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TravelgrB* Guide.
S'outh Carolina Railroad;
CHANGE OF 8CHEDCLR
On and bflcr
Carolina
CHABLtSToV Novetbbe’f 10, 1877.
d tfler Sunday, next, the doutli
Kail mid will be run as folfcwt:
FOB AfOCSTA,
(Sunday morning exceptedj,
Leave Charleston • V ? 00 a. m. 7 20 p. m.
Arrire Augusta . . & CO p. m. 6 16 a. m.
FOR COLUMBIA,
(Sunday morning excepted),
Leave Charleston . „ lOO a. m. 9 &6 p m
'AfTiveatColunibia.il 00 p
in.
m. 8 45 a.
'ffR cn-.xi.xrroii, =
(Sunday dorOing excepted).
Leave Augusta . . . 8 80 a. m. 9 3(1 p m.
Arrive st Charleston 4 20 p.m. 8 00 a. tn
Leave Cdumbia , . 6 30 p m. 7 15 p. m
Arrive Charleston . 12 night and C 15 a. m
I 7 40am
8 40 a m
8 15 p m
, 4 25 p m
reakfapt, Dinner and Supper at BroncUville
. Summerville Train,
(Sundays excepted)
Leave Summerville
Arrive at Charleston
Leave Charleston
Arrive at Summerville
Bi
Camden TV&in
Lonneds at Kingsville daily (^undays excep-
Veth with day passei.ger train to and from
Charleston. Passengers from Camden to Co
lumbia om go through without detention ou
.Mondays, tTednesasys and FhdAjrs,. and
from Columhli to Camden on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays by connection
with day passenger train.
Day and uigM trains connbbt at Augusta
with Georgia Railroad and Central Railroad.
This route i& ths quickest and most direct
& Atlanta, Nashville. Louisville, (.'iheinnati,
icago, At Louis abd o\her points in the
Northwest. ,
Night trains for Augusta qpnridit closely
with the fsst mail train via Macon and Au-
jgueta Railroad fbr Macon, Columbus. Alont-
gomery. Mpbile, New Orleans and points in
the Southw^. (Tiiirty-uilx hoUrs to New
^Orleans. . \ . ' • c ■ <
Day tialns'for Columbia Connect closely
with Charlotte Railroad for alt points North,
making quick time and ho delays, (Forty
hours to New York.) _ . , j..^.
The trains on the Greenville and Columbia
and Spartanburg and Union Railroads con-
K t closely with the train which leaves
rleston at 5U0 a m, and returning they
connect in eame manner with the train tvhi'Oli
leaves Columbia for Charleston at f» 30 p m
lAtirens Rattmad t^ain connects at Newberry
bn Tuesdays, Thursdays and SatUnlays.
Blue Rntge Railroad train runs daily, con
necting witb uphn I down trains on Grech-
Ville and Col'llmbift Rail' oad.
8. S SOLOMONS,
Superintendent.
8. B. Pii'lRfS, Gepernl Ticket Agent.
BARNWELL
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,
NO. 25.
One inch, one fnsniiett. . k . i ’.’fl i
.“ fRch subsequent insertiqtt.50
Quarterly, Mmi-a«qRal or jmify heal
made on Hbartf Ui me. ' ;
Cun tract advert Uung ia pay
ter Uni inaertion naleasotberwlMt
No oominunleiUiou wllhbe 1
lew acoorppanied by the name |
the writer, not neceanarfly fbr ,
but as a guaranty of good IbltK,.
• TUB fBOrtH,
LlaraweU C. if.. B. C.
> abd nddrass <
.• S'-
i krRstMi Railmat' Co:
Savannah and
ws
CtlANGF, OF ISCJliEDULE.
ChXrlks ov, S b , •Tan.
On and after Monday, ll.mpary 7,d878, ‘lie
I rains on this JKiad ill leave Depot
Northeasteru U lilr a l as folloivs :
f\ttl Had
of
Leave Charleston
Arti-o'ftt Savannah
Leave Savannah
Arrive Charleston -
n lf> a m!
9 00 a. In.
^ 00 p. m.
11 00 p. m.
I
Leave Charleston
Arrive at Augusta
Anive Port Royal
Arrive Savannah -
Leave Savannah
^ ve Augusta
ve Port Royal
Arrive Charleston -
Accommu4hili<fn Tram, Sunduyi Accepted.
