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DARLINGTON NEWS.
A Modest Little Maid.
I mb a modcat liUla aaaid.
Who Ikiska it more potita
To bid a bob “food eTening”
Tbaa bid a bob “good night."
Aad if tba hutnan membara
Ara intradnead by hia,
I aiwaya aall aa ara an arm,
A lags "lower limb.”
I am a modeet little maid
Who aorar goat ta bed,
Bot to my ebambar I * ‘retire”
Moat-properly ioetead.
Aad wbea the ehaate Aarora
Unaaala ay alaopy ayea.
The act which aoaa call gattlag up
I daatgaato "to Hae.”
I oarer apeak of feeliog sick.
Bat aay that I am "ill,”
Aad beiog in my dreseiLg gown,
I etyl® as dishabille,
la tact, I always hesitate
To can a spade a spade,
Bacauae, yon sea, I try to be
A modest little maid.—Jto6«rt Grant
The Sporting Reporter’s Account of
the Wedding.
Thesporting reporter of the Timet
Democrat web seated at hia desk
with a bad eigar in bis mouth and
busily engaged writing up a thril
ling disciiptiou of the horses to be
entered at the Spring meeting of
the Louisiana Jockey Club. When
the city editor suddenly exclaimed :
“By George I I almost allowed
that Thornberg Holiman wedding
to escape my memory, and it is
going to be one of the touiest affairs
that has happened in Mew Orleans
einoe the war. I guess, Bunker,”
be said, addressing the sporting
reporter, "you had better go down
to the church and flx up the wed
ding, as all the real of the staff are
engaged. Do yon think that you
can do the subject justice P
“Yea, Sir.”
“Well, go ahead, then, and give
* tall and graphic account of the
bridal party aad the ceremonies.’*
The sporting reporter, with race
horses chasing each other through
bis brain grabbed hia bat and dis
appeared. In the course of an hour
be returned, and, seating himself,
commenced writing. Wueu he had
finished the report, he tnrned to the
city editor and said : “I’ve fixed
up this wedding in high style, and
if yon don’t object, I’ll read it to
yon !
The city editor had co objections
to offer, and the sporting reporter
began:
“At an early hour the church,
which bad been previously decora
ted with evergreens, and the two
tracks leading to the altar covered
with fiowers as bright as jockey
colors, was filled with a large crowd
of people who were anxious to see
the great matrimonial raoe. Soon
the minister ascended the stand,
looked at hia watch, and while be
waa doing ao bell tapped and the
bridal party was seen coming up for
the start. The bride was a beauti
ful little filly, with a broad, smooth
forehead, on which rested a forelock
of soft flaxeu hair, which indicated
gentleness and mettle Her eyes
showed spirit, aud although she
waa eoupiod rather short, her form,
from her welipoised head dowu to
her sleuder fetlocks, was simply
perfect. By her side, as site came
op the main track to the miuister’s
stand, pranced an old bald headed
stallion, slightly sway-backed aud
stiff in the joints, who waa evidently
bar sire. He looked as if he bad
been on the turf for a great many
years, and bad made a good record.
The bridegroom waa a splendid
looking fellow, and stood about,
171 bands high, deep in the breast,
brand across the hips, aud small
around the flanks His b ir was a
chestnut brown, and be had a proud
look, which clearly proved that bts
pedigree was floe. When the cere
meny was over be sparred up to
bis bride, aad as he escorted her
down the flower covered track he
stepped high with bis neck bowed,
and the vast eono nrse of people
expected every minute to bear him
snicker with delight and see him
'reach down and bite the bride baek
of the ear. The costume of the
bride attracted the attention of
•very one present, and elicited
■any exclamations of surprise. She
waa attired in a handsome dress ot
don-colored stuff, to whieb was at
tached a dappled gray basque o!
