The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, January 11, 1889, Image 4
USED TO STOP A LEAK.
Peter Johnton Paid His Passac* '
, Over the Atlantic.
Old Peter Johnson, a familiar "land- ^
mark" of South street, and who, in tho .
memory of tho oldest dock hand in
this city, 1ms never been known to stir *
away from his seat on an old box at
tho corner of South street and Coentics _
slip, tolls a most remarkablo talo of .
tho troubles through which ho had to 11
pass to becomo an American citizen c
and to ruu away from his birthplace 0
in Sweden. v
It seems that Peter1, whoso namo is v
not Peter at all, but something in F
which nil tho letters of tho alphabet ^
are combined, was born in a littlo jj
hamlet in Sweden. Ever since ho
first read a translation of "Itobinson J1
Crusoe," at the ago of 10, Peter had a *j
violent passion for tho sea. Ono day *ho
heard of America. Ilo asked how :
far oil' this great land might bo, and u
his father replied that it was on tho F
other side of tho great Irish sea and ?
across tho Atlantic. Tho next day
Peter made up a littlo bundlo of neces- r
saries and started oil' to find this glori- c
ous Eldorado. Ilo reached Leis, a c
small tishing port on tho coast of Swo- c
den. J
Walking along tho wharves ho saw
n bark of about 800 tons that was advertised
to start for New York on that J
very day. Ho had never heard of *
Now York, but as ho clambered over \
tho port rail of tho littlo ship ho blindly
hoped that it was somewhere near Jus
goal. On board ho found all deserted.
I>y accident Peter stumbled into tlio
hold of tho ship. IIo secreted himself
among a number of barrels, and, ns 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, tho end of it was," said tho
old man last evening to tho waiter,
"that I went on deck. I was a mighty
sick colloosc, 1 can tell you. But I
wasn't too sick to seo that something
hor'blo had happened, Tho cap'n
stood near tho wheel looking hopelessly
toward shore and didn't even
notice mo. Tho sea was runniu' high.
A heavy galo had caught us to leeward
and wo had sprung a leak. Our
ship was pretty fast and wo wcro out
of sight of land. Tho leak was a big
one and our ship was fillin' fast. All
tho men were at work at tho pumps,
but tlio water was gain in' 011 'cm and
they were losin' heart and hope.
When the cap'n saw mo ho did didn't
tiro oil" and cat tail me. No; ho jest
caught mo bv tho shoulder hero and
ho jest looked up to heaven thus way,
and ho iest said, 'Thank God 1'sorter
happy like.
"Then lie hurried mo down into the j
hold aild then lie said somcthin' to
one of the men as was at tho pumps.
Tho man went away, but he soon como
back an' told tho Cap that all was
right.
"Then tho Cap'n ho took me down
into tho bow of tho old hulk. That's
wlicr' she'd sprung1 a leak. Tlier' was !
a liolo 'bout the size of your body on
the starboard sido. Tho Cap'n, ho and
tho man then cotched mo up, an', !
mates, would you bclievo it? they just '
stuck ino in that liolo * up to my ami1>its,
they did, blast 1110 af they didn't. ?
t was mighty oncomfoAtablo to 1110, ^
but it stopped tho v ater fi^om llowin' f
^Tnjtcft'^Ttl/'an' lIicii t\io' carpenter*
llxcu tlio hole. For my part of tho *
work tho Cap'n gavo mo a frco pass- *
ago, and hero I am." J
And then old Peter Johnson closed 1
Ins teeth on an old clay pipo, nor
would lie open them again to say ono j
word in explanation of his strango ad' <
venture.?New York Evening Sun.
The Last Cargo of Slavefi.
Probably tho most interesting char- f
ncter hereabouts, says Tho Augusta (
(Ga.) Chronicle, is a negro man who
was ono of tho cargo of tlio "Wanderer, .
tho last slave ship to bring to this
country a load of captives from Africa.
Lucius Williams, as ho was christened
by ono of the young ladies of tho fam- j
ily into which ho'was sold, or "Urn- '
walla," r.i lie was called in Africa, lives
in a small hut on llio outskirts of ,
Hamburg, across the river from here. ,
Since freedom ho has earned a livelihood
working gardens, sawing wood
and whitewashing, llo was a little
surprised when asked about his early j
life, but talks well once lie has j
begun, requiring to bo questioned frc?ue?tly,iiowove^uyinwft}^^bem
Liberia. Ono day when ho was about
10 years of ago ho was sent to his aunt j
to carry her some pindcrs to plant. A
When ho was going through tlio
woods twostrango black men seized
him and bound liis hands. ITo cried j
terribly and they soon gagged him.
They sold him to a native, who took t
him to Liberia. There, for tho lirst t
time in his life, ho saw a white man,
and ho was terribly frightened at j
him.
Umwalla was then taken to tho j
Wanderer, where a largo number of
captives had already been stored away
in tho hold.
^ vv ncn liio w anderer approached tno
South Carolina coast sho was sighted c
by a government boat and given ,
chase. During tho night slio dropped ^
anchor oil* Pocotaligo and tho cargo of {
negro men and women was debarked. ^
Umwalla, or. as ho was soon after- j
ward called, Lucius, was taken ton c
Carolina plantation near Beach island ^
and put to work there.
