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THE GREENVILLE ENTERPRISE.
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^T^HN C BAH.LY, HMjjK? GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 10. 1871. T*
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Original Commnnirations.
Volt THE OltKKyCVlt.LK K TEBPKI8K.
Collcqnitl -Sambo ab? the Btueards.
Tlic following, not long eince,
Having occurred in Greenville
County, It ia handed In lite Editor*
-of the CiTtmrs 'iUA KiitifTuriikA aril*.
ject to tticr disp??*nl:
A free dm an by the name of
Samlxt, liavintr rented a farm, and
arranging for fits ctap, with an old
nnnle to pull Ida plough, while lately
breaking up Ida field, becoming
tired witli the morning's labor,
aniotly lies, down in the corner of
ie fence at the end of Ids row. an<k
Soon falls asleep, his mule, being
at lilierty drags the plow and
grazes on the grass. In the mean
while, a passing buzzard, eying
Sninbo with some degree ?>f inter
eat, alights near him, and after surveying
the surroundings carefully
of the sleeper, matches Imldly np
and gives Sambo a rousing peck
-on Ids check, making the blood
flow freely. SaiuIk> becomes
aroused, and beholding his assail
ant, quickly gathers d huge dry
corn stalk ami prepares for hat tic.
'The buzzard makes retreat on foot
some thirty paces, and with proud
and elevated head turns to front
lids supposed victim. Sambo with
irnge and passion wielding his in
struinent of death, thus delivers
himself to the buzzard : " You old
red, Idgii headed, white bill, loud
smelling varment; you is out
drawiii freedoms blood is you 1?
You pp<?c<l I whs dead, di?t you?
.'l)ut I cuii tel) you I aint dead vet;
though Yliie body of freedom has
nothing but meal and salt to go on,
and du mule aint dead nerier, and
lias de grate to go on now ; ao 1
hopes you will not fill youraelt
villi eder of us for long time to
come; you old dirtv, black \a'inent.
You holds aicli a high,
proud head, I reckon yon lina been
to Colombia, t?s?, and now for fob j
lering in do tracks of old Scott, dc
nigeer and iiienu white man legislater
; and what little is left of
freedoms sich as perishing bodies
.and old mules, you now a nuts
Your share even afore a body dies.
1 wants you to know dat forty
-acres and a mule was promised
freedom when ficedotn first come
in by de leaguers and all sich liars ;
and dc forty acres and dc tunic ha*
ncucr uumc vt'i, IOI" III6V "Wfillt To
do legislator wid our votes, tilled
deir own pocke's, laid on liieh
Jiead and oder taxes, on fro dom
and now dont care what c> >11108 of
wus p/H>r devils, dat was fools
enough to tielieve ein.M
At or about this juncture of
time qui'c a large number of the
buzzard tril?e arrive oft the ground
and take quarters on the surrounding
trees an stumps facing
the position of Sambo, when he
an uivi urincrs lillllheil :
t( I reckon you all is jist doin
wlmi lie nigger and mean scalawag
white folks is doin in de 1-igislater,
wid old Gov. 8c<?tt; you lias form-ed
your ring too, to go to steulin
and let de country and freedom
giu up. But 1 tells you to stop
afore you finder go, for freedom
lias tried de steeling business and
-dat line gin up for de klu kluxe*
Las stopped oil dot. and now you
-wants to try your hand even afore
freedom and de |uuie dies, you carfoa
liuntin rascals. Yes, you ring
buzzards, die business must stop ;
freedom said first dat do bottom
rail was on top, hut 1 tolls you and
all order rings dat freedom is now
.sorter getting in de middle ob de
fence to hold it steady and strong,
while CeilSe is irettiiur on Ha li.n
r r-> " "T *
-while do leaguers and oder Mich
liars dat led freedom astray, \* at
<le bottom where sense and freedom
will crn*l< em out. Governor Perry
says, de Charleston Trade folks
aay*. and all oder ser.se folk* says,
dat di? ring business, dat die steelin
business, dat di? high tax business
must st' i?, and so says free
dom too, and l now tells yon tlmt
freedom wil! start a ring agin you
and your tribe dis night, aiiu kin
klnx you all out Cane Island where
you Ita-t your roost, even If it take
de last peck *4 freedom'* corn to
fet powder and bullet to -to it, so
warns you to look out, for your
end is ttt band, when freedom can
shoot;
O. bm ten tbouiacd tongue* to ting
Ornt and tvrrlaili?? fr?4(W? .
|b? ijorj 0% At mitrj sad d? Mf ring
That won An t,bl l?w Sooit'a us sad
Luraard Wh.M
RAMBLER.
