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I* In writing to ihia office on basinm •Iweye giro your ntme and Post office nddrew. 2. Businew ietiera end cotamunica* tione to be published should be written on separate sheets, end the object of each clearly indicated by necessary note when required. 3. Articles for publication should be written in a deer, legible hand, and on only one side of the page. .4, All changes in advertisements eachui on Friady. lust DR. 1. H. 1. MILHOUS, DENTAL SURGEON, BLACKVILLE, 8. C. Office near hia residence on R.R. Avenue. . _ PatienU will find u wore eom'oitab'e to have their work (tone at the office, as baa arood Dental Chair, good iieht and 0»e nrest Unproved applisncet. He should be informed several days previous to theireom- imr to prevent ,ny dUappointmeut-thon?h vi 11 generallv be found at his office on 8tt< urdsys. • ! ,e ^ , ’ l 1 »‘ i|1 wntinue to attend calls throughout Barnwell and adjoining cono- _ ^ [auglS ly DR. B. J. QUATTLIIMM, eURCEON DENTIST, WILLISFON, 8. C. Cffice over (l»pt. W. H. Kennedy's store Call* attended throughout BsrnweU and adjacent tountiee.e PatfvtotB will find it to tneir, advantage to have work done at h'B nffc\ set, 1 ■' dkT'jTryerson SMiia, Operatiu aid Mfrhanifal Dpntiyt. WILl IS’ON, $. c. Will st'end on is through out Ibis an,-’ ai jacent «*')nut*r^. Opt rat iriLk cr n he more * at's’atlorily f#r“ formed ;U his I’arlnrF, which are supplied witli all the laie.t approved appliances, than j*t the residences of patienta. a. .Jio pewevrt"11!.<■ aji|• h;ii'lhinTi's*' T atienta in■ mndinE to v sit him at Williston are n ■queated to correspond hy mail betwrv leas, ing home. . r M p, lf ~sixr. Orntract advertising Is payable 90 days after first iniertion, ualass other wise stipulated, j, - No coasmueieatioa aril! be pnblsAsd unleee accompanied by the name and ad* drees of the writer, not neceeaaiily for iiblication, but as a guaranty of good YOL. YI. NO 46. BARNWELL, C, H„ S. 0, THURSDAY. JULY 19. IShii. $2 a Year. public faith. Add TaE PEOPLE. Barnwell O. H.. 8 O. a—a ; W/yD AND DAFFODtt. A wtfcd vatf.o tap one summer day— r k south wind, swift and bold, Fair with a hint of sapphire skies And jasmine's starry gold— And lay at the feet of 4 daffodil Vhith, And Ailed her With bliss ubtolA "Oh, daffodil splB me yotar fragrant breath " And she gam it, in sigh on sigh; "Ob, stoop from your stately purity, And kiss me where I lie!’’ • But, “Nay, dear Wind! I'm * nun! ” shr said; "That wish 1 must deny." ‘Then you love me not,’'cried the eager wind; She trembled where ahe stood; “I know a clime where the crimson rote Will meet me in warmer mood,’* "Then go, then go P said the daffodO, And tightened her snow-white snood. At eve the sweet south wind had fled, And the daffodil stood alone; He lay at the heart of a musk-rose red, ' Whence the west wind scarce had flown, And the one pure tear the daffodil shed To the moonlight only was known, —Boetow Transcript. THE HUMOROUS PAPERS. WHAT WK FIND IN THEM TO H9UI-B : OVER THIS WEEK. A TUB COWAN fhtCX A • Not ev*»n the RhalUa lilfr Is .altogether j a htt\ipy one. A short time ago that monarch sent some music-bo JOS and mirrors to the Khan of Bokhara. The Khan iu return sent'the Shalt half ft dozen particularly pretty girls, hot one of whom was morn than sixteen years | old. On the way they were captured by 1 8<>mo Turcomans, The Shah first tried to recapture them, and then ofibred an a r-HAPr wwrrkv-, c o rausom for them a number Of dhcora- CHARLESTON^. 0. tiona, including the great Sun and Lion . a t Jov,Ver?in7v1ry TheSe th<> T,ircoman8 scorned, Ale*, Wines, Liquor*, Serai*, &c.