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THE CONSTITUTION. VOJL XVII. ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 80 1884. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS, A COMPLETE PAPER The Constitution Interests All Classes and , Appeals to All Tastes. The leading topics of this week's issue are: T-ALMAGE???S SERMON '"CJIRI8TMA8 IN AMERICA." "A Piecs op Land." by Joel Chandler Harris. ???A Mountain Mystjcby.??? Story ol a North Carolina mountain. ???Ciikikdus Cheek," sa passed here and else- White. ???The Dbiftixo Snow." a terrible avalanche ??? Fprrads over the west ???Hek Majesty???s Income." What it costs Eug ts qitr ??? ?? iV doing and say ire. ??????The Nf.w Orleans Exposition" ???Bill Aitr' Lfiti.b. . ???'The Romance of Owl Hollow," by Betsey Ham* A Christmas Dream. THE STABUOUT OF BETHLEHEM. I dream of a tiiqe when the world shall bo Rcstorid to its ancient purity; Yilvn another Eden, serene and blest, In tbc light of eternal day shall rest, When Its pastures green and its waters still, * Mountain and valley, and river and hill, Its gentle glades and Its meadows broad, Shall gleam again in the smile of God. I dream of a time when the wrong shall fall, And tbo right and the good reign over all; When the gentle word and the kindly deed 8hall come like balm to the hearts that bleed; When the leper shall wait at the pool no more, Nor Lszsros starve at the rich man???s door; I dream of a time when the slave???s sad cry Shall change to an anthem of liberty; When Into his sorrowful life shall come The bliss at the new millennium; When ligbtshsll illume his desolate prison. And the slumber be broke and the sleeper arisen, And all through the ages his jubilant song Bing eut the glad triumph of right over wrong. In ??? peaking the name, but in dolar tho will; When batted shall vanish and calumny end, And msn find in man but a brother and friend. When heart shall with heart in full sympathy meet, And all bow* in love at tbeNazarene's feet. Thank God that the starlight of Bethlehem Still shines through themfstof humanity's di That all thiough the ages the angels again Announce the glad tidings of peace unto mer Thank God for the mercy encompassing all, Bor the love watching even the sparrows that fall And tho promlso that stauds as it ever has stood; That tho earth shall be filled with the glory of God A PIECE OF LAND, BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. (Copyrightedall rights reserved.) Tho history of Pinetucky District in Put- Ham county Is preserved in tradition only, but its records are not less savory on that account. The if Uiement has dispersed and disappeared; and the sito of it Is owned and occupied by a busy little man, who wears oyeglasses and a bob-tailed cqat, and who is breeding Jersey cattle and experimenting with ensilage. It is A '' well for this littlo man???s peace of mind that tho dispersion was an accomplished fact before he made his appearance. The Jersey cattle would bavo been wifiked at, and the silo ro _ . gorded as an object of, curiosity; but tho oyo- glasses and tho bob-tailed coat would not have * been tolerated. But if Pinetuoky had Its pa culiaritics, it also had its advantages. It was ??? pleased with its situation and surroundings, . and was not puzzled, as a great many peoplo have since been, ns to tbo origin of its namo. In brief, Pinetucky was satisfied with itself. It was a sparsely settled neighborhood, to be euro, but the people wero sociable and compar- atively comfortablo. They could rotnain at home, so to speak, and attend the militia mus ters, and they wero iu easy rcaclwof a church- building which was not only used by oil do nominations???Methodist, Baptists, aud Pres byterians???as .a homo of worship, but was snado to genre as a sehoolhouse. So far as pet ty litigation was concerned, Squire. Ichabod Incbly, tho wheelwright, was prepared to bold justice-court in the opon air in front of his shop when the weather was fine, and In any convenient placo when the woather was foul. ???Gentlemen,??? bp would say, whon a case came beforo him, ???I???d a heap ruthershoe a hone or shrink a tire; yet if you will hsvo the law, I???U try and temper it wi??? jestlce.??? Yet.it should be said that tho man least respected by the Pinetuckians was tho man least gossiped about. This was Bradley Gal ther, ibe richest man in tho neighborhood. ???With few exceptions, all tho rfnetuckians owned land ana negroes; but Bradloy Gaither owned more land and more negroes than tho most of them put togother. Ho man, to all appearances, led a more correct lite than Bradley Gaither. IIo had was first at church and the last to leave; he even affected a sort of personal interest in politics; but the.knackof addressing himself to tho respect aud estaom of his neighbors he lacked altogether. He was not parsimonious, but, as Hquire Incbly ex. -pmstd it, ???narrer-winded in mouoy-raat- terr.??? If people mode bad bargains when they traded with him???and ho allowed them to make no other kind???they must stand or fall by thorn. Where his laud i joined those of his neighbors, thero was al ways ???a lane for tho rabbits,??? as the saving is. lie would join fences with none of them. Indeed, he was a surly noighbor, though he . did not even suspect the fact. He had one weaknees???a greed for land. If he drove hard bargains, it was for the pur- ]>o??a of adding to bis landed possessions. Ho over worked and underfed his negroes in order that he might buy more laud. Day and night he toiled, and planned, and pinch'd himself and the people around him to gratify his land hanger. Bindley Gaither bad one redeeming fea ture,???bis daughter IUse. For the sake of this daughter, Pinetucky waa 1 * willing to forgive him a great many things. 