The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 16, 1881, Image 1

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CE SUMTEIC WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's. THE TKtT.E SOUTIIKOX, Established June, 1S66. Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI.] SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1881. Sew Series-Vol. I. No. 3. iCp?i^uOT at? ?0U%?H Publis&ed e*ery Tuesday, -BY THE fe?te?wiare and Soitthron Publishing H Company^ W?. - SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ' ADVERTISEMENTS. t)ne Square, first insertion.$1 Od Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made ai reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub? lished free. =? For job work or contracts for advertising address Watchman and Sovthro-n, or apply at the Office, to N. G. OSTEEN, Business Manager. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA E. R. ON and after May loth, ISSI, the following schedule will be rua on this Road : NIGHT EXPRESS AND MAIL TRAIN. (Daily ) (Nos. 47 West and 4S East.) Leave Wilmington.10 05 p m Arrive at Florence. 2 25 a m Leave Florence. . .. 240 a m Leave Sumter.-.~~ 4 OS a m Arrive at Columbia. 6 OU a m Leave Columbia. .10 00 p m Leave Sumter._.12 OS a m Arrive at Florence....... ~. 1 40 a- m Leave Florence......... 2 00 a m Arrive at Wilmington. 6 20 i m This Train stops only at Brinkley's. White ville, Flemington. Fair Bluff, Marion. Fh-renoe, Titnccoosville, Mayesville, Sumter, Cadden Junction and Eastover. TBR0C6H FREIGHT TRAIN. Daily, except Sundays. ave Florence._-12 25 a m en ve Sumter. 3 Ki a ui rrive at Columbia. ......... 6 25 a ra Leave Columbia....- 5 00 p tu Leave Sumter. - - S 20 p tn Arrive at Florence .H 10 p m LOCAL FREIGHT- (Daily except Sunday.) Leave Florence. -. 3 50" p m Arrive at Sumter - Lie over. 7 50 p va Leave Sumter.. 7 30 a m Arrive at Columbia.U 00 a ia Leave Columbia. -..... 3 15 a tu vc at Sumter-L?e over. S 00 p ui ve Sumter. ri 00 a m e at florence. 12 00 in A. POPE. G. P. A. JOHN F. DIVISE. Genera! Sup>fc_ South Carolina Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON AND AFTER. MAY 15tb. ISSI. Passenger* Trat ns on dunlea Branch will ron n's follows, until further notice: EAST TO COLUMBIA-DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS. Leave Camden . 6 15 a. m J?enve Camden Junction. 7 20 a ta Arrive a: Columbia.10 35 a m WEST FR?.M COLUMBIA- DAS LY EXCEPT SUNDAYS. Leave Columbia. 6 3D a m... 6 00 p tn Arrive C?UJ?MIJunction, 10 52 a tu... 7 40 p io Arrive at Camden. 12 49 p m... S 45 p tn EAST TO CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA. (Daily except Sundays.) Leave Camden. 6 15 a m... 3 ?0 p m Leave Camden June"... 7 20 a rn... 5 37 p rn Arrive at Charleston... I 5i> pm... 10 45 p m Arrive at Augusta. 3 20 p ni... 7 25 am WEST KR"M CHARLESTON AND ATCUSTA. (Daily except Sundays ) Leave Charleston. 0 00 a rn... 9 05 a m Leave Augusta. 7 00 p nv... 7 55 a tn Arrive Camden Jone'... 10 52 a ra... 7 40 p rn Arrive at Camden. 12 49 p m... S 45 p m CONNECTIONS. Columbia and Greenville Railro.nl b'>ih ways for all points on tbat Boa?! and on the Spar tanburg. Union and Columbia and Spur tat? mfg and Ashville Railroads, also with the Char? lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad to and from all points North by trains leaving Camden at 6 !5 a tn. and arriving at S 45 p tn. Connections made at Aogus'a tn all points ""Yest and South : also at Charleston with Steamers for New York and Florida-ou Wed? nesdays and Saturdays On Saturdays ROUND TRIP TICKETS arc poid to and from all Stations at one first class fare for tlie round trip-tickets being good rill Monday i:or?n. to return- Excursion tickets good for 10 days are regularly on sale to anil froiu all statiens at 0 cents per mite f r round trip. TIIROI'GII TICKETS to all points, ran be purchased bv applying to James Jone-. Agent ac Camden. * D. C. ALLEN, General Passenger and Ticke: Agent. JOHN Ii. PECK, General Sup't, * Cha ri !.->t on. O . Columbia and Greenville Bail Hoad, j PA SS EN G ER DKP A lt T M E N T. COLUMBIA. S. C.. August 3 ISSI ON* AND A FT li R THURSDAY AUGUST 4th. ISSI. Passenger Trains will run as , herewith indicated, upon this road and its [ branches-Daily except Sundays : No. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Columbia (A). ll 00 a ra ! Leave Alston. _.12 OS p m ! Leave Newberry. I OG p ta i Leave Hodges.. 3 43 p m Lia ve Belton . .4 57 p m I Arrive ac Greenville....... ? 19 p tn . No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave Greenville at.10 33 a tn ? Leave Belton.II 57 a m : Leave Hodges. 1 12 p m ! Leave Newberry. . 3 47 p m Leave Alston. 4 46 p ic Arrive at Columbia (F). 5 50 p oa SPARTANBURG, UMON & COLUMBIA ll. lt. No. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Alston. 12 23 p tn Leave Spartanburg. S U & 0 Depot (Ii) 4 03 p tu j Arrive Spartanburg R ? D Depot (E) 4 12 p tn ' No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave Spartanburg RAD Depot ( II) 12 4S p rn i Leave Spartanburg S U & C Depot (G ) I 05 p m ; Leave Union. 2 p tu Arrive at Alston. 4 p m LAURENS RAIL ROAP. Leave Newberry. 3 55 p m Arrive at Laurens C ll. 6 45 p tn Leave Laurens C. II. S 30 a tn Arrive at Newberry.Il 30 a m ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leave Hodges. 3 ?7 p m Arrive at Abbeville. 4 37 p m . .Leave Abbeville.12 Io p va ; Arrive at Hodges. I 05 p m BUJE RIDGE R. R. & ANDERSON BRANCH. Leave Belton....... 5 00 p m J Leave Anderson. . ,- , .... 5 34 p m ; Leave Pendleton. 6 15 p m j Leave Scnaca ,'C). 7 20 p m j Aw We n't Walhalla. 