FO" TUB OBKBHVILLK IXTUNI'l.
What shall b? Done t
JUewrt. Riitor??No man of any
feeling* can live in these troublous
titties without realizing an anxious
' concern for hia country's welfare
i The discontent and murmurings of
A people arc hot to l>e t&ken^At all
| times as evidence that tbeir laws
are bud and tbeir rulers Corrupt.
But It is evidence of wrong some
where. Tli? .^.12..;^..
imposes the duty of rendering unto
Ceesnr the things that belong to
CtB-'af, of paying tribute to whom
tribute is due. This duty is limited,
both as to things and the
amount. The things, are those
that belong to civil rt.lers; the
nmonnt, just what is due, nothing
more. JNoiic should be paid trib
ute but t!u*e to whom it is due.?
Tho Magna Charta of Grout Bri
tain, which contained the germ of
English liberty, was extorted from
King John b? his subjects refusing
to pay the tax which lie itn
posed upon them. By it nrovl
sion was tnnde that no tax should
he levied by the King without the
voluntary consent of his subjects,
expressed in an assembled coun
6<m. up to the commencement ot
the 13th century, kings had assumed
to themselves the divine
right not only to control men's
lives but their pro|>crty also, to
carry out their own personal
Hgrandizement, or mad schemes in
war. The ^lagna Charts gave to
Great Britain her Parliament, an
enlargement ot the personal freedom
of her people, the guarantee
of no taxation without represents
tion, which, in time, became the
froand work of American liberty,
r nUo threw around kingly au
thority the checkmates to absolute
power, which have gradually lie
come interwoven with her system
ot government- itu in.n
c - *
elements ot strength and beauty.
The principle id the sotno, what
ever to in it may assume. It was
the pnqiertydioldiiig classed of
e>roat Britain that ob'ained the
Magna Chnrta. The pruiciple is.
property shall vol be taxed with
out it is represented. Taxation to
lay in Smith Carolina without
property representation in her
council*, is no less despotic than it
was in England in the year 1215,
under kindly rule. With us, it is
a system controlled by what is ca'l
ed popular suffrage, and there! no,
while it is equally despotic, it is
more dangerous. With them, it
was one man in authority, possess
ed of some intelligence ; with us, it
is a ttiiilti'iidcof misguided, ignorant
slaves. No one can deny that
the taxes are becoming burdensome.
The people have a right to
know what is done with their money.
Many are deprived of the
Co in in on tieccssaiicd of life, on ac
count of their tax. Crime is on
the incense, and so are the burdens
of government. Why s it
that wo have civil, and military,
and an armed militia power in the
8tn?e, and with it all, both life and
property are becoming daily more
and more imperiled ? Is it not
that corrupt laws make corrupt
peopleu When the wicked
iieai edi rule the peoplo mourn ; bait
when the righteous a c in authori
ty the people rejoice." High taxes
imposed to cany on schemed of
Corporal? interests under protection
of law, must in the end, de
moralize society, weaken industry,
produce indolence and general did !
content. But w hat is to he dime?
I believe that we may fartify ourselves
to suifer it out. To expect
pence wit bout its seeds first being
sown in society, is Something like
ltiiiL'iiitr iiu* ti'I'ailf trx ivimiw
"? " V** * ?v ^ i \? '? K^fPi
trees. Like Iroin like, is the inexorable
law that governs both the natural
ami social world. Certain things
most run their conrso. A swollen
stream, once breaking over it*
hanks, will sweep its onward
c urse, let tho hisses by its de?tructhat
of life and propcrt*' be what
they may. So of the revolutionary
movements ot nations. Thousand?,
with trantic joy, leap in to swell
the tide, who would gladly stop its
wild career when too late. I have
no douht but the negros of South
Carolina are now beyond the control
or moderation of the leading
elements of the Ua lical party.?
They have said in their public
speeches, so one of the party told
me. " We can no longer trust the
white man.11 This is legitimate.
Tney have been told that they are
the controlling political power in
the Statu. They believe it. The
hall has been sot to rolling; who
shall stop ii f
The iwple should use the right
allowed them by the Constitution.