1 To say that Rue Gaither was charmiog or lovely, and leave tho malUr there, would ill become even the cai- ??? ual historian of Pinetucky. She was lovely, but h< r loveliness was of the rare kind that shots itself in strength of character as well ss in beauty of form and feature. In Unap preciative eyes of the Pinctnckians she seem ed to Invest womanhood with a new nobility, fete pqrseised dignity without vanity, and her crtdi r w??s tempered by a rare sweetness that ??? won oil hearts. flhe carried with her that mysterious fiav r of romance that belongs t> ??? tLe jerfection of youth and beauty; and there . arc old men ia BrckvHIc to-day, sittiag in tLc ruitfcir.c os the street errner* aud dream- irg <f the jfitt, whose cvm will kindle with iLliiUMcsm at mention of Rose Gaither???s ??? name. Dot in 1640 Bradley Gaither???s brditifal dtughtf r wsa net ty any weans tho only rep- .rrsentative of woman kind in Pinetucky. There wsi Mils Jsne Incbly, logo no farther. Miss Jsre was Squire fnrbly???s maiden sisters and though she was neither fat nor fair, she was forty. Perhaps she wes m??ra than forty; but if she waa fifty she was not ashamed of it. She had a keen aye and a sharp tongue, and used both with a freedom befitting her sex aud her experience. Squire Inchly???s house waa convenient to his shop; and just opposite lived the Carews, fath er and son, onco the most prosperous and prominent family in tho neighborhood. It was tho custom or Pinetucky to take a half holiday on Saturdays, and on one of these oc casions Squire Inchly, instead of going to his ehop or to tho store, sat on his porch and smoked his pipe. After awhile Miss Jane brought out her sewing and sat with him. Across tho way, Uncle Billy Carew sat in his oasy-chair under the shade of a tree, and made queer gestures In the air with hit hands and cane, while his son, a young man of about twenty-five or thereabouts, paced moodily up and down tho veranda. Tho birds fluttered in and out of tho hedgea of Cherokee rose that ran along both sides of the road, and over all the tun shone brightly. ???Billy is-cutin??? up his antics ag???in,??? said the Squire finally. ???First the Itnibs give way, and then the mind. It???s Providence, 1 reckon. We???re all a-getiin* old.??? ???Why, you talk, Ichabod, as if Providence went arouad with a drink of dram in ono hand and a stroke of palsy in t???other one,??? said Miss Jane. ???It's the Old Foy that totes the dram. And don???t you pester yourself on account of old Billy Carew???s palsy. A man???s nitnblo enough iu the legs when he can git to tho dimmy-john.??? ???Well, I???m sorry for Jack, Sister Jane,??? ex claimed the Squire, heartily. ???I am, from tho bottom of my heart. Tho boy is too lone some in his ways. Ho needs comp???ny; ho needs to be holp up, Sister Jano. He does, certain and shore.??? ???Well, wc???ro all near-sighted; but when I???m in trouble, I???m like a hen n-layin???; I don???t want nobody to stand around and watch mo. Not even them that feeds mo. Tho Lord knows what he keeps old Billy Carew hero to fret poor Jack for, but I don???t,??? continuod Miss Jane with a sigh. ???I???m much mistaken if that old creetur hnin???t got years before him to drink end dribblo in.??? ???It puses me, Sister Jane,??? said Squiro Inchly, moving uneasily iu his chair. ???It passes me, certain and shore. Hero was Billy, rich and healthy, Jack at college and ftvor???- thing a runnin??? slick and smooth, when noth in??? must do but the old creetur must tako to the jug, and it???s gone on and gone on, till old Bradley Gaither owns in-about all the Carow plantation tfiat???s wuth ownin???, Maybe it was Billy???s wife driv him to it. Sister Jane.??? ???1 say the word I??? exclaimed Miss Jano, sor rowfully,??????I soy the word I IIow could a lit tle bit of a dried-up ???om&n drive a grown man to drink???? ???They are a heap livelier than they look to be, Sister Jane,??? said the Squiro, reassuring ly. Littlo as she was, I lay Billy Carew???s wife bad her say.??? ???Well,??? said Miss Jano, ???a mouie???U squeal if you tromple on it.??? Squire Inchly had a jovial appearanro or dinarily; but when he found it necessary to wrestle with the moral problems that tho sharp tongue of his sister presented to his mind, he was in the habit of putting on his spectacles,as if by that means to examine them m wo im partially. He put his spectacles on now, and with them a severe judicial frown. .???That???s the trouble, Sister Jano,???that's tho trouble,??? he said after awhilo, ???Tho mouse???ll squeal and squeal, but whero???s tho man that ever???got uso toicch squealin??????? ???Don???t pester the mouse then,??? said Miss Jano, sententiously. ???Old Bradley Gaither,??? remarked the Squire, showing a disposition to wander away from a dangerous discussion,??????Old Bradley Gaithor ain???t only got mighty nigh all the Carow nlan- tation, but he???s hot arter tho balanco of it. Last sale-day, ho took mo ofTbobind tho court house, and, says ho,??? ??? 'Square,??? says he, ???I???d like mighty woll for to git that Carow <dsM,??? soys hoj ???'Why, Mr. Gaither,??? soys I, .'you've- in- about got all now,* says I. ??? ???Squaro Ichabod,'says ho, 'it???s only a mat ter of two hundred acres or thereabouts, and it cuts right spang into my plantation,???says he. ??? ???Well/ says I, *two hundred acres hain???t much, yit arter all it???s a piece of land,??? says ii 'Thti???p so,'says ho, 'but I want that !and { and I???m willin??? for to pay reasonable. 