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Til-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. AUGUST 14, 1883. ESTABLISHED 184s
THE VERDICT
-OF
THE PEOPLE.
BUY THE BEST!
MR. J. 0. ioA-Dear Sir: I bbught the flrst
Davis Machine sold by you over live years ago for
my wife, who has given it a long and fair trial. I
ant well pleased with it. It never gives any
rouble, and Is as good as when first bought.
J. W. sol.IOr.
Winnsboro, S. C., April 1883.
Mr. BoAO: You wish to know what I have to may
In regard to the Davis Machine bought of on three
ears ago. I feel I can't say too much in Ila favor.
made about *80,00 within live months, at times
running it so fast that the needle would get per
fectly hot from friction. I feel confidoni could
not have done the same work with as niuch ease
and so well with any other machine. No time lost
In adjusting attachments. The lightest running
machime I have ever treadled. BrotherJames and
Williaus' families are as much pleased with their
Davis Machines bought of you. I want no better
iiach:me. As I said before, I don't think too
much can he said for the D.lvis Machine.
Itcspoctfully,
ELLEN bTVRNsoN,
Fairflelid County, April, 1843.
Mi. loAO: My machine gives me perfect satis
faction. I Hud no fault with it. The attachments
aersoiile. 1 wish for no better than the Davis
Respectfully.
Mis. i. MiL.ING.
Fairfield county, April, 1883.
Mit. IloAi: I bougnt a IlavIs Vertical Feed
ew,ug Machine from you four years ago. I am
elighted with it. It never has given me any
rouble, and has never been the least out of order.
It is as good as when I first bought it. I can
cheerfully recommend It.
ltespectfully,
Alit.. M. J. KIRKLAND.
Monticello, April 30, 1888.
'l'his is to certify that I have been ustng a Davis
Vertic.el Feed Sewing Machine for over tw ,years
purchased of Mr. .1. 0. iiu.ag. I haven't found it
possessed of any fault-all t he attachments are so
sltuie. It iieveriefuses to woru, and is ceriatuly
th4 ltihtest running in the market. I consider it
a tirst-class machine.
Very respect fully
MINNIE M{. WII.LINOVA].
Oakland, Fairfiell county, 8. C.
Mn IoAO: I am well pieaseit in every particui
with the iiavis Machine nought of you. I think
a ilrst-ciass mniaeine in every respect. You knew
you sold several machines of thi sane make to
diierent meinbers of our families, all of whom,
as far as I know, are well pleased With them.
ltespectfully,
MiS. M. Ii. MOB LEY.
Fairfielli county, April, 1883.
This into certity we have har in constant use
the Davis Machine bought of you about three years
ago. As we take in work, and have made the
price of it several times over, we don't want any
S betier iachine. Ii is aiways ready to do anly 1:L'd
of work we have to do. No puckering or skipping
stitches. We can only say we are well pleased
and wish no better machine,
CATERINE WYLiE AND SiSTEt.
Aprl 25, 183.
I have no fault to fiad with my machine, and
don't want .iny better. I have mate tie price of
it several times by taking in sewing. It is always
ready to do his wvoru. I think it a first-t:lass ma
chine. I feel I cant say too much for the Davis
Vertical Feed Machine.
Mat. TiauMaS iiMIn.
FairL'eld county, April, 1883.
MIt. J. 0. BOAO--Dear Sir: It gives me much
pleasure to testify to tne merits of the Davis Ver
tical Feed 8wing Machne. The nachtine I got of
you ab.mt live years ago. has been almost In con
stant use ever since that iltile. I cantot see that
it is worn atty, and has not cost tme oup cent for
repairs since we have had it. Am well pleased
and don't wish tor any better.
Yottrs truly,
h oiT. CR AWFOR D,
GranIte Quarry, near Wlnnsboro 8. 0.
We have used the Davis VertIcal Feed Sewing
Machine for thte last live years. We wouldl not
have anty othier make at any ptrice. 'The mtachtine
has givent us unbounodeui satisfactioni.
V'ery respect fully,
Mits. WV. K. 'TunNHnii AS iD)AUflnTRait5
Fairfield county,8. C., Jan. 21. 1883.
llaving hiotughit a DavIs Vertical Feedl Sowing
Macline from Mr. J. 0. Boag sonme three years
ago, and it having gIven me perfect satisfaction in
every respmect, as a famIly machine, both for heavy
ati Ilit sewing, and never needell the least re
pair in aniy way, I can clneerfuily recommentd it to
aumy one as a ilrat-clatss machine* in every p)artieni
lar, anti think It acconil to none. It is one of the
simtp.est machines made; nmy chiidren use it withi
all ease. Thu attaicihments are more easiiy ad
jusated and It (100 a greater range of work b>y
means of s Vertical teeed than any other ma
* chine I have ever seent or used.
Mns. TrioMAs OWINOS.
Winnsboro, Fairfield county, 8. C.
We have htatd one of the DavIs Machines ab)out
four years and have always fotiud it ready to do ali
kinds of wora we have ha-l occas.on to do0. Can't
a t th machline is worn any, and works as
Mas. W. J. CitAWPontD
Jackson's Creek, Fairileidi coutay, 8."C.
My wife is highly pleased with the DavIs Ma
chine bought, oi you. Shte would not lake double
wnat sue gave for it. The macnine has not
Sbeen out, of order since she had It, and she can do
any kind of work on it.
Very Itespectfully,
JAR. F'. Faws.
~7 MontIcello, Frairfleld county, 8. C.