Tlireo Very IWcellcnt Ucosonh ^ 1
A parson and Ids parish at Adelaide, {
Australia, recently parted with mutual j!
willingness, and in his farewell dis- ,
course tho minister freed his mind as p
follows: "I do not regret our scpara'- ?
ti nt, dear brethren, for thrco good and (
v..Ii-l reasons. Tho first is that you p
don't love me, tho second that yoti ,,
don't lovo o;jo another, and tho third j~
t!;r;l God does not love you. You don't fj
f ine-my salary i-s several months (]
in i rears; you don't lovo oitu another, fi
i ; ito would not be sucli a dearth of c
.: igcs ninong you; and Clod j
i! t scoin to love you as von ought n
: > I loved, because there liavo been n
.. i ..ueruls among you lately."
"in perfect consistcucv with her en1
h inuring,'' says ft jloston critic,
Shaw's whistling, is l'reo front p1
any 'ting that is offensive either to tho p1
( ;. or ear and it is highly refined, ir
Kot only whilo executing n simplo ]i
melody, *but with tho most difficult of 5?
r.ail. 'ies, thoro la not tho slightest in- II
trur ,;n on tho perfectly natural and |;j
ch; ruiittg etl'cct of her fucial cxprcs- yv
nun. Ardili'rf 'II Ltacio' was given E
with ; 'I tho artistic grace, technical It
ilucft:\ and riiuiit Jloritiun of a highly lr
Accomplished vocalist
aBaty.*,
AMONG THE POLYNESIANS.
Mr Habit# and Custom*?Browing tfc*
National Drink?The Pal Maker.
Whilo conversing with Surgeon H. W.
Vhitaker ho said he joined his ship, the
lohicon, at San Francisco, Cal., in May,
885, and sailod in her through (Jio Colon
Gate the following month for an exeribivo
cruise in the South Pacific, which
istcd over threo years. His supply of
formation shows tliat he lias been a
loso observer of the customs and habits
>f the Polynesians. As a surgeon, ho
cos brought more intimately in contact
irith them than others, and had the oportunity
of becoming personally nc[uointed
with many of their strange
ioings, and ho says some of his best
tiends liav e besn formed among thoso
icople. Ono of the most curious and intrusting
customs he told your corruspernio
nt of was that of kava drinking among
ho inhabitants of the Samoan group of
jlands. lie spoke very highly ot those
icople, and said they were the finest race
if peoplo ho had seen, the men being of
argo and almost perfect physique, symnetrically
proportioned, with straight,
oarse black liair and a rich brownish
olor. He also said tho women wero
ven more attractive than the men, beause
of their mild manners, kind and
iappy dispositions.
The custom of making, and tho form
j .1 it 3 ui urniKing mo Kava, us reuuxu
>y tho surgeon, was intensely interesting
md will be news to all readers. Kava,
10 said, was a vegetablo growth that
jrew in abundance on the islands belongng
to tho pepper family, and from tlio
roots of this plant they niado their naional
drink of kava, by first chewing the
oot until it was well masticated, then
placing it in a wooden basin which they
nado for tho purpose, and mixing it with
vater, it was ready to be served out. lie
;aid tho first thought of this is always
cpulsive to a civilized white man, and ho
nvariably refuses to drink of it when
idercd to him, but if ho stays in tho
slands long his prejudice is suro to bo
>vercoine, and it is not a great while before
ho becomes a convert and is fond of
;he 6trange drink.
In describing the process of brewing
ho 6trango lxiverago ho said a young
girl, tho most comely and attractive in
i household or village, was tho ono seeded
to chew tho 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
person, a la Turk, upon a mat spread on
tho floor, and chew and chew, all in one
mouthful, until a sufficient quantity
would bo ready. Tho hands, in the
meantime, having been also washed,
should receivo the bolus, and with a
graceful motion <iash it into tho bowl,
made of wood, in tho sliapo of a tin wash
basin with four short feet, when the
water would bo added and the chewed
root thoroughly mixed up with tho hands
and by a dexterous manner all the coarse
particles removed. When tlio beer is
adjudged to bo completed by tho fail
one, thrco vigorous clappings of tho
bands all round signifies it is
ready to be served. Strango to
say, tho most punctilious etiquette
s observed in serving it, and for
ho waut of which many an irreparabla
)ifense, in tho estimation of tho trua
virnoan, lias been given. Tho honored
;uewt nlwa}"s receives tho first bowl, and,
- * AU. * * ' BP
h6atf or tno launiy or tho master of
ercmonies. Tho nut brown maiden, a
ilushing figure of symmetrical physical
leauty, presides at tho bowl, PlioebG
ike, dishing out tho Samoan nectar.
A custom most closely related to this
peculiar habit, continued tho doctor, is
hat of pai eating by tho natives of the
Sandwich or Ilawaiian Islands. Pai is
strictly Hawaiian, ho said, and is eaten
yy every man, woman and child, from
lying Kalakaua down, in those islands,
i$d forms tho mainstay of life for the
^opinion people. The habit is so universally
established that tho native Hawaiian^
ire called aud known by tho namo ol
"Pai-eatcrs."
Theiso grows in all the Pacific islands a
[ilant of tho lily family, with largo rich
leaves and straight, bulbous root, which
is full of farinaceous food material,
which, together with bread fruit, forms
Ihe staple of life with tho Polynesians,
taking tho placo of bread and potatoes.
It is from this root that pai is made.
Pai making is as much of an institution
md quite as great a necessity in the
Sandwich Islands as bread making is in
tho United States.
Tlio TMii mnkor in h?a Af-t iocir T-Tololron^
? -uj 'fura vu raxvrrtext 't'5'nH
rltambciiain, and is a personaco much
juried. It is prepared fresh everyday
>v first roasting the taro roots, from
vhich it is made, mashing and mixing it
villi a proper quantity of water, then
:arefully strained to free it from all
umps, after which it is set asido to ferncoit.
