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SWAIN CO. HERALD .' , Published Weekly at Cliarleston, - H. A. Hodge, Ed.,& Pub Thursday, January 10, 1889. Pleuro-pneumonia is said to have beea effectually stamped out of Nevy Jersey. . The Plack IliU country i9 making a name for itself as a horse-growing re gion, and it is predicted that within ten years it will be a3 famous for it horses, as the Blue -Grass district. It already boasts many fine hopes of the best breeds known in the wot Id; A writer in the Atlantic Monthly sayst "America, next to Italy, is now acknowl edged to possess the nfpst favorable at mosphere for the production of gwod voices, and American singers are begin ning to take the precedence of all others inthe great .musical, centres of the world " The late Professor Profctor was a lit erary Poo Bali. Jnj his journal, ,Knoiel edy, he used to appear in 'half a dozen different roles at the same time, As "Editor" and "P. A. Proctor' he wrote on mathematics and astronomy; as 4,Ed ward Clodd" he discussed dreams; as "Thomas Foster" he criticised and car ried to its logical conclusion Dickens's unfinished ftory, "Edwin Drood," and . as an anonymous writer he criticised hjs own criticism. - ' Speaking of the Sackville incident the London Truth sky s: "This is not the t: V - first time Lord Sackville has been duped. A little while "ago a man came to him and said thar ther British legation was to be blown ! up that evening, and that ,he alone could prevjent( it. ; rTh4 the promised to do if he were at 'o'hcVpaid "00. The bum was' handed over fo h!m, when he went about boasting every where how he , had 'done' the British minis ter. The man , was a professional card f harper." 4 " j ' t .' - Several Parisian papers note the de cline of population in France. t .One says "We can ix the day, not a distant day when by the perennial falling off of births France will have lost one-third of its population. The result! is fatal. Within half a century France will have fallen below Italy and Spain to the rank of a second-rate power. There is no denying'the figures. "If this continues, in addition to other causes of decadence, 'we are a lost nation." Little Dave Keller," aged seven, of Marshall,. III., has been sent to the-insane -asylum. Dave was a very bright boy, and made such wonderful progress in his studies that his parents and teachers de cided to push him forward. He was allowed- no time for play or-e-xercise, but was kept at his book3. At last his eyes glared with a meaningless stare; his tongue babbled idiotic nonsense, and Ms overtasked brain was wrecked. We are not the only people, according to the New York t7wpaV, who are hav ing trouble on account of Chinese immi gration. In rone of the Russian pro rinces, just north of the Amoor River, ; the Mongolians "within the last 1 two years have swarmed into the country." There as elsewhere .they have driven out ill other laborers, and they have so thoroughly monopolized certain branches of traele that the Governor-General has appealed, to the Imperial Government at . St. Petersburg to protect the "people of the province from being driven from their homes to seek a living in other ections of the country. ' Capital in Europe is wonderfully plenty for almost everything, andits owners havea childlike confidence in al most anything labelled American. Henry Villard, of the Northern Pacific Rail road, recently wanted sCmc money. He opened books in .Berlin for subscription to third mortgage bonds, naming the price ' and am6uhtfor sale, -which was $4, 00,-- 000. To his surprise when the books were opened the subscription amounted -j - . , the Amount that had been sought. There L isa great deal of wealthin all old coua tries hidden in " out-of-the-way places. W hen i ranee had to pay uermaiy the cost of the war it was found" U at the French people had the money : for the purpose. -Still later they have great cemT fidence in the Panami Canal enterprise, raising loan after loan for it, wtien no American financier could trust anything he valued oh the success of the Jcnter- orise. , i - " A new census of the United States will be taken in 1 800. lt wiir surprise many of onr re,adrrs to learn-that the census of 1880 has only recently been completed. The number of volumes necessary to per fect the census is largc. r There are separate books on pojulatfoa nativity, age, sex, religion uici : occupation; on employes in. mines. and industries, me? chauicaland agricultural, and the extent of manufacturing; the kinds and num bers of live stock in the country; the farming aad dairy products ; the output of mines, and the value of ore?, coal, oil, gas, etc. ; everything that peitaina to the manner in wmca-- ciiutnH livelihood; all about 'chil&ren-ofi school age or younger; criminal statistics of every available nature, and data about the insane, the deaf mutes,, and the blind. The next census will be much more voluminous than the one no W com pleted, and the Chicago Nev thinks that the commissioner who undertakes it compilation will be entitled to the prayers of the ordinary citiien that he may! survive the ordeal and not remain in office, until the appointment of his suc cessor. . . . . '.. ALL OVER THE SOUTH NEWS FROM jEAOn- STATE. NORTH CAROLINA. 