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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. THOUGHTS I OU THE MONTH. HO MK BEAHONAULK " UUKSTIO.XS i HOM mun u ? iionm. What Work lite Uood ParmcrH Should Do in Ihn Moillll Of Octolii r--\n liiiiTfMllii;; Ani dlo From nu Intellliceiti \\ riler. (W ts, Jono.1 la Hi?-1 Moler "OulttrAior.") Tho gathering and housing of summer crops will for tho present occupy most of the fanners' time. Thc rewards of hkill and labor are now his. J le not only has tho pleasure of Booing his I ams and store-houses well lille?!, but also the i x quisite enjoyment of plans consum mated, of undertakings well executed. His estimate of his ?wwihility is possi bly enhanced by the success of his ventures, end he may reasonably and properly indulge his pride a lin te.' for H?X months ol' more lie hus lu en engaged in an arduous campaign one culling for unceasing attention, unflagging < uorgy niul discriminating judgment at uvery turn-one in which niilicultics '.vere con stantly to bo inot und overe?me- many a Scylla on tho one side and a Chary odis OD tho other to bo sh tl lined one m Which oo-opi inti oil with nature was to l)0 assiduously courted und antagonism with her as carefully avoicii d. Now the hont bow may bc a little relaxed, and elasticity restored to tho strained body and mind. While tho plain, routine wei !, of pick ing cotton or breaking corn is ?;omg on, there is no strain upon tho mind, and il cnn leisurely and tpii< Hy look '.nick und compar? resulte with their cnn es. Liku thc old soldier who recalls tho battles he fought, tho farmer can now bring back before him the "tight places" he v ss in, the diflioulties ho had lo meet, und how ho met thom, and calmly and judicially disouss his mauogcuii nt, whether good or bad. [f you had to do it overlain, are thore Oliy changos you would make? Would you have broken your lau I deep er anti moro thoroughly'-' Would yon have harrowed it more boforu punting? "Would you have tuted the sume i,nudity und kind of manure? Would you have ' worked your crops moro rupii iy and oftener in spring and carly summer, und ' gotten ahead of tho grass bet?re tho ! rains sot in? ff you had known il was going to he a wot summer, would youl not have bestirred yourself u lilt! - more? ! Could you not have bestirred ;.ourself 1 without knowing it was going to be wet? ! Is it not un excellent i ide to ho always prepared for tho worst, thou li Imping ' for the best? Don't you think now, in view of yian- extended colton th ? I, with 1 their clean, kure surfaces ready lo her washed away, and th? ir soils i .??.: ed by J ' tho winter rains, that you planb ii rallier i ; too much cottony Svould it ll. t have i been botter to have rosted some o? the j land you cultivated ? lt is quin remark nhle that in a country ni which popula lion is so sparse, and land v.- ?<> super- 1 ?.bandant, wo aro ns anxious to utilize j .very fool of it every year as i coun tries where population is very di . so und \ the land can hardly support il. Our [ judgment is that if half the open 'and in tho country w;is rcsh d ? very j . (abso luto rest, not sown in grain) ; much ' would be made on tho half euith iii d ai is now mode on tho whole. Have tho arrangement: you ? lopti '. lout winter and spring lo previ nt thc washing of your land proved sue? - ful? Didn't you make your torraces n tin early ?spring, just boforo tho usual big rainfalls occur, and did not those rains I utrikc them before they had time to get compacted or get a growth of ony kind upon them to bind encl hold them, and did iud they get badly washed away? y "Would it not ho hotter to make terraces on laud when it is li lting or in stubble, Ond do the work in the fall or early w in tor, so that tho torraces may get nott lcd 1 and linn before the heavy spring rains; and would it not be well to ow thc, ter races in rye or wheat, as soon as they are ruiulo, una get u growth upon thom at ' once? If torraces freshly made in stub ble land should give way nuder heavy min, the land would not wash, becauso it is compact and held by roots. Hut whoa terraces are made in spring, and tho land between tia in ploughed, os is generally tho case, tho washing becomes excessive and disastrous if heavy rains prevail. We have found that on old fund, in which washes have already started, it is extremely difllcolt to get terraces well established without thc aid of somo hillside ditches. Our practice in such cases is to mn ditches just as ono would do if he did not have lei racing in view, and then lay off terraces just aa ii there were no ditches present-ol' course jumping over and not tilling tho ditches where thc terraces cross them. After tho terraces become .veli establish ed and both incipient and oin gulla-.