7 45 p.in Leave Walhalla. 9 2:i a m Leave Seneca (D). '.J 54 a va Leave Pendleton. lo 30 a m j Leave Anderson.;..ll 12 a m Arrive at Belton.ll 40 a m On and after above date through c ir.-- w;|] be run between Columbia and Henders'--nville with? out change. CONNECTIONS. A-With South Carolina Rail Hoad from ! Charleston; with Wilmington Columbia <fc Au gusta R R from Wilmington and all points n<;rth thereof; with Charlotte. Columbia <fc Augusta Rail Road from Charlotte and points north j thereof. B-With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail Road \ for point? in Western N. C. C-With A. & C. Div. R & h. R. Ri for all j points Soutb and West. D-With A, & C. Div. It & D. R. R- from At I lanta and beyond. j E-With A & C. Div. R. <? D- R. K for a'.l j points South and West. F-With South Carolina Rait R^nd for Char j lesion ; with Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Rail Read for Wilmington and the North ; fi h : Charlotte. Columbia <fe Augusta Rai" Road for \ Charlotte and the North. G-With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail "."toad j from Henderson vi! Ie. H-With A. & C. Div. R. & D- R R. from Charlotte & beyond. Standard time used is Washington. D. C. which is ?fteen minutes fasrer than Co i un? ola. J. xv. FRY, Sup't. A. POPE. General Passenger Agent. August *J, ISSI. ff. THE BUMING TUNNEL I "Well, yes, sir, I have bad j rather exciting adventures sir ; became an engineer ; but the i that my hair stood thc straigl f and nw heart beat the fastest, j when 1 was firing an engine in j of taking charge of one ; and, as : as we reoch the long up grade, ] ! tell you about it if you cate to ht ! So said the tali, well-shaped, 1 ! eyed young fellow who was con ; ing, with such a cool, nonchalan j the great iron Cyclops that was i tog us so swiftly over its seem i ! endless pathway of gleaming ste ; Of course I was all anxiety, j when the up-grade was reache< j engineer began, his eyes mean j being faithfully kept ahead : j "It was nearly six years ago, I j stands out before me as plainly ; i it happened yesterday. I was a j man on the No. 5. of the W-'. ; road, as smooth a road as ever j built, and just as straight as a : sir, except at one point. Thei ! curved sharply, and just beyond ; a tunnel, about a hundred yard j length. ? "This tunnel was very heavily ! bored--in fact, the inside was a c ! network of immense great joi j and, at the time of its completion, . contractor had boasted that it wc i last until the Judgment Day. j 'Harry Burton, the engineer on j No. 5, was called a handsome fell j and at times, especially when he j thinking or talking about Vii ! Clyde, and his great black eyes wc I soften and shine, and in's dark ? j would flush and dimple just lik \ woman's,- sir, he then would rei ! deserve the compliment, j "But there were other times tl i when he had been vexed or eros ! in any way, a hard, ugly look wo creep into his eyes, and his lips wo I shut together, in a tight, cruel li : and he would look as ill-favored a: I jail-bird, and cause me to think p 'fully of Vinnie Clyde's future if ? intrusted it in his care. "Little Vinnie Ciyde was the pi liest girl I ever saw. Just as h{ as a bit of thistle-down, with da blue eyes and a mass of soft, crink yellow hair, that made a golden fra for a face as so fl, and smooth, a pink as ar- apple blossom ; and s had such a pretty way of acting, sn a sunny di.-position, that one could help loving her. "Theie is no doubt but that Burl fairly worshiped her : but he w I quick-tempered and jvalous, and ov bearing by nature, and assumed t I air of lord and master so often that ; think the little girl got tired of 1 i harshness. "But, anyhow, he flung hims aboard one morning in such a mi uer as -rave me lo understand th something unusual had happened I and that day he was so savage that I last ? got out of patience, and to ; him pretty sharply that if he cxpe< ; ed 1 was going to put up with li growling any longer he was might! mistaken, for I would not do it. "Ile looked at me as if ho w . somewhat surprised, and then sai j preti}' low : ? " 'I suppose ? have been pref i bearish, Ned : but I couldn't help i i as no man could, who had seen ; tiie joy and hope of his life stoic ; from him. The whole world seen ! black to me.' "And Iiis head sunk on his breas : as a deep groan escaped his lips, saw at once that he was wretchc ! about something, and, of course changed my anger to sympathy, an i 1 asked him as soothingly as 1 coul what tho trouble was. "Well, you must know, Ned," li buist out, as if lie could bear it n longer, "I went up to C?3'de's las night, and I found a white-facet white-handed fellow there, whom Nc lie introduced to me as Kaymon Melton 1 hated him the moment saw him,and I had a frantic desire t throttle him even* moment of Ins call "When he was gone, I turned to Vii nie. and I suppose 1 fairly raved ; bu before 1 had finished, Vinnie stood U] with her eyes blazing, and handing me my ring, swept from the roon without a word. Of course I knev what it meant-simply that RayrnotH Melton had stolen her from nie, will his soft ways and oil}' tongue ; and '. want you to understand, Ned Lyons tiiat a man that runs me off the traci lias heavy damages to pay," and hi.