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IF, 01'I.D '4 ?-O,FnP, MORlALI Y, El1UClTI9N AND TO T'.'E NENER41, INTEREST OFT1lME C0UT1tY, By D. F. BRADLEY & 00, IICKENS, S. C., TIURSDAY, JULY 26, 1881; OL. XII. NO 4 GENERAL NEWS. AN oil well was struck near Parkere burg, West Virginia, Wednesday, which is punping at the rateo of 400 barrels of 28 degrees oil per day. There is considera blo exeitementt over the strike. A Kr. I.relt"; river man, who is no hu ter, I+alks of aband1Nin..; his place. 'T'lhe deer Lay wasic uis fied, the alligatolISand catatmouuts hike all his pigs and the coons and posstn decimlttle his poultry. A VEHsIEn from [Pensatcola disehaged a load of 1 hunber at Boston, and in shaking out toliH.Ii1H to depart, a huge water-moc "n+t lrought t11 the vaty from the Pen stcola docks, fell to the deck. ,loma.e T. W\'t,., FloIrida'H colored ox ('on gressm an11, 1on I':1-111ig in Alnchuta comunty, will rellii, ' Ibet%'ell $7,0(H) alnd1 $8,l)0t Ino ' from hi:, vo"getable crop this season. c' 1ng(stt hrtstb i'n the worb is 114. iuildiug acr+(' 1.+I.e I''ilchartr1ain 4411 tho North w5(1esr r1 , u) Iy. It. will be 21 ', liles inl lei4tlh. ;and4 requltirex besl4esi(-4 thm p i1eH 15),II0 ,(HI0 D 'et. c'f Iumber. 1 Se.snnr11Io''ION' 11.niunting to $100,0t0) halve b1eenl guarn11l I inl aid of the W' (1orld's Indistrial 1a14i Cotton 'etllenniial Explu sition at New't ( )rleanuts next, year. I Tiwh total aml ount waltedl is $500,000. Sr. AU-r-iNE 1nas a eutury plant which will bloom in ia few dlays. It is ab out thirt,v-live feet high, and the stalk upon1 which the INowyer will appear hasI thot u11 to at lllnred feet illth lahst two tr ol~ three daysN-1. A1ltANO'EM,NEN'T-4 are I eing elec'tel for ' t niiuinig the (ov"rennt work at Aran 1r:s Pass. Jt is estimated it, will re<iire $30,00() to complete the work to a twelve foot contour. 'I'ho (o'erineut funds will be exp end4dl during the present mlonth.1 A NoMIn6tt of whales, o11e of them 70 f ~feet inl length, went asthc,rt reeently near" Jpiter inlet, Florida. Thely are a new species of H1pe'rll whll.': 1nd it 1erfeet skel etn of the luIrgc'.+t %V; 1 ,'bt:inled, and1(] hns b5eeu 1uchused b1y the Snithsonianu In Ktituttute,. ('or. 1'. l aIu AISON, probabd ly the largest .otto p later in the world, has 1a1 excellenit cro'p. I le ha:s abl out I17,0tX) at"re i cIt'n. If this is al average seasnt will ship 15,(Hl0 Ib11es. H1e has at 1e.lst 20 per c"--""1 m()re grain plitnted than at any former ses mit. lltr ( dredging of Sou ii Carolina rivers for ph1e 511,1tes is it new industrv of eon Hiderl1e impo nrtaieo ;o the territory tnruululng lto"1est11. Some of the l111det rok is sp1111,I,r,d tt Eurolpe, 1ut11 11 lt I it i g i'"1111 at hmllle 'efrle it goes to mmt1ket. At the p,resent time the demallult is great. aLnd all the conanies I'ro workiig 4n full tile. Til; ntlna;tgers of the " A 1sHOiatetd Railw1ItV Of tlt Viginias Vi4 arioliuna gal 110 oice 111ha1I nt4ter th 1st of August, 1883, no piece of laggllge weighing inure than '2510 1ounds will 1o neeep ted for trai:spor1tation1 11s baggaIge, n1or will it be transported ini 1lmggage-ears, bu11t nmiist be shlippIed by~ Expre4ss 01r freight. All balggage) over' 150 pounds.1 inl weighit to ch person will be0 charged extra. to the Louaisianla Legislature, backed byv the stron ~1g pub11li(' sentim1ent1 of the State, atskinig dat the proper)ty genlerously1 giveni by him lto4 te c'ause of eduIcattion1 inl New O)rleacns 14e re'lease4d from 4 the14 hur dens of ta(xationI. He4 has4 just added p)roperty to his donaItioni, wh ic'h w.ill in.. ereiise 1114 retvenue14 o4f tihe prosp1ective Tuilanie UiJave4rsity $'200 aI day, b)ringinlg the dlonationl up toP $000,000,. IN 18703 there14 were') lilt twentlIty-four D)urinig 11he plast season0 abou411t 3I00,(000 14on)4 of see'd we're crushed, thle prodne114t of al be'ing est1imalteld at1 4overl 350),000 barurels. As the producltt 4)t seed for' the .vear~ was :3,500,000 tons1, it. may1 reaidily bie con1je)cturl41 1111t the stoc4(k of raw ma terial will allo4w a1 c'onsiderlelt expansion115)1 of oil p)roduc(tionI. Al bou4t $141,000,018) is formi one (of tihl imp11ortatt imhis1ties (of the South. A Qo'EnI ac4ciden'1t happened14'( to a little girl in Atlanta, the other'l tday. She4 waIs wa.us runnlling it at at good 1rate~ of spe'ed wheni the dr1iving-rod,11.which' was miau 1f44 wood, SIlIapped iln two, andit on1e4 piece' plontte4d the fleshy plart of her jeg be' low tilt kn1ee, tearinlg tile flesh in a ter rible mann111er. As 84oon4~4 1as 4the brokden 'toppe)4d, and4 iln order to remo11ve the w'4od thet whee'(l of the mIahelIIl had4 1to 144 A 4)KN'1r,EMAN near D anville, (Ga., dlis coveredt a swa'irmi of bet's ini a tree about11 forty feet fr'om tilt grouand onhe day4 last week, and his soni, (luite a4 lad4, elill)'mbe down.i, but1, unlfortunately jarrTed lt limb11 and1( the b~een swalrmedt algain, this time)f settling (on isi head1., manliy of the 1 s.11ting ing him wherever they could touceh him. He told his fatther hie would 1)4 forced to fall, bu~it his father uirgedi him to 11in d hi way to4 t trunik of1 th1e. 1treet and get down11. 