1 mirsaay a man jum bed off a tram in Duplin county, '.lie is thonght to have been crazy. The traui' was running at, fortv mik creed. He was a white man, and unkLr-vrn ; sixty years old, and was install tiv lited. . The i;et Legislature of North, X'aro- lina will l ave about 1,400 justices oi the peace to eiect. . ims the special duties of ts always one oi j- r he session. The aspirants for these posit by thousands. . j Governor Scales, ol ion3 are numbered North Carolina, uas appunjieu. . ut ui uivtm, , Judge of the 1st judk ial circuit, to suc ceed Judge James E. i hepherd, who wa3 chosen one of the Jud es of the Supreme pourt of the State at ti e November elec tion! '.'''.:" j .V ! .. The following impo taut conventions were held in lialeigh during the past week: " , !.: t " yi 7 L": The gynodical' committee of the North Carolina Presbyterian synod met ana elected state evangelisi s. ? ; I LThc state convtntio n of superintend ents of graded' schcols met. E. P. Moses, of Raleigh, resided. Various steps were taken to jr crease interest in these schools and deve op their work. The state conyentie n of teachers in college and high schools was also held and was largely attende J. J. F. Crowell, president ot Trinity college, presiding. Steps were taken for the- advancement of higher .education and suggestions made as' tthe course c f instruction. The executive committee of the North Carolina Teachers' assembly, which has two thousand; members, . met here, George 'T. Winston p X'siding. It was decided to hold to hold the next session T the assembly .at. Moiehead. City from June 18th to July 12d- Special days are to be devoted ; to; specha I subjects and the trovernor and all state officers and supreme court justices the exercises on North will participate in Carolina day. SOUTH CAIC A meeting of the South aroliria Poultry ancj Stock Association, w s held as vp:riesiQn r riufyefening. i m Barnwell sha3 organiz with a membership of d a Melon Trust, about 100 of the most prominent growers in the State. Three counterfeiters were 'captured in their-deh, in Brooklyn, N Y, vlii!e;. en making counter gaged in. their work of feit silver dollars. Governor Richafdsoi' appointed Col. com- James A. Iloyt, of GreeJ mis-sioner to represent South Carolina at the Centennial celebration of the inaug uration of Presielent Washington April 30, T8S9. The cottem- exchange of Charleston -nmanimonsly rcsolved- ljo -appoint a-spe ciai committee to mvea tiiratc the charir- es made in the legislature and elsewhere that combinatiens exi: whereby """Underwriters t in and Charleston others are systematically defraudtc VIRGIN I Henry R Bcsant has been appointee"! postmaster at Capon Ro:J Depot, Shenan- eloah count v, Va., and John.M T Smith at Verbena, Page count !' 5 Gov Lee when asked r, Va. low he spent his dcel worship at Christmas said he atteil St Paul's church and th n took a trip up in a balloon to have onej day of ejuiet all to liimself. ) - At ' South Boston tl laree tobacco factory ot J W Jarly as burned. -The factory was occupieei jby Norman & stock of old to ! It was feareel Lvan3 artel cantamed ai Lacco valued at C0i at one time that the wh be, destroyed, and D: ble town w:ou!d nville.was ar-ked for assistance, but thefi ames were h cully extinguishtc' At Ilarri'biiig, Va, Wednestray nicht a house in which a number of . colored people were holding a party, was blown up by dynamite and se mates fatally wounded. eral otthe . in- ;eok;i:. A fatal fight bctw Ely Walker and John ' ut a negro cl ren two negroes. 'liomas, occurred urch located n. few miles south In the - ffray Ely 6 Tunnel Hill. Walker received a number of fearful stabs Lubout the chest from which he died, who did the cutting, es j" John Thomas, aped and is still a ejniet, peacea I a desperate fel- at large. lie is usually ble neero. Walker was low when under the in! and he was drinking at uenpe of whisky the timet The pilots of Savannn h are discussing a grave situation which Savannah has eight ve confronts them. ksels and twenty- two pilots. About oil e year ago the pooling arrangement Alas broken, and each boat has run indenenelently of the others since. The sa truth is, that while the commerce ott this port has revenue of the steadily, increased, the pilots hag decreased.' ago the pilotage paid fe Not man y -y ears coming in and going out of this port ar&ounted to $160,- 000 a 3-ear. Last year t ne ijJ'otage ies did hot exceed 60,000, iccordiflg to an excellent authority, age is not expected Tliia year the pilot to run much over $" 0,000. To maintain a neet oi eigne vessels costs $ 20,0C0 a year, . - - - . - i " TENNESSEE. ..'Miss Kate Fret well iwa3 arrested, at Chattanooga on ti charge of being the young lady who furnished fourteen pris- - . 