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luraorous department.
A Natural Lawyer.?A man
dropped in on a Stockston lawyer the
other day and wanted to borrow $10.
"Haven't got it," said the lawyer.
"Well," returned the modest man,
"can't you borrow it for me ?"
"I might; but you must pay back
that $5 you borrowed from me a year
ago first."
He left. The next day be catne
again, and brought the $5.
"Thank you, thank you," smiled the
member of the bar, pocketing the
piece.
"That ain't the proper thing to say;
'thank you'is too tame."
"Yes?"
"Yes."
"What should I say, then."
"Why, you ought to say, 'Come on,
Old DOy,-iei S go uowu auu nave buujcthin'.'
"
"Well, then, come on, old boy !"
They went down and had something,
and the "old boy" called up his
friends. There was just $3.10 left out
of the half-eagle.
That afternoon the "old boy" dropped
in on the lawyer again.
"How about that $10," he asked.
"What $10?"
"Why, that $10 you were going to
lend me if I brought back the 5. I've
come to get it."
"Great Caesar! Say, just sit down
over there and go to studying law. I
need a man just like you ; I'm going
to make you my partner."?Stockton
Mail.
Two Miserable Sinners.?At a
revival in Rock Hollow, Deacon Budd
arose to "relate his experience," and
gave himself a very hard name, and
so did everybody else, that he did not
deserve the half of it. But it was the
style for the saints to give themselves
a setting down for t he benefit of sinners,
and Brother Budd played it for
all it was worth.
"Yes, brethren and sisters," he said,
in conclusion, "I'm secb a pore, mis'able
sinner that it's a wonder the
Lord has marcy on me. and lets me
live, i ieei as u i nam t do uusiuess
in sech a meeting as ibis, and my place
is a corner behind the door."
Sister Briney, who was a widow,
and suspected of a fondness for the
widower, Deacon Budd, arose and told
her story, and a sad one it was. There
had never been such an utterly unworthy
object, such a continual monument
of mercy, as Sister Briney, if her
showing up of herself was to be taken
for truth.
"Yes, brethren and sisters," she
said, at the windup, "I'm such a poor,
mis'able sinner, that it's a wonder I'm
allowed to stand here. I feel as if my
proper place is behind the door along
with Brother Budd."?Traveler's Mag-1
azine.
French For Seven Button.?"Let
me see some of your black kid gloves,"
said Mrs. Snaggs to a clerk at a Fifth
avenue store.
"These are not the latest styles, are
they ?" she asked, when the gloves
were produced.
"Yes, madam," said the clerk. "We
have bad them in stock only two
days."
"I didn't think they were, because
the fashion paper says that black kids
have tan stitches and vice versa." I
see the tan stitches, but not the
vifce versa."
The clerk explained that vice versa
was French for seven buttons, and
Mrs. Snaggs bought the gloves.
The Penalty of Profanity.?
The average small boy of the present
day is seldom at a loss for something
to say, even iu the most embarrassing
suuanons. coony, a precocious you iu
of 6 summers, had been indulging in
profanity, and in order to escape the
punishment for which his mother had
made preparations, he crawled under
the barn and remained there in a state
of siege for the greater part of the
afternoon. When his father returned
at night and learned how matters
stood, he made his way, with much
difficulty, under the barn in search of
the boy.
"Hello, pa," said Bobby cheerfully,
as his sire approached, "you been
swearing too!"
? ?
loT "I intended to tell Jane to bring
a fresh bucket of water," said the
wife of Professor Nottlehead, looking
up from her sewing. "You doubtless
mean a bucket of fresh water," rejoined
the husband. "I wish you would
pay some little attention to rhetoric;
your mistakes are embarrasing."
Some months later the professor said :
"My dear, that picture would look to
advantage if you were to hang it over
the clock." "Ah !" she replied ; "you
doubtless mean if I were to bang it
above the clock. If I were to hang
it over the clock we couldn't tell what
time it is. I wish you would pay some
attention to rhetoric; your mistakes
are embarrassing."
How Long He Would Wait.?
"How long would you be willing to
wait for me?" she asked, in tones so
low be could scarcely catch the words.
And then she went on : "You know,
George," she said, "that father has recently
invested in a western silver
mine, and he is going there at once
aud I cannot leuve mother alone. So
I ask you again, George, how long
would you be willing to wait for me "
"Wait for you, my darling," repeated
George with deep emotion, for his
was no fleeting love, my dear readers ;
"I will wait for you until we learn how
the silver miue pans out."
A Reasonable Explanation.?
"If you are a quiet, honest citizen of
New York, how did these skeletonkeys
and brass-knuckles happen to be
found in your pants pocket?" asked
Judge Duffy of a hardlooking case.
