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-JrmeStnfTER WATCHMAN, KstabUshed April, 1850. Gonselfdatcd Au?. 2, ?S81.1 kBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aixns't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHKOK; Established Jua*, 1SQ& SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1884. New Series-Toi. if. M. Z$. ;{: ;v v-?.?Wishas wary Taesday, ^plfetefownfc'oici Sovihron. Publishing - ' ^SUMTER, S. C. i^J- > tF w*/ D o? lars per atrium--in advance. .' : ' ^^:4j>Yi>f 18***11 TS. Contracts, for three months, or longer will ^yi>e ma&ai*edaced rates. ^^^^.r:;AHH^^y,w^*rtftn? tirhidrsubserre private ^^fi^erei^?Tli-be?harged for as advertisements. ^^^^b|^?u?es:and tributes of respect will be :;^rov? Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub s^^~:-:?i^|o^:-TOrfc^or:-contwwt3 for advertising ;^*1?3fc38r?ss Watchman and Southron, or apply at ^g?g?ffice, to - Gy ?STEEN, TREATMENT Pro^c aw? Nervous disorders. -T^th^nndersigncd, having rece?vsd great K^aad" permanent btue? t from the use of "COM |-^^C^'OXYGBNj!' prepared and aAmiois ^g-t^red DHS. STA?KKr-& BILKS, of Pbiladel ^^^iaj mnd.bejng **iwfi*;d that it is a new dis ^wwj"i?^medical. science, and all that is ?^>:??aWw'fiBri^^o$ider ita duty which we to, the many thousands who are suffering ^^^pBM? chronic and. so-called "incurable" dis J/rs?p?^ttes to. do. all that weean to make its virtues ^;^v3to?w?and io inspire the public with confi j|f?< ^* ?aTe. personal knowledge of Drs. Star ^'?:lwgr4'Pa?e?. They are educated, intelligent, ?f'^'??^i conscientious physicians, who will not, -".;;^1?e.are^snrey n^?any statement, which they ^^oiknbw?r beKeve to be true, nor pub testimonials or reports of cases which g?noise. . 5 WM: D. KELLY, Member of Congress frort Philadelphia. ; VP.S. ARTB?R, ' Editor and Pvilisher "Arthur's Hom ?;>m$Ugaz?ii?," Philadelphia. i ?-? r'Et?tOT X>f '"Lutheran Observer." . Philadelphia. PHUADKLPHIA, PA.. JUXE ?, 1882. - . ' ' 1/^ In orderto meet a natural inquiry :n re stand in onr ?toteme?tarand in the gean "mess of our testi noaralsand reports -of cases, we print the ol>3v*h<>ve card from gentlemen well and widely ?qBowouand of the biffhest personal character. Ocr "Treatise-on Compound Ihn/oen." con staining a. history of the discovery of and :&0mo?* of action of this remnrksble curative S^ageatj and;a large record of surprising cures ?i-^'??-^?^r?p.t?on, C?itarrh, Neuralgia, Broncbi ;C>s;;;tMi,- Asthma,, ?tc., and a wide range of Chron ^ ?cjfeeal^es,-.w?ilbe, sejztjree. ^Sdd^*s pr*, ??A?K?Y^ PALKN\ . ^ .JlWi lill Girard.Street, Phihxddpnvi:, Pa. HI :-. -.BUT \ 1 RESPECTFULLY CALL THE ATTEX jgs--.-" ti?? of myfriena>-and' the public generallj to |& ?j lxrge *?id? weil selected STOCK, cous:st ang of: ^ DRlf GOO?% i* .-' : '?KCmONS? ^ -, - - sktf? ' ' ' CLOTHING, : GENTS* FURNISHING GOODS, ' SHOES, . :i ? '- HARDWARE, ^6R0<?RIBS, 4a, Ac. - 1 JH^" ? solicit a call and hope yon will give my STOCK. a~careful inspection. I will en? deavor to make it to your interest to give me % yonrpatrbnage. ^?--Jfe;a.-Ww GARDNER and Ma. L. I JOYE, will be glad to see their friends. B, J. BARNETT, I ?:- Cet 7^3. > ,v Main Street in the Bend. I A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE Jk?m dy ?trt *S X-s -LL?. ? ----= A WELL-SITUATED FARM of one hun j=X -?dred and ten acres, about sixty cleared, situated: one- mile from Som ter C. H., S. C. -A" beautiful' prove of live oaks around the .^welling, wfth well and fine spring of water. Terms accommodating. Applv to . July ?5 ; A. WHITE. Agent. . :? F?JESH ARRIVAL -OF SCHOOL. BOOKS. ; J*or all Schools in tho County, Teachers and pj Parents will do well to get my prices ? ] before purchasing. rr SLAT^??QBX.??OOKS, CRAYONS, -;35ook Straps and Bags, Paper, Pens, Pencils, . ink, &c. |-^'?X^5^t4-wlHjp?c?se send their children to ^ - , J? A. SCHWERIN, ^PlijjSook Store, opposite Court House. FRUITS, CONFECTIONERY, &c, in ; ieason. Oct 7-3 --:-; ? '. y. H. Fo?som, r,. W- Folsom. -i--ESTAB'D ?S6S. g Si. FOLSOM & BRO. ' Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers, y Main-Street, opposite John I?ei<Tsy SUMTER, S. C., 41 I sa WALTHAM o {flocks. Silverware, Jewelry. Spectacles, ^ ^ ?vder^y , Fishing ' TacUe. Violin St^jfalXt&hine Needles, .5"^ Otis,. &c. , Bcpatriag of Watches, Clocks' and Jewelry promptly done and satisfaction v goar?nteed. USS. JOB WORK P^i$$TQM. PRICES- ; WO POISON IN THE PASTRY IF Exwjjjflfrs ABE T7S?P, Ternilla,Lemon, Orange* etc.? flavor Cajee?, Cr?aBi?,Pnddln?t?,Ac.,ai delicately and nat* orally a* the fruit from which they are ma??. FOE STRENGTH AND TRUE FRUIT FLATOR THEY STAND ALONE. PREPARED ar TH* Price Baking Powder Co., Chicago, Iii. - st. Louis, Mo. HAKEA? OF Dr? Price's Cream Baking Powder -AMD Dr. Price's Lnpulin Yeast Oems, Bent Dry Hop Yeast. S^OB. SATiT! ST GKES WE 1?AKE BUT ONE QUALITY. L?GHT HEALTHY BREAD The best dry hop yeast in the world. Bread raised fey this yeast'is light, white and whole? some like our grandmother's delicious bread GROCERS SELL THEM. " PREPARES- BY TMS Price Baking Powder Co., MTrsoOLPnc^^MFdyBnagEiiiacts, ; Chicago, IU. St. Louis, MO. popular Week ty aowspar<er V?/ u<jvMr?*d to setene?, mechanics, enjrincering, dis vivorkc, inventions ?nd patents ever pub!?shed. Ej^T iHTtil'fr jfiustratod with splendid engravings. This publication, inro?-hos a ino:-: ra?aable eacyclopedxaof ^aiormation i> b ich no persea should bo without.. Tho '5>c;>clarity of the SCXESTTIFIC AMEBICAX is such that its circulation nearly equate that of ail other papers of its c?as?r combined. Price. $3.20 a year. Discount to ?luhs. Sold by all news?eaiors. MUSN & CO., Pab ,ti?h?>rii. No. 361 Broadway. X. Y. tVAJWtt ASJ?P?Al?B"??* l?unn& Co.have also giS^A?a FraX^ hacl TWrtv-Seven ?slaiid have prepared more than One riun? L?3dr*d Thousand applications fer pat cuis in. the c?nitrd ??tates and foreign Sj con::tries. Caveats. Trade-Mzrks, Copy _ ri2hts,.A?ii?ii5meut?. r.ud all other papare E?F^'fwr acsaswg to icrentors th<?ir ri?hts in tho Quited--State?.