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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18 188L TWELVE PAGES SHEET-IRON JACK. SilhkNBli Appearaoes at a Country Daeeo aid Carries Things H!s Own Way-An Old- Tint Tragedy in Virginia-Ths Old Mill on tbo Avon and ttat Miller. Glories of famous California stage robber* Ses, gleaned from tbe pages of local papers have of late appeared inoro abundantly than usuali but of the really pictures*^ figures in frontier desperado lifo one has hardly a glimpse in these prosaic days ???Black Bart/.' tvho stopped stages dozens of tim<s in northern California???operating with the utmost audacity, and leaving specimens of his own rhymes on the emptied mail bags and treasure boxes, or even sending amusing let ters to the local journals???was a most original genius, well educated, intelligent, possessing hut one fault???tho stage stopping propensity. Jlut criminals fully as interesting in their ex ploits as ???Black Bart,' or even as Joaquin IIurictla and Tiburcio Vasques, tho Spanish- Mexican outlaws, have only a local notoriety. Tales of their mi ventures, yet told in pionoers' cabins, have never yet reached pcrmanenco In printed form, except in tho merest frag ments. The first of theso questionable heroes was ???Bbeet-lron Ja*ck," an audacious brigand, whoto real name is invoivod in obscurity. Fif teen years ago he was a terror to several coun ties of northern California. lie was well edu cated, handsome, tall, tho ion of a minister, all accounts agreed, and his name bad been gained by the immunity from bullet.wounds that ho appeared to possess. Men did not hesitate to declare that they bod soon good ???hots fire poiut-blank at his breast and inlss him squarely. Ho became known as tho most expert horse thief in tho region, an innumer able exploits of his are related in Shasta and Tehenia counties. On ono occasion ho threw his pursuers ofl his track, assumed a disguise, met the sheriffs party, delighted them wi th his songs and stories, put up with thorn at a little village inn, and during tho night escaped With the best three hoi ses in the parly, after having turned tho others loose in tho woods, and leaving a saucy and funny letter of thanks ending with sn apt Latin quotation for tho sheriff, whose wrath was of suoh an abiding aort tliut brief would hnvo been Jack's life- lease had be been overhauled. Sheet-Iron Jock, with a inoro bagntolln of twenty or so warants hanging over his head, ???urc ventured into Itcd Bin If, quite a large town on tho Brrrumiuito river, whoso broad, rapid and blufi-weilfd current sweeps in u aemi-circlo past. J(e had a world of disguises, but on this occasion he was recognised in the main street and pursued by an armed and ex- eited crowd of citizens. lie ran into a stable, cut a horse loose und rode for tho river, witii bullfts ???sisxitig" thiough the uir about him. jumped in,swum his horse operand escaped. He fired a few shots himself, but uudor tho eircuinttances is not to bo blamed for devoting his best energies to locomotion. One of tiie most characteristic feats of this fellow was performed at a mountain ball, iu a log cabin. Young people had assembled from many miles distant, some of them coming a Stf???i journor. The ball had hardly begun when a tall, black-haired, well dressed, baud- ???oinn stranger appeared and excited much comment. A particularly hand mine young girl waa taken out on the floor by her partner, and suddenly tho strangor stepped up, and with great polileuess requested tue gentleman to tesTgn the lady In his favor, llo whispered his name iu the young mau's ear, paid a com pliment to tbe youug lady, took her forth and led the dance. Tho word wont around that Sheet-Iron Jack had come there to dance with all the pretty girls| that ho had sevoral re volvers, never missed a shut, and probably bud friends hid within call. Tho long and the short of it was that tho thirty young men R resent were terrorized, and, ono alter another, >e handsome brigand danced with tho pret tiest maidens iu tbo room. Thou he ImweJ t0 tho excited assembly, stood in the d??*trway a qecoud, said mockingly that it ??ras a pity tho men were not as brs*o si the ladies woro handsome???and disappeared in the darkness. H tor Its of hi* liberality are still told in tho mountains* Many a poor follow, hungry ami ftHtfiMY, trudging along tho roadside, heard the rattle of hoofs as a man on horseback ap proached, ass halted, questioned sharply, Snug a $6 or $10 or $???-'0 piece with tho Injunc tion to ???drink no whisky, and don???t boliovo all the hard storica you hear about Sheet-Iron Jack." Tho following incideut waa told to the writer by one of tho principal actors therein, a num ber of yrors ago. It waa a bright August day, and a young Herman was riding along tho mountain paths of tho northern const range. Suddenly nis horse, a fine and valuable nui- ttiul, began to show lauicurss, nud iu an hour waa ut:ubl* to more thau hobble forward at ???nail's pace. The youth, Ignorant regarding the of horse flesh, was in despair, lie bud invested $160 in the creature, nud liner waa he to proceed ou his way* A mild-voiced, benevolent old man of farinor-Iiko appear- anvr, but in reality tho shrewdest horse trader in the mountains, overtook him nt this iunct- ate, won his confidence, examined the nurse, and pronounced it a case of ???founder." : *An' it'll take a year lor him to git well, au' be won't be the same boss agin, nother." ???Wli-t shall 1 do?" cried the sorrowing German. After a long talk tho shrewd trader offered tbe German $30 for tho horse, saying that ho abeuhi turn him out in a pasture a tnito dis tant, and leave him there for a year or two. Ignorant, bewildered, the German consented, took the nieuey, delivered over the limping boric, took his saddle and bags, and started to walk to tho nearest stage station. Mean while, the sharper waited till his dupe was out of sight, then took a pair of smith's pinchers from his saddle-bags, and in five suinutes had wrenched oil* all four of the now alec I shoes from the horse's hoofs. In half an hour tbe animal was ablo to walk easily. ??????Thar, 1 tho't so," the now ownor mut tered. ???The inlnit I seed them now shoes I knowrd some fool had tight-shod him. That boss is worth $300 at