1 wanl you to buy it for me, Snuare,* says ho. ???Bight across from where wo sot,??? tho Squire continued, taking off his spectacles, ???old Billy Carew was a cullin??? up and slngin* his world- ly-rcmindcd songs, and Jack was a-tryin??? for to git him off homo. ??? ???Mr. Gaither,??? says I, 'do you want to crowd that poor old creetur out???n the country?* says I. 'And look at Jack; you won???t find a better-favored younstcr,' says I. ???1 disrememuer what ho said,??? tho Squiro went on; ???but when I named Jaokhe pucker ed up them thin lips of his???n liko ho was for- . ifym??? his mind ag???in anger. I didn???t lit on 1 [bout Itoso and Jack, Sister Jane, but I reck on Mr. Gaither bad got his suspicions. No doubt ho has got his suspicions, Sister Jano.??? ???Ichabod,??? said Miss Jane, scratching her head with the long teeth of a tuoking-comb, ???you???re too old to be mado a tool of. Let old Bradley Gaither do his own buyin??? and soilin???* That old scamp is deep aa a well. Them that didn???t know hirn???d think ho was sanctified; yit he???s got devilment'enough in him to break tbo winders out???n tho meetin'-houae. Wclljfi ' he needn???t pester wi' Jack and Itoso,??? Miss Jane went on; ???Jack???ll marry Rose whiles old Billy Carew is hoppin* along betwixt the grocery and graveyard. Lord, Lord I to think that scch a no-???count old creetur as that should bo a-ha???ntin* the face ol the earth!??? ???He took to fiddlin??? and drinkin??? arter ho was fifty year old,??? remarked the Squire. ???Yes, and tho property he hain???t drunk up, he???s fiddled away, till now he hain???t got noth in??? ,but a paaael of half-free niggers and a lit tle pieco of land, and old Bradley Gaithor is hongry for that. And that ain???t all,??? exclaim ed Miss Jane, solemnly; Jack is ruined, and Bote is distracted.??? ???Ah I??? said the Squiro. ???Yes,??? said Miss Jane. ???Troubled* always double and tribble. Rose was here fast Tues day, and she sot by tho wiuder there and watched Jack all tbe tiraosho stayed. ??????That's what I call couitanip at long taw,* s??? I. ??????Yes. Mies Jane,* se'she, 'it is,and I'm in great deal of trouble about Jack. I under stand him, but bo don't understand me,??? so* she. 'He???s mad because my father loaned his father money and then took land to pay for It. But I???d marry Jack,* se???she,'if only to give him hil land back.' ( , ???I declare!??? Bliss Jane continued, ??????twould melted airy heart in the universe to see that child blushin* and cryin*. I went and stood by her and put my arms around her, and I says to her, s' I,??? ??? 'Don???t you fret, honey, don???t you fret. Old Billy Carew Is fall of capers and vain bah- blin's,??? s'l, 'and your pappy ia puffed up by his fleshly mind: but tho Almighty, he???s a- wstchia??????cra. He???ll fetch ???em up wi??? a round turn,* s??? I; 'He knows how to deal wi??? un reasonable and wicked men.* 1 said them very words.??? ???Saint Paul said ???em before you, 8iatcr Jane, but you said ???em right,???you said ???em right,??? exclaimed Squire Inchly, heartily. ???Well, I don???t set uj< to judge nobody, but I don???t need no spyglass for to see what???s/right ???i front of my face/??? said Bliss Jane. Thus the*?? two oid people sat and talked about tho affairs of their friends and neighbors. Affairs ir. which they might be iiid to have almost a personal interest. The conversation tinned to other matters; but across the way they saw enacted some of the preliminaries &nd acc-rmpM irr.cnts of a mysterious compli cation that finally became os distressing and as <ii* action* as a tragedy. Old Biily Carew continued to gesticulate with his cene and to talk to himself. Ho de sired no other audience. Pne moment he would be convulsed with laughter; then he would draw himscll up proudly, wave his bsnd im)*riou*ly ( end seam to be laying down a proposition that demanded great deliberation ot thought and accuracy of expression. After ewhile bis ion, apparently growing tired of the humiliating spectacle, left his father to himtelf, and went over to Squire Inchly???s. Jack Carew was a great favorite with tho Squire and his sister. Miss Jane had potted h-m as a boy; indeed, after tho death of his own mother, she had maintained towards him the relatioflopf a foster-mother. His instinct had told hiii^oven when a child, that the as perity of Miss Inchly was merely tho humor ous mask of a gentle and sensitive heart. As he flung himself wearily in the chair which Bliss Jane had been quick to provide, ho seemed, notwithstanding his dejection, to be a very handsome specimen of manhood. His hair was dark, his eyes large and lustrous, his nose straight and firm, and his chin square and energetic. Ilis face was smooth- shavep, and but for the glow of health fn his cheeks, bis complexion would have been sal low. ???Father has gone to tho legislaturea gain,??? he said with a faint apologetic smile aad a motion of tho hand toward tbe sceno of the old man???s alcoholic eloquence. ???Well,??? said Bliss Jane, soothingly, ???he bain???t the first poor creetur that???s flung his welfare to tbe winds. The Old Boy???s mighty busy in these days, but the Almighty hain???t deed yit, I reckon, and he???ll come along tho- rcckly and set things to rights.??? The young man???s faco grow gloomy as ho looked cccroes the way at his homestead. The house was showing signs of neglect, and tho fences were falling away here and there. Tho jaggedsplintcrsoratall oak whoso top had been wrenched off by a storm were outlined against tbc sky, and an old mad babbled aud dribbled near by. On tho hither sido the Cherokee roses bloomed and tho birds sang. It erenud ns if some horrible nightmare had thrust itself between Jack