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, Aadfesa, THE 1'SOPLK,
Barnwell C. II., 5. C.
VOL.
BARNWELL C. H., S. E? THURSDAY. JANUARY 29, 1880.
NO. 125.
Special Keenest*.
1. la vritinf te this office on btuinea* oU
ways give yeuf name and Poet Office addreee.
T 2. Biisiaee« leltcri ami conmaiiiica^lone t* .
- -be JuiblishW siieuVl bn wfitlen c ri «ep«r(i»n
' sheeis, end the object of «seh elcariy indl*
cated ny necessary note when rednired.
8. Articles for puhtieation should 1>e writ
ten in a clear, legible hand, tad on only nan
side of the png*.
4. All change* in adTcrtieementa must
reach us on Friday. ~
South Carolina Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
JJpJlay Passengers.
(This Triiih does not connect with Train for
.Columbia-at llratichvillc.) .
Leave Charleston 0.00 a m
JJmachrille
Midway
lla:r.bcrg ,
Graham’s
Lee s ' —
Blaukville
Kllif' f -
WHiston
Windsor
Montmorenci
Aiken
12 Uo p m
12.28 p m
12.87 p in
12.^1 p in
Ldl p m
l it p hi
! .26 p m
1 84 p m
1.5t p m
2.12 p m
- 2.21 P m
o.lo p m
Arrive Augusta
Dow(t Pay PnssMggrs.
(This Train d^fi not ooaueol with Train for
Columbia at liranchvillc.)
F.eive Auguste
•* Aiken 1
“ Montrtiorencl
“ Windsor
“ Wiilision
■}. Jflka
•» 11 hi nnrtfe T - ^ *=**-* L =-
* LittN
** Graham's
“ Bamberg ' ^
•* BranchviUe
Arrive Churleslon
* KII.IIT EXPRESS.
Leave Charleston
Ayrive Augusta
Ledeo Augusta
Arrive Cbarleston
injwn Leave Blackville
p Leave Blackville
Cwinects wrtIt Trains at Brancliville tbr j
8 15am
9 11 a m
.11.20 a m
11.41 a m
10.01 a m
10.08 a m
T0.24 a m
10.21 a m
10.45 a m
10.58 a m
1 It) 5 a 111
11.80 a in
^JLUOptu
11.00 p m
0 20am
8 45 a m
T0.4ii p m
0.20 p in
5.88 a m
THE PL ACE TO BUY YOU
SIWIHE liCIIIL
—IS —
346 BROAD STREET,
Augusta, . G-a.
THE OLD PLANTATION.
Runs a dark and resUea* river
—Seaward by a low bnt.tme. .
on ttM broanlTthe mooitbeamfl quiver,
As in days of lot'K ago.
ThePivAheold plantation lies.
All dismuhtlod uud forlorn,
And tha ulr Is full of sighs
Fertile days of toogr ago. • / .
The undersigned ar^new oflfbring to the 1
cfti/.ervs of Augusta and to the public gen
erally, the New Howe B, simple and light
riHiuieg, ju-t mil.— The new - impjyve<|
Weed, upiseless and elegantly finished.
The light running New Home, with large
space under army self-adjusting needle,
simple and durable.
The very latest 'unproved Victor, with
setf-nlireading Shuttle, and self setting
Needle.. - '
Also, the “Stewart.’’ Family, superior to
any of the styles,in the market. Each one
is guaranteed by the maker to be perfe.’t in
every re-pect, — r
B^“Allthe above mentioned Machine.-? are
of the very l.dest improvements Bobbins
fillrd on all of .tliem without running the
machine. Sold at low figures and all guar
anteed.
J, K. nARTOX,
The managing partner of the finu^Mving
had more than ten yfcxr? experi<tnce in (lie
business, is thoroughly ncquifuifeil with the
leading machines of the day, and will keep
in dtoclL. only gtfeh os be know# to be first,
cliis*. ilbwever, a machine of any make
may be purchased tlirough us by special
order..
Columbia
1
niEiniir axd accommodation.
l eave Cliarleston 7.10 am
Aniva nugusta —-41,45 p m
Brngnsra —--4 rHi a m
Arrive CharlcELm 5.20a in
I'own t.cavc Blackville 8.84 n ni
Up Leave Blackville 2.88 p m
Connects at Brancliville with Train for
r.ilnmhia.
Down day passenger connects at Black,
ville wilIi Columbia accommodation irain. 4
. Ma?uol;a PassensT Rouit*.
’ PORT ROYAL UAILROAD,
I^.Specinl attention given to the repairing
of ali kind# of inachiucs. Work done
promptly, and at Low Rates. All work
guaraiteed. ——^
Neeilles, Oil and Aftnchnientsf' for all
kinds' 6f Sewing Machines for sale, at tlic
lowest rates for first-class goods.