1 . - ft -.1 M -J oners in tne connty3ai with two dozen saws te cut their way their out. She wis committed to jail in c; bond. i efaultj ef a heavy ..Miss Tallic Hutclusd n, oi i'lKeviue, m -t-v i 1 1 eloped with her cousin, C Ilutcmnson, a married man. a few w t ks asro, returned home haing tiicd o: The couple Hed to fsom tike Ilocky Mountains, was quite prominent itl her sinful life. point"VwestVf The.ypung i:idy Pikeville. - Kuowg 600,006 Book?. ; Thef librarian j of th s Congressional Library, Mr; Spoffora, s considered, by dxperts to be the best book man ia the I'liitcd States. He has made a special study of everything un er the sun, and n two minutes can give a list of books that will tell one about anvthinff, from the art of the peeling circle. potatoes up tn 4Q uannsr lie carries 600, f)f 0 volumes in his head, and every one of them properly classifed and perfectly conieat-abl. . The library, already among the largest in the TTOrld, u-jn-creasing 'faster than" mnf of the great national collectioM oi hooks. " I Tfool Men Want Mote Protection. f The wool growers of Kimble, Menard, Sutton and Schleicher counties, Texas, at a meeting adopted resolutions urging congress to so amend the present tariff as to prevent the importation pf foreign wool under the names of ring waste, thread waste, yarn wastl', which are now used to evade tariff duty, declaring that it is largely due to these fraudulent im- porta tions. TST7E LOVE'S ROUGH ROAD. A Determined Mamma's. Sensational ' Capture of an Eloping- Daughter. . Columbia, S. C The rosiest dreams sometimes turn to unsjmpathetie night mare, just as the best laid plans are likely to addle. And an addling oc curred neir Greenville, in which a watch ful mamma did much to tir things up and make a lively,' picturesque perform ance while the process lasted . An eloping pir were the other actors. They boarded the train at Greenville with" the inlention of coming to this city to lind an -accommodating preacher. Together they would have made a prize trade-mark for a confectionery estab lishment, and they furnished much en tertainment for the other passengers., A rather frowning, but; substuntiid, cloud hovered over their happiness. :J The j train had slowed i up at a way station and aj woman, without waiting to count the revolutions of the wheels, took a flying leap and landed in the coach containing the "spoons. " -It was the maiden's mother, red in the face, irate and chock full ol war. It took her just a second to yank the girl by the back of the heck and land a left hander, on the young man's jaw, Then, with the girl, she made a leap from the train. They struck in a -ditch - ahd rolled over two or three times, but were apparently unhurt, for the old lady rose to her feet and shook her fist at the re ceding train, while the' fair young girl buried her face in the sand and cried like a dodo. ') ' - And the train quickly bore away the shocked and paralyzed young lover. TO CONCILIATE THE SOXtTH. Governor Beaver's Aid to Include Many Ex Confederates. ; In the Presidential inauguration parage Governor. Beaver will not only have a large-number of aids from tmy Northern States, but the Southern States will be represented. The Governor thinks it good policy to have prominent ex-Confederates, standing well; at home and who have allied themselves with the Re publican party, assigned to positions of, honor in the procession, and in desiriner their participation in it, he is said to be carrying out the wishcs'of General f Har rison, who, witli Gov. Heaver, iscr. tlited with the epinion tbat a pTofTi r recog nition of the clement irtdfcittd would lead to gratifying political results in the South. ' . Governor Beaver is constantly receiving applications for positions on his staff at Vrashington from :dl..)art4 of the coun- trJ- ' ; i' Fatalities jAtter.ding a, Ring. The tenacity with which, people still cling tosuperstitiops notions- is illus trated by a story! from Madrid concern ing the fatalities attend ing a r.ing. The late King Alj-hoiisO XII rave it to Lis cou?in Mercedes when he was betrothed to her, anel she wore it during the whole of her short married life. On her death the King presented it to his grandmother, the Queen Christina. She died very soon after, when it passed to the-King's sis ter, the Jnfanta del -Pilar, who at ODce began to sicken and in a few days she breathed her last. Alphonso then handed.it to his sister-in-Jaw Chris tina, the youngest daughter of the Duke of Montpensier ; bvit in three months she also was dead. I lis Majesty now resolveel to, retain the baleful ;ewel in his own keeping; "but ;e too sqon fell a victim to its mysterious malignancy. The ring has now hee.zi snsemelea by a chain around the statue of the patron saint at Madrid. 7 imcs-Diinf ) ci . i THE P1&E.SUYTEKIAN.S. i Conference for Union or Co-operation The Decision b he ResorTcd. The arrangements are about completed for a conference" relative to co-operation or union between the Southern and Northern assemblies of the Presbytery. At New York city all the members of the Northern committee "have arrived, and the discussion . of propositions to their Southern brethren is being continued. It was isaid by both committees tht their" discussions would be private, as woulel also be the proceed ings ih joint session; Even the decision will not be disclosed until the meeting of their general assembly in May next. Friday evening the delegates attended a reception to be giveH them by the Presbyterian Union at the Metropolitan Opera House. THE GREAT SEAL Presented to the State of South Carolina. The State of South Carolina was pre sented Thursday with the great seal of the Confederate States of America. This seal was made in Englanel, and reached Richmond just before the close of the war. At the evacuation of Richmond it was overlooked, and afterward it fell in the hands of Col W E Earl, c-Y Washing ton, by whom it is now prepented to the' State. The seal is of polished bronze three inches in diameter. On one side is an equestrian statue of Washington, and on the other the inscription : Confederate States of ! America, February, 18G2. Deo Yindice." 