- -Carada, Elland, France. CL-tmany HJMI. other, forcizn countries, prepared ac chert r.f.iicoa^d cn roa?-ii?xb?c terras. ?~v - lu?oruarioaastoohla:ujnjr p?tente cbe-?vfai.r ?v5 ?ives. T.it?iont citarse. Hand-Sookit of inlorxua E2S tioa aent ?rvo. Patenta ob?ain?d throoch Munn ES <t Co. aro B'-tieedin tho Scion tifie American? The advantage o? MK: h ?i'rt ?co i ? wll.understood by all persons who wish to di?po?o cf their patent?. .Addre** XUN"X Jt CO, Q2k? ?axXXCno AMEMCUt? SCI Broadway, Kew York. LANDS FOR SALE. A TRACTrOP- 300 ACRES, more or less, ??\ a part of the McDowell Traci, South of and near the town of Sumter. On this tract are two new frame houses ALSO THE WITHERSPOON TRACT of land with dwelling house and ou.t-uuild vngp, North of and near the to:vn of Sumter, containing about 400 acres. This tract to be gold as a whole or in parcels to suit purchas? ers. For terms apply to the undersigned at Manning, S. C., "or to Capt. John S. Richard? son kt Sumter, S. C. NOT 18-:j_JAMES McDOWELL. 10,000 FLGR1D? ORANGES. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. At Ityolcsule to Dealers as cheap as can Ve purcltased in Charleston or elesewliere. At Retail from 35 to 50 cents per dozen. BEING AGENT for a grower, and having fruit shipped to me direct-fresh sup? plies now being regularly received, I can sell at the lowest possible prices. A full line of all other varieties of fruit for the holidars at lowest prices \V. J. ANDREWS, Pee. 2 . SUMTER, S. C. NOTICE. Having purchased from Messrs. GREEN BROS-, of New York City, all of the Debts due to late Firms of GREEN, WATSON & WALSH, GREEN k WALSH, GREEN, WALSH A CO., WALSH & CO., and E. C. GREEN, I am desirous of making satisfactory settlements, with all who may desire to pay me something, and will be at Sumter from December 1st to January I5:h next, for that purpose. A very large portion of above indebtedness, consists of Sealed Notes, execu? ted before-passage of the Six Year Exemption Law,^^fii" not satisfactorily arranged by 15?J^^^Bry nest, 1 will be compelled to pul saml^? demerit, E. C. GREEN. SumtHOcl 14, 1884._3_ 1883. Harper's Magazine ILLUSTRATED. With the new volumo.-beginning in December, Kttrotr** Alaijuziue. ?ill ct-ncludeits thirty-fifth year. 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New York, -j; .1 II F t d t a d ?< I a 6 0 a e n ti ii h P o n e n v P e c s r Tl b l A CHRISTMAS PROBLEM. The Mason Cotton Harvester. "What do yon think my grandmother said, Telling Christmas stories to me To-oigbt,when I went and coaxed and coaxed, Laying my bead cpon her knee? "She thinks .(she really told me so) That good Saint Nicholas, long ago, Was old and gray As he is to-day Going around with bis loaded sleigh, Wrapped about with his robe of fur ; With lots of frolic, and fun, and stir, A cheery whoop and a merry call, And never a jolly boy at all I "She thinks he's driven through frost and snows, As every Christmas comes and goes, With jingling bells and a bag of toy9, Ho, ho 1 for good little girls and boys, With a caro! gay Aud a Clear the way I For a rollicking, merry Chrismas day, With just exactly the same reindeers Prancing on, for a thousand years I "Grandmother knows 'most everything, And all that I ask her she can tell ; Rivers and towns io geography, And the hardest words she can alwnys spell. But the wisest ones, sometimes they say, Mistake, and even grandmother may ? ' "If Santa Clans never had be~n a boy How would he always know so well What all the boys are longing for On Christmas day,-eau grandmother tell? "Whr do'es he take the shiny rings, And baby houses, and dolls with curls, And dainty lockets, and necklaces, Never to boys, but all to girls? "Why does he take the skates and sleds, The bats and balls, and arrows and bows, And trumpets, and drums, and guns-hurrah I To all the boys,-doe3grandmother know? "But there is a thing that puzzles rae, When Santa Claus was a boy at play, ( And hung a stocking on Christmas eve, j Who could have filled it for Christmas dav?" . SYDNEY DAYR?. 1 ? 6 i ? t C c 8 G r \ c I a ? e t a I c v I 6 r c c 1 n d li ii s ? D a c 6 t< f< e a 8 ITS PRACTICAL WORKING. Many anxious inquiries from all >arts of the cotton-growing section >f the South as to the success of the nachine known as the Mason Cotton larvester will find a satisfactory an? swer in the report given below, and vhich has just been forwarded to the mthorities at the World's Fair at tfew Orleans. As the lateness of the ?eason precluded the possibility of any exhibition of the actual working of the ?arvester at the Exposition, a coin? uittee ol experts in cotton culture vas appointed by Cotnmissioner-Gen jral Morehead to test and report upon he practical efficiency of the machine it the home of its inventor, in Sum? er county, in this State, before the >pen cotton should have disappeared rom the fields. The test took place on the 22d ult. Circumstances prevented the attend ince of the full committee, but the re? port of the results obtained is signed >y the chairman, Col. A. P. Butler, he Commissioner of Agriculture of >outh .Carolina, and by Maj. J. A. Le? an d, the chairman of the South Car dina delegation lo the Vicksburg Cot? on Planters' Convention. The report s as follows : COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 29, 1884 ?o the Hou. F. C. Morehead, Com nissiouer-General of the World's Ex? cition at New Orleans-SIR: On he 22d of November, 1884, the un iersigued, Commissioner of Agricul ure for the State ol South Carolina, ecori) pan i ed by the chairmau of the ielegation from South Carolina to the ast year's convention to the Cotton banters7 Association at Vicksburg, liss., visited Sumter, S.C., to inspect nd report upon the working of Ma on's Cotton Harvester. We devoted the whole day to the bjects of'our visit, and* found Mr. lason indefatigable in furnishing very