< face was frightful to Sec ; but he sait nothing more about his trouble oi anything else that day. "Well, sir, in the days and weeks that followed, 1 had anything but ar agreeable companion. Burton was either so sullen and gloomy that lie didn't have a civil word for any one. or else he was raving mad with jeal? ousy and hate: "1 talked with him, and tried to reason him into a better frame ol mind, hut it was no use. ile grew worse and worse, and fl nail}* took to drinking, and when under the influ? ence of liquor, Harry Burton was ab? solutely ferocious. "Of course, will: such habits, Bur? ton ?. uld not rightly perform Iiis du? ties, and as soon as his untrustworthi? ness was known at headquarters lie received a prompt dismissal ; and in a month from the time that Vinnie re? turned his ring, Kay Melton t;ok his place as engineer on the No. 5. "Burton had deeply prejudiced me against his riva!, but in a week Bay Melton and 1 were sworn friends. Ile was not as good-looking as Bur? ton, but one look into his clear, hon? est eyes would tell you that he was true and manly to the core. "Ile was personall}* very neal; but ono morning, in particular, I joked him considerably about his pur? ple and fine linen. "Tho fact is, old boy," he said, with that happy laugh of his, "there is to be a grand excursion to-day, and when we get to Denton wc may have to take a passenger in the cab, the j cars will be so crowded." "I undo:stood in a moment who he j referred to, and therefore was not ! surprise?! when, ?I?? wo stepped at ? Denton, he assisted Vinnie Clyde into ; thc cab. "She was looking her very s' est that day-as the girls say; was 'perfectly lovely,' from her % hat to her little walking-shoes no wonder that Melton had hard ' to keep his eyes in the right direc But he was faithful : for there twenty cars behind, overcrow with excursionists, whose safety pended on his watchfulness. I "Vinnie was just as gay as a bi I full of laughter and merry cha ! that was so droll it amused Mi j and myself extremely, and made ! time pass away so pleasantly and j that before J knew wc had rea*, thc curve. "Just as wc were rounding it I nie came quickly over to the win j by which I was sitting, and cia? her hands at the pretty view. "Is it not lovely ?" she said. I "And I was about to answer, w the engine gave a sudden plunge ward. I looked at Melton in surpi for we had been going fast enoi and I thought it reckless and dan, ous to put on a full head of slearr that way ; but the sight of his J stopped thc question that tremt on my lips. It was just as gray set as if cut out of granite, and eyes had a strange, desperate lool them, as that of a man who is fae death, and has made up his mind grapple with him. "1 glanced ahead, and I sax sight, M'I\ that drove all reason ft my mind and filled it with a w bl id terror. "That long tunnel was a mass flame. The strong eui rent of air t was drawing through it would pi out great volumes of fiame-fleel smoke, and give gl im ses of red-; tongues of fire that lapped eagerly every direction : and thc train v plunging toward it with thc speed a race-horse, as if eager to inn tl hideous gantlet of death. "Are you mad, mau ?" I scream to Melton. 'Whistle for down brake "And I attempted to catch t cord but he pushed rne back. " 'Would you stop thc train in t midst ofthat tunnel V he said, fierce "And then he flung a rubber c< over Vinnie, who had crouched in little white heap on the floor of t cab. Another instant and wo h entered thc burning tunnel. Melt said that we were but seven sccon going through it ; but it seemed me as if 1 heard the roaring of t (ire, and felt its heat and suffered t horror of it. for half an hour "But at hist the cool, sweet a untainted by smoke or the hot brea of the fire, fanned my face and I ope ed my eyes with a feeling of than fulness, as I knew that the burnii tunnel was behind ns and wc wc unharmed. I tried to thank Meltc -rather brokenly, I confess-but 1 was so busy in kissing the color ba< to Vinnie's lips that he gave me n a whit of attention. "Thc traiu slowed- stopp?d ; tl passengers, full of excitement, can crowding out and massed about i as we stepped from the engine. M< ton was obliged to tell his stoiy ov. and over again, but he did it so mo< estly that I felt called on to add word. "And such a time as they all hi over him ! Such a flood of comp! men ls and thanks, and hand shaking would have wilted most any one. "Just then the conductor can along, winked at Kay, and sung on 'All aboard !' giving him a chance t escape. "Wc had a very pleasant tim when the excursion party stopped ; the Wyatt Grove. Ray was the hot of the hour, and all the ladies envic Vinnie, who couldn't help showin how proud she was of him. "In a short lime they -vere rnarricc and as Vinnie persuaded Ray t break off railroading, he took he and his 'testimonial' to California. "Last year 1 went to sec then and found him a successful farmei with one of the finest ranches in th Golden State, and extremely pron of his pretty wife and two loveb children.-Xaturd nj Night. - - -, ? - - A Pension. A few weeks ago, says the Wash ington Republican, a prominent attoi ney of Washington received from ; lady coi respondent a letter of whicl the following is a copy, name aw address only being omitted : I)EAU SIR : I am widowed, causee by the late war of the United States and I am in great want of a pension Should like to employ your services Please send mc a list of questions Address-. In compliance with thc request s question-sheet to be filled out by thc applicant, was sent, and before t great while, instead of the list o? questions, the following reply, traced in a fine feminine hand, was re? ceived : Although I cannot give my "hus? band's" name or describe him r i insist that he was killed in the army else where is he, and why so long gone ? For surely, of all the "brave boys'' who left home and friends to fight j'or "our country" one must have