Call and see our goods, whether you pur-
chivste or not.
Correspondence solicited. Address,
e. BAarotf & m
ikTP }
. The following pi*<eneer schedule w ill be
operated on and after tnis date :
Baldoe *11 32 Down
Hialdoc ' 4 12 Up J
Allendale 10 4*4 Ib-wn
AUendalo 8 45 Up
DAILT riSSltNUKI! TrstN.
Going South.
Leave Augnsra
Arrive at Yemassec
I.e ive Yomossce
Arrive Sar iiinah
la-avo Savannah
Arrive Jackimi»iville
Arrive t’liarlestoit
Leave Yemassee
Arrive Beniifort
Ar t e I’ort Royal
Arrive Augusta
Leave Yentas-ee
Arrive 1 cniav-ee
Leave Sat annah ..
Arrive $0 van Hah
Leave Jacksonville
la-ivo •‘Ni;ir!ee«km —-
Leave BcouUiii
l.ervc I’orl Lovat
Agents wanted.
AUGUSTA. GA..
nnvtj-lf.
0 4fO p nr
1 50 » ni
2 8(1 a in
0 25 a in
4 In a in i
7 15 a in 1
8 00 a in ;
2 20 a in
2 15 a in
4 00 a in
(5 oO a ni
2 00 a m
1 20"_i*J
!• 00 p in i
8 2* a in |
5 15 a in
x U" p -ii |
11 28, p 111
II 00 p m
Trains rim through between August* and
Savannnh wtiliou* change, making close .•011-
nectiviijii tjivannah with A. >VG. It. 11. train
tor all points in Pleridt*
Bng'jage checked iltrtuigli-
IW>-T. irengh tudlet* for »*Ie at nil juinci
pal ticket otfices.
. Robeut G. Flkmi.no.
General Superintendent.
J. 8. Datamt,
General Passenger Ag>>nt.
i harlotte, Columbia & Aus;us' > R B
l
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Citvnt.orr*, CouraiBiv k AcorsTA R. R.
Gknkbai. PassuMHm DarAHTMitST.
Cola*mm a, 8. C., June 1,1870. )
The following passenger schedule will be^
operated on and after thie dute :
A<». I—A’ty/if Expra*, Sviit.h.
Leave b rlotte, 12:43 a m
Arrive o urfibia 3:30 a tn
Leave cl umbia .VJ.. 5:35 a in
At rive Augusta^ 9:25 a m
A r o. 2—Sight Kxjnc**, North.
Leave Augusta, 5:15 P m
Arrive oluipWa.. ..... 1:30 am
Tienve oJumbia 2:30 am
Arrive harlotte 12:10 am
No. 3-~-Dat/ I’astrngsr,' South.
▼ ; \
Leave harlotte. 2:12 p m
Arriveolumbia 12:00 a m
Leave olumbia 1:00 a m
Arrive Augnsta : 9:10 a in
No. 4—Day Pasucnjer, North.
lieavo Augusta (1:50 a tn
Arrive olum bia 10:45 am
1 itntva olumbia. .; .10:55 a in
Arrive hartotte :.. 9:00-frm
These trains stop only at Fort Mill
Hock Hill. Chester, Wiunsboro, Rblge-
way, Leesvllle, Batesburg, Rbige
Spring, Johnston, Tienton and Gran-
iteville. All other stations will be re
cognized as flag stations.
T. D. KLINE, Sup’t.
John B. MaCmuuDo. Gen. Pas. Affpnr.
Savannah and i’harleston Railroad Co.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
JOKVARY 1, 1879.
The following Schedule is in effect at this
dhto:
Fail Mail, Daily.
Le»ve Charleston - - .
Arrive at Savannah - - t-
Anivo Port Royal -
Ayer’s
Hair Vigor,
FOR RESTORING GRAY HAIR TO ITS
NATURAL VITALITY AND COLOR.
It is a moot agreeable dressing, which
is at once harmless and effectual, for
preserving the hair. It restores, with
the gloss and freshness of youth, faded or
gray, light, and red hair, to a rich brown,
qrdeep black, as may lie desired. By its
use thin hair is thickened, and baldness
often though not always cured. It
chocks falling of the hair immediately,
and causes a new growth in all cases
where the glands are not decayed; while
to brashy, weak, or otherw ise diseased
hair, it imparts vitality and strength,
and renders it pliable.
The Vigor cleanses the scalp, cures
and prevents the'formation of dandruff;
and, by itlvcooling, stimulating, and
soothing properties, it heals most if not
all of the humors and diseases peculiar
to the scalp, keeping it cool, clean, and
soft, under which conditions diseases of
the scalp and hair are impossible.
