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CAPTAIN MICHAEL GAFFNEY. FROM IRKLAND TO THE BACK- WOODS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The Travels. Adventures, Trials. Quaint Observations and Industrial Con quests of the “Father of Gaff ney” from 1797 to 1853. I l!V KI»M I\ tV.tl.TKKH.) Copiotl from jmirmils siml |» re pa roil from all availtiMo dala—.Inly. ISIU. PAIM MliST. The liisfory of any town or locality is a matter of much importance. In this mat t cr-of-fact world, such 1 things arc. loo often, neglected until ciiily history is a matter of more! tradition in which the deservin'; actors arc practically lost to view. It i~ I lie duty of the hist 1 irian to he ju-t. I'octs and other cut husiasts.in dealing with historical s.ihjects. can "make and unin.aki; ' men with t he greatest facility, lint the plain, un varnished facts are sulheient for those who would know "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing hut the truth." Such heiny: the case, no attempt is herein made to make a hero out of any one. hut simply to ojvc the facts as the accessible data alTord them. Captain Michael ttatTney was horn in ffranard, t'oiinty Longford. Ire- hind. lie passed his twenty-second birthday on hoard a sailing' vessel on his vova^e to the I nitod States. This chapter of history will con- j elude with a portion of his journal which ex pin i ns i I sel f. I h is old docii- nieiit is rapidly "“oin” the way ot all the earth"—hi inu in a slate of semi- decav. Hut with some dillietilly. I have heeli enahlcl to decipher its contents. For t!ie use of this valua ble paper. I am indebted to a son of Captain tialTncy — II. <•. tiallney F. squire. The readers of t his journal w ill he impressed with the dilliciillies and dangers in crossing the Atlantic on sailing vessels h* 11 years ayo, lho\ j ditb rent from a modern steamer that makes the voyage in a week .loiirnal at sea. \ui;usl '1. IThT—j from huhlin. I left I Mihlin on t he I!I July . IT'd”. and wen! on hoard the Snow palace, ('apt. Noah W yalh. for New York, the winds heicj s. which car ried II- over the har very well, hut heini; almost a heave we were forced to heat, which impeded our progress ver\ much: the wind tresheneil; we could not make any headway, hut rather lost ground, which ohli;jed us to run into Milford Haven, which w< did .\u"iisl 'Jd. and came to in seven fathoms of water, about a half a mile from shore whieh bore from u- N. N. \Y. \Ve had a line view of the town which is on the declivity of a hill, which o'ivcs it a very advautaoeous look. It is a very poor place: hut the inhabitant- arc ry dean people. Their houses are ;. lean as it they did nothin^ else hut clean them. Their si reel s and about their doors, and every!hino in the town (consid ering the place) are very decent. I In' harbor is one of the best I ever saw. or perhaps in the world. A thousand ships could ride at anchor, at mice and they could no more than one enter t he channel at once, bciiej so narrow. There are the remains! of two old torts at tin* entrance, hut arc out of repair. The harbor is guarded from the wind by beiny: almost sur rounded by very hiyh rocks on both sides which make it perfectly safe to ride here in I he severest yah - besides yood anchorin'; yroiind composed of sand and clay. Pcmhrnok is up the river, nine miles, where I went to sec the French prisoners that were confined there. ' Their number was twelve hundred, which was the party of French taken under tieneral lent at Fishyuard. They seemed very well contented at their .