Wlien fermentation advances to
lie proper degree it is ready to bo sold to
ho consumer. It is now either white,
rinkish or bluo in color, according to the
:ind of taro used in making, has tiieconistency
of thick Hour starch, looks liko
t, and, in fact, smells liko it. It is
erved in Koawood howls, highly
lolishcd and of different sizes, according
o the tastes and capacity of tho happy
atcr of pai.
Tho manner of eating pai is not, at
irst, so distasteful to tho stranger as
;ava drinking, but to a i>erfectly refined
aste, according to our acceptance of llio
void, the first repast of raw fish which
s always eaten with pai is not happily
alculatcd to sharpen tho appetite. Tho
>owl of pai is placed in fiont of the
fuest of tho household after lio has
bided up his feet and legs and disposed
>i mem iis uvst no can, out nor. always to
lis comfort and satisfaction, unless ho
ias learned tlio habit of resting in tho
lativo stylo, is supposed to eat by stick*
tig one, two or three fingers in tho pasty
aas3 which is stirred in a circular moion
until a ball of it adheres to tho
ingcrs, when they nro removed, and by
strange, circular, twisting action given
lie hand to force the lingers full of pai
rom, that in tho ball, it is lifted and
transferred to tho mouth, wliero tho
ngers aro sucked perfectly frco and
lean of tho pai, and as they aro with*
rawn a noiso is made which is unliko
ny other, and can only bo mado by this
leans.?Nashville Democrat.
l'lre Origin of Nan* os.
Many explanations havo been given
f the origm of the present ugly name
f''Rotten Row," tlio fashionable drivo
i Hyde park, but this is tho ntost
kely one: it was onco tlio Route do
oi. So of Chariugf Cross, where a
uc monmneut stands with too littlo
>aco about it to seo it to advantage. It
iis erected, so it is said, to Queen
leanor, and she was known as Cliero
eino?hence Charing Cros-? M. I'."
i Homo Journal.
I I HI I
A SOUDANESE THftEAT.
The African* Propoee to Turn the Ml*' ?
from Its Course.
j Tho warlike Soudanese, who hftfi
so stoutly resisted the introduction of
(civilization into their land, are now &
found, according to Sir Samuel Baken *
to bo masters of tlje situation to a do* c
greo for which oven tho fall of Khar*
toum has not prepared tho outside *1
world. Tljoy hold the key of tho Nile, *
and prudent and thoughtful men win .t
know tho geography of the Soudtm ^
and the resources and recklessness ^
tho natives believe that that they are '
capablo of turning that great river out I
of its present course and cringing irre- ^
triovahlo ruin upon Egvpt. It appeare (
that in tho inaccessible fastnesses of ^
tho desert, where tho bayonets of <
Europe cannot reach, there is a spot 1
whero even savage African engineer- '
ing will sufllco to find tho Nile a short '
cut to tho sea, and they havo already ^
threatened their enemies with this dis- '
aster. I
If tho work is . dono a fertile land rl
nearly equal in extent to the states of
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan 1
will bo changed into a desert and a f
population of millions will be blotted '
out of a country that is tlio oldest pi 1
history. No such gigantic menaco hhs <
ever before been held out in the annils 1
of tho world, and never before hro( it |
been so possible that a grave threat
would bo fatally carried out. . '
It is a liguro of speech when wo P
talk about tlio nations changing tho 3
map of Europo; the wild spearsmen of '
tho Soudan havo it in tho hollow of '
their hands to alter in fact and deed <
tlio map of Africa. They can, if they
please, wo aro told, spread the Sahara 1
Jiko a great yellow pall fully across l
tlio continent from sea to sea. They 1
can build a rampart of sand !
against progress that progress cannot
cross, bucli tremendous power,
jsucli a mischievous possibility,
gives an interest to tho Egy^ian problem
that brings it homo to every
nation. Xho pyramids have stood
since tho morning of time; empires
and dynasties havo risen and nave 1
(fallen, and they havo not been stirred.
Yet tho ignorant savages in the desert
nio their masters and can bring tho
'6and upon them to bury them as tho
tcmplo of Jupiter Ammon and the
Sphinx itself were buried. If tfib *
jsavago wills tho sacrifice, a flood as
fatal as that in which Pharaoh
perished can sweep Egypt out of existence,
slowly, perhaps, but surely. It
'tis tho land of tombs and memories, tho
[world's graveyard; perhaps it is time
| jtliat it should bo interred itself. Civilization
waits upon tlio Soudanese. It
( lis for tliem to say.?Chicago News.
Subjects Tor Industrial Training.
Mrs. Laura Osborno Talbot thus del
scribed to tlio American association
, flier experiences of tho effects of a little
[ Industrial teaching upon tliirty va,
grant boys whom she, with some other
, ladies, induced to attend for three
, years an industrial school at Howard
university ono morning in tho week:
"Wo were limited in every way, but
, ,wo found these children of the lowest
, pond wero delighted to work with
, tools, mid some of them have set up
littlo carpenter shops of thoir own,
, |ond support themselves In that way.v
Tho moral uplifting was tho best resultVi
Jof all, and it is not likely that theso a
[boys will becomp members |f\our 1
J cruninnlgW-i.- : *^?xcrtciTuoy
as ho entered the chfcBv /
taught in tlio tailor shop to nfend JlvT
|clouics, and in tho shoo shop to mend
his shoes. One lame colored boy from
tbc orphan asylum became so sldllful
Eihocmaking that ho could not only
ko his own shoes, but could cut up
i larger, half worn shoes and make
(them over for baby feet. All of this I
term tlio best kind of economy, especially
in a city liko "Washington."?