114e did s44, and14 1brou ght th 114)een' dlown) on1 h1is4 had1. 114 was14 stuing in a fearful manner101, and14 it wasl thoaughit he cou1ld no4t live. EIT'ORiAL NOTIES. A r.'Aw. ot Noew. dersey,~ prohdibiting the4 P4ale of eiga 'tIes or' toba)lcco inl only form fto minors unider' aix teenI yeaIrs of agt, has1 just gonie intlo effec't. "In. 11he eyes of1 thlaw Ia'. tlvoi4 by il La c'arritges equlal rights in the( stree44ts and8 ithighways. pr< to ted by the same14 laws.* and their riders are amenable to the same road laws gove-i1ng tan drilvers of1 other TirE b)ishopsi' atll 84 ahemedL~o at the strm1 critcia.m evoked by thaoir opo TIE CHILDIER1N WE KEEP. The chilidren kept coming, one by one, Till the boys wore five and the girls were three, Anl the big brown house was alive with fun From the basoment floor to the old roof tree. Like garden flowers the little ones grew, Nurtured and trained with the tenderest care; %'armed by love's sunshine, bathed in its dlew, They bloomed into beautty, like roses rare. lint one of the boxs grew weary one day, And, leaning his head on his mother's breast, fHo sai<l, "I am tired and cannot play ; Let mo sit awhile on-your knee and rest." She cradled him close in her fond embrace, She hushed him to sleep with her sweetest song, And rapturous love still lighted his face When his spirit had joined the heaveniy throng. Then the eldest girl, with her thoughtful eyes, Who stood whero " the brook and the river lneet," Stole softly awr.y to Paradise Ere "the river" had reached her slender feet. While the father's eyes on the grave are bent, The mother looked upward beyond the skies; Our treasures," she whispered, "were only lent, Our darlings were angel'sin earth's disguise." The years flew by and the children began With longing to think of the world outside; And as each, in hi+ turn, became a man, The lo.ys proudly went from their father's sl:e. The girls were women so gentle and fdr That lovers were speedy to woo and wio; &nd with orange blossoms in braided hair, The old home was left, new hone to being, 8o. one b>y one, the children have gone The lios were live. and the girls were three And the ig brown house is gloomy and lone, With bit 1%w, old folks for its company. Thi-v Ialk ti each other about the past, As they sit together in eventide, And say. " All the ciildren we kept at last, Are the boy and girl who in childhood died.' The New Minister. BY SormA sWErT. Serngg EId tldde'nly decided that inste:l of occasional preaching by the Ponknpawk.'t mii ster, it WAS entitled to a "tAnted supply." No longer would it go without "regular Gospel priv ileges." Atlonir ni Hoewit t, whose father had been n deacon, wns deputed to make applient i n to the proper authorities in that denomination to whicb Seragg End almost universally belonged for a minis ter to supply the Seragg End pulpit., or rather the school desk until a church ahould he built. Adoniram Hewitt received an encour aging answer to his a pplication. A very earnest and talented young preacher, lately graduated from a theologicai Sem inary, would at once be sent to Scragg End. Th, minister was to board at Adoni ram IIewitt's, the Iewitts being well-to do beyond the majority of Seragg End people, and 1bcing regarded as possesing book-learniing, which would make them congenial comp:u)ions for a minister. Adoniiram Hewitt's house presented a btclt;cdy appearance on that summer afternoon when Lysander drove over to Ponkapawket station to bring back the miister. A3 night came on Lysander drove up -with only a girl beside him. What could be the reason that the minister had. not come ? The young lady was a stranger. She had probably come to visit somelody at Serngg 'nd, and as there was nobody to meet her at the sta tioni, Liysande(r had brtoughit her over. Bunt he was helping her to alight at their own gate. ShIe was walking up1 (lie pathi. Mrs. Hewitt adjusted her glasses, and sat istied hiersell that (lie face was uiifa miliar. She wiis at grave anid dhignliied younig woman, with a self-possessed mmmuer, bumt wvithI a 1brighit flush on her face. Why didn't Tysiaider conie up nd introduce her, instead of attonding to the horse ? "I suppose you1 were exp-ectinig De," said the yoimg lady, extend ilngl ier (and in a friendly way. "'I am the niew mini ister--Ml iss ]harlon." As Mr-s. llewitt afterwiird declared, "iyou could have kmnocked mec down wvithi a featherci."' Anid her over,1elmnintg as ton ishiment was soI plaintb~lyiown that the new minister became very much em barrassed. "Of course you know--certainly yon (Inghit ti hamve bween told that-that I was a womnani,'' she said. "'We didn't know. Why, we never thought of such a t hintg. Th'ley didn't say a word about it.," exclaimed Mrs. Hewitt, iand in her astonishment am l dismay shme uiterly ignored the (lit stretched hand. ine young lady had a striiong andi res .i u hi tact', buit, Mr's. Hlewit t suiddenily beca(~ime awarie Itat the coriiei's of her mouth wuere droopinig, anti there was i hurt as well as a weary look