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* *-* COLUMBIA CHIT-CHAT. "What the 3>aw-Makers are Doing?Township Bonds, Cl?mson College, etc. * For sometime oar lawmakers hav< met and been sittiDg in General Aseembly busily engaged in making law > 1 which may or may not result in good to the people of the State. The work of this session has been ^ one of great interest as many queslionof vital importance are up for cou&id- j eration and are oeing rapiaiy, let i:- j hope not too rapidly, disposed of ii. various ways. j In point of intelligence this body i- J about on an average with the Legisla- j tore of previous years. ( In the House the Reformers have a good working majority and the effect J of their presence is marked by tht- : number of bills introduced for the put pose of reducing the salaries of all officers. The oniv one of these bills ; ...? * . TT ? L?! WhlCD nas passeu me iiouse is a. 011 ' to redace the salaries of the circuit judges. As the bill now stands judsre:will be paid three thousand dollars ? year this is a reductiou ot five hundred dollar's afwitrretura to the salary o! f / ante-bellum davs. ^ The bill which has excited most interest is a bill to authorise the accep tence of the (Jlemson B?*quest and thestablishment of an Agricultural College. This bill was introduced by Mr. "W. C. Eenet of Abbeville who in an > 3 -Uu ? J , eloquent auu ttujt; s^cctu auvucaico its passage, it was apposed by Mr. John (J. Haskell and Richland's brilliant young representative Mr. Benj. L Abney who made an eloquent ami strong argument against the passage of the bill. The bill passed theHousby a majority of 18 or 20 votes. Mr. Abnev's argument was based upo'i the fact that Clemson bad no title to the property and therefore the State could not afford to appropriate mone> for building a college on land the tide to which was in dispute. Mis> Isabella Lee the grand-daughter < ! .Trtim i ] (VthiiTin has bee^nn an action in the Circuit Court of the Lnited StaieR for tiie recovery of this property. It therefore matters not whether Mr. Cleiuson had a good title or 1101 the State has accepted, a lawsuit whi.-h will take several \eats t) terminate and iu the meantime the State will b?.* o.ivit'g out good money ait?-r bad. Ou?- good t-fft-ot or this bill will be to talis the South Carolina College out <?i puii ic-* a* this bill establishes a srpar alt Agricultural College and it is probable thai iu a short time the Agricultural Annex. of the Coliege will be abolished and in my opinion the ends or the college shouid be ticou.h thankful. The annex bas domtl.e college no good, it l-.as not tb< 'vroiers of?tie jjiate any yood and iis ^ooiiehuient in a short time will bii jrgotieu. I have always thought ?hat the frieuds of the College wmv makiug a mistake in making the late '?!' the College dependent upon the fate of Agricultural Annex. I do uoi believe that the tarmers of the Sta** want the S. C. College pulled down l but they do want an Agricultural College built up and if tbey want it the\ should have it for there can be no doubt that our people sorely need education and training in new method's of agricultural aud it is hoped that when the Agriculture College is established a mecnanical department will be attached thereto where the young men of the country will be taught the rudiments of all industrial learning oo that ihose who have a talleut for the mechanic arts will have an opportunity of developing it. We claim that South Carolina is rich in natural resources and the deveiooemf ni of tbes>e re-orces is depenthe education of our youui; being established all < "^ jgand men skilled in io4?no^qierthem^Q demand, unless ?inn i i?wjgyWqnli have tog<?n t0 ?Jr Pe?P e our factory hands and }n~ our native population v^!?5 K-V "hewers of wood and drawe]flc? wm.le ter." A begining in mechanic r?'riaHI cation has been made at the^s? ^ Carolina College and with expeuoi-" tore of a little money it could be made a splendid school of mechanics. The South is in great need of such education and it would be a grand thing for Sonth Carolina to set an example in mechanical eduction to her southern sisters. The decision of the Supreme Court | upou the township bond question has created a great deal of excitement. Under the law as decided by the Coi1 t townships cannot issue bonds for the purpose of building railroads and those so issued have been declared invali .. This decision will result in uncalcutable harm to the State as it iujces our credit abroad. It is regarded outside of the State as a step towards repudiation and its effect has been felt by all of the State securities. And it will foi & time put a stop to railroad building iu South Carolina. Townships aloni* the line of the Three C's Road ait - most effected by it. The road he? been built, and is in running oraei ana anaer tne decision of the coan the township need not pay the debt unless the people recognize the mora; obligation where tnere is no legal wa> ^ - of enforcing it. A bill has icce.jth been introduced for the purpose o; validating these bounds declared to b? invalid, but it is que? tionable whether the defect can be cured i'i this way. It is -^/ed that th3 credit and gooo name of the State can be saved by such a biil. Winasboro is to be congratulated upon her s-uccessttil effort to establish H colton tswiirr. T.* ia tni? tliflt vrki-1 have not begun to turn out cloth a> yet but we hope that your will not coulee \oarsel!' to yarn. Columbia. D?c. 14, 1388. ftmmng at Death's Door. Fv A story is told of a man who suffered ' ?' -crely from ague, which nsither medicine t?-?- charms could alleviate, but being ad. -ed to devote himself to punning beeame s interested in the pursuit that he speedily larghed iimself into robust health. It ?an . r-H be denied that a hearty laugh, even at j 1 < AAflf O Xa/? ?? ~"v"- 4L!-? 