The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, January 11, 1889, Image 4
rUSED TO STOP A LEAK.
How Peter Johnson Paid DU Passage
a Over the Atlantic.
Old Peter Johnson, a familiar "landmark"
of South street, and who, in tho
memory of tho oldest dock hand in
this city, Jias never been known to stir
away from his seat on an old box at
tho corner of South street and Coenties
slip, tells a most rvmarkablo talo of
A tho troubles through which ho had to
pass to becomo an American citizen
and to run away from his birthplace
in Sweden.
It seems that Pctci*, whoso namo is
not Peter at all, but something in
which all tho letters of tho alphabet
arc combined, was born in a littlo
hamlet in Sweden. Ever sinco ho
lirst read a translation of "Kobinson
Crusoe," at tho ago of 10, Peter had a
violent passion for tho sea. Ono day
ho heard of America. IJo asked how
'far oil' this great land might bo, and
his father replied that it was on tho
other sido of tho great Irish sea and
across tho Atlantic. Tho next (lav
Peter made up u Iittlo bundle of necessaries
and started otF to find this glorious
Eldorado. llo reached Lois, a
small lishing port on tho coast of Swodcn.
Walking along tho wharves ho saw
a hark of about 800 tons that was advertised
to start for New York on that
very day. llo had never heard of
New York, but as ho clambered over
tho port rail of the Iittlo ship ho blindly
hoped that it was somewhere near his
goal. On board ho found all deserted.
By accident Peter stumbled into tho
hold of tho ship. He secreted himself
among a number of barrels, and, as ho
was very tired, ho fell asleep. About
ten hours afterward ho was awakened
by a peculiar clanking noise. Tho
ship was rolling horribly, ller wooden
sides were being strained to tho utmost
extent, and Peter's heart stood still.
"Well, the end of it was," said tho
old man la^t evening to tho waiter,
"that I went on deck. I was a mighty
sick colloose, 1 can toll you. But I
wasn't too sick to see that something
lior'blo had happened, Tho cap'n
stood near tho wheel looking hopelessly
toward shore and didn't even
notico me. Tho sea was runniu' Inch.
A heavy gale had caught us to leeward
and wo had sprung aleak. Our
ship was pretty fast and we wcro out
of sight of land. The leak was a big
one and our ship was fillin' fast. All
the men wcro at work at the pumps,
but the water was gamin' on cm and
they were losin' heart and hope.
Yv'hcn the cap'n saw mo lie did didn't
lire otl" and cat tail me. No; he jest
caught 1110 by tho shoulder hero and
ho iest looked up to heaven thus way,
and he jest said, 'Thank God 1'sorter
happy like.
"Then he hurried nic down into tho
hold and then ho said somcthin' to
one of the men as was at tho pumps.
. Tho man went away, but ho soon come
back an' told tho Cap that all was
right.
"Then tho Cap'n ho took mo down
into the how of tho old hulk. That's
^ wher' she'd sprung a leak. Thor' was
a hole 'hunt the size of your body 011
the starboard side. Tho Cap'n, ho and
the man then cotohed mo up, an',
mates, would you believe it? they just
stuck 1110 in that holo up to my arm
pits, they did, blast 1110 if they didn't.
[ it was mighty oneomfortablo to 1110,
but it stopped the water from llowin'
1 jJlinip'eflf 6iTC anT tTien the carpenter
lixed tlio hole. For my part of tho
work tho Cap'n gavo mo a free passage,
and hero I am."
And then old Peter Johnson closed
ins locxn on nil Okl clay pipo, nor
\voul<l lie open them again to say 0110
word in explanation ol" his straugo ad'
venture.?New York Evening Sun.
TIio Last Cargo of Slaves.
Probably tho most interesting character
hereabouts, says Tho Augusta
(Cla.) Chronicle, is a negro man who
was one of tlio cargo of tho Wanderer,
tho lust slave ship to bring to this
oouniry a load of captives from Africa.
Lucius Williams, as ho was christened
by one of tho young ladies of tho family
into which ho was sold, or "Umwalia,"
a ; ho was called in Africa, lives
in a small hut on tho outskirts of
Hamburg, aero s tho river from here.
Kineo freedom ho has earned a livelihood
working gardens, sawing wood
and whitewashing. Ho was a little
surprised when asked about his early
life, but talks well onco lie has
begun, requiring to ho questioned frc"'of
Liberia. One day when lie was about
10 years of ago ho was sent to his aunt
to carry her somo pindors to plant.
When ho was going through tho
woods two strange black men seized
him and bound his hands. IIo cried
terribly and they soon gagged him.
They sob I him ton native, who took
him to Liberia. There, for tho lirst
time in his life, he paw a white man,
and ho was terribly frightened at
him.
Umwalla was then taken to the
watuierer, where ;i lar?o number of
captive; had already been stored away
in the hold.
When tho Wanderer approached (ho
ftoulh Carolina coast si 10 was sighted
by a government boat and fciven
chase. 1 Vu ins- tho night, she dropped
anchor oil' 1 'ocotaliyo and thoear<*oof
1: wrro men and women was debarked.
L'mwalla, or. as ho was soon afterward
called, Lucius, was taken ton
Carolina plantation near Loach island
and put to work there.
T!nvt> Very i:\ccUciit i'.? ;?><?ieA
parson and his parish at Adelaide.