in her e"es, and al her mothietly compassion was "lBut it don't make anyv difference. cild- -T enm'm len ob yuanpreach as wi ll as hl f (the men. We know wvhait i~ giiing oil in the wiorld., if we do li've a gotod ways onut o f it; nily there never did happ 1 , n to be a wo mitin preachler aniywhere iihon t herie, si it 10ook mie biy sur'rise. We bhehve in givinip wVomeni a fair- chiance, her-e ini Heramgg Enid I can tall you." "Iwsafraid you mi aght have oNli. in,''said thie 7,iungo holy, a smile th Iing' thoe weriiiines out ut her fac'e. I'v o doub nlt a ;fteri a uli"I. You iion'tol Ikniow what it is t he twthouit regutlo I rt-aching as long as we haiveu Com,' right ini ad get rested, iindt have a cuij oif tea, for T expect.y*': b-n a liutit j(lourney." Befer-e escort ig heri guest to1 her room Mrs. HIewitt managed to ship utp-statir. anid slyl,'y 'bstrict Lyitul'r's new shav. lng set fr. m Ithe toilet te tabile, wvhere she had plaed~r it for the convenience of thc' new miihr it is -"~ md i.: that at the ftr-it mi of th- tiews a gmueralI dismay overspread S'ragg End. ~ Th' older people' were dis posedA to conlsider that ai tr:ck had been played upotn them, and werei angry a.c fordigly,'oip even going 8o far as to 'vish to have Miss Barton told that hei services could be dispensed with. Bu nobody seemed willing to tell her, ant there was a great curiosity to hear he1 preach. There were a few conrageoun spiriti who openly avowed that they saw no reat son why a woman should not. preach, an( were glad to have one for a minister Many complained of Miss 1arton'syouti but, acknowledged that they would no have oljeoted on that score to a youn man of twenty-six or twent.y-seven, whicl was her age. There were some who thought she wia too handsome for t minister, and othen who thought that since she was going t< set herself up for everybody to look at., i was a pity tlat she was. not handsomer some wh t I ouht. women ought not t< preach at all, and others who thoughI sone women might. be allowed to, hil that Miss Barton was not of the righl kind. It was tacitly agreed that. she shoul( he given a hearing, but a woman ministei as a stated sutpply was not what wm'at want 0(1. But in two Slundays Miss Barton con quered Seragg End, except a few of l( most prejudieed, who wouhl never owl themselves con<luere<l. She was so sinl ple, so earnest, so sym ath1etic. Ther were n) hmuug words, Ino far-fetched a11n1 ogies, such as Mr. Ericson used; ther< vas no rattling of the dry hones of the r)logy; she touched the 'chords that vi Ibrated in Iheir every-day life. "she comes right home to you, that' a fact," said Joshua King. "She's Seril tooral, too, aid she ma kes as feelin' praycr as ever I heard. I don't like I see a womntl in tlo pulpit. and f ain't ij goisg to say I do, but, she's edifvin', an, 11 imistake." "I never went. to mee in' before whej I didn't have terrible hard work to kee from noddin', but somehow her talk i kind of plain and sensible, and keeps m awake," said Luke Pettingill. who wn I:ont to distturb the congregation by audi ble breathin1g. People flocked to Meit gg Etid fror far and near to henr the new minister a first with much the samte curiosity t1n they would have shown to se(t n'whit elephant, but soont for the sake of th 'reaching. Nobody could quite explail liss Barton's popularity. Perhaps oli Mrs. Simmons came as near to the trutl as anyl'ody when she said "she wasn any snarter than anylody else, lm soneway She seemed just like own folk5 And she knew just how folks felt withou being told." Ponkapawket was scanlalized. It w a disgrace to the whole town to have woman preacher holding forth every Sur day, and drawing such crowds-drawin half the oongregatior away from tv Ponkapawket chnr h, too I The deacon requested Mr. Ericson o preach a se mon from the test: "Let, your wome keep silence in the churches." Mr. Erieson was known to hold th Woman 's Rights movement in contempi but l-e had been Iwice to hear Miss Bai ton preach, wheln there were no serviee in his own ehurch, and he had also caile upon her several times, and when ti deacons conferred wit h him nbout. preal ing that sermon they found it impossibl to obtain any satistaelinm; he was ver polite, and Ie did n''t say that he woul. not, b>ut "hie smiling pitt the <puestio: by" One dai1y he surprised al i.-s linrt''1 Ib invitimg her to an exehu;ang If 1'111pit for the following hsutny; I'iut imt w'tt in harvest-time, and she had cime i t'ragg End in Jine. Even i'ikipaw ket had become neiust'm di to tle ide of n womain preacher, if it. did not ap pI'ove of it. Hie had h ountd her sittIing on the piazzi' *oni a warm afteri ni ini late Sepl t ember1 Slie had a hlarge Ihusk~et ful of stock ing. beisidle her, and( was daring thmdil gemtly. Some wo'' hier owni. siomet w1en Adoniram IIewiitt nd Lysuander's, fo Hoxy had gone awaiy on a visit, and1( Mrs ILewitt's hanids were nm're thn full. Sli< lootked as5 houisewifelv' is if shie huuh nevel .iimed at any wider' sphen''(' Thle shmadowv of a smile flicktredh ihon AIr. Erieson's mothtI as lie b'served he1i empi loymenit. AIt houigh Miss hinioi looked 1up only as nmeh(1 a polhitermi,s requjiredci, she' saw the smile, and i briounght a flush to her chuet'k. Tlhiiigi shel looked sit stronig and1( resolilt(, it wm' senisit ive. lie sait downi beside( lher. uand immeitdi a tely proffered't't his req uiest,I perhaps a' "Your pueole woubll I'iii shced. 