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"Like they do in public buildings, you know"
"Tbat is natural enough"

sLikc they do in public buildings you know"
"That is natural enough"
"Well, it's a kind O queer, but Luke Rud-
dilove never want like nobody else. Folks
think it's dreadful strange he should put a
one dollar bill in with the other things"
Mrs. Partlet felt her checks flush scarlet;
she glanced up to where the Squire was check
ing off a list of legal items in the bill he was
making out against some client But he nev-
er looked around, and Mrs. Buckingham went
on with her never-ceasing flow of chit.chat,
and so the color died away in her cheek. At
ter all, the money had been her own to give,
and the old oil cloth in front of the dining
room stove had answered very we'll.
She met Luke Ruddilove that afternoon for
the first time since his return to Sequosset-
Luke himself, yet not himself-the demon OF
intemperance crushed out of his nature, and
its better, noble elements trumphing at last.
He looked her brightly in the face as he held
out his hand.
"Mary."
81 am glad to see you back here again,
Luke" she said, tremulously.
"And we'll you may he" he reioined "Do
you remember the night you gave me the
dollar bill, and begged me not to 60 to the
tavern?"
EYES,"
"That night was the pivot on which my
whole destiny turned. You were kind to me
when every one spoke coldly; you trusted me
when all other faces were averted. l vowed
VOW to myself to prove worthy of your con-
fidence and kept it, 1 did not spend the
money! treasured it up-and Heaven has
added nightly to my little store. put the
dollar bill under the cornerstone of my new
house, for the house has risen from it and it
alone. 1 won't offer to pay you back, tor L
am afraid" he added, smiling, "the luck
would 60 from me with it; but III tell you
what will do, Mary; I will give money and
words of trust and encouragement to some 9TH
er poor wretch as you gave to me-"
And Squire Partlet never knew what his
wife did with the dollar bill he gave her to
buy new piece Of oil cloth.
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son, was found belt containing over SIX
hundred dollars, being the proceeds OF sales
from his illicit business.

SLEEP on YOUR CAREs.-Men of business,
believe me, there is now and then profitable
venture in doing nothing at all. In the pow.
er to put business aside, and abiding now and
then in perfect quiet, things sometimes solve
themselves, when we give them that adVan'
tage, which refuses to come clear for all our
trying. We all know how, by simply taking
some perplexity into the deepest silence this
side of death-a good nights sleep-we can
do better sometimes than if we sat up and
wrought at our task all night. When Mat
thew Murray, of Leeds, wanted to see his way
through some perplexity in his inventions,
and all other effort was Of no use, ne rested
day and night from all noise. and all effort
save the effort an active man has to keep him.
self quiet; and then the thing he wanted would
steal in and look at him, and light on him,
and stay, as birds used to light on the old
hermits, no more afraid Of them than OF the
trees under which they sat- And mothers,
you may care and toll incessantly tor your
little ones, never resting a moment IN your
devotion, and then, because you never do
Quit but enter into your very closet with
little frock to mend, you shall never be quite
able to take the whole sunlight and sum OF
your motherhood into your heart. You will
be 80 full of care about the bread that perishes
as to miss the bread that cometh down from
heaven. No person in the world needs so
much, now and then, to be still, and open her
soul only to the silence as an earnest, energet-
ic. whole.hearted mother This eternal activ-
ity is almost sure to run at last in shadows
Robert Colkyer
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-10-16

THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF THE CRASH
A New York letter says: "Almost every man
has particular theory to account for the ter
rible crash. The real cause, however, is dis
cussed only by few, because only few un'
derstand it. The root of all is to be found in
the mischievous system on which business is
conducted by the most of the torn down banks.
I had occasion to look into this system about
year ago, and I said to several persons then
that it would some day cause serious trouble.
1t is the principle of certi6cation for brokers
that lies at the bottom. Its operation may
be briefly explained. In the first place, it is
a rule in Wall street that all transactions in
stocks shall be settled before quarter-past
two each day thatis, all deliveries and pay
ments must be made by that time. Well, a
broker, say, has balance of $4,000 in bank
and he must pay 100000. 1t is not possible
for him to get this money, but by an arrange
ment with his bank he can get checks for the
whole amount certified. His honor is pledged
to makeh his account good, by depositing either
currency checks or securities (the latter chief
ly stock by three o'clock. This is the only
protection the bank has, and, as any person
may see, it is very fimsy one. Every day
during an active season brokers give checks
for from three to FIVE times the amount OF
their deposits, and these checks are certified
just as though money were on hand to meet
them. Of course such system must some
day end with a crash. The crash has come,
it is now high time to reform the abuse that
led to it"
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Immediately rushed out in pursuit, leaving
the store unguarded. When he reached the
corner the supposed thief had vanished, ana
returning to his store he found that during
his absence the informer had emptled the
till and gone off with the money. The two
thieves have so far escaped capture.
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FINANCIAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Baltimore Sun cites several examples
of the folly of boarding, so far as the public is
concerned. He who boards money drawn
from a savings bank loses his interest. In
1861, the splendid new building of Baltl.
more bank was erected and paid for out OF
the interest lost by panicky depositors. Even
now, it is said that the New York savings
banks are making handsome profits in saving
the August interest upon deposits. But the
greatest risk Of all is losing the cash thus
drawn out. An old boot and hole in the
wall are poor substitutes for bank safes
Besides, the temptation to spend, even if the
money be not boarded, is very great. There
is another evil attached to boarded money, and
that is the opportunity given to the thief
who is perpetually on the watch. We hear OF
one man in Atlanta who drew 5000 from the
bank in the morning, and had it stolen before
night
Any national bank that does not refuse to
redeem its notes. though declining to honor
drafts or checks drawn for large amounts, ex'
cept under certain circumstances, is thought
to be clearly within the law, although suf'
fering from qualified suspension. The Chi
cago banks claim to have the warrant Of the
bank examiner for thus suspending.
If a poor man or woman have sou or SlOO
it is not easy for him or her to invest it in
such way that it shall be at once entirely
safe and reasonably productive. No real
estate owner cares to receive so small sum
on bond and mortgage. The poor man or
woman might buy bond, Government or
railroad, but might be deceived as to the real
value of the bond, or the bond might be lost
or stolen. In any event, there would be
more or less anxiety about the money. just
here the savings bank offers its valuable aid.
1t takes this particular $50 or 500, and many
more smaller and larger sums, and putting
them together, so invests the money on bond
and mortgage OH real estate, or in the best
public stocks and bonds, that it is able to pay
the depnstor better interest than could be
obtained in any other perfectly safe way.
But to secure this desirable end its investments
must be more or less permanent. 1t can
not sell its mortgages and stocks ut a few
hours notice without sacrificing them. If it
sacrifices them it can hope for no profits,
and there will be no interest to divide among
depostors. Yet the bank cannot give every
body his or her moneys Immediately without
sacrificing its investments. The unreasonable
ness of run" is, therefore, apparent. The
runners do not want their money to use.
They only desire to get hold Of it and assure
themselves that it is safe. If they leave it in
the bank it is not only safe, but it is earning
interest. If they take it out, it stops earning
interest and is in daily danger of being lost
or spent. The mass of men and women of
moderate means, who deposit in savings banks,
are intelligent enough to see this They make
no "run." They are free from panic, and in
this set good example before moro eminent
fnanciers.
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nasa One of the most ingenious and daring
thefts on record was perpetrated short time
since at the village Of Briery Hill, England.
A lad entered the store of q grocer of the
place and bought loaf of bread, which he
asked the man to stuff down the back of his
jacket, as his companion outside would take
it away from him if he saw it. The grocer
complied with the apparently innocent re-
quest, and having had his loaf placed in its
original hiding place the boy left. Hardly
had he quilted the store when another lad
rushed in, and exclaimed:
"Do you know what that chap has done I?
he has prigged your watch" The grocer
looked, in horror, and saw his watch chain
dangling and his watch gone. "There he
goes p said his informant, pointing to a figure
going down the street; and the store'keeper
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-10-16

