The people. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 1877-1884, May 03, 1883, Image 1
1. In writing to thin tffic* cn buainew
•1w»ti give jour name and Post < fficf
addresa. .
2. Busireni Vt'era and couiirunicr-
tiona to be f ubliabed should be written
on eeparate idieetp, and tbeobjrct of each
clearly indicated by neceuary note when
required.
8. Article* for publication should be
written in a cVar, Iptible hand, and on
only one aide of the peg?.
4, All change* in adve;ti*( meatj nu t
eaih in on Frhdf.
DR. I. H. r. MILHOUS,
DENTAL fcURGEON,
BL AC KVILLEt & u. ,
Office near bi# re*id» rc’ on R R. Avenue.
Patient* will find it r.Kre rom'or^hle to
have tlieir wo k done at the office, es he has
a pond Dental Chair. gon(t*)t>ht bd(1 the
ino«t imttroved epp^nree*. lie shrnUl He
irformed'eevera’ dax a , rev olt* t’o thi ircorn-
ine to prevent «ny dbappoiirtny nt-thou?h
will t enerally bo founil 'at hia <'flice on Sat
urday*.'
tie vi’J still continue to attend call*
throughout Pttfnweil and adjottrmg conr-
t»e»* - IS lj
D?. B.J. Q JATTIE AUM,
FURCEON DENTIST,
will’sros, a .Q^_
VOL. VI. NO
BARNWELL. C. Hi, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY If, 188:1.
$2 a Year.
Ofb’enyer Capt. W. H. Remedy'* atrire.
Ca’D Rtt“rdeii thiorghnut Pa nwel
a 1 adjacent e vunlies Patirptt wi 1 fia
it to their Brlvtntfttapea ti hhte s. »
one at bis - fti c, aepUfr
d¥ jTryerson smitr,
tlffttfct nnd fltrliniiirdl Dnli't.
W T IL1 I8TON, 3. C.
. / .r v '
Will at'erd ca !» throughout this an 1 *('•
j (cent cowntie*.
('per itiors e n He mere ‘a' s'cctorlly rer«
Pirotcd at- hi* Pc.r'rkrej wWehrare'ru) p ied
ith *lt Dr ljt.t ;^UL_axa:e.l.a.»*idi*>eoi’i'. ■ h.Tn-
. h'illitl'JaUr^LOte.l^MO.Weee
at Tlie reBideuoe* of patient*.
To prevent disappointment*, Vatient* in-
tending to v'sit him t.t Williston are re
quested to correspond hy mait before lenv*
•DS bosPIU, , T^ei 1 f
TIKE \Y»ftl.D FRnn THE S1D»>
WALK.
Did yon ever .Und in tnc Crowiteil street,
lu the g arc of the city lamp,
And list to the tread of a million feet
In their quaintly musical tramp ?
Aa the surging crowd go to and fro
’Tie a pleasant sight, I ween,
To mark the figure* that come and go
In the ever-changing acene.
Here the puMIcan walka with the sinner proud,
, And the priest in hi* gloomy cowl,
And Divea walks in the motley crowd
With Lazarus, cheek by jowl.
And the (laughter of toil, with her fresh young
heart
As pure as her apotless fame,
Keeps st<-p with the woman who makes her mart
; In the haunts of sin and shame.
How lightly trips the country laae
In the midst of the dty’a ills!
As freshly pure a* the daisied grass
That grows on her native hfns.
And the l-eggar, too, with his hungry eye
And bis lean, wan face and crutch.
Gives a v Mossing the same to the pa*s“r-l>y,
- And ho gives him little or much. -r^
-When Hmo has beaten the world's tattoo,
Ami Ills dusky armor diglit
Is treading with echolesS footsteps through
The gloom of the silent night.
How many of these shall lie daintily fed
And shall sing tt> slumls-rs sweet,
While many wi:1 go to a sleepless bed
. And neveCa crumb to eau
- ^ ‘ .
All me ! when the honm hy,
How lltt'e we atop to-heed * -
Our'hrothorn* tml ►inten}’ deepairing cry *
In.their woe and MtlBg id e<l 1 —
Y©t ench A world as the angels sought
This world of ours we’d call, /
If the brotherly love that the i’athor taught
Wm felt by each L r all.
Yet a few short years and thlt moitey-Uirong
Will ah have pahscl away»,
And the rich and the poer and the old and the
yonng
W’.U tieitfrlifAtingnisbed clay,
AtjaI lips that laugh :nid lips tjiaf pir^p ,
—-'Hh-rtt 1 sealed.