been "my husband." and, for the sake of that unnamed, unknown grave where "my dear brave boy," is silently sleeping his last long sleep, I Lave never married. I think 1 have told you all you will care to know, as you arc only interested in pensions, and I am not a pensioner. I have said many times that rny hus? band died in the army, never think? ing I should be called upon to account for it. But you won't forgot the poor little unknown "widow," will you ? Yours, most sin corly,-. President Garfield and Judge Jere Black have recently become the own? ers of a large farm in Alexandria County, Va., lying within view of the White House. They acquired a small portion of the tract partly by purchase and partly as a fee for ser? vices. The whole tract was mort? gaged, and in order to save their part they instructed an agent to buy the whole of it when the foreclosure sale occured. While thc President i has been lying ill thc sale has been i made and ins farm secured. Bill Arp to Comnicssioner Hend CARTERVILLE, July 1.-A eec to your request 1 send you aqu; Dallas wheat. I send also some straw from the sheaf, so that yoi note the three distinct varieties 'make up thc Dallas combin The dominant kind has a long? ing head ; then there is the 1 bearded head, and the other I a swell-head, as it is larger at tin than elsewhere and seems all in a This provokes an inquiry-vvoul i thc mixing of other distinct var; be a protection against rust 1 This wheat was sent me by N; Crawford, of Lincoln. It was early in November, on g-rey all soil which was badly washed floods and heavy rains this sp The land was well turned last tember, then harrowed and r down smooth. The hard winter heavy rains operated to its inju nevertheless we have made abou! teen bushels to the acre and the < I is good quality. Its mot vail j characteristic is its freedom from and this was well tested for I sc j contiguous to it ten bushels of \ j tucky amber selected for seed, j had the rust bad but il never ero the line though there was no f< between and not more than six i es of space. Tiie coming fall we shall ex] ment somewhat by fertilizing he ly with a compost and see if we not double the yield. I believe can as easily make 30 bushels to acre on our lands as they can ; where, and make the crop a certa: every year. My farmer boy is of inquiring turn t f mind, and has dc mined to sow an acre in August shear it down close with the mo as soon as it will bear it. Ile i poses, also, to sow an acre next F mary and fertilize with a stimulai phosphate and see thc result of spr sowing. He is induced to do 1 because we find that there was a tie wheat loft in the grain drill, ; seed oats were put on top of it i sowed on thc 22 of last Fcbrna Of course the wheat came out iii and has developed and matured ? made a good result. It is a scandal to Georgia that average production of wheat is 1 than five bushels to thc acre, and opinion is this is owing not to soil climate, but mainly to ignorance ii indolence. If the farmers would vote as much caro and good work wheat as they do to thc culture cotton, I believe that every five ac of good land would yield a liundi bushels. This would leave a i profit of say fifi cen dollars per a< with very little wear and tear on m or beast. I also send you some specimens timothy, thc heads measuring fr< six to nine inches, and some wild r which borders our creek and ditch every spring. Theil there is a cn ous knock kneed kind of grain xviii was found, growing with the whci and seems to be a.cross betwe wheat, and cheat. Thc grain is smr er than wheat, and thc heads a nearly a foot in length. What is i I hope you or Mr N ewman can ihre some light upon it. I am drifting my farm as fast possible into Hie production of gra and grass. It has taken but a bri experience to prove that one acre clover or timothy is more profitai than two in cotton While I lu tenants it was impossible to chan? much from from the old cotton ai corn schedule. When 1 wanted sow grass or even wheat and oats couldn't get possession of my lai for the tenant had it. Of course tl j tenant had no prospective interests ni3? ha}' or wheat for his lease was fi a year and he didn't know whetlx lie would stay any longer or not an I was afraid to risk him in ad vane for a longer lime Nevertheless did manage to get in about ten acre in clover and timothy, and now m barn is full of new mown hay and th S ten acres is more profitable to m ? than any 20 upon the place. On ? acre in clover will bring $50 Wurth c j hay. . An acre of cotton will mak ? about the same amount, but the prof] 1 on the hay is $40 an*d the profit o the cotton is S10- With thc aid of mower and rake a farmer can busbar ten acres of hay in a week but i takes one man 13 months in a year ti get entirely through ten acres of cot ton. A last year's tenant of mini moved away about Christmas and lu came .back off and on until the middh of February to finish the picking, had a tenant three }Tears ago who pu in more than he could tend, and bac to pay a dollar a day for colton chop pers and 75 cents a hundred for pick ing and he sold thc cotton at 8 conti which made a bale bring about 4f dol?ais, and ho paid mo 13 dollars foi rent, and paid ti dollars for guano, and .2 dollars for picking, and 2 dol? lars .jr choping out and extra work, and something for ginning which left him about 8 dollars for preparing thc land and planting and plowing, and hauling to the gin, and hauling to town, and fooling round generally, and thc cons?quence was he had to do a little stealing to keep even. What else could thc poor fellow do ? Nevertheless