Meet together in every Township
throughout tho State, and peaces
bly discuss their grievances, calling
upon their representatives to
clear up their respective records
as to the exjavidittne of their mou
ay. Let resolutions be passed
showing that we are willing to pay
a reasonable tarn to support a rea
son able government, but that ap
unreasonable demand for the support
qf bribery, corurption and
fraud we cannot ana will not
piy. Respectfully,
A C. STEPP.
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FOR THE OREENVILLE FNTKUPUISli.
Messrs. Editors ?I left your
P.itv'n fnuf ? * ?
j ? ,vt u.ijo iui oiiariuuburg.
It was a beautiful clear
morning, the night before a little
frost bad fallen, making it quite
cool, but very pleasant for travel
ing. Nature every wheje bad
robed herself in beautiful green,
and the trees all along afford cool
and refreshing shades ; the birds
sang merrily, as they crept among
the branches of (lie forest, and
nil, everything seemed to rejoice
at the approach of spring, I had
heard before I left your City,
wheat was very much injured by
the fly, and I found it true, not a
single field anywhere along look
ed as well as it usually does this
time of year, a great many fields,
I think, ought to be ploughed up
and planted in corn, for thoy are
ruined by a small insect, just
hIkjvo the roots ol wheat: tnev
7 " " /
lihve sucked if, until it is yellow,
nnd certainly can yield little or
nothing.
At Hatesvillc and Le3ter*s Factories,
everything 6eeincd to be in
good order, tlio cabins recently
white-washed, and the Factories
recently painted. I like tosoc ?!i!?,
it snows they aro in a flourishing
condition ; 1 hope they they are,
and wish thein much success. 1
also passed along by Crawfordsvillo,
where I saw every b>dy and
everything as busy as they could
he, 6o much interested in their
I business tlicy had'no time to chat
with idle visitors, so wo halted
but a short while.
Corn all along the road was
just peeping ut) above the ground,
but looked rather badly, the late
frost and the cool weather seem to',
have thrown it back a little,
though where it was up any distance
above the ground, looked
very well. I saw all along any
quantity of lian Is dropping and
covering cotton seed, and as usual,
I suppose, a very huge crop will
he planted. The fencing and
buildings, with few exceptions, '
look badly, and I was led to be
lieve there is not half as much
interest taken in farms as used to
be. I reached Spartanburg al 1 i 1
o'clock, P. M., and stopped at the I
Palmetto House, kept by Mr. A. t'
VV. Sprigs, of Charleston. 1 '
found liim to be a very kind and 1
hospitable gentleman, understand
ing liuw to wait upon strangers,
and make them feel comfortable. !
After enjoying one of his g?od old
fashioned dinners, a hog and horn- I
iny," I went in hunt of the Sheriff,
having some little business '
with him, as the most of men do
these days, tint found both that
official and his deputy abeenf, and
no one c uld tell when he would
be back, not till next day, at least.
Having some little tiuao to 6pend
in d.i.ng nothing, I concluded to j
look around and see what the bus- (
iaess portion of town was doing,
and, on inquiry, every ono said j
business was vcy dull. I think
it was dull tor in the whole nfterI
f ? ? - 1
noon, 1 did not sco a single trade (
made, either for cash or credit.?
Called iijkhi one of the County
Commissioners, to know if he
could give me an order on the
County treasurer for sonic money,
tor work dono two or three years
ago. Ho said no, that tho people
had been very slow in paying
their tuxes and they had no money
on hand, but if I would bappen
there when tlioy did >ave any,
lie would give in?? the nrJer.?
Poor consolation for a man that
lives thirty or forty miles away.
1 was in several of tho largest ,
st res in tho place, and they are
all full iii\ most ot them just re
ceiving their spi Ing goods, all exceedingly
anxious to sell, but very
tew buyers. I heard a great
many express themselves about
sending men to the tax payers
convention in May?thought it was
a good idea, and by all means
oiiL'ht to be done, and all acmnorl
determined nut to pay tiieir taxes
again this year. 1 waa invited l>y
une ot the firm of Messrs. Fowler,
Fueter & Co., to go down and
examine their carriage and wagon
manufactory, whiJi I found "in
excellent condition, machinery all
now, with a ten horse power engine
driving theni right along.?
Ihey had verv few vehicles on
liana, and did not complain of
hard timet or being scarce of
inoncy.