As a Dressing for Ladies’ Hair,
The Vioor is incomparable. It is colon-
less, contains neither oil nor dye, and
will not soil white cambric. It imparts
an agreeable and lasting perfume, and
as an article for the toilet It is economi
cal and unsurpassed in its excellence.
0h ! trie movl^R wealth of canes,
itendlnj* with their emerald hues ;
Footsteps down the long gri^ou lanes,
j In tliedays of long ago:'
Sounds of enginesTar and n^nr,
Grinding out the juices sweet.
Called like voices loud anddloiiv
In the days of loug ago. *
Happy slaves their burdens Imre,
Tolling, vet with cheerful fneo4. , ^
binging wuird son^s o'er and o’er, A
In the days of long ago.
In the homestead not a care.
Bounds of love and sounds of laughter.
Orange blossoms budding there, .
In the days of long ago.
In the hush of all this gladness
( ameth" sound of martial diums,
Ami the land was fu'l of sadness
In the days of long ago.
Bridal blossoms all are dead.
Lam-s all gi ass-gr wn,Helds jire yellow
And the laughter, too has Hod ,
With thjiijdays of long ago.
StilLtho rushing, restless rival .
Huns along the low batture.
All unchanged. It murmurs ever,
4 s in days of long ago. „ : v'
Dallas, Texas. |E:izabeth J. Hereford.
Talk or.tlexnnder It. Mtephcn*
tkIiJi DclrgrnieM ChcMimt and
Kelt! la lUtfl.
Adam and Eve*« Lxpnlslon I'rom
N* ' ’’ <he Gerden aff Ldr n.
^1: Old Judge GuRtaylus SwaD, of Co-
lurabus^Ohio, was a character-of his
day. Ho was not a member of the
church, yet he was a constant attend
ant on the mlnlstrallotos of the vener
able Dr. Hoge.*tlie distinguished pas
tor of tho Presbytorlan Church, and If
loe could not bo called a pillar he cer-v
with his distinguished
[Alex. II. Stephana in Atlanta Cun'titiiiMn.l
On the ni-jnt of the 3 1 Febuary,
18(51, on taking tho curs at Crawford-
ville, my residence, for Montgomery,
where the convention was to meet
the next day,Monday, I met with tho
Hon. James Chesnut, Jr., lata United
MLjtrs senator.
rasPAROD BT
Dr. J. C. ABE & CO., Lsiell, Mass.,
f*ractiral anil Analvtlcal Chemists.
^ 4 SOU) BT ALL DBCUalSTS EVSBTIVUKKS.
, QCi is
Tift WEEKLY NEWS.
r 1880.
NEWSPAPER
■ > ’*
A MAM
7 15 a. m.
1 00 p. tn.
4 17 p. m.
G 35 a. m
5 80'p. na.
S lo p. m.
9 00 p. u-
Arrive Jacksonville
Awiveitt Augusta
L«vo .Savannah
Atrive Charleston - -
Night Train, Daily.
Lekve Charleston - •* -8 10 p.m.
Arive Savannah - - • G 40 a.m.
Lave Savannah - - -8 00 p.m.
ATivc Charle*ton -' - a 8 00 a. m,
Pullman ears on all Night Trains.
C. 8. GADSBKN, Kngr. and Supt. ’
6.C. Boylstox, G. F. andT. Agent.
delegates from Soutfe- Car+diGa, and ts
TsttHHvtag. IncmvereHtion withhirn
dutiug the bight’s travel, upon divers
matters touching- the objects of our
:ji ssion and the business before us
(needlessnow to repeal) he sld 1 to me
ttY-rclntlon to tho Presidency, that the
South Carolina delegation had a con
sultation and had come to the conclu
sion that no persop from their State
should be presented for that office-
He suid that it was gederally under
stood that Mr. Davis djd not wiah it,
but preferred the military position
heroin before stated, and that South
UaroliitoeoNto leonine to Georgia fof
the Presidency. Upon my naming
several civilians' of our own State,
among whom I named Mr. Toombs,
Mr. Cobb, Governor Jenkins and Gov.
Brown, well qualified for the position
he said they were not looking to Mr.
Cobb or tbe others named, but mainly
to Mr. Toombs and myself. I uld
him frankly that I could not permit
my name to be used in thatoom ec'ion
and gave my reasons for it. He left
me under the impression, after what
I snid to him, that the Seu'h Carolina
delegation would go for Mr. Toombs.
L bad no farther conversation with
him on rhe subject.
