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y*"11 ^?-? m* * mii if M 11 ! 111 ii EAin iUU ArvK HI MUM.tUS. ConiiilcDce Returning?( itaritv from ail i'artn of tJie World. T!ncinr.? lifl? lvfTl rMTOOIlcd alOWI tliC wharves of Charleston. Cotton factors j and ship-brokers are ready for business J and full of confidence in the future, and i declare their purpose to make Charleston a bigger place tlian ever. In the market and on the streets the old familiar sounds of "sibby bean," "okra'n tomottis," "raw shrimp,"" ctc.. are heard again. The U. S. Engineers in Charleston have begun their survey. The postollice is seriously damaged. The Custom House portico is injured. The club house on Meeting Street will be pulled down. The rear of the Western Union Telegraph building is dangerous. The Trv>,vfw!?T Trill 11 ->VA its V."5llls nulled V^ULIVU J. CCVi VAJ ?* W .. j in by rods, and its chimney pulled down and rebuilt. The general'impression of the board is that a large proportion of the vacant houses are safe, and tliey recommend to their owners to return to them. Prof. McGee, before leaving Charleston, wrote a letter saying that the danger is most probably over. He adds that in case of shock' however severe, those in doors should remain there till the disturbance is over, lie rejects the idea of tidal waves or volcanic eruptions. The continuing shocks he deems evidences of safety, as they tend to restore equilibrium. A Trust Company is organizing in New York and other cities for the purpose of loaning money to rebuild Charleston at three per cent. The people of Baltimore have subfcribed $15,000 to the earthquake fund, and Trill increase the amount to $25,000. The total fund subscribed from all parts of the United States up to Wednesday reached $110,737.07. The News and Courier says: "The refugees are profuse in their acknowledgment of the many kindnesses that have been shown them by the people of Columbia." There was a fa!ling off in the number of passengers from Charleston on Wednes<1 av Tha free r>ass svstem of the rail roads lias been abused. Hereafter greater care will be exercised in offering free transportation. The city schools of Charleston are undergoing repairs, and such as arc ready will open on the 10th October. The clergymen of Charleston are discussing the question whether the earthquake was a "visitation of God's wrath for sin" or not. The Bev. A Toomer Porter has written a letter calling on the people to return to their houses and avoid exposure from sleeping in the open air. Ee calls on the strong to go to work and the feeble to leave the city for a fortnight. He advocates also the substitution of terra cotta pipes for heavy chimney tops. The Eev. Dr. Girardeau is preaching to large congregations in Mt. Pleasant. The shock at Marion was very severe but caused not much damage. Enightsville, a village three miles west of Smnmervilie, was seriously injured, and the inhabitants are asking for aid. Walterboro was severely shaken, and but few houses have cscaped without injury. Several waterspouts were seen about thirteen miles from the town, and on one place a well with about ten feet of water becamc Try and full of white sand. On the Edisto Liver a gap was made a hundred and fifty ieet long and half an ?1?\J?? ?1UC. Diminishing shocks of earthquake have been felt at various times all over the State. . Mr. D. 0. Duncan, of Newberry, vrrites to the News and Courier that he was in Smyrna in when the island of Scio was destroyed, with a loss oi fifteen thousand persons killed and wounded; and also at Naples in 1SS3 when two thousand persons perished from the earthquake on the isle of Icliia. In each ease, after shocks continued for some time, each diminishing in intensity. In neither place has there been any recurrence of calamity. Mr. Duncan thinks the danger is over. He has certainly had considerable experience. City Assessor Kelly estimates the dam m .1 AAA AAA age in v^ntuicsiuu. ut qu,vw,vw. Prof. McGee denies that tliere is any connection between the earthquakes in Grcece and in the United States. The Southern Telegraph Company did noble Tvork during the recent excitement. Manager Harris sent out the first news of the Charleston disaster. The Lord Mayor of London has opened a relief fund for Charleston. South Battery, the Mall, Marion Square and other open places in Charleston present a picturesque appearance with encampments. Rations are issued to 6,000 people a day. Dumb animals appear to have been as much frightened as their masters. Tlie Charleston Sailors' Home is in rains. The Mariners' Chapel is badly injured. It is believed now that the spires of St. Philips' and St. Michael's will be saved. The damage to St. Paul's is estimated at from eight thousand to twelve thousand dollars. Disasters are reported over the whole of the upper part of Berkeley county. Most of the houses at Bidgeville are said to be uninhabitable. In a radius of fifteen miles, including the ridge between the Ashley and Edisto Pavers, the damage is said to be little less than in Summerville. The old colonial residences in St. Andrew's were badly damaged. St. Andrew's Church is badly shattered. The earthquake destroyed the curious ly warped marble slab in the cemetery of the old Circular Church. On Tuesday afternoon a portion of the Savannah and Charleston Itailroad, near Adams'-Run, was discovered to have sunk about eight foet. The depression in the earth was fifteen, feet long by six wide. The road is carefully patroled. THE BUSINESS MEM ON EAST BAY SPEAK OUT. AH Look with Confidence and Courage to the Future. [From the Xe*s and Craiier.] Axl October atmosphere of cheerful bustle pervaded East I5ay yesterday. Heavily laden trucks rumbled through the business thoroughfare, street cars" jingled to and l'ro, ami an active, pushing throng jostl'xl along the sidewalks and the lately wmrlir "niifldlf* nf tile roild."' Tilt; ]j:1V threv off its lethargy and went to work. The accumulated business of the earthquake week was in process of transaction, and there was also a great deal of new business in the way of repairs. From the post office to the custom house a large force of hands were at work, and during the day a number of buildings werc cleared of their toppling bricks, shored up and temporarily routed. All this made i the day a notable one after the gloom and torpor of the week. A reporter of the 3eics and Courier yesterday visited most of the large business houses on the Bay and inquired as to their readiness for business and judgment of the season S prospccts. au ixhs ujm:> V. u; i: i found busy and all spoke with confidence and courage of the future. UIIITHS A.