8 00 a. tn
5 15 p. In;
1 60 p. in’.
3 50 p. m.
9 t)0 a. m
7 30 a. m
10 20 a. m
5 SO p. in.
Mrghl Pastetigrr, Sunifi’/i Jfxcep'trd.
Leave Charleston - - 8 60p. to
5 45 a. m
7 25 a. m
10 00 p. m
9 00 p. to
8 45 a. m
lop al AdaBt*
and Mohtelih
J
y J
ille
i-.
k
Arrive Port Royal
Arrive Savannab
Leave Savannali
Leave Augusta '
Arrive Charleston
Fast mail train will onl.
Run, Tcmassee, prahamvl
Accommodatiqh tfaiu will stop lit all ala*
lions on inis roivi and makes close connection
for Augusta and Pok Royal khd all stations
bn the Port Ro^ril R*ttr<»A.-
Fast mail inakl'* coniifebnon for points Ui
Llaridaand Georgia., . '.. j & .,
. (D. 8. GADSpEN, EJgr. and Supt;
8. C. BoylstoH, G; Fi and T. Agent.
blLMLNGTON; ftlluMBlA
ABGtlSTA KAllItUAD;
bxNKttAI. PftSSF.sbrB DehABTMKNT, .
‘Columbia; 8. C., August 6, 1877l|
The following Schedule Will be operated j
iind after ibis datk 1
ittgit Kxprttt Train—Dailg.
001X0 XORTH.
Leave Columbia ;
Leave Florence ; l
Arrive el Wilmington
(Joitto goitn
11 16 bra.
2 40 a. m.
6 32 V, in.
Leare Wilmingtoh
Leave
6 00 p; m.
10 02 p. tn.
1 25 S.
ra.
Florence -
Arrire at Columbia •
this Train is Fast Express, Ibaking tbroi
conhectiens, all rail, North tnd South; j
water I ini connection ria Portsmouth. Stop
onlt .St Sumter, Timmon^fllc,
Florentsfe, Mariba, Fair Bliff, Whiteville and
Through Tickets sold atri baggage cheek
«d to all principal points. Pullman Sleepers
An night trains. - - ' ■w
fkraugk Freight Tralh—bkU$. except SUt
boino sokti.
re Columbia . v . .* . 6 66 p. m.
re Fkrenoe. , . . 4 80 a. in.'
Arrire at Wilmington, -j • 00m. ^
ootso lobtfc 5 *'
Wilmington; .'•••* 10 p. in.
tre Florence . . . g 85 m.
dM Colombia . . • 10 10 h.»,
Loeal Frsifht Train leavesColumhia Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday only, at 6 n. a
Arrives at Florenm at A 80 p. as.
A. POPE, 0. F. A T. A.
tnWJYISEi
THE OLD MAWS REVERIE.
jSS
I batt’t make out for the life of me, what ails
q»y eyes to night; ..
As clear as ever the bills and fields stand
t out in the sun light ,* V J-/-
But whether I look this way or that, homes
\ip a different scene,
As if another picture had semehow slipped
between.
Her father’s 4pple orchard, and we two loit
ering Urer§, . ^
I ihouldn’t have stayed a. mibute—I hadn't
One to spare—
I’d Only just co&e over lo try to borrow a
plough,
But thb sight of her put my hurry right out
of my bead somehow.
I remember the npple-blossoms-how thick
Ihey^wer* that spring
Vis’, ind I’m likely to remember them as long
Rs anything,;
Some of the boughs, I remembr, wert just a
sight to see,
The buds were as red as roses, all over the
top bribe tree.
I held a branch while she stripped it, till
shaken out of place
A bee from one of the broken flowers com e
flying into her face ; ’
She ^bkamed, end I-I klsksd her, just fbr a
cure, you know, , -
And she blushed till her cbeks were pinker
than the pinkest apple bloVr.
And so—and so—we were married before the
spring came round again;
Jhder this roof we lived together fivb happy
years, and then—
Well, well, she never was wrinkled,tike tne—
and old, and gray ;
I think her always fresh and fair,just as she
looked t&atp <!ay.-
I've somehow taken a notisn that the first
t hings I shall see
When I open my eyee in another world, will
be that red blossomed tree ;
Thebtlrden of years will drop awfty’, and
young and sttong again,
I shall meet her under the orchard-boughs,
just as L met her then.
Haw Phil. Helped ns Out.