facility for examination the lost critical. He conducted us brough every part of his workshop, ot only explaining every part of his arvester and cylinder gin, but the rocess of manufacturing the tools nth which alone he-could work. We are not called upon to report n the mechanical structure of the ?achine, but only upon its practical fficieucy; and much curious infor ?ation we derived from this in estigatiou is uncalled for in this re ort. We were struck with the fact that very improvement made in the curse of his experiments tended to irnplify the machine, and its chief ecommendation when now ready for ?rork is its extreme simplicity, com? bined with strength and durability, 'he problem before him at the incep ion of his enterprise, and most perti aciously adhered to through all his xperimenls, was to invent some sub? titule for the human fingers in pick tig the lint from thc open bolls vvith nit damage to the stalk of the plant, ts leaves, blooms and immature bolls. ?his he has at last frilly accomplished ry means of rotating points or teeth minute, but strong and durable vhich will inevitably seize upon the ibei*6 of the lint brought in contact vith them, but. so adjusted to the ro attng surlaue as to pa68 harmlessly iver every other form of matter. Fi >ers, and fibers alone, can reach these eeth, and once seized, the bolls to vhich the belong must follow. This we saw practically illustrated >efore our own eyes. The present ?umbrous, box-shaped locomotive ointcd, screwed aud bolted for any ?ont?ict with mules and negroes-in vhich the simple machinery was nounted and put in action by power lori ved from the rotation of the vheels of the locomotive, was hauled )y a single mule over a long colton ow. Frost had more than once fallen m tito upright stalks ; the bolls were ill open, with the colton hanging to hem loosely and limp. The limbs of he stalks and leaves were exceedingly )iittle and crisp, yet as the machine idvanced we only missed the lint stalks, limbs and leaves remaining in act. Of course, the lint, in being Irawn from the bolls, come m contact vith, and adhere to, parts of leaves ilmost pulverized. Thc shafts of the ocomotive wore attached to one side >f the locomotive, so that the mule noved between the rows, while the jenter of the machine passed over the ipex of the row. Of course, the return trip threw the nule between the first and second j ow, and the machinery passed over he same row twice. After the re? un? trip wc uoticed no change in the stalks, &c, but the lint was near ly all gone, safely stored in the pen dent bags. The result was wonderful -almost incredible to any but an eye-witness. It could scarcely have been sub? jected to trial under more unfavorable circumstances - those above men? tioned and others that might be enu? merated-and yet at each passage bver the row about 50 per cent, of the cotton there standing was bagged. Its almost intelligent selection of the open cotton, to the exclusion of al? most everything else, was the most remarkable as well as gratifying feat? ure. Those who have Been it work in a field with luxuriant weeds, and on the first opening of the cotton, testify to this wonderful result. The seeded lint alone was gathered, while the blooms, leaves and immature bolls were left uninjured. An intelligent planter from Missis? sippi _wh(i witnessed its performance at this stage of the cotton plant offered the highest prospective price' for the tnachiue for his own use iu the pres? ent cotton crop. After close examin? ation of the results, he gave it as his apiniou that, with the machine then working, aud three good hands to fol? low and gleau after it, he could do the svork of forty hands a day. We take pleasure and pride in re? porting that, in our opinion, this great South Carolina invention will prove \ success. Mr. Mason himself, how ?Ver, is not yet wholly satisfied. Ile jelievcs that with better tools, which ie will soon h?v.e all facilities for per? fecting, he can render his machine (dil more effective. He is now aim ng at gathering all the open cotton tt a single passing over a row, and hinks he eau do it. He is sure lie ian make all the parts adjustable, but loubt8, from their present perfect itate, whether he need improve the ;trength and durability of those al eady tested. He showed us several machines of carious sizes, already prepared for vork, and pointed out several of his ?ontemplated improvements, whieu tone but a skilled machinist could ippreciate. But the simplicity of true genius characterizes all its forms. The :?3cien t ports are all made on the same nodel, and are all interchangeably >djosted. Any one part can prompt y be replaced in the machine without lerangement to the other parts. As t must necessarily fall into unskillful ?ands on the farm this is vital to its ucce88. The operator has only to etain his seaton .the locomotive and In ve the mule aright, and the ma hinery itself takes care of the cotton, ["he cotton gathered in this experi? mental trip of the machine wasimme liately transferred to the Mason Cyl nder Gin and promptly converted uto lint ready for packing. Mr. Ma? bu promises, as an adjunct to his ma lri?e, a cotton cleaner, which will re? nov? all the light debris sometimes dhering to the col tot:. Of this cyliudcr gin we arc not ailed on to report, but as Ihe uinver? ai verdict is in its favor in preference J the saw giu, we must be pardoned ir sa}ing, from what we saw of its f?iciency, that it has these decided dvantages over a saw giu of equal ize : 1. It requires less to work it. 2. It turns out more lint. 3. Its cost of construction is less. 4. The lint turned out has no gin ut, even in long staple highlands. 