-, ure entirely til led up, the ditches muy ho filled up if one thinks ho can control the water without them. On very rolling laud, where thc disposition to wash is vory great, wo lind it best sometimes to nm short secondary ditchi s between the regalar ditches. A secondary ditch will nm across from one ditch to tho noXt below, starting hist below the dam of tho first and emptying into the om- below. Placed just uliovo un incipient wash a emull BOOOndory ditch will assisi materi ally in stopping it. Wo cannot join thc ardent advocates of terracing in whole? .lo denunciations . of hillside ditches. lb find the latter, at time*, very useful -nay, almost indispensable. li one starla with fresh laud, and there is no tnienltivnwd slono above from which water may flow down uj>on it, torraces alone may answer, but on old kinds whero washes havo already started tl UM may bo arrested and pi imsimntly Stopped by a judicious cmbinntiou of Aitahoa ami terraces with moro ooso and moro quickly than by terraces alone. Terraces are sometimes made too nar row; a strip, at least two feet walo, in tho middle of thora should not bo dis tnriied by tho plow, but loU Ibm aud compact to resist tho washing notion of water. After the terrace is well ostnb United it may bo reduced in width il doomed advisable. Can a good part Of the lerfcure time between this and spring IHJ butter spent than in devising ways ittd potting into execution nunns to prevent tho washing away pt our soils? Ml admit this is the very foundation of saoo-saafnl farming, and yet we go on from year to year pursuing methods winch facilitate tho washing away of tho soil and hardly ever stopping Mid tAking time to arrest it. What is done in this direction is most frequently done in u hurried and imperfect manner in tho spring, when heavy rainfalls startle us from our lethargy by their destructive ness, lu sections where grains and grasses constitute tho prevailing crops these difficulties ?lo not confront farmers. We scarcely ever see an allusion to the wash ing away of soils in Northern or W? stern agricultural journals. At the South, the trouble lies at tho door of cotton and ti >! tueco-luml-tlcst roying, labor-demand ing crops -how they have cursed and how they still curso our agriculture! Strange paradoxes; where the labor prob!.m is most diilloult ami onibarrass lug, wi* raise crops which call for most labor; where bummer droughts arc most disastrous, we rely chiefly on su m mor crops; where winter rains aro most copious mid destructive, we keep our lands bare through the winter that they may bo washed away and their fertility destroyed by leaohing; in a climate ad mitting the greatest variety of produc tion, our crops aro few in number and wo arc buyers of almost everything, when wo ought to purchase almost noth ing. Recently we have taken advantage of the com punitive leisure on the farm to do something towards stopping washes. In many places wc found little washes started on the upper side of ditches. Our practice for some years has been to h ave au unplowed strip I breo or four feet wide along tho nj.per margin of ditches to ttop washes and tilter out the dirt comiug down from above, lt works ad mirably, but sometimes, notwithstanding this precaution, little washes have start ed. Wo had a hand with a wagon loud of leaves follow each ditch on stubble [and and throw leaves in each wash, and wi ere locks were convenient, put some of them at lower cud of wash to hold tho leaves in placo. In thc absence of rocks ii few slobs may bo drive n across the mouth. Leaves not only catch and hold dirt, but enrich the spot, and next year grass ami weeds will spring up in the wash and tilter out ?he dirt passing through them. A very little work of this kind every summer will keep a farm in CXCOllent condition, lt should la: ihme in summer or>antumn so as to bc ro i ly for the winter rains; not in spring utter those rains have ?lone their de structive work. Wo have also been constructing some harrioudos across a branch bottom, hav ing considerable full, to prevent the scouring effects of heavy freshets. The narrowest points between converging hills were selected for their sites. At lino point w here a wagon road was de sired abroad dam of rocks was built tcross from two points of equal altitude pn each sido of thc branch ami a high bridge built aero s the latter. At other point** two rows of stakes, some three led apart, were firmly driven in thc ground, and the since between them lilied with brush ami logs. Our purpose is, next spring, to drive willow stob* dong the hue of these barricades, and let them grow up to trocs, and tims form living amt permanent barricades to catch rind hold trash and dirt. Work of thu kind must bo well done; the power ol water is very great, and unless the stake* ire strong and driven deeply in th< gloUlld, the whole is hubie to lie swepl iiivay. lt is well to have a small crow bar and prcjMiro deep holes to receive thc stakes, w hich is easily done by job Iii,.':,' the bur down, shaking it back WU rd 1 und forwards, and repeating this a li v times, lu connection with this mattel ul* preserving the soil, wo venture to re pint a suggestion made in the Cultivatoi l?verai years ago: That fields la* had ol in strips (horizontal) from twenty ti fifty yards in width, and these alt? mute Iv sown down and cultivated. Washc ntartcd in a cultivated strip would bi promptly arrested by the unoultivate< strip below it. A vast deal could lie ac L'omplishcd by this simple arraiigeinen toward the preservation of the soil, mu now that the pasturing of grain fields i being largely abandoned, there is no ob jection to adopting it. We cannot toi often or too emphatically stress th point, that, clean culture ld the mai Omise of the red, gullied hills south e the Potomac. Will our