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Barnwell C. H., S. C.
VOL.
BARNWELL C. H..
THURSDAY, JULY ‘22, 1880.
YEAR.
Nfc-
Spef^al Recyiesu.
^— 131
i off CO on btulnei
1. In wrfllag
Way4 fire yonr ■am*
t. Buaines* loiter* and comwutfiCationa to
bo publinbod ahoutd M written on.opparato
At tote, nod the object of oaMi eleorty.rtidi*
cated by neeroonry n»«o whoa ra^MNa.'
i. Article* fbr puWication obonld bw frrit-
t«n In a clear, lugible band, and on only on#
aide ol (be page. .
4. All rLange* in *iirtiiaemanla Stiiai
reach us on Friday.
Smith Carolina Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Up Day PaaMnfor—Mail.
(This Train eonnoeta with Tra<n from Co
lumbia at BrauctiTille.)
Leaee Cttarleaton
Leave Columbia
“ Briiuehrille
“ Midway
“ Bamberg
“ Graham's
“ Leo s
“ Blackvillo
“ Elko
“ Willi ston
“ Windsor
“ Montmorcncl
V Aikon
Arrive Augusta
9.00 a m
8.80 a m
12 05 p m
12.81 p m
12.42 p ...
12.54 p n.
1.10 p m
L19 p m
1.35 p a.
1 43 p m
1.06 p m
2.27 p-m
2.40 p m
3.40 p ■
Down Day Passenger—Mail.
(This Train connects with Train for Colam
biaat Brauckville.j
txr
Leave
i
9 00am
9 04 am
9.18a m
9.41 am
l<t.02 a u.
10.11 a ui
10.28 am
10.38 a m
10.63 a u.
11.07 a m
11 17am
11.60 am
2.16 p m
6.17 p m
10.15 p m
2.55 a m
4.-50 a m
8 8oa in
Dowji.
■onr* Augusta 7 40pm
I^ave Blackvillo . ll.XCpm
Leave Branchvillo 1.30 am
Arrive Charte»Uta 6.50 a m
Connects with night Trains at Branch-
villa toaod from Columbia.
ratiniir a.vo acoonhoostiov—Ur.
" Montmorenci
“ Windsor
“ WiUiaton
- Elkn
** Blackvillo
*• Leo's
“ Graham's
•• Bamberg
“ Midway
*' Branehville
Arrive Charleston
Arrive Columbia
niurt saraus -Ur.
I.»ave Chsrlo«ton
Leave Branchvillo
Leave Blackvillo
ive Augusta
At th« l*«ntmre Kara
Beturnln* lonely from the Held
8lie met me at the pnature bars ;
The mtMin wan like n K' lden ahleld;
The firmament was lit with star*.
A* moroinff detm her face wan mild,
An ernnlfUt. SOW itmt>M even ;
Ooil never gavv A sweeter child
Pot weary tau to IdolUe.
8o win none seemed her artieea mirth.
Her e»rt oaren^ and ardent ales ;
I thought of all delLrbto of earth
Theangeiu aurely oowt this.
I know they mean to do no 111,
But whom they love they lure away;
G<mkI angels, love h r »“ you will,
But leave h< r with me while I stay.
Just ns she |g, for I would ret
The hand >>f time behind an hour.
If thn' would Slav a little yet
1 he bud from blowing to the fi iwer.
And when at length we homeward went,
Thefragrnnt «*are shone 8) dear.
The great familiar firmament
I thought had never seemed so near.
Bo n ar, the moon above the tieoe
An airy gh'be of silver swung,
And In the dewy top* of these
The stars iti mellow clusters hung.
Bo near that I could scarce forego
Tba thou -hi that one who longing waits
Might h-nr them singing sweat and low
Across tUc golden porta Bed g*t>-s
A riFt E-OI" K4>*lAtT4'E.
t“rei*i the
we
T* ike
larnavell
T.esve I'harleMtnn
Leave Blaekvillc
Arrive Suguats
7.26 a m
2 39 p m
0.16 pm
a .lh
4 2d am
8.4* a ■
5.2M p la
T.dn* lo
Down.
i.eaTe August a
Leave Blackvillo
Arrive Charle*(en
Connects at Branchiinc
ard from Colambia.
The day Mail aad sight Express trsia*
run daily. The arcommodatian trains run
daily, cxcapi Suadaya. glaap.ag oara oa
all ihe uight trains. Oa Maturdave and 8ud-
dav* round trip tickets are sold to aad from
all stations on tho road at one first rises fare
for^h# round trip, good till Monday Boon to
ret u ra.
D C. ALLEN. Q. P. A T Agt.
JOHN B. PECK. Goo I Hup t.
PtSSfRKrr Rdtilf.
port nor 4i. railroad, >
AwarsiA, Oa., April 4. 14*0 f
The following pissengor schedule wiH
operated oo and gftertaio dale:
Hal dee II
Bo! doc 4
Allendale JO
Allendale 3
DAtiT rAtsevota raata.
Ootug lhaath.
Leave Augusta
Arrive at Yeta
Leave Yeuassee
Arrive Savannah
f.eavo Suvanish
12
12
uu
45
Down
Up
Dowa
i’r
9<l p m
50 a m
•owmey wf
<'**s»4y.