At: trali.i, lcceutly ]>arted with mutual
\ i!!iii?ncss, and in his farewell dise
use the minister freed his mind us
/ . i\v.: "t do not regret our separal:
a ik .ir brethren, for tluvo pood and
v 1 ivu >n . Thu lir.-t is that you
d i h.vo me, the areond that you
(!< (! t lovo one another, end I'm third !
t'; I Cod docs not love you. You don't j
! a. -mv salary is several months '
. . i ; you don't love one anol her, !
. v.n.o 1 no! be ich u dearth of
. . a:..' . you; and (led
i i cm to love i.i a ; you oupht
io\ ed, !;. am tk r.? have been
:yrals mi.oi i.. 'on ialely."
I \il ' * * '
: t. rnr \ says a !' > .1 <11 t l itic, i
iir.w's wln.stliiiff, is frco from I
. . ; that i 5 j v*<? < illict* lotlio i
.. c . ami it i; highly re lined. j
< :!y uhi's e>:eontin?j a siinjdo j
. hat \\.:!i the most tiilTicult of
, there i ;m?t tho f 1 i;;1 jin;
on the jierfectly natural ami
ci'iV' L of her facial cxprcsvn'.iii
'11 llacio' was /jiven
lac nr'i.lic pace, technical I
i- - nuli-haul lloritum of u highly
i'.ec<-'i i [tlisLicu vocalist. '
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AMONG THE POLYNESIANS* .
(
Their Habits and Customs?Brawlog tk* 1
National Drink?The Pal Maker.
Whilo conversing with Surgeon II. W.
Whitaker ho said he joined his ship, the
Mohican, at San Francisco, Cal., in May, c
1885, and sailod in her through (Jio Gol- *
den Gate the following month for an ex- t
tensivo cruise in tho South Pacific, which 1
lasted over threo years. His Rupply of I
information shows tliat ho lias been a 1
close observer of tho customs and habits {
of tho Polynesians. As a surgeon, ho J
was brought more intimately in contact 1
with them than others, and had the op- <
portunity of becoming personally oc- *
quaintcd with many of their strange '
doings, and ho says somo of his best
ftiends have been formed among those 1
1~ r *L? on/1 {M_ 1
pUUjUUt VI1U UL IUU UlUov VU11V/UO UIIU ill" ,
tcrcsting customs he told your correspon- <
dent of was that of kava drinking among '
tho inhabitants of the Samoao group of
islands. lie spoke very highly of those '
people, and said they were tho finest raco
of peoplo ho had seen, tbo men being of
largo and almost perfect physique, symmetrically
proportioned, with straight,
coarse black hair and a rich brownish
color. lie also said tho women wero
even more attractive than tho men, because
of their mild manners, kind and
happy dispositions.
The custom of making, and tho formalities
of drinking tho kava, as related
by tho surgeon, was intensely interesting
and will be news to all readers. Kava,
ho said, was a vegetablo growth that
glow in abundance on the islands belonging
to tho pepper family, and from the
roots of this plant they mado their national
drink of kava, by first chewing tho
root until it was well masticated, then
placing it in a wooden basin which they
mado for tho purpose, and mixing it with
water, it was ready to be served out. Ho
said tho first thought of this is always
repulsive to a civilized white man, and ho
invariably refuses to drink of it when
offered to him, but if ho stays in tho
islands long his prcjudico is snro to bo
overcome, and it is not a great while before
ho becomes a convert and is fond of
the strange drink.
In describing the process of brewing
tlio strange beverago 5ao said a young
girl, the most comely and attractive in
a household or village, was the one selected
to chew the root, which would
first be thoroughly cleansed and broken
into small pieces suitable for tho sizo of
tho damsel's mouth. Beforo commencing
to masticato sho would invariably
thoroughly wash out her mouth with
water in presence of all tho assembled
guests, and would then fold her graceful
j)crson, a la Turk, upon a mat spread on
tho floor, and chew and chew, all in ono
mouthful, until' a sufficient quantity
would bo ready. Tho hands, in tho
meantime, having been also washed,
should receivo the bolus, and with a
graceful xuotion dash it into tho bowl,
made of wood, in tho sliapo of a tin wash
basin with four short feet, when tho
water would bo added and the chewed
root thoroughly mixed up with tho hands
and by a dexterous manner nil the coarse
particles removed. When tho beer is
adjudged to bo completed by the fair
one, tlireo vigorous clappings of tho
hands all round signifies it is
ready to bo served. Strango to
sa}*, tho most punctilious etiquette
is observed in serving it, and for
tho want of which many an irreparable
offense, in tho estimation of tho true
Samoan, has been given. Tho honored
gue?t always receives tho first bowl, and,
meTieacTbr fl\o family or^Eo master ot
ceremonies. Tho nut brown maiden, a
blushing figure of symmetrical physical
beauty, presides at tho bowl, P'hocbo
like, dishing out the Samoan nectar.
A custom most closely related to this
peculiar habit, continued tho doctor, is
that of pai eating by tho natives of tho
Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, l'ai is
strictly Hawaiian, ho said, and is eaten
by every man, woman and child, from
King Kalakaua down, in those islands,
and forms tho mainstay of life for tho
I enm mi in lio.inln 'Plir, 1>.>!, <- 5c ,,..1......
? I l'?sally
established that tho native Ilawaiians
are called and known by tho name of
' Pai-eatcrs.''
There grows in all the Pacific islands a
l>lantof the lilv family, with largo rich
leaves ami straight, bulbous root, which
is full of farinaceous food material,
which, together with bread fruit, forma
the staple of lifo with tho Polynesian*,
taking tho placo of bread and potatoes.
Itii from this root that pai is made.
Pai making is as much of an institution
and quite as great a necessity in tho
Sandwich Islands as bread making is in
tho United States.
