The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, December 28, 1887, Image 4
At Work.
..firme an1 chisel nn* bnmmerl gayly they
flash In the sun!
An' som<?boay's wottin to weloomo mo homo
when my work ts don?.
Somebody's hands w e worklu' for bread for
tho Dabei to eat,
Somebody's eyes aro lookln' for mo eomln up
the street.
Plane an' chisel an' hammer I gnyly they
flash in tho sun?"
That's how 1 usod lo sing nt my work; but
that song's done.
Here 'n tho lonely workshop 1 oblsel nn ham
mer an' plane, . ,
Not wi' tho old good heart-1 shall novor tm
that ngaln.
Thoro'B nobody walting at homo for me; tuo
cottage is nil so lone, .
An' tho babes-God bless 'em-lt breaks my
heart to hour 'em moan.
There's nobody nt tho window lookln out up
tho vlllnKO streol.
An' work do seem so hnrd now! she used to
lanko lt sweet.
An" the neighbors, kind hearts! they ooma an
stop nt tho workshop door.
And pilles nu'talks nu' tnlks-they mean all
well for sure.
Calmer A bit maybe I'll tfrow; but there'll
still bo tho placo
The empty placa in my henri, 'splto o' tho
oheerlesi tao*.
Somcthln' 'll fill UV What! * ? . Now that
she's gone awny,
1 don't want it filled by notbln'. Nevorl that's
what 1 say.
Plaue an* chisel nu' hnuuucr! gnyly they flash
lu tho sun !
An' nobody's wnltin' to welcome mo home
when m. work is done.
An'when tho v'nin' o mies, an' 1 wipe tho
sweat from my brow,
I stop wi'my oont on my nrm, nn' think how
lonely nil ts now.
1 think of nor pince at the table an' fire, nu'
her empty chair.
An' tho lom-iy supper n-waUin' nie, an' she
not there I
Tho bnhes Hint crowed *n her nrius, an' belt,
to her dress's hem, .
Comm' to meet mel How proud I was of ber
an' them I
I stop nt tuo door as 1 mind it, an' I haven r
tho heurt to go
Uaok to the empty oottngc; lt makes mo UM- >
her so.
I see thc shndows a-guthorln', nu' the Inst o'
tho seton' sun,
Au' 1 wish the day weren't over an* my doy's
work done;
Tho shadows over tho church an* her grnve
an' tho fields below,
An' there on tho lonely cottnuod an' I haven't
tho hen rt to go.
. . . ? . .
Yee! 1 jjot my work to do, thunk God? Hnm
iner au' chisel nu' plano 1
'Tis work, work, work, ns steadies ono's heart
nn' brain.
Just thc sninn for till on ns, maiden BU' mau
an'-wife I
Lifo wi'out work, I reckon, nin't worthy tho
name of Ufo.
An'lifo wi'out hope to hold to!-why . . *
belier dio n'ni"i?i !
'Tis a Phip wi'out au anchor, I say: n gnle wi'
ne'er A post.
IMnne au' chisel au' hummer ! gnyiy they flash
lu tho sun !
Thank God, l'vo hone niel work; 'tis Hint ns
helps me on.
That's what the passim iel 6Hy; but 'Us hnrd
to slick to't HIOIIK!) ;
"fis hard to ho left alone! Au' the babes!
An' to want her so.
Plane nu' chisel an' himmn i ! ynyly they Hash
tn the sun !
An'nobody's walting for mo ni home when
my work ls done.
There's the empty chair hy the Are, an' the
teni hy the window-pane;
She'll never come bnok to Hiern or sit nu'
work in them again.
Mut tho empty piuco In my heart, there's
somcthln' U6 seems to say
She'll oom?' to that for ever may be, In hea
ven, some dny.
-1'. E. Weatherly.
A IM. a Foi- lin- Hints.
I have read a good deal nboui tho
damago done in lalo years hy chinch
bugs, ninty worms, cu reid io, borers and
other insects "too numerous to men
tion;'1 but fow of tho writers sonni to
think or bc conscious of tho rool roason
for tho increasing number and harmful?
ness of these pests. But wc do not have
to go far to lind tho reason, and it is
found in thc widespread and outrageous
destruction of our birds. Think of the.
onormous number of small hirds re
quired to deck ladies' bat.? nowadays;
mid of tho ruined crops of hundreds of
farmers and fruit growers in the United
States, and ask if thc latter is not tho
result of tho former. Of course it is; no
one will or can dispute it. What is to
bo done? Something; and no timo
should bo lost in doing it. Tho Ameri
can Humano Society is, 1 think, doing
a good work in this direction, and
would in limo blot out tho bird-killing
business, especially us an adjunct to thc
millinery tindo of tho country; but it
cannot work a ra for m soon enough to
satisfy tho pressing ueccssilics of thc
agricultural interests. Wo must appeal
te law to stop this indirect hutching and
raising of myriads ol insects to destroy
tho crops - of tho farmer, fruit grower
and market gardener.
