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.A Family Paper Devoted to Literature, Miseellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. VOL. XX. NEWBE RRY, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBE R 6,1884. - 45 A ti '- :l' : : ."--- ::hrt- : . r'"e 1ulie ;i r'2 ,: . l-t . I :13 3, 323 1e I)( .l Tll' .r"t t' ., : 1".LI:. )\' lit,, I li l'l Co., 1 uti, Ga. 'I ' 1I i o -. I ' it, .' (C I.'. 11- ' :tnd wei ui3t net""l- .i i.. 1 i. "li- i h l'e l w i- 1 - v l It bh!-:ndi l':::n-eI'v INw r.-"vet! to S1n-- irn a l.- :l : 1-;on of Iwilp:e :111 arou e :Iem t, :e'i. o. Ex-.re,:irn:.ilila to the f.!N!vi.: , trrn a well known D:u; gi" il \mla:t a, p>ur in l'omn - ,etions wher B. B. 3. ia- , ben u-ed. .\m.-rw..lu; 12, 1854. I i, - nr ti:m b lief t lat it. It. It. i, IIh -I o id 1 'inth:" 1-: IIb.- 'l:lr:trk t. W e. :1:1 e .t.-I.li four or iv-- ilw:1"-- i f it 'o one of :IIIy tithe +r"'' 3 : : m tor : k I:ni. It i s ft i;e. in n i -;'anC t.' .i e enttirr :ati-a:ion. Mt. it i \1. I'. SMlITril & CO., Drt:,i,t-. T: I llte .."\y b!hmil mue.iiine kif.wi i1l-, th t 1'r 1e vs q,il k l'(: :lon, (.-rt::i! ff:ct ch p i .re .ud a:1 3inde."I sati't;e - .3 bWE J'QL 'i Th .- o11- in :r-e 1!t" r,: 1 . It. B. vi I d31 3 i: ntCl'\ork in turtiln B0.1 t'oi-ons, Sli Afft c'"n;, Scrfula, Kidney Trouble!. Ca r.u ch and Rheumt:ism as six buttls of nT:, o-her p1ep:aration on etith. O'me 50-year-old chronic u!eer cured; ,cro funi 3 children cured wit hi one bottle B!ooi poians cnied with a few bottles. I: neve f:tils. We ho'd home proof in book form Send for it. L-irge bottle S1 00, six for $5 00 Exp:-e-se.l on receil t of price, if % our"Drug gist C.:n't supply you. Address BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. Sold in Newberry by Dr. S F. Fant. Oct 16-84 ly Wright&J.'Wi1)I-oe] We now announce that our stock o CLOTHING and FURNISHIIS _OOD FOR Men, 'ouths, loyl and Ghildrer 1S NOW COMPLETE, and we think UNSURPASSED ii anything that tends to constitute A First-Class Stock Our line or DRESS SUITS was never?MORE IIANI)SOME while our Business Suits are a decided improvement on any thing we have ever been able to get Special attention given lo the se lection of Youths' and Boys' Gioods No doubt every mother will be grat ified at the improvement in thi: line. We claim to sell the BEST CENTS'8S111R1M7098 for the amount charged, and no one will doubt the ass rt ion when comparison is made. Indeed, oul whole line oif FurnishingGoods wat Never So Good as Now, and in every instance we will give as full value for the amount invest ed as any other house can affor-d tc do, and we guarantee satisfaction. Respectfully, WRIGHT & I, W. COPPOCK, In Fron't of Court House, Oct 9 41 Newberry, S. C, I F THERE IS NO LOCAL DEALER TO SUPPL~ onwith Maury's Ge-ographies (new TWC l3ook Series.) ienabte's Arithmetics, Gil de.:sleeve's Latin, and othter school bookt of the Univcrsity Series, we will mail therr to you. Send us the regular- price and thi book will come to you by return mail. Pricl lists. circulars and the Mlaur-y Paimphlet seni to all who ask tor them. UTNIVERSITY PUBILISHI.\G CO., 19 Murray St.. New York. Mason & Hlamlin sres ORCAN.TO Highest honors at all great World's Exhibi tions for seventeen y ears. Only Americar Organs awarded such at any. For cash.easy payments Or rented. UPRIGHT PIANOS presenting Very Highest Excellence y et at. tainied In such instruments; adlding to all previous improvements one of greater Value than any; securing most pure, refined, mu. sical tones and increased durability; espe cially avoiding liability to get out of tune. Illustrated cat ilogue frece. MASON & HAM LIN ORGAN AND PIANO C0., Boston. 151 Trement St.; N. York. 46 E. 14ti St.; Chicago, 140 Wabash Ave. Oct 16 42 4 65A MONTH and BOARD for three liv4 Young Men or Ladies in each Coun ty. Address P. WV. Ziegler & Co.-, Philadel. phia. 00lTTA Q.or, Hints on Economi 9,,UJItL 5cal House Building. cotim 1plates of Cottages costing from $500 to S3000, with descriptive letter. press. 1 Svo. vol., handsomel bound ii cloth, mailed on recipt of $1.00. Wmn. T. COMsTOCK, 1Pub.;6 AstorPlace,N.Y. Maury's Revised Manu al of Geo graphy is now- published with a special geography o: the State of South Carolina. Any schmolat who is utsinig Maury's Manual whicii does no: contain this supplement will be furnishec with it free of cost by notifving the publish. ers. UNIVERSITY PCBLISSIING CO., 19 Maury- st., New York BURNHA M'S 1.1PROVED Standard Turbine Is the best constructed :a fin3ished, gives better percen tane. more power. andI L sold for iess money, pe: horse powver. than any othe: Turbine in the world. 5&Nov pa3m:hlet se nt free by BIuhanDrO's S*oaOR. Pa. 8ept. 89 s. In Memory or .My Beloved Sons. The Ioilowing Iinee wer' writte:t by 1 Ir-. Atn IlaI:totn. wife of Dr. Willi tn Hlattou. :id ptblieietd in ht N-tir: ers. M:m-h, 1SSI. They :tr. re-p tb li<he.l here at the req::est of th-- writer: I inal three son-.::li 41:ir to mie. In wi'"tn nmy htart rtjt.icedl But two:t gone-they now are free, I trust, in ^':tr:tiise. Thiy he:tri their count ry'- hiet-ti ng cail Noruiliai .ht- e:tl in: v'tli; li:evy put their atttuor on :tid went li-r iiotnor to sustain. Wi h in xious ietarts iwy took their nlight For oltl Vi:'ginm:'i soil ; Their country's battle the-re t ' tight. And there rem:ined awhi;"-. 