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PEARS. LEMONS. PO? TATORS, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NUTS OF ALL KINDS, ETC., ETC. J^^Orders solicited and promptly Siled. Nov 9 x_ IMPORTANT TO HOUSEKEEPERS ? HAVE OPENED A GREEN GROCERY ON LIBERTY STREET, NEAR MAIN. I weil keep constantly on hand Fresh Tennessee Beef, PORK, VEAI*, MITTON, AND SAUSAGES. Give me a call and save time and money. Goods delxTered^free. 1. O. WESTON. Nov. 9 ii Sumter, S. C. FALL ?ND WINTER MILLINERY. Mrs. WHITE ? ? MILLER Are prepared to furnish their friends and patrons with Trimmed and Untrimmed HATS AND BONNETS FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, ?c., in great variety. rEPH YR S AND CANVAS. own with pleasure, examine oar stock before p*ir wbere. 6._ . CRAIG, ?TA BLI SH ED 1856. FURNITURE DEALER AM) UNDERTAKER, MAIN STREBT, $l\HTEB, lie NOTHING TO SHOW. j "My day has all gone" ('twas a woman who spoke, j As she turned her face to the sunset glow) : 'And 1 have been busy the whole day lon?. Yet for my work there nothing to show." Ko painting or sculpture her hands had wrought, No laurel of finie her labor bad won, What was she doing in all the long day, With nothing to show at the set of the sun? What was she doing? Listen and see What was she doing in all the long day, Beautiful deeds that a woman maj' do ; Beautiful deeds in a beautiful way. Womanly deeds that a woman may do : Trifles that only a woman can see; Wielding a power unmeasured, unknown, Wherever the light of her presence might be. She had rejoiced with those who rejoiced, Wept with the sad, and strengthened the weak; While a poor wanderer, straying in sin She io compassion had gone forth to seek. Unto the poor her aid had been given, Unto the weary the rest of her home. Freely to others her blessings were given, Freely and kindly to all who bad come. Humbly and sweetly all the long day. Had her sweet service for others been done, Yet for the labor of heart and of hand What could she show at the set of the sun ? Ah, she forgot that our Father in Heaven Ever is watching the work that we do ; Record He keeps of all we forget And judges our work with judgment that's true. And an angel writes down in a volume of gold, The beautiful deeds that are done below, And though nothing she had at the set of tue sua, The angel above had something to show. SIGNOKA BELLONI. 'Sobo, old Spottie I Gently, Clover gently, until I let the bars do wo.' The purple autumn sunset was glow? ing in the west ; the noise of the little brook sounded through woods which were fast losing their last leaves, and the little procession of cows came medi? tatively down the rocky pasture slopes, stopping here and there to decapitate an especially toothsome wild-flower, or to mooch a mouthful of grass that was fresher than ordinary. And behind them walked a tall, slender girl, wearing a dark-stuff dress and sunbonnet of brown calico. .I've brought home the cows, Mrs Dodd,' said she, merrily, as a wrinkled face peered oat of the window. 'Shall I milk now ? Just hand me the pails, please. I know where to find the three legged stool.' 'But, child,' said the perplexed Mrs. Dodd,' you can't milk !' 'Are yon sore of that !' said the tall girl, whose face, now that the sunbon? net had fallen off, revealed a rich olive complexion, large, laughing eyes, and hair blacker than the proverbial 'raveo's wing.' 'But, you see, I never told you bow ? used to milk my little lunch-pail full oat iu the pastures when I went nutting, in October.' ?Dor said Mrs. Dodd. *I have more accomplishments than you are aware of,' added the girl. .Well, any way, I'm glad you're safe home. Miss Mary,: said Mrs. Dodd. 'It's a sort of a wild place up on the hill pastare, and Spottie is ugly with her horn? sometimes.' Spottie and I are the best friends in j the world,' said Mary Bell, lightly j stroking the smooth sides of the horned i animal in question, as she walked along toward the barnyard, "with the milk pails in her hand. Make yourself easy, Mrs. Dodd. I will fodder the cattle and see that the barn is safely locked up for the night.' 'I'm dreadful obleeged t' ye, Miss Mary.' said Mrs. Dodd. *1 dunno what rd h* done ef 'twasn't for you, in this 'ere tight spot.' 'So that's your boarder, is it V said Mrs. Mattison, who had dropped in to borrow a yeast-cake for the morrow's baking. 'Goio' to stay long ?' .About a month,' said Mrs. Dodd. .She's powerful fond of the country, j You ought to see her ride old Dobbin to water ! And she lives outdoors, like a gypsy from mornin' till night.' 'Nice-lookin'enough,'said Mrs. Mat tisoQ. "So-so,' said the widow-'for them j as likes dark-complected folk. My j Phoebe was as fair as a lily, with blue eyes and a skin that freckled if she so much as put her uose out in the sun? shine. But Miss Bell has been very good to me since Moses run off after the travcliu' circus and my knee got bad with the rhematiz. She takes hold as handy as possible about the house. I offered to pay her wages, but she laugh? ed right out at the idee.' 