Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. •^ <t + \C,:. •V“ -“- V^->**>» ti: <- - c i > ,4^^ - ■ ' '" Special Bequests. . OV” 1, I<| wiitittp; to tfcii offif« on Imsincss al- ifaysrtve your rwvnio ivtul 1'ost Office adilros#. itmiacss l^ttnt:m<l coriYtiiunifiitiouH to ^published »1k>uIU l»c written on aep&rntc - -eei!>, and tiie object of eacK okarly indi- iat»d hy iux!*M#ry note when reqait-ad. . » 8: Arlieles for i>itbiiotMi4.!i should be writ- ten in a clear, legible hand, and ou only yOnt iideof the page. 4. All changes la advertisements must rcndnisoR Fiid.iy. T n- >i- kj. f P? ■i ■ x BARNWELL & H., S. C M THIRSDAY. MAY 23. 1878. NO. 38. Travelers’ Guide- South Carolina Railroad’.! I CHANGE OF SCdlEDUEfi. non:. A of a ghost. Cltini-KsToN, March 1, 1878. Hope isliftj, and we who living HaVe no hope, arossihe dead, Who in gloomy graves are sleeping, While the tfun shines bright o'er ’Tis the so'irco of all ambition, ; ’Tls thelifeufpvei-y sehemc, In It we see the future , The Strpubllcitn llxeeMtlre Com mittee in Coltnubia. • .r lz: 'W Onolncih.one «♦ ea^ Quarterly,! . made on liberal terms. , Contract adverfisiqflA, Isr fttst mserUen ualeesot , No con>i(inni<mtjoi> will be less accompanied by the name l. the writer. no>.necessarily fof but as a guaranty of good tdtb.s Addr “*' bJZFZTc: head, On and after Sunday, next, the South Caroline,'Hnilroad will be rttitjta folk yea: Of eVery prospect, every dream, fou avgdsta; >& ^ (Sunday morning excepted), Leave Cbarlcstoit . . 9 06 a. ni. 7 80 p, m. Arnva Augusta . 5 CO p. n“;. C a. to. i » °rda cottnciA, (Sund iy morning excepted), ^ Leave Charleston . . b tK) a. id. 8 30 p ni. Arrive at Columbia. Id '0 p. w. 7 4o a. ni.' . FOR CU-.IlLESlpK. (Sunday morning cxccptcd). Lbfltve A«!tusta . . . 8 3t> a. m. 7 40 p m. A^givaat Chariest n 4 2dp. m 7-4b a. Leave Columbia . . C (KJ p tu. 8 (X 1 p. nl. Ar. Charl{Mton; UMo night and 8 45 a. to. Summeryille Traiq, (Sundays excepted) Leave Fumnicrville Affive at Charleston Leave Charleston Hope will cheer the broken-]icarUd| Heothingsorrow,curing pain, . _ ’Tis the star of friends wlipii parted, for in it they meet again. It is that which makes tiro future. Seem a pathway bright and fan - / Lining oft poor weary mortals From the depths of woe and care, Hope is fjodf great gift fror .liadiance from a higher split Priceless buipi, in mercy given, Helping us to do and bear. Columbia., May 15.—Tne corpse of the HatUeal party in South Carolffia opeued one eye to-day and peeped out of the abygvtpal grave hi which it now lies bdrK'd. tSf a farewell glance at the | light of/lay from which it is so soon to'be-ahpt out forever, tn other words, I the Bepnhlicaft executive committee of South Carolina, with a singtilaf regard for the eternal fitness of things,, as sembled this morning in Paikei'e iiaii and remained in secret session for the Jleaven, A ItOXtttitftHK FI A^T. 7 40 a m 8 40 u m 3 15 p m 4 25 p ni 1 he Nlnn-I'aiinf; Tree of flinln- |S fewncar—HovV it Seizes li« Tic. lilUM. the same place yesterday ; but the cir- CimistHnce was overlooked by the re- spoilers and eommuhity in general as being a matter of very snjail conse- ;nco, (iml it was hy a mote accident that tko fact bf -tf» presence - of the coaventiohHjanspired tO-day. Chamberlafn'was not there, Scott was missing, Dunn'wa? absent, Nash ’^IP'eig^'Cooper’* Project. Limestonk Srrrtnos, May 15.—Hear ing, on' Saturday morning, that the Hon. Peter Cooper would apfive on that day at Limestone Springs, your correspondent came down, hoping to obtain something of interest to com- munfeate to the News and Courier. Mr. Cooper arrived at half past 4, and although tired, talked arouad the premises. He was somewhat reticent in expressing any opinion aad did not talk business, Ou being asked if he was disappointed, he suddenly repled that “Mr. Botnar had painted the place in rather glowing ediors.” This much space of nearly or (piite three hoursfj ,u It is u fact, indeed, that they ihe*; at haa tran8 P ir ed, however, that Mi Cooper is determined .on .furnishiDg Arrive dt Summerville Brcrnkfoat, Hiuneriiiul Suriper at Bronchville fan..lun Tallin V ILttter fr«tii (lari'Leche theill--tovemT.) If you cau imagine,a pineapple eight feet high, and thick in proportion, | resting upon its base, and denuded of j > Cbnnectsiit Kingsville daily (Sundays excep- ted/ with day i«t«ei.ger liain to and from Charlo-toii. Possetiget.