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T W EKLY J O WINNSBORO S. . MAY 24 1887. ESTABLISHED 1848. Spring. Free' troi their prisons leap the crystal st.r. atur, Once more;the tmeadows feel their pulses stir, The air -again is conscious of the whirr Of feathered 3odieys" racing with their teams Along the courses of the sun's gold gleams, A nd Time that Wonder-making conjurer, Near sleeping Nature comes, and, touch lug her With his light wand,' lireaks through. her death-like dreams. Awake," he cries, "awake, for now the snows Have yielded to the heavens' glorious . king, The wind'pays fragrant bemageasItblows; The brooks and birds in tuneful concord sing ; And in the-,woods'.the pale.arbutus shows Her blossyps -lighta to 'guie the step,s of Spring K' A GRANDFATHER FOR SALE. "It's all. 'ery well for, you, Cabot, to -quote tiat rite remark about rank be ing only ,he guinea's stamp. You knoiv as 1el as I do that the social ,guinea-he 6 in Boston, of all places must be stamped before it will go into circulation, Society strongly rbsembles retail trade fin this one particular. Let ine Qifer a luinp of the purest gold to any small dealer as payment for the goods I have bought of him, a.nd he would at once say he'd rather have the -dirtiest banli-note in towu than my un .-Stamped metal; wouldn't he?" "Well, I -uppose he would. If we were in a n ore'primitive state of ex istence the yelloiv metal, as it came froin mothel earth, would satisfy our greed. NoW it has to be vouched for .'s gold before It. can take its proper 'positibm among the other circulating mediums." j - "Exactly 'sol 'And as we are not in a primi;ive sttie, 'but very 'highly cul tured4one, I, for example, need to have "a stamp before I can pass muster. All the wealth my Midas of ta father left to me will not take me more than just so far; yet I dress according to the laws of to-day, I don't,cat with my. knife, I Iuo, 1 w,to. raise m; hatm to a lady; in ;t , tt, n yselfb. tiit . nalrQ a. " rly good appearance. Iut I have no grandfather worth speaking of I" And though there was ,moc c pathos in his tone, Maxwell Joniiings meait more of what he said than he would have been willing his companion should suspect. Edgar Cabot glanced at him a little ,contemptuously; then he allowed his .es to wander enviously around the luxurious appointments of Maxwell's Aoolhs. Everything bespoke an abund ance of both money and taste on the part of the one who resided , there. A asual observer would never have sup losecl that a man who could appreciate he engravings and books which crowd '(d thp iva1ls and tables was a- mush room of anl hotur, the son of a man who had amassed a; large fortune by the manufacture of rum and judicious lieculations In tjtocks and mines. The monent that T m Jennings's business 41uu( i o4mer 1' asessions fell into his sont' AAmu s,t ii t young man sold time obno ious 'ldtil cries and went abroad for thre'e years t finish the studies his 'falied~ 'ind sent him thei-e -to begin. Old Tomn Jenni .gs had thme sense to know that hie cot ld never aspire to any higher piosition hi life than the .one.he /was born into; b t he was (determuined AO "ug).k0 Mwl : gentidman," andl so acultivation nd study could do et, succeeded. ~ y Jupiter, 'Jengifngs, if I lhad a of your money fI'vouldn't caice a une if I htadni't a grandfather!" *Cablot, whose bank account was rt as his-peQi'gree was long. 1ii I, Cabo wvould give a hun u Qsand (10 lars this minute If I e of :yolur ignifled ancestors," s answer , earnestly. "Yes, it gladly I In any way could great-u6ic "dr grandfather of Ilow hats >erfect right to 8ell inudubita his own, hasn't ed Ca houhtfully, rse h'e . "I, as very ,kudws, am the last >fmy lii of t y 'abots. I am badly in want money -you think yourself - -or, to me exact, Dr. and Mrs. Itamndal nkM642.p in wvant of anuucestors. Whvit; $1 .oit e me fort any old C nel Cabot? Thme one, you know, wh was killea'in King Philip's War." 