And some will lie under a stately stone
And some in the potter’s Held.
Butthe sun will W s>iialag juistas bright,
And so will the silver »»K*>n,
And just Filch a crowd will bo here to-night
And just such a crowd aJ uoou.
And inen will he w icked ami women will sin
Ah ever since Adam’s fall, ,
With the same old world to labor in,
* And the rarno God over alL
lias Ivfnj; Street,
Opposite Aetulfiny of Music,
CHARLESTON, S. C. -
U'nuts to lei st TO cents a n’ght. Metis
B *11 ho>i«—Ov ter» in everv style. ,,
Ale-, w iii^,s, Liquors, Sernrs, Ars.Lmsr.TOly
GUARDING THE GRAVES.
Ilotv the Atlcglihny Ccmcfcrlc* are I’r*.
tectcd by Armed .Hen.
IkTO
CHARLES C. LESLIE
Whoiesr.le mid Erta l Dealer in
Fish, (iiiinr. bbters, Turlies. Ttrrapin*,
Oveters, Kn*. Kie.
Sia’I.*, No*. 18 and eo Fi.-h Matket
CHARLESTON, S. 0.
All orders promt Cy atlentUd 'o.
Term* Cash or City Acceptance.
augSOly]
J.
A, PATTERSON,
Siirgoon. Dentist,
Office at the Barnwell Court H< risf,
I'a'ien** waited on at residence it dr-
sired Will st'erd can* in auy p< rtion
d Hsrnwei 1 end HamMon counties.
Sitis’setion (.uaranteed. Term* ca*b._
augSilyJ
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ROBT. D."WmT
MAlRBDE 1,
—AND-
CRANITE WORKS
MEEHNG STREEf, ’ “
_(Corner Horlbeck’a Alley,)
CHARLES10N, ^ : 8. C
juntOly]
oTTo.iiEm & sons;
—W1I0I;K8AI.E-
'102 and 101 East R -y Street,
aug311y CHARLE-TON, S. C.
Devereux & Co.,
..„.H>KM.KRS IN
Limp, ffrarnt, Laths Flatsrr, Hair,
Slabs anti Narl>]i< INantlns
Dep-.t of'Railding M iterials No. 90 Fa t B ly
' - 'Sash, Bunds, Doors, Gl ass, Etc.
'WjpTrn OH ARLB8TOM, 5NQ:
THOS. McG. CARA,
IT ASH lO N A. TJIjK
Shaving and Hair Pressing Saloon,
114 Matket Street,
(Oje Doo« Eist of Kimr Ssreet )
maiBOly] CHARLESTON, Sj C.
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^TRY^a
CAROLINA TOLU TONIC!
THE GREAT REMEDY FOR
PULMONARY DISEASED,
COUGHS, COLDS,
^ BRONCHI 1 IS, tfi
AND GENERAL DEBILITY.
[From the Fittshurg FbstJ
“^fop tlicro, young man ! What
you doing hero aftor night ?"
_ Tli*'cjiidlcngo was aoconipanied hy n
sharp, “click, click,” and the astonished
reporter^fonnd liimsclf confronted hy v to
stalwart fellow wearing a slouch hat,
holding a Cocked gnu iu one hand and a,
dark lantern in the other. This un
looked-for meeting occurred the oth.er
night within the gloopvy walls of Alleg
heny Cemetery. The adventure illus
trates the excellent way in which Alleg
heny Cemetery is protected against the
vandalism of grave robbers. Within
-the past week a spirit of inquiry has
arisen in Ac minds of Pittsburg and Al
legheny people, as to whether graves nr
our cemeteries have ever been tampered
with. This feeling was greatly aroused
by the startling developments made in
Philadelphia’find Harrisburg, and pub
lished in the newspajvors all over the
country concerning the^itrocious acts—of
ttaT human,, ghouls. Superintendent
Perry, of the Allegheny Cemetery,
laughed at the idea of grave robbing in
Pittsburg. He said, that the people of
this section of the State art' fortunate hi
that respect, because there is really no
demand for corpses, no medical college
existing in our midst. In the cemetery
of which lie has charge, ho has oixmed
hundreds of graves, at various times, and
found the bodies therein all right. At
the time of the excitement over the. steal
ing of A. T. Stewart’s hotly iu Ncw York,
and the spiriting away of the remains of
a noble in ScotiumF, an anned night pa
trol was established. He has several
men who are sworn in as six'cial police
men. They dress in citizen’s clothes and
ore each armed with double-barreled,
breech-loading shot guns, and are on duty
eveyy night franrsu-nseLb* sunrise. There
are nearly three hundred acres of ground
in the cemetery, and every foot of it/ is
patrolled, each guard having a regular
beat to cover. The superintendent has
devised a system of clocks by which he
^aif detect any negligence on the part of
the officers; having dial-like boxes
placed in different locations, where they
must lie pulled at stated intervals
throughout the night. Tho patrol ar
rangement is a success, and grave rob
bing could not be possible iu the place.