-it uni ion. Their prison was t he old castle of l‘embro<.k which was once a fine buildiny. but is now very much out of repair. Nothiny very extraordinary happened to us on this excursion but that wo yol a yood wet- i tiny from the afternoon beyinniny to rain very heavy and the wind to blow pretty stilT which caused the boat to make a yrcat deal of water. This friyhlened some Indie- we had on the boat very much. They wished them- selvcs. several l ino s, on board I lie ship, as we all did hut did not let our anxiety be known as it would cause the ladies a yrcat deal more 1 trouble. file darknes-of the niyhl rj|lt*cii a yivnt dettl of trouble, as not , one of tis knew the river. \Yo ran, several times almost ashore. Hut at last we made the ship which was a joyful siyht to us all. which we reached at half-past nine, all drip- piny vv e|. VYc shifted our dot lies and rcyaled ourselves with a juy of whis key. punch pipiny hot.sovveall went to bed in a very yood humor. \Yc w<• nl ashore every day that was yood and yencrally dined in town, and look a walk up the country which is very handsome place in this time of year. It i- not what it ! as been represented, qpite the contrary as it is a line fertile country . and prnducc- of wheat, oats and other yrain. with veyctaides in abundance. Me have seen fine fartns -locked with bullocks, cow- and sheep, but they are not of the lai'yest kind, hut very fat. 1 heir cows are, in yen- eral. black, with small white horns. I heir sheep have mostly all horns. I heir horses arc a very hardy sort of cattle, hut under the eonumni -i/c swift of foot and very durable. The people in yeiicral, live very comfort ably. but must work very hard. Me left this place on t he * |“t h dav of Aiiyu-t after a -tax of tifti en day s, as the wind never shifted in that time, but continued to blow at S. st. IV. ami M . tin* vv h de time which hroiiyhl in a ^reat many -hips ainoic.’-t w hi* '. w. - 'i . ^^auaila a seventy-four-yun ship of the line and friyale "I’orciipinc. t hirty-six yuns. which hot h anchored pretty near us. I parted with this place with re- yret. as I heyan to like it very well, and would be content to -etile here if I had a place that would answer my expectations, and that I could live in comfortably . Me put to sen with the wind Iv >. F- and went up the channel pretty well. Me passed in siyht of llie Cove of Cork on the a<u|| in the morniny and passed in siyht of Kinysai! in the afternoon of the same day. M e went quite close up to old Head of Kinysail. There came otT to us a Revenue Cutter which examined 11- and let us pro ceed. This we did for the day with out meetiny anythiny wort h mention. Rut on the fourth day wo espied a sail beariny down upon us which proved to he the briy Ann Irom New York, out twenty-one days, which yavo u- an account of the yellow fever boiny in New Y ork. \Ye proceeded on ollf V'lVaye hilt had very foul winds. Me made hut very little headway, a- our ship was a had sailor. Me spoke several ships ayoiny to Europe whose names I do not recollect. tin the zf.ll h we made a -ail early in the morniny. to leeward of us. standiny on the same course with us. Sin nlinucd the whole day. hailiny to come up with, and. about (Jo dock, tired a yitn to briny us to. which alarmed u- very much. The captain ordered his mainsail down and made pretense to come to. hut we still runniny before the wind, soon yot out of yiinshot. W’c hoisted sail upon her as much as we could carry and ran before tin* wind a! ten knots an hour. They, however, perceived our maneiivrc, Inestcd sail and yav us chase. They kept tiriny their cannonades at it- which fell short of us a yrcat way. They continued to chase 11- for two hours. Tucy ceased tiriny and crowded all the sail they could carry, hut could not come up with us. Me could di-cern them by the liyhl of the moon to -laud after us for most part of the niyht. It blew very hard in the niyht. which was of yrcat ser vice to us. a- we could carry a yrcat deal of sail—more than tin privateer. M e saw nothiny of her in the morn- iny. 'out went on our cottr-c. M e af terwards learned that she was a pri vateer nioiintii.y sixteen yuns and called the " l.u Roy." She wa- taken a few day - after by a friyale and sent to Jamaica. M e continued on our way with variable winds, but cliielly from S. to N.. and wry hanl yales at tended w it h squalls. These delayed our voyaye very much. M’c arrived on tin- banks of Newfoundland in tin weeks—had heavy weather whil-t on them. It blew very fre-h which hindered us from lishiny. Savv one (ishiny boat, hut did not -pea!, to her, Hu the i'll h day ot ; leiuber w e harpooned a porpoise vv i ! *1 wa- ~ix feet lotiy. Me broihd I.:- !. ; rails whicliate like a hoy - (hi tic bui h wo espicil a -ail vvhie!l proved 1 I be ill' -hip ' I’iqUe from Livei’p , q t'> Ne,v Y ork. otll six ty -four day -. vll vwll. >he kept in •ompauy with uslde remainder of tin* day separat'd from u- in lie* niyhl and arrived ii New York three days |(i fore U (>11 Uctohcr’Jd. vv -poke the -hip I tel v i* lire from I .on don. out seven ty-two day s a nd short of provisions. \Ye e 1't her I bid. of pork, a hay of potatoc- and 'en ynll nis ot whiskey. St aye. I in company with u- one day and proet• 1 ded on her way. 