reader/, pardon ns for agar urging thc great importance of SCOOin down our hare fields? If they huvo n faith in their ability to raise grass, o have no special use for that crop, the can sow rye, ami it is not yet too late t do that. ( >n average land and for th purpose now in view, a half bushel < hoed to the acre will suffice, ?nd tli small outlay will be returned mauifol iu tho improvement of tho land. Wit peas as a Bum m or renovating crop, un rye as a winter one, we have the best < facilities for bringing up our worn au wasted soils. Towards thc last of the month wh? sowing will be in order in the northoi sections of the cotton belt, lt is well realize tho fact that our climate is n the best for wheat, and that it shou not therefore bo made a leuding ero lint while this is true, by judicious ? lection of varieties, and of suitable soil with proper preparation and manurin enough wheat for home supply can ' raise.;. First as to varieties. We nm discard tho handsome but tender whi wheats, and take those of the M?dit! ranciui type-rod, boarded kinds, whi seem ut hourn in warm climates. T good housewife will havo to yield a 1 tlc on tho score of white Hour; it w ill nono the less nutritious or palatable, tho next place, tho highest and dryi knobs and knolls should bo select* No n.nl ter if poor; make up for that manure. Thoro is very Uttlo land ri enough to bring wheat without mani anyway. If it bas been sown in peas, much tho bettor; there is no liottor ci to precede w heat than [teas, unless it clover. Turu tho peavinos under i very deep, and thon barrow the lo sovorol timos. Oot tho finest tilth j cm. If cotton seed is to bo used, s there is nothing hotter, they catt spread on tho land before it is turn but it will not do to turn them un deeply. If commercial fertilizers cotton seed meal aro used, they can harrowed instead of being plowed I After tho seed is sown, roll tho land; I will causo tho seed to como up bel und moro uniformly. Wheat may own from tho 20th of October to W t of December, according to latiti the tendency of late years has been ?ow too late. A luau the 25Ui of the month a kill frost usually ooours, and it is well havo everything ready for it, peavi forage, hny, etc., gathered and housed. Groundpeas should . Iso bo gathered by that timo, that flu; tops may 'OM eui od as torago, and the gathering of tho nuts facilitated. Alter lulling frost (ho nuls quickly los?1 their hold on tin- vines, ami are left in the ground when the latter are pulled up. Sorghum cut und stowed away under shelter will keep green and sweet for a long time, prolonging the period of green feed well u\? to Christ nias. Stalks, leaves and heads cul up together we lind to be a most excellent feed for cattle. Om* people, generally, have not b arned yet to apprec iate its value as stock feed. Wo think it superi or to Millo Mai/.o or any other of thal class. The amber cane is tho best variety for this purpose. Thc; sweet pc dato vine is anothev good bcd, liable now to i o reined by frost. As it is almost impossible to curt? tin m. they may bo ?either grazed or pulled oft amt fed. Litllo damage to tho potato will accrue if this is done after the mid dle of Octobe r. Everything should bc in readiness also for digging the pota toes. After tho weather gets cool and vegetation ceases active growth, ti.o dig ging may take place ut any time when thc soil is dry. Whore the vines ore not fed off to stock, tho usual practice i.s to pull them out of thc way with a plow. This gather? tho vines tn heaps ut the end of the rows and deprives the land ol their fertilizing properties, lt would bc better to have a turn plough with sharp, revolving coulter, and run it on each side of a row so OS to out off the vines and bury them in thc middies. Then with a plow, called a "potato digger," such as is used by Northern farmers foi digging Irish potatoes, the tubers might be lifted out of the ground with great rapidity and without being cut and bruised. . ig in dry weather after thc plant has ceased growing rapidly, put in nibs of thirty to forty bushels, keep dry. wrap with pine straw and cornstalks si.\ lo eight inches thick, and cover with dirt, increasing the thickness of tho lot ter as the weather gets colder, until it is DUC foot thick. At first lc ave an airhole it top of hill, say for four or live weeks, then stop it np with dirt and ont off ni! Qommunieation with outside air. A shelter over the hill is preferable, tllOUgl not indispensable, if enough dirt is jail on tho lull, and it is well sloped so OS te -heel waler rapidly. Hin- c.oi'i Throw a Hr Irk, Had Paris seen Helen attempt to shoe i COW out o? the back yard, it is safe te -ay that the Trojan war would ne vcr have been waged, and Homer would have licon obliged to take1. the> Haymarket rio for an e pic. Had Antony Been I'lcopa.tr; jilli son street car dow 'll a dusty ovonui r ('airo, it is safo to Btate thal bc wouh lave. Hod disenchanted back to Octavia md the divorce court lawyer "decid piiotly secured; no publicity" wouh never have mader a cont from him. liai Don*o seen Beatrice fire a hull brick a tho ? undid ben which prospected lo seeds in her flower-bed ovory spring, i ?8 again safe tt> say he would have: se n >ack her notes, her white mouse pen ivipor, tho lava smoking >et with "Me i