Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- I T!*? Tt/"? ti ?",!? iTBTriiMTS T I ... 't.i It,, I r , V. , Mi. i >". i \ ; ' I; I i UIm Frle<l Chlckep. It is a startling statement, and yet it is said to be true, that an important crisis in the American Revolution was passed in safety by tlio help of n dish of fried chicken I The tradition is kept in tlio Walker family in Virginia. In 1781 tho Virginia legislature ndjourned from Richmond to Charlottesville. Tho British Gen. Tarleton skirted to capture it with a largo forceof cavalry and infantry. lie stopped for breakfast at the plantation of Dr. Joseph Walker, distant twenty miles from Charlottesville. Rations wcro distributed among tho men, and tlio cook made haste to prepare a real Virginia breakfast for tho general and his stair. Meautimo a messenger from tlio village rode on in hot haste to warn the legislature and Thomas Jclfcrson, then governor of Virginia, who was at his homo at Monticello, outside of Charlottesvilln Twice tho cook prepared a delicious dish of fried chicken uial cream gravy, and twice, when lior back was turned, Borno of the hungry British soldiers dashed into tho kitchen and carried it off. Tarloton was also hungry, and enraged at tho delay, which the host explained, and told the general that what thero was of tho meal could ho served at once if ho desired it. But if lie wished to havechicken ho "must set a corporal's guard to protect the cook." m Tarleton was a glutton. lie hesitated w a moment, and said, "I will wait for tho ^ chicken. Adjutant, set a guard over those rascally thieves!" The guard was set, tho chickens wero cooked and eaten. But tho delay enftkln/1 <l*n mnccotirriir nmolt t 'ItOrlitllnc 1IU1VU v? IU IUV0ovii0v.? VtA ?VUV>| .vv?wk. villo and give the alarm. Mr. Jefferson and tho legislature escaped from the" town before Tarleton with his troops entered it. Their onpturo would have been a stunning blow to tho fortunes of tho young republic. ?Youths' Companion. Mr*. I-aiigtry'H Sllrttr Ilutli Tub. A curious story is told as to the origin of Mrs. Langtry's silver bath, llathmakers bolievo that there is only 0110 By Bilver bath in tho world. This was made sorao years ago for an Indian princo by a London bathmaker, and he supposes that, tho owner having died, tho silver bath caino into tho market and wa3 bought by Mrs. Langtry. A silver bath isa tremendous affair. Some few wealthy people liavo copper baths plated with silver, but tho cost is but a trille compared with liie genuiuo article. Some wealthy people who go in for luxurious bathing till their bathrooms with statuary, have painted tile walls, and the hath is fitted into a case of carved oak. Then thero are marble baths. They aro both cold and costly. \ Tlift anost ttoVcT thing in baths, how\? ever, Is one fitted with a shower bath \ overhead, a needle spray bath at the sides \ and a wavo bath that rushes out at the \ foot. Thcsearcin addition to tho ordinary j hot and cold taps. So that a possessor of \ one of these ingenious thiucsr-m ^ . *v atoioo ^.wiiAvt! a dozen or more diflfer' ent sorts of towels for bathing. After the ordinary Turkish and huckaback towels some doctors are fond of rccoui\ mending a towel of rushes, made appropriately enough by Russian peasants. It \ls hard and stilt" and feels like a coarse dishcloth. Its use is confined to bathroom \inatics who think they are happy in braiding their skins. Then there is an nstic towel made of not, and another _iin raiser called loofah. This is im-* i A?V ported from Egypt. Tho loofah is made of dried grass and it doesn't soften by immersion in water.?Kansas City Times. Tlio Smallest Iioolc. The London Pall Mall Clazetto thinks mat uio smauess uooic 111 mo worm is a volume now in the Salford Itoyal Borough v library and museum. It says: "The ! work in question?which differs from tho rest in the essential point that while, liko them, de jure a book, it is also do facto a manuscript?consists of one hundred leaves of the finest rice paper, octaaI gonal in shape, and measuring from side Bk to side one-half inch, stitched together r and covered in silk. Nothing can cx1 x ,ceed the lightness, delicacy and softness \ V- . 'of tho material, or tho neatness of tlio I \ penmanship. This dainty litilo morsel \ \ of caligraphy, which at the lirst glanco I \ preoisely resembles, in its glass prison, a ^ \very tiny hntterily of some uncommon \ ycind, is very probably unique in the \vestorn world. How it escaped innni\ent destruction is not t lie least wonder^1 feature of its history, for it was looted K vQlinn7,i in India, by a private soldier 1*? Ting tho mutiny, hut it has been safe est \ho possession of the Salford library and many years. Tho work has not been k obA? slated, but is ollioially defined, on | papi uthority of an Indian scholar, to be [ ample of tho 'Kathas, or Sacred E \tions of (the) Mahraltas BrahI \and it is written, witliout blot or -..rej-ation, in tho Muhratlas character, SMH ' > glossy black ink, with a brilliant inarn of vermilion to every page, which is jQP > o numhercd. Possibly tho nemo of SE;' lical ininuleness is reached in this itifnl littlo work of art, which, for II resent, at any rate, may claim to he SjLy ?, unallest book,' as well as 'tho least stivo manuscript in tho world.'" rqq An IScocntrlo King. -respondent of Tlio London Globe Ii ; most interesting account of Noro-L -ig of Cambodia, one of theking*er Iudo-China. IIiV. majesty, it t, tfl.e. s ado])ted a stylo v'.? dress in Europe seventy years ago. He BCrjjj le tail coat with gold buttons, breeches anil pumps. No \ > has had an audience of his 7" 'is palace of Pnon-Peuh lias and si ., . , x ' suppress a smile at tlio gfC Asiatic potentate in tlio of u 3 worn in t ho reign of t?r. Mi icln^il ?'f ?ho iioo-.nc tunuoi 8M\ Makes tlio track visible 1 \ plats of - '<> f?