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She Catches Him.

A lady correspondent Of the New
York Commercial Advertieer, writing
from Long Branch, describes her un-
casincss at tho too frequent and too
protracted absences Of her husband,
who is spending the season there with
her. Finally, she finds him out, and
rcclaims him, as follows: e..
l made discovery a few evenings
since which relieved my mind from q
great deal Of worriment. Our sex
arc, naturally, suspicious and inquisi
tive. was having pleasant chat at
the room Of lady friend, when l
thought heard my husbands voice
over the fan-light of u ncighboring
room. We listened, and heard bois-
ferrous laughing which soon convinc-
ed us that both our husbands wcro
there. We could hear distinctly,
"Chip," "Chip,' Chip" Twenty
BETTER" "W hat ye got" and score
or moro of odd expressions. Wo-
mans curiosity was not long in being
gratified We had no occasion to
peep through the kcyhole; we learn
cd, to our entire satisfaction, that our
husbands were welded to two pairs
l wish you could have witnessed
my husband when be entered our
apartment about o'clock next morn
ing. l had been waiting for him
had sleepless night. He entered
slealthily, and commenced undressing
himself. He was arrested for a mo-
ment by my snoring. I confess 1
snored, but only in fun. 1t was just
to fool him. lie, poor fellow, stared
at me with all the eyes in his head ;
he had never heard me play before
on the nasal' organ. went it as
strong as Levy, but with not quite so
much harmony. There he stood, like
patience on a ent, when Icom-
menccd talking in my sleep-"Chip,"
"chip," "chip," twenty-five better"
",wo pair" Wasn't he a picture,
though. I could stand it no longer,
and so roarcd right ought. lie con-
fcssed all, and promised to do better,
and to give more attention to his de-
serted wife.
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ABBEVIILE, S. c., THURSDAY. AUGUST 10, 1871

Smith was by no means the ogre he
seemed. Aside from his p: udice, he
was a sensible, kind-hearted man.
Georgiana was not called upon to
cpcn the store or run errands, though
she offered to do both.
Curious to relate, as days and weeks
passed, Smiths repugnancc to her
presence not only vanished with them
but he began to regard it as o positive
pleasure
He used often to look through the
glass door, watching the graceful
poise of the head and the motions Of
the deft little fingers as they glided
over the paper, until at last curious
fancies seemed to creep through his
brain, and he began to indulge in
glowing dreams Of how wonderfully
such a little woman as that would
brighten up his lonely and cheerless
| home.
But he determined TO proceed eau
tiously. IIe had it. His housekeeper
was about to leave, he would offer
Miss Gardner the situation-and
then!
Having formed this resolution, his
next step was to request the young
Iady's presence in his private Office, y
summons that was promptly obry-
cd.
Miss Gardner, don't you think the
situation Of housekeeping in quiet
home, like mine for instance, would
be preferable to your situation here ?"
"Perhaps. in some respects it
might, said Georgiaua. coloring at
this abrupt inquiry, and the look that
accompanied it.
Was tho old gentleman about to
make her an offer?
But his next word relieved her OF
this apprehension.
"My housckecpor is soon to leave
me, and should be very glad to have
you supply her place."
Georgiana's cheeks grew red, and
her mouth dimpled with smiles that
she strove vainly to suppress.
"You are very kind, sir, hut the
fact is, Mr.. Jcnkin has spoken to me
first"
"Mr. Jenhins?"'
ayes, sir. He asked me to be his
housekecper, and l told him that l
would"
"But, my child, Mr.. Jenkins is q
young man-it would not be proper
for you to keep house for him. Now
with me it is different" :
AS Georsiana inwardly agreed with
him, in fact, there was all difference
in the world to her.
"But he asked me 10 be his wife as
well as housckcepcr."
"O-o-o-h !"
Smiths first feeling was that of in
tense astonishmenr, his next, of quite
as strong chagrin. But it all ended
in an cmotiop of thankfulness that he
not committed himself.
But his disappointment could not
have ranked very deeply, for he at
tended the wedding; viewing with
smiling tranquility, the ceremony
that transformed his new clerk into
the happy wife Of his fortunate part
ner, Jenkins. -.-...
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HASTE AND HEALTH.-It is not
at all wholesome to be in hurry.