Blacevii.lk, S. c., July 12, i860.
Gentlemen I have,been present at
all of the convetitfnna of the party In
this county, and am assured their ac
tion has not always given satisfac
tion.
Elections, In a Democratic gorarn*
meat, originally were not held for the
purpose of conferring places of honor,
nor for voting money to certain parties;
but for selecting men for the eervloe
of the people.
The Republican party has totally
Ignored this principle ; our own party
ofteu forgetful of It. To pre-
our integrity, wo should at all
times remember It. Forced as we are
by the •‘situation,"to aelecr cnndLhstes
by Dominations, and having open to
us but two prooeaaew for doing so, by
con vent lone, and bv primary elections,
It is proven that the least objection
able system should be adopted, and
that system perfected.
These pi • ceases have been
ougbiy studied ia this Htate;
counties have adopted one, some the
j other. Both are In many respects
objectionable as praoUoed I stUi not
dtefuee them otherwise than to say,
l think the primary system more cum-
I broue. that it almost necessarily, also
requires that oonventloes ahull be
held.
As the primary system bas already
been rejected by the county, I think
we may so amend our action la con
vection as to make It more Acceptable
Our government baa for Its founda
tion prtocipie—"tire rule of the major-
1 “y."
To gc beyond this lends gradually to
j —unanimity sa a requirement, herce
It la an absurdity. To fall sh-»rt of It,
temW to aristocracy and despotism.
The proposition la, let. To propose
no named mao on the Boor of the con
vention, but for evert delegate to pre
pare bis ticket for all nominees, and
• ••st the one ballot. On the count de-
; dare elected those bsvlng a majority
vote. At this point allow any man
.>6
I0i
Awitc Jnek-oarilU
7 15 a m
Arriv* Oharlut.ia
h <J0 a m
Le«*« V amateee
■2 20 « m
A rri?* Beaufort
4 46 * im
Arrive Fort Kov»l
4 UO a m
Going North.
( r»Tt Port r.Qj»l
11 00 p m
^^v* Beaufort
11 2 .i ji iu
^Vtve 1 eoiMitoe
1 00 » in
t^ave Jacksonville
ft ;<0 a m
Arrive Savannah
ft 4a » at
(.save Suvanaah
9 (10 |> at
Arrive Yon>a*»ec
1 20 a m
Leave -’bar lest on
M 30|t ra
I.eave Yeuiaavee
2 (h) a m
Arrive Auguata
ft 3b a m
Going South, connection*
made with 8
F. AW. R. K. *4 Savannah fnr all Florid*
point*.
Going North, cosnoetivn ssad* with Chv
lottA, Columbia and Augusta Railroad for all
points North and East with Georgia KaiL
road for Atlanta and th« Rest. Al*s, with
South Csroiina Railroad for Aik*u sod
points on line of said road.
Baggage checked through.
jaaiTThrough tickets for sale at Union
Depot Ticket Office, Augusta, tia., and at
all priucipal ticket offices.
Kobkrt 0. Fucmimo,
General Bupwrintendent.
J. 9. Davaivt,
General Pssrenger Ag*n(.
rharlotte, Colnmbia & Au^isU R P.
50 » im nomluated to decline, notl>efore. Thru
to ballot again and again as before,
to fill vacancies.
This process likewise to be adopted
by the clube In selecting delegates.
21. In the convention require each
delegate to pledge his honor, that h«
will not barter his birth tight, nor
prove false to his constituents, nor re
creant to the trust, rrpoeed In him,
’ at that be will,lad* peadefttly and bon
estly, cast bis 'Mill->l for'-he man or
men tn-wt fitted for the position. If be
Is deemed acceptable to the Democracy
at large.
These Innovations will commend
themselves to the great majority of
voters. Truly Democratic In their
conoepUoo. aud in accord with ahe
purity < f the Dominant Dem craoy a*
It wftA, before party trickery was sub-
e'ltuted for principles In the politics
of the country.
In conclusiou, pardon me. In per
sonally acknowledging tbe weakness
of my nature, In desiring a nomination
to Congress—such was my small am
bltioc.to say that I care not to Intrude
mvself on the people—but their bebsets
to me are law.
Very Hfeepec'fully,
O. B. Labttsck.
:}
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Cii a a lotte, ColcmihaA AcatisTA R. R.
Gxnkral PamskgrbDbfsntmswt.
CuLSRBtA, S. C., April 4,1880
The following passenger schedule will be
Operated ou sml after this date:
Pay'Parw-nger No. 46.
Nonth. 1
Lv Augusta 7.-4S a in
Ar Columbia 12.06am
Lv Columbia 12.12am
Ar ChaeLtte 5.00 p m
Paj Paarnger No. 13.
South.
Lv Chariott el 1.27am
Af Columbia 4.20pm
Lv Co umbia 4.26pm
Ar Augusta 8 30pm
Arrive at Washington, via Danville and
Lynchburg, at 7.50 a ra, next day, and at
New York, by limited express from Wash
ington, at 8.45 p m, ot by mail train, at
4.46 p m.
Night Express No. 48.