>S- ? ?"il0 ah0nd ?l ()o?-h? two! re ni M q?lc, to bi ' W ?*nd a moi J Master't l)eo '20 EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. levers'. Attempts to Start a Horse tVIille j fj tlie Driver Wan Looking- for n llrlok. 1 A bay horse drawing a heavy express | tl wagon balked on Dearborn street, near | l>i Washington, about noon tlio other day. 1 M The horse was a vicious looking animal ! tl with a sinister eye, recking nostrils, and g long, reclining cars, and he balked with ' pi 6uch determination right across the cable tl track that the ears were stopped as far : tl down as Monroe and La Salle streets, and ii the griptnen all swore as gripmen will, s: A" crowd of young clerks, old business j tc men and jolly little typewriter girls gathered on tlio sidewalk, and all the I b office boys in the block took front seats, > 11 after their habit, and awaited develop- { a; mcnts. The driver, who was a tall, thin n youth with a red neck and freckles, left | d liis seat, and by way of opening business i ' kicked the horse rudely in the abdomen. \ a: Ameuiberof the Humane society caught J n< the boy by the collar and shook liiui, and T everybody laughed except the boy and ? tho member of tlio Humane society, who t( glared at eack other. al "lias anvbodv got a lump of sugar?" h the member of tlio Humane society asked t< after a while, tlio boy having gone to y look for a brick. r< "I have," a typowritor girl replied, diving into her handbag. ' b The member of the Humane society h said, "Thank you, miss," bowed, rolled E back his cuiTs in tlio manner of the gen- r< tleman who is just about to make a h nickel disappear in his ear, and then at- d tempted to thrust the sugar into the h horse's mouth. The horso's ears flapped d back, his eye reddened and he grabbed 6i at the Humane man's arm with his pink h jaws. The Humane man yelled,"Whoa!" o and jumped away; the young men in v the crowd laughed hoarsely and the girls li shrieked. Hanker (Jeorgo Schneider had been standing in bis window watching the performance, and bo now came down ii stairs and walked through the crowd. a "In the old country," he said, "wc tl used to make balky horses move in this t! way," and lie got 011 his tiptoes and y threw his anus around tho horse's neck, a The animal snorted savagely and shot up t! its angry head till its neck looked like a t stand pipe, and of course Mr. Schneider v went with it. When lie had gone up so r high that ho could almost sec tlio roof of li tho Tacoma building lie let go, and, fall- n ing, struck Tailor Joo Day. Mr. Day s chaijgcs bis trousers every hour, and he now wore a pair of gobelin blue trousers 11 with while llecks. Win n ho jumped out 11 of the way to avoid Mr. Schneider he t rubbed some axle grease oil a wagon hub \ with his trousers and swore softly. Mr. I Schneider blushed under- Hie taunts of 1 __thocrowd and withdrew to the bank. 1! A red faced man with a sandy 11111s- 1 laClli.1, \\1R? won; ?i tnrt Kru &uui i ?uuunu > his nock, then canto forward and re- t marked: "''lav's the honly woyo to do t the bloomink think." lie took a hitch- 1 ing strap from a horso attached to a] ' buggy near hv il*?." < Then ho began to pull and haul, and i Assistant Postmaster John Iluhhard, who has a good voice, started to sing "Saw in)- leg oir." Everybody in the crowd knew "Saw my leg oil'," and ! < the chorus was large and enthusiastic. ' Oflicer Lavin paused 011 his way home j ; to dinner, saw the unhitched horse, and : 1 calmly drove olF with the lmggy, accord- 1 . ing to the ordinance regularly made and j ' provided. The owner, a little man with i t a plug hat, came out of tho C ramus j f block at this juncture and assaulted the ; i Englishman, and somebody began welt- j 1 ing the balky horse with a barrel stave. 1 a This was the signal for a combined at- j 'j tack, and everybody who Could get near | j enough took a hand in hammering the ; : poor brute. While this bombardment j 1 was at its height the driver came up. d lie inquired for the member of the Hu- f. mane society, and linding that he had t gone he climbed into the wagon, glared 11 contemptuously at tho crowd, kicked the d horse in an ungentlemanly like manner, t< yelled "G?oe?t?ce?app," and drove <1 away.?Chicago Tribune. o a Slfullni; a Child. 