[mar301y I Ibey preferred odalisques to jewels mmmi -R8 Hiof* Street, OpjjORlte Acutlemy of Muftie, feet out in the ai<do ia the nicklo-plated cuspidore, and the car waa colder than a refrigerator while he had only a single blanket no thicket tliftn A k^cbto!l p.lj)cr. lie ‘'t tVnh stiff all over, and Igoi np and staggered to the end of the car, and what do you.think I found? "Why, I found the porter rolled up on the back scat, in six blankets, fast asleep, the fire gone out, and both doors open, and he was snoring for all that was out, while the car was going at forty miles an hour across the pfairio. Well, I waa mad. t took all the blftnkcts away from him; and covered tfae coon with apiece of oil cloth off the floor, and took a flftv pound piece of ice out of th t rank and laid it on his cliest and wrapped his arms around it, and shut I he doors and went to l>ed. Pretty soon 1 hoard the colored man begin to talk in Ids sleep. Ho said, 'gWfty futh dor wid dem Cold fleet. I dun tole yon never put dem frigerator cars of yours no where near me. Take dem right away or derc’s gdin’ to be a uivoroe, on de ground of cruelty to animals.’ Then the Coon Woke Up anil said if ho had ft ‘raazet’ he would knlffe thte man that put tliftt itte on him, and pretty floOn t herd'd him build ing ft feto. hiow, what I claim is that George/ Pullman should have made a thermometer in every ear, and men t yo\ig)i to keep Uie—tMnperatttrc about right, find not Use a colored man for a thertnotaeter. ”—lYrfc'n iSnn. THE LAST KISS. HOW A FRE NL’IIMAN , NQtTANDKKrt A FORTUNE. Tired of I.ils lie rdnrts (■ ( nnmlt Halrldr and UrIii* n Wile Inxlrnd. A CitV* Clerks. A Party et Young Mm that Ioa After. Need Leek- CHARLES C. LESLIE Wholesale nod Rrtad dealer in Fish, (i;iiw*. Lolisttr., Tuytlfs, Tfrraiiins, Etc*. Etc. i*. 1S »nd 20 Fit-h Maiket 4 ) V J 8tA!l^. N CHARLESTON, S. (’. AH orders prompt'y attended to. Term-* Cash or City Acceptance. srjj.TQI y ] d. A. PATTERSON, Snrgeon Dentist. the BarnwiJl Codft House, Office Patients waited on at residence if He- I eired. Will attend calls In uny portion I <d Rsrnwel: an l_dlampton counties. Sitia'sctinn puarantced. Terms cash ‘ ROBT. D. WHITE M A. K B D E — AND— GRANITE WORKS • MEETINO BTREE V, (Cprner Horlbeck’s Alley,) tIH ARLKS i ON, : ; STTr iumOly] OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, — WHOt.r.PAlK- Grocers and Proiision Dealers 102 and 104 East B»y Street, » u g3Hy CHARLESTON, 8. C. Devereux & Co., DKLLKRRIN Limp, Oment, Laths Platspr, Hair, Klatas and Marbla ianth. Depot of Raildin^ Mt'erials No. IK) Eart Bsy Sash, Blinds, Duobs, Glass, Etc. "ei^lyl ^CHARLESTON, 8. C. TH0S. McG. CARR, F'A.S'HION’A.'BL.K Shaving and Hair Drpsninjr Salonn, 114 Market Street,* (Oae Djo. Eist of Kiog Street)' matSOly] CHARLESTON, g- 0. »^TRY'«a TdE GREAT REMEDY FOR • V PULMONARY DISEASE'S, COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, Ac., vIND GENERAL DEBILITY. BURE cure for . • alaria and Dyspepsia IN ALL ITS STAGES. .For Sale by druggists. all GROCERS and H. BI8CHOFF * CO., Charleston, ,8. C. Pole MadufscOirern and Por r ’ etf)r * flflm every time. ^Finally the Shah offered 4,000 francs apiece for the girts, which the Turcomans accepted Hut after the money waa paid and the edajisques bn sight to the palace the Persian mon arch fairly howled with fury at discover ing that the perfidious rohls'iw had kept the " sweet sixteens’’ Slid sent him in their stood some of the veterans of tbeii harems who were more remarkable for age than beauty, CLAIMKD AN OFFSET. The Poughkeepsie Eagle says a "hired man” who has lieen employed on a farm in that county for several mouths en tered suit against his employer the other day for the balance of w ages amounting, as he claimed, to thirty-two dollars. The suit came to trial, and it looked at first as if the plaintiff had a clear case. He gave dates and figures in a straight forward way, and seemed a very honest man. When the fanner took the stand he said: "I chum an offset for that thirty-two dollars. No man heed sue me for what 1 honestly owe.” "What is your offset ?” asked the law- Y er - v ; "He is an unbeliever.” "In what ?” "Why, in the Bible.” V “What has that to do with your owing him thirty-two dollars ?” "It has a heap to do with it. I had six hands in my employ, and we were rushing things when I hired this man. He hadn't been with us two J.ivs when they stopped the reftpor in the middle of the forenoon to dispute about Daniel in the lion’s den, and h^lhree days we had a regular knock-down over the .whale .swallowing Jonah. The man who ran the mower got arguing nl>out Samson, and drove over a slump and