A4 Uniondale Cemetery, in Allegheny,
Superintendent Henry stated .that there
had never been any grave robbing there,
and that it would be impossible. He has
armed men hi patrol the grounds at night,"
and when suspicious characters are oT>-
served about the place, extra watch is
kept. That young doctors in these two
cities always have fresh corpses for dis-
sectiug purposes there is no question. If
our informant is correct, they get most
of their “subjects from the East, and, no
doubt, some have even come from Phila
delphia. For a mcxlerate sum they can
be purchased in other cities and trans-
poi ted in unassuming boxes.
Turnips as a Farm Cro.s.
Col. F. D. Curtis, in a letter to tin
American Ayriculturint, says: Verj
few of the farmers of this country appro
ciate the value of turnips as a farm crop
Home chemists estimate them to eontaui
ninety-five per cent, of water, leaving
only five per cent, of flesh-forming ma
terial ; and out of this small part they
deduct a portion. as woody fibre, only
good to help fill up the stomach of an
animal. I am not prepared to dispute
the correctness of this analysis, but I do
take issue with the conehisions that tur
nips have no greater value as food than
may In' indicated hy the chemist’s fig
ures. Turnips have possibly a mechani
cal value, v as they may aid in tho diges
tion of more concentrated food, such as
corn meal, when fed with it. Perhaps
the fault is to be found in the fact that
the .ninety-five per cent, of water is put
down as worthless. lit “the economy of
nature this very water may ^irovo of
more importance than has been ascribed
to it. I have found that raw turnips
will not only sustain life, but cause hogs
to thrive when fed nothing else. I do
not mean when ft,'d a large quantity, but
an amount, which, according to the
chemist’s tables, would bo such a small
{xT cent, of the actual food_ that starva-
~tio!i "Wfilild “b'6 expected. Bhecp and
cattle will fatten on them, with very little
hay. The credit cannot be put down to
the hay, but must lie carried over to tho
turnips. If I understand the British
system of making ^mutton, it is mainly,
and" sometimes entirely, by tho use of
turnips. The sheep are confined hy hur
dles on the turnips, where they help
themselves, until the crop within the iu-
closnre is exhausted, when they are
moved hi a fresh h*t. Knowing the real
value of turnips, and how easily they may
Ixi converted into meat, why should not
THE OLDEST VETERAN OF 1812.
.Mr. Thonm* Mook, A*c«l ill. Who I»rfr»«lr4
Statrii lslnn.1 with lkt< HuIrkrlV
^ ('•ni|MMiy.
• .
The oldest surviving veteran of the
war of 1812, in New York at least, is
believed to bo Mr. Thomas M<x>k, who
is now in his 94th year. Mr. M<x)k was
a butcher in tin* old Collect Market,
afterward in the Catharine Street Market.
He retired from business in 1860, leaving
his stands to two of his sons, Thomas
and William. When 21 years old he was
a member of Capt. C. Hartwell’s militia
company, and served in a Woodless
campaign for homo protection on Staten
Island. That company was organized
among tlie butchers, and it was originally
intended should lxi composed of them
exclusively, but eventually some of their
friends, anxious to join what was regarded
as a crack company, pleaded for ad
mission, and the organization lost some
of its distinctive character. Mr. Mook's
eldest brother William, widely known as
Uncle Billy M-sik to tho old timers who
flourished about tjie Bowery and Chrystie
street,, was also a butcher, and served in
Hartwell's company. Ho was only one
: year older than the surviving veteran,
but died several years ago, as did also
j the ymmgest of the four brothers, James
The butchers were “ very lively boys”
I when be was a young man, the veteran
says, but his habits were exceptionally
al)stemfouS| and regular, a fact to which
he attributes his longevity. Not even
tl>3 seductive companionship of his
fellow butchers or the social charms of
tho mcmlx'rs of Engine Company No.