The Davis Sewing Machine Is simply a freas
eure Mine. J. A. UooewYaN.
RIdgeway, N. 0., Jan. 10, 1ass.
J, 0 BOAG, Esqi., Agent-Dear Sir : My Wife
ly for the past four years, and it ihas never needeid
anty rlaIrs an a works jiat as well its when first
bought. She says it wilh do a greater range oi
pctiial work nid dlo it easier itmi bet'er than)
V etny machine site ns over used. WVe chieerfully
recommenid It as a No. 1 family muachnine,
Your trn.y, JR .JA's
nboro, S. C., Jan. 8, 1883.
.DBAG : I have always found my Davis Ma
ereadly do aii hinds of to work I have Jiad oc
a to do. I cananot, see that the snachIne Is
a particle andl It works an weil as when new.
Iteapectfmily,
MRS. It. C. UooDrINo,
Innsboro, 5. 0., April, 1888,
BOAG: i My wife has been cOnstantly using
avis MachIne bought of you abont, live years
I have never reg retted buying ii, as it Is
s ready for any K lad of faim iy sewing, eithter
or lig a. It is never out of fix or needing
Very respeetfully,
eld,8. 0., March, 1883,A8. AD
VARIPE DIEM.
Now, in the season of flowers,
Now, when the Summer is bright,
When Phobus stays long with the hours,
And the earth hardly knows any night,
The tine for enjoyment is ours,
The time for delight.
Ero the chill winds have seat tered the roset
Ere the petals lie dead on the earth;
Ere the season of sweet blossoms closes,
And the cold winter months have thel
birth,
Let us join, ore the year Its youth loses,
In laughter and mirth.
Ah, sweet, youth can last not forever,
But will lade like a dream that is naugi
Though we fancy that Sunmer dies novel
And on Winter bestow not a thought;
But time is a weariless weaver,
His task is soon wrought.
Then we'll spend not our days in Raud guesse
As to what the dim future may bring,
But we'll cast off each thought that opprosse
For life is a fugitive thing;
And, happy in love's soft caresses,
We'll dream but of Spring.
HOW HIE CAUGHT l1Elt.
Her name was Katharine-Kathar
Ine Hauton. But nobody ever lreanei
of calling her so. She was "Katie" t
all the old men and women in the vil
lage-"Katie to us young folks who ha<
been her school mates from our pina
fores, and "Katie" to every little ur
chin that could toddle about and lis
her name.
Katie was an orphan and lived wit]
a stately old aunt, whose least wort
was enough to frighten any ordinarl
child into hysteric fits. But Katie wa
afraid of nothing, and treated Mis
Deborah exactly as she did the rest o:
us, that is, she laughed at her ant
talked in her half saucy, hialf-goo(
natured way, till the lady'sgrim moutl
relaxed and looked quite good natured
1 can scarcely remember having a grea
ter fright than when Miss Deborali
caught us in the very act of trying of
her "Sunday-go-to-meetings" befor
the parlor glass.-But the mischievous
audacious -look Katie cast over he
shoulder settled the business, and I onll
heard a muttered:
'Good gracious! What is this work
coming to?" as we scampered off ir
(lire confusion. and left her treasuret
brocade silk and lioniton laces lying om
the floor.
"Tell me one thing," I said; "art
you willing to marry Ned Williams?'
"Ain't I though?" she said, looking
up with a face of honest bewildermen
that made me laugh till I choked.
"And is he willing to marry you?"
"Yes, only he pretends not tc
be. But I know he loves me," she ad
ded quickly.
"Then you ought to be ashamed of
yourself, Katie," I said.
"I know it. And I am just as ash
amed as I can be," she answered rue
fully. "But I can't help it.."
"I'll help you out of the scrape, Ka.
tie," I said, after a moment's thought
"on condition that you'll promise novel
to flirt again."
"Ponl honor," said Katie, piously
laying her little brown hands in mine
and looking very demure. That is-at
well as I can."
"Go and make up with Ned-that ih
the first thing necessary.''
"I can't," she answered with a dole
ful sigh, "for if I come near him, ht
calls mei a rattlesnake and goes off. D
talk to him for me, that's a dear, gooti
girl. Will you, just for my sake?"
"Take yourself off," I answered
"and on your peril, do not let me see
you any more to-day. To-mo, row, you
know, we all go to your unch 's farn
to celebrate the New Year. bue tha1
you look your best and are in good sea
son. Now be off."
She would have thanked me witl
countless kisses but I put her out of thn
room, and locking the door went bach
to my wvriting.
A note from me brought Ned WiI
liams to my room that eveining. 11
was teii o'clock before he left lme, an(
and if my litle Katie had seen the fer
vor with which lie kissed my hand al
p)artinig, I think she iiight have hat
cause to be jealous, unless she knew, a:
I didI, that it was all on her account.
The next morning, bright aiid early
I was closted with Miss Deborah.
Th'le maiden lady looked half distracet
wvhen 1 told hier' tihe result of our over
night debate, but I soon won her eve:
to my way of thinking. She looke'd a
Katie, however, as5 she went singin~
around the house, as if she had been
niaturjal phenonmenoii.
Katie's apple!t piR an~d (dumplings wver
the nicest thing immaginable, and Ka
tie herself, with the fun of her eyes
little dimmed and softened by a t(ouc]
of pensiveness, was a very agreeabli
thing to look at, and 1 began to thin]
Ned Williamis was a very enviabh
lnan.
My warning about her dress was en1
tirely necedless as I found when sh
came dancing downi stairs after break
fast with a pale blue muslin and co
quettish white apron onm, and a kihhnj
little gypsy liat tipped jauntIly onu oni
side of her head.
