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5^ tKK StTXTER WATCHMAN, ?stabIUb?d April, 1850. Coasolidated Aug- 2, 1881.] "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's. THE TRUE SO?TIIKON, Established Juli?, 1966? SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY JANUARY 12, 1886. Xew Series-Yoi. V, No. M ?< - t?:,; ruhiisaod troy Tue?iay, BT N.'fek OSTEEK, S?MXEK, S. C. ., TSRMS: Tjio*Briars per annum-m advance. .^vjt^f-?.? ?-2-.rr* 1DV?BTISBMSSTS. \ One Squsxe, first insertion.......-..-$1 00 ^^?jBhPwy^Vseqawit insertior... 50 * ^^Gearti*cts;f6r three montas, or longer will be ?*dfr*t reduced rates. AH cnmmu nicalio a 3 which subserve pr t v a ie t?rtir?30rw??rbe charged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be (barged for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub? lished free. - ^-.-mmm' -mm* ^ Absolutely Pure. _ T$&*??&*S*?e never vanes. A marvel of 1 ; parit^ strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, und can j - sot be sold in competitiou wita the multitude of low lest, short weight, alum or phosphate powders- Sold only in cam. ROYAL KAK ISO POWDER CO., 106 Wall-st., N. Y. ?W?'T TRADE T'S _ ? UNTIL YOU HAVE -THE umm xii '?en?ral Merchandise NOW BEING OFFERED BY J. B. CARR. Jbt examination of our sloclc and prices j hy cash buyers, before making their purchases xcili convince them that we are offering BARGAINS. A mCB LINE OF PRINTS, Latest Styles, Very Low. CASHMERES, tTersey Jackets, Corsets and Hosiery, v Bleached and Brown Homespun, PILLOW CASING AND SHEETING Different Grades, all Low DOWD. Ladies7 and Gents' Gloves, , CENTS' SCARPS, WHITE AND COLORED SHIRTS, CLOTHING, A full line in the Latest Styles. HATS AND SHOES. A .Large Assortment of BATS FOR MEN AND 30YS, - . \ * -AND FINE HAND-MADS SHOES FOR Ladies, Gents and Children. GROCERIES. A FULL LINE OF HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES, AND Canned Goods Of Varions Kinds. DRIED FRUITS. Peaches, Apples, Cherries, &c. Clive mea call, nezt door north of Monaghan's. J. B. CARR, Nov 3_SUMTER, S. C. PECAN CULTURE, THE PECAN FLOURISHES WHEREVER THE HICKORY, grows, and a well - grown tree yields a net annual income of $2540$50, Mr. A. C. Daniel of Crawford, Ga-, (Ozletborpe Co.) has a tree that .bears -from TEN to FIFTEEN bushels of 6ne nuts. They sell readily at from $4 to S5 per bushel The trees begin to bear when six to eight years old. I am now selling 6ne two ye*r trees, of the bestand earliest beariug variety at the following very low prices : Each - / 50 cents Per Dozen ? 4.00 Per Fifty * 10.00 Psr Hundred 15.00 Koebaree for packing. Trees ready for shipment November 1st. S. W. PEEK, Proprietor, Hartwell Nurseries. Hartwell. Ga. Author of "The Nursery and theOrchard." Price io cloth $1.25 per copy, in boards fl.00. Send for copy and be your own artery mao. JOHN R. KEELS, Attorney at Law? SUMTER, S. C. j I W?8 practice in adjoining; counties. |g Collecting made a specialty. The Bridegroom's Coat. j 'I never was m such a hideous fix i j in my life/* said Ransom Palmer, one I j cf the rising young meu of Austin, j The youug man was certainly in a ] j bad fix. Ile was to be married at a I quarter past twelve o'clock that day. : At twelve o'clock precisely he was j I expected at the house of the fair bride, j ! It was now half past eleven. The j carriage that wa3 to convey him to j the house of the bride's parents, had ? been standing before his door for au j hour, the horses impatiently champ I ing the bits. He was waiting for j the tailor to bring Iiis wedding coat, j He was otherwise completely dress i ed for the occasion. He even had bis hair curled and his boots shined. 'Fut on your old coat,' said Tomp son Hyde, who was to officiate as his j best man. I 'Never/ said Palmer, 'it is shabby ; j it is out of fasMou, and the elbows : are shiny. People will think that I j am a reporter. 1 tell you, Tompson, if Louisa were to see me in that coat she would refuse to marry me. 0, if I could only lay hands on tbat tail? or for about ten minutes !' And the despairing bridegroom gritted his teeth. 'lt is a quarter of twelve,* re? marked his best mau. 'The affair is becoming really serious. When did that cursed tailor 6ay he would have ! tlie coat here V 'He promised by all that was good and holy to have that coat here at ? half past teu o'clock, and now he has j j goue back on me. I wouder if some I ? rival js tot trying to prevent the niar j riage from coming off?' 'Suppose you send for the coat V ! *It is too late,* exclaimed Palmer, with a gesture of hopelessness ; and i he stuck his head out of the window and looked up and down the street in a frenzied sort of manner, notwith? standing the faut that he knew three old maids, concealed behiud the cur? tain of a window opposite, were watchiug him. He was also aware that Mrs. Randolph Paterson, a fat woman who lived one house further On, was flattening her nose against the pane of glass She was a picket guard to inform the rest of the fam? ily of the appearance of the bride? groom. There was also a group of small boys, living in the neighbor? hood, gathered around the door, wait? ing impatiently to see the bridegroom enter his carriage 'li is very stupid in you to put off everything tollie^ast minute,' said Hyde, impatiently; 'it just seives \<*u right.* *1 kaow it does,' replied the de? spairing niau, *but it is too late to ar? gue that question now. A coat ! a coat I My kingdom for a coat !' *I have had my toggery ready for a \ week,' said Hyde, looking down at | his immaculate toilet 'A man should never lake such risks.' An idea seemed to have struck Ranson Palmer. He casta look upon his friend very mucn like that which a cannibal casts upon his victim. 'Tornpsoii, my boy, you are just about my size and build.' 'Just about,' was the response. Seizing his friend by the arm the would be husband exclaimed : "Lend me your coat !" ' Don't talk foolishness," respond? ed Hyde, leeoiling a step at the very idea. 