1"; A remarkably intelligent elephant " working on u new bridge in Ceylon, says Murray's Magazine, bad a young one to whom she was perfectly devoted. It died, and site became inconsolable. Formerly the gentlest of creatures, she grew nun ovimi dangerous. i ?iu? morning she broke the cliain which confined Iter and escaped into tiie forest. One night, about ten days after her escape, tho oflleer who had been in c chargo of her went out to lie in wait ? forbears at a. pond in a jungle at some distance. As he and his native attendant were . returning, early in the morning, the na- '1 live silently nudged him, and tin-} saw in the dim, gray light an elephant with her calf making their way toward the > camp. They both sprang behind trees, and when the elephants had passed the native insisted that the older one was Sl their old friend. When they reached tho camp they found that tho Iruunt had indeed returned, and had gone from one person 05 to another, touching each with her trunk, as if sho wbro exhibiting her adopted child, whicit sho had evidently begged, borrowed or stolen during her absence. Iler good temper niul usual docility returned at once, and her owner blessed the good forluuo which had enabled Iter to steal a child. U .links' >1 Intake. Winks?What? Can't keep your engagement with me? Jinks (sadly)?No, 1 can't. I was J! drawn on a jury this week, ami couldn't get out of it. M "Did you try?" "Indeed I did. 1 did my best to niako j1.' myself out to bo a hopeless ignoramus, ,j( but they wouldn't lot mo go." c.< "Great Scott, man! Tho way to escape di jury duty is to act as if you knew some- h thiug."?New York Weekly, hi Consecrated Feelings. A young luoyk came one day to his itlier superior and asked: "Father, hat is it to bo dead to self?" The faicr replied: "I cannot explain it now; ut I havo a duty to perform. Brother [artiu died last week, and is buried in lc churchyard of our order. Go to his rave, and, standing closo beside it, reeat in a loud, clear voice, all tho good liugs you ever heard about hiiu.' After lis, say all tho flattering things you can ivent, and nttributo to hitn every lintly grace ami virtue, without regard > (ruth, and report the result to me." The young monk went away to do his idding, wondering what all this could lean. Soon ho returned, and tho father ske?l him what hail transpired. "Why, othing," replied the young man. "I id as you told me, and that was nil." Did Brother Martin make no reply?" A-n.l flirt ennnrinr. "Of eoiirso lie did ot, for ho was dead," 6aid tho monk, ho elder shook his head thoughtfully, lying: "That is very strange. Go again >-morrow at tho same hour, and repeat t the grave side all tho evil you ever card concerning Brother Martin. Add > that tho worst slander and calumny our mind can imagine, ahd report the ?sult to me." Again tho young man obeyed, and rought hack tho same report, llo had oapod unlimited abuse on the head of brother Martin, and yet had received nc irply. "From Brother Martin you may mm," said the father, "what it is to be ead to self. Neither flattery nor abuse as moved him, for he is dead. So the isciplo who is dead to self will bo insenible to these things. Neither voico 1101 and will over be lifted in self defense r retaliation; but all personal feeling .ill be lost In tho service of Christ."? tev. G. II. Iluhbard. Moody's CooIiicm. Evangelist D. L. Moody went dowr lto the slums of Chicago to preach to at udicnco of people never seen insido ol he churches. After tho services lie was lio center of a scene. Half a dozer oung men, half drunk and noisy, waiter t the foot of the stairs. They insultct ho young women who carno out nnc hey tripped up the young men. The) rero evidently preparing to have souu ough sport with Mr. Moody, for whet io appeared at the door they crowdec round him and jostled him off the lowei top. Ho saw the danger and averted i icatly. 1 Io was carrying his overcoat ot lis arm. Picking out tho biggest asu oughest of tho crowd, ho said: "Won' ou pleaso help mo ou with this coat 'm getting a little old and stout." Th< tad young man was unnerved. He red li ned, and stepped back. Mr. Mood; ?eld oat Ids arms nppcalingly, and tin *oung man weakened. Muttering some hingthal sounded like an oath lie hoistci ho eoat on to the broad shoulders. " enow you'd do it. Titanic you, laughci <Ir. Mood,vdisorganized ganj >f hoodlums in the shadow of tho build ng.?Exchange. \V? ItiTiilDO Dignified Too Soon. How soon people's "dancing days*' an >ver. Middle age doesn't dance. I wa it a Long Itraneh hotel last summer am aw the evening "hop." It. was enjoyei nostly by ehihlren. The eldoys lookei :t, 1 mit did no dancing. Some of tin 'elders" were quite young. I saw anion; hem those who, eight or nine years he ore, used to be very active on lite foo a that same parlor. 1 tut theydancom nore. It is too puerile. They look oi little while and walk about wearily 'hey seemed to have entered on tha iliaso of life when everything bore: a ore or h--I saw ladies walking will heir husbands up and down tho corri nr. Some waddled. Some were toe at to dance. Some had lost entirely he elastic muscle of childhood, thougl oe iorry. inese, <i course, wero km igniliod tv) dance. At least they seemeii a consider this apparent inability tc ancc as dignity. Perhaps it is. I saw ven young men of twenty-five, wlic anced mightily at eighteen, among tlx anks of those who had grown abovi ancing. I think we enter on the heavy, ignilied, sit down phase of life mud )o soon,?Prentice Mulford. Sti;;:ir ?