least. Lord 1 1 wish as 1 could find Mi'h a fool every day." Tbe poor Gorman plodded slowly on his toilsome way for several milee, when a man rode out of the bushes and demanded, ???Whore in the devil was his horso f ??? lle told tho story briefly and with rising suspicions that it had two sides. The man listened attentively, broke into merry fits of laughter, sittiug side- wise on bis great browu horse, with one kuoe thrown over the saddle, pulled his mustache reflectively???it was Sheet-Iron Jack, lie be gan to ask questions shout the aged and be nevolent stranger. Finally he said: ???You???ve been swindled shamefully, and as this is my beat, 1 suppose I must???help yon out. You just walk in those bushes till you rome to a camp. There's bread and dried b??ef plenty. Then you lie down and go to sleep." An hour later he overhauled the new owner ??f i he hnree, and at pistol point recovered the orter bev back thet $34 I paid the tool Dutchman." ' ???My honest sir, that goes for my fees as ???onnselor in this case. Now I think of it, it is ???eandalously small; turn out your pockets." Ard be took $440 from thetrembling aad con quered sharper, enjoyed his despair a mo ment, tossed bock half of it and rode off. Tbs young German was roused a little later ???Here's your burse arid was shot dead In a quarrel a few years later.??? California reminUcenses, in New York Com mercial Advertiser. Ax Old-Time Traokdv.???A correspondent, who is traveling about in Virginia, has found among the numerous moss-grown old tomb stones in the graveyard of Williamsburg which bears tiro following inscription: Bscred to tbe Memory of Hamh Hemphill, Who died at the age ot twenty-five, slain with her two iufsnt daughters, by her own husband. Shews* fair to look upon, pure a* snow, and be loved tv all who knew her. Divine Providence alone knows why she bad to perish so miserably. This epitaph, some of the words of which hardly legible any longer, is tho only record left of one oi the most terrible tragedies that ever took place in tho old dominion. It won iu 17U8 that John Hemphill, a young man who said he was from HantaCruz, in the W est Indies, arrived at Williamsburg, and set tled there as a tobacco planter, lie liu I plenty of money, and w-as able to nurcliHso l,00u acres ot the finest soil within a snort distance of the old (own. Being apparently a gentleman in every sense of the word, Mr. Heinphili was admitted to the best society in his new home, and a year istcr was morried to Harah Jones, a beautiful heiress, tho wedding festivities being celebrat ed with extraordinary pomp and spieml' the course of time two daughters were ba the young couple, and everybody predicted a long career of cloudless happiness for thor Alas! How terribly those bright antieipatjoi were (o be disappointed. It was on CbrMtin eve,1H>I,that a strange looking inun, iu a Huit oi military uniform, appeared ot tho house of Mr. Hemphill, who was iu Richmond nt tho lime. Mrs. Hemphill received the stranger ' the parlor. ???In* you speck French, Madame?" ho said loin r in very broken Knglish. Hho replied in the affirmative. ??? ???Then. Mode me, please send yourtwonurso girls with the children out of tho room.??? Hho did so. and looked interrogatively at her visitor. The latter hesitated a moment. The he said in a tone of deep emotion: ???1???oor lady, I hnvo terrible tidings for you.??? 1 ???Heavens!" she cried, turning very pale, ???My husband???" ???Your husband is an infamous villain." ???Hirl" she exclaimed, indignantly. ???He has bnsely deceived you. Ho is nn caiicd galley sluve, a thief and n murderer l 1 Hho uttered a heartrending scream. ???Do you tell mo the truth?" she gasped. ???lie In n Hpnuish thief, and was sunt to tho galleys of Barcelona for lifo. Ho made his ereape from thence and fled to Cuba, where ho robbed ami murdered a rich planter. I nin here (o toko him to Cuba, where tho scaffold 'awaits him." The a filleted Indy had become strangely calm. ???Hir," she said to tho stranger, ???before you ???rrest him, will you permit mo to hold a private interview with???with???" ???Jlis truo name is Jnan Cclirio. If you will h t mo remain in an adjoining room until ho returns from Richmond, where ho has gorio, 1 in der-timd, you may see him privately." Half an hour inter Ccfirio, alia: Hemphill, mndt his niqienrunco. His wife briefly told * v< rytiling. He flow into a terrible rage, hot her through tho hourt nud rushod out of the room to the nursery, whe re ho stabbed his two little daughters. The next moment the Cuban officer who had rushed after him, grappled with him, and sun- ended after a dospornto struggle iu suaekliug him. The news of this horriblo tragedy sproad like wild fire through tho town, and iu loss than twenty minutes a largo coucourso of peo ple had authored in front of Hemphill alias Ct firm's bouse. Vociferous threots to lynch tbo murderer wero made, and tho deputy sberifls, who were promptly on hand to nrroit him, hud tho utmost difficulty in tiiking him to jail, where ho was chained to the floor,' having threatened to commit suioida. The villain waa hung on fM 17th of May, 1803. GLinrsm Into file Past.???-Ooncral Rotiert K. Lro had a flue presence, witii .amiable and quiet manner. Ho was cxctwtfTng!y oourtooiH to all who came in contact with him, high And lew, m?? n, women or children, nud wm u groit favorite with tho*e who knew him, und deeply ru-pccUd cv*-n by those who opposed him. lie had distinguished hitneoif In the Mexican war, in which ho had tho eapccial favor of his ci luinumling general, General Hcott, who umd him in the most important nud delicate mat ters, nud always relied implicitly on his report or opinions. A little incident, in connection with General I.cc, occurred tho year beforo the war, when he was n colonel hi this army. Calling oiiq evening at the Imuso of n brother ollicer, who was away on lenvn of absence, it foil to tho officer???s near-sighted wife to receive him. It wus immediately apparent to all present that ho was not recognised, though ho had pro tented himself as an old friend, ami tlm colo nel, to relievo (lie embarrassment of his hos tess at not being abjo to present him to tho other iedjes present, turned the coutre temps into an amusing epiaodo by suggesting to hoc the names, in turn, of