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VOLUME 2.
DARLINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1869,
NO. 9,
The New York S>tn, of the 6th, in respon
sible for the following:
Among the prisoners arraigned for trial
in the Court of Special Sessions, yesterday j
was one James Moore, more familiarly known
to the authorities as John Miller. He was
•censed of stealing a few yards of flannel
from a store in Broadway, and though his
counsel, A. J. Anderson, Es^., pleaded
guilty to the charge and threw himself upon
the me ray of the court. The man bore the
a|tpcarance of one who had had a hard life
of it. His black eyas were deeply sunken,
lie was very pale, looked haggard and oom-
p lately wwu out. Upon hia lace was indeli
bly stamped that aad, sorrowful, disappointed
look, which belongs to the old criminal when
be sees he must bow to his fhte, as he stands
Wore an earthly tribunal for the last time,
to be sentenced once more, and then to die,
where he has lived in a felon’s cell.
The history of John Miller would fill a
voluiua. He was born in Scotland, and came
•to this city sixteen years ago, a first class
hwghr in evarj respect. Before taking his
leave of the old country, he had already dis
tinguished himself hy three successful bur
glaries, which yielded him 10,000 lbs. The
poKce of Edinburg regarded him as the
most skillful criminal in Scotland. When
■only sixteen years of age, he was sentenced
to aa^gtt term of imprisonment in the Edin
burgh Work house. The rererse of fortune
made him shift his quarters. London was
next selected as his field of operations. For
at whole year, he lived and thrived hy his
burgiactes.
Hia last exploit, before his departure, was
Momiag upas a banker's rale, and abstracting
money enough to pay hia expenses screen
the Atlantic. With a tew thoma d doi ars
in hia pocket, he reached our hospitable
tbaraa, am company with three other profes
sional English burglars. He made plans of
the vaults of the Bank of England, before
leaving, with an intention of overhauling
their contents, but the close scrutiny of the
London police compelled him to forego his
Once in this city, he began operations im- Europe, and presented a check for ten thou-
' 1 —i—-t—" m
Miller. No sooner did he return, than he
began series of daring burglaries, the like of
which had naver been heard of in this city.
He Would break into a store on West street
one night, and the next night South or Ca
nal street would be visited.
Information was conveyed to him, about
this time, that a large shipping house on
Front street had received a heavy remittance
of gold coin from the West Indies. Miller
summoned unto him his confidential friends,
Jno. Brown,Tim Sullivan and Skinner. The
latter, who was what is called, in the slang
of burglars, a ‘stow-away* scccretd himself,
in the store during the day time. When
evening came, Skinner opened the door to
his friends and admitted them, Miller at
once assumed command. He had the safe
placed upon its back, the fuse was applied,
and the patent lock flew open. To their
surprise, only $185 in silver was found. At
this juncture, Brown fancied he beard the
alarm sounded without. He rushed nni
just time enough to have a struggle with the
night watchman—knock him down and
cape. Sullivan and Skinner followed, but
poor Miller, thauka to hia bronchial con
sumption, was again captured. He offered
the officer his gold watch, worth $300, and
$500 in money, to let him go, The bribe
was refused, and the burglar was marched
to prison.
His friend Sullivan had the impudence to
be present at the examination next morning,
and as he had often been seen in the compa
ny of M iller, he, too, wae arrested on suspi-
uion. Both were tried at the ensuing term
of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, and
sentenced to the Sing Sing Prison for the
full term—five yean. Miller, by some means
or other, managed to get ont before the ex*
pirstion of his sentence. He only remained
in the city a short time, just long enough io
raise a little mottoy to pay hia expenses out
West. For some days after his return from
the State Prison, be loafed around a well
kuowc bank in Greenwich street, and kept
an eye on all that was going en.