The Hon, Gideon Glumgruff—“ Old
Glum*’— was a judicious Tartar, the
terror of the bar, much aa of evil
doers.
We of the ituddycreek circuit thank
ed our stars that Ltls lines bad been
cast in other places. We had never
seen him; but his fame bad gone
abroad, aud %e felt no curiosity to
meet hi to face to faob. 4—
However, our evil day cache at Ust
For sotue cause, beet known to the ru
ling powers, (.Ld Glum was assigned,
fora season, to go but and In judici
ally before utt. The swoop of a hawk
never created greater commotion in a
barnyard of chickens, than the threat
ened deeeeut of Old Glilm did
among the lawyers of Muddycrebk.
He was to muke bis debut, on a giv
en day, at the princlphi county town,
and a sfllfee •load of us were on ouf
way thither, Ailed with no pleasant
hodings touching the prospect ahead.
had the doivch all to ourselves
save a singleseat which we found occu
pied by a grouty-looking man, who
greeted lis with a growl as we crowd-
ded him Into a corner ; but as he took
no farther notice of us. we took none
of hick. Ouf btbh troubles were up
permoet, Q ,
•T t«U ye’s boys, there’s ructions
ahead ♦’* said mike Donohy, a Hiber
nian brother; lately transformed into a
J tive-born American dti2en and limb
the taw.
‘‘I’m Afraid so,” sighed Sam. Willis.
•JTbey say Old Glum was early crossed
love, and has nevef recovered his
mper since the time a certain Miss
irtigtg dismissed him with her
itten. . . .
“Here’s luck to the lassie that tri
fled wld the ould rough’s affections i”
cried Alike, giving what he called
dhry toast,” for the want of a “dbrop
to wash It down wid.”
The grouty than scbwled, but bald
nothing. , ,
“I’m told,” remarked Fhtl. Gay,
“that he never passes a restful night
if he gets through the day without
floding the bar all round and commit
ting one or two of them for contempt”
“Bad ’cess to ihp old blaggard 1”
put in Mike. “Wad’nt it be a liick^
dispinsation av a touch Iv the small
pox tuck Tm f They say that ii’s as
thick as hops in the town.”
“ft, couldn’t barm his beauty at any
rate,” returned Phil. Gay. “By ac-
bounts he’s already several shades ug
Her than Callbao.
The grouty man pricked tip his ears
nervously.
“Am I to iindefstand,” he asked,
“that there is small-pox about f”
''Faith I’m tould tbe^re doyin’ like
shape wld it in the tdwfl we*re goto 1
to,” said Mike, considerably magnify
Ing the current report fer the strang
er’s benefit. S
* The latter made no reply, but look
ed grave. “I'U tell yon what let’s
do,” Suggested Sam. Willis ; “let’s all
adjourn our cased tfll next term by
boheeht, and let the old cu
go home Shout his:.business.
So we all said.
When we reached oaf destination,
the goaty man got out at one tavern;
and the rest of os at another.
Mext morning, when the court
house beU rang, we flled ~ In
slowly, like a batch of sooolboys on
blue Monday.
Boon after the gouty maq cime
shuffling along, and without looking
to the rightftof to the left, ascended
tne bench and took his seat.
The trhth flashed upon us. ft was
no other than Old Glum himself,
whom, without knowing It, we had
and bull-dog nose, surmounting a
mouth like a^n inverted U, made up a
countenace In comparison to whoso
sourness that of a wild crab-apple
would have passed fof the sweetness
of honey. . , , , t . ^
The usual preliminaries over, Old
Glum began the call of the calender.
“Backrent vs. Blackman 1” he shout
ed, In a voTo?. as sharp as the qpreak
of a file.—“Witless fqr plaintiff and
Donkey for defendant,!” , \ t ,
Messrs. WlUls and Donohy, blush
ing and Inwardly Invoking something
of a blessing on Old G!
KILLED AND EATEN.
8 Upi**1X08 or THE &IEW OF TWA’
is ALL IE M. STEELMAN.
A Week at Sea without Feed—The Flesh
Cut from the Body ef a Murdered Sai
lor to Sustain Life—The story as Re
lated by the Captaiu. - > '
- ■ INevw and Oourirr.) t I
The narrative of the sufferiqg of the
crew of the schQoner Bailie M. Steel
man, from Charleston ^ for Baltimore,
who were brought to New York Mon
day afternoon op tbs schooner Speed
well, is so horrible in detail that it
sounds more like a chapter froqi a sen
sation sea novel than stern reality. ^
The captain of the Speedwell reports yyander around
that hn found , the Steelman nearly
water-logged, but making steerage
way.- under fpre and malqtopeall,
northeast pf the Bermuda Islapds.