\D DEATHS. The usual weekly bill of mortality shows a tot-iil of ninety-eight deaths in the city for the week ending September -I. Of these twenty-five were white and sixtyeight colored. The deaths caused by the earthquake were thirty-eight up to the 4th instant, eleven of these being white people and twenty-seven colored people. Since then there have been several aJJitional deaths caused by the earthquake. Since Monday four additional certificates of burial luive been issued by the health department for persons who have (lied from the result of injuries received on Tuesday night or from exposure or fright. EARTHQUAKE CIIIJ.DKEN. Only three births have been recorded at the oliiee of the health department since Tuesday last, one white child and two colored children. It is probable, however, that more children have been born. % THE QUINTESSENCE OK MEANNESS. Furniture carts and express wagons are in great demand, and the prices of a load linvi- risen from 2"> cents to from SI.50 to $2.50. A colored man named Henry ; Lescsne, v.-ho owns what is known us a j furniture cart, found that his customers would not submit to a charge of ?2 a load, so he reduced his price to si. One of his customers found that Loses ne had sawed oil from the tail end of his cart at least two feet. His idea was to reduce the carrying capcaity of the cart, and thus to make two loads out of one. It requires an earthquake to bring out the full character of | the "Charleston coon." A FALLING WALL. j A colored man, whose name could not i be learned, was crushed by a falling wall j in Coming opposite Montague street, yes i terday. lie was engaged at work on the ; premises, and was caught under the wall ; as it fell. He was taken out and received ! prompt medical attention. His injuries arc j thought to be fatal. CAUTION AGAINST KIKE. The people are also strongly cautioned ! not to kindle tires in their chimneys until j they have been thoroughly examined for j cracks and other defects. There is scarcely j a chimney in the entire city that has not been injured in some way or other, and it would be impossible to keep the tire from igniting the beams of the house or the sheathing of the roof. AX EARTHQUAKE THEORY. A well-known young physician, of Charleston, said yesterday that he thought he could suggest a theory which might account for the present disturbance. He! said: "Scientifically as well as superstitiously the earth is-supposed to be at its centre a molten mass, the temperature being gradually lowered as we approach the~surl'ace where vegetable and animal life are sustained. This we have reason to believe from the sinking of artesian wells. From a depth of two or three thousand feet we are enabled to bring boiling water to the surface. Some one, a scientist, I believe, lias said that the earth's crust is, relatively speaking, as tliin as the shell of an egg. This comparison may be quite hyperbolical. It may be in thickness five hundred or three thousand miles for all that is or can be positively known. But to whatever depth we have so far reached we have always found water. In fact water seems to penetrate even' portion of the earth's crust. May it not be that from the constant burning in the bowels of the earth that fire at times coiues in actual contact with immense bodies of water, the chemical action producing steam, which must find a vent, and hence the concussion on the earth's surface." AMOSG THE TOMCS. St. Lawrence Cemetery, adjoining Magnolia, has suffered considerably by the earthquake. Nearly all of the small headstones are cither down or out of place. Among the larger monuments Mr. B. IIcslin's is completely demolished, the marble cross oi .nr. ). u. iueivcegau is uu?ii, mi; marble column over Mr. C. liart is down and the urn broken, and the shaft of Mr. Cannon's tomb is down. LIFE I.\ THE CAJIPs. A Terrible Day for the shelterless?Seeds of Sickness. The plight of the public people who occupy the tents and temporary buildings on Marion square was sad enough after the heavy rain yesterday afternoon. The tents, a few of which still remain 011 the square, are very flimsy structures and the top coverings arc almost useless as against rain from the fact that they have not been ; stretched with sufficient tension to form a serviceable roof. "When the raiu came down yesterday this vvas found to be the fact, and numbers of the dwellers in the tents hastily vacated and sought shelter under the wooden sheds on the east and west fronts of the square. It was found that the condition of tilings was anything but satisfactory. The rain came through the roofs in torrents and inundated every compartment, soaking the occupants and their bedding and clothing. The construction of these roofs was on the principle of board shingling, but it was soon discovered yesterday that the pitch of the roof was so slight that it failed to carry oil the water which accumulated on the roof and found its way under the "shingles" to the people beneath. Immediately after the rain the occupants of the buildings went to work and succeeded in patching the roofs very effectively with old tin, extra