of exceed ing lightness for their size, XAT1VE COSTUMES. Tbe dress of the Indian hucksters about the market Is often of an ex ceedingly scant description. In this climate, always mild, clothing of any sort Is required only for deosney, not for comfort. The garb of the men consists of a straw bat of considera ble breadth of brim, tight-fitting jack et of different dark-colored woolen stuffs, printed calico or leather, and a short pair of breeches, open at the knee, made generally of tbs skins of goat or peccary, with tha hair out side. Beneath these are worn full calico trousers reaching to tbe middle of tbe leg, with sandals 61 leather on the feet, after the manner of the ao- mtn codstets of little tnore than a pet ticoat aod short Jacket, with their long raven-like trestes plaited at each Indian and oegro, known as tbs sam- j-eWe of the head with colored tape. bo; thu unadulterated negro, and her mulatto, quadroon and octoroon de- sceudants, are all seen upon tbe streets. With the siogle exception of the. n»-tfro, all the above-named classes may be eocouutered in nearly every Mexican city, and each, considered separately or as a whole; is without social prejudice or degradation. Ths negro, however, is almost entlrtly confined to the Gulf coast, and is here regarded and treated as belonging to a degraded' caste. CUSTOMS. Poeseasiog so mixed a population, there Is much about the customs aod many of tbe costumes of Vera Crul to Impress the traveler with a certain picturesque and quaint oddness. In a ramble about the streets in the fcarly Aborning, which, next to tbe eveoing hours, Is the favorite time for Walking abroad, one encounters the sallow cre ole, slim and slender-llmbed, dressed in jlpijapa hat, with short, round jack et and pantaloons fitting tightly around the hips; parish cures la Doa Basiiio bats; monks from tbe monas tery in long robes and rope aasb; the hadeodado io splendid raochero dr with serape, bright-colored velveteen trewserc, wide bat, yellow leather boot aod huge spurs; soldiers in straw bats and coarse uniforms of cheap linen; half-clad Indians; poblanas in sleeve less chemise of snowy linen, petticoat with points of lace, nude ankles and small, well-shaped feet encased in sat- n slippers; negroes, attired in white cotton garments, talking and gestlcu- atlng at every street corner; and oc casionally some grand senora in heqty A bill before the Texas Laglelsture make* tramping a felony, empowers any citizen to arrest a tramp, and re quires tbe State to pay flf to any per son making ench arrant. The granges and newspapers are pltctrtng into the blfi, which they denounce ae uuct’ostl- tuiional, Inhuman aud uowie^ man, and these he cent. Oo seeing Gen. Shields they threw down their guns and fall at hla feet, making the wildest gestures of gratitude and pleasure. He recognized them os his two protegee, and soon bad reason to recall tbe harsh opinion be bad found ed on their former beha^R)£ While making the journey tbfey were startled by a loud Sioux war whoop. Tbe gold* s wanted to fight tbe strangers alone, belug unwilling, as they said, to t*riog their white brothers into their war. They were restrained, aud s flag of trues sent, when it was discov ered that the suppoeed Sioux were half-breed Scotchmen from a settle ment near by. Their leader, Andy MeKny, said that his meir thought tbe others to be Sioux, and intended to bare scalped them all after leading them Into au ambush by tbe false war whoop. They passed the night round tbe CHtnpflre, tbs Scotch Indiana sing- ng Burns’ songs and speaking Eng lish with an accent that would not have Utegr-ic d a native of Ayrshire, • ...* Geuoul remained for three yean in . e wllde of Minnesota, aod tha ra ced ectlon* of the period were among the moat pleasant in hla lift.—[Wash Ingtoo Poet. A Tennessee editor says that times are so bard (n hie section that many of tha people are unable to live and caa’t afford to die. Bat It is aboard to say they can’t afford to die, for death kingdom.” , Judge Fleming, of Georgia, the suc cessor of the late Cougreseman Hart- ridge, is seventy-four years old. If tbe characters of all young men stood as high ah their shirt collar, the community would present a better as pect than It docs. There is not a cent In the Virginia Treasury, and tha credit of tbe Btate is bstdly good enough to enable It to negotiate a loan. Poster In a Georgia bar-room: * Chil dren tinder ten years ef aga will not be allowed to get drank on these pram* isee, unless accompanied by their pa rse U. f , Jt ffereoo Davie has declined the In vitation to deliver the annual addraaa , . ' tZ ^ *-. 