1 -W V> U uou puu, uu ucau WAUIJf lO | it* ell, And has often been known to be of \ it astimable service at the crisis of a serious j . ialady. A physician visiting one of the ! brotherhood, who was in extremis, apolo- ! H jed for being late one day, but said he had j ^?en to see a man who had fallen down a j ?ve!L "Did he kick the bucket, doctor?" I I roaned Uj punster. Again, the story is j told, if we remember rightly, of Theodore Hook, who, as he lay dying, encased in mustard poultices, was visited by a friend, < 0 whom he remarked: "Plenty of mustard, | __ . ?HD Vav rraf 1 Viaa# 53 ^ wv/) WUU f UUU9 Telegraph for Mariners. novel spectro-telegraphic apparatus ; few been constructed by Dr. Paul la Cour, | Danish physicist. It projects a steady I crtical spectrum, on which, with a special [ tcfosoope, red and blue dots and lines are i Men to appear and disappear. These are i Hone signals, produced by the breaking of ; i tb? spectrum by the opening and shutting j i of little tlits, displaying the colored dots j 1 sad lines. This is effected by an eleetneal j 1 arrangement having lettered and numbered j i toy*. A Kcmndabout JEJoute. ? a/alu b j. 3co jfvu witu jfoixr arm aroxma ; < - ft girl's waist the other night!" "Yes, I j ] was making haste to reach Sier heart by the ] Its belt line." . i \More men have been wrecked by whis- J key than ships by water. Q \ \ . MAY'S LITTLE LAMB. I Che Owner oi tne Original Creators : Relates Its Story. Iott Mrs. mary ?. Tyler Discovered the i Helpless Waif and Saw It Develop Into a Good-Slxed Sheep?The Verse Written In its Honor. i Mrs. Mary E. Tyler, who lives in Somerrille, Mass., has given the^Boston Globe the following story of the original "little amb": ' "One cold, bleak March morning I went ] MTfuritvi for>ip~ anri the cows had been ^ ted we went to the sheep-pen and found two < lambs there which had been born in the i aight. One of them had been forsaken by its mother, and through neglect was about lead from the cold and for want of food, i [gotit into the house and worked upon mother's sympathies. It couldn't at first B wallow and the catnip tea I had mother make for my sick friend it could not take for a long tune. I got the lamb warm the first thing:, which was done by wrapping her in an old garment and holding her in my arms beside the fireplace. All day long I nursed the lamb, and at night it could swallow just a little. O, how pleased I was. But I wasn't then satisfied it would live, n ?"U.a. if foom'ner it. &na 1 S<it> up uu. ui?uu miu ivj *v wouldn't be wane, enough unless there was some one there to look out for its comfort In liie morning, much to my girlish delight, it could stand; then It improved rapidly, soon learned to drink Tmllr, and from the time it could walk about it would follow me anywhere if I only called it. It was a fast grower, as symmetrical a sheep as ever walked, and its fleece was of the finest and whitest. "The dav the lamb went to school I hadn't seen her previous to starting off, and not wanting to go without getting her, I called. She readily recognized my voice, and soon I heard a faint bleating way down the field. More and more distinctly I could hear it, and I knew my pet was coming to greet me. j Mu Hmther Nate said: 'Let's take the lamb ] to school with us.' "I thought it would be a good Idea, and I consented, and she followed along right behind me. There was a high stone wall to climb, and it was rather hard work to get the lamb over. We got her on top, then clambered over to take her dow n, and she stood just as patiently as could be, waiting for us to taka her off the wall. "When the school-house was reached, the teacher had not arrived, and but few scholars were there. Then I began to think what I should do with the lamb when school was in session. I took her down to my seat?you know we had old-fashioned, high, boarded-up seats then. Well, I put the lamb under the seat, put on her blanket, and she lay down just as quietly as could be. By ana oy i naa to go out to recite, and left the lamb all right, but in a moment there was a clatter, clatter, clatter on the floor, and I knew it was the pattering of the hoofs of my lamb. Oh! how mortified I felt. The teacher was Miss Polly Kimball, who was the mother of Loring, the circulating-library man, of Boston. Ste laughed outright, and, of course, all the children giggled. It was rare sport for them, but I couldn't find any thing mirthful in the situation. I was too embarrassed and ashamed to laugh or even smile at the unlooked-for appearance of my sheep out on the floor. I took the lamb out and put it in a shed until I was ready to go home at noon, when it followed me back. TTov.o1lTf T Tint, rrn home tmtil nisht. as we WSUUUJ * ?~ ? W / carried our lunch with us, but I thought I I would go at noon that day. 41 Visiting the school that forenoon was a young man named John Roulstone, who was a nephew of Rev. Lemuel Capm, who was then settled in Sterling. He was fitting for college. The young man was much pleased at the school incident, and the next day he rode across the fields on horseback, came to the little old school-house, and banded me a slip of paper which had written tjtvm it three verses, which are the original lines, but since then there have been two verses added by a Mrs. Townsend. The verses were written together when I got them: " Mary had a little lamb; It'... jce -was white as snow; And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go. 44 It followed her to school one day, Which was against the rule. It mado the children laugh and play To see the lamb at school. " And so the teacner turned It out, But still it lingered near. And waited patiently about Till Mary did appear. u From the fleece sheared from my ewe my mother knit two pairs of nice stockingswhich for years I kept in ol , -aoe. it was Thanksgiving were all out in the barn, I where the lamb had followed me. It ran right in front of the cows fastened In the stanchions, running along the feed-box. One of the creatures gave its head a toss, then lowered its horns and gored my lamb, which gave a piercing, agonizing bleat, and came toward me with the blood streaming towards its side. I took it in my arms, placed its head in my lap, and there it bled to death." Mrs. Tyler, alter leaving Sterling, taught school in Fitchburg, was married and went to the McClean Retreat for the Insane m Somerville, whare she held the position of matron for thirty-five years, and for five years more than that was her husband's steward at the institution. Children of Allen Parents. L If the father is duly naturalized before his foreign-born son arrives at eighteen i t?