"Were those things really found in
my pants?" asks the prisoner, incredulously.
"You know very well that they
were."
"Well, judge, the only explanation I
can offer is that during the scutlle nie
and the policeman who arrested tne
must have changed pants. We were
very much excited at the time."
I ^International ^rosoiir..
ITHE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON V, FIRST QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL
SERIES, JAN. 29.
Text of the Lemon, John iv, 5-15.
Memory Verses. 13-15?Golden Text,
John It, 14?Commentary Prepared
by the Rev. D. M. Stearnn.
[Copyright. 1S98. by D. M. Stearns.]
5. "Then cometh Ho to a city of Samaria,
which is called Sychnr, near to the
parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his
T " *L? lo nnninfcod with the
bUIl uuocpu. XAV ?*
Holy Ghost and with power and goes
about doing good, seeking never His own
will, but always the will of His Father,
and all His steps as well as all His words
and actions are ordered by the Father
(Acts x, 38; John vi, 38; xiv, 10; Pa
xxxvii, 23). To live such a life is the business
of the Christian, and Christ in us
will live that life if we yield fully to Him.
6. "Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus,
therefore, beiiig wearied with his journey,
sat thu9 on the well, and it was about the
| sixth hour." As we said in a previous
lesson, probably 6 a. in., according to
| John's way of counting. He would be
journoying eurly, so as to avoid the heat
| of tho day. Ho is weary, for He is truly
roan and in all points tempted like as wo
{ are We have not a high priest who cannot
bo touched with a feeling of our infirmities.
He knoweth our frame; He
remembers that wo are but dust.
7. "There cometh a woman of Samaria
to draw water. Jesus saith unto her,
Give me to drink." For our sakos He
put Himself in the limitations of a mortal
body, liable to weariness, hunger, thirst,
suffering and death. He who made all
things and upholds all things made Himself
^dependent upon the ministry of others
for the necessities of life. He fed millions
with manna for nearly 40 years and
' u*" ?*?- f?nnb at Tlln nlftAfi
uruugiiu waici iiuiu vuv 4W? ? ? r
ure.
8. "For His disojples were gone away
unto the city to buy meat." He who said,
Come, buy wino and milk without money
and without price (Isa. lv, 1) sends his
disciples to buy with money things neoessary
for the body. It is very difficult for
us to believe the extent of His humiliation.
We cannot understand how rich He
was nor how poor He became for our Bakes
(II Cor viii, 9), but wo can look up gratefully
and say, Lord, I thank thee for bearing
it for me!
9. "How is it that thou, being a Jew,
askest drink of me, which am a woman of
Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans." Thus answered
the woman of Samaria. How different
from Rebekuh when Eliezer said, Let me
drink, I pray thee (Gen. xxlv, 45, 46). See
in II Kings, 17, the origin of these Samaritans.
Do good unto all, especially to
the household of faith, and give to him
that asketh thee are good precepts to remember
and practice, for not only is it
more blessed to give than receive, but not
even a cup of cold water given in the
name of a disciple shall lose its reward
(Acts xx, 85; Math, x, 42).
10. "Jesus answered and said unto her,
If thou knewest the gift of God and who
it is that 6ulth to thee, Give me to drink,
thou wouldst have asked of Him, and Ho
would have given thee living water."
The gift of God i6 the Son of God, as we
saw in last lesson (3-16). If the woman
had ever learned what we call Isa. lv, 6ho
might now have thought of the words,
"Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to
the waters!" and have said, Art thou He
of whom Isaiah wrote? If sho had known
Jer. ii, 13, she might have asked, Art thou
a fountain of living water? But she
knew not these things; 6he was not living
unto God, yet her soul was precious in
God's sight.
11. "Tho woman saith unto Him, Sir,
thou hast nothing to draw with, and the
well is deep. From whence, then, hast
thou that living water?" Whether it be
rich, religious ilesh, as in Kicodemus, or
poor, sinful ticsh, as in this woman, it is
in either case ignorant of spiritual things.
The well is too deep, and the natural man
has nothing to draw with. The woman
unwittingly described her own condition
in her words to our Lord. She thought only
of natural water, u rope and a bucket
She did not know the words of Isa. xii, 8,
'With joy shall ye draw water out of the
wells of salvation."- He testified what
Ho knew and had seen. Those who believe
His testimony proclaim Him as the
Truth, but those who receive not His testimony
make Him a liar. Let us as faithful
witnesses proclaim what we have heard
and seen (I John i, 8).