... VA3 &^tfe&l,t\IH\\3 ,
clxambcrlain, and is a i>ersonago much
envied. It is prepared fresh everyday
by first roasting the tnro roots, from
which it is made, mashing and mixing it j
wirli a proper quantity of water, then ]
carefully strained to free it from all i
lumps, after which it is set aside to fcrnu*nt.
When fermentation advances to
the proper degree it is ready to ho sold to
the consume r. It is now either white, <
pinkish or blue in color, according to tho '
kind of taro used in making, lias tho consistency
of thick llour starch, looks liko i
it, and, in fact, smells liko it. It is '
served in Koawood howls, highly !
polished and of different sizes, according |
to the tastes and capacity of tho happy J
eater of pai. f
The manner of eating pai is not, at .
first, so distasteful to the stranger as i
kava th inking, hut to a perfectly refined <
taste, according to our acceptance of tho 3
word, tlie first repast of raw fish which 4
is always eaten with pai is not happily t
calculated to sharpen tho appetite. Tho 3
bowl of pai is placed in front of tho I
guest of tho household after ho has 1
fold ed up his feet and logs and disposed k
of them as best lie can, but not always to 3
his comfort and satisfaction, unless ho k
has learned (lie habit of resting in tho i
native style, is supposed to eat by sticking
one, two or three lingers in tho pasty
mass which is stirred in a circular motion
until a ball of it adheres to tho i
O,.., .. ?
iuy,cir>, ? ih ii uii-j- are removed, jiiki i>y i
a tit ratine, circular, twisting action Riven ]
the hand to force the lingers full of pai <
from that i:i the hall, it is lifted and 1
transferred to the month, where the ]
(infers are tucked perfectly freo arid ;
clean of the pai, and as they are with- <
drawn a noise is made which is unlike ]
any other, and can only L e made by this i
liicaus.?Nashville Democrat.
11 r Origin of Naircs.
Many o::j lunations have been ft i von
of the origin of the pr< sent ugly nr.mo '
of ''Rotten Row," the fashion dil"drive !
in liyde park, but this is the nlo t i
likely one: it was unco the Route <! ;
Roi. So of Charing Cross, win re a 1
line monument a'ands with too little 1
[ pace nbout it to 800 it to advantage. It ]
was ereeled, ro it is Raid, to Queen '
Kleanor, and the was known a ( li re
Heine?1?c ucoC hairinp Cro, M. J'."
in Home Journal. *
A SOUDANESE THREAT.
"h? Africans PropoM to Torn ths IHU
from It* Course.
Tho warliko Soudanese, who have
o stoutly resisted tho introduction of
iivilization into their land, are now
ound, according to Sir Samuel Baker,
o be masters of U)e situation to a do^reo
for which oven the fall of Khar*
ouin has not prepared the outside
world. Tljcy hold tho koy of tho Nile,
md prudent and thoughtful men wlp
enow tho geography of the Soudan
uid tho resources and recklessness o?
tho natives believe that that they aro
capablo of turning that great river out
:>f its present course and bringing irrotricvaolo
ruin upon Egypt. It appears
that in tho inaccessibfo fastnesses of
tho desert, where tho bayonets of
Europe cannot reach, thero is a spot
where even savago African engineering
will suffice to find tho Nile a short
cut to tho sea, and they havo already
* i iV !iL 1L2. -1 .*
inreaumea uieir euenuus wnu uiis uisaster.
If tho work is . dono a fertile land
nearly equal in extent to tlio states of
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan
will l)o changed into n desert and a
population of millions will bo blotted
out of a country that is tho oldest in
history. No such gigantic mcnaco has
ever before l>een held out in tho annals
of tho world, and never beforo lias it
been so possiblo that a grave threat
would bo fatally carried out.
It is a liguro of speech when wo
talk about tho nations changing tho
map of Europe; tho wild spearsmon of
tho Soudan havo it in tho hollow of
their hands to alter in fact and deed
tho map of Africa. They can, if they
Iilease, wo aro told, spread tho Sahara
iko a great yellow pall fully across
tho continent from sea to sea. They
can build a rampart of sand
against progress that progress caniiot
cross. Such tremendous power,
(such a mischievous possibility,
(gives nn interest to tho Egypian problem
that brings it homo to overy
nation. Xho pyramids havo stood
since tho morning of timo; empires
and dynasties havo risen and nave
fallen, and they havo not been stirred.
Yet tlio ignorant savages in tho desert
nro their masters and can bring the
'sand upon them to bury them as the
templo of Jupiter Ammon and the
Sphinx itself were buried. If tHS
savago wills tho sacrifice, a flood as
fatal as that in which Pharaoh
perished can sweep Egypt out of existence,
slowly, perhaps, but surely. It
[is tho land of tombs and memories, the
(world's graveyard; perhaps it is time
(that it should bo interred itself. Civilization
waits upon tlio Soudanese. II
tis for tlicni to ; ay.?Chicago News.
Subjects fr industrial Training.
tr... x . i ii J_
jLvirs. juai. .. usuorno xuiuot iuus ue
scribed to tho American association
'lier experiences of the effects of a little
industrial teaching upon thirty va
Emit boys whom slio, with somo othei
dies, induced to attend for three
years an industrial school at Howard
university ono morning in the week
"Wo wero limited in every way, bu
wo fountl these children of tlio lowes
kinel wero delighted to work witl
tools, anil somo e>f them liavo set uj
littlo carpenter shops of their own
onel support themselves in that way
The moral uplifting was tliobejst resul
jof all, and it is not likely that tlicsi
boys will bccomp members y ou:
Coy as ho entoreel the cufesv^^
taught in tho tailor 6liop to nwud
(clothes, auel in tho shoo shop to mene
his shews. One lame colored bov fron
(the orphan asylum became so slcillfu
in sliocmaking that ho could not onlj
niako his own shoes, but could cut u\
tho larger, half worn shoes and make
them over for baby feck All of this ]
term tho best kinel of economy, cspo
cially in a city like Washington.'?