TO CURE TooTHAcHE.-A we'll known
dentist, who has tried the remedy on some
nervous people who have old roots or broken
teeth, and are too timid to permit an attempt
to remove, them makes the following public,
for the benefit of all whom it may concern.
To persons having hollow tooth, allowing
the air to reach the nerve, I would advise
that they get some spirits of nitre and mix
with alum; saturate a little cotton with it
and apply it to the cavity. If the pain ex-
tends upward toward the eye, or takes the
form of neuralgia, procure some horseradish
leaves, take out the stems, wet them and apply
on the face over the pain, and think you will
get relief If you have no radish, try beet
leaves they may answer the same purpose.
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ca. Sing Sing is constantly adding some
new item to the curiosities of prison discipline,
but its latest edition is possibly one of the
most extraordinary on record. Its latest IL
lustration of convict ingenuity and lax dis
cipine was the discovery Of private still
which, for several months, had been worked
by one of the convicts, who retaled its pro-
duction to his fellows, much to his own pecu-
mary advantage. On a recent occasion, a
convict was found to be intoxicated, and,
under the threat Of severe punishment, dis.
closed the source from whence he obtained
the liquor, which was from another convict,
named John Short, who worked in one of the
marble quarries. Without informing Short a
search Of the quarry was Immediately institu-
ted, where, in secluded corner, sheltered by
few rough boards, was found a remarkable
contrivance for the manufacture Of whisky.
A couple Of the prison tubs, holding perhaps
twelve or fifteen gallons each, contained the
mash, which was composed Of potatoes, scraps
of bread, sprinkling Of tomatoes, with some
corn and coarse meal, collected in the prison
stables. An iron kettle answered thepurpose
of still, while a section Of halfinch gas pipe
artistically bent, formed the worm, thus COM
pleting an apparatus which, it is understood,
was capable Of producing about five gallons
of homespun spirits daily. This frightful
liquor, Short, who constructed and owned the
STILL retaied to his fellow. convicts in sarsapa-
rilla bottles at the price of one dollar each.
Before Short had received notification Of
the seizure of his distillery, he was made to
undergo q search, when, concealed on his per-
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GEORGIA GIRLS COMPETING AS Cooks.
The Atlanta Constitution, referring to the
Georgia State Fair, says "The great contest
of the Rome Fair has been that between the
girls for cooking stove as a premium for the
best dinner. The result of the contest has
been looked to with eager interest, and the
awards were delivered amid rousing excite
ment The best cook among these contending
charmers was decided to be Miss Hattie j.
johnson, to whom was awarded the first pre-
MUM in the shape of the John B. Gordon
cooking stove. To Miss Octavia Shropshire
was given the second premium. The second
premium was the R. E. Lee stove, offered by
Messrs. Seavy & Walker. In making the
third award the committee found it hard to
decide They recommended that twenty dol
lars be given to Miss Alice Camp, a twelve
year old girl, for the very excellent dinner she
concocted. They also recommended ten dol
lars to Miss E. J.Shropshire The awarding
of the premiums was very exciting"
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AN AWFUL ATMosPHERE.-Theh highest of
the peaks of the Sierras, Gray's Peak, may
we'll be called the home of the thunder. On
account of its great heightit attracts the clouds,
which almost daily gather round its head
and burst upon it, so that sometimes it tries
the nerves Of the boldest to run the gauntlet
of these storms. At such times the whole
mountain seems charged with electricity.
Several who have been caught there at such
moment have told how it shot through them
like needles; it buzzed through their heads
like bees; they could hear it like gale
through the rigging of ship. The guides,
being more accustomed to such things, are
less terrified, but tourists are sometimes para.
lyzed with terror, if not with shock, and fall
to the ground unable to move. Even the
guides sometimes think it is matter Of pru-
dence to throw themselves fiat upon their faces
so as not to present a point for lightning
to strike. The poor brutes taught by dumb
instinct, turn their heads from the storm and
let it heat. If party were caught on the
Summit in snow storm it is probable that
they would perish. In the binding snow
drifts it would be impossible to find the path,
and no mortal strength could hold out for
many hours.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-10-16