'What absurd kleit" exclaimed Jennings,- Ith iflaush. "Not at il abdukda The oIld codger a 11\V my 'eat suocle;'it' I sell him to ou, why, C course, he'll be yo1tre, r, if youi on'( llkehhnm,: there's my '4randfatheo Jutdge Ciot---howV Will he (Ill your. Il? N6w,*erihigs, dop't look ko' m 'ed. . assufe. you lam in dead earnes I am so harud up I'd sell my soln-m .h more anch 'n trifle as a grandfather-for a hundred thousanc dollars." Jennings knew that Cabot spoke the truth about his financial condition and, being a good-natured fellow, wh< was grateful to Cabot fQr several intro. ductions which he valued very highly, ,especially- the one to the aforemention ed Randalls,'rceterained to help Caboi out of his pecuniary quagmire by hum, oring him in his ridiculous proposition "I declare, Cabot, if the thing werd feasible I'd accept your offer with im. menso gratitude. But suppose I shouk tell anyone that Judge Cabot belonge. to me, who would believe me?" "If you were to buy him of me you'. give mhe a receipt. for him, I supposel Just as I would give you a receipt fol the money you paid me for him. Certainly I,sliotil," 'answered Jen, pings, laughing at'the idea of giving c receipt for I ancestor. "Then you could truthfully say thal you had documentary evidence thai Judge Cabot was an ancestor of your own, and that would. settle. it, is ] would be careful to say so, too, for peo nie rarely insist upon one's proving thai So-and-so is his 'kin'; and if anybody was still dubious you could be justly indignant because " your word wat doubted." "I think if I buy one of them I wouki like to have the other to keep him con pany; lie might feel lonesome so entirely out of his element. What will you take for the two?"- asked Jennings, seri. ously. Cabot looked fixedly at him for an in. stant; then, seeing that lie was in .earn est, answered: "Oh, I'll not bargain with you in this trade. I'll be grateful-if you will.give me a hundred thousand for the two of 'em-the old Colonel and the Judge." "Are you sure that will satisfy you? Suppose I say ia hundred and twenty live for the two?" "That will suit me still better, of course,'' said Cabot aloud. To him self he added: "The fellow is a bigger miuff than I thought. However, he is i good fellow, and I will help him swear 'hat they are his kinsmen, just to see ,low many gullble fools there are in he world. .. dIowwijbypfigq,Ibe ne4.Jn onds or real estrite?" asked Jennings, or 'litppy combination of both?" "If you are really. in earnest, I would iefdr a little of both."' "Meet me at the Suffolk Bank to norrow, at ten, and I will turn the tin' over to you. It is an hour that will suit you, I suppose, as you are a nan of leisure?" The hour and the whole ten r of the [ roposition suited Cabot to a nicety; so the next day the transfer was made, Jennings receiving, in lieu of a given mm of money, a receipt for' "all right md title to the possession of the late Colonel Henry Cabot and the late Judge Frederic Cabot, fornterly the possession 3f Edgar Cabot, and to all honors, rank, glory, etc., winch may accrue from the ownership of the same." A few days later Cabot proposed the name of Maxwell as a member of the very exclusive Wi~est End( club to which le belonged. At this proposition thiere was some demur, and Cabot quietly said to one of the objectors: "I know what you fellows are think lng of. You fancy that Max has noth. lng but lisa money to back him for ad mittance here, but you are mistaken. I happened to know-know, mind you that lie can claim lawful ownershiip in lis excellency, the late Judge Cabot. lie las- papers mn ms possession. whuich prove iL'' "Are you sure?" was the amazed in "I an). I have seen the - docamlents tc which I refer." "It must have been on his 'mother's side if thero wvas such relationuship." "Didl you never hear of my aunt, Letitia, whe 'disappehred :so mysteri ously?" "I thought she committed suicide.' -"Somne of us Cabots are such lunatici that we think suicide preferable to r mesaliance," replied. Vabot, signifl cantly. So the story went around -that Man Jennings had just .discovered that hi w~as a deciendant of the old Cabot fain ihy, and pheun his, name wvas proposec for eleotion there was not a single blaole ball against lum. He'was 'accoi-dingh notified tia~t hi6 was duly eleoteti membler of the Miles Stiefidish Olub. As soon as Jennings received thiu notification lie hastened to the Recep tion Committee of said club, and ex plained the whole matter to thenm Whereat, pleased with his frrUtkness and highly amused at the absurdity o: tlie transaction, the club, at its nexl meeting, .unanimously ,ele.cted him miember "on his own mierits, and no' those of his suppositious ancestors;' ahd also, equally unanimously, dreppet from its roll the 'name of Edgar Cabot "No man who could sell his grandfathe: not being worthy , , *ioble name of a Miles Standish:* ther," was the verdict. Dr. Randall, in comimon with most of the sons of the first "settlees, was a member of this same