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4 . ' "is-- 7 ?v. ' - " * LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. WEDNESDAY. January 28. : : : 18>5. Teems op The News ajsd Hekald.? Tri-weekly edition, four dollars per annum, n advance. Weekly edition, two dollars per annum in advance; two dolfers and fifty cents per annum, if not paid in advance. t> two a nw-rttstxg.?One dollar per inch (solid minion) for the first insertion, and fifty cents per inch for each subsequent insertion- These rates apply to advertisements of eveiy character, ana are payable strictly in advance. Obituaries and tributes of respect are charged for as advertisements. Marriage notices, and simple announcements of deaths, are published free, and are solicited. Liberal terms for contract advertisements. V " New Advertisement*. The "Manning Times"?H. L. Darr, Jr. NThe Bark "ErkedaF-Jones, Robert, son & Co. ' K. . Citation?J. R. Boyles, Judge of Probate. L Citation?J. R. Bovles, Jndg? of Probate. ^ For Bent?W. L?. Timcaous. Local Brief*. ?We observed more cotton selling here on Wednesday than we have seen for some time. It brought 10.15. ?The petit jurors who have been drawn for the rest term of Court may be assured that they will bee here something over a week. ?Several parties here still speak of going to. the inauguration, bet the Exposition does not seem to be so much in favor as formerly. ?Several preliminary examinations have been held by the trial justices here daring the last few days, and the list for the General Sessions is grad cally increasing. ?The case of assault and battery which resulted in a mistrial before Trial Justice Neil last week was beard, again on Monday last, and again the jury tailed to agree. ?Two car-loads of Jones & Robertson's Ammoniated Compound on hand, fine for top dressing small grain. Also, one car-load each of Acid and Kainit. Stewart & Cekteb. <00-?The commercial travelers go and . % others come; we observe no falling off " / in numbers, and are led to suspect that the time-honored compliant of a crowded profession may find lodgment after awhile in a new department. ?We understand that Mr. S. R. Rutland has succeeded in spotting the negro who sold him the stolen cow. Trial Justice Neil issued a warrant for his arrest, and Deputy Sheriff Milling went for him on Monday. He is said to be about Alston. ? ' V ?We have a very unique explanation of the "mysterious thing" that has bees, according to complaint made, keeping such late hours here, but we are not at liberty to publish it just now." We will do so, however, as soon as we can get the permission of the party who gave us the information. ' . The Weather.?The weather of late is given to rapid alterations. It will be observed that it goes irom one exbtreme to the other. , Born Tired.?Some of the fermers * are complaining that agrictU tural laborers are very reluctant this year about Unf too rin nnf uin. 1C5UUUX15 V? V , pose that the trouble is at all general, j The present tight times would seem, to a gentleman op a tree, by no means favorable to protracted leisure. Guessing.?We were informed by a planter a few days ago that there wQI be an unasaliy large crop of cotton planted in this county, this .year. Bat she neglected to say bow he" came T>y ibis information, and it is simply oar private opinion thatbe knows no more boat it than we do. The Teachebs.?Some of the teachers of this county appear to take just now considerable interest in the Teachers' Association. We are not familiar with the scope of the organization, bnt it would seem to as that it might be made to contribute in a variety of ways j to the advancement of the profession. ; EauGEANTS.?Aside from those who went from town we hear of several yoaag men of this county who have gone to Florida. They mast have neglected to read Colonel McClare's , for all men have a sort of atitachiaient, not to say reverence, for the tplace where "so little labor will province so much." Wc venture to sns3>ect that it is the very spot the boys are looking for. A Little Fire at Celestes.?Capt. 1 X. Withers, of this place, spent Jtnesaay night in Chester, and informs os that he was awakened about 2 a. m. by the alarm of fire. Hearing it said that it was in the hotel* be decided to ^ leave, the building- at once, if not sooner; bnt on coming out hefoaod that It was another hotel (me uoiton Exchange) which was referred to. The fire was extinguished before ?wy very serious damage was sustained. Suggestive.?The ULwaranlable arrest of oar worthy Representative, Mr. S. K. Katland, in the city of Columbia a few days ago, raises the question of the expediency of an Act Of the Legislature making all municipal corporations in this State liable to civil action. Mnch may no doubt be " said on both sides of the queston, but an irresponsible agent and an irresponsible principal certainly make up an objectionable couple to run at large. Tase Notice.?We were accosted by no less than seven men on Friday who wished to borrow money, and we therefore take this occasion to say that the Legislature having passed an Act against the carrying of concealed deadly weapons, -we desire to show all dne respect to the law of .the land; but the thing must stop or a terrible example will be made of somebody. The fact is we have onrselves been endeavoring unsuccessfully to obtain a small loan for the last fifteen days. Hope fob the Invalids.