Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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U-. - - V" KMGHTS READY FOR REVOLT. feymptouiM of luipeudio:; Disruption in the <?real ; Labor Order. j ^ The demand for a special session of the ' General Assembly of the Knights of Labor j is growing more formidable every day. j 11 Following the report from Philadelphia j that 21 local assemblies of machinists will I J leave the order unless they are granted a j s charter for a trade district assembly comes j the news from Brooklyn that the Montauk j v district will act independently of the gener- i al assembly and in defiance "of the District i Assembly Xo. 41). They are organizing j . local assemblies rapidly, and will join in : the demand. * 0 It is said that ten States are ready for the revolt. These States are said to be Indiana, s t Illinois. Missouri. Michigan, Texas, Colo-1 a rado. New York, New .Jersey, Pennslvva- j nia and Connecticut. If the General Mas- i ter Workman refuses to obey this demand j it is said that a convention will be called <j and a new organization formed. Cio*e of the Year. | The close of the year brings along with j I it a mingled feeling of gladness and meian- j ckoiy?of gladness in the anticipation of j ] brighter days to come with the advent of ; t the New Year, and of melancholy in re- | c iUCV.UVJJ.^ KJU. IXiV IV VA c*"-vy V??.v? the gradual approach to the inevitable goal ( in the race of life. That so interesting an . occasion should be distinguished by some ^ observance or ceremony appears but nat? ural. ami we accordingly lind various customs prevail, some sportive, others serious, } and others in which both the mirthful and j1 pensive moods are intermingled. p One of the best known and most general i of these customs is. that of sitting till 12 j} o'clock on the night of the :>lst December, i i and, then, when the eventful hour has ! : * struck, proceeding to the house door, and j unbarring it with great formality to let out! ( the "Old and let in the Mew Year. This 1 evening is a favorite occasion for social 3 gatherings, the assembled friends welcoming together the birth of another of Father , Time's ever-increasing, though short-lived . progeny. A custom prevails, also of having a mid- ! night service in the various places of worship on the last night of the year, the occa- : sion being deemed peculiarly adapted both ] for pious meditations and thankfulness, and ] also for. the reception and retention of religious impressions. The passing away of . the Old Year and the arrival of his success- i oris a serious occasion. At such a mo- ; ment, painful reflections will obtrude themselves, of time misspent and opportunities < neglected, of the fleeting nature of human J existence and enjoyment, and that ere many , more years have elapsed, our joys and sorrows, our hopes and forebodings, will all, nntl* Tiov/* hor-Amp fhmor< nf til#* past. Such is the dark side of the question, but it hits also its sunny side and its silver lining: 'For Hope shall brighten days to come And Memory gild the past/ And on such an occasion as Ave are contemplating. it is both more noble unci more profitable'to take a chcerfu! and reassuring view of our condition, and that of humanity in general?laying aside futile rellections on past imprudence and mismanagement, and resolving for the future to do our utmost in fullilling our duty to God and our fellow-men. A Xovel in One Chapter. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 27.?Sixteen years ago there lived in Bradley county, Tcnn., a young farmer named George F. Priest, i He had been but a year married to one of j the most beautiful girls in tbe county, and j in anticipation of the birth of an heir bad j Miss Katie Jernigan installed as an inmate | of bis house for the purpose of aiding Mrs. j - Priest while the latter was iil. An intima- j cy sprung up between Priest and the girl | which took such shape that they disap- j peared together before Mrs. Priest .was ! well. For years the wronged wife mourned ' her loss, and at last forgot her recreant husband. Several months ago she was surprised to receive a letter fromKeard county, Ga., from a friend of hers who was traveling through that section. He said a visit there would prove interesting to her. In due time Mrs. Priest was upon the scene, 4Land. accompanied by her brother, walked in upon her long-lost husband and the attractive Kate, now the mother of seven children. The scene which fcjfciowed tround up by tbe agreement that tbe reai Mrs. Priest should remain with her husband and keep the children, while her brothei should start cfT during the nig".t, taking Kate Jernigan back to'her people. The heart-broken mother kissed her seven sleep I ' - ? - ?-?--cr t ^-,4. . i v.. iDg cauarcn ana smrieu u;l. ?jh>i ? tea she could boar the separation no longer, and returning to Georgia, accompanied by a lawyer, sue sued out before Judge Powell in Xewnan a writ of habeas corpus for the children. Before the Judge, Priest acknowledged the -whole story and wept when the children were awarded to their natural mother. The mother and children passed through Atlanta to-day on their way to Tennessee. Tlw Pecan in South Car&iisa. As the people of the South have at last learned that the practice of planting all cotton means certain failure, they are beginning to turn their attention to diversified farming, fruit culture, stock raising &c. There is yet a Held with very few labor r ?7-?- ,?^o. ers, I.runl WiilCil ait oui& 11/ result?the culture of the .Pecan nut. Every one who has given this subject suflicient'attenticn to obtain a fair test, is now fin enthusiastic advocate of Pecan culture on a large scale. There arc several young groves in this county from which the owners have netted largely the last season. Three trees sear Orangeburg have yielded over 1,200 pounds of^nuis in one season. The trees flourish on almost any kind of soil; they will grow readily upon "hillsides, and rocky or level ground, but will thrive best in well drained rich bottoms. The tree will commence to bear from the seed ^ - in five years, and attains an immense size. A Pecan nut raised in this climate rivals in size and quality the famous Texas Pecans. 