'I'll take your six dollars a month, Miss Dodd,' says she. when I'm able to pay you for ali the kind care you've took of me since I came to Scramble Farm.' Not but. what she's paid her board as punc? tual as a clock,' added Mrs. Dodd i 'But there was a spell along when she was rather droopiu' and hadn't much appetite, and I biled up some herb tea, fand sort of cossetted her with uice little home-made messes, until she chirked up , and she ain't forgot it, you see.' *Shop-gal, I s'pose V said Mrs. Mat tisou. 'These 'ere city folks get a sort of a stylish way with 'em. She walks j like a queen, though she hasn't, got oothin' but shilling delaine aud a cali? ber sunbonnet.' 'No, she ain't a saleslady,' said Mrs. Dodd, whose "Phoebe" was in that busi? ness and who never allowed the term 'shop-girl' to pas9 uocorrected in her presence. 'She is a singist.' | 'Musical, eh?' said Mrs. Mattison, j pricking up her ears. 'lu a church choir V 'T guess likely,' said Mrs Dodd, lift? ing the lid off the stew pan to sec if j the dried peaches were in a proper stage I for dishing up. 'But I dunno. Mary j Bell ain't one that talks much. I sort j o' reckon, though, that she sings at j concerts and plays the pian ny at parties for f-o much a night. My Phoebe says j there's folks as makes it a reg'lar busi? ness io the city.' 'You don't say ! cried M:s. Mattisou. 'Yes, a reg'lar business. My Phoebe, she used to be a great hand on the ac j cord eon, but-' 'Yes. I know,' said Mrs Mattison, j who had many a time listened to the j recital of 'My Phoebe's' varied accom- ! pltshmeuts and knew them all by heart. 'But if she sings, Mrs. Dodd I guess the church folks would be glad to get her to sing at our concert on Monday I week.' 'Is it fur thc new media' 'us' car-1 i petT asked Mrs. Dodd, addiog a 1 I more sugar to the dried peaches, 'Not ezackly,' said Mrs. Matti; 'It's our Horatio as has got it up. to raise money fur the choir to go j New York tri December and hear Signora Belloni slog io opera, flor he's dreadful musical, and he says one as hasn't heard Signora Belloni f ain't up to the. times. So the cl they all mean to go, If it's a poss thing to rake and scrape money en JI together The opera tickets is five < lars apiece.' .You don't tell me so I' exclait Mrs. Dodd, spilling half a teaspooi of best Oolong tea in her surprise, declare, that's up and down sinful !' 'Five dollars apiece impressively peated Mrs. Mattjson. 'She's all the fashion now, and folks would j twice that, Heratio says, if she ch to ask it. Then the car-fare will another five for the party ; and the) to stay with Deacon Eliphaz Midge widder as keeps a boardin' house Third avenue, and she'll charge 'ec dollar and a quarter a piece for sup and lodgin' and breakfast. I think an awful price, but folks tells me tl things comes dreadful dear in the ci So if they can raise twenty-five doll clear profit out of the concert they c go ; but the tickets hain't sold first-r yet You see, folks has got tired hearing Miss Burney sing them litt squeaky songs o' hern and Uncle Bi Brooks play his fiddle, and George Ti do that laughin' solo over and 01 again. So if your boarder would gi us a song, we'd take it very kind; a I'm sure Horatio would pay her a d lar without begrudging it. It wot be something new, you see, to heai stranger.' 'Wal, I dunno,' said Mrs. Dod 'Here she comes now with the mil pails. She can answer you better th I can.' And to Mary Bell herself Mrs. Mi tison, fired with the desire for origina ty, unfolded her scheme. 'You needn't be bashful, you knov said Mrs. Mattison. 'We'd make eve allowance for your being shy and bac 'ard, and our folks ain't particular, you could sing 'Nancy Lee' now, 4Peek-a-Boo,' or some such good hig pitched thing, we'd take it kind. 3\: son, Horatio, would pay you a dolla and it would sort o' be practice for yo Next Monday week.' Miss Bell hesitated a moment.* 'Do you mean,' said she, 'that th< would pay me a dollar V 'Yes/ said Mrs. Mattison, beamin all over with conscious generosity. 'It a good price, I know, but the Slackvil folks never was mean.' 'Yes, I will come/ said Miss Bel quietly. 'Our choir is dreadful nice folks said Mrs. Mattison. 'You mustn mind Mrs Canting Close-she's til soprono-if she's a little airish. Hi voice is thought a dreadful sight 0 Hannah Hall is the contralto-an there's Ferdinand Jones and my Hon tion. You'll like 'em all. Now, whe can you come and practice't It tamed out, however, that Mis Bell did not come and practice at all Mrs. Dodd's rheumatism grew worse aud the new hired mau did'l arriv until the very Monday morning. Mrs Captain Close, tossed her blonde, close ly crimpled bead. 'if that girl spoils the concert, it wil be Mrs. Mattison's fault,' said she. * never in my life heard of anything s outrageous as a stranger forcing he way into our entertainment. Wt? knows whether she can sing a note Anyhow, I wash my hands of the wholi thing !' ' 'Miss Bell, from New York. Looks kind o' good in the paper w< nailed upon the church door,' sai< Horatio. *I dare say she'll be bette than nobody.9 Not a soul iu the audience, however was prepared for the wild burst of mel ody with which Mary Bell greetec them on the night of the concert. 