several different otUeers of their mutual acquaintance. ???Am 1 tint Colonel ?" Oh, no, never," caaio decidedly and a little ronti-mptuously from tho ludy; ???yoimro taller aud not so solemn???parsou-like as ho is. ???Well, then, am 1 Colonel ??? ??????? ???No, Indeed! You could not bo as cross as lie is If you tried." Alter naming a few others, the lady in h turn tried to discover her visitor's identity by asking him questions, and finally, after going over a number of names, she asked: ???Is it Colonel Leo?" ???Colonel Leo I" exclaimed his visitor dis dainfully) ???would you compare ni** to him? ???Oh, you need not speak ao slightingly of him," wn?? tho reply. heard one who was a beauty aud a belle, in her day, say that Colonel Lie was by far the most agreeable ami htindfonient man in the army." At this the rolonel laughed outright, and iu aucli a way as to betray himself, and draw from his no longer pussled hostess tho excla mation : "II is Colonel Lee!"??? Bragclonnc, in Tho Inglcside. BETSY HAMILTON. Betsy's Folks Hare New Commssl at Their Home, anil They Are Bating tho Brood of Contont- m??nt- ??????Pap??? Wants a Machine Invented For Fulling Fodder, Etc., JSto. vim.*. ?? uuru your saddle and given you a pistei. Don't be afraid) I bought it with honest money once. AU I ask is that yen k??ep the story of this adventure secret f??r ??? month. To-night I must move my camp. Hide off as oron as you can." And Sheet- Iron Jack mired to bis Unt. Somehow this talented, educated, brilliant taan neaped the takas of the law-hawks, and Tii* Old Mill ox th* A vox.???From War wick castle wo went to Guy's Cliffe, and then down to I he old mill on tho Avon, where thov have been griudiug wheat and oafo for 644 years. 1 crnwled in under tho first story where the miller was at work filling bags with flour. ???When did this wheat eomo from?" I asked, taking a handful out of the httpper. ???Hit his llamerican wheel, master." ???What do you pay for it hen*, or at the 1 wiek statiouf" I asked. ???I pays fourteen-sixpence for three bushels/' Uwcnty-niue American shillings, or a little less than ono dollar and tweuty-tive cents a bushel.) ???Do you prefer American wheat?" I asked. ???Yes, sur. llamerican wheat is strougcjt. Hour Hinglish wheel flour would run nail hover tho hoveu if wo didn't mix llamerican with hit." ???Do they raise enough Knglish wheat around here to supply your mill???? ???Ho, no I Not'alf euoueh. The farms is all a runnin' to grass and 'ay now-days, an' 'ay don???t ray the farmer. * Why, 'ay ain???t worth but throe pounds eight a ton (seven dollars). They???ll all starve at that." Tho miller told the truth, for four-fifrhs of England is in grass and hay to-day. The cul tivation of crops is being abandoned. Grating *??ems to be tbe entire occupation of tho far mer. When I think that one hundred acre* of cereals like corn or wheat will support 604 people, while one hundred acres devoted to ???beep and cattle will only support tifry peo ple, wo can see where Kngland wilt corn?? out if she keeps on aa she is going.???Eli Perkius. in London Letter. Prosperity Ahead. From tbe Philadelphia I'm!. Litt'e Nell??????Wc bad lovely times at the sea shore this summer. Where Old yost go???? Little lock??????We >u;ol fn the city.??? Little Kell???"Did yea? Hew awful It is to be l*a. Y. e used to stay In th* city, but w*go to the seashore every year now." The men folks in this settlement haa about got oil of the foddor pulled. Pap lowed he wished somebody while they was inventin??? would invent a fodder pullin??? machine. They???ve done invented a cotton-picker. ???But," says pap, ???tber never was but ono fodder pullin' machine invented and that was the nigger, and the yankee tuck him away from ns. Yes, the nigger was the onlyest machine that was ever intended to pull tbe fodder. Ho was mode lor the purpose, and the white man wasn't. It cuts the white man???s hands," and he heit up his hands oil sore and swelled whor the fodder had cut 'em; and buddy??? hands was sore, too. But pap lows thur some things that will allcrs have to bo done by the hands and the swet of the brow, am you needn???t try to shirk it???and cotton pickin' is two of 'em, and shuckin??? corn is t'otli???er. They don???t ???make hay while the sun slime* 1 now-o-doys like they usetcr when they cut with a grass blude, or pulled it up with the bonds; a man comes along with a mower and cuts one part for t'other. lie goes all over tho settlement frorn field to field, ridin* up machine like a lady in a buggy, and he clucks and whistles to his two fine horses and enj< his-sef, nud the work is done???tbe work thut it would have tuck pap aud buddy a week do he done in a few hours. Machines ia great things, Wc???uns has dried us sonic new corn in the sun. and we???ve get us a bag of new corn meal and the bread has got a sweet, good taste that teats the old musty last year's corn ail ???** pieces; and pap be calls it ???the bread of c< tentment," and lows ho wouldn???t give one good corn dodger mado at home, buttered witii butter made at home, and eat with milk made at home for nil tho wheat bread and bought truck you could pitch at him. Pap 1 great for corn brood. Stuck Singleton ho lowed it wouldn't do for pep to go up north. They don't have no plai corn bread up tfiar, and when they cook j they spile it with sugar. I'np ho lowed Zock ho needn???t ekeer his-sef, he wasn???t a gwinc ???up north," nor nowliars else; but Zack is allcrs n talkin' about surnj>en away off yonder that nobody don???t know nothin' about. Pop???s in a bad fix for work now. i a settin' about tho bouso with bene fcllurn" on his thumb; and 1: a wishin' tluir was a machine invented toe it that wouldn???t hurt it nud woukiu???t cost nothin'. He tried everything that anybody would name that was good for it. Maw she n.ndc him scald it in hot I ye to t it back, but t it; then she turned in aad put t bar-grass poultice on it to draw it to a head and that made it hurt wusser, and ho taken il ofl; then she tried jin non weed, nud it 'poured to make it wusser itill; then ol??l Miss Fresh- ours lowed the best thing ever she'tried was house-leak baked in a ]*oan of bread, nud if that didn???t do to scrape a raw beet and wrap it up in it; and he tried ???em both, and yife it hurt. Old