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TRJ-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. . (3.. JUNE 19, 1883. ESTABLISHED 1848 -J'rJ d rnJNo A ' " .,, .t i . i - " I ' . | t; -.1 ' 1. I -" -w --I" .- ...... ii SLANDER. 'Twas but a breath And yet the fair, good name was wilted; And friends once fond grew cold and stilted And life was worse than death. One venomod word, That struck its coward, poisoned blow, In craven whispers, hushed and low And yet the wide world heard. 'Twas but one whisper-one, That muttered low for very shame, The-thing the slanler dare not name And yet its work was done. A hint so slight, And yet, so mighty in its power, A human soul in one short hour Lies crushed beneath its blight! THE NIQaT VIsION. In the Japan Sea, a sudden squall came whooping and whizzing through the rigging of the merchant ship "Rainbow," sending her down on her beam ends, with everything cracking. The oicer of the deck gave the order to reef and furl, and the active tars sprang to obey. - The sea was white with foam, but the night was dark. Blacker than the night above the tops of the masts, a huge object was seen rolling and rushing swiftly along, It was the squall cloud. "Lively there, men!" shouted the second mate. This was Henry Brandgn, a haUd some young fellow of twenty-five-as good a sailor as ever spliced a rope. But he had not been prepared for the squall, which, unseen in the darkness, and with terrible swiftness, had pounced upon the ship. Now away went the main top-gallant sail, torn to shreds, the other canvas rattling all over the vessel, the sheets whipping and snapping about the masts with the noise of thunder. The vessel's crew being short handed, Brandon moved forward, intending to go aloft. A hand clutched his arm, however, and he turned, to discern, by the lantern's ruddy light, his in tended wife, the captain's pretty daugh ter Martha Weld. Her face was deathly pale, and her long, black hair, streaming on the wind, gave to it an unearthly aspect. "For God's sake, Henry," she said, "don't go aloftl" "You herel" he exclaimed. "Go below, Martha-quick! quick! This is no. place for you!" ."Oh, Henry! such a dreadful dream as 1 have had! I dreamed you were lost overboard, and " At that moment the ship lurched heavily; there was a vivid flash of lightning, revealing the men aloft clinging to the yards, and vainly en deavoring to clutch the slatting canvas. "I must go," said Brandon, as soon as the heavy peal of thunder following the flash had subsided. "Go below, Martha, and have no fear." le broke away from her, and ran up the rigging to the fore top-gallant yard. Two boys were endeavoring to haul up the sail. As the sec6nd mate clutched the canvas, the lifts and hal yards suddenly parted, and down went the yard, carrying Brandon with it. There was a wild cry as the yard, striking the bulkwards, fell with its burden ino the sea. The boys, who, having been in-board, contrived to save themselves, set up a frightful yell of "Man overboard!" Martha's shriek was then heard. 'I knew it," she cried. "Oh, Henry!I my Henry! Save him! save him!" Hecr father, who had, ore this, come up, ran antd looked asternm. Another vivid lightning. flash shot down from the squall cloud. It lighted the white, hissing wake of the ship, and in that wake the skipper saw for an instant something which looked like an arm lifted above the sea. "No use, Brandon is gone!" lhe gasped. "We can't lower a boat in such a blow." "But you must, you shall lower!" cried poor Martha, her wild eyes gleaming upon her father. "Come, I will take charge of the boat. Oh! save hinm, father, save Henry." Her appeal was useless; no boat could be got down in such a gale. It blew a perfect hurricane, and the whole ship was shrouded in clouds of flying, blind ing spray. The captain forced Martha into the cabin; then he returned on deck to at tend to his shlip. The efforts of the men aloft had been useless. The sheets had parted like pack-thread, and the torn sails were carried away and whirled off In huge balls to leeward and aloft. So the captain, putting his craft before it, tried scudding, which were the only way to save his vessel. In about two hours the squall had passed away, leaving behind It, how ever, a heavy -sea, The moon broke through the di'ifting clouds, and soft. silver showers of light fell upoin the .upIheaving waves, there f6rming, with the breaking waters, many strange, fantastic shgapes. One of the men sat on the windlassq keeping a lookout; the others were get.. ting up spare canvas, that they might be ready to "bend on" new sails the first thig in the morning. Eivery face wore a solemn look, for B3randon hiad been,a great favorite. M(oreover,the moams of Martha was heard coniung..up.fromn the~ cablil, th6e poor eirI h tigedttos lost her'senses. New avid therdthe ma~n on.the look out thought he could hear another moan, very faint, and apparently com ing from the sea. Ills