--A sudden outburst of music broke in npon the quietude of the town at about 1 p. m. on last Monday. The lamiliar combination was at once recognized, and * /. " ; : ~ . many looked oat with the expectation of seeing the "doctor'' pcrched upon some elevation looking as usual northeast and southwest in one and the same indivisible moment. But it turned out to be another team. We suppose, however, that he will be along later. ~Save the Children Harmless.? TI7>- Vvrr Af Pr. I TT C tti C luivim^u ISJ Uiv ^rvuiu w* aminers that an overwhelming majority of the recent applicants for admission to practise in the schools of this county will fail to pass. Oar sympathies are always with the unfortunate, and we regret that disappointment should fall anywhere, but it is certain that boards of examiners are right in adopting a policy of vigorous exaction; only thas can they vindicate their right to exist. Competition will run high enongh in this field when all the competitors are competent. Simplification.?A gentleman from the country complaining to us a few days ago in his own way of the inevitable complications of oar jurisprudence, insisted that the laws mast be simplified. It reminds us of what we heard a voter say daring the canvass of the last primary election, namely, that he would vote for no man who wouldn't pledge himself to work for tne passage oi one siuapxe utw haul everybodp could understand, and lie suggested that a bill providing that every man should do right and pay his debts would meet the requirements of the case. . ' :> Reform?A young mail .of town, whotakes great interest in the spelling reform,, asks us what would be the probable outcome of a truly fonetic letter to one's sweetheart? But after giving the matter mature consideration, " we must decline to hazard an opinion. He must submit the thing to somebody else. We would rather tackle a problem involving incommensurable ratios. In fact, about fortythree unknown quantities enter into the question anyhow. We will ven? .11 ture to say, nowever, uiai m mi cases where there is any desire to continue the correspondence, it were well to keep to theory, avoiding even the slightest approach to experiment. Hyperceitical.?"The first comment," said a gentleman to ns a few days ago, "to be made on the efforts of a single man to procure the passage of a divorce law is too obvious to require mention." But it seems to us as much may be also said of the endeavors in this direction of the man who is not single. If the insinuation means that the one would thus appear to be oreparinsr to go into the state of raatri mony, ifc would with as much reason seem that the other under similar circumstances were making ready.to go out. And so if the point be well taken no man can advocate a measure of this kind without fc^uing liable to adverse (?) criticise However, appearances at present < Quacks.-?It would seem that the | wide-spread progress of general intel- j ligence which characterizes modern timoe chnnlrJ havp. eliminated anacks I and quackery. There is a scriptural | declaration somewhere to the effect that the "p<x>r\riil always be with us." And it appears that the writer might; as well hare pat in quacks, too. At all events, we still have quacks of every degree of absurdity; as, for instance, the long-haired curiosities who, | with their negro minstrels, held forth i on our street corners a few days ago. There was something both contemptible and disgusting in the eccentricities of these drones. It is said that they 'were selling worm medicine. We' will dismiss them with the observation that from their looks one would think I they had better be taking it themselves. "Wilkes vs. Watkins.?The gentlemen of the bar of this State take very different views of the recent decision nf the Snnppmp. Conrt in the case of Wilkes vs. Watkins. Some of them folly persuaded that it will not "make for righteousness," and it is owing to this, perhaps, that apprehension is kept alive in commercial circles. Knowing that his opinion is always of especial interest where lawyers differ, we called on Friday at the office of Colonel Bion. He was busy, but courteously laid aside his pen long enough to say that he liked the decision very much; that it is a very good one, and will effect good. "But," he continue J, "I :regard it as an amendment of the Act by the Supreme Court, very much improving the original Act of the Legislature." "The fact is," he said by way of explanation, "in my opinion the very best law we have is tbaC-made by the bench." -l' .4.^ - - g Ckihixals.?Fairfield is not generally behind her sister counties in the number of her law-breakers. The rale heretofore has been that at each term of the Court of Sessions this class were important not done numerically, but irom the point of yiew of the charges that were preferred against them. The indications are at present, however, that at the Court soon to coiw<gpe *re will have but comparatively 2ffewcriminals, and against these it is said the charges will be insignificant, with perhaps One or two exceptions. At York, we are informed, there are eight parties charged with murder awaiting trial; and it is said that there are three or four under like charges at Lancaster. While, therefore, we may have cause to congratulate ourselves here, looking at the sixth circuit as a whole, there is little rca son tor believing tnat crime is on tne decrease. ~ Education.?"We have before us tbe sixteenth annual report of the State Superintendent of Education. The volume contains much vale able information with regard to educational matter?, and while we may infer from it that the public schools are not what they might be in some counties of the State, still an examination of the docu raent with reference to similar reports of former years shows that we have an organized system of public instrnction of increasing efficiency. What is most needed new is a more compre* hensive appropriation. The salaries of teacher must be raised to that degree which wili induce men of education to undertake teaching as" a profession; and the schools rnnst be kept open ten months in the year. Souib Carolina, and indeed we think all of the Southern States, are behind in the matter of public edocation. The restless talents, the inrentive ingenuity of the Yankee which has enriched his home with the luxuries pf wealth, may be traced in a great measure lo the efficiency of the common public schools of his country. Without these* we may add, colleges and universities are reared in vain, for it is only genius that triumphs over the difficulties which arise from a want of thorough training in early years. Jurors for the February Term.? The following is a list of grand and petit jurors drawn for the February term of Court: Grand Jarors?W. T. McCrorey, Win. F. Stewart, W. H. Williford, "W. G. Smith, J. D. Hogan, D. G. Smith, " Wm. Timmons, John Ise?