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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. 0.. OTOBElR 9, 1883. ESTABILISILED 1848
A MEMOlRY.
lOne night he danced with ie,
And the roses in mny hair
W hispered secretly
That a kis fell 'niongst thei there.
Perhaps 'twia for the flowers;
They touch the heart, you know;
They move with myst lo powers
Hearts that are gold as snow.
Or perhaps ?twas for the tresses;
Surely they warmuer grew;
With nestling soft caresses
They thrilled ine through and through.
Was't for Love, that welcome comter,
Young Love, so stranlgely sweet?
Oh, it seemed all the wings of sumuer
Upbore my floating feet.
Ahl well-but the dance-it ended,
And the blush of the roses tied;
Gray locks are with the brown locka blunded;
And the kiss-the kiss-is it dlead'?
HICEEZE 1EIrON's TRIAL.
"Ile Isn't coming," said Breeze Be]
ton. "-How provoking! I've almost a
mmitd-not quite, but almost-to lock
the house and go up the lake to where
Uncle Ben Is building the new houso.
How would he like it thell, I wonder."
Breeze Bolton had been born and
brought up aioig these wild and soli
tary forests. 11er mother bad been a
beautiful Indiant girl who had given
her heart to a pioneer hunter, and who
had died when Breeze was only four
years old. Hugh Belton was a quiet,
silent man, butl he loved his young
wife with a passionate fervor, and did
not long survive her, and Breeze had
been brought up by her uncle, a hardy,
brown skiinned old bachelor. The
house onl the edge of the forest was
only of logs, its rude floor carpetless,
and the windows guarded by shutters
instead of glass, but the spirit of true
love had brooded there, and Breeze
had never missed the tender care of her
dead paret.ts. Uncle Ben was but a
rude nurse, but Uncle Ben loved the
child, and Breeze had grown up tall
and beautiful as a lily, with dark melt
inig eyes, a skmn just toutchd wil i
creamy-brown, and movements as ftill
of unconsciousgrace as those of a fawn.
She studied now and then the New
York fashion books which drifted across
the frontier, and tried, in her wild,
artistic manner, to imitate their grace
lui drapings and bold contrastsoi color
-she read of far away worhls across
the mountains, and strove to imagine
what cities could be like-and then she
went, out into the forests, to gather
masses of purple wild grapes, to look
at Uncle llen's traps and bring home
wild ferns and finally come to the
conclusion that Mla) onac Falls was the
nicest place after all.
But love inds its way even into the
wildest recesses of the forest deeps, and
one day Harry Blake, the young engi
neer, came out to survey the route of a
new railroad through the lonely woods,
and Breeze discovered, all of a sudden,
that she had a heart.
"Wal," remarked Uncle Ben, as lie
put a square of chewing tobacco into
his pocket, "I don't doubt as this 'ere
railroad-line between Mayonac and
Little Cascada will be a fine thing for
the farmers, but it just spiles the ground
for huntin'. I hain't seenl a deer, I
dunno when. And as for foxeS and
other wild creatures, why, they're clean
gone."
"All these things must give way
before the march of civilization, Mr.
Delton," said Hairy Blake. "And no
body knows.the grand future that is in
store fer Mayomuc Falls "
"I dunn1 nothin' about your fu'itures,"
snorted Uncle Bena. "It's the present
I'in most, interested in.''
"The new railroadl, however, weint
bravely on. Gangs of workmen wvith
shrewd browvn faces and red flannel
jackets arrived-huge maasses of rock
were blasted away, anad moumntainus of
rich browni soil rose up to level the
swampuiy stretches and raise the deep
hollows of lonely glens to the regula
tioni height of '"the line.'' Old hunt.
era looked solenly on, as if nmot (quite
certain that all thais was not time work
of thme Evil One-settlements sprung
up like .Jonah's gourds along the route
of the improvement-and a class of
people whom Mayonac had never before
knownm now began to swarm in all di
rections. The one log tavern which
had beent thme resort of all the neighbor
hood( for miles around, whore cheap
tobacco was sold, anid the traditional
barrel of whiskey was propped on two
* logs behind tile bar, found itself sup
plemen ted by iunnumnerable "ltestau
-jrants," "Rtetreats," "Old Houses at
I home," an~d "ltefreshment Gardens;''
anid beautiful Breeze Belton, who never
before had known what feat' was learned
to dIreaid the wvhoop of;#rudken revelers,
and shut herself up in thle old cabinl
wvhen thie noisy workmen wer'e going by.
And so, wheni the trainis begana to
thunder back and forthl twice a day on
the New ltoadl, Uncle Ben gave his
trousers a hitch.
"'I cain't, stantd tis,'' said he, "'I've
been usedl to a qjuiet life, and this sort,
(' thing dona'. suit mec at all. I've
built a shhouse on that there pice 0of
land up the Lake-an' I hope to good
S ness it'll be one spell before Modern
. improvenmnts conmes there."
"But Breeze cannot come here with
youi,.Mr. Jieltoun," said Harry Blake,
wiha mischievous sparkle in Is eyes.
"h tim te reason she can't conmc
thar withI mc?" said the old hunter,
4gruffly.
"B~ecause I have a house dlownt by
the station,'' aid1 flarry. "And be
cause she 11as promised to comec with
mAe."
Uncle Ben's lips twitched. "Breeze,"
P said hie, "is that so'? Why, 'tain't nao
4 longer ago thtan yesterday that yott was
{ little yet playinig withI a corneob doll!