3lr. It. E. Seibels. of this city, has recently get out a number of two and three year old trees of the best and earliest bearing varieties in the South, and anticipates handsome results in a few years. One of ilaniptou';* Swords. United States Senator Wade Hampton, o? South Carolina, had for some years a ^ swora mm was camea uy a jonusu ouicer ?^ 1? in the immorta I charge of the Light Brigade nt Balaklava. This officer was Capt. George Johnson, and after the Crimean war he came to this country. He served the Union j - in the 3d Regiment of Pennsylvania cavalry I and exchanged swords with Col. J. Lee t Englebcrt, then a captain in that command, j Col. Englebert was captured in November, at~ Ilartwood Church, Virginia, by Gen. Hampton's cavalry, and Hampton preserved the sword as a personal memento, it being entirely of steel, basket-hilted and of quaint and very line workmanship. Coi. ' Englebcrt wrote to Senator Hampton a few months ago. asking the favor of its return, and received a courteous reply of consent: but on search being made for it the Senator was unable to ?.nd the sword, and its whereabouts jnst nov js unknown. He is determined to recover auJ send it to Col. Englebert, if possible.?Pit iictdrijib/a Times. tJrnrra! Loi-ans Remain* to ba interred at -C- - - - - ...... Chicago. "Washixoton, December 2S.?The decision is practically reached to have the funeral in the Senate chamber next Friday and then convoy the remains to Chicago, j General Sheridan will be in charge of the ! procession which will escort the remains j from Calumet Place to the Capitol. A subscription fund for the benefit of j 3Irs. Logan, in five hours after it was { started, amounted to ?10.000. A movement is on foot to Lave- ex-Confederate soldiers represented in the funeral procession that will follow the remains of Senator Logan. .Many ex-Confederates - iitsc expressed a desire to participate. 3^ y&jnaics will be taken to the rotunda -of the .Cajpifid Thursday, and there lie in j state unlit when the funeral ser- j vices will be held the body then be j iakeaI Jock Creek cenwtsry and placed j1 in a vauli tu await arrangement? for a final ! JytfiifcJ. I m s D , People -xlx'j work hard do cot look-for < soft places to sleep: it is the idle who have : > to coax Morphea*. - GENERAL SEWS .VOTE*. The total visible supply of cotton for the .'orid is :j,r2s.4s4 bales. . " ' ' ?? ? - ? ?i i- -\r: ' -Ul.'iJUC! i/aviu was murrieu iu -?rxs? lamie Von*, in Oakland. Cal., Thursday j lorriing. At Cotulia, Texas, Thursday, JudgeM. L liar wood, while examining a witness! uddmly fell dead. Jamas A. Me Master, well known its the eteran editor of the New York Freeman's 'oumal, is dead, aged about 06. A Mr. Power, of Rome, has donated auO.OOO tc the Congregation DeProp3gnn- ' [a tide. " ; The strike of the freight brakemeu on ; he Jackson. Tenn., division of the Mobile ' nd Ohio railroad is at an end. A check for one cent was drawn in Xew i fork by tiie government in favor of an im >orter who had paid excess of duty to that j xtent. The business part of Beuna Vista. Ga., ' vas burned on Sunday night. The lire is ; >elieved to have been of incendiary origin. ' -oss. slC.OOO: insurance only SSOO. Tiie public debt statement, to be issued j klonday, will probably show a reduction in j be del>t during the past month of a little i >ver $s,(KJ0,00U. A premature explosion of powder oc-' :urrc d in a colliery at Frockville, Scliuyl ! all county, Pa , injuring seriously six of j he miners. The lark Republic, from Philadelphia, j vliich went ashore near Dunkirk recently, j s breaking up. The whole coast is strewn ; vith wreckage and car^o. A young Italian girl fell from a station j >latform in Xew York on the Elevated Road ; n front of an awnroachins train Thursday 1 md was crushed to death. At Marlboro, Md.. Thursday, about aj lozen buildings were totally destroyed by ; Sire, and it is estimated that the loss will be i nearly &G0.000. An eld steamboat used as a boarding I house at Jackson, Ala., was burned on j ruesday night. Two whites and 12 ne- j jroes are supposed to be lost. - j The rumor of a threatened strike on the j Southwestern railroads in Texas is pro j aounced absolutely without foundation by prominent Knights. John Dillon Thursday deposited the ?1,000 bail required t>y the recant decision against Ir'm for agitating his plan of cam- i paign. On the lGth inst., Cr.pt. John Maxcv, of Spring Hill township, Sumter, lost his dwelling and furniture by tire: partly in; sured. The Supreme Tribunal of Spain has re fused to commute the sentence of Father j Galeole, who was convicted of the murder ' of Monsignere Isquierdo, and condemned , to death.Mr. 11. II. Jacobs, who killed Dock Hughes on Christmas day, was released by j Judge Xorlou Thursday in $2,o00 bail, which is the Judge's first official act. The Paris correspondent of the London Timetr affirms that lie has information from an undoubted source that Russia and Germany signed a direct alliance a fortnight ago. At Macon, Mo., oa Tuesday, the Rev. Clayton Keiso, a Presbyterian minister, committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam in his barn. Excessive grief at Lis sister's deuth unbalanced his mind. Robert Pinkcrton says that all the accomnlirvc in the pxnress robbciv. near St. Louis, have been captured, live men and one woman (Mrs. Ilaighl) being under arrest. John F. Groshon, of Temple, Texas, a prominent real estate dealer aud coir.mis sion broker, blew out It's brains in his office yesterday afternoon Financial embarrassment was the cause. A Macon, Ga., dispatch says: Secretary Lamar is still here. There is a bare possibility of his marriage, but so far everything is based on