12. "Art thou greater than our father
Jacob, who gave us the well and drank
thereof himself und his children and bis
cattle?" In chapter viii, 63, the rulers
ask Him, "Art thou greater than our
father Abraham? Greater than Solomon
or Jonah (Math, xii, 41, 42), greater than
prophots or patriarchs, greater than angels
or archangel, one with God the Fachor,
God manifest in the fiesh, how meekly He
bore it all, to be so unknown, so misunderstood!
Are you, for His sake, willing
to have some one far beneath you socially
or intellectually spoken of as better than
you, and can you keep still? Can you
bear to hear some other land or oity honored
above yours and be meekly quiet because
your city is New Jerusalem?
13. "Jesus unswered and said unto her,
Whosoever drinkcth of this water shall
thirst again." Both literally and figuratively
true. The first tho woman could
grasp, for sho came often to draw water,
but the seoond sho understood not. But
few have yet learned that the waters of
this world cannot satisfy, and the multitudes
seek the pleasures of sin, which satisfy
but for a season. They hew themselves
out cisterns that can hold no water
(Heb. xi, 25; Jer. ii, 13).
14. "But whosoever drinketh of the
water that I shall give him shall never
thirst, but the water that I shall give him
6hall be in him a well of water, springing
up into everlasting life." Christ in us,
the hope of glory is a well that not only
abundantly satisfies, but is ever springing
up to refresh others. It is possible to
bo satisfied with favor and full with the
blessing of the Lord (Deut. xxx, 28), so
occupied with God that tho plqpsurea of
this world liavo no power over us. In
chapter 1 we have water in conneotion
with the forgiveness of sins, in ohapter 2
water in connectioflpvith the wine of the
kingdom at the marriage of the Lamb, in
chapter 3 water in connection with the
first step toward the kingdom. Here we
have an advance, for every believer may
be a well of water if only willing.
15. "The woman saith unto Him, Sir,
give rae this wuter, that I thirst not,
neither come hither to draw." She still
thought only of natural water, but soon,
as His lovo and wisdom continued to deal
with her, she began to see herself a sinner
Then she saw Him as the Messiah
and her Saviour, she received llim as such,
und joy so filled her thut she forgot all
else but Him and run to bear the glad
tidings to others.
8&" Education is not what is put into
a" man, it is what he is capable of putting
out. To gather the knowledge of
others and place it in our memory, no
more makes it ours than putting stones
in our stomachs makes it a part of our
food. Like food, knowledge must be
made over, digested, assimilated, before
it becomes our own.
2Hisccllanrous Reading.
THE AKKANSAW TRAVELER.
As Told By Colonel "Sandy" Faulkner.
The following introduction by an
unremembered "explainer," tells the
story of the origin of the "Arkansaw
Traveler."
Colonel Sandy Faulkner, the original
Arkansaw Traveler, was born in
Georgetown, Scott county, Kentucky,
March 3, 1803. He came to Arkansaw
in 1820 and settled in Chichob county
on the Mississippi river as a cotton
planter. In 1820, Colonel Faulkner,
(with his father, the late Nicholas
Faulkner, a Virgiuiat^by birth,) took
up bis residence in Little Rock where
he died August 4, 1874, at the age of
71 years.
It is well-known throughout the
northwest that Colonel Faulkner was
the original personator of the "Arkansaw
Traveler." It was his pride to be
known as such. The story, it is said,
was founded on a little incident which
occurred in the campaign of 1840,
when be made the tour of the state iu
company with the Hon. A. H. Server,
Governor Fulton, Chester Ashley and
Governor Yell. One day in the Boston
mountain, the party approached asquatter's
for information of the route,
and Colonel "Sandy" was made spokesman
of the company, and it was upon
his witty response the tune and story
were founded. Ou returning to Little
Rock, a great banquet was given in the
famous "bar room" which used to stand
near the Anthony House, and Colonel
"Sandy" was called upon to play the
tune and tell the story. Afterward it
grew into popularity. When he subsequently
went to New Orleans, the
fame of the "Arkansaw Traveler" had
cone ahead of him, and at a banquet
amid clinking glasses and briliant
toasts, he was hauded a violin by the
then governor of Louisiana, and requested
to favor them with the favorite
Arkansaw tune. At the old St.
Charles hotel a special room was devoted
to his use bearing in gilt letters
over the door, "Arkansaw Traveler."
DIALOGUE.
Traveler?Hello, stranger.
Stranger?Hello, yourself.
T.?Can I get to stay all night with
you ?
S.?No, sir; you can't git to
T.?Have you got any spirits here ?
S.?Lots uv 'em ; Sal seen one last
night by that ar old holler gum, aud it
nearly skeered her to death.
T.?You mistake my meauiug ; have
you got any liquor?