'I declare,' said Deacon Brodbead 'Was that Twickenham Ferry?' I don't sound no more like the 'Twtckeu ham Ferry' that my Eliza sings than i it warn't no blood relation.' 'She sings like a lark,' said old Misi Smell, wiping her eyes. 'It does UH good to listen to her.' 'It may be fine singing,' said Mrs. Captain Close, 'but I don't believe in these loud screeching voices. Give me cultivation, say I.' *It ain't the way we was brought up to sing,' said Miss FJunoah Hall. 'Anyhow it would have been only politeness for her to come on and make the audience a courtesy, with them rap? ping their umbrella batidles off agin' the fiooor. 'P'rarps she was bashful,' suggested Deacon Brodhead. 'Nonsense said Mrs. Captain Close. Upon the whole, Slackville couldu't decide whether it liked Mary Bell or not. She had certainly startled them out of their apathy ; but they were a little ashamed of having been thrown of their guard. And they universally agreed that 'it wasn't what they had been used to.7 But the Slackville choir succeeded in raising its tweuty-five dollars from the proceeds of the concert, and they went to New York aud 'put up' at the mod? est establishment of Deacon Eliphaz Midget's widow. ! And after their" supper of baked beans and cold corned beef, with apple? sauce and a powderly variety of baker's swect-cake, that somehow f?uggested the idea of one of Pharaohs mummies, they set forth to the Academy of Music. Horatio Mattison, and Hannah Hali lending the way, and Mrs. Captain Close following with Mr. Feadinand Julies. 'Dear mc, what a crowd !' said Miss Hall. 'And how elegant the ladies arc C dressed, to-be-sure !' said Mrs. Captain Close, with an uuea*y glance at ber dyed green-silk gown. And then came the mad rush conse? quent upon the opening of the doors, the squeeze thc shrieks, the gesticula? tions of ushers and the deliberate de? termination of everybody to get into everybody else's seat, which character? izes the musical public on field nights, be they of high or low degree. Only a concert tu-night,' said Mrs. Captain Close. *l did s'pose it wa? to bo the opera.' 'It don't matter what it is so long as Signora Belloni sings/ said Horatio Mattison. The waiting was not so tedious a6 it would have been if the Slackville choir were not strangers. But they had hardly finished taking an inventory of the auditorium, the lights, the orchestra, the people and the drop-curtain, before the concert began : and the great, glit> tering 'horse-shoe' rang with plaudits. Bouquctts rained dowu on the stage as a tall, slight figure in white glided forward, and Signora Belloni's wonder? ful voice soared upward like a silver dove, rising steadily above the blare of the orchestra. Mrs. Captain Close looked at Mr. Mattison with a bewildered air ; Mr. Jones stared at Hannah Hall. 'It can't be possible V said Mrs. Cap? tain Close 'No, it can't !' cried Hannah. 'But it is certainly she V said Hora? tio. With the encore, Signora Belloni came smilingly forward and sang 'Twickenham Ferry ;' and as she fixed her dark, sparkling eyes full on the Slackville choir. Once more the flowers fell in drifts of snow and carmine around ber ; once more the peans of applause rose op ; and Signora Belloni retired smilingly from the stage, leaving the rural quar? tette more amazed than ever. Slackville would hardly believe the news when the choir came back. That the famous cantatrice, Signora Belloni, should have sojourned in their midst as 'Miss Bell' seemed an impossibility ; that she should have washed Mrs. Dodd's dishes, and driven 'Clover' and .Spottie' home in the autumn twilights, was simply incredible. 'Of course my name isn't Belbui,' the brilliant vocalist afterward told Mrs. Dodd-'nothing on earth but good, honest Bell. And the doctor said I needed three months1 entire rest before I appeared in concerts again ; and where could I get such rest as your farm has afforded ? It was such fun to be incognita in that wildnerness. But j I earned a dollar,' she added, with tnis cbeivous exultation ; and I think I rather astonished those good people when I sang 'Twickenham Ferry' at the choir concert.' I guess you did lf said Mrs. Dodd. Wriilen for the Watchman and Southron. Recollections of Potter's Raid. NUMBER XXYTII. Your readers will see from J. W Kirkley's letter, which closed the last number, that I learned for the first time the entire name of Lieut Waterman. This was certaiuly making some prog? ress toward reaching tho end, besides other information in the address so care? fully given of Col E. W. Serrill, and Capt. Patrick McGuire, of the police force of New York city. I wrote at once to Col. Serrill and received the following promptly. (I have never heard from McGuire): 17 Nassau Street. NEW YORK. June 1, 1880. "General Serrell presents his com? pliments.to Rev -.acknowledg? ing the receipt of his note of 27th May, and assuring him that the information desired respecting Lieut. Waterman, will be looked up and forwarded if pos? sible. Major Place's address is Cohoes, Albany County, New York." It was not long before I received the following in one envelope : Willard's Hotel, Breslin & Cx>k. Proprietors. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9, 1880. General: I am requested to furnish thc present or last known address of Lieut. Harrison L. Waterman formerly of my regiment (1st N. Y. Engineers) and am unible to do so. It is said to be of importance, and if you can help me by any of the official records in your keep? ing you will greatly oblige by directing it sent to my office, 17 Nassau St., New York. Your obe't, EDWARD W. SERRELL. The Adjutant General, Albany, N. Y. Endorsed on the back of this was the following : 4045. No 17, Nassau St., . NEW YORK CITY, June 9, 1880. Major General Edward W. Serrell. Desired address of Lt. Harrison L. Waterman, of IstN. Y. Engineer Vol. Adjutant General's Office. Received June 10, 1880. State of New York. Upon this paper was attached the following : State of New York, Adjutant General's Office, ALBANY, June 10, 1880. Respectfully returned by direction of the Adjutant General. The address re? corded in this office is Cambridge, Mass. (Then is the name of the Adjutant General, which I cannot decipher.) 17 Nassau Street, NEW YORK, June 12, 1880 Most respectfully and gladly forward? ed to Rev. -, Foreston, Claren? don County, So. Carolina, with one en? closed from Major Place. Lieut. Wa? terman's last known address is Cam? bridge, Mass. EDWARD W. SERRELL, Br. Major General. Thc enclosed letter from Major Place is as follows : COHOES, N. Y , June 10, 1S80. Dear General : I regret having been absent when you passed through Co ! hoes. I am unable to give you any ad . dress of Lieut, flarrisou L. Waterman, of my Regiment. The last I saw of him was the day he was paid oi? at thc close of the war Ile told me he in I tended to leave New York that night ! to visit his sister who resided in the \ vicinity of Boston Ile promised to ! writo to me. I heard nothing of him I afterwards. Yours truly JAMES E. PLACE. [ Gen E. W. Serrell, j No. 17 Nassau St., New York. j I wrote at once to Major Place, and ; j received the following reply : ! COHOKS, N Y., Juno 17. 1880. j ; Reverend and Dear Sir : Yours of the 1.1th inst asking the address of Mr. ! lian ison L. Waterman, late Lieutenant . of the 1st N. Y. Vol. Engineers reach- j ed me by last evening's mail. I have I lost all trace of Lieut. Waterman, since i he was mustered out of service in Au- i gust, 1875. His intentions at I time were, first, to visit bis sister \ was married and residing somewhen the vicinity of Boston, Mass., and t! to enter upon the practice of bis pro sion, civil engineering, as soon as could obtain employment. He pn ised to enter into correspondence w me but I have heard nothing from I afterwards, much to my regret as was a young gentleman for whom I tertatned a strong regard. The o other information I can give you garding him is that he was a gradu of "Howard Scientific School," Ca bridge, Mass. The last address I I of Gen. James F. Hall, was Appr; er's Department, Custom House, N York. My former efforts to learn i whereabouts of Lieut. Waterman hs been bare of results. Should you s ceed in getting any trace of him, I v feel much indebted if you will favor with his whereabouts, or fate. I am Very respectfully yours, JAMES E. PLACE, Late Lieut. Col. 1st Vol. Engineers. Rev,-, ForestoD, Clarendon Co., S. ( The last number of these "Reeolli lions" was written and I did not p pose to do any more writing : havi given up all hope of ever finding t object of my search, Lieut. Wat?rms I gave him up with great reluctanc for, as my readers will see, T bad great desire to find him. I wa?, ho ever, reading over Lieut. Col, Jas. Place's letter, and read, "The only formation I can give you regard ii him (Waterman) is that he was a gra uate of 'Howard's Scientific Schoo Cambridge, Mass." I had read tl repeatedly, but now it impressed me it did not before, and the thought w suggested, why not write and make i quiries of the "Howard Scienti! School ?" I immediately mailed a h 1er to the Faculty of "Howard Scie tifie SchoolCambridge, Mass., ma ing what inquiry I could. To n great surprise I received promptly tl following reply : Harvard University, Lawrence Scientific School. CAMBRIDGE, MASS., May 22. 1886. My Dear Sir : Mr. W. L. Waternu graduated from this school in 186 He was fiom Vacaville, California, have no further information concern?s him. I am compiling a record of ot graduates, and I may find out somethin of the whereabouts of Mr. W in whic case 1 will write you. Truly. W. S. CHAPLIN, Dean. Not knowing to whom else to writi ? mailed a letter at once to the Pos master of that distant town. The fo lowing reply reached me promptly: .The Vacaville Real Est. Ag'cy,' A. J. Lyon, G. N Platt, VACAVILLE, CAL., June 7, 1886. Rev and Dear Sir : Yours of tb 26tb ult., to Postmaster at Vacavilh California, to hand yesterday, and wa handed to me to "work up." I fiu that Richard Waterman left here i 1864 or '65. Was in the army, Lieuieuauv, and is now practicing lai in Chicago. A line to him may pu you on the right track. After inter viewing one of the oldest inhabitants fail to find any one who ever knei Harrison L. Waterman. Will kee? this in mind and if any clue comes t hand will write immediately. In haste Yours truly, G. N. PLATT. The return mail bore a letter of in quiry to Mr. Richard Waterman. Th? fellowing came to mein reply: Law Office. Room 15, 94 Washington Street, CHICAGO, June 28, 1886. Rev.