superstitious fears were excited, and he shifted uneasily on his seat. Suddenly, the ship, having been brought nearer to the wind, under the temporary foresail and mainsail, which had been put up, began to pitch heavier than before. Once, down went her head almost in a trough of the sea. Then the lookout man uttered a horrible cry; for, right before him, protruding over the bulwarks, he be held for an instant, a white face with disheveled hair, and fixed, staring eyes, the tongue protruding. It was the face, or, at least, a sem blance of the face of the lost officer Henry BrandonI "My God 1" gasped the lookout. The face, however, now disappeared, but not before a strange, guttural, un earthly cry had escaped his lips. To spring from his post and rush aft, was the work of a moment with the looko u. "I have seen it!" he gasped, hoarsely, as all the men stared wonderingly. "Seen what, Tom?" cried one. "Brandon's spirit-aye, aye-the face of the lost-the drowned man!' gasped Tom. "Nonsense!" "But all exchanged glances, and there was a perceptible shrugging of shoulders as Tom described where and how he had seen it. All eyes were turned towards the bow, but the vision was no longer there. "You are a shaky fellow," said the first mate. "Your imagination!" "I swear it was not un- My God! there it is again!" he added, pointing forward. A wild cry of horror burst from the men, as a face was, indeed, now seen for an instant protruded above the bulwarks, forward! As it again disappeared, the wind, with a strange, hollow moan swept through the ship, and a dark cloud passed over the moon. The mate called the captain who was below trying to soothe his child. He might have doubted the story told him, but that all were ready to swear they had seen the vision. . The skipper, shrugging his shiouldtrs, and like the rest, not a little imbuded with superstitious feeling, walked slowly forward. lie was more cautiously followed by the others. But ere he could reach the bow, the ship made another violent lurch, and up again came that terrible face, pro truding over the bulwarks, every linea ment with ghastly distinctiveness, lighted by the moon. "Brandon, sure enough!'' gasped the captain, staggering back, while a low cry of horror broke from the other men. The vision disappeared again, and the men stood still, exchanging glances. The steward, a Portuguese, ran into the cabin, fell on his knees, and cross ing himself, began to pray. Martha heard enough to send her running wildly on deck. "Where is it?" she screamed. "Alive or dead, Icannot fear Henry!" Evnas she spoke, the face again rose over thme bulwarks. She was near enough to see it, and with a wild cry she staggered towvards it, her arms outstretched. liut ere she could clasp it, it disap peared as before, and with a moan of anguish, the' girl staggered forward against the bulwarks. Instinctively she then peeped over them into the sea, when a cry of strange joy escap)ed her. "Saved! saved!" she cried, pointing dowvnward: "Quick, father! Oh, quick I Come here!" HIe did so, and thme mystery was ex plained. There was Brandon, hanging to the broken spar, one of the ropes of which, wvhen he wvent overboard, hadl caught in a hook which was drIven into this part of the ship, near the water line. This had held the spar through the gale, and, there, (luring all that time, Brandon had remained. Subsequently, tihe occasional heavy pitchnmig of the ship, causing the head to go far down, had brought thme poor fellow's face in sight above the bulwarks, as showvn. He was soon hauled aboard, when it was discovered that lie was very weak, and that lie could not speak, Hie had been severely bruised by knocking against the ship, and could not use huis hands, which had also been hurt. In this condition lie had eonly been able to hold to the spar by clasping it with both arms. Is tongue, badly cut ini his fall, p)rotruded, preventing speech; lhe could only utter now and then a hoarse, guttural moan. The captain also noticed that only half of the spar remained. It had br'oken in two when it fell 'against the bulwarks, and it was the other half drifting away which the skipper had seen protruding from the sea astern, and had mistaken for Brandon's up lifted arm. We have to hdd that Martha went almost wild with joy over her lover's safety. 