'Then' ;uon't, approve of me1,"' soid 71i as lkinrtton. * A nd I shoi'iln't imtvt' tie co urinig." 'onurage,'' said Mi'. Er'icsoni. "'I am21 ai dracldfull ',wird. I don't hink T fully r'ealized it wheni I b'eganu. It I hadl been senit ainywhi're bit to Se'ragg l'udl, I don't kniow what I shoulid hatve * I un'. IIlere t hey aire hirumblle-miniudedl '1eople, wit houit stron'i g preju ice i's, and I do seem to have foun td thle way to their h ear'ts. But I I ami afraid I should never 'hare to enter miiother'm puilpite-certainly no or t Ponkapau ket.' "You woul 50o1n cIlolu t iereas you '1v ('n(ru edti't hu're,"' said M1r. Erilcson.1 "I c iui't ''milire thieir unhfriendly) . zo I shlI thdipla all miy w'omianl It-hnes. I alhouhh b'luisi, I shiouldl trern 'Il', I might faint. I should be a stumn 'Ilm g-l 'ock to thle womeni(1 who are foh l wing in the ~utme pat thiway. 1 (don't titan t' he thai. My work in S4eralgs H, id si llets mel', andr I amf so t hanukfu -'Ir it.'' "'I am s'oirry you feel ao abou'nt Poiik a 1'awket, h eratise I hiivo a propj''iti'n i' my 1110 m n w'ch more sadaio us thant th' M1iss lortton raisedl hier eyets i.iquiir mgly, and (lropped'u themi ilgin intaniltl.3 mtilhr the minaister's gila. "'I thoug~ht we, miight un iito tht 1hurch'llS." Mr. Ericson's oi ce t remble'ho a little, as if lie wiere afraid. "'I doni't seet now it. could lie done,' -'ih Miss Bariton, frigid1ly. Mr. Erieson. qui..'tly "'I dated not as4 you to bie mi o if. "iu suggest'ng t< 'The gifrl"eto b'' f:'d stockinig fell fromn he: ^.d 'Ed 'a bloiwn away hy the wi"d, u'"''-d'ed. "] don't knowv.' 119 - done to deservt #*-,rtia ind1t, 1 thought4u#t #4\ you respected ne, and I thou thi mu l calling made me SI(reI from sueh -sue0 attacks nitogether. "I am sorty that you sh(11h14 think it an insult. I canl lmrdly ser how a man could giv oo better proof of his re. speet than to ask you to b,ecoIne his wife. And as for yiru calling making you sa cred, we d(on't believe in the eelibino'e of the clergy, you iow.'" In spite of his d'vidlent, rortitie"ntion and distreoss, thdere was it Ply twinkle in Mr. Einsotn's eye as he said that. "But I-I ai a woman," said Miss Barton, sit-ting down again, and covering her face with her hauds. "Tho more reason whyv vsn sh,uld(t be married," saidl Mr. Irie:o In, caulmy. "Yott need a p rolet(tor." "I am pe"rfeotly stlli(ientt for ly:{e(i. And I shall tnever ('are for anyh( dv imythinlg-hlt my wo"Irl."' Mr. Erisoln arose. "I am a(,rry to have troubled 3 ou," he said gently. 66I love you, and I have never known who it was to Iove at woma 1b1efore - that i; nll my excuse." Miss Barton watehed him :ts he wdent down the road, wit Ii the yellow leaves falling upo(in hilm. ShE ol':;erved, as ai never had (one 1before, how fluev hit head was set up1 on hlis br, nd altohoIleris, what it a manly grae, Illthro Wa Ioabout hit strong, well 'knit figiure. "uit he has no 1l.uines s t~ love lmr,' shie sRi(, (t11,awNsing lier brows in,t it tight frowvn. I'hen su(lddenly she remluembl,." 1 t i. 4saner's st(o'kiig, and wtent (o-n in iIi.l grass to look for it. It had blown over the fence into the field. She stretclhed : her arm ibeflw.,,1 1 lie 1:4tois 'i'l (Irow it - she saw his tigure in ilimet o agoimis1 I the sky. lIE starl"tedI I, f4 e1ne14" to war1 the houlse, anti sh(+ wait, I f,"hl al 1 until at suddenr th~nght soun t a11tltme it > color over her fier. R "It can't h1e -" she s;aid, haltf lli(ur ig . "}w ll ie , t al~it ,f imy life. I won 'h a f,itlur,' ! " wont - he 1" And she rutshed,u i, 1, 1,e'r 1,".,1) and locked her;ulf in. I She came 41,d4wn a:+ dn4m nam1 1 -lve aii t ever when tihe t hill rlln;z, nMl nftEI t. ten alle and1 i4 tst,i4er reml thoir <daily 3 qulantity of (rteek, for Lynsandlcr w's+ pursuing his stu(ldies wit Ii rene-wed Savidity since he h4l It eompaniolnl to IIwAl, 1 him, and had not yet given up his loni cherished h(pe of (I dvuiing f~r I h4 t mnimstry, 11houghl there r",""m1,"( II t >"r(,apect of his 1hemng '1b'le t leave th, -ak. As shle lid] s hel caugtil t;ighf of t Lysander. li1 bswas gathering l4iOtahhe-; and pumpkinr o1 the little smuth hill ; a When she Was not wriiing her aermni'1s, a she was visiting the siel; Itnd1 the inor1 and making, or sIggeslting( and1 ind1sleiIg g others to make, imIIprvey'n1rnt4, sanitaI" e and moral as well a s reli(s::. a "Bhe was as i,nwtienl and], efl'diil m,; if she was not i womanl," muan.v 1e(h11 said; and old Jcremy (rinwos, iho ,le wished to tell her whel oh' enm1e 1lmi1t e farm. After that layi hat (n1 lIe'v't 4ed - herself more zenloutsly than ever t he s work. She darned1 I4o more stockintg+. I thev didn't want n wom(,ni prencher, Kai,l. "'They coulI'It hav ( had mih wmen - in St. Iul's (11 ihni, hr i' never won'(1 have written wthat lie did.4 V But Mrs. 11e1witt hssdl n grievan,e. IMiss Iiarton didn't sieemtfl t ake iswrt self one of th1e ftmily as shle 11(ied to. She was "histl up1, in Iher own"ii room alnosl fil te tillme ri\iw, a(1 she a4n I4 yand}er dlidln't ee1lI t~ get along 4)o i gethor as they um-,l 1,. She never came intlo the kitchen 14a1 udnnte(1 to help m1ake eake now1(', or sat with th1em 1 11-411141 the tire in the eveniatg while L ivsIni,.r read alond. slit- "dlidn't 5s11m i(,hn anthing aganinst ihwm, hn . she., u,.n't" fre i nl41110 siela1 l lly 1414414. in iter, 14114l at.teluli11.. 