"D)o you like my new dress?"~ shi
said, glancing archly at me.
"You'll do,'' I ansaweredl. "tBut re
member the bargain, no0 fued, 110 flirt
ing."
"1x-act-ly," she answered, dropphIn
me a mock courtery.
It was a great affair-Uncle ,Johni'
New Year Celebration! All the coun
tryf'olk laid been invited, and the ox
citemeont and enthusiasm was at al
uniusual height. It had been the talli
of the village for months.
T1o further my little scheme concern
ing Ned Williams anid Katie, I wen
quite early to Uncle ,John's (everybod:
called him Uncle ,Johni, although h
was uncle only to Katie,) and had qmut
an animated conversation with him
in which lhe must have said: t"We'll d
it by Jove," about three hundre<
times, more or less,
As the guests entered his lmnmens
mansion, he whispered sonme thing ii
a very mysterious way to them.
Everybody nodded.
At last Katie camne, accompanied b:
her stately aunt.
"YVou are late " I whispered, as]
kissed her. ".Almost everyonie I:
here."
"tAm I?" 51he replied. "Is he here?'
"I havent seen him yet my dar..,
I returned. A fib-I wanted Katie to
look for herself. "Excuse me for a
moment; I must go and speak to the
Johnstons."
Off I went-another piece of by-play.
I hated the Johnstons. As I was about
to go out of the parlor I heard voices
in the hall, and stopping unconsciously
listened.
"She'll never marry hm," said one;
r "she's too much of a flirt."
"You're right," said another, "he's
a fool to be so easily deceived."
"But she's promised," said a third.
"That don't matter. A flirt promises
what she knows she don't intend to
perform."
"IIave you heard the joke we're to
play on them?"
"No," said the three voices in uni
son.
s "Well listen, said the speaker." ie
lowered his voice.
"It's all right!" I said to myself.
I was suddenly startled by a terrific
beating on a gong, and jostled along
by the crowd to the dining room
Such a dining! Oh, my!
And how everybody went into itI That
is-how it went into them! Jack Slei
mer, the biggest hog in the village, act
ually had a whole turkey on his p!ate,
and I can't estimate how many pota
toes!
And such merrmient.
Really, I thought the whole table
would suddenly go up like a powder
magazine!
The moment the dinner was finished,
Uncle John shouted:
"Off to the parlor-to have a dance,''
and away everybody went, helter shel
ter.
To my great satisfaction, I saw Ka
tie hanging lovingly on Ned's arm.
"lIe's forgiven me, dear Julia!" said
Katie, as I edged to them.
"And she's forgiven me!" said Ned.
"Like a dear little creature as she is."
Pressing her closer to him.
"Oh, don't Ned!'' said Katie.
"Off with you to the dance," 1 said,
and a moment after I saw them whirl
ing around in the crowd. "Iie hasn't
I got her yet," I murmured to myself.
She's an awful little witch, but she
shall-"
"She shall '' said Uncle John, at my
elbow.
Gaies followed dancing.
In the midst of the merriment. some
one cried, "Let's play the marriage
game?"
"Yes, Yes!" shouted every one.
A young man jumped upon a chair
and exclaimed:
"Silence in the court. I pronounce
the bands of marriage between 10dward
Williams and Catharine Ilauton, both
of this town."
Everyone laughed immoderately,
Ned and Katie with the rest.
"That's right," said Uncle John.
- "keep the fun up, boysl Keep it up!
Join hands," he said to Katie and Ned.
"Here, 'Squire Fatiuni, you play the
priest."
"Ila! ha!'' laughed Ned. "Go on,
sir; it shall not be said that I interrup
ted the fun!"
"Bravo! bravo!" shouted every
body.
"Nor 1, either!" exclaimed Katie,
boldly.
"Stand up! stand up!" eried the
laughing crowd, as they gathered round
the couple.
The lovers stood up.
"Join hands,'' he said, solemnly, and
the little palm of Katie lay confidingly
i in Ned's
"Go on " cried the laughing girls
who stood beside her, as she seemed to
pause.
iIe drewv himself up and wenmt quiet
lv through the marriage service.
Katie listened wvith a dreamy smile
up)on her lips; p)erhaps she was thinking
of the time wh'len it should be all in
earnest. Suddenly she startled, as the
wvordi s fell upon her eors:
"I pronounce you man and wife. And
whom God hath joined together, let no
man put asunader."
"'Marr'iedt" exclaimed every one.
''Married?'' gaspJed Katie, turning
p)ale and looking appealingly at Ned.
iIe gave her a gleeful, triump)hant
kiss.
Ytouk were so slippery, Katie, I had
ttaeyour' unawares. Now, wimll you
Lforgive mie, Mrs. Williams?"
''No, I won't I" said Katie.
"Yes you will, Katie," sasd Uncle
JIohn. "'Throw yourself in his arms this
instan t. N ow-one-two--th reel
Katie turned, andi, to Lihe suarprise' of
every bod y, threw herself into her lover's
arms,
S "I do love you, Ned," she whispered,
in his close embrace.
"I know you doe," said Nod.
"Another dance!" shouted Uncle
-Huusm,r mb:"r m.xcursieons via Pennsylvanta
V It. It.
Com~mm encing Thursday, the 5th instant,
adcontinumng on Thmursuday only until
further notice, this most delightful of all
3 the one-day excursions wviil e commenced
by the Pennasylvanmia It. R. by rail to Jer..