South P. M
Lv Charlotte 12 36 am
Ar Columbia 5.80 am
Lv Columbia 6.87 am
Ar Augusta 9.45 am
Reclining Chair Cars from
Washington via Lyachbnrg.
Pullman Pa*sce Bleepers through
Augusta to all Northern and Eastern
« kKichmond on both trains.
frains leave by Waakingtoa City tiiwe,
ng 20 aiinu ss faster than Augusta irate.
For information, time cards, Reservation
of Bleeping Car Berths, apply te W. A.
G1BBB, Ticket Agent, futon Depet, or le
CHA8. L. DIBRKLL, 8o. Trav. Agent,
Box 208, Augusta. Qa.
D. CARDWELL, Asst. G. P. A., Celaabia.
Jown R Mscmurdo. Geo. Pm. Agent
Night Kxprws No. 47.
Nostr.
Lv August i 7.00 pm
Ar Colainbial0.48 '*
Lv Columbial0.55 “
ArCharlotte 3.40 am
Dawrille to
from
cities
ttaPArprtsjrtgfliiSs
INomaul lasallissie.
Colvmbia, S. 8., July 10.1880.
7b tKi Trathtn of the Stale:
A Noimnl Institute will be hHd nt
Spartanburg, beginning August 3 and
ending August 27 The exercises will
be conducted by Pro f . Loula gr ldan,
Principal of the State Normal School,
St. Louis, M<\ Prot. Scldan will be
assisted by eminent Inatructors in dif
ferent depart merits. The course of
study will Include the branches usually
taught In schools. Special Instructlou
will be given In tbe most advanced
methods of teaching and discipline.
Tuition will be free. All white teach
ers of public and private schools ar*
earnestly Invited to avail themselves
of the opportunity of improvement
thus offereid.
Expenses—Board can be obtained In
Spartanburg at prices varying from
twelve dollars to twenty dollars a
month.
Railroad Fares—Arrangements have
been made with nearly all tne rall-
roada It this mate by which teachers
attending the Institute can purchase
round trip tickets at reduced prices.
Tickets should be bought before tak
ing the train. Hcoh S. Thompson,
State Superintendent Education S. C.
IfnW ss i'owiBK
MwtM•»**■* a Tl
ms Kesstaeky WSIL -
russt* Hook, Ark.. GoseUe.]
Yesterday Mr. Robert Preston and
wife, a ccnpls who were happily uni
ted a few da} s ago, arrived In this city
en route for Texas. The st^ry oftheir
marriage Is rather a romantic one; not
that It abounds In hair breadth escapes
or of blood In large and small quanti
ties, but that—well, that It is roman
tic. •
About four years ago Miss Emma
Rowland, of Galveston, visited an
aunt In Warren county, Ky. It was
anmmer, theseanon was, and one even
ing the girl sat in the yard, half read-
log and half regarding tbe enormous
bumble-bses bussing around. A War
ren county bumble bee will attract at
tention anywhere ' He can make yon
think that be is Wangling himself In
your batr, and, looking around, you
see him ten feet away, clinging to a
thistle bloom. That's enough about
the bee. A footstep didn’t arouse the
young lady. It was a voice that said,
"Can I pet a drink of water?” Two
arms and the chin of a tramp leaned
on the fence. He was dressed in the
tramp’s garb, a wardrobe at once so
descrlbable and Indescribable. ‘‘I say,
can I get some water.”
“Yes,” said the girl._
‘‘Moat I go round to the gate or
climb over tho fence f”
"Both. If you choose.”
“That’a tbe way I like to hear pen-
pie talk,” seid the tramp, climbing
over and approaching. “Now, where's
the water?”
•Til bring It ”
“You’ better bring the well, for I’m
dryer than a barrel of broroophyre.”
The girl went to tbe bouse aad re
turned with a bucket of water. When
the man bad finished drinking she did
not think that be had exaggerated his
thirst, In fact, she did not think that
bis comparison had been adequate.
"What book are you reading?"
"Mill on the Floss."
“Overrated. I never liked It. All
depth or no depth, I don't, know which.
Strained characters or no characters,
don't know which. The novelist haa
tried lo write a story without a well-
defined plot, and has failed. Gold-
thor-j amltb'e aneoess ss a plotless and
some ] charming writer was a bad example.
"You shouldn’t tear my favorite book
; to pieces. I like George Eliot and her
j worsuk.”^ .
‘ Y'-u don't Ilka "Mill oo tbs Floss.”
You have beeh nodding over It for the
last half hour. You only pretsnd to
read It because you Imagine that In |
doing so you dwalops literary taste.”
"Itbiok.slr, yon are Impudent."
"But truthful Here’s a book you
should read," and tbe tramp took
from bis ragged coat a tattered copy
of Burton's Ana toast of M* laocboly
"Dr. Johnson said tmt this book was
the only work that ooald induce
him to get nut of be I, mornings,
sooner than his regular time of rialug.’
“And that’* why yon like It," re
marked the girl, taking tbe book.
“If Dr. Johneon hadn’t mads that re-
outrk you would not find the work so
cbarmlog l”
That's all tight. Give me some
more water?’
The converaatlon was pursued until
tbe tramp accepted an Invitation to
■upper. His Idea of Burton aod John
son was soon covered up with batter
cakes. Tho tramp, Mr. Preeton, re
mained all night. Next morning,
when he announced his Intention of
leaving, the girl aecompanied him to
the spot where she »at when he hailed
her.