S.?Had some yesterday ; but old
Bose, he got in and lapped all of it
out'n the pot.
T.?You don't understand; I don't
mean pot liquor. I'm wet and cold
and want some whisky. Have you got
any ?
S.?Oh, yes?I drunk the last this
mornin'.
T.?I'm hungry ; haven't had anything
since morning; can't you give
me something to eat?
S.?Hain't got a durn thing in the
house. Not a moufful of meat, uor
a dust uv meal here.
T.?Well, can't you give my horse
somethiug?
S.?Got nothin' to feed 'im on.
T.?How for is it to the next house?
S.?I don't know, I've never been
thar.
T.?Well, do you know who lives
here ?
I S.?Yes, sir!
T.?As I'm so bold, then, what
might your name be?
S.?It might be Dick, an'lt might be
Tom ; but it lacks a right smart uv it.
T.?Sir! will you tell me where this
road goes to ?
S.?It's never gone anywhar since
I've lived here; it's always tbar when
I git up in the morniu'.
T.?Well, how far is it to where it
forks?
S.?It don't fork at all; but it splits
up like the devil.
T.?As I'm not likely to get to any
other house tonight, cau't you let me
sleep in yours; and I'll tie my horse to
a tree, and do without anything to eat
or drink ?
S.?My house leaks. Tbar's only
one dry spot in it, and me and Sal
sleeps on it. And that thar tree is the
ole woman's persimmon ; you can't tie
to it, 'cause she don't want em shuk off.
She lows to make beer out'n em.
T.?Why don't you finish covering
your house and stop the leaks?
S.?It's been rainin' all day.
T.?Well, why don't you do it iu dry
weather ?
S.?It don't leak then.
T.?As there seems to be nothing
alive about your place but childreu,
how do you do here, anyhow ?
S.?Purty well, I thank you, how do
you do yourself?
T.?I mean what do you do for a
living here?
C touorn onr] ap] 1 whiskV
T. ?Well, I told you I wanted some
whisky.
S.?Stranger, I bought a bar'l
morn'n a week ago. You see, me and
Sal went shars. Arter we got it here,
we only had a bit between us, and
Sal she didn't want to use heru fust,
nor me mine. You see I had a spiggen
in one eend, and she in t'other.
So she takes a drink out'n my eend,
and pays me the bit for it; then I'd
take one out'n hern, and give her the
bit. Well, we'sgetting along fust-rate,
till Dick, durned skulkin' skunk, he
bored a bole in the bottom to suck at,
and the next time I went to buy a
drink, they wan't none thar.
T.?I'm sorry your whisky's all out;
but, my friend, why don't you play the
balance of that tune ?
S.?It's got no balance to it.
T.?I mean you don't play the whole
of it.
S.?Stranger, can you play the fiddul?
T.?Yes, a little, sometimes.
S.?You don't look like a fiddlur,
but ef you think you can play anymore
outo that thar tune, you kin just
try it.
[The traveler takes the fiddle and
plays the whole of it.]
S.?Stranger, tuck half duzen cheers
and sot down. Sal, stir yourself round
like a six-horse team in a mud hole.
Go round in the holler whar I killed
that buck this mornin', cut off some
of the best pieces, and fotch it and
cook it for me and this gentleman,
directly. Raise up the board under
the head of the bed, and git. the old ,
black jug I hid from Dick, and gin us I
some whisky; I know thar is some
left yit. Til, drive Ole Bose out'n the
bread tray, and climb up in the loft,
git the rag that's got the sugar tied in
it. Dick, carry the gentleman's horse
round under the shed, and give him
some fodder and corn ; much as he 1
kin eat.
Til?Dad, they ain't knives enuff for
to sot the table.
S.?Whar's big butch, little butch,
pie case, cob-handle, granny's knife, '
and the one I handled yesterday ?
That's nufF to sot any gentleman's 1
table, thout'n you've lost um. Durn 1
me stranger, ef you can't stay as long
as you please, and I'll give you plenty
to eat and drink. Will you have coffee
fnr nnnnor 9
ouj/j/vi t
T.?Yes, sir.
S.?I'll be hanged if you do, tho',
we don't bave notbin' that way here,
but Grub Hyson, and I reckon its
mighty good with sweetenin'. Play
away, stranger, you kin sleep on the
dry spot touight.
T.?(After two hours' fiddling.) My
frieu.*, can't you tell me about the road
I'm to travel tomorrow?
S.?Tomorrow 1 Stranger, you won't
git out'n these diggiu's for six weeks !
But when it gits so you can start, you
see that big sloo over thar ? Well, you
bave to git crost that, then you take
the road up the bank, and in about a
mile you'll come to a two-acre-and-abalf-corn-patch.