- su.y City, and thenco via the favorite
. steamer, "Richard 8 ocnkton," to West
Point and Neiwburgh. The beauties of' the
Hudlson river haive bieen p'ronuncedb
E great, travelers as equai to any in the work
and by stame said to exceedl the we'ri..-.
mocus scenery of the Rhino. Cortainliythaer
- is nothing to comapare with it in point of
conveniemnce and cheapniess, a thme titro
-trip can b)e comfort,ably takena betweena early
breakfast andl late suajppr.
A special train to connect with the boat
will leave Blro,ad Stree.t. 8tat ion at 7.00 A.
- M., on Thursday only, to stop at [Poweimon
Savenue, Ridge avenueIE, Ge'rmnantown Juno
tion, Frankf ord Juction, Torresdale, Bris
tol, andi T1rentonm. Connaection~ will ho made
at TIrenton b'y the train which leaves toot.
3 of Market street at 6.20 A. M., which train
stops regularly at n'l principal st ations be
tween Camdeln and Tire,nton. Thme tare for
the entire round trlip is only $2.50; childlren
between the aigos of ive an .1 twelve, half
price.
.Outwvard actions CanI never gave a
just esimate of us, since there are
many perfections of a man which are
not cap)able of ap)peainmg in actions.
Even If work was thme solo a!tm and
end of life, It would be folly to neglect
relaxation, for no. labor can be efficiently
, and permanently carried on without it.
Prairlies on Fire, la
In the early days of the West, the n
plains were swept over with fire, annu- to
ally, in the month of October and early in
November, throughout Western Ohio el
and Northern Indiana, clear through mn
to the Lake shores. It is impossible ge
that any one who has never beheld the u
scenes of the wild prairies on fire, do
driven by a lively gale can form any n
conception of the awful grandeur and
sublimity of the view; nor can the penl tih
describe it intelligibly. None but the ull
oldest living inhabitants have any just pa
appreciation of the burning prairies. do
The like will never be witnessed again <t
on the principal parts of this continent su
because the conditions that caused or
these conilagations have been destroyed to
by the clearing up of the facq or the Ut
country. --tn-lbe
The vast and extended plains of the i,
great Nori.hwcat, Previous to the set- dc
tiement of the country by the white wt
rice, were luxuriously grown over by hu
two particular varieties of grass known p1
as blue bent and pond grass. The for- ro
mer occupied the m ost elevated lands mn
111 sparsely timbered sections. Its to,
height varied from four or live to eight re,
or ten feet according, as it was shaded he
by timber or otherwise. It light not frt
be inaptly likened to a miniature aie old
brake. In fact the stalks were idenvti- he
cal with the cane, differing only in size. tlh:
The top was surmounted by a tassel, m
bearing a close resemhblaneo to that of wa
the common field corn. Its growth on
the ground was exceedingly dense, as a fr1%
rule, and its height on the open lands loy
suflicient to hide a man on horseback. in
The blue bent seems not to have with- ni
stood the march of empire, for with the dis
filling up of the country, and after the un
fires ceased, It disappeared, so that at in
>)resent 110 more thanl mlerest ap)pear
mnces of it ill a dwarfed condition, and
in out of the way places is to be seen.
The pond grass was a prot het of the
low wet portions of the prairie land. 1w
It was a coarse, rough blaced grass, !l
mad grew to the height of froi two to
four feet. '1lhe grasses, together with !11l
pea vine, and luxuriant growlh of wild da
veedls every where very abunidanmt, '
covered the whole face of the country. ial
When they became thoroughly dried biri
.fter the Fall frosts set in, and the dry w
forest leaves were down on the ground. ie]
if fire got abroad, and the wind was upl), hat
nothing could arrest its progress until 111y
it burned through or was extinguished at
by rains. fel
There were different ways by which do
fire got out. Sometimes it escaped ,W
from t.he clearing of the settlers, and to
sometimes from the hunters' calip. v
But, it, was likewise supposed that the
Intlians tired the prairies for the pur-. tl
[lose of facilitating the chase. b t
bai
it was a common saying that the fire
could outstrip the fleetest horse. This dai
ws true where the grass Was tall and
the wind blowing a lively gale. The sa,
flames in that. case rose to the tree
tops, and being driven forward by the t
wind, lapped over and set the grass on da
lire several rods ahead, and which,
being repeated rapidly, thus ouiran a
swift horse. Travelers were sonetimes lin
nvertaken and their lives imperiled dit
Iii one instance two Iloving Wagons ey:
were overtaken about one mile from bj)o
ny father's cabin. The wagons and
.heir entire contents were consmied, hit
mnd one woman and two chilren lost
their lives. The horses were saved lie
by cutting them loose from the wagons,
when they ran away, ad were after- wi
ward recovered. It camne to be under- v,
stood that safety lay in facing the fire sel
md dashing through the fire back to tw
lle burnt district, thus escaping from gih
the voluane of smuothering smoke that of
was always drivoen ahecad. fin
Instances wvere not wantaag whiere C(!