Popular Science Monthly.
I
"Greenland9* Icy Mountains."
i . "I heard an odd story tho other day
: about Bishop Heber's beautiful hymn.
'From Greenland's Icy Mountains,'"
L said a well known * Cincinnatian.
i '"What is it?" "It relates to tho music
[ for tho hymn. You remember that
(Bishop Heuer wroto it while in Ceylon
i jin 182-1. About a year later it reached
America, and a lady in Charleston
t3. G.. was struck h-ith its beauty
"Slio could lind, however, no tuno
that seemed to suit it She rememi
(bered a young hank clerk, Lowell
Mason, afterward so celebrated, who
was just a few stem down tho street ,
fl ^frlm ft ILi innvi* 4
temus.' do slio "sent her son to ask
im to write a tune that would go
with tho hymn. In just half an hour
tho hoy caino back with tho music,
iand tho melody dashed off in such
haste is to this day sung with that
song."?Cincinnati Star.
Tlio Increase of lialtlnesa.
It is curious Low caducity has increased,
and tlio prevalence of it taken
away tho old reproach. All tho arguments
are against its existence, und
all tho facts provo that the arguments
!aro misleading. Peoplo lead healthierlives
now than they used to do, and
Jvet they aro balder. Peoplo lead
longer lives, and yet they grow bald
jearlierj and, morevcr, it is tho
healthiest peoplo who are joftcn
tho baJtWf. Indeed, it nlnvflst bo-.,
comes a question whether in
theso days baldness is evidence to a
Very reliable extent either of age or of ,
delicacy. Of the decay of vital power
5t is certainly no conclusive proof. t
Consumptive patients and persons suf- |
Ifering from lingering [disease oro not,
us a 11 lie bald, nnd mftvo ipwwiMif.lr
'than oth erwiso seem Lo put a pjrcat I
kleal of strength into their hair.?Ion- (
Linn Qjobrt
? L I
Goctbe'n Dlgcstiro Capaeltr.
According to tho bills of faro preserved
in tho city archives at Jena, Goetho ww
in tho habit of dining exceedingly well]
IIo also liked company at dinner, fori ,
during the period covered by tho bilLj
when ho hod not ono guest with him, ho 1
had three, no always had four courses,
and sometimes more, the dishes of his 1 ,
choico being such as roast be'ef and roasts
!K>rk on tho same day; soups'faith dunTpMtt
ling, and a sirloin with anchovy sanceSI
with roosted pigeons and roast muttoif
to follow, tho dinner rather of a gluttons ,
than of a poet. For a week and mcW
ho dined in this fashion, the bill oh .
coming to a little more than ?3.
satisfactory to know that this :
great man could dine well, and
a querulous and dyspoptio wreck, .
it is not so pleasant to know tl^^H) J
poet squabbled with ths landlo^^Hr
tho items, and even went to
him on tho subject.?London B
???? ^
Study well tho human, body, theJ^B'l
la not far oil.?'Carmen CJylva. < \
AMONG THE DUTCH BOERS.
HBe Very Queer Costumes?Medicine sad
Quackery?Dancing.
The traveler (I speak of one who is
apposed to understand Boer speech and
obits) arrives at a farm bouse in, say,
bp Orange Free state. A farm house
nay have one field of forage and a stone
raal; otherwise the farm is open coun3r.
lie will not off saddle his horse
thout receiving permission; this having
een asked for and granted, the faimer
eads him through the half doors into the
u?>n apartment. There is home mode
urpiture, numerous pink and white
taper flowers, and pain tod on the
vails vases of friflt liko those seen
lepicted on the London pavements,
["he visitor will proceed to shake hands,
tommencing with the stout vrauw
ind ending with the baby in arms. This
s not the English "handshake," but a
resting of palm within palm. The coffee,
ivhich is made from Bunrise to sunset, is
.hen brought in in bowls, tobacco
xmches nro exchanged, and conversaion,
which seldom varies, commences,
rite visitor and the farmer answer or re)ly
pretty much as follows: "Tito veld is
jreen. The clouds are heavy; there will
je a thunderstorm to-morrow. I havo a
trery fine red horse running. Nachtinaal
communion) will bo next month. My
yrauw has a cold. The president is a
line man. Japio do Villiers (pronounced
Viljo, and minus the prefix) has had a
ram born with five heads. Tho English
jfc-thieves." The handshaking ceremony
is then repeated, tho horse, fed
ind rested, is brought round; the traveler
mount?, smacks his 6jambock, shows
off his Bteed and proceeds on his journey.
The farmers havo trained ponies to a
(pedal pace called a "tripple," and a
good "trippler" is always prized. With
this pace no "porting" of tho saddlo is
required, and 011 a long journey tho tripEler
will arrivo each night without turnlg
a hair, whilo tho trotting horse, his
companion, ibay 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
Tillage lies, lie will be answered by a
raised hand and "a little way over that
hill." You then ride ten miles and sleep
but in a thunder 6torm, perhaps. You
peach the village the following midday.
Superstition and fear of contagious diseases
aro great among this people.