1 ' , . ' ■ - ^ , j- f,' t Wi^*- -*-« When seated on the ground for hours ii the market, exposed to ths sun, they usnslly place a large leaf of cab bage or other vegetable on their heads to protect them from its rays. They dee& w** done on tha 17th of Be— siselppl University, because of th* - precarious condition of his health, ana Senatof Gordon has been adefcted ' os the" orator In hla stead. Fred. W. Vanderbilt, * son of W. B. Vanderbilt, and heir to 12,000,000 from hie grandfather's estate, has been getting married on the sly. The black ellk, with high tortoise-shell or silver comb upon her bead and black mantilla falling on her shoulders, go ing to or returning from church. A MEXICAN MARKET. The market, wbtob begins with the dawn of the day, is thronged with In dians and country women, busied at tills hour in arranging and displaying tbeir different commodities to advant age; fruits of a score of different kinds, with birds In cages, fire-fliee for the decoration of the hair, several kinds of tortoises, armadllloes, and a considerable variety of water-fowl. The show of fish, for beauty and va riety, is such aa can be scarcely con ceived; present log more resplendent hues and variety of form, wben fresh from tbe water, than birds and loeeots. Hundreds of various species, glowing Id all tbe colors of tbe prism sod sur passing tbe moat brilliant tints of the lummiog-bird, cover tbe Mooes of the market place. The meat market, how ever, ie tbe rev< tee side of tbe picture; the flesh being cut in atripe and sold by tbe measure, presents a very repul sive appearance. It is thus exposed to the sir nod dried without salt. Poultry, which seems plentiful sod cheap, occupies another division of tbe maiket, aod tbe cooked meats a third. Tbe Indian women, dean and neatly dresped, by means of small flres of charcoal burning in earthenware dish es, prepare io consldet-able quantities, and In a variety of ways, meat, fish, poultry and vegetable, finding tbeir customers for tbe most part among tbe poorer classes. Their booking is generally highly seasoned with chill, tbe favorite condiment of tbs. Datives. The market women also produce in a beautiful way a great variety of liquors, of eVery color and flavor. A large vase of red earthenware, resem bling tha Etruscan, is filled with water and needy buried In wet land. A va riety of flowers, principally poppies, ore than stock io, among which stood tbs glasses containing tbe ahowy-ool- ored beverages, which, with chocolate, poiqae aod a kind of wioe made from tbe asp ef the aerooomla palm, are served oat fox a trifle. Bread is pre pared of a variety of forme and mate rials and of good quality, while the eeareer kinds of meat, brought from a distance, are eodoeed In coarse paste pin, balf-bsked to preserve them. _ . cTean In appearance, or derly and modest in behavior, aud of very kindly disposition. >o» Mow f Mtw4 m Rnbr. First, a mao must have one to take oars of. It isn’t every one you know that ia fortunate enough to have one, and when he dees bis wife is always wanting to run over to s neighbor’s only five minutes, and bs has to at tend to the bob yt Sometimes she oa- reesee him and oftentimes she says sternly: H John, take good care of the child until t return.” You want to remonstrate, bat can not pluck up ooursga while that awful female’u eye is upon you; so you pru dently refrain and merely renytrk : ” Don’t stay long, my dear.” She ia scarcely out of sight when tha look leas babe opens Its eyes, and Its mouth also, and emits ayeil wbtob causes the oat to bouaoe out of ths door as if something bad atung It, You timidly lilt the cherub and slag au operatic air -; he does not appreci ate It but yells the louder. You may bribe him with a bit of sugar ; not a bit of cue; he spits It out. You get wrotby end shake him. He stops a second and you venture another ; when, good Heavens! bo sets up such a roar that tbe paesers-by look up la astonishment. You fsj! desperate; your hair stands on end, and tbe prespiratloa oozes out of every pore as tbs agonizing thought comes over you, what Ifthe liuskiesa child should have a fit i You try baby talk ; but “ Htty litty lamby ” has no effect,.for he stretches sa If a red hot poker had been laid oo bia eplne, and still be yells. You are afraid tbe neighborhood will be aiaimed, sod give him your good watch os a last resource, Just in time to eave your whiskers; though he throws down a bandfnl of your cher ished mustache to take the watch and you thankfully find an easy obalr to rest your aching limbs, when down oomas that costly watch on the floor, and the cause of all the trouble breaks Into an ear-splitting root, aod yah set yoor teeth and prepare to admioiefsr personal chastisement, when in rushes tbe happy woman known as your wife, snatches the long-enffetlng child from ybur willing arms, and, sitting down stills It, by magic, while yon gaze mournfully at the remains of your Watch and cherished mustache, and muttering malediction on baby-kind in general and on the image of bia father io particular, vow never to take care of a baby—until tbe next time. Jeka Is tbe cheapest thing In tbe market, and nobody thinks of demanding the I Considerable quantities of the ooarae cash for h—not evea thadoctor. 