'Prove that you are really a friend, and lend me your swallow tailed coat. Nobody wiii notice that you are not dressed in the height, of fashion, or that your elbows shine * *0, ye4?, they wi!!,' said Hyde with a sickly smile ; 'but if you are in a swapping humor I will swap places with you, and be the bridegroom, eh V 'Don't joke about serious things,' exclaimed Palmer, almost with tears in bis nyes ; 'if you have got any real friendship for me, don't leave me iii this horrible scrape. 1 never after? wards could have any confidence in you if you did. The first boy shall be named after you. Come, now, that's a good fellow.' There was so much misery depict- j ed in the face of Palmer that his j friend surrendered Perhaps it was j the other inducement that caused him ! to yield. A moment later the ex-i change was made, and the carriage j I rolled off amid the shouts of the de? lighted street Arabs. There were the usual congratula? tions and ceremonies ; everything ! went on smoothly. The bride's mother shed tears Everybody seem? ed full of happiness except Thomson Hyde, who was satisfied that the j eyes of the company were riveted on j his bad-fitting coat and the shiny j elbows Th?- bridal couple took the train for Houston. Young Mr?. Palmer managed how? ever, to get rid of some of lier super? fluous modesty when the happy couple I were seated iu the palace car. She leaned her head on the breast of her ! husband's coat, or rather on the j breast of Tompson Hyde's coat. 'Rausom, do you ever smoke V she asked, suddenly. 'No, darling, never!-that is, not often. Have you ever seen me with a cigar V 'Whit is that hard thing iu the breast pocket of your coat V 'That is my memoraudum book, ! honey.' ?lt looks very much if you were trying to deceive me/ she replied ; and before he could object, she had reached into his pocket and drawn out a cigar case, on one side of which was embroidered, in large red letters, 'To my darling.' Mrs Palmer looked reproachfully at her husband. 'So you do smoke after all ? But | -er-who did the embroidering ou j this cigar case V 'That is not my cigar case,' said ! Palmer, trying to look indifferent : \ 'It belougs to a friend of mine.' 'I don't believe you,' said Mrs. Palmer, as she closed her fingers tightly on a letter, which, together j with a* fi?e pocket hauderchief, she ; had laken from his breast pocket uu- j seen by him Five minutes later the train atop-; ped at * railroad station, and Palmer got out of the car to get his wife some refreshments, for it was a very warm day. She utilized the oppor? tunity to open the letter. It was written in a small female hand and signed, 'Your ever loving Amelia ' To 63y that Mrs. Palmer was ex? asperated was to use ridiculously in? adequate language She was in a perfect rage. The husband, when he returned with the lemonade, was somewhat astonished at the ferocity of her expression. 'Here is some nice lemonade. We will not arrive at our destination for several whole hours yet.* *l am very much obliged to you,* said the yoong wife, with great dignity. 'I am going to get off right here.* .You are going to get off; the train is going to go off in a minute. What do you mean 1 We will be left.* 'You will be left, for I am going right back to my mother, where I spent the happy days of my child? hood,* and she burst into tears. 'Louisa!* exclaimed the husband, disagreeably surprised. 'You are a devil, a sneak, a de? ceiver. I will never have anything more to do with you. Oh, you vile, vile wretch.* 'Calm yourself, my dear.* 'I am not your dear. You can go to your dear Amelia, if you waut to/ she said with withering sarcasm. 'Who in tm devil is she V 'What does this mean, villain?' said Mrs Palmer, producing the omi? nous document from her pocket, and shaking it under ber husband's nose. Mr Palmer looked at the letter and seemed to be very much surprised ! 'Louisa/ he said, 'I suppose 1 should have told you about it before, but it is not too late now/ 'Oh, I know what it is. I always suspected it. You have got another wile ! Why didn't I die'before ?' 'Not quite/ answered Mr. Palmer, 'But this swallow-tailed coat belongs to Tomp8on Hyde, and the 'wretched idiot did not have sense enough to take his things out of his pockets/ and he explained all the details of how the miserable tailor had gone back on him, and how he had to promise Hyde all sort of things to get him to swap coats.' Louisa laughed and cried at the same time and begged his forgive? ness. She even kissed him a few times or so. 'But that shows/ said she 'that a man should have uo secrets from his wife ' *No doubt it does, but it also shows another thing, that a wife should not go through Uer husband's pockets.' 'I will never do so again/ 6he said, and she has kept her word, perhaps. They arrived safely at Houston with? out the young husband being called on to make any more explanations. What Our Editors Say. Wilmington Star. The House is guilty cf criminal neg? lect in postponing the consideration of the Hoar Succession bili. It ought to have attended to ibis, the most import? ant matter that can possibly come up before this Congress, before the mem? bers, after au immense laboring of UiOuntaio to produce a moase, took their two weeks holiday. Now that they are back they ough to give their first al teutiou to providing at once for tb=- suc? cessors to the President. If he bad died during the recess John Sherman would bave succeeded him and cursed the country. Greenville News. If the democratic leaders would learn the maxim that be serves his party best who best serves his country =-od work by it, .the party would be very much strouger than it is. We fear the party is being put in a wrong and damaging position by the opposition to the admis? sion of Dakota to the Un iou as a State. The probable politics of the. senators