Carew and tho sweet dtesms of his youth. ???I trust you arc right, Miss Jane,??? said Jack, after a long pause; ???but Ho will have to come toon if no sets my affairs to rights.??? ???Don???t git down-bearted, Jack,??? exclaimed Miss Jane, laying her hand upon tho young man???s arm with a motherly touch. ???Them that's big-hearted and broad shouldered bain???t got much to Lo afear???d of in this world. Have you forgot Rose GoitUer, Jack???? ???I haven't forgotten Bradley Gaither,??? said Jack, frowning darkly, ???and I wan???t forgot him in a day, you may depend. Bradley Gaither is at tho bottom of all the inisory you .see there.??? Tho young man mado a gesture that included tho wholo horizon. ???Ah, Jack!??? exclaimed Miss Jane, sol men rudiments of tho world, but tho timo w??s when you???d kindle up at the bare mention of Rose Gaither???s name.??? ???Shall I tell you tho truth, Bliss Jano???? ntked Jack Carew, turning to Miss Inchly with a frank, but bashful smile. ???You???ve nover failed to do that, Jaok', when tho pinch come.??? ???well, this is tho pinch, then. But for Rose Gaither I should have sold out hero when I first found how matters stood. I could oosily eell out now???to Bradley Gaither.??? j ???That???s so, Jaqk. you could,???* said Squire Inchly, who had been a sympathetic listener. ???Yes, sir, you could; thero ain???t no two ways hnnttnat." won???t,??? continued afraid sbo has forgotten mo. She has changod greatly.??? ???You look in the glass,??????said Miss Jane with a knowing toss of tho head, ???an ! you'll seo whero the ennugo Is. Roso was hero fUJ-or day. and sho stood right in that roon-.*i2liV - bdr.udtVLUTiUizmcarcurtain^. I wish???JtT I shan???t tell the poor child's secrets. I???ll any this: the next time you sco Roco Gaithor a- Dassin* by, you raise your hat and toll- hor howdy, and you'll git tbo swoctoit smiio that ever man got.??? ???Bliss June 1??? exclaimed Jack Carow, ???you aro the best woman itf tho world.??? ???Except one, I reckon.??? said Miss Zane, dryly. Jack Carow rose- from his chair, and ???Heightened himself to his full, heigth. He was a new man. Youth and hope rekindled their flrAs in his eyes. The flush of enthusi asm revisited bis face. ??? ???I feel ){ko a now man; I am n new man I??? he exclaimed. Then ho glanced at tho pitiful figure, maundering and sputtering occross tho way. ???I am going home,??? ho went on, ???and put father to bed and nurso him and tako caro cf him just ns if???well, just ns if I was his mother.??? * * ???Tbo Lord '11 love you for it, Jack,??? said Miss Jane, ???nod so???ll Rose Gaither. Whon evcr'tbing else happens ??? sho continued sol omnly, ???putyour trust In the Lord, and don???! have no miidfouts of Rose.??? Jack Carow visited tho Incblys almost daily; yctlf he had postponed the , visit,* tho purport of w hich has been given above, the probability is that he would bavo been spared much suffering; on tho other hand, ho would have missed much happiness that came to him at a time of life when ho w as bost prepared to appreciate it. He had dctermlnea in his own mind to sell the littlo land and the few negroes he had saved from the wreck his' father???s ex ??? travsgence had madq; ho had determined to sell these, and slip away with hia father to a new life in tho west; but his conversation with Miss Jane gave him new hope aad courage, so that when Bradley Gaither, a few weeks afterwards, offered to buy the Carew place for two or three times volue, ho received a curt and contemptuous message of refusal. Young Carew was high-strung and sensitive even as a boy, and event* had only served to develop these trait. When he was compelled to Isaac college to take charge of bis father???s affairs, be felt that his name was disgraced forever. Ife found, however, that all who had known him were anxious to hold up his hands, and to give him such support as one friend is prepared to glvo another. If tbe Pinetuckions were simple-minded, they were also sympathetic. There was something gra cious as well as wholesome in their attitude. 1 ho men somehow succeeded in Impressing him with a vague idea that they haa passed through just such troubles in thoir young dajs. The idea was encouraging, and Jack Carew made the most of it. But he never thought of Rose Gaither with out a sense of deepest humiliation. He bad loved Rose when they were school-children together, but his passion had now reached such proportions that he deeply resented the fact tnst hie school-boy love had been so care less axd shallow a feeling. Fow that circum stances had placed her beyond his reach, he regretted that his youthful love experience wes not worthier of the placo it held in his re membrance. He could forgtt that Rose Goitber waa tbe daughter of the man to whom he attributed his troubles, but.be could never forget that he bfmselt was tbe son of a man wfcote-weaknrss bad found him out at an age when manhood ought to have made Aim strong. Still, Jack Carew made the most of a bad situation. Ife bad tbe courage, the endurance end the hopefulness of youth. He faced bis perplexities with at least tbe appearance of jood humor; and if he had his moments of de- | sir, when the skeleton in tbe jug in the Jcut paraded in public, Pens tacky never sus pected it. Tho truth is, while Pinetucky was ympsthetic and neighborly, ft was not fn* ^liiitd to make a great fuss over those who took a dram too much now and then. Intern- ) ersnee was an evil, to be sure; but even fa- temperance had iu humorous side in those days, and Pinetucky was apt to look at the Ln me reus side. One fine morning, - however, Pinctusky awcke to the fact that it sral tbe center and