club,. so hoe.nt - ally told his wife about the trani ti n between Osbot aid Jennilns..t>She - swered: - "I am sire :1 evinces a veiy proper feeling on Mr. Jennings' part to want a grand(athr; "but surely he m ust ive knowin tyat such a sale vas im asA. What better off is le for th'. nominil ownership. of Judge :Cabot? . Does it give him any of the Cabot virtues?" "Has the actual ownership of such a grandfather given Edgar Cabot any of those virtues? Do you thhik the Judge has. much to be proud of in such an heir?" asked her husband. "You know, my dear, I never had any love for Edgar Cabot, and 1 have still less for him now. Do you suppose that Mr. Jennings had any idea that this purchase would enhance his value in our eyes? He has certainly- been very attentive to Olive lately, and I have feared that she liked hini too well.." "That will never dol" exclaimed the doctor, emphatically. "I cannot have one of my girls marry the son of that old Tom Jennings, a most disrcputable ol creature who possessed but one vir tue, that of generosity, so tar as I can hear. No, no; that must not be! I have nothing 'against Max Jennings himself, but 'blood will tell,' you know." "As it has done in the case of Edgar Cabot," said Mrs. Randall, aryly. She liked Max, and she more than suspect ed that Olive returned the love which Mifx so evidently felt for her, and she did wish that there could be sonic way devised by which he could be trans formed into a suitable husband for her. And then his wealth, tool Poor -Olive had not all the pretty things which girls of her age ought to have, the mother felt. "There are exceptions to all rules," said the doctor, concisely, "and Edgar Cabot is the exception to this one." "May not Max Jennings be also an exception?" suggested Mrs. Randall, but her husband. made no reply, only became suddenly ve'ry much interes'ed in the evening paper. A little later, in all about two months after the purchase of his ancestor, Jen nings called on Dr. Randall's family one evening, and Olive's younger sister an irrepressible girl of thirteen, named Pauline, said to him, somewhat ab ruptly: "Oh, Mr. Jennings, is it trite that you have bought Mr. Cabot's grand father?" "Is it true that Judge Cabot now be longs to ine-that lie is , my grand father," was Max's answer. "Since Pauline has broached the sub ject, Mr. Jennings," said Mrs. Ran dall, "I must own that I am a little curious to know what gave rise to this remarkable story which is going around about you and Edgar Cabot." "Oh, it is very si;ple. Cabot was Ihard up, and I traded off a few dollars for an ancestor or two," replied .Mx lightly. "Do you really mean to claim those dead Cabots for your own?" asked Dr. Randall, a little testily. "I do.. Why not?" was Max's qjuery. "Is not what you pay for your own?" Dr. Randall could neither say yes nor no. While he wvas hesitating for a suit able answer whlich should cover the whole grounid and yet not hurt Max's feelings, Max continued: "You kno;w, sir, that you value des cent above .. money. Let us suppose a case: If a man had a daughter, and two inen were to present themselves as suitors, the,one wilth a good name but a poor purse, the other in exactly the reverse condition, to whlich would you advise her to give an affirmative an siverl"* Dr. Randall appreciated the full meaingofthi quston,whih-was even hiardler than the previoulb one to be answeredl. Hie could not collect his thoughts as quickly as his older daugh ter did, however. Before her father could frame a reply, Olive said, determ inedly: "I think it would be well to let the girl have some voice in such a matter. I think that the characters of the two men ought to be taken into considert. tion. I don't believe any girl. Would want:a mali who could-sell gfendfather. She'd be more iopt to see Nyailig %ltall ties in the one who didn't consider money the only thing worth having." There was no mistakcing;the: inifl. cance of Olive's tones, or of her filihed race. Dr. Randall loved his chidren, so, saying to himself: "Max is at ieart a gentleman, in spite of his extraction; perhaps there was good blood on his Imother's side," lie pretended so imake jest of the whole matter, and' answered: ' "Ah..Max. you see what a minority I'm In!; My wife always agrees with Olive, and even Pauline echoes her so . dare not dispute a word she says, di looked pleased, and Mrs. 