-, My Dear Sir : Your favor of the 16tl is at band, and contents noted. I hav< been absent from the city for severa weeks, and only reached home to day In reply will say, I do not know Lt Harrison L. Waterman, and fear I can? not give you any clue to him. I au Lieut. R Waterman, inte of the Uuioo army, and lived near Vacaville, Sala no Co., California in 1861, and gradu? ated from Harvard Law Sehool, but 1 never have heard of your friend. There was a Captaiu Waterman living near Fairfield, Cal. in 1864, that was in the same county and ten miles from Vaca nille, aud I am inclined to think he i; the man or his father, of whom you speak. I would suggest you write to E. R. Thurbee, Esq., Vacaville. Cal., aod ask him about Harrison L. Water? man. He may give you a ciue. He has lived thereabouts 25 years, and is known and respected far and wide out there. Yours truly, R. WATERMAN. Mr. E. R. Thurbee was written to, and the following was his reply : VACAVILLE, Cal., July 3, 1886. Rev. Dear Sir: Yours under date of 2d July received and contents noted. 1 have lived here nearly 30 years past, and never heard of Harrison L. Water? man. The Captain Waterman spoken of by Richard Waterman I have known for 30 years. Ile died two years ago childless. There wat? a man who kept a IJotei near Fairfield, Solano, Cal. called "Waterman Hotel." . Who or where he came from 1 uever knew. A letter to the Postmaster, Suiten City, Solano Co , Cal., 1 think will furnish the information as to who he was Other than the uame of the Hotel, I never heard the name in the Northern part of this County, where. I have lived ?.? long, excepting when Lieut. Richard Waterman w;is living with me in 1 *SG4 and 1865. Should 1 at. any time hear it spoken of, I will make inquiries and report, to you. Hoping your earue>t search will be rewarded, I lemain. Tours t.iuly. E. V? TllUKKKU. I at. once wrote to the PnMmastrr of Suisen City, Cal , and having henni so promptly from ev VJ y one. (execpriug 0;?f?f. Patrie!; McGuire of Police force; X V City) to whom I had written io search of my friend Waterman, 1 was : not prepared for a disappointment in ; this last instance. But after waiting ? for weeks and receiving no reply I was ; forced to give it all up, and came to thc conclusion that the long entertain-j ed hope of finding him for KO many ' years was never to bo realised, and the pleasure of communicating with him ; was to be denied me. But somehow I could not subside. After hunting him for no many years, and I supposed soutar finding him several times, I, could not give it up, and I determined to make one more effort and if then ? failed, I would cease all efforts to find him. With this resolve I wroto again the last week perhaps of July to W. S. Chaplin the Dean of Cambridge Uni? versity, that I could not find Harrison L. Waterman in Vacaville, Cal. or any one there who knew anything of him ; but there was a Richard Water? man who had graduated in law at Cam? bridge That he was also a Lieut, in the Union army, and asked if he might not have made a mistake in giving me H. L Waterman instead of Richard Waterman, I feared while writing this that I might be a bore to the Dean, and make him conclude that I was proving myself to be a nuisance. To my letter I received the following : SOUTH DARTMOUTH. Mass., Aug. 7, '36. Reo and Dear Sir : Y ours of July, 23d, has just come. To-day also I re? ceived a letter from Mr. H. L Water? man. He was a Lieut, in the 1st N. York Vol. Eng., and now is Vice President and Gen. Manager of the Ottumwa and Kirkville Rail Road Co., and Wapello Coal Co. His address is Ottumwa Iowa. Please consider this confidential, as Mr. Waterman might thiuk I was using my information im? properly. Truly, etc., W. C. CHAPLIN. I flatter myself that those who have bad the patience to follow me in these "Recollections," will share with me in the pleasure that this letter gave me. Of course the next mail conveyed a let? ter to him. It was not lengthy, only a brief outline of some of the main in? cidents of his visit to my home in Man? ning. Of course L told him of some of the efforts I had made to find him and that thc search had been unremitting for over twenty years. I told him how I at last received his address through the Dean of Cambridge University, but that he Lad given bis address to me in confidence, fearing that he might think I was using the information improperly. I looked with high hopes for his reply. He wrote in great kindness, but evi? dently under restraint and briefly saying "21 years was a long time to remember an occurence that to him was only an incident in that unfortunate struggle. To you Mr.