and representatives to be sent from there should not be considered at all. The laws express clearly the prelimina? ries and quaii?catioos required to con? stitute v> State aii'i the process of admit? ting it to the TJniou If Dakota has the qualifications aud performs the re? quired acts she ought to me made a State and admitted. The enquiry re gardice her should be conducted with? out partisan bias or spirit aDd with no purpose bul the defence and strength? ening of the Union. Fairfield News and Herald. The Legislature acted wisely in con? tinuing the appropriation for the Co? lumbia banal Ordinary business principles dicta'e trie compilion of work already half finished in preference to wasting what has been done. But there are belter reasous than this The inauguration of a system of internal im? provements, per se, may be quest iona-j ble. But the real issue is whether the ! State will utilize the labor of hundreds of convicts who cannot be hired out or will allow them to suck their paws in idleness and be fed at public expense Whoever has visited the canal iu the past six mouths will be struck with the amount of work done by the band? under Mr. Anderson's management des? pite a most meagre equipment. The State is getting dollar for dollar, and we hope will soon be drawing a hand? some revenue from this water power. The beuefit to Columbia is merely an ; incident about which no one need j growl. Farms for the Convicts. Abbeville Messenger. Thc question of the proper care of the convicts has been one of growing im? portance for several years The system of leasing them has its drawbacks. There is no question that under it great cruelties have been practiced. The space wubin the Penitentiary was too ! small fur their comfortable and health ful keeping. Moreover the great num? ber of them within the building could not be worked to advantage, and the expense of the institution threatened to become a heavy burden upon the already heavily burdened taxpayers of the State. Under these circumstances the Legisla? ture at tbe session just closed, passed an Act authorizing the authorities of tba Penitentiary to lease or buy farms upon which so many of the convicts ag it should be deemed advisable, should bc worked under the direction of that in stitution. The Directors have leased two farms near Columbia, and will im? mediately begin work. Of course this is but an experiment. Io conjunction with the Act providing for the working of roads and streets by a certain class of convicts, which will lessen the num? ber sent to the Penitentiary, it may re? lieve the over-crowded condition of the State Prison. Let it have a fair trial. Agricultural Meeting. Clarendon Enterprise. Elsewhere is published a notice of the first annual meeting of tbe Clarendon Agricultural Society ; and it is stated that Captain Tillman, of Edgefield, one of the most practical and influential farmers in the State, will probably ad? dress the meeting. We earnestly hope that the farmers throughout the county will lend their presence and influence to the furtherance of this important object, and that they will show by their attend? ance and interest in the proceedings of the meeting, that they are desirous of au organization for the purpose of ex? changing and enlarging views on their life work. Our sister county. Sumter, bas a flourishing society, and their meetings are always interesting We published some weeks ago a partial re? port of their last meeting, and we are confident it would have fully repaid any farmer cf our couuty to have attended that meeting. Clarendon can have equally as good a society, and why not have it? If possible let every ooo who is interested in the cultivation of the soil, set apart next Monday for this meeting, and not only come himself, but urge upon his neighbors the im? portance of having an agricultural asso? ciation in our couuty. Of Course. Georgetown Enquirer. Atnoi.g the important bills introduced in the House at the recent session of the Legislature was one to require all rail? roads crossing navigable streams in this State to put draws io their bridges, so as to admit of the uninterrupted passage of steamboats and other craft. It was aimed especially at the South Carolina Railway and the W C and A. Hoad, each of which now has a stationary bridge over the Wateree River Until steps are taken to secure draw bridges the United States Government will not appropriate the money necessary to fin? ish tbe improvement of the river. No bill could commend itself more strongly to the average Legislator's sense of jus? tice, and yet Mr. Brawley, of Charles? ton, a railroad lawyer, attacked it and succeeded in engrafting opon it an amendment providing that the Act shall not take effect io respect to any of the railroad bridges over the Wateree River until six months after the United States engineers shall have declared the river navigable. It is a common thing for legislation which is distasteful to thc railroads to be thus doctored and emasculated by their friends in the Assembly ; but it is surprising that the House should have permitted it in this instance. Converja tbe Legislature. Aiken Journal and Renew. The Constitution of the Stare ot South Caroliua distinctly commands that every tenth year, dating from 1875, an enumeration of the citizens of the State shall be had At the last sitting of the Legislature a bill was introduced appropriating a sum sufficient to carry out this mandate of the Constitution ; but between the economical members and fears of the members of other coun? ties that they would iose representation in (h? uext Assembly, the bill was kill* ed. It is now in order for the Gov? ernor to convene the assembly in extra sessiou for fbe purpose of providing for the expeuses necessary to have the cen? sus taken. Of course this would raise a howl about the expense of an extra ses sion ; but no one should be blamed for it but