And niow,-yout'd leave your ol uce,
would you?'"
Breeze flung botht her arms around
his neck, with a suddeni burst, of tears
and smiles.
"It Isn't that I don't love you just
as well, Uncle Ben," said shte. BUt.
-but,
"1 understand," said thme old man,
smiling sadly. "It's what come to
your mother afore you, Breeze! Wel
i'its 'uman natur. An'd I don't s'poi
1've any cali in complain. Blake's
clever feller enough, I'd ought to be
swillin' to trust you to him!"
So, upon this balmy August evening
Breeze Belton was waiting for her loy,
er, and still, like the. traditliml hero
of song and story, "he came 1ot'"
"I declare," said the girl, quickly,
"I won't wait any longer. Harry
ought. to know that the woods will be
too dork to,. go up to the Alountain
Point after 8 o'clock.. If.hoicared to
walk with me (if, indeed!' Ah, sly little
Breezel) he would have been here long
agoil"
And In a momentary llsh of pique
she tied on her scarlet ribboned hat,
locked the house door, and went out
into the dim, delicious fragrance of
the twilight woods.
Down the laurel, shaded path across
the wild ravine Nyhere the azhlea blos
somed so luxuriantly in sumer to the
river shores site went, pretending to
sing softly to herself, yet secretly chaf
ing the while at what she fancied the
unwarrantable neglect of her lover.
Until, all at once, as it were,' she
found herself on the line of the new
railroad, its steel veints glistening
weirdly in the -purple twilight, its
brown embankments forming a curious
contrast, to the fresh green of the woods
and meadows that surrounded it on
either side.
She glanced up at the sky, her only
horologe. A sngle star had sparkled
its way out of the violet gloom and
hung brightly above the horizon.
"Past eight," she said, alouat. "The
train imust be along soon. I should
like to see it ust past!"
At that Instant, however, she stoop
ed over the cliff and gazed more in
tently at some dark object below.
"I. thought so," shie murmured.
"It is something on the trackl A
man's body lying across tihe rails. Wild
A bner, most likely. W ell, " with a
slight shudder of repulsiont, "let hin
lie there. lie has courted this sort of
death inany atlt miany a tile--now let
hiim meet it.''
For Wild Abner, one of the rude
hunters of the neighborhood, was a
notorious drunkard, and of all the sins
in the calendar, Breeze could least tol
erate that of inebriation. Nor did the'
fact that in addition to his other fail
ings, Wild Abner had once aspired to
be her husband, detract from this esti
mtation of hers. She hated the man,
as she would have hated a hissing cop
perhead snake, and there wassomiething
in her untanted Indian blood which
suggested to her that it would be best
to leave the senseless wretch there to
await his (100111.
But then there dawned in her heart
a sweater and imore womanly liglit of
mercy.
"God forgive mel" she cried aloud,
"what is this thing that I would have
done? "
And, hurrying down the steep pine
fringed declivity, she flew-to the rail
road track, and with a cry of terror,
dragged the senseless form off the rails
into the deep gully beyond, where tall
forns waved their banner-like head and
sweet wild lilies bloomed. As the
train rushed shrieking by, she saw the
white, marble-like face-it was that of
lai ry Blakel
"Yes," he said, when revived by the
cold water of the nearest spring lie was
able so sit up, with his back propped
against the rock. "I had hurt my foot
badly,-- L'm afraid it's a sprain, Breeze,
darling - ut I thought I should be
able to hobble home in some way. But
when I was on the railway track, a
sudden dizziness seemed to come over
imte, aid I can remember nothing more,
until I saw your sweet face bendinig
over mue. Oh, Breeze, my guardhiant
angel, you have saved me!"
An wi ~ hen Breeze comnprehiend~ed how
near she hiad comie to the sini of imrder,
the murder of lien own lover, too, a
dlreadifui palr crept over her face? and
she breathed an iniward thanksgiving
foir the Divinue Alercy which had pro
tected her front so direful a crime.
She sawv W iid A buer the next day.
Like the aillicted wretch of ii oly Wr It,
he wais at last "clothled1 and( in huis
right mind~."
"I've tuned over a ne w leaf,Breeze,"'
lie said with rugged fervor, "I've got
engaged to little Iletty Sinpson, dowin
at the grist mill, and, Ileaveni helping
me, i mean to be a differenlt mtan.
Julst you1 see!''
"'I wish you tall good luck, Albuer,'
said Breeze with sinmple kintdness.
"Every man hasL' his chance in life
given to him, and I believe that this
is yours!"
And once more in her heart she
thtanked lleaven.
iReuedo L~ads.
Five (lays after the disas'trous earth
quake at CJasimcciola two youithm
agedl 17 and( 18, were taken out alivt
fromu the ruitts 'of a (demtolishied house.