guess-work sornewh-.it strengthened by circumstances. The dwelling house of Mr. Stoudemayer at Peakc's station on the C. G. K. Ii., was consumed by fire last Friday. Everything in the house, including ?250 in cash, was' lest, the family barely c scaping with their lives. Incendiarism. In St. Louis Tuesday, a large dog. in a playful mood, knocked a girl, aged 10, against a red hot stove. Iler clothing ig wieu ana jj'jiorc ucip reutjucu nci miu v> us fatally burned. A conflagration xl <?reensburg, Penu., yesterday, destroyed one of the linest blocks in the city. Among the buildings consumed was the Laird House, the finest hotel in that city. At the Siigo assizes in Dublin Thursday another batch of "Woodford prisoners were arraigned for trial. All the Catholic ju rors on the pane? vere rejected. Counsel for the prisoners thereupon left the court. Fire broke out in the reserved .enclosure at People's Park, i>a tbe island of Madras, where the animal lair was Doing neiu. a panic ensued and it is reported that several hundred persons were burned or crushed to deaii. Gen. W. W. Lorim?. pasha, formerly of the 1'ii'ied States Army ?}d Confederate Army, ar.d hlLt in command of Lr,ring's Corps in ihe Egyptian army, died of pneumonia at the .it. Denis's Hotel,, Jfew York, yesterday evening. The city government of Augusta are to be asked to rec-ign f >r appropriating $200 to entertain visitors from upper Carolina and a portion of Georgia, who have lieer. invited Jo that city on the 12th and lvth of January. At Mitchell, Ontario, Thursday John Davis, a farmer. living on the outsell* of the town, was gored to death by a bull, ilis wife ra? out to the barnyard and, on seeing the bleeding for.*;) pf her husband on the ground, fell dead. Capt Sam Si.xkiller, chief of police of the Indian Territory, was brutally assassinated on Frid.iy uii^ht. lie was," next to Chief liusliyhead. the best known Cherokee in the United States, and possessed great courage. The ^Iayor of Xew York Thursday vetoed the alderaianic measure giving consent to the North and East River Railway Company to operate an electric surface railway, because of coincidence with other Hots and lack of consideration for the franchise. The veto was overriden unanimously. The commission which lias been making an investigation regarding the riots in Belfast hist "suturner, recommends that two lawyers be appointed resident magistrates i5". ?in/l ?Ji'if r-r>*r> plcte control of the jx>iicc be vested ij) a town inspect *, who shall i>e responsible to to the Inspector Genera! alone. Cluverius has sent out circulars to the members of the General Assembly for the purpose of getting them to sign a petition asking the Governor to /.'rant him a reprieve until lbey meet. Cluverius hopes that when the Legislature meets .they wi:l recommend die Governor to commute his sentence to life imprisonment. It was rumored in Raleigh. In. C., Thursday, tin t Walter Bingham, the murderer of Miss Lizzie Turlington, has been captured in Car.:'da. Governor Scales issued a reward on Saturday night of ?400 for the capture of Bingham. .Miss Turlington's body has been carried to Wilmington for interment. The M'trhl recalls to Gen. Butler, who skulked *r.;ni Lsdv Colin Campbell's de r . rxt T/kl?n fl ICUxJC, u!'J C .wVl.liUUw VV/iX VI yvuu V*. Saxe that "the man who would not even lie to defend a woman's honor could not be believed on This was a worldly paradox that Lady Butler did not apprcciate and would not allow her husband to. follow. The new law in ^Montgomery, Aiu., im- ; posing a licence tax on commercial travel-1 ers. went into effect Friday. It retains; the tax of $10 fixed by the old law, but j adds a provision that allcontracts made by : traveling agents who. have not puid the I license tax shall be void as to both of the ; parties thereto. This provision is intended ! to ca force the payment of the tax, which has hitherto been evaded in a large number nf focpo. All apprehensions touching tlie Sifety ; of stoves using gasoline for fuel are set; it rest by ths improvements observable j in the Front Yapoi Stove. For further i particulars, see advertisement. * 1 BRIC-A-BRAC. Always go barefooted?Bears. A good name for a gossipy woman i> Li/.e. The deuce of diamonds is their expensivencss. The real bouncing baby?An India-rubber doll. The jiiaslerer's work is a sort of sub- j lime occupation. j A brilliant wedding?The marriage of a red-headed couple. The height of celerity?To iuu quick j enough to catch time. i The only difference between one yard ; and two yards is a fence. It is the woodcutter who goes to ?iis work ; with fell intentions. One of the oldest knight eaps is the hel-! nwt. " * ?1.1. ,.:i ? 1 1 111 \*CU UIUJ^CU V> nil 3il\Cl, C4.NW locking glass said. , C;;a ? man intoxicated by music be said ' to be air tight? Sii;iU6pc-:ire never billed his plays. Yet | he builded better than he knew. Bill did. A one-armed man should be a good eu- i chre player. He always has a lone hand. If no money was spent foolishly half the world would be out of work. The "old ticket" movement?Trying to ride on a railroad car after the pass has ex- j pired. An impromptu on the piano is where an j absent-minded man plays something he; cannot name. In Russia a man may appear as a witness j in a lawsuit against his wife?if he has the grit to do so. In East Mississippi peppermint raising is j having quite a boom. This will counteract i the effe< is of the Georgia watermelon crop, j "Why is the average undertaker liberal? j Because when he gets a job he always sends j for the bier. Most any youn^ man would embrace re-1 ligion?If it is contained in the heart of a pretty girl. It is very unhealthy for :i growiug boy to j smoke tobacco?particularly if bis father j catches him at it. A M icliigan woman kicked a bear to death a few d iys ago, and now her husband never contradicts anything she says. An exchange says "kind words are never i lost.