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Farewell! How soon unmeasured distance
rolls
Its leaden doods between our parted souls ?
How little to each other now are we
And once how much I dreamed we two might
be!
I, who now stand with ejes undimmed and
dry
To say good-bye.
To say good-bye to all sweet memories,
Good-bye to tender questions, soft replies :
Good-bye to hope, good-bye to dreaming, too,
Good-bye to all things dear-good-bye to yon
Without a tear, a prayer, a sigh
Our last good-bye.
I bad no chain to bind you with at all ;
No grace to charm, no beauty to enthrall.
No power to hold your eyes with mine, and
make
Your heart on fire with longing for my sake
Till all the yearnings pressed into one cry :
"Love, .not good-bye !"
Ah, no--I had no strength like that, you
know ;
Yet my worst weakness was to love you so !
So much too well-so much too well-or ill
Yet eren that might have been pardoned
still
It would have been bad I been yon-you I !
But now-good-bye.
How soon the bitter follows on the sweet !
Could I -not chain your fancy's flying feet ?
Could I not hold your soul-to make you
play
To-morrow in the key of yesterday-?
Dear--do you dream that I would stoop to
try
Ab, DO-good-bye!
-Argosy.
[From the Wilmington N. C. Review.]
Stonewall Jackson.
Considerable of a discussion seems
to have arisen in regard to the time
at which Gen. Stonewall Jackson
received his death wound. Mr. T. J.
Capps? of Onslow county, who drove
the ambulance which conveyed Gen.
Jackson to the rear, says that it was
in the afternoon. To controvert this
Rev. L C. Vass published a commu?
nication in the Newbern Journal say?
ing that it was after dark, and Capt.
A. H. II. Tolar, of the 18th regiment,
who was at Chancellorsville, wrote the
Review from Colorado City, Texas,
where he now resides, also stating
that it was dark when the fatal mistake
was made, ?till further testimony is
deduced from Gen. Jas. II. Lane, who
commanded the brigade at whose
hands the death wound was dealt, \
c?nfirmirg what Capt. Tolar and Mr.
Vass have said. Gen. Lane writes
Maj. D. T. Caraway, of Newborn, in
reply to a letter from that gentleman..
Ile sa3'S :
ALA, Ac?r. AND MECH'L COLLEGS.
AUBURN, January 5 th ,1884.
MY DEAR MAJOR:-In response to
your letter asking for infoimation
about the wounding of Gen. T. J.
Jackson, 1 would respectfully refer
you to my offic'al report of the battle
of Chancellorsville, dated May 11th,
1863, and to a letter dated January
1st, 1813, written by me for the Rich?
mond Dispatch, at the request of one
of its editors. Both of these are to
be found in Vol. 8 of the Southern
Historical Society papers. From
them yon will leam that McGowan's
brigade and ours were not in line in
Jackson's flank attack on the after?
noon of the 2nd of May, but marched
by the flank, along the plank road,
in rear of the artillery-ours beiug in
front-and that as soon as it was as?
certained that the enemy were rapidly
falling back before Rhodes, we pushed
foward willi the artillery beyond uur
second and third lines to within a
short distance of the first. Here Gen.
A. P. Hill, in person, ordered me, at.
dark, to deploy one regiment as skir?
mishers across the road, in fi ont of
Rhodes, and to form line of battle in
rear of my command, f??r the purpose
of making a night attack and capturing
the enemies batteries, if possible.
While 1 was giving my orders to this
effect, both sides opened a most terrif
ic artilleiy tire along the plankroad, in
which our brigade had been halted.
j To save my men from this murderous
I enfilade fire, 1 at once ordered them to
! lie down, and my staff and L dismount?
ed on thc left of the road.
During this artillery fight, Col. W.
ll. Palmer, of Gen. Hilra staff, ?al-j
lantly crossed the road and in the dark j
inquired for me. I called him and on
his coming up, wc remarked upon the
severity of the fire, the low flight of
the enemy's shells, etc.. and when he
informed me that Gen. Hill wished to
know why I did not form my line as I
had been ordered, 1 requested him to
teil Gen. Hill that 1 had not attempted
it on account of the terrific and mur?
derous artillery fire, and that if he
wished me lo do so successfully, would
have to order his artillery to cease
firing, as I believed the enemy were
keeping up theirs only in response to
ours. All old soldiers know how diffi?
cult it is to manoeuvre the bravest
troops in the dark, under a murderous
fire, through scrubby oaks and pine
thickets, and over the abattis of the
enemy's abandoned works. Col. Pal?
mer, who had a most varied and try?
ing experience that night, has fre?
quently told me that he delivered my
messagetoGen. Hill, and Hill, through
him, ordered Maj. Braxton, of his ar?
tillery, to cease firing. As soon as this ;
tvas done, the enemy, as I had expect?