CoLoRs AND HEALTH are some
colors that no person can be cheerful and elas-
tic in spirit if their rooms are tinted with
them. A correspondent of a scientific paper,
the Builder, states that he had occasion for
several years to examine rooms occupied by
young women for manufacturing purposes,
and has observed that while the workers in
one room would be cheerful and healthy, the
occupants of similar room, who were EN-.
ployed on the same kind of business, were
melancholy, and complained Of a pain in the
fore head and eyes, and were often i'll and
unable to work. The only difference he could
discover in the rooms was that the one occu.
pied by the melancholy workers was colored
with yellow ochre. AS soon as the difference
struck him he had the yellow ochre washed off
the walls and then whitened. At once an
improvement took place in the spirits and
health of the occupants. He pursued his OBJ
servations and experiments not only in large
manufactures, but also in small apartments
and garrets, and he invariably found that
the occupants of such apartments, when they
were colored yellow or buff, were less healthy
than their neighbors in whitened rooms, and
that when the yellow hue disappeared the
low spirits and ill-health went with it.
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AN EMPEROR AND HIS CoMRADEs.-A
droll adventure occurred to the Emperor AL
exander on the eve of one of the imperial re-
views. The emperor was fond of walking
about unattended, and he often extended his
pedestrian excursions to the distance Of two or
three leagues from St. Petersburg. On the
occasion here alluded to, he had taken very
long walk, and finding himself very much
fatigued, he got into one of the public sledges'
"Drive to the Imperial Palace at St. Peters
burgh," said he to the iswotschilk (sledge'drl,
ver). II will take you as near to it as | can,
replied the man "but the guards will not
allow US to approach the gates" On arriving
a little distance from the place the sledge
stopped. eve must not 60 any further" said
the sledge-driver. The emperor jumped from
the sled dge, saying, "Wait there, and | will
send some one to pay you" "No, no." re-
piled the man, "that will not do. Your COM
rades often make me the same promise, but
they always forget to keep it. l will give no
more credit. If you have not the money,
leave something with me till you getit." The
emperor smiled, and unfastening the clasp of
his cloak, he threw it into thesledge. "Here," "
said he, stake this" On ascending to his
apartments he directed his valet-de-c e-chambre
to take fifty roubles to the iswotschilk who
had driven him and bring back his cloak.
When the valet reached the spot where the
emperor had left the sledge, he found about
twenty drawn up in line (Which of you
drove the EMPEROR" inquired the valet. No
one answered. "Who has got cloak ?" said
the valet, pursuing his inquiry. can officer
left cloak with me-" exclaimed sledge.
driver. "Give it to me and here is your fare. "
"Great St. Nicholas" exclaimed the aston
ished driver, and, seizing his reins, he drove
rapidly away amid the shouts Of the assem-
bled swotschilks. This happened on the eve
of one of the grand reviews. After the troops
had defled, all the commanders of corps
formed group around the emperor. "Gen.
tlemen," said Alexander, II am much pleased
with the fine appearance and excellent disclp-
line of your troops. But tell your officers for
me, that they made me submit to the humilia-
ton of leaving my cloak in pledge for my
honesty" Every one stared with astonish-
ment. II assure you" resumed the emperor,
"the sledge.driver who brought me home re-
fused to trust ME because, he said, my COM
rades often forgot to pay him."
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:,
They were married with great pomp, and
accompanied the Archduchess to Paris. Ma
poleon, to crown the happiness Of his favorite,
made him at once general of division.
, 1873-02-06
NUMBER III.

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ing that AZ wore ngleen !iat ~ psu 1,a,n1
afaw ahond hS nnl oxar to n'sal,sp, e,ra pitu dn1.
-. !.onta. sc1i brlases nao elroanS dn3rs nore
uaaee omogn aoosG snnt Glss. ~ naoI' ~ to1a,
cnt ,,I 70 commerce ehonla no Pelitaon p'!o" ,s
t' t.h, roht, ai,a II ~ lnobt1o1,aplo MhesnGr no
"Xe @ nnonia ma "o Perm15ten nH.Meen n,: ,1uuaf
g. ao , ~" o,u,s a tme M"Io"an.h ~
a.. e.: l.on.a 'not yeh!e!day IN orae1 70 eonnIuos
tt sas supJ9ss, anu IT. III eApgGse'! 10 henr isemi
su, nn.s,i itIuH nit1H 'o.'mnuM; to nokon sno ~. ~.
~onlu oitler pe 1ccolnmit'ee, OF Ee1effea 10 the
ceMml;te9 on commerce.
bill on tho tal,lc. ~
alr. poTTEN asked Nr. Packer 'vhotllertho u bl't
had bee1 recommended by tic engineer officers
Oh inc =. uogornmont; Hs! !1aI5 .4
i, I. rAChEa Teplioa that II lloa nor, nas taae
tAo lnterosts OF tho uoSernmet1t Wsfe "htirely
, 1873-02-06
Hf)I1SE.