5. It is a perfectly safe machine for tie operator and manipulator. This last advantage is inestimable, 'he same device for drawing the cot 3n over the cylinders by these mys ?rious but ever-present teeth is its istinguishing feature ; and, while ir esistible to the cotton, is perfectly armless to the operator. Nails, &c, brown into the cotton while feeding, re thrown out with the seed, neither tie nail nor the machine being the rorse for the passing through. All of which is respectfully sub litted. A. P. BUTLER, lommissioner of Agriculture, State of South Carolina. J. A. LELAND, Chairman of Vicksburg Delegation. 'he Children's Time of the Year. The most significant feature connect d with December is the fact that it is ie mouth io which the Christmas fes val comes. "He shall turn the hearts f the fathers to the children," sang ie old Hebrew prophets of the coming deliverer before whose feet earth's moral eserts were burst into blossoming fra rance. And very beautifully the rophecy is fulfilled for us in the an? ual festival which reminds us of the irth of Him who in the synagogue of ?azareth claimed these words as spoken f Himself. It is the children's time f year. The fact is written in broad baracters on the streots and in the tores. Eren the gifts for the grown-up eople aro meant for the child that still ingers in thc adult breast, and that still s capable of the simple, heartfelt joy of hildhood. Chrismas comes to renew ur youth to us-to thaw us for a little ut of the bard, unchildlike worldliness f our greed and our calculations ; to emind us that there is in life such a bing as giving aud getting without arning. Just because it is the chil Iren's 'ime, when we are all meant to >e children once more, it is the time of lifts. The child e??ns nothing. He ives in simple and trusting dependence ipon those who care for his wants. He lays for all by his joyfulness and bis ontent. And in the sight of One we re all children, taking at his hand what re never can earn, getting the grandest hings of our lives for nothing, and pay ?g for them merely by delight in tbeni nd bv our thankfulness. In the world, s world; it is not so. At the Devil's booth are Jill things sold, EMCII ounce of dross cosjs its ounce of gold; For a cap and hells our lives we pay ?aubles we earn with a whole soul's tasking; 'Tis heaven alone that's given away, Tis only God may be had for asking. Geoeral J. D. Kennedy, of Camden, >. C., was seriously burned ia the iand and arm while putting out the lames which' had caught the dress of ne of his children. He is in no [anger, but is suffering considerable, tain. HE BROKE UP THE SCHO<XL. "That is the new school-house, is it?" inquired Miss Alice Bay, the "new teacher," as the farmer's plodding lit? tle team passed by a little white house. standing endwise to the road, inclosed in a rather dilapidated fence. "Yes, there s where you'll hold forth," remarked Uncle Zeke Wood? burn, "but I'm afeerd you won't hold out long, fur we've got the toughest set of boys in the State, and Uncle Zeke fave a kind of crackling little laugh as e thought of the timid, demure little damsel at his side controlling the boys of Bear Creek School. "But don't the directors expel them when they are beyond the control of the teacher?" asked Alice, her heart beginning to sink at the prospect be? fore her. "Expel 'cm! no, we never expel no? body; if a teacher can't boss the school we just let it boss him; it ain't our fight, an' the school here generally bosses the teacher, and thar's been some pretty good men licked in that school-house by the boys." "I did not know the school was so unruly," said poor Alice, wishing heartily that she had hired out as a washerwoman instead of trying to teach the savages of Bear Creek. "Oh, well, mebbo it won't be so bad this winter; thar's Jim Turner, he's one of the toughest of 'em; he'll be 21 in a month, and you'll get rid of him; but thar's the Brindley boys, they're mighty nigh as bad." Poor Alice listened with a sinking heart. The cold, hard duties before her were drear}'- enough at best; but to go alone and unknown into a strange neighborhood to teach her first school, and to be met at the outset by such dark prophecies, made her feel home? less indeed. She was naturally a tim? id, shrinking little thing, and if she had possessed anywhere on the whole broad earth a roof to shelter her she would have turned back from Bear Creek school even thon. But she had no home. Her mother had died when she was but 14, and sho had kept house for her father two years, when he died, leaving her ali alone. Before lie died he advised her to expend the little sum he would be able to leaye her in fitting herself for a teacher, and Alice had fulfilled his directions so literally that when she had completed her course at the normal school she had hardly $10 left, and when she paid Uncle Zeke for hauling her and her little trunk from the nearest railroad town to the dis? trict where she waa to teach she- had but $5 left. On Monday morning when she start? ed for Hie school-house she felt as if she was going to the scaffold. Her course of pedagogics in the normal in? stitute had included no such a problem as this school promised lo be, and if it were not for the very shame she would have given her single ?5 bill to any one to take her back to tho railroad and pay her faro lo L., the town where ehe had attended school. When she arrived at the school house about twenty or thirty pupils wore grouped around talking, but a spell of silence loll upon theni as she walked up and saluted them with a "good morning" which was more like the chirp of a frightened bird than anything else. Ax she unlocked the door and entered what sho had already begun to regard as a chamber of torturo, two or three slowlv followed her into the room, and depositing their books upon the whittled desks, took s*;ats, and fixed their eyes upon her with a stare that did not help to strengthen her nerves. All tho rules and regulations of her "Theory and Practice of Opening School Upon the First Day" seemed to vauish and leave her head whirling in dizzy helplessness. She tried to think of some cheerful remark, but her brain refused lo