-it was different, and whether it was a favor or injury would not soon be forgotten. I remember distinctly being in Manning and in Sumter and in Camden and recall many occasions on which I was able to ren? der favors, though only trifles in them? selves and for which I was entitled to no special credit as they were simply acts of humanity. If you are not mistaken in the person, and it seems to me you cannot be from all the cir? cumstances you relate please tell mc just what occurred there, the time and all the circumstances connected with it. I caunot lightly consider so kind a letter as the one just received from you. Please tell me how you obtaiued my address? I remember calling at some person's house where there were several ladies and having a pleasant talk, a od an indistinct recollection which becomes more and more vivid as I think upon it, of an occurrence as sug? gested, or rather related, in your letter." I studied this letter before ? replied, and called up several little incidents, and tried to tell him miontely of va? rious circumstances which had occurred while he was with us. Mailing this letter. I waited for a reply, hoping that he would write, and be able readi? ly to call up all the incidents which had occurred in our home, and throw off aH the restraint which he seemed to be under in this letter received from him. Our Minister in Mexico. A Southern gentleman, familiar with Minister Manning's habits of conviviali? ty, gives an interesting accouut of his methods in this direction : 'Mr. Manning is afflicted with this sort of thing regularly twice a 3'ear. It comes upon him irresistibly, and he prepays systematically to submit to it. Ile will go to his barber and get a clean shave, then put on his best clothes (and he is a connoisseur in sar? torial matters,) and after that will take a long, vigorous walk. Ile is a hand? some, lordly looking man, and on this preliminary walk you might mistake him for a member of some royal family traveling incognito. He then goes to his room, locks and bars the door, and at the head of his bed he places a staud on which he arranges as comprehensive au assortment of liquors as he can pro? cure. There will be good old brandy, Kentucky rve, ab>inthe, sherry for con? trast, and perhaps claret and a big bowl of punch. The fine clothes are doffed, an embroidered night gown put on. Then, with a good novel in hand. Man? ning goes to bed and begins on the puneh. Ile makes no provision for food, and drinks at one kind of liquor until it is all gone or his stomach refuses to take more of it. Then he attacks something else for a change, and so he keeps on for four or five d;?ys. Then, j after a deep sleep, he rises, opeus his j door, and calls in his physician, under whose charge he remains for a week or ?nore, as sick a man as yu can imagine, 'hen some fine morning you will see him out. walking down the street again, smooth-shaven, erect, well dressed, a kittff among men. Tin te ave few men nf greater ability in the diplomatic ser v it-?; n? dav. hxeej>t on these two semi ?UTI uni obliquities Mantling never .lr ilks arni he mi^h- hf linked opon as j a prohibitionist.'-St. L's at's Glube De- j moeia! There is said to he but <MIC lawyer in j heaven. I low ht? managed to pass St. ; Peter not positively known, but it. is j conjectured that ile passed himself off ? for an editor and slipped io unexpeet- ? ed ly When he was discovered the startled ail ire Ls searched the realms of felicity in all their length and breadth for another lawyer to draw up papers j for his ejectment, hut they could find none, of course, and he held the fort. This notice is found posted up in j a negro blacksmith's shop: 'Notis. j - De copartnership theretofore resist-1 ing; betwixt mn and Mose Skinner is , hereby resolved. Dem what owe de j iirin will settle wid me, sx id dem what J dc firm uwe will settle wid Muse.' ' SCIENCE AND PROGRESS. A PITCHER SIPHON -COLLAPSED WATER TOWER IN TEXAS. Flowers that Bloom In tho Scows-Clean? lng Powder for Show Windows-Hainan Footprints lu Stone-A Siphon for a Sick Koom. A sim?lo m yoho 1 of constructing a capil? lary siphon is shown in tho cut. A piece of wire is doubled and bent into the proper shape. This serves as a frame wori:, and around it strips of muslin are wrapped. Placed m a pitcher as shown, it soon becomes charged with water, and if time is given, it PITCHES SIPHON will empty tho vessel In the treatment of inflammation of glands, notably of the mam inillary glands, a cloth is spread over the seat of inflammation and a slow dripping of water upon it is maintained. To this end the ar? rangement just described lends itself admir? ably, and a slow drip can be maintained by the hour on any place. An early use of this application for a period varying from several hours to one or two days may prevent many weeks of sickness.-Scientific American. To Clean Windows. A good cleaning powder for show windows, which leaves no dirt in the joints, is prepared by moistening calcined magnesia with pure benzine, so that a mass is formed sufficiently moist to let a drop form when pressed. The mixture has to be preserved in glass bottles with ground stoppers, in order to retain the easily volatile benzine. A little of the mix? ture is placed on a wad of cotton and applied to thc glass plate. It may also be used for cleaning mirrors. Do not use near a fire or light, as the benzine vapor is very in Mamma bio and explosive.