the same material trimmed with a
sorrel fringe, aud looped with dark
boy ribbons and roan tinted lace
As tba bridal party were leaving
the ehorch, the ” “That will
do,’ remarked Uie city editor, with
a cold gutter in his eyes. “Do yon
expect that report logo in the
paper f Do you imagine that yon
can, with impunity, call Ool. Hall
man a bald headed old stallion,
with a sway back, aud bis dabgh-
ter aa acknowledged aociety belle,
a Ally witb a flaxeu forelock f Mo,
sir, Ool. Hallman U an influential
ditizen, and will demand satisfac
tion. Yob will be compelled to shift
the responsibility on to the proof
tender, sod swear that be made it
“bald-headed stall ion” when you
wrote “benign statesman,” and call
ed the bride a Ally when you pic-
tend bar as a “fairy ” This will
oaorotbe proof-reader to be mar-
VOL XIL NO 46.
dered even while he ie batebering
some article, and the blood of an
innocent man will be upon your
head Yon mast alter that report,
or it will not go in the paper.”
A Good Move.
(Floreaoe Tim®*.)
Recently the Darlington Mews
made an earnest plea for a day train
from Oberaw to Colombia, and since
then the matter baa been thorough
ly canvassed by the people, and
now there is a likelihood that it will
receive favorable consideration by
the railroad autboritiea. Hereto
fore the eastern portion of the State
baa been almost completely cot oft
irom Colombia, aad that city has
been unable to draw any portion of
this pari of the State to herself be
cause of the inconvenient night
schedule of the traia, which were
the only ones that were ran. The
Board of Trade of Colombia has ta
ken active steps in the matter.
The action of the board is timely.
The present schedules make the
people of the Pee Dee section and
of Columbia strangers to each other
aud bar all approach to business
intimacy.
[Heny Herald.]
We are glad to know that efforts
are making to secure the running of
a day train between the Pee Dee sec
tion aud Columbia during the Fair.
It is very inconvenient, according
to present arrangement*, lor per-
sens from this section to attend the
State Fair, aud oonseqently very
tew go. Attendance upon the State
Fair woo'd be a means ofacqninug
more agricultural knowledge than
could be otherwise obtained in a
series of years, it at all. It affords
ns pleasure to second the efforts of
tbo Darlington Mews in obtain
ing this concession from gibe rail
road.
DAEUNOTON, S. 0.. THTOSDAY. NOVEMBER 18,1886.
WHOLE NO 619.
job mmumi
Our job J®(j irinn bi i®»uppli«d with avtry
facility- neceuary lo eoabi® us to cowpaU
both as toprice aud quallt/ of wort, with nrxm
thosv ol tb® citi®®, aud we guaraatea satii,
faction in every particular or charge nothing
for our work. Wear® aiwaya prepared t®
fill orders at abort notice for Blank*. Bil
Heads, LetUr Heads, Cards, Hand BN)»
Posters. Circulars, Pamphlets, Ao.
All job work muit be paid for
£Peo be* Index.]
The Darlington News, the Co
lotnbia papers and the Colambia
Board of Trade have been making
a lively effort latierly to baveaday
train |int on the W, O. A A. Road
to Columbia. While we can hardly
hope, should the effort sacceed, tor
the train to reach this far, yet for
the sake of suffering humanity we
most baartily commend the move
ment and hope it may succeed.
There is no more vexation* railroad
delay on this continent than that
one has to suffer in making the
round trip from Florence to Colum
bia.
[Marlboro’ Democrat.]
The Columbia Segitter informs us
that the Board of Trade of that city
will take steps to a better line of
communication witb this part of the
State. We aertuinly will appie-
ciate a daily mail irom the Ca|«>alf
Push the matter, brother, aud give
us the Register every night.
(Marion Star.)
We are glad to see the effort be
ing made to have a day train from
Columbia to Florence, and hope it
will be successful. It is an awful
tiresome trip returning from Co
lutubia to any point this side ot
Florence.
ease clear from the groand and
guess od its weight.
He performed one of the greatest
feats of strength ou record after he
had reached the age of seventy-live
years. He lifted two twenty-tonr
foot iron rails by grasping one in
each band, and walked off with
them. The fails were resting on
wooden horses, so be did not etoop
down to lift them. One day in hay
ing be wae going from the field with
his men to the hense for dinner.