'Under her kind treatmenit, Brandon ini time recovered th e use of his limbs and .tongue, to eventupihly marry his pet us BussrAwe--Pra to Glod,but continue to tow to tin naoe An Indian Tale. It was about the middle-of the after noon one day iP. the summer of 1857 that we arrived at the Forks of the Trinity and Klamath Rivers. Our arrival at the river was soon noticed by the owner of the ferry, which plies across the river, the river being too deep to ford, but sooner by numerous indians, who, much to our surprise. seemed on perfectly. good terms with the whites. Here at this ferry thre men were stationed, surrounded by a wild tribe, of Indians. It seemed the hight of rashness. However, I felt the greatest desire to have a nearer view of them, when on turning around, I found several Indian boys quite near, gazing at us with the most intense curiosity. As we entered the ferry boat-which was moving across by pulling upon a strong rope fixed firmly at either side of the river-these boys very sily crept on to cross at the same time, but perceived by the ferryman and ordered to get off they lightly leaped onto the shore, and ascending a high rock, which hung over the river, boldly threw themselves into the deep and rapid stream. Swimming with remarkable rapidity, they gained the opposite shore first, where they stood laughing at their exploit. We found the log cabin of the ferry. man surrounded by a swarm of naked Indians and squaws who seemed to have no hostile inclinations and no mis trust of our peaceful intentions. Though not large, they were finely formed and evidently possessed great powers of en durance. Their faces expressed consid erable intelligence and kindness of dis position-but, back of all, there was a look of native ferocity and coarseness, which characterizes all wild Indian tribes. However, at this time they were per fectly gentle, and we did not hesitate to mingle with them. They were ex tremely observant of dress, and every article a person wore was subjected to the most rigid scrutiny. The ferryian -Mr. Durkie-said that though we found him loving in such apparent con lidence among these Indians and though they seemed so gentle and harm less, he would not trust himself unarm ed in their company a moment; that should he happen to have a knife, or a leather belt upon him, or any trilling article that had previously taken their fancy, they would probably kill him, as the readiest means of getting possession of it. So, said lie my pistol and my knife are always at my side. I watch their every action, and it is this consiant watchfulness that prevents their taking a thousand liberties here. But I found the. Indians. had ,the greatest veneratian f6 'Mr. urkie. He had always treated them well and had never deceived them and they had the greatest confidence both in his surpris ing powers and in his good will. He had had occasion once to send an Indian some distance upon the trail of the packers, alone, and, fearing that the Indian might be shot if met by any traders, he wrote a note for him to carry, which simply said "the Indian was peaceable " This note he was to show should he meet any whites on the way. He did, indeed, meet a man, who, alarmed, leveled his rifle, and was on the point of firing when the Indian drew the note from his belt. The white, immediately lowering his gun, approach ed, read it, narrowly watched, mean while, by the Indian. who, probably, could'have no idea of the power of com municating by writing. The man re turned the note and patted- the Indian on the back, who, delighted as its mysterious effect, continued his way unharmed, fully lbelieving in the super natural powers of the ferrymnt. It was by such means as this that lie won their good will, but they wvere nothing but untutored savages, and the slightest, cause might excite their rage against him. But lie had lived among them for six months, and from his past exp)erience lie had nlothinug to fear, iIe had little idea that danger was then hoverinig over his head. threatening him and all of us with a t'errible death. Our jour ney Oil the next day was but tenlmiles, and feeling no urgent hiurray to start, we had determined not to, till the mi (ile of the forenoon, which gaye us an opportunity of learning the h*its and customs of the Indians. A larger num ber than had visited us the day before collected about us on that day, but all p)erfectly well dlisposed, and we carried onl with thorn a very unsatisfact.ory but highly amusing conversationi by signs. It wvas while thus engaged that our at tenltionl was attracted by the appearance of a single Indian on an eminence near by, who uttered a loud and piercing cry. He then said a few words in his unknown lnguage, which had an in stant and p)owerful effect upon the In dians about us. I never beheld such leoks of terror, rage and grief as their countenances exi bited. One moment of indecision, and they all turned and fled to this solitary Indian. Tihie ferry man, who was usually able to interpret their singular actions, was perfectly at a loss in this instanice, but to be on the safe s1(10, lie advised that we all-eight in number-retire within trae log cabin through the cracks of which we coukd see all that was going on and be govern ed accordingly.. - It was only after repeated efforts that lie wvas able to get one Indian suf ficiently near to add(ress him1 and being acquaintedl with their language, lie ask ed the Indian why they had left us so hastily. Thle Indi1 an made a short re ply, which almost bewildered the ferry mlan. To our anxious inIquiries Mr. ])urkle said: "We have no'time