ed, also ceased their firing. 1 then de?
ployed the 33rd regiment under Col
Avery as skirmishers, and formed linc
of battle in its rear. The 7th and 37th !
regiments were on the right of the
plank-road, and the 18th and 28th, on
the left-the left of the 37th and right
of the 18th rested on the road. When
I gave ray orders to my regimental
commanders, I informed them that
we would occupy the front line for
the purpose of making a night attack,
and as there would be nothing before
us but the enemy, they must keep a
sbaip lookout to the front. Afcer 1
had formed my linc from left to right,
I rode back to the plank road to report
to Gen Hill and there, in the dark, I
met with Gen Jackson, who recogniz- !
ed me first and asked,"Lane, whom |
are you looking for?" I replied,
"Gen. Hill, who ordered rae to form
my line for a night attack, which I
have done, and I now wish to know
whether I must advance or await
further orders." I then added, "but
Gen., I don't know where Gen. Hill
is, and as he is acting under your or?
ders, it would save time, were you to
tell me what to do/'
tone and with a pushing gesture of the
right hand in the direction of the ene
my, replied, "Push right ahead,
Lane," and rode foward. This was
the last time I ever saw my old V. M.
I. Professor and Commanding Lieut.
General. ? then rode to the right to
put my line in motion, and found that
a Lieut. Col. Smith, of a Pennsylvania
regiment, had come in with a white
handkerchief tied to a stick, to learn
whether we were " Confederate or
Union troops."
Soon after this, our skirmishers on
the right fired, as I afterwards learned
from Col. Avery, at amounted person
who rode up to his line and called for
Gen. Williams, and this drew the ene?
my's artillery and infantry fire and
there was firing all along our whole
skirmish line. YVheu I ordered the
old 7th forward, some of its officers,
and especially the brave and noble
Lieut. Col. Hill informed mc that they,
were satisfied that there were troops
o f some kind on our right, and advis?
ed me to reconnoitre in that direction
before advancing.
Gen. Pender then rode up, called
me aside and advised me not to ad?
vance at all, as Gens. Jackson and Hill
had both been wounded and it was
thought by my command.
Lieut. Emack, with four men from
the 7th regiment, was then sent to
reconnoitre on our right, and they
soon returned with Lieut. Col. Smith's
Pennsylvania regiment, which had
thrown down their arms and surren?
dered, on representations made to
them by Lieut. Emack.
While Lieut. Col. Smith was telling
me that he did not think we could
honorably capture his regiment, as he
was in our lines "with zflag of truce,"
the enemy's artillery opened upon us
again, and the Pennsylvania regiment
broke for our rear, tumbled over their j
own abandoned works, and lay hid and j
sheltered in the abattis until the firing
ceased. Lieut. Col. Smith was then j
turned over to Capt. Adams, of Gen. i
Hill's staff, and his regiment ordered j
to the rear under Capt. Young (our !
boy captain) and his company.
On going to the plank road, I there
learned from Col. barry (tuen Major)
of the 18th regiment, that he knew j
nothing of Generals Jackson and Hill j
having gone to the front, that he could j
not tell friend from foe iu the dark \
and in such a woods (low scrubby j
oaks), that when the skirmish line
fired, he heard thc clattering of ap
preaching horsemei?ud the cry of I
cavalry, and that he ordered his men j
to fire. It was generally understood j
that night by my command that the !
IStli regiment had not only wounded j
Generals Jackson and Hill, but killed j
some of their couriers, and perhaps |
some of their staff ofiicers, as some of j
them were missing. Col. Palmer, j
finding that thc 18th regiment kept
ap ils fire and seemed determined to
kill them all, threw himself from his
horse and seriously injured his shoul?
der.
In conversations afterwards Gen.
f?ll always told me that he thought
he was wounded by the enemy, and
Ge?. Jackson by the 18th regineut ;
and Col. Palmer is of the same opinion.
In all my intercourse with Gen.
Hill, 1 never heard him, nor have I
ever heard any one else, censure the j
! 18th regiment for firing under the !
! circumstances ; and those who knew j
I our talented young friend Barry, will \
J always n?rtieuil>cr him as one nf [h..<<* ;
fearless dalling "Seers, who was cs- I
! peeially v??ol under fire. I
After this unfortunate mistake, the
whole of my command was moved to
the right of tile plank-road, and about ,
midnight wo repulsed two attacks
made by Sickles, in which we captur?
ed the colors efl he Third Maine ra?
iment ami a good many prisoners,
including a number ol field and com?
pany officers, and I wo staff officers, :
one of which was uti Aid to General
Williams.