Popular Science Monthly.
"Greenland's Icy Mountains."
"I heard an odd story tho other daj
about Bishop Ileber's beautiful hymn,
'From Greenland's Icy Mountains,"
said a well known Cincimiatian.
"What is it if" "It relates to tho musie
for tho hvran. You remember thai
iBisliop Ileber wroto it while in Ceylon
'in 1821. About a year later it reached
America, and a lady in Charleston.
S. C.. was struck with its beauty
"She could lind, however, no tunc
that- seemed to suit it She remembered
a young bank clerk, Lowell
Mason, afterward so celebrated, who
was just a few steps down the street,
lib it limuiwi
&?hiuV"bo sho sent her son to ask
him to write a tune that would gc
with tlio hymn. In just half an hour
tiio boy came back with the music,
and tho melody dashed oil" in such
haste is to this day sung with that
song."?Cincinnati Star.
Tho Iucrcuse of llohlncss.
It is curious how caducity has increased,
and tho prevalence of it taken
away tho old reproach. All tho arguments
uro against its existence, and
all tho facts prove that the arguments
tire misleading. People lead healthier
lives now than they used to do, and
vet they arc balder. Peoplo lead
longer lives, and yet they grow bald
earlier, and, morever, it is the
healthiest people who are often
tlio holdout. Jndood, it almost becomes
a question whctlrer in
Ihcso days baldness is evidence to a
very reliable extent either of ajjo or of
lellcacy. Of tlio decay of vital power
it is certainly no conclusive proof.
Consumptive patients and persons suffering
from lingering [disease are not,
is a rule, bald, and more frequently
than otherwise seem to put a crrcat
leal of strength into their liair.?L011JUm
Cilobn
tiootlio's Digestive Cnoac.U-w.
According to tho bills of faro preserved
in the city archives at Jena, Goetho was
in tho habit of dining exceedingly well,
lie also liked company at dinner, for,
hiring tho period covered by tho bills
when iio had not ono guest with him, ho
had three. lie always had four courses,
md sometimes nioro, tho dishes of his
hoico being such as roast beef and 'oast
pork on tho sumo day; soups with dutnptf
ling, and a sirloin with anchovy sauce,,
with roasted pigeons and roast mutton
to follow, tho dinner rather of a glu,tton!
than of a ]K>et. For a week and inon/
Iio dined in this fashion, tho bill am
coining to a littlo more tlian ?3.
satisfactory to know that this
great man could dir.o well, and w^^Ht
i querulous and dyspoptio wreck,
it is not so pleasant to know
poet squabbled with tho lundlo^^Hr
ill.i items, and even went to la^^^Bi
hi in on tho subject.?London Lif^HS
Study well tlio human,body, tho^Hd
s not far olf.?'Carmen JSyiva.
AMONG THE DUTCH BOERS.
Imm Very Queer Costume*?Medicine mad
Quackery?Dancing.
The traveler (I epeak of ouo who is
apposed to understand Boer speech and
habits) arrives at a farm house in, say, j
the Orange Freo state. A farm house
may have one field of forago and a stone
kraal; otherwise the farm is open country.
lie will not oil saddle his horse
without receiving permission; this having
.been asked for and granted, the faimer
leads him through the half doors into the
apartment. There is home mado
furniture, numerous pink and white
paper flowers, and painted on tho
walls vases of friflt like those seen
depicted on tho London pavements.
The visitor will proceed to shake hands,
commencing with tho stout vrauw
and ending with tho baby in arms. This
is not the English "handshake," but a
resting of palm within palm. Tho coffee,
which is made from sunrise to sunset, is
then brought in in bowls, tobacco
pouches aro exchanged, and conversation,
which seldom varies, commences.
The visitor and the farmer answer or reply
pretty much as follows: 4'Tho veld is
green. The clouds nro heavy; thero will
be a thunderstorm to-morrow. I ha\o a
very fine red horse running. Nuchtuiaal
(communion) will bo next month. My
vrauw has a cold. The president is a
fine man. Japio do Villicrs (pronounced
Viljo, and minus tho prefix) has had a
raui born with fivo heads. Tho English
~a?c thieves." The handshaking ceremony
is then repeated, tho homo, fed
and rested, is brought round; tho traveler
mounts, smacks his sjambock, shows
off his steed and proceeds on his journey.
The farmers havo trained ponies to a
, Bpecial paco called a "tripple," and a
! good "trippler" is always prized. With
this pace no "porting" of tho saddle is
required, and on a long journey tho trip{?ler
will arrivo each night without tuning
a hair, whilo tho trotting horse, his
companion, may bo dono up. Distance
is reckoned by time?six miles to tho
hour. If an Englishman near tho hour
[ of sunset asks a Dutchman where such a
t village lies, ho will bo answered by ?
i raised hand and "a littlo way over thai
hill." You then lido ten miles and sleep
; oufc in a thunder storm, perhaps. You
j psach the village tlio following midday.
> SuperBtition and fear of contagious disj
eases aro great among this people.