She was flying the American flag,
Union down, as a signal, of distress.
He sent bis. first ioe»e, H. O. Sawyer,
lum’s blear eyes
for the mistake In their names, rose
simultaneously amid a general titter.
“Silence!’’ shrieked Old Glum. >>
“May It please yer Holl—your Hon
or, I mane,” began Mike, in a tpne of
the blandest blarney ; me larned oppo
nent and meself have consinted to ad :
journ that case till the pixt turrem.”
“But I don’t consent” replied the
court curtly, , . , ,,
“Besides,” ooptinued Mike, ‘.'me
larned collague Mlsther Gay r ol've Just
hard, is ondlsposed this marnln.”
“You must go on with the case your
self, then ; you seem to forget that I
overheard your dlabollpai plan yes
terday to block the wheels of justice i”
retorted his honor.
“But—” pleaded Mike. ,
“Another word, and I’ll commit
you!” thundered Qld Glum. “Pro
ceed with the case 1”
Things were getting serious. The
story of his colleague’s condition was
no Invention of Mike's. He bad learn
ed it as he had entered the court
house. He dispatched a messenger to
urge upon Gray the necessity of com
ing immediately, even at the risk of
bis life. ^
The clerk commenced to call a Juty,
ttnd bad not finisbed, when with a fee
ble step, bis head bound in a bandana
bandkhreblef not more spotted tban
bis face; Pbll. Gay tottered In. There
wasn’t a visible portion of his skin on
Which you cobid Lave put down a pin's
point without touebihg a red pimple,
“Here’s Mlsther Gay, yer honor,”
said Mike Donohy, not a little surpris
ed at bis friend’s looks;
Old Glum tuined bale and cowefed
back in his scat.
“Surely,” he htamihered through
his chattering teeth, “ybu don’t expect
to try a case while In thft, oohdltion 1”
“You force toe tc It,” eiclalmed
Phil, dramatically, “and I’ll do It now
or die In the attempt.”
“Adjourn court 1” screamed 6ld
Glum—“ adjourn court for the term l”
And rushing out, he dashed into the
first doctor’s office and got vaccinated
in half-a-doken places. The next stage
bore him from our midst never to
return.
Ve gave Phtt. a wide berth, till pull
ing off his bandana, he burst Into a
hearty laugh.
' You don’t think ltls small pol, do
you, boys?’ he cried, with another
guffaw—; why you’re as big fools as
Old Glum. But I tell yph what—you
owe me a treai: for it to no fun, I as
sure you; exposing oneself all night to
an atm^ of Muddycfeek musejuitoee
for the feood of one’s fellow Crea
tures.
The tfeat was stood With tbahks.
The Poor Dopes;
(ublutnbia Ii«gi*ter.[
Three score and ten of poor delude^
negroes who have the “Liberian fever f
arrived per Greenville train last eve
ning, on theft why to Chatlestop, where
they go In Search of the “Exodus”
ship, which Is to carry them to *thh
land which flows with buckwheat cakes
and rfaolassee—the former article be
ing grafted upon trees, and the saccha
rine fluid flowing in inexhaustible la
goons and rivers and running over the
banks of the lakes which are to be
found in aii that land, which are annu
ally overflowed by the Nile. The party
consisted of men, women and childfeh;
and with them they brought their lit
tle all—which was precious Hide. God
help these poor people, even K the
scamps who have dfeloded them into
this scheme were slnfeere—and we hon
eetly believe that they are hot. The
fate of v these poor creatures, should
to her, and he took away all on hoard.
He reported that, bothlng movable was
left on defk, and that, the men Werf
hardly able to walk. Every artiele of
food In the Steelman .had beep con
sumed eight days previously. The re
mains of a man were found, from
which parts of the flesh had been cut
Some of t^e fleeh so removed was
found In a barrel with some salt. This,
It was explained to Sawyer, was done
to prevent It from spoiling. The cap
tain, who was wasted with hunger,
told the mate that two colored meb of
the crew had quarreled, and one bad
killed the other In self-defence. -The
' t • i*. t. • ^ > *
body was immediately cqt up and
eaten, all hands helping to do it. ^The
six survivors speedily recovered their
health on board the Speedwell.