if these people aro determined to run cotton and western corn and meal and hay, and perish to death, in tho name of the Lord I can't help it, for it may bc that its thc best way after all to furnish thc millions of poor people all over the world with cheap clothing, for thc more cotton we make thc lower the price, and it's an evidence of broad humanity for our farmers to take that self-sacrificing view of it. lt beats the missionary society all boll .nv. The only objec : tioTi to this is that thc speculators-get hold of it before thc heathen do. Then again it may be that our farm? ers want to be kept poor to get the benefit ol' sciiptural promises and im? prove their chances for heaven, j They are a church-going people, and j when the old preacher tells 'cm that j it is haider foi a rich mau to get to j heaven than for a camel togo Iii rough i a noodle's eye, it. scares 'em mighty nigh lo death, and they go right I straight to planting more cotton so as i to be sure of poverty. But I talked to a renter to-day-a ! good, clever, industrious man, and he I said making cotton was keeping his nose to the grindstone, but he had to do it for his landlord required it and j so did all the landlords around here. ; Twenty acres in corn and ten in cot j ton was the general rule. Thc land? lord got about eight dollars an acre rent for his cotton land, and about six for corn land, and of course he gave cotton the preference.^ Thc trouble np hcic is in getting labor that will work for wages. They won't do it if they, can help it. They want to feel free and I don't blame 'em. Every poor man, while or black, wants to run a little farm on his own account, and in his own way, and go a fishing sometimes or take his wife to meeting on Saturday if she wants to go, and of course she does. Iron furnaces and manganese mines and railroads take off all thc floating un? settled labor, and thc rest won't hire as long as they can rent, and so the cotton business goes on .and will be kept going on until the landlord can hire hands at a fair price, and run his farm himself, and then he will quit cotton and lake to grass and grain. I recon he will. It took me three years to shake off the thing and quit being a fool, and maybe it will take them as long or longer. . The above contaius some of my views on the situation, which I veu ture to send you because you take such an interest in us farmers. I have a few views left, but will not impose on you further at these pre? sents. Yours, BILL A RP. G?ITEA?. -0 Contents oj flh Petition tobe Admit? ted to Bail. WASHINGTON, August 5.-Guiteau has confided to District Attorney Cork hill a petition to the court to be admit? ted to bail. It is a curios document. Tlc espressos great sorrow that the President lias suffered so much and so long from the wound he inflicted. He did not intend to cause him pain, but to remove him from thc world instantly and he seems to ask a favorable consid? eration from thc Judges of thc Supreme Court of thc District of Columbia, be? cause he feels as much sympathy as any one for thc suffering President. Ile asks his release because he fears that con? finement will make him insane. He re? pels with scoru the idea that he is now insane, or that he was insane when he conceived or committed thc crime. Ile -insists strongly that he is now sane, but he says that he feels "thc nimbus of insanity piayiog around bis brain." ile then goes on to recite some facts to indicate that there is insanity in his father's family. Ile says himself that his father was a religious mouoinaoiac, and that relatives on his father's side have been, and one is perhaps still, confined in an asylum for the insane. Ile repeats again and again that he fears that the unaccustomed confinement will result in driving him mad, and he urges his release on that ground if no other, although he thinks that, under thc circumstances, thc President's re? covery being now regarded as certain, justice demands that he should be ad? mitted to bail, lie offers a bond of ?1,500. although he says that his own recognizance would be as good, as he wants to be tried, and would present himself in court on the day nppoioted as certainly as the day will come, which he suggests shall bc February 1. 1882 Ile announces that he proposes to make his own defense, with competent j legal assistance. It may bc mentioned I in this connection, that Guiteau is very desirous that first-class legal talent should assist him. Ile says he wants none of thc riff-raff of the bar, and he has more than once suggested that Emory Storrs shall bc his lawyer. Guiteau wants his temporary release, not only that he may escape impending j insanity, but. that he may take a trip to Europe, where he wishes to remain a month or two. Arab Humor A story is told of El Mehdi, that be? ing out hunting one day he came upon the but of an Arab who set some sim? ple fare before bim, but supplemented it with a bottle of wine. The Caliph drank a glass and said: *0 brother of the Arabs! do you know who I am?' .No, by Allah !' was the reply. 'I am one of the personal atten? dants of the Commander of thc Faith? ful.' 'I congratulate you on your post, said thc other. Tossing off another glass El Mehdi repeated the question, and the Arab re* minded him that bc had just told him that he was one of thc Caliph's suit. 'Nay,' said El Mehdi, "but I am one of his principal officers.' 'I wish you joy,' said thc Arab. After a third glass, the Caliph again began: O brother of the Arabs ! do you know who I am?' 'You say you arc ono of thc Cot:. ] mander of thc Faithful's chief officers answered the Arab. 