'""The Dutch are' accomplished herbalists,
doubtless obtaining tho knowledge
of tho Hottentots and Bushmen; they
have herb brandies for colics and plants
for sores. They aro often tho prey of
quack doctors; tho moro as genuino practitioners,
who liavo to go long distances,
charge heavily. A Dutchman is satisfied
with the 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. Tho dead are buried on tho
farms, and over them traveling masons
erect mausoleums of brick. Dutch women
are enormous in size, good cooks in
their style, gobblo sweets and cakes all
day and tako littlo exercise. But now
and then a Dutch wife and her daughters
may bo seen kraaling tho sheep at evening.
A^Boer likes his wifo's company,
and will lcavo passengers by his wagon
stuck in tho mud und half starved while
ho tracks off fifty miles with another
vehiclo to pay a visit to the vrauw.
Feather beds are greatly prized by this
people; they generally carry their beds
|With them on journoys.
The trckkinga of tho Boers aro roil**#
void' 7b e(iut up, and tho 6heep
and cattlo are taken scores of miles up
to the "high veld" for mountain pasture.
Beside somo rushing stream the
wagons are camped, perl in ps tents aro
pitched, and domestic lifo goes on as
usual. Fowls cluck among tho wild
grasses, and the cows are milked beneath
the shadows of mighty mountains. The
general belief in tho excellence of Boer
shooting is no delusion.
The people aro excessively fond of
music and dancing; concertina, harmonium
and fiddle aro their delight. A
withered Hottentot dwarf will draw a
strain from tho solo of an old shoo strung
u ,1 -H I
UiVli DillUWy illiu I IIUIl ?III Li IIIUIUL'113 will
vigorously danco to it for hours. For
dancing there is no touching the English
Afrikander, and his measures seem quite
original. The Boers have a bad
character for pilfering. When tho
men and tho women enter
an up country store they aro allowed to
carry off small goods like sweets or ribbons,
which they unconsciously pay for
in tho bill. Tho farmers are not often
rich in money, their wool crops being
mortgaged sometimes to tho stores for
**(?Qjtea60U8 ahead. , "Young bloods" aro
luiptlUVT ? trliUi' A OUiiW v VUt
horse and liat with whito ostrich plume
usually denoto this species. When a
Boer drinks ho is an entire fool. In
order to keeps, firm hand over tho young
men riding transport, tho ciders of tho
free stato recently passed a bill ]>rohibiting
tho salo of liquor at waysido canteens,
and thereby lost a largo revenuo.
However, there are smugglers.
Tho Boers aro great religious formalists;
and at certain times they and their families
rido into tho villages from great distances
to celebrato tho Nachtinaal (night
meal or communion), their wagons loaded
with produce?presents for tho parsons.
At tliis 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
ar by no means modest, and their familv
conversations are at times boisterously
indecent. Household arrangements, savo
on rich farms, aro necessarily meager,
and the traveler must be prepared to sleep
on tho floor in the midst of four or flvo
Bisters aiid their three or four brothers,
all grown up, while tho head couplo snoro
on an elevated and inmderous leather bed
In a curtained corner of tho room. When
sleeping at a superior Transvaal farmhouse,
it is well to examino tho mattress:
Lf it rests on sheepskins, throw the skins
out.? St. James' Gazette.
A Trick of the Bakery.
"Do you see.that cake?" and the lady
l>rough; out a large cake, temptingly
iced. ('What do.you thinkthat'ichig is
made <a?
. "Usually it is made-'of,sugar and eggs,
but dhu isn't. I. took a teaapoonful of
yoho?the stuff they mako tho coating
|^Hrinine pills out of?dissolve*! it in a
^Wrcup of warm water and stirred it
fafti in a cup and a half of sugar, then I
AA~A ? 11i4.U ?f - ?? *' '
luuuu ? iimio vuit^ar to wmton 11.
"Tho gelatino doar just as well as tho
vliito of eggs and in much cheaper and
noro convenient. If-ta n chance if half
ho cokes in the bakeries aren't iced (hat
voy. We hoarding houso keepers havo
o keep iip with the times, don't yon
mow?"?New YorkKTclegram.
An indorsee has n right of nciion
gainst all whose names were on tho bill
rhen ho received it.
Tho London police now carry their
pocket instead of in the belt.
IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD "
Qajrlng a Lot in tho City of the Peed. ^
Casto Ui e Cemetery. At
4 4Your first real estate? Sad, sad I But ]
wo'vo all got to come to it. But isn't it Tt
a satisfaction to liavo a few feet in a well ^
kept placo like this? Why, I grow fonder j
and fonder of it every day. Surveyed H
and built up most of it myself, you see.
There's a monument for you I How is it HI
to your diking? Pretty heavy. Ah. but
it'e lasting?no stained surfaces, no ginger -i
bread Vork 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
the eastern limits of the cemetery and
then paused as if to got his bearings. His 'I
strange combination of business tact and ^
harmless gossip made the reporter feel
little liko a grief stricken purchaser of a
burial spot.
4'Now, let mo see about what you'd ^
naturally want," said ho, eyeing his companion
critically, ns if siring him up sons
to save himself needless trouble. 4'You 1
see everybody has his special likings, and p
wo liavo to sort of estimate a customer's
tastes before showing him a lot. All ,r
sorts of peoplo apply to ue, and wo liavo
to use a good deal of tact and judgment t
so as not to offend present lot owners or
new customers. Wo have to discrimin- T
ate even in tho grave 1 If a negro comes
to mo I've got to 6cll him a lot. but I'vo a
also got to put him in his naturnl element.
If I didn't there would be Ned to
pay.