Mext morning, about sunrise, our !
brigade, under orders from Gen Lieth, !
made a direct front attack upon the
enemy's breastworks and carried
them : but as our supporting brigade <
broke in our rear, we were driven ;
back before Ramsen r's brigade of
North Carolinians could come to our j
asssistance. Ramseur went foward j
and was also repulsed, after reaching j
the works, willi a similar terrible loss, j
There were twenty eight pieces of j
artillery bearing upon us from the i
Chancello!sville hill. The enemy j
were finally and successfully driven j
by Gen. Stuart in a flank movement j
of infantry and artillery on our right. !
My entire loss at Chancellorsville was !
72 officers and 837 men, making an !
aggregate of 90i>, a little more than |
one-third of the force caned in. We |
went in with eleven field officers and j
came out with only one (Barry) for
duty. Col. Purdy and Lieut. Col. Hill j
were killed, and the others were
wounded.
I have not seen the article of Mr. ;
Capps to which you refer. I can say, j
however, thal tiie statement that he, ?
as ambulance driver at Chancellors- ?
ville, on the 2nd of May, 13Go, took j
General "Stonewall'' Jackson, wound- j
ed, to the rear, about three quarters of I
an hour before sunset, is ax remarkable
to mc, as the statement of a Virginia |
officer, published in 1872, that no j
night attack was erdered by Gen. !
Jackson on the 2nd May, 1863, and !
that tire immortal "Stonewall" was ?
wounded while riding along the skir?
mish line looking after the comfort of I
his men.
As a cadet and an Assistant Profes- j
sor, I was at the Virginia Military In- j
stitute for five years with General T. |
J. Jackson, where he always address- j
ed me as "Mr. Lane,'' though in the I
army, he always most pleasantly call- j
ed me "Lane," and / know that it was '
the same "Old Jack" of the V. M. I. j
now, the immortal "Stonewall Jack- j
son" of Confederate fame,-who on j
thc nigfd of the 2nd of May, 1863, |
while the mournful cry of the whip-1
poorwill was ringing in my ears from I
every direction, ordered me to "push ?
right ahead."
Respectfully,
JAS. II. LANE. !
"lam the power behind the throne.1'
soliloquized the mule, as he pitched his
rider heels over bead to tho ground.
Eggs Without Hens.
A Connecticut Contrivance for the
Manufacture of Hen Fruit.
([From the Hartford Courant.}
'Do you mean to say that you made
that egg without the assistance of a
hen V asked the reporter of a Connecti?
cut egg manufacturer.
'Yes,' he replied ; 'and if you wish I
will show you something of the process.
Come.'
He led me through a roora in which
there were stored boxes of eggs and
into another large, cool room in thc
rear. Several strange looking wooden
machines, totally unlike anything I had
ever seen, stood in different parts of the
room. Six or seven men were opera?
ting the machinery, which moved noise?
lessly and with great rapidity. I fol?
lowed my conductor to one end of the
apartment, where there were three large
tunks or vats. One was filled with a
yellow compound, the second with a
starchy mixture and the other was cov?
ered.
Pointing to these the proprietor said :
'These contain the yolk mixture and the
white of au egg. We empty the vats
every day, so you can judge of the busi?
ness already. Let me show you one of
the machines. You see they are divided
into different boxes or receptacles. The
first and second are the yolk and white;
the next is what we term the 'skinx ma?
chine, and this, the last one, is the
sheller, with drying trays. This pro?
cess is the result of many years of ex?
periment and expense. I first conceiv?
ed thc idea of making a chemical
analysis of an egg. After a long time
I succeeded in making a good imitation
of an egg. I then turned my attention
to making the machinery, and the result
you see for yourself. Of course it
would not be policy for me to explain
all the machanisra, but Til give you an
idea of the process. Into the first ma?
chine is put the yolk mixture-'
'What is that7' I asked.
'Well, it's a mixture of indian meal,
corn starch and several other ingredi?
ents. It is poured into the opening
in a thick, mushy state, and is formed
by the machine into a ball and frozen.
In this condition it passes into the other
box. where it is surrounded by the
white, which is chemically the same as
the real egg. This is also frozen, and
by a peculiar rotary motion of the ma?
chine an oval shape is imparted to it,
and it pa?ses into thc next receptacle,
whore it receives the thin filmy skin.
After this, it has only to go iuto the
sheller. It gets its last coat in the
shape of a plaster-of-paris shell, a trifle
thicker than the genuine article. Then
it goes out on the drying-trays, where
the shells dry at once, and the inside
thaws out gradually. It becomes, to
ail appearance, a real egg.
. 'How many eggs eau you turn out in
a day T
'Well, as we are running now, we
turn out a thousand or so every hour.'
'Many orders V
'Why, yes. Wc can not fill one-half
of our orders. All wc can make uow
arc taken by two wholesale grocers
alone. We sell only to the wholesale
houses. They are perfectly harmless,
and as substantial and wholesome as a
real egg. The reason we made the
machinery of wood is because we found
that thc presence of metal of any kind
spoiled the flavor and prevented the
cooking of the egs?.'