On Thursday night, the 7th of Feb.,
after the provisional constitution was
nearly gone through with, Mr. Keltt
another delegate from South Carolina,
took me out in the lobby of House in
which the convention was sitting, and
asked me if 1 would except the I’rcsi
deucy. He stated substantially what
Senator Chesnut. had said to ms ou the
cars on the night of tuo 3 I as wo were
going to Moutgomeiy; that is, that the
South Carolina delegation had de
termined to present no person from
their State for eithtr of tho Executive
officers but they were looking toGeor
gia for the Presidency, and that their
choice was directed t# one of two—
that either to Mr. Toombs or mysslf.
After giving him my reasons, ns I hat
given them to Senatof Chesout, why
my name should not becounectsd with
that office, he left me under the same
impression Senator Chesnut did as to
toe course South Carpliua would take
ou the question of the Presidency.
’’ISno conversation with any dele
gate whatever did I hear the name ol 1
Mr. Davis mentioned in connection with
tbe Presidency, except with the ex
pression that he did not desire it
This seemed t# be the universal under
standing with an equal unanimity
that bis wishes should be conformed
to lu thie particular. I do- not think
there was a member of the convention
opposed,in the proper sense of the
English prototype, claim to he a but
tress of the church, supporting it
from without. The Judge was a con
stant and dillgenlstudent bTTlTWBlbM
,Ri>d had decided penchant for theolo
gical controversy, and It must be con
fessed seemed to take a special pleas
ure in puzzling tho ofcrgy, who fre.
q'temly callrtl upon tiiia, with .lUs-
-knotty questions. One day a mission
ary called on him for a contribution.
Now,” said the Judge, “I’ll tell you
what I’ll do; I will ask you a simple
question In scripture, and if you will
answer it correctly, I will give you
twenty-five dollars; if not, nothing.”
ho clercyman brightened up at once
and agreed to me proposition, being
quite sure of his twenty-five dollars.
‘‘Well, now,” said the judge, “can
you tHl me why God drove Adam
and Lveout of Paradise ?’’
“CertafnTjY’ said the clergyman,
“Jbat Is a very simple question; it was
because they ate the forbidden fruit
contrary to the command of God.”
“There,” said the Judge, “It i^as^I
snppesed; I have asked the question
of a hundred different elergymen and
never yet go(; the correct answer. I
see you aro ,no wiser than tho r*s.t.
You ought th gU'fe me twen
dollars for helng so ignorant of ore
With the first issue In January.
1880. The Weekly News, Charleston,
8. C., will be enlarged by two addi
tional pages. It will then be a great
six page weekly. Nine long columns
on each page! The length and width
of tbe columns, and the style of type^t
give the Weekly News a larger quan
tity of reading matter than any paper
ever published In South Carolina. No
increase in the price—82 a year.
Prize stories, by Southern authors.
QhfM Chronlclejedltedby Q r ~ word, to the electtonof Mr. ftavk tmhThey
eharcis, Esq., the chess champion or .. -. fr. ’TT , TX j
u„.,.v, H the Presidency. The chief object of bound
tbe South.
Agricultural Department, selected
from the best agricultural periodicals
in the United States. ,
Late t telegraphic news. Children’s
stories, written expressly by Southern
authors for Southern boys and girls.
Charleston 'dty news. A record #f the
dally life of the city of ChncUaton,
auch. as no other paper c»n give.
South Carolina State news. Only $2 a
year.
CL.TJn ItA/lTCM -.
5 Subscribers 1 year at 81 85 $9 25
10 Sulrscribeis 1 year at SI 75 17 50
15 Subscribers 1 year at $1 05 ii 75
25 Subscribers 1 vear at SI 50 37 50
Riokdan & Dawson.
Publishers, Charleston, 8. C.
T. B. GOLDING.
Attorney At Law
acp25-ly APPLETON, 8. C.
Concealed Weapon*.
■low ChrUunn* I'omJ lUe Pvm- flags they have
lly at Hill Arp'*.
If tfters was a law In the State pun
ishing a man for carrying .concealed U/I believe It’s a good rule for every
the <Gorgetown Times, “Hend t
mil ha checked if The Other Right
>uu cnech.cn, it not . . .. .
weapons, says
the practice would
entirely, stopped, and our courts would
have fewer of those blood curdling
crimes to deal with, which ars so re
voking to human nature, and which
generally bring sorrow and dlalreaa to
some household, It matters not bow
poor ofTiimbie the uhfbtiOnata vic
tim may bet I The editor pf tbe Abbe
ville Medium, writing on the, same
to Hielr own business.