boards, and all manner of material. At Kobb's lot. on which Ui^re are perhaps more colored people to the square foot than on any of the other camps of iefuge in the city, there was a very great deal'of distress and discomfort caused by the rain. The people in the tents, most o"f which arc overcrowded, were huddled together like animals in a pelting shower, and were without exception drenched with the pitiless torrents of rain. The serious effect of such a misfortune falls heavily on these poor people, a large number of whom are without a change of clothing. About half-past 4 o'clock^however, the sun came out again and tiiey mucie iiasic to utilize ' the grateful boon to dry their clothing. At night the drying process was continued at the camp fires, around which the mea, women and children sat in that unexpected misery which loves company. At Washington square the situation was even more distressing. It is difficult to describe the situation. The "tents" are packed as closely as it is possible to pack them. For the hist two or three days their occupants have been busy "skirmishing" around picking up old tin, old boards, and anything that" they could find to tighten their tents. Nothing, however, could be done to Droiect them from "the desolate rain" that came down yesterday. There are no sanitary arrangements on the square, and nobody seems to have taken the trouble to regulate the encampment. As a consequcnce about five hundred men, women and children are packed in the place, living as best they can, and doing! the best they may under such terribly dis-1 tressing circumstances. Without any desire to crcaie an alarm, it j may be stated that the situation at this place ! is truly appalling. It threatens dise;ise, J which may become general, and it is diflicult to imagine why the committee have | not given it their attention. There arc j other places where the situation is bud j enough, but rone %vliicli seem to require I such" immediate attent'on as Washington square. ON THE KATTEKY. The occupants of the large tents on tlic battery fared belter than those exposed to the pelting rain in the frailer structures elsewhere. Nearly all the tents on these grounds arc provided with substantial, wooden flooring, which, in a great many cases, is covered with matting and carpet. ! The tents themselves, of the large army ! pattern, are made of stout canvas and j firmly braced, besides which almost all j have had ditches drawn around them that take off a great deal of the moisture. THE DESOLATE KAIX." The weather yesterday was exactly of the character that was most to be expected and dreaded. The threatening clouds on "Wednesday night indicated rain for yesterday. and it came down in the most undc- j sired quantities. From 2 o'clock until 4 ] j the rain was so heavy that it cleared the t j streets and stopped all work on the exterior j I of the damaged houses. The indications j for the day, as furnished by the signal ser- j vice, were fully veriued, and v.-ere as fol lows: "For North and South Carolina local rains, nearly stationary temperature, northerly winds, becoming variable." At 4.30 P. M. the clouds disappeared, the sua came out and the rest of the day was cool and clear.?Xctrn and Courier. Charleston Cheering Up. Charleston", S. C. September 10.?Ls<t night passed quietly. There were no shocks in the city, and with the appearance of the sun this morning there were renewed signs' of activily in removing the debris ami :ui I increase" 1 disposition on the part of the I people to return to t heir houses. The rains of yesterday have just begun to aHect the shattered walls, several of j which fell to-day. Three slight shocks were felt in Sumraerville yesterday. The relief committee arc at work, distributing both provisions and money, and their chief concern is to prevent the giving of relief to unworthy persons. Two hundred and ninety tents wcro received to-day from the Governor of New Jersey. They were accompanied by his private Secretary and an officer of the Quartermaster's department. One hundred and sixty-six tents have also been shipped from Ohio. The committee, with many thanks to the American people, authorize uie statement timi nicy jiavc icihs uiiuu^u to moot all pressing needs. >>'<> shocks have been felt to-day, and the street1' arc now unusually lively. Not much is stirring to-day. beyond the evidence everywhere of putting things in shape again. The board of survey is busily at work and has recommended that several buildings be pulled down. The relief committee has opened a registry for mechanics desiring employment, vhere citizens can communicate with them and make arrangements. United States Minister Phelps cabled Mayor Courtenay to-day that the Lord Mayor of Loudon has issued a strong appeal for subscriptions for the Charleston sufferers. A Protest Against Feeding Idlers in Columbia. Su.MMKRvr:.i.E. September 10.?To-day has been quiet. Many families returned to their houses, and we hear of several refugee families that will return on Monday. It was brought to the attention of the relief committee that our kind friends of Columbia were feeding many able-bodied men who had run off from "Summerville on "Wednesday, and the following telegram was ordered sent to the Mayor of Columbia: To Mayor llhctt, Columbia, S. C. At a meeting of the Summervillc Relief ; Committee, this evening, it was brought to their attention that ihere were able-bodied men, white and colored, refugees from our town, being supplied with rations by the generosity of your city. The committee request that you will stop the issuing of rations to such people. There is a demand here for labor, and if those refugees will return to their town they can find employment and earn an honest living instead of seeking a support from a communis that has been as opeu-hcarted and generous as I yours. J. II. Avkkiix, Chairman. ? ?