> hower, Frank Gladdeu, J. O. Nichols, a. j. Mcbiiii, juo. a. rropsr, kodert G. Simonton, Thomas McGill, W. S. McDonald, W. B. Hogan, Win. S. Stevenson, M. D. C. Colvin. Petit Jurors?R. Wade Brice, A. F. Ruff, June Davis (colored), W. M. Patrick, Win. T. McDonald, R. B. Lewis, Thomas P. Bryson, Lewis Sharpe, Jno. E. Robertson, S. F. Cooper, Win. Glover, Thos. P. Ligon, Ralph D. Wilson, G. B. Pettisrrew, F. A. Neil, Ww. T. Scott, Thomas C. Rains, Joseph H. Kennedy, James P. White, Jno. W. Baukhead^ Fleni-y C. Grafton, Daniel Bird (colored), Dennis Cason (colored), Moses Mobley, Charnell Boney, Robt. S. Dunlap, Edward F. Neil, James W. Weir, Edward W. Iteyns, John S. Douglass, Thomas W. Traylor, James T. Leramon, Reuben Jones (colored), E. H. Heins, Henry C. Coleman. "Work, fob the Next Grand Jury. ?it is the duty and the privilege of the grand jury to look into anything and everything. Their powers are plenary and without restriction. They arc the "grand inquest of the;, county." That some such organization is necessary to the well beiug of society cannot and will not be denied. Their functionsaside from the one of preferring bills of indictment?canuot be left to the haphazard performance of individnals, "what is everybody's business is no body's business.*' Again, there is a -certain amount of public odiam which attaches to the informer, and hence mankind are inclined to connive at crime rathe, than become its public prosecutors. No such odiam attaches to the grand jury. On the contrary, it is the sworn dnty of each member of this body to bring to the notice of the aathorities all misfeasances and nonfeasances and breaches of trnsts in pablic officials as well as all offences of whatsoever grade against the lives, the liberties or the property of his fellow beings. The grand juror who fails to appreciate the important daties of his office is himself recreant to the high trust which the law has devolved upon him. It is a trust for the preservation of civil liberties, won through the countless struggles of the past. It is not in despotic countries (hat the student of history looks to find the insti tion of the grand jury. A Hakd Lav.?Innocent persons are frequently thrown into prison; in many instances upon groundless charges. To all such the law affords the remedy which is known as the writ of habeas corpus. By this means the accused may be carried before an officer of the law and have the cause of his detention made the subject of inquiry. And if he be not absolutely discharged, the accused will in aft cases except in murder "when the oroof is Dositive or the presumption great" be allowed to go on bail. Brit it sometime happens that a man is so poor and friendless that hie cannot give bail. And this is just the point which we wish to discuss. There is now in the jail here an old gray-headed negro who has been "standing behind the bars," since September. We are told also that he has a family at large in a suffering condition. He has been tireless in his efforts to be released, but the obstacls which we have already adverted to have proved in his case is insurmountable. His poverty is his misfortune. Now the worst of this is, that the offence charged in the warrant of commitment is absolutely unsupported by the evidence. He never should have been imprisoned. Such occurrences are too frequent, and they 'call for the severest public animadversion. The officer who is incapable, from ignorance, of performing the duties of his office should step down and out, and if be don't step on his own motion, he should be made to step. Frank Leslie's Populae Monthly for February is one of the most interesting cambers of this attractive magazine ever issaed. Its articles are brilliant and timely, and cover a range of subjects which cannot fail to attract the attention of every one. The opening article is an exceedingly valaable one, on "Fredericksburg the Home of Washington's Boyhood and the bnrialplace of his Mother" and accompanying it are several appropriate illustrations. "Anecdotes of American Lawyer*" is a gossipy and interesting conJ?-1?i;-" illticf i?ofoH onn Prw. mUUUl/llj liUClJ UlUOki(i?vu? uuu A vr fessor Charles A. Joy's article on "Guernsey, Alderney and Sark" will be prised no less lor its interesting descriptions than for its beautiful and characteristic pictures. Mr. M. Seymour contributes a well-written article "From Bismarck to Benton," with nine illustrations; and Oscar W. Biggs article on "King Cotton at New York," with its seven truthful views, affords an interesting gknce of one of the industrial features of this country; while the .student of natural history will be specially interested in Ralph S. Tarr's "Animal Life at the Ocean bottom," beantifally and cnrionsly illustrated. The miscellaneous articles* stories and poems maintain the high standard of this favorite magazine. Garrett "Walker's thrilling romance, "The Death-mark," reaches its twenty-first chapter. The colored plate, ''Household Pets," is a triumph of artistic color printing. The price is 25 cents a number, or $2.50 a year, postpaid. Address, Mrs. Frank Leslie Publisher, 53, 55 and 57 Park Place, ~Ke>w "Vrtrt. ITEMS FROM WHITE OAK. -?Farmers say the oats crop in this i vicinity has been badly injured by the cold wegther. ?'^ie Academy at this place has all the paraphernalia of a successful and progressive school?desks, blackboards, rostrnm, bell, clock, etc. Numerically the school is in a flourishing condition. Thirty-seven pupils aro enrolled at present. ?The firm of J. M. Galloway & Co. j L 1?~ winfnA? y?Ar?