form the thought and her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth. She could see in tho faces of hcrpupils, most of whom were now in the school? room, that they were aware of her fright and enjoyed it thoroughly. By a strong effort she partly recovered herself aad bravely resisted the temp? tation to lean her head on the desk and have a good cry. Shefolt that she must do something or faint, so she rang the bell, though it lacked fifteen minutes to 9. She oogan taking down the names and ages of her pupils, and by tho time this was completed she be? gan to feel more at ease. She then be? gan examining the pupils in their dif? ferent branches in order to assign them to their proper classes. She had fin? ished the examination in all thc branch? es except the advanced reading class, which was principally composed of grown girls and young men, among whom was the terrible Jim Turnor, ol whom she had been warned. Several of thc members of tho class had read, and it was now the turn of Moses Bradley, a huge, heavy-set fel? low, with small, malicious eyes and a general air of rafnanisru. When he was called upon to read he did not rise from his seat, but began to read in a thick, indistinct voice from a book hid? den in his lap. "Mr. Bradley, will you please stand up when you read?" asked Alice. "I can read just as well settin' down," repliod tho fellow with a dog? ged air. "But it is one of the rules in a read? ing class to stand up to read," said Alice, hor heart quaking with fear as BJM? <o---ytaw thc incipient rebellion. "I reckon you will havo to make a new rule for'me then," impudently an? swered Mose, glancing sideways at his companions with a grin of triumph. "? you do not obey me 1 shall be obligod to punish you," said Alice bravely, though she could scarcely stand up. "I guoss all the punishing you could* do wouldn't break any of my bones," replied the ruffian, leering at her im? pudently. ?'But I can break your bones for you in half a minute, and I'll do it if you don't stand and read as the teach? er asked you to," said a voice at the oLher end of the class, and Alice look? ed in that direction and saw Jim Tur? ner step from the class and face the as? tonished Mose. Mose's insolont manner abated in an instant, his face turned pale, and he muttered something about not being "bc*sed by other boys," but ho stood up as ho was commanded. Alice could have kissed her young champion for very gratitude, but she mustered all the dignity she could com? mand, and said: ?'Mr. Turner, I cannot allow you to" interfere in the management of my school; tako your seat" Tho youth obeyed without a word, but kept his eye on Mosi% as if watch? ing for any delinquency. After this lit? tle episode the exorcises proceeded without interruption till noon. Alice had no appetite for dinner. She leaned her throbbing head upon the desk and wonderer wearily how long she could endure this... She was aroused by one of the little girls running up to her, exclaiming, "Teacher, teacher, the big boys are fighting!" She followed the child, ex? claiming, "Oh, why did lever come in to^stich a den of wild beasts?" . At the rear of the school-house stood Jim Tur? ner cn?a?cd in a hand;lo-hand combat With Mose Bradley and bis two broth? ers, both of whom were grown. .As Alice stepped around the corner Jim sent Mose reeling to the earth and then turned like a lion upon his two remain? ing assailants. They rushed at him from two sides, but Jim was as" active as a, panther, and Bill Bradley fell as if shot, from a left-handed blow, and his brother Tom followed him in an in? stant.- By this time Moso had secured a ball bat and rushed upon Jim, but th? latter evaded the blow, and wrenching the bat from his. hand knocked Mose headlong with a blow of his fist As the discomfited trio arose Jim laughed lightly, and asked them '*how they liked it as far as they had got," picked up the bat he had taken from Mose and called out, "Come on, boys, let's have a game of ball" The combat ended so quickly that Alice had no chanco to interfere, but she felt that it would not do to let this open violation of school rules pass un? punished, so she rang the bell. When the pupils were assembled she called the culprits up to the desk, and asked what the fight was about and who be? gan it. The Bradleys stood sullen and silent, but Jim answered, "I would rather not tell what it was about, but I began it by knocking Mose Bradley down. Alice knew the fight was the result of Jim's espousal of her cause in the reading class, and her voice falter? ed as she said: "Then I shall have to punish you; hold out your hand." Jim obeyed her instantly. She took up tho ruler with a. trembling hand and began the punishment. Jim's face never changed a muscle. The look upon it was one of quiet obedience in which there was no trace of either bra? vado or sullenness. As Alice inflicted the blows on the hand so quietly held ont to her, the thought rushed upon her mind that she was smiting the only hand that had been raised to befriend her in that lawless region. Her face grew pale, the blows fell falteringly, tho tears began to run [ down her cheeks, the ruler fell from her hand, she sank into her seat, bur? ied her face into her hands, and burst into a storm of sobs. Then Jim's countenance changed. His lip quivered, he dashed his hand across his eyes to clear them of unnat? ural dimness, and the great lump in his throat seemed to choke him. A chuckle from Mose Bradley recalled his self-possession, however, and he took a step or two toward the latter with eyes that fairly blazed with hot indignation. Mose rapidly retreated a step or two, and his chuckle died an untimely death, and for a full minute silence reigned over tho school-room. At last Alice raised her head and in a broken voice dismissed tho pupils to the play? ground. As the children passed out she hoard some say, "So you've got a whipping after all, Jim," and Jim's