damaged the machine to the tune of eighteen dol lars, and the very next day my boy broke his leg while climbing a fence to hear and see the row which was started over the children of Israel going through the Red Sea. It wasn’t a week liefore my w ife said she didn’t Ix-lieve Elijah was fed by ravens, and hang me if I didn't find myself growing weak on Noah and his flood. That’s my offset, sir; and if he was worth anything, I’d sue him fora thousand dollars beside.” The oonrt reserved decision. - CONTEMPT TO KILL. Old Uncle Isaac, the well known col- ored ragpicker, has just made bis appear aUce after having been confined to hit house for several days. "Where have you been?” asked tha Critic this morning. " I haven’t seen you for a long time.” " Oh, I’se jess been scuperation after dat argyment I bad wid the Washington boys.” - “ What argument?” " Why, dat ’ligious argument we had las’ week, when de biggest Washington boy called me a liar, and sed dat I was ole and ignorant Den I jess gub him one, and dat sneakin’ Jim Washington hit me ’cross de back wid--•-- fence raUin’.” " And you’ve been to bed ?” "Tea, sur; jess got out dig mornin’, and de 'facts ob dat argymint haint worn off yet But I’ae goin’ now to -Jedge Snell fer to git a warrant for all ob dem boys.” " W$»t will you charge, them with—, getting the beet of an argument ?” " No, sah, dat I shan’t; I shall charge dem wid insult; with contempt ter kill * — Wn*hington Critic. IN A SLEETTNO CAB. A traveler relating his experience in a - leeping ear says he awcAq.to find hia ' bald head uainaitbe window, and his Speaking of the Cottpdll Jobbery in New York City, a prominent city official said to a Herald reporter, that his only surprise was that the Finance Depart ment did not " take a tumble ” to the defaulting clerk, aft the saying is; long before his tleftth. The reporter asked if the city official knew of his own knowledge that Carroll addicted to gambling and f«*t com ine Mimmer vacation. was pany, and lie replied!—" Nrt, I only knew him in a Cyfijftl way, but I knew that he could not have lived a* he did on $1,100 a year, and that if the way he lived is explained by the fact that his father supplied him with money the old man must have had to pay a mighty big sum yearly. But to my mind there is more ample fiel.l for investigation than can he found in the books of the dead clerk and that is in the various departments of the city government. I’ll guarantee that there is not one clerk in one hundred in the departments who has received his appointment exclusively because of his peculiar fitness for his duties. Political backing is the force which flingH him Emile Peckerel was born at Saint Michel near Moutherz. His parents sent him to Paris to study law, but before he had passed his last examination he lost suddenly both father and mother. Wliou ft yottng tnftn thus Comes into possession t)f $100,000 lio does not see the necessity of living at St. Michel. On the other hand he imagines that his |100,000 will last forever, and pitches the law books into the fire. Peckerel began to load a gfty life. Such a life could not last long. M. Peckerel soon found himself at ulo end of Tiis resources. He was courageous enough to try and reduce his exjienses. He sold his phroton; he sold his horses, and at last sold his furniture and went into loilgingB, There one fine evening he began to think; “ IE is a pity,” ha-refieeted, " that na ture has been decidedly unkind in not giving me either uncle or aunt from whom I might entertain expectations. Where cftli onto, get money ? I cannot gain, ftuy myself. I might, perhaps, vwm $10 a week as an attorney’s clerk. What is the Use of that ? 1 have known the pleasures of this world. I had better go and see if there are any pleasures on the other side of Jordan. Poison gives one a pain in the stomach, the pistol spoils one’s looks. I hftve One resource left. I have never learned to swim, and there is the riv* r. ’’ Peckerel smiled like an author who lias discovered a new incident. " Now, then,” he added, " I must make my preparations. A good Chris tian takes the last sacrament—a goo.! Parisian must take his last kiss.”