They were In a room on the groundI
floor, and the floor of the room above
beiitg sustained by achiest of d rawvere
and a sewing mnachine-onte of the ladi
was a tailor--had confined them, as II
were, in narrow cavities of a few square
feet. The (lay before their rescue
phiotograp~h of this par'ticular heap oi
rumns had beeni takent, and the mcer
below heard the nioises above them
aind called out ill vain., T1he~ next day
a brothber of one of them who had es.
caiped, began digging ini tie search for
the . body of his father, ie heardb a
voice from beloir, and the engineers
after working for six hours,, broughti
out tie' first othie survivors. F-or,
tuinateely, the tw#1lads had within theh
seachi a quantitydof fruits, tomiatoes am
a bottle of vimegar, amid NI$4h ese thtel
htad sustailed 'life, tho~ught )kposed t<
the stench of ~deed npo~Ing body I
the same apartment.' Tlje.. firat bo)
rescued toldl that titer. 'WP anothei
person alive, anal the Work Wsresumed
In a coule of hioulrs als J~twas tun
covered Mid restora ne' iistered
One of his' fdst; was fast fter a beatm
ud~ht. had to be .ut in tjvo befori
his~ release was effced . The youth
fir~t rescued a14Irthe - 89q' ch an(
resoue'ot hituiloin misfortunie
havhIg entirely vei'ed (roar the et
fects of hig 4linhilement, but the othe;
had to be removed to the hospital In at
exhausted oandltinn.
Itich but Unrefined.
In the large parlors of the Grand
Union Hotel, Saratoga, there is on Ox
hibition every evening a most remark
able old lady. The old lady's name Is
Crouse. She is from Syracuse, N. Y.
11er husband was, in early life, a grocer
in a very small way. lie worked
hard and became rich. The latter part
of his life he bas devoted to his money,
so that it now amounts to several mii
lions. The husband and wife were un
eduoated, and used to manual labor av
the outset of their mte, and so when
their money came they enjoyed its pos
session as few do who love money. For
forty years they have been rich, without
losIng for one day the keen zest of the
possession and power of much money.
Let us look at her enthroned in the
grand main parlor, a little to the left of
the main entrance , peering with her
keen black eyes at the passers-by. She
looks like a great lay figure for the ex
hibition of jewelry, laces, and silks.
11er face is coarse-featured, heavy lined,
and highly rouged. Her eyes are clear
and bright. Her nose is large and
straight, inclining upward. Her mouth
thin, and curved toward her double
chin, sinking down to a figure that is
perfectly shapeless, hidden in billows of
fat. The face is a kindly one, wearing
an almost childish look of pleasure. It
is made up as if for the stage. The
lips are tinted, the cheeks rouged, while
the layers of fat under the jaws are
powdered. Above this mask of artifi
cial bloom is a heavy jet-black wig of
curls, coming well down upon the fore
hlead. The eyebrows, too, are artificial,
being perfectly curved and jet black.
Upion the black wig is a great wreath of
artificial flowers so glaring in color as to
attract as much attention as an electric
light. Back of this crown of color is a
urpl(i-trimmned lace cap. In the ears
of this strange old lady blaze great
solitaire diamond ear-rings, price $8,
000. Around her neck is a gold chain
twice as heavy as any dog-collar ever
made. In the middle is a bar of huge
diamonds. Fron this descend other
chains over a surface of black satin and
point lace to a girdle, where a watch
and charms encrusted with diamonds
repose. The left hand is loaded from
the knuckle to the first joint of each
finger with diamond rings. 11er hands
are bony, and show the evidence of the
hard manual labor of her early life.
But the large joints hold on the rings
better than a more supple hand. The
right hand is adorned with only one
ring, but it is a great, blazing opal en
circled with diamonds. Her black satin
dress, stiff enough to stand alone, is
covered with black thread lace. White
duchesse.lace is about her heavy wrists,
and fairly swaddles her short neck.
This is the way she looked the even
ing I first saw her. But I understand
she has a dress for nearly every even
Ing. By her side sits her husband, her
opposite in everything so far as more
appearances go. Ile is a tall, handsome
old gentleman, with snowy-white hair
and beard. There is not the simplest
indication of display upon his part. But
he heartily sympathizes with his wife,
and admires her as artists do the reali
zation of their loftiest ideals. He is al
ways ready to talk about his wife, lie
will say with an amiablesmile upon his
peaceful face: "How do you think she
Is looking to-night?"
"Splendidl" you say.
"Well, she is splendid. She has all
the money she can spend. How (10 you
like those diamond ear-rings? I paid
$4,000 apiece for them."
"Beautiful."
"Beautiful, you say. Well, yes5; but
they won't compare with that, bar of
diamonds at mother's throat. 1 p'aidl
$15,000 for those."
IMlr. Crouse will go lovingly over
every item of his wife's wardrobe and
check off the price of each bit. ie re.
gardls her as the toy figure of the shop
window of his lif e, lie is constantly
thinking of somnethinig that wvill cost
much money to hang upon mother.
Mrs. Crouse is equally free with her
mformation about the cost of articles
of her wardrobe. A few (lays ago a
niece of hers was here on a visit. Thme
01(d lady introduced her niece to one of
the ladies of the hotel, and said: '"Look
at tihe lace on my niece's dress. T1here
are fifty yardls of lace ini that trimi~ming,
and it cos5t $71 a yard."
,The (Clovo.