Miss Strong coine in, aud lowed a ingon poultice wan the heat of nil, and he trigd thut; then old Sister Pinkney, lowed hopi made a ]towcrful good???un, and wo???uns made it; und old Mias . glutinous, lowed nothing wasn???t ekle to the plain old fashion mush poultice and pap Mowed: ???Well for th?? land sake slap it on." and' stirred it up ouick for pap was a hurlin??? tur- rtblo. Aunt Nancy she come and whculctHfi ???nd made a poultice out???n sail'soap nud sugar' and roesutn; she Unow???d that w?? jiat wh.it it needed to draw tho mixry out???n it, and was plum amazed that maw hadn???t thaught about that. Then Squire Roberson nud bis ol<P '(???man come over, ami the Squire Mowed n ba- riud, or a rale fnt piece of meat tied to it would mighty nuick fetch it to a head, and old Mira Roberson Mowed her rimmidy was honey and flour, and her and her old loan had it up and down for awhile as to which was tho best. Pop he Mowed: ???Put ???em both on, put ???em on, and put ???em on quick," and ho was a walkin' tho floor and a singing, and buddy he Mowed it had orter bo split, and it whs u hurtin* so bad pap ho tum id nr*ung and told him to shet up his mouth. Maw she winded to scud alter old Miss Green to come and cut it, aud pap ho 'lowed ???he shouldent doctor a dog for him. Then maw she told him to go on to tho dock thou if lie wanted to pay out all ho was worth, but l ap went on amt had it opened and it sot into Heedin' and sheered us all mighty nigh iuto fits, but we got it stopped, and old Armiuty Pendergrass she 1- np|>ened to step iu aud she Mowed, n mustard plaster would draw all thut fire oud fever out'u it, nud pup he put it on, he???d er pul on anything, uml I tell you it made him hop, and when Aunt Makaly got hciO'Sho was iuad?????lowcJ: ???Kf you???un* dout stop a puttin' so many fool things on that ar bone i*Uum you are n gwinc to pizcu it, und information will set in, uml the tust thing you know it will bo petri fied," and she on-tied it and looked at it, and everybody that come in oiMied it aud looked at it. Its curia how folks allers wants to look at a sore. Hhe Mowed it ueeded burnt alum to agger vate all that proud flesh out???u it. Hho apriuk id it on aud it sot him a fire, ho dauce.ft, he walked, he hollered und Would cr had a tit but 1 turned in and washed it off and tied it u and pap he Mowed. ???Lgt it rest awhile. Then 1 sot my foot down agin auytbing mor gwine on it less the dock said so, und we 'un was all afeanl to wnsh all that blood otPn it, fcard it niought bleed agin.* ,8a ho turned in and went to the dock, that big fat???n up thur about Muiiford some???rs, and he trashed pap???-* hand, iist washed it, miud you, aud that wa_ ever blessed thing he done to it aiul dont yon think he bad the enshorance to charge six dol lars. He Mowed his price for washin' of a baud was eight dollars aud a halt, but long as twas pap lie wouldcut charge him but six. Pap lowed if it hadder been uis foot he reekin??? he would have charged him all he was worth. 1 tell you maw was mad, she rarrc-J. aud when tuaw rnra, she rar??. Hho was mad aud hopnin mnd at that, for old Miss Green wouideut have charged nothin???, leastways she could have paid her in taters or sorghum aud she???d er washed it cleaner, too. ???Hix dollars!" says maw, ???six dollars!" six dollars for whut! for washin??? of a man's hand, snd never got it clean at that; six dollars! well we???d all better start out a washin??? of hands/??? and she grabbed a rag and scrubbed it goed. Squire Roberson laughed and Mowed it we* worth six dollars to git all the dirtotFu it. "But he uever got it ofl - " says maw. I tell you it wasn???t no laughin' matter to maw. But pap's all right now, it niut a hurtin??? of him, but bo cant pick no cotton, and its been so dry the cotton is openin' monstrous fast. Our crap* all pretty good, but we are af ard tbe taters is gwine to be stringy. (??????Next week, Axornzi Sektch." Betsy Hamiltox. A Sure Cure. Firm the Philadelphia Call. Mr. Blank???"Mercyt how bald I am growing.??? Mrs. Blank???"Ho 1 have noticed. What causes itr?? Mr. Blank???"Oh, nothing???nothing except wear ing a hat too mucb.??? Mrs. Blank???"Thtn it is easy enough to pewent that bald spot from getting any Urger." Wr. Blank???"flow so!??? Mrs. BUnk???"Hereafter when you goont between the acts leave your ba In tbe seat." grapes, delicate wine. etc. BILL ARP. lie is Visited by ???Cousin John" Thrasher??? A Snake Story. Cousin John Thrasher corno to ace us tho other day and made us proud. For it ???mall compliment for n man like him to ride five miles ou a dirt road in hot weather t- us honor and show hi3 regard. He dident ???top long, for he is always in a hurry, and so juet beforo leaving he said he wanted to go down to the spring and dip up a drink of pure water. I went down with him aud kept a lit tle ahead. I stent down off the log that was close by the spring, and Undo John slept down just behind me, and ho stept high and he stept far. and hollered ???snake." Sure enough I hod stept over tho varmint???a big, rusty moccasin???and ho mode for a hole in the rocks and wc lost him. Cousin John dident get over it for several minutes, and had to set down nud blow, for ho is awfully afraid of snakes. It is mighty hard on my wife, for snakes arc her everlasting horror. If wo kill one on the premises, she always declares there is another close by, and if wo kill two she says there must be a den of them, and so there is no way to pacify and make her calm and serene. Carl is gutting to ho a right smurt chunk of a boy now, aud hankers after a gun, and * other doy I told him wo would go hunting snakes. 