22 nd Dakota's Great Phenomenon Tliereis now no doubt that the great phenomenon in Charles Mix county, Da kota, "is not caused r. by burning coal alone. There isa gTeat volume of steam constantly issidng fre)m the crevice, ac companied by a strcmg - sulphurous odoji and a light-coloreel smoke. The earth for many feet about, is warm. It is also posphorcsce-nt and can be Feen at night for many miles. At frequent intervals a,4lep rumbling., sound i heard for a longdistance.; The phenomenon is sit uated on the - portion of the Randall military reservation, - which was lately thrown open to settlement. J j A Notable Dinner. About 2r0 persons fron various parts ot the fctatc ana country, xnany ot w hom are toniinetitr'iri'the tftrirt refoim. move ment, were present at the Massachusetts Tariff Reform" League, given at Boston Monday. Presielent Cleveland, Speaker Carlisle, and ethers, sent letters regret ting their inability to attend the diane-r and Secretary Fairchild inside, a notable' speech. Wm E Rusi., late Democratic mdidatc for Governor, presided. " life Murderer Hanged. . At Winncpeg, Manitoba, Webb Bran don, the wife murderer, wa? hanged. He displayed great fortitude on the scaf fold. The parting between Brandon, and his three children was affecting iu the extreme. Brandon killed hk wife' while, drunk. ; . ; " . Sixteen Soldiers Killed. f A shell burst iii a iowder marrazine at Messina, on the island of Sicily, in tho Mediterranein ea Friday morning, killing sixteen soldiers' and injuring many others THE GENERAL NEWS- ITEMS OF rNTEREST CTJIiIiED From All Sources.North, iEast, SoHith and West. Blizzards are reported in the North west and railroads badly blocked. Ex Governor Abbett is after the next Senatorship of New Jersey. - 1 Business failures during the last seven days number fof the United States 276; Canada 23; total 299, as against 311 pre vious week, and 260 for the correspond ing week of last year. Rev. James Pettigrew Boyce, D D., L Ji D,, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville, Ky.. died in France last week. The remains will be embalmed and brought home for interment, . - j General Harrison announced Monday thai he would hold no more receptions during the holiday season. Thereupon, everybody id Indianapolis and the sur rounding country proceeded to call upon him and take charge of his house. A. southern baseball league was organ ized at New Orleans. J W Hearne, of New Orleans, was elected president, Memphis, Birmingham and Mobile voting by proxy. Dallas and -Houston were, present, but could not come to terms, and the league was formed without them. Four mere cities will be secureel. The league -wasorganized at -a $1200 limit. An Ink to Scribble With on Glass. A correspondent Writes in and wants to know how to .make ah ink with which he can scribble or draw on glass. There are several methods. A very sure one is to go to a store where inks are sold and buy a bottle of fluid made for that' pur pose. The writing may be done by applying to the suriace some appropriate varnish, and one or two kinds appear to have a special adaptation for this pur pose. A good matt varnish is made by dissolving m two ounces of ether ninety grammes of samlatdfc and twenty of mastic, adding one-half to one and orie half ounces of benzol, according to the fineness pf the matt roquired.the varnish being appiieei to the cold plate. , After it has set the gjas may be heated to insure a line and even grain, and to ren der the glass transparent a;rain after it has been written upon it is only neces sary to apply with a brush a solution of sugar or gum acacia. A varnish of sugar . is regarded as an even better surface for this purpose, and is easily made by dis solving equal p.irts of white and brown -sugar in water : to a thiu4 syrup, adding alcohol and applying to hot glass plates. The film dries very rapidly, and furnishes a surface on which it is perfectly easy to write with pen or pencil. The best results are achieved by !he use of Ind a ink, with susrar added. Detroit Free Pre. . Ancient Orange Trees. In an article on the. age of the orange tree the Rural Calif or nian has the follow ing: . ' - . There is still flourishing "in the porch of the convent of Santa. Sabinajn Kome, an orange tree that is said to have been planted A. D. 1200. Another, in the monastery of Tondi, is supposed to have been planted by St. Thomas Aquinas ia 127tV In the Moorish Alcazar of Seville, Spain, exists one that was planted dur-l ing the reign of Pedro 1., between 1150 and 12Gt Others known to be 340 years old have a height of ' fifty feet, with trunks five feet in circumference. Age is not, however, indicated by size, as in dal.usia there are many younger that are considerably larger tnan these. in Alcala de Guardaira are two, the trunks of which at four1 feet above the ground, aVe respectfully seven and eight feet in circumference. The yield of some orange trees in Malta and Naples ia simply as tounding, reaching as high as 0,000 oranges to a tree, and on the estate known as the Huerta Grande,in Mairena del Alcor, there are two that are said to have borne' 38,000 oranges each in a season. 