r, christmas" painted across the stern, am liscontinucd that rocky courtship whiol lie subsequently celebrated in lus pooc tnown os "Tho Inferno." In tho three- situations given above th IVOragO woman is grand, massive l itame, incoinpic-hc nsihle. The ma ivho witnesses these fominino mood from tho weather side of a high boar feneo and does not stand with bea Dareel, bushell and awe-stricken bas n poetry in his soul. In all BIIO is groo! luit m tho brick-throwing act she i greatest - and most dangerous. There i i physiological rCUSO ll for this, lt is nc lier fault that an ambulance wagon hu to bo rung up after her bi ick-throw in moods,'but that this kind of oxorois dways creates a tinny and ail upwar e lide ney in Hie window glass uiurkc' She cannot help aiming at the hen an cringing lown tho usual inoffensive cit son in the next ward. Her shouldci were not rightly constructed for ba os.-ung, and in thu hurry incident upo laying tho citizen she frequently forge A) consult her hand book on throwini md make . thu left band eh) all the lube instead of th?: right, as laid down by tl luthorities. Nor is she montally coi itituted for a base-ball pitcher. Man Husbands who ure not right-mindi moor at their wives' weakness cf mont grasp iu rot being able to distingue hotwia-ii a mutilated and jumped-oo un pire and a three-base hit. These nil mbtloties of thc game may be thus lo to her, but it is not her fault. Uer git brain matter is not put up that wa irohiteotnrolly spooking, any more tin lier shoulder is built to bring confus? iud death to cows. lt will bo observed by all who take tl trouble to attend a 1)080 ball game in tl interest? of science that the best thro ers have very square shoulders, and t shoulders of some uro higher at t corn, s than near the neck. In Hu latter the clavicle tends upward as leaves tho spinal column, a eircumstan which allows free play of tho arm in a direction. Whereas as is seen in a lad, skeleton, tho shouldor-blude slopes ilo> like a tolioggan slido and overlaps t arm-socket in a manner which prove? her lifting hor arm without cracking 1 shoulder-blade or bursting out a scam her basque, either of which Ls calculai to discourage good marksmanship, Chicago Inter-Ocean. -General Boulanger, desiring to euro from the Fronch govornniont appropriation for now explosive bom recently invitee tho Budget Commit to witness tho experiments he was car ing on in private. Tho experimenta was carrying on In privat?;. The exp? ment, is made with a monster mortar, tho desi met ion of fortifications; the n silo oxplodes with exceedingly destr tivo effect. It is charged with a now plosive, of whoso nun posit ion Benian and bis associates alone possess secret. The compound, however, is mitted to have all tho powors of i cotton with nono of its defects, am said, in addition, to be easily trnnsp able and free from liability to ur taneous ignition. It is stated th.it budget and committee were u .?t < highly aatisllcd and pleased, but proi od to freely support tho Oonerol's maud for a larg?* special appropri?t A bank cashier may get himself hi vol hut he generally comes out all right ir long nm-that ls, provided the k>?| fi to Canada. ? - v ? WIIEUE THE PLA? WAS BURLED. THU BLHKPY OM) Pl. M IC THAT WILL CV CH LH ?: IV III8TOR1 . An Ky Wit news to Hie M?irrcinler-Th? *:.>.> Told i v Colonel IV?rn on Um HUtorlv Flrld. (LctUrto Iho philadelphia Times.) Appomattox Courtliouso, va.,asleopy littlo villago, dozing its days away on tho old stage rood between Riohmoud and Lynobbiu'g, seems to tho Northorn traveler to have become tired o? exist ence away back in tho early pftft of thc century and to have settled into a Rip Van Winkle Bleep, from which it only once awoke, shaken hy tho thunder of cannon sud tho tread of armed cen, only to relapse into moro profound slumber. All unconscious of its world wide fomo and thc riohncss of its local history, the little town is content with it? own peculiar life und calmly ignores the roar and rush of the outside world. Once in a while a stray tourist comes this way, but seldom docs the old tavern door opon to admit a stranger. Hs binges have accumulated rust for yean; and long sprigs of grass grow between the broken porch-steps. Tho whole town wears tho same passive air of somnolency as when Generals < traut and Lee rodo through its quiet stn -ts to close, by a few strokes of the pen, the most bitterly contested and bloody in ternecine contest uvor to swell tin. pages of history. TUE ltOAI) TO APPOMATTOX. This moaning two tramps from tho borders of tito Koystouo State found themselves 'il Appomattox Station, on tho Norfolk and Western Railroad. After a Walk of three miles through sedge, Held and thicket, forests and corn-Heidi' they reached Appomattox Courthouse. Upon thc brow of a hill overlooking the town a small graveyard brings vividly ho sk to memory th" one short but pr ginini period of civil war which is inseparably connected with tito place, for wi'.hin its whitewashed fences are eighteen graves in one long row, each with a nameli BS white pine bead-boord of simple desi gu. Thoso graves contain tho dust of t h. ; Con federate soldiers killed in tho last skirmish on Saturday night and Sunday morning before Lee sent tho Hog of truce over tho hills to (baut. /V small whitewashed