/vo o ?/* /\f fvirt vtnlrmnl. jccuo vi 05c uuo CM/bvi ouo paicuo uauui cu" izes the son, and he can vote the same as if born in this country, and he can go and be registered on the same terms as a native. 2. If the parents should not be naturalized, or if there be no parents, then the person who comes here as a minor may, if he come into this country before the age of eighteen years and has resided in the United States five years in all, claim his second and final papers at once without the formality of what is known as the " first papers." 3. Any children of parents who are citizens of the United States, who happen to be bora in foreigu countries while their par ents are traveling mere, are treated Dy our law3 exactly as if chey had been born on our own soil. CRUELTY OF PEDDLERS. Ax Indignant Housewife Emphatically Demands Protection. Said an avenue housekeeper to the (Chicago Journal's sidewalk stroller lately: "A society is needed for the protection of housewives and house girls from the cruelties of book agents, peddlers, canvassers, circular distributors, beggars, bums and beats generally." Askiug her to relate her experiences, she said: 14 Weil, it is a fact Lhat one of the most wearisome things about housekeeping on a nice avenue and in a nice house is the constant ringing of the front-door bell by the t'.ass of people tvbom I have mentioned, and who I think have no more business to ring it than they have to tire a gun at the house. In my house the calls sometimes averr.ge twenty a day, and what does it involve? I'll tell you. From the kitchen in the back basement, one hundred feet away, my girl has to climb a ?. ;ght of stairs, go through a short hall, a dining-room, a library, a middle parlor and a lontr hall to reach the front door. t.her? tn be confronted and detained three minutes at Jeast with a conversation about like this: "Is the mistress in?" "Yes." "Can 1 see her?" ""What business!" "I must see her myself." "But she will not see you, I taink." " Go ask her to come here," etc., etc. Sometimes I am roused from sleep, or sewing, or looking to the children, or entertaining friends, only to go to the front door and sweetly smile I ana refuse and waive away the intruderone or another of the class mentioned. So < I figure for my girl?extra walking per day, ueariy aau a mue; loss 01 ume, over on? ( hour, and say nothing of accidents to food on the kitchen stove and wear and tear to 1 carpet3. And now why can't we have some law," she earnestly added, "to save as from these daily pests and help make ' home one's castle, as it should be, whether : in the city or the wilderness?" < Love One Another. A few more smiles, a few more tears, * me pleasure, muoh pain, a little longer lurrying and worrying in the world, some lasty greetings, abrupt farewells, and life fill be over, and the injurer and the in- r ozed will be laid away and ere long forgotML Tt it ?Af ?? ?V 1 qiMI MW UV UOVO "HVfl I 1' ** - - ,1a I COMMUNIO" - i Love for a moment makes life whole; j Nothing is common or unclean, j . Where I and njy sv/eet friend convene, j J1 In that still chamber of my sou!. f0 ?Joseoh Dana Miller iu Boston Transcript. ' JU TRAVELING IN SIBERIA. ti vs fliserable Horses of the Yakoots?The Gcutle Keindscr and His Driver. Reindeer arc much swifter and more 0 reliable than dogs or the miserable horses H :>f the Yakoots. And yet these horses are j d not to bo despised, for they supply a, need j y< that it would be difficult to reach with j ei Dther animals. They are very hardv and ai require scarcely more attention than the ti wilder animals in that country. It is not necessary to provide food or shelter for E them. They thrive and do much hard il work upon dead grass, twigs and dried h leaves that in -winter they find by pawing off the snow from the ground. In sum- 5 mer it would be impossible to keep up f communication with the Russian outposts n in Siberia Without these horses of the Yakoots. Upon them is packed the merchandise for trade with the outlying tribes, tl and they bring back the furs that have t< been gathered during the winter season, f Upon the obrcure trail through those wild j< Siberian wastes the summer traveler often r meets long lines of these animals trudging t patiently along, sometimes twenty-five or a thirty in number, each one tied to the tail ( of his file leader. I Duririg the winter, however, the gentle < reindeer move gaily along at a swift and j easy trot, two attached to each filed, and fastened by a line from the antlers of one t to the sled in front of him. There may i be but one driver for half a dozen or more \ sleds, and he sits on the right tide of the < leading sled, guiding his team with a line attached to a halter around the antlers and under the throat of the off leader. A steady pull directs the team to the right, and a series of jerks is a suggestion to go to the left. If, however, the leader neglects the signal, the driver jumps from his seat and runs.alongside of the obstinate animal, which immediately makes a rush toward the opposite direction. An active and attentive driver occupies himself incessantly in keeping his team under full headway, and for that purpose wields a long, thin stick or wand with which he continually prods the poor reindeer in the rear. Eventually he gets a little sore place there by