1 gave him the email gun and I took the big one, and wo meandered slowly along the branch, and sure enough ho spied that same big mocasin down below the spring sunning himself on a plank, and I got him a rest and cocked his gun, and lie took a tremb ling aim and fired and killed tho boast, ami be was the proudest boy I think I ever saw. B???e killed four on that excursion, and now ho dont want to do anything but hunt snakes and sw ells up and struts round with his now ! ??? We killed a rattlesnake???s pilot oyer the field and ten young ones camo crawling out of her mouth. It is snake time now. This hot, dry, dusty weather makes them travel around in search of food, and you can see their w< rrny, squirmy track ocrors tho road moat every doy. The books say that snakes that Icy eggs arc non-veneinous, and those that give birth to their youug are venomous aad that none but the latter ever allow their young to ruu in and run out ot them. But they are all the fame to me, and I let none escajn if I ran help it. Our mortal antipathy to snakes is to my mind ono of tho strongest proofs of scripture, and it is part of my religion to ???bruise his head" whenever I have a chance. My wife, Mrs. Arp, loves to go down to tho spring house and see after the inilk and super- inti nd the churning, and she is proud of tho rich cream, and prouder of tho butter, and I dont wont any or these insidious perambulat ing reptiles to interfero with nor perfect serenity. I love tho buttermilk, tho pure cold buttermilk that sho prepares, for I know it is nice. Hhe called mo down to tho spring house yesterday to show mo how much nice yollow butter she had made at a double churning. Of course 1 complimented her with gushing and corious language, and who:i sho told mo to ??? to the house and look on tho pantry shelf (1 bring her down tho bowl of salt, where with to sc asm tho butter I went with alacrity add brought it aud I watched her os she f-prinkleu it all over and stirred it iu witii the peddle, and in course of time sho concluded to tiittc it and eco if it was salty enough. 1 I never will forget tho lent aud lainontoa Uok she gave mo as sho exclaimed, ???William you brought me sugar." Bhe snt down ona cha>r and lookod away ofl. ???I thought it was salt," said I, ???I found it just whero you told me." ???Of coursoyotidid, she said. ???I r ui not 'blaming you at all; I for- ;ct there was a bowl of sugar there, and if I icd had on my specks I could havo told tho difference. Oil rny l what a pity it is to bo,old and nearly blind. It was a beautiful lot of butter and now It is nil spoilt. ???My dear" snld I, ???Wont it do for cake, and ycu said you was going to make a broad pud ding to-day and it will bo sylemlid for sduco. It is already mixed." Hho never said anything, but handed mo tho butter and told mo to set it in tho spring house. 1 did so ami ventured to remark that It was mighty niqe sweet butter. Well, I got the pudding for dinner and eat about twieo as ???h as 1 wanted just to show her hoW good .. as, and now everything is calm and serene. 1 expect wo will havo pudding and cake eve ry day for a week, but 1 dout expect to ever mistake sugar for salt again ns long as I live. There aro some thing*, that wont Boar repeating In n family, ami Mrs. Arp sometimes suspects mo of doing a little dcvileincnt out of are cussed ness. Wo are preparing to go into winter quarters ,.jw. My wile has called my respectful at tention to n few hrokeq window glass and n leak in the roof and a brick or two that arc loose In tho chimney back, and she has mentioned that another pair of blanket* will bo needed, for tho grand children will bo coming out, and she says that rny flannel shirt* are getting old and dilapidated; sho always looks after me, bless her nonrt, and I always loook after her, bless my heart, too, for sho wont ask for anything and I havo to talk to tho girls and find out what tholr mother needs. If sho ever asked rne for anything in her life I dont know it, and I reckon tho reason is I dont give her a chance. Hho ha* cot things in that big old family trunk now that I have done forgot I ever bought. Winter is coming and I am glad of it. 1 do so lovo the cheerful blazing firo ia tho family room ???nd the children sitting around and Mr.i. Arp in her accustomed corner and the good, warm carp*A ou the floor and the rich fat pine by tho closet door to kindle the fire in tho morning. A I.umlnou* Kzplmmtlou. From the rblladeiphia Call. Mrs. A. (back from tho seashore): Mercy me, John, what Is the matter with your nose? Mr. A. (who stayed In the city): Why, 1 did uot notice anyth lux wrong with It. Wrong? It is sj red as a lobster and shines like a street lamp. What have you been Urlak- lliX???? ??????Soda water, my dear; nothing stronger." But what is there in soda water to make a nose shine ??or r ???MONTICELLO.??? THE ELEGANCE OF THE GREAT JEFFERSON???S HOME LIFE. The lUirnnce of His Msrrlssa-Thellospttalify DIs- pctied ot the Xmor-Xr. Jefferson** Pawoaal Cira Br.oTThville, Vc??? September 11. ???[Special Correspondence of The Constitueiom.) ???Mou- tJcelio" vvrh famous for its hospitality. Peo ple came here in the lifetime of its first owner from not only Virginia, but from all parts of the south. Wonderful stories are told of its princely hospitality. - The first mistress of the mansion was Mrs. Jefferson. Years before tbe two had met, but the course of true love being proverbial for its reeky coime, the beautiful daughter of the rich planter became the wRe of another. Three years oi n arrlid life oud Mrs. Hheldou was a widow, lovelier in her weeds than sho hod teen in her bridal flowers, It was the old, old story over again; and after n proper period of mourning tho lovely widow oftwenty-thrcehc- cure the wife of Thomas Jefferson. Hhe brought pcnornl tcauiy and nn amiable disposition to her liii.'-l cud's home, arid swell d his estate by nn ad dition greater than tho original. After her daugh ter reached maturity Mrs. Jefferson was called to another sphere by the angel of God, aud hei place . her wit's ir.d to provide entertainment for her father's guest*. Y???arlous wero the de vices and shifts resorted to on many occasions to n.ake the visitors comfortable. The overseer of the day must havo been to different from his tjje a little later on, for we wilt presently he.tr *emc vcrygi neroo*sentiments from him. There were never less than thirty guests in the house, oftentimes the number was swelled to seventy- five, when the rich pluntera and their families, their servants and their equipages po>33d a triglit nt ???Mouticclio???os they Journeyed to the ???springs??? sme ug the mountains. ???Many a time.??? says the event er, ???has my vvifo sent every bed m our house up yonder, and then they would have to sleep on j am t* ou tbe floor, s ??me of them.??? In the (tables there were thirty-six spill* nud the overreer says again, "frequently our horses would he tied to the shelter posts