-* :?rr - The Charity or Columbia. Many of the inhabitants of Summerville took refuge from nature's furious convulsions at the Suite Capital. The wives and children of several prominent residents of the suburb arc still in Columbia, and will i remain there until the quiverings of the i earth subside ?nd their residences are reI paired. l)r. 15. A. Muckenfuss and 31 r. John Iiuglicimer, whose families are now comfortably quartered in the city on the Congaree, were in the city yesterday attending to their business. They, in common with all the other refugees, are profuse in their acknowledgment of the many ! kindnesses that hive been shown them by ! the people of Columbia. They say that ! everyoody has done more than could have ! been expected to make them comfortable I ,.~A 1.\ <1,,.;,. T!,A : UUU IV ciiwi t?iiuio. A ?V/ i^wua mvv i of the Capital, in their open hospitality, have cramped themselves into small quar; ters. iu order to give the unfortunate I victims of the earthquake homes in their i hour of need. Houses and rooms were ; freely extended to the refugees on their i arrival, and provisions and other necessities for the preservation of life have been showered upon them continuously. They are daily visited, and every effort is made to make their slay as pleasant ;is it possibly can be under the distressing circumstances : that make their residence necessary. The i merchants in every ca*e are extremely j liberal in their dealings with the refugees, ! and in many cases have absolutely refused ! to accept a cent for their goods. When i the refugees refused to become objects ol" | charity, the merchants sold them the needed ; articles at prices far below cost.?J\'etcs and j Courier. Food for Many Thousand.-*. I The scenes around the relief commissary i yesterday were but a repetition of those of ! tNn /loir .Qrvrv?-? /lofHrnnIr f]ir? street in the vicinity of the commissary ! quarters was crowded with colored people, i This was owing largely to the injudicious j distribution of tickets by those to whom ! they had been entrusted. During the fore! noon about five thousand ra'.ions for one j week had been distributed. Tiie supply of I tickets was then exhausted, and the clerks were allowed an opportunity of preparing rations for further distribution. The souphouse was also opened twice during the | day, and many gallons of soup were distributed. The applications for soup, however, were small in comparison witii the application for rations. This goes to prove that the pressing demands for food are not as numerous as the applications for rations would seem to indicate. Under these circumstances and because of facts which had been brought to their attention the committee decided to stop the issuing of ration tickets and' to alter their plan of distribution. Tn fmir /live tliit tlir^n'mrrnscnvv lvic been opened over twenty-one thousand rations have been issued, of which about twenty thousand five hundred have been issued to colored people. The committee will hereafter deliver the rations to the houses of those who need them, and for the I purpose of ascertaining the needs of the I people have appointed twelve canvassers, | six of whom are to be named by the colored J clergymen, to whom will be entrusted the i duty of visiting the different wards in the I city, and finding out the residences of those I -..i.~ ~, nv. it. 4r m i \>JUU UIXU lUllUllb. JiU J iUWIib \\m uc I delivered by wagons w hich have been eni gaged for the purpose.?JYacs and Courier, j jlth. Timely Advice. Mayor Courtenay, in a second proclamation to 1 lie people of Charleston, concludes with the following timely advice: \ nd now, my fellow-citizens, I deem it ; my imperative duty to advise the escrpe as I rapidly as possible from the serious exposure of living under thin shelter and on the open ground at this season of the year, when our rainy weather is usual. .Nearly every frame building in Charleston has been declared at least safe for habitation; the chimneys may be rebuilt while occupied, the plastering may be restored at some future time. Many of the brick buildings have been also pronounced safe in part and can be occupied in part. All such frame and brick buildings should be immediately occupied. I return this day to occupy the uninjured part of my brick house, and in ail such cas-.s where return to their homes is possible I earnestly invoke the immediate and united action of all my fellow-citizens. Where immediate return is impossible by reason of (he dangerous condition of the home. I recommend a temporary refuge in the interior of the State or elsewhere, or the hiring of some safe dwelling in ti:e city, a number of which are to day unoccupied. A word to those who can of themselves put their own houses in repair: Let them do so wiihout an hour's delay; if the labor is not ample enough here, it is one-red us from surrounding cities, and can be had. The next sixty days in Charleston should be busy days'in preparation for tiie winter. Whatever {lie discomforts may be under a roof, the penalties to follow a continued use of present arrangements will make them endurable. Hood for t!ie ChilJ. The ailments of childhood need careful attention and wise treatment. Some people think "anything is good enough for a child, and there isn't much the matter with it anyhow." But judicious mothers know better, and do as Mrs. H. W "Pn-rnr nf \7n drips Klin says: "I take Brown's Iron Bitters and give it to ruv children with the most satfactory results" Sold everywhere. ? ?. ? A Western man recently died while playing the fife. As no bullet hole was found in the window, it is supposed that the assassin crawled up the furnace flue and hit him with a club. i IVniteutinry Poet. The following lines were composed since : the earthquake by a colored convict work- j iug at the penitentiary brick yard: Judgement must be comin', Tin; eartli is on a shake: All the boys are