. But he was somehow or other suddeijly ; fastidious. He went on the bridge 8t. i Peres and waited till there should Come : the nymph he had pictured in his miml should lie the recipient of his last kiss. She was to l>e somel>ody he did hot know. She must lie young, pretty and oi a style that pleased. A score of girls had pjissed him. Some had brown hair, snmb dark chestnut, some light chestnut. None of these would suit, for he had eel his heart on a blonde. Suddenly he started^ there came the angel of his dreams. His death knell had struck. At ,No. 110 Rue du Bac was a pretty littlejp>tel, in which lived a ritfC Ameri- can. He had come to Paris- with his only . daughter, Helen. A little garden with great trees, a lawn on v^hich the "1 haf tny own ohinlon on dot vnoa line poorness got, fet,” says the harbor. ,."I dink it peen bretty irnidl h"tpb»M-ks apowd nceting a vacation from vork. York torn! kill a man half so qwick as doing noding too much. Yot der pig- gest hart of us v&nt is a leedle vacation from our bleasutes ftnd habits, alretty. l)t'r man tich dinks he cand lif if ho tond got a trink of visky effory hafo hour ho pedder shvear himscllnf oft. Obust dcr same der coin pier; pedder he dock a va cation avay -from his bards. Der pest road for der averitch glerchyman Votlkl [>een to sdop making long faces uf him self und looking around choost as if der vorlt vos all a pig funeral, yet. Der vel- lers vich amuse, domsollufs mit such leedle flyers py Vail sdreet rot dem cand sleeb dree nights a veek, und der cuell- dlemen vich dink only afpreaking vim- men’s hearts und pillard blayifig und on horse races podding -if dem should dako dwo reeks’ vacation from all dem dings, dot vould peen der pesd dings id.” "Are you going to go into the country this summer?” the reporter asked the monkey barlier. "Yell,he replied, "If der posfl'vill vent avey a gupple days, a reek in cjlt Muniner, yet, tind gff dor shop a resd mit his CliaW, dot's vacation enough for me and der gusdimefs. Der resd uf my boh idays 1’fe got to put in mit a Mummer up down. I’m shbnrking a blummer for all ho is vorth, so I can marry hisdaugh- derttud retire. I 1’fe gntshod del girl so ■she Bents me sick boodry owid from a den cent Alpum Wrider's Friend. Hho has efen vent so far as to make me sldili- bers four sir.es doo shrnull. Now, I’fo got to get some fine vork into der olt man.”—iVctc York Sun. It PuMlert Them. A ItliSSIAN NIHILIST. MADE fcEVKNGKFtfb lit TUB BHUTAN - 1YY OF TUB POLICE. Thi f. ry at tera HaaSallteh, apetr* by the Asfherlclrs. a Ml M«f Vera Sassulitch, who is otlfte more re> [Kirted ns having been captured by the Russian authorities, has been as exten sively and inconsistently "biographed" her frenCh sister, Louise Michel. as into a oosition, as it were, and there he *—* 1 ' 7 *’ i i v stays so long as his political backing is rspairrows hopped about, a conservatory good and on the right side of the fence. I that was a little winter garden. Such What is the consequence of this kind of; was the home of the fair Helen, appointment to office ? Why, that the ! Miss Helen, aged sweet 18, accompa city government business is being run ! nied by her governess, Miss lYaUxly, owic Aa A DESPERATE EXPLOIT. Allrmst •• ffpths tha CaaMarata aa lalaMl Na. DO. by a set of men who were never asked for recommendations from their previous employers and who, in hardly one case out of five, would have lieen able to obtain such recommendations if they wanted them. The city officials don’t Like Wllig. was ont for a walk this fine day. Miss Peabody had allowed herself to be born in Salem without a murmur. By her side walked Miss Helen, with her pretty little nose in the air, like a lark going to act like business men ^hen they want clerks in their own offices. When a clerk on $1,000 a year salary is known to own a fast horse and to dross like a nabob and live in the best of stylo in one of the swell sections of the city his em ployer naturally says to himself, ‘ Hello, somebody must be paying for this,’ and he not only watches that young man’s books, bat finds out the kind of com pany he keeps, and in