!*""The Dutch aro accomplished herbal[
ists, doubtless obtaining the knowledge
l of tho Hottentots and Bushmen; they
have herb brandies for colics and plants
; for sores. They aro often tho prey of
j quack doctors; the moro as genuine prac>
titioners, who havo to go long distances,
. charge heavily. A Dutchman is satisfied
t with tho treatment so long as his medical
adviser brings to tho house a quart bottlo
of physic; if ho present him with a small
vial ho doubts his skill and sends for another
man. The dead are buried on tho
t farms, and over them traveling masons
j orcct mausoleums of brick. Dutch women
are enormous in size, good cooks in
their style, gobble sweets and cakes all
j day and tako littlo exercise. But now
j and then a Dutch wife and her daughters
may bo seen kraaling tho sheep at oven?
ing. A'^Boer likes his wife's company,
j and will lcavo passengers by his wagon
j stuck in tho mud and half starved whilo
} ho tracks off fifty miles with another
vehicle to pay a visit to the vrauw.
' Feather beds aro greatly prized by this
j people; they generally carry their beds
3 with them on journeys.
pj The trekkings of tho Boers aro revumirJJ"
Aui^nllv..tW lui'mlmnuo ? ?
^ 'low veicf' is shut up, and tho sheep
f and cattlo are taken scores of miles up
1 to tho "high veld" for mountain pas!
ture. Beside somo rushing stream tho
1 wagons aro camped, perhaps tents aro
r pitched, and domestic life goes on as
, usual. Fowls cluck among tho wild
3 grasses, and tho cows are milked beneath
[ tho shadows of mighty mountains. Tho
general belief in tho excellence of Boer
. shooting is no delusion.
Tho people are excessively fond of
music and dancing; concertina, harmonium
and fiddle aro their delight. A
r withered Hottentot dwarf will draw a
strain from tho 6olo of an old shoo strung
with sinew, and men and maidens will
vigorously danco to it for hours. For
dancing there is no touching tho English
' Afrikander, and his measures seem quite
original. Tho Boers have a bad
character for pilfering. When tho
men and the women enter
" an up country store they arc allowed to
carry oil small goods like sweets or ribbons,
which they unconsciously pay for
in tho bill. Tho farmers aro not often
rich in money, their wool crops being
mortgaged sometimes to tho stores for
"* "{^ROrtfeasons ahead. . "Young bloods'' aro
impJKrt-.:> .vifa. .1 JII..R. -? <?? n-ciilg
horse and hat with wliito ostrich plume
, usually denoto this species. When a
Boer drinks ho is an entiro fool. In
order to keep:, firm hand over tho young
men riding transjiort, tho elders of tho
free state recently passed a bill prohibiting
tho salo of liquor at waysido canteens,
and thereby lost a largo revenue.
However, there aro smugglers.
Tho Boors are great religious formalists;
nnd at certain times they and their families
rido into tho villages from great disI
tanccs to celebrate tho Nachtmaal (night
j meal or communion), their wagons loaded
i with produce?presents for tho parsons.
At this time business is brisk and tho
streets aro like a fair. Yet, whero natives
and land aro concerned, tho Boer's constant
violation of tho Commandments
does not need pointing out. Tho Boers j
' are by no means modest, and their family
| conversations are at times boisterously
I indecent. 1 InnselmM nrrnnirnnuiiilo
I on rich farms, avo necessarily meager,
anil the traveler mustlx> prepared to sleep
on the floor in the midst of four or tivo
sisters and their three or four brothers,
all grown up, while the head couple snoro
on an elevated and ponderous feather bed |
in a curtained corner of the room. When
] sleeping at a superior Transvaal farmi
house, it is well to cxamino the mattress:
1 if it rests on sheepskins, throw the skins I
out.?St. .James' Gazette.
A Trick of tlio Bakery.
"Do vou see that cake?" and tho lady
brought out a largo cako, temptingly
iced. ' 'What do you think that icing is
made of ?
"?Js tally it i3 mado.of. sugar and eggs,
but t^is isn't. I took a teaspoonful of
^^^^me?the stuff they mako tho coating
HHpinino pills out of?dissolved it in a
^JP'CUP Ol warm water anil stirred it
| Hard in a cup and a half of sugar, then I
added a littlo vinegar to whiten it.
"Tho gelatino dooj just as well as (he
whito of eggs and in much cheaper ami
more convenient. It's a chance if half
tho cakes in tho bakeries aren't iced that
way. Wo boarding liouso keepers have
to keep up with tfie times, don't von
know?"?New Y<rflr.*Tclegranj.
An indorsee has a right of action
against all whoso names were on tho bill
when ho received it.
ITho London police now carry their j
Clubs in a pocket instead of in tho bolt. 1
IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD *
Buying a Dot in tho City of the Dead.
Canto lit a Cemetery.
"Your first real testate? Sad, sad! But
we've all got to como to it. But isn't it
a satisfaction to liavo a few feet in a well
kept place liko this? Why, I grow fonder
and fonder of it every day. Surveyed
and built up most of it myself, you see.
There's a monument for you I Dow is it
to your Jilting? Pretty heavy. Ah. but
it's lasting?no stained surfaces, no ginger
bread work to crumble off. Take my advice,
young man, and when you buy
your monument don't invest in marble.
'Taint worth twopence a ton. except to
the dealers. Nothing like granite."
Tho superintendent led the way along
tho eastern limits of tho cemetery and
then paused as if to get his bearings. Ilis
strange combination of business taot and
harmless gossip made tlio reporter feel
little liko a grief stricken purchaser of a
burial spot.
