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DELAY!
. Tho voice of the Summer is softly calling,
"Oh ! Love, come and look on the Kose,
She is wating for you, full of sweetness and
dew,
.Full of passionate throes."
??nt Love in the garden is idly straying ;
He hears a low sigh at his feet.
?Tis the Violet's breath. "I will find," he
-57S?tt>i? 5 " j - . .
"fn'Tier fragrant retreat!"
So hs bears ber away in his gracious bosom,
\ c (Lo ! the Lily-mYpathway is barred-)
Has he easther aside? She has gasped-she
i ^ has died. ?
J Ah ! Love, this is hard.
; BatXove by the Lily is sweetly dreaming.
Oh ! where have the light hours fled ?
I He. .remembers the Rose-to her swiftly he
\ goes
! And the Roes-she is dead !
BILL ARR
\ He Constructs A Dam?
. I 'AU the . world's a stage,' as Mr.
f Shakespeare says, and all the men and
women merely travelers. It is a mighty
v&ig-stage-, of coarse-in fact, an om ni?
ions; for ie carries us all, and we are
travelling along and getting in and
^getting .out all along the Hoe, and
. ever and anon stopping by the way
istde to nurse our sick and bury our
^dead. There_is nothing else that puts
km the breaks as we move down the big
road on the journey of life. Sickness
>nd death are a veto upon all progress
and upon plans and s ch em os and hopes
ind ambition and fame and fashion and
We suffer awhile and stop
Mle, bat if we don't die, we get in
gge again and move oa with the
L Sickness knocks up a mau and
tumbles- bia quicker than anything.
Just let the pitiless angel of pain come
along soddenly and seize him by some
vital part and twist him around a time
or two and shake him up and he will
know better what the word torture
means when he reads it in a book. I
thought I was a strong man and tough, j
and so .Le angel had uo terrors for me.
I've had the toooth-acbe and mashed
my big toe with a crowbar and got
around lively with a green corn dance,
but-after it was over I forgot the? sting
of it and only remembered the joke.
Bat there are some things without any
joke, and that won't let you forget 'em
and when they come and go they leave
you hom bled and hacked and-meek as a
lamb with his legs tied. They take
away.your pride and your brag and
%our starch and stiffening. They strip
you of flowers and frills and thread lace
and jewelry and leave a poor mortal
like a. dependent beggar for the charity
of health, good health. 'If I was only
well again/ the poor victim sighs, 'Oh,
-if? was only well.*
Wheo a man gets along to my age he
forgets that he is on the down grade.
That he is like a second hand wagon
patched np and painted and sold at auc?
tion to the highest bidder. It will ruu
mighty well on a smooth road with a
light load and a careful driver, but it
wont do to lock wheels with another or
run into gullies or over stamps or up
to the hubs in the low grounds. A man
ie-very like a wagon, anyhow, for his
shoulders and hips are the axle-trees
and his arms and legs are the wheels
aind the wagon body is his body and the
coupling pole is his spine and the
hiMtnds are- his kidneys-his reins as the
Scriptures call em-and they brace up
everything and hold up the tongue
and the coupling pole,, and if the hounds
are weak and rickety the hind wheels
don't track with the fore wheels, and the
whole concern moves along with a hitch
and a jerk and a double wabble. *LTe
L tryeta the reins of the childrcu of men/
1 for that was the test of a man. If thc
P.iidneys were sound and weil ordered
k the maa was right before the Lord, for
tin them were supposed to be ceutered the
??affections and passions and emotions of
aman. Those old time philosophers
attached a good deal of importance to
the kidneys, bat I thought it was a su?
perstition of their ignorance and I never
" cared mach about my kidneys. In fact,
I didn't care whether I had any or not
for I was a thinking what Judge Un?
derwood told me a long time ago about
the spleen, which he said only was put
\ there to make men splenetic and cross.
-!em from getting over-joyful
in this sabloominary world. I thought
that may be the kidneys were like
the liver of a man over in Californ??,
which were crashed out of him in a
I mine some fifty years ago, when he was
I fifty years old, but he was sewed up and
got well aod now he is a hundred years
ol4 not a hair turned grey nor a wrinkle
come nor his eyes grown dim nor his
teeth come oat, and keeps weil and
round and plump and active and goes
to balls and never has an ache or a pain
and its ali because his liver is gone.
Jesso.
Well, you see I had promised to build
a dam across the branch down in the
willow thicket and make a baaing pool
for the children ; and so a few da vs arjo
I went at it with a will and got my tim?
bers across, and my boards nailed on,
slanting np the stream to a rock bottom,
and then I pat on some old boots and
I some old^Ifcthes and went to chiukin up
i the leaks wSh turf and gravel and wil?
low brushand sand bags, and as fast as
I stopped one leak another broke out,
bat I worked fast and worked hard, and
the children waited on me and brought
me material? and after awhile the water
began to rise on me, and got higher and
higher till it went over the dam.
was then about noon, and the hot
was blistering down, and the cold spr
water was chilling me up and I be<
to feel age and infirmity, so I tool
good bath myself and put on dry clot
and retired to rest from my lab<
That evening I listened to the shout:
happy children as they frolicked in
pool, and I rejoiced, for it alw
makes me happy to see them hap
The next day I didn't get up well, i
as I was a knockin around in ray g
den, a holding up my back, slr
enough, without any warning, thc i
feelin angel of pain come along-sudde
and snapped me np by the left kldt
like be wanted to wrestle and took
underholt, and he spun me around w
such a jerk I almost lost my breath w
agony, ana" he. pummeled me i
thumped me all the way to the hou
and threw me on the bed while I b
lored. 'What in the world is the m
ter with you, William V says my wi
Mrs. Arp, says she to me, and the cl
dren all gathered around and thou<
I was snake bit. I've got a turri
pain round here, and its turrible, tai
ble. Oh, Lordy ! They fired up t
stove in a hurry and brought water, a
they gave me camphor and parago
and one thing another ; but I'got wo
and groaned and gruuted amazing
for ! tell you ? was a sufferin.