The? were walking along the road
together when one of his men, for
mischief, came op behind him, and,
by a skillful trip, threw Carpenter
down. He gathered himself np and
said nothing about it. He walked
on to the boose, and after dinner,
when retnrning to the field with bis
men, they came along to the place
where the man gave him the fall.
He suddenly turned upon the man,
and, grasping him by the shoulders
and the seat of his trousers, lifting
him and bnrled him high in the air
above him and over a seven rail
fenee, by the side of which they
happened to be walking. The man
came down in the meadow a row or
more from the fence, considerably
shaken np, but not badly hart. Mr.
Carpenter was not a gigantic man
in size. He was abont sia feet tall,
and app'* .red mnch less than that,
owing to his ma-sive build. There
was no superfluous flesh upon him.
bat the muscles ot his shoulder*
sod neck seemed to be piled upon
him, so great was their size. This
gave him a stooping appearance
in a crowd, a casual observer would
not be likely to pick him oat for one
of the strongest men that ever liv
ed. Mr. Carpenter is living at the
present time at Granville Corners,
Washington i onnty, M Y., bis old
home, or was living there the lust
time I beard of him. He mast be
over eighty years of age.
A Modern Sanuoa.
[From tha Troj. New York, Time*.]
I propose to give yoa a short
sketch of the life of a man who was
little known outside of the village
of Granville Corners, in Washing
ton county where he was born aud
spent the most of a long life. It is
known of him and can be proved,
that he haa performed feats of
strength unsurpassed by any man
that has lived in ancient and mod
ern times, excepting, of coarse, the
Biblical Samson. His name is, or-
was, Stearn Carpenter. His occu
pation was that of a farmer. Being
uatantliy of a very quiet, peaoefui
disposition and a member ot the so
ciety of Friends, be never did any
thing for display to attract atten
tion, but the feats of strength be
performed were done more to satis
fy himself and to see bow muoh be
coaid lilt than anything else. All
bis lifting was done by main
strength, without harness of aay
kind.
One of bis greatest feats was lift
ing a box filled with iron, whion
weighed 1,900 pounds, which ia
eqnal to lifting 3,800 pounds in s
harness. He lilted it with ease witb
bis tisuds by grasping a rope or
chain which was bound around the
box to secure it. He did uot know
the weight ot the box of iron at the
time, and was afterwards heard to
say that had be known it weighed
ao near a too be would have |mt ou
the other hundred pounds and lift
ed the whole. At another time be
lifted a cannon that weighed 1,400
pounds and shouldered it. At Com
stock's Landing, on the Champlain
eanal, near Whitehall, one day
while waiting for a load of merebau-
dise, he lifted a banal of white lead
witb ease. His neighbors, when
killing hogs, it Steam bapimoad to
be around, would ask him to guess
the weight of a bog Just killed. If
it happened to be a big ane, weigh
ing four hundred or five hundred
pounds, he would stoop down aad
twist his Augers into the bristles,
aud in that way would lift the our-
The President’s Double.
As the ushers began to gather
the crowd together in a semi circle
in the East Room, awaiting the
President's entrance for hia regular
Monday reception, they gave a lit
tle start when they looked towards
lie South window, for leaning
sguiust the pillar near the Green
Room door was the tac simile ot the
President. At first the ushers
thought the President had eome
into the room before them, but a
second glauce showed their mis
take, for beside tbe living picture
of President Cleveland stood a lady
and a little baby boy about two
years old. The ushers turned to a
number of newspaper men who were
standing by and laughed at the
mistake. Soon the President came
in aud took his place, but the man
that looked like him still leaned
against tbe pillar aud gave every
one a chance to compare the two
men and thus see the resemblance.
Tbe only difference was that tbe
President weighed a hundred more
pounds than bis double. At last
tbe President’s fac s;mile gathered
np his little boy in his am and call
ed his wde, aud got into line aud
in due time reached the President.