'Twas on lt:nas:' plains they iotight The enemy so strong. While with trealt honors the were 1r;tt-1:t, Bit tie'er enjoyed thet long. 'Twas in l'rince Wiiliait's Count y, t hey .\t ltretitsvill:(i< lor:tte wi'ah ftver tli"et poor Fr;atieis lay. Autil Ih re he tUet his titte. rutit death,alas ! di ttot.,top here. Nor tiil he linger long. Before he tail his I:ain( severe Upo it ty first-born s a. With Fr:ink's remains p- or Jatt!. d start 1or his ow t tt ive St:t e. Ittt trott i tlise:sv anl broken heart. IIe tinet with the t:une fate. With a sad he in I took the road To see poor Frank interred ; I trtit lis spirit's guie to G.'1. t1 hire deat h no more is feure-1. From there I weit unto the plhae, Where tuy poor J:nies did lie : Once intre to see litn in greet htste. For he was like to die. While tleath upon iny child did prey. I st ood besile his b-a And there remained hothi night autl day Until his spirir fled. Then to the graveyard we repaired. With heavy grief And cry, And there his body was i:.tered They lie both sile by side. My children gone. and I atn left Tis a sad tale to tell. Of those so dear I atn bereft - Dear children, fare you well. I hope to spend eternity With them tm Heaven above To Father, Son and Spirit-tirce Sing his redeeming love. How changed the scene l Poor William, dear, Once more returns to imc le conies. my droopitg heart to cheer Once more his form I see. From the far-west he comes awhile, With parents fond atid dear To us he did his dangers tell, While he was coming here. f Yet sal the thought, we soon must part And give the parting hand ; He for the battle-field most start, To join his little band. I've often prayed to God for him, Who heard toy prayers and - ries, If not on earth we meet again, We'll tneet above the skies. Alas ! alas ! poor William's gone, .%s those who went before; He was my last antd only son I'll see him here no more. 31v heart was centred on that ch Id. As you m:ty well suppose With me friends gave sympathy For death his eyes have closetd. Through many a battle ie did go, Unhurt for a great while ; At length the enemy sent the blow That slew my only child. His grave I've often wished to see, And there to shed a tear. For it contains who was to me An only child most dear. This cruel war has me bereft Of three brave, noble sons ; They all are gone, and I am left In sorrow here to mourn. But why should I lamentand mourn God took them for the best ; And when He caled lie called His own, I trust they are gone to rest. I cannot stay behind them long All nature must decay ; I hope to meet the immortal throng. Bright, bright, as the noon-day. I have no ties to bind me here -This world has lost its charmns; I hope in Heaven to soon appear, Embraced in Christ's dear arms. I hope my children thtere to see, Whom I on earth so loved; And chant and sing eternally With Him in heaven above. Shed not a tear. my frienid, for me, When Gotd has called mie home ; Believe that I shall happy ht Give Him the praise alone. BR0ADRIMS NE lORK LMiTE1. A tumble in the barometer is not an unmixed blessing in New York. It is true, it may help to keep our political blood cooled in the midst of this exceedingly exciting canvass but it bringrs sorrow to our poor who are not well provided at the best of times, and whose pressing wants in the bit ter winter days tax all of our charit able resources. We often read much of the selfish ness and hard-heartedness of the world, but I often think that the world does not get quite credit enough for the good it does. Charity has a pretty hard road to travel. In its path are all sorts of frauds, swindlers and dead beats, am not easily taken in. I have been afloat on the great world since early childhood. All the great cities of my own country and the princi pal capitals of the old world have been no strangers to my wandering feet. I thought I was up to all the g oames by which the unwary are taken in, and yet an old dead beat laid me out as nicely last week as if I had been feeding on vegetables and milk all my life and was as green as the grass that grows under my feet. It was late at night and I was passing Madison Square just above the Fifth Avenue Hotel. I saw a man leaning against the railing that surrounds the Worth monument. I had got close upon him when I heard a deep groan and 'saw a man sink upon the ground. I rushed to his as sistan-ce and sat him upon the curb stone and asked what was the mat ter? In a voice so weak that I could scarcely hear him, he faltered out "-I have not tasted food for three das. and he dropped forward heavily in my arms. My heart was touched. Where do you live, I asked? Alas ! alas ! he replied in a hollow sepul Ichral tone, I have no home; every door is shut against me; I'm starving slowly to death. A great big lump came into my throat, as big as an Irish potato. What country do you come from? England, he said, with a faint cry as he fell forward in my arms again. The tears were rolling into my eyes. Here was a fellow creature perishing in the streets for food and I had just come out of the Brtunswick full of good things. I had Ifive dollars in my pocket and it had been reserved to liquidate a small debt for which my creditor was anx iously waiting, but everything must; give away to a starving fellow crea ture so I passed over my greenback, telling- the unfortnnate wanderer to P) ITIVE NOTICE. .inip,' ]Jo/;) . iI/e(bte(I to tie !