1 The Editor Dropped Him. Dukango, Col. SpeciaL News reached here of a tragedy at I-.ico, CoL en Christmas evening in which L. E. Rust, editor of the Rico News, shot and J irstantly killed Signor Olson. It seems ; Olson insulted Rust's sister some time ago, and Rust demanded that he apolo gize. Olson's reply was that he would whip Rust on sight. On Christmas even ing the men met in the Brunswick saloon. "Olson went behind the bur, got two revolvers,- laid them on . the counter, and told Rust to take one of them and go out with him and they would settle tktTdif ficulty. A quarrel ensued, and Olson finally jumped over the counter, gun in hand. Rust was too quick for him, however, and drew ""his own pistol-and shot Olson twice, killing him almost in stantly. Olson was in bad repute, and public sympathy is with Rust. We Are Japan's Best Customers. ? Governor Hubbard, the United States Minister at Tokio, tells me that we buy more from Japan xihan any other foreign nation. "Last year," said he, "our im ports from this country amounted to21, 000,000 Japanese dollar?, or about 16, 000,000 American dollars. We bought $11,000,000 worth of her raw silk and -nearly 7,000,000 worth of her teas. The fair cheeks of our ladies wfere cooled last year with $97,000 wortlf of Japanese fans, and our noses were wiped with 81 ,000 worth of Japanese silk handker chiefs. We buy nearly 300,000 worth of porcelain eveiy year, and our imports of bamboo ware amount to $102,000 of Japanese money. We buy more than t wice as much of Japan as any - other country, and our imports are increasing every year. In 1887 we bought a million and a'half more goods than in 188G, and the UEited States will probably continue to be Japan's best customer." New Tori World. j Damage Wrought by Electricity. The past year ha$ been remarkable for the number and violence of electrical storms throughout the country; and when the damage caused by lightningin the various Stales is computed, it is be lieved the total will exceed that of any previous year for a decade or more. The damage to property'in 1SS7 by lightning in the United States ia estimated at S-100,900, which as greater than any previous year since J8S3, when it footed up $3, C0e,0GS. " The total damage in the United States for six years ending Janu ary 1, 1887, :s estimated at 104, and of this amount; Xew Jersey was the heaviest shareholder, iU six years total of damages by lightning being estimated at $I,(5:3ts,00e, while Pennsylvania was the next kardest suSerer at $1,523,411. New York3 total for the same period was $821,945. Comirurifial Advertiser. The entire front Of one of the banks at iverside, Cal., is constructed of onyx. Isaiah T. Williamson. Isaiah V. Williamson, who has given one-sixth of his fortune of 15,000,000 to establish .the Free School of Mechanical Trades in Philadelphia, and intends to double hi3 gift if the money shall be needed, has been one of Philadelphia's most energetic capitalists -and philan thropists for years. Old merchants who hare known, him for half a century do not know where to find him if he is not at his dingy little office at No.. 30 Bank street. He has remained a bache'or all his life, and now, in his eighty-fifth yearj he has founded an institution which, like Girard. College, will always remain an enduring monument to his princely liberality and the high purpose for which it was founded. i, - " y. mi' ISAIAH V. "WILLIAMSON. ' ' Mr. Williamson is of Quaker origin, and was born in Bucks County in lfc'03. His father was a hard-working farmer in that section, and the son in early life became imbued with those economical principles that in later years, enabled him to roll up his immense fortune. It. is said of him that the guiding principle in his money-making ventures has been not to do a thing to-day that can just as well lie done to-morrow. ; To thislie attributecLhis success in the commercial, world. He used to be .fond of rational amusements, anel for twenty years spent every summer, at JSaratog.i. Though an olel man, be - was pas-ionately fond of dancing, and was always on the floor at the fashionable balls and hops at that famous watering place. He was never at a loss for a- partner, for he was known to every body at Saratoga as "the rich bachelor from Philaelelphia." Many were the adroit little schemes concocted by ambit'ous mammas with marriageable darlings to rescue the old -? gentleman from bachelorhood, but they a't failed, as' the object of tneir attentions slipped through their hinds. To this day, in" the sunset of his life, the aged philan thropist delights to gossip with his ever narrowing circle of acquaintances for he makes but few new friends about tli3 gay times he used to have at Saratoga. 1 ong ago, a quarter of'a century,' per haps, he drove a good team, but he. dis pensed with his carriage and horses be cause he grew tired of them. A gentlemau who has known him for forty years said yesterday of this pecu liarity: '.'It was easier for Mr. William son to give away 10, 000 than to pur chase a suit of e;Iotlies for himself." - He has carried the same umbrella for fifteen years or more, and sttick to it because he says he likes it. He moves about fre quently and generally stays at the house of a relative. He has no furniture to speak of," and can move about at his pleasure. He does not care to have many people know where he lives, and the city directory only gives the lo cation of his office onjiank street. He is not, and never has been, a mean man, and the crowning act of h's life the establishment of , the proposed school has been undertaken with the view of re-establishing the old apprenticeship" system, which flourished so extensively in his youth and manhood. ' In personal appearance Mr. Willhimson is rather a small man, weighing about 130 pounds. He has a very pleasant face, anel some people say his features aie somewhat of a feminine cast. He has a bright eye and his whole cOuntc nance is suggestive of firmness and de cisive character.