. 'I expected it ! I expected it !' ss
{ Mrs. Arp, as she moved round live
i *I just knew some trouble would, CGI
j from ail that dara business yesterda
j My stomach had suddenly got out
j order-X don't know bow-for cvei
j thing they give me come up before
j was down, and so they tried salts a
j quinine and hot water and paie killi
and morphine, and magnum bonui
j and everything in the house, but not
.ing would stick, and at last tho pa
just left me as suddenly as it came o
and I went to sleep. But my systs
was all out of order ; the machine
j wouldn't work nowhere. The co
j sweat poured from me all night, and
j dreamed I was away offin a wet prairi
j lying down in the cold grass, hidii
i from a herd of buffaloes, and I woke i
j with a shaking ague and had to ha
! mv night clothes changed and dried <
? like a race horse. The ruornu
; brought another attack, still worse th;
j the first, but the good doctor Kilpatr'n
j came in time, and put me on morphii
j and spirits of nitre, a hot bath ac
? shortened up the time, and told me m
I trouble was in the kidneys, and wh;
j was going on, and when he left me
j was easy and meek and humbie, ac
I could look around on wife and ehildre
! like nobody was a sinner but m
When T was awake ? could look up ;
the old whitewash that was pceliug o
from the ceiling and see all sorts (
I pictures I never saw before. The
I took shapes innumerable, for there wei
j monkeys, and camels, and bears, an
j buzzards, and turtles, aud big Injun:
j aud little Frenchmen, and old witch*
j and anacondas, -aud other menageri
j animals, all out of shape and funny au
j fantastic ; and while I was asleep
! dreamed ridiculous dreams, and the qui
j nine that was in me made me to hear wa
I terfalls and mill-dams, and once I imas
! ined the little one that I had built ha
! grown and swelled until Isitxgra was bu
j a circumstance compared with it. Bu
! there is co rest for the wicked, fo
! though I had escaped for a day an
j a night, and was luxuriating upon brigh
j hopes of returning health, tue pi tiles
! an?el came alon? again, and seeing
i had rallied from the fi jj ht besan on m
: with a maul and beat up my left kid ne;
j again til it was all in a jelly and as sor
j and sensitive as a carbuuele, and as h>
j left me I seemed to hear him say, 'Yoi
! didn't know you bad kidneys, did you
j How many have you got now V Abou
j a dozen, said I. Eight or icu, auyhow
! and they arc as big and heavy as sho
j bags. Thc fact is, my back and sid?
j was so sore, aud I was so nervous it al
j most gave me a spasm to think of any
i body puucbiug me there with a stick
; But the torture would leave mc as cer
I taioly as it came, and tuen ? could ge
j my breath good and free and get rount
I as usual. But now ^ think ? am al
; safe and serene fora time Good curs
I sing and the doctor's skill and time an<:
i patience has got the old wagon upon i
j smooth road again, and I think I wil
! keep it there. I've made friends will
i my kidneys, and signed up a treaty o:
peace with the angel, and the last arti
j cle is that ? am to build no more brandi
! dams during life if I have to wade ii]
j water to do it-and I won't.
j A Marriage in Wyoming.
The inhabitants of a frontier town in
: Wyoming recently elevated to the posi
I don of Justice of Peace their worth v
j fellow citizen, Joues Burton, and the
i squire has just been called upon to per
j form, for the first time, thc marriage
j service. Iis anticipation of an agreeable
? relief from thc monotony of frontier life.
; the eutire population attended the ecre
I uiony. When the adventurous couple
j had stationed themselves before him the
j squire began : 'Feller-citizens, this yar
i man an' this yar woman have appeared
j before the Court to be hitched in the
i legal bouds of wedlock. If any galoot
? in the mob know of anything that moot
I block the eranie cf took to a hi^hor
j Court, let him now toot his bazoo or else
! 1-reep his jaw to himself now and forever,
i AU in favor o' me preeeedio' as author!
j zed by law, say aye.' Nobody who
j knew squire and bridegroom felt dis
j posed to vote against the motion, which
i was unanimously carried. '1 hen.' con
! tinued the squire, 'by the power in mc
! vested as Justice of the Peace in an' fur
. this precinct, I pronounce yuri Amos
i Peabody, husband, an' you Mandy
j Thomas, wife, an' legalize ye to remain
? as sich now aa! furever more : an' you
j stand committed until tue fees an' costs
j in this case be paid iu full ; an' may
j God have mercy on your souls,' An un
j derstauding was immediately reached in
j the matter of fees and costs, and Mr.
j and Mrs. Peabody departed for their
j cabin up the creek.
'I wish to ask the court,' said a face
; tious barrister, who had been called to
j testify as an expert, 'if I am compelled
j to come into this case, '.a which
? I have no personal interest, and
give a legal opinion for nothing?'
i *Yes, yes, certainly,' replied the mild- j
' manner judge: 'give it for what it is j
! worth.' 1
A TRIAL PEIZE EIGHT.