-Popular Science News. Footprints in Stone. Layers of stone containing some of the sup? posed human footprints lately found near Lake Managva, in Nicaragua, have been sent to the Vienna Natural History museum. The stone is a volcanic tufa, and the im? pressions are extremely sharp and distinct, and if genuine footprints, prove the existence of man in Central America at a very remote i period.-New York Sun. Arctic Flowers. There are 702 kinds of flowers in the Arctic regions. Fifty of these do not grow any? where else. Victoria AVater Tower. Victoria, Tex., was recently visited by a cyclone, which damaged the water tower there, cs shown in the accompanying illustra? tion. The Scientific American accounts for the damage as follows: ''Tornado winds blow at thc rate of from 90 to 100 miles per hour and exert a force of from forty to sixty pounds per square foot of area. Tho meaa VICTORIA WATER TOWER. area exposed above the w::ter line, all of only 3-16 inch iron, may safely bo taken at 300 square feet, which, at forty pounds per foot, would amount to 32,000 pounds, or six net tons' pressure on thc windward side, with no support on the inside, while the leeward side was supported in tension by the small partial vacuum of a leo wind, which is equal to tho slight vacuum or draught caused by blowing across au orifice, as is claimed. We are con? fident that lateral pressure caused the collapse of the stand pipe." A Now Sewing Machine. Mr. Waterstou, of Edinburgh, has just pat? ented a new sewing machine, of which he is the inventor. It ison tho rotary shuttle principle, ar.d he claims that it is tho simplest yet made for effecting the lock stitch. Tho novelty lies in a saucer shaped shuttle which is set up on edge and laid with its fiat side agahist th? left hand end of tho lower shaft, while it is held in position: by a'revolving cup. Tbs axis of the shaft, the shuttle and tho cup being in line and revolving together, tho result is an easy motion, far surpassing tho old reciprocating shuttle. Steel Barrels for Fisk. A new method of preparing fresh fish for transportation to distant markets is being tried at North sea fishing ports. Thy fish aro packed iii steel barrels in an antis?;-ic solu? tion of 3 per cent, horacio and tart:? ic acids and salt in 'J? per cent, puro water, thG liquid being forced in under a pressure of sixty pounds to the square inch. Fresh fish thus prepared ere now supplied to the London markets from tho Danish, Scottish and Shet? land Island fisheries. A Scalo Made With a Photograph. It is suggested in The London Field that in photographing articles, to get working copies to scale, a clear and distinct three-foot rulo bo placed on the object and photographed with it. This wiil give a rrue scale ^ ^. Winter lied Covering. An anti-comfortable crusade might well be started by some woman who loves her kind, j and who knows, like tho writer, what instru? ments of disease and death they may become. Even a dirty blanket is far more tolerable than a dirty comfortable, for blankets aro porous and allow the air to penetrate. Every wearer of woolen cloth, in whatever form, knows that tho loosely woven fabrics are the warmest, this arising from tho fact that air is held in the meshes and becomes a medium of warmth. One blanket of pure wool, no matter how coarse its qualit}', has more warmth producing i?ower than a four pound j comfortable; yet, because- thc feeling of weight j is lacking, there is iimnediate outcry that it i is cold. Two blankets and a light comfort- j able will furnish a bed amply, and the lessened ? weight will mean quieter sleep of a far more j refreshing quality than any io oe had under j ten or twelve pounds of cotton, ?lankeiseun | Le washed v? s*?&4 vicuna J, and ii C*M1W?4S beds ore in question, soft gray or blue blan? kets may well replace white, which is soiled in a week ot' such experiments as most chil? dren indulge in with the bed clothes, which are often tents by day as well as covering by night.-Helen Campbell in Deinoresf'a Monthly. YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN. HOW THE BAMBERRY BOYS TRAPPED SHEEP KILLING DOGS. Johnny Klee's Market Garden-A Per Full of Mee, Gentle, Honest Do^g, "Whose Owners Were Astonished as Well as Ashamed. Mr. J. T. Trowbridge tells in the last 6t Nicholas a good story, which he says i3 true, about how some clever boys caught a lot of sheep killing dogs. The boys made a good deal of money oat of their Cock, and ic was a source of great pleasure to them besides. But the third year the dogs got to killing their sheep. They knew it must be their neighbors' dogs, but when they mentioned the subject to dog owners, every man was up in arms ot once. His dog was just the nicest, sweetest, honestest creature in the world. He'd no more kill a sheep than he'd fly. THE DOG snoyr. So they got no satisfaction. At length