10 tli' frmI we, 441 M li s 14- eisl4'1jr ltm . I i n t :I 4t 44f ititlv ''lt. To' his m1other4'l's I4elni:tent 4jgles tionlings. ysIj'4444lerl repl4ied that4 in-'itherz o4f them11 444 hol4ny tinw4 for1 it now4". Mrs. ITrwitt 4'4!4bl no't n144410 it ''ut. he4 wouhl4 not4 sayV 4outr1ighit w lint the though~1t, 44114 his w'.ife n'tnled4 hiiin Iwith lo ftyt 04corn. One niternoon441, aItterl s0cho'bhours,44 I,y. m441Er0 wtent doEwn1 to4 lth woods :1 -k41 o4f o4f some144 men4 u444 hewer' ''ut Iin I2lt 'tibe. fromS s it to alO si parishi4'' encoun.~I 114 tt'red fis| me a rynill al44l44l.Ii~ 44 11 i114141'' (itless bodyl. 114' was4 lymp whIitc andl rigidl, and1( tIj'ere were4 44carlet' 4pols 41upon44 Down.1 (44 hier kneeo's ini t' 40nowi fell A1l-.: Oh(l, 141 lov 1l4i 14y love14 have you14 gone so fiar a4way that4 you0 (e umi4t 1h4ar1 me siay 1 d(o loveO youi ?"' she' cied'. "'1 was cold1 and1 111 had erus I though4t, it - was my dutty, but if you ('ould only com'111 back-" 4AndI then thlev 444 had t4 rah V Mis- 1r tOnl, and carry '1mr into the house100, ft r sh10 had( fainted. "Thallt's just-I wha1t I conh414 have' toldI you a g(ood whlile 4igo4 if I had4 had1( aI min d t,'" sa1idl "Pa4," ' lie rebehitre 4' the44 soene to his wife. 441 hou4Ir ferwlardl. ''She's a terr'ile4 .jhighili' t ''m44an if sho is at mljfinish. A.d by 'u-b i nel. I ('1clulte hei won'lt comph14i4in of haiving hlis foot euit, if it does4 la4y hliro 1up f'r a1 w'hilo. T '41 an V'11i't say wethe s'4ll let h im do the prle'ichmi g.4o whe(the the1 ly'llI 1h4th1 do it, hoit you'll son them mari 1d "1 dlon't want14 nnybodyt4I t(o th4ink it-i Iedi hePr, bhwh1sin:g 4441le bo444l. t' 144. ille to (4i help it. A n-1 1 y4ander says V nleednl't givol rap my wor44k." A PERw4NAL MArTTRR. --The Meb- et Prine Napol.-'ol'if'hwnt o i Piigin.. France, is: .1lI4ped4 t' e be du"' t' Ilm ie-igh borhood'ha ing le n ih' hr ad co: entr<c of socialism. It 4s 0x Il Ii' -d that it is not pleasant for the' Trince' "hen taiking a rural walk to aind ii.mel~t :42e to fac: with a mmor -ma vho 4.-11h :k ciiIac that " the time ha' com.ne ! t :e1lughter of a.11 princes a.nd bou.rwi2 - fr.r when tha hog an.r fttrne then ? Hitiol to the lec easedt wife's is er h1 i thalt fhey are4 prain.Jlilg to inplish at reply inl justifienationl, expl:ainitg thei muotives. The royalI famliIy ix muecl Vexe(d alt, the failure of lie %le hil pits the intended marriage of the Prin cess Beatrice to her wilowel irother-in. law as far ofl as ever, tlhat prufect b einp asaid1 to explain the wtarmIt adlvoeacy of th( b)ill by the Prince of Wailes andt hi: brotherm. Tillf: plilinlg of the resuiiI of t he ienti e1u11 1 well atdvincl'ed, mnost of it 1beinl: low inl type. Nothing Ibut tle compen lum, in two volies, l1iH yet, been print Md anti (listriluted. So far 11,000 paget Iave been ptt in type. Vollines eibrae. ug the following suljeet* are ill type Population, Imatnufattures, agric"ulture ntblic indlehtcedness, valuattion, t axation, nining; Statistics, Law, etc.; H:oci(a tatis ics, fish and fisleries, fire a11(1 life inasur. Iee, cot ton production, HtatiHtics of rail ads. Hteamllshipl , etc.; newpnper an<u leriodlical press, water powver, it emn nmmps and pumping engines, Htatisltics o liury industry, meat pro(duction, petro. Cum, Alaska Ftur SelII island(1, etc. A LOUISIANIAN writes: "''Th time wil he iloorl of all the utores inl New Orlea;m uld inl other cities in the Site will h( uilt oi strongl':, n ater-proofa l indestn ru ible paper tiles. The dampness permlent ng our dwellings will be counte"rantetl l Saper material of a suitalte cllaiunter kill our city cars will be bulilt of paper, 'lho wheels of these will be nh ol venl th r i . i ' lii t. H t l lt .1 ti tlet'av. w"il till be reuetmel Iin the coulr1e otf lime. amt >e replaced b.v paper nuateri.tl sutitahl\ reatetd to remuedy existing evil:s. N\ed; ill the furniture of olur claelliae s, st lit; Ile to swell or Hlrink in our 1:1111)p elii11t( 'vill be lanufacaet'tred in all eleganit an< u'tistie style hv mtut of paper stock it al lr <,f n-siNtin:- ell'. t itally the' :udltll h'CnnH (olf ('Ilr a.Ilterat1rt'. '1'n17 relative iljiortaml'e if the i , lt1H <f the0 uterld aire suite iut-tl\ :iItle,l is foIllitus, in the .l 111v 'enturc.' byv I":, . 