I was reading aloud
to the family About a feller who wtis
standing at the forks of the road with
an umbrella over him, when a flock of
sheep camo along and got tangled up,
and so he thought he would help the
driver hy shooting ’em a lltilo and
waving his umbrella. An old ram
dMem like that and euxldenly made for
him and went through "Ms umbrella
like It was a paper hoop and having
knocked him down in the mud, and he
had today there until about n hundred
When girls are in this stage they
giggle and laugh at everything
whether Its funny of not, but boys will
tote m >re rails of a Christinas night ‘ *
for nothing than they would fop two
dollars In tbe day time. I look upon ,
it just like I do having the mupa or '
the mrHsIfs, or any other disease. Irk
got tp tK-me, and the comfort of it ia »
most of 'em get? well of it ay soon aa * --
their trains begin to ('evelor.
Well we have bad our Chrlsttnae
and onr Chtretmas turkey and got well
of It. NtaM iblng Is new yfer and, our *
girt, are fixing up to receive ca1D£ 1
They dont rxj>ect anybody and so ,
eudi one Is golna to drana ap and cult
eobjt^r.- rewtofhs : “Every attempt ab(M.p jiunped oy.^r htpi p, iLn* oj) (he others UM fho show Is over,
lature to prehlblt When be arose and took in hD dllaul- When njyTuro goihiWl'Ibwelii'sf
of the most Important facto in connec
lion with the fall of man. But I will
fend you away with my simple bless
ing and tho true answer to the ques
tion. If you will loofi in your Bible
which you seem to hav* rsad so care
fully, you will see It written: ‘And
the Lord God said Behold tho maa Is
becoming as one of us, to know good
and evil; and bow, IcsX he put Ills
hand ami take also the tree of life and
live forever: therefore the. Lord God
sent him forth from the garden of
E lon to till the ground Aram whencs
h« was taken.’ “Think,” added the
Judge, with a sly twinkle in his eye,
what a -great mercy it was thus to
drive them out, for suppose they had
by some chance got hold of tho tree of
life, and thus the race had'been per
petuated fojever oh this earth. Why,
by this time we would have piled
mountains high upon each other, and
what on awful struggle there would
have been for life and happiness.”
The clergyman departed, a wiset If net
a happier man.
made by ^ho Legislature to prohibit
ihe carrying of concealed weapons has
been a failure. Why, we cannot tell.
It Is no sign of bravery or manhood
to go through life with a battery un
der your emit.' tall and It la' not rMdtY
of an achleve'inent to kill a nigger or
shoot a bad dog, but the General As
sembly seems to think that there Is
no use for IcgisTatlon ba'Thls sesre.
Public sentiment could effect a cure of
this abuse Hit wmuM take proper hold
of the subject. There le absolutely no
necessity for nny fire-arms at all In as
peaceful a country as this, whare the
laws are In force, and- the courts are
open for the trial of every effeuso
against one’s person or property. If
wo were desperadoes or all of our
neighbors outlaws, there would be
some sense in going around like walk
ing arsencls, but it Is slander upon our
clviliz lion and a disgrace to our man
hood to go through life armed with
pistols and murder in our hearts. The
Legislature should make it man
slaughter for any man to even carry a
*Udr bf HTsHhagd jmsg rcquli-
ing every man desiring to go armed,
fc Hcenae from the clerk of the
court, paying therefor,Lwouty-Uve dol
lars a year, to be turned over to the
County Treasurer for the benefit of
the public schools.”
—♦Os
Facts About IStsO.
dilapj
dated condition, he remuked; “The
next time I spa a drove of sh -cp acorn-
ing I reckon I’il attend to my own
business.”
Next day Mre. Arp, my. wife, was
fixing to gtiud-up sausage meat and I
ventured to rwrmrtntiHtTfBhe would
salt the plrcts before uhe put them
through the machine, It would save
her a heap of trouble. Her sleeves
WGrtM’Otted up and as she looked at
me she assumed a cbivalrlck altitude
and remarked: “Tbero will he an old
ram after you first thing you know.”
rpmaww
love to Mrs. Arp over again like I did
when she was a blushing’ Iubs of sweet
sixteen. I want to nee how she will
take It."* Yonrs, Bill Aur.
i 1^> —
A Charlie Be** Case*
There has recently transpired nl
New Orleans a curious revelation in
regard to tb« abduction of a boy
nently nine years ago, which, As ft
ended in the reunion of father and non.
gives ground to the hope that tbe
Charlie Ross
iiJUU
t
, mystery maf^jFtiTjM
Of coittw f retired in godd*OT^rLSTf^ r i*° lved * D R manner. The New
all, as fur as I heard an expression of
opinion, was to conform to bis wishes
The first I heard of any- intention to
change the programme from what
consldsred the understanding of nil,
and to have his name presented for
the Presidency, was on the morning of
the meeting of our delegation to con
sult upon the question of the person
whose name should be presented by
Georgia.
Col. Williamson, a noted Texan Uw-
ler* stood up in church and called ou a
young lady to come forward and
marry him. Since that event the
Texas church has been «o crewed with
marriageable females that a man can’t
get standing room Inside nnleen be
makes sure of being on time by camp
lag at the doer over night.