1 do not think a law against catching
birds would do much good, for it would
not be onforccd; but I think? law pro
hibiting milliners, both wholesale und
retail, from handling these ghostly orna
ments would have tho desired effect, and
with such a law we might, in time, have
our birds ns plentiful and Useful as they
woro a few years ago, before this bloody
war on them bogan.
lint small budd are nol tho only in
sect eators that aro being exterminated
for frivolous purposes. Tho prairie
chickens are falling by tho thousand hy
tho ruthless bund of too market sbootor
-that vilo blot upon tho human race;
cruel as a bond; graspiug os a miser;
lary as a sloth; brainless us an idiot,and
for harmfulness ranking next to tho
devil himself. Why allow this low-lived
specimen of humanity to ply his das
tardly and destructive work under tho
very nose of tho farmer ho is injuring?
Why not send bim to tho poorhouse,
asylum or penitentiary, whore ho could
be kopt with much loss expense to thc
farmers, who aro now supporting 'him?
But here is a point thal puzzles mc.
ls it tho shot, thc blood, tho broken
bonos, or tho feathers, that makes prai
rie chicken mont such a dolioaoyP If
tamo fowl wore brought on tho table in
tho condition in which tho prairie
chicken is usually served, it would bo
considered entirely unlit to oat; so 1
don't think thc epicurean public would
loso much If prairie chicken shooting
Should bo prohibited by law the year
round, for at loast live years, and longer
if tho birds woro not plentiful enough at
the end of that timo. I think lhere
would bo little or no objection lo ?iich
a law. Kvory sportsman in tho United
States would Uko it, and of course every
farmer would commend it; oven tho
market shooter would endorse it if bo
bad brains enough to comprehend its
advantages, for now ho can hardly earn
fifty cents a day, owing to tho search ?.
of game, while livo years of ibis law
would bo likely to btiivo a Hock of tho
birds on overy ten-aero lot Don't say
they would iii j ure Ibo er?os then; (uroly
no oandid person c oi think that. From
April 1st to July 16th there la no grain
for them to get, so during that timo
they aro waging a war of extermina
tion upon a groat many kinds of harm
ful insect -, and when thc grain do.--,
como they ?till prefer insects for ibo
most of their foou, ami only pick a little
grain to soason the insects that, but for
them, would do moro damage on au
sore than thc bu ds would do on lon.
Then th? grain is harvested inside of
two weeks after it becomes entablo for
them, when they have to fall pack on
insects again.
Now hero is n chance for sumo law
maker to cover himself all ovar with
glory. ^Vho will como to thc front and
save tbsiannor's crops from the ravages
Of Insects, pad (he hirds from lim merci
less hunier:' J. K. Mc Broom, Ut Farm,
Stock and tlonu.
Miss Yoitngblood of Columbus, Miss.,
hss been elected lo the ('hair of Modern
* -.ngiisgas at Martha Washington Col
Abjngiloii, Va.
thc tvt.^
T?i? itoiio Cteoae.
Potter* remirtds mo of phase ot th?
rollo cr'azo winch presented itself to
my attention tho other day. A lady,
who has passed tho summer in Europe,
Sent for au artist who has dono some
udiulrablo and successful decorativo,
wollt, and informed him that sho wish
ed to give him a commission. Sho then
had n servant bring in what seemed to
bo about half a bushel of bits of rock,
cement and similar rubbish, with two
or th reo pebbles nosily wrapped in
paper.
.These." she explained ' ? tito as
toillshed artist, "aro tho relies I gather
ed abroad. They nre all labelled ami
came, from famous places. 1 worked so
haul fol' some of them! That stmie carno
from Salisbury Out lied ral. lt was insido
an iron fence, and 1 had to attract the
guide's attention to tho tower by asking
him tho measurements of sonto ot tho
ornaments. Then I stood on the founda
tion of the Tooee and leaned ovor-and
I give you my word I was lamo for
weeks from those dreadful nickels! -and
hit it with my parasol till I could reach
through and get it. And this-"
And so shu ran on, while tho other
sat silent in sheer amazement, until sho
said:
"Now, 1 want all these worked into
some beautiful design; something sym
bolical, you know. You do make such
lovely things; and tiley can all bo set in
cemoul or something. Thoso pobblos,"
??ht continued, unrolling ono of tho
pr 1 gos, "all conic from Abbotsford,
an ' lhasa I shall have Set into stucco in
tho -.h u.o of a heart-for "Tho Heart of
Midlothian,1 you know- and hang it up
io tue librarv." Tho unlucky designer
b'laimuorod lie knew not what, but
MUilulhillg whioh he said probably en?
dangered his futuro welfare, since out
wardly ho lied aud inwardly ho cursed;
white tho lady, paying unall heed to
him, opened with aa air of the utmost
itv renco a small box and took out
something wrapped in tissue.
"This, she said, "this should be the
eenier, for this is thc most precious of
ali." She unrolled the tissue paper and
disclosed a fragment of coarse, mod
ern, brown pottery, ul whioh she gazed
With a reverential air. The artist bent
forward and regarded it also, endeavor
ing III vain to guess wl.y it was so choice
ami rare.
..What is that?" he managed to ask
at length, divided botweon niiuisoinont
aud impatience al her folly.
"That." she answered, "ilia! is from
Shakspoaro's tomb."
Ho Mared at it and at her, moro pus
pied than ever.
"Shnkspoaro's tomb?" he ropealnd.