a short time he finds it profitable to discharge that young man. The city officials do not act in this way. „ "A large proportion of the clerks and employees in the city departments in places of more or less trust, are fre quenters of gambling-saloons and other places of ill-repute, and they are to be found everywhere where ‘sports’ congre gate, and the fast and loose methods are considered the proper thing.” The reporter here suggested that this was a sweeping general charge. "It seem so to you,” said the official, "but you can get the facts for yourself. Go any night you please to the fast re sorts inN. Y. city, make around of them, and if you don’t find city employees ‘putting up the wine’ and having a good time generally in most of these places, I am much mistaken. Go to Saratoga in the summer time and Long Branch, and’ ^ha are the men yon trip up on every onee in a while in the club-houses and on the road ? Why, eity officials and city employees on a vacation. It’s all very well for the young men to tell you that the ‘old man’ is putting up the money for him, when you find him open ing wine at Moon’s every night, and making a big swing for two or three weeks at a time in the Grand or United ■ States”Hotels, or at the West End. The fathers of our eity employees are not rich men as a rule, and the thing don’t wash. I don’t mean to say, mind yon, that these rn’en live on money taken dis honestly from the city, for that, perhaps, could not be proved; but I do mean that their salaries are not b’g enough to pay for the way they live, and that the fact that they frequent gambling-saloons, are to t>e seen at the roulette table fre quently, and wherever the ‘game of chance’ holds out a tempting hand, is a significant one. You may knock down a man with a draw if on* end of th« straw is in a brandy Peckerel felt all the blood rush to his lie;irt, and his temples beat furiously. Mias Helen came aluwly on in maiden meditation, fancy free. Peckerel walked straight up to her, seized her in his arms and pressed his lips to hers. Then, with a spring over the ^parapet, he plunged into the stream. Helen gone a cry of terror; Miss Pea body fell hack against a lamp-post; the crowd rushed up. "Save him I save him I” was the cry. A boat shot out from the quay. "There he is 1” "He is dead !” " No, he has fainted I” "I tell you he is dead 1” Such were the confused cries that were heard by Helen as Miss Pea- body led her away homeward. When she got home, she fell into a fever. Her father was informed of tlM occurrence and was blue with wrath. Miss Helen asked if the rnffian was alive or dead. The father said he was alive. "Then, papa,” said she, "I want te kill him or marry him." "My own dear child,” murmured the stern papa. He at once set out to fine Peckerel. "What do you mean, sir,” he began, "by insulting my daughter ?” "I wanted to die.” _____ The Yankee produced a Bible, “Un cle Tom’s Cabin” and “ Innocents Abroad.” He made Peckerel swear on the Bible that he woold be faithful to his wife. He swore on ‘‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin” never to neglect his home for his club. He swore on Mark Twain to avoid all the pomps and vanities of the world. Peckerel swore freely. i*H« -immedi ately married the fair Helen. So says Aurelin Scholl.—Freund'$ Daily. , Lucy Hooper, writing to the Phila delphia lUlegrnph about Booth’s visit Germany, says; "Some comical incidents arose during liis tour out of the presence of his daughter’s colored maid Betty, whux- black skin filled the average German mind with wonder and amazement. Sometimes they sot her down as a Zulu, und were surprised to learn that she w as n harmless American. Mr. Booth’s cour ier was several times asked, on arriving at a new hotel, as to what the strange creature was to be fed upon. One day when she was out walking with Miss Ihxith, a kindly-looking German, who had lieen staring at the pair for some lime, evidently came to the conclusion that Betty was some kind of a large, tame monkey, fpr ho darted into a fruit erer’s shop and came out with a qtnffr ♦ity of fine plums, which he pressed ink -her hands. On another