the members of the Legislatare. They refused to pass the bill when be? fore them, aud nothing is now left the Governor but to obey, as far as he eau, the Constitution, by calling the Legis? lature together and let the respond bi I ity rest upou that body. This Statf will be in a bad way shortly. if the Assem? bly eau decide for themselves what parr of the Constitution th y will condescend to obey and what part they can ignore Now for 1886. Carolina Spartan. The first week of the New Year is here and it is time the farmers were making their plans for the coming crop. Do not. overcrop yourselves When the first warm, genial days of Spring come and the earliest flowers and grass? es begin to show themselves, the active energetic farmer, catching inspiration from nature, believes he can cultivate about a third more land than is possible for him to do. lt is easier to make 200 bushels of corn on 10 acres and 10 bales of cotton on 12 acres than it is to make the same amount on twice the acreage. To do this your plans must be well laid, aud wise, systematic, judicious work must commence at once. The farmer who waits until the middle of xMarch to plan and prepare will be up to his eyes in grass in June and the wind will whistle through the cracks of his crib in November. Let us urge you to start your plows as soon as possible, not the little tongue plows that scratch the ground about three inches deep, nor the twisters that turu about the same depth. Such plowing in January does little g-H)d. On al! clay soils with stubbie to tum under a good two-horse plow should be used turning all the soil with a little of the clay. Helter than this, however, is to turn the surface and subsoil thoroughly after the turn plow. This preparation deepens the ; soil, makes the cultivation easier, pro I vides against drouths, and secures an j increased yield. As to the crops to be j i planted, the wise farmer should now j be thinking. If he is going into to- J ! bacco, seed beds should be prepared at j once and the laud selected for the crop. ' If he is going to stick to cotton, lot him make all hts calculations on the present prices. Above all let. him Jo his best to make everything he eats at home. Failing in this, no amount of cotton can compensate him. This ts a period of low values and it becomes the farmers to make 'every edge cut* as they move along. Plan early and wisely. Prepare the soil thoroughly Plant the best seed. Plant only as mach as you can manure well and work in best style. Make everything that man and beast need at home Buy as little as possi? ble. Sell all you can spare. Lose not an boar of the six work-days. Acts of Importance. Stealing from the Freehold. To amend Section 2,487 of the Gen? eral Statutes, relating to stealing Grain and Cotton from the field SECTION I. That Section 2.487 of the General Statutes be, and the same is hereby amended, so tbattbe said section shall read as follows : .'Section 2,487. Whoever shall steal from the field any grain, cotton, or vegetables, whether severed from the freehold or not, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprison ment for not more that one year or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.'* The DrawiDg of Jurors. To amend Section 2.237 of the Gen? eral Statutes of South Carolina as amended Docember 24. 1883, relating to the drawing of Juries. SECTION I. That Sectiou 2.237 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, as amended December 24. 1883, be, and tbe same is hereby, amended so that said section shall hereafter read as fol? lows : . Section 2 237. Of the list so pre? pared the board of jury commissioners shall cause the names to be writteu, each one on a separate paper or ballot, and shall fold up said pieces of paper or ballots, so as to resemble each other as much as possible, so that the name written thereon shall not be visible on the outside, and shall place them in a box, to be furnished them by the county commissioners of their county for that purpose, and by said board of jury com? missioners to be kept. Ar the same time they shall place in a separate and special apartment in the jury box. to be known as the tales box, the names of one hundred and fifty persons qualified by law to serve as jurors, who reside within seven miles of the Courthouse, from which shall be-drawn jurors to supply deficiencies arising from any cause or emergency during the sitting of the Court : Provided, that in the County of Richland the number of names to - be . placed in the separate apartment shall he two hundred and in the Couuty of Charleston two hundred and fifty and in the County of George? town fifty." Injuries to Public Highways. TM amend Section 1.074 of the Gen? eral Statutes, relating to Injuries to Public Highways. SECTION I That Section 1,074 of the General Statutes of this State be amend? ed so as to read as follows : "Section 1,074 If any person shall willfully destroy, injure or io aoy man? ner hurt, damage, impair or obstruct any of the public highways or any part thereof, or any bridge, culvert, drain, ditch, causeway, embankment, wall, tedi-gate, toll-house, or other erection belonging thereto, o- any part thereof, the person so offending shall, upon con? viction thereof be imprisoned not more than six months, or pay a fine not ex? ceeding ?500, or both, at the discretion of the Court, and shall be further liable to pay all thc expenses ol repairing the same *' Hoad Duty. To amend Section 1.090. Title X, Chapter XXII, of the General Statutes of the State. SECTION I. That Section one thousand and ninety. Title X. Chapter XXII, of the General Statutes of this State be ameuded hy striking out the following words: 'Members of the State and county boards of examiners aud school trustees, members of the board of as? sessors for the assessment of reul estate for taxation, millers engaged in grist or merchaut mills that are kept open for