- I uus ueeu ui&auivcu u? tuutuu w. sent. Mr. Galloway finding the duties of his vocation (farming) and djjffis avocation (merchandising) too rioas, withdrew from the store mnd will devote his entire time hereafter to agricultural pursuits. Mr. W. L. Timmons takes his place in the store. The firm now goes under the name of John Vinson & Co. ?There has been some immigration to and some emigration from ouf \iilage recently. Mr. W. L. Wocten, the section-master on this division.of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, has moved into a new house near thie depot. Mr. W. L. Timmons and family, formerly of Winnsboro, are now citizens of this place, and are living temporarily in the Brice house. Xift. w Ti! Vnnond fin/1 fftmilv left'US I on the 8th iost. for Reddick, Marion county, Florida. Twelve negro men have gone from this Immediate neighborhood to Florida in the last six weeks. Three of them have returned aud they say the others would be glad to get back if they had the money.. ?The White Oak Literary Society has been in successful operation for nearly a year. Old and young, male and female, attend, and take a lively interest and active part in the proceedings. A meeting is held every Friday night in the Academy, and four members read extracts of their own selection, and of from five to twenty minutes in length. The readers are then sharply criticised on their pronunciation, manner of reading, etc., by a committee appointed for that purpose. In addition to this, the president ap; points a member to deliver an original or selected addres3 before the Society I on the third Friday night of each month. The members have improved remarkably, both socially and intel! lectually, and your correspondent ! would suggest that the other little j towns in Fairfield county follow White j Oak's example and organize reading clubs. PHILO. To the Isdie&ofLltUe Kiver and Con. cord Cknrebes. Dear friends, forgive that I should thus Your generous gifts abuse, And seem by sheer forgetfulness This tribute to refase. I And yet I know your generous neans Will now forgive the wrong1, And draw the veil of pardon o'er This unpretending song. Receive my thanks, my gentle friends, For kindness thus expressed; May Christmas always' find you full Of its "Great Gift" possessed. Fain would I wish you other joys Alon&iife's sunny way, Fd wish that life may be to you One beauteoas summer's cfey. ~ Fd wish that Time's effacing fingers That daily doom some joy to death, , May spare the lines where beauty lingers, Nor rudely crush one flower beneath. These jays, alas! are passing away, On airy win^s they flr; If this were all my wish 'twould be Too far below the sky. May heaven's best blessings fill your souls, E'en in this vale of tears, And joys you "cannot ask or think" Fill up the coming years. And when theorork of life is iZ, je, And earthly ties are riven, May you safely reach the blissful shore, And find sweet homes in Heaven. T. Yf. Meluchaxp. aMHEBHMMHMBHBHMHHBMOBBnHBI IN MEM0BX4U. The relentless hand of Death has spread a pall of deepest gloom over the happy home of loving hearts at Sea Side. Dr. W. T. Mayo is no more! Born November 26, 1816, he died January 5, 1885, in the midst oi loved ones, wnere ne received ?u attention that love and affection in the intensity of their devotion could happily bestow; yet without avail. He lived not in vain. After a long and useful life spent in the practice and inculcation of those higher virtues that adorn the human char* acter, like corn ripe for the harvest, he was gathered for a full fruition of eternal joys in Heaven, for he left us not comfortless, for he gave the assurance of his -willingness to die. He left an only daughter, an only brother and a host of relatives and friends, who sadly lament his death, for in all the relations of life in which he was called to act, he left an example worthy of imitation. His home was emphatically w the centre of his family, for love abided there?modest and retiring in his disposition, he sought not many acquaintances beyond, but the friendships formed were durable and lasting, being founded on solid worth, he thus was enabled to live at peace with all mankind, and die blessed by all that knew Mm. The refining influence of that holy and sacred love that made his home a Paradise on earth, so intensified the feelings of his heart as to extend it to the poor and needy, and gave him an enlarged benevolence that embraced all the virtuous and the good, who received his prompt attention in their hour of need. Thus all can adopt the sentiment of "the poet and say? "Green be the turf above ties, Friend of our better days; None knew thee but to love thee, yone named thee butto praise;" Tears fell when thou wert dying From, eyes unused to weep, And long where thou art lying Shall tears the cold turf steep." Yellow Bluff, Fla. Bbothejl ?Averts Pills core constipation, improve the appetite, promote digestion, restore healthy action, and regulate every function. "They are pleasant to takej gentle in their]"Operation, yet thorough, searching, and powerful in subduing disease. LrmG OS TttE MOOS. A Chat with tho Telescope 5Ian?Peculiar" itles of People "Who Take a Peep. "There ain't much in .this inurky weather for me," said the telescope man on the common to a Boston Globe reporter. 