*' But your wife sometimes mislays j them until she wants another new bonnet. : A big thing is so far from being a sure i thing tJi it it usually gets left. The big car- j riage wheels are invariably the hind wheels. Ti.llimrilin Irntli nKrvitf if nffiiim'flr/lc /Ia^C not make it right to chop down a cherry tree. As the carty bird catches the influenza, i so the first person at a church festival gets the biggest dish of scalloped oysters. The philosophical Picayune of New Orleans if marks that the one who is struck sees things differently from the striker. Men who look for tights are generally accommodated where the peaceable could go tltrough unscathed. He?How old are you. Miss Emma? She?I am old (.-nouglt to know better ihan to answer that question. The old-fashioned dinner horn was made of tin. but the modern dinner horn is made ; of wlussy ana outers. A writer in ? contemporary thiuks that "the activities of life have fewer channels and time seems to grow scarcer as we go West." A hypocrite may spin so fair a thread as to deceive his own eye. He may admire the cobweb, and not know himself to be the spider. "You are always- blowing," said a wife to her husband: "if would" work harder aud blow less you would find it easier to i raise the wind.'' The most thoughtful maii living is the one wh i immediately stopped dying when reminded that his life insurance policy had expired. A saucy debtor was recently cautioned by a creditor to be-ware. He didn't take ; heed, and the next lime we heard of him i he was turned into a "stone-jug." "When a man obtains an increase of salary : he becomes more than ever convinced of i the truth of the aphorism: "The laborer is | worthy of his higher." ! Society is all agog over powdered lieads | and lace collars. The ladies are getting up j a swell entertainment for next week in ! which' iiese articles will figure prominently. Xo wife ought to desire a better inscrip; tiou on her tombstone than this: j "Her lowers mi'd, her temper such, Her Ianij&age good, and not too much." j ''All the public wants," says & yeterau j Wall Street operator, "is confidence.'' : Thai's so. All it wants is confidence and j its money back again. i Under certain circumstances it makes a ; man feci mean fo have people give him a i wide berth, but somehow it never does ] when he js travelling on a steaniboai. ; Explanations from tlie youth who \vas : forcibly ejected, from a Columbia residence i the ctiier evening are unnecessary- The I reason was a-parent. i Kussian punch is revived now In t'ash; Enable circles. It is made of tea, port I wine, L.ar^v, sugar, lemons aud water. A ; second glass* is dangMCUS. Whc?> you hear a ruan say "rats!" xii a j company of p&opifi you may easily infer j that his father was a Ctyinanjan, and that | he is calling for his favorite d:sji. | It is an actual observer who says, iu ie?' j lation to character, that sometimesihe linen ! is worth a good deal more than the furni! ture it covers. "?&, sir." said Mrs. Partington, speak! ing of <;::e w^odjrank himself to death; ' "yes, sir, dissolution has biousht many a man to the grave." ' " "" 1 Bridal cakes are sometimes kept for fifty : or a hawked years, and no wonder. If the : bride makes it herspjf she does not want to : throw it away, and nobody wjj! eat it. I Some one blamed Dr. Marsh for chan? ; ing his niijjd. ' Wei!," said he, "that is , 'ii<* ui2Vrence between a man and a jackass: : the jackass can't change hjs mind, and a f man can?it's a human privilege.'"' An invention that will be best apprcci.; aled by the tired man returning from the ; lodge meeting i? the magnetic keyhole, j which draws into its recesses the key placed : near it. You want to know, do you. young man, the difference between your hat and your knowledge? Well, we reekon the one you wear and the other you air. Isn't right? So, we know it isn't; but you do it, all the s&jse. "if a baby pries." says an exchange, "warm its feet before yo;.i dose it." It is nothing new, we understand, to wsrrn a i baby when it cries; but, unfortunately, pa! rents (!<> not usually confine the operation | to the little one's itei. Mr. Robert Browning's live-thousandHue poem will be published, it is said, the ! ; 1st .day of March.?Ex. A very appropri-: j at2 time. Wa dare sa}* the March hares j ! will be ir.adder tp:<n ever if tj-ey attempt | j to read it. ; A horse liner was hanged by jynchers; j the other day in Arizona; and the local j j editor v,: <h scribing the event remarked; I | "'Jim departed this life with his accus- i I tomed lively soap." A woman made the first orange lx>.\ in j California It is also believed that a woman i origin .ted the box on the ear. This may! not be true, but it is well enough to k'jep i ouf oramre of the hand of a woman when j she's a hit riled. A B?n!asn hvs a laFger egg in proper- | t: ::i tosixe 'han any other ciass of fowl?, | aed for fo ;d consumed yields 3s large pro- j tits as do the larger breeds. They arc ex- i .11 -v. i i ceuect ;is peis lur iue uuuuieu, auu usuuiiy ; ducate the little ones to a knowledge of f keeping poultry. j ' A pair of tkcdi; "Why don't yon write . what I dictate.'' said a merchant to his j clerk. "Because the sun is shining on the . paper so that I can't see to write." "Then: turn the paper ov^r and write on the other ] side, you donkey." Men are strange creatures. They will I waste an hour hunting a collar button instead of having an extra supply and letting their wife find the missing one. You never see a woman look for the pin she drops. Her husband finds it when he walks around in his bare feet. f THE BlslXESS MTI VTIOV. A Review of the Year aud the Outlook for the ^ Future. I Nkw Yokk. December St.?R. G. Dunn' ( A: Co.'s weekly review of trades says: j Rarely lias a year opened with greater dis-; hearteanient than the year isSG. Rarely ! : lias a year dosed with more conlideiice. . The disheartenmcnt was not wiioiiy justified. and there is some reason to fear that the coniidenco may he partly unwarranted. Failures