>n Kaw Oysters. The sallow faced Celestials in this eitj re more particular as regards their diet linn most people suppose. Olio of them, who en joys the distincion of being the wealthiest in town, nine into a down town oyster house the ther night, took his seat at the marble >pped tablo and asked tho waiter for a law." The deft, white aproned waitei iroked his smooth shaven chin rellecvely and replied: "A what?" "A law," repeated John, "law oysters.' "Oh, yes," mid soon a plato of the nnpting bivalves, reposing in theii lolls, lay before him. lie removed thr won and sprinkled a copious supply ol igar over them and began his attack. Ashe walked to the counter, paid hit ill and departed, the waiter smiled loud with a "Well, that's ono way to it oysters.''?Portland (Me.) Express. Sure to Cct Kich. .Take?I tell you what, Hob, Stevens nist bo getting rich. Hob?You don't say! "What business he in? .Jake?He's in the trunk business. But o has ten sons, and they're all baggage ien on the Crescent railroad.?Harper's azar. A I>olIrate Saltier. All account is given in a German pain* of a soft alloy which adheres so rmly to metallic, glass and porcelain irfaces that it can bo used as a solder, nd which, in fact, is valuable when the rtieles to ho soldered tiro of such a riairo that they cannot hear a very high I'grcu of temperature, the composition insisting of iinely pulverized copper iir>t, which is obtained by shaking a soition of sulphate of copper with granuited zinc.?jS'uw York Telegram. A Ghost Tolled tho Holla. Before the earthquako shook it down, the old guard house or police station was just across tho rtrcot, in fi-ont of tho cnurch. Every night for years an old policemanx who nad grown old and decrepit in the scrvico of his country and lastly of his city, kept watoh at tho door. Ilo had seen many strango sights, and ho always said that llio strangest he had ever seen was tho 1 dead man'ringing tho chimes from tho belfry of old 8t Michael's. Ho had seen the shrouded figure, timo and again, cliiyb up to tho bells, and. not touching tlio ropes, which had l>ecn pulled so often by living hands, swing tho heavy iron " tongues agninst the sides of tho bells and clash out a fear ful melodv which thrilled whilo it horrified the liatonor. Ho would tell you. If you oared to listen to his story, how tne ghost had been murdered* for in ita normal state it had been murdered by the thrust of an Italian stiletto in Elliot street Tho spirit was "to walk tho earth" "revisit tho glimpses of tho moon, * ring tho ?U!t?Ao nflinr Imrt'iKlft UIVl VUIU1 Xiijj nuvi MV VkMVi MWf things, until tho murderer was captured. ( A few minutes before midnight the old watchman would seo this spectral chimcr enter tho church doors, forgetting to open them, swiftly and in a ghostly way gliao up tho stensof tho winding stair, puuso under the bells ' by tho ropes where Gladsden rings them, pass Bwiftly on without touching them, climb on into the gloomy belfry and stop boncnth tho open ! mouths of tho bells, They yawned down upon it, as if striving to swallow up tho restless spirit Suddenly, as if s the inspiration had como, thoshrouded ; hand would movo Bilently and rapidly from iron tongue to iron tonguo, and tho wild pldritch musio would swell out upon tho midnight air.?Atlanta Journal. 1 Tho Austral inn Iloomorunc' Tlio boomerang of tho Australians is ' mado of hard wood and has tho curvo ' of a parabola; is about two feet long, 1 two and n half inches broad, and ono1 third of an inch through. In tlirow1 ing it tho hunter takes it by ono end, holding it so that the convex edgo is 7 forward and tho flat sido uppermost. 3 When thrown it ascends ijradually i with a rotary motion, and finally bel gins to retrograde. r Tho natives of somo tribes call tho boomerang wangno or kilic, and tho I wood known to botanists as acacia , nendula is generally solccted by the I boomerang makers. If yiossiblo thcy , cliooso a limb that is bont to form an anglo of about 100 to lflOdogrces. The ^ weapon returns to tho thrower best ' when thrown against tho wind, but " never returns when it has fairly hit l' tlio object at which it was aimed. c Those who are expert can place it * where they wish, and in warfare it is 1 most etrective, striking where it is 1 least expected, r.ucj 4 l?i\V,c,i'&rk Commercial AtfveKiaer. : Copper Urcomlug Poiililonuble. Copper is coming into fashion. What do I meant Well, look at this lot of canes and umbrellas that I have p just imported. You will notico that 3 each ono of them has a pieco of ordi1 nary conper wire around tlio handle. I Gold and silver has bccomo so corriI mon as heads for tlicso articles that l> peoplo demand something new for a , change, and you seo tlio result before s you. Just now great simplicity is af" footed in this respect, but I havon't l (li/? clidlil/icl ilnuli) tlinl 11'Knn ll.ic metal becomes popular, as 1 beliovc it will, wo shall sco very elaborate personal ornaments mado of it. Indeed, I lmvo often wondered why copper was not more generally tisod as a material for ornaments. Its peculiar color harmonizes perfectly with dark materials and complexions, and it is comparatively free from oxidization. Barbarous? Not a bit of it True, tlao aborigines mako uso of copper to adorn their persons, and in thai thoy show excellent judgment. In matters of lasto wo might frequently tako lessons from tbo savages. ? Jewelers' Weekly. 