I also took a long walk up
Uourch Btree:, where i toniA a
tmmhcr of hands At work on the
Air Line Railroad.' They have 1
eif,ht miles graded, ready tor tli*
cross tics and iron, and feel ?er>
tain they will complete the road
to Clinrlutte by the first of Jnnua
ry next. This, seemingly, was a
matter of groat interest with them,
as it was the nil absorbing topic of
conversation.
Wofford College lias nlnuit one
liuudVed students, and is certainly
Olio of the mnet flourishing instiln
tiotis in the State.
Several new bn ldtngs have
been recently erected ; new t'encing,
new streets, &c., show that
| the town is rapidly improving.?
! I could not help but forth a very
favorable opinion of the little village,
hoping she may grow and
yet becomo a large city. Night
was nnon no nn^ ? ? ?? "??*
..... uiiu n V IVIIII IIVU Id
the hotel, and after ten, having arranged
pur business with an attorney
tor the sheriff, wc retired,
and invoke early in the morning;
to tnke the road hack to our much
beloved and beautiful City ol
Greenville, O. K.
The Stockholders' Meeting.
The stockholders of the Green
ville and Columbia Railroad reassembled,
yestcrdav morning, in
their hall?Hon. Jus. L. Orr in
the chair.* C. V. Carrington,
Esq., the attentive charter Secretary
" ot the company, acted as
Secretary of the meeting. The
report of the President and Directors?showing
the improved condition
of the affairs of the compn
113*?was read and accepted. The
General Superintendent's report,
with the accompaning tables and
statements, wero also read and
adopted. The stockholders then
went into an election for President.
Vice President, and Directors
f r the ensuing year, which
resulted in the unanimous re election
ot Frederick Rim It IW-?
" 'I'l
President, and Cid. John J Patterson,
Vice President, Messrs. J.
L. Nengle, J. J. Patterson, II. II.
Kimpton, N. G. Parker, Joseph
Oews, James L. Orr, II*. T Farmer,
F. L. Cai dozo. G. VV. Waterman,
T. Hurl)', J. M. Allen, and
Thomas Dudainend, were elected
directors.
Col. J. P. Reed afterwards addressed
the meeting, on the sub
ject of the advantages to the road
and this section from a connection
with the " Atlanta and Richmond
Air-Lino" Railroad Company, at
or near Anderson ; and ottered
resolutions in regard to the same,
which were approved of and re
ferred to the L5 >ard of Directors
for action.
After passing the usual resoltt
lions and a complimentary ono to
Judge Orr, Chairman, the meet
ing adjourned.
Froin the expressions of stock
holders present who reside 011 the
line *?f tho road, the re election of
President Bash appeared to giv?
great satisfaction ? his attention to
business ar.d gentlemanly demeanor
having gained h i m many
IVleuds in this section.?
The Southern Facifio.
This railroad company having
organized will probably 6oon ho
gin operations. From New York
to San Francisco, bv the Northern
Pacific, is 3,373 miles.?
From New Yolk to San Diego,
by the Southern Pacific, is 3.094
miles?an advantage in distance
of 279 iniles. The following aro
the distances;
New Y<>ik to Washington, 226
miles; Washington to Chattanooga,
624 ; to Meridian, by the Ala
baina and Chattanooga Railroad,
295 miles ; to Yicksbnrg, by the
Yieksbnrg and Meridian Rail
road, 149 miles ; troin Vicksbnrg
to the eastern boundary of Texas.
via Monroe and Shrcvcport, 133
; I . f ? 1 -1 *
inues j irom eastern doiiikihi v oi
Texas to El Paso, 783 miles
through New Mexico on the 23?1
parallel. 578 miles, mid through
Calif.?rna, on the same, parallel to
San Diego, on the Pacific, 260
miles?making 3,094 miles.
Tlio Eastern connections cf the
Southern Pacific will ho at
Snrcveport and Chickasaw, the
former with tho Vicksbnrg and
Meridian Ra'nroad. Tho road will
be a straight shoot lor 250 miles
of prairie. In 850 in. lea will be six
bridges, none over 400 feet. The
road rifns through a rich country,
with fertile eoU? tit for cotton and
grains, timber in plenty, rich
mines oojitijfnona. Tire route can
be used the whole year round.
The company lias all tho usual
powers; can issue $du,uuu,uuu
stock, buy and consolidate with
other railroads ; purchase lands of
other companies, issue bonds, etc.
A Kansas hotel door bears the
following placard 5 44 This hotel
it closed on account of a difference
between the proprietor and
cook, which was settled with pistols,
and sent the proprietor to
the grave, and tho cook to tho
t.*:i ?