Tihe Clove tree is one or the Myrtle
family of plants. The tree attains a hehht
of sonme forty feet, anid in its native island
lives to an age of from one hundred t~o
two hmundreud years. Tlhe Clove tree is
now cultivated oni many of tue Islands of
the Iudian Ocean, but It nowhere grows
so lavge or lives so long as on the small
group of islnds where it was orightially
l oundI. It has a trunk quite straight, with
a light,, olive-colored bark, and at, about
half its hIa ght the branches put, out alnost
at right anigaes, and( bear a heavy mamss ol
foliage; the leaves are narrow and resemble
those of the Laurel. ['he general appear
asce of the tree Is quite formam, being that
of almost a perfect, conie, suplporteid by a
straight, steim. The trees In the plaunta
tions are sot in regular rows, fronm ten
to fifteen meet ap~art each way. The
flowers are formed in termnnl clusters of
a dozen or more. Time hlowor buds are
pickedl when fully formed and before
iney open, and are spread out thinly in
the shade an I dried without allowIng
rain to fall on them. T[heay are dIried
partly by Ithe natural heat of thu air and
partly by wood thie'. When first picked
they are of a reddish color, but turii brawn
in dfrying. The fruIt 1s a bierry, an l this
ls gathered wl~ule green and driedl; the
trult Is then known as Mother Clover al:dl
is sent to sonic extent to this cunutry and
h'europe, bust it is prumcpally usedt In China
and other eiatera comntrIes. The rif.e
fruit In s zn andl shaipe resembles a small
olIve, andl Is of a liard1 red color and
contains one 'or two seeds. It has the
Clove flavor in a mild degree, as has
also the bark, the wood, and thme leaves,
none of them however, being equal to the
buds in this respect. There is no prospect
Ithat this tree will ever be cultivated more
generally than at the present time, or, at
least that its cultivation will be extended
to other parts of the world, ' snce It do.
alands climatic conditions only to be
found ha the renion of Its home.
"G(od Bless the VPoy."
When you see a boy comling-down the
street with a ball of cord in his hand
aud a look on hii serious face like that
worn by the picture of an early Chris
tian father standing in the arena await
ing for the new lion to be called to
dinner, it is a sign that if you just cast
your eyes upward, you can see that
boy's kite dancing nimbly in the air to
the lascivious pleading of a-whole colony
of telephone wires.
When you see a boy going along in
the merry merry sunshine with his hat
in his hand, shaking his hair with a
pine stick to got it dry, now and thon
leanig his head ol one sid. pounding
the other side with his hand and practl
cally kicking his feet in the air, in des
pIerate efforts to got the water out of -
his ears; or when you see him holding
,t warm stone to his ear for the saige
purpose, it is a true sign that may thidk
L)f that boy, by and by, standing speech
less when his imother asks him how hIs
irt came to be wrong side out,. You
must not run down the street in the
lirection of his home under the impres
3ion that the boy is being basely inurd
mred. You can't kill a boy with askate
strap. And in hoc signoes you wim
know that boy hais been in swimming
when lie should have been at school
4earning that "'twenty-six propositions
ire rollowed by the accusative," all the
way from ad to ultra.
When you see a boy about 5,45 r. M,
with ink on his nose and the grime of
Aialk on his hands, his hair dishievoled,
nd the two tipper buttons of his jacket
gone, his collar rumpled and necktie
dwisted away, and a suspicious looking
lush and two or three scratches adorn
ng his face, you may know that he was
"kept in" after school, and was taunt
3d for the same by another boy when he
ane out; and if you want it know the
rest of it, it will not be necessary to go
Uto particulars but just ask him
'which whippedi" If a joyous look of
Priumph dances in the exultant eyes,
you will know that just arouid the cor
ier you will find a boy with a bleeding
ioe aid a generally demoralized facade.
But if the lad you question looks down
,ast, multisms cum lachrymnis begins his
>ration. like Ainatiacus, by saying:
'Well, lie was a great deal bigger'n
no,'' you know that your boy got
'licked."
When you see a boy With the pockets
)f his pantaloons bulging out until lie
ooks like a great bumble bee, laden for
,he hive, while he walks aloig-trying
,o look as thin as a split lath, and
wearing a profound expression of super
iatural innocence, you know, without
:eferring to the code of signals. that
,oy has been lingering ipsomnebody's
)rchard, and doesu t care to have undue
publieity given to facts that only con
3ern him personally.
When you see a boy on the distant
lillside, suddenly leap up into the soft
summer air, holding one foot tenderly
but firmly in the wedded lingers of both
liands, while Io hops around in irregu
ar but excited orbits at the same time
voicing his grief with wailing surieks
mellowed by the sunny distanee, thenl
without going to the telephone, you
imay know that bare foot boy has trod
in the busy bee that nestled in the per
rumed clover.
And wherever and whonever you see
him, in mischief or out of it-that is,
just coming out of it or just ready to
get into some more; awfully bad, or
with many tearful failures and disgrace
ful stumbles trying to be good; forget
ting your commandments which thumd
3r upon him by the hundred, well nigh
ms readily and repeatedly as you forget
thme ten that ininte wisdoni has laid
uipoin you; in all his noise, his poor litt le
sitrug~gles, temptations, triumiphs and
andi( failures, his piteous little troubles
and his tearful honiest, penitence, in all
the lightniess of a boy's life, your hearL
must growv mellow and tender for the
little germi of mianihiood, son full of wvon
dlerful piossiblities, so rich with seeds
oh strength that will ripen by and by,
for good or for evil, as you walk and
live before the boy; ever as you look at
him, remember wvhat you were thirty or.
forty years ago, and say, "Godl blss the
boy."
flare iNe,,-shelts.
"Ohlcer," said a rIchly-dressed lady
to Polieman Moran on Souith St., New
York, "'caii you tell mec where the manm
who sells shells keeps his place?''
"'First dooir arounmd the conier,
mia'm, up1-stairs,"' ainsweredl the ofhicer,
1111d as the lady miovedl away lie conitiniu
d: "A man wants to be a walk
ing directory to stand on this cuorner.