THE STORY OF THE VOYAdE.
« V*-
The schooner Bailie M. Steelman, of
Somers Point, N. J., 394 tons, left
Charleston, S. ( C., on the 17th of De
cember, bound for Baltimore, with a
cargo of phosphate rock. The officers
were Capt. Somers Higby, Mate R
Somers, and the crew consisted of. the
cook, Sylvester B. Herbert, Dave Bar
fett, and three colored men, George
Hicks, Walter Sampson and George
Seaman. For the Best fortnight, the
weather was quite mild and .the winds
Ighi and variable, so that they, made
little headway in t heir voyage. On the
afternoob of December 30rh, when
abobt twenty miles to the southeast of
Cape Hatteras, they were caught in a
terrific gale frolb the nortnweat, and
were literally at Its mercy for seventy
hours. During that time they were
driven off the land in a terrific seaway
that stove In their boat and washed
away everything that was movable-
Their gaffe were can led away and.jhelr
sails split to ribbons. On the 3d of
January the storm abated slight jy but
the westerly gales still, prevailed, and
as the schooner was helpless she drift
ed out to sea. The sails ware patched
up but they proved of little use, as
they could not stand the storm, and
there was nothing left for the crew but
to patiently wait the abatement of the
gale. Day by day passed away and
still the wind howled through thb rig
ging and the unfortunate mariners
were tossed about the ocean without
the slightest encouraging prospect of
any felief from their perilous position.
THE PROVIMOS3 GIVE OOT. .
\ V 1 . 1 -
As If to add to the horror of their
situation tire captain was at last foroed
to reduce the rations, and on the morn
ing of the 23d of January they con
sumed the last of the provisions. To
wards evenjng of that day the pangs
of hunger began tq be felt by these
Buffering men, and the vessel was
searched from stem, to., flteflh for any
particles of food that might Lave been
hidden away. It was almost a fruit
less labor, and several ot the crew be
gan to despair. On the following day
they subsisted on coffee, which proved
very grateful and warmed them up for
the time being ; but the want of a solid
food began to toll on the colored por
tion of the crew. Cn that night, Jan
uary 24th, the wind Increased to a
gale from the west northwest, abd the
unfortunate schooner labored fio heav
ily that her deqki started and she
sprung a leak. A new duty how de
volved on thesfe weak and starving
S en, as it became necessary to keep
0 guffi'ps going all the time tp keep
were suffering from Id tense
lion. The cook still kept up a fire In
the galley and served out hot coffee,
which was eagerly drank, always af
fording temporary relief th tough
warmth to the stomach. It was not
coffee, however, for which these uflfoK
tunate creatures were craving, and, al
though no one dared to make. a sug
gestion, there wpire strqnge and dread
ful.thoughts la their half erased minds.
This condition of affairs continued un
til the toerning of the 30th, whea a
tragedy took place, which saved the
execution of a project to which they
had been almost driven. On the 29th
of January the colored man, Ocorgo
Seaman, becamq almost delirious, and
would occasionally leave bis berth and
the decks half mad.
Early on the morning of th« 30th be
turqed out of bis bunk and came up
on deck. H«7 Hirst met the pnptain,
and, after talklpg in an Incoherent way.
threatened to .shoot him. The captain
backed away {rotn him, and then Sea
man wqql to the forecast Is. When he
Inside he palled on Walter Samp
son, another colored man, and told him
to get ug or he would ahoot him In hla
bunk. Sampson got up and put on hie
thinge ( aQd backed jtoward the door,
)jit before he got there Seaman put
ils bapd.Ih his pocket to pulj bis plf-
tol, and Sampeon shot .trim. Thpbody
ay there fot some little time Without
any of the six survivors venturing to
make a suggestion as to what dispoei
tion should be made of It; but finefly
the subject was cautiously approached
and one of the men said that as the
man was dead, he, for one, Intended to
profit by the accident and try and save
bis own life. He cut off a portion of
the body anfl look it into tfle galley,
wh ere he belied it in a pot. The others
pad still a horror of feasting on the
body ,of qne of their messmates; hut
later in the afternoon hunger prevailed
and the cook fried some small pieces
tn a pah, which were eaten with great
relish. There appears to be a slight
difference In opinion as to tb'is flavor of
the meat, as In giving their descrip
tions of the repast one of the colored
men said be would not knoW~ it from
mutton, wi>i|e the cook thought it
rather resembled beef. At all events,
It proved a wonderful stimulant, as U
revived the exhausted men and en
abled them to assist in the manage
ment of the vessel.
probably they goujd have attacked oe.