Judge Flippin of Tennessee Senteno
ing his Old Schoolmate to Death.
Judge Flippin spoke as follows
:
ik Samuel II. Puston, this Is one
of the saddest cra9 in my life.?
Our parents and their children
knew each other. We grew up
together, went to tho same school,
the same ctiurch, and played on
hill and in valley the same inno
cent ganves in boyhood. Years
have passed since then. Our
roads in lile have diverged. "Yon
now 6ton(J convicted of a great
capital crime, and I, as the min
* - i* -?
ibier 01 (ne law, have imposed upon
me tlie painful duty of passing
upon you the sentence of death.?
Were it consistent with my official
duties, 14 would this cup could pass
from me/ But I cannot now shrink
from the performance of this sad
official requirement, and must not,
and will not in the future, though
other victims may fall to avenge
a violated law. It is, therefore,
the sentence of the court that von
he remanded to the county jail of
Shelby County, the place from
whence yon came, to he thore securely
kept until Friday, the 20th
day ot May next, when you will
he taken by I ho SheritV of Shelby
County, between the hours of 10
A 11 1 or* ...
rk. in. una o ir. xu., within one
mile n:id a liulf of the court house
of said county, and there to be
hanged hp the neck until you are
dead ; and may God have mercy
on your cowl."
When Poston was called, both
the Judge and Poston were very
much moved. Poston shook like
an aspen leaf, and had to grasp a
chair for support. At the conclu
sion of the sentence Judge Flippin
was in tears, as was also nearly
all the largo crowd, gathered
there. It was a most affecting
6C0U0, and will ever be remembered
by those who witnessed it.
It was a surprise to all to kuow
the relation that had existed in
early childhood between Judge
Flippin and Post on, and it must
indeed have been a sad thing tor
Judge Flippin to consign to death
a playmate of his early boyhood
days.?Memphis Sun.
A famous Brigand Kii.lkd.?
Guicche, the Brigand of Arrezzo,
Italy, was shot recently by the
King's Carbineers. lie was, it is
suid, the terror, but also the boast
of the neighborhood ; and, no les*
irom admiration than from fear,
ho was always suro, as long as he
could elude the bloodhounds of
the law, ot a supper and a sweetheart.
Justice was over and over
again suspended by the dread of
Ids anger; and tempting posts,
usually so coveted in Italy, were
refused by official niter another in
deference to his mandates. The
mode of his capture was in keeping
with the remainder of his event
ful history. Three of his pursuers
took refuge one evening with
a poor and aged couple, and their
suspicions were at once aroused
by seeing before them the proniit-e
of a more sumptuous repast tha i
was warranted by tiro * peasants'
ootid it ion. The ? ipper was preparing
for Guicct.c, and the tact
was extorted from the tempoiiz
ing'pair. The Carbineers lay in
wait for the solitarj' bravo, who
soon camo along singing a rispet
to, or love song, and they dispatched
him bcfoio he had time
to do mare than bite off one of
their fingers.
Good Roli.s.?The famous Par?
ker House (lioston) rolls are made
f ii : -i ! >
111 iiiu rumwin^ uescnoeu ir.au
tier: Make a hole in two quarts
of flour, and pour in one pint of
curd milk that has been boiled ;
with a cup of butter melted in
it. Add a quarter of a cup of antral*
and lialf a cup of good yeast.
Let it stand without mixing two
or three hours. Salt to taste ?
Then knead it, and set it to rise a
few hours; then mold it, and let
it rise again in tho pans before
baking. The rolls require about
flttceu minutes to bake in a quick
oven.
DROWN SPRUCE BKKR.
Pour eight gallons of water into
a barrel, and then eight gallons
more boiling hot ; add tw*elve
pounds of molasses and half a
pound of essence of spruce ; and
when nearly cool, put in hulf a
1>int of good ale yeast. This must
>o stirred and well mixed, and
leave tho bung out two or three
days; after which the liquor inny
be immediately bottled, well corked
and tied, and packed itt sawdust
or sand, when it will bo ripe
and fit to drink in a fortnight.
A subscription has been star'ed,
in Union County, to obtain funds
tor tho purpose of purchasing a
f o
home for the widow end child ol
G. M. Stevens, who was inurderod
oo the 31st of last December.
k
Proa the Keown Courier.
8avlng a Hand and Horse in Planting
Corn.