to talk, we must act. Bar the door; have every rifle and pistol loaded. We shall be attacked." As lie said this, we perceived the In dIans were really approaching, their niubers greatly increased. -There was a terrible significance in their paiumted and wild compitenances, hn their bont bows, their shining knives, and their full quivers of arrows. Meanwhile the squaws, approaching, seated themselve4 about thec log cabin, where they begath a deafening but affecting. lament. As soon as lie-could $pare a moment of time, Mr. Durkie inforinedi uiPof'the c'ause of this perilous state of~ tin1 aind to show you how good oaise me Indians had, for their hostile feelings, and how shamefully they are often treated, I will' narrate the circum stances to you:, A few weeks before ea this time, a man, who had been wand- d ering about hi the woods in a famishin ri condition, having lost his way, chanc si at last to find this cabin, and, being in 13 a suffering condition, he was obliged to tl remain here till he could recover nis ai strength. Feeling, at length, able to ti go on, he wished to continue his journey h down the river. But this seemed im- b possible, alone and ignorant of the road ei as he was. Besides this, his route would a take him throug4.4eve lIiian villages tl and ils unpib t nese Would expose n him to a thousa f4tgeis. At length f1 two Indians volinteered to. escort him o down, and they promised' again and si again that the man should receive no tl harm. The man consented to take this gi escort, being well armed, and on his yi guard against surprise. The route, as is I have said, lies along the banks of the D river through several Indian villages. bi As he passed through these, he not only u] received no ill-usage, but, by the faith- in fulness of his guides, the greatest atten- fe tion-though rude enough-was shown of him. He at last came in safety to ni Blackburn's Ferry, his destination. No qi sooner had the red forins of these faith- gt ful Indians been seen by Mr. Blackburn w as they were ascending the slope from s the river to the cabin, than lie leveled n his rifle and shot one of them dead. g< The other would have shared the same " fate had he not ran to the river, plung- ti ed into the deep stream, and escaped w among the deise bushes skirting it. St This was cold-blooded, deliberated re murder; and one cannot but ask why d did lie shoot down a harmless Indian n< who had Just performed a friendly, A noble act? The cause was this: On gi stepping from the threshold of his cabin cc one morning, he found, but a little hi distance off, his own father lying on the ly ground, with the fatal arrow still in ot his breast. This was the first intina- n<4 tion he had of his father being in Call- in fornia. IIe vowed that he would pc wreak his revenge on every Indian who di came in his way, and this guide fell a su sacrifice to it. The other, escaping, re- hi turned to his tribe, and it was he whom w we had seen upon the eminence, and tii who had brought the sad news of the lo death of his comrade. Upon the In- 01 dian's approaching our log cabin, they 0 collected together a little distance from w the door to hold a council of war; and ti as one after another came forward and at witn frantic gesturbs, with eyes o? fire li and voice of thunder seemed urging on 'T; the tribe to some retaliating act, we felt 1C our only hope of safety lay in a success- gu ful and we feared bloody resistance to ce the )ected littack. We ro ined ti watching them, thius exciting each other si to revenge, till the ferrymen, noticed w when there was a little pause among ly them, induced one of them to listen to % hinm. Ile asked a parley of the Indians I( which was finally granted, and without in leaving the cabin lie tried to reason m with them that we should not suffer for tl what wrong our brethren had done; el< that lie himself had always treated them cc well; there was no reason why the good as feeling that had existed between theni a should be destroyed. These were new of principles to savages. They heard all tlh with perfect silence, but when lie had yc spoken they grew more excited than di ever, and the liief came forward and ca said that his brother had been killed; m that lie must make war upon the whites; hi that were his caj4,ivew; but that we 1e: should go free if we would recover the sp> dead body of the Indian and lead his sii tribe against the "bad man"-neaning L Mr. Blackburn. Mr. Durkie replied sii that ve promisei to do so, and that, b would they allow us to go away and get ge many men anid guns, we would return a1t to-morrow and lead -them to war. So mn great was the conflidence they had in his in wvord that they plromised us a free do- di plarture, drove dlowni our imules from 1P the neighboring lills and offered niot T1' the slightest resistanice as we came fromi thi our cabin. But we were strongly arm- dt ed and ready to pour a murdlerous fire eii upon them should they prove