~ OD
'Can they be boiled V
*Oh, yes,* and he called one of the
..nen. .Herc, Jim, boil this gentleman
au egg.'
'Can they bc detected?' I inquired,
while the bogus egg was being boiled.
'1 hardly think that anybody would
be likely lo observe any difference un?
less he happened tb be well posted, as
the) look aod taste like the real thing.
Weean by a little flavoring make them
taste like goose or duck e??S, of course
ri DC '
altering the size. They will keep for
years; That one you have just eaten
was nearly a year old. They will never
spoil nor become rotten, and, being
?larder and thicker in their shells, they
will stand shipping better than real
eggs. Wc calculate that in a few years
we will run thc hens of thc country
clean out of business.'
A Lamented Death.
There has been recently in Green?
ville, South Carolina, thc death of a
lady, one of the old land marks of Caro?
lina, whose removal isas notable au event
as the decease of Mrs. ex-Governor
Herschell V. Johnson in this State.
This lady was Mrs. Mary Blassiu
gamc Cleveland, who, though dyiog in
Greenville, was a citizen of Spartan
burg. She was born April 4th, 1797,
and died January 4th, 1881, and was
therefore in her 87th year. Her father
was General John Blassingamc, who
was raised on thc Pedee River in South
Carolina. General Blassiugauie, lo?
cated in Greenville, and married March
22, 1704, Miss Elizabeth Smith Easley,
who came from Virginia. Ile was
made a general in 1812. Ile was noted
for his hospitality, was very popuiar and
was a member of the Legislature.
The daughter, ^'ary Blassingame,
whose demise I am noting, was married
to Jessie Cicvclaud, August 9th, 1814.
Jessie Cleveland was a son of Robert
Cleveland and'a nephew of the famous
hero of King's Mountain, Colonel
Benjamin Cleveland. Hubert, Jesse's
father, was a brother of Benjamin Cleve?
land, and commanded a company in his
regiment at King's Mountain. All of
these Clevelands were marked men,
distinguished for solid judgment, prac?
tical wisdom ana* integrity of character.
The union of Jesse Cleveland and \
Mary Blassingame was a long and hap- I
py one as well as a mating of thc best !
blood of Carolina. Ile died universally |
respected and beloved and tho possessor j
of large means, earned by his own en?
terprise aud business ability and hones?
ty. Mrs. Clevelaud was a noble Chris?
tian woman, a worthy help-meet to her
husband, whom she survived over
tweuty years. She lived to a ripe old
age, revered and loved by all, and la?
mented by a large family of deceudants,
dropping into the gentle peace of a
beautiful death as an infant going to
slumber, her life fully ripened and I
Heaven faithfully won as the goal of a
Christian career.
Of seveu children only two survived,
Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Emily Choice, of
Spartanburg, and Mrs. Mary H. Cleve?
land, of Greenville, who were both with
her at her death, tenderly nursing her.
She left nearly fifty grand children and
great-grand children. The wife of Col.
John H. Evins, a present member of
Congress from South Carolina, Mr.
John B. Cleveland, a member of the
last South Carolina Legislature, the
wife of W. Hagood, of the family of
Governor Hagood, and the wives of
Mr. B. Z. Herndon and Col. I. W.
Avery of Georgia, were among the
grand-children of Mrs. Cleveland.
Mrs. Cleveland was born and died
at Greenville. In her last moments she
gave a touching demonstration of her
characteristic thoughtfulness of others.
Her mind wandered to the past and she
thought she was keeping house at ber
old homestead in Spartanburg, and she
would oft?n say : *I ought to go back
and look after my poor negroes, I know
they Deed me,'
Thus arc thc worthy ties that bind us
to the be>t elements of the past one by
one breaking.-Chronicle and Consti?
tutionalist,
What Our Editors Say.
Columbia's Boom.
Camden Journal.
We have read with an infinite degree
of pleasure the progress which Colum?
bia has made in the past year. She is
a very dear city to us, and we rejoice
in everything that promotes her pros?
perity; but 'if cock fighting" (the most
cruel and damning of all barbarous acts)
is to be kept up, and if whisky is to bc
placed at the very nose of the youth of
our State who go there for education-,
we very much fear that thc success is
only temporary, and that the rod which
always smites wrong will yet visit her
Nice inducements to the people of the
State to patronize our dear old College,
when the city fathers indorse the 'cock*
and thc 'cocktail !'
Of course no reflection upon the good
councilmen who fought against these
measures is meant.
Baltimore Day.