One day he saw a lady dressed in deep
mourning descend from a carriage which wax
well loaded with truoka. Our hero instant
ly made dp his mind that the lady was going
on a long journey, nod came to replenish her
purse. He followed into the bank. Miller
was not mistaken, for the lady informed the
cashier of the bank that she wns going to
Job pr|
Th« above Deportment will be promptly at
tended to, and all work in this line cxcoutad on
the moat satisfactory utma. Wc will furnish ftt
short notice ■
LA W HI. ASKS.
if a .rr> bills,
POSTERS, -
CIRCULARS,
< BITSISIfSS CAROS.
r 1 WKDDISU CAROS,
RILL READS,
PAMPHLETS.
LABELS,
All J#b Woj-k will be Cask on delivery.
mediately. He made hit rftbtU by breaking
jfiUt .the store on the Northwest corner of
Jluann and Church streets, and stealing
T0,00$ in silks and 5,000 in coin. A few days
After this burglary, he again visited the store, 1 j
•hrt’ke the safe, and $10,000 more fell into
his grasp. The boldness of this last exploit
produced a great sensation in the metropolis.
The dc< o,_ could obtain no clue to the
perpetrator. A vigilant watch was main
tained over the premises for a few weeks,
during which time, Mr. Miller, who was rap
idly becoming initiated into our customs,
■visited three or four other stores, and carried
off a few hundred dollars.
When the watch over the church street
property wan relaxed, Mr. Miller thought he
would again try bis hand at the safe which
had yielded him such a rich harvest, lie
sand dollars. The money was counted out
to her and she left. AY hen she reached the
carriage, a gentleman with a pen behind hia
car, accosted her and said that he was a clerk
in the bank—that some mistake had been
breaking to a science, In his younger days
he scorned to ‘go’ for sprite leestbau $1,000
Yesterday, in his old age, sfter having stolen
over $1,000,000, he was sentenced to the
penitentiary for purloining a few yards of
flannel worth $3, from a dry goods store.—
He cannot live above six months, and wilt
probably not live ont his sentence.
Married A tiood Deal.
A correspondent writes to the AYarsaw
(Mo.) Times as follows : About two years ago
a man by the name of P , engaged in
hueksterniug,_come into this vicinity, and
after a few menths in his trade, married the
widow J , who had six children. Things
went on smoothly for a time, then came
storms and finally squalls. About the first
of this month woman from Illinois, with
six children, appeared here claiming Mr.
P as her truant husband, and produced
her certificate of marriage. Things looked
blue for Mr. P , and he treated the matter
as a fraud- The Illinois wife left with a view
to commence suit. On Tuseday last M. P
left for parts unknown. On Tuseday a
woman with six children, hailing from Tenn
essee, came to the village claim i ug Mr. P
as her husband, and found the inexorable
gone; and she also returned husbandless.
On Wednesday night some strange party
drove -ip to the house of Mr. P 's Cole
Camp wife, and left a child upon the doorstep
and then departed. Burner has it that Mr.
P also had a wife in the vicinity of Lex
ington, Mo., and from recent developments
we are inclined to believe it.
Til Ink He fore you Kjicnd.
Do you really need the article? It is
pro).ably a pretty dress or some piece of fur
niture, but what solid benefit will it be to
you 7 Or is it some luxury for the table
that you can do as well without. Think,
therefore, before you spend your money.—
Or need a new carpet, new couch, now chairs
or new dress; you are tempted to buy some
thing a little handsomer than you had at first
intended, and while you hesitate, the dealer
say*to you; “Tis only a trifle more, and
see how far prettier it is?” But, before
you purchase, stop to think. AA'ill you be
better a year hence, especially in old age,
for having squandered your money ? Is it
not wiser to lay by something for a rainy
iMrtoonir.
Whj' Some I.odgm hare
ate cl.
Deter! o-
Aalong the questions asked by our cor
respondent of last week, with request that
answers should ba given publicly in the Ma
sonic columns of the f ourter, is the follow
ing ; ^
“Why have certain Lodges deteriorated
and what is the remedy to prevent others
from falling into the same aad state ?”
The above question has two clear and dis
tinct propositions—one having reference to
the past, the other to the future—nnd we
therefore propose to touch upon them separ
ately.
The first proposition therefore, is, “AA’hy
have certain Lodges deteriorated?” This
subject is a delicate one, but yet it must be
fairly dealt with before suggesting a remedy.