Locomotives have been reported
to have moved a mile ip.a minute
for short distances: But locomo-
tives have often come to grief by
such great rapidity. Multitades in
their haste to get rich are ruined
every year. The. men who do
things maturely, slowly, deliberate
ly, are the men who oftenest sue
ceed in life. People who are. hab-
itually in a hurry generally have to
do things twice over. The tortoise
beat the hare at last. Slow men
seldom knock their brains but
against post. Foot-races are in
injurious to health, as are all forms
of competitive exercises; steady
labor in the field is the best gym
nasium in the world. Either labor
or exercise carried to exhaustion,
or prostratlon, or. even to great
.tiredness; expressed by tagged
out" always does more charm than
the previous exercise has done
good. All running up stairs, run
ming to catch up with vehicle or
ferry-boat, are extremely injurious
to every age, sex, and condition of
life. thought to be the most press
ing necessity which should induce
u person over fifty to run twenty
yards. Those live longest who are
deliberate, whose actions are meas.
;ured, who never embark in any en-
terprise without sleeping over it."
and who perform all the every day,
acts of lite with calmness: Qua.
kers are a proverbially calm, quiet
people, and Quakers are thrifty.
folk, the world lover.-Dr. -HaM.t
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SERPENTS.
Stories About Rattlesnakes-A Horri-
BILE Plaything.

The Lynchburg Republican publish
es the following "snake storics," and
says they can be substantiated by in
disputable testimony. They are only
some Of the trifling experiences. Of
the mouutainecrs with tho rattle
snakes:
"Therc are in the Blue Ridge two
distinct species-the yellow and tho
black. The yellow was formerly sup
posed to be tho male, and the black
the female; but the fallacy of th:t
opinion is demonstrated by the fact
that in many localities only one of
these kinds is ever seen and also by
the great difference in size and form
the yellow b"ing very thick and
short, and the black long and slender
But both of these species are bcauti-
fully ornamented with flowers, which
in the sunlight, partake Of all the col
ors Of tho rainbow. The yellow
snake is much less liable to rat, e than
the black, and therefore most to be
dreaded, though no dependence need
be placed in either, as it depends alto
gether upon the caprice Of the mo,
ment when they retreat, advance,
rattle, or "play possum." The par.
tiality of this snake for the company
of children has been frequently no.
ticcd among the mountaineers, one
instance of which is familiar to some
Of our Bedford readers.
A few years ago q farmer whose
cabin stood in one Of the widest To-
calitics about the mountains. on com
ing into the house one day discovered
his little daughter, two years old, sit
| ting up in bed, where she had beer
placed when asleep by her mother
The child was laughing immoderate
| Iy, and showing by it's every actor
and expression Of countenance tina
it was greatly pleased. The father
approached, when to his horror HI
I discovered that an enormous yellow
| rattlesnake, the largest he had eve
seen, was in bed with the child, ant
actually coiled around her body. Hi
presence instantly wrought chang
in the conduct of the snake, whicl
| dexterously uncoiled. itself from
around the child and assumed an at
titude of battle. The mountaineer'
rife hung uron rack over the door
he grasped it in his hand with feel
iugs which cannot be described, an
awaited an opportunity to shoot. Ii
~ had no sooner done 80 than the snak
commenced caressing the child b,
rubbing his head fondly against he
cheek, and darting his forked tongu
almost in her eyes. Then be woul
raise his tail and rattle so rapidly d
To make one continued sound, a
= which the child was greatly delight
ed. But upon the least movement o
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BY v: 4. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
THE SHIP.

And see she stirs!
She starts-,she moves-she seems to feel
The thrill or life along her keel,
And, spurning with her foot the ground,
With one eXultillg, joyous bound,
She leaps into the oce ans arms!
And 10. from the assembled crowd
there roEe shout, prolonged and loud,
That t. the ocean seemed to say
Take her, @ bridegroom, old and gray,
Eake helsto thy protecting arms,
With al heryOuth andal her charms ~
Pow beautiful she is! How fair
.-f.r lies within those arms that press
.srm. Will MANY soft caress
: e j stIesSa,ld watchful care!
Z :, ,,intol!!e sea, o ship!
Is :. wiIG and wave, right onward
s $}-rr
2 ~ N:..j. nc.; g., the trembling lip,
g.. .. ..a rs of doubt or fear.
-. t,.;r IA'r the sea of life, ..
... ..i3a, :c.'ing, trusting wife,
.... s',i. 9 an all adversity
.. ,i:c ns.:om OF that sea
..:.z .alings and thy goings be =! 81.