reply, "Yes, and I've got enough to pass some of it around if anybody is anxious about it." At 1 o'clock Alice rang the bell with a feeling of utter despair; but no school ever moved more smoothly than did her school that afternoon. Quiet obe? dience, study, good lessons, and res? pectful attention were universal But Alico had determined to quit the school; she felt as if she would rather be the poorest washerwoman than to be badg? ered, bullied, and tortured for months. at a time by a set of brutal ruffians, whose paronts employed he;: for the sole purpose of enduring this martyr? dom. So when Alice locked the school? house door that evening it was with a mingled feeling of relief and humilia? tion that she started to offer her resig? nation to the directors. As she left tho school-house she saw Jim Turner a few yards ahead of her walking rapidly ?yward home. She called his name, and he respectfully waited until sht had overtaken him. "Mr. Turner," she said, "I'm going away in the morn? ing, and I wish to thank von for vour brave defense of me at the school to? day, and to ask your forgiveness for the punishment so unjustly inflicted on you," and in her earnestness Alice hold? out her little trembling hand, and Jim instantly grasped it, "I have nothing to forgive," said ho; "you could not do otherwise and nei? ther could I; but you aro surely not in? tending to quit the school?" "Yes," answered Alice, "I would rather die than pass through three months of such soenos as I have to? day." "But you will have no more trouble; there is no one in the school that would be at all likely to give you trouble,- ex? cept the Bradley boys, and as long aa I *m there I will answer for their good behavior." At last Jim's eloquence prcvailod, and Alico finally consented to teach a ura?l* 1 f\r\ era y o ti/I .?* " Of tC?? ?J .m was ailowea to re? main during the term, and as soon as it closed he went to college. Alice taught the Bear Creek school successfully for three years, but in the end Uncle Zoke's prediction was veri? fied, for Jim Turner came back and broke up the school. He married the teacher. Tbc Origin of Mosquito ca. Tho Indians have a very satisfactory account of the origin of tho Montezuma mosquitoes. The legend runs thus: There were in times of old, many moons ago, two huge feathered mon? sters permitted by the Manitou to de? scend from thc sky and alight on the banks of the Seneca river. Their form was exactly that of the mosquito. They were so largo that they flew toward the earth. Standing one on either bank they guarded the river, and stretching their long necks into tho canoes of the Indians as they attempted to paddle along the stream, gobbled them up as the stork king in the fable gobbled up tho frogs. Tho destruction of life was so great that not an Indian could pass without being devoured in the attempt. It was lon<? before tho monsters could be exterminated, and then only by the combined offorts of all the warriors of ti Cayuga and Onondaga nations. I?? battle was terriblo, bat the war? riors finally triumphod, and the mam? moth mosquitoes wero slain and loft unburied. For this neglect the Indians had to pay dearly. The carcasses de? composed, and the particles, vivified by tho sun, flew off in clouds of nio*<j?iV oes, which have filled thc country evety since The other night a merchant In ? small country town was discovered in his Ornoo at an unusually late hour, and in reply to inquiries he said, "My con? fidential clerk is missing." "And what of it?" "Why, l*m looking over tho books, but they seem to be all square." "Have you counted your cash?" "Yes, aDd it is corree: lo a shilling." "Look? ed over your bank book?" "I have, and it is satisfactory. That's the puz: ale, you seo. He's hooked it, and I can't make out what for." "Been home since noon?" "No." "Pee haps he has eloped with your wife." "What an idea.r but it may be sol If it is, then the puzzle will be solved." He hnrriod home and it was so, and he felt a great anxiety off his mind. EATEN BY A LION, "Tes, gentlemen, I assure you again that I, Jean Barbarous, now sitting here, was once devoured by a lion; and if you Will not believe jue here is. my friend with the gold spectacles, Dr. Holbeck, who can tell you whether I I am telling the truth-the pure, unadul ? terated truth." At these words all eyes were turned to the man with the gold spectacles. He contented himself, however, with one of these modest smiles which leave it impossible to divine whether the smiler actually refuses to sustain the assertion referred to him for authentic fication, or whether he simply declines the honor of being regarded as the hero of so extraordinary an adventure. The audience, so boisterous but a lit? tle while before, had suddenly become perfectly quiet. All awaited with vis? ible curiosity the recital of the wonder? ful story suggested by the declaration of the Marseillais. Barbarous, quito satisfied with the result of his words, sat down again, and without further preliminaries be? gan as follows: * ?'It was about ten years ago-either in 1872 or 1873; but the date doesn't matter. I had served my fail time on board the Junon; and, thanks to the recommendations of my captain, I eas? ily procured a situation as traveling agent for tho Menncvals. I suppose eou have all heard of that firm-the largest Parisian house in the commerce of feathers and stuffed birds for the millinery business-in the Hue St. Denis, at the sign of tho Casoar (cas? sowary). The Menncvals send their traveling agents to all parts of the world to buy up ostrich plumes, mar? about feather*, and rare birds. They sent me out, for the first time, in com? pany with Holbeck, who you see before you. We were ordered to the African coast in search of a certain kind of lit? tle bird; like a blackbird, which has its breast covered with feathers that look like gold-very pretty, indeed. Our employers wanted to place these on the market ss a new