“Why do you tramp around ; have
you no home ?’
“Yes, as to the home. Don’t know
as to trample4.’
“Whiskey ?’
“Whiskey.'
' Why don’t you quit?’
"I will.'
"When?’
“Now. on one condition,
will consent to be my wife,
under this true four years
day.’
“I will.'
"Good-bye.’ and he climbed the
fence snd was gone. No
dence was carried on between them.
Tbe manly handsome face of the
tramp hung before the girl like a por
trait. Deep, earnest eyes, a merry
laugh, accompanied the tramp. Several
weeks ago the young lady visited her
aunt. One eveobog Inst week she sat
under a tree lh the yard where four
years before she nodded over a book.
Beea butzed around ; the same bees
seemingly. On her lap lay “Mill on
the Flosa,’ near her a tattered copy of
“Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy.”
A buggy drove up. A man alighted
and climbed tho fence.
“Mr Preston.’
"Miss Rowland."
There was do Indication of a tramp
In the handsomely dressed gentleman.
The clear, earnest eyes showed no
lurid light, kindled by Satan’s breath.
Clssped hands, kisses, renewal of vows.
That evening the buggy went to Bow
ling Green. Next morning a happy
couple left on a Southern-bound train.
They are now in this city, stopping at
the Grand Central. To-morrow they
will leave for Texas.
Richland—Ofli^fhe 5th Inst., about
one o’clock, a terrible storm of wind,
WMK4TE.II*e POM A WIFK.
Thk Courtship of Mr RiQBsbd Ander
son, avd ITS HAfrt SXqCKXCB. .
The peculiar oonditloas upon which
a matrimonial affair was based In Or-
angebuig have just corns to light. Mr.
Richard Anderson bad graduated be
tween tbe plow handles. It was said
that he could run a furrow sc straight
that it would break a knock-kneed
man’s legs to walk in it. This ac
complishment was a kind of frontis
piece to a further volume of agrloul-
turfil success, and morfl than one
youtfg lady 10 the neighborhood had
her eyes on thfe frouug catch. Richard
was not bashful, bus be did not seem
to be particularly Impressed with the
charmsecattered around him like fall
ing diope of water that linger on
leaves after a rain. HoMgon met bis
fate, a young lady, wBh Hogrow.
Winule was a beautiful gW, and fcould
cover as much corn with a hoe or
scrape as much cotton as any man in
the neighborhood. The couple loved
—devotedly, agr!caltarall|5 Mr. Hog
row bad rained b(s daughter wlUf
great care, and now that »le had At
tained the zenith of her usefulness. It
grieved him to think of losing her.
One Sunday Richard wont over, ssd,
going out to where the old gentleman
was shelling corn to the pigs, said :
Mr. Hogrow, I suppose
I don’t euppoeo anything, sir.
Well, then, you doubtless know
I don’t know anything.
That's all right, then. I am going
to marry your daughter, and by nez
corn planting time you will know some
thing. Do you weaken, Mr. Hogrow?
See here, young feiier, I can't afford
to lose my gal. I have bad powerful
bad luck tbls season. Tbe cut wot ms
begun on the corn by the time It came
op, aod the cut worma pitched Into
the cetton; afld to make tbines worse,
my beet mule and one of ray cows got
Into a flgbt the other day. Tbe cow
booked the mule and tbe mule kicked
the cow until both of them died. So,
under theee circumstance#,I'd rather
you'd marry eomebody else.
I don’t accept yonr miefortnnee as
excuses. I’m going to mairy the girl.
I tell you what I’M do. I’ll make
this arrangement: We’ll wrestle, and
If you throw mt tbe gal's vosirV If
I throw yen, she’s mloe. If you mar
ry her agaioet my will, 1 shall wlp*-
you out. If you tbrow me snd mar
ry her, this farm together with tbe gal,
la your’n. I’ll give threw trials—one
to-day, ooe three weeks from now, aad
the other six weeks.'
Richard was compelled to agree, al
though tbe old gentleman was recog
nized sa the beet wr*-arler ia tbe coun
ty. Ha had challenged efwrvbody,
aod bad throws everybody who had
accepted. After eating dinner the old
gentleman annouoeed hi* wiOlsgoews
to take the first ballot- FuoLard was
willing. Dtw fceo e-*ta«4«, 'MMSdtiif
the girl, want Into the- yard. Tbs girt
Rwttllag A ssd CAdalag Fruit.
A lady reader recently feqtteeted in-
forthatlon on this subject, and we make
room is our columns for the
following from the Practical Farmer :
Tbe time is at baud when house
wives become anlloos about laying in
a store of fruit lo an ttnperlsbing con
dition, This is a part of tbe busloess
ot the farm that all partlee are inter
ested ID, and a few words here, by
way of advice and suggestions, will
not be out of place.
Technically, bottling and canning
are different. Putting the fruit in
glass jars or bottles, with either corks
Or lids, and fastening them down or
otherwise, by atmospheric pressure,
or otherwise, Is called bottling, while
puttln&the fruit in tin can* Is canning.