<a1Ti"ness and love and trust
.a'i J'erangry wave~and gust;
.. .. = III. wreck of noble lives
.u:, ing immortal still survives
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A Newport correspondent says
"Let me here say that one Of the
greatest nuisances ut a hotel is hand.
8 some young man. He is an intolera
BILE bore to all the ladies Of good sense
in the house. If I might be allowed
suggestion I would advise overy
father who is threatened with a hand
some man in the family, just to take Q
clothes FOUNDER and batter his nose tc
apomice." ..,.
1T is said that when Brigham
Young was asked the other day which
son he had ST. West Point, the eonun
drum so staggered him, that he was
obliged to refer to the family recort
to solve it. 'Do they miss me al
home? ?" is not much sung in that fam
ily.
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CUNDURANGO.
a Large Supply Of the Cancer Weed
Coming.
From the New York Times.

The victims of cancer who have
been anxiousIy looking forward to q
time not far distant when they would
be able to procure supply of the
South American specific, "cunduran'
co." will be pleased to learn that Dr.
D. NJ. Bliss, Of Washington, expects
very soon to obtain q sufficient guam.
tity to furnish all who may be in need
Of it. Hon. A. Il. Latin, naval Off,
Ger at this port, made application a
few days ago, in behalf Of a friend,
for some of the specific, and in reply
Dr. Bliss wrote, on the 18th inst, that
he had mono to spare. He says: II
receive but small quantity ata time,
and it being my purpose to treat a
few cases here, where they can be en-
der my own observation, it will be
impossible for me to send any Of it
way. The remedy; as we'll as my
self, having been attacked, | desire to
demonstrate to the public W hat it will
do, which nccessitatcs the above
course" In circular note, however
the doctor Gays he expects to receive
q sufficient quantity by the 1st, or the
18th of August at the farthest, to sup.
ply the profession or the public US
they may desire. He. says that
enough has been developed BY its use
TO assure him that it is the most pow
crful alternative ever in the hands OF
the profession, and that it possesses d
specific influence over the poisen OF
cancer 'From the statements ct the
physicians of Quinto, and my own ex.
.pericnce in its use, l am convinced
that the scundurango' is quite as relia.
bic rs specific in cancer, scrotula and
other blood diseases as cinchona and
its all1aloid have proved to be in
zymotic'd diseases"
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DIAMOND Cur DIAMoND.-A cor.
respondent writing. from Saratoga
relates this incident:
"Amopg our visitors is q young
clergyman. He is smart and has bis
eyes open. Hei is a churchmaa and
will make his. mark. An incident
will illustrate this. His college chum
is settled in the Baptist ministry
Our church friend made a call on his
chum. 1t was Saturday, and he pro-
posed to spend Sunday with bis old
associate. He was made welcome,
but with the least bit Of embarrass-
ment that he did not fail to observe.
At length the Baptist brother spoke.
I should be delighted to have you
preach for me tomorrow. But the
fact il, it is our communion. We
have it directly after our morning
service. 1t would be very awkard,
you know, for you to preach for me
and then. 90 out Of tho house with the
unregcnerate, for by the rules Of our
church, you, not being baptized, cam
not commune with u.s. The church
man laughed, and said: 'oh, don't be
uneasy. 1 will preach for you. But
were I forty times baptized, I could
not sit down to your table, for by the
rules of our church, you know, are
not ordained, and cannot administer
the ordinances at ALL And so he
preached, and at the close went ont
to his dinner, while the saints sat at
their table"
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Do Not Forget Your Pocket-Book.

Don Piatt, Of Cincinnati, is not an
encouraging man TO trust with lady,
it seems, from an account Of droll
misadventure which he gives in the
Golory. He writes:
II never left depot yet that some
body WAS not put under my care. l
don't know why this is; I suppose it
is something in my countenance if 1
knew what, / would have it cxtrac-
ted. / don't like having unprotected
females and school boys and girls
turned over to me. It's little bard
on man. And what is it good for ?
Nobody needs protection; if any one
does, it is benevolent, good looking,
innocent sort of q man-such " the
writer Of this.
IL was leaving on the morning
train once from Philadelphia, when q
respectable looking old scoundrel in
gold-rimmed glasses asked ME to take
charge Of his daughter. She could
have taken charge Of me. She was
thirty, if day, with face that had
been on the offensive for ten years.