Edi or Keovoe? Courier?As 1
have just found out*a plan by
which at least a dollar a day may
be saved by the farmers of the
country, whilst planting their corn
crops, and at a trifling expense, I
It - a .
nnve iiiougnt 11 n^amlss to innke I
it known, as coni is now being j
E United, and as farmers are very
nek ward on account of the bad
weather.
The plan is for covering corn in
half the time thiit is usually required,
the saving of a hand and horse,
and doing the work better. The
pland is this: Tukj two plow
stocks, take oft* the handles, take
out the cro68 pieces on Which the
handles a*o fastened; get a niece
of timber, sixteen inches long,
about one and a halt inches in diameter?connect
the two stocks
with this, by fitting the erds of it
info tlio l?rn ?I.:? - ?*
...v iiwioo >' 11 which i iic
handle piece was taken ; let it ex
tend on either (tide of the stocks to
receive the handles that have been
taken off?wedge the handles on ,
tightly. Then bore inch holes
two or three inches above the junction
of the fiH.it and beam?put a
cross jiiece in these?then boro
same sized holes in the beams, a
foot from the junction ; then, just
behind the clevis holes, two one
and a quarter inch holes, put a
strong piece here?thus the stocks
are firmly connected. If gophers
are tour inches w ide, (die usual
width.) these three connecting rods
should be fourteen inches lo g, but
tli? ni<u>u mi ?!>?? I.?..JI?
r.~~~ -- ....... mo nannies III C
fastened should not be less than
sixteen inches. To the cross piece,
at. the clevis, attach the swindle
tree and put on the gophers ; make
the horse walk in the planted furrow,
and a beautiful sharp ridge
will bo made on the corn?better '>
than can be done by going twice
to the furrow in the usual way.?
These three connecting rods should
not l>c fastened until it is tried, as 1
different widths at e necessary with
different sized gophers?they can
he readily fastened when the prop- 1
er width is ascertained. It consists 1
in m?thing hut connecting two plowstocks
together at such a distance 1
as to cover the corn property.?
This arrangement of the stocks
does not injure them?after plant- 1
iug saw on the e cross bars and
leave the plugs in tho holes; the
stock will not he at all weakened
? when needed again, knock out
tllCRO 111 IIOR lliwl lillt iII rru-to Tl.to
arrangement may also be of great
bencSit in listing cotton land, that
is well broken, bv having a rigbt
and left banded jack or twister put
on them, and putting the stocks a
little farther apart, and, even it it
should be too heavy for one horse,
two could be used, thereby saving
a hand. 1 have not tried this, but
1 can sec no roason why it would
not do as well as in covering.
Very respecttully,
? J. W. CUAWFOItD.
Cold S rut no, Pickkns Co., S. C.
How to Bo Cr Shirt IIosoms.
We have often heard ladies expressing
a desire to know by what
process the tine gloss observed on
new linens, shirt bosoms, etc.,. is
produced, and in order to gratify
l thetn, wo subj >in the following
recipe for making gum Arabic
starch : Take two ounces of fine
white gum Arabic powder?put it
into a pheher, ami pour on it a
pint of boiling water, (according to
. I J < - - *
me aegrce 01 strength yon desire,)
and then, having covered it, let it
set nil night. )n the morning
, pour it carefully from the dregs
into a clean bottle, cork it and
keep it for use. A tablespoonfui
of gum water, stirred into a pint 1
of starch that has been made in
the usual manner, will give to
lawns (either white or printed) .a
look ot newness when nothing else
can restore them alter washing.?
It is also good (much diluted) for 1
thin, white muslin and bobinet.
?-? * ??
A Dakaiko chDuuo ?Dr.
David (J. JLioek, n phvsican of Go/i
shell, Ind., died last Friday even
ing from an overdose ot chloral,
the now medicine that is exten
sivuly used for producing, sleep.?
Ho had prepared a dose for his
wife, and took it himself to show
her that it was harmless, with the
I above result. Thore have been I
Bcverftl cases ot death from the
use of this drug lately, Among
others two or three in Baltimore,,
from the too free nse of chloral.
Population and Pkopuction.?
It is calculated by Mr. Samuel B.
UugguW, the statistician, that in
the * ear 1900 the population of
ttie United States will 1m seventy
five millions And that ceroal t<>od
will be rniscd here sufficient not
I only for onr own population, but
for two hundred millions of the>
people of European countries.