The corn is mitily in
the weeds, but you needn't mind that;
just ride on. About a mile and a hall
or two miles from thar, you'll cum to
the dampest swamp you ever struck in
all your travels; its boggy enuff to
mire a saddle blanket. Thar's a fustrate
road about six feet under thar. ,
T.?How am I to get at it?
S.?You can't git at it nary time till
the weather stiffens down sum. Well,
about a mile beyant, you come to a
place where there's no road. You can
lake the right bund ef you want to ;
you'll foller it a mile or so, and you'll
find it's run out; you'll then have to
come back and try the left; when you
git about two miles on that you may
know you'r wrong, fur they ain't any
road thar. You'll then think your'e
rnity lucky ef you can find the way
back to my house, whar you can cum
and play on that ar tune as long as
you. please.
BRYAN UN FREE SILVER.
SayH the IsHue Will Remain Until Settled
Right.
Colonel Wm. J. Bryan declared at
Dtnver, Col., last Tuesday in a brief
speech, which he made at a public reception
given to him by the Bi-Melallic
League of that city, that the silver issue
is still very much alive. He said :
"The cause lives because it embodies
the hopes, the aspirations and the belief
of our people. It is a strong cause,
because the people need silver. The
American people favor bi-metallism.
Never miDd where silver is produced?
we do not need it because it is produced
here. People eat because of the
need, and not because food has to he
consumed, and so with gold and silver.
They are important in the world's
commerce, because tbey are needed
and you can never destroy silver while
it i9 needed. The farmer, the creator
of wealth, knows that the gold standard
lowers prices without raising
money, and if the gold staudard should
once be established you may set it
down that the date of bankruptcy is
not far ahead. To restore bi metallism
is to restore the parity between money
and property. Those who advocate
the gold staudard, as a rule, know
that the gold dollar is not stable nor
honest. The strength of the gold
staudard is to be found in the money
centres, and its strongest advocates
are those who, when their dollar is invested,
want it to go up. If our cause
i9 just, and I firmly believe it is, its
triumph is sure. Truth cannot be
crushed to earth. The hour of death
is not here."
McCRAW'S BICYCLE BILL.
What Charleston Wheelmen Think of the
Cherokee Statesman.
News and Courier, Tuesday.
The Charleston wheelmen have read
something recently about a bill before
the present legislature to prevent cyclists
from passing any person on horseback
or driving without the permission
of the owners of horse or team, and
they are wondering whether the author
of the bill rides a wheel or owns
a horse. They are also anxious to
know what the state of South Carolina
will do in regard to this attempt at
"class legislation." If there is auy
reason why the proud owner of a nag
should be consulted before the bumble
wheelman or wheelwoman can cross
his path and spin ahead, then the
average bicycle rider would like to
bear of it.
"Just imagine," said a man yesterday,
(who rides his wheel to and from
bis business and also uses this modern
steed for pleasure trips), "how delightful
it would be for me to come up
behind a procession of cotton drays on
Meeting street, for instance, and be
obliged to ask permission from each ol
the Negro drivers before I could proceed
across their path and get to the
office? I don:t know who Mr. McCraw,
the author of the proposed law,
may be; but I'll bet a hat he has tried
to learn the wheel and found it too
swift for him. Anyway, I fail to see
why a representative from Cherokee
should undertake to legislate on such
matters for the entire state. If they
need rules like that in Cherokee, why
let the local or county authorities fix
them. Charleston doesn't need any
such thing, and if she did the city
council would very properly pass au
ordinance to that effect. There are
something like 5,000 wheelmen and
wheel women in Charleston and the
riders range in age from 8 to 80 years.
There is rarely an accident of any kind
to riders, and the law proposed, to
compel a cyclist to wait behind a team
until permission is given to pass, would
be utterly absurd. On the whole, I
believe it would be worse than ridicu- <
lous, for it would give the driver of I
any vehicle the right to be iusolent, <
and, as such a law would be openly I
violated every hour in the day, it |
would encourage ill-tempered team- f
sters to interfere with cyclists whenever
the opportunity occurred." 1
GUS DEAL IN HAVANA.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.
this, I remembered having heard somewhere
that depression of the mind
constituted a considerable portion of
most cases of sickness, and so I
thought, "what a magnificent opportunity
to make a lest by cheering up."