"Now, let mo seo about what you'd
naturally want," said ho, oyeing his companion
critically, as if sizing him up so as
to save himself needless trouble. "You
seo everybody has his special likings, and
wo have to sort of estimato a customer's
tastes loforo showing liim a lot. All
sorts of i?ooplo apply to ue, and wo liavo
to use a good deal of tact and judgment
so as not to olfend present lot owners or
new customers. Wo have to discriminate
even in the grave! If a negro comes
to mo 1'vo got to sell him a lot, but I've
also got to put him in his natural element.
If I didn't there would bo Ned to
pay."
"But that, I should think, Is a difficult
task. SupiRjso such a person as you refer
to wanted u lino lot in what you call an '
aristocratic neighborhood, how would J
you get around tho matter?"
"Oil, bless you, that's easy enough. '
Nobody knows what lots aro for salo but !
myself; ami if a man selects a Rft whero
I don't think ho belongs, why, tho lot's
already sold. Sec? It doesn't look just
right, but it's got to bo dono. "What
would one of your wealthy aristocrats
think if I should sell a littlo lot next to
his big one, and tho owner of tho little
lot should erect a $25 white bronzo tombstone
right under tho noso of his $5,000
granite monument? War in tho camp
right off! 1 tell you thero isn't a popular
cemetery in Chicago that hasn't its
South Side and its West Side, its Michigan
avenue and its South Clark street.
You notice in laying out the cemetery
wo group a number of big lots in the
most conspicuous places. Caste lines are
inevitable, even in a graveyard."
"Well, show me a lot whero a poor
devil of a scribo would naturally belong,"
said tho reporter.
"Yes, in just a minute. Going to
bury wife or child? Oh, not married!
But I suppose you're going to be. Now,
here's some nico sightly lots at $00.
But then there's no provision for growth
of family or extensivo local improvements.
Being buried hero is
a good deal liko having standing
room in a theatre; you kind of feel
as though somebody were going to tramp
on jour toes all tho while. And if you
should become as itch us Jaj* Gould you
couldn't put up a monument. Tho lot's
I too small; j-ou'd have to be content with
j a headstone. I want to sell j-ou a lot
j that you'll lie satisfied with hereafter and
| jour children be proud of."
I "Let mo see something a little better, |
uiun, wuerposeu uio apparent purcuaser. |
"I'd adxisa you to go into a now subdivision,
when; ttio improvements that
liavo been made aro good, and bido futuro
developments. It is liero just as it
is down town. New streets and subdivisions
outshine tlio old ones. Now,
hero's a mound"?by this timo they bad
arrived pretty nearly at the west sido of
the cemetery?'-where the lots are largo
and open. There's plenty of room hero;
the grade is high and the drainage good.
But I seldom bring tho likes of you here,
because it's a sort of foreign settlement.
You notice how tho 'sens' and 'oskis,'
and 'dts' predominate. You'd scarcely
feel at home hero if I'd sell you a lot. Besides,
the locality has one great and permanent
drawback. Yonder arc tho
singlo graves in plain sight. You
wouldn't like to live always in sight of
the poorhouse, and you'd scarcely want
I to ho buried in view of potter's Held. No,
I know you wouldn't ho satisfied hero.
I You'd bettor put a little more money ill
| your ground and get something that wilt
rise in value rather than deteriorate. Ah,
I have it. Just come over here."
Tho superintendent led tho way to tho
southeast, near a pretty expanse of wa*
ter. Consulting his book, he picked out
a particular lot un<l pointed s*
fsotibiuuuuu; *
I ''Now, hero you are," said he. "I
i couldn't show you anything better in
the whole cemetery. Price moderate,
I neighbors of a high class, near publio
j drive, where you know things will
i always bo kept in order. This Tot will
' l?o worth twice its present value a year
from now. Ono hundred and twenty!
firn flrillnra n.,,1 U * .1?
, ....V. iw/ui IIIUUbII 1U1 it UU/.l'll I
' interments besides a, monument. You !
1 can't fdo any lietter. Just let mo put [
your name down for it now and you can
arrange tho details at tho down town
otliee. Ix>ok at tho monuments going
up all around you here. Can't havo better
data by which to judge of tho locality.
Ivight across the driveway yonder :
is one of t lie largest lots in the cemetery.
We've put a fanccy price on it jus# so as I
to induce soujo capitalist to buy It and !
put up an expensive monument. That'll j
lend additional tone to tho neighborhood
and all tho lots around will feel tho influence.
It would pay to buy this lot
purely as a business investment."?Chicago
Tribune.
People Who Kiit Oiilnine.
You would bo astonished at tho
number of pooplo who havo acquired
tho quinine habit. They are far uioro
numerous than the opium eaters and
carry their pills in their pocket all tho
time. They imagine tho oxistcnco of
some physical wrong and takoquinino
as regularly as they eat, in tho bel.jf
that it is a euro all. Tho facts nro it
stimulates tho stomach, but not to any
pcrccptiblo degree, yet hundreds nro
every day getting from it (ho samo
satisfaction they would from a drink i
of whisky.? Interview in Chicago
Times.
A I-urgo Itiick 1'isli.