seen* of a decided sensation. Rumor pulled on her bonnets and boots, and went gadding about like mad. Pinetucky was astonished, then perplexed, then distressed, and finally xdignsnt; as became a conservative ond morel community. A littlo after sunrise, Bradley Gaither had galloped up to Squire Inehly r ?? door with the information that two bales of cotton had been stolen from his place tho night beforo. The facts, as set forth by Bradloy Gaither, wero that he had twelve bales of cotton ready for market. The twelve bales had been loaded upon thre wagons, and the wagons wero start for Augusta at daybreak. At tho last moment, when everything was ready, tho teams harnessed and the drivers in their scats, it was discovered that two bales of the cotton were missing. Fortunately, it had rained during tbo night, and Bradley Gaither had waited until it was light enougn to make an investigation. He found that a wagon had been driven to his packing-scrow. He saw, moreover, that but one wagon hod passed along the road after tho rain, and it was an easy mat< ter to follow the tracks. The fact of the theft had surprised Squire Inchly, but tbe details created consternation in his mind. Tho tracks of tho wagon led to tbo Carew place l Squiro Inchly was prompt with a rebuke. ???Why, you???vo woke up wi??? a joko iu your mouth, Mr. Gaither. Now that you???vo spit it ???out, let???s start fresh. A spiteful ioko boforo breakfus??? ???ll make your flesh crawl artor sup per, Mr. Gaither.??? Squiro Iucbly sl magistrate. Bradley Gaither???s thin lips grow thinner as ho smiled. ???I???m as serious ns the thives that stole ray cotton, Squire Inchly,??? he said. ???Two wholo bales of cotton in theso days is a heavy loss.???* said tho squire, reflectively. ' a mrav/ moa. cum vuu D<|iuru, ruuucuvoty. hope you???ll ketch the iuconsiderato partiei the larceny.??? ???Hyou will go with me, squire, we???ll call by for Brother Gossett and Colonel Hightower, and if I???m not mistaken we???ll find tho cotton not far from hero.??? ???Well, sir,??? said tbo squire, indignantly, ???you won't find it on the Carew place. I???ll go wi??? you aud welcome. We don't need no search warrant.??? Tho long and tho short of it was that tho cot ton was found concealed in Jaok Cni'bw???s rick ety barn under a pile of fodder. Of thoso who joined Bradley Gaither in the search, not one believed that the cotton would be found on the Carew placo; and some of them had ovon gone so far as to suegest to B(r. Gaither that his sus- E irioni had been fathered by his prejudices; ut that injured individual merely smiled his cold littlo smile and declared that thero could be no harm in following tno wagon tracks. This was rcasosonable enough; aud tho result was that not only was tho cotton found, but tbe wagon standing under tho shelter and two mules at the trough in tho lot, showed slgus ol having been lately used. Theso tli mgs so shocked thoso who had gono with Mr. Bradley Gaither that thoy had little to fay. They stood confounded. They could noi'succcssfully dispute tho evidence of their eyes. They wero simple-minded men, and there fore sympathetic. Each ono Jolt ashatnod. They did not look into each other???s eyos aud give utterance to expressions of ostonishmont. They said nothing; butoach one, with tho ex ception of Bradley Gaither, fell into a stato of mental confusion akin to awe. When Bradley Gaithor, with an air of triumph, askod them if thoy wero satisfied, they said nothing, but turned and walkod away ono after tho othor. They turned and walked away and wont to their homes; and somehow, after that, though tbo sun sbono as brightly and' tho birds flut tered and sang as joyously, a silonco fell upon Pinetuoky,???a silonco full of austerity. Tbo men talked In subdued tones whon they i though they expected thoJuctlcoto aisciwiree one oflier thunderbolts ut their foot m.J ihnwiiMi wantIWut thoir dutii.., ivitli (legrco of nervousness that was aptly deserili cd by Min Jano inchly long afterwards whon reciting tho experiences of that most momora ble duy in tbo history of Pinotucky. ???I lot t sifter drop out???n my hand.??? said sho, ???and I diclnro to gracious If it didn???t sound like a con non had went off.??? In all that neigbbordood tho Carows, father and ion, bad but ono accuser, and not ono apologist. Pinetuoky existed in a primitive period, as wo aro in tho habit olbolioving now, and its people wero simplo-mindod poo pie. In this age of progress and culturo mor ality and justico aro arrayed in many refino nientN of speech and thought. Thoy liayo been readjusted, so fo sneak, by silence; but in Pinetucky in tbo forties, morality and jus tico were ns robust and as sovero os thoy aro in tho Bible. H was not until after the machinery of Jus tico had been sot in motion that Pinetutky allowed itself to comment on the case; but the comment was justified by tbo peculiar conduct of tbe Carews. When they wore con fronted with tho facts,???the cotton concealed in the barn and tho warrant in tho hands of tho sheriff,-old Billy Carew fell a-trombling aa though ho had tho palsy. Jack had turned pale as death, and had made a movement to ward Bradley Gaither as though to offer vio lence; but when he saw bis rather shaking to, tho color returned to his face, and he ex claimed quickly,??? ???Tbo warrant is for rao alone, Bfr. Sheriff. Pay no attention to father. He is old, and his mind is weok.??? ???He???s a linr!?????? the old man screamed, when Lo found his voice. ???He???s a miserable liarl Ho never stolo that cotton. Don???t tetcb him I d< n???t you dast to (etch him i He???ll lie to you, but he won???t steal your eotton t Put my name In