screamin'. And to their heels do take. The liens begin to Jackie, And rais a mighty fuss: The convict shakes his shackle And den says pray 1 inns'. De cart hah gut de ager, An' tryiu' to shake it off; Den it'll take de fever. And I'll git in de loft. Gwineto be awful hot When dis big world git sick, All de buckra laces lie red as any brick. De cart' am cabin' somcwhar, I know dis for a fac"; I'll git ober in my armchair And peep through yonder crack. I's lookin' obcr yonder Wliar flat old church do stan', An" den begin to wonder Will dat steeple strike the san'. People miglity spicious, Deir eyes are turnin' white: For it shook deir guilty conscience, And now dcy's all polite. BRIC-A-BRAC. A diilicult mission?Submission. Well connected?A train of cars. A smart boy?J ust after a whipping. An ^pen question?Come down and let me in. Tliev are all "head clerks" in the barber's shop. Nickel-plated watch?Dog with a new collar. Better an empty head than one with a col\l in it. An interesting liquor case?A box of champagne. If the tire bell rings a false alarm can it be called a libel ? A dentist says that false teeth are getting as numerous as false hearts. Every pound of hay which can possibly be saved ought to be cut. The cat's antipathy for mice probably accounts for woman's love for cats. Monty doesn't make the man; and it isn't every man who makes the money either. The Ohio man who sold his wife for five cents positively declines to throw in a chromo. Bodies are cremated for three dollars, which includes an urn, in Paris. In Milan the cost is only ?1.40, it is stated. A fortune in a name. In Kentucky a man named Breckcnridge or Clay can get a ten cent drink of whisky for a nickel. If a man's religion is pretentious on Sunday and obscure on week-days you better do business with him on a cash basis. Every person has two educations?one which iie receives from others, and one, more important, which lie gives himself. .Kiss tiie baby while you can,'' warbles a poet, i nanus, we will wait till she is sixteen and risk our chances. A man who has nothing to do generally telephones to busy people to sec if liiey will go on an errand for him. Chronic grumblers arc like llics in butter: they do not ruin what they mix with, but they spoil the symmetry of the scene. * "It's a very solemn tiling to be married," said Aunt Bethany. "Yes, but it's a great deal more solemn not to l>e," said her niece. "She had on a suit of stair carpet," said a man who was trying to inform his wife which of her friends he had met on the - street. ' "Beauty spots" arc now painted with India ink on the girl of the period's face, and she thinks it a great deal better than courtplaster. People who have no children of their own seem to lake delight in borrowing a few from a neighbor if they expect to ?et into a crowd. One way to make picnic sandwiches is to put a siice of raspberry pie between a prostrate log and a pair of lemon eolored trousers. It is not a good way, however. A Sioux chief is learning to ride the bi cycie, auu uie mnu c.\.iei iiuuauuu in uie aboriginal race is now only a question of time. The most thoughtful man living is the one w ho immediately stopped dying when reminded that his life insurance policy had expired. An Ohio clergyman the other day made his congregation smile by saying that cremation has become a burning question in the church. Mexican sugar planters oiler a head for Chinese laborers. Why, at that rate it will pav to stop boycotting and go to kidnapping tlitm. If infidelity succeeds in teaching a man that he will die like a beast, it will at the same time succeed in teaching him how to live like one. Winnipesaukee means "The smile of the Great Spirit." It will save winking in a drug store, therefore, simply to ask for a "YVinninesaukee Ti.e single effort by which we stop short in our downward path to perdition is itself a greater exertion of virtue than a hundred acts of justice. "Why was Washington like a newspaper man?" The Norristown Herald has solved the conundrum. Answer: "Because he couldn't tell a lie." One hour lost iu the morning will put back the busiuess of the day; an hour gained by rising early, will make one month in the year. A well-known gentleman, speaking of another very conscientious citizen, said that "he was so afraid that he would do wrong that he did not dare to do right." "Haste makes waste," says the proverb; but the man who buttons his waistcoat over a bay window will tell you that haste nail iio iiiuiu in ul$ waisu "Bless me!" said lie, looking at thecloek; "it's after eleven. IIow the time flies! I had no idea it was so late." "It's better late than never," she said, hiding a yawn. A barber reduced the price of a sliave from ten to eight cents, which action was followed by another, who further agreed to shave a man without talking to him. The South Americans put up sausages in bark. Concerning this no comment is necessary, only to say that the South Americans desire to preserve every phase of the dog. Along with other things there appears to be an epidemic of suicides. In 2vew York, on Friday, there were seven, and in nearly every part of the country we hear of them. Tlx. l-irc<>sr. r-lnrtlc t'.vfir known is flint iv the cathedral at. Strasburg. It is one hundred feet long, thirty feet wide, and fourteen feet deep, and has been in use for three hundred 3'ears. An ingenious Georgian says lie can flavor watermelons with lemon, orange, pineapple, ?fcc., while they are growing and when they arc grown they will not depart from it. Something new in the charitable line is reunited from Philadelphia, where a num bcr of kind-hearted women Jiave formed nn j association to do mending for bachelors at j low rates. It is beautiful to behold the sorrowstricken air of the parent as he - "gives the bride away," when it is kuowu that for the last ten years he has been trying his best to get her