40, of which lie was a member, could
Jcmpt him to any w ider dissipation than
singing songs, hi which he was accom
plished. ' He is by no means dear about
where that old fire company used to lie,
THE JOLLY FIRE LADDIE.
flaw III. I* Mlrplrhi-d Onl «• Make Him Tall
Knaiiah- Pilling |> anil Tklnulng Hawn. -
the American farmer avail himself of the further thaii that it was “on the
Opportunity, and nut rely so exclusively
:ni corn ? Evny farmer-should have a
turnip patch, the larger the belt r. Tho .
crop can always be mailvtsupplemontary*
to another on the ‘farm, and is so much
clear gain. ' (
/ * 1 imS- o—
Down in the Dark.
In Now York City, applicants have to
{>ass an examination before their names
are placed on the list for places. Of every
thousand so examined, at least eight
hundred are refused for physical rea
sons. Obesity is a good cause for rejec
tion, blit in regard to deficiency in weight,
if the cause is of a tonqxirary nature, the
applicant is entitled to another examina
tion. Many aspirants go into training
tinder direction of physicians lieforo ap
plication is made to the board at all, and
the }x>iiiU_4hoy generally study / ftiid
train for arc, weight, chest measurement,
and height. A physician who is in that
particular line says lie has had scores of
young men iu training for positions the
past few years. Some of them were per
fectly healthy, and a little management
and perseverance so altered their phy
siques that they Ixicame model firemen.
Others could not qualify with all the
training in the world. If the man is lean,
ho is fed on oafc-mcnl mush and milk, and
kept at rest, so that no flesh is lost in ex
orcise. He sleeps and laughs much dnr-
IncxpenaiTf Dress Goods.
The reduction in prices of dross goods
that usually takes place in January has
been made this season a month earlier,
and economical purchasers do not have
to wait until tho hoUdays arc ov6r and
the winter far spent Ix'foro securing
good bargains.
At all tho large stores there arc conn-
tors covered with dress lengths of nine
or ten yards of pure wool gocxls and
fashionable shadca at prices ranging
from $3 to $8. The lowest-priced among
these arc cashmeres that are not of heavy |
quality, hut art* all wool, evenly twilled,
though not very closely, and well col
ored in tlie olive, garnet, rifle green, soul
brown, and navy^lduo shades; heavier
and more finely woven patterns of cash
mere ore 8T>.
Wanner soft woolens, with tho twilled
chnddah striix's, are sold for $6.50 or $5
the dress, and tleTe are excellent twilled
comel's-lMur stuffs for $7 or $8. If it is
desired to have a more showy dross, an
over-dress or polonaise length of em
broidered cashmere may bo bought for
$6, and the entire dress material for $10.
The black cashmeres with embroidered
ing tho* period of training, and avoids | selvedges ore shown as low ns $10 for
('verytiling lliaLtiiudu Jtojoorry-his mind, I -thtir^flHSBlpWrffiiMie are not of os Dice
If he has a scolding wife, he induces l iquidity as tho colored puttcrift sold at
The Virginia, Nev., Enterprise says: ’
Down in the lower levels of our mini s,'
hundreds of feet Ix'low tho surfaee of the
earth, in the dominions of Erebus, where
darkness ever holds its reign unbroken by
the light of day, ore found some curious
growths. ~ _ •
The Grass Valley Tidings of recent
date makes tlie following mention of a
specimen ef-this subterranean vegeta
tion:
“On Saturday some miners found a
rather queer specimen in the 700 level in
tlie Idaho- 7 * mine. The specimen was
found among the timber is a sort of fun
gus (punk, we believe the miners call it),
and. is just the shape of o_human hand.
Tlie haqd lias five lingers and a thumb,
and appears to lie in n sort of cramped
position. 4t is a singular looking speci
men, and may bo seen at Wisconsin
Hotel”
—In tlie lower levels of the Comstock
mines—particularly those long abandoned
or unnsed—are seen manv wonderful
growths of different kindflr of fungi.
Home of these are great size, almost fill
ing up drifts, and'seen by tho dim light
of a candle look like sheeted ghosts.
Down below in the dork these growths
seem to strive to imitate the ^rinns of
things seen on the surface. In one of
our mines wotaxmee found an imitation
of a fancifully-carved meerschaum pi{x>,
stem and all, so perfect that it would
easily lie mistaken for tlie genuine article
if not taken in the hand and closely cx-
luUlncd. Homo of the fungi resemble
the. horns of .animals, and are from two
feet to a yard in length, while others
might pass for a petrified devil-fish, j
The Wechawken Tunnel.
street beyond Orange, between Broome
and Grand.” But who knowd now where
Orange street was ? The wiping out of
that ancient landmark is hut one of the
least of the myriad of changes he has
witnessed; for in his day New York was
all , away down town, the village of*
Greenwich was away out of town, and
up at the head of the Bowery was the
country, yet he has lived to make his
homo in one of a row of handsome
hrownstmjo mansions in a thickly built-
up section of the city on i29th street.