These terms are often confounded or
used Interchangeably. BTtliug Is the
more common process in domestic
operations, and for home use. Is more
simple, and, on the whole, less expen
sive—ss tho bottles or Jars may be
used for eeveral years, aod when put
up with care, the fruit Is quite os good
as when but Into tlo cans.
The flrit requisite In bottling Is to
have a good variety to retain flavor.
StrawberrrieA boms so early that they
are difficult to keep with perfect flavor;
yet If put up with care, air-tight, they
can be kept. The bottles should be
burled In the cool eartft, either lo n
box or simply lo tbe ground, kept front
the light and aa cool as possible. In
this way (they retain flavor nicely
and make a delightful change on the
table later on In the year. Cherries,
raspberries, whortleberries, snd black
berries come on in order named, and
should be put up and treated with
equal care.
Peaches should not. become soft be
fore putting up. Hale’s Early retains
Us flavor as well as any variety,
though Its coming so early makes It
more difficult to keep ; but if burled
In the earth, as before described, there
le mush less danger. Tbe yellow va
rieties, though lees delicate in flavor,
posscee more of the peculiar peach
flavor (bydroclaoio add), and are gen
erally preferred aa best retaining the
peach taete. The white varieties
should all be put up when quite hard.
The stone increases the peach flavor,
aod heooe mauy prefer to put them
up whole. Thuee who talk of saving
the labor of paring by taking off the
akin In vety strong hot lye or oaustlo
sods, Jo not know bow much of the
richness of tbe fruit Is destroyed.
Pare 'hem by sit means, unless for
pickling, when tbe fuas may be rub
bed off with a Aaiioei cloth or crash
towcL
For dom- itlc nse. all the sngar need
ed to ftavof should be made Into a »)• •
nrp Rhu £ut Into toe bottle or oaos
whrn the fruit it pot up. Cook the
fruit In a porcelain-lined vessel or trass
kettk , cook OOtfl hsa.:*] UtoseagfcT
through, so ss to expel the alrTpwt
hot Into the jars,
took th* hats sml the men grappled I !rH!* I 9 !} 1^?
each other. The signal was gTreo.
and Richard went over the old gentle-
That you
Me*»t me
from to-
I should like to see somebody ab
duct ms, said Mrs. Smith at the break
fast table the other morning, ft’m!
so should I, my deer; so should I, said
Mr. Salih, with exceeding earnest
ness.
Spesklng of thunder turning freeb
milk. Buffers ssys It can’t bold) a
oeodls to a vicious cow. Ho says he
baa a cow that can tars a whole pwfl-
ful of usw milk “qutckei'o tbu&dri
f*
rain and hall visited tbedty of Colum
bia the damage resulting from which
was manifested principally at tbe
Penitentiary. Tbe usual rules and
regulations governing the Institution
were suspended on account of Us
being holiday. At the time the storm
arose 233 convicts were in the second
story of Machinery ball, under guard
ot the usual detail. Without pre
monition, the cyolone Truck tbe en-'
closure, sweeping away the entire
third story ot Machinery ball, em
bracing all four walls, roof and rafters.
Tbe building was three stories In
height, one hundred aod fifty feet In
width. Tbe entire third story was
swept away by the force of the wind,
Several of the prisoners were seriously
Mured by jumping from the second
story window. None or them escaped
although there wav abundant, oppor
tunity to dvsu.
man’s bead and ploughed a abort fur
row In the ground.
••Give me my hat,' he said to the
girl.
"Don’t give up,’ she remarked, hand
ing over bis tils. “Go away and prac
tice.’
Richard left, discouraged, but, tak
ing tne girl’s advice, wraetled with
steum mill men and farmers nntil the
time for the next trial came. At the
appointed time Richard appeared at
H"grow’a residence.
"Providence comes In putty handy
at times,'said the old gentleman, pul
ling off bis coat, but Its a bard matter
to buck agio an old stager. Get out
er) your jacket. If I fall the gal and
the farm is yout’o. Four hundred
acres, nod all under fence. Gal
wolghsone hundred snd fifty. Big In
ducements. The two men grappled,
and again, Richard ploughed the
earth.
Don’t|Hvejtp. said the girl.
No, said tbe old gentleman ; for the
laud is under fence, and thegal weighs
| one hundred and fifty—can handle a
hoe wonderful.
Richard went away and pondered.
| It was evident tjiat the old gentleman
I could tbrow taira every time. To lose
oorreepoM-| ^ WJW tf) wreck bis life. An
Idea struck him. He smiled. He left
the neighborhood and remained until
tbe time for the thin! fall was nearly
up. On the appointed day he visited
tbe old gentleman.
I have agreed to everything, said
Richard, and now I ask a favor. L*t
the final trial Mko place to night In
the dark. I will meet you here at 10,
o’clock.
Any way suits me, replied the old
gentleman. I will meet you anywhere.
At 10 o’clock the old gentleman stood
In the yard chuckling. • His combat
ant olimbed the fence and approached.
Without exchanging a word, the two
men grappled. The struggle was
short. The old gentleman went up
in the air,came down, aod struck the
ground with a force that almost took
life. He lay for a moment half un
conscious. Richard raised him up
and assisted him into the house.