occasion TkiMy was going through the corridor of A ho tel, when she met an elderly gentleman, who stopjied her with an authoritative gesture. He then carefully applied the tip of one finger to her check and gave the skin a vigorous rub, afterward hxik- Tug at his fingers and shaking his hea< i» bewilderment on finding that the color did not come off. ” She Was Inifn in lAV, According to the (apparently) most trustworthy authori ties, and in 1807 waa shut up in a Lithu anian prison tot (he offenae of being a schoolmate «( the sister of Jfetchnleff, the political conspirator. Her imprison ment lasted two years, and she had scarcely V*ecn lilierated when she was re- arrested on an administrative order oi exile And hurried away from her mother's house *sd fflpidly that she would have perished of cold but fot the compassion of a gendarme, who covered her tHth his cloak. For some years she was passed on from town to town' aa a "snspeot,” until, having spent the best years of her life in prison, and a victim to the in solence and brutality of the police, she had learned to pity th*wn who were similarly afflicted and to desire to avenge them. In 1878 she learned of the brutal iU-trentmrht of » prisoner, Bogolnlioff, by General Trepoff, "Prefect of the Town, 1 ’ st St. Petersburg. The General had entered the fortrees and was exasperated on liehoMtng Bogo- lulxiff and a companion walking together and Conversing, as, not being convicts, but merely accused men "detained on suspicion, they bad a right to do. To a harsh question aa to why this was allowed one of the two volunteered an explana tion. "I do not address you—to your dungeons !” shouted the General, furl otisly. The two prisoners walked on quietly, when Trepoff, crying, ‘ ‘Hats off!” aimed a blow at Bogolnlioff The prisoner’s hat fell off, but Bogolnboff picked it Up and put it on, whereon the General ordered him to be flogged. A romantic version mode it seem that Vera Sassulitch had l>6en acquainted with Bogolttboff—had even lieen his mistress but there was no trnth in the story. She read with indignation of the outrage and waited some time to see if the Gov ernment would jiay any attention tq it. Whcq no action was taken she resolved to do vengeance herself, and on the 5th of February, 1878, wont to the General’s reception-room with a petition, and when he stretched out his hand to receive it shot him through the tiody. She made effort to escape and said that she An Old Gun. The SL James's Gazette says :—A dis covery which has just been made at Aleppo is likely to cause considerable aurprise in military circles, for, accord ing to the Turkish official gazette of that place, a party of engineers, while making excavations beneath the citadel of the town, have come upon a large wrought iron breech-loading cannon which must have been buried for at least 250 years. That the weapon should be a breech-loatler is iu itself sufficiently astonishing; but the most extraordinary part of the affair is that the breech mechanism is almost exactly similar to that which has for so many years been fitted by Kmpp and Essen to the artil lery of the German army. The gun bears the name of its maker, Halebli Mustapha Osia, and is in fairly good preservation. How to Make White Bread. Texas Cattle.—Since the largo capi talists came into the business of cattle raising in Texas, groat bodies of lam have lieen bought up for range*, and soon desirable free pastures will be a thing of the past Having the money to fence as well as buy the land; 1 most of the large ranges are lieing enclosed with wiie. More than $100,000,000 would be required to purchase the cattle now r(naming over the State. Half of this value, according to the beat testimony, Is tbs innrosss oi cattle within two ’f For the sponge take a pan of butter milk or sour milk which has just turned thick. Put it on the stove and scald. When the curd is well separated from the whey strain or skim it out. Let the whey cool until it-will not scald, then stir in the flour, lieating thoroughly. It should be about as thick as batter tot griddle cakes. Sweet milk, or even water, may be used as wetting for the