We had po pistole. That afternoon
w e cut a piece off of the flsehy p»rt of
the leg and
we did not
with home salt, because we
•-Pkaie”
«A-
Perbaps the bard timee ate respoin*-
slble for a form of entertainment
broiled it on the {ire. .What which started by a^cjdfiot* but which
want 'put In a barrel I | g f a8 r. brooming very popular amour
* ,. . 8Alt . >f«toae we did not certois profeeatbiwt, or what may te
*ant to ton the risk of having another ] termed the trigMr of middle a-y
man shot. The reet of the body we women, the wive, and daughdb of
afterwards buried with proper cere-
fto^r* only It •«• with nViipant* of
m. » MUa-Mu. off d). ffjf,Md I b00 ,„ >oa AfaM4 **. cJSm
covered it ftp both ajdes with muotard. 1 * • . -
I tasted Potbing but’the mustard, btri
that night I felt bad effreto from it. I
resolved that I would cat no more of
I don’t think any of us .was Ip hla
mind on January 30th. 1 am
pretty sure J was not It seemed to
me as if my Mr
I felt throughout
as a man’s foot feela wh^n It Is asleep.
The next day the Speedwell rescued j
us. The schooner went to the bottom ‘ P
probably the night we left her.
It I
right
| method of enjoying the society of, la-
| dy friends without much care 6k ex
pense to the hostess. The number In
vited never exceeds a dozen, and baoh
one contributes some one of the ssaea^
tla Isof a modest yet dainty 'thfddajr
/ j. - * . ■ _ .meal The hostess herself provides
«>d had .topped flowing. lec , d , M|ra,)c*; Mtp. 6f trtou-
«« m, wttol. body Jut | „ **** ela , p[- fa rr:| iM ^
ters, or a dlah of cutlets In eurl-pa-
The gaeats brlng a Sox of
a bottle of olives, a loaf or basket
of cake, a dish of fruit, a game pie, a
box of sardines, a Jar of Ltekles, tt loaf
of bread, a little pot 6f Philadelphia
butter, or a mould of jelly or CMndoUs
william Black—A (toed Joke.
t i
To appreciate thd followina gpod
story one must know th»t William .
Black is one of the moft diffident and • ocor ^|®ff to,tk^« tketw or in
modMt pcn-lri.ntw WKh thl. t’.tra- ‘‘f'*'’" 01 ?.. l T1 “ **“ WUe.
ductlon we give Ule'jok.: M>. W |,. >l>® >■« which only oolMtot
i -tj— —oj. chocolate; and tbs
resting books be writes, too. He T ^ ^ ^ W toow
fouoft hlmeelf Id . very novel rto,-
tion one Summer’s day ; but somebody 1 whatever fun ebb grt)W Wt of
else has written up tbs story, i tbs chance of dobMeate anteM of Pro-
las w
> him
| tbs chance of dopMcste artlclee of pro-
vlsion may be thoroughly enjoyed.
The oddest contretemps of thtopklud
happened on a recent oonaston, when
nine ladles took pickles. The boatesa,
hofavsn.was equal ttritk#
up the story, and
made him the hero of It. Last Sum
mer he was at Obnti, a watering place
by the sea. Staying at his hotel were
several people whom he knew, and
among others a young lady wbw was . . .
reading one of bis novels, and deeply I ftn th< ? u 6J , pJc^ss figJUfpd on
interested. The time came when Wll- ever y •^ UbIe 8 P 0t tb « ^
Ham Black heartily wished there was ^..othersiee immediately and jman-
no Interest In that book—la fact, he | farnlsaed.
regretted having written It at all. One ^te BemocFat^^tlto rommRtec
noon-tide he wandered off some dls- ■ a - ; • rik» -
tanoe by the sea, and found a quiet, At a meeting of Oris Comma to. in
cosy nook, which invltedhim to bathe,] Columbia last Friday, Goo. J. D,
free from the usual sea-thore bathing] was elected paimaseotCAMdltnair
costume- So he stripped, laid bis Ly acclamation, sad GoL Jamas A.
clothing carefully under a jutting rook, Hoyt Secretory. The OomtaiUs gben
and went lu and at it. He had not | passed rcaolutloos Urging tbs sibBs 1M
been in the water long when along the. dlffi-reat oobotlec to begin f*or-
[came that Interested and lutereetlng ] gaulzlng, and made a number of aug-
reading one of 1 geatlpns, founded on tba expectants of
young lady, who wm „ _ .