1'roofs of Lnzlneim. When Cyrus W. Field owned The Mail and Express ho occasionally poked around the various editorial rooms to get some idea of how his paper was being conducted. "Who is that man who sits hi that room to tho right up stairs?" he " >nco asked of his managing editor. 'Thal'ifMr. , our exchange editor," ' i replied tho managing editor. "Well," ' J said Mr. Field, frowning, "it's my opinion ' that ho isn't worth his salt. As often as I have been ill this office I've never seen | liim do anything except read newspapers, and lie's always got a hig pilo of 'em in front of him."?St. Louis Itepublic. Tho 'Higli 'lint rroblcin. ' llcre is a solution of tho high hat problem in theatres, llavo all tho seats in tho theatre so arranged that those occupied by women with high hats can bo 1 loweroil by tho management; or, better * still, elevate thoso occuped by men. Tho ' machinery for raising and lowering the ' seats could ho operated by tho stago engineer without any difficulty. Just a few turns of a crank and tho thing would be : done. Of course, some of tho high hat women would kick, but what of that? I?y all means let us have the adjustable theatre seat, the only remedy for tho high hat nuisance.?New York Tribune. Tli? Life of a I/vaAo. P.ho?And now that wo aro engaged, John, dear, how long shall tho engagement bo for? lie (an absent mimded lawyer who has just drawn up a railroad lease)?Oh, nincty-nino years, I s'pose.?Epoch. Tho Original Star Route. Tho Jupitor and Lako Worth railroad very properly claims tho prior priviWjge of using tho designation "Star Route."** According to The Railway Age, the stations on that short lino aro named Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Juno.?Philadelphia Times. labiiiauuuuai iv/n VAII Axiii AI AUU( Which took place in Washington on Wednesday 11 lb inst., says the Jx/icvi/te Citizen, to commemorate tlie centennial of the inauguration of tleoigj Washington, tlie Gtpresident ot ilio United States, by a sin. ular coincidence took place on the day of the buti ! services of Jyflerson Davis One event 10uiinded the country of the honors that flowed upon the tuccessful rebel: the other stood in solemn contrast, the difference between success and failure, between the one rev. red as the father and savior ot his country, the olhor by an unthinking multitude reviled as its enemy and a traitor. Happily for the fame of .Jcfl'ersou Davis, and honorably to the feeling, the judgement and the fidelity of hi* compatriots, he is not so regarded. Not that the people of the South now wish or hope that the results of the war could ever be reversed ; not that they do regret that the decision ol the ''arbitrator of the sword'' was adverse to their effort at independent nationality, for wo believe that tbo vast majority are not only content with the decision, but sincerely satisfied that it was wisely made against tb?ui, always provided that tbo vicing ous side always keep in \ iow the fundamental idea upon which the hot'o was fought. the faithful interpretation and observance ol the ei.mtittri tt. This, as the undeilying principle, is as vital as ever, and did not perish wltcu the cause of the South went down in disaster or wheu Jefferson Davis went down to the grave. Tito Wilmington Jfr$$rni/cr well says : "No groat priuciplc is ever ontouibed with a man that is mortal. l'riuuiplc is immortal?'the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever.' The great, primless, precious principles tor which Mr Davis periled so much, for which he was hounded and persccured, and because on which accumulated hatred and denunciations fall upon his grave, will live on through the centuries so long as civil liberty has a foothold or a folltwer in this land." It is vital at the North As it is at the South ; it is as inseparable from the political health aud inherent rights of one sec1 ion as of the olhev,_-Uiml-H--ttrtrvr hayojls?development. again when the purpose of centralization shall t ike such path as to overshadow the grcil fundamental principle o( S< ite ercignty, no light thing to !.< i ,n iy -urrendercd ly the mighty S't s ! the North, swept al >ug for a time in the wild curreut of dominant heteio.l* \ 1 ideas, but sure to oppose with f >ri*' ( d?J>b? n? ? -* '? " ' v< ,,:tl 11 uuteiuiincd purpose to extinguish their individuality and relegate tbein to th humblj relation of dependent provinces. The consent of the States, as distinct sovereign power.", was the foundation stone upon which the govern incut, was built. There was no absorption of them into the great central power which tiiey erected for their greater convoitienco, and to which they '_'ive del?