for the year have been fewer than in 1*&~> and tbe aggregate of liabilities^ ' has been smaller, but the average for tlie year has been scarcely lower, and for the last quarter failures Iiave been both more j numerous and larger than for the same quarter of 1SS5, the increase in the amount! of liabilities for that- period lieing no less than -10 per cent. During the past month the failure* have: been unusual in the amount of liabilities. I Without known disturbance or degression ! in important branches of trade to cause! fhem, they come like ' Bolts of Blue." and \ stem to indicate an unexpected expansion : of credits. When it is remembered That familiar causes of expansion have existed, that currency has been largely increased, and tii&S vvild speculation ran riot a month ago in the Stock and produce markets, these j failures, with their rising volume of in- j dcbtedDess, justify the fear that confidence j has grown too fast. The natural interference is that some 'invinnc f,1 monvpr in s. ?mv months the losses of several weary years, have} gone beyond their depth How much o( ' unsoundness in commercial credits has thus been produced it is not yet possible to judge. During the past week the legitimate business has not been large in volume. The dullness usual in the closing week of the year, is proved from all quarters. But though dealers arc busy in making up accounts, there is everywhere a feeling of srrea* confidence. Trade during the past half year has been very Urge and generally remunerative. The prevailing tendency is to count upon continued enlargement for the next season, and it would be wise not to forget that it is possible to build too largely on the future, even in time of zeal and healthy improvement. While Th re hi Lite 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 cG?t, by j the timely use of Ewbank's Topaz Cixchosa" Cordial. It cures Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Choli era Morbus and like complaints. iVo traveler should be without a bottle, as j it will prevent auv disease that would no doubt arise from the change oi water, food and climate, without its ! use. The most valuable medicine in i the world, contains all the best and j most curative properties of &U other | Tonics, Bitters, etc., etc., being the I greatest Blood Purifier, Liver Regula- j , tor and Life and Health-Restoring I ; Agent in existence. For Malaria, j Fever and A^ue, Chills and Fever, | Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick Head- j aehc, Nervous Headache, Chronic} ! Rheumatism, etc., etc., it is truly a ! I Hereuican Remedy. It gives new iife i : and vigor to the aged. For ladies 111 j ! delicate health, weak and sickly chil- j dren, nursing: mothers. See circulars; wrapped with bottle. J ? . Charleston, S. C., Sept 1, 1885. i H. B. Ewbanx, Esq., President of' The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co.,; I Spartanburg, S. C.: Dear Sir?I have j j used a cvse of your Topaz Cordial in j i my fauiny, and as a Tonic and Appe-! ; tizer I can cheerfully recommend i: to , all who are suffering from Debility i ; and la-:k of appetite. My children. j i especially, have been much benefitted i | by its use. Itespectfully, Hutson Lee. Ask your druggist for Ewbank's ! I Topaz Cinchona Cordial and take ; ' no other. i The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co., | * Spartanburg, S. C., U. S. A. i J'OWCt yUible ia I lie ?* oping. r cV Pr?c 2 | The aew comet to whose approach I i called attention in a communication to the : Pioneer Press of November 28, is now dis I tinctly visible to the naked eye, pursuing | the course described in that paper. It may ; be seen shortly after 6 o'clock in the even' ing, down in the western sky, at an altitude ! of about 12 degrees, and almost directly in | the west. It may also be placed by the in1 tersec'.ion of two lines?one about 30 de J grees longitude drawn downward toward ' the southwest from Vega, the brightest star ; in' ibe northwestern sky at present, and the ; other about IS "degrees in length, drawn i downward and toward the northwest from i the star Altair, which is nearly as bright as I V 1 I V illiVl <i liLLiU XUI^IC Li-iciia yv UU" ! grees to the south of it. The comet is i nearly us bright as a star of the third mag| nitride, and it has a short tail, which is not : easily discernible by the naked eye. On ; account of this latter fafct a casual observer, ! although he would certainly see the comet I Jf his a^ntjon were directed to the western ; sky, wcui.cj probably regard it as an ordi: nary unless he were fanjili^r wifh the ! ! geography of that regioq of ike sky. But I any one possessing an acute power of vision : or using simple optical aids will readily ais' tin^uil ^0Qi a star, because the latter : looks like a sharp, point, while the comet appears as a diffusseu iHH555 nebulous figli:- or like a light shining through a mist. l?is to be regretted that this comet is so low down toward the hereon where the thick atmosphere and the very proltt ble presence of clouds ma}' prevent its being seen at all. That it may be satisfactorily observed it is necessary that the sky 1 /.I.MMLI 1?A /-.leo** flint thn /%l\cortrAr 1 O/.UUiM *JU J/^I j vuuv bUV/ V_> wool * V/* j i sho'iil# l):.vv a free view of the western sky ; nearly to: the Jbiriz'on, and tl*at tl;e observation should be made between' G and'7 : o'clock: before G the twilight is too bright ; and after 7 the comet is too near the hori! ixin azid ;>bout to set. S. J. Corkigax. Sealing the Mau<o!ou;n. Mrs. W. II. Vanderbilt, aeeompanied by her son Go rge and her daughters, Mrs. : Sloane and M-rs. Shepard, went to Kew' Dorp Monday noon, and iu their presence the casket containing the body of William II. Vanderbilt was placed iu tlie niche pre- i | pared for it iu the uew mausoleum. A stone 20 inchc* thick was placed in front of the ! casket and hermetically scaled,-after which : the opening was closed with a bronze tablet. | suitably inscribed. The chapel of the mausoleum was tilled with cut liowers, but the ceremony was conducted in tbe quietest manner. The party-returned to the city on the 2.30 boat, after 31 r. George Vanderbilt had closed ind locked the doors of the mauso"lAn?v? Tf r?on Tir.xt' ho smAnp/1 nnlt*" in liic ! ! presence, ;is he alone knows the combina- j l tion of its lock.?2f.' Y. 2'iiries. The Express Robbery. Chicago, December 29.?Wm. A.