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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 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