Thalnt's the fourth one this morning
waiiting to buy shells. It's thme latest
Sooni after a reporter foumd the shell
lealer in his ollice, the wvalls of which
ire lined withi shelves, supporting trays
uonutammuttg specimlens of ahnmost, every
kind of deep-water shells. lie said1:
"Yes; I know somuethinig about shells
-iniiact,, I thinik 1 ami the largest pro
rflssina ldealer in this conntry, if nuot
in the world. I was born and brought
upi uinder the shadow of. Fulton Market,
so to speak, and have beeni coleitg
shells sinuce I was a boy."
lIe wheeled over a mahogany cabi
net to, where the l'eporter was sittihig,
itd saidl:.
'"This is my owni collection, and I do
niot thinik it cani be equaled in this
somutry. I value it professionally at
$3,000; but I would niot sellit. Two
of my custonmers- one a leadiing Hap
List Clergyman in Brooklynm, and the
ter a wealthy wlidowv lady who owins
I great, deal1 of real estate ini this (hit4y,
hiculug two or thre h() otels-have fine
collectionus; but, inot so) complete ams
nine. ,Just look it, over and judge for
yourself."
Tme lirst and~ second~ drawers of. the
mabinet were devoted to coral sp'ecimiensH
of every conceivable color and formiation.
Thelm dealer explainted thbat they camne
from the East Indies, Ceylont, Cuba
the Austrahisilan Islands, the Med iter
iteani, and I-he Paicillc Islands, -Thue
third dralwor wals filled with specimens
of tihe conch faniiy of beautiful form
mani shades, and the fourth drawer was
resplendenit with varieties of pearl shells.
In the fifth drawer some very rare shells
were seen. There were - neekramocs
with hazel bodies covered with dark
sj10t8 and convoluted edges. T1hey are
a showy shell aid are found in Ceylon.
Another East Indian shell, khown as
"the Leopard," shifts and changes its
color like a monster opal when turned
before the light. lie produced an East
Indian scallop shell which ho said was
the finest speci men inl this country. A
double rainbow was marked on Its inner
surface, and the blending of the colors
was inuiply wonderful. In another
drawer were sea-urcins,marlig-spikes
starlish, sea-ships or nautilus and many
other curious shells. In a corner of the
room, apparentiy neglected, were two
pali baskets from the Garden of Pam
pilnezo, Island of Maricu, anld brought
to New York by Captain diodwiu of the
brig Charlotte.
"8top at Dorlon's on your way up,"
said the doaler,- "and' see mny Ilowo'r
basket frdnir ia'waii. -It Is the finest
thll-basket i this city, aid worth
100.11
lietjaen opened the east dritwer and
akinig'out. a blue velvet case, handed it
to the reporter, saying: "That is the
Uhris4t Sbell."
The reporter opened the case and saw
1te shell, which is small of size. The
back Is a pale emeral green of indoscri
bable tint, while on the white under
iurfacoealpears a perfect reproduction:
>f the Savionr's face, wearing the
3rown of thorns, the stigmata being
listinctly marked by crimson lines. As
'ite reporter handed him back the ease I
i silence the dealer said:
k Is ifound in the Indian Archipel
igo, and is extremely rare. 1 believe
there are only four specimens in the
lontry, mine, which you have seen;
1ht0 second, owned by the Brooklyn
slergyintin; the third, which was pur
iased in Europe by Mrs. S.,'and the
!ourth, which is in the p05essiOni of
Sir. Pierre Canonge, a distinguished
Lrench gentleman living in New Or
cans. Mine is not for sale."
Ul further contvesation Ie explained I
hitt tile fashion of collecting rare Ahells j
.as (1n the increase, a Was wholly I
.onfined to persons of relhietent and
aste. Many of theim notified him to
mll at their houses with atn1y new speci- 4
nens lie might have. There was act
tally Ito fixed price onl slells, for ctsto- I
iters on Iinding a rare spechnen which
[hey had iiot inl their collections, would
id far more tian its market value to a
ossess it. Ladies far outnumnbered
lentlement in securing collections.
"Where and low do you get your I
hielils?" asked the reporter.
"Well, really now. I'll tell you that
ionio other tne," was the answer.
Severe on Liko Dudes
Although there are so many tranquil,
telleetual, and really distinguished
persons hero they ar but few compared
with the multitude. Newport is, eve I
Apart from its solidly rich folk, the
entre and home of dudedomn. I might
name scores of young imien who are
nothing but the sons of wealthy New
Yorkers, and wio (1 nothming exept
imitate, English stupidities, mersonal
anld social, try to be fast and blase
and assune to be superior on the sole,
presumable ground of inferiority. It I
was thoen who made that disgraceful 1
disturbance at the Casino the other
night, and who are continually guilty
of conduct they have not the sense or
grace to be ashamed of. A more brain
less, idle, impertinent, characterless,
woul(-bo vicious set (I say, "would be,"
for they have not sulliciont energy and
force even to be profligate), it w uld I
be hard to discover. Thei fathers are
often solfmade, and generally engaged
iml active busmness but they disdain
work and talk of "fellows in trade;"
ridicule in their feeble way all earnest
ness and enthusiasm and talk boast
fully of exp~erienices they should blush
to avow. Not one of thiem ever had
an itle'a. I f ho shou)tldl have one it
would pet ish f'romt predlestinied lone
liniess, thouigh not before it had prob
ably caused utncerebral congestion by
occupancy of ia vaciunm. 'Tey art-]
eternually talkinig about what is gentle-]
manly anid about being a gentlemnan.