I'd like to sec any man attack that
woman; Id 20 odds ten to ono on the
scratch.
"The old fellow seemed TO be in a
great hurry, and thrusting the lady
under my arm, left the cars and drove
off. In thin, angular voice that was
meant to be very sweet, and WAS not,
she asked me TO take her pocket book
and get the necessary ticket. I left
the car for that purpose, but when l
approached the opening where the
ticket agent, kept in solitary confne-
mont, snaps at the world outside,
found that l had left my pocLet:boolz
under my pillow at the hotel, and
what was worse, my watch with it.
| had about twenty minutes, and
jumping into hack I promised the
driver ten dollars if he would get back
in time for the train. lie started off
at furious rate, ran over an apple
stand, crippled venerable gentleman
on the corner opposite, and in less
tl;an the time stated l and the driver
found ourselves marched off to- the
station in the hands of the police
We wore taken before q corpuIcnt
justice Of the peace, who had as much
adipose in his head as most men car.
ry about their muscles, and it.took the
old fellow just two hours to try, rep
rimand, and fine US for our drunken
and disorderly y conduct. OF course
the train went off with my charmer
1t went off without her pocket-bools
never saw her again, although
made diligent search and adsei tiscc
in the daily papers. But one unfor
tunate day, some months after, en-
countered male member of her fam
lily, who made some serious charge.
against me connected with the deser
tion Of lady, and stealing her pocli
et-book. l tried to explain, but fail
ing to get my words in satisfactorily
: was forced to mako an assault on thi
} male member of her family that en-
ded 10 some black eyes and blood,
, noses.
"Now, what was the good of put
= ting that aged female under my care
J 1t only led to her giving me tha
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A BRIEF H1sToRY OF Lone BRANCH.
Long Branch takes it's name from

A BRIEF H1sToRY OF LONG BRANCH.
Long Branch takes it's name from
a brook, branch Of the Shrewsbury
river. In tho year 1893 the place
was Inhabited by Indians, and was
styled LANDS, End About that time
four men, named respectively Parker,
Slocum, Wardell and Hewlett came
from Rhode Island and established a
settlement there. A considerable por-
ton Of the land which they obtained
continued in the possession Of the
Slocums until thirty years ago, and
some Of the land wal rants are still in
existence. A few years later other
hardy settlers from neighboring pro
vinces bought land in Long Branch
at twenty shillings an acre, built
dwellings, and occupied themselves
with farming and fishing. 1t now
embraces population Of four thou
sand five hundred.
The Liberty. Pole is the name civ
en- to the village, from a flag staff
erected there during the war Of 1912,
while the coast portion, upon which
the cottages and hotels are located, is
known as the Shore, fronting the
ocean. Land purchased at the edge
of the village BY Mr.. Samuel Laird
in 1868, for ESQ an acre. was sold fol
81, 900 in 1870, soon after tho Bur
lington Pathway was opened. Tht
first hotel erected at Long Branct
was the Ocean House. There art
now accommodations for twenty
thousand people. Three years agt
Blythe Beach, south of the present
West End Hotel, comprised only far
ming lands. To-day it is laid out as 6
park, with. new roads from seventy
to one hundred feet wide, and beauti
full sites for cottages. Of these there
are. now two hundred. y.
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Romance Of q Bale Of Cotton.

We clip the following from. the
New York Journal of Comn,erce, and
commend it to the attention Of. our
farmers, rs furnishing an exsmple
worthy Of immitation: ~,3 ~ ;.,,H !
The cotton market was surprised
yesterday by the sale Of q single bale
Of short staple Mississippi, Cleo coun-
ty) cotton, at fifty cents per, pound,
the bale weighing four hundred and
forty-three pounds. 1t was raised by
W. B. McShaw on his plantation in
Leo county, Mississippi; picked, and
then taken into tho parlor If his res
idence, where it was carefully cleaned
of seeds, sand, leaf, bark and other
impurities by the fair hands of Mrs.
and Miss McShaw. 1t was sent to
the agricultural fair at St. Louis last
October, and received the first pre-
MUM, $500, for the best bale of short
staple cotton. 1t was also entered for
the $1,000 prize, sweepstakes, for the
best bale of either long or short. sta
pie, and won it. It was then present
ed by Mr.. McShaw to the Southern
Educational Society, and by that 80
ciety sent to the st. Louis Corn Ex
change for sale. 1t was sold to Mr..