-* front Camden toCo- lunbia can go through without detention on^ MofMiiya, Wedneadtiys and Fridays, and from Columbia, lo Lam.lea oil Inc.sd:iy^, inrsdayg and Saturdays by connection itb day passenger troitw _ Day and night trains connect at Augusta ^prith Georgia Railroad and Central Hpilroil. This route is the quickest' iind most direct to Atlanta, Nashville, Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, St Louis and other points in the Northwest. Night trains for Augusta connect closely with thefast nmil train via Macon and Au gusta Railroad for Macoiij Columbus, Mont gouiery. Mobile, New Orleans and points in the Southwest. (Thirty-six hours to New (Menus. Day pains for Columbia connect closely with Charlotte Railroad for nil points North, luaking quick time and no delays. (Forty hours to NeWTork.) > . : ' The trains on tlie Greenville ftml Colutnltik and Spartanburg nod Union Railroads con nect closely with the train .Which leaves Charleston at 5 30 a in. nhdT'eturning they tonnect in satnenmijner with ilte trait: w lncn leaves Columbia for Charleston at 5 30 p x Laurens RiilTPS-Hmin eoutiecis«t Not.-berry 6n Tne».Uys. Thurannysao 1 tfaturil.-iyA, Blueliiilge Railroad train runs d.u V, con', fieetirgwith upatiM dnWn (rams on Ureca- 4ii2eaiid Culumbia Raili <>ad. is.-8 . - ■ ttuperintenaeiii. F. II. Ph'x,i-\s, GeneralTicket Agent. Coxbiu, Stone, Sammy Green, . Mosesp find many ethers, equally well and un favorably known, failet! to answer to brown,; and apparent y [ tja^eg w heu the verv long roll fdnmvdli 39'! t krlf^t n Ildlroat' Co. CHANGE OF SCiiEiH'I.E. Charleston, 8. (’„* .fgn. 5, 1878, On and after Monday. <.i7y. 3 Ift a. m. V <10 a. in. 5 oo p. in. ll 5t) p. u'. uuary T87S, Trains on this Road »ill IvAvc liemit North'tbtsfe^n RkaTroJd as futTuav*: . /'jtt 31 jil I> Ceavc Charlt-ston^ ^ - 1 Arrive ut Sayantoah • Leave Savannali Arrive Charleston - * jie«0mmi>il«uiun T,o,n, Xu.u/jys Eiufttd. Leave Charleston - - » , ' 8 00 a. rn. Arrive at Augusta - - - 5 15 p. in. Arme i’ort Royal - - • *1 50 p. tn. Atr^re Savannah - . - - - 3 50 p. ni. L«tveSavnnlmh - . - 4> 00 a. m. iMreltugOsia - - 7 30 a. m. ye Port.Royal - - 10 20 a.m. ndvo Cbarlestiin - - - 5 30 p. m. Jiitfhl Patuuyir, Sundays £icrgted.r..' leaves, you will hate a good idea of the trunk of the tree, which, however, was not the color of the banana, but a dark, dingy hard us iton. From the apej of this truncated cone (it least two f< et in di.- time ter) eight it-aves hung sheer to the. ground, tike' (loors swmtgfcseiftffl their hinges. These leaves, whieh were joined at the top of the true ut regular intervals, were about eleven or twelvtf feet Jong, and shaped 1 very much like the American agave, or century plant. They were two feet through” iu their' thiekeat part, and three feet wide, tap ering to a Sharp point that looked like a cow’s horn, ver y Convex on tho outer (hut now under) surface, auir on the inner (now upper) suifuceeitghHy con; ouve. This coneuve Lice was thickly j j was niious. Hayrio was ndti est, Whittb- more had not returned frof^^the bed side of his sick relative, and Leslie, Patterson, Hatley, Gleaves' Cass Car- periter," Smalls, Woodruff, Kirhpton, the means to open a free- iuduBtrial school wherein women who have to He bread winners may leafh, as in the Cooper’s Institute, New York’different branches of industry. It has not been announced whether ho will buy the property, Maj. Botnar accompanied Mr. Coop er to-day westward. They will prob ably come to a conclusion in regard to his purchase. He, however, is fully determined to furnish the meanstose- <SHte a full score of Instructors, repair the buildings, furnish it, and have every appointment of a first class in stitution. and just before dawn, the gentleman and his wife were awakened from a profound . sleep by a most fearful scream in their bedroom. Starting up terribly alarmed and , frtghtend, they beheld an apparition well calculated to inspire terror and unoerve thh 4>otd- est With the subtle cunning which somelimcs attends insanity, the girl had taken from the mantlcplece a re volver and now stood in the centre of the room, her long black hair stream ing over her robe, and the eyes biasing like fire, And the pistol pointing at the two^people in the bed. Everytime either one of them moved, a fearful glitter in her eye and a movement of her arm disclosed her purpose to firs. Entreaties and soothing words wore alike unavailing, and to all questions and appeals she replied with a scream of maniac laughter. In this position hour after boor wont by, and still the girl stood men acingly at the foot of the bed, still threatening to shoot, still laughing with a glee that curdled the blood, and sent the cold chills through the frames of tho appalled'cOuple; who expected every momentAQ^feel the crash of the set wj'h very str/ttig thorny hooks, like was called ; but the forlorn hope which represents the dear departed and “the party” proceeded to busiuess withput them. . - The forlorn hope consisted>of the following named leaders f Gen. B. R I Elliott, chairfnan; F. L. Cardozo, A. W. Curtis, C. C. B jwen, Thus. B.-Jobu- aon. Itey, Wilson Cook, of Greenville ; L>r. J. F. Easor, S. A. Swails, June Mobley a'id one more colored marrf whose name is not known; _ . What the “proceedings” were could not bo ascertained. “Mystery issthe secret of success,” said Napoleon, or some other great man, and the myste- Mr. Cooper was accompanied by his daughter and grandaughter, Mrs. and The Cat. - •, " “ 11 - The cat was the animal selected In the middle ages of superstition and rt(»cella**MU Item*. Fear not the threats of tbs bat rather tbs tears of tbs companion in which waa embodied the be p ac, P , ® d PknftT- evil spirit supposed to attend ftll those | ^ bad heart la like the ja; * te the jaundice, t who practiced thq black art In former 8e€S owo dingy yellow In the pu; times. Tjoiig iitfori ever, as some peof>ls are probably A Spanish proverb says a Vtw with' aware, the cat was oq« of the most out a mustache Is like an egg without highly favored animals living j petted, salt. pampered, carefully protected, and ac- a man that boards his riches and «- tually worshipped by tho then most Joys them not, Is like an ass that car- civilized people In vbe world, the an- ries hay and eats thistles. ® clent Egyptians. How this reverence £ om ae^people live with purpoeee, itxd some pass through the world like a straw on a river—mere passengers. came to be paid to the cat In particu lar by this extraordinary people it is quite impossible to determine, but by , ^ , , . some it is supposed to have originated _ P . ? *i°, • ex **’ ^ tr ying to iron, the beoellUi ooDterred o“ nM-1 * ref, “ f 0, , * 1 ' Uw vermi reptiles; at any rate, if the Egyptian cats were as useful os they are repre- m kind by its destruction o! vermin and bul1 flght,u « •* U<»M«d la that Stats. The first bar of steel ever manufac tured in the South was soiled IH seated to have been, the care of them we «k at a mill In Chatanooga, Tenn* i, aeftnnntffl fnr (rRnii»K t» 08960. C V Cl Y LUUJLUrUl/ WAUOl tuu ^LAOU l/A LUU r li- *4. t , •* — ——» AAVUU^ leaden mlsiles, iameS: w with deat ^4the Britifth Mil#* nonow n who prevents hi# daughter from mar- H British Museum, afford, proof of ^ the mfta she love8 ^ . - theEgyptlan oat’s services In this re- lawsuit and heavy damages. We’d 8P R1. generally supposed that noth: Uk * > ^ ^her who would think r y ( .f the proceedings of the Si-ate l*c- (hLRO m>on the head ..of tbe lea?"'-' pshfican cricoul^e committee was in Tinsel aves, hanging Hhus limp xva? ] oxaet pr.