pino monu ment had been orccted iu tho centre of the lot by somo lo*/al friend of thc deed, but even it is now overturned and lien prostrate la tero tho row of mounds. Tho Courthouse, a toll, square, red brick building, resembling more tho residence of a solid old Virginia farmer than a public stvueturo, stands within a small square OL* "green" in tho conter of the town. Tho Old .st. ige road coming over thc eastern hilL; doh rontinlly turns to one side anti passes around thc Court house in a .semi-circle, to resume in front its onward course again, .inst north of tho public building and lion the road is tho tavern, a gloomy-looking structure of ancient architecture A mass of matted ivy leaves el in;* to mic damp wall, while near by thc old-timo well-sweep rears its mo-sny head. Vory rarely does a guest insoribo his name in tho musty register, or climb tho creaking Btairs with his tallow ci indio to seek re pose. '1'he county jail, is southeast of tho Courthouse about twenty yards away. Two small stores, ono of which enjoys tho additional dignity ( if being the post ellice, a blacksmith sJiop and ti .1 or twelve dwellings constitute tho remain der of the town, which contains, by' actual count, one hundred inhabit iiits. j Tho nearest church is two miles away. The people of Appomattox are vory kind and hospitable, and without questioning] the in tont and purpose s of tho stranger at their gates, recoivo him courteously, minister to Ids wants quietly, unostenta tiously, bul with a kin.d-hcurlediu ss be neath all thal is genni ne and ehcoriug. A number of Northern visitors stray hero in the COU1S0 of the. year; in fact, curi osity is tho motive inducing strangers to come at all, but there is no cool ness in tho welcome of these people. The veteran who fought under Meade ot Oottysburg and followed Hooker ii to the \S ilderness linds boro one of .lack son's "foot cavalry" ready to grasp his o md and share his humble home with his late foe. COI.ONK1. PKBRS's STORY. Agnat man here is Colonel G. T. Leers, clerk of the county court, an ellice he has held uninterruptedly for eighteen years, and altogether for near ly a quarter of a century. Colonel Peers is tho only white man now living ot Appomattox Courthouse who was here at the time of the surrender of General Lee. He is tho friend, counsellor and leader of tho little community, and his kindly blue eyes and flowing white beard give him a patriarchal appearance His otliee in the basement of thc Courthouse is crowded with musty old papers, many hearing dab) early in tho last century and concerning the estates and fortunes of many proud F, I1'. V's. Colonel Poora is piobobly better acquainted wi tl) tho local event? transpiring at the time of Leo's surrender than any man in thc South. With great kindness he pointed out thc scenes of the memorable inci dents of the 8th and '.?th of April, 1866. "I remember well," ho said, OH, stand ing on tho Courthouse "green," ho gazed thoughtfully at tho woods skirting the wohtem sky, os though catching again in memory's eye the glimmer of hostile bonners through the trees-"I remenv ber as though yesterday the day when the Army of Northern Virginia posscd into history. There Wore [OW men in Appomattox that spring. Somo were with Leo around Richmond, others with .loo Johnston in tho South, and other? again were sleeping on the Holds of ( ?cttysburg, Antietam and Chancellors ville. There wen' anxious wives, broken-hearted widows and childless mothers among UH, and tho few who re mained could easily seo tho dark clouds gathering eloser over tho Confederacy. Lee, driven out of H ?ch mond and up rooted from Petersburg, was hurrying his woary Hoops toward tho wosteru mountains, with tho sleuth-hounds ol (irant and Sheridan pressing hard bc hind. On Saturday morning, April H, a few strogglora reached Appomattox willi the information that Lee was close ai band, whilo terrified country people from tho west carno ?u [with tho intelli gence that Sheri :an !>:ul como up tho railroad track and was across tho road in Lee's front. Iii tho aftoruoou Loo ar rived and cuotunped "ii tho brow of n bill about a mile from town. About half-way between, through a fortilo meadow, nm-. Appomattox Urcekf cross ing tlic road near un old applo orohard." A COUKOlh OF WAU. "I wont into the Confederate camp that night and learned from an ofh'coi that a eounoil of war bad ju.si been li? kl by Oonoral Leo and bia generala, ut which it was decided that if Sheridan's cavalry was tho only obstruction in front an attempt would bo inado early tho uoxl monking to out through, bul if Ord'a infantry should arrive during tho night there would !>'. nothing left but surren der. Lee's pickets liad been thrown through and about a milo west of tho town, mid a sharp cue linter occurred about dusk between them anil tho 15th New York cavalry. Tho picket lino tell back through the town, followed hard by tho ? iieiny, and ii was in len ling tili? pursuit that tho comm iud r of Ibo caval ry, Lieutenant Colonel Hoot, was killed in thc centre of tho village. Tills vas the last lifo lost at Appomattox. On Sunday morning a battery ?vas planted in my yard one hundrt d yarda from the Couithouso, and un artillery duel with tho Fodorals bogati. From this battery tho last shots were fired by the Army ii Northern Virginia. About '.; o'clock that Sunday morning '.void was brought (leneral Lee, who had riddoil up under ono of tho applo trees on tho banks of the creek, that tho infantry was in his front several thousau I stn 'ii;'. Accord ing to tho decision of tho council tho night before, he imm?diat ?ly sent for ward from this point thc tilg of truce. This was tho only part played lu the closing drama of tho war by tho famous ? 