? Yes," sim explained with an air td
restrained triumph. "Whcu I wttn there
a workman was doing something lo tho
wall, and he had a big pitcher ot water
with ililli. Somehow or other it gol
knocked down, ami this piece fell exact
ly beneath the busl of Shak.-poare.
(?nick as a thought 1 put my fool over
n, and w hen he picked up tho pieces lid
<l wi n ' I seo Ibis, and I seemed it. Did
yon ever know anything SO lucky?"
Now. I ri i s is ono of those things which
are more absurdly strange than liclioil,
and very likoly nobody will believed;
but ii happens to bc n fact for nil that.
One Kimi of Heading.
And bow' few poisons who can devote
hut an botfr or half ail hour a dav to
reading and study, take dun thought as
to how they can make the most of tin ir
little leisure They read in a desultory
way whatever cunes lo hand, and (hink
thal if they bad more lime for books
they would soon become much better
Informed, ihit the half hour a day, il
used ill Ibo wisest manaor, would make
a vasj difference in one's montai growth
as thc years glide by.
An incident occurs lo me that weil li
lustratoj ibis. A pretty maideu-haii
fern, growing in a flowerpot, was given
to a young girl, hopelessly ill with
spinal disease, lt proved thing of
hon ll ty and of inexhaustible innre'',
as ibo delicate, graceful fronds came nj).
one by one, and slowly uncurled, "I hole
was a little pot boshio tho fern und
tinder its spreading bonds, in which
grow an aloe. Hv-iuul-by the sick git I
noticed in the little pot sumo tiny ferns,
scarce un inch high, quite unlike the
lliaidoildinir. Whence came they?. Her
interest was aroused. Sho was ne
botanist, but she wanted to learn some
thing about ferns. She contd use her
eve. for reading but live minnies al a
time, and not moro than twice a day.
A book on ferns came to her, ami an
other, und another. Prleuds, knowing
h< r interest iu fortis, brought them io
her ftesh and green from tho woods, or
sen lief pressed specimens of rare
varadlos, gathered in distant lands.
Sometimes a visitor would read lo bei
'.nun one of bor precious book?, hui
only for four or live minutes. "1 can
not remember more al a time," alic
would say, "and _\oti have read onongh
for mo lo think ubout for a long time.'
it is now some years lince the maid*
en-hair foin was given to her, and ?he
has become au authority as to thc
species and culturo of ferns, and is an
enthusiast in regard to them, lt is true
that she has become educated 111 one
direction only, and is not particularly
well-informed in other respect?. Hut :<
it not a great gain thal she should talk
about her ferns and their wonderful
method of reproduction, awakening hoi
listeners' interest ami leaching them
many things worth remembering, rathol
than to dwell chiefly on her pains and
privations? lt ia ninny roars since shu
waa able to slop out of doors, but when
von are with her you do md think ol
lier aa an invalid, so interested and in
icie ding is sho.
The growth of oryplOgnillOUS plants
would not bo a matter ot absorbing in
te tost to all persons, bul the imbil oi
rending thoughtfully and carefully
what wo read, and of retaining it in
memory, is a great factor of mental
growth. lioslon Tr av script.
A QllttHtion ol'.Hperd.
Jabe Mathis, of tho Thirteenth
Georgia, waa a good soldior, bul ons
tay, when tho Confodonites were ro
ieating from tho ' gory liohl of Got tya
ijt.'rg, Jabe throw his" musket on the
poi nd, seated himself hy tho roadside,
ind eXC WI mod With much vehemence:
I'll bo dastn,'' if I walk another atop!
'rn broke do ? i! 1 can't do it!" And
Tabo wa? tho nioturo of despair. "Git
ip, man!" exclaimed bia captain, "don't
rou know tho Yankees nro following
isP They'll git you, anio!" "Can't help
t," said Jabe, "I'm done for; I'll nol
falk another step!" The ?'onfederatea
>assed along over the crest of a bill
ind lost sight of poor, dejected Jabe,
n a moue-,,t thoro was a fresh rattle of
nuflketry and a ronowod crash of sholl?,
luddeuly Jabo appeared on the croat
>f tim hill moving like a hurricane and
ollowed by a cloud of dust As he
lashed past his captain that officer yol
la!: "Hollo, Jabe; thought you wasn't
;oing to walk any morel*" "Thuudor,"
opllml Jabe, as he hit the dust With
snowed vigor; "you don't call this
ralktng, do yon?"- Uavanmh kVeie?.
WOM15N rviMMC HANOl?KS?
An IlluHtrRltvo Kxmupio und lu Morn).
Two sisters in Dos Moines, ta., aro
professional paper-hangers, ?ml ch argo
nt tho same Tato ns men Working in
thnt pieturesquo but protracted calling.