the little impllrovemelts of settlers wvere n4i
overwhiehaned and swept out of exist - is
ne1e, tile families barely escap)ing witha be
their lives. Thle inhambitants were t o
ometinmes able to parotect their little f1i
places by burninag a belt aroundm the inl
premises of 50) or 100 yards in with, aL I
lhis was requmiredh to be done befor'e the Co
grass became very dlry, and( whlen thle sW
litmlosphere was enltirely cailm. Th'ie
raiss was set onl fire and whenl a belt ill
was buarned over of suihicienit width it se
v~as wipped ouat alonag thae margins. un~
But if time winad began to colle upl ha
while thlis was going eon it was nOce!ssar'y lol
to put tIle fire out withl thae greatest di8- p1
>atch; andat still, ini two instanesx re- ur
nlembheredi by thae writer, it, got away l(o
'romn tile guards and( swepRt over tile hhi
coumtry. ani
Fighting the fire was a COnunonca !)l
tiing. Inl doing thais thieare were two in1
nlethlods. Th'ie fime was somletimles at- I
.aueked1 wh'ile it wats umkiang thae slower wr'
>arogress thriougha thae timbiered(lan 111( 1
and whlipped Out,. Somietiames it wvas
l)reven tedl from crossinag a part I iular
roadl by rakiang and sweeping the dr ly
leaves from the road for miles. In the
shlort grass or leaves, when thiereo was w
no0 Windt, It was somectimes whliiped Ra
out, and a stop p)ut to its furthaer pro- ill
garess. The imlplements used for wip- be
ping out fire were buasheos five or six CO
feet in length, wvith the top left oni. TO
With thlese blowvs were struck back- (1(
wardl towards the burnt district and rl
i.he line of thec fire followed until tihe a I
work was comletedl, if p)ossible. Whlen IR
fhae wvas abroad, the settlers for' somel bii
(listanace aaroundo rallied, and mnassing by
their forces, rmovedh on the enemy inl an
force, uad these forces were madle up lio
of men01, wVomen0 and chidreni. Ti
In onue inlstance, whenI fire wats ap- 110
>rloachiing our settleent from tile tr'(
seuthawest, and while it was yet two eor hut
tbree maihes away, tIhe centire available tii
forc.e of time neighlborhiood turn'led out. g'
ilavimg been warned by a couriier on
iaoarseback from below. My father and by
another, with a sistem' of 14, wont, leav'- th:a
Ing in thae cabina my bro'therl of seven
nyself five, and a yoauager ba'othaer oft li
three years. Thecy wenat away ina the soin
inornaing. We hado coldl cornIed heef' to
and nmilk left on time table to eat. Tihat wi
aight we stood out iln tile yard for' amfo
louir and( watched tile ilaimes and( list. of
mied to the awful moarinag. The view ta:i
was granad beyonld description. It was tam.
cloudy, and time red glar'e of time flames ime
illuminating thme under'sides, andl thae fa
nargis of the denise columns of smioke inu
as they rolled uip formed a picture in M
ny mind that will only be obliterated Al
when my brain is decomposed. .At tel
it we went into the house, and hav.
barred the door, as directed to,
twled into bed and cried ourselveu
sleep. In the morning a good old
>ther, knowing we were left alone,
li( fron her house half a mile away
I brought us some warm corn dod.
rs and fresh milk, and after telling
not. to be afraid, walked all the way
wn to where the tire was to toll our
)ther that we were safe.
It was growing towards evening of
a second day, when mly brot,her got
on a chair aId looked through the
per window that was broken, away
wn the road, and screamed out
bley're coming,'' we ran out; and
re enough they wore coinig, a dozen
iore of thenl. 'l'hey all stopped in
get rest and get some fresh water;
t o? all the woe-begonp,bedragglecd
grimed, half starved looking set of
>rtals I have ever set mny eyes on
ring my earthily pilgrining, they
Tre the most forlorn appearing. They
I fought the lire ill night, and hall
,vented it from crossing the State
ad, and felt sat islied with th achieve
mt, but the fire was still burning on
vaids the North. While they were
tiug there, distanlt thunder was
trd, which callel out, the remark
an the irreverent old 1Curiceo, "The
llnanl has his danider up now, and
'If put the tir"e out.'' That, night.
re were Copious showers, and in the
iiing the sun rose clear, tlhe sioke
s all gone, and the tire omit.
ilhen there were iloilds, the light
m burning prairies was visible for
g distances. When tire was abroad
the Sanltiusky plains, nore than 81J
les to the N orl h, it coil Id lie seen
tiiictly. Were it desirable, a vol
e might be trit ten about the bu'n
prairies, and the halt' not, be told.
onurting Entmilrely by Ietier.
1e was ia nice yoing mnan, coubl not
else, beca use you see, le Caiiie fronm
icago. Which vital tact stamps hiitn
leless. But he acecoiplishea a nine
's' wonder in St. ILoiuis. It was re
tied thus: We were invited (ut to a
ewell dinner, given to a brand new
de of a few hours' existence. She
s to leave ou' classic shadesand bury
-self in the city by the lake. No one
Sinmet lte him of the case, and in the
sterious second story region devoted
"swell'' affairs to the adjustient of
)inine nothings surinise and specula
a were busy, to which I listened
Idering tiltil called across the hall
the bride, when I learned this niar
ous tale:
'I)o I look well?" whispereci she of
new title. ".I am so anxious.
u must know I don't know niy' hus
d very well.''
'No? I thought your introduetion
ed back two years.'
'So it does, but by letter. I never
v him until lMonday.''
'I)electable thunderbolts! Last
day? Why, this is only 11'Wcdes
"'vyen so, n)y deal."
'If this is not al instance of sub
ie ecstatic faith. how iii tle w(rid
l you know but. that lie was cross
'd, knock-kneed, pig;eon - toed ori
Land to soie sort of horror?''
'1 knew nothing; 1 siiply trusted
a."