''
A Ili-othcr .Hurries Hi* Mister.
A young and respectable looking
cbuplr, brolher and slater, named
Fred and Ljuisa llnnchman, son and
daugheter of a quiet, respectable
farmer, rcsldintr in Lone Grove town
ship, about twenty miles from Van-
dalia, Illinois, boarded the fraiu a
short time ago, went Lo St. Louis and
w«re made husband and wife. They
remained in the city fora day or two,
thea returned homeward, getting off
the train at Browntown, a station
eight miles from Vandalia and for
fear of being detected, wondered off in
tbe woods near town, and remained
there till found and arrested by con
stable Joseph Copeland.
The man is about twenty-one year*
of age, and of good appearance, and
his sister nineteen and rather good-
looking. When asked why he was
induced to commit such an act he said:
“My sister loved me so well that we
thought the beet thing wo- coyld do
would be to,get married.” He was
father asked if ho did not know It w&m
wrong and against the law to' do ho,
and also why they bid themselves :a
the woods and kept away from their
pnrents. This he answered hy saying:
“We did not know it was wrong, and
only hid In the woods for fear ef being
dlecoverd by our folks, as they were
very much opposed to our marriying.”
Their parents are very respectable
people and are sadly grieved over tbe
unparalleled act of their children,
were tried, found guilty and
over, tho man’s bond being
fixed at t5fi0. uud the woman’s at $300,
In default of which they were com
mitted to the county Jail. The affair
has created great excitement in Van-
dalia.
An eminent clergyinau was called on
to, preach, while two other preachers sat
ou the pulpit sofa. Having a loud voice
he made the most of it, to the great an
noyance of his two brethren. After
church was out, both of them took him
to task fur his vociferation, and insisted
that a plainer and less noisy style of
oratory would do more good. “And
how much do you get for preaching ?”
he asked of his critics. One replied that
he got twelve hundred dollars a year,
and the other sixteen hundred dollars*
“Well," was the answer, “I got four
thousand dollars a year, which is
more than both your salaries put to
gether. 1 guess I’ll keep<ra‘hollering.’”
The first day of the year and of
April full on Thursday; the fourth of
July comes on Sunday, and Christman
oh Saturday. It Is leap year, and
February has 29 days. As the girls
will then be privileged tq go courting,
they will have the opportunl y to do
plenty of it, as tho almanac maker was
considerate enough to put five Sun
days in the month of February. Easter
cornrs almost as early as It ever came
—ou the 28th day of March. The
year 1330 will have six eclipses—four
of the sun and two of the moon—but
only one ef them will bo visible here,
namely the sixth, which is a partial
eclipse of the sun on the last day of
the year, very early in the morning. A
very unusual thing about these
eclipses is that three of .them occur In
December—a circumstance that will
uot again occur in many years. Both
eclipesof the moon will be total, but
invisible lu North America. About
the middle of 1880 Wiuneek’s comot
will make Its appearance lu tbe
heavens after an absence of five years
and seven months. The moon will be
tbe ruling planet of 1880, and the year
will be generally more humid than
eold—that is, the almanac says so.
The year goes out on Friday.
All the newspapers In N6w York
State were Invited by the New York
Times to say whom they preferred as
the candidate for President. Nearly
three hundred of them accepted. The
list Is summarized as follows:
Candidate*.
ttep.
Deni.
lad.
Total.
For Blaine
.38
—
27
65
For Grant
.24
—
8
32
For Sherman.....
. 4
—
8
It)
For Tilden.......
17
6
23
For Bayard
13
7
20
For Hancock
13
8
21
For Seymour
10
—
10
For Hendricks..a.
,
> 1
1
2
For the field
* 7
8
17
31
For tho nominee..
:i5
7
—
22
For anybody to beat
Grant. .
10
10
No choice.;
. 3
13
32
48
Total
.91
81 112
294
Blaine beats Grant among all the
papers two to ons, getting most of his
strength from the Independent pa
pers. Grant trails behind, and Sher
man ts out of sight. - la the DdSlici*'
cratlc list tbs strong mea are Bayard
and Hanceck. The weakness of Sey
mour Is accounted for by bis pert!
now I cap’t make a remark about
domestic Affairs without having that
old ram thrown up to me. You see a
woman has more liberty of speech than
a man has for ita mighty ulgh the only
liberty @bo has and I don’t begrudge
her the use of it. But then their five
senses aro more sensitive and acute
tlmnours. lu fact I think my wife,IIre.