Tho profuso uso of tho step-ladder would
make it ontiroly appropriate to call
tliose women slop-sister*, but tho fact
remains that their kinship is of tho in
ti nmto nature moutionod. Yet it must
not bo thought from this incident that
not loss than two women and only
blood volativos casi outer this light and
airy business. Unliko tho suffrage right,
the right to wield a brash, to mix paste,
nudtoadiust tho elusivo room paper la
open lo all women ooinevs. if (ho Dos
Moi nos example should be followed and
women in all parts of tho cou airy
should enter this sphere of work a
mighty chango would como over tho
spirit of the householder's dreams. A
mind which has never soared with Mil
ton or Moated along tho innocuous .sur
face of Tuppor's verso or climbed the
rocky lioight* of Walt Whitman's wood
cut sort of stanzas may yet readily im
agino thc methods of luring tho woman
papor?hanger and ber methods of doing
the work.
lt is well known that tho mau hanger
is never to bo seen at bis place of busi
ness. Only bis slate is there, and that
(cbs that bo is elsewhere. In fact,
there aro porsons willing to make hffa
davit that tho ordinary paper-hanger is
entirely a slate formation. How differ
ent would bo tho caso if i\ woman woro
to bo engaged to make tho walis attract*
ive. Repairing to ber shop, sbo is
found knitting her brows over a lino
piece of needlework, or smiling over a
novel which is ending well. A canary
hird sings in a cago made out of a dis
used pastc-pol. Vines run over a trellis
work of miniature stop-ladders. On
tho table lio carelessly the proof-sheets
of "How Not to Taper a Roo ni." You
ninko known your errand and a hasty
consulting of tho appointment book fol
lows. "Yes," says tho paper-hanger,
nt last; "I can como as woll as not. Tho
author's breakfast will bo over at 9 a.
m., and tho Society to Provont Cruelty
at tho Polls doos not moot till 7:80 p.
m." Having engaged your paper-hang
er in this channing nnd unconventional
way, you may well bo prepared for a |
novel stylo of pasto and scissors work.
There will bo no going out. at ll lo j
"sharpen scissors," nor repealed ab
8i neos to "gel tools." Tho remotest
corner will at Inst fool that it has rights
which paper-bangers tue bound to re
spect. If a graduate, the employe will
cheer your heart by asides, li,?o "Ten
nyson has just such a paper in tho
room wboro lie writes," or "Private
Dakiel composes under a similar hor
der.''
Thus Hie day will go pleasantly. Thc
paste will bo a jewel, so weil made.
Tim brush, with an embroidered handle,
Will glide over thc happy walls. Tho
clippings will tall like apple-parings in
romantic-shapes. There will bc nothing
prosaic, and tho bill will be sent in
dono ill worsted work. The mos! on?
cour aging fnot in tho Des Moines ouse ls
that no men have yet sawed the sisters1
step-ladders, or lipped over ibo pai I
sent them lo tho wrong hoitso, or in si
dozen ways ivied to ais loiirego theil
VOIII Uro in a calling where tho g '>><!
seem lo dio Iii st. These sisters may
soon lecture on "What 1 Know About
Paper-!innging," and in lids way Hast?
ern women may early learn of tho be.sl
way to enter and work in tho business.
The glad day may yet dawn w hen Mas
sachusetts women will put a dado on
tho State-House dome, and a bord ir
in patriotic hues on Ihn leer Hill monu
ment.
Soldiers1 Panics.
In South Africa, tho djsaslor of hv
ndlhwnna gave tho soldiers' ?ervos a
severe shaking, and it nilen h a pp mod
that false alarms al night Iud lo tho
rousing of winde ca Hips, and sometimes
evon to a reckless discharge of firearms.
In some oases friendly natives, or evon
comrades, wore taken by tho oxoilod
imagination of a sentry for enomios; in
others, unoffending cattlo, evon o bush
or a shrub, became tito Innocent cnu*p
of a fusilado su?lclonl lo have dealt
widespread destruction to a hos!, of
Zulu-' An odd incident illustrative of
tho slightness of tho COUSe--or oven,
perhaps, of tho absonco of any cause at
all-that gives riso to a pnnio, occurred
on Hu1 night of Tel-cl-Kehir. amid a
small coiner of Ibo force that was
bivouacking on tho battlefield. Tho
narrator had crawled into a marquee in
which, willi other commissariat stores,
wore Ibo linn casks from which Hie
troops had received their liquor ration
after the fatigues and excitement of the
day's light and previous night march.
Resides ono or two oouiini ? . a nat issuers
in oliargo of tho stores, .several "odd'
and ends" of o'.hcr corp? had found
their way into Ibo marquee, preferring
to rest under its shelter timid tho casks
and biscuit boxes than under the open
sky with the sand for abed. Suddenly,
in the middle of tho night when lill
wore sleeping, a noUo and commotion
began In a bivouac outside. Before the
Inhabitants of tho lent wi ro suffloiontlv
awake to understand its causo tho cur
tains wove thrust asido by a rod-coalid
soldier, who shouted lo tn to get upi
"Tho Arabs are in tho camp- they aro
upon us!'' Thou lin disappeared ns
rapidly as ho had como, livery ono
sprang to his arms, nnd probably ex
p?ril need that especially utioomfovlable
sensation that is caused by a vague
feeling of an unseen (bough imminent
(langer against which ono is ignorant
how to guard. Outsido every ono
around was aroused and up, eagerly
.driving to discover from what quarter
attack was to be expected. Nothing,
however, moro unpleasant occurred than
the advent of a staff ofliccr asking tho
cause of tho confusion. Probably ibo
truth never did roach headquarters.