that warrant. Bradley Gaither stole my money and .land; I reckon I???ve got tbo rights to steal hia cotton.??? ???He???s drunk again,??? said Jack. ???We???ll carry him in tbc house, and then I???ll be ready to go with you.??? But the old roan was not carried to tho housd without a reene. Ife raved, and scroamed, and swore, and finally fell to tbe ground in a fit of impotent rage, protesting to the last that Jack was a liar. When those who wore pres ent had been worked up to the highest pitch of excitement, Bradley Gaither spoke. ???Don???t criminate yourself. Jack. I am willing to drop this matter.??? He appeared to be greatly agitated. ???Drop what matter???? exclaimed young Ca rew in a passion. ???I faavc a matter with you, sir. that won???t be dropped.??? ???Go your ways, then,??? laid Bradley Gaith- eg; ???'I've done my duty.??? With that he mounted his horse, and Jack Carew waa left in the hands of the sheriff. The machinery ot tbe law was notasdidleul to set in motion in those days as ft is now. There was no delay. Pinetucky was greatly interested in tho trial, and during the two days of its continuance delegations of Pine- tuckisns were present as spectators. Borne of there, were summoued to testify to the good charactcrOf young Carew, and this they did with a simplicity that was Impressfvs; but neither their testimony nor the efforts of the distingufthed counsel for the defence. Colonel Peyton Poindexter, had any effect. The facta and tbe tacit admissions of Jack were against him. Colonel Poindexter's closing speech was long remembered and Indeed is alluded to even cow, ss the most eloquent and impres sive ever delivered in the courtboost in Rock ville; but it failed to on vines tbe jury. A verdict in accordance with the fact* and tes timony was brought iu, and Jack Carew was sentence to serve a term iu tho penitentiary at Btilledgeville. Tho first to bring this information to Pine tucky was Bradley Gaither himself. He ???topped at fc*quire Inchly's for bis daughter, and went in. ???What's tbe news???? asked Miss Jane. ???Bad, very bed news,??? said Bradley Geith- I ???Jack ein't hung, I reckon,??? slid Miss Jane, ???my mind tells me, day and night, that the poor boy is innocent as tbe child that???s nnborn.??? ???Innocent or guilty,??? said Bradley Gaither, ???ho baa been sent to tbe penitentiary.??? Bliss Jsno give a quick glsnoa at Rose, and was just in time to catch her as sho fell from her chair. ???Ah, poor child!??? cried Miss Jane, ???her heart is broke I??? ???Rose 1???Daughter {???Darling l??? exclaimed Bradley Gaither, dropping on his knoes be side her. ???Ob, what Is this? What have I done? Speak to her, Bliss Incbly. What shall I do???? Ho was pale as death, and his features worked convulsively. ???Do nothin???, Mr. Gaither. You???vo dono more???n you can undo a???rflady. You???vo took and give that poor boy over for to be persecu ted, Mr. Gaither, aud now the innocent suf fers and tho wicked goes scotch-free.??? Bradley Gaither covered his face with his bands and groaned aloud. ???What bavo I dono? What have I done? he cried. Bliss Jane supported the girl in her strong arms with o grim display of affection, but her attitude towards Bradley Gaither was uncom promising. ???Don???t alarm yoursolf, BIr. Gaither,??? sho said; ???this poor child???ll coino round quick enough. Folks dont fling off their misery this eaayl??? Rose revived aftor awhile, butshescomod to have no desire to talk to hor father. Aftor a copious use of camphor, Bliss Jano fixed tho S ???rl comfortably ou tho loungo, and sho lay ero and gazed at tbo coiliug, tho picturo of wide eyed dispair. Bradloy Gaither paced tho floor liko ono distracted. His sighs wero heart-rending. When Miss Jano succoodod in getting him out of the room, ho paced up and down tho entry, moving his lips and sronning as though fh great mental agony. Failing to understand what emotions ho was at tho mercy of, Miss Jano failed to sympa thize with him. To her mind, his display of grief boro no sort of proportion to the cause, mid sho had a woman???s contempt for any man ifestation of weakness in man, oven tho weak ness oi grief. ???I'll pray to the Lord to forgive mot??? bo cried out piteously. ???That???s right,* r exclaimed Bliss Jano in hor dcrisivo way. ???But if the grace of pra???r was in the hinges of tho kneo, I know a hoap of folks that???d be mighty easy in tho mind.??? Every word she spoke cut like a knife, but not until long aftor did Bliss Inohly realise tho fact. When sbo did realise it, it is to bo feared sho hugged tho remembrance of It to her bosom with a sort of grim thankfulness that Providcnco had so happily fashioned her words and directed her tongue. As timo passed on. tho Pinetuckians became aware that a groat change had come ovor both Bradley Gaither and his daughter. Tho fathoi grew old before his time, and foil Into a do- clino. os his neighbors expressed it. The daughter grow moro beautiful, but It was beauty of a kind that - belongs to devoutness; so that, In contemplating it, the minds of men wero led in the direction of moroy and charity and all manner of good deeds. One night, a year or more after tho trial, and sentenco of Jack Carow, a nogro on horse back rode to- Square Inchly???a door, aud said that his master, Bradley Gaither, dcslrod tho Squire to como to him at onco. Tho worthy magistrate was prompt to oboy tho summons; mm when ho orrivou at tho Gaithor placo, ho fouud that tho preacher and othor noigiibors had alio been summoned. Bradloy Gaithor lay upon his bed, surrounded by these, aud it was plain to sco tbnt hia snmls of life had nearly run out. Ho presented aspectacloof