'Not so,' said El Mehdi; *I am the Commander of the Faithful myself!' Thc Arab on hearing this, quietly took the bottle of wine from thc table, and put it away with thc sententious re? mark: 'If you were to take another glass you would declare that you were thc Prophet himself. ---w? - i Thc Williamsburg Herald has lost some subscribers because it favors thc stock or no-fence law Thc Ab? beville iV<??? and Humer, comment? ing on tiie fact, advises thc Herald to stick to its position and not to be ' bull dozed into silence, and remarks : "We used to have 'touchy' subscrib? ers who would threaten to quit the paper if we said our head was our own. Such peuple have learned long j since that they form a most insigniii- j cant part of the subscribers of a news- ; paper and lliey have quit ns long ago, 1 and their presence is not needed, or ! they have abandoned the idea of try- j ing to control thc paper. His Honor and Bijah. "Ifc was au awful hot night to get drunk," observed the court as Oscar Whitney stood before him. "Y?c-s, purty hot.7'' "Why didn't you put it off until a cooler occasion ?" "I couldn't tell what a day might bring forth, your Honor.'' Do yon know how and where they found you ?" **No. sir." "Well, you had your clothes off and was trying to lake a swim in one of the park fountains. Yours is a serious case, sir." "I must have acted like a loni, and I'm willing to take thc couseouences. Make it about thirty days." "Very \vel!.r "And give me thc trout ocal in thc Black Maria ?" "Certainly." "And let my case bc a sad warn? ing" to ail persons who don't know anv bettor than to gel. drunk when the thermometer shows SOO in the shade. Farewell, farewell !" EXCCSE THESE TEA Ki. "Henry White, why do you weep?' j was the query directed ata tall, wasp- i waisted young man who held a hand j kerchief to his eyes as he came out. ? "I'm sorry I got into such a scrape!' j sobbed Henry. "We are all sorry after it is too j late. You are an agriculturist ?" '.Yes. sir." "Only twenty-four hours ago you left your quiet home amidst the dai? sies. You were coming to lue citv to sell some clover honey, and your i aged father placed his hand on youri head and warned you to beware ol'! the frothy lager." "He did-he did! Oh. sir. I sup? pose I am the biggist fool in Ameri? ca r "Perhaps you are. After you had sold your honey for cash you said to yourself that a schooner of beer would brace you up for thc trip homewards. In an hour you were drunk and had lost all your money." "Y-y-yes, sir !" "And now what ?" "I'll be gosh-darncd if I know?" wailed the prisoner. "Being this is your first appearance here J suppose I could suspend sen? tence and let you go." , "1 s'posc you could." -"Will you lee this bc a solemn warning to yon ?" "1 hope to die if I don't !" " Well, 3'ou may walk softly out, butin the future beware. (Jive schoon? ers thc cold shake and look with dis? trust upon the pony." HE WAS SAD. "Thomas Henderson, the charge against you is drunkenness " "Just so-ah ! eh ? All a mistake," replied Thomas. "How did the officers come to make such a mistake ?" "Don't know, sir, unless it was thc hot weather. I was never more as? tonished in my life than when he gave me the collar." I . "Let's look into the case a little. , You had climbed into one of tho ma? ples in thc Grand Circus Park ?" ? "Yes, sir; I wanted to be by my j self. There are 'times when I am , sad, and then 1 want to be alone " ! "Any particular reasons for this sadness ?" "Well, I'm an or;-han, your Honor. My fathei fell from a balloon and my mother was kicked to death by a horse " "And what sort of liquid distur? bance lind you been partaking of last night ?" "Judge, do I look like a drinking man ?" "Yon do. And you wen?'so drunk last night that you had to be brought down here in a cart. How is that for sadness ?" "Judge, do you suppose I'd He about such a little thing as that? How did I know it was against the law to climb a tree in lue city ? Seems to me you aie very particular about such things, and 1 giu-ss I'll start for home this morning. If anv one will lend me fifty cents to help me along I'll send it righi back as soon as I get to South Bend." "I've got a nice, warm place for j you for the next sixty days," quietly observed the court, j "But I don't want it. 1 don't like Detroit, and I want to get away. Say, Judge, go light on me. 1 may be a Judge myself sumo day." "Can't look"as far abo td us that. Bijah will now take }*"u in." ' Fd rather he'd take me out. Say, Judge ?" "Can't say-call the next case." FOUND IX THE OAUK. "Is your name John Taylor ? "She arc." "And you sail ?" "Yes. sir.'5 "Well, von have sailed in the wrong channel, John. You were very drunk." "I don't see how that was. sir. I came ashore from the schooner last n i ?ut to buv some tobacco. I bought i two plugs and started back, but it j was so dark 1 lost my way " "And went to sleep in an alley?