.N itncomtpoop~s that they at-e, they have
n10 imore coitceptiont of the char-acteir of)
a tite gentleman I hant they have of the
natur-e ot integr-al calculus or the nob
tilar' hylml~ihesis. T1hey do tnot veni
utnder-stand that, otne must he~ ai muan be
for-e otte cant be a gentotmain. T1o ho a1
gentlemant the chief requltisites are, in]
thteii (stimattioni, to have clothtes matte
int L~ondont, to be a judge of Bjutrgudy,
to r-egatrd labor as vulgar, and to lbe a
mietmber of the Kn~mickerboeker- Club.
Uutdes ate cottnnnonly thought to be
betweeni 21) and 30), butt therie ar-e dudesl
of 50 and~ (10 anid upward1. A nutinber
of this ancient order1 mnay be opserved
any day at, tue Casino, on the polo0
gr-otunds, Otn Ocean avemue, or in cer-tainti
natrine vilhts. They arto wvorse, l'ar ,
inore offetnsivye, thtan their j unmioi-s, to
whomt one unght be lenient on accouti
Of youth. But, thetre seetms to be nto
vahtnl eixcuse for1 a matn of adlvanedt age
and numbet-less oppotitiies to bie anlt
iextraordiniarty comblintation of fool, cox
comb anid tutft,-hunttter. All the sum-1
terintg pilaces ini the Republic wouldi
not,, int the aggregate. produice so imany1
Iimd~ s0 aggr-avated cases of d udedom i
its this little island will.
Inm Aivamnco.]
Last, yeari tube 01(d ntat l[astings .qet
Lied dIown ini a village ott thme other side
iif the 11lud1son to enjoy old ago and
lend( mtontey at 12 pet' centt, butt he has
alosedl out buiss&35 so fat' as the hetnd
inig goes, le henit $350) at 12 per cent,
per annumtit for- fouri imoths, andt~ when
the niote fell due1 and thme inani camte to
pay it Iliastings wvas alonie in the house.
lIe calhee up1 alh his kntowledge oif
trithtmetic, got out a shtingle and a lead
penceil, antd, atger liguritng away for'
half ant htotur without anty sattisfiactiont,
bie callied out, to a itain who wvats pas-I
smig in a butggy: "'Hey, youl Ilow do
you figger- at,12 per centt. itnter-est?" "I
taike $20 off the capital," shotited thie
meatn as he drtove on-. The ol'd mant fig
me td away otn the ntew thteory', and1 by-.
and(-b~y lhe wiped thte sweat oif his birow,
tnd sauid: "'See here, Smtith thtis comnes
[ut, mighty quteer'. You've htadl myi
motney for- fottr miotts at 12 per- cent.,
and yet I seem to owe you $4. IIege
Lake your old note and give me $350,
anid we'll (call it square, and if I leud
any more montey around here I'll bar
gait for a calf or a hog, for the~ inter-4
est and drive the blame 'lirte home iii
advance."
0'umier Squasn."
"Take a square look at mel" lie ex
claimed, as h1e halted in front of i
policemas n on Michigan Ave.
The policeman looked him all over
pie was a pretty good chunk of a man
carrying a florid face, a proinen
nose, and an air of general innocence.
"I don't see anything wrong abou
you "said the olicer.
"Do imy clothes fit? Do I wobbi
W.hon I walk? Do I wipe my mouth 01
my coat-tails? Does the si.ght of in
remind you of cabbages and other greei
thinlgs?"
&Well, no. You look to me like at
honest, good-natured follow."
"Then," said the stranger, as ht4
brought his list downx with a thiump
'there's going to be bloodshed in the
own. I camte in this morning with al
3xcursion. We had scarcely landed
Mvhen a man called out: 'Did you bring
ilong the keow?' 'I)id you mean that
ror me?' says I. Ite said lie didn't and
L passed on."
"lie might not."
"Tliei, as I was going up the street,
v chap in a (loor says he: 'Alit snel
,he carrot crop' 'l)o you mean tha1
For me?' says I, as I walks up to him
lie says he didn't and I passed on."
"I presume he didn't."
"Well, I got up to Griswold street,
mid I was looking for the Post-oflice,
imd a man calls out: 'I'll bet lie brought
dlong raw onions and turnips for his
linner?' 'Do you mean that for me?
lays I as I walks up to him. lie says
te didn't, and I passed on."'
"6lie must have referred to some one
lse."
"Well, I walked through the Post
)fllce and started for the City llall, and
L was almost there when a youiig felio's
i tke door of i barber shop call out:
Terie goes the biggest cabbage-helad of
lie season I' ')o you mean that for me?
iays I as I walks up to him. lie say.
to didn't, and I passed on."
'lie could not have meant you."
"Well, as I was walking through the
,ity Itall a great lig overgrown clhall
iugs out through his nose: 'Behiohl
he second (.1ro1 of daiidelionst Oh1, Iyl'
Do you men that for me?' says I as I
valks up to him. lie said he didn't
Lnd I aIssed on."