Some people may be inclined to smile
at thc story of a lady io New York who
has flowers and invitations and a whole
train of courtiers, especially when they
are told that the whole secret of her suc?
cess consists in always being in a good
humor. And yet when we come to
look at the matter thoughtfully we will
see that there is some truth in it. Of
course thc woman in question (we sup?
pose she is unmarried, although our
correspondent does not state) is doubt?
less so situated that she is seldom ex?
posed to petty annoyances and to those
little truublcs which ru?le sometimes
more than great sorrows. And yet
even people who are constantly bruising
themselves against thc rough edges of
life might take a lesson from thc story
and learn how little courtesy costs, and
what a great return it often brines to
those who practice it.
Greenville JS"eus.
We congratulate Senator Brown, of
Georgia, on being in accordance with
the News for once in his life. Bisview
of the Mormon question is the right
one. This government has no right to
usurp the functions of the courts and
try, condemu aud punish men because
they believe in the book of Mormon.
We have always advised the people of.
this neighborhood to expel the Mormon
preachers who prowled among them
even if buckshot was required to do it,
but the Federal powor can not justly or
constitutionally enter their territory and
regulate their local judicial machinery.
We have always thought that if Sena?
tor Brown remained in Congress long
enough he would wander over on the
right side and stumble on some real
Democratic doctrine at last. We hope
the Augusta Chronicle is still clinging
to his venerated coat skirts and came
over with him.
The Private Secretary Business.
Columbia Register.
It is sometimes thought that the pri?
vate secretaries of our Washington
statesmen are greater men than the
men they serve, and that the speeches of
average Congressmen show wonderful
improvement just after a clerk is provi?
ded for them at thc public expense, and
thc Congressional Record is a much more
readable journal wheu thc secretary
writes the speeches than it is when it
contains thc bad grammar and worse
logic of thc member. 35at if thc Gov?
ernment is going into the private secre?
tary business at wholesale, applicants
should bc compelled to pass a rigorous
competitive examination as to fitness to
write short, sharp and decisive speech?
es. Kveu the expense of a school for
training private secretaries would be
perfectly justifiable and would pay a
large per cent, of profit. It is clear
that if good and competent men are se?
lected to do thc writing and thinking
for Congressmen the general public may
derive some advantage, but if the impe?
cunious sons, nephews, brothers and
uncles of Senators arc simply to be pen?
sioned at six dollars a day, there will
he no improvement in the quality of
Senatorial speeches, and the spoils sys?
tem will be enlarged :uid extended with?
out the least return tu thc public.
Presidential.
Columbia Kegister.
Joseph E. McDonald, of Indiana, is
brought prominently forward by the
Western press as the most available
mau for the Democrats to nominate for
thc presidency. Mr. McDonald's servi?
ces have been faithful and meritorious.
He is said to be a mail of pure and un?
blemished character, against whom
there is not thc whisper of a slander,
lie is a statesman and not a mere
politician, aud a tariff reformer of thc
same school as Mr. Carlisle-i. e., one
who believes free trade to be at proseul
impracticable, but at the same time
holds that the tariff can aud should be
adjusted on a basis that will not bear
too heavily on thc consumers. It is too
early in the day yet to speak with auy
degree of confidence as to thc chances
of this, that or thc other man to receive
the high honor of being chosen as thc
standard bearer of the Democracy. The
South, if wc rightly apprehend thc situ?
ation, is in no position to dictate nomi
I
nations, and does not propose to do so,
save in so far as to insist on the selec?
tion of a strong candidate, who has
borne an unimpeachable record, before,
during and since the war, one against
whom the Republicaos can bring no
charge of disloyalty, and who has never
been allied with any undemocratic meth?
ods, or any schemes of corruption, and
who is also sound on the great and all
important question of tariff reform.
Mr. McDonald has just the record that
we want, and if thc National Democratic
Convention gives us such a man, we
think the outlook will bc a hopeful one
and the chances of certain victory won?
derfully increased.
Is It So?
Carolina Spartan.
Some time ago a male citizen of this
place, not generally wanting in respect
for woman, and sometimes guilty of
even a little gallantry, said, 'I tell you
j girls have no sense at all.' This re
: mark was uttered in consequence of his
having just seen a fair and not over
strong girl taking a ride in an open
buggy, the thermometer rapidly falling,
the wind blowing almost a gale, stout
men shivering while walking fast, and
no cloak or shawl, or wrapper of any
kind around ber shoulders and body,
unless a four-ounce sack or jacket be
considered a protection against the cold.
! As this man, full of blood and life, ran
j to the fire he gave expression to his
thoughts. Now, we appeal to the
mothers and older sisters who read the
Spartan. Was our friend correct 1
Does the girl want sense who goes out
walking on wet or frozen ground with
shoes of thinnest possible sole ? Is it a
sign of good sense to see a girl go to
Opera House or party with shoulders
and throat and feet unprotected ? Is it
possible that the headaches, and side
aches and weak backs, and chronic
sore throats and wheezy lungs are all
traceable to a want of thick shoes, warm
: stockings, heavy shawls and cloaks,
and a will on the part of the parents
that requires their daughters to wear
these whether they look well in them or
not? For the next four mouths our
weather will be variable. Some days
will be freezing cold, while others will
bc warm and pleasaut. Let the dress
of girls, especially that pertaining to
the feet and chest, be uniform and heavy
enough to protect the person against
the severest weather we have. If our
friend was right, a dress reform meet?
ing is needed right here in Spartauburg.