//(/Ci's<IP(ie. rinisi setle tie same by or before the 20th of".V oceiiber ie.f. otherise yIour accoi.Ys Irill be p/aced ini t/ie /iai</ of 01nI oJIIcrfor e%olhectioi-. <111(d go1it-ill #/ei no fIrtler credit in the FU '[Tm. S. F. FANT. Oc: 30 :t NOTICE. E.r cT MOsES M. CoProc. DKECEASED. N;tice is hereby given to all crelitors of M3i",s M. Coppock. dcc. zsed. to preset.t their -laims properly proven, to the u' dersig:ed im ediately ; a lli i are itt anv wise indebted to the me are tequested to settle at once, as an early ttlement o: his estate is desired. JOHN W. COPPOCK, No 43-st. Fxecutor. W'e desire to annonnee to the citize:s of Newberry :nd tlrrotnding Conities. that ve hav'e loca:te1 :t MARBLE YARID in ti- To ti of Netwerry , ani are pre pared to furntish all kinds of MARBLE AND GRANITE TO IB STON ES and MONUMENTS. In first ela<s style and 20 per cent cheap er than the saine class of work has hitlt erto been sold in Newberry;co:tsequent lv we respectfully solicit a liieral share of their patronage. One b:.ek north we.:t of Crotwell Hotel. Oct 30 tf MiLLER & HOOF. Called Meeting of Temperance Workers and Friends of the Cause. All Temperance Workers and friends of the ca:c of rene: crauce :fr."ugtout the State, who c .n po-ibly :ttenll are reque-ted to meet in Temperanc, llat, in this ct, November 14, 18S1, (Fair week), itt 8 P. M., for the pur pose of adopting a plan for a State organiza tfon and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. H. F. CHREITZBERG, A. COKE SMITH, L. R. H AYNES, J. A. ELKINS, J. F. TROY, L. R. MARSHALL. Fresh Butter, &c. The best Vet York Dairy Butter. Fre"h Western But:er. The Genuine Cleveland and Hendrick's Ci gars, al.o, that popular Cigar, the Sweet Mash, ju't received at the Cheap Stote of B. H. LOVELACE. PIANOS, Grand, Upright and Square. The superiority of the -- sTIEFF" by0 thehihettt mcl. authories, antd ~crsn as their eriaeblitn Jhya,Igh t iH onn ork Overa -\erica and Eleant Euopa APearis, 187 Havtl~e teEors eme t seo overi PiaoO , v oifrntalge. Smnre n Schoolst as tVolteir DuAblnty.o Thret ala[erfeingnewndgor mlnd a.si nd lean Wite PlanS anwdy onG~ sand o AS N STALLMENTS. riar.os t aken in Exchange; also thor o0.ghly rep)aired1. "Send for illtustrated Piano or Or gn Catalozne. Chas. M. Stieff, No. 9. NORTuII LBE RTY-STREET-~r BALTIMORE. MD. F. Werbor, ir.. Agent, Newberry. April 27 00NT RACTO)RS BUILDE RS. --AND Lumber Mill Men The undersigned recspect fuilly inform T the citizens of~ Newberry and1( the surrotunding Coun ties that. having locai ted at Helena, they are p)repa:red to con tract for. and build. Churches. Dwell in gs :nd other Buildings. We gutmaran tee satisfaction both itn the qutality of ourz wo k atnd in the prices cha:rged for it. Having an excelletnt saw mill we are also pr:epamred. at short tnotice. to saw and dress lumber. Orders solicited. SHOCKLEY BROS. March 14 BOOKS AT YOUR OWN PRICES: Religious, Moral. MisCella-. neous and GCod Books. THE PROPRIETRESS of the.HERALD BOOK STORE, offers a certain portion of her stock of Books at sneh prices as Canntot Fail to Insure Sale. A good Book is a good friend; it never disputes your word, and is always ready to afford you pleasure; it can be read and re cnd, and nevcr pails on the taste. We simply desire to be rid of these books. Think of a $2 book for $1.00 . . . <. 1 "" 50. *" " 50eO"" 25. " " 20 " " 10. " " other Books at 5. HERALD BOOK STORE. eg 1A lection. Mr. Philips, the nominee e f the Republicans, is a very respect- < ble man of large wealth, who is C uite willing to be elected, but he will w ot be, the fight lying between the wo great Democratic factions- t ammanv and the County Democra- t y. It is a mighty pretty fight as it tl tands and somebody will get hurt efore it is over. An immense amount f money is being spent on proces ions, flags and fireworks, for all of :hich the city has to pay. The budget this year is thirty even millions of dollars, it has been ut down to thirty-four millions; that, 3 to say that the cost of governing his city each year is about thirty ne dollars a head. If the National overnment cost as much it would a reate a revolution. But the boys had a big time. n Brooklyn has not bee . behind her s )emocratic sister over the river. For .lthough Brooklyn is like New York s .Democratic city and turns out a c )e"mocratic majority at every Presi- d lential election, when it comes to '1 lunicipal afTairs the wicked Repub- c icans gobble r-ll the good offices t! nd the Democrats are left out in the a old. At the present time Brooklyn i as a Republican mayor, a Republi- I an sheriff and a Republic:n regis- s er-the three best offices in the ti ity. But this week things have been ti oilin_ in Brooklyn. Monday n roughi;t the lon. Allat G. Thurman, nd a trenendous ovation they gave im. The immense Rink was one A acked living mass, and on Wednes ay Brother Beeeher spoke in the ame place The people of Brooklyn ever seem to tire of