continued prodding, and plies his relentless rod upon that tender spot with the best results. The conscience that exists even in a Yakoot or Tunguse yemshik has inspired him to put a wooden or bene button upon the end of his goad to keep it from penetrating too far. When a reindeer is tired, it lies down, and no amount of punishment will get it on its feet again until another is brought to replace it from a number of spare animals that are alw ays tied behind the rear sled for that purpose. No matter how much exhausted the weary animal seems when removal from harness, it recuperates very rapidly while running behind the sleds, and is soon ready to take its turn at pulling. The usual gait of a reindeer team is a long, swinging trot; but when in a great hurry, which is seldom the case with those lazy people, the driver urges his team into a gallop, and under such circumstances it is not unusual for them to make over twenty versts (about fourteen or fifteen miles) an liom-.?William H. Gilder in Outing. In Their First Battles. A young Bostonian has written to seyeral prominent generals asking how they teit m tnur lirsc natues. uen. onermau says that such questions are hard to answer. Admiral Porter sajs his first battle occurred when he was 13 years of age, and that he did not feel much afraid. Gen. Pleasonton remarks that his first battle was in Mexico in 1846. ana that he fc-lt that the sooner the enemy was thrashed the belter it would be. while Gen. Averell says the battle of Bull Run, 1801, was his first, and that when he saw the enemy he thought that a great and useless crime was about to be committed. ?VovtT "Vort "World. Fountains in Trees. The great Cottonwood trees in the "whaV*Ti^e'"unsweetened soda water and wliich spurts forth as if under gaseous pressure when a vein is punctured. It is said to be deliciously refreshing, ana hunters are in the habit of carrying gimlets with which to pierce the veins when they are thirsty. It is a point of hono: with them to plug up the orifice when their thirst is satisfied, that the next comer may not be disappointed.?New York Evening "World. Indians of Arizona. Extensive preparations are being made by the Presbyterian board of Indian schools to educate the Indians of Arizona. At Tucson they are building an $3,000 school house. Fifty acres of land have been bought on the Santa Cruz river, where the young Indians will be instructed in farming, and another building, to cost #0,000, will soon be erec'ed, where ioi> papas can oe accommodated.?unicago News. Catching Rattlesnakes. A novel industry has been started by boys in the San Monica mountains in California. They eatch rattlesnakes by means of a slip noose of cord, box them up and take them to Los Angeles, where the} sell lb cm. The Chinese are the purchasers, i hey use them as medicine, and the snakes sell for from fifty cents to $1 each. It i? said that the Chinamen handle them fearlessly and never get bitten.?Chicago Herald. The Farmers' Alliance. Columbia. December 19.?The State : farmers' -uiiance mer, tms morning in Asr&u'tursl Hail in secret session. The Mlianoe will be in session to consider their plau of operation aad make nectary arrangements for more or tended . vfork and me vbership. 'the meeting , was called to orr'er by Prpfriden-. Stack- , honf-e, tvI o, it. is understood, made a t scathing attack upon tue extortions and c ard exactions of the railroads upon the farmers. I The Ejecting was attended by the ex- ' eeutive x>mmii.ree and the following c delegates: Anderson. J. W. Norris; c Chester, Jespe H. Harden: ChfS^eriield, \ J. G. Redrawn; D^'lin^too, E ii. Mo- * Iver; Fairfield, Sam M :Coj rsii-.k; Greenville, W. W. Kt3; H-Jt--*, J. P. Deer- } ham; Kershaw, J. JR McGitf;Lancaster, j ii. L. Kicki;s; Marios. J. D. Montgomery; Mariboro, J. B Gree^i; Newberry, L John Jb\ Bunks; Oconee, E. E. Vomer; t Pickens, B. A Hester; Spartainburg, f R. A. Lancaster; Sumter, B. M. Cooper; 1" Union, A. C. JLyies; Witliarnsouig, a Jo van Aikiteid; York, W. N. E ider. ? The president reported that taere were f: now 440 subordinate Alliai>e>8 in the Ci.i. ?:i.z. ? 1?0! owiw, niLU ttii a^i^aw; liicuiucLouip UA 15,000, and at present there is an active r( ffort to thoroughly organize fclie entire q State. The Alliances now have under consid eration a plan to organize *'A Farmers' Alliance co-opcrativo htoru" to purchase ^ and sell provisions and fertilizers to the , members of the association. The funds ^ for the store are to he raided upon no:es U' t'.e members. The Alliance wiJ*. try ?nd inbke .satisfactory arrangements with -everal guano companies for the puribase of the fertilizers. v' or A libera] education is one that h3s co3t tii he boy's father a great deal of money. ?j Bismarck may be getting o;a, but he is sj; till the most successful leader of the Ger- ^ nan. }j "Wiggins, the prophet, appears to be Y ost," says an exchange.. This is all profit St ad no loss. a? r J JOTTIXGS FROM JEN XIX CS. f ? Mr. Editor: The crops have been Jq ?out gathered here, the cotton not elding more than two thirds 01* three urths of an average, having been inred to that extent by the long con- wi uned rains. Corn on the low-grounds 'as also much damaged. br< 'We regret to chronicle the departure by four esteemed fellow citizen Mr. II. ^ I. Jennings and family, which will ^ orirl i/nr/re.nxe ^ ecrease our pu^uiauuu ? t)ux*s in the same ratio; bat the genral law of compensation applies here Jv 3 elsewhere, that the loss of one is a( ie gain of another. d? We learn that our aged friend Mr. lumpbrev Gibson has been seriously fo 1 fur some weeks, but we are glad to ar ear that be is improving. h< We regret to learn that Rev. Mr. u] lelton will operate in a distant field. d< le leaves many friends in this comonnity. ** Tbe ladies of Crooked Run Church ?l ve a Hot Sapper the 12th. inst., at *E he residence of Mrs. L. H. Trapn, g o raise funds for purchasing an organ or tnat cnurcn. it jjiuvcu a vci ? \.u- 0 i>yable and successful affair, and they 8( ealized the neat sum of $44.27. We C lad representatives from your town * md from Riculand and Newberry 1 Jonnties. Nothing of doubtful - pro- ti >riety was done, while all seemed to snjoy themselves and manifested a jenerous liberality. Another affair of the same kind, to i2 ake place at some convenient future j ime, is contemplated, and it is pro- , )osed to send your editorial staff a iomplimentary. " Aliquis. Dec. 13th. '88. f WRITE OAK NEWS. J Shady Grove Alliance held a meet- 1 ing here to-day, initiated seven mem1 ~ ?l " -L a - >-v?