Every one who has seen Robeson
and Craue play the “Two Dromios”
has laughed heartily when the two
meet faoe to face for tbe first time
and see tbe reremblauoe between
each other. Or, again, a great many
people have seen that nonsensical
farce the “Two Johns”—aud per
haps the President and his fac sim
ile are better described in size by
this contrast. These two meet af-
leriunumerable escapades,in which
one is taken for the other. They,
too, are surprised when they meet
face to face. When the President’s
double came np to shake bands
w th him to day, every one expect'
t d to see the same scenes enacted
iu tbe White House, but they were
disappointed. Tbe President look
ed at the gentleman, smiled a little
—perhaps at tbe likeness—-patted
the fat baby ou tbe cheek, shook
hands with tbe wife, aud the erowd
passed on. There was a disappoint
ed party who had waited to see
what the President would do when
be saw the man that looked like
him.—(frr. Baltimore America*.
No Use.
(Froa tk* Arkoneaw Traveller.)
Backwoods School Teacher (to
boy:) “How far have yon gone f ’
Boy: “Aint't sever been very
far; ’boat ten miles from home, I
reckon.”
Teacher: “I mean bow far have
you advanced ia your hook!”
Boy: “Over ter this hers pic-
tnr.”
Teacher: “Why, that’s were the
first lesson begins. You oau’t spell,
can you V
Boy; “Ken spell dog ao’ dam,
bat ain’t no great shakes ou bird
an’ bossily.”
Teacher; "You little rascal, yon
must uot talk that way. Did your
father ever bear you talk that
way T
Boy; “Mome.”
Teacher: “Tbeu I’m glad that
therafe some cue whom you re
spect.”
Boy: “Mo usefa talk's that way
beto’ dad, for he’s deef. Bf er boss
wos ter fling dad be couldn’t hear
hiaaeV hit tbe ground.”
Grain and Grass in the South.
(Marlboro’ Okroniele.)
Dr. W. L. Jones, tbe accomplish
ed agricultural writer of tbe Sonth
ero Cultivator, believes with enthu
siasm that the grains and grasses
will grow in the Sonth. They should
be planted early, however, he thinks
preferably in September. A good
strong autumn growth will bo to
them iu tbe South what winter
snows are in the North.
On light, thin soils it is better to
sow grass seed, withont any other
grain, aud he insista ou heavy seed
ing, with very thin covering, and
tbe thorough nse of the roller.
Dr. Jones finds that what is call
ed tbe winter grazing oat of middle
Georgia withstands cold and does
uot rust, as far as be has bad expe
rience of it His crop was sown
October 30, though that is rather
late. With barley and rye bis ad.
vice is as follows: To some extent
barley and rye can be made to take
the place of fall oats—barley on
tba richer aud rye ou tbe poorer
lauds. Witb these cover the bare
cotton fields during the winter aud
save them from washing and leach
ing. Simply barrow in tbe seed—
don’t break np the laud aud in
crease the facilities for washing
When green these crops can be cut
and fed to horses aud cows ; when
matured tbev can be harvested,
threshed and groand and make
most excellent stock feed. Rye
straw commands ready sale for fill
ing in horse collars and otber pur
poses, but tbe stalls aud stock yard
may well dispose of it all. Our
soils cry aloud for bnmas—let us
take every opportunity to supply it.
Some one has suggested that oats
and rye might be sown together—
if the oats should be killed the rye
would not aud tbe laud wonld still
be occupied with a desirable crop.
We see no objection except the un
equal ripening of the two cropa. but
as rye will remain standing withont
waste lor some time after it ripens
it conid wait on the oats. [Ji>on
tbe whole tbe soggestion strikes us
as a good wue, worthy of being
tested by trial.
Tnrnip Pasture.
(OurCoynirjr Home.)
Few farmers in the country know
the value of a turnip pasture. e
generally like to take things too
easy to pal iu turnips and gatbr-r
tb. m, although they will help oat
wonderfully with the fattening cat
tie and sheep, aud most excellent
for the young stock. Hardly a far
mer knows what nice mutton tur
nips will make, aud that turnips
have made English sheep so famous
aud the mutton so sniierior. There
is another nse turnips can be put to
of great importance, to make pas
ture or total alter the frosts kill tbe
grass, aud even after quite cold
weather has come. Ou most every
farm there is a field of ran out mea
dow or pasture, which could he
plowed np and fitted iu August for
turnips to feed oft ou tbe ground.