-1 Philadelphia lie or J. A Great-Great-Grandmother. Mrs Martha Townsend, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Willi a in P. Carman, near Schoolcraft, Mich.", bears the dis tinction of having lived to see four generations of children grow up about her. Mrs. Townsend was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, August 2 ?, 170 :. When but two years old her father died. Eight years later the family moved over the mountains into the Bedstone settle merit, where they continued to live for several years. At the age of seventeen Martha married James Townsend and .- THE 'TOWNSEND .-FIVE flESSn ATION5. , . removed with "him to Salem, Ohio, where; they remain e 1 until 18 0. They then removed to Prairie Houde, Mich., being among the earliest setticrs in what was then a wild region. Here they lived happily and reareet a family, five of. whom are still living. - a ; ... :? In 1S1 Mr. Townsend d'ed, and since that time Mrs. Townsend has beenlivinjr wun ner uangntcr, iirs. i armirn. A though ninety-two years :.f ""age: ' Mr ..i jownsena is strong, iier siiriit rcmafna :-good, and her meatal iower3 seem not to have relaxeei ih the slightest degree'. Ihose compncei m the "five-o-cnera- tion': group which appears, above are Alrs. lownsend, Mrs V i!lj;im P. Carr man, Mrs. Samuel Wclh, Mth. A. II. Compton, and her daughter Ada. -Chicago Kt-wt. -' A young man of Albany, n. V., who prides himself on his ability to do qnee things,' now astonishes his frie.nds bj tossing up a graiie, -and as it come, down cutting it in two w:th o ?e stroke of his razor. It w-k him over "five' wecksf to learn the end of one succeeded. the trtc i, ,-Uid it cost him' of b : before he The reigning King of Holland. is W.ill jam IH ; born February 19,-iai7V V' EELIGI0US BEADING. Holy Night. O Holy Niehtl whose blest approach ' Now touches heart and home with joy, Lifting from eirth her old reproaeih, Dispersiug shades night would employ To keep us still from seeking now The Star of Bethlehem's pure ray, f :, That, falling soft on lifted brow, " But heralds a diviner day, ! ' Send thou thy peace, O Holy Night! " On sin-stained E irth, on weary waste, Till with thy glory all bright, '.," Till to His shrine each step shall haste! . Send light unto the closed eye, . -. ' U Pend speech unto the sealed lip, ' ' l hat irom the first thej eioua sh 1 1 ny, That for the second Truth shall dip Her slender finger, then, and touch v Tha tongue that silent doth remain. Thus giving from, her store, how much Is only counted by thy gain I Send faith unto the wavering 60ulj Send joy unto the bruised heart, That Christmas in its blessed whofe Khali gather each resplendent pari? Ofglory that this night doth yleld ' ' And lay it at His feet divine j Whose sceptr heaven and earth now wieldj And lo! o'er all the Star shall shinfel Good Hooks Rnskin has written many a good thing on books and reading, but none better than the following: j We talk of fool for the mind ai of food for the body; now a good book contains such food inexhaustibly; it is a provision for life," and for the best part of us, yet how long most people would look at the beet book be fore they would give the pri?e'of 4 fine, din ner for it I Though there have been men who have bared 'their backs and pinched their stomachs to buy a ' book, whose libraries were cheaper to them, I think, ih the end than most men's dinners are. i If publii libraries were as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there was good In read ing, as well as in munching and sparkling j whereas, the very cheapness of literature is making people forget that if a book is really worth reading it is worth buying.! - - 2io book is worth " anything which . is not worth much; nor is ft serviraable until it bas been read and reread, and loved and loved again, and marked, so that yon can refer to the passages you want in it, as a (soldier can seize the weapon be needs in an armory: or housewife bring the spica she needs from ber store. You must get into the habit,; when reaujng a real book, of looting intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their-ihean ing, syllable by syllable, letter j by, letter. You might read all the Looks in the " largest library in the world (if you could! live long enough) andTemaih an illiterate,ijnie4ucatel person; but if you read ten pages tof a good . book with real, accuracy, youf are i for: evermore,' in some nieasure, an educated per son. f ' '" ' 'The Place Where Jesus' Name Is." All the missionary reports dwell on the .wonderful results of women's work among the heathen. One of the most remarkable come from Madura,"in the Indian "Archi pelago, and is published in the Missionary Herald. It appears' that a Biblewoman gathered a littlejcjass of native women to gether, and', U3eri to speak to them about Jesus, reading to them, and explaining ' his life of love. One day a wdman who bad b?en a mejfct attentive lL-tener, . interrupted her with: . ' j , . I "Are all the things you read and toll us about Jesus writteb. in thit book's" ''Yes, and much more than I have yet toll you." T " "I want a book like it; will you bring me one tomorrow ?" K "Yes, I will bring one, but of what use will it be to you? You cannot read it." "Butl must have the Book that tella about Jesus." . The next day when the book was given to her, she el isped it eagerly with both hands, and touched it lovingly to her lips. Then .... ; v. ,-.