'Tve been out all day, expectin' to git a clear sky for a bit, but the whul o' Cambridge couldn't Un'arth *T J TMl 11 tiiC 2>Uil tO-UOJ, A. JUL "Why do you come out such Weath* er?" was asked. "Waal, it's like this: If people don't see me they begins to think I've immigrated, an' ye can't tell w'ether but what the sun might come out. Besides, don't seem as how I'm alive if I hain't out in some sort o' weather." "Do you hare regular customers?" "Oh, bless yer heart, yes; bi<j tutsan' little uns, young an' old- It's them I'm thin kin' 'bout, rain or shine. I want 'em to see I'm round if the sun ain't" "What can be seen in the day, now?" "Yenus is no good now; she's got too far away from the 'arth. You can a orlimncA nf >ipr. lmfc it ain't worth the money, so I rely on the moon. I've had mighty hard luck with her, too, lately, day an' ni^ht. There hain't been a square look at her since she come in, the weather's been so bad. Yenus was good pay while she lasted, but she's been slidin' away some time, an' purty soon she'll be clean out o' sight 'Long 'bout April she'll begin to git visible agin." "Do you find the moon quite enough to work on?" was asked, with what was thought an effort to be funny. "I can make a good square livin' on the moon," the astronomer replied, in dead earnest, "if you'll give her a clear sky. . Kot ten people out of every hundred knows that you can see the moon in the day-time, an' half of 'em lookin' through this instrument believes I'm lyin1 when I tell 'em they're a-lookin' at the moon. * Country folks know more 'bout the moon than city folks, an' I frequently have 'cm tell me they can see the moon to home." "What are the sights at night?" "Saturn and his rings just now. He ain't out till 'long 'bout half-past ten o'clock- Ten o'clock's only about the shank of the evening here, anyhow. People goin' home from the theayter likes to take a peep, 'ticularly the ladies, bless 'em! Jupiter an' his moons won't be out agin till four years from now." Ee was asked if his portable observatory paid. "Waal, I makes it a profession," he replied. "You can judge from that. Tnis instrument cost $1,100, an' I'm havin' a larger glass made to Cambridge now. It'll be done in December. It's a good 'nough business in New England, Whar there's more 'tention paid to astronomy than anywhar. Boston is the best-Dayin' place in the country for it Ihere ain't half the 'tention paid to astronomy there should be. ' Not ten out of a hundred knows whether it's Saturn's got rings an' Jupiter moons, an' half of 'em put the , rings on Jupiter. Every public school ought to be armed with an instrument like this," said the old man, emphatically, "an' teachers shouldu'L be 'lowed to teach astronomy witnouc navrrr a telescope right thar to prove what they say. They ought to be made to know the heavenly bodies jest like geography. What Boston ought to do is to put an instrument 'bout the size o' this right here on the common, an' pay a man to tend it an' make it free to everybody." "Wouldn't that interfere some with your business?" "I'm willin' to make the sacrifice any day for good of science," and the wise man folded up his observatory, stuck his head through it, and walked off. A. Call on the Family of Ijleut. Greely, , A pleasant call on Lieut Greely and family at the house of a relative has beguiled the darkness of an autumn storm. The gentleman, so famous, was sitting as restfoiiy at a wiiiqow overlooking Summer street as if his eyes had never been darkened by the polar night Mrs. Greely, the "Henrietta" for whom the explorer named his new glacier in Grinnell Land, is a lady of tall and graceful mien, with black eyes and raven_hair. Her voice is musical and low, as is that of her husband when he discourses in an informal way on the scenes of the high latitudes. Their little girls, Antoinette and Adola, adorn this home picture of the reunited family. His explanation of the spiral motion o* the "midnight sun" solved a problem that imagination could not picture, nor the artist hand of Bradford trace, in his paintings of polar regions. In speaking of the colors that adorn the long day, he described the appearance of the glacier and the snownelds, when in Nature's rarest moments she strews them with colors of every gem and jewel. Sometimes the snow scenes are lit bv "diamond dust" when the air seems filled with powdered gold, lit by rainbows. The grandest effects of the attrora borealis Delong to the more southern regions of the arctic lands. Not always can these brilliant lights cheer the forlorn band, but Fancy will often picture a shrine where Nature lights the crystal day and the slowly varying seasons with strong hues. The midnight sun will seem to light the transparent polar day, moving along above the horizon line, mounting slowly with spiral motion, higher and higher to the zenith of the polar day. In the same strange procession we "shall see, aided by the enraptured imagination, the march of the stars, not rising and setting as from our own skies, but enroling around the northern heavens, j mounting slowly-through the lingering ' hours, till they reach the noon of the I polar nigfct, j Silence, eternal silence reigns alone In cold, cold splendor on that solemn shore! 1 No chanting billows break with sounding roar, { No winds in wild seolian measure moan To wake the echoes of that frozen zone. [ The phantom birds that haunt the sunless day "Mto an/1 Rnno-lAKH flvawav. ; Awed by.the splendor of that shining throne | Where iaroff seas unknown breathe not their undertone. ' ?Julia Noyas Stickney in the Boston Transcript . Every Point in Her Favor. It was in an East Boston ferry horse car. She was slight, delicate, and standing up. He weighed over 200 pounds, and was sitting in the corner by the rear door: Suddenly he jumped from his seat to ask the conductor a question. She (innocent, unthinking creature) thought he meant to leave the car, and so she slid into the seat he had fust vacated, Soon he concluded the " J i A interview witn me couuuuwr, ?uu. uc? gan to slide back into his seat again. The little woman saw the proportions of the bulky form gradually assume frightful magnitude and a very alarming proximity. Quickly digging her elbow into the ribs of' her neighbor, whose head and beard looked like a bundle of saffron, she interested him sufficiently in the jeopzrdyof her situation to induce him to raise his colossal fist and "fend off" the settling monster. Words cannot picture the look of horror upon the man's face when hg received a vigorous thrust in the small of his back, and turned and saw this little wee woman in his seat. "Great Scott, ma'am! Ycr a pretty hard hitter, ain't yer? I hain't had such a clip as that since I was struck by a ice boat. Oh, don't move, ma'am; be jus t no oe T-a-i. rton Vnn've p.v'rv noint oo aojfvi v ~ * ?