The gal and the farm le your’o,
said the old gentleman, and the young
couple embraced each other, The
next day th*-y were married. Shortly
after the ceremony was over a large
negro appeared at the door, and at
tracting Rl' hard’e attention, said : I
wants my $10. I flung the old man
hard enough ter kill him. Whar’s my
money ? Richard gave him $10. and
turning round, received a searching
look from the old gentleman.
I’ll explain, said tbe bridegroom.
Realizing that I couldn’t throw you-,
and at the same time realizing that
my happiness depended upon this
marriage,! resorted to a bit of treach
ery. Here he stopped to buckle bis
arms around his wife. I found a big
negro that I knew I could throw you,
aod offered him $10. That’s why I
wanted tba wrestle to take place In
the dark Alter be had thrown you,
I rushed forward and picked you up.
When Richard bad finished, the old
gentleman looked at him for fully live
minutes, sod remarked : It was a
mlgnty mean trtok. but tho farm aod
gal are your’n. Pour hundred acres
finder fenoe. and the gsl weighs one
I tnadred and fill/.
lo oork-or put on oovers when as hot
as possible. A quarter of a pound ot
sugar to a pound of prepared fruit Is
about right. If corks are used.opV
thorn right away wlth a preparatloQ of
rosin and tallow, to prevent tbe pas
sage of air through them. Weil-fitting
corks are used for two loch mouth
bottles. The melted rosin and tallow
should be ready and convenient, aod
the corks or tops of Jam dipped Into
It while hot. As cood fruit as we ever
ate was kept to this way. Glass Jars
with covers easily adjusted will keep
fruit very nicely, if pot oo with care.
»*«itbera Cllrls.
[FOR THK \
The girls of the day sesm lacking lo
independence, a quality they should
cultivate. By Independence I do not
nwau anything which will canse them
to tjult their legitimate sphefe of
work, whatever that may be; but an
entire reliance upon themselves to
perform tbs duties refyutrfcd of them,
reepectlvdyj In their peculiar situa
tion. The cultivation and practice of
this quality does not obtain to as great
an extent amohg our Southern girls as
might be desired; the result, uu-
doubtfcdly, of Southern training under
the old regime.
.. It Is bard for our mothers, even
when gfoanlng undet the weight of ac
cumulated little duties, to throw their
daughters entirely upon their own re
sources; bard upon their maternal
hearts, the contrast between their own
gay, rhounhtlees, pleasure-crowned
youth, abd the monotonous, some
times struggling, existence of their
children. Thus it 16 that they take
dally upon themselves numberless
small burdens, the weight of which
upon young shoulders would scarcely
be felt.
The independent girl Is she who calls
upon no one to do for her that which
she can do for herself; Who does not
burden older sisters and wilting moth
ers with Utile commlMtone, the at
tendance to which would oot occasion
her so much Inconvenience as she
would thoughtlessly cast upon an
other.
It tfeehra such a trifle to ask mama
to do this little piece of sewing, or sla
ter to write this postal or buslnesa
letter and so It Is; such a trifle tb&t
mama oreleter will not refuse. Only
a trifle, but "trifle* make tip the sum
of life ”
Remember this, gtrla, and, when you
Veel disposed to ask A trifling favor of
some one, stop a moment and think :
Why, If It te such a trifle, am I not
willing to do It myself? Tbe answer
will be found in the readlnens wirb
which you address yourself to tbe per*
fotmanoe of the particular thing to be
done; and the grand result of this self
examination, tfl cin** cases out of ten,
will be that others are relieved of
yonr burdens heretofore added to the
ofteotlmee bard weight of their daily
duties.
Tks Oitww Arre««e sriffiM.
Tbe New York Financial aod Oom-
raercial Chronicle bas mads up fts
figure of oott'xr acreage, eland aod
condition for 18*0. aod Iodises to tha
opinion thot wo will have another grant
crop of the tuple. After given the
r resent prospers of the nob to detail,
y Hiatus, lh# Chronicle am res at the
following result as to acreage : ' •
Aciaei EsUataUMior IMO.
itrftasrsaee. Acres )M>
north Carolina.. SI* net a p ot. fH/ut
HOutC CRroiiea . *3 no 11 p rt. 1.093,MX)
Georgia. 1,7*3,048 10 p ot. I,»l»,4M
. m.706 8 p ot. nifit
a.i«.4« » p ot. unlu
2.HT.101 I p ot. a.<»i«-4
4 | ot. 1.MM0
. . M P
7«i.4<0 U p et. Bti.rTt
Alabama .,
M last eel 00.
LouUIAaa
"bhfi w Mkn In beauty like the night, .•
Ot cloudless eiltneA and fta mr sfifak
And lovely though she IS to sight,
bile Is not lovelier than her plea.
The roses of Damascus Mohr. _ , ^
Their scouts to for Arabian sands
Hut sweeter Is tbe knea<!ed dough
That hteals the odor of her hands.
Kof aAteti Turk, nor gouty lord, 1
Nor on idpered prince dfd e’nr partake
Of dainty tjish that ooula afford,
Much rapture as her simple oaks.
I crave!) jt fame, nor wealth, Bor power,
I only WWi that Icpulti be/ •
A pound or,two of aoms prime flour,
And ehe Was gently kneading me.