'In the Nth spoke a -hip from Havre (III (Irace, on: nim ;y-fotu day-, short of prov ision- < *111 Id spare her none, as our pas-aye was likely to he very led'oits vet. and heinyo.it -o lony. i)n the.Ylli yd int o t he yitlf st ream, where we had very hard weather for four days. M e were hrouyht to the 1 ieee-sity of lyiny to. in which situa tion VV drifted at the ra t e of t Wo a lid a half miles an hour. This hroiiyhl II- so fa" from .mi of oitr course that vve eame in -i_!it of t 'apet'od liyht house. Uii weather moderated a little which n.dded it- to carry some sail whieh vv.- -tood olf on a southerly course with vry bad weather. This prevented u- from yet t iny an oliserva- t ion for sev< ra! day s toyether. hut runniiiy undei tic mercy of 1'rovi- dem e. \l iu-l vv, yot. iii sotindiny. lifty fathoms of water which made Us more cautious f,,|* fear of falling in with tin land hy niylit. as vve did not know where vv were or where vve were y<tiny' - - Cheap Rates. due Soiiihern Railway ('ompaiiv will place on - lie the followiiiy very cheap rat es : Spa rt a nbii r*y S. ('. Naliona I Mili tary Kncampmeiii, duly Ml Ix'dl. a fare and "in* thirl for t h round t rip: t iekel s to he sold J Illy I - t t > Nth i 111 • 111 sive. fimil limit July Idth. ISfH. I he same rale- will al-o apply on thi s ine, dale- f'tr t he ti-aehers eon- veiil ion at S|iart anbury. M .isldiiyloii I). ( h niylit of I'y t Ilia- ('onelaVe \ny fJJlh-Sept. nth. IS'.tl. r.'il's "I oee lil's.t-elj(ss fare for the round trip; ticket- to lie sold Yuyiist -idrl-ilMli inclusive; with cx- l reiic limit S, ; u . th ii. *.H. ('levelaild. (thio I idled Society of t'hristain Fndi avr July llth- Inth. Is'.tl: •at' , of one First class fa re lor the roii ml I rip ; t jeket s to he sol'l July sib. ‘.•lli and Idth; tinal limit .1 uiv til -t I S'. 11. I bus alfor liny an unu-ual oppor- 111 nit y ft>r a pleasaid t rip. s. I I II VKItlVK K. As-t. (ieiil. I’a.-sr. Ayl. M . \. I'1 i;k <ieii|. I’a-sr. Ayl. ■ • A Novel < licck Systcni. The Fail haven and Westville street railroad sysli in has just adopted a new sehcnc of identifyiny )ias.senders. Of late tin- company have ln<n Iron hied by passetiyer. yiviny transfer checks to friends, wlio tisfd them and saved a fare. To prevent this a set of miuature faces is now printed on each check. The tirs{ is of a smooth faced man, the second shown tlie head and face of a mustached man, the third wears side whiskers, and the fourth has a full beard. The next head is of a woman vveariny a hat, and hy her side i a woman wearing a lion- net. As each conductor punches a trans fer, in* punches om* of the six faces, and only jlnisc beariny 1 rescmhlanee to the original pus.-cnyiT.-i arc able t" use the identification cluck-.- Nbw Huvcii lira- pa tclr. Get There Eli, if You Can. Mu. Fimtim: : I hey leave fora short space in your paper for a few ripples, t'rops arc lookiny line now and yrovviny just the same. Mr. I. r. Mood has tin* finest crop of cot ton in our country. The hloo.n- on his cotton heyan lo irndv' lln ir ap- the 2.'it h ot .l ine. M ho can iK-ttcrthal? I."'