A Plenty of Caeumbars from Tbra>
HilloA
correopodent of the II*?rtici?lluriet
dcscril>es fiis way of making
a cucumber crop, as follow* t
* 1 had a narrow border, not
more than tiro and a half teetf
wide, on the edge of a high teucc.
I planted three cucumber hilU ir>
the border. and laid smue brushed
(xncli ft9 in used for pea vines.) between
tlietn and the fenee A?
soon as they crept up to the brusfff
I pinched off the end* of the
vine, which thickened rapidly
around the root*. And in every
direction, throwing out the tu<?P
vigorous foliage and profusion of
flowers.
" I did not allow the ???! ?-.
berg to grow, but watched them>
and gucli as I wished to reserve
tor ttie iaide I nicked as goon at
they became of proper gize; all
I he regt were gathered every day
for pickleg ; every day pinching tiff
the hud* at the cud of each ohoo*.
In this way the hills continued
fresh and productive until they
were touched by t*-? ??t.- Some
judgment can be formed of tbo
vaiuo of this practice when I add
that more than a barrel of picklee
were made from three hills,
besides allowing a supply for the
table."
?
A South Carolina Elkction.??
The New York gnu savs the con
test between C. C. Bowen mid It.
C. De Large of South Carol in ii, for
the honor of a sent irv the Fortysecond
Congress, ba-? been virtual"
I>" decided in favor of the former,
'the Commissioners ot Election of
Bi-nutort county (in L)c!,m ge's die-'
trict) were arraigned and tr'ad
last week in ihe LT. S. Circuit*
Court at Charleston, upon an indictment
setting forth that Williams,
I, mglev, and Gloaves, the*
afotcsaid Commissioners, had,,
while acting in tnat capacity at
the last election, stuffed tho bulb t-boxes,
falsified the election record.
made false returns of tlia*
number of votes cast, and committed
divers otlier acts in violation
of the United States enforcement
law. The jury found the
prisoners guilty, and Judge Bond
sentenced them each to two rears*'
imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Ti.O Court having thus sustained
Mr. Bowcn's charges of fraud
in that district, it is more thatu
likely that Mr. lXLargo will haver
to retire and give place to his Contestant.
Tiik Diffkkkncic.?One yonns?
lady rises early, rolls tip tier
sleeves, goes in the kitchen to get*
breakfast, or insists upon doing so,*
ai.d afterwards with cheerful and
sunny smiles, puts the house in
order without the assistance of
" mother.1' She will make a g? od
wife, and render home a paradise.
Young man, u get her I"
Another young lady is a parlor
heauty, pallid from company, dissipation
and want of exercise,
reads novels and aiinost dies ot
laziness, while the |>oor old moth
er does her washing. She is a.
useless piece ot turuitnre, an an-uoyance
to the hnshattd she may
chance to " tope in," and wil! g?v
whining to the gra*e. Young
man, " let her alone!"
*4Tiiat man," said a wag,
' came to Nashua forty years ag"K
purchased a basket, and commenced
gathering rags. II..w much
do you suppose he is worth now ?*'
It was-a cumuli uni we could n< t
answer. 44 Nothing," he contin-ucd,
after a pause, 44 and he owes
tor the basket."
Eximckss Ratks Rkduckd.?Wehave
been LuUu uied by Mr. Todd,.
. i - * - *- - *
me t'mcicni /vgent *>r tlie ftxpret-sCompany,
at this place, that ihe>laritV
fit on Shunter to Wilmington,
Columbia, Charleston aml<
Augusta, and' all |H>ints between*,
lias been reduced.
[Sumter News, 4th+
daatn of How. Jamks M. Ma PN
?A telegram dared Alexandria,
Va., April 29, says : " Jarues
M. Mason died last night from
general debility. H? had l?een
uiieoMtuiious for a day or two.?
lie died wit hunt pain." Mr.
Mivum had. reached a ripe old age,
having In on born in 171*7.
Qkiurak Smkkman is now traveling
through the Kotidt, without
oncosis like Mobile Ucgistcr
warns him against the lladical
Ku Klnx, who would not hesitate
to kill him* or sny other man, in
the dark, to tnako- a- litHo capital
for their party..
A touko m?n with n pood
trade or honorable pntft-flKit.it, i*
not obliged to itftk many fWvorn.?
He will hew hi* wav to eucci-sp*
while the unstable and shitile**
will grow tired. de?nair end t*'**