/ * in yer favor." Ex-Senator JJenjy Gr. Dayis, thongs wealthy and a railroad President, neve? fides in a Pullman palace or sleeping coach when traveling, hut takes a seai in the ordinary coachu=*-> > V-1-* ' -; ' ' " ~ - - - Viewing aa Iceberg At 12 o'clock we went below, and had just got through dinner when the cook put his head down through the scuttle and t(. .d us to come on deck and see the finest sight we had ever seen. "Where away, cook?" asked the first man who went up. "On the larboard bow.1' And there lay floating in the ocean; several miles off, an immense, irregular mass, its top and points cor-j erea with snow, and its center a deep indigo color. This was an iceberg, one j of the largest size, as one of our men said, who had been in the Northern Ocean. As far as the eye could reach the sea in every direction was of a deep blue color, the waves running; high and fresh and sparkling in the lignt; and in the. midst lay this immense mountain island, its cavities and valleys thrown into deep shade, and its points and pinnacles glittering in the sun. All hands were soon on deck looking at it, and admiring in various ways its beauty and grandeur, but no description can five any idea of the strangeness, splen-i or and real sublimity of tne sight. Its great size, for it must have been from two to three miles in circumference and several hundred feet in height; its slow motion, as its base rose ana sank in the water, and its high points nodded, against the clouds, the dashing of the waves upon it, wmcn, oreaKing xugu with foam, covered its base with a white crest; the thundering sound of the cracking . of the mass, and the breaking ana tumbling down of huge pieces, together with its nearness of approach, which added a slight element of fear, all combined to give it a character of true sublimity. The main body of the mass was, as I have said,of an indigo color; its .base was crusted with frozen foam, and, as it grew thin and transparent toward- the edges and top, its color shaded off from a deep blue to the whiteness of snow. 6 seemed to be drifting slowly toward the north, so that we kept away and avoided it It was in sight all the afternoon; and, as we got to leeward of it the -j wind died away, so that we lay to quite near it for the greater part of the night. Unfortunately, there was no moon, out it was a clear night, and we could plainly mark the long, regular heaving of the stupendous mass as its edges movect slowly against toe stars. several times in our watch loud cracks were heard, which sounded as though j they must have run through the whole length of the iceberg, and several pieces fell down with a thundering crash, plunging heavily into the soa. Toward morning a strong breeze sprung up, and at daylight it was out of sight.? New York Graphic. Caspian Petroleum, Of the relative merits of Pcnnsylv&nian and Caspian oil, it may be saidgenerally that the former yields on an average seventy per cent, of kerosene, with a large residuum of lubricating oil. The latter yields'only from twenty-five to thirty-five per cent, of pure oil, and from twenty to thirty per cent, is refuse, only fit for fu?;l.* But here Nature seems to adapt her gilts to the need of the recipients, since the Ameri can oils flow in the heart of the forests, while in Central Asia the oil-foClmakes existence and travel possible. As regards quantity, in the year 1872 only 212,000 barrels were saved from the waste at the Caspian wells. In 1881 the amount rescued was 4,000,000 barrels, equal to 160,000,000 gallons. In the same year America produced 1,* 450,000,000 gallons. Commenting on these figures, Ludwig Nobel says that the same amount could annually be produced at Baku without the slightest difficulty, but that at present it would be useless to do so, owing to difficulties Of qhe&p transport As it is, great Stores lie waste for lack of purchasers, and the amount wasted is fully equal to that which is exported. As regards price, which in America I has varied from tenpence to one penny per gallon, it has at Baku fluctuated j from one shilling and eightpence to one penny- In like manner, the barrel of j forty gallons of crude petroleum, which in the days of monopoly sold at Baku i for eight shillings, has latterly fetched fourpence, and by the latest accounts ! was further reduoed to threepence halfpenny per ton on the spot! This is due to the enormous increase in the supply. Thus, last November a steadygoing old well, which for the past ten years has been quietly yielding a fair ( amount ?f oil, suddenly commenced to play, and thenceforth threw up a daily average of five hundred tons! The supply is apparently altogether inexhaustible, for already twelve thousand square miles in this, region have been proved to be oleiferous, and of this vast surface only six miles are as yet being developed. The oil-bearing stratum is found to extend beneath the: Caspian Sea, where it crops up in Teheliken, a true isle of oil, which literal- . ly streams into the sea from hills and' cliffs which are entirely formed of ozo?in wnrds. of crude Tiara fSne.?From "The Oil-Supply of th? World," in Popular Science Monthly for December. ' Fort Donelson Beady For Battle. From General Lew Wallace's account of the battle of Fort Donelson, in the December Century, we quote tho following: "The 6th of February, 1862, dawned darkly after a thunder-storm Pacing the parapets pf the work on the hill above the inlet formed by the junction of Hickman's Creek and the Cumberland River, a sentinel, in the serviceable butternut jeans uniform of the Confederate army pf the West, might tfeat day haye surveyed Fort Donelson almost ready for battle. In font -cerxr little was afterwards done to it There were the two water "batter? ies sunk in the northern face of the bluffy about thirty feet above the river; in the Jower battery nine thirty-two pounder guns and one ten-inch Columbiad, and in the upper another Columbiad, bored and rifled as a thirty-two pounder, and two thirty-two pounder .carrronades. These guns lay between the embrasures, in snug revetment of sand in coffee-sacks, flanked right and left with stout traverses. The satisfaction of the sentry could have been nowise, diminished at seeing the backwater lying deep in the creek; a more perfectditch against assault could not nave been constructed. The fort itself was of good profile, and admirably adapted to the ridge it crowned. Around it, on the landward side, ran the rifle-pits, a continuous but irreguUwa AAroro/1 xrrit.Vi vp! 1 rtW mi line VJi VU1V4V?? ?