>k otityirls! Me i- the one for yon to y. for. Set your best foot forward now at once. You don't have to be pretty or rich. All v.m have to do is to hr- the riyld kind of a yir. and yo for him. provided you wish to In-a farmer's wife, lie can not bobcat in our county. Ilr-isthc same person every time you meet him. lb-is not t'l'my one time ami somebody else the next lime you sec him. I don't t Idnk t hat t here is a siuyle proud bom-about him: if there is I have never found it out. and I think I know him jii'l as well as any om-can know another. Now ladies, catch him if you want to he sure of a prize when you draw your hubhy. Mr. I.. J. Huskey announced a sinyiny her-at Fairvicvv School House I In-" ill h of June. To his surprise thr-rc was a laryc audience. I think the vonuystr-rs enjoyed themselves verv mucli. It looked as if theyirls would liavc todraw straws for two <>f tlit-yotiny ni'-ti. I will not particu larize. lull they were brothers. Mr. .1. I’etty is out with iiis tliresher this week. He has a lively crowd of hands. Mr. I’ctly yave tin- M'o*hI hr»vs coiitrol a ot tin* ma' him* whih* hr- went on ht-forc to make ar- s. It nnh> iinmsinjjf tu mm* the hoys pitshiny up so hard that they kept their boss in a svvt-cpiiiy trot from om- place to another to keep ahead "I I in mardiinc. I think they have quit for a few days t*» plow th'-ir crops, which was a wise deed, for I nch- firccii lias mail'- a powerful shovvitiy since tln-y heym. Imt I think, it imth'iny prevents.thi-hiriiiers will coint' out victorious in tin- fut lire. Mr. W'illinm Self has attached his •‘old yrottmi hoy" thresher to the water power at tin-old ('owpciis l-ur- nacc Mills. (tin- word with tin- hoys and I will close. Now hoys, if you want to yet there with tin- yirls in this country ju-t yet von a wheel. I heard some of the colored, hret hrcii say the other day that theyirls thoiiyht so mm-h of their sweet heart's wheel tlial they wanted a stable built to pul them in. tid you a wheel, hoys, and yo to see your sweet heart at once. It I were not a married man I would order me a wheel at oli'-c. Some of the yirls in our ii'Tyhborliood dropped two ot the le st youny tncii in the county for a new town clerk that rides a wheel. The farmer hoy - arc farminy lioy>. and they live at home and hoard at the same place, while the wheel boy is a clerk; but that is his business and not lulnc, hut the pretty part is that I h'-sc farmer boy s latiyh at tm chan ye and enjoy it very much. All I have to say is. hoysy! you a wheel if you want to yel l here. A Ri;ioi:.'ii:i:. • • TlwkrrAjr'k R«-tiirn. Once tire letters lM-yuii to arrive from America vve were ail much happier, fnt we seemed in touch with iiimoiica umre and to know vvinit was liappvniny. Ho was fairly well and in good spirits and making friends and making money, i remember his writing home on one oc casion and asking us to send him ont a couple of m-w stomachs, so hospitable were Ids friends over the water, so numerous the dinners and suppers to whieh he was invited When the long Mimincr and winter were over and the still longer spring, one day we heard that he was coming back much sooner than he expected. I believe ho saw a steamer starting for homo and could stand it no longer, and then and th'-ro came off. 1 can still remember sitting with mv grandparents, expecting his return. Mr sister und 1 sat 011 the rod sofa in the little study, and shortly l>efore the time we had calculated that he might arrivo came a little ring at tin- front door boll My grandmother broke down; my sister and 1 rushed to the front door, only xx'e were so afraid that it might not l»e he that we did not dare to open it, and there we stood until a second and much louder ringing brought ns to our senses. "Why didn't you open the door*" said my father, stepping lit, looking well, broad and upright, laughing. In a mo ment he had never Ik-cji away at all.— Annie Kitchie in Longman's Magazine. The VI101 In Olf .VI(miii. According to Pratorius, the man m the inonn is the patriarch Isaac, carry ing tin- bundle of sticks which were to 1m- lighted to sacrifice his own body on the mountain top Dante Im-Hcvcs him to lie Cain, carrying a bundle of thorns, the meanest offering his lands afforded, as u present to God. In Iceland the peo pie claim that they can see the face of ; V(lau\ pi fhe moon and that of Eve in the sun. Among the Frit-burgi-rs there is a superstition which says that the murks and spots on the moon's face are the outlines of a traitor, Judas Iscariot, holding his hands over his face while sneezing just prior to hanging himself. This last belief accords with the old Kmnkish legend which says that tliere was no spot on Lima’s bright face un til after the timo of the crucifixion of Christ. Still another story tells us that in the time of the creation God threw an offending angel against the face of the moon, while another is to fin* effect that the moon witnessed the creation of Adam and Eve and took an impress of their features mi her surface, intending to people her own land with similar In>- ings. M’hen she essayed to imitate Hod's work, she made nothing but a serpent, whieh since that day has con tinued to fold and unfold its mighty coils in full view of the descendants of the God created beings.