> ~oll tui fh * oers wojcn gives u? iu& .uut ? , 15 applications to act on. This with four other Alliances, viz., t New Hope, Aurora, Wellridge and ] Oak Hill, have a movement on foot 1 to co-operate in their trade arrange- ( ments for 1889. < We are also going ahead on our own hook, and will accept a bid, or bids ' that is to the best advantage of "these Professors of the field." Some months ago merchants near uhad lots of tun, at the expense of thit? Alliance, however one clear, level headed merchant at White Oak, instead of laughing at us, made trade arrangements with us. "He who laughs last, laaths best." At to-days meeting the following rusolurion was parsed (to be publi-shed in News and Herald:) We the members of this Alliance deem it contrary to the principles ol our order to patronize any traveling agent or canvasser. Therefore resolved that in order to preserve our financial balance, we will not purchase any articles or goods sold under such high tariff. We meet semi-monthly, at 10 o'clock A. M. as follows: First Saturday in each month at Shady Grove school bouse. Third Satneday in each month at White Oak. Buttermilk. Our Little Tlhowledqre of Greenland. There aro two questions in chief that jen.'l romance to Greenland, one of which i* akin tu the delightful, unsolved problem of itn open polar sea, the other having to do with a chapter in the Icelandic settlement of America before Columbus, whose opening passages we find in the Norse chronicles, but whose sequel no man can read. Nordenskjold has made two attempts to break through what he con.Vuh rs !i belt of thick - tce~s tu 1 u uuamy a Ciiutral pa;*t of Greenland not glaciatfd in the same way. if at alL He that Greenland is comparative^ f11, cioos not breed glacier? a lonvndgo like thf ^ those glaciers .1 ,, ? ^ .?<oe?gs for distribution Lpr ' hn ?vj#^tlaiitic are in his view 0 e l. o^?focflj to t lift sea coasts: if j P^evVSrce tiie bajTier of the inland ice, > ^rhose outer edges are glacier liko in movement and effects, -we snoiild r^ach the real Greenland, by no means a tropical land, of coarse, but one capable of supporting the small but rich and quick maturing flora of the Arctic circle, and, as a necessary consequence, the living fauna of such a re^ion. The more romantic question is the old one, What became of the Icelandic settlements ou the east coast? Access to that coast by sea is almost always hindered by floes and masses of icebergs; from the land side the inland ice blocks the way. Esquimaux have not been slow to affirm that descendants of th? old Nors? K?tt.ler? linger on that iuacccssible spot, and love to add that g; osts of early Scandinavians haunt the gli' '.ering fields of hummock, crevasse and underground river which present such an impenetrable front to hunters and explorers. The general opinion is that the Norseman of the east as well as the west coast dwindled and merged with the Esquimaux from choice ur from necessity. Attempts have been made to assign this or that trait of the Esquimaux of Greenland to an infusion of Norse blood. It is certain that during the last few centuries iJanes have intermarried readily with the Esquimaux, and that the children are remarkably more handsome than their parents.?New York Times. , a ueremomoss invitation. The following invitation to attend the , funeral of the Baron Salomon do Rothschild was received by a United States olaeial in Paris, who says truly that it canaot fail to be curious to American . readers: j "Sir?The Baron and the Baroness An- ^ selme de Rothschild, the Baron and the Boroness James do Rothschild, the Baron ' and th Baroness Nathaniel de Rothschild. and their children, the Baron and l::o Bare ess Adolphe de Rothschild, the lllirf t'no R^r/maci! Willw /la vauww ? ? kUj V4.V i.liVbUd" :hild, ana their children, the Barons Al)honss. Uu-.tave, Salonon, and Edmona t lc "Rothschild, the Misses Louise and t Mice de Rochschild, and the Barons ;Na- c haniel, Ferdinand and Salomon de Rot hs- t 'liild, the Baron Arnschel do Rothschild, t '.Ime. Worms, .Mine. Sicliel, Mme. Monteiure, Mine. Beyfus, tho Baron and the (, baroness Lionel do Rothschild, and tbeij :hilctrer.. the Baron and the Baroness An s houy de Rothschild, and their children, 3. he Baron and the Baroness Mayer de ^ Rothschild, and their ehilrlrpri t.lio Hid the Baroness Mayer-Charles do Roths- j." Lild, and their children, Mr. and Mine. Ulolphc Uovfus, Mr. and Mme S. Sichel nd Mr. J. Sichel, "Have the honor to inform you of the tr rreparable los. they have experienced by v he decease of the Baron Salomon de ki tothschild, who died at his hotel, No. 1? iue Lafitte, the 27th of July, 1855, at the p go of 82 years, their well beloved father, atlier-in-Jaw, grandfather, great-grand- ra ither, brother, and uncle; ni "And invite you to attend the funeral th n Tuesdav. the 31st of Julv. at 9 nV.inrfr <=i "The funeral will take place from the so jsidence of the deceased." ? Youth'; B. omparrion. s0 ly Born in 1769 and Still riving. ^ Detroit, Dec. 5.?Mrs. Frances Aeid ebecca Todd, living four miles west of ^ ovi, is supposed to be the oldest woman so) rins. Bom in 1769. her recollection of to sr mrtna-iy places u at juec. zy. tier taer was an officer in Norwegian Army and U on honors at the battle of Schwesantoniox c 1 the Rhine, 1774. She has been three mes married