sis days in each week, guards, keepers, employees and other officers of Lunatic Asylums, and the Warner for five .lays." So that said Section wheu amended ?hall read as follows: "Section 1.U9? Teachers and stu? dents of schools aud colleges and minis? ters of the Gospel who are serving a congregation as pastor, .?hall be exempt from road duty " Private Incorporations. To prescribe and regulate the intro? ducion in the. General Assembly of measures relating to Private Interests, and the conduct of the ?ame iu the progress thereof. SECTION 1. That co bill to charter or incorporate any society, company, or? ganization or body politic of any kind, or to amend the charter of any such, or for the granting of any privilege, im- j munity, or for any other private pur- j pose whatsoever, shall be introduced or j entertained in either house of the Gen? eral Assembly, except by petition sign? ed by the person or persons seeking to be incorpupared, or by the corporators or their officers, or duly appointed agents, seeking an amendment of a charter, or by the person or persons j seeking such privilege, immunity or j other private graBt or relief, which pe-1 tition shall bc accompanied in each in stance by a draft of a bill or joint reso- j luuou, as the ease may be, to charter or incorporate such society, organization or body politic, or to amend the charter thereof, or to grant the privilege of im? munity, or to carry out the private pur? pose prayed for in said petition, and the said petition, together with the said draft of the hill, shall ?ti each case be referred to some appropriate committee of the h onie in which such petition is presented, to be acted apon by such committee as hereafter provided.' SEC. 2 In case of an application for a charter or other incorporation, other than a railroad or canal company, the petition shall state and set forth why tbs same cannot be obtained under the pro? visions of the General Statures, in pur? suance of the Constitution, relating to incorporations, and any other special reasons on which such charter or incor? poration is sought. SEC 3. Io case of an application far the charter or incorporation of a rail? road, canal, tramway, plank road or turnpike company, and the grant of the right of way therefor, in addition to the foregoing requirements of other char? ters or incorporations, thc petition shall set forth and describe approximately the route proposed for the said projected road, and state where the said route will cross any existing railroad or in the course of construction, and the said petition shall also bc accompanied by a plat or map delineating the same: Pro? vided, that io case of a railroad charter the three months' notice required by law shall be given before the applica? tion for a charter is made. SEC 4. In any case other than that of a charter or incorporation the petition shall set forth fully and distinctly 6he merits and particulars of thc case, and if the same shall in any wise affect the rights of others directly who reside iu this State, such petition shall be accom? panied with proof that the parties, so far ?s known, who may be affected merely have had sixty days' notice of the presentation of such petition before such petition is presented, and also that notice of the intention of the petitioner or petitioners to make such application has been published io a newspaper hav iog the largest circulation published ia the county where the privilege or im? munity is to be enjoyed, once a week for at least three weeks, the first of which particulars shall be at least sixty days before such publication is pre? sented. Ssc. 5. All claims for the refunding of overpaid taxes, or for repayment for services rendered or supplies furnished the State or any county, or for the pay? ment of money on any account whatso? ever, requiring the action of the Gen? eral Assembly, shall be presented by petition, fully setting forth the facts upon which such claim is based, togeth? er with the evidence thereof, which petition shall be filed in the office of the comptroller general forty days before the meeting of the General Assembly, and it shall be the duty of the comp? troller general to examine each such claim so presented aud to report on the same during the first week of the meet? ing of the General Assembly, recom? mending payment in whole or in part, or rejection, in each instance, as in his judgment justice shall require, which report shall be acted upon as the two houses, by joint rule, shall provide. No claim for the payment of money shall be introduced in either bouse, ex? cept aa herein provided. A Cure for Ona A young wife in Michigan had just got settled in ber new home. All seemed fair and promising, for she did not know that her husband was a drunkard. But one night be came home at a very late hour, and very much the worse for liquor. When be staggered into the house, the wife, who was greatly shocked, told him be was ill, and that he must lie down at once ; and in a moment or two be was comfortably settld on tbe sofa in a drunken sleep. His face was reddish purple, his brea!bing wa6 heavy, aud altogether he was a pitiable object. The doctor was sent for in post haste, and mustard applied to bia feet and hands. When the doctor came, he felt his pulse and examined him, and finding that he was only drunk, he said 'Ile will be all right in the morn? ing.' But the wife insisted that he was very ill, and that severe remedies must be used. 'You must shave his head and apply blisters,' she urged, 'or I will send for some one who will.' The husband's head was accord? ingly shaved closely, and blisters ap? plied. The patient lay all night in a drunken sleep, and in Hpite of the blisters, it was not until morning that be began to beat about, disturbed by pain. About daylight he woke up to a most uncomfortable consciousness of blistering miseries. .What does this mean?' he said, putting Iii? bauds to the bandaged head. .Lie still-yuu mustn't stir,' said the wife. 