81m1ll1oy, inl his graph : nt1 tully il ustratet article on "' St riki g ( il:' 'Nearly aal! the pela.roleumu that goesI int< he world1's comlnree Iis prllthtc"e( inl 1 listrict of country aboul It a hlidled 1)t ifty miles long. w ithl at vary"ing 1lIeatiltI If from one Io twotyIt mliles, lying 11in" y in the State of Pennsy'lvania, 11t lIapl1 ing ever i little oil its northern el tg nito fte Staite (of New York. Tijs re'gilIl fielded, in 1881 , 26,950,813 bat;rrels, ami ni 1 882, 31,398,750 barrels. A little ,eI :role'lum is ob tained1 in West Virgini:a, 1 ittle at Var"iousa isolated points inl Ohit) mdt 1 a little in the aanaldial 11:\ii't. ntario. ''here is also a small tld it eil >ped:, ill soltthern llssia, atnl on2 -till aarger, peraplap, in -Indi:a. The tt,tal rod11tetion of all) the lieblk. useo he region here described, is; but 'tfr iona inl the general Itecounlt, howmever. h"urthermore, the oiI of these mintI ldHe wa"hether in tertit cttta ol te 1l1 Worlde, isrof and inrorqulity qandfi i< liknl as the grlet, Penslvnaireervoi n'the vgic iit ofi tt (X well eflt'1."2 jOThe(f lroertyleif inlhe Tranvaal,41 Stlii oltf golt-realch(ing in certait n f ast' nii J(C elelyl to be ftaken,it has been a'cqie by 11) geologrt2 ,f senlt out tohexine1'I2u t pros.1' pects f2th underl('ltki,hsnt ho nufl1 1 molist 1atisf(ctor reprts on31 theC1 subjectll "emloyting seven 1Ia(ll0irs, had juf4i1 elenned uprge wef111ekt't1 seetv..ttheti' ouncesihl oflIgl,an fh lwirlmeans224 l' work, ric het placfie fo Inve' ve st , 112 th'i. amounfteit wIill produc w is tone ftin ft O 18 l freet reef ibe dicovlLeret of quartz, str'ongly chanrgedl with iroii somec of wicih, hainilg been washed''t, ha2s yielded very fair prospects (If gohl, Pluf Scient, as estimated, to plrolduce fron t wo oun2ces to three OUncs to the tonl The engineer is of opjinlion thait tis reef't whleni developed toI a depJth oiif 510 feet. t< the0 whole oIf the smaller vemis at presenC1 being worked. Some quar'tz. reefs wichel have hMem 141ready partial ly worked, give, alccordlint 80 .the diggers, 200 ounilces to tihe (0on 'I'his pIroIportion1, inIdeed(, ist what (1hev itd mlit haIvmlg got fromi tho qluar't wiid they pck (ont ini thetir sluiinig. Blit'o4l a]lluvial soil, somle of wvhich is r'ep~orte'd t' ctI ilmi tie ext raolrdil nary quaniltity C) thiese.prospltects are't realized't inl pract ica working the Liydenbulrg (Goldilebtia ma,i elaim to take ranlhk amon(ig thie r'ichest ii tile woild, oven if tIle excep'lt~ionail retulrl ilgs oni tile '"Lishon" pIropertty ha"' beeOn proved toI yield tihe unprecedeniter quanltity of 1,900 ounes of gold to flit Accrdting to the certifienate (f the as saye)rs (lie ave'rage yield of thlirty-cighl samiples, taken unlder th1e pris''ion01 o the late Gold Commhisiof'ner fr ti .r'ausvaal undcer the' Briti24h G :vernmenlt :0 48 cce of gold and i mueces 0 diver to the ton of ore. The rafuse, til reently 'thrown away by tho miners oi .ie spot, containa suiflicnt old to wy ahnm a b4oVQ - t- .or j . f .l. - THIE BAD SIILLING. AN IRISH RKETCH. Mv brother left Oxfordshire and setr tied in n milder climate. During his long sojourn there a vague report reacheI him that had money had been nssed on Moore, one of his tenants, and lI had iunde the distrit ring. Vlhen after Keven ytrs my brother retutnerd to his native woods, he looked in n Scot t'n Iarin, and there was Moore, ihe only famitinr fac o about, which did not setm11 11 (Illy older. After other friendly lqa ui ries any brother said : But how about the had money that Nvnls pnnned on you ? 'ell mo all about it..' "Imot I wool," said Moore, delighted to thad t good Iistener to a grievance wlhieh to him was over new, though the cireunni,taneo was5( five years old. '"I was at dung-cart most of that day, and then I wtashed, aiil tried to get a minute t.. niiik the cow; but bless your heart, they never will let me milk her afore sunset. It's Mt.cre here, and Mooro $here, from half a dhozen of 'em; and Mr. Moore here, andi Mr. Moore there, from the one or two na have learned manners, which very few of 'em have in theso parts; and between 'em they allus con tr ive to keep me from my own cow till (Iusk. Welt, sir, I had got leave to milk h(er, hurr-l;urrv nas isual, and night t1ming on1, wla'an I aman I had sold a fat la4f to raiu into the yard to pay. Wait an minute,' sayi. 1. But, no, he was like the rest. coniln't let me milk her in Iace; wanted to settle and drive fltae baeou hliome. So I took my head ,ut o' the cow, and I went to him with iat so mucha an let ting aay smook down, :ad le gave tno the nmoney, ?