Sullivan, thc Champion Pugilist, Loses
$1000, on a tittle Englishman who could
Not be Knocked Out in Eour Rounds.
[From the 2?. Y, Sun of July ISth.]
No recent sporting event has oc?
casioned such widespread excitement,
in the Eastern States especially, as last
night's glove fight bctweeu John L.
Sullivan and Tug Wilson, more properly
but less widely known as Joseph Col?
lins. Sullivan had declared himself thc
great - knocker-out of men, and had,
made good his '.laini by the severe.pun- j
isbment of t!*osc who were venturesome j
enough to ascept his invitation to stand j
up with li-iii for four rounds : and he
was the American pugilistic champion,
entitled to wear whatever laurels that
distinction confers. Tug Wilson on
the other hand, was known iu England
as the great un-knocked-out. reputed
the best man, from a pugilistic point of;
view, in England to-day, and was spe- j
cially brought here, by the backer of the j
pugilist who was lately defeated by Sui- ?
livan in the prize ring at New Orleans, !
to whip Mr. Sullivan.
To Wilson's challenge Sullivan re?
turned the somewhat contemptuous re?
ply of a requirement that, before he
would waste his time on an encounter in
tue prize ring, Wilson would have to
prove himself worthy of it by standing
up before bim for four rounds, with soft
gloves,.and being ready to answer the
cali cf 'time' for a fifth round. Such
au agreement Wilson assented to. Ac?
cording to its terms the two men were
to meet last evening in Madison Square
Garden and fight with soft gloves. If
Sullivan should fail to knock out Wil?
son in four rounds, then the latter should
receive from him gi,OOO and one-half
the money taken at the'door for admis?
sions ; but if Wilson should be knocked
out, then he was to receive nothing but
contusions and the shame of defeat.
Thc contest was to be governed by the
Marquis of Queensberry's rules, the
salient points of which are : Three
minute rounds, with one minute rest
between ; a koocked-down man to pick
himself up uuaided within tea seconds,
and go on with the fighting until the
three minutes of the round have ex?
pired ; an order to break from a rally
and clinch to be obeyed on pain of
losing the fight; no wrestling to be per- j
ia it ted.
The men went into training for the
event, just as though they were about
to engage in a real prize fight In the
hotels, cu the streets, in of?ces, on
'Change, the names of Wilson and Sul?
livan were pretty sure to gain their full !
share of conversational attention. The
British contingent, almost to a man,
pinned their faith to thc stout little
champion from thc old country, of whom
they said that he had boen a boser since
he was four years old, that he was the
foxiest fighter alive, and that he could
take more punishment smilingly than
anybody else. Another element glori?
fied Sullivan, the Boston Blacksmith,
pointed to his enormous muscles, his
ponderous frame, and his splendid re?
cord, and told of the many men who
had been stunned by his sledge-hammer
like blows-John Donaldson, of Ciu
eiaoati, fer instance, who lay insensi?
ble for an hour and thirty-five miuutes
after getting in front of one of them,
and that burley Blacksmith of Phila?
delphia whom he 'knocked silly' in
one round, and that enormous darky
whom he 'knocked colder than a wedge'
with one punch, and poor Elliott, with
whom he toyed sq cruelly recently at the
picnic.
At 3 o'clock yesterday 'morning the
betting was ?100 ou Sullivan to ?G0
on Wilson, in the Brunswick and Hoff?
man hotel bar-rooms, with more offering
than taking the odds. But later iu the
day, as reports of Wilson's powers of
endurance got abroad and found more
credence, his valuation went up until
he got to ?S0 to Sullivan's ?100, among
thc heavy belters, and many compara?
tively small bets were made even. The j
bets were never in any case that Wilson j
would knock Sullivan out. That con- j
summation was deemed too widely im- !
probable for a bet at oven thc longest
odds. They were simply that after ?
twelve UiinuLes of hard pounding he !
would be able to stand up and come to
the scratch at thc call of time. Yet, of
those who saw the finish of the combat
last night, there were very many who
felt that it would be by no means a sure
thin" if the number of rounds had
been doubled, that Sullivan would not |
experience thc surprising and unplca- !
saut sensations ot being knocked out j
himself.
Long before evening yesterday nearly j
! ail the boxes of che Madison Square j
: Garden had been suid and thousands of I
tickets disposed bf. Three long trains
laden with men of sporting proclivities
came from Philadelphia in the course of
the day aud five more from Boston.
One of these latter was a special train.
Boston came on to make a big boom on
Sullivan, and ic is believed that some
who came from that city will have to
stay hero, borrow or walk back. As
early as half-past 6 o'clock last eveuiug
great throngs of men gathered about
the garden entrances on Madison and
Fourth avenues. Fifteen minutes later
Capt. Williams, who, with eighty men
under him, was charged with keeping
! order in and around the gard eu, seeing
that the throngs wer: impeding traille
! on ibo thoroughfares, ordered the doors
opened. From that. motncjjt until the ;
; Garden was dc?.?ely packed iu every I
part thc multitude ooured in. Loni; !