Mr. Mook shows great age, it is true,
hut loss than many a one who has not
attained Si) many years. His hair is
silvery white. The lose of his teeth lias
rendered his utterance somewhat defect
ive, the sight of his (eft eye has been
impaired by neuralgic pains, and his
limbs with difficulty bear him about bis
room, but his mental faculties are still
bright, Ins memory is excellent, hishear-
iug is g<V)d, ilud hit-stiH-relishes his pipe,
1L- has luui -fernr sons and three
daughters. One of the sons was
killed by accident, lint the others” are
living.—Eew York Sun.
Poverty Among Decayed Gentry.
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SURE CURE FOR
Malaria and Dyspepsia
IN ALL na STAGEH.
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DRUGGISTS.
all GROCERS and
H.
BISCHOFF & CO.,
Charleston, 8. C.
Sole Manufacturer* and Pn priotora
orSKha
Depeaits In the “Swear Box.”
In tlie office of tho Pilot Commission
ers in New York is a strong iron box con-
strncted.on the plan of a toy 'savings
hank. It is known among tho pilots ns
the “swear box,” and every person swear
ing in that room has to pay ton cents for
each oath, or three for a quarter, the
money going into the box. One pilot is
known to have pfcid over $1,000. It was
not unusual to collect$100aweek for the
first few montlis after it was put up, but
of late years ttye contributions have fal-
n off heavily. The ^ rale is rigidly en
forced, and no one ever objects to paying
the penalty, even if the oath was purely
accideQtal. Old Commodore'Vanderbilt
was once a heavy contributor, and so
were other large ship and boat owners.
Tub nicest book tb present to a poor
relative i%a well-filled pookrtbook.
Tlie bore through the Palisades of the
Hudson River, at Wechawken, N. J.,
opposite New York City, is now cujin-
pleto, though it will probably take six
months more to finish the tunnel and its
i approaches. The eastern approach lias
been eat through solid rock a distance of
150 feet. Its width is 50 feet Tho tun
nel is 4,000 feet in length, 27 feet wide,
and 21 feet high. The greater part of
the cutting, 3,400 feet, has been clone
since January, 1882. The estimated cost
of the tunnel was about $1,250,000, but
it is- thought that the actual cost will
amount to much more. The tunnel has
been out in sections, the inner ones from
five shafts from the upper surface of the
bluff. These shafts; Which have an av
erage' depth of nlxiut 150 feet, will lie
used for ventilating the tunnel Beventy
compressed ah’ drills have bee# con
stantly employed. A recently invented
and very powerful steam shovel has done
effective service in removing material
and loading care.
Of the eighty-four morocco manufac-
t-'ries in tho United Htates thirty-six are
Iffuated in Philadelphia. These estab
lishments turn out 2,000 dozen skins a
A New Yprk paper nay*: Bpeaking of
tlmpoor, onoof the most pitiable shapes in
’ which poverty appears is found among the
decayed gentry. Almost all the old fami
lies which held distinction half a century
ago in this city are now reduced to des
titution. This is one of the laws of so
ciety, and cannot lxi avoided Many of
this class are people of tone and refine
ment, who, iitCo MiI{oh, have “fallen -on
evil days.” Wo know instances where
some of this class arc pensioned hy kind
relatives who arc in Ix ttor condition, in
order to keep the family up. Often, on
tlie other hand, we find the decayed gen
try filling petty offices in libraries and
public buildings, and earning a pittance
sufficient to keep them from tho street.
The revolutions to which wealth and
learning are subject, are so rapid that it
dot's not take long to bring the top to
yve bottom. The sad record is not limit
ed to America. Walter Scott was glad
to have hi* youngest son provided for,
by a Governmont clerkship in London,
which he held till he died, and which
alone saved him from pauperism.
A Good Place for Live Men.