>:.at >d and defined powers only. Ihyoi.d tln-idelegated power.", the ri-dit of self 1 government remained, and s'ili t' toains and to this extent the doctrine of States' rights s'nuds unimpaired On the Subject of the centennial at Washington, the iYears nm/ Cnurirr drawing a parallel hciwccu Davis and Washington, say s ; ' The government established by Washington was based upon the <1"0trino that the people have the rich', and that it is their duty, to control their own affairs in their own way. Washington led the rebellion of tin; colonies against their king ; Davis led the revolution of thirteen sovereign States against the usurpations of a government which derived its only powers from the consent of the States. Could Washington and Pivis h ive exchanged places and times, the O'-ople of the South would hold mcmoiial nice! ings to-dav in honor of Washington, and the national capitol at W ashin<2t"ii would ring with the praisis of Davis, Representing the same principles, striding for the rights of the people. e< nscicus of their own rectitude and devoted to the supremacy of the eonstiiu tiou and the laws, Washington and Davis are equally and a! ke entitled t.> the reverence of the American people.*' DOMKSTfC SKItVICE I .V TUB SoUTII. ?There are too many low grade cooks, dirty nurses and lazy house girls. They have demoralized the hotter class of negro servants to he found here before the war, and at that time one ol flie features of Southern households. Domestic service has been dragged down to the level of the rough plantation hands, who pour into cities, and who are ready to begin cooking for a family without having ever seen a stove in their lives. .. rO.. ... ...I I. ....,1 I I..,.. l.ivjr ?u. n. .. .. ... ..... leavo it fur another, and tho domestic hi?torv of most families in ilie South today is a steady succession of incompetent negro servants. We are sufTring on tlio servant question as inueii us the pooplo of New Ktiglatid. Ti ey Irom a lack of domestics, we from an excess, which has thoroughly demoralized all and dragged the good down to (tic level of the worst. If wc could ship annually some 10,000 or avcti 100.000 negro servants North it woull he better lor nil hands. 1'erhaps our N oi l hern friends could make something out of thorn, and wc would certainly improve domestic service here with fewer but better cooks, nurses and liou'u girls.? Airw? Orleans Times-Democrat. UAT ?URn **r i ' I in i 11 nn i h uuui?K<u..| Nov. oO.?The terrible eprcatl of diphtheria s; in Iowa mid central portions of Illinois is causing much alarm. At several points in the latter Stats tbe epidemic has taken such 11 a forui that schools mid churches have been 1. closed and all public meetings forhiddon by w tho authorities. At Crest on, lo va, the State Hoard of health has ukon matters into their hands, a member of the board having 11 been stationed in that city to compel the t ucgltgi nl citixens lo.obssrrs tho uiost rigid ( quarantine of the tuany eases. llnvagps of the di-e*sc reported front ether " points in Iowa arc frightful In Sioux City s fvirty houses are quarantined with many a deaths rspoted. In Kekttk about tweuty cases j, arsteporled, caused tnostlyhy a rank violilion of the Hoard of Health rules requiring lunetnls of victims of contagious disease* 41 t i be held privatcy. The dead body of n chil I I was brought to the eiiy and uxpoeed to the ? view of a large number of friends and public ^ funeral was held which was largely attended. There is no knowing how far the germs of the ili-cas% had spread. llurliugton is ' net among the least alllctcd. One family , has lost three children with three ethers list . ?xpe ted to live. Many oilier casus are reported. ' Chicago. Nov. :10.?There have been Jreal- i ful l avages of diphtheria on tho West si lo f this fall. Four families in one block have lost eleven little ones, and numerous deaths ate reported in the rest, of that neighbor- 1 hood. The locality is not in the slums, i where filth breeds 'tie germs rf disease and , ?1 oi*tli. The fv? spot is in the enure of no of the 1 t rcsid-nt pirtiom of the T.?vlft ward. tenanted by woll-ti-do fnuii- ' lies. 'I lie testimony f f | Iiysicians, drug- I gists and the rMi'h'iils themselves is that ( ilie yearly dentin from dijdheiia has been greater than fro.n i*ll other causes cotnhin- ' ciI. This fall tho disease have been worse i ami mure malignant in character than ever b -fore, Fvimhk at Cii aulottk.?\ rlotle, N. i C., N.iv. 110.?J. l?. Shannon' oso & Co., dealers in agricultural mac ?iery, farming in: plcmenicnts, etc.. here, made an assignment to-day. lleriot Clarkson is tiustec. Their liabilities nre put down at S15,()()(), tail their niseis will more than cover that amount. 