oil his hands. Atlanta, as usual, comes to the front with a brtin new sensation, aud the Atlanta people have discovered that the island of Cuba is sunk into the sea. The people who made that discovery have not been definitely located. :"Pa," asked a little boy, "when a politician goes into office does he have to take an oath?" "Yes." "And when he goes out of office does he Lake an oath?" "Yes: but there is nothing compulsory about it." A female preacher is said to be writing a "Commentary on the Life of Joshua." "it it is reported that she will observe that Joshua was successful with the sun, but he never commanded the daughter to be stilj. Always take your whisky straight. According to the Omaha World, lightning struck a saloon in Kansas (pity the other (lay and killed a customer who "was waiting fjr the bartender to mix him a drink. Had he been satisfied with a whisky straight he might have got out and escaped. It is not the man who talks loudest who ' is most to be depended upon in an emer- j gcncy. A silver dollar makes a great ueai more noise than a five dollar bill when it is dropped into the contribution box. "She puts on a great many airs, does she not?" said Mildred, while discussing an acquaintance. "Airs:"' replied Amy. j "That doesn't begin to express it. She just pi las cyclones on the tops of hurricanes." If professional musicians would play a tunc once in a while instead of showing h<>w many different puzzles they can make uut of notes, the general public would be more apt to patronize concerts. As some one remarked about the situation. there's too much rain, but what about it? If the Almightly should give us the rope to the Hood gates of heaven we could never agree among ourselves when to pull it. A girl with a great head: "But, Marie, I I bought you despised Mr. Slimson." "So I do." "Then what did you marry him for?" "So that he would stay down town evenings and not hang around me all the time." I Some of our exchanges are describing j elaborately how to decorate milkmg-stoois | with hand-painted plush and ribbons. And i yet farmers complain that too little space is devoted to their interests in the columns of the press. The hardest thing in this world to please is a woman. Mr. Young, of Minnesota, I locked his wife into the house; Mr. Potts, I of Wisconsin, locked his wife out of the i house. Now both women have sued for i divorce. When a young man tries for three min: utes in church to brush a sunbeam off his I new coat under the impression that it is a ! streak of dust and then looks up and sees a ! pretty girl laughing at him, he kind of loses the thread of the sermon, temporarily, ) as it were. According to the author of "How To Be i Happy Though Married," it was a Chicago young lady who, on being asked the usual question in which the words "Love, honor and obey" occur, made the straightforward reply: "Yes, I will, if he does what he promises me financially." A car-horse that' died in Sacramento, Ctd., was so well acquainted with some of the regular patrons of the road that when thev were aboard tiie car he would stoo in front of their residences to let them off. The Columbia Street Railway Company may take the hint. "When a rich man dies he leaves the world richer for his example; when one who had nothing but money is musterer1 out, lie leaves a legacy of heart burning to his relatives, and their lawyers divide up his other assets. An 31. D. who lately opened an office was favored by a visit from his young wife. Wishing to start an interesting conversation, he said: "3Iy dear, how many people do 3'cu suppose pass by my office in the course of an hour?" "I should judge they :dl pass by," nonchalantly exclaimed the wife. "While TU re is Life There is Hope. Many of the diseases of this season of the year can be averted by a small amount of care and at little cost, by the timely use of Ewbank's Topaz Cixciiona Cordial. It cures Diarrhcea, Dysentery, Cholera Morbus and like complaints. No traveler should be without a bottle, as it will prevent any disease that would no doubt arise from the change of water, food and climate, without its nse. The most valuable medicine in the world, contaius all the best and j most curative properties of all other j Tonics, Bitters, etc., etc., being the ! greatest Biood Purifier, Liver Iiegula; tor and Life and lleaUh-llestoring I Agent in existence. For Malaria, i Fever and Ague, Chills and Fever, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick Jiead| ache, Nervous Headache, Chronic I Rheumatism, etc., etc., it is truly a ! Herculean Remedy. It gives new life j and vigor to the aged. For ladies in i delicate health, weak and sickly children, nursing mothers. See circulars wrapped with bottle. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 1,18S5. II. B. Ewbaxk, Esq., President of The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co., Spartanburg, S. C.: Dear Sir?I have used a case of your Topaz Cordial in my family, and as a Tonic and Appetizer I can cheerfully recommend it to all who are suffering from Debility ! and lack of appetite. My children, especially, have been much benefitted by its use. .Respectfully, Hutson Lee. Ask your druggist for Ewbank's Topaz Cinchona Cordial and take no other. The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co., * Spartanburg, S. C., U. S. A. How to Keep a Situation. The following bit of good advice is worthy the attention of our readers: Lny it down as a foundation rule that vf.it will be "faithful in that which is least." Pick up the loose nails, bits of twine, and clean wrapping-paper, and put them in their places, lie ieady to throw in an odd hour or half hour's time when it will be an accommodation, and don't seem to make a merit of it. Do it heartily. Though not a word be said be sure your employer will make a note of it. 3Iake yourself indispensable to him, and he will lose