Afterward, howover, a report gained
ground--no other or better reason was
over fortboomlllg-that tho n'.-rui arose
from Um sere.nm of a sleeping soldier,
who, overwrought pm ?mps by tho hor
rors of tho dav", hud boon lighting bis
batllo over again in bin dreams!
L'funnbcr.i's Journal.
. -I Don't Want um. Hal < un-. '
Il tho exclamation of thor,.ands sufTcvlrtfr
'rom catarrh. To all such wc say : Catarrh
;un lie cured hy Dr. Sage's Cs tar rh Rem
:dy. It has boen done In thousands of
.ose?; why not In yours? Your danger b
ii delay. RnclotO a stump tn World's Die*
vmsory Medical Association, Buffalo, N
IT., for pumplct on thl? dleciise.
rianon tool Orft-an?.
AU of tho best makes. $25 cash and
minnoo November 1, at spot cordi prices
n a Piano. $10 cash and balance No
ember 1, st spot cash prices on an
hrgan. Delivered, freight free, at your
f-areet depot. Fifteen days tent trial
ud freight both ways if not satisfac ij.
Write for oiroulars.
N. W. TRUMP,
? Columbia, ?. C.
Ault ku tb ito? o? tl,o Hcleutlflo Moth?
od.
.Cive ruo tv fulcrum." cried tho mi
olont nage - "glvo ino it fulcrum, and I
sin)! tnovo tiie world." "(traut mo u
low postulates," sttjs tho modern rea
soner, "and [shall rend you iho riddle
of tho universe." An unchtdJongenble
postulate, however, is almost us diilicull
to lind as a stable oxtra-terrostiul Cul?
I erinn. Tho scientilio "spirit of thc ugo"
walks by sight and not hy faith. It
! revels in facts, lt numbers, and weighs,
I and measures, it catalogues and do
I scribes; it compares and elassilios. To
make progress among the secrets of Nfttr
I uro Its highways is expert moot, and its
I watchword is demonstration. For any
interpretation of a natural phenomenon
j il demands proofs that eau appeal to
thc senses, and it looks with wholosoiuo
suspicion, if not contempt, on mero
"arm-chair" speculation.
Tho marvelous success in advnuolng
knowlodgc, and in gaining power over
the forces of Nalino that bas resulted
from its use, Iscoiiviltolllgovideuce that
the scientific method of Interrogation is
sound, and that it should always be
adopted wbot'OVor possible. But il is
not always possible to anply tho method.
The nearer wo approach tho region of
subjective phenomena, the moro diffi
cult it becomes to test particular inter
pretations by an appeal to oxporiment
Tho galvanometer may reveal agitation
in a sensory surface, but it tells nothing
about sensation. Tho convolutions of a
dog's brain may bo tampered with, but
ho will not describo to us his toolings.
Consciousness ?lune can discriminate
tho facts of consciousness; and tho char
acter, or succession, or relation of these
cnn only be described in terms of meta
physic. * Theories of physical relation
al ip hero must at first bo tentativo, and
at tho best they will require to bo stated
in very general terms. Tho argument
must consist in tho application of gen
eral principles; and, in choosing these,
analogy balanced by common senso
must ho our guido. In drawing our
Conclusions, wo maybe satisfied if thoso
< au ba nebl with some moderate degree
o probability.-James Vappie, Af. D.,
in Popular Science Montlily.
Tim ll.nulo v Wire.
In one of the cities that lio over
against Boston there lives a family
whose masculino hoad is a man who
has won considerable wealth from hum
ble beginnings not unlike those of Com
modore Vanderbilt, with thc difference
Hint while ho, like Vanderbilt, began as
n boat man, he has expanded into tho
banking business instead of into the
railroad business. Ever since he bo
camo a banker his excellent wife hos
boon smitten with tho great importaneo
of lier husband's now occupation, and
has advertised it on every possiblo oc
casion. Tho horse-car conductors on
the line, which runs into her city all
know her, and smile when sho enters
il e car and grandly utters her com
mand:
"Conductor, lot mo oft'at my hus
band's bank!"
One day lately a trampish-looklng old
fellow with a red nose got oil the car
tho banker's wile delivered her
usual i rdotf lo tho conductor. The old
man wntohod her performance curious
ly, and then arose, pulled himself to
gether, and called out with a inagnili
e air that was inimitable,:
"Conductor, lot mo off at my old wo
man's peanut Staudt"
A roar went through tho car, and
"my husband's bank" nas been alluded
to moro than ever since that time.
With the London Ilimmon.
"Sovontoon hours a day! Ono hun
dred and nineteen hours a week! That's
my lime. 1 loft tho yard last night at
livoand-twonty minutes to '2, and 1 was
Ol) my bus again this morn in' al 'uli
pa M H. lt's these long hours that tell!"
"But you tret a holiday sometimos?"
"If WO like to pay for it. Whenovor
wc aro oil' duty wo don't gel pani.
Whoa, thcro!"
And tho speaker, a sniarl "whip"
among tho Loudon omnibus-drivers,
censes his conversation concerning his
long hours of labor to pull up his h or.* cs
and sing out loudly thc destination of
h hs omuibuH.