Arp, has got seven or eight, for she
can come to a conclusion about tilings
so quick it makes my head swim, and
I know she mmt have some percep
tions unknown to the books. , Bbc can
hear more unaecountablo nolses-ln the
uight, and see more dirt on the floor,
and smell more disagreeable odors
than anyhodyjin tho world. 1 won’t
=S5p!fitLehe0H» point partridges;
a few years ago our nabor comeover_ ^ 0 °d * or
one day and said he hud lost bis dog, i° r
and my wife, Mrs. Arp, laid down her 0 * ^e >
knitting, uud says she; “That dog Is
In our well. The water has tasted
and smelt like a dog all day." We all
laughed at her and continued to use
the water for two or three days, but
she dident. Finally wo gave It up
that something was wrong, aad I sent
a datkio down a hundred feet to the
bottom, and sura enough there was
the dog. Well, the ruts took posses
sion otpur house ndt long ago and we
could hear them at all times of night
ripping around overhead and [(laying
lag and leaping, tl'l it was past endur
ance. So I got aomo rat poUon that
was warranted JtL^rlve ’em way to
water, and shore enough Ifiev disap
peared and wo were happy. The next
mornlug my wife, Mrs. Arp, was a
snuffling around about the mantle
price, and says she, “William, those
rats are dead, but they never want
after water—they are all ia the wall.”
Well we dideot pay much attemioQ
until next day, when some of thfe
family thought there was a Very slight
taint In tbe atmosphere. We waited
another day and then bad to take
down the mantle-piece and found six
dead ones behind it as big as young
squirrel*, and w» have mighty nigh
tore the house all to pieces bunting
for tbe rest of ’em. Fact is we had to
quit the room and It’s Just getting so
now we can live in It. There’s no fool*
ng such a nose with fraudulent com
bination*. It a man ventures to take
a little oomethiug for bin stomach's
sake and his other Infirmities she can
tell what kind of medicine it was by
the time he gets to the front gate,
which to eay the least of it Is very to-
couveti lent.
But she ts -happy now. Old Santa
Clause came along last night and made
nil the children happy, and of course
that made us happy too. My big boy
hud made au engine and cars and
jalotod ’em all up so nice nndVbeglrts
bad dressed up some little dolls and
made n balloon and we gutsotn* other
Utile tricks, and Nick Carnocan who
now lives with Mr. Morrell in Louis
ville sent Half a Bill Arp Saddle, for
he always claimed Ralf as bis boy,
and It just come in time, for Ralf Is
breaking his colt, Gen. Gordon aud if
ic bteaks tbe Gen. before the General
breaks him we will be satisfied. He
has been experimenting ou a yearling
bull an’tbe difficulty is that when tbe
bull stops suddeutly Half don’t stop
with him, bat goes on. and when he
goes on be gofci off. We set up late
ast night a 'frolicking, and about
twelve o’clock I went but to lookout
at the weather a great big bale of
something fell in ou me and like to
have knocked me down. I thought
shortly It was that confounded rain,
but I rallied and boliored aud Mrs,
Arp, my wife and the girls all came
running And we found ou examlnail'>u
it was 40 ya-ds of nice carpeting, &U
roiled up and branded to Mrs. Arp
from her friend Santa Claus. Well of
eoqrne it was just what she wantec
worse than anything in the world «pc
>re I did it and was ‘feo
Orleans kidnapping case occurred In ( j,
June, 1879, whi u aboy eight years old,
the sou of Dr. Toro, was stolen by Mrs.’'"
Borne, his sfep-dnugbter-ln-Iaw, In
order to get possession of tbe old man’n
property. Hhecarrietl the boy away
to St. Landry parish, where she.gaVu 1
him to Mr. EvarieU Navarre, an
estimable citizen, who adopted the .
waif aud raised him aa bis own son."
Mr. Navarre was told that the boy was
an orphan, an 1 that bis n&be was
Julio* Foncho. Dr. Toro, In hi*
anxious search for his boy, neglected
his practice, spent all bis time aud all
bit money, selling the roof over his
bead, the clothes from hie back And'‘
even bis trlnklfte, tn vain. He barely'
nine years neither tho
letectlves nor the aiert-
oeee of tbe father bad been enough to
discover one trace of tbe boy. Mrs.
Borns, though she saw the Doctor
reduced to poverty by the conse
quences of her crlmef looked on with
Indifference, The Doctor at last bag
lost all interest In life,and was standing
In a little coraor grocery on Port
street. In which locality he lived when
the child was stolen, when he was ap
proached by Mr. A. B. LeBosque, Who
had Just been told that he was the
parent of a sou who bad been kidnap
ped. Home conversation ensued, and
the father could with difficulty bo
persuaded that his long inarch bad
ended. He was told that not only was
his boy found, bat that he was well
and happy;bad grown almost toman’s
estate, and was In lore With a pretty
girl living about frrty miles from
Opelousas, where Mr. Navarre, his
adopted fathar, resided. Mr. LeBee-
que m“t the young man while on a
visit to St. Landry la October, aaffhe
related all that be knew of his history
that he had been stolen from New
Orleans, where be had lived ta Port
street with his father, whose name
was Poncho, He InsIstdV, however,
that hie lather was dead, as h# bad
doubtKss been told by hjs abductor.
tff.I>Beequ» made Inquiries ip New
Orleans, but, misled by the dlffcruot
name**, was unsuccessful until be
beard of Dr. Toro, and met him.