- Pink- j erton to-day confirms the report that his I detectives look Witrock to Leavenworth, { where his mother last night delivered to the oflicers about *20,000. W. A. Piukerton to-night stated that he had sccured information as to the whereabouts of a!! the money stolen by the Frisco train robbers. The portion not captured in Chicago and Leavenworth Was buried in five different States. Kansas City, December 29.?Fred. Witrock, in charge of detectives, passed through this city this morning from Leayenwonh en routs to St. Louis. Xo in formation could be gathered from the party. The iinlgh!* anil Jhc Church. Montreal, December 20.?Through j pressure brought to bear on Uie ivmgiits of j' Labor by the Roman Catholic clergy here j some lodges have been closed. A promi- j i nent member of the order says that some of '' the Knights have been admitted to com- j ' munion during the mission without leaving |j the order on promising that should Ilome j: pronounce finally against the organization j i as constituted in Canada they irould resign j 1 at once. w ; > Two New York artists have'married I' their models. We trust that no misguided j' paragrapher will be induced to remark that j < they are bound to have model wives. 1 i ~ ' * 4 ' 7 MOTHER-CONTENT. i left thee once in mad desire to find Tlie love for which iny spirit yearned with pain; f At many a door I knocked and knocked in Tain, j graving love's alms which none to grant inclined, j But laughing, treated me with cold disdain; Set still 1 wandered, eager in the quest. Forever seeking, and for aye unblest. Since no one gaw the !>oon for which I pined, rhcii. mother: turning to my home I went With weary steps and sorrow numbing care. And. lo! my pain was iosi 1x1 sweet mew, For what I sought came to me unaware; [u the <l?>ar eyes that on thy son were bent All 1 had asked I found, for love was then;. ?The Spectator: From Heine. Tbe Fair Sex In England. The English hostess is the perfection of j good breeding. If England had no other ; attraction the woman who sits at the head j of the table would be enough. So wise. in It*, irue. considerate and charming, so intelligent, so thoughtful, so much a lady. Yes, hut that is a word they never use. It is tabooed in England; one must always say woman. They say that Americans j talk about "a pretty lady," "a swept good ] lady," -a genteel lady." I nover heard j Americans use t'lat exact combination, j but I dare say they belong to the people j who say -Britisher" who I also have not \ met. JJuij no doubt, there has been a j misuse <>? the terms "lady and gentle- ; man," and the better Saxon w-ords man and woman have come in. 4- young lover who should say nowadays that he .-.-was .-A.* TiiV Io,lv" Tvr.nlf? liA 1 IV WiO ittut w*/ for a negro minstrel. We can grill say j "Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more," and j we kixii Allude to the "Lady in Comns," ! but, e?cjfc{)t yy}j?n we address Lady Modus ; by her titie, we must n#t say "lady" in | England. We must also say ffYes" and | "No" aud "Thanks." No O'lesnyg.'.'yes, j marm ? except to the cjijeen. She is al- ] ways addressed by that eomewft&e .obsolete ' form of words. Still I think it is one of the great attractions of American women in London that they dx) speak unlike English women. For .Tiyself 1 vastly prefer the English voice, accent and" projfUUJii^tion. It is not ?0 slovenly as oar speech. Much as I adnjivc my countrywomen?and I am very proud of their intelligence, beauty, wit and style of dress? ! I must say they could improve their ; pronunciation by studying the Eng- ! ifsh7^~In listening to Mrs. James Brown j Potter's recitation of "How they brought i the good news irom uneut rmumwu : Aide said to me: "Yon have no idea how the Yankee accent affects me." But I i said: '".Mrs. Poti&c hss 110 Yankee acccnt: j she is a southerner' by l)ifph and lias | learned her English in France.^ "T-.'-Yes." . said lie, "but adorable a? she is she speaks ; English in an American war, and, al- ; though it is very musical, it is not Eng- [ lish." So it is possible that to their ears j none c* us speak English.?Mrs. John j Sherwood in Ijjejy York World. Cookery and Food Exliibltio^, Apropos of the subject of food, it may : be welt & Ct>U attention to the food ex- j hibition thai takes p]flc$ jn Loudon next j December. Oue of iis depigments will I be the literature of the kitchen, it will . contain cookery books of all nations, from i the earliest to the most modern, illnetra- j tions of game, artistic menu cards, bills j of fare from the leading hotels of the Yioeld and portraits of all the great gastronomic waiters of *he age. There will also be a department pf "dining room ac- j cessories" and "utensils us 4 in the pre- | paration of all food." The exhibition : will be held in the Koyal Aquarium, West- j min.sfti'. ii?d will continue from Decern- I ber 7 10 IS, Wh .dates inclusive. It i promises to be one of the? saospinteresting ' and unique of the many exhibitions held in London the last few years. Why should there not be in connection with this exhibition a commission ap pointed to tesc ail foods and their preparation? No cookery book gotten up by an individual can give recipes nil of which [ would be of the very best. That is a ] matter for literally hundreds of thousands j of experiments. This commission should I examine famous cooks and should have the wholesomeness of every dish thoroughly canvassed. Its labors would throw a world of light on the kind of diets best fit for invalids. It