It ia, therefore, proposed to treat it in a gen
eral way, in order that our remarks may not
be cousidered as applying to any individual
Lodge in particular, but to the whole Frater
nity as a body.
One of the principal causes why some
Lodges have fallen off, both in numbers and
respectability, has arisen from a carelessness
of members in proposing candidates, of whom
they have had but little or no previous
knowledge, simply because some friends have
states they were ‘good follows.’ It should
be known that ‘good fellows,’ in the general
acceptance of the term, often make bad Ma
sons. Should it so happen that some mem-
join ; for notwithstanding the tact that no
person is directly asked to become a member
of a Masonie Lodge, stiil there arc many
ways by which friends aad aequainteaeca
may be induced to do a thing, and yet sup
pose they are doing it solely of their own free
will and accord. After awhile these reck
lessly made members bringdiaccrd into their
Lodge, and in order to get rid of them they
are requested to form a Lodge of their own
which in too many cases they obtain the nec
essary jicrumsiou to do. The result must
naturally be and is injurious to the wellfare
and dignity of that time-honored institution
Lree and Accepted Masonry.
Leaving this part of the subject for the
present, we will touch upon the second pro
position, “What is the remedy to prevent
others falling into the same sad state?”
First. Let no member of a Lodge propose
as a candidate any man with whom he is not
personally acquainted, and with whose histo
ry, for at least one or two years, he is not
thoroughly conversant, no matter who the
person may be who desires him so to do.
^Second. When a candidate ia proposed
let avery member of the Lodge consider it
part of his duty to find out for himself some
thing shout the person thus offered for mem
bership, and if unworthy or suspicious, re
port the facts to some of the officers of the
Lodge—such reports to be kept secret—so
that the proposition might be returned.
Third. Every member of an investigating
committee should perform his duty strictly,
and without fear or partiality. Should the
caudidate be objectionable, the committee
should ;Ut manfully, and report as his con-
made in counting the money, and that she
ninst give him the money to he re-counted.
The lady not suspecting anything, complied
with the bank clerk’s request, nud handed
him the package of bills, adding that she had
not opened it since she received it. The
bank clerk left. The lady waited and she
still waits. The bauk clerk, of course, was
no other than our friend Miller, who went
ia at one doer and out of another, ten thou
sand dollars in pocket.
That night he decamped and began a tour
of the AVestern cities. The presence of Mr.
Miller at any place was ahraya attended with
watch the place fora few days, and at last, , a heavy burglary. Sometime* he waa caught
one stormy night, he set out, well equipped i and lodged in jail, but next morning, when
paraphernalia of a burglar, and j the jailer came to give his prisoner breakfast,
in the company of a dear “pal.” He easily
effected an entrance into the store, and his
-way to l he safe. He had p. weeded far
vrith his work, before ti e alarm was given,
she bird was «tgcd. N ''twiilistaudiag the
fact lhat t hc was a wealthy man, he wasspeedi.
tried, convicted, and sentenced to the State
Prison for fire years. Our criminal courts
administered justice in tlo.se days, and were
not in the hands of abandoned politicians.
Mr. Miller and his pal. who was uo other
than the note.tout burglar Chauncy Johnson,
alia* Dutch Ilciuricb, after seutcnce, were
locked up together in a cell on the second
tier, facing the yard of the prison. On the
■tght before he was to be transferred
transferred to Sing Sing, Miller broke
through the wall, four feet and a 1 a f in
thickness, with the fork he had used at his
supper. He was at that time suffering from
bronichial consumption, a disease which had
always affected him, and will shortly termi
nate his career. Both burglars jumped down
into the yard, where they were received by
the watch dogs of the prison, who raised an
alarm.