-v.l i ; i . v : unfa liio lwjuiw sue ait i . y 'Show nia the. place whore Jesus' name is." '"-! i "As soon as it, had been pointed out to her she kissed the sacred page reverently. Before the Bible-woman left the house the happy owner of the Book asked that the place might be marked so that she would al ways find. thej name of Jesus. . . Another woman, who has only been under instruction a j few months, has been muob impressed with the thought that it is her duty to go from house to house, like the Bible - readers, teaching and telling of the love' 1'of. Jesus. She Is very anxious to read in the New - Testament, and has per suaded her husband to help her,, bo that sb may learn more-rapidly. ISot Jong since she came early in the morning, and entreated the Bible-woman to go with her to aaieigh boring village to preach, saying she wished to begin to tell what she had learned about Jesus, bmVwas afraid to teach in her own village, where t?he was well-known, for the people would laugh at her because she knew bo little. Surely God has bl -ased this branch of the work I in ' answer to many earnest prayers. f . " On the Right Side. v "In a sermon recently delivered in a. Chi cago pulpit, a preacher of many years' experience' and of extended observation gave the welcome assurance to his hearers that the Church militant is not fighting a losing battle, although surface, indications in the great cities may seem to point to that con clusion. A closer examination of the facts in the case will bring to liprht a splendid train of efforts and influences for the right, Bi mighty,. host of quiet but' reliable and loyal soldiers: of the cross none of which and none of ; whom are unusual cr odd enough to receive mention in the press. The countless agencies that make for righteous ness are little noticed, but the agent who proves false j to bis trust and rushes into the service of the devil gets a too generous men tion So the crimes and follies of mankind are flashed over the wires and spread before our eyes every nignt and moraing, while the regular onwara marcn oi tne great Christian charities and! of evangelical movements ia referred to with brevity and Infrequently, if at all. - I . V The Church at large is growing stronger every year, the Gospel is being diffused ra pidly among! all peoples, the tone of Chris tian living isi being raised, and the dignity of discipleship is corning into wider recognition. These and many other signs of the timeSffuli -of encouragement and promise, were Inter preted to the people by the eloquent divine, and any timid, despairing, distrustful souls who heard hum must have enjoyed the ser mon as a revelation. - Even those who have not entertained fears as to,the progress of the Church, and who did not-Bd this as urance'to ally anxiety, win rejoice tio snow mat an experienced soiuier m rue wa.rrare against tin has an unsbjiken faith, not alone in Ann a triumph; but in the regular and continuous of the-Liord'si armv of cccurx tion. fldvances The next. generation would find its condition fenuch im proved if the young men in im exllegeg' could take inisomo of this whoIsijfcoTno and hopeful philosophy in place of the imidtie stuff Of the Schopenhauer stamp, with Wbtoh they and the; collegians who jusl pr eded ' them have been too much enamcrt k-d." fin- terior. Dependence on sympathy m iy bo as dan gerous as pecuniary dapsnJoiic-e. Chan-' ' "No homsn leingcan be successful LT. guided K. . Sang- from the outside :n lone. f Mrs. M; ster. -.-'-")' T' .' ,.-. '.; Rrayerliie oiitTet of. tb)''Mf nW-sorrow, and the in)f,'pf iholt supports td oomf orts. "? ; t I- : 4 Tears ..are fh- fafety: valve of the heart when too; much pleasjre is laid on.--Albert ' - .--I'"' ' - ' " ' - He that taketb his own cares upon himself loads himself in vain withanuneasy I'urdeh Bishop HaEL - A gTcat many qceeT things are found j in New York, but one of the queerest is the following funeral advertisement, which we copy from a recent issue of the World: ,. MANJIONE. Evelisa, infant daughter of Prof, and Xlen, Man jione, aged 9 months. Funeral from their residence, No. 9 Crosby st, yesterday at 2 P. M. It was accompanied to the ferry by 2J pieces of music and 23; carriages. - Interment In Calvary Cemetery. - The Uiief who finds no opportunity to steal, - considers himself tux honest man. ONLY A WOMAN. Only a woman, shriveled and oldt The prey of the winds and prey of the coin Cheeks that are shrunken, Eyes that are sunken, . Lip3 that were never o'er bol l. Only a' women, forsaken and porr, Asking for alms at the bronze church door. Hark to the organ' roll upon roll The waves of. its music go over her soul! Silks rustle past her . raster ana iascer- The great boll ceases its toll. Pain would she enter, but not for .the poor, Swingeth wide Open the bronze church door. Only a woman, wailtng alon?, Icy cold on an ice-colli-stone, , What do they caro for her? Mumbling