many of the opposite kind before he will part with you. Those young men who watch the time to see every"second their working hour is up, who leave, no matter what state the work may be in, at precisely the instant, who calculate the extra amount they can slight their work and yet not get reproved, who arc lavish of their employer's goods, will always be the first to receive notice that times are dull and their services are no longer required. Capture of a "Wild" Family. Topeka, Ivan., Sept. 9.?For several days parties have been searching on Par! sou's Creek, Washington county, for four ! persons known :is the "wild family,'' conI sisting of a man, woman, a girl aged about I 15 years, and a child. Yesterday the i search ended in the capture of the entire family. The man, woman and girl have black" hair on their faces, and the man much hair on the body. That on the girl's face was very fine. The color of the faces of all is ashen gray. The people cannot talk, but the woman makes a peculiar mi. o, something between a grunt and a groan, which the girl appears to understand. On top of the heads of the man and woman arc slight evidences that they have bcon scalped. The opinion prevails that they were scalped by Indians years ago and became insane, and have wandered in the woods ever since. Doctors have liniwio /if r/>c(ririnor tlioir snnft.v A IJafoy Killed l>y a Rattlesnake. Tim baby of Mr. Geo. W. Daily, who lives about five miles south of tlie village, met with a very sad death on Monday last. Mrs. Daily went out in the morning to milk the eows and put the child, which was over a year old, in a box near where she was milking. In a short time she was attracted by'its screams and running to it found that it had been bitten by a snake. It was bitten in nine places. One of the bites was on the lip and it is supposed the child must have picked the snake up as it crawled to the box. A physician was at once summoned but the child died in less than five hours. The snake was killed and found to be a ground rattle. It had ten rattles on its tail.?Lancaster Ledger. A Phenomenon in Cuba. Several springs have recently appeared near the village of Ccrbadelagua, near Hava :n, the water from -which, had foimed a lake, threatening the \ illage with inundation. Several plantations and factories are already submerged, and the water is slowly invading the village. A large number of the inhabitants have left the town. The : civil Governor of IIayana and the municipal architect liave gone to the scene. J GE.\ERAL SEWS ITEMS. Fact* of Intercut Gathered from Various Quarters. Oldenburg is to succeed Prince Alexander. Charles II. Murpliey committed suicide in Augusta a few days ago. Secretary Bayard is the only member of the Cabinet now in the city of Washington. Prince Alexander is on his way to his parental home at Darmstadt. The second international yacht race has been postponed on account of fog. Geronimo. the murderous Apache chief, is to be imprisoned at Fori Marion, Fla. In Dakota butter is selling at eight cents a pound and com at fifteen cents a bushel. The total capacity of American mills making steel rails is about 1,500,000 tons [a year. The Tyjrven Courier says: "What will be the end of the unparalleled success of Russian ambition ?" The Signal Service office at St. Paul, Minn. , reports light snow at Helena Sunday last, with the"thermometer at 31. A negro man in Garden, Ala., murdered his three children because lie wanted to get rid of tliem. Pauline Mittelstaedt has been arrested for the murder of an illegitimate infant, for which she was to receive $300 from its mother. The negroes at Flemington, a small town a few miles from Savannah, are terribly excited over the story that the world is coming to an end on September 20. The Journal de* DebaU at Paris publishes a sensational report about an alleged uprising of the people of Northeastern India against British rule and in favor of Russian invasion. The Chronicle blames Bismarck for creating the present critical situation, and says that the clouds in the Balkans are darker and more lurid than ever. The Temps says: "In a short time Europe will have to accept the fact that the Russian outposts will be by procuration at the gates of Adrianople." The Jfoliagvllatt says: ''De Giers has raised the Czar to a position which Russia has not known since the flattering days of Olmutz. Russia's influence has again become decisive in the fate of Europe." A volume made its appearance Thursday last at Washington containing the President's vetoes of private pension bills. There are 101 vetoes in all, wiiicii witn copies of the bills and the committee reports thereon make a book of 350 pages. Mrs. James Potter Brown, who made herself famous at "Washington by reading "Ostler Joe," hasjmet the Prince of Wales and he is "her'n." She will soon return to America, and has big offers to go upon the stage as a professional. The Daily Telegraph says: " 'Every one for himself' is now the motto of European concert, and the result is discord more or less veiled We are a maritime power. Looking to the dark, lowering future, we cannot too soon take all needful steps and rely on ourselves." The people of the South a few years ago werefpaying from ^3.50 to ?6 an ounce for quinine, that everybody uses. That was when foreign quinine was heavily taxed. The duty was taken off by a Democratic Congress, and now it is quoted at wholesale in the North at 62 cents an ounce. "While Doris's circus was on its way to Norfolk from Cape Charles on Sunday some of tlie canvasmen became involved in a quarrel, when Frank Smith shot George Taylor. Thinking that he had killed Taylor, Smith shot himself and died in a few minutes. Taylor will live. The troops engaged in the Woodford evictions, on their return to their barracks at Birr, protested against the work of forcibly putting helpless, infirm and starving people