“There is a charm iu New York, in the
thoroughness with which it attends to
those who are yet alive,” writes “Gath”
to the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Men of
skill, facility, snap, or address are quickly
seize d upon here, quickly appreciated,
and quickly advanced. It has never
been a good market for res{X3ctable medi
ocrity or reliable dullness. Men know
each other so little that, when they find
congenial lieutenants, they grappel them
at once, and the two go forward together
master and man. I have seen astonish
ing iiistknces of prominence taking hold
of obscurity. The wearing out of tissue
and of force here requires constant as
sistance from youth and ambition. Ex
cept among the old, stupid Dutch fami
lies, marriages are generally made in
New York by rapid ignitions between ac
cumulation and spirit. The man who
has made something or kept something,
day in good weather. It is one of the is eheitly afraid he is going to lose it, and
his mother-in-law to take her on a visit,
and {iretends that it i* tor her health, in
stead of his own. The ehegt can 1x3 en
larged by projicr exercise and olmerving
prescribed rules. The fat man is re- 1
dneed to regulation weight hy exercise,
cari ful dieting, or starvation, if neces
sary. What little he does eat is of a
kind that runs to muscle rather than' fat.
the queerest thing alxmt the trainer’s in
genuity is that short men are made a
trifle longer by certain painful methods
of elongation. His hands and feet are
secured to movable Ix'ams and the screws
put in motion until the subject is drawn
out to tbo greatest length his courage
will endure, and he is kept so until he
begs for mercy. This process is gone
through every day, until nearly an inch
is added to Ids length. It is a question
whether he retains this extra height.
Many hold tlmt ho will in time settle
down to his old siae,, while some train
ers claim that tlie elongation is perma
nent. Just Ix'foro examination tho sin
ister applicant Alls himself with water,
and goes before the Ixiard with, several
extra pounds of fictitious and deceptive
weight. Sleep will naturally add to
length, breadth and thickness, and will
give a man a vigorous appearance thathtf
dixis not wear later in the.day. An nn-
•sncocssful applicant states that he had
gained eight pounds Indore tho first ex
amination and twenty on tho second,
much of the latter weight being ficti
tiously added by drinking twenty glasses
of water, according to bis sfatement.
Tbo de{»artment is dead set against any
improper methods ol» altering the phy
sique, and detection bars them from ex
amination, while the medical examiners
are so versed in their business that it is
not on easy matter to deceive them, mid
(lie applicant has disappointment for Lis
reward. _
Building Up a Business.
, . * _ - i 1 ’ ’ ■ ~
An English paper tells os how vftrt
is now tfio largest shoe manufactory in
England was started. It says : J :
B was a respectable citizen of Lon
don, who iu a venture lost his all, and
retired to the country to live quietly on
a little independence belonging to bis
wife. Ho did not like this state of
tilings; hut there womodTItobpeiung
for the commencement of any business.
He had some knowledge of chemistry,
and a taste for making experiments with
it, and thought ho would begin the tan
ning of leather by some process of his
own, and see if any money could be ac
quired in that way. He exhausted all his
small capital, and there was no sale fpr
his hides. Am old city friend, an aider-
man, who possessed a country seat near
the place where J B had set up
his tan-pits, heard how the. leather hung
on hand, and asked: “Why not make
your leather into shoes ? Few persons
care to bny, or know what to do with
hides. Every one must wear shoes.”
The difficulty was the want of capital;
but J B ■} nothing daunted, with
his two sons, lads just come home from
school, afid tho assistance of a village
cobbler, set to work. The lads soon out
stripped their instructor, adding intelh-
genoe to diligence, and the result was
that their shoes sold faster than they
oould make them; and, in time, as their
business increased, they not only sold
thousands of pairs throughout England,
but the demand for them in Anstralia
became very great, f B died a
wealthy man; and his two sons carried
on the business, and in time, having re
alized huge fortunes, sold out and retired.
Unfortunately, they bad no resources of
amusement or occupation in themselves,
and the loss of an object to take up their
time and give them an interest in the af
fairs of life at length so pressed upon
a of a short
that price; those at $12 to $15 are of
letter black, finer cashmere, and axp
more effect ivelyTmbrpidewiE 3T-
Thcre arc also handsome patterns of
braided cashmere, or of camel's-hair,
with applique disks of velvet wrought on
tho edges in India colors for trimming,
sold ut $15, while alight quality of lady’s
cloth, with trimming of velvet in liamls,
on which is braiding done in tho knife-
edge patterns, for $14; the latter come
in all tho dark cloth colors—terra ootta,
olive, electric blue, and rifle green. The
prices of plush are also greatly reduced;
and there are beautiful $uby, garnet, gold,
olive, and blue plushes sold tor less than $2
a yard for cloak linings, for dress trim
mings, for children’s walking coats and
caps, for tho lower skirts of costumes,
and for petticoats. The dork inconspio-
uotts wtxilen plaid g<*xls arc also sola at
h'ss than was asked for them at the be
ginning of the s’axon, yet they grow in
favor foiythe skirts of misses’ and young
ladies’ dresses that are completed by a
Breton jacket of cloth.