$ I7s. I 1t,oh,k the g,-Id in one hand so, and tho "ilver in t'other hlanl so, and I went neresis the vard to the house, and I asked lhe mliasi to get a light, and then I told the monoy Ibefore her. six sa;voreigna and 'teventeei shillings, and left her to ncratoh hilm rectilpt, while I went hack to my Cow, anl I thought to milk her in pence at lat. Uut before I had drained her as shul( I l', out com1 my minisua, and sereams tit to wake the dead: ' George I r I' ' I he coming,' says I; so I iip witi the nailk pail and goes to her. ~' l- .'it's deal now?' says I, ' for mera\'rt" aae. S(ne in, cone in,' saa she. (-oorge, w hoever is that man ? %ie have 1ai(1 us a had Khilling; look at that.' Well, wke tried that there shilling on the t;alle lrrt, id tien ot the hearth: 'twas I"aal; conind'1 he wis. ' Run after him,' nys she; ' run this moment.' ' Lard,' 'a 1, - they be half-way to Walling (i 'by 1v this tite. Hero, give me a scrap If paper. I'll carry it about, in my fob; h e it)es to all tie market s; he will ehang ) V, you ma1y be sure.' " well, th very next Friday as ever w aa I nut iim at Wallingfo r<I market, pual' a,ut the paper, i.hown lhim the Khil liag, tells lin it waarn't gotol. He looks it it iail agreled whi mae. ' Tlihen change it. if yoult ilease,' says 1. ' What for?' - s he. ' I don't want no 1ad shillings nt more nor y u 11 .' ' 1ia,' mays I, i'riae of i.)g wias hix seventeen, and you ~Ily liatiu six itixtetit in moiiney.' ' Yes, I diti.' stav lie. ' I gave v' i six seven t''n.' ' Ni', ye tliin't.' ' Yes, I did.' No, ye li'iiI yei gave tme six sixteen, anl tihm. N" %w, nay man,' says 1, ' not ihonrit mnd iaty me' It',ther shiihnilg.' No lie weail(d'i 'I'ie' wia a cnowd1 by this 111 , o 1 sabl1', 'i here, gentlemen, I stold t air nIa II ii.g, ian'l le gave me Ihi in 'i it p'ny, wlhli,b it aia't a real :htlhllllt,, 111'I liii wvas it gemlllino hog;' :a Ith' all 'aid it waai't n shilling at all. 'h'ii the m1lI1 ahbat thait liwa fio wi tha hf If I li- maraket rat umy hitels. ' Will youa py me m it ly abaillinig?' ' tltdon't owo youa no iIhilling,' saaya lht. ' Yoau do,' s,ays '4; ' andi 1ia, maat miy ashilllig y,ouh ishall. ' I won ia . ' Youti shaall; l 'Il piaoan N tI han at of aing IiJ, lits tat' sayinag it, i'bt.npiilning a' calf. 'lihT'ke tutt MIhillinag. N w, 01n.: I, 'icr's youra lad Mhillag an youn gave' mae for' mya hotg which it in aa warinmig to hInes't itolk with calves to sell,'ays' T. 'lIt- yoi gtoing to claamtge It ?' 'No,i I ha il't 'Ylu beimin't ?'say 81.1 'Youa h'aill, iata'n,' lias 1a. 'lime llv show.' te'ya hiat andahI; mni good-day, it-nal . I:' atl t him tIl i aaat*tth itay, liud Iate ilope a'tinitaf r i'lat sto thiiat' geth tn. ltui laianotd. ' l have gi a't lne ia t Ia lthila.' x You maIigt't in-r m 'Iove the aret. lat Thenz hii ib .tna defamaio or I summ 'aaatiatl "Metim t Ilenllt'tley1 n ext cmencedg'l trs lare h ag. Ctt, a nitr'n, mtai onily a athillinat; whtau is aall this haero to It 11b4u1 a ithiling ?' says8 I; 'iact honest 11 it i vt ma my v :hiin ig, and1( take this bIr r( . ep.bo/ baoek.' 'I wtna't, says lie. 'all won!J't.' saysi I; 'then01 I'll hunaat you ''ni If 't aly arket in Enagliad. I'll hauint ye h into the wihitiktta rnsaind thta tart ee'siiv4 U ', "Ib. r't vma psitk if 11- in1 a y'ear oir imiiio lting, i con: lell you, for I ntvea wai,.Md t marktl't 'irw, becaiuse of the lihill ag. IIe haid lt give up trade noid( f'l hioma whaenever be saw my shil huga'n-i me a -cominlg." 'Ain i o ta tired] him out ?" 'A tml pi,t yoir shillng ?"' "ThIt :1 dail noit. lIb founmd a way to tchieni nai aflir all"(twith a suddten vell of repriohnihanil ' "ife wont nnd dlitet -and h Itat' th, dhilinag !" llJforprr', Moa7;. am o i' pting toi marry thoat itmaal w ''1 4"y,taa < nmpt ive loo kinag a' ptaieime of iia' nii a.' yo :" -u s in- girl to an r ther 1 I i alv~ don I'.t m w'h't youi can fwii ii that '''it- fthift ex'p tha a n...w.l W Jo4ubul il I ,Omg~ to rnarry thajt &m;dl rama bWaus I'm fomndc of h:-ing mv myn wa.v a.d wonu't AGAIN OVER ALAMO. The Neene of the ttrugae of a foree Baud Against Overwhelamng Odde. A dispatch from San Antonio says that the flag of Texas is flying over Fort Al amo, the property of which it forms a part having been annexed to the State by the Catholie bishop after purchase. AI nmo is known as the Thermopyls of Awerioa, from the heroic defense of the fort made in 1836 by a small body of Texans against t force of Mexicans fully thirty times their number. Fort Alamo was an oblong structure of about an acre in extent, on the left bank of the San Antonio River, near the town of San Antonio. The fortiflcations of San Antonio had been recently dia mantled by Houston when (February 23, 1836) the Mexicans under Santa An na beleagured the Alamo Into which Travis withdrew with 140 'exans, while the Mexicans, 4,000 strong, occupied the town and bombarded the fortress from hatteries on both sides of the river. Not one man was hurt by the shelling, how. ever, and the garrison picked off the Mexicans with their unerring rifles, or when they ventured to charge the wall relmised then witi disastrolis loss. Travis was re-inforeed by thirty-two men, who forced their way through the Mexi. enn liues, but tho garrisotn wan too feeble to take the initiative, and though it never Abated its spirit, hnrl work and eenselcss wateltitig so told on its feeble innumbers that by the t;th t lie Texan cause "its lespe'rata'. Wt itnit p r0visi,nl3 and with but a scanty ui ply of amiunuition, the garrisoi yet mile a gallatit stand against the ove"rwhelniiog force which assailed it at daylreak from every side. 