—New York World. Vlr*. riiill|i Slit-rMaii, .\irs. Philip Sheridan is said to is* al most the only widow of a great war chief who has absolutely declined purses, funds and any such testimonials after his death, and to have resolutely opjKised ail offers from military socie ties and ethers who wished to erect Ida monument. SI- said she wished up pthcr provision - an General Slicridau had himself mado for ids family, and that tin- erection of his tomb.-tone was too precious a duty to In- assigned to any wuc else.—New York bun. TIIOSK TIIKKK FIHKS. DR. TALMAGE DISCUSSES THE BURN ING CF THE TABERNACLES. Tln-y Are VIy-terie- VVliitTi lie Will Walt ti> II at •* Sol veil I ■■ tin- (•■•-lit llrvonil Tin- 1‘lrst Magi- In the Ilreul I'rcMi-licr'* Triji Ariiiinil tin- Worlit. At half past !i o’clock on the night of May 11, ixt'l. I descended tin- front steps of my inline in Brooklyn. The sen sation of leaving for a journey around the world is not all made up of bright anticipation. The miles to In- traveled are so numerous, fhe seas to In- crossed arc so treacherous, tin- pi-nidvcntun-s are so many, that the solemnities out number the cxjieotatioiis. My family accompany me to the railway train Will we all meet again; The elimatie changes, the ships, the shoals, tin- Imr ricanes, the bridges, the cars, tin- epi demics, the possibilities, hinder any | positiveness of prophecy. I conic down the front steps of my home. Will 1 ever again ascend them? The remarks made by Hon. M'illiam M. Evarts a few even ings before at tin- public reception—on the conclusion of my twenty-fifth year of Brooklyn pastoral!—though ntfircd in factiousness, were consolatory. lh- said, "Dr. Tulmagc ought to realize that if ho goes around the world In-will come out at tin- same place from which he started.” May the God who holds the winds in one fist and the ocean in the hollow of the other hand protect us! I leave home while tin- timlM-rs of our destroyed church are .-till smoking. Three great churches have Imm-ii con sumed. Why this series of huge ealaini- tics I know not. Had I not made all the arrangements for departure and been as sured by the trustees of my church tliat tln-y would take all the responsibilities upon themselves, 1 would have post poned my intended tour or adjourned it forever, but all whom I have consulted tell me now is the time logo, and nty face is toward the setting sun. Six times before this have I crossed the American continent, and 1 have seen the sun rise from tin- golden cradle of the eastern sky and seen him buried beneath the pomp of tin- western hori zon. Tiin-c girths have been put around flu- American continent—the Northern Pacific, tin- ITiioii Pacific and the Southern Pacific. All tlic<c girths have been tightened, and the buckles are moving ever and anon until the conti nent is i'-ss und less in circumference. When I first crossi-d it, it took fully seven days. Instead of tin- elegant din ing cars of today. we stopped at restau rants xvitli talilc covers indescribable, for tln-y had on them layers of other strata of breakfasts insulting in appear ance. Tin- first time I ever saw Judge Field of the ITiitcd States supreme court was at om- of tin* •* tables on tin- Rocky mountains. Like niVM-lf, In- had dismounted from tin* ITiioii Pacific train. M’c sat opposite cadi other. The different courses of food were put upon ; the table, bur his appetite and mine de clined everything presented. Our eves met, and wc burst info a guffaw of laughter that was tin- introduction of a friendship that lias 1m-i n valuable to nn- ever since. A smile as well as a tear ) may open a chapter of hearty acquaint- ancesliip. YYiiat is the meaning of the three fires? As I leave, people