They aro quaint and curious men,
some of these bondon busmen, with a
rich fund of drollery nil their own.
"You see, sir," said one, "1 don't
much caro for a holiday; I've been so
loni; on this 'ero bus that things look
. puto (llfferont like when I'm in tho
-.reel below. 1 shou'idnT know my
own ohildren in tiie street."
"Oh, come, that's too slrong."
"Fact, 1 tell yo, sir; I'm alway? away
in tho morn in' afore thoy'ro up, and
not homo till they're in bod nt night,
mol I shouldn't know my little gal if 1
was to meet her out, especially if I was
to see her ott my bus."
Truly a slgnllloant remark for a mau
to make in t!.:? latter half of the won
derful nineteenth contury-a remark
not without a touch of satire and of
pathos, too; and we lind ourselves ask
ing if it is a necessity of our ndvnnccd
civilization that men must work so long
and so continuously, day after day, that
Ibo) never seo their children oxcept
asleep? No sweet, simple prattlo about
tho father's kimo, no little fat, dimpled
arma around tho father's neck, nono of
the loving, softening influences which
little people know so well how to exert
ovur oven tho mosl stony-hearted of
men I Surely, O Christian civili-.aiion,
these things aro not necessities of thy
development!
But yet tho bus-driver raroly com
plains or grumbles. Ho doc? not strike
or congi agate in ninss-tnootings, or
coin mit m ts of riot, but bc works pa
tiently on, day by day. steering his
hoi ea marvelously woll through the
Crowded Ixmdon street, and surveying
life with a philosophie calm from the
ahilado of his box, except when a ohihi
strays in tho way of ids horses, and
limn his language is. perhaps, roughor
than are Iii-? real feelings. - 'Jhe Qtuver.
Tho Desperate lived *r . ni.?ol.in- Dug,
Tino N. V, Dep. 10-Today S. 8.
adi li, formcrlv i lawyer und real estate
b : lu Proy, shot his wife, lils mother
1 s um . his stepdaughter,
Julia Bulkcly. and himself, at their home
In Balbuc?) Bps. All aro demi. The par
ti. - hud a controversy over money matters.
Hts wife WIM the divorced wife of Cum
dell's f cae i legal iseociate. Orandel] wa?
eMii.vagant in his habita, lils wife had
money ?ml thc quarrel wa? over ita control.
Weak lungs, spilling of blood, eon
sumption and kindred nffe/.tlons, cured
without phynielan. Address for treatise,
with IO cent? in stamps, World's Dlspen
sary Medical Association, 00:1 Main street.
Ilulfaln, N. Y.
J, B? l'livsioo's Merchant Tailor Es
tablishment, Columbia, H. C., hi in full
[dost. Only a look will convince any
?ie. All that want a first-class fitting
mit try him. A full Une of the boat
rod', on hand.
.Many an old t>ook ha? lo lie bound over
o keep tho piece.
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IHK VV.MIVI I, UI.I/./\Bll
Ou the Ivan?*? Kronller Men. Women ii-.il
< ini.i i >i i ni/ - M eu H. ut h . : ?M H % ur fuel
tlvrar* Freeza lu Death While In partir??.
A .peela) from Topeka, Kansas, gives a
heartrending account ol iho terrible Bli ff ci
lugs of thc mbabilunta OU Ibo Kansas l ion
tier, on account of thc ex tl erne cold and
thc scarcity of fuel.
On Monday last a funner autoed Clark
left ul? fumliy to go to the ncareel railroad
point for the purpose of gelling coal. Ile
ohlaiued the coul and started hack, uud on
Tuesday morning lin woe found on thc road
six miles from his borne lying hy the side of
his horses frozen. The nniinals were also
frtzen to death. Clark's wile and three
children hud iu thc nuanliine nearly per
ished and had only saved their lives by
leaving their shell of a house and laking
refuge in u cago. . .
Two deaths are reported from Creely
county, on the Colorado hue. A brother
uud sibier, who lived iu au unsettled por
tton of the county, fouud themselves wiili
OUl fuel Sunday evening. The brother
went to a town seven miles dUtunt und
succeeded iu gening V0? pounds of coal,
fleing obliged to travel against the fuiious
wfud then alowiug, he not did reach home
until nearly midnight. Ile found bis sister
lu bed insensible and almost still'. She had
been without tire all day. AltLough very
nearly frozen himself, theyouug mau tried
to revive his sister, but to no avail, Tho
other death was that of an old man, who
was not only without fuel, but without
food.
A widow and lur Iwo children perished
hi the storm Monday night lu Lune couuly.
They were without luci sud Ibo s tot tn
came so suddenly upon them they were
unable to get it. TLe woman's oldest son
started out in the stonn to get teni, but was
overcome by the Intense cold wind. For
tunately he wandered to the bouse of a
neighbor who had tire, ile was unable to
speak, and his nnus, feet and ears were
frozen, by strenuo.ts cftorts bis legs were
saved, although be will probably lose his
feet.