and borne fifteen children, on; er last husband was the famous Buck- re? ;in Joe, who died in 1843. Since 1844 j e has lived on her little farm near Novi. er experience in the wilderness of New qr ark State in 1830 38 would fill a volume. ^ le is very feeble, and must soon pass rar 7&v. cox * THE EXECUTOR ENJOINED. r|V dt? Simonton Prohibits the Transfer of Fort Hill, Pending: the Litigation. (Columbia Daily Recorn, December 19.) The motion to enjoin the executor of the te< 11 of Thos. G. Clemson from disposing di the Fort Hill plantation pending the suit Dught on behalf ai Isabella Lee was heard a? Jud?;e Simonton in Charleston Monday. p( le case was most elaborately argued byCol. ljj ;royF. Youmans and James P. Carey, m ;q., for the plaintiff, and by Messrs m el's and Orr, of Greenville, for Richard b< '. Simpson the defendant. On yestertiay idire Simonton filed his decision. After ? iareful review of the law of the case, the 6? icree concludes: M "This cause came to be heard on motion r a restraining injunction upon the bill, u. iswer, affidavits and exhibits. After jaring the same and report thereon, and pon due consideration thereof, it is or- ** ;red adjudged and decreed tfcat a writ ~ : injunction do issue to the defendant, " ichard W. Simpson, enjoining and re 0 raining him from executing and deliver ig any d?ed or deeds of conveyance, or C arting with the po?ses$ion of the Fort IV [ill plantation ps described in the pleadings v 1 this case to any person or persons, or to o r for any use3, intents and purposes what- g )ever, especially to the State of South f, 'arolina, or to any person or persons whomsoever on behalf of the said State " ? ?J J i-omoin in 11 n t ms oraer auu. **ut cw xcu^aiu &u ?v*w ? ? :1 the further order of this Court. Judge Hudson's Address. The exercises in the University Chape! ist night were opened by President R. E. /ucas. of the Euphradiau Society, who eliverod the welcome addre.cs, and iutro.uced Judge Hudson. Judge Hudson, in his address, first reerred to the pleasant days he had spent vithin the walls of the old South Carolina College, which he had found?and he hr>u<?ht everv one else who spent his time veil there would find?to be the happiest I >f bis life. He regretted that neither time ! lor opportunity had allowed him to renew lis connection with the institution he oved, and he embraced this chance unhesiatiogly in order, for once at least, to bring aimself into closer communion with it. He then gave "some reflections on the rast importance to the family, State and country of the higher aDd liberal education of the young men " He first referred to the extreme utilitarian ideas of the present age and of the tendency for practical v.?norhta tn annn'&nt in the minds of the people thoughts of the beautiful, true and lovely. He believed it was a step in tbe backward d^ection to convert our schools for literary training into icdustrial schools. Physical must be subordinated to mental He did not mean to disparage the mechanical and agricultural departments of this or any other university. He had just vigited Science Hail and he was astounded at what he found there, and it made his heart rejoice to see such an opportunity for the . /Minor mt?n nf ihe State to become Drofi Juuu6 ?7 - . - . cient 111 the various manual industr.es. Nor did he intend to raise his voice against the industrial in connection with the literary training. But the former must not usurp the place of the latter. The counection of the two, he predicted, would work a new civilization in the South. It would make the people feel and recognize the dignity of labor. He had always advocated a place for the higher education of the sons of mechanics, farmers and all laboring men. Such did now exist, and it would be a sad day for South Carolina if the opinion took hold of the people that there was no necessity for schools for the education of the sons of laboring men. TJifitorv would bear him out in the as sertion that the farm raised boys, the plow boys, had supplied the highest places in the pulpit, the bench, the bar, the chair of professorship and in all the pursuits of learning. They constitute the very backbone of the country. It has been so, is so and always is to be so. Therefore they should be educated in th( highest and most liberal manner possible if they ever expect the country to be prosperous. He declared himself in favor ot tne^ common school sv-ten* ~'''* ituffMeariilDg }s a dangerous ining only in the sense in which it was meant. That in those callings which required learning, that learning should be only of the highest kind. That the present age did not require this was evinced by lack of skill in the laboratory, quackery in medicine, incompetence at the bar ana inefficiency in the various departments of life. That the supply would always be equal to the demand. He said that our forefathers excelled us in thoroughness and to this he ascribed the larger rum ber of statesmen, oratorsjand emi jueat men in proportion to me pcpuiauon than at the present day. That thoroughness rather than the number of books taught, should be the aim of all education. That the true purpose of education waa to train the mind t& think rather than t? remember. The Judge then putin a plea for the im portance of language study and especially of the ancient languages. He spoke par tloularly of the benefit to the student to be derived from the study of ancient literature, for in them the purest and noblest ideas are expressed and a patriotism taught -which has never since been equalled. In ooncluainn hp irrmrpaiiprJ nnr?n th#> students the necessity of putting to the best use their college days and warned them against passing them in idleness and riotous living. Judge Hudson was listened to throughout his discourse with care and attention by the students aad their assembled friends. Mr. R. Beverly Mason of the Clariosophic Society dismissed the assembly in a few cnoice