a praj-er for her Giving ne t bread but a stone. i Under rich laces their haughty hearts b?at, Mocking the woes of their kin in the street. Only a womarf: In the old days Hope caroled to her! t ho happiest la-3; Somebody missel her; Somebody kissed her; fcoraebody crownei her wjth praise; Somebody faced. out the batttle of life Strong for her sake who was mother or wife. Somebody lies with a tress of her hair ' Light on his heart, where the d?ath-shalow are. . t . Somebody waits for hr Opening the gate for her, Giving delight for despair; Only a woman nevermore!t Bhe . is dead in snow" at the bronze church door I Christian Intclli :ncir. IIUMOK OF THE DAY. A private affair -A musket. ' The King of Greace ;Pete Iloleum, A bra9sworker An insurance agent. , vv.wnting pen ' An editorial sanc tum." " ' 4 A mail-bag The capture of a hus band. " ' A, high-handed proceeding Setting town'c?ocku. t, , . 'It doesn't-huit a missionary to be shot ,n ni uacis. I?cal it.ntf trnnefmrc -Ttnvs l1irr-in mud at each other. , - The .ups, aad downs of life are l e tter than being dewn all the time. - Kaining cats and dogi' is .surely no worse than hailing strangers. Lfe. What's the - matter with a howling mob? It's all rStA. 'W'txhinVm Cri'kT l'a:-c powder does not always help a young voma:i 4to go oil' iick ly in tho matrimonial market. "Vour laundress appears to be very oUl.' Yes; ' f-he belongs to the iroa age," '& :ti Gazfttr. i A.retty girl elon't object to re-llectiopj oh herself when they conic from a. loolt ing glass. IkiuxrilW Jive' e.- - Hogs are said to speak with their tails. Woulel it be'proper, there-fore, to cifll a short-tailed eiog a stump oiuter? Aelam had one thing in his favor. Kve couldn't ask 'him whether he hai loved any other woma'a befoie he met her. '' -WJienefer ndiic infant bft his voice $ In ae-eiits'iar froni jm-limv, i His face and lungs siig:j sl ii ryni Fhony iu red and yei: uli! A.lotof little: bootblacks . perched on a curbstone may not be India rubber boys, yet they ; are glitter pcrchers. Sifting. ' When your last monlli's bill at yout butchers is still unpaid it won't do t8 order a roast; it's more diplomatic to ask for one. "; -: " - "And do you saf T nni not. a good watchmaker? Ko one evcrlef t his watch here to be repaired that lie elidu't coma a second time. " Little Girl r "I nst Cwistmas I hung up my stockings. What did you haug up?" Absent-minded Visitor ".My watch." Sijthnj. Ceorgie (taking in tho dine museum "What's that, pop?" Pop "That's a mummy." . Georgie "Too stiff toppeulg to anybody, ain't he?" "What game do you scholars play the) most?1' inquired one of the school trus tees. "Hookey!" cried the boys iq unison. JJarzer's Pizar. A Berlin scientist asserts that salt conducive to longevity, but he seems to loe sight of tho fact that it destroyi freshness. AVio York Fun. Magistrate (to Chinaman) "What is XT Mi i nAni a! nf irnlncf tltia trMtnff rhutl'l!'' Chinaman (unable to collect a laundry bill; "Ho too muchee by-and-by." -Whene'er I hear the banjo's wild, IvUubrious tins a-liny j , I think 'tis like f aring chick: most tough, , And very, very stringy. , . JJonio n Courier. Untipped . Waiter (meaningly) 'Havcn't you forgotten something, sir?'' Guest (meditatively) "I'm cr let ma see. O, yes! I forgot the toothpieks. Thank you." 'Philadelphia- JlrtcrJ.. "Well, Mildred," remarked Amy tha morning after the election, "the jig's" up." . .'V Yei, replied the High School Girl, "that variety of elance is altitudin ously elevated." Durlirnjlvn Free Pre. AFTKti AN 1NTEUVIW WITH A 1JOOK A.;ST, "Itbink,7' aswrted the Boston maid, '"For him the projr term u(. , 'A horrid skin,' but J prefer , .Tpdub. biffrant-plderuiis.'" ; Xe.v York Smi. An American, who has just returned from Spain, says lhat the infant King of that country has a passion for bede.gBa sausare.' -' Jt is not often that a love for the mysterious is devclopcel ih a child of such tender years. Aorri to.ru Jeia'd. "Xott young .IT. an,' said the jewe'er, "Pm sorry,' but 1. can't give you an ad vertiswnnt Vnn bp I'm trnulild with heart disease, anel my physician li:n or dercel nie lo stop advertising, to that I may enjoy absolute icst anel V(uie;t." r Jeweler? W'etkl ;. ' ' , KrifC'MK.H k a K(.-srrr; vi-:niv . ,'Ah! who has seen the ni ilV-t b,b- tcr ri ", Clap her broad wings, pa 1, soaring. claim th ' skies. ' When didtthe owl, de"tiding from', 'her I ower ... Crop 'mid the fleecy P.rK&t.he tfivter f ov. rf Or the joungj heifpr plun?;fwiti pliant l.u.b, In the m!t wave und, lisii like, strive to 'rr,r: . Simf' ' .' Tfie Proji-e.ii of Yi. A 40,000 Acre Farm. TheGrandin wheat farm ' of Dakota consists of more land than any one man can cultivate cleverly and. feci at home on. It comprises t, 000 acre, of which 13,000 are now undr cultivation . -Forty-fivedouble gang-plows and harrows are used, sixty-live self binding harvesting machines and six steam threshers. Tie threshers, which; are very large ores, will each knock out 2oo0 bushels of wheat a day. In the use of mule aad steam power , machinery every effort made to economize ax much as f c8 Jn the emplpyment of men. There h e poetry or domestic bliss in uch farmiog' lt is some satisfaction to know that regions. grow older in settlement th'4 bur scale kind oi f fcrmiiur declines. '
Swain County Herald (Charleston, N.C.)
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