-portiou to the doubtfulm-rfe a88, dead green tn color, had tit ■f the- success »•. i i ve. fur which they would m thus lifclgas, dead green appearance the massive slierglu of oak fibre. Tim up«x of the co'ie-vvjis a ; j r was rumored on the ptrect ‘that round, white ^dnenve figure,. like a ooiqthUtee baye decided to nomi- smallt r pl*^ Wt w.,l»iu « larger one. j nal0 United”Statts Marshal'WnHaye I fh Ibis wasAiot a flt'Wt r, but a u cep!a- j i K , t Govjbraor, but U-ia, proposition xu )< d into it it cl-ar j too wildly to be accorded be- yiy sweet j and pos- ijj. Yjui c .urcspuraleut iutiinatcd to ' a member of the IlepubliCau State i*x- ! ectiUve c >mBiiUee that 'he supposed L LbLy.Avx.ulLi..,no t u ru i 1 y “call a couyen- i ti'*n.” Ti*o nu mber plead guilty ; tbe soft i nyeaehnient, and anticipated ! fnriher inquiries by the remark : “You ! will know ail about it iu a day or two,” j with which promise the correspondent ; and public generally must content eTe] and IheU Treacly liquid. Sissed of vi‘1 fir ini x'^itieg ni'dsu- pot tile pro per lieu. Fr- m lira! rccuttT the i im, ho to i- peak, .of the nnilei most plate a Serb'* of long, hairy, gro< n t«*u- 11 ills stretched in every direeri m to- warxl the buiizou. These were seven or eight feet lung each, and tapered from four inches To a ha If inch iu di- Leave Charleston Arriv* Port Royal - Arrixc Savannah Leave Savannah Leave August* Wtrrtvc Charleston - Faxt mail train •.vill : 8 50 p. tn. « 5 45 a. tu. - 7 25 a. m. - 10 no p. in. 9 OT p; in. ~ 8 45 a. m. # ly stop at Adatns in'; Bun, Tetnasai’e, Grahamville and MontoHi. Accommodation train will atop at all era- ftons on tnis road And tfiaftw oloae donnocii'evi' for A.ujvisla and Port Royal and all aiadons in the Port Royal Railroad. ^Fantmail makea coaiiccllon for points in ,xliri<Ja mid Georgia. O, S. GADSDFN, F,ngr. and Snpt. ftTfatWren twstafk of the tree ’aucT. stood on the'summit of the cone, the palpi twirling qlt about her. “Tick Tisk I” (drink ! drink f) cried the rften,, . . s and stooping sbo drunk of the vlcid 1 fluid iu the cup, rising instantly again with wild frenzy In her face and c<^l- vtrlsfVe chorea in her limbs. But she did not jump down as she seemed tb intend to db. Oh, no ! The atrocious R. C. BoTurro:L G. F. And T*. Agent. ar-'' tlLMLNGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD; 6n!>r.RAh I’ASSKNCKJt DEt'AUTMEXT, CoruMUXA, S..C., August 6| 1877. The folloviagSchedule will be operated cn dad after this date.' A'ij/it Express Trim—Daily. going north. Leave Columbia . , Leave Florence Arrive al .Wilmington -fSp ?•’ mm m 11 15 p, 7A. 2 4H k. m. . G 32, a, m. obiNb SOUTH,' j.eave Wilmington Leave Florence rMr Arrive at uolumbftf .1 6 00 p.. fa.' 10 02 p. m. I 25 a, m - TbisTrnin is FaslTSspress, niakiag through donnecti^ins, all rail. North and South, and. waterline connection via Portsrhbuth. Stop only at Eastorer, Sumter, TiniTnonsvine, orence, Marion. Fair Blutf, Whiteville and emington. / x ) TJnwigh Tickets sold and baggage phetk edto all principaLpoinW. Pullman Sleepers da night trains. )• 111 'fitight except days.) jimuter, yet tliuy stretched outstifffyaa iron rods. Above tin so.b'rom between the tipper and under cup) six white, almost transparent, palpi reared thern- avlvea toward the sky, tan ling and twisting wfih a marvelous incessant motion, yet constantly teaching up ward. Then tho natives surrounded one of the women and urged her with tho points of tluir javeiias, until themselves for the present. Au B;«<iuixuaux Wetldiug-. Shortly there entered-, in perfect si lence, a cortege drawing a dog sled, in which was seated tho high pi lest of the tribe; and a more villainous look ing ubj> ot, I never beheld.. He was . „ , ,stripped to the waist, and smeared ^’V, l-with matter in stripes. ^vrirtvirgave trtnr thmtppejirartw of ay Cinnese joss. Gn hia head was a tiara r| of bears’ daws,8urmouut6d by an enor- On his shoul ders were placed ertet on end two large walrus tusks, fancifully decorated with strips of red flannel, which had beom obtained from the clothing of a drowned sailor washed ashore. The lower part of his body was covered Mies Hewett; his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Edwin Cooper, and a niece, Miss j Cooper. Also by Prof, and Mrs. Ray mond. Prof. Raymond is the scientif ic man of tho firm of Cooper, Hewitt & | Raymond, and one of the finest chem ists in the country. The party ex