is curious that the human race should have been so long on this planet and should have made no or- I ganized effort to discover the most whole- ; some foods or how they could best be pre- ! pared.?Demorest's Monthly. "" " ; - | tiold in Crystals. Gold 1ms been frequently met with ixi I XXill lilt f .? J w- | tals are commonly octanaedra. No attempts have been made until recently to produce them artificially. Mr. W. X. Allen has observed, however, that by simply allowing a solution of the double chloride of gold and sodium to stand small crystalline tablets of metallic gold are slowly deposited. The crystals measure .0,003 inches in diameter and reflected light powerfullj*.?Chicago Tribune. George I'rancis Yreiu, George Francis Train has for years oc- \ cupied a bench in Madison square every j pleasant afternoon, and is alw sur- j rounded by a bevy of children, to whom | he is very kind, and with them only ! wotild'he converse, absolutely jpefjjsinp 1 to speak %o adults. He"has now quit; speaking to children, but writes as much j as cvef; still wears his fresh buttonhole j bouquet., and appears happy and con- j tented,--Chicago Tribnn^'J* Proper Self l'e?pect, Philadelpliian (to New Yorker)?Why j do you New Yorkers wear buttonhole j bouquets 12 the morning? Isn't that | putting on a good deal ol TlZ J v^\-' Voi-Vp.r?Perhans it is: but Xew I z~~r * - -' . i York is differ*:a? from Philadelphia. We have to have a proper regard soj? #nr ! personal appearance, because there are j always strangers in town, you know, j Let's '^alk a little faster.?New York I Sun. Unhappy 51. cle Brazza. M. de Brazza, who is now journeying in the eastern department of France collecting trade samples for the Congo,complains that hisiife is made unhappy by the number of applications for positions with .which he ?s deluged since his recent ap- ; pointment to ihe governorship of the I French Congo territory! Tlie number of i letters of application he has already re- ; ava>* 1 fi AAA Pnll Competing with British Sailors. German steamers ami sailing > cssels are : crowding ont their British competitors j on the China coast. German masters and j sailore are willing to work for much less j pay than British seamen of the same class, i whiJe their steam vessels are so fitted as to J he ran very cheaply. The consequence is I that tbey are taking the coastwise and | foreign trade.?Chicago Times. A little arithmetic shows that a mince j pie suitable for the Bartholdi Goddess of i Liberty's mouth would be 30 feet iu j diameter.?Springfield Union. Seimble 10 (he La?t. Some evangelists and preachers seem to take special pleasure in letting the public know what awful sinners they were before conversion. They talk so glibly about their lives of profanity, intemperance and impurity. and with so little evidence of shame, j that, instead of magnifying the grace of j fGU ui.^Jiincu m tuuu J?;W vauuu, ?c aic almost tempted to doubt whether they Lave been saved at all. The truly converted m.m cannot think of the dark reeord of his ungodly and sinful life without experiencing deep sorrow and contrition. Any refrrence to it is intensely mortifying, and fills him with shame,?Southern Christian Adrooate. Frolhcrlnghein a Willing Victim. Leaves woitTii, December oO.?Oscar j Cook made a confession yesterday in which J be stated that Frotlieringham knew all | ibout, the plan to rob his car and was a I willing victim to the attack of the robber. j It is said that ho was promised $10,000 ofj :he amount stolen as his share of the boodle, j infl tlmt sfim -cms nnrf of thft monev which ! Fred Wit rock sent to his mother for safe j ieepiug. J The American Vapor Stove Company j .ead other manufacturers in tlie matter j ji a stove that combines ail the elements i )f excellence. Read the advertisement j: another part of this pap*r. * - - - "? A Rivalry in Lore Lead* to a Terrible Dou'nie : Tragedy. Birmingham, December 29.?The news ; of a bloody Christmas tragedy in Bibb county reached the city to day. Robert Wood and James Bowman had been rivals for the heart of Miss Juliet Hssman. A short time ago Wood and the young lady were married, and Bowman's hatred of his successful rival became intense. The parties met Christmas night at an entertain ' - ' * 1-1 roent, ana atzer a lew worus ceu ??uuu and Bowman both drew their pistols and began shooting. As the last cartridge "was emptied Wood fell into the arras of his young wife a corpse, and Bowman sank to the floor mortally wounded. Market Price Implied. Whoever opens a shop, or in any manner exposes his goods to public sale, vir- j tually engages to deal with his customers . at a market price, because it is upon the faith and opinion of such an engagement that any one comes witliin his. shop doprs or olfers to treat with bin-. This is expected by the buyer, is known to be expected by the seller, which is enough to make it a piirt of the contract b2tween them, thougn not a syllable be ; said about it. The breach of this implied contract constitutes fraud, and the man who disclaims such engagement may set what price he pleases on his property.?Dry Goods Chronicle. The fcmalicBt Old Man living. Detkoit, December 2S.?James Hoag, of Cedar Springs, ia this State, is undoubtedly the smallest man of his age now living. He is jo incbcs in height, weighs 76 i pounds, and J3 7~- years o}d. He was born ! in 1815. In*lS65 lie became acquainted with Thumb at YbrUl Then ; Tom was heavier t^aa Hcnj. although the j latter was the taller, Sinc-3 ihat timeIloag | has "fleshed up," and is now quite portly, i He has refused several offers to join muse-: ums and traveling exhibitions. He is a j single man, and now lives with his neph- j ews at Cedar Spring;. He ;s in good health, and makes considerable money by braiding whiplashes, at which he is an expert. the Hud a Hiftty ife/jrJ. Mrs. George White, of No. 105 Jon;-! lemon street, Brooklyn, was frightened j half out of her wits Wednesday when the j new -woman cook,' whom she had just1 hired, lifted her veil and disclosed a face j covered with a heavy beard. 