'red snrthtpwnre of ths country ora The clerks In the Tress»ry Depart ment say that a 640 page boob of ” Public Servfbes of John Sherman ** goes off like hot cakes. Tbe rule for bids peddling of soy kind In tbs Treas ury halidlng; but tbs peddler got a “ dispensation " from John In favor of his romance of tbs finances, and Is permitted to go among ths clerks dar ing office boors. Every fellow who refuses to buy n copy to looked open aa disloyal; is spotted, and thereafter carries an uneasy head. Yerjf few re fuse to buy. Poassnaion of a copy of this cheerful book in n guarantee of a permanent clerkship. Shortly after Sherman became Secretary of the Treasury, tha publisher of Hayes' fall, length picture applied for permlsston to peddle tbe liken ess In ths Treasury baUdisg, but John ssidt “ Not oan’t allow it—’gainst ths rules; wouldn't give you tbe prlvllegu to peddle here if you had for sale the bead of Christ-” _ ^ —Washington GapitaL “f* and the ateam ririug. . ■ 2j r *** advised. In The Atlanta Constitution estimates ths blood, to sit in that during tbe past two sansons ths for n opuptohours every4*7 farmers of Georgia have paid out $8,-1 ling rime to to hale the * steam " 090,000 for Raton. 1 r ber last, and was kept a secret until last week. The bride was formerly-’ Mias Louisa Holmes intboay, and to the divorced wife of Datriel Torrence, a cousin of the young husband. ’A Texas pepet says of a ttoobleeeme r young man out tbare, that *• hla pro- * ollvity for faorse-etealing IS unquench able; hla propensity for robbing cat tle-ranches Incurable.” Let them . quench bis proclivity for borse-eteoi- ing with n plow-line or Issso, and bln propensity for fobbing btttle-rnnchss will cure itself. ills whipping-poet is proposed M b number of Butbe and will almost sure ly be adopted is eererol of them. In Virginia, Delaware and North Carolina it bon proven very efficacious ss a pun ishment fot Imd preventive of crime. It is a cheap, severe and certain pun- tsbment which makes tbe rogue suffer for his the State with the< gad clothing ths orlmlsoL Fred Douglass Joins! a tor Wisdom, nod to* advised the oolered people of to etay where they are. He told 1 “ could remember when, ne far tot ne groes are concerned, Massachusetts was ss Mississippi to to-day. Thod tbs negtc had no voles, but this fee nil cbsnged. In Msssnshusstts thsyoro 1 treated as equals, and so they wtH bn in Mississippi in the good order off things;” Judge Haditm, st Ohertorton, raise that a party appefdtefftpR tha Judgment of n trial ioetioe upon a criminal mettar is not entijtfed ton trial ds novo in the Circuit Oourf, but the appeals must bemide fiiiriittoir and submitted to the Ohetot jniifd with tbe evidence. Upon thin the Judge hears tbs argument nod sus tains or ravsensB ths Judgment of the court bsiew. This ruling will disturb, ths practice la these small courts slightly we should think. One of the Blchmohd pfeipetu netted nUy objects to tha Rocking of thu Vir ginia riven with fish on . the ground hat It would enooango among tbs people, who, furnished With ties flood, lest agriculture. If U be true that hah arc about ths best of brain food, tha author of that argument ought to live upon them exclusively for ths reofe of his life; and It b to bs feared ttott even then he would never bs abie to boast ths most powerful ordsBontsif constructed tatitleet that Wat Ms* vouchsafed to the ehlhlreo of rso, r*t { One Is a little surprised to zewdthntr the first tnltoDod leading out of 4Jao* bee was npfnsd for trade tost Monday,* Quebec Is ona of ths oldest cities on ths North American continent, and has a population of soventy-fivo thou sand inhabitants, yet the people have heretofore been content with tfetpo and horses an n means of tranopono* tlon. The new railroad oonnosts Quo** bee with Montreal, them In not n town In the United States of five thorn, sand Inhabitants that has not 00s or morn railways leading out of ft, and there to hardly one that hes not h snag debt,Incurred on aecohnt of theaa adjuncts to civilization. 1 It is aoM that between two hundred and three hundred men and wupnwof bt. Lotos drink dally fromn holt ton pint ot blood, piping hot from th? viens of slaughtered cattle, More blood-drinking by oonsutopt aged persons to done la and October than during the 1 der of* the year. The I _ jr /, ^ M.