'Rban. d41 positilye1y beamed on her hiiibband 13pt fancy the -eelings of all when Max said: 'The most singular part of the whole affaIri e this:" One of my--of okt Totil Jpi ninna's friends heard of this bargal betWeen Cabot and me, and pitt me, in th way of broving that Tom Jennings lopted me in my earliest 'Infancy out o liu orplhain asylum, whereI had been ,plad by mother just before her death. She, was in consump ion, and as her last few .hours drew near she made a confi. dantIoi Tm Jennings's wife, and told her that she had been deceived by a false marriags between heiself ahd the father of this Edgar Cabot. As the years passed, and Tom found that the dbots were not, as a rule, . dissolute men, he thought he would Investigate the so-called false marriage. Ho (lid so, and found that it was a genuine one; thatmy father, Edgar Cabot, Sr., lid hag no Intention of deceiving my iq4,her, but having died suddenly \e fore my birth, had kept the marriage secret.. only for fear of his farher's wrath, for my mother was a plain farm erfs daughter, poor but honest, as the phrise is. Old Tom had become fond of me, and knowing that the Cabots had-nothing to bequeath me except the name, he legally adopted me as his son. So,gou see, I purchased my ancestozs of niy older half-brother, Edgar Cabot. I came here to-night, Dr. Randall, to tell you this story:' To-morrow-" 6Mar, was your mother's name Raqhol?" Dr. Randall asked, abruptly. "Yes; Rachel Dennison, of Weston Mills." "I was present at your bii'lah, boy, an your mother tolil me this story. I Inv tigated it for her sake, and found it t ue, your father having been a wid dwe before he met your mother. When 1 n'e*t saw her she was dead and . the baby had vanished, so the whole tiing went out of my mind until this mo m nt.'.t Here the- doctor had to pause to-rub his spectacles, and Pauline topc tdygntag of hle llrief silenc .tQ,aay " ow that you've got a grandfather 'of youi' o*zi, r siipoq'youtrOliver will be getting married, and than' you41l be my brother Max, will you not?" EXTEMIPORE SPEAKING. Daniel Webster and Another Say There is No Such Thing. A gentleman who la6 'achieved quite a reputation as anl extempore speaker says that there is no such thing, and he has Daniel Webster on his side in main taining this claim, for that matter. "There is, to be sure," he says, " such a thing as depending on the inspiration of the moment, but you have got to sketch out something In your mind as a beginning, even If only for the purpose of throwing it all away, point by point, when you get up. My plan is to go to work about a (lay beforehand and im stkine the speech that I am going to make, from beginning to end. In the calm of my'chamber, of course, I can think iup a number of things to say. When I get up to speank I can remember these thing In a general way, but tile difficulty Is to connect them logically and continuoys8y. Very often the con nection becomries exceedingly'rough, and there is where tlie' inspiration of the moment' ceomes in. .Sorne shred : of thought 'thati comes from imglmpse of some one 'in :the' room that; you know taking the shape of a' humorous refer ence to ilmt will hmelp, you out oander fullyr for. the personal alwtiys takes. Once get the people to laughing at some of your -cafefully -thought out.extem iporaneous humor, anid yoit can'get In any sort of 'chestnut' on them-even the story of the tran.p who was offered a- ticket to a batiquet, when -hne was beg, girig for money:to buy oed and' wiho, when lie found out tlhere we going to be aitor dinner spehes at 'this dinner, preferred to go out and lie down behind a' shed and die, This stora always makes your heares laugh> aind acts like a wet blanketion the fellowdwho come after you,. thus> giving your address a relative brilliancy that it might not pos sess otherwise. Stories, stories always; don't; f6rget those. And If you can't renierubox the coenction that you were goinig to tell them in,~ tell, them any. Way... But if 'you really fin~d Ithat you *have thought of somethiing new since you got up, and are'a~tually inspired lic pay something that y'o hadn't;'on- youi programme, don't hesitate to say It that 'one inspiration may, give yout whole speech a flavgr of eintomporane onsness. .And above all, don't get in to y'our shell and ref use ever to make sipeehes, becausd that is simply a meetns of incapacitating yourselfe Talk up, somehow, and. you will do as well as the rest, after a while.' Thme influenc o ne gd ?611 m'or&mhan that of teii great men. *3BIEAK(NG A HEART. What This Amusement Costs in the P