for the night to give tic stalls to the other horses; nud I hnvo hAulcd from the meadow nl nightfall a ton of lmy, and by morning there wcuid not be enough left for a hen???s nest.??? This Fume reliable chronicler tells us that bcildo tho visitors Haying in the house the hall would bo filled nt dinner time with a crowd of slght-scors, waiting to Fee Mr. Jefferson aud his gue-t* pas* through to the dining room. Home would stop him and shake hanus, "and ho would invite them everyone to dinner,??? Indignantly exclaims tho overseer, from out the past, "when he know tho table then was full to overflowing.??? What a care n.nst have been on the shoulders of tho daughter home-keeper, and yet tho honors of tho tabic were dispensed with womanly grace pleasing to all. Our old friend, the Id uot discuss the quality of food roiiFumcel at "Monticcllo;??? If he imdkuowu how badly it would iu after years have sounded: "I wcuid kill a beef,??? savs he. "aud in two da vs it would all be gone." Mr. Jefferson supplied his The wines were exquisite in flavor and were Ret eel by Mr. Jefferson with great euro and rare tote. On one end of tho mantel iu tho dining room there was nn ingeniously contrived dumb waiter connected with the wine cellar below. Tho wine bottles would come up on this covered with duet aud cobwebs aud would be taken of by Mr. Jcflcnon himself. Ho was aa exceedingly temperate man in all things, and was in tho habit of drinkiug but three glares of wino at dinner. He deli eh ted in holding tho glass up to the light and looking at tho warm, rich color of the wine, and the hublt was frequent with him of inhaling the aroma of tho wine during dinner. AlLi-rmarlo county la famous for its grapes, from which a claret of very many excellent properties is mndo. Tlds industry is quite au extendod ouo at the present day. During tho lifetime of Mr. Jefferson n considerable quantity of the wino was made at "Montlcello," aud ho had a pardonable pride in praising his own rich wluo. "Monut'cllo??? wo* an early hou*c, eight o???clock always saw the family at the breakfast table. Whe n tho meal was over, ho retired to hi* study where ho read or wrote for two or three hours, and thi u would luy aside his books and paimra and mount his hom for his morning ride. Ill* over seer tells us that his judgment In tho selection of horse* wus unequaled. Hi* own preference led Mm to choose animals, when for hi* own pontonul use, of a fiery, itiirittd nature, "ft was always ii pleasure to him/??? says our loquacious frieud, who ??? n to speak, ???held tho ribbons over tho slave*," it was always a pleasure to him to mount nn ex tra spirited horse.??? Ho would ride to the town of Charlottesville, two aud ouo half miles away, In thirty or forty-five minute*. To accomplish this a mountain rood, he must havo galloped rap- where he wns permitted to do so by the nature e highway. For out door sports ho had no tsste; he did not like hunting or fishing, and sol dun or never indulged in either. Iloucbac* rid ing wo* his favorite exercise aud his ono crmst iut an-uk men t. \t he rover it was expedient for him to go on hombzck he luvarinbly selected that method of travel, and as tho story goes, on tho oc casion of the inuuguratiou a* president ho rode hi* he rsc in a quiet manner up to tho Capitol, fa*toned him to a fc-uce and went In and took tho oath of office. Ills numerous posterity love to regard him ps an aristocrat, for w..??t reason we ate uot pro- pored to soy, and this true incident of hi* I naugar. lion is "a tborne in the lloh??? to them. Mr. JeffersfT_ fohioni or never played at cards; ills certain he did not believe iu them, for they were prohibited ot "Moniicello.??? He did play billiard*, and iu tho construction of tho house planned a handsomo billiard room, in shape and sice like tho p.irlor, and Just over that. At tho time, however, of hi* taking up his residence there tho strict ideas of tho Virginia low makers were cxprcsK-d in a statute Which, among other utterances, prohibited any sentiment of the man. HD opposition to this law called down upon him the dermndatton of ttia higher classes of Virginia at the time, but their cries could not shake the resolution of the man. His overeccr. with a good deal of humor, speaks of the crowd who were wout to assemble in the hall an "poor white trash,??? and y* t we have seen bow it was M* invariable custom to extend an inylta- tloti to dinner to these simple, homely people. Tie great work of Mr. Je-fierson was fonudtujr tbe UniversUy of Virginia. He requested that this fact be recorded ou his tombstone. Tho energy of his l??cst years was given to hi* work and it stands to-dn";: fit monument to tho greatue(6i*f the man. The classic shades of tho university grounds, its large and convenient building**, Its old time arc-lu s and its curious ser- pentinewalls are redolent wiiii memories of him. There his name is held in affectionate memory by faculty and student. About the twentieth of July, 1S28, he was seized with on acute attack of clyceutery which resisted nil the potency of the usua* remedies, for the trou- blc was a chronic one with him, though ho had concealed that fact for a long timo from hi-, family. On the morning U-Kitfrom owning a billiard table. ??? The law was accepted by Mr. Jefferson, and the billiard v . -- Here, on many brave men, i been charging hiz fouutniu with illuminating KM*" Reproving Ills Son. Frem the Philadelphia Call. Pa???My son, what is that you arc drawing on your slate? ^ Little Tom???Oh, It's only fun. What kind of fun? Political. Political, ch? Well, what docs It represent? Oh, nothing much. It's only a lick at the inde pendent | tarty. Y???ou ought to be ashamed, my son, to strike at a little thing like that. Take a party of your size. A CarcfuHCnshler. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Bank president???Yon know our cashier ran away with tllO.OOO of tYte bank's fuuds a week ???go? Friend???Yes, and I know, too, that every cf- ... ??.