Great suffering is reported in Clark
County, on the Indiau Territory Une. A
family of four were traveling overland,
and being only ten miles from home when
the blizzard .'.truck them, they determined
to reach there that night in spite
of the terrible storm. The hors-s
were overcome and the family was obliged
to ubntuton thc wagon mid walk some dis
lance to the neatest house. A twi. year-old
child fiozc to death in its fntlur's arias be
fore shelter was reached. The others were
bailly frozen
Old Southern Home*.
Tho Savannah {Ga.) Morning Nows of
last Sunday bns this to say editorially :
A great many of tho planbttions in
diflerent parts of tho South, which were
once well known for their size, tho mng
niticenco of the residences upon them,
tho hospitality of their owners, or on ue
couut of tho prominence of tho families
which possessed them, aro now falling
into ruins. Tho reason of this is, per
haps, that tho land hus been worked ho
long without being fertilized that it bas
becomo poor, or it may bo that those
into whose possessions they huvo passed
lack tho energy and skill whioh are re
quired to make them pay under tho
present system of labor.
"Ono ol these famous old places in
Liberty county, in this Sbtte was lately
sold to a colored man for $2,500, only a
part of tho purchase prico being r? quir
ed at once. It is known HS Laurel \ lew,
and is within two miles of thu historic
town of Sunbury. It was tho homo of
thu gifted John Elliott, and a very beau
tiful h 3me it was. John Elliott repre
sented Georgia in tho United States Sen
ate from IM'20 to 1820.
"The plantation contains S'~,S()() aeres,
it was purchased dnring tho war of Se
cession by lion. Linton Stephen . a
brother of Hon. Alexander H. Stephen",
and was sold to the present owner by
his heirs.
"Tho district in whieb tho plantation
is situated was noted, from Hie lind set?
Uoment of tho Stute until tho emancipa
tion of the slaves, for th intelligence and
wealth of it? citizens. It is now, how
ever, almost ubuudoncd to thc colored
people. Its great plantations havo boon
divided into small lunns, and tho superb
m suasions, once tito homes of men noted
for wealth and culture, and of women
famous for beauty and refinement, aro
falling into decay, and aro being re
placed by callina und huis, whoso chim
neys of sticks and mud tell moro plainly
than words of thu marvelous chango for
tho worso which iias taken place in tho
once rich and prosperous district."
Commenting upon the above, tho Au
gusta Cu/.et to says:
This is sadly, deplorably truo. Not
only in Georgia and South Carolina, but
in other Southern States may bo soon
any number of deserted homes, whioh
were onco tho proud inheritance of rich
represontivo men; where dwelt overy
comfort that money could purchase;
where lordly hospitality was dispensed
from end to end of tho year. limn and
decay aro busy with them now. The
once elegant mansion is tumbling to the
ground piecemeal, and a wildorneas
rows where beautiful gardens and rioi.
' Ids of cotton, ?ice and cora annually
flourished. Now und then gray head's
that shako with tho palsy of ago move
beneath the grand old oaks, and oyes
are dimmed with water from full hearts
as they behold what there is, and reflect
upon what there was. Dimmed for
glories past, for pomps and pleasures
that are not. Alas, tins is one of the
never healing wounds of the war-this
hopeless ruin that dwells in the homos
of our fathers.
ll ll ll - V Ult A*
HBAU, ?OTK ANO JUC.KSI.
Ttl? iUy of batt 'p ina drawctb ni|di.
Amt ne-un ? of ?* urkr> i ?u*ni mtlat ?tie.
Oct one th aft yo I ? un ami IW?M anil lat.
Ami M it ll f 4 ? ll nf llii* ami Dint.
Willi li ulta anil de ]> rles nauiva make,
Amt aitil |.r. ti re* and plea anil eske.
Atk rririuti Mri I? inilrcil nil tu cullie
Am! meet Krlit r??ele at your Imiur.
Ut ma Hie tar If . of UroillttroM,
Kat itu each nu 1 ' rt Mun din.i m M
Herl?? the Jo Y ? ?f Yiiutliful d?ye,
A H it fur tb 1 McMtnff? odor limite.
Deeds arc fruits, words are but leave
words ami deeds are noble companions. |>
How wc printers lie, as our devil enid
when he gol up too Into for breakfast.
A man always ceases to be a "good fel
low'' when he refuses to do os others wish.
"Father, ls a parrot that talks a dumb
animal?'' "My dear, children should not
tail; \\ bile they are culing."
The proof of n weather prediction is lr
tin patient that walls long enoujv' for il to
lu . mic I rue.
The poor are oftener pray eil for than
helped. The icaaoti is, wc believe, thal air
la ( henper than bullion.
The following is a transcript of a sign on
a cigar store "This store ia kioscd on ac
count of kreditin tho boya."
In tho Volapuk language the word for
tlollar ia "doab." lint lt i? Just na hard a?
over to borrow one.
When you eal turkey and it does not set
well on yortr stomach, you will know lt is
. rohbhr. A hen turkey always sets well.
An oculist doesn't want au eye for an
jve. and a dentist doesn't want a tooth foi
t tooth. They want $-.
A Western mau named Petlis swallowed
.ls false teeth last week, and can't Ile down
vllhout biting hlmsclt Internally.
Kentucky hus a rooster with three throats,
sud every time a Kentuckian takes Ids
Bourbon ho wishes he was thu r. oater.