in many lands an- discussing the question, for tele grams from across the Atlantic as well as from many parts of this connt ry show that tin- fiery news had leaped every whither. Three vast structures dedicat ed to God and the work of trying to make the world better gone down, and all this within a few years. They were well built as to permanence and dura bility. All the talk almut these build ings as mere fin-traps is tin- usual cant, for there is as much secular cant as re ligious cant. Have you heard in the last 40 years of any church, or any hall, or any theater which, after destruction, was not called a fin-trap? That charge always makes a lively o|M'iiing for any dcs- ription of a tin-. Then- have lieen no better structures, secular or religious, put up in the last »•*> years than the three Brooklyn Taber nacles, and the modes of egress from them so ample that the thousands of worshipers assembled in any of tln-ni could 1m-put safely on tin-Mn-et inside of five minutes. Tin- fact is that then-is nothing in this world incombustible. M'hcii tin-great (’hi'-ago and Boston tires tiMilc place, they burned up stones and iron. The human race will go on build ing ineonsiimnhlc churches, and incon sumable hanks, and inconsumable .store houses, and inconsumable cities, and then ail will in-consum' d in tin-world's last lire. Builders who had largo experience and established reputation prunoimei-d flic JlfMiklyn TaiK-rnueles perfect struc- turi s. But vvli.it is the meaning of tln- threo fires? There may 1m- a hundred dif ferent lessons learned by a hundred dif ferent people, and legitimate lessons. As for myself, l adjourn the most of tin- meaning to the next world. MV will learn there in two minutes more than we can find out here in :><> years. M’ith that anticipation, mysteries do not often botluT me. One reason for these consecutive dis asters may be that the patience of the best people in the world, the members of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, was to lie perfected. "Rat ified by lire. ” Mighty discipline for one of tin- Lord’s hosts. M'lictlicr I ever meet them on earth or not, it will lie a theme of heavenly rem iniscence. \\V sliali talk it all over, tin- story of the three fires. Another reason why fhe last church went down may have Im-cii that some of us were idolizing tin- building, and tin- Lord will not allow idolatry. The house was such a "Midsummer Night's Dream” of beauty. Enchantment lifted in galleries and sprung in arches and glorified in the light that came through windows, touching it with thcii deftest lingers. The acoustics so rare that thousands uf ears were in easy reach of common accentuation. An organ which was a halleluiah set op in pipes and banked in keys,waiting for a musician’s manipulation, that would lead tin- con gregational song as an archangel might lead heaven. Glorious organ! Whin it died down into the ashes of that fire, perhaps its soul vv^t up, win n- Handel and Haydn began i«> play on it. The most superb aiidi' iic- room that I ever gazed on or ever expert to >ec until I enter the temple of the sun. <hi one 1111 uiorial wall of that building, a stone which I had rolhsl down frum Mount Calvary, where our Lord died, and two table- of stone that were saw d off from Mount Sinai and brought on camels across the desert by my arrangement, aim a part of Raul’s pulpit, which the queen of Greece allowed me, from Mars hill. Architecture so chaste, so grand, so ap propriate, so suggestive, so -tup'udous! Our of the doxologi'-s of heaven alight ed. Well, perhaps we thoiiglit too inneh of it. When vve think to > mucli of our children, the Lord takes tli'in. and when we think loo mucli of our church the Lord summarily removes it. I suppose another reason for the de parture of that house was that if had done it- work ('hurch buildings. like individuals, aeenmp!i-li what they were built for and tln ii go. One p. i-.oii lives 110 years, another 10 years, another three years, and when God takes an individ ual, whether at yo or 10 or J years, his mission is ended. This last church sf(Mnl three years, and any jm isoii who knows what multitudes have there as sembled, and what