"But that, I Bhould think, is a difficult
task. Suppose such a person as you refer to
wanted a lino lot in what you coll an
aristocratic neighborhood, how would
you get around the matter?" ^
"Oh, bless you, that's easy enough. ^
Nobody knows what lots are for sale out a *
myself; and if a man selects a BJt whero j*"
I don't think ho belongs, why, tlio lot's
already sold. See? It doesn't look just ^li
right, but it's got to be done. What
would ono of your wealthy aristocrats j*11
think if I should sell a little lot next to
his big one, and the owner of tlio little Wl
lot should erect a $25 white bronze tomb- ^
stone right under tho noso of his $5,000 8 J-1
granite monument? War in the camp ?"
right off! I tell you thero isn't a popu- JP
lar cemotery in Chicago that hasn't its
South Sido and its West Side, its Miohi- ?*
gan avenue and its South Clark street. UI
You notice in laying out the cemetery ?*
wo group a number of big lots in tho
most conspicuous places. Caste lines are ^
inevitable, even in a graveyard." jP
"Well, show me a lot whero a poor
devil of a scribo would naturally belong," |K
said tho reporter. "u
"Yes, in just a minute. Going to
bury wifo or child? Oh, not married! J**
But I suppose you're going to be. Now,
here's boiuo nico sightly lots at $00. j1(
But then there's no provision for growth
of family or extensive local improvements.
Being buried liero is
a good deal like having standing
room in a theatre; you kind of feel di
as though somebody wero going to tramp in
on your toes all tho while. And if you di
should becomo as rich as Jay Gcijld you pc
couldn't put up a monument. Tlio lot's m
too small; you'd have to bo content with il;
a headstone. I want to sell you a lot
that you'll bo satisfied with hereafter and sa
your children bo proud of." v<
'Let mo see something a little better, ni
then," interposed tho apparent purchaser. w
"I'd advise you to go into a new subdivision,
wliero tho Improvements that w
have been made aro good, and bide fu- rc
ture developments. It is hero just as it
is down town. New streets and subdi- ?J
visions outshine tho old ones. Now, k<
hero's a mound"?by this timo they had d<
arrived pretty nearly at the west 6ido of N
tho cemetery?"where the lots aro largo
and open. There's plenty of room here;
tho grado is high and the drainago good.
But I seldom bring tho likes of you here, gi
bccauso it's a sort of foreign settlement. ai
You notice how tho 'sens' and 'oskis,' b<
and 'dts' predominate. You'd scarcely no
feel at homo hero if I'd sell you a lot. Be- pi
sides, tho locality has one great and per- ti
manent drawback. Yonder aro tho ti
single graves in plain sight. You 01
wouldn't like to live always in sight of m
tho poorhouso, and you'd scarcely want oi
to bo buried in view of potter's field. No, c?
I know you wouldn't bo satisfied hero. ai
You'd hotter put a little more money in a.'
your ground and get something that will ai
rise in valuo rather than deteriorate. Ah, d
I have it. Just como over hero." P
Tho superintendent led tho way to tlie
southeast, near a pretty expanse of wa?
ter. Consulting his book, ho picked out
a particular lot and pointed C1
oaxisutcuuu. .
"Now, hero you arc," said ho. "I a
couldn't show you anything better in J
tlie whole cemetery. Price moderate, ^
neighbors of a high class, near public ?i
drive, whero you know things will f{
always bo kept in order. This Tot will a
bo worth twice its present valuo a year
from now. Ono hundred and twenty- ^
five dollars and room enough for a dozen ^
interments besides a monument. You ^
can't [do any hotter. Just let me put ^
your namo down for it now' and you can
arrango tho details at tho down town
office. Look at tho monuments going
up all around you here. Can't havo better
data by which to judge of tho local- a
ity. Right across tho driveway yonder
is ono of tho largest lots in the cemotory. pi
Wo'vo put a fanccy prico on it just so as
to induce some capitalist to buy It and
put up an expensive monument. That'll (
lend additional tono to tho neighborhood
and all tho lots around will feel tho influence.
It would pay to buy this lot
purely as a busiuess investment,"?Chicago
Tribuno. 2
?- \
, ,
Peoplo Who Kat (Julnine. j
You would bo astonished at tho v
number of peoplo who havo acquired v
tho ouinino habit Thnv to
. -? "'?m .
numerous than tho opium eaters and
carry their pills in their pocket all tho ?
time. They imngino tho cxistcnco of "
some physical wrong and take quinine ^
as regularly as tlicy eat, in tho belief ?
that it is a euro all. Tho facts aro it
stimulates tho stomach, but not to any *
pcrceptiblo degree, yet hundreds nro ^
every day getting from it tho samo ft
satisfaction they would from a drink it
of whisky.?lntorviow in Chicago d
Times.
A Large Route Flih.
A ninetcon and one-half pouiyl rock u
fish was ono of the most interesting 8
nu<l coveted objects to be seen in Al- '1
bany's streets reccntl v. It was caught
on a fall trap in Muckaleecreek, about ! B
six inilcs at>ovo the city. The rock ^
fish is ono of tho finest of tho finny fc
tribe, and, while very game, is rarely 81
captured, though they abound in these ^
waters. Several years ago Dr. Todd, ,
Mr. Abraham Lincoln's brother-in- II
law, then a rcsidontof this city, landed
a sixty pound rock fish with a rod and
lino at Dower's Mill creek, in Baker 0
county.?Albany News.