! after it was eieaiiy in:possible fer any j
j more people to get places from which j
\ they could sec the fight, men insisted j
on paying $1 at the Fourth avenue door j
or S?- at the Madison avenue entrance I
for admission. The boxes commanded j
?G premium each in addition to the j
higher price.fer each occupant. There
arc about 200 of them. Capt., Williams
says that the Garden holds 12,000 com?
fortably, and that 15/0015 can bc
squeezed into it. Last night they were
squeezed in most uncomfortably. In
the remote corners of thc upper parts of
the extreme onus of tue building meu
seemed to bc packed as closely together
as in the immediate vinciuity of thc
platform, where they were stowed almost
like sardines in a box. By half-past 7 j
oViock thc building i cerned to be packed I
as full as it would hold, and at 8 the j
crowd was fairly wild with impatience ?
and discomfort, for thc place was ?as hot i
as aa oven, the atmosphere was abo
nable, and at least half of those pres
were standing.
THE FIGHTERS IN THE RIXG.
At a little after 8 o'clock the riv
entered the building, and in separ
rooms donned their fighting costuc
Salli van, who had weighed 231 pom
when he began training for this fig
stripped down to 194|, and stood 5 f
inches in his stocking feet, with*
a blotch or blemish upon him, secmii
ly a model of physical perfection. E
ry movement was agile-'loose,'
fighters say-yet conveyiug the idea
enormous strength. Tog Wilson I
trained down from 184 pounds to li
and stood only 5 feet 7? inches in
stockings. He is 35 years old, ni
more than Sullivan, .and looks lik
very compactly built, solid, bullet-bei
eu mau, with sunfish hide on hard ri
ber muscles. Each possessed coi
dence of winning. Sullivan said :
'I'm goiug to let myself out, and
as hard as I can. I've always be
afaid to do so before, but I'm told hec
stand it, and I'm going to let him ha
it.' Wilson said : 'I can't reckon it
in my 'ed 'ow I'm to be knocked out
four rounds.' 'Kow will you fight hin
he was asked. Tm a going to get i
side of 'im and under 'im,' he repli?
a promise which he faithfully carri
out.
At half-past 9 o'clock Wilson stepp
upon the platform, followed by his i
conds, Arthor Chambers and Geor
Holden. He wore white drawers a
pink stockings. Sullivan followed, cl
in white drawers and dark green stoc
ings, and was accompanied by bis ?
conds, Billy Madden and Joe Go:
The house fairly trembled with t
storm of applause as thc two champio
made their appearance, and in the e
citcment that reigned thenceforth n*
seemed to forget their weariness and i
finite discomfort. Harry Hill appear
and announced that by agreement t
men had selected him as timekeeper ai
referee, and would have but one secoi
each. Goss and Holden left the stag
Wilson crossed the ring and bet wi
Madden $500 to ?700 that he wou
win. The gloves with which they we
to fight were examined and exchaogei
Sullivan, who has exceedingly lar<
hands, something like hams, had gre
difficulty in. getting Wilson's gloves o
Then for a few moments the men s
in opposite corners of the ring, wi
their brawny arms lying listlessly on tl
upper ropes, and their seconds fannie
them with towels. Wilson looked h
and a little anxious, but with evidei
curiosity at his big antagonist, and Su
livan looked back at him with seemiE
placid indifference, in which there w?
perhaps a little affectation. It was ti
first time the two men hud seen eac
other.
At 9.38 time was called by Han
Hill, and tho two men, meeting in tb
centre of ihe riug, went through th
ceremonial of shaking hands. At th
moment breathless silence prevailed.
TUE FIGHT.
Hardly had the mou dropped bane
than they sprang into position, and al
most before the eye could follow hi
movement Wilson landed a stingin
blow on Sullivan's nose. It seemed t
astonish and enrage the big black
smith, who rushed upon his atagonist
literaliv like a mad bull, beating dow
his guard auu raining blows upon hit
with such velocity that they coul
neither be counted nor followed. Eievei
times in rapid succession, Wilsoi
was knocked down in this one round
hy blows that battered his head, bea
upon his neck, cracked against hi
shoulders, and drove the wind out o
his lungs. On his tenth fall he cam>
near going through the ropes to tb
Seor outside*. Not a single good blov
did he get in all the round, and tb*
best he could do Sullivan seemed t*
Liind no more than if it had been apunj
pelting with snowballs. When th*
round ended and Wilson was led awaj
to his corner sponged and fanned, b<
had a dazed, confused and almost hor
rified look upon his face, as one migh
'nave who is suddenly toyed with anc
then dropped by a tornado. The back?
ers of Sullivan were jubilant, and tb<
whole crowd, carried away beyond itsel
with the wild rush of such rapid and ter?
rific fightiug, shouted and yelled for mor<
than half a minute continuously. Such
blows hud never been seen herc before,
But severe as they were Wilson, in thc
brief minute of rest accorded by thc
rules, recovered sufficiently to go into
the next round with his souses ui? aboul
him, to begin and adhere to thc cun?
ning, foxy style of fighting that even?
tually won him the fight.
The second round opened with Sulli?
van promptly felling Wilson by a ter?
rific right-hander under the left car,
but Wilson scrambled to his feet again
-slowly, yet within the required ten
seconds-only to be knocked down by
other n-iscellaneously distributed blows
the second, third, fourth and fifth times.
The fifth time he fell heavily against
the ropes and almost through them ;
got up and was beaten down agaiu in
his own corner by some awful slugging ;
raised himself ouly in time to meet a
clean left hander that knocked him
down like a ninc-pin and so on three
times more, until the second round end?
ed, with him on his feet Again the up?
roar of souud burst forth, shouts that
seemed great di ..ouations rather thau
human voices, and lasted as long as be?
fore. 13ut the knowing ones, who
watched the two meu carefully said :
'See Sullivan, how he blows; he is
almost exhausted."