Tbe laud need not he plowed deep,
but it must he made mellow, aud
well manured on the surface either
with yaii mauare or superphos
phate. The eeed may be sown
broadcast aud covered with a brush
harrow or by the rain, A plot ot
groand well fitted ia this way will
afford a large amount of food, aud
be iu a most admirable condition
for any kind ot oiop to follow. We
consider the turnip pastures so val
uable that we repeat the sugges
tion. It is a more excellent plan
than summer fallowing.
West Point Cavalry Drill.
(New Fort Moil sad Expreee.)
One of the greatest eharms about
these fellows is their dainty and
scrupulous neatness. They are
scrubbed, psi boiled, sandpapered
and hung out to dry every day.
From the top of their closely crop
ped beads dowu to the toes of their
polished shoes, there isn’t a speck.
Tbe collars that stand np like iron
aud almost cot their aara off have
a supernatural gloss. Their white
duck trousers are immaculately
spotless One short boy here is
reported to have niuety-aeveu pairs
of white trousers. Uncle Bam
provide# them cheaply aud baa
them washed for next to nothing,
besides which every class in grad
uating leaves a large supply to its
successors. Tha short boy with
uiuetj-sevsu pairs waa popular.
At 11 o’clock every morning cav
alry drill is held ou the parade
This is very interesting, although
not nearly so much so when it takes
place in the vast riding hall, as it
dees in bad weather, nor /at as a
regular skirmish drill. A few
mmuies before 11 a squad of troop-
era lead out the horses. These ara
nearly all thorough brads aud
splendidly grooweii. Although per-
fectly trained in cavalry evolutions
they are none tbe lass restive and
full of fire, and tbs cadets are to it
that they don’t gat too gentle.
Presently tbo bugle sounds
“Boots and aaddloa,” and the cadets
come tram plug across tbo grounds
by fours, instead of the dainty
white trousers and dndisb gray
costa, they wear a serviceable gray
riding dress aud carry sabres. The
first class men have the choice of
horses, and they of oooree take the
wildest aed most restive among
them. After the choice ia made
they stand in line, every cadet with
hh band on bis sad«lle, waiting for
the word from the cavalry officet
who superintends tbe drill. At the
word every man is in tbe saddle at
the same moment. Thsn the evo
lutions begin. There is no rising
in tbe-saddle nonsense taught here.
They are ms do to ride witb long
stirrups, their toes well out and
their knees well in, and they sit
like centaurs As they dash across
the plain at a sharp gallop, a cloud
of dust rises, through which the
gray line is visible, accented by the
color* which flutter brightly from
tbe firat rank. Above the thuu ler
of the horses’ hoots and th clatter
of aabera in their scabbard* tbe
officer*’ voice cats the air, » m' they
torn aud wheel abont Bout times
the line tunis, us it were, on * pivot
and describes a half circle around
tbe man in tbe center. Again they
form two lines and turn ou a doable
pivot.
Presently the order is given to
uharge withdrawn sabres—a beauti
ful sight as they rush forward,
every glittering blade at the same
angle, the long line of men aud
horses moviug like oue, wbeu there
are uo needle guns and ohassepots
to s|»oil this dangerous mausotiver
—daugerous to the cavalry, that
is.
Then, after an boar of galloping
and dashing aud whirling aud clat
tering, the line forms again; the
bugle is beard, the troopers appear
from unknown regions. At the-
wotd ot com maud every cadet drops
to the ground simultaneously, the
horses are led off in oue direction to
be rubbed down, aud tbe cadets
march off iu another, also to be
rubbed down Cavalry drill is
over.
The Georgia Alstons
Tbe suicide is announced of yonug
Rebel t W. Alston, of Georgia, in
Washington. Alston through the
influence of Governor Gordon, was
employed ia the sixth auditor’s
office bat, thinking that he deserv
ed a better p ace, he I became morose
aud finally took his life. His fath
er, Col. Alston, was a prominent
man iu Georgia politics and a
stanuch suppor er of Geu. Gordon,
Col. Alston’s death was uo less tra
gic than ihut of his sou lie was
killed six or seven years ago in the
State Capitol at Atlanta after a des
perate duel with Uapt. Cox. The
trouble grew out ot politic*. A
strange fatality seems lo run
through the male members of tbe
' Alston family. They have always
beet, men ready to tight, aud but
few of them have died wiih their
boots off. Three uudes of tbe young
man who killed himself fell in duels
after they bad killed one or more
men each iu similar encounters.