olish .Circles ot.Nanticoke. A pretty-Polish maiden named Maria Iuchminski, lis been playing sad havoc vith. the hearts of several young Polish gentlemen residing at, Nanti coke.. Maria has been in this country tlbgut six nontlis, but during that short time' she managed to win the affec tions of no less than half a dozen sul tors. Among the latter were a drug clerk and a miner. These two had a lively rack as to who should win the prize. Each tried to outdo the other in buying presents for their idol. In the course of th o the fickle maiden became tired of both and gave them the mitten. John Makinwinski, another young Pole, then became best. man. He proposed marriage and was accepted. When Michael Anton, one of the old lovers hen#d of. tho engagement he almost went vild,; He quit work .i the mines, and brought suit for the re covery of presents or their. equivalent presented to his false sweetheart from time to time. H filed the, following bill of particulars: Dress goods for wedding dress. .. $10 00 Wrap to get married in. . . 1100 To clergyman.. . ............. 500 Three tickets to Wilkesbarro.... 1 00 Marriage license.*............. 50 Refreshments while 'in town ... 1 00 Fiddler........................ 1 50 Making dress. ............. 850 For necktie, gloves, etc .. 10 40 After footipg up the figures the 'squire found that $7.20 had been charged for injury to heart affections, time lost iii moving, looking up fiddler, etc., and as. the other side objected to the item it was struck from the bill. The .iuire proposed that a compromise be e'ffected by Makinwinski paying over the amount claimed to the discarded lover. At first he refused. Marhi said: "All right; I won't have any thing to.dowvith a man who .refuses to pay forty-two dollars to keep me out of Iail. I will marry ' Anton, - my old over. The latter went into ecatasy, but. his joy' was short-lived. Makin gwpisk; said le wooilc pay' tie llli if. blaria would <be his:-,IVife. : The girl consented, And the moriee wda paid. AN ANCIENT RUIN. History of the Pioturesque Circular Church at Charleston. The 'ruins of Circular Church,'one of the most picturesque ruins of Charles ton, is about to disappear as one of the city's landmarks. The church, or i'ather all that was left of it after the great 60e of 1801, has been a point of interest to every visitor to Charleston for the past twenty-flve years, and with its twin relic, St. Finbar's cathe dral, is soon to pass out of existence as an ornamental ruin. Its crumbling walls and its "coignes of vantage" on its toppling tower have been the resort of. the doves and sparrows for an inde finite number of years, and its ivy-clad walls have made up a picture of sad and pathetic interest. According to the information given iti Mayor Courtenay 's Year Book of 1882, the church was constituted .be tween the years 1080 and 100. Its founders were Presbyterians from Scot land and Ireland, Congregationalists from England and Now England, and French Protestants who'had emigrated to South Carolina upon the revocation of the edict of Nantes. The first three ministers of the church are supposed to' have been congregationalists. The popular name .ol' the original church wvas the "White' Meetimg," a name which was evidently applied from the color of thme building. In consequence of the revolutionary war the church re mained without a permanent minister for six years, but in 1783 regulhr ser vice was resumed. The original build ing used by the congregation ,was only forty feet square, but in 1772 the de mand 'for pews necessitated' the con struction 'of a 'new church, which wVas drected in 1i~7$/ on Archdale street. In 1804 it was determined 'to build a new and handsome edifice in circular form, eighty-eight feet 'interior diameter. 'The yihurch was dedicated in 1800, and ini 1838 a l6fty and gra4eful spire wvas uadded., It was fromn the latter date an ornament -to the city until it was burn.. ed in 1861.' It is now pt'oposed' by the congregaa tion to erect a new building on the site df. the old. onme.. The object of the con gregation 'is being materially futhored by 4.he ' Congregationalists throughout -the United-stits. Ac nuious Optical, Experiment. Select severalcardsof differeid colors, a ut in thme centre of each fastened by a I ttle'uullagO.a smiall round piece of biaelk paper. 