'You have been taken very ill.' .I'm not ill.' .Oh, ye?, you are. You have brain fever. Wo have worked with you all night.' .1 should think you had,7 groaned the victim, 'What's the matter with my feet V .They are blistered.' 'Well, I'm better now; take off the blisters, diy he pleaded piteously. Ile was in a most uncomfortable state-his bead covered with Bores anti his feet and hands still worse. 'My dear,' he said, groaning, 'if I should ev.' be ill in this way again, don't be alarmed and send for the doctor ; and, above all, don't blister ino again.' "Uh, indeed I will. All that saved you was the blisters ; and if you ever have another such such attack, I should bc more frightened than ever, for the tendency, I am sure, is to ap? oplexy ; and fron: the next attack you would be likely to die unless lhere were the Severest measures used.' Ile mad'.* nt? further defence. And strange to say, bc never had another attack. The Origin of Christmas. ChrUtuias, says George Wm. Curtis, looks out at us from the dim shadow of the groves of the Druids who knew not Christ, and it is dear to those who now renounce the name of Christian. The Christmas log, which Herrick exhorts his merrie, merrie boys to bring with a noise to the firing, is but the Saxon Yule log burning on thc English hearth and the blazing holiday temples of Satan shine again in the illuminated Christian churches. It is the pagan mistletoe under which the Christian youth kisses the Christian maid. It is the holly of the Roman saturnalia which decorates Bracebridge Hall on Chiist liias Eve. The huge smoking baron of beef, the flowing oceans of ale, are but the survivals of the tremendous ealing ?nd driukirjg of the Scandinavian Wal? halla A PO??LTPt? ABATTOIR. HOW FOWLS' ARE TO BE SLAU'SH* TERED HEREAFTER IN NEW YORK Unhealthiness of the Districts Yfhere the* Burcher* Fly TIxelT Trade-A Chance ' for tile Uetter - Cleaulinesi and1 Ventilation* {Kew York Sun.] Tba latent improve moat o? the sanitary' department of the New York board of health ia Che establishment of an abattoir for slaughtering all kinda of fowl For many years the department has endeavored to establish :-nch an institution, but its suc? cess was considered almost impossible, hi? view of the determined action of those butchers who persist in killing fowl on their premises, in direct violation of the law. The' main purpose of an abattoir is to banish these nuisances to one small spot, where the health of the many thousands would not be impaired. The filth and unhealthiness of the lower tenement house districts, where the butch? ers ply their unhealthy trade, has be coma almost proverbial. The mere mention of the words "Ludlow street," brings up be? fore our imagination a narrow, dingy street, bordered by low, tottering tene? ments, in the basements and cellars of which are batchers and fruiterers, whose rotting merchandise has given such just cause for the sanitary raids of Dr. Edson and hU able staff. Refuse and garbage adorn the street from one end to the other. In the houses the fowls are slaughtered in bedrooms and kitchens, where the health officers are not hable to look for traeos of the violation of the law. Every other house contains a petty slaughter-house, some large tenements having two or three butchers and other nuisances. A HORRIBLE PLACE. The uncleanliness which must be created by this horrible practice can well be imagined. Walli smeared with blood and floors covered with feathers and dirt are every-day sights. The streets, likewise, give aban lan; evidence of the filthy slaughter. Feathers, heads and fest can be found at every step. Before the recent Jewish holidays the sanitary officials gave ample notice that tues* violations most cease. They advised the butchers to estab? lish a poultry market, where the trade could be carried on in accordance with the requirements of the law. Their efforts seemed to be in vain, however, and it was finally decided to enlist the sympathy of some charitable Israelite in the cause, who would invest sufficient money to test the practicability of the enterprise. Hr. Jacob Fleischhauer, a wealthy retired butcher, waa consulted, and the chief of one of the sanitary divisions, for? mally requested him to uadertak9 the task, which the health of many thousand inhabit* ants of that neighborhood demands. ' At the suggestion of the health department, Mr. Fleischhauer decided to locate the abattoir along' or near the river front, as far~as possible ?rom the crowded districts, yet convenient or near the river front, situ? ated for the butchers. Mr. Fleischhauer set to work upon the new enterprise, and a building was leased and fitted up at a cost ot $20.000. It is a large four-story house with a deep basement. Tue floors through? out tho entire building have been asphalted, so that all refuse matter can be easily washed off and carried away. TUE CLEANLY ABATTOIR? It is the intention to concentrate the busi? ness o' keeping and slaughtering fowls in this place. The four large loft* era pro? vided with largo galvanized iron coops, which will be let out on the storage plan For the use of butchers. These coops have been constructed on the most improved style, and will add greatly to the cleanli? ness of the abattoir. A wide elevator shaft In the front of the building is the means of lowering thc fowls from the coops on the upper floors to the basement, where" they are slaughtered. It is here where all the slaughtering takes place, and the arrange? ments have been so far perfected that within almost five minutes after a batch of chickens are slain no trace of tho operation can ba seen. The sewage and ventilation are' perfect, the abattoir having been fitted np under uhe supervision of the board of health. The large coops*have a holding capacity of 25, OOO fowls weekly, and all accommodations