A show spoken of as "a rnrc entcrddu- \
incut'' proved to tic a performance not well
done.
As between Ibo dude and his cane ut this |
writing the Cane tooms lo have a trillo the
best of ll In the shape of head.
"Cristinas w i" Oil slipper round again,''
as tho unmnrii? I i 'rgymeu mournfully
mid, while looking over hi assortment of
slippers,
An exchange states thal a clerk in a gov?
Cr?ment office ut Washington was injured
by an accidental discharge of his duties.
It will not occur again.
The latest craze among thc girls is a hair
alhnun, made up of strands from tho heads
el their gentlemeu friends. This is another
thrust at bil 1 headed men.
"('lawence, what does the expweaslOD
'without why mo or wen.sou' ?neun?" "Dnn't
you knaw, rleab, boy?" "I don't, weaily."
"Why, it wefers to blank verse.
He who marries a pretty face only is like,
a buyer of ? heap furniture-the varnish
that caught the eye will not endure the tire- '
side blaze.
I bo-kin says. ".Man should resemble a
river." Some men do, in one respect ni
least. The biggest part of them is their
mouth.
An exchange thinks a ghi eau he safely
judged by her mind. Then we suppose
when a eil l's mind is mada np it ls safe lo
bet that the girl is the same ns lier mind.
Thc popular song just now is: "The.
Lotter that lie Longed for Never Came."
The person w ho Bout it probable put fill
Immediate delivery stamp on it.
"Do you believe, slr. that th? dead ever ;
walk after death?" "No drubt ot it.
madame: I have heard the Dead March in ;
anni."
(loid handled umbrellas arc coming Into i
fashion. The handle is so arranged that lt
can bu taken off. This is an Improvement
on thc. old style when the umbrella was |
taken olT.
A young candidate for the legal profes
sion vvns faked what lie should do tirst
when employed to bring an action. "Ask
for money on account" was the prompt re
ply. He passed.
Mrs. Jones-What shall I buy you for a
?resent. Charlo?, this Christmas'.' Mr.
ones-1 should llkean ulsteror a diamond ,
ring, bOt I suppose you will overwhelm me
a lisunl with a necktie or a pair of wribtcrs.
After All.-"I cannot say yes, Walter.
I shall bo a .sis-" "Sister to mc? No,
you wont." "Yes, Walter; your brother
(Miarles proposed lo me last night and I
accepted him."
.loins fmCCllng Smith, with whom he
??in out ino night before)-Ha, thc boy gol
heme all right? Smith (gloomily)-Yes,
hilt my wife wouldn't speak to me. Joins
(enviouslyl~Lucky fellow' Mine did.
I' takes two months lo prepare for
Christmas nndlbree to recover from it; bul
wc miiil remember that thero arc seven I
mondia ia tho year which are arran? cd for ?
Solid comfort.
A certain amount nf money is going to
he spent on (Mn ist nias presents and holiday
g'ioils, and those w ho plant the most attrac
tive advertisement win reap the richest
h li vest. It pays lo advcitise judiciously,
every day in the year, but advertising is of
especial v.?lue to thc merchant during the
Christmas holidays.
A TONGUE IN KNOTS.
I contracted malaria in tho swamps of
Louisiana while workiug for tho tele
graph company, and used overy kind of
medicino 1 could hear of without relief.
I at last succeeded in breakiug tho fover,
but it coat mo over $100.00, and then my
System was prostrated and saturated with
malaria] poison and I hocurne almost
helpless, i tinnily came here, my mouth
so filled with sores that I could scarcely
cut, and my tongue raw and ti led with
little knots. Various rem edi efl were re
sorted to without oilbct. I bought two
bottles of B. B. B. und it lins cured and
strengthened me. All sores of my
mouth are healed and my tongue entire
ly clear of knots and soreness, and 1 feel
like a now man.
Jackson, Tenn., April '20, 188<>.
A. F. BRITTON.
STIFF JOINTS.
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AND BHHUMATI8M?
1 buvo a littlo boy twolvo years old
whose knees bavo been drawn almost
double and his joints aro perfectly stiff,
and ho has been itt ibis 'oondition time
years, unable to walk. D?ring that time
tho medical board of London county ex
amined bim nnd pronounced tho disease
scrofula and prescribed, but no benefit
over derived. I then used a much ad
vertised preparatiou without benefit.
Threo weeks ago bo became perfectly
helpless and suuerod dreadfully.
A friend who bad used li. B. B. ad
vised its use. Ho has used ono hot ti
mid all pain has ceased and ho ean now
wulk. This has boen a most wonderful
action, as his complaint had baflled
overy thing. I shall continuo to use it on i
him. Mus. FM M A GRIFFITHS.
Unifia, Tenn., March ?, 1880.
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CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE.
Tho carrent . > ?sion of this Institute
closes January 21st, 1888, when the
Spring Seeeion begina, which ends Jane
Otb, 1888.
Tho present session is one of the meet
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tute. There in room for only e few mos*
boarding pupils. The health of th?
school, thc accommodations of itoboftjrst
iug department, and the efficiency ol its
corps of teachers aro n naur passed MJ
where in tho South. Tho first of Jancaury
is a very convoniout time for entering.
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entranoe.
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Principal.
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