treacher- if to their,.word. With many misgivings I: as to the sincerity of their promises, we saddled rir mules and took up our line ini of march, half expecting a momentary at attack; but though some of them look- etl edl ready to scnd an arrow through us, at we left the pla1cc in safety. You may at rest assured we did niot return there 011 af thme iiext day, though I dloubt not a mn hundred canoes weore impatiently await- of lug our comning to attack the "bad gi man" down the river, as they termed th algOe(l coaGars.ii To the most estlictic Bostonmau the Li change from salt codkto Cape Cod fresh to trout must seem c6nsiderable. But, y after trout, B3ostoni now rejoices in frogs lii -there a newly discovered delicacy. A few years ago, frogs' legs were a coin- ii paratively rare (118h ini Boston. They L were iindeed. In fact, owmig to the b) onslaughts of Boston boys upon the inhiabitants of the pond onm the Comn mon. the frogs wore rare--they wisely made themselvyes scarce. The classic q Common is the origial scene o h splelling book story, the moral of which is that what was fun for the boys wasii death to the frogs. It was more funu; ~ for the small boy took no thought for the table, or even of tanninig the slaugh. h tered frogs' skins but only of the keeni~ pleasure of the kIlling. But now frogs i are..caughit, skinned,- sold andi subse- g (quenitly served ini Boston hotels, restalu ranits, and oven in p)rivate families. Of course the best coime from that neck or-nothing strip) of siind, Cape Cod. One eniterprisling Capecodder makes a business or it and( senudif from 50O to 100 e dozein pairs of legs a week. Other sup-ti plies come downi fromY Maine, shipped lu alive in crates packed ,with wvet moss or seaweed and thuey are killed as needled. )t m Canada baa furishmed considerable sub- te plies, but .lively competition in 'homet produotion aiid catching has drivenm the h Canadian shipments to N6w ok While the northemnt frogs are la er it is claimeddthat the MaBadiilett frogs ar t oeler a d better oating, adthey cord t6 size anaifty Ev6yi C whefe els froge'r loge bdve 'long been t anm accepted .'delicacy. 1Bo*ton Is just la beginnig to eat and eiroy them, Thirteen Times at the Altar. "Yes, 1 have had a delightful experl Ice," said and old gentleman yestel %y. "My last birthday, which ocemu d on the 5th of this month found in wenty-flve years old, and in those neat four score of years I have proposed t irteen youngiladies and was promptl id cordially accepted each and ever me. Was never rejected, never, ai L my whole life. They invariabl lushed, smiled, fell into my outstretcli I arms and murmured ' yes' as sool s I had asked them. Al, my dear sir te young men of the present day ar t like we old follows must be. M rat' wife, a charming brunette, die nte year after marriage. I remaine ugle two years, and then again sough to friendly aid of a minister of th )spel with another blushing, beautifu mung lady on my arm, hope in m art and a greenback in my hand oath carried off this prize within threi ief months of the day I fondly presse< on her eager, willing lips the ecstati4 arriage kiss. She died from typhoic ver." The third wife assumed thi licial domestic robe within sevel onthts thereafter. " It was rathe: tick that time," exclaimed the oh intleman, while a tear shone in hi: orn, dimmed eyes ; "but she was a reet, sweet girl. It was, however,' ore cheerily, "aln exception to m3 aieral rule. That is," explanatory [ mean by that my hasty marriagi en, not that particular wife, for the3 are all sweet and good; every one, sirl' ven years she shared his joys and sor ws, and then the touch of the grea stroyer rested upon her and she wa. more within the walls of this world bad cold, or what some people ele nutly and concisely term "gallopping nsumption," killed her. "After a ief interval of mourning I attenttive regarded with interest heart still an her facinating young lady. She couk at resist my honorable and energetu anly blandishlents, and at an earl3 iod after our introluction at a sun sy scnool picnic, during one balm3 mmer (lay, she carefully packed hei Ige Saratoga trunk for a bridal tril Mi only came off at the advertised ne. I got money by her as well as a voly young lady," promptly said tih( I gentlemlan. "She was worth $25 o In her own nane. But I lost it all ithin a year of our marriage specula ig in them devilish stocks," he sadly d reflectively continued. This wife red nine years after the marriage. eln one day she suddenly and unex. etly died at the dinner table: "I be ,n to think my marrying days were rtainly over,". neditatively remarked d did g'nt'enid . "I was never sc rprised, sir, in my life, never, a: hon that dear wife of mine so sudelen died-that particular one, sir." hl .,fully added. "My next legal usekeeper and lawful social partnel this especial life dranma was a lady ore noted for the spirit of dosposition an for the beauty of her face or the 3gance of her