- f been made to find him, but without suc- well? Freeident???I should say be was. You know he entirely cleaned out the bank and closed it up, but we had f.Y.OOO to our credit in a bink in Can ada. He writes from Canada and wants an order draw tbe LVtCO depositrd there. Says be en tirely overlooked it. Tbe Great Southern Remedy. ROSA DA LIS cures Scrofula, Rheumatism, White Swelling, Gout, Goitre, Consumption, Brcuchitis, Nervous Debility, Malaria, and ail diseases of a kindred nature* arising from an Impure condition of the blood. After phvsi- eisnt have failed to cure, a single bottle of ROSA DALIS seems to effect such a marked change as to five new hope and lifo. Read this letter: . * kisye been a great sufferer with Inflamma tory Rheumatism for the last twelve months. 1 V 1 Educed to try your preparation, Rosa- _ ??? ??? ---?????? * J** 1 ** *??d I hare been greatly benefited. My Dr. P. P. GiLv.tane, Detroit, Mwh., says: f hands red feet are still enlarged, but I feel ao ???I have ??ound it very satisfactory in its effects, j much Utter that I want to continue tbe in tbe pi v*(ration attendant upon al- i BC8ADAL1S. l" l - Rchoboth, Va. Mu. M. T. Duxes. vital to while the houra away In tho merry .... . stately dsucc* of the day. In the* center of tho bill wn?? a curious lookingobje**t the afteruo. tie there. Moth eaten, with its rlb< t bare, and itsruuuiuggesrgone, rested after a loi and useful carter the gig whereon Mr. Jofleru... rede to i'iiilndtiphia to attend tho seosion of tho . ;rv M . The old gig xont our . --id to thorn is for every ... v # iiuug matt whom. hand bed traced those glowing words which de clared all men to be lmrn free and equal. In pimon, Mr. Jefferson was a tell well-made funth man, six feet, two inches in height, with ir- " 1 auburn hair, which, iu c.irly Tbe only article of jewel. # large *eal ring; whercou the Israelites are present ed n* crcFftiag the Red sea. One word iu retard to n much disputed question. Mr. Jefferson Is *f uted by many as having no religious - f.-takc. He n??ay perhaps tut ined religion* view*, hut ho the Almighty In all thing*. .... ??? one of the mold gcni-rotti contributors to the church iu America. While he never adhered to any purtkular creed, he respected the religion* opinions of every man, and he waa the first In any nie or country to make it a part of the organic law of the state, that every roau should have the right to worship God in tho way Lc thought best and proper. lie seldom expressed himself upon the subject cl religion, hut when pressed by some over-ze.il- cus bigot to declare himself on the one side or the other, it was hi.* unhesitating answer that he be lli veil in God. He considered much that was w rutin on the subject of religion a* merely specu lative and> expnsFtd himself as unwilling to enter into that field. The Virginian morlol, fought hiwh, clIbatloD to gratify the desire for verge wss greater In Mr. Jcffenron???s time than in the prerent day. It is certain the public senti ment was not m strongly opposed to tho code thtn as dow,and yet it wa*Mr. JelTcraon'a oft ex- ???ranee that duelling ..... ...e university ho fou should cherish this sentiment, was Mr. Jefferson an aristocrat? In the county of Albemarle a numerous poster ity will tell you he was an undoubted one; that < vt ry action cf his life was in sympathy with that feeling. And you will find "tV posterity??? con ducting itself a* it thinks aristocrats shonldrbat we would in an humble way like to offer a few resfons for the faith In us that Mr. Jefferson wa* not an aristocrat. His father. Colonel Peter Jef- ft non, was a surveyor, and his mother was a daughter of one of the Randolphs. Tbe Randolph family were wont to trace their ancestry back ton tit???td head, and in consistency with this view adopted a coat of anus. Let us say they always bad a coat of arm*. Mr. Jef- firetn often remarked that be bad uo sym pathy with the claim, and it Is positively certain te rtver employed tbe coat of arm*. Re will see a little farther ??n that these armonial bearing* have Uenplawd where. Hbta # *otor conM be Lcaid, It would cry ont against IL The wiwle life of the man b contrary to the aristocrat leal Idea. Hb public utterances arc agalust it. and the doc ument* and actions of hi* life repugnant to IL What must these think to whom "Jeffernontm dimccnscy??? la the incarnation of the true politi cal cut d; what mutt they think wheu they are told he was an aristocrat? How could a mtu whose bold band traced the declaration of iade- r<B<Unc# be so Inconsistent aa to have a mental reservation to the sentiment* to which be subscribed? And hi* ???omrtful efforts la .striking the Jaw of pn-mlgteitoiefroan tbe Virginia statute book at test in bo uncertain , He rondo his grandson, TliorunsJtfl'c-rson Randolph, ids executor, nis fortune was extensive and was inherited by tho different members of his family. The statement that he died in an embarrassed financial condi tion is wholly without foundation. He left largo debts, due mostly to nuwise indorsement* he had made for irlends, but his orate after all ciabna rgHinst it 1-ad been settled was still large and ample. Why ???Montlcello??? was bold Is variously explained, but perhaps has it* most plausible so lution in tho preference tin- family hud for "Edge- bill,??? new the seat of a fcm.de school conducted by members of the Randolph family. Up to two years ago the hurl d ground was a sad picture of neglect. The fence, a common wooden structure, had in places fallen down aud wa* wholly dilapidated. The tombstone over tho grave r.nd bottled bravely ivita the weather and with time, but the element* n i l come off victori ous. A resolution was intro-Diced Into the con gress ot the United Htete* appropriating the sum of uu thousand dollars tmv??r*ss improving tho place. A handsome iron fence took the place of the old wooden eyesore, the wcuvieratalned mon ument was bought by some southern university lor a relic, aud a neat, plain, yvtelegaut grtnlto shaft was erected in its stead. The Randolph coat of arms are blazoned ou tne central gateway, while on the ride gate Ls the monogram of Mr. Jt ficreoji. Here the improvement was ended, no provision haa been nmde i??