There was a trappy reunion, so Christ
mas day, when tbe son and father met
alter their long aepArptlon., The
woman is to be tried for hsf crime.
.
Thttok •FTlieoe Words. .
Life, young man, is what yeh make
it. Many a youngster who was bora
with a elver spoon in his mouth, has
been glad enough to Uy bean soup
from a delf dish with i pewter ladle
before be defended Iota a pauper’s
grave. ^ *1*° mBa taftMdd: “Honor
and worth from no condition rise; act
your part, there all the honor
,r There yon have the whole phi
she was shore
overpowered she suddenly became
speechless and was inadequate to the
occasion. Wbeu she recovered we
iook'a little dance on the new
while she eung“Pop Goes the| Weasel.”
She found out next morning that it
was a present from our good nabor
Freeman, and baa been lamenting ever
since the amount of sweetness that was
wasted ou me. Well, the next day a
little box of Chrlitmas tricks came
from tbe grand children at Rome, and
I’ve been shot all to pieces with cork
stoppers and fire crackers, and they
put a whole through my old bat wt:b
au arrow, and have tooted their littl
horns enough to muke tbs walls of
Jericho come down. Christmas night
some Felton boys was a* bellcHog up
and down tbe road like a panel of
.lunttlcs and they tors down ray farm
gates and propped ’em up in the mid
dle of the highway and tangled up the
rails across It ip four places, and it so
happened I was tbe first one to send
to town nsxt morning, and It took my
boy half an hour to untangled the
concern and get through. I am not
Au exchange tails of a “drummsr”
for a New York bouse who called on a
merchant aud handed him a picture
of his betrothed iustoad of bla bus!
nea* card, saying that he represented
that establishment. The merchant
examined it carefully, remarked that
It was a Quo establishment, and return
ed it to the astonished man with
hope that he would soon be admitted
into partersbip.
The project for a monument to Adam
at Elmira, New York, Is taking definite
foim. A sum of not less than $20,000
is to bn subscribed, and Thomas H
Beecher, 1C. H. Afnot and Henry E.
Drake, are corresponding with sculp
tors iu Europe for a design as near os
possible like tbe flrst man^ It Is to be a
of bronze, and unveiled in June with a i read with them much for I’ve been a
dedicatory address by Mark Twain, j boy myself and know .what a fool
lies. 1
losophy of life and living compressed
into few words. Act well your part.
Be you sure, no one else can or will
act it for you. - j'< *.■!■
God never created a loafer. No
child waa ever born in this world to
beenm? a Infer. He ia a creation of
man, largely assisted by tbe devil In
the manufacture. He Is to bumauity
what the sloth Is among beasts,' or
better still, a stagnant pool among
living water. He U the Impersonation
of uttertotacnatfon. All that 1 may bo
good or manly in his nature is stagnant,
and by It hot one wblt more useful In
and to tbe world than an Egyptian
mummy : he Just exists, aud nothing
more. When be dies ifo know If not,
for be utoksoiK of sight and leaves no
ripple to show where he disappeared.
We simply miss him from hts accus
tomed dry-goods box or chair in tho
tavern corner, and that is all. And we
much doubt If be is more useful dead
thaasraihlbffiil: His flesh is so Im
pregnated with indolence that it is
ton lazy to rot and therefore worthless
for manure. Young “man, be ye not
like unto one of these But Work, work,
your way through tbe world
of Eonoratf
zt
3 P
Into the confidence of honorable men.
Into affect iocs of a cblldren-blsesed
home, and-tt may be Into honors and
riches beyond your present wildest
dreams, so that, when death comes to
you in your honored otd age, aad you
eink contented In IA tQ a place of rest,
the tears of.the community will water
your grave, and the people with one
voice will cry out, “A good man has
fallen in the laud this day,’,
■Some confounded Idiot has put that
pen where I can’t Had 111” growled a
man the other day os he searched
about the desk. ‘Ah f umi-yes. I
thought So Ube exclaimed In a lower
key, as he took the article from be
hind bis oary
'• ’Tt’ hr learned from reliable sources
that the exodus of necreee to the
North from Eastern Mississippi has
been over ess thousand during tbe
past three weeks.
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