form. I will frankly nfess to you, sir, that she was as ugly a Maryland mule, and I am sorry to y it, because it once caused me a heati trouble, alimost perverse,"-adlmitteil e old gentleman. "Why, sir, would u believe it sie got the war fever iring the early days of the war. Site me from Georgia to Baltimore, and I at and married her here. Got it sc d that against my continands, sir, she Pt my house and went and became a y for General Lee. She was red-hot ; born and raised far down south. wed her particular country too well, . But, as you know, it is born and ed in all southern wVomeni. I -din't t a divorce, because I kntew if I did ad she ever lived to get back to BJalti ore I would have to move out west Lmediately upon her arrival. She od, sir, from ex posumre during tihe minsylvainia campaign of Genteral Lee. nero, sir, Is an autograph letter from e old ge'nral himself commending hei votion and bravery to the southen use. I amt proud of that wife, eveni she was ugly and stubborn! Inideed tim, sir. Thue suicceedling wives, like the acts a two-an ita-half-hiour society p)lay, cording to the old genttlenman, follow each otiier aitd disappearedl on thme tge of domestic hapiness in rapid ceession. .None of them lived long ter they hmad uttered at the altar thi( ost implortanit antd significant wvord* all their life verbal remarks. "I be. .n," exclaimed tile old gentleman, "al is time of my life to consider mysell alucky. No sooner would I have a Idding thant it would kind of creel: to mny heart much against my will, at, indeed sir, much against my will, at I wou?d have to begin preparatin r a funeral. It seemed awful hard, ride in mny hioutse cite month, corps< my house the iiext month." This sad state of affairs appears t< ive constantly aind p)ersistently con. Imed until the thirteenth blushmgR 'ide of this moral hero was transferred omn this vale of activity to tile greal ture. "When I married thirteen, or, timer, I should say my thirteenth wife,' aiotly and firmly remarked the old ntleman "I said to myself, 'John, is is the last time you wvill ever stand tis kinid of compaiiy at this kind of a altar.' I made up my mnmtd decid ly at that time, sir. You see, I have 4t so many wives in quick succession at I began to get afraid myself. And en, tell you thte truth, sir, I am a cat home body, as you may no0w im-. mie; dIon't travel much, never did; d the single girlsarouitd mny neighbor. >od began to become afraid of me, o. Actually began to shun me, sir, liardly thinik I could have got an~oth, wife if I had tried. Rtather a hlardl ing for me, a man who had been sc eky this way, to say; but I promised u, if you would positively inot put my sme in your newspaper, thtat I' would Ii you nothing but the truth, and I a a man of.my word, sir. You know nest conlfession ls good for tii6 lyeart,' ad then the old gentlemanl aughed e feeble, oracked laugh of the aged. Thiis life is not o laiiqed in vain) it Ia natituted for a grand purpose, i rough. thie lessona of experiellce w( coine convinced th'at this life is nol Ono of Washtngton's Odd Plases. Recently in a stroll on Pennsylvania avenue we noticed a couple of Congress men entering a little saloon directly op posite the National Theatre. It was a low wooden building, old and weather worn, and on ttie lintels of its door I noticed the words "John Hancock, founded 180." Directly over this en ' trance was the sign "Old Curiosity Shop." I entered a long, narrow room, with a ceiling so low that the hand of a Slade would scrape it. The bar, fitted out as elegantly as any in Washington, covered the wall' at the right of the en trance. Back of it hung pictures and Y relics of the crimes and .honors of the past, and the walls of the rest of the room were covered with articles which t would make any mus'eum rich. The old, gray-headed negro who tend ed the bar was in himself a curiosity. Ile told, as he filled my glass, that he had been tending the same bar for thirty live years, and that his saloon was the chief resort in former times of the states men of the capital. Said lie: "I have often seen Clay, Webster, and Calhoun drinking here together. henry Clay and Daniel Webster used to be here night after night. Clay always drank brandy juleps, and his spirits rose rapid ly under the influence of liquor. Web ster drank considerable, and the only observable change In him was that his eyes grew brighter and his talk became, if anything, more measured. Calhoun seoIQm drank strong drinks, and usually took lemonade or sherry, and often nothing. i[e would conic intto talk. They were lively fellows in them (lays, and they liked their fun just as well as the big men (o now. They often play ed cards here." "Did they gamble?" I asked. "No, not for nioney, but generally for the drinks. I remember a game of cards Clay and Webster and two other men played hero one rainy night. They played here for the drinks and smells. The men that won drank and those that