"TPhat's right." -
Mebbe so, but you look a-here I I 'm
,oing down to the ferry dock. Th
lrst man or boy who calls oit carrots
m)mpk ins, onions, turnips, scare-crow,
rreen-liorin, pig-weed or huckleberry
)do som to iime won't have Io chance tc
i about it. ['Il turn oil him and rend
linm1 and slay him and htnmer him stone
)1ind l Mebbe nobody means anything
md mebbe it's simply their wiy, but
l've got my dander up, and if you hear
t roaring sound like a cyclone you may
now that I'm climbing for a mian who
imi called out 'sunimoer squash' to me.''
Jerry A borshaw.
The Abershaw publIc house at Kon
inigton, London, has recently been
,orn down. This ramons old tavern
was naimeid inl honor of the notorious
nghwaymnan, Jerry Abershaw. Kon
lungtont Common, Iiounslow Heath
B'agshot Heath, and indeed all the
1omml1ons 11111d rolds for several mites
ound London were the sceones of the
)redatory depredations of Abersmhaw;
Limd such a degree of terror hadl his ro
>eated acts of robbery and brutality
nSpired, -that the post boys, coachmen,
mdi all whose duty compelled them
!requently to travel over the theatre of
]is exploits, tremiblel at hisi nmille and
2readed his visitation, Ahaw was
billy arrested at the TIhree Brewers'
hmn, ini Southiwark, killng one1 oliler
Iuid woundling another b efore lie was
>ver powered, lie was a most unmlit
gaited rutilan. In jail and court room
iis effrontery madle aL perfect show Of
iim. When thme jutdge appeared in the
)lack capl, the emblem aLsumei~d a~t the
iume of p~assing senitence 01n convicted
~elonis, Abershmaw clapped his hat upon)1
is head andi pl~led up his b~reechtes
with a swagger; anid duing the whole
>1 the ceremiony tie stared full in the
ace (of the judge wvithi a matlicloous snieer
md1( affeetedl contempt, and conitinuied
his conduot. till lie was takenl-hound
umd andit foot--from thei dhock, venting
murses andi insults 01n thle judge anid
uriy for halving consignied him to 'mur
ier,"' as he termedc~ it.
ills bravado conitiued to the last
[n the initerl'VL be0tween receivinig 5(on
ence of' death and the execution, hay
nig got some ltack cherries, hie animsedl
aimnself wIth paliiting on thme woumto
&alls of the cell ini which he was con
ined, sketches of variouis robberies
*vhich lie had comitted-onie repre
en~ting him11 ruintg upj to the horses'
enads of aL post chaise, presenting' a
istol at the driver, \vith time words,
1I)- your eyes, stop," issuiing out of
uls imoiuth; another, whlere lie was
tring iinto the chaise; a third, where
he parties had qiitted t~he carriage;
enveral, in which lie was portrayed in
hte act of taking money fronm the puas
enigers, andl other scenes of a similar
,har'acter. lie was executed on Ken
ilhigtoni Conmnon, Onl the 3d of August,
L795, In the presence of an Iimmense
ntitl ude1 of speLctators, amon~ig whoml
ie recogiiized mauny acqjuintanlces anid
:onfedeirates, to whom tie bowed, nod
led andi~ laughed with the muost unl
'elinig iniffilerenlce. lie luad a flower
ni his mouth, and his waistcoat and shirt
vere ubuttoned leaving his bosom
pen in thte tine style of vulgar gayety;
md( talkling to the mlob anmd veniting
mrsesJ Oin the ioillcers, tie dlied, as tha had
ived, a riulhhan and1( a brute, lie was
oft hianginig it chains until his skeleton
vas actually carried off piecemeal by
is admnirers for souvenirs. After the
~allowsu were takent downt a p~ublic house
vas builtt uiponi its site and remained
01r maniy years aL popular resort of the
vtorst cr'itiminals of IOLodo,
A t a meeting of the aoademy of me
lioie in Ireland, Dr. (I. A, (Jameront
ead a paper showing that a potent
jnse of deaf-mutism Is the marriage of
Lear blood relatives. It is indisputable
bat onusanguinoous marriages have
ver had a tendenoy to produooadegen
rsey pf thte ruece. Inisnity Is not unfro
;uently the resuit of marriage between
tonsins.
THE VERDICT
-OF
"THE PEOPLE.
BUY THE BEST!
MR. J. 0.' HoAa-Dear Sir: I bought the first
Davis AMachine sold by you over ve years ago for
uy wife who hals given it a long and fair trial. I
amu well pleased with it. It never RIves any
rouble, and is as good as when first bought.
J. W. Ioltc.
Wilnnsboro, S. C., April I883.
Mr. BoAU: on wish to know what I have to say
in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three
ears ago. I feel i can't say too much in its favor.
mnaile about $8W,00 Wit1hin fiv3 muonths, at t ines
running it so fast that the needle would get per
feel , hot from fraction. I feel conildeni could
not ,ive dlone the same work with as much ease
and so well with any other machine. Nip time lost
in ad1justing attachmnentS. The lightest running
machme I have ever treadledi. Brother James and
Willains' families are as much pleased with their
Davis Machines b ought of you. I want no better
machuie. A i saI d before, I don't think too
much can be said for the Davis Machine.
tespectfully,
iI~i.g~lN SThvKNsoN,
Fairilhld County, April, 1843.
MRt. IOA( : My mnchile gives fie perfect satist
factiou. I find no fault with it. The attachments
ae so simple. I wish for no better tiat the Davis
Vertical Feed.
leapectfully.
MR. It. MliO
Falrlield county, April, 1883.