remarks.?Columbia Record, December 19. Miss Travis?I have a paisionate love for fhe occult and mysterious. Poseboy?0 hen, you ought to come down to our Doardinc-house s?me morning when we lave hash. At the present time one-fourth of all the wpulation of the United States is gathered n towns of eight thousand people and upvards, and the proportion is increasing. BEWARE! BE PRUDENT* When the proprietors of a blood remedy tell you hat iodide of potash is a poison simply because heir opponents use it, their assertions are made to ieccive, and your use of ICO bottles of inert stuff heir object. Iodide of potash is as essential to a rue blood remedy, as pure blood is essential to good j health. No remedy has proven j }UICK CURE itself so safe, sure and QUICK i an eradicator of mercurial, ( yphilitic, scrofulous, malarial or other poison, forign to health, tiiat gets into bone and blood, when ^ il else fails as B. B. B. Send to Blood Balm Co., thnta, Ga, for illustrated "Book of Wonders," i!ed with convincing proof of QUICK CURES of :cmingly incurable cases. A. F. Britton, Jackson, Tenn., writes: "I conacted malaria in the swamps of Louisiana while orking for the telegraph company, and used every nd cHnedicine I could hear of without relief. J at last succeeded in breaking the fever fc 01 SON but cost over ^OO.CO, and then my system was prostrated and satuted with poison and I became almost helpless. I lally came here, my mouth so filled with sores j at I could scarcely eat, and my tongue raw and led with little knots. Various remedies wore re- S rcoa to witnout enect. J bought two bottles of B. r B. and It has cured and strengthened me. All res of my mouth are healed and my tongue?ntire- ST clear of knots and ioreness, and I feel like a new m." R R. Saulter, Athens, Ga., writes: "I have been ji iicted with Catarrh for many years, although all fl rts of medicines and several doctors did their best I curc me. My blood was very impure, and noth- I ing ever had any effect upon the I A.TARRH disease until I used that great I Blood Remedy known as B. B. K a few bottles of which effected an entire cure. I P ommend it to all who have Catarrh. I refer to I y merchant or banker of Athens, Gx, and will j >]y to any inquiries." j , 5enj. Morris, Atlanta, Ga., writes: "I had no j ' appetite, my kidneys felt i\ )RE TONSILS sore, my throat was ulcerat- fr ed and my breast a mass of ]2 ining sores. Seven bottles of B. B. B, entirely [& da** CO L / ks HE BEST MACHINERY AT i* REASONABLE PRICES. Lanr's Celebrated Saw Mills guarun- \ sd as low in price as factory will quote ! cect. Unquestionably the best heavy I qj w mill built. Liddell Co.'s Pony and i andard Variable Feed Saw Mills? Farded first prize at New Orleans Ex>sition, and the best plantation and jht custom mills on the market. No an wbo has ever used a variable feed ill will have the old slvle, out-of-date * - * /-,-r 3it ieea. The Liddell-Tompkins Straight Line ngine has proven itself to be one of the uattest, strongest, simplest and best L] iw mill and plantation engines in nse, id wherever sold it does credit to the igh talent which designed it. The New .ra-Patent Portable Boiler, steams alLOfit as well as the retnrn tubular, far ?r etter than the locomotive and has not le dangerous crown sheet and stay bolts f the latter. " cj Barbour Cotton Seed and Grain irushere, and Raymond Combination p liils. Jenkins' patent steam light alves, with replaceable i-eats.. All kinds f machinery of the best quality at rea- f onable living prices. Write to me beDie yon buy. W. H. GIBBES, Jb. Columbia, S. C. lC!t S&KfKKfg*. 1 great danger oftlf he affon 3ea.ll | teqeijfer hcck'tM etAuyi fctycrnttfi Witr 2wfi(LD X&VL/rfORC0. encng&t*. ATLAXTAGAj PRIVATE BOARD, 1 ( Permanent and Transient t ] S, I Corner Wentworth & Glebe Sts,, i CHARLESTON, 8. C. I Eouse reoently furnished throughout. Location especially convenient?street cars passing every five minutes in Itch of the door. Terms moderate. Mpjb. E. E. HASELL, Miss S. S. EDWARDS. wvnpi a. W EH M ? y A Wonderful Discovery! TOBACCO AS AID TO HEALTH! A NEW TOBACCO, manufactured by Thos. C. Williams & Co., Bichmond, Va., tinder a formula prepared by Prof. J. W, Mallet, of the University of Virginia. Anti-malarial) anti-dyspeptic, a good nervine, and an excellent chew. >" TRY IT! WO HUMBUG! For sale by ail dealers. Qfcii'-.forl namr)hlet. TMKLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE. No Institute for Young Ladies in the South has advantages superior to those offered here in every department?Collegiate, Art and Music. Only experienced and accomplished Teachers engaged. The building is iighted with Gas, warmed with the best * - X * n % TT . A wrGugnt-iron j urnaces, sua a xioi Water Heater, has Hot and CoJd Water Baths, and first-class appointments as a Boarding School in every respect?no School in the South has superior. J86T PALL SESSION BEGINS SEPTEMBER 5, 1888. For Catalogue, with full particulars, address Bev. Wm. B. ATKINSON, Charlotte, N. C. THE SALE OF Barrett's Tonic. Decided by United States and State Courts to be no violation of the law. BARRETT'S TONIC, BEST MEDICINE, BEST SELLER, - LARGEST PROFITS. Write G. BARRETT & CO., Augusta, Ga., for prices and merits. ] Over 20,000 bottles of BARRETT'S TONIC sold last year on its merits. PYfprrt rAyMTVimTwi AXAAC vAJWJiiiiAiiTii; *0K IftPAKT* A.N2J riSJfiTHINtr CHIL UKEJi. ' Ad instant reiiei for colic of infants. Cftires Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Infantum or any diseases of the stomach I md bowels. Makes the critical period i A Teething safe and easy. Is a safe and ^lea&ant tonic. For sale by all druggist*, rad lor wholesale by Howa.xt>, Wtocs-. k Co., Aojaiatu. <>a PRIVATE BOAJttD. 