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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
WEDNESDAY. January 28. : : : 18>5.
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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
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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?
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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."
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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
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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."
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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 ^
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
j '* : ' s
COUNTY OF FAIKFTELD. . - a
By J. Ji. BOYLES, Esq., Prolate Judge. |
XX7HEREAS, W. H. KERR- hath made -S
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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
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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
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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
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THE
undersigned have this day purI
chased the stock of goods of
MESSES. J/n. HABDEK & BKG, 1
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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.
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January 2,1S85. j
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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.
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SFLadies' trade solicited. !:
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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.
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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
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orive at Columbia 3.35 p. m. JH
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