. Geo. (irqot’s Income U reported td
be $9,00fl d year.
tte>. farant la again ot tba traiflp tfl
New Mftloo, &c. .
The first bale of new cotton was re
ceived at Galveston on the 12th lost.
8,360.000 glasses of beer weft imbibed
iff Ofactu&ati during thfc ocltvrttloiL
"The nearer the bone the sweetet
tho meat,” said tbe tblo girl to her
country lover/
Garfl Hd wishes an energetic canvass
of the Southern States to be made by
the Republican*.
Gen. Hancock no* draws, lo pay and
perquisites, $14,000 per annnm. Next
yenr we will buom up to $50,000.
BeeCher told a Brooklyn Eagle mad
that he loved the sound of a diuner
bell bettor than all opief music.
Tlldea baa opened bis bar'l of money
and glVen a check for fi bundled
thousand dollars. Nueh Checks make
progress.
U. 8. Grant, Jr, will soon marry
Mies Flood, daughter of a millionaire.
That matrimonial lied will lead him
to fortunsi a •
Tbe whippingpdfif In Raleigh, which
has been used of Ui« ss • bitobiiK
post, bas been removed from Itx posi
tion near the Courthouse.
Tho read Justera who carried Virginia
to the last election, have eoderBed
Hancock, but unwioaly plaoed » sepa
rate electoral ticket lu the field.
"Go out, young mno; she ia not
here," said a preacher bat Sunday, lo
the midet of hie sermon, to a youth
Whom he esw standing hesitatingly la
the doorway.
It Is Raid that we abend more for to-
bacoo than fr*t bread. This eOeffia a
little bard to belisve, abaft every eon
appears to depend oa his friends for
the format.
Sooner or latef, says a French wri
ter, everyth!eg I* found net. Just so.
A married m»u, for las tones, le g after-
ally found out later—about threw
hours later—then be should be.
There la a woman Id Orangeburg whd
baw b*»a taaniwd Awe Hmss.Uhe awye
•he always mud* the morning fires for
her dead Luebonde, end is aow reedy
end a brio us to marry agalff Oaths
seme t*tine. ! / ,
Toe latest rags sdreog young ladies
Is to pnoeeee sfi old-faeblonod spinning
wheel fora porter ornaffteot. Tflede-
iTTwrmnw-fc rc livn'ji
.','* .** (I p ot. 1.114,147 hairs to possess an oid-fseftloasd wweh-
toui arrival »-ai p ct. 13.ms,»46
The average yield of lln*. cotton per
afire le given tut foAows ;
The Republican National committee
has about decided to coolest some of
tbe Southern States as the outlook In
the North Is nor particularly reassur
ing. At the recent committee (nest
ing tbe Southern members were called
upon to report the chances of euccese
in their reepeotive States. Their re
plies were Fnlstafflan in tba extreme.
In Alabama tbe Republicans were de
clared to have much better chances of
euccese and a much better orgHolli-
tlon than the Democrata. W. Wat
kins Hicks pledged Florida’s electoral
ticket to Garfield, and promised s
Congressmen besides. North Carolina
was also declared safe for the R^pdD-
Hcan*. Sam Lee, when called on,
said that tbe Republicans were thor
oughly o'ganized In South Carolina,
and with a little h“lp from the North
heoould carry the Stare by tw*nty
five thnuKand majority for Garfield.
Similar promises were made from all
the States. It ft to be presumed that
the Northern members beard these
Muchauseulems with disgust If the
Southern members had agreed among
themselves to He about only one or
two States th*y might have been be
lieved, But they overdid the busi
ness. The Republicans will find their
hands full in the North, an 1 aa they
failed to carry any Southern States
faMy in 1876, even with the aid of
machinery and troops, they will hard
ly be foolish enough to waste time oo
any of them now. The South will be
solid for Hancock.
18701
1871 2
1872 3
1873-4 .
8674 5
1875 6
1876-7....
1876 8...
1878 9....
pounds per
w
1T7
189
......154
17T
171
179
182
BxhdrjUbo Cono* Goods Ircombus-
tiblo.—Dr. Eedzle, of tbe Stale Board
of Health of Michigan, In a recent ad-
drees before a sanitary meeting lo
that Slate, made tbe vety excellent
suggestion that cotton fabrics—with
special reference to articles of cloth
ing—fiould be prevented from taking
fire by the simple expedient of ad
ding a little bo fax to the etafeb niih
which tbe goods in question are ad
dressed. Tbe quantity reciTtUmended
ft a teaspootfful of boral to each pint
of starch after tbe latter ft dissolved
In water. Tbe use of boral, to entirely
unobjectionable, being quftfi bertfflese
and very fibeap. Tbe speaker showed
by experiments that musllo,ftn(f even
tbe most gaufly and Inflammable tex
tures, when treated with tbe borax
starch, could not be made to take Ore
aod burn with a blaze ; and be most
properly Inferred that If oottou dress
es and undet Clothing of women and
clothing wete prepared by this Simple
method, many die: .'••n*dng accidents
aod frequent lose of life, from the ac-
ctdentlal Ignition of ctoibfog, might
be prevented.—Druggists’ Circular.
A Vllracle ot'llowesty.