- j "I guess it was au alley." "And it took four men and a shut? ter to bring ye#in here. You sleep like a brick." "Yes, I sleep purty sound." "Well, John, I shall send you aloft for thirty days." "Don't, sir. I ll own up that I was dru irk." "Oh, you were? And you're not more than half over it yet?" "I can get aboard, sir. and it's (he j last time you'll ever see me here." j "Well, you may go, but. don't hiing ? up in this slip again." "Well, square your yards and off with you, and keep her steady as she goes. Any more cases, Bijah ?" "Nary one." "Then sound tho triangle and we I will hie to other fields. Jouit is ad-j jo?.rued, and those boys crowded in i back of the stove are warned that I've \ got my eye otv 'em and and will read ; them a lesson some of these tine j morn i ogs." i The President. UNTER. THE KNIFE AGAIN. j We publish below an account of recent opening of the President's ? on the 8th, to allow thc puss to esc There is some reason to believe thc physicians were getting alarme his condition, though they did nc express themselves: Thc necessity for thc opcrn which was performed upon the P ident this morning became appa to the surgeons yesterday w they found that a drainage t of thc size hitherto used could no ior bc passed along the track ol thc ball t ween the ribs. Thu process of gra la lion at that point, had gone on so as to partially ci?se the orifice ?md ribs prevented pushing aside the fi' which was healing between th< enough to bc introduced. * Tho rr: of this state of things was that formed iu the deeper par? of thc wot rather faster than it could escape to roi the half obstructed opening between ribs, and its gradual accumulation jian to cause disturbance. lt < therefore decided to make a new <>p in?? into the track of thc hall below last rib, so that the ribs should no loi cr prevent, thc keeping open thc noi by thc solid backing which thev afFo ed to thc granulating flesh bctw< them. The operation was performed at request, of thc other surgeons by 1 Agnew. As soon as the patient, had bf put. under thc in?uence ol'ether, a lo and slightly curved instrument was troduecd info the wound, pushed 1 tween the ribs and carried downw* along the. track of thc bullet until end could be felt below thc last from thc outside. Holding this insti mcnt as a guide Dr. Agnew then ma a counter incision below thc twelfth r cutting directly through thc intcgumc until his knife met the end of the ii mentioned instrument?t thc point win he wished to iuterscct thc track of t ball. Thc operation was not difficult dangerous, and the patient bore both "and thc etherization extremely wc There is now an opening to the deep parts of the wound which does not p;i between thc ribs, and which can airca bc kept free and unobstructed, and further trouble from accumulation pus is anticipated. Since the operation the President h rested very quietly, and is now aslee His pulse at this hour is 100. and ! has neither fever nor any other uni vorable symptom. EXECUTIVE MANSION, 7 P. M.-(C ficial Bulletin.)-After thc last bullet was issued the President suffered som what for a time from nausea due to tl ether, but this has now subsided, ar he has had several refreshing naps, ar his general condition is even betti than might have been expected. Aft' thc etherization and operation at noe his pulse was 104, temperature 100 i respiration 20. At present his pulse 108, temperature 101.9, respiration li Under the circumstances the fever mu be regarded as moderate. The following is from a telegram t the N. Y. Herald: A careful examination of the wit! drawn drainage tube before thc sui gical operation to-dtiy showed that th course of thc wound after passing b< tween the eleventh and twelfth ribs wa so directly downward that the tube wa crooked and contracted and that hole or inlets of the tube was clogged, an that very little pus accumulated wiihi the pipe. Win n thc pus cavity wa tapped by the operation Dr. Agnew sai that the uew channel was probably in direct line with the course of thc ball The experiments and the examination sinee made now leave no room for duul that the whole course of the wound i downward, the abdominal end being a least six inches lower than where th' ball entered thc back. The opinion i also held that it is circuitous as well a downward. The hope and aim of tin surgeons will be ta remove the ball a the earliest moment the President's con? dition will warrant the op?ration for tba purpose being performed; so that then may be no more pus cavities form?e from any cause. - - I Ml ? - - A Huge Snake Story. -0 Burt Brown, the amateur oarsman < relates in the Geneva (N. Y.) Adver? tiser that while practicing recently on Cayuga lake, suddenly he seemed tc have lost motion, and pullas hard as he might his boat made DO headway. Fi? nally he made a sudden herculean effort which suapped his oar, and he was helpless. Not 6ve minutes elapsed when turning his eyes in the direction of the bow he noticed what was appar antiy three or four coil of heavy rope wound around hts she'll. Ile worked as best he could with his other car to get it loose, when suddenly his boat began to move and looking once more behind him he discovered that his boat was within thc coils of a monster serpent, at l?*sst forty feet long, which swam with head above water and moved off with frightful velocity. Bight up thc lake it towed him and across to the east shore, to Union Springs, where it at once unwound from the boat and sank beneath the surface. It had tow? ed him in safety about twelve miles, as near as Burt can name it. in thirty-five minutes. A Fool. A fool at Stculvmvillc Ohio, made a waiier that he could crawl thron?rh a : drain five hundred feet long. After seeing him enter the spectators . waited a couple of hours I;; see him : come out. Then they commenced to j dig for him. Alter digging np three j hundred feet of the drain he was found almost demi, lie should go to Louisville and marry i he woman who attempted to dress a chicken hy sat? urating the feathers with kerosene oil and setting them on lire. There were ol deaths at Havana from yellow fever during tho week ending July :29th. Another plot against the life of the Czar of Kassia has hoon discovered and many arrests haw been madv at St. Pe tors burg. NEWS ITEMS. Kentucky, as usual, lias gone ove whelmiogly Democratic. Yellow fever has made its appcaran< in New York. The Legislature of Georgia has r< fused to take into consideration til question of Prohibition. The government has fixed the valu of coins wit!) holes in them. Dollar.? 