The third round developed Wilson's
tactics fully. As long as possible he
would keep in on Sullivan, act?un
under his guard by a rush and
at the expense of a comparative?
ly light blew, clinching his neck
and holding on in such a position that
only half-arm blows could bc delivered
upon him, and even then with but little
effect, while he was throwing all his
weight upon Sullivan and draggiug
him down. Then, when the pace got
loo hot for him iu that position, he
weuld drop or let himself bc knocked
uown and occupy all his full ten se?
conds in getting up agaiu. All this
was clear gain of time in the three min?
utes, and Sullivan was now so weary
apparently, that his blows had scarcely
anything of force, and very often lack?
ed directness and were spcat upon thc
air, eveu when Wilson made little 01
effort seemingly to dodge them. '(
isn't he foxy V 'Just look at hi
.Isn't he a daisy.' 'You bet he'll la
were the approving yells of wild
light from the Wilson adherents, wi
the Sullivan faction howled itself hos
with fierce injunctions, often accom
cied by vigorous profanity, to 'Go
and finish him.' You've no time
lose,' &c. To those best informed
was already a conspicuous fact that ti
to lose was all the sort of time Salli
had before him in this busiuess S
he made some desperate endeavors
save his fast fading laurels. Of
nine times he knocked Wilson down
this round, receiving no punishment
return, only once did be appear to
real hurt, and that was when he h
the Englisnian down by a succession
heavy blows, upon the back of his he
apparently delivered with thc heel
the hand. Once, too, Wilson \
Dearly knocked through the- rot.
Yet every time Wilson's face co
be seen leering over Sullivan's sho
der, or as be was slowly and with p
tended difliculty risi?g, he was si
ling. When thc round ended b<
men panted heavily.
The fourth round was in all respt
like the third, only that out of
seven times that Wilson dropped, ;
or was knocked down, Sullivan fell
him three times, and of the two men
big blacksmith at the latter end of
round, seemed to have most difficu
in rising to his feet. And when
end of the round was called Wils
walked jauntily to his corner, amii
very temptest of cheering, while Su
van lumbered slowly and wearily to
corner, panting for air, like one h
suffocated.
One minute later 'time' was cal
for the men to come to the scratch
the imaginary fifth round, and Wils
came up smilingly, almost airly, w
ner of about ?11,700-as people v?
knew pretty well the receipts figured
up.
Sullivan hadn't knocked him out.
THE MEX AFTER THE" BATTLE.
Immediately after the fight Sulliv
went to his dressing-room, and was vc
sick at thc stomach. Then he went
the box office and sat down, holdi
his head in his hands as though si
sick. He felt his nose as though it v,
hurt, and experienced some difficulty
breathing.
Wilson went to the Putman Hom
was rubbed down and dressed himse
He said :
'I didn't try to fight at all. I kc
OD the defeusive. But when he gc
me before him with bare knuckles
will find a different man.'
There were no marks on Wilso
He went to the box office to look aft
his ?1,000. He found Sullivan the
vomiting. Sullivan rose and shakir
hands with Wilson, said:
.Tug, you're a good man. We mu
have this over again.'
'Alright,' said Wilson.
Afterward Sullivan said referring :
his sicko, ess :
'They told me I could knock him 01
easily, and I didn't'take any care i
myself.'
Richard K. Fox, of the Polit
Gazeile, said to Sullivan :
'I will match Wilson against an
I man for ?5,000-you, yourself, prefei
red. If yon think well of it, meet m
j to-morrow at my office.'
'I'll be there,' replied Sullivan.
After his fight with Paddy Ryan
[.Sullivan made so much money by giv
iug exhibitions that he accumulate
?16,000. Before this he had neve
been in the habit of drinking har
[ liquor. Elated with his success, it i
; said, he began to drink considerably
and spend his money freely.
It is estimated that the sale of tick
j ets yielded between ?20,000 and 25,
000. They were counting the mone(
j at the office of the Garden late las
! Dight.
Harry Hill said io his theatre afte
the fight :
'Gentlemen : I have to announc
that in the match at the M ad :so i
Square Garden to-night, Mr. Tug Wil
son won the money. Mr. Sullivan'
agreemeut was that if Mr. Wilso!
should stand up to him for four round;
b_e should have ?1,000 and half tin
gate money, and Mr. Wilson did it
I am the same friend to Mr. Sullivar
as I ever was, but he undertook a bii
thing when he tried to knock a goot
man out in fifteen minutes. Mr
j Wilson came up every time. It was ?
big task, and there was a time when i;
I had had a thousand dollars on Wil?
son I would not given a dollar foi
it.'
J TALKING OVER TUE RESULT.
After the fight Delmonico's, the
Hotel Brunswick, and many resturants
and barroms were crowded with those
who had seen the ?natch, elucidating
the peculiar science thereof to those
who had not seen it. Many thought
that they had hardly got the worth of
their ?2 or ?3 by standing up in a
sweltering mass of humanity for two
hours, and, fairly held upright by sur?
rounding pressure, obtaiuing indistinct
glimpses of four big gloves moving vio?
lently around in the air for fifteen min?
utes.
A stock broker of sporti?g proclivi?
ties said in Delmonico's :
'Well, thc San called the turn pret?
ty well this morning. I've scooped in
a couple of hundred on the little fellow.
Of course Tug couldn't stand up before
Sullivan in a regular give and take,
but I bet on Tug because I was confi?
dentially told what his little game was
to be.'