*r the orderly keeping of the grounds. Toil weeds, lank grass gro-.v Iu the greatest profusion everywhere; the head ???tones to some of the grave* have fallen down, tho walks have become iu?? the no??i. aud the whole air of the place is one of utter neglect. Ou the pres ent proprietor of the estate rests no responsibility to keep the place In order, for by the term* of tho Eflle the burial ground wus re-erved to the family and hence it Is not a part of his domain. The lib erality of the govcrnuui.t has gone far enough. If the family of .Mr JeiFcr&on, numerous and influential in the cornu.unity, nave no incii* Hero Was Buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of mo Declaration of th* American Independence. for Religious i???riedom, And the initio r of the University of Virginia. Born April 2ud, 1713.0. 8. Died July 4th, 1326. Nearly sixty years have passed since ho was laid to rest???year.* that have witnessed many great changes, many momentous events and a remark able progress. Tho infant republic he helped to form has grown into maturity-powerful, opulent part of the organic law of the union, another high tribute to bis genius; nud tire Uuivcrsity of Vir ginia, which he founded urn l watched with such tender solicitude, has grown Inin a large, influen tial and respected community. Commodore Levy vvr a prominent officer in tho United States navy. Ho wa-*quite wealthy and influential. In 1330 he was appointed to the com mand of the Boston navy y .id. aud was on hi* way to the scene of his oniural duties when ho learned that "Montlcello??? wa* for sale. He de termined to puruhftsc the place, and quickly reached Washington on M?? way to Virginia. While in that city ho heard of a plan which lrzd for its object the purchase of tue estate for# mem ber of the Randolph family, lle (lid not consider that ho was bound in uny wa> to respect th.it ob ject; fo hastening lo Churfotesvtiie bo closed the trade whereby "Montlcello??? iwaine his for 83,004. At hi* death ho willed Iho ??? elate to the L'uitcd States provided n school would be established there, but his bequest w??s nuv void by a statute of Virginia which prohibit* . citizen of the state from bequeathing to the United .states property or what not without tho coiiucutof the legislature of Virgiuin. The property then weut to his heirs, and is now iu tho po^cssion <u nis nephew. Tho prerent proprietor ha* expended largo sums of money in ins laudable clTorr- to restore the place, and each year renders it wore attractive. TilBORR. CLEVELAND WILL WIN. An Atlnntlnn Who Una Just Matte a Bound Dr. William Clark, who liv, ?? for many years In New Y???ork, and ia familiar with political matters there, and who is now a ro>I??it nt of Atlanta, has Jurt returned from a trip to the north, no Is an old politician and knows wlmt Ire talks abont "1 have talked more pel.tics since I left At* lauta,??? he said, "than any man I know of." "What did you gather? ' u-Utd a CoxnrrirrioN man. "Cleveland will be.the next president," was tbo prompt reply. "Y???ou have bccu through Now Y???ork???? "1 have, and you may count on New York by C0,CC0 or ICO,000 ^majority for Cleveland. I tell you Grover Cleveland w ill be the next president of the United States. I was at Saratoga Spring* and ran down to Albany aud weut to tho capltol to pcc the future president. 1 wns ushered into the waiting room of tho cxeo live chamber, and without any red tape, sent ' error. He paid he would ?? very soon I was pnecncc. lie received e admitted ??? ???- . ... _.j very cordially, o< course cur interview was short, but it was very plCAFont. I Asked him in reference to tho general prospects of the estiva*-, and he said it was progressing very satltfactorily indeed. I noticed that there was a steady stream of callers.". ???DcpctiLe him and his room???? ???Cleveland is a much pl??i*antcr looking man than his pictures indicate, but otherwise they giveaeocdrcprescetation of him. He site at a table about six feet square and is as busy as a bep all day. Tbe room Is a very handsome one, and is filled w ith fine paintings of i??tst governor* of tbo state. Tbo architecture la uiagulllceiit, but the furn iture Is simple. Cleveland weighs, I aholud think, consldcmtdy over two hundred pounds. He ha* a smile cn hiz face almost continuously, and I* ono of the easiest men to get acquainted with that I ever saw.??? TO E PEOPLE FOB C LEVEL A HD. "How did you find tbe political pulse? ??? ???Cleveland. On the way.down through the state there wns o mass meeting called by tne Blame folks ot Angelica, Allegheny county, which 1* one of the strongest republican counties. 1 nolle speaker* were Imported. There were eight per sons in the ball and no meeting was held. I Wtt in a crowd of twelve republicans???six for fit. John and six for Cleveland. I was In a town that wm?? about divided that way. In WateryiUo BUIne will not get 60republican vote*. At Watkins Glen I raw a bet made that that?? uuty would not giro Blaine SCO. ite former mujoritr waa 1,000. In 1???c n Van, a city of lp.coo, every clergyman except one, is for Cleveland. In Alcghany ??>UQtyth^f ??ay Blaine won???t get over 1,300. Garfield jr* 3.&0. A loss of 2.000 in that county. At Saratoga tprlDgs the republicans held a mass meeting and had Emory Stores, of Chicago, there????**??? There were not more than a thousand to hear him. The democrats held an open air meeting and bad five tboueand. T. o??e are some of tho many evidence* ot democra ie success that I saw." ???now will New York voter* ???The general estimates an- that 8L John will get CO,COO to 40.U30, three-fourths of which will come from the republican party. The (???depend ents say they have 40.000 now who ha vs hereto* fore voted republican but will now vote for Cleve land. Every German paper but one and the liquor interests sre for Cleveland. The stalwart vote, trader Conklin?, will be a very large stav-at-bome vote. If not directly for Cleveland. Butler Is a candidate of uncertain quantity, but the general opinion I* that he will hurt t!ie democrat* the most. It is believed that his v *te will be Las* THSH nr. JOBva???f and tbe injury less to the democrat* than St, John win be tothe repub???l.ans. The.UteDten- oeratlc on a full natural vote by about eighteen oc twmty jhtKMAd. tee efrsjra. ... ?????? s th -t the maloritr tor Cleveland will be nearer too,004 than ??????You ir.y Ute the wi.y P???t*ri ??? Id >t hrrni wine," uM Dr. Clerk. _???The Wo M ioMiu tee lted. the Herald next. T1*e# ??m little dlfferencs Jrrlr,field bepnblleao, making tee eale oi <1 .mo rn tie etipen ten to one o.er the repa'jtlew jmptn, and teeae pat-era eannot be without their arehnpefnir???