pressed themselves highly delighted with the climate, natural scenery, &o. They seemed much gratified with the well-bred reception that met them, and slept too soundly and sweetly their first night at Limestone to remember any dreams to tell the next morning. MrCooper had a special train, with pallor c?r, Ac., and on Sunday night returned to it, ready to go westward at an early hour this rcorniug. He infendecl to have maAe a longer visit to this place, but Home of his party were limited iu time, and be arranged his plans to suit their convenience, lie is venerable, but not feeble in ap pearance, and so kindly Gnd approach- abie tbitt he cheated aCl exceedingly pleasant impression on . All who met him. On Sunday night some young men of the city of Gaffney City called to see him. 'Though quite weary, he made them a short, pleasant address, giving a little history of his life and work. The key-note of success to him had been “never being idle” and “nev er going into debt.” He gave a fcu- raorous account of the beginning of his life, when hiSTWife did the cooking, he Lad to rock the cradle, and out of the ouerousuees of tbe task grew tho conception of bis first invention—a cra dle that rocked itself, with a music box attached to amuse the child, and a fan to keep off the flies. He remark ed to a daughter of Dr. Gurtis that he was too old a man to do the good her farther Lad done, but Muj.__Bomar was.a gouilmun, with hu heart% -tfce" is easily accounted for. Though Ik j . „ ,- T seems somewhat difficult to under- Three hundred thosusand strangers stand bow the sportsmen of tbe Nile have already reaebed Paris, and Bam trained their cats, not only to hunt Small says mutton chops are thirty- game, but to retrieve it from the wa- seven and a half cents per pound, ter, tbe hunting scenes depicted on the An Ohio lawyer holds that a father Finally her mood changed, and she seemed to desire a frolic rather than a tragedy. n , : ‘ “Get up and dance!” she said ; and in obedience to her commands, the gentleman and his- wife aroeo and commenced a series of jerpsichoroan unties, which, however ludicrous, were anything but laughable to the parties engaged. The morning came, close and heavy, and the dense atmosphere of the room made tho unwonted exer cise fatiguing to the last degree. The perspiration stood out in great drops on their foreheads, and ran down their faces. The steps and graceful motions usually employed in the “cotillion,” the“mazourka,”and the “schottlsche,” were now exchanged for a staggering reel, and tho tired and compulsory votaries of Terpsichore were ready to drop. But every iudicatlon of a sus- pehhion of the active exercise drew from the observant spectator the stern injunction, “Dance!” And ^although their limbs ached and their breath came quick and short, dance they did, they “danced all night till broad day light.” ■ The lady being somewhat obese, and unused to such violent work, showed evident signs of distress. But it did no'Tgood. The maniac was bent on a frolic, and kept them In Incessant mo tion. How long tbe frolic would have been kept up It fa Impossible to say, hud not a servant come in and tfivett- ed the attention of the girl. This ena bled the gentleman to secure the pistol, slid thus relieved from peril, suspend the dance. Although very" fond of such amusements before, both be and his wife now discover a great antipa- t tby to dancing.—English Paper. ID* will iDdDc. . «t * Miter water; 1 .uiauvo n wtat, t,u cuter water; n j . tt - t. . i. .