(?? J WW.. clay. From Hickman's Creek they extended far around to the little run just outside the town on the south. If the sentry thought the pits looked shallow, he was solaced to see that they foUowed the coping of the ascents, seveniy or eighty feet in height, up which a foe must charge, and that, where they were weakest, they were strengthened by trees felled outwardly in -iront of them, so that the interlacing limbs and branches seemed impassable by men under fire. At points inside the outworks, on the inner slopes of the hills, defended thus from view of an enemy as well as .from his shot, lay the huts and log-houses of the garrison. Here and there groups of later comers, shivering in' their wet blankets, were visible in a bivouac so cheerless that not even morning fires could relieve it. A little mqsfc would have helped their sintinor cnirits. but there was none. Even tlie picturesque effect of gay uniforms was wanting. In fine, the Confederate sentinel on the ramparts that morning, taking in the whole scene, knew the jolly, rollicking picnic days of the war were over." ' THE ] MANNING TIMES, } PUBLISHED BY s. Ij JK., . J * 1 ? -ATSAXXIXG, S. C. r.Only $l.o0 per annum in advance. Cheap advertising medium. THE BARK "ERKEDAL," * FROM Hamburg has just arrived' at Charleston with 501 TONS KAINIT i i-oit THE DOMESTIC FERTILIZING COv .OF COLUMBIA, S- C., and is now discharging attheS. C.R. R. wharf. Bottom prices and goods guaranteed. Prompt delivery insured. - - 3 - JONES, ROBERTSON &CO., >- / * - General Agents, Columbia, S. STATEOF SOUTHCABOLDfA; ? COUNTY OF i K.fti fr-T.Tfr- ^ By J. S. BOTLES, Esq., Probate Judge. ^ WHEREAS, W. H. KERR hath made \ suit to me to grant him letters of] l administration of the estate and effects of W. H. Robinson, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admon- E ish all and singular the kindred and cred- * itors of the said W. H." Robinson, de- ? ceased, that they be and appear before me, f in the Court of Probate, to be held: at z, Fairfield Court House, S. C., -on the 5th ~ day of March next after, publication hereof, at 11 o'clock* in -the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said z. administration shoafd not be astraed. - * 5 Given under my hand,- this 23rd day of / January, Anno Domini 1885.. Published on the 24th day Of-January, i: 1885, in The News and Heralb. . r"^ J. B. BOYLES, 1 Jan24-flxl Judge of Probated ^ ; t* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j '* : ' s COUNTY OF FAIKFTELD. . - a By J. Ji. BOYLES, Esq., Prolate Judge. | XX7HEREAS, W. H. KERR- hath made -S .WW cnif tna fn - v f , oiuv w IMV/ w ^uuiv iwvgjid VJL; ^ administration, of the estate and effects of a Jonathan E. Colemanr deceased: i These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and cred- itors of the said Jonathan B. Coleman, de- (; ceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Fairfield Court. House, S. C., on the 5th c day of March next after publication J* hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show^cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. . '[ " Given under my hand, this 23rd day of I January, Anno Domini 1883. I Published on the 24th day of January, A 1885, in The News akd Hebaed. I J. R BOYLES, ; I Jan24-flxl / Judge of Probate. *. I ' [ __j I I FORSAL2 ! FOB, SALE !! [ ^ WILL be sold on Wednesday, 28th 1 January, at the late residencept I B. A. Herron, the following personal prop- I erty: . ^ X oeveu goou iiiuies, one extra uue Jtiare, x. several head Caitle, one Six-Horse power I Tozer Engine on wheels, in7 perfect order, I one Six-Horse power Ames Engine on I skids, one Rockawny and one Sulky, two -I Two-horse Wagons and one; three-quarter I Wagon. Also a lot,of Household and A Kitchen Furniture,'A Terras Cash, or approved paper October 'v 1,1885. " W. J., HEREON. & Jan33flx2 - . ^ DELDJQU^NT ?ASD SAUE | R. K Lumpkin, Gladdens' Grove Town- ^ ship, 130 acres; taxes-1882 and 1883. R. K Lumpkin,' Wateree Township, 285 * acres; taxes 1882 and 1883. r! -. Ann Rush, Bear- -Creek - Township; iflO i acres. f Nancy McQuarters, Ridge way Township | 190 acres: b John Agnew, Horeb Township, 97 acres, f S. Kirk McDonald, Mt 'Zion Townshipl j 1 Lot and 1 Building.. Aaron Richardson,-Mt .Zion Township, i iut - . f * Notice is hereby given that the whole of ^ the several parcels, lots and parts of lots of. Real Estate described in the preceding fy list, or so much thereof as will be necessary f to pay the taxes, penalties and assessments j charged thereon, will be sold bythe Treas? ? urer of Fairfield County, South Carolina^ at y his office in said county, on the firstMon- 7 day in March, A D.[ 1885, unless such y taxes, assessments and penalties be paid y before that time; andsuch sale Will be con- ~ tinued from day today, until all of said parcels, lots and parts of lots of Seal $ Estate shall be sold or offered for sale. * Winnsboro, S. C., January 19,1883. " LN.mTHEBS, \ Auditor Fairfield County. * Jan21x2 : ! A DISSOLUTION. rpHE partnership heretofore existing beJL tween McDonald & Douglass has been this day dissolved by mutual consent, v so far as the same relates to the practice of. criminal law. 17th December, 1884. / j. e. mcdonald, i C. A. DOUGLASS. g .. - \ ~""" -v- ? * c - '--4 NOTICE is hereby given that the under- j signed have this day formed a partnership t c for the practice of few in civil cases under 1 s the firm name of McDonalds & Douglass.] ? Thoir nffiooc trior Ivn fAnr>H .ir? T.ow i ? Kange. , L December 17,188i " ' " '! * J. E. McDOXALD, J C. A. DOUGLASS, m W. L. JtcDONALD'. j NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned have this day formed a partnership for the practice of criminal lawy under the " firm name of Douglas^ & McDonalds ' Office in Law Bange. . December 17,1884, - " . ? : 1 . A. DOUGLASS: J w. l. Mcdonald. Dec20tf NOTICE. 