the brutes one night jumped over the bars into their sheep pen, and tore the throats and killed some of the most valuable of their flock. This was too much. Tho boys; almost shed tears at sight of the pretty, mangled lambs lying dead. At length one of them said: "Boys, weU fix 'em." There is something strange about the way dogs attack flocks. A sheep killing raga seems to possess them, just as if they were dog crazy. While the spell lasts, they gt> about a neighborhood in packs, like wolves, and fall on one flock after another, seizing the defenseless sheep, throwing them down, tear? ing open their throats, and sacking their blood. A dog is only a civilised wolf any? how. ; nV_ SHEEPISH DOGS. "Boys, well fix'em," said one of the Bani* berry brothers. During the day they built the sheep pen much higher, so that no dog could jump oat of it Then they made a slanting bridge on the outside, so that a dog could walk np ? and jump over into the sheep pen. But nb dog alive could jump up that wall to get om> again, and the rails were so close together that even a pup could not crawl through. They put their live sheep into a close shed and left the dead ones lying in the old pen. The trap was just the kind that the pioneer fann? ers used to set to capture wolves. In the morning, as truly as the worlJ, there were twenty-three dogs in the pen. Some ot them were very aristocratic, blooded dogs, belonging to the wealthiest people of the neighborhood. These high-toned dogs looked as slinking and ashamed as possible. Their owners looked no less so when they came to elana their pets. You see them leading the guilty animals away, the very fellows they had declared to be so good and honest. The Bamberry boys charged every owner $5 be? fore he got his dog, and thus they received money enough to pay damages. Some of tho beasts never were claimed and these were shot All day people around about came to look at the dog show and everybody who didnt have a dog in it had a good long laugh. It was a sight to see. Johnny Rice's Garden. Johnny Rice rented a garden of his father, Mr. Waldo F. Brown writes, and raised veg? etables on it They had a regular article of agreement such as Mr. Bice wrote out for bit farm men-Jolmny wrote it himself, and lt was as follows; uMr. Bice hereby agrees to rent to Johnny one-half acre of laud in the southeast corner of the north field, for ?5, for one year from the 1st of January next, and to allow him to have all the manure he wants to use on it at 50 cents a load, and to furnish a team to plow it and a horse to cultivate it And Johnny Rice on bis part agrees to plant the said h*Tf acre in an assortment of garden vegetables, and to cultivate it thoroughly, and to allow Mr. Rice the privilege of buying all that is grown-or that he needs iii the family-any surplus to be sold, and the proceelc, after the rent and manure bill is paid, to belong> to Jolmny. The following prices are to be allowed Johnny for tho products of the garden. Lettuce, radishes, spinach and beets, 5 cents each for each meal at which they are on the table, snap beans and butter beans 7>? cents. Sweet corn before July 20,10 cents a dozen, from July 20, to Oct 1,5 cents a dozen, after Oct. 1, S cents. Potatoes, tomatoes and onions market price. Cucumbers for slicing? 1 cent each, for pickles 25 cents per hun? dred. Peas, 10 cents per half peck; cabbage, 3 to 5 cents each. Any other, products not named are to be paid for at the rate of 5 cents for each time they are used on the table," Johnny worked faithfully all spring and summer. He bought many loads of manure, and asked adrice from a vegetable gardener in tho neighborhood. Bright and early be was up even- morning, full of life and enthu? siasm. His garden, as it deserved to be, waa a great success. He furnished the family with vegetables, all they required; delicious vegetables, too. He paid for the fertilizers he bought and for some extra work he hired, and sold enough oif thc garden besides to have a handsome sum left It was $23.05? Johnny felt like a millionaire with so much money. Ho spent all he wanted to cn the Fourth of July, at the fair and every where else. He bought himself some garden tools, some books? and subscribed for a paper or two, and stSl had enough left for pocket money all water and to buy some garden seeds and plants the next spring. Johnny is now a prosper?os market gardener. His experience, with his first gard?n made him healthy,, manly and in? dependent. Above all, it gave bim industri?os habits, which were- worth more to bim than % gold mine when he became a man. Easy Way to Smoke Meat Meats for the consumption of a small family can bo smoked by suspending tho hams from bars, laid across a large barrel, open at Loth ends, set over a smoldering fire. Cora cobs make a good smoke, and bay leaves and juniper berries burned with them givo the meat a slightly aromatic flavor. Cover the barrel while the smoking is go? ing on. _ Doc-tor S. C. F m recommends the appli? cation of castor oil to warts once a day. The application must be continued for from two 3?x months. _> --?- -- - ?? -