hearing the lymouth pastor. Though they have t een Ii tening to him for thirty-five f r forty years. you have only to an ouncehim in Brooklyn, and rain or t hine, he will pack the house. It e ras an immense meeting and Bee- v her came out flat-footed for Cleve- o and. P The election has knocked business I ut. Merchants are complaining C hat they might just as well shut up V hop. b The fate of the young Brooklyn fi roman who dissapeared so suddenly c ron her father's house a few weeks t go, has been discovered. She jum- v ed overboard from an ocean steamer c n its passage to Liverpool. It is a h errible blow to the family, but the c ertainty of death is better than ( he dreadful uncertainty of her fata. o The weather has been delightful, b nd we are all waiting now to hear he result of the election, Yours Truly, BROADBRIM. it For the Herald and News. G RECOLLECTIONS. On the Ruff road, four miles from t own, is the house of Dr. John C. t lalfacre. This homestead has been n the family for years. The first set. lement of the Halfacres was west rom the location of the family home, p the eastern branch of Cannon ~reek, formerly known as Buzzard's ~ranch. The settlement was near a alf a mile up the branch from where t he Ruff road crosses the creek. here were two or three very fine h prings near which the signs of the ld homestead could be seen. The Lrst one of the family who settled ere was named Henry, and was the reat grand-father of the present own- r r. Dr. Halfacre. He was of German. amily, but whether the first of the amily who immigrated to this coun-. ry or not, we are unable to say, but re are of the opinion he was the first j f the name,who came to this country. o for can we fix the date of his settle- o ient on this place, but it must have a een during the war of the Revolu lon or soon thereafter. Mr. Halfacre eems to have been a quiet, indus eious, unassuming German who al- I rays strove to have plenty around a, im and something to sell. The Pro-. ibition movement was not of much l ower in politics, in those days. Half- g cre put up and run two stills at the t prings we speak of, as being near Lie old home place, where the corn, f each and apple were made to yield i 1any a gallon of the fluid once called t; gua vae. No harm was thought of it 1 those days, and the sight of a sot Lsh, whiskey-bloated, hog-wallowing runkard was a rare thing, and a ight never seen. The people had 1 ranger views in regard to this arti, g le in those days; they did not wanE d ny middle men. We never knew any h f the children of the first settler of h Lie Halfacre family. We can recol, l, 3ct of hearing of only two sons, the t rand father of Dr. Halfacre, whose ame was Henry, and a brother oft is named Jacob. There may have een same sisters, but we have not eard of them, Henry came into pos- c ession of the land, and about the ime of his marriage or soon after, ti uilt out on the Ruff road where Dr,~ lalfacre now lives. He married a liss Suber, a sister of Big Jake Su- ' er, who was once well known to all ur citizens. She was a good, mother -. kind-hearted lady. Everybody ked Granny Halfacre, she had un A oubtedly the best lungs of any wo- d ~an we ever saw. She could be heard a common conversation near a mile, nd then vow she was not talking ud, either. When the good lady ied she had the barrel she had made e er saur kraut in for over forty years, ri nd the identical rock she had used y o weigh or press down the kraut in he barrel. It was the one used the c rst time. Henry Halfacre was a prudent, areful farmer; he seems to have s een a very precise and methodical I aan in all his habits. He gave his r ttention mostly to farming. ie: uilt a store-house just across the ublic road from his house and sold ;oods there for many years. Every nody liked him and hand the ntmost 1: seek a shelter at once and get some- e thing to eat. He fell upon my c breast it:tplorin: Ohe bie-sings of a l1-:tv. !: on his genrons hteector q . .V's wTr' uhni :Ili W:t.i dillicul r ty I i1-1pe. ihimn o. :1 p ssing street t ear. Tlw wa:ilerer w.t one :ind I 'I r ontiuned doiwn IroatIwai as ar as C Unio, Square. and th. re I ret a s rin:d who invited mue t) tak. :1 ,iu.ir. t I.- remarked hat le 1:i an ,"nrare- C tnL'nt to keep at halt p t elev, c and s asked me the time. I went or mY v Jules Jurgeson and it was gone. I immnediate'ly claspwl :nY a:and on the s bo;omn of Iv Si t :l:ti va:able' e sitnd was Iliiss1int. Myi starvinr fr:ernd had cieacied men liic a shot- t Do you t1sink I ani g >n,1 to pick tilu :aiy Il)re p-rishin -nr .Ilow crea- c tulr. S nl ti .e sitl -walk i Not mnll e next tillow I find tdvin; I wil cIal1 the 1oli' e and treasur: forever r more 1hat a<hnirable mot'o. -. harity ia beginls at home.' I don't wonder a that people's hear s are Iard Th,, 1 ,nly w-tmer is, tat anybl :y gives c at all. All over the city are holes for 1 d1stttute boys anli asyI :ns ft>r frieni- s less girls A lot of sIlf-constit .t(l c sharks profess so be the aitners of the public's charity. This is one of C the mno -t 1 -pi::bl forms '!o humlna t swi dling. Ca e after ease has been c exposed. some of them lunished but still this mercenary mode of plunder L goes on. The wouen who Practice L this piracy