[ tried the remedy and found it to be
an heroic one; but the hardest case of
"cheering up," I had ever even heard
of. First I tried to see the funny side
of it, and had I been well myself and
up on deck or on land, I might have
been able to do so. Then I tried to
recall all the funny things that I have
ever read about seasickness; but I
thought of oranges and lemons instead,
and then I thought of the hard-tack.
canned-beef and pork and beans that
had beeu offered me that night for
supper. I could think no more, and
so calling to my bunkie above to bold
up, as it was my turn, I resigned myself
again wearily to seasickness.
Finally, when my bunkie declared
so emphatically that be bad thrown
up everything but bis job, I remembered
Senator Vance's saying that ou
a trip across the Atlantic, be bad
thrown up everything except bis seat
in congress. And again, when "Dad,"
an old white haired man of my own
company was begging so piteously to
be killed, I thought of Mark Twain's
description of seasickness, "One" moment
you are afraid you are going to
die and the next you wish you could."
But Seuator Vance and Mark Twaiu
never traveled like cattle in the filthy
hold of a transport ship, or possibly
their expressions might have been a
little stronger.
The next night I had to find a new
place to sleep, for to go down into that
reeking hold, wade through filth and
breathe the foul air, I could not and
would not. But to find a place on an
overcrowded ship where every inch
almost above was already taken, was
not so easy. However, I braved the
heavy dew and the chance of rolling
off into the sea, and went to sleep
peacefully euough on a little space ol
the deck ; but a hard rain soon came
on and I was driven in. Then I went
to the extreme rear end of the ship,
where the vibrations of the propeller
would almost shake you into a jelly,
and wearily lay down in a little narrow
passage. I was soon waked, however,
by one of the sailors violeutiy
"stampiug his trademark upon my
expression." I shouted after him as
he hurried ofT, and stretched out again.
Very soon I was reawakened l?y another
sailor trampling ou me ; this time on
my sore stomach. It was too much
I urose hotter than the place to which
I consigned him, to hear him mutter
angrily as he stumbled off, "vot der
h?II, you mean blocken up der gungway
!" I then began to ramble aimlessly,
stupidly about the ship tryiug
to find some place to lie down ; but
every nook was full to overflowing,
and the men were strung out on each
side of the narrow passages, while the
rain was still beating bard on the deck
above. Finally I spied some of the
teamsters sleepiug in the old hay and
manure under the troughs of the
mules. I immediately turned in, and
although I was still very sick and the
mules frightened me by continually
running forward when the ship would
lurch heavily, I managed to get to
sleep, and so passed my second night.
Early the next morning, knowing
that we would come in sight of Havana
about 12 o'clock that night, 1
secured a place on deck and held it all
day. The breeze was so strong and
delightful that I began to revive and
take an interest in life again. By
night I was eagerly watching to get
my first glimpse of the lights of the
famous Morro castle. It came in view
about 12.30 a. m., and a little later the
scores of twinkling lights of the city
of Havana. We drifted during the
rest of the night and entered the harbor
the next morning, passiug up the
narrow channel by Morro and Cabanas
fortresses at about 8 a. m. A little
later we passed the ill-starred Maine.
The band played the "National
Hymn," while the men reverentially
uncovered and strained eagerly forward
to see.
The harbor was full of shipping, and
off to the east were several of the
United States naval ships. Among
them I recognized the Brooklyn and
the Texas. We were soon in dock and
the difficult task of unloading the
mules begun. Alongside of us lay the
immense and well appointed Mobile?
the largest and best transport in the
government service?which had come
in the afternoon before, bringing the
Fourth and Ninth Illinois regiments.
The First battalion was landed, held
in the streets several hours, and about
1 o'clock, without any dinner other
-' 1 ?:?:? ~i r-..:. ?k??
man ine quuuuwea ui n un man mt
men bad eaten, started on the ninemile
march to camp. A good many
fell out and took the ambulances and
wagons; but it was no disgrace in this
case, for they were weak. aud some
still sick from the voyage across.
There was considerable confusiou in
unloading the ship, for the company
baggage had gotten mixed and the
canteen goods were at the top, while
the tents, which must be gotten out
and used at once, were packed away
at the bottom. However, a few tents
were gotten out and we were thankful
to escape the exceedingly heavy dew
by sleeping 14 and 15 in a tent. The
tents are large, betpg 14 feet square
and having six men to the tent. We
are supplied with nice folding cots.
The duties are light and the men generally
are having a very pleasant time
of it. They are contiuually exploring
the country round about, marveling at
ifa lunnflopa anrt mnkinor n rmii I'fll fl V
"" ?? o "r i j
futile attempts to speak Spanish.
Many have expressed their intention
of remaiuiug or returning here, and
the high wages paid and splendid
prospects in farming seem certainly
to justify their decision ; but wait uutil
the warm weather comes on and we
will see how many will begin to realize
that South Carolina, the white man's
country, is their slate, their home and
the best place after all. I am in splendid
health, mamma, and enjoying the
trip immensely. Give ray kindest regards
to every one and write to me
soon.