A nineteen and one-half pounjl roclc
fish was one of tlio most interesting
and covet?d objects to ho seen in Al- j
bany's streets recently. It was caught
on a fall trap in Muckalcocreek, about
six miles above the city. The rock
fish is one of the finest of the tinny
tribe, and, while very game, is rarely
captured, though they abound in these
waters. Several years ngo I)r. Todd,
Mr. Abraham Lincoln's brother-inlaw,
then a residentof this city, landed
a sixty pound rock fish with a rod and
lino at Dower's Mill creek, in Dakcr ;
county.?Albauy News. |
/
THE FOOL'S PRAYER.
royal feast was done; the King
Sought out some new sport to banish caret
And to bis Jester cried: "Sir Tool,
Kneel now, and make for us a prayerP
The Jester doffed his cap and beA,
And stood the mocking court before;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore
He bowed his bead and bent his kapo
Upon the monarch's silken stool;
His pleading voice arose: "O Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!
"No pity. Lord, could change the heart
From red with wrong to white as wool*
The rod must heal the sin; but Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool.
**Tis not by guilt the onward sweep
Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 1
"Tis by our follies that so long I
We bold the earth from heaven away* i
"These clumsy feet, still In the mire, '
Oo crushing blossoms without end; i
Thoso hard, well meaning hands we thrust ,
Among the heart strings of a friend.
"The 111 timed truth wo might have kept?
Who knows bow Bharp It pierced and stungf
Tho word we had not sense to say?
Who knows how grandly It had rung?
"Our faults no tenderness should ask.
The chastening stripes must cleanse them aH;
But for our blunders?O, in shomo
Before tho eyes of heaven we falL
"Earth bears no balsam for mistakes;
Men crown tho knavo and scourge the tool
That did his will; but thou, O Lord,
Bo merciful to me, a fooll"
The room was hushed; In sllenco rose
Tho King, and sought the gardens cool.
And walked apart, and murmured low,
"Be merciful to me, a fool 1"
?Edward Rowland SUL
A Veil's Flight.
Mrs. M. M. Hall, of Clinton, la.,
who has recently been hero visiting
tier sistor, Mi's. \V. II. Wilder, met
with a remarkable cxpericnco at Kochester
last week. Slio was tho guest of
a friend, Mrs. Page, of that city, whoso
husband conducts a harness business
thero. Among other places the ladies
visited was Powers' art gallery and
tlio tower. Wliilo at the-latter placo
Mrs. Hall's veil became detached from
her hat and a slight breezo quickly
wafted it over tho railing and out of
reach. Down it wont toward tho Main
street walk, 100 feet below. The ladies
stood and watched its slow and wavering
descent until it had nearly reached
the pavement. Suddenly it struck another
current of air and was borne
upward again. Tho ladies watched its
graceful movements curiously and bocamo
moro and more interested as the
airy fabric slowly traveled back in almost
tho same route it had taken in its
descent, and their surprise knew no
hounds when tho veil actually returned
to tho tower and settled aown
fairly and souarely on tho owner's
head. Mrs. Ilall declares this to be
tlio fact, and tlioso who met tho lady
hero cortainly havo no roason to doubt
her word.?Caledonia Advertiser.
At Rover's Grave.
Tlio pet dog of Mrs. Samuel Wilmot
died Monday, plunging the household
into deep sorrow. Some heartless individual
had administered a doso of
poison. Tlio funeral occurred this
morning and was attended by tho family
and a few friends.
Tho casket was lined with white
satin and covered outside with purple
velvet. Tlio remains looked perfectly
natural and peaceful. Tho ratcrment
was in tho family's private lot.
Tho members of tho family stood
weeping around tho grave, while what
remained of Hover was laid at rest.
Somo of tho floral offerings were
expensivo and unique, one being a dog
kennel of roses tipped with sprays 01
dog fennel.?Bridgeport (Conn.) Cor.
New York Evening World.
A Check to Civilization.
Sexual selection, which has doubtless
greatly influenced tho development
and advancement of certain races, has
been inopcrativo in China during
many centuries, bccauso, under tho
prevailing usages, tho contracting patties
have, before espousal, no opportunity
to judge of tho strength, beauty
or intelligence of their consorts. Romantic
lovo has 110 part in marriage
or its issue. This may bo ono of tho
causes of China's arrested civilization,
and of tlio astonishing fact that her
astuto jicoplo huvo invented nothing
and discovered nothing during hundreds
of years.?Adelo M. Fieldo in
Popular Science Monthly.
A Novel Device.
a i.?. ?i-- -i.
il UUV1VU IUW WtiVJIl Ul> UllkUU W 111UI1
cLutbles tho engineer^ when in his cab.
to turn a switch, which can ho closed
again from the rear of the train. It is
operated in connection with tho "central
throw" switch, and consists in a
"shoo," which is dropped from the
forward and rear trucks. This strikes
a crank, which is overthrown, and tho
switch closed or opened, as the caso
may bo. A switch left open carelessly
may thus bo closed by tho locomotive
whilo at high speed, or a train side
tracked quickly in caso of danger.?
Houston Post.
A Waste of Flbor.
It is stated that two-thirds of tho wood
used in paper making is waste, though
experiments indicate that this con be
profitably converted into-fertUizer3.v
"Did n't Know't was
Loaded"
May do for a stupid boy's oxcuso ; but
p what can bo said for tho parent who
soos his child languishing daily and fails
to recognizo tho want of a tonic and
hlood-puriiier? Formerly, a courso of
bitters, or sulphur and molasses, was the
i uiu m weii-rcguiatcu families ; but now
all intelligent households keep Ayer'a
Sarsaparilla, which is at once pleasant
to the tasto, and the most searching and
effective blood medicine ever discovered.