generally assume a sane- a timonious air and expatiate ,. he i beauty of charity, while they starve l: and torture the wretched children d whom they have inveigled into their s dens. r But it is pleasant to turn from those I infamies to the many worthy chari t ties with which our city is blest, e among the very foremost of which r are the various Catholic institutions s of the city. The Catholic Protec v tory, Father irumgool's school for c boys, and many others belonging to 1 the same denomination. They draw largely from the public treasury, but c the question is between giving it to t them Or devoting it to the building s of prisons. II:re they are well ted. well housed. well clad, well attended v to morally, and physically and in- i tellectually. To their honor, he it : recorded, tl.ere are no complaints of : starvation or ill-treatment among the c wards of our Catholic institutions. t Decency, good order, cleanliness. dis- < cipline and excellent moral trailing t characterize them and make them models for similar institut:ors a throughout the wor:d. t The inst.tutio!s devoted to the care of girls are all presided over by Sisters of the different orders-sweet, patient, cultured women, who serve Heaven best by attending these poor motherless. fatherless and homeless waifs. t Father Dlrumgool's school is filled I with hoodlums, hundreds of whom i have been picked of the streets, reg- t ular Arabs. outcasts, and jshmnaels.f Once within thle influence of this worthy old p)riest they begin to rise.( I think he likes to tackle tough cases I just to see ho0w good a man he can make of the most unpromising ma- t terials. But it must not be thought that ~ charity is con! med to the Catholics.~ Some of the l 'rotestant institutions1 are not surpassed in the world. WVhile if 1 had the space I would E willingly mIention the most promi- ~ nent; there is one which I cannot pass without a word of praise and Lhat is St. John's Guild. There are many blessed charities in-our midst but none more bless -d than St John's C G-uild. It has the especial good for :une to stand well with all classes. ~nd any person entrusting their alms ~o its charga knows they will be well ~ bestowed. With sympathies that ~ 2ever fail it is still the most syste- t natic of charities, and disbursing many thousands of dollars in the rear it is not often deceived. Though ~ 2ominally belonging to the Episco- r >al c: urch, it is by no means denom- ~ national in its charities. It is as ready to relieve a Jew, or Turk, if t ;he case is worthy, as the most Ortho. r iox believer. All through the sum ner its labors among the children of ;he poor, and thousands upon thou-1 ands of them are carried to the sea side and others are provided with C 2omeb; in fatct, it never wearies of ~ loing good. The Jews and Ger- 8 nans have spl:ndid charities. The C Jews being particularly helpful. But this weck we can think of 3othing but politics. On Tuesday r'ammany pain'ed the towvn red. Whatever people may think of the arat Sachem John Kelly ? whatever 2e takes 1,old of he does with a will, ~ rnd when the order went out for the ~lans to come in, they came. If the s ~ensus of the city could have been ~akt n in Union Square on Tuesday ~ aight you would not have thought i ~hat suich a thing as a Republican existed on Manhattan Island. Four ;tandis were erected on Union Square ~ -the one facing Broadway being1 wr: darly fine. Cleveland badges1 were hlick as tile autumn leaves, and .f ev-ry man who wore them votesC stra' t for his Excellency, the Gov- - arnor, it will make it exceedingly ively for Mr. Blaine. Though at the1 >usi.ess men's celebration the day >efr. the town was alive with Blaine 'nen and in this confessedly Demo 3rat'e city it is a wonder where they ~ ill come from. - No fear of New York wanting fj :andidates for Mayor. We have ;hree all willing to be elected. Grace, the nominee of the County t Demnocracy-, has been Mayor and ar very good one he made. He is ana Irishm.n by birth and a merchant I >f wath. Hugh Grant is rich, ca I pablo .and willing; he is the nominee g af Tammany with a good chance nf 1 Man-.Iunting in Siberia. Sorry, indeed. even when death doe Rot come to put an cnd to his existence is the lot of the convict who has suc ceeded in e:capino, from the mines c Eastern Siberia. WVthout resources < any kind, he must beg or rob his wa ba~k to Russia. T he. alternative c seeking employment is one which ofte has disastrous c:)'-e.1uences. The con vict of the lowest type regards the Si berian colonist a< an i:n erior, and has saying which descri.es him as "blin for three days a te: b:rth." But th colonist has his revenve. He works th supercilious conv:ct le a beast of bui den, and gives him a: 1 ttle rest and a little food as possible. When wage are demanded the colonist has an orig nal way of satisfyin; his laborer. Th money is pa'd without demur, but be fore the convict can get clear, he fall dead, kil!ed by a bullet from the gun c his cruel eanployer. Th:s method c payment is some imes carried out on large scale. It is adopted in the cas of vagabond labor rs who, having fip ished 1-heir autumn work in the tield: return to the ne&ghbor:ng village to b paid off. The wages are forthcoming and the