'Blissful trnst! But, natiurally, since
caine I'roni Chicago you are safe."
knd it actually caime to pass, in this
ked and perverse generation, a
Ing woinan, in full possession of her
ises. took a ian blindly on trust, on
o days' time. She is a very sweet
1, quiet and dignilied, decidedly not.
thie sorIt)h would dlo the thing for
, but shte sob ely3 and hioiiestly ac
at etl(lie man through (lie prlOlnt,
8s of somne ocult power, which she
pileasedI t.o callI love. ILow~ iit couh1(
love, thie object. unlseen, Is a nmys
'y to (lie practical iiii, wh'lich pro
5 sointiniig in ore t angible anid less
(lie abstract, upon)i which to1 button
Plssion. St.ill, in iiattertis ot spirtitual
icerni, we are taught. fait.h is (the es
Ice of love.
I forgoit my3 own per1so)nal aornmiet
11ny 1niiiet'.y to decendii anid be pre
ited to the man11 whose pen1 had( aic
IreCd such ab1so lut domi(1111nion over so
11lthy a mind. Looking 5i<pmrely I
111d heir har 1gaini goodau, in inatteirs
y'sical. Such a lrge wVell-buil t lg.
and broad shiouluiers arc nice t.hinigs
a girl to own. II is coniverse proved
intell igen ce well spret, ith i c?ult ii re,
1 by (lie seeinig she had not. orawni a
ink. Tiheni tollows thle wonder, what
Iuced haim to run ihiis halfC of ihe r'isk.
(lie popular coniceptioni folly ini a
man11 is perisibSShle, in ai man1 it is
TI'ao origIn of thei. wVor' Itaan'fi.
n 17115 a co'ok namlied Bouhmiger',
o kept, a shop at thie corner' of thie
ie deos Poulies and- (lhe liue Ilailleul,
Paris, huniig out a large wvhite flag
irmhg thie inscripation (imrit ated of
11rse, firomi hie p)assage in the New
i stomailcho( laborarl'is, et, (eg( res5ta1
>o) Vos. " ileneaith these wvords was
ist of his~ picest. Andt 1as the good
mi d1 id not, look f'or out rageous pr'otits,
dining roomi was quickly inivaded
all (lhe yountg bloods of (lie capital,
[i every one begani 10 ask his nleighi
r', "'I ave youi hien to Boulalnger's?"'
le favorite d11.1h at the new house was
Lliing mior'e appetiinig than11 shiep's
(li-es; but. so excellent,ly was this
mnbie fare cooked thati, lar'ge qiuanuti
s of it, were senit, ouit. daily to all (to
t mniisions in (lie neighbhorhood.
L'hie reOstaurant wasii mluchl resortedi to
(lie courtiers of (lie (lay; and1( evetn
celebrated gourmet Moniiffil, (lie
ong readler to (lie Queen, lie at, last
muied the praise of sheep's t,'otters
(ihe eal's of royalt,y; and( Boulaniger,
o had by t his t,ime aiccmulat.ed a
'tiune, wa'&s ordIer'ed to suppl1y (lie table
Louis X V. Th7lencefor ward the. res
irant became 0110 of (lie peculiar fea
'es of Pai'isiani life; and1( within the~
Kt. few years Very openeod that, fari
nied estabishmenomt which, after hay
beeni the resort, of Saint-Julst, and
rat,, was removed in 1808~ from (lie
leo des Oranges to its present qjuar
S.
A Masqueratle, 1773.
"The miasquerade at Soho was re
m arkably brilliat. and jovial, there were
many very rich dresses aniong the Turks
and Persians, and inany pepl)10 of the
first rank chose the lowest characters
to exhibit their drollery. A very di
verting scene was produced by a formal
complaint before Justice .'eliding
against a drunken Chairman, who de
fended his cause with great ability and
hnunor against all the law and rhetoric
of Sir J. and his brother Justices. A
group of gypsies with their ehilkren and
baggage were very much noticed for
their dress aud pleasantry. Two female
ballad singers drew the crowds after
them. A uilk-womuan with her yokes
and pails transformed herself into a very
nimble and excellent harlequin. A
Meodl j,) aher witli - prlsh igir
anda 9allot with his doxy, aflorded
much mirth. The figure of Night, the
OI)helia, and a lady in blue and silver
vand(lyke, were remarkably beautiful antd,
elegant. Tle Friar was a good masque
and a muerry one. There were several
well fancied domninoes, of which the one
worn by the Duchess of C-d was the
best. There were several shepherdesses,
nosegay girls, haynakers. A lawyer
solus Seemled more lit leisure to take
fees than the coipany were inclined to
give themi. The Quaker's dress was
well chosen, aid his Iauentations while
in quest of the friend of his bosomt, who
ha(1 absconded from hitu, were really
both hunlorous and affecting." This
was coinsidered "treinarkably brilliaint,''
but. what, a falling off fromn those ohl
balls where "Miss Moneton, daughter
to Lord Gallway, api)eared in the char
acter of ant ldian Sitltur-, in a robe of
cloth of gohl and a rich veil. The sea ius
of her habit were embroidered with
precious stones, and she luid a inagni
ficeit cluster of (lidunoids on her head,
the jewels she wore were vaI td at
?30,000,'' or, "it is said a lady of (Iual
ity inta('Is appearing at the Soho inas
(Iuerade in the character of ai Indian
Princess, most superbly dressel and de
c,orated with ij'wels an(1 pearls to upti- c
ward of ?'100,000 value. lier suite is
to consist of three black feinlalo slaves,
of dilIerott heights and ages, holding
tit) her train, and the two youing black a
nutle sliives si)p)irtiug at graiid canlopy
over her head.