MR. ileAO: I bought a havis vVertical leved
ewing Machine from you four years ago. I aim
elighted with it. I never has given me any
rumtile, and his never been the least out of order.
ii i" as good as when I 1irst bought it. I cau
c lierfully recotum-ndi it.
I(espectfully,
Alins. A. J. KIRKL.AND).
Montileello, April 30. 1883.
'T'iis 1s to certify that I have been using a Davis
Vertihtl leed Sewing Machine for over tw yVas,
purchased of Mr. J. 0. iloag. I haven't found I '
p-ssessteil of any fault-all the nttacitnents tire su
supIe, It neverreftises to vork, and is certaitniy
the Ighitest running In the market. I conaliler It
a first class inachine,
Yery respect fully
AIINN1H N WILIN~wUMAX1.
Oakland, Fairfield county, 8. t.
MR HO5AO : I amt well pleaset in every partictn
wil It the Davis hMachine iougliht of you. I think
a irt-cHss uiachinte ini every respect. You knioaw
you sold several nachines of the same make to
different members of our families, all of whom,
as far as I know, are weii pleiased with thorn.
Respectfully,
Ais. M. il. Moo0nty.
Fairfield county, April, 1853.
This Is to certify we have Ita itm constant use
the DavIs Maclie bought of you about three years
ago. As we take in work, sid have made tie
price of it several times over, we don't watt any
better machine. it lI always reatly to do any kid
of work we have to do. No puckeringor skipping
stitches. We can only say we are well pleasedi
and wish no better umachine.
VATHNINiS WYVv11s AMD Siarsaf.
April 25, I183.
I have no fault to Und witii Sy machine, sad
doti'i want any better. I have made the price of
it severa tiles by taking in sewing. It is always
ready to do its work. I think it a first-elass ma
chine. I feel I can tsay too much for the DaviA
Vertical Feed Machine.
Mas, u'loMAS SliIT'f.
Fairtilet county, April, 1893.
MR. J. 0. lloAa-Dear Sir: it gives me tn'1ch
pleasure to leNtify to the tuerits of the Davis Ver
tical Feed Hewing Machine. The machine I got of
you about live years ago. has been almost in con
stnt tse ever siiMn that ti in. I cannot see rhat
it is worn anty, atad has not cost mte one cent for
repairs sice wit have hatt it. Amn well pleaselI
and don't wish for any better.
Yours truly,
liojaT. U!A Wvtoaia
(Granite Quarr y, near Winnsboro S. U.
We have used the D~avis Vertlcai Feelt Sewing
Machine for theo last five yeafs. We wouldt not
have any other make at any price. Th'ie muacimue
lias giveni us unboundeit satisfact ion.
Very respect fully,
Mlus. WV. K. T'lERu AND DAUEIIITURS,
Fair tih county, H. C., Jan. 2T?, la83.
Havmng bought a llavls Vertical Feed Hewing
MachIne from Mar. J. 0. thoag some three years
ago, and IL having given mue perfect satisfaction in
every respect as a tamuily macline, both for hteat y
andl light seowing. anid never needed the least re
pair in iany way, 1 can cheerfully recommend It to
aay one as a first-class macina in every particu
lar, andi think it second to none. It is one ot thae
slinuoist miachmnes miade; may chlliren uise It with
ali ease. The attachumenas are luore easily ad
justed anid it does a greater range of work by
umeans of its VertIcal 'eed than any other ima
chine I have ever seen or useid.
AMas. TIif As OwiNos.
Winnsboro, FaIrfIeldl county , . V.
We have had one of the D~avit Machines about
four years and have aiways found it ready to do all
kinds of work we have badt occaston to do. Can4t
see that the machine Is worn any, and works as
weoll aw when new.
Mns. W. J1. CRAwIORO,
Jackson's Creek, Fauirlci count y, 8. (1.
My wife Is hlghiy pleased with the D~avis Ma
chine botught Of you. She would not take dotubie
what she gave for it. Trho macnine has not
been ouit of ordier since she had it, and she can do
any kind of work on it.
Very iRespectrumliy,
JAS. F. Fust.
Monticello, tVairieid county, 8. U.
Th'le D~avis Sewing Maclime Is ailpty a frse
t4Pe MRs. J1. A, (Gooiw Ys.
itidgoway, N. C., Jan. 10, 1883.
J, 0 JBoAe, Eq., Agent-Dear Bir: My wife
has oeon usIng a Davis flowing Machine constant
ly for the p a: four years, suit It has never needed
any re pairs and works juist as well as when first
bought. She says it wail do a greater ranage of
practidal work ad tio at easier atnd bother than
any machine she has ever usedt. We cheerfully
recommentd it as a No. I famIly machine,
Your tru.y, JS .DVS
Witinsboro, S. C., Jan. 8, 1883.
Ma. BeAo : I have always fotund rmy Davis Mla
chine ready do all kinds of to work I have had oc
casion to ito. I catnnot see that the mlachlno Is
worn a p:article anti It works as weil as when new.
Rtespectfulliy,
AMas. IR. C. (GoODINo.
Wiannsboro, lI. C., April, 1883,.
MR. BOAG m My wife has been constantly using
the Davis Machine bought of yon about five years
ago. I have never regretted uyn it, as t Is
always reay for any kind of fatthIl sewing, either
heav or ight It is never out of fx or needing
Very reBpectful l,
Fairfield, , 0., Marchb.1888. .W.Lb