/
THE FOOL'8 PRAYER. ]
to royal feast wu done; the King i
Sought out some new sport to hwilsli core, I
id to bis jester cried: "Sir Fool,
Kneel now, and make for us a prayer P
ie jester doffed his cap end be A,
tod stood the mocking court before;
icy could not see the bitter smile ,
Behind the pelnled grin ue wore,
? bowed his heed end boot his kat*
Upon the monarch's silken stool;
Is pleading Tolce arose: "O Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool I
to pity. Lord, could change the heart
From red with wrong to white as wool*
ie rod must heal the sin; but Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fooL
Tie not by guilt the onward sweep
Of troth and right, O Lord, we stay; I
Is by our follies that so long ?
We hold the earth from heaven away. j,
rbese clumsy feet, still in the mire, ^
Oo crushing blossoms without end; f
nose hard, well meaning hands we thrust /
Among the heart strings of a friend.
rhe ill timed troth we might have kept?
Who knows how eb&rp it pierced and stung?
he 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;
ut for our blunders?O, In shsme
Before tho eyes of heaven we fall.
Earth bears no balsam for mistakes;
Men crown the knavo and scourge the tool
hat did ills will; but thou, U Lord,
Do merciful to me, a fool I"
bo room was hushed; In sllonco rose
Tho King, and sought the gardens cool,
jid walked apart, and murmured low,
"Be merciful to me, a fool 1"
?Edward Rowland SOL
A Veil's Flight.
Mrs. M. ML Hall, of Clinton, la., 1
10 has rccontly been hero visiting
r sister, Mrs. vV. H. Wilder, met
th a remarkablo experience at Kochier
last week. Sho was tlio guest of
friend, Mrs. Page, of that city, whose
isband conducts a harness Business
ero. Among other places the ladies
rited was Powers' art gallery and
o towor. Wliilo at the-iatter place
re. Hall's veil became detached from
r hat and a slight breezo quickly
ifted it over the railing and out of
stcli. Down it wont toward the Main
eet walk, 100 feet below. The ladies
>od and watched its slow and waverg
descent until it hud nearly reached
e pavement.. Suddenly it struck anhor
current of air and was borne
>ward again. Tho ladies watched its
aceful movements curiously and born
o more and more interested as the
ry fabric slowly traveled back in alost
tho same route it hod taken in its
scent, and their surprise knew no
?unds when tho veil actually rorned
to tho tower and settled aown
irly and souarely on the owner's
sad. Mrs. Hall declares this to be
o fact, and thoso who met the lady
sro certainly have no reason to doubt
sr word.?Caledonia Advertiser.
At Rover'* Grave.
Tho pet dog of Mrs. Samuel Wilmot
d Monday, plunging the household
to deep sorrow. Some heartless invidual
had administered a dOse of
lison. Tho funoral occurred this
orning and was attended by tho famy
and a few friends.
Tho casket was lined with white
it in and covered outside with purple
ilvet Tho remains looked perfectly
&tural and peaceful. Tho interment
as in tho family's private lot.Tho
members of tho f ly stood
eoping around tho grave, wuOe what
imained of Hover was laid nt rr?t
Somo of tho floral offerings were
cponsivo and uniquo, one being a dog
snnol of roses tinped with sprays of
fennel.?Bridgeport (Conn.) Cor.
cw York Evening World.
A Chock to Civilization.
Sexual selection, which has doubtless
really influenced the development
ad advancement of certain races, has
jen inopcrativo in China during
mny centuries, because, under the
rovailing usages, the contracting paf>es
have, beforo espousal, no opporinitv
to judge of tho strength, beauty
i* intelligence of their consorts. Rounitlc
lovo has no part in marriage
r its issue. This may bo ono of the
lusos of China's arrested civilization,
ad of tho astonishing fact that her
ituto peoplo havo invented nothing
ad discovered nothing during hun?
reds of years.?Adclo M. Fieldo in
opular Science Monthly.
A Novel Device.
A dovico has been Invented which
Li*bles tno ongineert when in his cab.
> turn a switch, which can bo closed
?ain from tho rear of tho train. It is
perated in connection with the "cen al
throw" switch, and consists in a
shae," which is dropped from the
>rward and rear trucks. This strikes
crank, which is overthrown, and tho
vitch closed or opened, as the case
lay bo. A switch loft onon carelessly
lay thus be closed by tho locomotive
hilo at high speed, or a train side
ackcd quickly in case of danger.?
Houston Post,
A Wm1? of Vtber.
It is stated that two-thirds ofthe wood
led in paper making is waste, though
cperiments indicate that this can be
rofltably converted into-fernlbsn.^
"Did n't Know't was
Loaded"
day do for a stupid boy's excuse ; but
rhat can be said for the parent who
ees his child languishing daily and
o recognize the want of a tonln anil
ilood-purifler? Formorly, a course of
litters, or sulphur and molasses, was tho
ule in well-regulated families ; but now
11 intelligent households keep Ayer's
iarsaparilla, which is at once pleasant
0 the taste, and tho most searching and
ffectiro blood medicine ever discovered.
Nathan 8. Cleveland, 27 B. Canton St.. *
toston, writes: " My daughter, now 21
ears old, was in perfect health until a
ear ago when she began to complain of
ktlgue, headache, debility, dlssiness,
idlgestlon, and loss of appetite. I conluded
that all her oomplaints originated
1 impure blood, and induoed her to take
.yer s SsrsaperlUa. This medicine soon
sstored her blood-making. organs to
ealthy action, and in due nine reCstabshed
her former health. I find Ayer's
arsaparilla a most valuable remedy for
is lassitude and debility inoident to
wing time." ,
J. Castrlght, Brooklyn Power Co.,
rooklyn, N. Y., says: "As a Spring
[ediclne, I find a splendid snbsntnte
>r the old-time compounds in Ayer's
irsaparilla, with a few doses of Ayer's
Ills. After their use, I feel fresher and
ronger to go through the summer."