sponge, if good sour milk or buttermilk cannot be had. But fresh buttermilk is, perhaps, the best of all. When the sponge is about milkwarm, beat in a tea- capful of yeast One teacupful of the yeast is enough for three ordinary white loaves, one loaf of brown bread and a tin of rolls. The sponge should be made at night Let it stand until morning. Un less the weather is very oold, it is not necessary to put it near the fire. In the morning, when the sponge is light, take 1 out enough for your loaf of brown bread. Mix the remainder with flour, faking core not to put in too much, as that will make the bread,dry mid hard. Knsad half an hour. The whiteness and deli cacy of the bread willbe math increased by thorough kneading. Pat the dough away to rise again. When it is light, if you wish to make rolls, save enough of the dough for that purpose. Make the remainder into loaves. Bet them away tori** When light, bak*. no had fired upon the General premed- itatedly, without caring Whether she killed him or merely wounded him, pince in the latter ease her end would lie obtained in calling attention to his bru tality. She was brought to trial in April, 1878, and defended by M. Alexan droff. Tho-jnry selected was composed of six members of the civil service, twe merchants and a nobleman, a sehool-in- , specter, a student and an artist, and it acquitted her promptly amid the ap plause of the audience, despite the evi- deuce, her avowal and the speeches of lllfi judge and the prosecutor. The ac quittal provoked a general outburst of applause from the press throughout Rus sia. On the 3d of July, 1878, Vera Sassu litch appeared at Geneva, where she was received in triumph by Rockfcrt and his friends. She gave out that ahe had been rearrested but permitted to escape. It was reported for some time that the Vera of Geneva was an impos tor, and that the Russian Charlotte Corday was really in Sitieria, but finally all doubts as to her identity ceased, In Decemlier, 1879, she published a statement to the effect that her attempt on the General’s life had been made in pursuance of orders from the Revolu tionary Committee and that she had been designated by lot as the avenger. In February, 1880, her arrest was said to have beefi effected at St. Petersburg, but the report proved false, and she was repeatedly heard of thereafter at Geneva ami Paris pushing on the Nihilist prop aganda and active as one of the editors of the Naradnala Volia, a wflll-known Nihilist review. One night about the first of April, aays M. yuad. in his War Sketch**, a tiand of fifty Federals left the fieri wi der cover of darkness, bent upon snob • desperate undertaking as is seldom planned outside the realms of fiction. Every gun upon Island Na 10, which Commodore Foote could disable before his fleet was called upon to push down, increased his chances of success, snp this Httle band of men started out with the intention of landing on the island and spiking as many guns as possible before being discovered. The Confederates had a picket boat ont to discover and check any such at tempt, but on this night the darkness was intense, the rain was falling steadily, and when the lightning came it was so vivid that men were blinded for the mo ment, Tbs Federal launches from the fleet passed wtihin 100 feet of the picket- boat withoutdiaeovery, and madeasoe- cossful landing upon the island. The first guns were planted about 860 feet from the head of the island, and the ground between was covered with «wsll bufthes* nmkgysw «fid weeds, and. am* siderably broken. Between the landing spot and the guns were two or three low spot* full of^ water, and an attaek from this direction did not seem probable. The Confederate sentinels were strung along the ditch in front of the better /, cowering in the storm and hearing noth ing but the war of the element*. Had - the party of Federals halted «d sent three or four men forward, th* smaller number could have passed the sentinels and perhaps had plenty of time to spike every gun. But the bolder plan of marching the whole command straight up to the ditch and into it WW adopted, and a flash of lightning bskayed