were defeated paid for the drinks and were forced to smell the glasses of their opponents. They started in at ten o'clock and they played until two. Luck was against Clay, an(d I don't think lie won a drink during the whole evening." I spent a very pleasant half hour ex amining the curiosities hung on the walls and put up in cases around tme room. In one place there was a pair of shoes worn by Washington. No. 10s, I should say, with broad flat soles and Commnsenmse 01$ heels. No aristocratic instep had the father of his couitry,and this pair ;looks more like the slipshod pair of a cobbler than those of an F. F. V. Next to this was the seAiest-looking white plug hat I had ever seen. Large, old, and fuzzy, its nap worn off, and its color changed by the (lirt of several do cades, it was labelled as the hat of Gen. 1 Zach Taylor, and the card stated that it came from the battle of Palo Alto. An autograph letter of President Lin- < coln stood near by one of John C. Cal houn's the great Secessionist and the great Unionist almost kissing each other. A picture of Charles Guiteau was ap propriately made a companion to one of J. Wilkes Booth, and on the other side < of the room was a theatre bill, giving i the play at Ford's the night tihe assas sination of Lincoln occured. Bills of. fering $100,000 reward for Booth arrest, the extras published by the Washington papers the morning after the tragedy, and one containing a special telegram announcing that the assassin had been shot, and calling for rejoicing, made up 1 part of the collection. A Raft Pn . A dlangerouls Raft p)art recently took p)lace at Lachino Oin tile St. Lawvrence river. The tugb)oat "John MacDonald" had towed a valuable raft of timber from Chateaugany~ to tIle hlead of the Lachine Rapids wv.ah the intention of leaving it ini the Suthm channel. liIow ever, just as the raft had nearedl the channel in question tile current, which here takes a sharp b)end, swept it around wvith terrible velocity towards the more (dangerous and rocky SouthI channel, whence escape is rarely made. The strain was so great thlat tile hawser p,arted and1( the raft dashed (down the tortuous rap)ids ait lightning speedl. The men 011 board, 13 in number, assembled on thme front of thme raft p)erfectly power less to save thenmselves from their im minient peril. They hlad not p)roced-ed far, however, bef'ore a terrible shock was felt, the raft havJng struckc a reef anid parted In t wo pieces. Thie men still escap)ed unurt and managed to raise a sail with the Intention of steerhilg the raft thlroughm the rocks, whichl ar.ose on every side0. The waves swept over the hardy raftsmen, threatening them with destruction every moment, and finally the whole number took refuge by climb ing to thme top of the mast. Thle raft struck a rock the second time, smashing it into fragments, and the inen wvere p)recipitatedl into the water, but stil held( oni to the mast for dear life. They had nearly reached the foot of time ralpids by tis thie, and 8001n drIfted out Iito still wvater. An indian p)assinig in a large boat, seeing their perilons posItion camne to their assistance and rescuedl them in a half-drowned cond(ition, sev eral of the meon having nearly succumb ed from exposure to theliey water. The1 rauft, whichl Is of oak, is tie property of. Mr. John Calvi, of KIngston, and is valued at $0,000. A D)ynamuite scare. A gentleman of Saginaw M:chigan, wvho wrote a friend in Englanid the en velope bearing lisa business card as fol lows:-"If not called for in ten days re turn to ii. II. Thiomas, dealer ini nitro glycerine dynamite, ant owder a.nd hihexplos1ives, Ba Eiy, oih. 'IMr. Thomas being engaged-inm the butsIness of torpedoing salt wells -and handling dynamite for stump-pulling purposes. 4 The resnlt was that the excitable Brit~ ons jailed his friend, thuimking.hIm to be an irish Fenianm, :Lknd-Leaguer,, Phl n Mr4rgor,soroething of Ihekind, and' hat lie"was'h league with an w ful %giw house -for materials: 0l which to demolish Ovry(lerkenwel Jil' aid Parliamkent " 11 ig i#6 VnItesIlSingdom.' A et iiMipn, howeyer, was sufmlent to 1t he prl sdner go free 'mnd to cal li 6xra TilE VERDICT -OF THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Ma. J. 0. BoaO-Dear Sir : I bought the irat Davis Machine sold by you over lve years ago for my wife who has given it a long and fair trial. I am well pleased with it. It nAvar Rives any rouble, and is as good as when first nought. Winnsboro, S. C., April 1898. Ma. HOAG : You wish to know what I have to Nay in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three years ago. I feel I can't say too much in its favor. I made about $80.00 within five months, at times running it so fast that the needle would get periectly hot from friction. I feel confident I could not have done the same work with as much ease and so well with any other machine. No tlimo lost in adjusting attachments. Tue lightest running machine I have ever