labo:ers allowed to depart wit their hardly earned money. But the have no sooner gone than the peas ant farmer assem .les his neigl bors, and ha,in. provided ther with horses and ire-arms. the whol party sallies forth in purs it of the vag abonds. The ret'ring laborers ar speedily overtaken; most are killed o: the spot, all are robbed. the recovere, money being divided between the far= er and his confederates. The only re spect shown for author.ty is the preve lent habit, where ro bery has been th motive of slaughter. o- concealing th dead. The mur.lered convicts ar usually cut up and mutilated, and th remains buried in ont-o'-the-wa places. The hunt'ng of the "huncl backs," as the es a ed conv:cts are ofi en called in de:is on, has gone on fo years, entering so de ply into the hat its of the people th.t :t has escaped th attention of few tria clers through Easi em Siber:a. --Where are the men? was asked of a woman le't in charge c a small village a: oining the highway "Gone after the huncibacks," was th reply. Such is the prevailing demoral ization in this res:lect thatboys hay been heard to ask their fathers to kil vagabonds in order that they may se "how the fellow wil; roll on his hump. I " In some of the gover.nments it is certai death for a convic: esca- e 1, or still un der supervision, to be caight returnin, from the min.. Occasionally the sol d:ers imitate the colonists in their e. ploitation of the vagabond. The Cem . sack, as well as the ordinary colonists a covets cheap labor, and is in the habi . of rewarding w:th an once or two c lead the convict wh-> dec:ines to pas from one con iition of bond slavery t another. During the colonization of the Tram baikal region the hunting of vagabond was one of the common diversions c the newly-arrived settlers. Fror Tomsk to Ch:ti there is a locality tha has rendered itself notorious for th pursuit on a large sea:e o escaped con victs. In the Tomsk Government itsel whole villages are described as livin; solely by the robberv of vagabonds The river Karasan has been so fille, with the bodies of murdered conv:cts a to become putrid. Year Fingul ope: woods are known as a favorite groun for the slaughter. The who:e of th districtis full'of the memories and trt bditions of Siberian man hunting. He roes of the sport are still alive, Bitkos Romanov and Zavorota were each e, I pert in diflerent wa:s. Romanov fe instance gained celebrity in the villag of Fingul, where e was in the habitc 'lying in ambush close to the highway Sand shooting down every vagabond wh -passed. In the autumn evenings Bil ,kov used to pick o.Y stragglers alon .the banks of the river Augar. Durn subsequent sport along the Biryus ther 'were individual Siberians who boaste that they had brought down as man Sas sixty and in some case; ninety vag I abonds. Only upon one of these hun1 ers of men do the vagabouris seemt have taken vengeance." They selecte one Paramonich, who had - en all hi life engaged in killing convicts. Th vagabonds assembled together, seize him and brought his career to a clos by plunging him alive into a cauldro of incandescent metal.-St. Petersbur Cor. J.ondon Glob .. -sentimental inscriptions do not a ways have the effect their authors ir ten~ded. In the cemetery of Pere Li chaise are two columnns,side by side with the inscri; tions(nFrchc fcourse): ' tt~yu i rnh - "AdelIi.Ie R " I itfor ou.1845." On the other: *Lou':s R Eeneath the last some ga':in has scrit bled: Hetook is m. FARMING AND THE LIEN LAW. We have never been a farmer, an we know nothing of that art or ac ence, practically, but we have been close observer of men and thing since we came to years of' discretion(: and although we know nothing abot farming practically, yet, we believ that in fact we do know somethin from the experience of others. Froi observation and conversation wit Ipractical and experienced farmei we have come to the conclusion the this country can never be truly pro. perous with the lien law, nor withot it, until the cultivators of the so Iraise their own supplies. Tf they do this they will be ind Ipendent of the lien law, and it ma stand upon the Statute book foreve and do them neither good nor hur But with the present system of fan ing the lien law seems to be, an probably is, a necessity of the time: -If we plant cotton only, we mus -have credit, or get credit by son > means to enable us to go on, and I enable us to get credit the lien la becomes necessary. But we has talked with a good many farmei who raise their own supplies and the are always independent. We remer h er, too, that during the war ti t country was well supplied with a the actual necessaries of life-mes a and breadstuffs were abundant. The Confederacy collapsed, not b cause we did not have enoggh to e: -but because we had rather more figh WIT AND WISDOI. e -Dying without the aid of a doctor is though to be a terr:ble thing in New 1 York. ' -Cinc'nra'i milkmen no longer doubt this to e an off year. One of them has been :Lrres-ed for selling adulterated ni:k.-. "'. Picayune. -Talmare is a sh-ewd man. In a recent sermon he said "There are many hush:ln !s w:o a -e s-:ceessful only I because there is a woman of brains at e home. e -W. 11. V.'r ht, nn Al:b-ima man, quarreled w:th :a! -:ot :L cousin of the s same na:ne. ';h s :L ta.e where two s Wrights ma-e one wrong. --.4 Y. Com merci'd A;ler ... . 