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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
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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
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Parker's Tonic
A Pure Family Medicine That Never
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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
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If you have Dyspepsia, Kheumatism. Kidney
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blood or nerve you can be ci"ed by Pai:ekk's
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CAUTION !?Kef use all substitutes. Parker's
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FOR YOUNG LADIES,
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Tiie fall term commences on
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