The graud uucle of youug Alston,
whose name waa Robert Alston,
killed three men iu duels in Florida
aud the Governor of that State of
fered a reward of 42,500, One day
there rode up to the hotel at Valley
Forge, (ia., a man on horseback,
wbo coo'ly read tbe offer of reward
posted on the doorot the bote', aud
went in aud got his dinner. There
were about fifty men in front of the
hotel. When tbe stranger came
from tbe dining room he found him
self and tbe offered reward tbe sub
ject of their couversaaou. Several
of them expressed a wish that they
could meet Robert Alston, saying
that if they did that 92,500 would
be theira. Walking coolly up to
them, with two drawn Derringer*,
Alston announced himself, and ask
ed any oue who wanted the i ward
to take him. Mo oue moved. AI
aton mounted bis horse and t rolly
rode away.
Death of Frank Walworth.
Frank H Walworth, who killed
bis father Mansfield Walworth, at
tbe Btnrtevaut House, Mew York,
JuueS, 1873, died Friday at his
home, at Saratoga, M Y., of pneu
monia, at tbe age of 31. He leavea
a wife, tbe daughter of the late
Gov. Brainlett, of Kentucky, aud
oue child. He wae a grandson of
Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth,
a noted lawyer of Mew York State,
and hia maternal graudiatber waa
Col J. J. Hardin, of Illinois, who
waa killed at Beueua Vista. Frank
Walworth’s murder of bts fetber
crested a great sensation at tbe
tint a.
He waa impelled to the deed by
tbe tact that bU father from whom
hia mother had obtaiufd a divorce
oo the ground of orsei treatment
perdiMteutiy annoyed the family by
writing letters threatening Mrs.
Walworth and blackening her
cbkracter. Frank having warned
him iu vain to doaist, finally, alter
a stormy interview, shot aud kined
him. Youug Walworth waa de
fended by Charles O’Conor bot was
connoted of murder in the second
degree. He was sentenced to State
prison for life, but was pardoned by
Guv. Robinson it 1877. Be was
admitted to the bar in 188L
Lite baa uo wretched uesa equal
to an ill-sorted marriage—it ta tbe
sepulchre of the heart, haunted by
gboats ot lost affections and hopes
gone forever.
Stonewall Jackson and the Cadets.
(T. M. Boyd, in No®. Bivouic.)
My introduction to him, when I
was a cadet and fonrlh-class tmtu,
is hh follows In September, Major
Jackson returned from hia summer
leave of absence, was at his post
preparing the second class for its
course in applied mechanics. 1 wu*
in cadet parlance, "a p/efts,” had
been in school about a month, and
had heard tr< in the old cadet* won
derful stories of M^jor Jackson's
strickness iu adhering to discipline.
One day almut ten A. M.. as 1 was
going to my qnaitersfrom theulu**-
room, 1 was hailed by an officer, as
1 supposed, and called into a room
on the second stoop of the barracks.
There I found weveral cadets, dress
ed iu the blue coats, with swords
and Hashes. The one who hud hail
ed me said rather sharply to a sec
retary who was seated by a tab e
and busily writing, "Make out tint
requisition aud send it by ibisp/rix)
to the quartermaster, anil you. fel
low, take it to that office pointing
to a room, og,q that officer there to
sign it, uud then go up town and
bring what it calls for. Re quick
about it,l must have it here before
dinner roll-call.’’ I touched my, hat aa
I had been taught when 1 w|>uke or
was spoken to by an officer, and
walked bnakiv to the door of the
room that bad been designated, j
knocked, a cadet opened the door,
aud asked what I wanted. I in
formed him that I had a paper for
ttie officer iu there. He took in the
situation, and allowed me to enter,
1 walked up to the officer, who was
seated ou a rostrum, looking at a
book before him. Bef re he had
time to raise bis eyes, I bad doffed
my cap and was presenting my re
quisiliou iu as ;»olite a iiiauuei as I
could assume. He took the paper,
give it a hasty glance, aud wi hout
changing countenance, pointed to a
tiencb near him aud ordered me in
wait until be dismissed tbe class.