Everytihing at Suconti-iltcui.
'' This blitsiness is lifty years ol,'' I
said a New York dealer inl second-lhand
material. "t We occupy nearly forty I
city lots, They are covered wit Ii I
second-hand building material. We
can supply brick for interior walls, or I
brown stone for front walls, or granite i
cumlns for ornamental high stoops or c
porticoes. I t is all ready for use, and I
it is of: known qtaility. We have thou- i
san ids of' feet of tiiuh'r and l utulber of i
vai iois kinds. Every k iii of lumber t
umed in huiliig at houu can be L'o(un
here, joists, stu(lding, rafters, and roof
boards. The roof itself ean be had, too.
Til deteriorates somne, but, slates do
1not. so 1ieih. We c;n suipply a Liii roof I
that is as good as it was the (lity it was
laid. We havi e several cords of' slates.
()ut"Ilurimber is better than new, it is
thoroughly seatsunel. We su11pply the
h1imiber flr abouit all tieswell matsions.
Every piece of tiunber in Van-derbilt's I
house caiicn fuoii this yard. Whei n
uieni put thottsautds of dlilars into fres
cues they want to be certail there will
be no shrinking iln the timlbers of their
lhouses. 1'
ott (10 inot confine youir attention
to dwellings, do you f n
"c Your tIuest.iont reiminds ime of a
man fronn a neiglhor"isig village who
caine here. Ile said he guessed lie'd
got, aii order thtt woulId pulzzle us to
1fill. lIe wanted aL seCcond(-hiand pulphiit -
Hie w~ats astoinishied whtein i owedI lhiin
aL compllete (iitlit. W,e had1( statiinedl
glass w'.indiows, ('rosses, al tar s, eaindle
stiekS, raIs, inm ii uin g beinch es, a
spinkhling bowl, and( aI bapltisteryv. I I
5htowe'd him 'a 1fll assortinenut, of' pews
for the bodly ofil the churichi. Thenoi I
offcieed hit a seconid-hiand steeple wi thI
hbell coiinplete anid all set, mp. lIe
bought at intiiit mid pid( f'oi' it ini silence.
lie was so aLstontished lie couldni't talk
We have everiythIinig iiece'ssar'y to lit ot,t
either' aL nitioni int l"ifthI avenue ior a
shianty f'or' at sqitatter' sovereigni. We
just si,hl ai padi' oh I taliaii mablteJ( mani
les Ltat, probably cost, $500t each whenci
niew. They are' as5 good nuow~ as thlein
Youi enni abliiost see throuighi Lthemi they
aire so ('lear,i antd the car'ving is exii
site. We have manities ini various5
kinds oh colored1 iutarble, and1( t wo itt
Mexicant tinyx tht. ate be:iuititful.
BoothI's TJhueat.u' is now imak'nig its way
hiere liPiieil. 11 ere is ai desk t hat
was inmade ini the timue of' Quteii Elizai
beth."
"I ow mtuch' o,f a busiiess is it.? "'
"Ours is not the only yard. We
sold $35,000 woi'th of fir'ewood fromt lie
waste last year,' and thie total sales
amtillu i( a te t little more thant $'50 -
00). We usedl to give away the kind
Iinug tent yeai's ago. Now it keeps a
goodl muany teamts geoing, especially it
the witter. We have 317 mien ont our
pay roll. Their pay is high. 1I, takes
aus great, skill to take line work out of a
hiouse ats to hut it ini.'
A sOicool of ih.{
ing atlongside0 the bakLle Iligler wood <
domiue atL thte liher' yard( ini Car'sonu I
called out to the me('i nelow thatt aill the
fish in La~Ike Biglei' werei cominrg dlowni
(lie flhiune. A few seCOui(ls later' a school I
of fish stu'uck thle apparau'Ituts which is I
placeed in th e IIhtume to Litun sticks of t
t.imubeur over the edlge of1 the Ilume, anmd<
beinug stu(ldl(ihy dleletedl, they fell all i
over' the woriikuuneni. Thle wa'tero waIs I
bi'ist.ling with tu'out and1( suuker's, anid I:
they caime iin'rreguilar' numbers, abloiut I
Six iniehes long, and( till alive. Nearly II
aL ton of the fisht fell under the iume,
andi( the workmuen took them away ,in 1
baskets. A ton of fish in hualf an honr i
is abo4)ut the best score on reccordl for I
Nevada. IL is believed that they wvere I.
er'owdedl into the sutpply p)ond( of thte i
flume by thie storm, andtt thuen diven i1
into the flhume in btunchies , of say two C
or thr'ee dlozeni In a bunch. Theoy would
st rike the dlefhector and fly in aill direc
ionms. Th'lis thinig wvas kept upt for'3
ntearly half an hour, whlen they got beau
tifuilly less, and thmen ceased comting al-1
together, Thmey were mostly brook *
tront.
Uounterfeits.
"I guess I am mistaken," said a well.
known Chicago bank teller, looking
suspiciously at a $1 greenback, "but
Iny first impression, upon handling this
bill, was that it is the most dangerous
otunterfeIt ever produce(d for circula
Lion. But, as I can see nothing of a
positive character to confirm my sus
picious, I may as well consider it genu
ine."
''how is it possible," asked a repor
Ler, "for treasury notes to be long in
Airculation without being detected,
when they are likely to be paraded be
Fore such expert eyes as yours."