them to a sentinel. His musket had scarcely sounded the alarm lief ore it was taken up all around the liattery. Then in the midst of a furious storm, the thunder making the island tremble and tbe light ning striking trees along the river al- moet every moment, the Federals dashed into the battery itsslf. Muskets were cracking and men shouting, and it was a situation to try the nerve of the bravest man living. Every fifth in the command was provided with a supply of rat-tail files, to lie driven into the vent* of the gnns and broken off. The Federal* had come for a certain purpose—the Confederate* could not determine at once what that purpose was, and were naturally sur prised snd confused by the sudden attack. One- writer says that seven puns were spiked; another says five ) a third says that only one large pivot gnu was disabled. Confederates on duty in the battery at the time agree that four guns were so thoroughly spiked that they were rendered useless for three or four days, or until the broken files could be drilled out. . ——^ ~ After the first moment of surprise th* Confederates raUied and began an attack which forced the Httl* band out of the battery, leaving three or four dead and os many prisoners. Three or four others were wounded in making their way to the boats, and two who beoonie separated from the command and did not reach the lioats were made prisoners next day. It was an exploit fnll of nerve and daring, but the result* were without real value to Foote. •- ~ A Telegraph Joke. *T~ Tramps Taking the Road. Reports from New England States say that tranqis from New York and Boston are swarming the country towns, and a numlier of outrages have been re ported. Three children who were alone in the house of their father, Leopold Wolf, of Morestown. Conn., on Sunday evening gave food to two beggars. The rqcn demanded money, and ransacked the house. The eldest child, a boy 16 years old, got a pistol and drove tbe rohliers out of doors. An hour later the house was on fire, and was burned to the ground. Before the fire broke out young George, who had driven tbe tramps from the house, had pat the other children to bed. They wore res cued, and George saved $700 in money that his father had laid by in the house. A numlier of men are on the track of the tramps, and exect to capture them. These and other transgreaskma of the l*w, flagrant and open, fires rise to many complaints, but political influence serves to spare the offenders. This in fluence is so great that a fanner who re cently murdered a slave and burned Us body to escape detection, walks the •treota-a free man te-dav, though at times very grans threats are igainst him. A well-to-do young man recently mar* ried and started West on his bridal tour. The happy young couple were break fasting at a station eating-house. Dur ing the repast two smart Aleck t cam* into the dining-room and seated them selves opposite the contracting parties. They were telegraph operators. By delicate poising of their knife and fork they were able to make sounds in close imitation of telegraphy. In the mystic language of the key one said unto the other: * "Ain’t she a daisy, though?" The party thus addressed replied by chcking off: “Wouldn’t I like to hug and kiss her* the little fat angel ?” “Wonder who that old Mori is that she has married ?” “Some gorgeous grange, I reckon 1” replied the other.. The groom stood it until forbaanaee ceased to be a virtue, when he also balanced his knife, and click, eliek, it went, in rapid succession. It was intelli gible to the cute twain that had recently made fun of its author. When inter preted it read: “Dkax Bibs: lam superintendent cl the telegraph line upon which you work. You wiff please send your time to head quarters and resign your respective posi tions at once. Yours, Superintendent of Telegraph. ”—Lowell Courier. ^| . * It would be difficult to eomprap more of the technical language of tbe diamond into the same space than ooeurs in to* following, from the telegraphic report of the Boaton-Clevelaad game on Tues day: “In the second Sutton got hia liase on balls, want cock’s fuml third on Y; fly to