Kaowing that they had uo time to lose,
they quickly ran up a small staircase which,
at that time, led up to the court room of the
special sessions, sawed off the iron window
bars, and sprang across the court room. The
only obstacle now in their way, was an old
wooden door, which yielded to their efforts
in a twinkling. Once under the dismal col-
nnins that front on Centre street, uo time
was lost in getting away. Johnson, being
the more robust and athletic of the two. leap
ed over the iron railing and fled. Miller,
was less fortunate. His malady had made
him weak. Just as he gained the street, al
most exhasuted by the labors, a night watch
man arrested him. The next day, he was
removed to Sing Sing. Prison, where he
served his fall term. Miller is the only man
who ever broke out of the Tombs.
l ive years iuiprisoumeut did uot reform
the bird was flown. Only twice did he re
turned to the ccene of his former triumphs.
The first time he came toauswer to a sum
mons from his old friend Chaunscy Johnson,
who contemplated a raid on a Broadway
bank, and needed his indispensable services.
Miller inspected the premescs, and when all
the arrangements were completed, the vault
of the bank was broken iuto and the snug
little sum of $100,000 abstracted therefrom.
AVith a generosity really marvelous, they
surrendered the money for nreward of $25.
000, being assured by the police that they
would no be prosecuted. This was Miller’s
last appearance but one in New York.
lie shortly after loft, and after wandering
around for some time, breaking into stores
and banks, and breaking out of all the jails,
he finally settled down in Philadelphia. He
refrained from business for awhile, but hav
ing gambled away all his money, and being
reduced to want, he again took up the jim
my. He was successful two or three time*,
but he was no longer the same dashing,
skillful burglar of his youth He soon came
to grief, and found hiumclf secure in Moy-
ameusing Prison. Ho was turned loose once
more two months ago. The rough handling
he received in Philadelphia disgusted him
with the Quaker oity, and be made his way
to this, the city of thieves.
The last act in the drama was played yes
terday in the Court of Special Sessions, as.
above stated. AVe forgot to mention that af
ter his escape from the Tombs, the little
stairs leading up tho court room from the
yard over which he escaped, was removed,
and the “Bridge of Sighs,” over which he
crossed over to his cell, yesterday was con
structed.
There is one redeeming feature about this
remarkable criminal. Ho never broke into
a dwelling house, or assaulted anybody. He
confined his operations strictly to banks and
stores. lie belonged to that limited class of
transgressors who reduce burglary ami jail
day ? All these luxuries will only gratify
you for tho moment. You soon tire of them,
and their own permanent effect is to con
sume your means. It is by such little ex
travagances—not much separately, but ruin
ous in the aggregate—that the great majori
ty of families are kept comparatively poor.
The flnst lesson to learn is to deny yourself
useless expenses, and
her of Lodge has been able to ascertain such
particulars concerning the “good fellow” a;tfijg j^afTaictatcs, no matter who may propose
would make him believe that the candi- .is tmdatc; for if a bad man be admitted
date was not sufficiently wortbyof tho impd-T l.tkcnoas bis negligence, all the evil* that fol-
taut privilege of being made a Mason, m . jounced ikon his shoulders,
iu consequence of the information thus rt/vT to . ourth. Do not confine your inquiries to
the set down refereuces, but extend them in
all possible directions. Such strictures will
not harm a good man, and may lead to the
detection of a bad $ne. In such case\ there
cannot be too close an investigation.
Fifth. Use the black ball only when de
served, that is, when a candidate it rcaUy not
tp be made a Mason. A Lodge should
either by rcjyfjjrig a good
rvtl motives or ^pitting
ecived take such measures as Would insure
his rejection, the brother proposing tho new
member very often feela hurt, and takes the
matter as a personal affront. If he “ ouid
properly consider the whole affair, he no
doubt would view the rejection in exactly
tho oposite light : for if it be certain that
the person proposed is unworthy to be te
by the hand by all good Masons, tf>o ri
to accept him, would, perhaps be the
of saving the proposer’s reputation, and'
serving tho Lodge from discord and disi
lion. A candidate rejected or objected
/or caurr, u, belter out qf the Lodge than in
it, ns tho proposer himself might ultimately
fiud out when the test of time had developed
the secrets of his caudidate’s character and
dispoution. If accepted when he should
have been rejected, it Is often found that,
before many years, the improperly made
member, cither through disappointed ambi-
I’rluter’n Dev!!.