If a little thought is awakened on
this subject some good may bc done.
Go Home, Boys.
Clarendon Enterprise.
Boys don't hang around the corner
of thc streets. If you have anything to
do, do it promptly, right off, then go
home. Home is the place for boys.
About thc street corners and at the
stables, they learn to talk slang, and
they learn to swear, to smoke tobacco,
and to do many other things which they
ought not to do.
Do your business and then go home.
If your business is play, play and make
a business of it. I like to seo "boys
play good, earnest, healthy games. If
? was the towu, I would give thc boys
a good, spacious play-ground. It
should have plenty of soft green grass,
and trees and fountains, and broad
space to run, ond jump and play suita?
ble games. I would make it as plea?
sant, as lovely as it could be. and I
would give it to the boys to play in,
and when the play was ended, I would
tell them to go home.
- - i ? --
The Prodigal.
Yesterday forenoon a way-worn look
; ing man, having a shirt or two tied up
j in a ragged handkerchief, made his way
! up Fort street cast. Some folks could
I have seen from his general air that
j while he koew exactly where bc was
i going, he couldu't tell within forty rods j
; of what his reception would be. He I
j walked like a man who*doubtcd, and he
looked around him like one who felt
anxious. He finally turned in and
mounted the steps of a modest house,
and his knock at the door was finally
answered. The door was pulled open
about an inch, aud a* shrill voice ex?
claimed :
*Go away from here.'
'I'll never do it!' answered the man.
Thc door was closed with a bang, but
he stood right there and kept his eyes
on the knob. After three or four min?
utes it was open again aud a voice
cried out :
'Go away or I'll call the police !'
Til never go away from my dar?
ling!;
'Who's your darliug V
'Your are I'
The door banged again. The man
was prepared for it, and he maintained j
his place for full five minutes without j
becoming discouraged. At last it open- |
ed and a voice piped out ;
'You have beeu gone two months !'j
'Exactly, my darling.'
'And you didn't seud mc a single
cent !' {
'How could I when I never struck a j
job ? Darling, I've returned to thee.' |
'Go away-I've got a divorce !'
Oh, but I know better! Darling, j
bid your long-absent husband welcome j
home.'
'Never!' and bang went ihe door.
This time he coolly sat dowu aud be- ;
gan to whistle. She went to an upper ;
window and looked down upon him, and j
finally returned to the door and careful- I
ly opened it and said :
'You deserted me for two whole j
months, and I had to take io boarders! ?
Gb away ! I've no further use for you !' '
'Katie, do you mean it?'
.?-yos.' _ . j
.Then it only remains for me to die. j
I'll hang myself with that piece of rope j
to this tree. Katie, darliug, good-bye.'
She banged the door and he proceed- ?
ed to affix a piece of clothes line to a
limb and make ready the fatal noose, I
lie had everything nicely arranged
when suddenly she rushed out with :
'And it's more trouble you'd make
for your poor, weak wife, is it?' and
she fell upon him and flung him over a
bush and jammed him into a flower bed
and shoved him iuto thc house with the
remark :
'The prodigal has returned, but all j
the fatted calf he gets will be laid on
with a club.'-Detroit Free Press. >
The Fourth Floor.
It was on the fourth floor of thc Mof?
fat block. The occupant of the office
sat reading his paper, when the door
opened and a queer-lookiug old chap,
having a very old hat and a very had
pair of boots, and making a very thin
coat do a great deal of duty entered
and and bowed and said :
.They wouldn't let me come up in the
elevator, and so I dumb the stairs. Is
it proper to say dumb?'
The occupant looked up. and then
returned to his article on 'The Salt In?
dustry of Michigan.'
'Well, never mind whether it is or
not,' continued the man, as he shut the
door and leaned against it. *I dumb?
ed, and here I am. I struck the town
last week. I am not certain as to the
properness of the work struck, but I
arroved here, and have had a hard time
of it. My friend, I am nigh onto sixty
years old.'
The occupant looked up, refolded his
paper, and weut on with his article.
'Nigh on to sixty and clean discour?
aged,' said the old man 'That is, I
kinder think if somebody don't gimme
a quarter or sunthin' I'll precipitate
myself into the river. I believe pre?
cipitate is the word, though I wouldn't
swear to it. Would you like to warm
an old man's heart with a gift T
The occupaut turned around and
punched the fire, and then his eyes
sought thc paper again.