1 S Yiaitore to Columbia will find it to heir advantage to stop at the 1 "WILLIAMS HOUSE," J forthwest Corner Plain and Sumter treets. Transient board a specialty, [ouse open all hours day and night to in incoming trams. MRS. WTNTHP.Or WILLTAJIS. JS laaijar. of. Life _fc Mother aeGhildl I ~ r r ^^Hnnnv ? ? j co] 10ICE EVAPORATED APPLES, i ^ CHOICE TURKISH PRUNES. N< Li CHOICE (/REAM CHEESE. (v Li r . CHOICE MESSINA LEMONS. j ? IOSSE & BLACKWELL'S IM- V PORTED PICEXES. ? W SA & PERRIN'S WORCHESTER- L< SHIRE SAUCE. A A FRESH MACCARONI. rEAM-COOKEDCRUSHEDOATS t A A fall line of Canned Goods, in- A ading something very fine in S< L eaches and Sliced and Grated L Pineapple. L JL RESH GROUND SPICE-all kinds, f JL SUGAR-CURED PIG HAMS. \ I ROYAL BAKING POWDER, I I at reduced prices. ~ TERMS FOR ABOVE-CASH. J R. M. HUEY. l im von motj iuii l iuu ruiiuui i t I^HE large or small amount you , owe "HE WIMSBOEO .WAGON CO. They need the money. They, too >we money, and can pay only with hat you owe them. We still have a ni:e lot of Buggies, Phaetons, Surrys, and Wagons. Id frrtin thp> shrms of V-/U1 Ailx^ rwiu A4VU* :he 30LUMBUS BD&&Y CO.) COLUMBUS, ant > U. S CAEEIA&E CO., J OHIO, In all styles?Gears and Springs, Columbus End Spring:, U. S. Side B*r End Spring, Timken, Brewster, Spiral (adjustable) and Center Springs. Our $10 Harness is Really Worth A full line of Harness, Bridles, Carriage Robes, Whips, Rubber Aprons, Carriage and Plantation Hardware. PAINTS, TURPENTINE, OILS, PUTTY, THE ENTERPRISE MEAT CHOPPERS AND COFFEE MILLS. Wi&88borovW?gQ& Co. THE WINNSBOSO BAR. H. A. GAILLARD, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, WJJNJN&liUJK,U, a. l>. . Office up-stair* oyer J. H. Beaty A Br#.'s store. rj-J. MCDONALD, o A . ^uOLASt So!*^01" Sixtv^fctnc McDON^^&-?e^LAS3^ ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Nos. 3 and 4 Law Range, WINNSBORO, S. C. Practice in all the State and Uniteo States Courts. H. N. Obear. "VV. C. Rio? OBEAR & RION, k'PTiTPxrvvti ixrn m.TwcPTrnwo it t t > Nos. 7 and 9 East Washington bz. WIN2TSBORO, s. c. Offices same as occupied by th? lat? C?I James H Rion. % E. B. Ragsdale. G. W. Ragsdal , RAGSDALE & RAGSDALE, ATTORNEYS AJTO COUNSELLORS No. 2 Law Range, WINNSBORO, S. 0. OSMUND W. BUCHANAN, ATTORNEY-AT-L AW, 4 No. 7 Law Range, WINNSBOKO, S.C. Practices in all United States and Stat: Courts. Special attention to corporatioi and insurance law. JAS. GLEXJT McCAXTS, A TT O R N E Y - AT - L A W, No. 1 LAW BANGS, WINNSBORO, S. C. JSPPractices in the State and Unit#. States Courts. SANDERS, MAM k CATHCAST, A.TTOENEYS-AT - L A "Vf. WIN NSBORO, S. (J. Practicee in al the Stat? and Unite# Sates?;ourts. E?~OflLe upstairs in Bank buildingt A. 8. DOUGLASS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. v.? /? r ? ? t> nu. o jLiitw rvauge. _ WINNSBORO, S. C Practices in the State and United State.'ourts. I WISE WOMAN Bought the Splendid HIGH ARM m siNfiEr SEWINC MACHIflf ECAUSE IT WAS THE BEST. DW THEY ALL WINT IT ? For it does such beautiful work. inip!e Machine at Factory Prlct. fcVMI MUmfli. WAmJTiU *'UK 5 YHAJJS. ;gnts Wanted in Unoccupied Territory.- \ ra mSiclBis nfc 8KLVIDS8C, tfck. V ^ - -- ^ lEmfoan^' CHMONDAND: SOUTH CAROL! ndensed Schedule; f -U 16,1) - :;' ~ 3 ai lRAINS j-/' ^IHrPVI jrth Bound. S -W. 7. Charleston ?y r. Augusta. ?. (iraniteTiUe, - ?. J r.'aJharlotte, ? r! Gr\ensboro, k *9 r Ric\niond, J?M r. WasCvngt0El' Q^nTil V - :?a9 r. BaltitS?i??e?. o '(m'Ss?'* ijSk r. PhiladeiiJli^' g r. New Y*<pwgp-:.. -9 )utli Bound. ,r. New York, ^avp.iu/ ,v. Phila'phia> 6/57.p.m. 1.20a.jn ,9 rV. Baltimore, y.-wp.m. ,v. Washington ll.QOp.m. ?t24a5L ,v. Richmond, . 2.30a.m.' 3il0p.Sk v.Greensboro, i S.48a4eul0.44p.m\ V .v.Salisbury, *, 11.23a;SflL 123Sngt \ ,v. Charlotte, ' l.00p.m.t 2.l0a.'m ?v. Rock Hill, l.STpifn? 3/HJa.m. ,v. Chester, % 2.40p.m. " *.53a.m ,v. Winnsboro, 3.39p.:m,: 4.55a.m ' H lt. Columbia. s.top.ar. -45.55a.m v iV. Johnston's 7,$2p.rii. 9.01a.m 1 jV. Trenton, ?? _-%?3p.m. 9.18a. mr ,v. Granitevuls% -^24p.m. 9.46a.m Lr. Augusta, ::?,Q5p.m. 10.30a,?-? lt. Charleston ' r I1.R.R.1 v^?.45D.m ii.00a.itt?? Lr. SaTannah^^^-?t ~ -'i?> (viaCent. R7%^:,, 6.15a.m. 5.C0p4? ' gBj THROUGH CAR SERVICE. **1 Pullman Palace Cars between Augasj* ? I md Greensboro on Nos. 50 and 51. * fl Pullman Palace Buffet Cars between J| Augusta and Washington*D. C., on'Nes. >2 and 53. & " JAS. L. TA"ELOR, T| Genera 1 Passenger Agent. - j? 9 TV CARDWiELL. D. P. A.. ^ | Columbia, S. SOL. HAA5T Traffic Manager. - M Christmas Sojjds. J V"-.- V*" WE hare laid in^large^ssortment of oretty things feis year, that we can sell e-mail cost to keepup that good o?|caatonr of giving - ""'M Christmas preseiiq^,t6f iamily and . Jfl friends. We knovvHtbat.; money is scarce and offer these things at 1 LOW PRICES. .J We have soa^rery fine articles, but jflfl you need notijjuy them unless you 11 i abie to do so. -Goi; stock of FANCY CHINA. VASES, TOILET SETS, ^fl RTSOrTR FTGDRES. &c..?is fall. We keep on hand a sapply^of CLOCKS* 9 WATCHES, JEWELRY, GOLD J PENS, SPECTACLES and EYEGLASSES of every description. We r;i&J i also have also a good stock of SI3> --JgjflH (VERWARE, LAMP " GOODS epd GLASSWARE generally. 1 Oar doors are often closed to&eeb" J out the cold, but nofc-to'keep oat co^- - m tomers. Open and^come will find ns always ready to ?fg|&yos?j VSl although we are engaged eve*y%pai moment in repairing Clocks, and Jewelry, which we gaarajw^-lojM be done in the beat style of workman*! H CONNOR &CHANDI?RV ^ I and hereby exteifil^fcjMH| tion to everybody ?|?jfl themselves, becauscjtijfn for every one, somjffl something for the gfl thing for the boy ! for the parents, voang man, his sisrfl^^^^HRf!4ES|Sg?jfl else's sister. Com presents yoa want for ti^S on oar shelves f??ebo<Jv 1 Don't talk c"?<>8e the bny. Prices shan'l&cl^^H^HIjL^&antitjeg fl are made to suit tb^al B 9 antee satisfaction, HEREOFE|M^/ spend-- fl Goods in piles, waiting to see you ..* Large r-eduet^g^^^g^eap^ jjj^ fia^l IS THE QSmT^\" % J Tk'n-n H r I T^k xS? -mM ; Citron, App?i, Orangey YigSi : ~ VH ' ' -V .'?.. . . J4|K^S m BREAKFAST- STBIPS. H ' I * jn mu extra fine m Hi 1AC5&KKEL IN EiTS j|