9 -Susan B. .An t)- has come into possession of th ,.m.O: willed her by s a Boston Ia 'y. :m . :. good m:ny men f who have thou.:it her too o d to marry are beg:nning to. .n ti:ey were mi -taken. -ietro: F cc . . A young law or r." on l sad that he had settled in : "Certa:in :own to try and make an i ne.t liv ng, u hen a by stander :acet ousi remn:.r i d that he ought to suceed. ::s th:ert-w. snotmuch competit:on in lm pro es- a. - -Sarony is s:.:l to h.:'e iven Mrs a tograph ne her. h . u-eq tao old B fashiot.ed instr i < n s of to re :or holding a v:ct n. s Iwadi e..dy, the e price is no'.e too I gi.-::ad:l :p.ia 2 News. I -An Ang,e-worm wa o:"cc Observed by a Catfish w ..ag .x .m a ond. - - Poor dear Tu ix," ai i !!e C Ltfish: - "M- heart Ble -:k or" o. For ear e you wi be Dro noed. : w I. akc Vou ;n e Out of the n .' o win,-h the Angle e worm rep.ied : mtm ra "-.:: or your e Sympathy, but i: y.m T::ko me t. t V Will be you: (;i:1! i:at w I Iloed :or me'' .. s-n' - iv .u s renmar or Humor, the a . --.. e I t:e Att. r gle-wormn an:l '.. -oc :ee ' Iat the An,le w -rm: .1 r.- o ::-w i l towed a . we ., ho v i; i ahble we are Tna:it tha e to in :re into a Contract e o. L n ctak ng it. -Denver 2r .L. 9 Em ,-: ' l. e Mrs. Maccle!ttm !'rnnt'u-: Roo:evelt 1 Tucker) relates a:- :.:ruin ng e e ience th:-t she h-.m a :.n u-e v ew w'th Mr. Longfellow. 'T.:,- 4m n eon.er.-a I tion with he:" at :m :,.,e a:: n the - presence o; his f:t i':i s-ud. refer r:ng to cert on .,i cten .m a. urd cur rent rhymes " I often wo:::-e mm :w ".0e t :a ever - come to be priute.i :.ut :ualed w th , his usual justice --v :air, o appre t ciate it is. however no ":ign that a rea f son does not ext or w ri' t it. Many s persons in th s w4r:d may I ke and ad t mire what I enld n.-t g.v.- a second thouoht to.' - "Yes," r.-p ed Mrs. MJ:,cchetta. s "there is no accouiit:ng tor the rubbish f that will find its w::v to pu ':icity: the D authors are rever known, and perhaps ,t it is as well. I c:n at pre.-ent only call e to mind one instance under ith head of poetry, whic:i runs ::s of ows or" o I stopp:d (sa s the lady w:th an in E quiring look arom"nd, as i: e.racting any idea of re-,eat ng t: i,ut an earne,t i "Pray go on." in which the . rofes s sor's voice was u permo,t. insisted on a hearing the afores:tid '- rabh s!:" so I i cleared m: throat. and proceeded: 0 "'lhere w a ..LL -i..r. And she had I ttl.- turl Ththung in ihe' m;d' l- o~ h h.r f.)rehead; - Wh':ni t, ' w:as dlod Fhe wa v -rv dor,:uideed. But when shi w.is i-d s -- a .: rrid." r Imagine m con fusion when the poet e raised his eyes, and with a faint smile, f said: ,"Why, those are my words, are they a, not, Annie?" turning' to his youngest .. daughter. wh - a:. th:at moment was Sgracefully steppin:r Out upon the terrace y thrcugh the low windcow, and, curious e to say, was humming' to herself the I very same rhyme I had just character v Ized as "rubbish." E"Why, of course. papa," said Annie, -. laughingly, " that comes in your nursery o collection. Don't y ou remember when IEdith was a little g rl and didn't want s to have her ha'r curled, you took her e up in your arms. and shaking your I finger at her, cemn:enced: "There was e a little girl, ete.?' a The poet laughed, they all laughed, ~and I, in spite of my discomfiture, had to join in the general merriment. But I could not forget my awkwar-d position. -To 1.ave declared to a gentleman' sface .an opin'on which at best could have lit. .tie real value, and that opinion any ,thing but flattering, tried me sorely. I The poet was too good natured to say anything; but it was impossible not tE laugh. It was one of those coincidences that occur when least expected. Yet rarely does one get come up with in such a cruelly matter-of-fact way, and .my self-esteem dropped lower and lower~ tilut was lost in humiliation.-Longfel. ~ow s Home Life. HELPFUL WORDS. Thank God for the comforting and Lencouraging words of all pure mind. a ed writers; poets and novelists, who. s. ever they may be. How often after a Iday of care and toil or despondency, t perhaps, mechanmcally we take up a paper and, listlessly glancing it over, e our eye is caught by some brighe g passage that seems just to suit us a just what we needed to clear away h the mists and give new strength for the morrow. Little do those writers know the value of such words-the t help and comfort they bring to our s burdened, sorrowing hearts. It may Lt be the written experience of some il heart, that seems so like our own; and we feel that ours is but the com mon lot of mortals. Nature is the - same everywhere; we live, we love y or not, we are happy to-day, sorrow. r ful to-morrow; life is made up of tt. clouds and sunshine, storms and i calm. I wonder if many of us ever d realize what a grand thing a storm is ? 