dissolution calculated to arouso tho sympathies ol thoso who stood around his bod. After Equiro Inchly arrived, Bradloy Gaith er lay n littlo whilo with lih eyes Hoiod m in a dream. Thon ho motionod to his daughter, who drew from bouoatli bis pillow a tow sheets of letter-paper, stained and blotlod with ink. Tlies?? she handed to the ininintcr. ???Reed it aloud,??? said Bradloy Gaither. Tho minister, with some dogreo of otnbarrawmont, adjusted bin spectacles and road:??? ???With this lottor will bo found my last will and testament. I am unhappy, but I should bo less miserable if I know I could put such meaning in thoso lidos as no man could mis understand. I have slnnod against an inno cent man, I havo sinned against my dear daughter, I havo sinned against myself, I havo siuned against God. I havo boon guilty ot a great wrong, and though I cannot fergivo my- f-elf, yet I hope to bo forgiven. Johu Carew, who Is now in prison, is an innocent man. I coveted his land. In my worldly-mludod- ness, set my heart upon his possessions. I often d him doubla their vniuo. I thought ho fruited with contempt, and llwn I hit up m u plan lo drive him mil. I ranted tho rott m to his l am Mid hid it. He knew no more about it than snv honest mnn. But, os God is my judge. I did not foresco the end. I thought ho wcuid compromise ninl sell tho land and go away. At tbo last tho law took tho matter out of my hands. John Carow bollovos Hint ho is suffering punishment In placo of his fath er; but William Carow is as honosta9his ton, and no man could be honcstor than that. J, Bradley Gaitber, being in my right mind and of sound memory, do hcrohy chnrgo my self with the crime lor which John Carow has been adjudged guilty. Let tho disgrace of it be attache ato tno alone. The siu of it I hopo a merciful God will forgive.??? This document was duly assi^hed and wit nessed. When tho preacher reached tho end he said, ???Let ns pray;??? and whilo that pray er, ns fervent as simplicity could make It, was ascending heavenward, tbo soul of Bradloy Gaither took Us flight. ???I glsnced nt him arter the breath left him.??? said Squiro Incbly, relating tbe facti to his sister, ???and he looked like a man that ???hook blsaelf free from a heop of worriment. I hope he???s at peace, I do, from the bottom of my heart.??? The confession was received with great won der in Pinetucky; but (hero was not ono among the l'inetuckisns who did not believe that Bradley Gaither was a batter man at bot tom than his life bad shown lifm to be,???not one, indeed, who did not believo that his THE POLITICAL MECCA. Governor Cleveland???* Coming Reception-The Hxeo- olive Sara Filled With a Carloui Collection Of Oifto-A Clerk Kept JJaay Reo living and Retarnlnz Them -0 ther Nowa. From tho New York World. Barely two hundred invitations hsvo boon Issued for the governor???s reception next Tues day evening. Not a ringlo person from New York city has been invited, and only a few from Buffalo and Troy. It will be tho first re ception at the mansion at which ladies will be present, and Is tho first at which the presi dent's bisters, BIrs. Iloyt and Miss Elizabeth Cleveland, will act as hostesses. The hours on. tho cards aro from 9 to 12. Tho snowstorm seems to have cooled the po litical ardor of tho many who havo felt called upon to tender their advice to tho incomiog adminiatiation, and tho exocutivo chamber looked Ttally lonesome for a timo to day. Tbcre were no callers of public noto, and tbo comparatively few every-day visitors got to see the governor without the customary delay. There was no excuse to keep thorn waiting, and the red*headed boy at the door was iu his worst humor. The queered place in tho state is Governor Clevcland/s barn or storeroom. Your corres pondent was permitted to visit theso quarters to-day. and n stranger collection of old junk it would be Impossible to find any whero. Tho barn is a substantial structure built just baolc of tho executivo mansion, and during the ad ministration of moro wealthy governors it was used for tbe carriages and horses of thoso wor thies. Governor Cleveland, howovor, doesn???t keep a team, and since his election to tho prcnidcucy the vseont barn has been used to storo the vast collection of miscellaneous pres ents that come pouring in from ovory quarter ol the union. Formerly these packages were delivered at tho executive chambor on tho Hill, but as they kept constantly increasing in number and variety ft waa found Impossible to receivo them thero, so a kind of union depot wts opened in the bsrn. It keens ono man busy receiving, arranging and shijiningjiack tbo packages addressed to the preafdent-oleot. In spito of tbo fset that the greatest caro is exercised in finding out who sends tho stuff and his address, many of the packages romain unidentified. The governor???s orders aro that all presento shall bo returned to tho sondor at once. But as about half tho gifta como anonymously, It is not so oasy to carry out tho instructions. A clerk was busy marking and sondinir away packages when your correspondent called to mskoatourof tho placo. The collection of bald caalca, bicycles, ohairs, desks, brushoa oral other bric-a-brso would havo put n Front street junkshop to blush. Yet thoro was ono marked difference between tbo stock iu tbo governor???s barn ana tho junkshop. Hero every articlo was brand now. The oaglo flap- pod hia wings dolefully in his wooden cage with an air that told plainly it was tho first timo ho hud ever been made it idiow of, and two owls stored in a mournfully knowing way at tho expressman who was taking things nwiiy. Not II Hpeek of dint dimmed tho brightness of tho glittering^ bicyclo that was I roroptly going back to Boston, and tho rod pluidi ol n comlortaido nrm chair showed its newness through tho thin covoring spread over it. Tim only thing that boro traces of wear was n barrel covered with country mud of openings out In tho staves, through which llio red and mollow golden of great New York apples showed. A second oxpresimon was unloading a half bar rel of c'.ilvr that had just arrived wJimi the clej k ??Tilight him und told him to wait. A ci.reful examination showed that it had como fiom Blnghanipton, N. Y., and without taking it from tho wagon, a receipt nnd bill of lading wero mado out and tho stuff shipped book. H:?? it wrnt all day. As fust as ono thing was ro- lurm <1 a noth* r rnmo in t > take it i plaim, and tho clerk considered himself lucky if two ar ticles did not como in placo of evory ono sunt back. It is cosy to understand how litnplo couutry folks fako pleasure in sending littio tokens of affect ion to tho mnn they honor nnd rogpict and iu whoso good fortuno they have had a part. But why theso tokens so often take tho form of animals is a question that sadly per plexes tbo poor clerk. Ono mini in Brooklyn sends n dog, another in Bfaino sands two owls, a third forwards an engic, n third bolioves that nothing less than a Maitcso cat will nuka tin- pn-sidciit happy, white n filth Impel to win favor by tho presentation of a fawn. If this sort of thing continues tho barn allichcd to tbo executivo mansion will soon contniu ?? mcnogorio which will makoour B&rnum hang his In-ad in him me. Tim pr. .i-lent ????? lent taken it all good-naturedly, ami ns a huge joko. Bald ho to-day, laughing ovor tho mat tori ???Somebody out west, I,don't romomber his name juit now, sent inc'au oaglo tho othor day. What am I to do with an oaglo? I Then, musingly agio, though.??? next. ???s useful as on oaglo. would bo just THE BOLD DYNAMirsnS. which on sli-wlso Providence employs to chasten tbe proud and humble the vainglorl- ???H. When Jack Csrew returned to his friends, he made his way straight to Squire Inchly???s. He was not much changed, but the sight of him gave Miss Jane tbe cue for tears. Those, however, she dried Immediately, and, with a smile that Jack remembered long,.motioned toward* the little sitting-room. ???Go fn there. Jack. A man ought.n???t to grumble at waitin??? for bis dinner if he knows pie.??? little sitting-room Rote Gaither was waiting fcr him. Whom Ignorance Is.ltllss. From the Piedmont, Gs. # Press. On last Saturday a man was fn our city from the wild mountains of North Carolina. Long flowing curls hung down his back; every feature of bia face was hidden by tho hair, which almost completely covered it; hit fin er nails were all long, filthy and uncared .or. He bad searely a human appearance. For divsrsfon???s sake we began a conversation with him. He spoke with a peculiar, unnat ural grunting brogue; said be lived eway up in a hobow ob da moontin; in da kalina state. This was bis first visit to a town, here tbe first brick house he ever saw, tho first negro, knew nothing of books and news- :rs. A man bid told blrn of ???Gainesville papers. A men had told nun or ???Gainesville town???end ho set out to hunt it. Hod been four suns??? fn coming. We are convinced that there ere some sec tions of our greet end glorious country that need tbe band of civilisation. Women ns Doctors. Warbixoton. December 14.???The board of trustee* ol Columbia university of this city, upon the unanimous recommendation of the faculty of its medical deportment, has decided to admit women to the study of medieino fn ihe Institution with old the privileges of iu- btroctio& now accorded the mils students. Attempts to lllow l/i?? it Train on the Jerssjr Central llnllronit. riiiLADELMiu, December 27.???A special die- B atch from Ksslon, Pennsylvania, says: ???Ou ie Jersey Central railroad yesterday betwoon Fan wood and Westfield, a track walker, whilo making bis round, found oter^- f|iiro p.-i.-k- ago with shawl straps wrapped around it near the outside rail on the down track. Tho man thinking that the packago bad been dropped from a train, begin to oramlno its contents. On tho top ho discovered a squaro hole, and below it a black ing box filled with palror malchei,arrangod.io that they could bo easily ignited. Aftor re moving tbcio ho found 68 cartridges of dyna mite and a lot of No. 1 giant powder. Dp to this time the trackman saw no danger, and continued to search. He picked up ono of tho cartridges, and was about to place it on the rail to force it opon with his hammer to ico what it contained, when n resident of Fanwood came along aad prevented on explosion. A hand car was then procured, tno infernal machine was taken to Fanwood,and an official of IbfrV. i*^In formed of tho dircovery. It is thought th??t it was intended lo blow up a train. Had th* ??? * ??? ** ??? track package not been discovered by walker. It Is believed that it would 1 ha OnOVBR???8 KEG OF HUM Albany, N. Y., December 22.???A keg of rum ol tbe vintage of *60 bos been tent ha\ to BfnfhampUm by Governor Cleveland with a letter of thanks. A few days ago the govern tr was or.nojcd at finding in theexocutivochsm- Ur a black walnut css??, lined with red plush, containing a gold hooped keg of liquor, which was to be drawn through a golden faaeet. On tbe keg was this inscription: From J. o. Coughlin. It did it. With the compliments of thoBmffi im governor to forego his resolve presents from strangers, and to success of his admfuUtrati??it fr- the liquor fn the white house. refu>cd to recede from his detern no gilt-taker, and returned tho Coughlin, much to tho latter???s ch flNOISTlMCTj???g 1N1