«• * but thl. I. clearly »fallacy. Ul» macy cannibal that had been so inert and . . * ,, ' ... ■ , . ,, ,.o i wlt h other skins, over which were dead came lu sudden savage life. The 1 — i. . , ,, , . , T , , ' spread a number of young seals, all slender, delicate palpi, with the ^0’; lllive and barkir!g< Iq the right hand of starved serpents, Quivered fob a mo- be htM a whlcb be waVed a , oft ment over her head, then, as if by in- j iu a ! thcattical mannerf while with his stinct, with demoniac intelligenco, fas-i [eft bo moUjuod to tbe brilio and tened upon her !n sudden coils round and round her nsek and arms; then, while her awlul screams and yet more awful laughter roe<5 wilder, to bo in stantly simuglt d down again into a gurgling moan, the tendrils, one sfltr rlously waving his spear, commanded another, like green serpents, with bru*| B jj encet gr^om was now directed tal energy and infernal rapidity, rose, retracted themselves, and wrapped her about tn fold after fold, ever tighten,- ing, with the cruel swiftness and sav age tenacity of anacondas fastening upon their prey. It was the Barbarity of tho Laoeoou without -its beauty— this strange, horrible murder. And now the gfeat leaves rose slowly and stiffly like the arms of a deriicK, erect- { ed themselves lu the air, approaching one another, and closed about t he dead groom to approach him. The whole concourse arose and with Bhouta of gladness capered around tho priest’s chariot, This ho submitted to for a space of ten minutes, and thou, impe- to prostrate himself upon tbe earth on his back, and tho bride directed to place her right foot upon his throat, Which she evidently did with reluc tance. Whilo in this position the priest instructed the groom that such waff to bo bis fate, trodden under foot by men, should lie ever prove untrue to. his plighted fiotb. He was then permit** ted to ■'lise, and directed to approach the old chief, who placed a spear at work, and he believed ho would carry it on to success. Maj. Bcrnar is most fortunate in having secured as a ce-worker Miss Murden, of youf city. Her experience, her earnestness, and her general fit ness for the place arc very valuable adjuncts to the inauguration of this work. It is a thing worth having lived for, after ht^life of usefulness, towards Its close to be of such a ser vice as this to her sex. This is a lovely spot, the buildings are old and dilapidated it is true, but the beautiful vardue, the rolling lands, bright sunshine and pure atmosphere whisper of better days to oome, and it is gpod to feel that the time is near at hand when it will blossom like the rose, and woifien throughout .the South, bread-winners Indeed, will bless this spot for the institution that in structed them in other ways of earn ing bread beside the wearySome nee dle or teaching the Idea how to shoot. Maj. Bomar has about thirty schol ars, and Mr. popper and party, I be lieve weVb convinced that thfs section was rbady for the developments he proposes to make of higher education for women.—Gor. News and Courier. Items lor the Fudiex. Bonnets are smaller. Very few hats are worn, Russian lace fs in high favor. Thfijrigftfif tiifl Teacocimue' Is^MvfveT fbr silk dreasec. Low shoes are again worn In the street. j great millionaire and public benefac- otherpopulK notons about the ani- * ^ ^ * v f dt LtmMtone * mal world. The tte.rfe .n DMolleDt gprfe,, «xm. to look .tor ft. lodu- swimmer, os many bave found lo their trW school lor glrle whlcL ho prom*' ooet; aod so the oat. another member u mUM , h a , thu oUbe tiger family, can swim equally p . . iirn . VaY t . > . • bvell if It has any occasion to exert its be Petersbu g (Va.) Index-Appeal •powers, either in quest of prey or to : A y ouo « mad * effect its escape from some enemy. A, aa at fT pt t0 co l mm ' t * cats are exceedingly fond of fish,' they iaon ^ caU8e h ® r brother told will drag them alive out of their native & e ^ ht ^ waah u har faca and ^ • element whenever they get a chance. er ever y T was as They have even been known to help tlV f e a8 that ^^ T themselves out of aouarla that have fnoufih people left in the worf4 themselves out or aquana mat nave ^ han around the lto d been loft uncovered, and on moonlight . »k w* » ^ i i * ... . .. « down the votes at a primarv election. nights they may be seen watching for .4, ' the unwary occupants of a fish pond, According to a Washington dispatch during the spawning season especially. 