3. That "the voice of the Great Creator t speaks in that mighty tone ?" And e afterwards, in place of the freshness, o the brightness and the gladness, w "life's highway" would offer only -e heat and dust and barrenness, if the i"sunshine always gleamed." An-d y shallow-hearted creatures would we :a- be if nothing ever troubled the deep ie waters of our soul. "Joy is transient, 11 sorrow alone is laating," wrote some ione, and while not strictly agreeing with hina, it is true, in so far as the e. impressions left are concerned. Sor, at row makes us thoughtful for others, t- and when one is thoughtful, a gregg imany virtue fon11a' ) nfidence in his integrity. In thos( -lys :til the trading was done ir arleston and was carried on b3 : _ ns. On one occasion he con aUl,-d to surprise his better half witi p. t :" ;' : ti:e lookin- glass . .* u:c to se, oil tiie man -., ie protcured one and wit: rect :r.- hrouui,t it home safely n it was unpacked,he s.-t itlowl t:ie l,::;zza and leaned it again-l w:1!! to look after something e'se !::1e 'Win.. so ~ld P>ose, the yarc w:.o f.It that he was alone mas r thevre. cane walking a:ong an .ing. as he tiought, ano lher lo went for lim." and in doing so w -nl roug4h the fine mirror, pro-incing : reat shock to the o:d lady's nerve u,d to the o,l n:t 'us reli. . .,I. os as a favorit: do.. i>ut ie ;u i;i i1 iore quit t out about the ba: n foi everal days. Henry 11la:wre rais.-d a family of ix chilirel,. tour sons-Davi'i. .Ja oh, Henry and Daniel, also Lw< aughters, Eliz:abeth and Sarah 'here are a number of the grand hildren of H-nry Hallfacre living ii le County, and are among our bes1 nd most worthy citizens, and if hE ,,:re alive now he could l>oint. to: >ng line of honest and honorable de ,endants with as much pride as (dii ie old Roman matron. Jacob H alfacre. a brother. rem)ove' Tennessee in ea. ly life. We kneM othing of him or his family. - ASA 11ARTZ. PLE %'v.1NT WORD I FAO 0.1U1,1 O9LDC ORtESPO0NDE1NT *.tAG ~IE DEAn HERALD AND NEws: Fiv, reeks to day since we bade good-b r bowe and friends and turned on, ice to Trenton, S. C. A.n:d to-nigu rhile the moon-light is glorifvin: he church spires and picturesqu, ottages which beautify this littl illage, we snatch a moment from on ur busy life to write you. We ar leasautly located at the "Trentol louse," over whose destiny preside 'apt. T. H. Clark and his amiab. rife, and most noble of bust ant ostess (1o they make. Their thought al consideration for the comfort an( onvenienl)ce of their g:ests insn: hem a full house, all wvho come once rill come again. The highest en oniuw we cant pay is to ay that it omelike comfort and pleasant so iety reminds us of Glenn springs rlenn's you know is with us a syn nym for all that is charming an( eautiful, An earthly paradise to which we, In shadow darkened days so love to turn. A golden altar will it ever be Where memory's subtle incense bur.s. We like Trenton passing well, ani s pleasant people more than wordl an tell. Their hospitality is un ounded and they delight in paying he thousand and one little atten ons which gladden the stran er's heart. The country witl a vast stretches of level land, dens( yrest of stately pines, magnificeni onds of water, gleaming like sheeti f silver in the autumnal sunsets roken here and there by gracefa iving ducks and creamy lilies all are > oar novice eyes wondrously beau ful. We are teaching here ani ave met with a measure of success chool is composed of good material ud wh~o knows but we have in train ig the dormant genius of a Calhoun r a Clay. We are busy in the schoo om from 9 a. mn., until 4 and ther the music room until 7. So yot "In the ranks of life's great army There is work for me to do." ut the polite attention, voluntar' bedience and dilligent applicatio: f our students, cheer us in th< ork. * * * * * * Three weeks have elapsed since riting the above, and in the interin dgefield has been visited with uost disastrous fire. While we sym athize most deeply with tbeir heav' sses, we are lost in admiration o: 2eir undaunted courage as we watet em going forward meeting ani verstepping obstacles with that earless bravery which is character tic of this gall ant county, I writi ais scrawl in exceeding haste, and ou must ever let my busy, busy lifi lead apology for all remissness. There has been such a lovely lin ering light in the West after twi, ght, reminding one of the aftem low on the Alps-a rosy tush gir, led by Orion's glittering belt. ave found many warm friends here ut dear HERAL A!iD NEWS when the ist childis foot fall has echoed arough the old academy and atch their eager steps turn home -srd, thought speeds back to m' wn quaint cottage home with iti eat shrubbery, gorgeous roses ani ambering vines, from thence mort mderly, yearningly, sacredly. does i 2rn to the quiet village cemetery t< hallowed mound marked by mona tental slab bearing the holies! ord-mother. And in its grief ani esolation the poor heart cries ou Oh that lifes race were run It's duties done, ,nd I there might sleep under the aisies. MAGG1E. Trenton, S. 0.; Oct. 22d 1884. A DIRECT ?NSUJLT. Judge-"You say that the priso~ e insulted you. That is a very se ous charge. What did he say t< ou, madam?'' Plaintiff-"He called me a spring hicken. And I am an old womaa s your honor can easily see.'' Judge-"That is not an insult. I pring chicken is young and tender should consider it a complimec uther." Plaintiff-" You wouldn't if yo1 rere in the same business I am." Judge -''What is that?" Plaintiff-"I keep a boarding