The cadeta who were not at the
blackboards gave me a signi.1c.\Ht
look, and with difficulty concealed
their merriment.
I was woefully uncomfortable,
but kept my seat until the reeita
tiou was concluded and cla>s dis
missed The offic r or iustnjotor
then addressed me with a kind,
pleasant smile on his face, "Do you
know what this paper containsT” 1
had ris'-n ;om the si*at I occ pied
and gtoou oefore him, cap in hand ;
in reply to Ilia question, 1 told him-
how it came into my possession,
ami what 1 was ordered to do with
it. That I did not know oredialt
the officers, aud as the gentleman
who gave me the older wore a blue
coat, saah, and sword, 1 supposed
be had authority. He said he did
uot ueusure me at all, that the ct-
dels were in the liab.tot quizzing
the new comers, and some oue was
paying a joke on niv. The order i
brought was a begin requisition for
bigb beefed socks, piok'ed crow
burs, and a box of Byex’s best ci
gui'H. I bad uot dared to o|>eu the
order, a u d when advised o f
its absurd nature my em
barrassment was paintul. He ob
served this, and to relieve me, ask
ed bow long 1 bad been at the iu
stitution, ftoiii what part of tbe
State 1 hailed etc. Ilia manner
before the class was stem, be sat
erect with his coat buttoned to tbe
chin, but now be was kind and
pleasant, aud. I shall never forget
my first encounter with Btouewall
Jackson.
Intemperance,
[Hob«i t G. Ingiraoll
Intemperance cuts down youth
in its vigor, manhood in its strength
aud age iu its weakness. It breaks
the father’* heart, bereaves the do
ting mother, erases conjugal love,
blots one filial attachments, blights
parental love, and brings down
mourning age in sorrow to the
grave. It produces weak jess, not
strength, aickuesa, uot health,
destb, uot life. It makes wives,
widows, children oipbans, fathers'
fiends, and all of them paupers and
beggars. It covers the laud with
idleness, misery and crime. It fills
our jails, aud demands our as> lams.
It fosters quarrels and cherishes
riots.
It is the life blond of the gambler,
the element ot tlm burglar, aud tbe
prop of the highwayman, it crowds
the penitentiaries, and turuisbeh
for your scaffold*. It couuteusti
oes tbe liar, repects the thief and
esteems tbe blasphemer, it barns
men, consumes women, detests life,
curses God, aud despises heaven,
it degrades the citizen, debases tbe
legislator, dishonors the sutes’iian,
disarms the (Minot. It brings
shame, uot honor, terror, uot safe
ty, despair, not bo|ie, misery, uot
happiness, and unsatisfied with tbe
havoc, with the malevolence of E
fiend, it poisons felicity, it'll* peace,
mine morale, slays reputation,
wipes oat national honor, then Car
nes the world, and laughs at Ra
rain.
The Throat and Lungs are sen
sitive organ* and if diseased should
out be neglected, Hughes' Lang
Cordial ia a valuable remedy for all
pulmonary troubles. 11 gives
speedy ami permanent rejifif. Drug-
gluts keep it.
Cash on Delivery.
*' - -11 1 11 n —
Topnoody.
[From 111® WtabiBgion Criilc.]
Mr. Topnoody threw down hia
newspaper with n u uttered objur-
gaiion, and looked across the table
ut bi* wife.
“What’s ibe mallei t” she inquire
ed.
“This confounded civil service re
form twaddle makea me sick,” he
exclaimed. "I don’t see why it i*
that a lot ot men can’t do their only
when it is marked ont clearly before
them.”
"Did you order that coal to day T
she asked irrelevantly, but with t\
uew light shilling iu her face.