Iyer's Sarsaparilla, '
r&spa&Kn B* > ;
r. J. O. Aytr k Co* Lowell, Mats. <
Dee Hi fix toWs, ft* WenfcftntotUf.
PIEDMONT AIR LINE
RICHMOND ft DANVILLE
BAILBOAD
1REENVILLE * COLUMBIA DIVISION CS
CONDENSED SCHEDULE *
Is effect DNimbtr 16, 1$88.
(Train* ran OB 76th Meridian tinM^ *
NORTHBOUND No. 64. No. 61.
MTt Cha'ston 7 00 a. a.
>ut? Colombia... flO 26 a. a.
irrlto Alston 11 SI a a.
iea?e Aloton - 11 26 p. a.
irrire Union 1 26 p. a. 4 26 p. a.
irrivo 8partanburg. 2 60 p. a. 6 46 p. a.
Try on.............
44 Flat Hook.'.'......'. V cMl
44 Hendersoneillo... . /V.
44 AshoviUs*.. 7 00 p. a.
** Hot Springs.
4 Pomaria 71 60 a. a.
ir'rirs Prosporlty... 12 22 p. a. "
SS XT- W. Id OA ?a Baft
iivwucrr/niM i? ov j?? AM*
Laurens
" Ninety-Six.. 1 46 p. m.
44 Greenwood..., 2 80 p. m.
44 Greenville..., 6 20 p m
" Abbeville 4 00 p. n.
" Anderson....... 4 40 p. n.
" 8eneca. 0 00 p. a.
? Walhalla 7 00 p. m.
Atlsnte 10 40 p.m.*
SOUTHBOUND, No 66 Ne. 60
Leave Walhalla.... |8 00 ?. m.
41 8eneca .. 8 80 e. m.
'* Anderson..... 9 41 a. n.
44 Abbeville 10 60 a. m.
44 Greenville.... 9 80 a. m.
Greenwood... 12 28 p. m.
Ninety Six.... 1 12 p. m. 'gtk
Laurens ^ wH
44 Newberry. 2 82 p. m.
44 Prosperity.... 2 62 p.m.
Arrive Alston. - 8 80 p. m.
Leave Hot Springs. *6 60 a m
Leave Asheville 8 26 a.m
44 Hendersonvllle
44 Flat Rook.....
44 Saluda.
' Tryon
44 Bpartanburg.. fll 66 a. a.
44 Union... 1 40 p. m. 9 46 I
Arrive Alston 8 80 p. m
44 Columbia.... 4 40 p. m.
44 Augusta...... 9 06 p. ml
44 Charleston via 8.
Daily.
f Daily except Sunday ^
1?_ Through Cor Serriee. .
Main Line Trains Nos. 64 and 66 daily *
between Columbia and Alston, and daily
except Sunday between Alston and Green*
villa.
Through passenger coaoh between Cha'etoo
and Morristown, viaS. C. Railway, Colnmbie
and Spartanburg.
Tickets on sale at prlnoipel stations^te all
points.
On (rain No. 60 and 61 Pullman sleeper between
Charleston and Hot Springs, N. C.,
la A. C. L., Colombia and 8partanburg.
Jas.. Taylor D. Cardwell Sol. Hal1
iit'l Oen'l
Gen. Pau.Ag't. Pan. Agent. Fraffta MansColumbia,
8 O gar.
NEW JE WELBT
?AT TUB?
0 L D B E LITBLl^sT(01MBT,*^
R W. TINSLEY respectfully announces to
the publio that ho has just reoelved a fine
lot of
FASHIONABLE JEWELRY
to suit the poekots and tastes of all.olaseeS
consisting or
WATCHES,
CL0CK8,
WATCH CHAINS.
CUFF and cvLLAR BUTTONS
EAR RING8 and BOBS.
F1NQER RINGS and BREAST FINS.
My aaaortuant of ^
; SPECTACLES ana 15 TE-fclL ASSES A|
la the largest in||tho up-oountry, and I oaa
uit all ages and conditions of eyes.
Silver and Sllver-Plated Ware
Just the thing for holiday presents, can be
relied upon as being fully as tepreeenuA
JEWELRY REPAIRED
n the best and J most substantial manner
Don't forget the "OLD RELIABLE
JEWELRY STORE, when you wlek te buy?R.
W. TINSLEY.
AN END TO THE HOHROE
? or ? d j
EXTRACTING TEETH _
I am prepared to satraet Teeth rflikoat^|
ntin nr /II." ? '
r t "j IHV VSf VI UUP.
I guarantee all of 107 work ic glra aatalfaction.
L. ?. MKAOOH.
Maj 4 18 U
Cot., JOIIX IIAIKKLI, > / < J I "t ft Y? t *
Columbia, ?. C. Colon. 8. C.
HASKELL ft YOUNG,
AT TORN I EH AND COUNNKLLOBN,
UNION, 8. C.
Odea aeoond floor. No. 84 Law llanga.
Fab 10 0 if
SAM'L 8. STAKES. ^
attohnby at j.aw, ;
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
ALL business entrusted to his cars wil
eeeive prompt attention.
The cseention of all papers as a Notary
'ublie a speoialtjr. Offioe in rear of the
3?urt House.
Dm 19 49 tf