At a party one evening several con
tested the honor of having done tbe
most extraordinary thing ;a reverend
gentleman was appointed judge of
their respective pretensions. One
produced bis tailor’s biU’wltb a receipt
attached to It. A buzz through the
room that this could not be outdone ;
when a second proved that he had
I uet arrested hie tailor for money lent
ilm.
The palm ft hie, waa tbe general cry
when a third put In his claim.
Gentlemen, said he, I cannot bo tut
of the acts of my predecessors, for I
have just returned to tbe owners three
lead pencele and two umbrellas that
were left at my house.
I’ll i.ear no more, cried the aetoo-
fthed arbitrator. Tbls ft tbe very
acme of honesty. It Is an act of virtue
ot which I never knew any one capa
ble. The prixe—
Hold! cried another. I have done
still more than that
Impossible, eried the whole com
pany. Let ns hear.
I have been taking my paper for
twsaty years and always paid (or it
I ta advance, ft
He lock tbu prUe.
Thk Cottos YiklH.—The beet au
thority put* the yield of the present
crop—that of 187(1-80—at 6,076000
bales. The acreage was 12,879952
The acree cultivated this year vary ac
cording to the estimates from 13,744.-
62G, an Increase of over one million
acres, and the conditions are more
promising than in 1878 Now, If, lo
round numbers, 12 600,000 acres last
year produced 5 600,000 balee of cot
ton, wbat will 13,600,000 yield this sea
eon with equal weather? Over six
million bales, will they not? Is that
encouraging at ten cents per pound
for the staple next fall ? Tbe acreage
and yield are published In the most
reliable papers on tbe aubjedt.
board and tub as s kitchen ornament
doesn’t r«g« much ado: k ' -ng ladles.
They are about as hanrU na# as the
•pinning wheel, but tbet ale Bot fash
ionable.
A doctor lo Bcotlaod made a nefte
and bone all healing salve, and
thought.he wouldjexperimeot a Ifltls
with It, He at first out ofl bft dqg’e
tall, and applied soffls of tbesalvAio
tbe etStcp. A new tall grow odt ItH-
mediatriy. He thfia applied some to
the tail which be cot off sod a new
dbg grew otft. He did aot know which
dog was wbki).
“Why ft it,” writes ‘Ltlftfl Maud, ’
poutinply/'woy is it that all the rIcj
toeu are engaged?” They’re not, Lilian,
they’re not. Sever*! of tu ere still iu
maiden meditation fancy free. Was
there anything in {Articular that yotl
wanted to know for?
“Tb!« ft & aioe time of nlgflt fer fort
to be doming in,” Sstd t mother Iff hef
dsugfc/r, who returned from s walk xt
ten o’clock. “When I wm like you, ’
oontinuod the, “my ttdther would uqt
■flow me oot later (haa seven o’clock.’'
u Oh» yog had ■ nioeaoriof X mother,'*
triurmun-d the girl; “I had, you ydxfi^
jjde,'' re Id the Brother, * , s after mother
than ever yea had.” - ->
“Yes, ’ said the witxese, I “remem
ber the defendant's mother crying, On
the (Kvasion referred to. She wm s«ep-
fpg »fth her left eye—the only one
■he has—and the lean wete runmu ;
down her right rhoek.” “What," ex*
claimed the judge, "how could that be?'*
“Plea»e your honor,” said the witness,
“she was awfully enss-eyed,”
The Baptist denomination is U B
great f.ght over its hymn books., A
number of cmiuenl gentlemen have
made rival books of praise, end tbe eoffl •
pe'itiou between the publishers of tbcio
ft so great that tons of circulars arc scut
out iu advocacy of the various books.-
The miuftter* and church officials, who
are beset by the publishers of the rival
book? and besought to get rid of tlsfr
old ones and introduce ibo uevr, are be
coming weary and irritable.
Edgefield—Dr. Wallace Bland, who
was shot by A. A. Clftby, on 12th of
April, dlad on Monday the 5th Inst.
He waa buried by the Knights of Hon
or.... A 30 year old woman claims to
have 21 children.
Hampton—A new depot will be com
pleted at Hampton by the middle of
September... .The Democratic clube
are getting ready for tbe primary elec
tion.
A chivalrous young man In Norfolk,
Ya., knocked a yoaoir girl down with
a brickbat and broke several of bet
left ribs because ahe wouldn’t marry
him. Ha wae determined to get at
her beau scow nay.
Things Fob Girl* to Know —A~~
United States Senator ft reported Ur
fta»e said recently that be wouldn’t giro
a fig fur a girl who couhl net answer
these queatjou.:; “How long
keu set before ch ckeas ace batched ?
How long docs a turkey set before batch
ing a brood ’ How ofd miM chinken.s
be before they are fit to broil ? aad at
«hat Age are young pigs fit in be soad-
cd Tf Hfcduya hu Lu trained kia ow a
daughter on these poinu, and thinks
that uo qjrfs eduoatiuu ft complete ha-
til she can aovwer fV*e quesnufw** It
all meacM, ot.comne, fhatwa ausdflbro
practical education xad less of the on*.
RMUtal. Above all a girl should U»
educated to be a houxckor|er h.(pr*
ererytkia^nlfca.