'I he assignment was a great surprise here. Papers were liled with .1. \v. Cobb, Register of Deeds, at 11 o'clock to-day. First-class preferments are : S. IS. Alexander, ?it),()0<>, . m l John K. I'rico, $?1 .Ml. Second-class prcf< renoes are : U.S. Miller A Co., $1,1100: Watevtowti Sp ing \Vaj;?n Company, S'.is II Not el isstfjo I ; Cherry, Morrow A: Co., !?o,?7l! C : Nnvassa Uuuiki Company, -SSTA Sd : Savers .A S.mvjlle, S IS I 7"'inud other sn; tCvr?I1 lllS h'liuittit of I .nlHI, . The firm mikes a elein as-ignmctil. All tin ir stork of wagon", buggies, plows, luruiing t io"s find implements, twenty shares of stock in toe Mutual Itiiilding and l.ivui Assuemii'iii, ci-h in the Couiiiiercial National l5niK.au cash in nnnu, a:t notes, accounts and other ovdeno-s of debt, besides all in iivnloal poisonal property bud I ro t! estate, n > int > the hands of (lie trustee. ?'iu ufii.?t>uiio a sad and sudden death occurred yesterday afternoon, iu iSt. M ichenl'.s church. Mrs. 1.. Luphaiu. as was her custom, nlten?1 ; ?i evening service;. Slto went to church in apparently good health and occupied her usual place in i~'i. Michael's. Hardly had tlie service begun when, without a luuraier nr nt niggle. she dropped to the tloor and silently passed away. Medical assistance was useless, for before o*eu the hands of her friends could reach her life had passed away The corpse was tenderly carded to the lobby |,y friendt, a carriage was ordered, and the body was taken to Ibo boiite of the deceased iu llroad tret. The congregation iasci\cd the sad and su bJon intelligence w i ii sincere sympathy and regret. After the removal of the .ody the services wore Ciiilinnel by l)r. Trapicr. Mrs. I.apliaui was nu estimable Northern lady, and t!io inothec ol Mr. ^amuol I.apiiasn, oftlm Charleston lec Company.?.wmm ill:'/ C'lUl i'r. Mil. i'AYt.V M AUX.tM.MITV. lio.stoll, i>cc. !-.?When (iencral (Irani was dying in Mount Mctlrcgor cottage the Jlo.ston (lloho instructed its New Orleans correspondent to interview Jof.erson Davis. Mr. Davis was uvi< nvvn i' 111 a ivn mivi I>011 no<I llie following letter : "Dear sir: Your re pic-t on behalf of the Huston Journal fan not lie complied wit 11 for lie following reasons : First, (ieneral tlrant is (lying; second, thougli lie invaded our country with ruthless hand it was with open hand, and as far its I know, he ahetled neither arson nor pihigcntid has since the war, I believe .shown no malignity to Confederates, either of the military or civil service. Therefore, instead of seeking t > disturb the ijuiot of his closing hours 1 would, were it mi my power, contribute to the peace of his mind and the comfort of his body. Jitti'r.t'.soN Davis." o lit itKSii to I>i:\iit.- -Charlotte, N.I'., Dec. I'!.- News of the most horrible death of the little >cvcii-ycar old (laughter of .John Christiatiherg, in Durk County; was received here to day. The little girl was left alone by tho firo, while its mother went out of the house. She soon heard the pitiful cries of her daughter, and, rushing into the room, a ghastly sight met her eye.-. The little girl was lying in the middle of the room, and her clothing and long, golden hair were in Humes. Half fainting, the mother made frantic efforts to save her child, hut of no avail. Mrs. Clirislianberg's clothing also look lire, and il it had not been for the timely appearance of a neighbor, she to", would have been hurned to death. The house took lire, hut the flames were extinguished before much i:inia;;e was none. . _ A l.nss to tub Sr.vTK.? Darlington, December I. I'lio Darlington experimental station was destroyed by I',re this morning about II o'clock. I'lio tin'ins bat made considerable he id way wlr-n discovered by .1. I). Me< 'ill, superintendent of tho station, flic fn c originate I in an unoccupied r ioin on die second floor, and was supposed to have been caused by a defective this. The s'a'ion was locate I one milo from town. It was entirely destroyed with much of the contents before assistance tou'd be rentlorod. I lie loss is nt?ml $2, <()(); insurance $l,7l>0. Tit:: lvkcrst Viki.ii or ('ohx.?Clieraw, S. Dec. Captain.f. Drake of Marlboro, gathered 2>l bushels and III puunds of corn from one acre on bis farm in Marlboro. Tliis breaks tiio world's record, the highest heretofore being 21- and a fraction, raised by Dr. l'arker, near Columbia. Captain Drake is competing for the tlioiisaml dollar prize offered by the American Agriculturist for the largest yield of com per acre. ? 'ov. - >.?There id niiicli dissatisfaction \ monj the members of the Farmon' Alliance >4': \ this Statu over the notion of Prosidont .ivingston in establishing fraternal relations ritIt the Knights of Labor at their recent acoting nt Atlanta. At the regular meetig of the Inter-t'onnty Alliance; formed of he counties of flarke, Ogletnorpo, Madison, iwiiinett aii'l Jackson, the matter was vigronslv discussed, one member voicing the entinicnt of all in saying : 1 have not seen , member vvt who favors the scheme. mere s ui> connection between the two organizoions ami there can never bo any sympathy >r affiliation. To begin with, the Knights of j.ihor admit negroes to tligir order, ami in omo lodges tho otliccrs arc equally divided Mjtweon whites ami blacks, and tlioy are ropi i rod to address each other as brother. I'l.is is too much like social equality to suit is Southern fanners, and it will be a serious )low to the Alliance to form a coalition with lie Knights of Labor; in many of the North,'rti cities