Nathan S. Cleveland, 27 E. Canton st.,
Boston, writes : " My daughter, now 21
years old, was in perfect health until a
year ago when alio began to complain of
fatigue, headache, dobility, dizziness,
indigestion, and loss of appetite. I com
eluded that all her complaints originated
in impure blood, and induced her to take
Ayer a Sarsaparilla. This medicine soon
restored her blood-making organs to
healthy action, and in duo time reestablished
her former health. I find Ayer'a
Sarsaparilla a most valuable remedy for
the lassitude and debility incident to
spring time." ,
J. Castright, Brooklyn Power Co.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., says : "As a Spring
Medicine, I find a splendid substitute
for the old-time compounds in Ayor'a
Sarsaparilla, with a few doses of Ayer'a
Pills. After their use, I feel froslier and
stronger to go through the summer."
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
mErAiiED 11 v v l
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Matt. (
tfrite fi; tU bottle*, f6? WerUt a b?;u?.
- I I I
PIEDMONT AIR LINE
RICHMOND ft DANVILLE
RAILROADQREENVILLE
& COLUMBIA DIVISION JT
CONDENSED 8CHEDULE j|
la effect DiMnbtr 16, 1688.
(Train* run on 76th Meridian tint.) NORTHBOUND
No. 64. No. *1.
[ ear* Cha'ston 7 00 a. n.
LiOare Colambia... flO 26 a. a*.
Arrive Alston 11 22 a. n.
A ear* Alston 11 26 p. m.
Arrive Union - 1 25'p. . 4 26 p. as.
Arrive Spartanburg. 2 60 p. as. 6 46 p. a.
Tryou
" Saluda
Flat Rook \ .
?' Iiendersonville...
? Asheville.. 7 00 p. m.
**; Hot Springs
* Pomaria 11 60 a. m.
ir'rive Prosperity... 12 22 p. m.
" Newberry.... 12 89 p. m.
44 Laurens
44 Ninety-Six... 1 46 p. in.
" Greenwood..-., 2 80 p. m.
Greenville...., 6 20 p m
44 Abbeville 4 00 p. m.
" Anderson 4 40 p. m.
44 Seneca 6 00 p.m.
44 Walhalla 7 00 p. m.
Atlanta 10 40 p.m.'
SOUTHBOUND, No 66 Ne. 60
Leave Walballa.... f8 00 a. m.
" Seneca .. 8 80 a. m.
? Anderson. .... 9 41 a. m.
44 Abbeville 10 60 a. m.
" Greenville..... 9 80 a. m.
' Greenwood... 12 28 p.m.
" Ninety Six.... 1 12 p. m. A
44 Laurens 4 ?
" Newberry 2 82 p. m.
" Prosperity.... 2 62 p. m.
Arrive Alston 8 30 p. m.
Leave Hot Springs. *6 60 a m
Leave Asheville 8 26 a.
44 Hendersonville
44 Flat Rock...?
44 Saluda .
41 Tryon
44 Spartanburg., fll 66 a. m.
44 Union 1 40 p. m. 9 46 a m
Arrive Alston 8 80 p. m
44 Columbia 4 40 p. m.
44 Augusta...... 9 05 p. m.
44 Charleston via S.
Daily.
( Daily except Sunday ^
?ax_ Through Car Service.
Main Line Trains Nos. 64 and 66 daily
between Columbia and Alston, and daily
except Sunday between Alston and Green*
villa.
Through passenger coach between Cha'ston
and Morristown, via 3. C. Railway, Colombia
and Spartanburg.
Tickets on sale at principal slations[toall
points.
On train No. 60 and 61 Pullman sleeper be*
tween Charleston and Hot 8prings, N. C.,
via A. C. L., Columbia and Spartanburg.
Jns.. Taylor D. Cardwell Sol. Hat8
Ati't Oen'l
Gen. Pats. Ag't. rats. Agent. TVaffie M*na
| Columbia, 8 C| gtr.
NEW JEWELRY
?AT. Tim?
OLD RELIABLE ST OB K7^
R W. TINSLEV respectfully announeea to
the public that he has just received a fine
lot of
FASHIONABLE JEWELRY
to suit the poekets and tastes of all slasse>
consisting oi
WATCHES.
CLOCKS,
WATCH CHAINS.
CUFF and COLLAR BUTTONS
EAR RINGS aud BOBS.
FINGER RINGS and BREAST 1MNS.
My assortment of
;SPECTACLES And JrtE-ULASSES |
is the largest in||lhe up-country, and loan
uit all ages and conditions of eyes.
Silver and Silver-Plated Ware
Just the tllincr for tir>H<t?r nrt.m. I a -. 1. k.
0 ... 1'ivovuiO) vnu uo
relied upon as being fully as > epresenud.
JEWELRY REPAIRED
n the best mid \ most substantial manner
Don't forget the "OLD RELIABLE
JEWELRY STORE, when 70u wish to buy
B. W. TIN8LEY.
AN END TO THE HORROR
? o F ?
EXT RACTI NG TEETH
I am prepared to extract Teeth iCiihont^
pain or danger, by the use of (Jas. *<*
1 guarantee all of my work to give sataifnction.
L. E. MEADOK.
May 4 IK ft
Cot,, John Haskki.i, ) /nnfil'tix
Coinnitiia, a. C. Union. K. C.
HASKELL & YOUNG,
A ITORN IKS AND COUNSELLOR N,
UNION, S. C.
Office second floor. No. 8J Law llntfe.
lnk io ^
I IV/ O if
SAM'L S. STOKES,
ATTORNEY A T J. A IF,
AND
NOTARY 1? U H J* I C .
ALL business eutruste<] to bin care wil
eccitc prompt attention.
The execution of nil papers as a Notary
'ublic a specialty. Office in rear of tho
Jourt House.
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