Miss Finey W. Forsythe, who is a prac
tical printer herself, has the following happy
and appropriate noiice of so called printer's
devil*.
“A great many persons are iu the habit of
looking upon aad speaking ofprintirs devils io
a manner that reflects no erediton themselves.
Those same printers in nine ease out of ten,
are three times as well posted on the issues
of the day as the person who spoaka lightly
of them. There is no class of boys for whom
we have a more profound respect than well
behaved printer’* devils. Tbey knew some
thing and are practical, which is more than
you can say of all classes of bays. In that
respect we plsee the boys who work in a
printing office head and shoulders above
most ether boys. Young women, before you
again elevate that delicate nose at the ap
proach of a printer’s devil, get some one who
knows something of history to tell you. the
men of some character that were once prin
ters devils.
A Valuable JHiut.
The following bit of information, furnish
ed by an exchange, is well worthy the con
sideration of every reader s
“It has been tong known to intelligent
persons, that foul water is one of the agents
for the diffusion of dacaae; bnt even these
will be astonished to be assured, as Sir Win.
Jenner positively assured the last meeting of
the British Medical Association, at Leeds,
that two of the moat feart ul diseases, cholera
aed typhoid fever, are mainly if not entirely
propagated by the drinking of contaminated
water. No individual can take too much
care to keep their drlnkiwg water free from
impurity, aad it ia of the highest importance
that large communities should be supplied
with Water uncontominatcd by any refuse or
sewerage. At any rate, where this is not
done; there ought to be an cud of the im
pertinence of ascribing diseases to the “mys
terious dispensation of Providence.”
That terror to all sailors in New York har
bor, Hell Gate, must be smashed according
to contract before the expiration of Decern-
Iji The contractor is using nitroglycerine
the obstruction. An account, says:
Mrs. Parker’s
p:
FrlB]
tivvds ar.
BBSS Triiamtnifx am.' Fancy
now opan and ready foi aale.
ringer, Gimps, Buttons, .:nd handsuais Silk
Cloak Huttons. ChlMrea’a All wool HeoleU I’laid
Hum, Xubiiu. Radies’ and Childrv-;’ wools*
Hoods. Ladiee’ Woolen Faneh'ons, very pretty,
Infants' crcohet shoes. Linen Tape trimi'tiug.
Lash's Frilling. Corsstta. tie., olau one piece of
very pretty plaids. Her Millinery stock is com
plete.
MRS. PARKER
V Ift J ILL make up nalking anils for Indies and.
Ww children ; sho will receive I’etterns frent
the North eaeh month during the season.
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TIMMONSVILLE
carriage:
A»D
BUGGY MANUFACTORY.
T HE undersigned respectfully
informs the aitisens of Dar- I
Ungtoa and adjoining Counties.
that he la prepared to put up in the bast style
and at the lowest rules.
Buggies, Carriages, Wagons,
O-AJRTS, <ScO-
Rcpairing done with neainesa and dispatch.
Ha reapeetfully solicits a share of publto palrou-
Mopt 1
J. A. HcBACHERW,
TimmonSvltls, S. C.
4<t ly
- giy ceriuc ia placed iu tin cans, which
learning this lesson is to think before you ■
spend.
A Needle la the Heart,
At one of the late meetings of the Acade
my of Science at Milan, Italy, Dr. Serafio
Biasi, exhibited the heart of an insane no
bleman who died lately, and who at various
times attempted suicide, after he had killed
his father iu one of his insane fits. The un
fortunate man died of cancer of the tongue,
which he had bitten off during one of his
exceaee* of lunacy. AYhen he was dissected
a needle of three inches in length was found
in the heart. The coroner's court was in
formed that twenty -two months before his
death he had fold his parents that he had
pierced his heart with a needle. They, of
course, did not believe it, because no change
in the functic ns of this organ could be re
marked. He never complained of anv pain
in the chest or in, the heart. Scientific men
regard this case as being of most extraordi
nary interest to surgeons and anatomists.
the first *^ e P towa rd j ii on or ev il passions, generally succeeds in
destroying both the honor and harmnuy of
the Lodge into which he has been admitted.