10 the Times, L. G. Dennis, Again, a cat will take to the water In who rec8nll J mad ® the oonfessian thepursultof a rat, a fact that was about the elecUon ip Alachua county; proved by a friend of ours a few years ®' la * ** 8 reat, 7 disgusted with the ago, course of the Democrats, and basgons Diana of Pasht, as that goddess was baclc t0 Florlda - ^ representedha called in Egypt, was the tutelary deity eeyhrg that he thinks the Democrats of cats. Various reasons are assigned wl11 procee( ^ to l QV ®®Hgete the Prssi- for this cutfous selection of the cat ss dontial question about the “time of the animal worthy of being dedicated ktofido® oome,” that they do not to themoon. Wo find that according Beem t0 ha(r ® ^hor cohrage or to Plutarch, the cat waa not only sa- ahRJty. cred to jibe mooDi but an emblem of it;' . Senator J. D. Cameron and IDss and that a flgura of a cat was fixed on Elizabeth B. Sherman were married a eisti um to denote tbe moon, just as on the 9th lost., at St. Paul’s Ohorsb; tt figure of a frog on a ring denoted a Cleveland, by Bishop G. T.’Bedell, man In embryo. The churoh was filled with spectators/ As before Stated, the Egyptians one thousand Invitations having been treated these animals with unusual issued. A reception was held si the care and attention during their life- residence of Colgate Hpyt,a bro time; hence It Is not surprising to find l»w of the bride, and later In the that the death of a cat was regarded Ing tbe happy pair left for nsw X> as a family misfortune, in consequence She Is the niece of General and beers- of which the household went into tary Sherman; and daughter of Judge mourning. The willful destruction of Shefman, a cat in Egypt is looked upon as a A mistake recently happened In a very serious offence even now; hut in Church at Syracuse, New York, which the good old days (for cats) at Bubos- has been much afiftctedJ^lhU'^ tteLhB offeree”:eveti supposing it to pastors, one of whomjhqs died have been accidental, was punished the other become so debilitated that with prompt severity. he has gone South to pass the winter. '' A Alglit With a l unatic. Ve Columbia . . ye Florence. . , at Wilm.ngton . 6 OO.p. in. , 4 30 .a. m. >.12 QO mi. great more tightly toward each other, from their interstices there trickled down | the stalks streams of viscid honey like fluid, mingled horribly with the blood and ouzing viscera of the victim. 2 30 p. tn. 2 35 a. m. 10 10 &. m. . OWING SOUTH Leave Wilmington, . • Leav« Florence. . • . , Arrive at Columbia . . Local Freight Train iaarCTOolamblaTuea- 4ay, I'hursday and Ralurday only, at Ga. m. Arrive! at Floreuec (Q 3 30 p. m. A-POPE, G. F, AT, a- Ji F« DEVINE, Juperinteadent, Tr c-r - { -... and hampered victim with the silent! 18 r t *, ^ m 1 Wou ‘d 0 his , J* a very quietoelghborhood, in Sus- force of arfy hydraulic press aud the !' 0 ^ m 8 10,1 1 10 provo un,rue ' e was ‘sex/ffWfiewa-fatjilIf; onseff the mem- rut ii less purpose of a thumb-screw. A J “. roc ' ec 0 18 at u r,w pro *’UfttkTif wftch is afflicted with mental cm out. Being quiet and ino- pressing j "’‘“V ".'""’ .VT . ! 1“ rensre^Pthe parents had chosen rath- 1 “ g te prose uolaUUol, um uw , ^ 1^, own car , rten, » cap the cllmei, he d|. M , om A| _ reeled to (oce the entire tribe, who, though habitually the . . _ , ._, le poor girl is not neticcably deranged top ot their eolees vengeanee °» b ‘-+^«bog loUrraU. A lew wmIt. ,o the eveot ot uo , .,th , ulue.s. At thta^^,.^ howevari0n , 0( The kttleptatfne fa the reveise of the hearing a chatterbox not a tqot dls- pour ridgepole witbeut your knowing It. Even your neighbor’s cornet be-i comes innoxious and the hand-organ ’ louts its sting. juncture, the groom, apparently over- telephone, by using It you can ayoi^, 0000 ® w ^b emotion, dropped on tiisi ground, and bowing bfa head to tbe tant. and cats may howl all night ou earth,- cried, “I will be true,” until raised to bis feet by the bride. A man may have much of the worhj and yet not bo much of a man. Manilla hats afe the novelty for fit- tie giais. Whalebone fringe is useful in half mourning. • Children’s skirts are worn longer this season. Artificial flowers have now descend ed to dresses. Small satchels are taking tho place of pockets. Children wear colored dresses mote than white ones. Fashion favors lace trimmings for the summer suite. The short kilt suit grows In favor