Threshing Beans.
L ibtlcttixn, but M t guaranty of
it'
Address, THE PEOPLE.
Bnniwnll 0. fL. 8 0.
— «a
Lnoilnrl Ttm.
Wo possessed a landlord ones Ift not
pleasant little Canadian rfllaffr. —A tbs
said landlord was witty snd
baton inveterate “exaggsMtor."* I
or friend were pleeeently entertained, of l v>
an evening by listening to his
sible, though truthfully told,
many a guest felt be received hie i
worth of combustible chin, besides bin
board thrown in. He would tell nbcat
feeding bushels of corn to a wild gooes
that daily visited his father’s “lower
form,” and at lost, shooting it with »
rifle, found half of the bullet on either
side, split by tho breast-bone. Beeati-
fnlly would he relate hia favorite, a
pigeon yarn. Noticing hundreds of this
gome in a tree one day, and having only
a rifle he was sorely perplexed an to Em
beet means of making a fruitful dis
charge. Brains brought into requisition
so plentifully his heed ached, quickly
aet him clear. Choosing the fullest
limb, he fired, splitting it and the hnlWI
passed through the limb, their toes
dropped in snd held them fsst. While
sawing off the limb it suddenly
and let pigeons and all into a
below. When he
again he had ninety-seven pigeons in hia
hands and a peck of small flab in bis
boots.
Tim,” said Hnuderaon, a ntiir oe—r, ^
one night after Tim had finished his
imaginative triumph, “Tim, I shot at
some pigeons years ago; I had as good a
double-barreled gun as was ever mads,
mid I saw clouds of pigeons on the
ground not more than twenty-five yards
away. I let go both barrels at ths sssm
time and how many do job suppotM X
killed r
“Did you say you had a shot-gun f*
inquired Tim.
“Yes, sir; double-barreled and a gesd
one.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said Tim, thought
fully; “say 200. m
“No, sir," said Henderson, with an
air of satisfied expectancy, “no sir, not
x single one!”—Detroit Free PrtM,
WlUlAm Patterwm’s Wm.
anomalies of the trade, just now, that
while the demand for morocco is very
active, the price is very low. This is
owing to the fact that it is impossible to
get any advance from the shoe manu
facturers. The. latter cannot raise the
price of shoes withont combining to do
so, and the consequence is that the
Morocco me ufacturer cannot, put up
looks around for that assistance which
blood connection will bring and hold his
fortune fast.”
One thing, at least, can be said for the
tiny muffs now affected by fashionable
ladies. They are too small for,hand-
warmers, but then, you know,' they don’
hide one’s finger jewels.—Boston Trans
A AI. Williams, Hyrocuse, N. V*
write*: “I notice an inquiry from 8m
West alxiut the Ixist method of threshing
Ix'ftii*. Tho writer statgtLiB his vicinity
it is common to thresh them with a com
mon threshing machine and this breaks
them so much as to depreciate their
market value. Of late years tho people
in tho western part of this Btate have
planted this crop on a largo scale. I
have just returned from a visit to this
section, where I learned a few facts that
may interest Urn writer and other*. I
visited Mr. D. E. Jtogors, of Wheatland,
who hr the President of the Wee]
New York Farmers’ Club, and probably
one of tlie best farmers of the State on
the 8ubj(3Ct of threshing lx>ans. Mr.
Rogers tells mo they have invented a
threshing-machine on purpose for this
crop, and speaks of 4 os a perfect suc
cess. I did not sec tho article which
s|x>kc of the breaking of the 1 leans until'
my return, but I jf thi*
(machine had been liable to this objection
ho would have spokes of it. I also saw
several lots of the threshold boons and
did not see any broken ones. Tiro bean
crop of lost year was injured very much
by the insect. Mr, lingers tells me this
difficulty may lie avoided by very early
or very late planting. Of the two, very
late planting has Ixieb most successful.
When the crop is planted late it does not
get in shape for tho inseet to attack it
until its time has gone by. In central
New York a field of forty or fifty acres
of beans would bo a curiosity; it is not
so in the western pait of the Btate. If
the machine alluded to is what we Sup
pose it to be we hope it will be advertised
in tho World, and the great West will
have an opportunity to know its meriU.”