The brother unwittingly in’rouiiciugany one
who might thus be rejected should rather
under sutiscillrt^'c/ f*
dvnt -'laater would force it oW’^hc lv A , ,
Sixth.. Fix a standard of LigU tone • . ■ •>
the guidance of the investigating committees
aud never deviate from it, even for your best
friend.— Courier.
-- • , KTAfo W connected with an electviehattery through
asunder copper and sine, attache,,
* feet in length. Fifty pounds of
plosive material arc placed in eaeh
'■-■ih. The can is then deposited in a boat
which is carefully rowed to a given spot,
The can is then lowered with the utmost
caution, and fastened upon a section of rock.
On Saturday eighteen of these cans were
placed in position upon the Hog’s Back,
but owing to some unexplained reasons failed
to auswer tho electric eurreut, and did not
explode. AVhen it does burst there will be
a young earthquake.”
Ten Coluinna in a Nulwliell—
pvaraucest Against Him.
■A p-
T/te Truth in Hi* Favor.—A New En
gland merchant doing a large business re
quiring several clerks a short time since
missed several articles of value from his
store. He determined to watch the habits
of the young men, to discover, if possible,
feel pleased than otherwise that others had ( which one, if either of them, was uutrust-
bcen enabled to find out the true character worthy. There was one of them who ap-
ofthemauhe had proposed before ho had ; p earc d particularly active and faithful; his
A PhyMioiogical Dnc-atlon.
The Schenectady Star is puzzling itself
over the conundrum why girls can dress as
thinly ;:s they do and still keep warm, and
relates the following startling experience:
"AVe once rode with a girl in an open cutter
fifteen miles on one of the coldest nights of
winter, and while we sat frt xru nigh as stifi
as a stake, our teeth chattering like oaftinets,
she kept up an animated conversation, every
now and then exclaiming: “Oh! isn't thi-
delightful! Don't you enjoy it,—?” AVhen
arrived at our destiuutiou, notwithstanding
we were dressed a great dealwarmer than our
fair companion she had to lift us out ofthe cut
ter ami conduct us to the tropical atmosphere
ofthe kitchen. On our return trip wc were
frozen to death, and she drove the corpse
home. It must be that girls aro tougher
than we men people.
A man is first judged by his dress; after
wards, by what he turns out to be. There
is a story of the celebrated painter and poet
Buchin, who, walked out one day in verv
shabby clothes, became more an object ol
derision than regard. He was mortified, aud
went home, and arraying himself in his very
best, again walked out to receive on every
hand obsequious attention, llis mortifica
tion turned to anger, and going home, he
threw his gold-laoe coat on the floor and
stamped on it exclaimed, “Art thou Buchin.
or am I ?”
succeeded in being made a Mason, and be
fore it had become too late to remedy the
evil.
Another principal cause is the laxity of
Committees of Investigation. The simple
fear of offending a good and well-meaning
brother has very often operated on the minds
of persons composing such committees, and
must have influenced their actions; many
times inducing them to report favorably when
perhaps they thought in their own conscien
ces that the candidates were rather below
the strict standard of what should constitute
the qualifications of a brother. They would
perhaps argue in this wise : “AVe do uot
know of anything actually bad in his char
acter, but yet his habits are a little loose.
Still »*brother A. has proposed him. wemay
as well report favorably.” The candidate is
admitted. He is in turn appointed on a
commit'ce, and reports “favorable” on a can
didate a lew shades lower in the social scale.
This men ber also iu turn does likewise.
And so on, until tho words “little loose”
have no application, and “actually Lad ’ be
comes the fact. This is all wrong. Again
the committee selected may not feel inclined
to devote the time, or have the time to spare
necessary for tho fullest inquiry into the can
didate's sntecedants, of even his present hab
its: ami are therefore contented, if not ae.
tually satisfied, with tho recommendatious
given by the references specially mentioned
hy the person desiring to become a member.