Another broker who had bet on Tug
said : There ts some growling ou tho
part of those who expected to sae what
was left of Tug used to wipe up thc
gore of the combat, but what could you
expect ? Though no chicken, he is an
infant alongside the other man. Sulli?
van is the hardest hitter I ever saw,
and can haudle two Tugs ; but the
Englishman was playing for a big
stake, and his only chance to prevent
being knocked out was by going down as
often as possible.'
The corn crop of the United States
this year is estimated at 1,200,000,
000 bushels. This is not thc biggest
yield, and the Southern planter who
raised his food this year was wise in bis
generation.
"I Will Not" Instead of "I Will" in an
Kn gi isl? Church,
A certain dean of Chester was called
upon to perform the wedding ceremoni?
al of a pair of happy lovers. The posi?
tion of both parties was of the highest
rank, and %he guests who were bidden
to the church were of the mo. t fashiona?
ble and axalted. The day arrived, and
with it the hour. The edifice was
packed, and all was in readiness. The
dean, expectant, awaited the coming of
the bride, and the groom, with his best
man, was in the vestry. The hour
passed, and still the bride did not ar?
rive. After a long delay she drove up
to the church door, and with ber brides?
maids swept up the large middle aisle
towards tho altar. In the meantime the
groom advanced to meet her, and re?
ceiving her half way, escorted her to
the dean. After the opening words of
exhortation the dean turned to the man
and asked him the usual question
whether he would have tho woman for
his wedded wife, &c, to which he an?
swered, ?I will.' The question being in
j turn asked of the woman, to the as?
tonishment aud amazement of all she
distinctly said looking the groom in the
face, 'I will not!' The next instant she
said, in a low voice, 'Mr. Dean, no one
can more regret the words I have just
uttered than myself, and if you will
dismiss the congregation and take me
I into your vestry-room I will apologize,
and at the same time fully and satisfac?
torily explain what may seem to be my
strange conduct.'
The dean, seeing that she was in
earnest, in a few words dismissed the
bewildered congregation and directed
the bridegroom to await him. The
congregation having departed, and the
lady and dean being together, she said :
'I cannot tell you how badly I feel. I
had loved my fiance truly and devoted?
ly, and had looked forward to a life of
perfect happiness and joy. This morn?
ing, as you know, I was late at my
marriage ceremony, but it was not
through any fault of mine. I arrived
as soou as I could. Instead of receiving
looks of love and words of full happi?
ness from my future husband, he
paralyzed my beating heart by saying,
when he met me half-way up the aisle,
.Curse you ! if you expect to begin life
this way, by keeping me waiting for
yon, you will find out after you are my
wife 1' My decision was instantly made.
I have been told that, sooner than Suffer
unhappiness through my own actions, ii
were better to reuouuee even at the
airer a unioD that would bring misery
and grief thereafter. Had I turned
back he would have followed me ; there
would have been a scene, and he might
have persuaded me to return and marry
bim. It also might have looked like
temper, and I bad fully time during
your few words of prayer to make u<p
[ my mind. I kno-.v that I have disap?
pointed friends, my family, but no one
more than myself. Do not ask me to
reconsider his late action. Inform my
would-have-bcen husband of my de
termidation and let mc go.' The dean,
seeing she was resolved, could not but
approve, and gently led her through the
church back Lo her anxious parents
not as a smiling wife, but as a woman
whose present is shattered and whose
future is blighted.-Liverpool Courier.
Natural History.
Put TJp in Two-pound Cans for Family Use.
This is the Lark. Take a good
look at the picture, so that you may
recoguize the original when you walk
out.
'Is the Lark an early bird ?'
'Very early. Ile is always out of
bed by the time the first saloon is
' open.'
'What are his chief virtues V
'He hasn't any.'
! 'Does he sing V
'Kc docs. He sings his best
about midnight, aud he has been
known to wake up policemen sleep?
ing iu a stairway four blocks dis
! taut..'
'Is he easily domesticated ?'
'Oh, yes. He will sometimes
j permit himself to be carried a mile
: on a wheelbarrow, and it is very rare
that he evinces any timidity in the pre?
sence of a large Central Station audi?
ence.'
'What is his! chief value ?'
'His right to vote, and his readi?
ness to sell out to the hiebest bid?
der.'
'Would it bo a sin to kill a Lark V
'It would be against the law. There
is no need to kill him however. His
life is short and full of cold and huDger
and rags and insults and hard knocks,
and nobody; remembers where he is
buried or car?s what became of his
bones. We will now turn to the pic?
ture of
TEE MASHER.'
'Is he a rare bird V
'He is that. The species used to be
so plenty that every city had them
by the score, but of late years thc Fool
Killer has got in his work so well that
only about a dozen Mashers can now
be found in the whole United States.'
'He has a sweet look.'
'Certainly ; he has stood before the
glass for hours to practice on that
trick. When he parts his hair iu the
center, wakes his little mu.^tache aud
takes his dear Hide caue in hand for a
walk on thc street, he calculates that
sweet look will knock down every
second lady he meets.'
?His plumage is very fine.'
Oh, yes Thc Masher always gets
the best, because he beats his tailor aud
leaves his wash woman to siug for her
money.'
'Is he a valuable bird ?'
'His carcass is valued at from tv/o to
Gve cents per pound, according to the
price of soap.'
'Thun tho species will soon become
extinct?'
'Yes , in a few short years thc Mash?
er will be known on earth no more.