3 . r , > *.<- K5 r . .< ^V7" ' ' THE undersigned have this day purI chased the stock of goods of MESSES. J/n. HABDEK & BKG, 1 * * and will continue the business at tie same stand under the name and style of PROBST BEOS. A full and complete stock of -. - - - j FAMILY GROCERIES ... - * * ? .. I wilL be kept constantly on liand, and-a. j liberal share of the public patronage is i respectfully solicited. W. M. PBOPST, ] . . -F.E.PROPST. j January 2,1S85. j Jan20-iy SPOTQASK '% -AjSD NOT- -| TO-MORROW'S PAY j I? YOU WANT FIRffP QUALITY! Groceries at reasonable prices, bring the j money and buy from me, Spot cash Is j better than to-morrow's pay. [. D. A. HENBEIX. ! JUST KECEIVED, "!j One Carload Prime White Corn and j Twenty-five Barrels Floor, All sold cheap j for cash. D. A. HENDRIX. r SFLadies' trade solicited. !: * " ; ;*> '^0. ' '^V- " DON'T BEAD TIIS. Neverbas my unusually select 'stock of len's, Boys' and Children's Clothing and 'urnishingrGoods been so exteb9ive, never o low in price (quality and workmanship onsidered) as bow. My beautifully fitting nd custofti-!ike clothing. is . worn hy the est dressed men and .boys In the city, ?nd isitorsio Columbia who may contemplate nrchasing closing will find at this store be most correct styles and the latest >efore delivery! aud every article sold is rarranted to be just exactly as representThe well-cfressed young. man who deaanrfs something in accordance with his nam ideas of raiment; can always be sure f- finding the latest and most correct tyles of garmeuts at ibis establishment ; make a special feature of suits foryounz aen ir. four-button:: Cutaways, in Worsted ind Whipcord; also in Prince Alberts. No oth. r house has so complete' a" stock f Gents'Underwear as I am offering to ly trade. Perhaps I should^ not^ know ^ 3g wlfere they fine? *the fjst)^were not gniShually telling ine so. One very imS5Itetttfeature is that my^ stock is large nd new, ssotherls that my prices are the iwest anywiieKkJjBie proper way to find bis out is to call and see for yourselves. g&SsEa NOTICE.?I have jnst added to my tockof Shoes a line of Dancing Pumps. . nd Gents' Slippers. I am also prepared 5 wholesale goods to merchants in the saxe. -i guarantee pnces, ana you can -r^aWBa ave in voar freights' by purchasing from tie Emporium. I'can sell cheaper than &2g&| ny jobbing house, as'I purchase from [anpfacturers. ^ t. KHfAKD. foarlotte, Columbia & Amrusta S. B* SCHEDULE EN" EFFECT OCTOBER 12, 3 1884?Eastern Standard Time. GODfG NORTH. 2?0. 53, MAIL ASDSXPBES5. leave Augusta.. 9.03 a. m. leave "W. C. &. A: Junction 1.12 p. m. Lirive at Columbia :. 1.22 p. m, .eave Columbia....... L32 p. nu .eayeBllian's 1.58 p. m.' <eave Riclgeway 2.34 p. in. rea^e Simpson's. 2.47 p. m. <eave Winnsboro............;.. .3.02 p. m. WMteOafc. 322 p. m. .e?Ve Wood-ward's 3.43 p. m. .eave Blaekstock. 3.50 p. m. .eave Cornwall's .3.58 p. m, -eajve Chester 4.17 p. ja., <eave Lewis.*.. 4.S2 p. m. .eave Smithes.*, 4.40 p. m. eaveRock HHL ....5.01 p.m. ?ave Fort Mill..? : 5.20 p,m. eavePraeviHe.. 5.40 p. in. jrive at Charlotte 6.10 p. m. jrive at Statesville 9.35 p. m. fat 17, "Way Freight, Passenger Coach Attached, Daily* except Sundays. ; ' .eave Columbia. 5.45 a. m. .eave Winnsboro ....8.55 a. m. .eave Chester 12.05 p. m. jiive ?t Charlotte .4.10 p. m. WING SOUTIL^ | .eaveStatesvflte i4*urV?V' + 1.45 a. m. ieavo Charlotte LOO p. m. .eave Pineville. .. .1.27 p. m. Q .eave Fort Mill 1.44 p. m. ?ave Rock Hill . .2.02 p. m. .eave Smith's .. .2.22 p. xb. .eave Lewis' 2:30 p m. .eave Chester ; .2:44 p. m. <eaveCornwall'^ 3.03p. m. - ieave Blacksfcoek.~~~~ .-3.12 p. m. ?ave Woodward's . -3.18 p. m. ?ave White Oas. .3.30 p. m. ieave Wumsboro. 3.48 p. m. ieaye Simpson's 4.03 p. m. ^yeSdjjeway^.....,.... .4.16p. m.eave Irian's. . .,4.49 p. m jrriveat Columbia. .5.15 p. mi leave Columbia -...: 5.25 p. m. ?ave W. . & A: Junction..... .5.57 p. m. JiTive at Augusta 9.38 p. m. to. IK Way Freight,1 Passenger Coach Attache, Daily; except Sundays. <eave Charlotte -. .5.10 a. m. ,eaveChester................9.40a.m. . ; TleaveWTimsboro ....'. ...12.15p.m. orive at Columbia 3.35 p. m. JH - iL SLAUGHTER, G. P. A. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. D. CAPJ)WELL, A. G-P-A. . the csosbi mmms, 2 IVES MODEL COURSES OF ITS OWN X In all~the Common SchocJ and Colle ocal and instrumental ?muslc." *Five to ight elaborate recitations, with, reports. laily. Teachers, experienced; buildings, landsoHM1; location, beautiful and salubrins; church facilities, good. School fully upplied with charts, maps, globes, black>oard surface, patent desks, etc., etc. The leading Room, always open and free to ,11, has a ohotoe Selection of currant litera- _ ure. Rates of TUITION and BOARD to vuc me ssruijpsufc umes. coaiauuu? if a mind aud proper application being liven,' Satisfaction safely guarax eed. For further particulars send for & DBUSBY, A. MV, Pffiaeipal, v OctlS . _ HalseilTiUe,S. C. THE ?OM1BSMC f EKTILIZINS COMPANY OF COLUMBIA, S. C., Offers to the Trade: liglx Grade Ammouiated FertUiaejs, HighGrade Acid Phosphate, Genuine Imported German Kainit,, Cotton Seed Heal, Muriate of Potash and Nitrate of Soda. Prompt 'Shipments made and Goods and Prices Guaranteed, . JONES,.ROBERTSON&CO., General Agents,-Columbia, S. C. STEWART & CENTER, Jan 15- Agents, Winnsboro, S. C. iso. s. Essmt & son, 'mm ?MANUFACTURERS OF? SB Doors, Sash, Blinds and Braiding1 Material, CKASLESTO^ S. C. ^ees Low and First-Class,