transactions for eternity have tliere taken place, will admit that it was vv II to build it, even if w- had known at the start that it would only last from ixtl to fstif. Another reason vvl.y 1 think this lust church went down was to keep me humble. The Lord had widened my work through Christendom, and with two receptions tin- week before tin* con flagration, the om- a city reception 1 ire- sided over by our mayor, and the other a national and international, rcc. ption presided over by one of tin- chief men of the nation, who had recently step]M-d from the presidential cabinet, and the occasion honored by addn sses and let ters and cablegrams from men of world wide fame in church and state, and the whole scene brilliant b. yotid descrip tion, and in compliment to myself, who was brought up a farmer’s boy. there was danger that I might become puffed up and my soul In- vvcak'-ii< d for future work. I did not y r b • I any stirrings of that sort, and had only felt a humble gratitude for what had In i n said and done hy friends transatlantic and ei>at- lantic, but 1 had order d full reports of the meeting laid aside for future perusil, and I had engaged tin- tic t- -t stenog rapher I know of to take down every word, from the opening doxology of the first reception to tin* benediction of the last reception, and some time, when less busy, I would take in all tin elo- enciiee and kindness and splendor of mat memorable week. YY’liat might have been the result upon myself 1 know not. I! .ve seen upon others the withering effect of human praise. A cold chill of the world's 1 n *g I eel i- no more de-triiet- ive than tin* sunstroke froin too much la at of popular approval. Tin* di-aster may have been laed' d. and it came so close upon the adulation that it acted a> •in everlasting pr* v ntion lu the light of that awful blaze ot that Sabbath in May, 1 stl 1, no self -ufi’u i'nev <-<>uld stand a second. Another reason for tin tire-, J think, is that somehow, and in a way that l know not, my opportunities an- to widen. After < aeh of ; h<- ot her (ires new doors were open. I prayerfully expect that -m-li will he tin* -equi nee n |' the la-f conflagral h m. M ill tin- Ifiii klyn I ain rimelc !»• re built; i know not. YYhut or vs li u nr where shall niy work I cannot even guess,nor have I t he lea-t anxi- t v. Noth ing but an inspired utterance of the Billie could b ;;r such repetition as I have for the la-r R.' days given to the VVuiils of the p-ulini-t, "'I he Lord reign- eth; let the i artli re it lice. ” 1 have safely arrived mi tin- Raeilie eoa-r. A startling que.-ti.in was asked me just before 1 r- aelicl in n . J wa- in deep slumber in a sc tioti ■ i a >!eeping car when the curtain •.* . jitislied hack, and a veni iah! • lady - ;/ <t hold of nn- and sliriekcfi --Wiiu ate you, aitd wluit art-ymi doing in r-." Ir was a -nddcii calling of tin* roll o! , a -engei -. and I did not ft el like aiisvv 1 i*ig to my naiiK-. Tim questimi wa- tej at* tl in more earnestness, with lutni r voi'-e. 1 rould not ;tt tir-t undi r-taud why tin* inti iro- gafion as to my identity, hut aft *r gath ering my senses together 1 mildly sug gested that perhaps site had mistaken my place for her own. 'l id- was no doubt the ease, and she made a quick retn at. The fact is that tin- sections and berths of a sleeping ear an* very much alike. Tin; new hmmIi- of hang ing tin* number of tin- berth in large figures on the outside of the drapery of the sleeping place is a great improve ment,but midnight perambulation, even under tin* best of eircunistaiiees, i- more or less confusing. 'I In* mistake that the venerable lady mad.* is a mistake that thousand-of pcoph male ,for they think some one else has their place. Mo-t of the struggle in the w..rid is in trying to get some one else'.- berth. Better go back content' d and take tin* place as signed you. Jn Hying to get some one clse’s place we may lose our own with out getting Ins. J caiiiior jeer at the old lady's mistake, for that night mi the Southern Raeilie railroad I bethought myst !f that tliere are iiurina even presi dential campaign at least )mi,ooo peo ple trying to g-t the her' e of the 100,- OoO present "ceupaiits. Goudliy, my Irii uds all over! < »n the other side of the world 1 will think of those who have pur me under obliga tion. and the lint hour i have pa--< <1 the latitude und longitude fartiii .