Trusting that you are all well, I am,
svith a heart full of love, Gus.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. <
Summary of the Newa That In Being Pub- \
ll?he<l by Exchangee.
CHESTER?The Lantern, January 1
17 : Elsewhere will be found a eard
nominating Paul Hemphill, Esq., for 1
mayor of Chester at the election, 1
Tuesday, May 2, 1899. Miss Bes- !
sie Lindsay returned yesterday from a 1
visit to Misses Clara and Bessie Hoi- '
land, in Gaatonia, and her sister, Mrs. '
J. R. Miller, at Rock Hill. At a J
regular meeting held last night of
Chester Conclave No. 108, Knights of 1
Damon the following officers were 1
elected : Commander, Francis Os- j
borne ; vice commander, W. N. Walk- '
er; prelate, J. R. Culp, Jr.; secretary, '
Arthur E. Cornwell; treasurer, Paul 1
Hemphill; collector, I. N. Cross; sr. '
warden, J. E. Cornwell; jr. warden,
D. E. Colvin ; sentinal, J. E. Sloan;
medical examiner, Dr. S. W. Pryor. 1
Mrs. M. J. Knox, of Richburg vicinity, '
died last Wednesday, aged about 63 1
years. Funeral services were conducted
by her pastor, Rev. C. B. Betta, at
Union church, and the remaius were '
buried there, on Thursday.
LAN CASTER?The Ledger, Janu- 1
ary 18 : The town electiou for Ker- <
shaw will be held next Monday. We
hear of no opposition to the re electiou <
of the present efficient incumbent,
Mayor E. D. Blakeney. Rev. J. E. J
Carlisle will preach at the cotton mill
next Sunday, morning and night. His 1
appointment for the mill this year is
the fourth Sabbath in each month. 1
Justice Ira B. Joues came home yesterday
from Columbia to be preseut at
the marriage of his daughter, Miss ;
Rosa Jones, to Dr. Paul B. Mariou, ol J
Richburg, which happy event will take
place at the residence at high noou
today. Chief Justice Henry Mclver,
Justice Y. J. Pope, Justice Eugene B. I
Gary and Judge Ernest Gary ure also 1
here to attend the wedding. Among 1
other guests at Justice Jones1 are Mr.
aud Mrs. S. B. Joues, Mrs. M. A. Ren- 1
wi..lf Vlrn Miss Nannie I'
Renwick aud Miss Neville Pope, of
Newberry ; Miss Marie Gary, of Abbeville
; Miss Tiny Elliolt, of Winnsboro;
Miss Marguerite Durham, of Marion,
aud Mrs. Eugene B. Gary, of Abbeville.
Review, January 18 : Police- .
man Pat-Due arrested Mr. Joseph Clark
last Saturday us he was returning from
North Carolina with some six or seven
gallons of liquor in his buggy. The
liquor and turnout were turned over
to the council; but the latter was subsequently
released. Mayor Thomson
telegraphed the governor to know
what to do with the whisky, aud was
directed to ship it to Columbia. He is
holding it, however, for further advice.
From what' we cau learn, Mr. Clark
oas not violated the law, aud the
whisky seized should be surrendered.
It was in three separate vessels, one
keg for himself aud the other two for
other parties, with the name of each
on the keg, marked for personal use
as the law requires.
A WOMAN DEFENDS HUDSON.
Says the Kansas City Reporters Slandered
the Merriinac Hero.
New York Sun.
When Lieutenant Hobson, the hero
of the Merrimac, passed through Kansas
City recently it was said in the
newspaper that he had been kissed by
more than 400 women and that be had
encouraged them in their osculatory
exercises. So far Mr'. Hobson has said
nothing in his own defense, if he needs
auy, and no one has seen fit to defend
him from the attacks of his critics. A
young woman of Kansas City, howRow
V in?AiiiTFiyt
Makes the food more de
woval baxtwo pow
SOUTH CAROLINA k t
TIME TAB
IN EFFECT 12.01 A. M.,SC
WEST?1st Class Daily.
Leaves, a. m., 7 10 Charli
44 a. m., 6 20 Augi
" a. in., 9 20 Colur
14 a. m., 10 10 Kings
WEST. NORTH CAROL
81 I 75 I 77 I
2d class 2d class lstcla's STATI
a. m. ! a. m. ; a. m. lea vs.