'Twenty-five cents would buy me a
handsome present and save my iifc,%ut
if you haven't got but fifteen I'll let you
off. Avarice is not the predominating
trait in my character. I believe pre?
dominate was properly used there,
though PH leave it to you.'
There was a deep silence in thc room
for sixty seconds.
.Well, we might say ten. That
would buy a plug of tobacco, and ?s
long as I had auything to chew on I
shouldn't think of drowning myself.
Yes, ten cents would kinder entitle me
to mir in with the joyous festivities of
j the occasion. You needu't be in any
I hurry about handing it over, I've got
J all the time there is '
This time the silence continued for
100 seconds, and was thick enough to
knock down oyster soup.
'I presume you have a nickel about
your person,' whispered the old man
j after a while. 'I wou't agree to cut
much of a figure in thc festivities for
I thc sum, but L'll make it go as far as
j possible.'
There was more silence. Not a leaf
stirred nor a biro* chirped.
'Good-bye!' said the stranger as he
opened the door and backed out.
'When I am fished outof the river next
spring please attend the inquest and
j identify me as the man whose life
wasn't worth five cents! I go to precip?
itate! Precipitate may not be word,
but I go-I'm gone!'-Free Press.
The Country Editor.
The country editor has a hard road
I to travel. Ile is the reporter, book
; keeper, mechanical superintendent,
business manager, collector, mailing
machine and soliciting ageut of the es?
tablishment. His word is hard, his re?
ceipts small aud his creditors numerous,
lu a small towu an editor has to steer
his course so as to avoid giving offense
to different circles of society, the reli?
gious denominations, the business com?
munity, and rural population. If an
influential old farmer wants a three
column notice of his new barn, it must
appear, or the editor may lose a hun?
dred subscribers. Patchwork quilts,
big beets and phenomenal eggs, also
clamor for space in the columns
of the country paper In the course
of time the rural editor becomes either
jocose or morose, but in either frame of
mind he continues to make friends who
demand free advertising, and enemies
who work against him. The Southern
editor is always getting ready to aban?
don) journalism for something else, but
he rarely carries out his threat. The
I little local weeklies scattered all over
! the country arc all in their way potential
I factors of civilization. They develop
their localities, bring their resources
before the world, and in a manner edu?
cate their readers. They are always on
the side of the churches, the schools,
progress and reform. Men who live
and die working for such objects arc
public benefactors and deserve a sub?
stantial reward.-Ex.
Hidden Backwoods Railroad.
Thc Alma and Little Kock Railroad
is in North Oaraliua, but not ten of our
people out of a hundred, we venture to
say, know of its existence The hidden
railroad in question taps the Carolina
Central Railroad near Lauriuburg and
runs across to Alfordsvillc in South
Carolina. It is a railroad owned by
two meu, Messrs. Wilkinson and Fore,
and has been iu operation nearly two
years, lt was first started as a tramway
for the transportation of logs. Messrs.
Wilkinson and Fore bciug owners of
extensive lumber mills, but after work?
ing it awhile, they formed tho idea of
converting it into a real railroad. They
bought enough iron rails to lay the
track from Alma to Alforusville, bought
a locomotive, mail, passenger and box i
car, hired one of the Carolina Central's
best engineers, besides one of its best
ticket aleuts, and have ever turo been <
running their railrord just ?ike any :
other railroad is run. They do u big j
business, their freights being made up
largely of cotton and lumber, while
their passenger traffic is considerable.
They have no regular schedule, but
make trips whenever freight and passe u
gcrs demand it. The track is tho same
width as the Carolina Central, enabling J
it to swap cars For a back woods j
railroad, its business is wouderful, thc j
Carolina Central trains frequently leav- j
ing ten or fifteen cars sidetracked at
Alma for it, and somet? mes pulling a
long train of Alma and Little Rock cars
loaded with freight, into Wilmington.
The total leugth of the road is only
twelve miles, but it runs through a j
flourishing country. The owners are
extending their road little by little into
South Carolina, and hope to eventually
strike an important connecting pon ?in
that State. They are enterprising men
and besides owning this railroad, they
operate one of the largest and most
prosperous lumber mills in the Southern
States.-Charlotte Observer.
News and Gossip.
According tn the Charleston News <b
Courier, the annual death rate of the
whites ?D that city was for 1883
21.60.
An election will be held in Aiken
on February G to determine the question
I whether or not the town of Aiken shall
I subscribe ?30,000 in bonds to the cap?
ital stock of the Carolina, Cumberland
Gap and Chicago Railway.
Old Fred Douglass has married
again and this time he took a white
wife. lier name is Helen M. Pitts.
She is 35 aud old Fred is seventy odd.
That is lovely. The old ingrate ought
to have stuck to hts own color, about
which he raves so often.- Wilmington
Star.