'apple tree of Appomattox." Oonoral Lee und Oonoral Grant nover mot und? r \ its boughs; in fact, the latter never got within two huudrcd yards of tho applo tree. He rodi- through tho villagonbout an hour after the. Hag of truce intered bis linos, and was mot by Oencrnl i.<e on tho brow of a hill, half way bi tw< 0U the town and thc apple orchard. Hero the two chieftains convoi d awhile, then ? turned and rodi' together into the town." ! THK SUKHKNDKlt. "Meeting Mr. Wilmer McLean in I front of the Courthouse, General Lee asked him where tin y could do some . writing, and tho party was escorted by that gentleman to bis own house, \. lu re, in tho parlor, the articles of capital dion were drawn up and signed. Au hour or i so Inter (lem ra! Loo passed mo on bis return to camp, ll" v. 1 alone, and lode slowly and thoughtfully, bis head bowed upon his breast, tts though in deep thought. He did not seem depres -ti, ; but looked like one w ho, while conscious of having dono his best, bad been com-1 pi lled to submit td the iuoVttllblc, fool nig at tho same time tho terrible im portance of the stop be bad tal.en. V?tor ibo surroudor both gouerals retired to their respective headquarters, and, if i mistake not, neither came into town again. Both, I think, loft on Tuesday, ; Oonoral Graut leaviug General Gibbon to completo tho surrender and parole officers und men.** During Colonel Coors's narrative ho! pointed out many points of interest. Thu spot where the two great leader.-) j met is marked by a pilo of stones, while nearly a milo np tho road, on tho brow of the hill, stands the solitary poplar under which the Confederate command er stood while doliVoriug his farewell address to his troops. The McLean house, where the articles of surrender were signed, is a long, com fortablo-lookiug, red brick dwelling, * ith a porch running its eu tiro length. ; i)ver tho parlor door hangs a picture of tho room, roprosenting it when tho articles of surrender were being signed. .Mr. Wilmer McLean, who owned tho house at the time, wai a refugee from the first battle of Manassas, bringing bis family here to escape the horrors of wai. lu lfsV,!* the old piace passed into tho hands ol' .Mr. X. II. Uagland, its pr owner. His son, Mr. T. 'J\ Uagland, is a nu reliant and postma-tei in thc vil lage. The only tim? when thc town awakes to any degree of life is on Court days. They are periods of great interest to ii.. Virginia tanners and people Hook to town fruin far and mar. Two resident lawyers transact thc loco] Court business ami the .Judge of the County Court is allowed to practice before tim Circuit Court. A strong effort is boing made to have the Courthouse and jail r< moved to Ap pomattox Station, three miles distant. This place contains more inhabitants than its sister town and is growing as rapidly us the average interior Virginia town. Then several brands of whiskey arc sold here. Tho country surrounding Appomattox Courthouse is poor and un inviting and there is little to attract strangers save its rich mine of historic interco i, Hplll TiMl-llollnr KolVN. A new departure in tho matter of counterfeiting money was brought to light at the I'nited States Sub-Treasury in Baltimore a few days ago. A some what worn ten-dollar Government bill was presented at the cashier's window with u rennest for change, which was given. The note was sont to Washing ton as mutilated currency, and was re turned with thc information that one side of the note was good, but tho othor B?dO WAS O Well OX CCU tod counterfeit ot the original, it was found that ii genu ine ten-dollar bill had boOQ split, the face being separated from the back, n seemingly impossible und? rtaking, The original face with a Counterfeit back had been used, and it is quite likely that the genuino buck with a well executed coun terfeit face has been passed in some other quarter. More recently another ten-dollar .'front" was presented at th? cashier's window with A .similar request for chango. The clerk at tho window, suspecting tli - bill, told tho man who handed it in to wait a inonu nt until he consulted J)r. Bishop, the Sub-Treasurei. Dr. Bishop recognized in the note thc ftimiliur game, and :-aid it wm worth just W>. When tho clerk ri-turned to tin wintlow the ?mm lind left widiout waiting for bis chango. Tho Sub-Treasury, which was out :$? on the ti mt transaction, wis evened up by thc second. I'ultimore Sun. Stcakhol-iei^ -Butcher*, j .-.i as - ii uwi j . ,r,'.-A,'i xiMiicurawii A I'LOUIDA ilEKMlT. Tl IK . BTttAMil] ItOMAKCK THAT < o\t;;s PHOM LA ti li Kl KTIK Tim itt iiinrhnhto ^.nry <>? iii.- Lone h'lMheriiiaii ". KlruiiKt) < renlttr? Who Tooti Delight In Iii ; Irrr.- gloria* ol Night, . 11 lorn spot ?oi.- " ?f thu J lalla li Inliln Time?.) EusTia, PI>A., September '2'.).