The Smithsonian Instituto and two or
three medical colleges will have speci-!
mens perserved in alcohol and skele?
tons on exhibition, aud old gray head?
ed men will have a dim recollection of
having once seen the animals promena?
ding the earth. They will all be in
nice cool forgotten graves and the farm?
ers will piant seed, bought from TDr.
Aulds Drug Store.
? L LC li. LlUil ^ULUUabCiS ;
[From the Union Times.]
At the earnest solicitation of former
candidates I have consented to hold my
biennial Normal School for the instruc?
tion of all those who feel it their duty
to serve their Country in some office.
The exercises will embrace the se?
cond Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
of instans meuse. The place of instruc?
tion will be at the same old sequestered
spot on the little knoll, midway be?
tween SuDsgrunts refrigerator and owl's
retreat. All new candidates must fall
in with some old one, or else they will
never find the place of rendezvous.
Gentlemen, since you feel called to
serve the land that gave you birth, it is
I your duty to give yourselves fully to
j such patriotic impulses. There are
j scores of men in the County who feel
and think they should rule, much more
than the people think it. All such self
sacrificing characters should not by no
means, hesitate to put themselves be?
fore the people. A skeleton of the pro?
gramme of the Normal will here be ap?
propriate :
Day School opens at five in the morn?
ing and closes at seven in the evening,
without any intermission. Ni^ht ses
sions begins at five minutes past seven
and closes at twelve, except last night,
which can have no cessation Forenoon
of 1st day, 5 minutes talk, by the Gene?
rals and Colonels of the class, on can?
vassing tactics. Afternoon, 3 minutes
talk, by maDy Majors and Captains, on
dress parade. First night session I will
devote to teaching how to ingratiate
public favor; by dubbing each man
with some title of office or honor, ?c.
Second day will be devoted to hear?
ing the different remedies and resorts
for the brain and nerve of the candi?
dates, caused by such tremendous exer?
tion, both mental and physical, which
they must endure. All doctors will
have preference of the stump on second
day. Thc second night lecture will be
to teach and practice three new salutes
that have a wonderful effect on the un?
suspecting victim-one will effect a man
in the field half a mile from the road in
which the candidate is travelling, there?
by saviug invaluable time to the candi?
date. I must charge thirty cents -each
additional tuition for this effective sa?
lute. Third day, Saturday, will be de?
voted to the legality of the acts of the
candidates-such as the kissing too large
girl babies, &c. All Esq's will debate
ou this subject.
Thc last night will be devoted entire
to the grand hop and antic leap, taught
by my skillful professor in antics: This
resembles in some degree the Indian
"green com dance." I will wind up
the Normal with a regular monkey
dance to test the power of endurance io
each candidate, thereby accurately de
termning his success or failure. I will
dismiss each candidate at s au rise on
Sunday, to attend Divine worship at the
different churches within thirty miles of
the camp. In conclusion, yearning can?
didates, there is no harm in your run?
ning.
Pay thc Editor the ?5 and make him
glad you run. Each office can have
but one incumbent, but there may be
any amount of duplicates laid by for a
rainy d j.
TOBIAS SNIPE, A. M.
P. S. I Lave for each candidate a
bottle of glycerine, mixed with an in?
gredient of a mucilaginous nature to
prevent sore lips, from such constant
baby kissing, and to tigdten the beard
to prevent their little fingers from pull?
ing it all out. Bring your rations and
two shocks of oats behind you for your
horses. T. S.
Brother Gardner's Observa?
tions.
"Doorm' ray throe score y'ars of
life I hov obsarved some cums things.
I hev obsarved, fur instance, dat the
men mos consumed 'bout the welfar'
of dc kentry am de men who do de
least to prosper her."
"I hov obsarved dat de politishun
who sots out to save de kentry am i
ginerally hauled up for robbin' her.'
"I hev ofesarved dat de men who
seem to Lev de moas' sympathy fur
de poor lieber wait five minutes to
forclose a chattel mortgage."
'.I have obsarved dat good cloze
! an' impudence will pass fur riches
an' edueashuu."
"I have obsatved dat brag an'
! blusteu,ara fetter weapons dan argy
I ment an' trof."
I "I hev obsarved dat a grand monu?
ment in a graveyard doun' hide de
meanness of a dead man's rela
shuns."
"I hev obsarved dat charity kin
make paupers almost as fast as a con
flagrashuu."
"I hev obsarved dat while all agree
dat honesty am de bes' policy, not
one man in a huudred hesitates lo
work a lead nickel off on a street kyar
company."
"1 hev obsarved many odder things
equally strange an' iucon>istent, an' I
am prepar'd to say to you :"
"Mottoes doan' mean bizness."
"Maxims kin be forgotton faster
dan written."
"Promises an; a wheel with one
cog gone."
"Friendship will las' as long as
you kin afford to pay 10 per cent pet?
an rum. Let us now purcced to biz?
ness."-Detroit Free Press.
The fullowiug is not an advertise?
ment. We think it is worth the
space :
Large crowds were observed last
week gathered around a Telescope man
at the corner of Eighth and Market
streets. Our reporter stopped to ascer?
tain the cause of so much excitement,
paid his five cents for a look, and dis?
covered ; across the face of the moon at
which the 'scope' was pointed, 'Best
thiug for a Cold-Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup.' He just concluded that Dr.
Bull's was a high old advertiser, and
that Bull's Cough Syrup was the best
thing out. Some one had stuck a strip
with those words across thc end of the
glass.-Philadelphia Pa. Traveller.