Of course it is not at all likely that the can
didate will refer to any one who would know
the evil side of his character, if he have one
and yet a close inquiry from his neighbors
or former aeqnaintauoes, or even his present
business connections, might perhaps easily
have led to a complete unveiling of a man
whose life was nothing more not less than a
living lie.
Another cause arises from the haste of
dress was inferior to that of the other clerks;
and was not part icularly popular among them.
The merchaut learned that this young man
remained for half an hour or more after the
others left, with the door of the store looked.
This circumstance awakened his suspicions,
nnd he arranged a plan to conceal himself io
the store, so that he might discover what oc
curred when the clerk supposed hi nself to
be. unobserved. Having sent the young
man upon an errand just before the hour of
closing, he entered his place of concealment.
Tho door was looked as usual, at the proper
time. The clerk at once began to sweep aad
put the establishment in order.
AA’hilc waiting for the dust to settle, he
was seen to go behind the counter, and tak
ing something from beneath it, placed it in
ho breast of his eoat. The merchant was
now alive to discover what had been taken,
and what was to be done with it. The
young man went to the window and sat io
silence a few moments, apparently examin
ing the package which he had taken from
his breast The merchant was not left long
in doubt, llisclerk soon fell upon his knees
he saw that it was a Bible he had been read
ing ; and now he offered aloud a simple and
touching prayer, for himself, his mother, and
sister, hia employer, and particularly for a
After he had finished dust-
store. unconscious of having
brother clerk, who, he 1 cared, was yielding
to temptation,
ing he left the
had n human eye upon him.
It is easy to believe that the merchant was
deeply affected by what he had seen and
heard. This clerk’s salary was increased
several hundred dollars a year, and he was
given the position made vacant by the dis
charge of another whose criminal acts had
been discovered.
An old A'irginia hunter, who heat d CLliop
Meade preach iu his elcrieal robes without
manuscript, paid him this compliment: “He
“Bugmaster-Uenenl” is another name for
State entomologist in Illinois.
A story is told of a soldier in the army
whose only fault was that of drunkeness.
His Colonel remonstrated with him. “Tom
you are a bold fellow aud a good soldier, but
you get drunk.” “Colonel,” replied Tom,
“how can you expect all the virtues of the
human character combined for sixteen dol
lars a month.”
A shrewed old gentleman once said to his
daughter.' “Be sure, my dear, you never
marry a poor man ; but remember that the
poorest man in the world is ono that has
money and nothing else.”
Oh! the wreteh.”—A mizcrablospeesmeu
of a male man says that giving the ballot to
woman would uot amount to much, for none
of them would admit that they were old
enough to vote until they were too old to ask
any interest in politicts.
Dr. K. C. A’oung and Tsham Cox—Qua
kers—held a religious meeting at the Wash
ington Street Church, last night—and. the
“spirit having moved them,” delivered excel
lent addresses, which, as we arc informed,
were attentively listened to.
Said and ambitious youth one day to a
young iady, “Don’t you think I’d tatter dye
my moustache?”—earressing that infant
prodigy. “I think if you let it alone, it’ll
die itaoll!” said the lady.
Onward! Upward!!
AYING met with eucceu, for beyond
our ex pool at ion, ia the paMieation ef
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER,
we take.thi* method of offering our papers.
Daily, Tri weekly and Weekly.
as among the best adverthiue mediums iu West-
evu North Carolina.
Adru tiatuunts Solicited—Term* Moderate.
* ritEMHUMt PKEHlUXSt!
We offer FIVE valuable Agricultural I'rsmi-
ums to pet sous gutting up Clubs fur the Weekly
Observer. Address
SMITH, WATSON k Co.
Charlotte, C.
Aug. 28 47 tf
AKIilNOTOST
im: tjttt .a. Xj
Life Insurance Company
IN.SIRE 101M LIFE I
Insure ia Arlington. Cpmpyiy 5
l«t. Because it 1$ the Best Cuiuitanr.
2nd. Because it is the Cheapest.
3d. Its Dividends are Higher than
«n) other.
4th. It is parely Southern and a
home enterprise.
T O beg leave to eall the attention of the
public generally to the *uQcct of
LIFE INSURANCE.