"The truth is," replied the teller,
"that the best talent in the country is
brought into requisition to render the
illtiton.aan><etm'ttgtht tt ible, : .z
The men who originate -and back the
nanufacture and sale of coulterfeit.
illIs'are always wealthy, and, as a rule,
seleet sober, energetie, and unsuspecte(d
'ienl as contfelerates. You would be
iirprised to know that sollne of the
eading iel of the different Mtate.s
if the Union have been identi
ied with this business. lut the
udlispttable excellence of the worknai
tipil aId the extreine cattiousness of
hose who plae the goods uponl the
narket raise such a cloud of dustaround
heiiit as to bewilder all the bankers and
rokeis in the country.
"You see, the bills are at first, as a
iule, put into tho hands of farners,
neclanies and retail dealers. They
Ire theu given ottt as cliang;e whienl lar
,er notes are prodIuced by a pirehaser.
l'he latter innocently lases the noLe
1po1 14011 ome Onl)se, aid this 1thy go
,rough tLhottsanls of handls before thy
tre deposited in a baik, or stl to
Washington to be redeetied. Years
lapsu btefore the bills fall into the fauds
f tLhttie Who are comiu1eteut to deeide
plui their neriits.
"T'1'he parties who urganiz anid con
Iet this eliterprisintg bus iness m'ts
blrewd enough to evade the law. They
11n11loy, as I have sid, the bust talen't
it the world. Their mode of opening
:orre'spoildfence with a new hut reliatble
igent shows that they are imn who
iave profiled by experience. They
lever offer the goods in their real na
ure, or ini such a ianier that the att
horities can get a hold ont them. 'Ci
rat's,' 'chrownos,' or 'business cards,'
re the terms used when they corres
oid with their customers. But Ltheir
nlysterious language is well understood.
have no doubt that there are hundreds
f men who appear anlong their fellows
tS retail ierenlants, or as me01n well-to
to, but waiting for any chance to invest,
ioney to advaltage, wsio, if their deal
ligs could be investigated, would bd
ot1nd to have made their fortunes at
his fhusiness.
.')n surprislig feature in connection
with the circulation of coniterfeit
noney is that no individual seems to be
It a loss in the end. 'I'hc national
ailks sustin1k all losses. Their caslliers
all never iake out where they got the
pilrions bills 1ronl, and, as those Who
>tssedl tiein originally are not partLicu
arly ilIXtouls to assist the banks in the
nal ter, 1lie latter are left to tight their
Jal 's wiutlott Lite aid of res'eres; but
urtuiutly the banks can staiad the
sses wiliout, serious daiuage."
'rho Chiunplon saklco.
In Central Ohio, nIot mnore thatl fifty
n iles from Coltm bus. there is a wealthy
11d poptllots neighborhood of ftrnrs,
vhoi enljoyedS some years since on Sunday
he ministrations of It venerable huin
sl.ur 0f the II ardshellI or Ant.1-mnissionl
tr'y Baptist Chnurch wh'lo went by thre
iaine of IElder C-~-. One of his~ sto
ics was I fiat oniet Sundahiy mloring, oil
is way to clhuirch, lie.ohserved a broad
irack culrving back and forthI through
lie dust, in the r'oad(. It looked as if it
and been iinade by the but, end( of a big
yeamnore log. Buit nobody would have
lnraggerd a saw-.log in such a wvinding
ashion, s,o t1.his track nmust hiave been
iiadle by somelthling else, While lie was
'limig aloiig on1 his old horse and( pon)1
ler iig on the iiystery lie saw somiet hling
.hiiniing ini the dlust right, ill the muiddle
>f' the broad tra~ck. lie gil downk off
lis horse and1( picke'd it upl. It, was
arge andii fhat, and1( he saw at once that
t, wats nth in ig less thlan the scale of' a
great. Herpieit. By anld by though lie
Ouil see nothiung of the rept,ile whfichi
id once owned the scale, lie caine t.o
v'here a niani hadl jiust, killed a big black
iniake, a terr ie fellow, fidlly six feel,
ong, anid, of course, three iniches in di
imecter at, thle largest pant. Taking thle
cnfe he lad fotiid hue bient it~ eomlplete
y arioilmid the bodly of the si nake and
etmptuted that the serpeint lie hail not,
eeni must have been akt least, t.welve feet
nl diimeOter.
Unichhiag a Prairie Dog.
I was assured that Ii might, aLs well
ry to dilp the creek dry, as each (log
aid a pikssage fromn his r'esidenc'e to the
ayel of the creek, anud that all the wa~ter
hat could be emptied in wvould not
aise anl inich atbove the river' bedl.I
lidn't take much st,ock in this wvater
itssitge idlea, however, so, afIter seculr
nig it box for t,he gamie and half' a dloz/en
vatr buckets, l. too~k three or four men
nd ran the engine tip to t.he water
ank, tilled up the enigine tanik, 1and(
heii ian down to call on the doniizeiis
f Prairie Dog Park. Tlhe old p)ioneer
vas at his piost as usual, but, disap
eatredl like a flash w heni the engine
tofpped opposi1t.o his door. I dlisconi
ected the hoseo 1, he engine tank,
nd( the bucket brigade went, at it live
y. J)ozens of buckets of water were
Ised1, aiid the tank was getting low,
hlen at last the hole was.' filled to the
iouth, and shortly the 01(1 fellow p)ut,
is nose out for a little fkeshk air, Hie
mt put, Ill the box and ilk less thtan an
our lie had it dlozen iPore to keep him
inmpany.
---The election in Connecticut this
ear is for a H-ouse and half tIle Senate.
-Four thousand tonls Of guano have ,
een 80old tis year in one Georgia coun,~