-lt was I loki ruc <i l\ \v nights ag ) wbou tko beau tiful lake ?MIS peopled with shadows und from i'.n- dark encircling woodacarno the plaintive innes ot' tin whip-o'-will. faustus is Otto of a chain of lakes that hu..: water communication with the out ?ido world by moans of the Oekliiwahe. river. Tho latter is a narrow, crooked ) ream, hedged by swamp and hummock, loafing lazily wherever the notion .steins tu take it. Those lakes are beautiful clear-wo tor streams, ami embellish and make comfortable tho prettiest ?iud most . delight fid portion of Florida, tim hill ' and lake region Tko kills sloping down j lo these lakes are now dotted with tho | handsome villus and thrifty orango j grow s of both permanent settlors and ] winter residents. Lakes Harris and | Justis, in tko meeting of tko waters, aro , twin Hi t rs in a realm of beauty. Fish- ( iii;', boating ?ntl sailing uro pleasure*! , much indulged in by tho lake fronters, j and now, with this proface to my ( strange, wierd lalo, 1 will proceed. , "Some low yours ago, when this coun- ( try was sparsely settled and everybody , Ki ? overybody oise, much speculation < was excited hy the appearance of a , stranger upon those lakes. Tho only j pince w in n. IK- was over seen, however, , wa. in his boat fishing or por ng over '( soiiie tattered book. Lake Eustis seemed ; to bo his favorito resort. .Many efforts ' were made to attract his attention and ] to dif cover something about him, but , they all failed. Ho would uuswor no , tpiestions, nor oven look up when he was a-lui esse.I. Ile appeared to be about i soventy years old, of thin, but wiry j build, his long, white hair falling down ( over Iiis shoulders, his long w hite board , Liing to his waist. His clothing was , ray, ahuost threadbare, neatly patch- , im places with what looked to bo the \ skin of some auimal. His boat was a ion;.; can.ie, evidently hollowed out of si .inc tree by his own hands of very graceful outlines and .so light as to be almo si transparent. This ko managed s with consummate skill, and w hen his in- c ipiitdtors became too troublesome he i dd ?peed away from thom like some > frightened bird. s A ? mmi m THU sioirr ANO HTORM. ^ "Al night this strange creature was more of a mystery thau ever. Then his euv a;- rigged with a homely canvas and would outsa.il tko fastest craft. Tho lovers ihating idly on the shining waves, 'Aneie tho moon showered down J ii., diver glory, would seo oft'in tko dis tance tho tossing omit of tko hom it. ( Plea ure boat?, morry laden with laugh ing youth and maiden, would greet him with song and jest. To all of those lie made no sign. When tho long roll of the thunder was heard and tho storm king was s? en marshaling his black squadrons along thc dark horizon all other l.oais would dash for tho shore, but he was in his glory then. Those s hurrying from the scone, eager to escape thu storm and danger, wonjil experience a .strange thrill nt tho sight of this old mun, who seemed to rove! in tho tempest. His boat would swoop through the blinding shoots of rain like n meteor, sometimes almost disappearing in the trough ol tho waves, then h ailing to their topmost ou sts. At those timos tho ht rmit would stand erect, and bare headed, in his boat, wildly gesticulating, sometimes giving vent to shrieks of iiiaiiiac.il laughter. Evory effort was made to track him to his hiding-place, bul they a.i failed. Once, a party who lind been endeavoring for a Jong tune t.< s.dve tia' mystery, followed hun cau tiously, ns he seemed homeward bound t and unaware of their espionage. He s paddled out of tho lake into the river, 1 and when a short distance out, making - an abrupt turn, apparently disappeared in tho -uv,-grass prairie at thc edge. The hunting-party cotdd see no trace of him , tunl ri turned to their homes in greater bewilderment. A week passed and tho hermit was still missed upon the lake. Another , week having passed and still no sign, * the young men who had originally fol lowed him determined to make a thor ough search, L'hey were prompted to . this by the common feelings of humani ty as weil as by curiosty. Ho might be sick and in groat distress. Procuring a light boat they sot ont upon their self imposed mission. Beaching tho point w here he had disappeared they pushed . resolutely through the tall matted grass, \ and after a sinn t distance, to their aston ishment, limy came to a m rrow brunch or creek, easily navigable to small boats. Two hundred yards from this piont was a ol ump of hammock, and hero their search ended, 'Jiu- hut w as bofore them, l ying their boat to a large exposed root, they gently approached it. Itwasabout J oigflt foot long and lour feet wide, made with saplings, thatched with grass, the sides covered with dried hides of alliga tors. Tho stench that came from the interior of the hut was almost overpow ering. Propping the door back with a i polo they looked in. The hermit lay ti? ad upon tho Moor, his body badly uo e. inposed. Death had evidently ap proached him very suddenly, as his lingers still held a little memorandum book wkioll he had boen reading. The ! party covered the body as well as they could and, tumbling the hut down upon it, left it to await tho final trump. TUB STORY, ol ins nu i:. '.From tho little book which I saw," aid Hie narrator, "for I was ono of the patty, we loamed the following facts: i