~
n AMERICAN BTEAM8Hrps.
memorial Was presented from the PhiIadol-
.phia Board Of Trade, asking for tho eAtablisl,-
mont Of ocean mail steamship service, In Amer
1ean built iron steamships with England.
-. 1NT5aMAL HEvENuK.-THE fonA00o rA1.
Mr. bIuh, from tue gommttteo q Ways and
.means, fePortea amenamohts to the informal
'heYenue 1aw, as 1ono"n me frat TT, SECTION
restores the prositea9n OF tac sw OF iao2 ALLOW.
IuB pluuuceIs u tooAcco 70 aeA u INC place or
proaiuonon o1,d 70 G1nsume1s TO az amount not e1-
oseea!ng sioV' Ino eoSona seotlon proposes 81 to
Mcten1e t 4 tae alaotlonai Pa11s 81 paslola. ne
tho third section provides that tno man who
mnan "ins from grapes tatsea py Mmsen might
soa r. Y q sno Piace o1 rtoauotlon Ttaout PAYNE
sne 9zo epeo'a1 INK @s 10" soqu'roo' Inc Dill
MAS passed.
w. ,,o,,7, PENSION e nItL9: .u,
, 1873-02-06

Morron s meant tt to W. searo tho appon Sent Of
LongBtreot and Hawkins, with the a. aved in
tontfon Of counting in tho Custom Hol > csndi-
aatos. -
pincl,bach hgain aslscd that Judge ! .pblc be
summoned to reply to somo Of War,noti ) state
monts.
Tho Cummittco reserved It's decision a. to how
many Of tho Judges should bo summoned, and
adjourned tit tomorrow.
, 1873-02-06


WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.--In the Louisiana In
Testigation, to day,
GENERAL q. 4. SHERIDAN
teatifled. Ho thinks 10000 oolored men voted
tho Liberal ticket; don think more than loo
white men outside the Federal employment
voted tho Republican ticket; thinks tllero were
men in evory parish qualified to act ~ Super
Yisors. but 1t was difficult to get them to act.
rlsCunAUK
Waa sworn, and said he canyasBed ten or fifteen
parishes or more during tue last campaign; do
not think l,2oo colored ,persons in the wholo
State supported the Fusion ticket; do not think
thore was 900, but there might have boen 80 Or
l0o persona who voted ngainBt Grant; thinks
betWcen 10000 and lb,0u0 whites voted for
Grant and Kellogg. His cns,ynss was chiefly
satisfaction among tito Republicans at
tho, nomination of Kellogg; thinks the
protest against Kellogg'a nomination on
the ground Of Cnstom lIouao interference wns
drawn mp by defeated candidates, but siyned by
only three n,ombora Of tho Convention. ThoHo
.Itenties wsre hoalca up boforo election. Tho
election III 1870 was the groAtest fraud eyer ),or-
petrated. Warmotl was Responsible. co!orel
man, who mas candidate, sad after the Super
ylaors had declared tho result, s'Well, ia it pos.
sible amt got Que vote out Of that box 'foro
God know voted for lnyaolt." [IIaughter.l
COLONEL HATCH,
OF the Wharton Board. testified that he UNDER
, 1873-02-06

CHEROKEE NEUTRAL LANDS.
The bill that ia now before tho Senate for tho
relief Of settlers Oh the Cherokee Neutral Lands
in Kansas, provides that the "squatters," WHO
are deprived of their homestehds by tho recent
decision Of the Supreme Court in favor Of the
Joy purchase shall be entitled to 826 acres OF
public land for such head Of q family, with tho
single condition Of actual settlement. The pas
eago Of sha bill would be relief to the settlers,
hut 1t ID by no means cortain 1t will become 1
law.
, 1873-02-06

X. OF T.,
ALI euhsrs Of at Johu Iod9o, No. II, X. of H., arc
requested to attend regular ,oti8 at their hall II
South Clara, Fldsy evening, Feb. T. Al there vii,
10 business Of importance to tranaao y order Of tho
@. q. T. KELLY, X, n. &B
, 1873-02-06

THE GENEVA AWARD.
Mr. ;EDMUNDS moved to taks up the bill to
providD for the distribution Of tho Geneva
award Lost--yeas, II; maya, 81.
TIE BIZ aLoops.
Nr1 CRAG1N submitted and explained tho re-
port df the Conference Committee on the bill to
provide for the construction of six new sloops Of
war, which was concurrcd in.
GENERAL. TAYLon's DAUGHTER.
Mr. STEVENSON moved to take up the Houeo
bill granting pension to Mrs. Wood daughter
Of PreBideut Taylor,
Mr.. PRATT moved to refef the bill to tho
Committeo.on Pensions which was agreed to.
DIPLOMATIC.
On motion Of Mr. MORRILL, (Ale), tho
Diplomaticinnd Consular Appropriation bill was
!, then taken up.
: E1r. EDAIUNDS said the United Statca and
Mexican ClaimB Conmisuion was defunct and
Hnoved to atrike out tho appropriation for it,
which waR agreed to.
Adjourned.