ornamental design for ladies' hats; and we were ordered to procure all that wo could find or buy. "Holbeck had already traveled a great deal, both in North and South America and in Africa, while I was merely a new apprentice in the busi? ness-that was why they sent me ont with him. Since then we have always been traveling together. Holbeck and I are now inseparable as the cloth of a coat is from the lining. "But to come to my story: "We both started from Bordeaux on a vessel which took us to Gabon. As soon as we got there we hunted up King Denis, the be3t-natured nigger on the whole coast, and he said to us: .My children, if you want gold birds you'll have to work pretty hard to find them; there are none left'here. You'll have to go up the river into the inte? rior just as far as you can.' .Thanks for the information,' wo replied; and we started up the grear river of Gabon. "All along our route we stopped at the villages; and at every village we had to hold long parleys with the chiefs -parleys which sometimes lasted sev? eral hours-all to obtain a few dozen bird-skins. "Finally we decided that In order to complete our stock we should havo to leave the river altogether, and travel into the unknown country. "Ah!-let me toll yon about that country! It isn't the sort of country ono would like to retire upon one's in? come in. The first part of it is all one slimy marsh, full of snakes and croco? diles; then, further back, the ground is covered with forests so thick that yon can scarcely get through at alL But then, those forests are full of the finest birds in the world. On. tho whole, the Gabon coast is the worst place I ever struck. Tho inhabitants are so lazy that they grow nothing, -and keep no sort of provisions on hand,- so that we had to go hunting every day for some? thing to eat, just as they have to do themselves. I tell yon it was a tolera? bly rou? '.. apprenticeship that 1 had to go through. Whether we were hunt? ing for provisions or for birds, We were nearly all the time in those great woods, where we'were surrounded by all im? aginable dangers. .'One day, when our provisions had run short, a negro came to tell us that about a league from tho camp ho had seen a groat herd of those big ante? lopes with curved horns which they call dougals. Holbeck and I went af? ter them; but the savages had deceived us-at least so far as the distance was concerned, for we were more than two hours running through the jungle, tumbling over rocks or stumps, and wading through marsh-grass and reeds before wc found tho herd at last. It was composed of just threo animals and no more; and they were grazing in the middle of a great open space, about three hundred yards away from us. They seemed to bo very wary-so' that it was no use thinking of trying to get any nearer to them. ?'Holbeck, who wore spectacles then just as he does to-day, could not have hit a mark fifty paces oft So I had to take the chance myself. I went on my knees, took a long, long aim and firecL To our great jo3r one of the antelopes made a tremendous leap into the air and fell dead on the ground, while the others ran away. As I had Only a single-barreled gun leonid not attempt another shot. .?But we were very well satisfied; the antelope was big as a calf, and quite enough to fill tho void in our meat suppfy. We proceeded to cut him up, and finding it impossible to take tho whole away with us we selected three fine pieces as big as we could conven? iently carry. Holbeck and I each took a piece, ^hich we fastened on our shoulders, and the negro who accom? panied us took tho other.* "As the.evening was advancing, we started for our camp as fast as was Eossible, considering the weight of our urdecs. We had already made half the distance when all of a sudden, while we were traversing a thicket, we heard, right close beside ns, a inost awful roar. "At last wo have got to the lion!" cried the audience. '.Yes, it was the lion," resumed Bar> barous with his customary phlegm; .?and I would like to have seen you in my place. When I. first noticed * the. lion he was only ten steps away from me, and in tho very middle of the path; and I assure you that thc sight of . bim did not mako me laugh;' for I immedi? ately remembered having beon silly enough not to reload my gun.. But J did not have much time to meditate. Holbeck, who was behind mc, fired his gun at the lion, who immediately leap? ed at rac with a terrible roar,- and felled' me to the earth. . "Just as I fell I caught a" glimpse of Holbeck and the negro, running away as fast as their legs could carry them, and then I lost all consciousness.' "IViy brave comrade knows that X never bore him any grudge for thus abandoning me. Ho really thought I was already dead, and he coulcf not have done anything to save me. "How long I remained senseless I do not know; but gradually found my? self coming back to. life At first I h??.. only a very vague Slea of .jfh&t had happened to me/and I made a pain?rif effort to rise-?when a deep; gro.wl came. - in answer t? the m?vemen^ana/I felt; myself nailed to the ground, by ali * ' enormous weight The lion w^lying . upon me: ? s ,rv /- . "This dfscovery made nie tiemble'inj. every limb; but that wa?