he niau supposed to be over soventy years old was not yet Fifty. Years ago, a few miles out of Havannah, lived Frank Walton ami Minnie Jeffcoat. Tho farms ol their parents adjoined; tho two had grown up together. Together they mas I tored the intricacf ? of thc school-books , They became plighted lovers. He was twenty-thru- years old j sho was barely ?icventecn. They woro to have married indune, 1H0I, but the tempest swung the pino against tho palm. Frank on listed in tho gallant Barlow's regiment and inarched gaily to tho front. Minnie pinned ber colors on bis bat and prom ised to bo faithful to tho bust. In tho springo/ 1805, ragged, dirty, half-starved and penniless, he was paroled and started back to Georgia to share tho fortunes of his ruined peopled. On bis arrival in Havannah ho met an old friend just from his former bonn', und to his eager inqui ries was informed that Minnie had been married about a week before to a young man who had escaped military duty by 'hiding outfitting most of the war. Tho news seemed to stuu Frank aud ho turned away without a word. That night ho disappeaiod from friendly sight as effect ually as if he had been swallowed up in the fathomless ocean. His frieuds-and he had a host of them made every offort to trace him, but to no avail. Ho was nover heard of again until his dead body was found in the little hut on tho Ookla waha river. So the evil that women do lives after them." HAMILTON JAY. KtndncM lo llorac*. "Senex," in a communication to the Barnesvillo, (Ja., Gazette, says: "Edgar Tet" never wrote a truer sentence than when h'- said in the Gazette last woek: "No, we are not good enough to our horses and mules; if wo could show to them more kindness, they might return Lo us more gentleness." And he might lia ve added, and more obedienco and netter service. A horse, kindly treated, .viii obey his master in anything that ho jan understand, and ho is moro wilbng iud better able to render good and satis factory servico when ho is well .fed and jared for and kindly spoken to than vhon he is half starved, either for food >r water or both, and whipped unneces sarily, and tm dod at without cause. Some men n r speak kindly to o horso, ind so neve . ive a kind horse. We think a hon e or a mule, properly treated ind cared for, instead of being consid ered "dead old" at hf teen woi?d bo thou just in his prime, and would do good .vork till thirty, if not forty; and if tho law forbidding cruel treatment of do mestic animals MUS rigidly enforced, wo should have better and cheaper horses ind mules. But good laws, without vir tue enough iu the people to respect them, are of little avail. Another featuro >f the treatment of horses is, that tho nan who treats his horso wrong will lot treat his wife right. Let every roung lady make a note of this fact, and vatch;how her sweetheart treats his horse. '. Maine Conundrum. The way people can mix up them lelves and their relatives in the matter >t marriage was perhaps nover better I his tra ted than in the cns?? of a back woods Maine family, of which ?. corre ipondent writes: A father, son and grandson married bree sisters. That looks simple enough, doesn't it? It hasn't dawned on you yet? Well, see here: 1. Arno.*, the father, married Abagail. 2. Benjamin, son of Amos, married Betsey. 8. Charles, son of Benjamin, married karoline. What then? Amos is brother to his son. Amos is brother to his grandson. Amos is grandfather to his daughter. Annis is grandfather t?> his sister. Amos is father to his wife. Amos is hither to his grandson. Amos is his own grandfather, his own on and brother-in-law to himself. Benjamin is brother to his father. Benjamin is brother to his son. Benjamin is brother to his mother. "Benjamin is brother to his daughter. Benjamin is the son ol' his sister. Benjamin is the husband of his sister. Charles is brother t?i his father. Charles is brother to his grandfather. Charles is brother to his mother. Charles is brother t?> his grandmother. Charles is grandnephew to his mother. Charles is grandnephew to his wife. Charles is the grandchild of his aunt. Charles marrieil to another aunt. Charles is the son of his aunt. ('liarles is thc husband of his sister. Maine is responsible for a goo?l many hinge, but tho foregoing will show that he is still engaged in thc good work. lochoster Express. THE LAURENS BAH. . T. JOHNSON. w. u. itionKY. JOHNSON & RICHEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, )FFICK--Fleming's Corner, Northwest side of Public Square LAURENS C. H., S. C. J. C. OAKLINGTON, A T T O lt N E Y A T L A W, LAURENS <:. H., S. C. Office over W. El. Garrott's Store. V. C. I1F.NRT, v. v. M'OOWAN, Abbeville. Laurens. HEN ET & MCGOWAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., S. C. r, W. FERGUSON. QKO. F. YOUNO. FERGUSON & YOUNG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. H., S. C. I, V. TODD. W. H. MARTIN. TOI>I> & MARTIN, ATTORNEYS A T L A W, LAURENS G. H., 8. C. If, J. HOI.MK8. H, Y. SIMPSON. HOLMES & SIMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, I.AURKNS C. H., S. C. N. 3. HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LAURENS, C. H., S. C. S-sT* Omeo over store of W. L. BOYD. DENTIAT. OFFICE OVER WILKES' BOOK AND DRUG STORE. Otflco days-.Monday s and Tuesdays? LAURENS CH., S. O,