William Black’d novels. She hadjthe j Its members la lbs m—r—
book with her, and sat down to jyjLd thaj will bs of sepios, to tbs, soonty
on a ledge of that WenMcal rock under I sod township dubs. Usd
wbloh Black’s oiotbes were. She opened *ritation of the party
aH the tlr
the water down. They all took theif
turns manfully for another couple of
days, and then the colored teamen
George Hicks, Waltkr Sampson and
George Seaman, ga^S up from ex
hauation, and left the captain’ mate,
eook and a seaman to work the ship
they ever reach the fever-lqfCeted and man the pomps. The storm abated
shores of Africa, must necessarily bed
bard and erud one. -
A man who claims to be one of the
noble six hundred who in&de the his
torical eharge at Bhlaklava, Is lo Jail at
, on another Charge—as
sault and battery. He Iras employed
as waiter lo a restaurant, and hot re-
viog bis pay promptly he drew ars-
olver and Into the vmfley of death
remnant «f tho six
THE RESCUE.
• \ -r j
The 31st of January is a day that
will be retnembered by the crew.pf’the
Sallle M. Steelman for the rest of their
lives, as It brought them, detlveraqoe
from a horrible death. Early to the
morning they sighted the schooqer
Spe^dwelj, and aflhough foy some Ut-
tle time they suffered all the ngoniek
of suspense In the fjear that their sig
nals qf distress jr^uld hot be seen. At
last their minds were set at rest as the
gallant schooner bore down toward
them, and in,a abqrt tjme a bpat was
aloogsidejand relief at hand. Tbs sud
den change from the gloom of despair
to good quarteas aqd plenty qf food
almost set th e sufferers crazy, and
forced Capt. Keene, of the Speedwell,
to exert great caiitlon In resuscitating
their exhausted frames. They were
only gtVen a little nourishment at a
time, anfl as thejr began to regain their
strength they were allowed to lend a
hand tn working the schooner. When
they arrived in New York they looked
in pretty good condition, but some of
them have received such a scare that
they, say they have made their last
K tionro# Tint 3rf&ori*o,
L
f &8 told by the colored seaman, Samp
son. to a reporter, was as follows :
Reporter—I want yon tp tell me all
about your trouble with the man yon
shot.
f-tampeon—I shot trim In self-defenha
Reporter—How did it occur t
Sampson—Ths man George, I dq hot.
know bis other name, got up Very
early on the morning of the day be
fore the Speedwell rescued ua. He
halloed at ms to get up aud qomp out
on deck, aoid be .acted so wHd I felt
scared of him. I got up and put on
my oiotbes. Re was standing by bis
berth, and had hi? pistol in the breast
pocket of his jumper: While I was
flnlgbing dressing, fle shouted at me
again, aqd said if I did not getout
quick he’d shoot me. I got scared,
and began to back out toward the door,
aud just as I got there he put bis band
in his pistol pocket, end I. thinking he
v£s gojng to shoot, pulled out my pis
tol and shot trim. It was done In self-
defence.
'Reporter—Did be ptill out fcta pistol
before you shot ?
Sampson-1 cannot say; but from
tho way he put his hand in his pocket
the book and became absorbed. She
did. ( not see tbs clothes; sbegid not
see Black, for he hurled himself iq the
water, all except a small portion of bis
head. He watched ths charmed maid
en, and prayed for a dull chapter In
that novel, but the fair admirer of
Black read on, aocji U seemed she
would never lira Black was getting
water-soaked. Finally an amateur
sportsman came along that way with
a gum tie spied ths top of Blaok’s
head in the water and thought it was
something to shoot at.
August
ExequtJj
dsclhfltdon-
tl
X c
Convention da 18
Po*
uotil the Amt oouotj
called. Itlstbdr du^y jo.caM a aon-
veptlon at which the new oommitte
will be elected, and the pika of organi
zation adoptedf ^
Jfc
■-
-^i
I:
The Fable Mothers Warataf*.