'El#e oyer tihe card thus pgpare4 bieCs of Min white tissue paper. The datiog ot hues which thme blank assumes Is very n.musing. ROYAL PtO' IdSIONB In OOREA How the King 'Goes to Worshil) at the Shrine of His Anoestors. It Is not so easy to get a glimiise of royalty in Corea as it is in countries partaking more of the westerh nature of civilization, writes a Seoul corre spondent. The kiug does not occupy the place of a god to the Coreans exactly, as some have stated, but he does - act as a very exalted high priest, and in that capacity he sacrifices to Heaven for his people in times of distress, as during the recent cholera epidemic. He is never seen by his common sub jects excepting on certain occasions, when he goes to worship at' the shrines of his ancestors. On these occasions the streets are cleared of the merchant booths and all other obstructions, fresh yellow clay is spread over the road, mounted and foot police keep the crowd in order, and the, king passes by In a procession of near a mile in length.. The procession is one of the most gorgeous spectacles to be seen in the East, and as modern civilization will be apt soon to modify it,. it is cer tainly well worth seeing. Already for eign uniforms and guns are beginning to rob it of some of its barbaric ' splen dor. The king rides in a gorgeous red throne supported on the shoulders of thirty-two men. The carriage is open and his majesty can be seen by all. Usually the crown prince follows in a similar chair, and very rarely the queen is borne along in a closed chair so arranged that she can see out bit can not be seen herself. The king's con veyance is preceded by large bodies of soldiers in brass helmets iind red armor made of thickly-padded cloth covered with metal plates. Bodies of these gorgeous warriors are broken by companies of officers from the palace and eunuchs. These men wear the pe culiar court-dress, which is a dark green robe of gauze or figured silk, ac cording to rank and season, with an embroiderled shield upon the back and breast, denoting, by the figures worked upon it, the rank of the wearer. These flowing garments are held in place by a large belt pf fanc.fully cgrygd wood, trtoise-shell, or gold set with costly stones. The hat is peculiar, and hard to describe. It is like a truncated cone with a piece taken out of the front, and two wings projecting from the back. It is woven of silk amid horsehair, and is quite' open and light. The king's conveyance in this procession is immediately surrounded by the modern soldiers with foreign rifles, and clothes made something after the foreign cut, of purple, bear-red and black calico. They usually have numbers of ilaming red banners and present a most. pictur esque sight, while another body of men make a deafening noise by shaking poles supporting small cymbals. Following the royal conveyances are other bands of ancient and modern military olicers and other representatives from the palace, with occasionally a Gattling gun. The ancient soldiers have their own bands, which pour out the, weird, monotonous music from flutes, violins and hour-glass shaped dIrums. But this music seems rather subdued in the presence of a foreign trumpet, wvhich is most faithfully "tooted" by the repre sentatives of the modei'n battalion. At first it seems pleasant to hear our own bugle-calls in such a strange placee, but as we try and catch the notes of the strange music beyond, the * shrill, unsupported and constant "tooting" of our own bugle seems insolent, and we feel compassion for the old-time strains that are surely stepping aside for this modern upstart. Tests for Army Swvords. Here is the test to which the famious swords manufactured for the English Airmy are subjected at Soligen: The blade has first of all to support a weight of 16 kilograms placed upon its point without -shhwing the least deflection. This pressure is thent increased to such an extent as to cause the bending blade to slhorten by 16 centimeters, an4jm its removal to snap back perfectly straight. A hard blow is then given, first with the edge and next With the back of: the bilaae,'an an iton block, the Pi scribed cuirvature, being carefully inessured., 'then comes the bending'tesp, in which the blade is subjected to a bond of 90 degrees, from which it has to spring baok into the straight line. Finally it' is carefully adjumsted, and not until then does the receiving offier put his stamp on the 12lade.* * Incalouable Mlschte. With every exertion the best of men can do but a moderate amount of good; b~ut it sera in thd power of the most' contemptible individual to db incalet. able mnischief. -