The House judiciary committee will
report a bill declaring all crimes pun?
ishable by more than a year's imprison?
ment infamous, and to be prosecuted
only by indictment. If passed, it will
compel Melton to go before the U. S.
grand jury with his next batch f poli?
tical prosecutions.
Miss Alice Rumph, a governess in
Col. Thomas Berry's family, in Rome,
Ga., stood by the stove, and her gown
caught fire. She sprang for a bed and
rolled herself in the clothes. The fire
was extinguished, and she was un?
harmed : but some sparks set the bed on
fire and the house was burned to the
ground.
I Under Mississippi law a woman is
liable to indictment for assualt if she
strikes her husband ; but the man is
not liable for assulting the woman if
he uses a swi'eh no larger than his lit?
tle finger in doing so. It is now pro?
posed to so amend the statutes as to
give the wife the same immunity that
her husband enjoys.
Amy Bell, aged seven walked into
thc Merrimack Savings Bank, in Man?
chester. N. H., and desired to inspect
the institution. As she was unattend?
ed, ex-Gov. Smyth, the Treasurer, be?
came her escort, and showed her every?
thing, even to thc complicated locks on
the massive doors of the safe. Then
she expressed her approval, and said
that as her father had deposited ?5 for
her she had had the curiosity to see for
herself whether it was safe ; and she
went away with a face beaming with
satisfaction.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, speaking
of his receut trip throughout the South,
says : 'I have reason to believe that the
South is just as much reconstructed as
the North is ; that the feeling of the
South is in favor of union and of the
great Government at Washington, and
that hereafter they viii be proud to be
citizens, just as co-operative and just as
patriotic as the cities of the North.
Perhaps, not uest time, but after the
next time, I should bc glad to vote for
a Southern man for President, especial?
ly if he was a free trader.7
The Maryland Senatorial contest was
ended by the election of Judge E. King
Wilson. The new Senator-elect is not
entirely unknown to public life, having
served in the Maryland Legislature and
one term as a member of Congress.
His chief recommendation, however,
appears to have been his want of real
prominence, which had kept him from
becoming involved in the faction fights
of thc real party leaders. He may
make a most useful and influential Sen?
ator, but his spurs are yet to be won.
Register.
Carlton Dunlap, of Waverly N. Y.t
has a bright little daughter three years
old anda baby girl aged two months.
Thc latter's crying annoyed thc former,
and she asked her mother wbatshould be
done with it. 'We will have to sew up
ifs mouth, Nettie,' the mother thought?
lessly replied. Shortly after Mrs.
Dunlap was absenta few minutes on an
errand, and upon her return heard
thc infant screaming. Rushing into
the room, she saw Nettie bending over
the baby's month. Nettie had run the
needle through its under lip in two
places and drawn the thread taut.
Last autumn, among the guests at a
shooting lodge in Scotland, wus a young
and beautiful Australian lady, with the
additional attraction of ?15,000 a year
of her own. She moved about a good
deal with the shooting parties, and in
doiug so had many opportunities of ob?
serving a rather good-looking young .
gamekeeper. Observation begat fancy,
and fancy love. We are told if there is
one thing which distinguibles Austra?
lians from Americaus and English it is
decision of character and promptness of
aetiou. So, when she icalizcd her, feel?
ings, she ac once took quick action,
proposed, was accepted and started ia
a week for Australia.
A wonderful bedstead, made for an
East Indian prince, is on show in Paris.
It is made partly of silver. At each
corner stands a beautifully-modelled
female figure (life size,) holding a deli?
cately-constructed ian, and wearing a
wig of real hair. This is to bo regular?
ly dressed by the court barber once a
week. On the great potentate getting
to bed the weight of his body sets cer?
tain machinery in motion, thc effect of
which is. that the silver maidens gently
fan the sleeper. If thc figures at the
foot of the bed are required to exert
themselves in like manner this can
he accomplished by i.he aid of a clock?
like apparatus. Moreover, should the
dusky owner of the bed wish to be
lulled to slumber by tho dulcet sounds
of suit music, this eau bo doneby touch?
ing a >p: iug. Thc bottom of thc bed
contains a largo musrc box.
The Washington coi respondent of
the Charleston X</> .< a Courier says :
West i'oinr it to linvc another colored
cadet from S.?uih Carolina, who has
just becti designated by Representative
Mackey. Robert Shaw Wilkins, of
Grahamville. Beaufort County, the new
candidate for military instruction, is a
bright mulatto about nineteen years old,
and is represented a? being very intelli?
gent and an aol scholar. He is a grad?
uate of the Avery Institute of Charles?
ton. Before entering Avery he receiv?
ed a good common school education io
a public school of Charleston. No com?
petitive examination was bold to deter?
mine the fitness of the candidate for
thc military academy, but Mackey
selected Wilkins because he made a
creditahle showiug as a scholar and was
well recommended by his teachers. j