-t away from home and begin to 1 turn i will count the Weeks and day- that stand be tween mi! and the low-t step of the front door from which, on tin* • v-niiig of May 14, I departed. T. lh. M'm* Tai.m.vge. San Franeiseo, May ^0. l ivi'h. Much has l»t :i .-aid of tli new Big Four and other locomo'ivi s, btit h» r<- is one that s*' ins to cchps.' every thinj} on this side of the water win n everything is coiisideri-'l. Oik- of the Lot*.don and Nor;aw-tern engines during a ran- to Fe -tland in isss covered the disltnico fiom Rr -ton to Carlisle, StO mile-, in 1 xaetly !n minutes, having a gradient of no 1< ss than one in seventy-live toclim’ b* tvvei n Tehay and Shah Summit. One of the most famous engines of this company i- known as the Charles Dickens and runs daily from Manchester to London and hack, a dis tance of iliid 3 miles. Except when stopped for repairs the (.'liarles Dickeua lias, since Eehrnary, I s '.', mado lids journey every day, working' up the 8:oU a. in. from Manciiesti r hu«1 returning with the l p. m. from Eu.-tun. (hi Sept. iJ, Ib'Jl. it c-omplet' d the twe, tiioiiHaud six hundred and fifty-first tri accomplished the extr; running IJ'OojitKiiuili s days. No other engine run so many mile* time. Itaiki- New-. THE STRONG* * the cures by Hood that they are p' l rroj the solid foundation' 1i'y;*! i nss ill Carroll & Carpenter's rhiw Wook! Due lad Dress Ginghams at |0 cents, worth 1.1 cents. (*iu Lot Dress Gitigliams at cents, worth 12; cents. Don't fil'd to sc- our line of Fans from .Ye to |0e each. Me will offer to l In- ladies l he grandest bargains in Ki-mmini - "t I h*> -s (iuo'ls M liitc GihmIs, Ri-reals. Lawns. Swisses. etc. ('nine eiirly ;ts vv mean to close them out regardless of price. \\ r illciii« 1>t-s. Fresh Arrivals! A beautiful Line of silk Parasols; Ladies’ Summer Vests, Long and Short Sleeves; Ladies’ Slippers—Nicest in Town; White and Black Sailors, Leghorn Flats and Yedders that are going with such a rush. We are offering special Inducements in all lines of Summer Dress Goods. m*< >i-i. (iiiffm-v. s. (■. W. 15. Drugs, Medicines, Paints and Oils, Tinted Leads, Dyes, Etc. The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company (nb-r for Sale Building Lots in this Floiirisliing Town Aw A I" 10 A' <0 I r AO Also Farms near by and in reach of tin- schools ot I.inn—tone >|>i , iugs and of this place in lot s of from IWMo I (Kt acres on I ibern I time rat es. \ I so Agrietill ural Lands to rent for farm ptirpo-es. For full particulars applv to MOSES WOOD, Agent. N. B. — All l respa:—mg on lands of fhis Company eutting and n*m"vi( timlter. fishing or hunt mg are forlddden tinder penalty of law. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPAJ (PIEDMENT AIR LINE. Route of the Great Vestibulod Limited. AH \M A a < iiaki.oi it: aik-m l»l V ISION. OOM*KN *»KI* Ml l»M 1 F \-m" i N -. 1 U i H A? In I fTVi-f >lnl\ I Ht. I V.l l. L. BAKER, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER \ 1,1; i< 1 > Sash, ■ Blinds,«Doors, and all kinds of- Building Materials. I ■ I’lans and speeitieations for Itnild- 1 ings made <»n short notice. i.hii Mail "riio lioHi 1 > i'ol ooi ion I’i'oni I ^ok^ l>v l^iro I' to insure with Hu- most rcliahh- eompallies. I repi-t-cut the .Etna of llartfonl. with assets of .fln.Nt (7.t;r,7; Vmerieaii Eire, of I'hiladelphia. with assets of fI’.tiNj. 11: Hartford, of ilartford. Conn., with assets of f7.:i7K.o , J2‘: Home, of New Y ork. vvith assets of f'.HMiN n:H ; i I’enn I'ire. of i’hiladelphia, vvith as- -<•1- of f:l,K.V.M».7K. I can place any reasonable risk you may have. Don't fail to call before contracting for your insurance. Nortliliminil. X". Xo. Xo., 1 >1. i !v ili.l iia< Lv Atlanta > tain- r.-'M N I! 1.011 ]»m S.lUj Atlanta K tilin' | IMI 1 HI lO.IMI pm '.1.1* •" Norcroa- 1" IT pm • 1 ul Ituforil il..»; pm 7 M l.atiiosi illi-.. *i.l5 Dili ll..;| pm ' m " Lula . . 11 ..Mi pm . ■ -• Cornelia. w •• Ml. 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