treadled. Brother James and William's families are as much pleased with their Davis Machines boughtof you. I want no better miachine. As I said before I don't think too much can be said for the Davis iachine. Respectfully, Fairield counly, April, 1883 .uN STSYEN8eN. Mt. BoAO : My machine gives me perfect satis faction. I ilnd no fault with it. The attachments are so simple. I wish for no botter than the Davis Vertical Feed. Respectfully. Fairf old county, April, 1883.Mts. It. M1r.1.ao. Mn. BoAO: I bought a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine from you four years ago. I am delighted with it. It never has given m any trouiblo, and has never heen the least out of order. It is as good as when I first bought it. I can cheerfully recommend it. Respectfully, MIL". M. J. KIRKLAND. Monticello, April 80, 1888. J . This li to certify that I have beenm usinig a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine for over two years )urchased of Mr. J. 0. boag. I haven't found it >ossessed of any fault-all the attachments are so ample. It neverrefuses to work, and is certainly he lightost running in the market. I consider it i irst-ciass machine. Very respectfully, 11 INNI 1M. WII.NINHA M. Oaklanl, Fairfield county, S. C. M BOAa : I Aml weit pieased in every particular i1h the Davis Machine bought of you. I think it rirst-class machine in every respect. You know rou sold several machines of the same make to liiferent members of our famtiygs, all of whom, is far as I know, are well pleasta ,vith them. Reapectfiu , . M onL.Y. Fairfield county, April, 1898. This isto certify we have ha'd in constant use lhe Davai Machine bought of you about three years igo. As we take in work, and have made the nice of it several times over, we don't want say )etter machine. It is always ready to do any kind if work we nave to do. No puckering or skipping ititohes. We can only say we are well pleased ni wish no better machine. CATHIINE WYLI. AND SISTER. April 21, 1838, I have no fault to dnd with my machine, and lon't want any better. I have made the price of : noveral limes by taking In sewing. It is always 'eady to (1o its work. I think it a first-class ma shine. I feel I can't say too much for the Davis 'erical Feed Machine. Mans. THoMAS SNITIn. Fairield county, April, 1883. Mn. J. 0. BoA--Dear Sir: It gives me mich )loasnre to testify to the merits of the Davis Ver Icatl Food Sewing Machine. The machine I got of rou about five years ago. has been almost In con it ant use ever since that time. I cannot see that t is worn any, and has not cost me one cent for eiputrs sinco we have had it. Am well pleased mnd don't wish for any better. Yours truly, liOBT. CatwionD, Granite Quarry, near Wlnnsboro, S. C. WVe have used lthe Davis Vertical Fee 1 Sewing klachine for the last five years. We would not tave any other make at any price. 'rThe mactune has given us unboundenm satisfaction. Very respectfully, Muts. WV. K. T Unsit AspD )AUouTsuttS Fairfield county, 8. C., Jan. 21, 1888. hlaving botughit a Davis Vertical Feed Hewing ilachine from Mr. J. 0. Bloag somne three years igo, andi tt having given me perfect satisfaction in avery respect as a family machine. both for heavy intl light sewing, and never needed the leasnt re pair in any way, I can cheerfully recoummendl it to any one as a first-class machine in every partieu. ar, and think it second to none. It is one of lihe mimpiest machines made; may childtren use it with di ease. The attachiments are more easily ad lusted and it doem a greater rainge of work by rneans of its Vertical tr'eed than any other mna 3hine I have ever seen or used, Mate. TirIOsAS OwuNos. Winnsboro, Fairfield county, 8. C. We have hadl one of the Davis Machines about 'onr years and have always found it ready 10410 alt cinds of work we have had occasion to dto. Cani't ace tihat the machine is worn any, and works as well as when new. Mats. W. J., CitAwFoni, Jackson's Creek, Fairfield county, ii. C. My wife is highly pleased with the Davis Ma ohine bought of you. She would not, take double what sihe gave for it. The machine has not been out of order since she had it, and she can do ay kind of work on it. Very IRespectfuil5, Monticello, i'airlield county, 8. 0. The Davis Sewing MachIne is simply a ?raau ire Mats. .J. A. ooOiwyK. Itidgeway, N. 0., Jan. 10, 1888. .,0 fOBa, Etsq., Agent--Dear Sir: My wife las been using a Davis Sowing Machine constant y for the past four years, and 1is has never needed my repair. auol works just as well as when first >ought. She says it will do a greater: rango of >ractieal work P nd do it easier and bet%or than toy machine she has ever used. We, cheer(uily "ecommend it as a No. 1 famlily machine, laour tru.y,. Winnsboro, 5. 0., Jan. 8, 1889 .DYS ... Mu. BoaG: I havo lwaysn] fuilyDvs' MA bin. ready do all kinds of to wor l ' had oc aasiozi to do. I oa1rnof see. that tb'Iaoine Is torn A partc16 and it wogs aa6l~ na w. Wtinaboto, 8.0,, pril14M