their ranks are tilled with socialists iml Anarchists, which we do not tolerate or touiitenauee. The farmers have their own ivork to do and mission to fulfil, and liavo ?o business mixing up with other orgauizaious. I believe the scheme was concocted for political effect, mid the Allianc o docs not propose to he a stopping stone for any ofliee-seckcr. The Alliance is a white man's organization and doei not proposo to bo drawn into allilialion with any society that iidmils negroes." _ . .. Mininr.iiKRs Kscai'K.?lohnslon, S. C., I>cc. />.?It now seems that Justice will again he thwarted in KdgeliolT. TliO two iulnini.an toughs, Carpenter and Murrcll, who brutally murdered I'reston Vouco last summer and were sentencc'd to tie hanged on t lie third day of January next, escaped from jail this morning at about tho break of day. 'I'liey occupied a cell on the Northern sido of the jail. The jailer's story is that lliey had a ling which tliey lowered from the window for wood. Last night, however, iustcud of hauling up wood, they drew up an auger, tile, chisel and punch, with which they made an opening in tho floor, ami coming down the stairway found themselves in tho hull of tlie first Hour. J'hiL-iioneri were fastened. luiL-t4H?ir~ctt*ITy~ forced tlieiu arpcirTrmTmudo their escape. The jailer ami a young man named l'owull, saw them about tho time they had opened the back door, but say that while they were getting their guns the murderers made their escape. II 1H r*l rilll^U IIIrlli IW" m?nn UIVI1 vwui'i not arrest two boys without their guns. It is a shame and ft disgrace to the good name of the good and noble-minded people ofKdgofie'd. ? t." The nt?.i j rein tod by (lie jailer dn-lliittt^m^MflH^i nml tlint they wore allowed to for any thing is a piece of inexcusable carlessncss, to say the least. Every eli'ort will be put forth to catch them. Governor Hiohardson, in resposo to a dispatch received from Solicitor Nelson asking such action, yestorday tillered a reward of $200 each for tho apprehension of the two convicted murderers. . ? Tub Coi.cmma anij <?iikkxvii.r.i:.?Tito annual meeting of the rtockholders of tho Columbia and Greenville Kailrond was lielil at ti o'clock yestorday evening at tlie Loan and Exchange Lank. At a meeting of tho Hoard of- lb rectors Col. A. C. Haskell stated that certain eircumbtancos wonl.i prevent his serving longer as the president of the road. The following resolution was thereupon adopted by the directors : Kttolr- /, That we greatly regVel we shall uo longor have lion. A. <'. Ila-keil with us as president, and also Ids ahseiiuu from tho bonrd. Jlis nsiociation witli us has ever been the most plea-cud and cordial, and wo shall ever recoiii/e his ellicioncy and liigh character us an ollieer and gentleman, and further that our good wishes will ever attend him in the future. At tho meeting of the stockholders Mr. V. E. Mcllce was elected president and J. (!. I#. Ull.II II I U"vlv/v.lU I U'.W.ILUU^ illlU II T!i? following arc the diroctors elected: II. Sulier, Ncwherry; John J,. Voting, Union; F. IV. Mi-Master, Columbia; II. Heattic, (Irootivillc; It. L. McCaughrin, Newberry; Joseph Walker, .Spartanburg; IV. (1. O.aknian, New York; IV. C. lionet Abbeville; John A. I'.-.Uhcrford, New York; it. IV. Shnti'l, Columbia; John Ferguson, (Jroenvillc, ami H. it. Murray ot Anderson. The only change the substitution of Mr. Hcuct for (Jcorgc S. Scott of New York. - - ? ? A ilxmir.w Pii.ukimwh;?Pittsburg, Dec. I.?A party of fifty Hebrews passed through tiiis city to-ilay en route to Jerusalem. Hesides the desire to travel, it was admitted by members of the parly that a deeper sentiment was really the cause of tlm pilgimage. For several years in some ipinrtt-rs, lite feeling has been growing iti favor of a re-oeeupaney of the Holy Land by these people. It is for the purpose of study ami investigation, therefore, t lint the party goes on this long journey. 11 is understood that tho transportation was undertaken by a Western railroad, and every detail arranged previous to the party's starting. The excursionists are all Western people, from points between Ogd-.m and Chicago.They go direct to the Holy I.and. They were reticent concerning the probable outcome of tho pilgrimage, saying that tho future depends entirely upon tue laud of tlie country concessions which may ho secure I, and t he desires of settlers there. Wiio ns Kxi'f.us it??An esteemed correspondent has propounded in us n <|uostiou which involves a question in finance far too deep for our penetration. 11 o fays: "A loan arrived at 111 1'as.so, Texas, with a silver dollar in his pocket lis goes into a bar room, buys a drink, and get s in change a Mexican dollar, which is worth eighty-five cents down there. Mo crosses tlio bridgo v into Mexico, gets a drink over there, planks V down his Mexican dollar and gets in change a United States dollar, which is worth eighty five cents over Micro. In this manner he crosses back and forth until ho lias ^ bougct $10.0o worth of whiskey, and still has his dollar in his pocket.? Washington I'ott, Subscribe for The Weekly Uoiou Times, only 81 5ll a year, , v