for young women. Lisle thread gloves bave open clocks around the wrist. Ttrv n - -w-. ~T . I At a prayer-maetlpg one of tbe • While a cyclone of war threatens \ . ■m ten who had just received a Europe, and neoeeeltatee the malnte- 1 - nanoe of immense armies at enormous expenae by every great nation, we con gratulate ourselves on eur freedom from such burdens, and the compari son Is full of happy augury. We have froifi tho absent minister arose to port, but by a singular Infelicity the deceased pastpt’s name In the placebf the, debilitated one, remarked: “&esay# the weather ■ - re* : . j .1 u very warm—Indeed unusually and un- a great destiny before us, which not f tabl f ^ ^ ndghbor . even the blind mismanagement of poU- ^ ^ tlclans cau long prevent us from re- ulizlug. Tho country, kept iu agitation over paltry party politics, is jockled in Act from Principle, How few parsons there are mm came upon her, and under the influ ence of tbe strange malady, she climb ed out of the window of her room, and sought the residence of a friend of the ng well , she bad trance • .y v.' The Bible.—What fa the Bible like ? —It fa like a large beautiful tree, which bean sweet fruit for those who are hungry, and affords shelter and shade for pilgrims on their way to tbe kingdom of Heaven.' It ii like a cabinet of jewels and pre cious stones, which are not only to be looked at and admired, but used and worn. It fa like & telescope that brings dis tant objects and far, off things of the world very near, eo that we can see something of their beauty aud Impor tance. ’ . It fa like a treasure house, a store house for all sort of valuable and use ful things, aod which are to be had without money aod without price. It is like a deep, broad, calm flowing river, the banka of which are green and flowery, where birds slog and lambe play, and dear ttttle children are loving and happy. the interest of sections or candidates, u^I^govorned VtESS tM and statesmen, so-calfad, hold self-ln- ciplerftt * r thaQ EaUoo. terest aud-partjrinterest paramount to tbo8eofu#wbo ^ be endeavor** great ends for the good of tho whole ^ ^ {or p urpoM ., come tor (land. Nevertheless the enterprise ^ of wplrat ^. ^, h(m * w Which Is in the blood of our people. far 8hort> He W often wa find / and is fed on the healthy air of a broad s[otloDa of rigbt ^ dttty qx land, must still press forward and tfi t might not be aa wi for n force the logical result, of the eltna- yl#ld ^ ln dlnaUon, fuet for the tlon Nobody can predict a time #hen ^ our dlBturb6d • the European naUona may safely dfa- ^ ^ ^ ^ ’ for ^ arm, and while they are thus heavily handicapped thi^"country has every advantage in the race for Industrial and commercial supremacy. Jf our ! statesmen shall have the wisdom to allow us fair play the United States wm be tbe first of nations before the A Florida negro mistook a mule for a ghost and poked It with a stick. Tbe verdict recited that he came to hia death by using too short a stick in probing the unknowable evidence of a future existence, indulgence by more vtgorooa nial and strict attention to Vain, fallacious reasoOUig of nature 1 we can never one neglected opportunity, spent hour, one wrong, close of the century. Ev^ Tiow the Oooo^ thoopponnaltj year '73 a tabular statement shows a , f v** ******* ®* *** steady improvement in the varloue ^ fa beyond our reach to branches of agriculture, anda oorree- ° thoughts of regret, ponding development of mineral re sources, under the terrible financial pressure. The day has gone by when protective legislation la necessary for our maoufacturiug Interests, and when we feel and administer tho spirit of free trade out commerce will take the place where It beloags.—Capital Ex-Governor Chamberlain will de liver tire address before the literary societies of Otterbein University, Westervelt, Ohio, at the meooemect exercises of that taetitu- tioo, '-v-r;*. ' ip for It, bnt w. can never. past. Alas I bow aware of thfa fact, all endeavor the more make our llvei^___ clple; for we all know that, the path of dtttjV ringed, is not andtobw tioos, if 1 right. Ic w h-S ,