-, nothi?g to'-" - what I felt when I found' that the fero- Vi? cious brute wai ?ctually, eatings me* alive. I heard my own- ?ones tiack? ? linjjinhis mighty faws* arid ? felV< . nevertheless-a strange phenomenon! j -I did not sufferf I felt no pain-^notn ing but a horrible sense of weight and' oppression. Then I remembered hav- .. ing read or heard somewhere that men or animals in the clutches of beasts tit prey are subject to a peculiar and providential specie? of torpor, which, exempts them from all sense of pain; : "But if I did not feel the hideous.' rending of my flesl? by tho teeth of the. b?ast, still my brain was tortured by such unutterable fear that 1 fainted' away again. . .. - v "When I came to iii .was Black nighty and there was a ring of negroes stands ing round me with .torches in their, hands. On first opening my eyes; and' seeing their grimacing black facey,, lighted np . by names, I began to think,' I was in hell-or at least in ourgatory;\. for I did not remember Baring ever;" done anything very wicked. But after, a second or two I saw the ?o?d^naturedb, face of Holbeck/ who was Deriding over, mo, and crying like a child: *0 my poor Barbarous! O my poor Barbar? tfosT Then I tried to" :get\ Cp* ari<? .. . what was my surprise to find that L '-" could do so without any ; amenity F. ' Once on my feet I be<*an to feel my arms, my head, my chest) my". legs-^-C well, they were all intactt ? had ionly a few scratches-no serious wound a** all:".. "What sortof > ^arn db you c>U that, Barbarous ? X?if irmst have p?feif ' dreaming, and that lion simply knock* ed yon ont of his way and went by.1*. i4Thatls where you make a big mis?' ' take," returned Barbarous. /%yery-]; thing happened exactly as I fold-youj;^; - so that when Holbeck returned from ': ' : thc camp to look for remains he actnsv. ally saw the lion eating me as fast as he could. The brute only left maj" when he saw the torches approach/ ing-" : "And what else?" asked the sailor**, hearers, quite nonplussed at this new' s " affirmation. "Why the thing's as plain as the nose--. on one's face," said Barbarous, in a" , modest sort of roice. "When I waa* knocked down I had fallen on my facer:- . and the lion, imagined he was really eating mo, when h? was only eating s? splendid quarter of antelope mest I" had tied on my back." A storm of applause greeted' this tm-" expected conclusion; and ali present; rose, glass in hand, to toast tho ?3l<xf ' ~ . with a long shoat of "Bravo, Barbar? ons!-hurrah for the Marseillais trav* eler!" .. > But Barbarous simply answered,- withf a smile of triumph: " .Well, I told you the truth at th#f start-didn't I?"-Louis BousseleL i * 2*? The Relic of the Kissing Be?V ??'?>"'??'? lt would Scarcely-be ^oi?gih?pik(p^: ::::i' thing for me tb write tho name of our*;- ? host or any of his famiiy, but to such* . .v an extent did one of his many girlk at* tract me that I have called hermine "Catamaran, "and will endeavor t? de^ ~ ;, scribe her. A girl of medium* neight?; with a deep brunette ccmpI?xionV hairj[j as black as a raven's p?nmey /eyes af" ' deep as the sea and as black as coals/ with long eyelashes and teeth JBkti'.it " - miniature graveyard, wn?te and regular. . as the tombston?sf about five feet, three % inches high and as straight " as an. ar-/ row. A calico' dress .^pTifg5. h?f' . ahapely person/ andi.looked ?tL 0ym%: ration at her as wc sat in front of .'?he"T : door and asked Ifte distance to .Coffee* ' ville. -She said not aword,*but hst' :;' lips seemed to euri with mingled ?eorn.--; g? and admiration. Dimples graced- ber^; . r: ( checks, and when ?ho laughed-a? ?!i?; did after a while-her whole face -Tratf lit up in a way that is indescribable. ilr. bash said lt was not far to CofiW ville, but urged us lo stay with him. Jake seemedto know him and we con? ..... eluded to stay for the night The home, was much like all other houses in thia section, but the wife was a New x*orlt (Oswe^o) woman of culture,- and we! / spent tho evening very pleasantry. And here I will again notice the 4*Catama* ran." She said but little, but seemed to bo ubiquitous. Here and there, ev-l ?rywhere in a, moment. I could hear/ her talking, to the other children-for. ' she seemed to bc thc ?emeral manager -asd her tongue would swing like aT bell-clapper, but before ns she said bat : little." -. .. - About $ o'clock she disappeared and I looked in rain for her. After a while' a wagon was heard coming, and in ai moment more a strapping, big fellow of about 20 came, in and asked for the "Catamaran." ?Til be there dir?c?j,", said her voice from" some invisible;' quarter, and in a moment she came' bounding into the room, completely metamorphosed. But I wiil not speak of her dress-for beauty unadorned is' adorned the most. "Come; let ns hnr> ry," said she pushing her gallant t? the door; "we'll be ?ack when we get* here," said she as she passed into the] darkness, and in a moment more the sound of a hay wagon rumbling across tho prairie was all that was heard. X asked where she was going to, and her little sister said she was' going to al' "kissing bee,'' about ten miles away.' She spexe as ff it was notching unusuaf and no comments were made upon it,, but I thought of it after. I had gone to bed and wondered if it was the custom: of the country. She returned about 4' o'clock and at 6 o'clock was up and at' work as usual. A greater number of "grass widows" do not, I venture to say, live any? where in tho same number of miles* than cari be found in the counties of Labetto and Mobtgoinefy, Kansas. I think that out of twenty' houses that' we passed,* ten of theni were inhabited by those peculiar Hind of widows whose' husbands (or sometimes the wife) had "lit out" and ffone away to tho East? West, pr tho Indian Territory.-Front a Leiten .-_- m ? <?? "Whf ?e Went to the Circus.' There was a circus in the city thc other day and oldman Primus,who had braved the blasts of. seventy winters, took a front seat at the performance. A young acquaintance, who came hi and took a seat beside the old man, ex? claimed: * "Why; Mr. Primus! I am surprised to see as old a man as you at a circus" performance r1 "I always come," said the old man quietly; "I care nothing for the gen-" eral performance; but! come to near B the clowns." . .. . , "So you come to Iarigb' at the jokes?' *. ?Oh, no? I don't laugh at them, any more," replied the septuagenarian,* "but I enjoy the jokes because thev re-" rife old memories; and carry mo back' tp. my ch??dhood days when I used tc" ?it on my grandfather's knees and hear^ hum tell them as they were told by the* g ( clowns when ha was a boy.-GkatMSt . r ? fiipoga People's . ^ VT^^?