out of shelter into the readway, and declared that they would in future refuse to perform such obnoxious duty. A special from Washington says that Secretary Bayard accepts the decree proi mulgatcd by the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mariscal, in regard to the arrest and treatment of foreigners, as a complete vindication of the position taken by him in the Cutting affair. The farmers of the South are beginning to reap the reward of mortgaging their lands to Northern capitalists for borrowed money, especially those who wish to sell. Purchasers know that very soon the lands ?nf r>?rvrf rroir/*e Will UU5UXU UUUU iVltuuouiw VI mui and that they can then buy them at "a mere song." Rev. W. II. Harrison, of Atlanta, predicted an earthquake, based on a scientific calculation, on the South Atlantic coast during the month of August, 18S6. This prediction was made in a letter written four or five years ago. He also predicted that at no distant date after the present shake up the city of San Francisco would be totally destroyed by an earthquake. Four men, escorted by police, went to work in the picking room at the Augusta Factory Thursday morning, but after remaining a short while they left. Eight others were escorted by the police to the picking room about 2 P. M. yesterday, and they worked until G o'clock. No violence was offered by the several hundred operatives who remained on the streets in the neighborhood of the mill. "Mods Sana in Corpo e Saso." BINGHAM SCHOOL, Established in 1793. Tiie-93d Yearly Term begins September Sth, 1SS6. For Catalogue, giving full particulars, address, Maj. R. BINGHAM, Supt., Bingham School P. 0,, Orange Co., N. 0. CHAKLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE. ( i S UlJtj lumor mai, uie inuw^ai ?in ici X . move to Columbia, S. C., is a mistake. He has purchased the controlling interest in the CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE; has spent $4,000 in renovating and improving the buildings, and is now making more valuable improvements than ever. The building is lighted with gas, wanned with the best of wrought-iron furnaces, lias hot and cold water baths, and first-class appointments as a Boarding School in every respect. No more experienced and accomplished corps of Teachers is to be fou.id in t.ie South, and the Music and Art Department are unsurpassed. Full session begins September 1,18S6. For Catalogue apply to the Principal Rev. WM. R. ATKINSON, AugllL2m * Charlotte, !N. C. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. OUR BABY'S FIRST YEAR, by Marion Harlaml. also conui(,ilng much valuable Information. 4-s page oook. sent on receipt or 2 cint stamp by Keed& Cam ick, .Mercantile Exchange Blcl'g, N. Y. Parker's Tonic A Pure Family Medicine That Never Intoxicates. If you ire a lawyer, minister or business man exhausted by mental strain or anxious cares do not take Intoxicatlig stimulants but use Parker's toxic. it you are a mccnamc or iarraer, worn out witn overwork, or a mother run down by family or household duties, try Pakkek's Tonij. If you have Dyspepsia, Kheumatism. Kidney or Uiinary Complaints, or If you are troubled with any disorder of ihc lun-'s, stomach, bowels, blood or nerve you can be ci"ed by Pai:ekk's Tonic. CAUTION !?Kef use all substitutes. Parker's Tonic is composed of the best remedial agents In the world, and is entirely different from preparations or ginger. Send for circular. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM. Parker's Hair Balsam is finely perfumeJ and I is warranted to prevent falling of the lialr and to remove dandruff and itching. J unesu- iw HISCOX ?fc CO., 163 William Street, Aew Yorlc. Sold by all Druggists 1c large bottles at One I Dollar. BROWN'S ! IRON BITTERS WILL CURT? HEADACHE INDIGESTION r?TT TATTCVrCC JJIJL^iWUOiN ilOO DYSPEPSIA NERVOUS PROSTRATION MALARIA CHILLS and FEVERS TIRED FEELING GENERAL DEBILITY PAIN in the BACK & SIDES IMPURE BLOOD CONSTIPATION FEMALE INFIRMITIES RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA KIDNEY AND LIVER IKUUI51^r,D , FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS The Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed Red Lines on wrapper. TAKE NO OTHER. Most of the diseases which afflict mankind are origin-11 I*rtn^itinr nf fhA ! 1VPR. tkLg, ciiuacu. uj iiuuvtutivuw?...VM ? ? - _ For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of the Liver. Biliousness. Nervous Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation. Flatulency. Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sometimes callcd Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria, Bloody Flux, Chills and Fever, Breakbono Fever, Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diarrhoea, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females, Bearing-down STAOIGER'S ftURAWTil is Invaluable. It is nota panacea for alldiseases, but 8 9 raC" all diseases of the LIVER, rilvURE STOMACH and BOWELS. It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes low. gloomy spirits. It is cno of the BEST AL" TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. STAOIGER'S AURANTII For sale by all Druggists. Price $ 1.00 per bottle, C. F. STADiCER, Proprietor, 140 SO. FRONT ST., Phlladc'Shla. Pa. PEACE INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG LADIES, J RALEIGII, NORTH C AROLINA. Tiie fall term commences on the first Wednesday of September, l.ssG, and closes corresponding time in June following. Advantages for instruction in all the branches, usually taught in firstclass Seminaries for Young Ladies, unsurpassed. Building heated by steam, and in every way as to equipment, etc., equal to any 'in the South. A full corps of FirstClass Teachers engaged for session commencing in September. Terms as reasonable as any other institution offering same advantages. 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