'wice repulsed with great loss, the Mexicans at. instt made good their attack, Ibit it Was oily whenl the defenders of the Alamo numbered six men and their un. loaded rifles were shatttered (lbs in their handsa. These, inicIding Crockett, tur rendered to Castrillion, upon a promise of lrotectiotn, but being taken before Santa Anna they were ordered to be hewn down. Crockett fell, maigled by a score of swords -I the woilecl Bow{e was dragged from his led and butchered, though not until he itd shot several of his murderers, and Evans wats slain jIist It9 he at tenpted to t. >w up the ma gazne. The bodies of the Texans, horri Iy nmiu tilnted, were piled Ip in the centre of the fort nd burned, n negro, a woman a child, alone beittg sp ared. On the 21st of April, however, the dead of the Alamo were bloodily aveigod. It. was I o'clock in the afternoon and the Mexican9, confident in their numbers were enjoy;ng their siesta on the fiehl of San ,JIcinto, where Houston, forming his little force in line under cover of the forest, advanced upon their works. At 20)t) vards the hastily mustered Mexicans tirel uplion the aplroaching Texans, who received the volley in gin silence ; than, with the shout. "' Remntember the Al 1111101 ' lurst upo niili then. In instan taneouis panie the Mexicans tied, pur stied by the relentless victors. Houston lost eigltt mnel killed tutd twenty-five woundtd ; tihe Mexicans, 680 killed, 208 wountiled and 730 prisoners. In the at inck upon the Alumo they had already lest I,f0I) men. Its defenders had been avenged. IA)ST TIhEIR LIVES. The Mtory of Two Youna Mlen Who wsre Lynched nN tquntter,. A ourious mobtbing stor,y is that which comes from Devil's Lake, mt noitrtusternt D akota. About half a mile front thet to,wn (of Creel City thlere, which is com. It ted of hal f a dlozeni house's, was a quamlrte'r section of land located uipon by a man named Beil. The vicinity hast niever been regularly surveyed, the occu panicy was but little more titan nominal, ais oftetn happens, and two brothers namelid Fordic, in B3el's absence10 took pios scsin built ai seconid shanmity and begani hiving there. One night recetly Belt went to the place, found the intrudhe-, and ordered them off. Thel y refused to go, whmereupotn Bell rousmed the peColo of Creel City with the report that his claim w'ts being ''jumped,'' and returned withr 12 other meni to drnive the Fords out. JTust. how the proeedinigs began is no very clear, but. there appears1X to have been somec tirinig onl both aides, and at. lie closee both theo Fords wero killed. Onue report sayt tht a mtemberhC of the attackiung party was wou'nded itn the arm, lbut that is niot certlinm, andi ' none were killed. The pilaint truth of thle erso is that a party of melt ini the viintity die Iih erattlv at tacked anid murd1mdcI I wo tf t he buisiness mott comptrehtensible to ''asterni poplet is the fttctt iiwt. th Itouttt - rage1 was jtustitied by tlhe ctttontnityv. An inqujtest was hetld. it is saitdI tat every~ one (If tihl 13 testillted, aut mthnobody con eernedl htesitattes albouiit aidintitt ing the genieral facts as stted, b ut the verdict wats simply that tho Fords wvere sihot b)y som un11 ikniowni persons ;no arrests wereO miaide, and1( the killing is re'gartded u1pon all hands as a rough bu ot ncesary av p -lplitionhl of jtustiec. Attd yet Iheom ttonuniin Iundteer tilt similtar ci ictane-t ilos. Peise((5l~y as lihorse5111 stlg ill reckonled worsea t han n'trdet <m tIto plainis, claim. juminiig is conisidered thein groeatest of till ctrimes im placce li ke this. The land is open to all, there is no imm tediat way of getting legal title, and aii unwritten law hais grown up that, lie who first, takes a ract of I160t acres shall hold it, and1 deatht is the p enalIty for its vioIlationt. The Ftordl boys wver' niow to the frotier and seem not to have knownt the riskc they rant. They were niephiews (of Congress mani Farwell, of Chicago, andt there is stome talk that he may try to birinig their miurderers to ptuishment, but that would he no easy matter. The~ Capture of Dlavis. M. Qtiad, durmng his visit to the S3outh, madle an early morning call ii 'on JTeff. Davis. He tells abiout it us follows : In the Stat4 Library atf ,Jacksont, Miss., is a crayon portrait of Mr. Davis as he appeared w~hen cap[tured. I asked him if he was correct, and ho relied: " I will tell you exactly hew it oo.. curred.(h I had lain down without remov. ing a garmonmt. I had high cavalry boots, pI anta loons tuceked into tihe tops, a ga bl ouse andia soft hiat. Uponi the alarm heing giveni I Stepped out of the tent and saw a Federal cavalryman thirty or f-sty feet away. Hie ordlered me to halt. At. the siamet moment Mrs. Davis threw over myl shoulders a folded shawl. Isaw thtat miy onily chanie oIf escape was to so. cure the horpse of the Federal. I advanced strtaight ttupomn him, feeling that he would tire at me, but believing that he would mitrss his target. Had this occurred, the.re would have been a struggle for the po esion ocf the horse. - As I approrched the~ soldier' be lowered his carbine as if to coot, andh at the momnent Mrs. Daivis cui.,ted upl a.nd threw her' arms around me. The f.irar h.ted a wn,tre -.... ie,p I de akt