Ilia the “acroiidui v of every one to Ineure hie
Life, an that hia family may not suffer from pov
erty* afler hia death. The uncertainty anp peril
»f these lawlcsa times, and the certainty of death,
admonish all to nutka
Immediate and Sure Provision for
their Loved Ones.
The success of the ARLINGTON COMPANY
is unparalleled.
Let Southern Men Patronize
SOUTHERN INST1TUTOINS.
Its terms are so liberal, that all mey ptrtak*
of its benctii*.
For ftrrthei particulars eell on
B. C. Nor men t,
AGENTS.
March S 22 tf
MARBLE WORKS.
T llfi undersigned informs hia friends nnd tl.-
puMic generally that hp has resumed hi.
Buaiuesa, since the late fire, and keeps constantly
ou hand a fine and select stock of
And is prepared to fnrniah ant! pul up all ktaiia
of work in his lino, viz;
Monmuents Tombs, Mantels,
young Lodge* to make members, wit hout care- l
ing to inquire into the qualification!' ‘ '* » good preuehrr, and he is the only one of
of those they admit, or even fixing a stand- ; l *‘ eui petticoat preachers that I ever heard
ard for the guidance of their investigating
committees. Under those circumstances ma
A Chicago paper tells a story of election
night, which it thinks shows tho enterprise
of young Chicago. A party of boys were
scon getting t .gether the materials for a bon
fire. AVhcu they were asked what wax the
news, they replied that they had none. We
don't dabble in politics. Wo built the tire
so that when the news comes w. can sell it
| out to the side that beats!'
j A man in Michigan, in attempting to
j yawn, got his jaws set, with his mouth wide
open, aud had to ride in a row-boat twelve
miles, with the wind blowing down his north
west passagq^in order to have the door cloned,
i He caught a terrible cold.
MURAL
TABLETS,
FONTS,
BAPTISMAL
ny persons not entirely up to that highly
moral standard which should characterize a
Mason become members of tho craft, nnd
they induce others equally objectfou-ible to
who could preach without a rest.” | r ^ ye * r oM wa * w#,k,B 6 *■'*>
father, and passings church, the child asked
1 he mills of the gods grind slowly, but j “What house ia that ?” That is the Dutch
though tardy, always comos ; and church,” was the reply; “people go there to
be good, so that they may become
justice,
this is the reason why a baggagesman at
Clcvand got a hole in him while smashing
uj> a trunk in which there waau revolver.
I\ ill there bo Dutch angels pa .
child should lit sent to Sunday school.
ange:s.
That
HEAD STONES,
Of *11 description* at tho Lowest possible rat<-
Iron Railings furnished to order, aud getien.
sat isfnet iou gun rant ccd.
AH orders Kill receive prompt attention. A,,
vonces will be rcuuired ou all work.
Person* wishing anything in my line shoel i
consider the ditforenoe of freight between ti,i»
point aud that of <'harleMou
J. II. YILLENKT’VE.
Market-strcut,
Cut;RAW, »S. C.
J. M. WOODWARD, Agent at Darlington, at.
W. A. CAHUIGAX, Agent at Society Hill, s':
orders through them will receive prompt atten
tion.
April 7 27 fun
South Carolina State Agricnltun •
ASD
Mechanical Magazine.
( Ojficial Organ o/the Sooth Carolina £>/u.
Agricultural and Mcehaniral Society.)
A T AN EARLY DATE, THE StBSPniEFTl.
Jw will publish the tin*number of* Month.
Magazine, devoted to the development of tli-
terial interest* of this 8t«te, and the whole So
and will distribote five thousand -mpitw p.,
toualy. SO thiU. every one may see what it •
foro subscribing. They intend to make v
hc*t and handsomest industrial magarlm-
published at the South, and they ask Ih- c,
co operation of every good citizen in this
prise, which must redound to the public Wt •
Ecrsons wlshutgomd*.- of ,!-» * rst . ,
will please -sewdtistffuAdrpsj i 0
WalkclMprau.. jfc' Cngawci.
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