“Ephraheoi, come to jrottr
boy. Whar you binf” i : ;v'W Tim ~
“Playin’ wid ds whit*foiks’ eWMan.”
n. “You to, eh ? dee hyarj «Lils, youll
| He raised bis I broke your old madder’s heart, an’
gun and took aim. Black could stand bring her gray hairs in sorrow to the
it no longer. The time bad come for grave with your recklnmneae an’ oar-
him to announce himself. He sprang rylns on wid evil aesoyaahttna. Haba’t
bolt upright In the shallow pea, and 11 raised you up is da way you should
flinging his arms aloft, cried, “Don't J ougbter go
shoot I Don’t shoot! I’m a man 1” I “Ystbum.”
The young lady hastily left that rock j “Habn’t I bin kloe an’ tender wld
by tbe sounding sea, and finished [ you au’ treated you flka my own chile;
Black’s novel somewhere else.
i » Ms i », ,
The Usee of the Lemon.
The London Lancet says: Few peo
ple know the value of letnon-jtrice. A
piece of lemon bound upon n corn win
cure it lu a few days; it should be re
newed night and morning, l^ree use
of lemon-juice and sugar will Always
relieve a cough, Most people fepl
poorly In ike spring, ijat If, they will
eat a lekxHt' before breakfast every
day for a week—with or without su
gar, as they like—ibey wifl find it bet
ter than any medicine. Lemon-juice
according to this recipe, will some
times cure consumption : Put a doz-1 Senator Gordon has introdi
en lemons into cold water and slowly the Senate a resolution that a
bring to a boll; boll slowly until the of Bells, fit coded for St.
tamobt are soft, then squeeze until tbe t%urch tn Obarteston, & Q,
juloo Is extracted ; add sugar to your tod to this country fluty 1
taste and drink. In this way use one- oblme of bells was ptasentod
dozen lemons a day. If they duse q)d colob
pain lesson the quantity and use only English Crown. During"
five 1
you and
degoofl
‘ «■
)lph you iq t”
“tethum.”
“Habn’t I mzened wid
prayed wid, and deplored
Lord to wrap you up la
“Yethum.”
“And Isn’t I yer n<
gardeeu fo’de law
“Yethusa.” r. *:? ^
“Well, den, do you s’psse roe gatoe
to hab yer morale ruptured by de whlto
trash ? No, sab ! Git b idta
Instep; aqd if I ebbef ootota
trash pay,:
htolto
mm
somewhat on tbe kflib of January, and .__ ... Ji. .
the sqbohber was able to get up a Uttle and from what be bad said I thought
by
ve or six a day until you are bettor, tiooary war they were
and then begin again with a dozen a sent to England, where they have rei
day. After using five or six dozen tbe mained ever siabe. How aa
patient will begin to gain flesh and j merchant, whoae name to m
enjpy food. Hold on to the lemons, 1 proposes to send the beUs
and still use them very freely for aev* South Canritna. ^ ! ‘ ^
Mb weeks more. Another use] ——*—♦wav
Is for refreshing drinks in summer, |
or in sickbees at any time. Prepare j of poisobu;
as directed above and add water and] uu **t* t^truatg(fl
sail, but their prospects of reaching
port .were very meagre; as they had
been driven several hundred
to sea.
“WE MUST EXT.”
The seven human beings on board
this schooner had changed fearfully
during the past few days, as their eyes
had sqnken in theta sockets, their
he was going to shoot, or else I would
oei'ltaye br«4-
e« oui The crew remained on board tbe
skboooiri Speedwell last night, and
solos provision will probably be made
for them to-day. ^.
THE COPT AiR’B KCOifmtt,
The captain of the Steelman says:
the negroes bad nob gotetoto tits
aod kttM bfti'
But in order to have thia
well, after boiUng the lemons sqtn
and strain carefully ; then to every
half plat of juice add one pound of
loaf or crushed sugar. Ml and Stir a
few minutes more until the aygar is
oived, skim carefully and beds
.rej«
dlseoi
You will get more joldR from
ons by boiling them, and the prepara
tion keep beiter
ooeration. Beinjc fon i
grocers «ml »
tva^aad-tbej
log a Mstet *
Incur MUsi
p*:*
Xou can plant oornS with tight Boots
and prodoee mure “cuss words” to the
square acre than by any other