31 rs. White screamer, uu^, mai iw i.uu& ?<? a man, ordered' L'frr trera premises. Later in the dav Detective Koddy arrested the cook on Atlantic avenue. She was taken to Third Precinct station house, but it was found she had shaved the beard oil. Her name is Christina Beerson, and she says she has frequently been arrested before. She allowed to go.?Nctr York Star. ' *. u Another View of tjic Comet. There is a comet -visible at present to the caked ejB a little above the eastern horizon at daybreak. It 4ses about 5 o'clock a. m., and makea a beautiful object in the telescope?a fine halo of light surrounding a sharp white mass in the centre. A short nebulous tail is visible in the telescope. There are,* indeed, some indications ot a second tail, quite a curiosity, but not equal to tlie fan comet, with six tails, Tyhich appeared in 176-i.?rReadmg (Penn.) Times, Dec. 25. I^usioueJ for Lile. Philadelphia, December The body of one of the firemen who lost his life in the theatre fire yesterday was recovered to day. The location of the other body Is known, but it w;;s too deeply buried in the debris to be reached. Mr. Singerly, the proprietor of the thea tre, has undertaken to defray the funeral expenses of bith the men, and'to 3Irs. Gibson, the wife of the missing fireman, who has several children, he has made an allowance of five dollars per week for life and given a chcck for $500. The Work of Mon*f?rs. Cairo, III., December 2$.?A negro named Thomas Spicer died tc-rioy from injuries inflicted by Henry Hayes and Thomas Mehan on' Sunday night. The three were in a saloon in the upper portion of the city when the two ia+ter began tantalizing the negro. Finally they threw him to the' floor, poured turpentine over his clothing, and set him on Are. The victim was burned from the chin to the knees. The flesh came with his clothing when the j flames were extinguished. The two fiends ! were placed in jail to-day, bail being denied them. j A LdWDtsble Trs^r<!y. IIonea Path, S. C., December :J0.? Alexander Austin, a seventeen year old son of John II. Austin, accidentally sliot and killed himself yesterday while out hunting. IJe and someot' cr boys had found a squirrel up a irec. Ycu?? Austin fired at the squirrel and missed it. lie was going back- j ward to get another'shot at it and fell over ; a iusj. Aits guu aix-'iuouuujj uisuKiu^cu, i the conteuts taking effect in his neck just ! under xhp chip, killing him instantly.? j GreentiUe Kcw-i.' A Dakota editor advertises for ten thousand girls. It seems to us that this is a large number of girls; but perhaps he intend !?lfflca a boarding hous^. "You want to aim very low when you arc hunuorr the bison,'' said- an old hunter. "IIowlow?" rij'^cd ihs tenderfoot. "Buf ffdo," replied the .old hunter without a i struggle. SWIEDS! Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Grain and Potatoes, garden and Flower Seeds, Vegetable & Flowering Plants, Prices quoted on application. Descriptive Catalogue mailed free. Correspondence Solicited. T.W.WOOD&SONS, SEEDSMEN, NO. 10 S. FOURTEENTH ST. Mention this paper. RiCHSlOXD, va y\INPQRMATlQt; WANY PERSONS at thi* season <^7J|mTr^V suffer from MA'I* iLln* neither Headache, Vn|j|| | j Pi 1 ? / Neuralgia, ^adUBKKKg&$3/ Rheumatism, Pains in the Zimbs, Back and, V' Sides, Had Blood, >/Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Slalaria,Const ipa'ionSKidnt'jTroublrs. ?V0L!NA CORDIAL CURES RHEUMATISM, Bad Bloc.', and Kidney Troubles, by cleansinjj the blood of all its impurities, strengthening all partr of the body. -h?Y0L1HA CORDIAL CURES SIOK-HEAOACHE, Neuralgia, rains in t lie limbs. Back and Sides, by J toning the nerves and strengthening the musciea. ^-YOUHA CORDIAL CURES DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion and Constipation, by aiding the assimilating of the Food through the proper action of th? stomach; it creates a healthy appetite. r*-V0LINA CORDIAL CURES NERVOUSNESS, Depression of spirits anil Weakness, by enllTei> ing and toning the system. ; ?VOLINA CORDIAL CURES OVERWORKED ?nd Delicate Women. Puny and Sickly Children, t is delightful and nutritious as a general Tonic. Volina Almanac ami Diary for 1887.. A nancUortie, complete 4ggE and useful Book, jeliin/how to Ct'RE DISEASES a: HOME inapleajan!. natural way. Mailed oa receipt of a 2c. postago stamp. Adaresi VOLiNA DRUG & CHEMICAL CO. \bai nmnt r mn 11 ft a. V W' WARD'S WOES. ! Maxey's Gi., January lSSG. For twelve or fourteen yeajs I have been a great sufferer from a terrible form , of blood poison which ran into the 'soc oncary, ana nnauy u was pronounced a tertian' form. My head, facc and shoulders became almost a mass of corruption, and finally the disease commenced eating away my skull hones. I became so horribly repulsive that for three years I absolutely refused to let people see me. I used large quantities of most noted blood remedies and i pplied to nearly all physicians near ne,. but my condition continued to :oovr worse, and all said that I must surely' die. My bones became the seat of excruciating aches and pains; my nights were passe i in misery; I was reduc/d in fiesh and strength: my kidneys were terribly deranged, and' life became a burden to me. r a - . . ... . t i i p x cuaneeu w see an auvexriseiueni ox B. B. B. and sent one dollar to W. C. j Birchmore A: Co.. merchants of our place, and they p^pcured one bottle for; me. It was uyed with decided benefit, and when eight or ten bottles had been used I was pronounced sound and well.! Hundreds of scars can now be seen on me, looking like a man who had been burned and then restored, ily case was I well known in this county, and for the' benefit of others who may be similarly ' affected, I think it my duty to give the i facts'to "the public,'and to extend ray { heartfelt thanks fur so valuable a reme- j dy. 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