- William Patterson was a very wealthy
tradesman of Baltimore. In the early
days of Franklin County, Ga, he bought
up a great many tracts of land in tha
county, and spent a good portico of Ida
time in looking after hia interests there.
He was aaid to be aa strong as a bear
and as brave aa a lion j hot, like aB ~
brave men, he was a lover of peace, and,
indeed, a good, pious man. Neverthe
less, hia wrath could be excited to 0
fighting pitch.
On one occasion he attended a public ^
gathering in the tower part of Franklin
County, at some district court grounds,
During the day two opposing bnlHea
and their friends raised a row and a gen
eral fight was the consequence. At Mm
Ixiginning of the fray, and before tha «
fighting began, Billy Patterson ran into
the crowd to persuade them not to fight,
hut to make peace and be friends. Bat
his efforts for peace were unavailing,
and while making them, some of the
crowd in the general melee struck Billy
Patterson a severe blow from behind.
Billy at once became fighting mad and
cried out at the top of hia voice, “’Who
struck Billy Patterson ?”
No one could or wc
was the guilty party. He
to give any man $100 to tell hun
struck Billy Patterson. H From $100 ha
rose to $1,000, but not $1,000 would hte
dace any man to tell him “ who struck
Billy Patterson.” Years aftarwmtd, ha
his will, he related the above facta, at
bequeathed $1,000, to be paid by ]
ecutore, to the man who would 1
“ who struck Billv Patterned ,
will is recorded in the
at Carnesville, Franklin County, Ga., i
any one curious about the matter
there find it and verify the
statements.
latter ea<t
preceding
ScrmwnrnocA—“If I was an actress,
instead of on actor,” said a well-known
professional, “I would not play the par|
of Eleanor Vaughn, in ‘Davy Crockett,’
fora thousand dollars a week. Venis
Alfred Clock, a wealthy retired real \ tr » veled ^ Fr * nk **«>••*
estate dealer o! New York City was made
them that they, at the ein
the victim of a banco atocrer on Thurs
day. Alxiut a year ago he suatained a
stroke of paralysis, and he has since gone
out alone but seldom. On that day,
however, he was alone in a Fourth ave
nue car, when accosted by a well dressed
young man, who gave his name as
Htokes, and said that he knew Mr.
Clock. Tho latter was induced to ac
company the young man to a gambling
house, where he lost $50 in cash, then
$128, for which ho drew a check, fol
lowed by another for $200, another for
$700, and the last of all oue for $6,000
on the Fifth Avenue Bank. He left the
gambling-house, went to the bank, and
drew $1,500,’with which he, in company
with two men, returned to the gambling-
house. There he handed over the $1,600,
getting back only the check for $1281
■When he returned home. he. .related his-
era) years ago in that role, and she died
of consumption. Then Laura Cteaoy,
her sister, was engaged, and now she ia
dying of the same diacaac in Soathan
California* A third Eleanor wad Lamm
Don, and a few days ago she sailed for
southern France, and her hat remark to
me as I bade her good-bye waa that aha
would not live to come back to AmariCK.
Her physician had pronounced her die-
ease consumption. People say that vre
of the dramatic profession am'
tious, bnt these are facta that
make everybody afraid of acting:
Vaughn.”
period of this eufovml idleness, repur- experience to his daughter, Mrs. Me*©-
chased at an enormous cost the factory
but lately sold; and at the present time
they employ at least a thousand pair of
han/1 ■ in the making of boots and shoes,
Mint. Lavotr says she used to milk
the family cow, and would do it again if
necessary, \ But let no young wife think
this was what gave her her beauty. It
was getting up bright and early on brac
ing winter mornings to stmt tWflnftv
role, and her sons. Thepolioe were in
formed, aud on Monday William Edwards
was arrested as one of the men who ac
companied Mr. Clock to the bank. He
was identified by the cashier, and
waa commiUcd at,, the Yorkville Police
Court on a charge of larceny.
Bewails! He who courts and
away may live to cowtanotber day;
be who weds and
laconrtnflMRto
When be had called the
the Dims Kiln dub to
Gardner arose and mid: “
wasn’t for de wheels on a
wagon wouldn’t move,
ia-oa, den what?” “GrassePi
exclaimed an old
whispered the president saftty
his hands together. “Wehmto i
an’ de wheels. Ws wfll now paa»<
aroun’ for (