An exchauge says : A chap who sent
os a poem beginning' 'When twilight
dows are falling fast upon the rosy lea,'
has since married Rosa Lea, and now
the weekly dues are falling faster upon
him. i
vv nc JJLLUXLI?L ?cai v/ugiaw.
CHERAW, July 19.-A most horrible
and brutal murder was committed yes?
terday on the plantation of Mr. W. A*
Pegues, in this county, about eight
miles from Cheraw.
A negro named William Hinson, who
had been residing on the place with
his family, had not been getting on as
smoothly with his wife as he should and
had accused ber of a failure on ber parl?
to keep the marriage vows. Yesterday
he attacked her with an axe, but sui
fled to the house of her father near by,
where she was pursued by Hinson, axe
in hand, which he began to use freely
as soon as he reached the bouse, striking
at those who interfered with him in
! his bloody work.
The woman was first struck in the
breast with the axe . and afterwards a
fatal blow on the head, the axe burying
itself in thc skull in such a manner that
it is said two mea were required to pull
it out. Death followed instantly, aa
did also the fight of the murderer, and
up to this time he has not been captur?
ed.
The coroner is holding an inquest
over the remains to-day, and the sheriffs
of this county and Anson County, ia
North Carolina, with a posse of over
fifty men are securing the woods in alf
directions for the murderer.
Lynching in Kershaw.
CAMDEN, July 16.-On last Wednes?
day night an attempt was made to com?
mit a rape in the Northern part of Ker?
shaw County. The cries of the "vic?
tim attracted attention, pursuit was
made, and circumstances pointed to a
negro boy named David Cook, who
lived near by. He was arrested on
Saturday morning and was committed
to jail. While being conveyed to Cam?
den, in charge of twu deputies, and
when about five and a half - miles from
Camden, a party of masked men emerg?
ed from the woods and took the prison?
er from the custody of the constables.
Up to a late hour to-day I had not
been able to learn further particulars.
I understand to-night however, that the
body of the prisoner was found to-day
hanging from a tree several miles
taken from custody. The prisoner ac
abovc the place where the prisoner was'
knowledgcd that he was guilty of the
crime charged against him, and fur?
ther stated that this was not the first'
case of thc kind in which he had been
i-ngaged. There is no excitement man?
ifested here concerning the matter, and
verv little interest is displayed by the
people in the section where the trage?
dy occured.
A Curious Operation.
About six years ago a colored girl,,
who now lives with Judge S. J. Douthit,
fell to the ground quite heavily,
having her month open ran something
into it, which she probably thought at
thc time did not remain. Recently an
abscess has formed in ber throat, which
she could net account for, and Dr.
John H. Maxwell was called upon to s
examine it. After he bad investigated
the case he came to the conclusion that
some foreign substance was present and
determined to operate upon the.girl and
remove it. He performed the operation
yesterday rooming and to the surprise
of every one extracted a peice of cotton
stalk about two inches in length. It
was almost completely imbedded in the
flesh, one end of it being bent at an
angle of about forty-five degrees.
This is one of the most remarkable
cases which has been recorded in this
section for many years.-Greenville
News, July 15.
Keeping His Hand in on Bulls.
Henry Senior, coal-dealer, and
William Berry, butcher, were prose?
cuted at the Huddersfield Petty Ses?
sions, at the instance of the Royal
Society for thc Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, under thc following cir?
cumstances: Senior some, years ago
was an operative slaughterer of cattle'
but during recent years has had no
practice. Berry laid a wager with
Senior to the effect that thc latter
could not fell a bull by any oue.or all'
of four blows witH a pole-axe. Senior
set himself at once to practice on the'
head of a living bull about to be killed
in a private slaughter-bouse, and
failed to stun the animal. Another
slaughterer took the poie-axe and suc?
ceeded iii felling it with one blow.
The four blows inflicted by Senior
caused the bull much pain, the skin
and flesh of its forehead being swelled
to a great thickness thereby. The
bench regarded this conduct as need?
less, reckless aud cruel, and fined- the
defendant.
"Yankee"--Its Origin.
Philadelphia Press.
There is a familiar poem, reciting'
the tragic fate of a grasshopper at?
tacked by a turkey, which rans thus t
"A grashopper sat on a sweet-potato vine,
Sweet potato Tine, sweet-potato Tine,
A big wild turkey came running up behind
And yanked the poor grasshopper
Off the sweet-potato vine, sweet-potato'
Tine."
This little classic is quoted by Pro?
fessor Skeat, in his great Etymological
Dictionary, to illustrate the derivation
of the word Yankee. This be traces to'
the verb 'to yank,' i. e., to jerk; Yan?
kee, therefore, meaning quick-moving,
and hence spry, smart, active. The
same verb in Dutch and German isr
-jagen/"
-Mister,' began a small boy, as bo'
entered a Woodward avenue grocery
yesterday, 'ma bought some mackerel
here last night.' "Yes." 'And m mak?
ing chaDge you gave ber-' ?No, I
didn't ! I haven't had a quarter with a
hole in it for a month.' 'But ma says
you gave her a-' 'Don t believe it
don't believe it ! I remember now ; I
gave a half dollar, a quarter and a
nickel.' 'Ma says you gave her a gold
piece for a penny, and here it is." 'Good
gracious alive ! but so I did-so I did.
I remember now that I gave her a dol?
lar bill and a lot of small change/ Bub.
what's your name, and do you think
you can eat three sticks of lemon candy ?
Ah ! it does me good to find honesty
and reward it.*-Detroit Free Press, -