05 cents: half dollars. 25 cents: ?par ter?. 16* : dimes, 5 cents. Keene's Forget-me-not was secom tn thc Levant stakes. P. Lorilhrd" Passaic was second in thc Drawing room stakes. Thc New York Herald says it. is no i m probable that, in the near future tin advice t?) thc thrifty an?] thc industriell: wii! bc net "Go West." but "G. South.*' in a lecture at San Francisco ki* week I.ienieoat Sehwatka. thc Areli? explorer, slated that thc coldest weatba ever experience?: by white men was JO': degrees below thc freezing point, er TJ degrees below zero. Thc Wilmington Star says the entire vole for prohibition in North Carolina will not equal ?nc third of thc Pcui Oeratic vote of thc Stale. What is thc count rv coming to? A colored man has applied at. thc Stalo House for immigrants. He says thc niggers ?n his f?rm are too cussed lazy to make a living. - Columbia Register. Tho Richmond State says thc new iron and steel works now being erect cd at Goshen, Rockbridgc county, Ya., on thc (-hesopcake k Ohio Railroad, by an English company, will bc thc largest, in thc South if not in thc United States. Thc capital stock is several milli:!] dol? lars. Md. Cos who killed Dob Alston iii Atlanta, has to feed, harness and take care of GO mules in thc convict camp. Cox was a convict lessee himself when he fell into his present trouble, and had the management of a number of them. His transition from boss to convict was one of the most fitful freaks of fortune. The New York Tribune takes half a column in which to describe the bathing dresses worn by little girls at Long Branch. The bathing dresses worn by little boys in Chicago arc not quite so complicated. They consist mainly of a sun-burned back and a stone-bruise on each heel. A New York Times man has beer? horrified to learn that not a few persons in Britni) high life eat with their knives instead of their forks. Dr. Johnson? the lexicographer, used to eat with his fingers and wipe them ou thc back of a Newfoundland dog. The Augusta Chronicle and Con af it nt ional id is responsible for thc fol? lowing : It is reported that. duriDg the recent canvass in North Carolina, Senator Yance asked one of his sons how he was going to vote. The yoting man answered : 'In favor of the wet ticket.' 'Proceed, my son/ said old Zeb, it has made you what you are. Thc survivors of thc 12th S. C. llcg imcDt in the late war, will celebrate' their annual reunion at Lancaster on the 18th day of August. Hon. J. H Kinsler, of Columbia, will deliver thc annual oration. Gen. McGowan, Gen. Haskell, Coi. Cad. Jones, and other distinguished guests, members of the old Brigade, are expected to be present. Revised Statutes of the United States, section 5,353, makes shipping nitro? glycerine punishable with a ?See of ?10,000 and imprisonment for two years if death follow. The Cunard Steamship Company must know who shipped thc ten infernal machines to England. We learn that iufernal machines are not in? cluded in the law. They ought to bc and all ether kinds of hand-made dev? iltry. Redpath is in Ireland. ?n a speeeh at Dublin he called John Bright a reh egade. Sir William Harcourt a liar, and Hon. William Iv. Forster an infamous Quaker, lied pat h used to have veiy dirty and savage things to say of thc South. Ile is a dangerous leader for Ireland. There is said to be twenty-two facto-, rios en the Washington county coast of Maiue, two thirds of them being in the town of Fastport, where herringare put up in imitation French boxes, bearing French labels, as sardines. They are preserved in cotton seed oil, which is as? serted on the boxes to be choice olive oil; Yankee shrewdness again. A French newspaper relates that ? millionaire lost his entire fortune except about one hundred thousand francs, and: died of grief within twenty-four hours. Iiis brother, who was his sole heir, bad long struggled in poverty, and now, on the sudden receipt of what he regarded as a large fortune, has just died of joy. Mrs. Lincoln, widow of the Presi? dent, has not smiled over congratula? tion on Robert's honorable account. Sh-.' sighs and broods upon his official holding as a new family risk. She often sits and repeats-. 'Secretary of War ? Secretary of War ? Then hell be shot, sure ! That's always the way in war.' And when told of the shoot? ing of the President, she manifested ao surprise, but calmly remarked, it is said, -1 told you so ; good men have to be shot sometimes ;. don't you know how thc Jews killed Christ She has plenty of money, but it is in thc hands of a banker and is zealously guarded by family friends, that she may not have it to lose or squander. She has with her a great many relics of thc White House, which she always has placed in ber chamber, and carries with her al? ways about sixty large iron-bound trunks, filled with dresses which she" never wears Tanner's Last Craze. -0 Dr: Tanner, the great faster, regis? tered his diploma with the prothonotary at "Eric. Pa.. Thursday. Ile is draw? ing up propositions to thc medical fac? ulty in New York to fast three months, and states that he eau fast ninety-five' days if fed on electricity, the air in his room to bc charred with a strong cur? rent. This being positive he can ob? tain the negative elements from the dis? integration of his tissue ile is OW fattening tW his fast, as plenty of adi nose is ucces?ary.