“I beg your pardon, my dear,” he
asid, picking up hia piper a^aiu,
‘‘that’s got nothing to d, wuii civil
service refoim,”
"Did you order that coal, I said’’
she |tersi*t d.
"N no, ray dear,” he hesitated,
“I torgot all about it. But IT do
it the first thing in tbe morning
As I wa* saying, my dear this civil
service reform,”
"Don’t talk to me, Topnoody,
about civil eervfev reforei.,” sbo **i(|
hotly. "What you want to devote
your time and attention to is dome
stic service reform. There isn’t a
lump of coal iu the celi/ir j the
board* are otl the side fence ; that
back yard look* like a pig |M3H j
there tiiisn't b-'eu a stick ot kind
ling chopped since Saturday j you
havu’t given me a vent of money it)
two weeks, and the cook is goin* to
leave in the morning. You may
think that'* tbe way to do thing*'
Topnoody, but l want to say to y ou
that I’m running this administra
tion now, and it you don’t atop fool
ing with polities and attend to bun!,
ness you’ll hear Irom headquarters
after a fashion that will make your
bead swim. Civil service reform
indeed f”
TopuoQd; never said a word t he
knew better.
A Good that Fruit Dera
il is us a fcbr.fuge that Iruit has
its highest value with both old and
young. With the approach oi what
the poet call- the mr-luncbnly days
of the y ear, our bodies if not key,
ed up to the pitch of (.erfect health,
are sensitive to the changes of tem
perature, especially if the air is sur
charged wiih heavy moisture. At
*iich a time we are liable to fever*
and to chills, which Irom a neglect
ed condition • f tin* body and from
consequent low vitality may easily
change to a congestive ami danger
ous form, in this case the value cf
tbe acid of fresh fruit is easily indi
cated, and tbe result of it* use is
speedily shown in the breaking np
of morbid conditions, the brighten
ing ol that physical barometer, the
tace, apu the elasticity given to the
step. Aa is wi ll known, our habits
of eating and drinking tend oontiii.
ua Iv to super exci'etueut of blood
and brain and lo tbe development
aud exhibition of the purely animal
part of us. Too many of our foods
arc admittedly prepared for the
stimulation of our passions, and as
lor alcoholic drinks, none will deny
that they are need, even pore, be
yond all reason ot safety. A” the
doctor well says, th - substitution of
trait for stimulants would relieve
much of the need for restraint on
wrong doers. This is certain, for
our beads would be clearer, our
blwod cooler, our nerves steadier,
our impulse in re subject to reason,
and life would be 100 per cent, bet
ter than it is to day.—TAs Cuitine,
Modesty.
. (Church Meaiengsr fiplMopst.)
Victor Hugo calls modesty “the
epidermis of the soul,” and it is well
saw).
We sy upsthise with tbe yoang
wbo «re bashful aud retiring. They
suffer more than others know.
But i* there uot danger of oar
y onug, e*|»ecially oar girls, hemm
ing less modeet than they should
be f 11 may he largely owing fo
our public schools and their meth
od* ot forcing their pupils forward;
but to whatever it may be due, we
•barge parents to see to it that tbe
home influence counteract it os far
as passible, aud that their children
grow up modest above all things
next to morals and religion. Bet.
ter ignorance even, than an immod,
esty that vfetuallv uusexes and a
boldness which, so far from being
an advantage in woman, is a dis
grace and a dishonor,
Go the Jury Hays-
‘Well, Jerry. 1 see that you don’t
keep y our saloon open oo Saadsy.’
‘Bo the Jury save. And I under
stand that y on don't keep a gam.
tiling bouse, George*
•Oh, no, Tbe Jury has decided
that 1 don’t and they oagbtto know 1
‘This jury system U a great iking
i*i.'t it!”
*Oh, gr*rat J The conn try oo old n’t
get along wit) oat it. By the way,
drop around at Mo. 134 eosse night
and play a little.’
•Thank* i wit*. And any Bon-
day you're d« wn my way atop 11
and g* t a drink.’
Bhrtner’s Indian Vennitofe is
perfectly safe and easily admints
tered. It ia ebeap and will sir*
satisfaction. Try R,
Mmi
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