are afforded to the bu toners, who, bad it not been for Mr. Fleischauer, would have been Virtually driven oct of the business. The sanitary police have now determined to abolish all "horne slaughtering," and of? fenders will be closely watched and heavily fined when detected. It is estimated that the new abattoir will save the butchers con? siderable1 time and money. The coops will be hired out on the storage plan, so that in? stead of keeping the fowls in filthy cellars who e stench is almost intolerable, they eon be cared for at every place of slaught? ering until they are required for the trade. The butchers bring with them their Shoeh tim, an 1 they are charged a fraction of a cent per ca out fur the privilege of slaughter jag. ._ ECONOMICAL YOUNG CITY CHAPS. Tho Art of Stretching Oat & Small In? come-Ways and Means. [Clara Belle's Letter.] It is an astonishing thing to observe tho style which Yew York men are occasionally able to put on by dint of stretching out an income which U absurdly small. Small clerks with salarie- of $12 a week pay $7 of it for their board, $2 for their washing, at least $2 for their ear fares and luncheons, and yee manage to wear fashionable clothes. Of coarse they all owe their tailors more or less, but there is still a my.xtery about it. Occasion- j allly one is enlightened slightly, as I was j to-day, when I saw one of these econom? ical gentleman step into a drug store and ask for some hat polish. After he had gone out I picked up one of the circulars that were lying there. Everybody knows the tendency which a silk bat has to get ruffled and rusty at slight provocation. The dearest desire of the average dandy's heart after he has bec 5ms of age to wear a high bat. This he keep? in order by dint of infinite care, and now by the occasional usa of hat polish. The druggist wau a old the stuff said there was a demand f ?r i?; "Formerly, " he said, "young mea used harts hora for tak? ing brown spot* o?! their bats, and they still u-e it to tak? the shine off the seams of their threadbare clothes. This hat polish, to ts sure, ha?; a rather unpleasant odor, but that's a small matter compared to the beauty whisk it imparts to a rusty and ? weatherbeaten hat." Some of theo weil drcsoed but impecunious young men posse.-s an amoant of in format i :n about clothes, Loots, hats and the l:ke that astonishes men who devote their time te thinking of graver things, ant even equals that of the feminine dresser. They will go five miles up town and patron z* a little shoemaker in a sida street, be ca u e he is cheap and bas the knack of pa-ting a paten on a shoe with such cleverness that it is scarcely visible; Most of them have very old suits of clothe-, which they put on as so JU a< they arrive d ?wa t >wa, an I they all shave them? selves, Llack their own boot?, smoke cigar? ettes, go through n i end of deprivation; and ea lure heart-rending minerie* that they mav be able to go with us giri: In the best society. L>ts of fun is made of them, but after all they may be right, fer dre-s has a sreat >ieal to do with a man's success in New York. Business men like to i>e sur? rounded by fa hionebly clad and pro*p r ous looking clerks, ant the knowledge that he ?3 wearing go >d clotho; nlwnys imparts a certain am >u it o? confidence to the wearer. ?am tel I that a man rau^t be ii ??ew York many years before 1M kaow3 how to bay his clothing. Zlisi:jfatcd ltee& A tidy living on the Blue ridge, in Kip; pahann:>ck county, Virginia, had twelve stands of bee s, which were very valuable until a distillery was started in the naigh boracod. Stace it started the beet fly over there au i get very drunk, and oro now of very li isle fc?vi?fc BONAPARTE FARR, DUST AND DECAY NOW SCTRStffc WHERE REGAL SPLENDOR 3HONS. Tbe Old ?stat4 at Borde?town, T?, ?JV-r The Mansion In the Parle - kisto ri? Family M?tnorleV- Prince Bout* yurte'A Only Bread? [New Torie HeraMlj ? correspondent io a descrip tion of' t6?f present condition1 of Point Breei?, tba: 000- ? tate of Joseph Bonaparte ot Bordeo tows? IC J., say?: -r Born of an obscure family in Corsica, bar. ; rose with his immortal brother, defended? him with energy and talent as a' member of ' the C-mn eil of Five Hundred, became -tr : senator, invaded and conquered the king*' dom of Naples, became its ruler, and wa; made' the king-though never master-of Spain. As such he was the peer ?f such marshals of France- at Sou t, Neyf * Massena, Jordan, Bo stiere;. Linne , Mortier. r Victor, Marm- nt an?!, with France, "fought * all the world cf Europe;* Tba wearing of two crowns had not worn him oat: Whilst f at Madrid he studie-1 the' landscape garden? ing about that sepulchral pile ot PhiMp IJ^ t that stands a tout thirty miles to the norths } west of the capital and $s callad tbe E curial. The ,0 effects he set out to reprov ; duce at Point Breeze after the son of Na?' poleon went down forever amid the defeat? ' and carnage of Waterloo. Ab, yes! ooa^ thing more be did. He declined tbe erowzf . of Mexico: Ha was visited at thia very" -' place by a commission from' our neighborly , peninsula and tendered it The' memorable" words of his declination are honey to every"; lover of this country. Here the/ -?re > "Every day I pass in tras hospitable'' land ' proves more clearly to me the excellence of ; Republican institutions for America. K*ep s them as a precious gift from heaven. S?V tle your internal com motton- < follow th* ' example of tbs united States and seek;* among your fellow citizens ti man mor?? capable than I am of acting tba great part of Washington." THE MANSION IN THE PARK. This is a day of all tbe days of th? year to visit this turf, strewn with aoonwan-i ? opened chestnut burrs. Amid the wo odland the falling leaves threaten to smother ni ai- ' was Cam by sea by the sand < of Africa. . Long rows of stately sentry pines keep mek ancholy guard along the southern side of * the broad lawn. In ibis grass plot are folly . twenty acres, and on the northwestern sider (not in its center) stands the modern manor' ' ^ boase, built by H?ary Beckett, son of Sir ; John Beckett, of So Hareby park, Line?la-" shire, England. It u a fine Italian villa of three stories and contains twenty-fife gpad*-> ons apartments, besides many corridors and * passageways. It has been untenanted for" . many years. It} massive doo/ frames and really imposing stairway and rotonda stamp* it as an architectural effort of considerate* - taste and skill. r RELICS OF BOYAL SPLENDOR Thg main drawing-room^ consisting ol' two large parlors, contains the famous ala-. - baster mantel presented fo Joseph K BI^^^ parte by Cardinal Fe>ch, bis o_icle. fcfl^p^ one cf the most exquisite bits.of in this country, and the two figures that* gracefully support the" marble lodge reca* the two statues that stand in the charmed, treasure-room of tba Alhambra, at<Jranaday: pointing toward oonoeale I gold tbatnobed/; has yet been able to find. That mantel should adorn some public gallery. ?at?mf- , ' :. dining-room ls another mantel, also sent by t his eminenes the cardiaaL Tw5 dragon? V glare at each other across the tablet tiat^ crosses tlio front of tbe fireplace. The lace-, work on the pillars is as. d?licats as the fa* bric of Valencienaei It is a dainty ex-? : ; ample of the best Italian stone cutters, bot. . ~" it does not rise to the level of a work of real' art as does the mantel-piece fir-t mentioned.: A fine glass chandelier. bangs in ona of iba . %? largest rooms that was a gift to Bonaparte* from bis sister Hortense. ' . r ? ? / UP HILL AND DOWN DALE? The climb to the capola ls made by a nea*' stairway, and the view from the top i* quite extensive. The broad Delaware bf, seen beyond the narrow strip of lowland that separates Cross wick's creek from' thV larger stream, and at the base of the bluffy which ends the plateau so abruptly, is the steamboat landing whence tba small Vat* 1 sela ron to Philadelphia. A realisation of the vast extent of the park is gained frost' this lookout In the days of its grandeur* Bonaparte park contained twelve miles, of graded gravel dri toa. Scope for croat conn try riding was vast "Up hui and down dale0 was an experience that any rider who bad the sweet privilege of hua ting th?se? might enjoy. As one walke 1 along tba; wide avenue that swings gracefully round I tbe rear of the houso. constantly peltdd witto I falling hickory nats and acorns, it was easy to imagine the presence of the talL fine figure of Joseph Bonaparte striding through: these glades, with his trusty pruning batched in his band-an advance apon Charles Mar5 tel and bis hammer-seeking for small, boys, who, despite bis utmost vigilance^ persisted in setting traps for his hares. T3Z DREADED SMALL BOT* Prince Bonaparte hal only one cr oss bs* sides the downfall of his family to bear. Teat was the persistency of the Arnstein smnll boy. The two individuals did now never could, understand eaca other. Tba small boy of Borden to wa wa* th? Blucher" - of Jo>eph Bonaparte. He wooli in va ie bis domain, between two days, adi set traps that n >body but the prince cooli find. Many a cold, raw morning, in the fail or winter, would the prince rise early, swallow a cup of coffee so hot that it made ht? valet tre acle to see him bolt it seizs his hat and silly ont into the damp woodland* in search ot tse small boy's trap-. It ia not recorded that he ever threatened ill to tba small boy himself, bot be could demolish a rabbit-trap at sixty yards by a well-? directed ea*t of hi-t weapon. He loved th* rabbits better than the boya The urchin* were industrious and during hi? long teak-* lng be iou ad many a one. Though tba) spectacle of an ex-k;ng of Spain seeking* poachers is not splendid, no doubt it would bavs gratifiai Mr. Henry Bargh to haVe" seen bira break a rabbit-trap and release ita prey. Over tba o wide lands Prince Murat bu a te-1 during his visits to his ua^b. This sou of a waiter in a Paris cafe, who rose to be a mars bal of France, was a tough lad; and spent his tims arri mousy with equal prodigality. A X/quor-I^ea'er'ft Ba*i?es? Card. [Chicago Times. J . A liquor-dealer li Ea t Douglas, Ka?* has the following printed on the back of hH business-cards: "To whom it may concern? Know y ? that by the payment of $2251 nag permitted to retail intoxicating liquors at my saloon iu tai?* town. To the wife who has a drunkard for a husband, or ? friend who is unfortunately dissipated, I say em. phatically, give me notice in person of suca a ca e. or cases, in which you are interested, and all -uch shall be excluded front wy place. Lot mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers do likewise, and their request wiil be kindly regarded. I pay a heavy tax for" the privilege of se?iug liquor.^ and I want it distinctly understood Wat I have no de* siro ti sell to dru liar is or minors or to th? poor or destitute. " - : A CH?C of Mn-qaito Caret [Boston Globe.} A youu? lady from Pennsylvania hat iii 3" been sent to New daisey in a very feeble condition, a - a last resort oy tier physician, - was so stung by the bia cjiitoes W?ie-i, singularly enough, she en? oautered thero, tnat she was prostrate h A local physician was called in, and bc Wdbght ber safely through tbe crsis which ha l b^ provoked by the mu quitoes, when it was di covered that her other ailment had aUo vanished and that she was ki perfect health. The' cure of tae greater ailment i.? ascribed by ail concerned to t?ie mosquitoes. Kew a??sic-? She^p and Cattle Stan. [Albuquerque Letter.] '<:i^ A curious reeling U ?aid to exist between th.? e.ieep and cattle men. The latter look upon t^?? former as a spec-os or dexraded' , teuderfoot-neitht?i'one tuing er the einer; y The real eau*? of the troupe is, bt?wevt*i that tae sheep cut up ?nd kill th? ??i* wbiie tho ea tue only trua Ss^^ w*