D. e. Tuft at thirty cents per pound ;
and by him presented again to the
same society, who sold it at twenty
five cents per pound and afterwards
for thirty-cight cents. The society
once more received it rs q donation
then ratified it for $1,000; sold it twice
after that for prices not quoted, and
at last disposed of it to Messrs. Shy.
rock & Rowland, Of St. Louis. 1t
was then sent to gladden the eyes OF
the New York Cotton Exchange, and
was exhibited by the we'll known
firm of Norton, Slaughter & Co., for
whom it was sold at the price given
above, fifty cents, by Messrs. Mum,
Son h Co., brokers, to Jonathan Earl,
treasurer of tho Norfolk and New
Brunswick Hosiery Company, at
New Brunswick, Now Jersey. 1t is
the intention of the company to man
ufacture the bale, and to ascertain il
it will not surpass in texture any
cotton goods yet mado in America,
Mr. Earl has shown considerable So.
sacity in purchasing this celebrated
bale Of cotton, and it is possible that
the fancy price paid for ic may stim.
ulate southern producers to improve
their methods Of cleaning and pack
ing until they obtain similar results
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NJ. Gaml eta is said to be more
p ,pular than any other man in the
Army. That part Of the army which
voted for Paris gave him upwards OF
100. while General de- Cissey only
obtained ], 300, and Andre AMI VOL
owski, the Alpha and Omega of the
anti.petroleum party, received only
LOO. Gambetta proposes to sit for
the Va, in order to offer the ele1 rs
of Paris the opportunity of returning
his friend NJ. Rane, who is regarded
by the extreme party to which he
belongs, as tie ablest man in that
party. 49,.
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FOOD FOR CuIcKENs.-Chickens
do not require feeding till about
twcnty-four hours old, and then
they may be fed corn meal sparing-
ly. Soaked pieces of bread are
Better for the first few days; and
boiled eggs, mixed with q little
corn meal, moistened, are still bet
ter, especially for the first day or
two after commencing to feed. Af-
ter the chickens are old enough to
eat meal ground coarse, it is better
to feed such, than that which is 80
fine as to be liable to bake in their
crops and when older feed harley,
buckwheat, or cracked corn, and
give tbem:a wide range to catch in
sects, and they will seldom besome
diseased.-Lire Stock Journal. .
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pockct-book and the catastrophe that
followed. She could just rs we'll
have gone off on the Pennsylvania
without rs with me. The thing is an
outrage. If people want to put their
females under the care of anybody,
let them try the conductors-they are
hired for such purposes-and not i'm
pose on innocent passengers"
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When tho Emperor of Brazil arri-
we'd at Lisbon, the King of Portugal
sent his Cham mberlain to say that the
royal palace of Neccssidatus had been
specially prepared for his reception.
But the Emperor. declined the offer,
observing that he was in mourning,
that he had come to Europe on q tour
of study and observation, and that he
should feel that he was less in the
way of his royal relations if he stay.
ed. like any Of the private gentleman
at ono Of the hotels.
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Mrs. Clah,n, in the last number ef
her paper, lays this down as a social
axiom: If q rigid analysis Of the
present condition and tho general re-
suits of the marriage, as now practi-
cod, wero to be gone into,. we doubt
if there wonld be found q single cir
cumstance to recommend it's contin-
uance.
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Farmers in Wisconsin have ensag-
ed to very considerable. extent in
tobacco raising, the fields ranging in
extent from the garden-patch to for
ty acres, with majority from five to
ton acres. So many children have
been placed at work in the fields as
to seriously affect the schools.
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Tho recent census returns for Ire
land, .contrastcd with those of the
past thirty years, shows steady de-
crease in tho population. In 1871,
the population was 8,l96,sS7. In
1851 it was 6,574,27S, whilo this year
it is but 5, 5,4O2,s5s, nearly 100000 less
than ton years ago.
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Onilp and his wife had bit Of con.
tcntion, the other day. II own you
have more brilliancy than l." said the
woman, "but I have the better judg'
ment.', "Yes," said Quilp, your
choice in marriage shows that!
Quilp was.justly Informed that he was
O self conseited brute.
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A merry, light-hearted damselrush-
ed into citizens arms at Savannah,
claiming, "Oh, you are my long-lost
brother!" She soon discovered her
mistake. and rushed of in "a confused
manner, accompanied by her long
lost brothers pocket-book.