8 20 ! 11 40 Cam
' 8 50 > 12 00 DeK;
I 9 05 12 12 West
: 10 10 12 40 Kersl
10 30 12 55 HeathS
: 10 40 l 00 Pleasan
j 11 50 i 1 20 Lanw
; 12 15 1 35 River
1 50 1 50 : Catawba J
3 10 2 15 Rock
3 50 2 35 | _Tirz
4 4U , z to i iorni
i 5 10 3 03 i Shar
5 30 ! 3 18 Hickory
5 45 ; 3 30 Smy
7 40 6 20 j 3 35 I Blacks
8 00 ' 4 10 Ear
8 10 1 4 15 Patterson
9 00 4 25 Shell
9 35 j 4 45 Lattim
9 48 4 52 Moores
10 10 1 5 02 Henr
10 35 [ 5 19 Fores
11 00 1 J 5 34 Rntherfi
11 45 5 59 ' Therms
12 10 6 14 i Glenw
12 35 j 6 30 i Mari
p. m. ; p. m. . p. m. i
west. GAFFNEY
85 83
Mixed. Mixed. STAT3
p. m. j a. m. leavk.
4 10 I 5 .30 Blacks!
4 35 S 50 Cherokee
5 00 (J 20 Gatl'm
p. m. a. m. j
[ Train- No. 77, going west, makes daylight
R. R.; at Rock Hill with the Southern R.
the Southern. Traiu No. 78, going east, ni
the Southern R. R.; at Blackshurg with t
L. & C. R. R. Train No. 81, going east, ilia)
S. A. L. R. R. going east. All local freight
with tickets.
I. A. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. I
iver, has written a letter to an officer
n the navy who is stationed in New
fork, in which the Hobson incident is
eferred to as follows :
There is a set of young reporters in
,his city who vie with one another in
writing up any hit of news in the wit,iest
(?), most entertaining manner, and
n their efforts to excel they ruthlessly
sacrifice courtesy, justice, and truth.
[ am in position to know that the newspaper
accounts are a gross exaggera,ion
of facts. At no time during the
eception (from 4 p. m. until 5.30 p.
11.) was there a crowd or anything
ipproa<?bing a crowd. 10 my judgment
300 is a sufficiently large estimate of
;he number of persons who attended,
*ud the reporters' story that 417 by
ictual count kissed Mr. Hobson or
were kissed by him I do not hesitate
& cull a falsehood. The reception was
i very impromptu, informal affair, and
i frieud who atteuded assures me that
% large majority of those who kissed
Mr. Hobson were school girls.
The men themselves are largely responsible
for the ukissing bee," as the
papers are pleased to call it, for the
tirst person who kissed him was a
young girl whose father remarked, as
be introduced her, "Now, Margaret,
you know what all the girls do when
they meet Mr. Hobsou," and a gentleman
who was largely iustrumeutal in
bringiug the lieutenant to Kansas City
told in my preseucc of his slipping
? * ? J 1 1J! ...
behind iVir. nousou una noiaipg a spray
bf mistletoe over bis head.
Mr. Hobson came to the city, an in- ,
vited, honored guest. For one small
fault be has been misrepresented, unjustly
accused and grossly insulted.
It a disgrace to Kausas City that her
leadiug papers should use their columus
to so belittle and dishonor a man whose
pure life, brilliant mind and heroic
deeds entitle bim to the homage of bis
countrymen.
Mr. Hobson made a mistake in encouraging
or permitting the kissing,
aud I regret extremely that be placed
himself in. position to be so unmercifully
criticised, but my love of fuir
play will not allow me to remain silent
when bis friends are assured that the
high colored specimens of yellow
journalism are correct reports of what
happened. *
CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN
|j RAILWAY CO. 4
Time Table No. 7?In Effect Oct. 30,1898.
STANDARD EASTERN TIME.
QOIMQ NORTH. | No 10. | No SO.
Leav e Chester 7 20am 9 00am
Leave Lowrysvllle _.... 7 41 am 9 35am
Leave McConnellsville 7o7am 10 05am
Leave Outhriesville.... 805am 10 20am
Leave Yorkvllle 825am 1100am r
Leave Clover 856am 1148am
Leave Gastonla ; 9 27am 120pm
Leave Unco In ton 10 20 a m 2 40 pm
Leave Newton 1105 am 4 00 pm
Leave Hickory 1155am 665pm
Arrive Lenoir? 12 52am 800pm
oonro booth. | No. 9, | No 61.
Leave Lenoir ?...I 4 15pm 6 00am
Leave Hickory .. 5 15 pm 815am
Leave Newton 1 6 06pm 9 00am
Leave Lincolnton - I 6 56pm 10 20am
" * - I 1 nm 1 OH n m
Leave uasionm i w p?i * j* ?
Leave Clover 8 32 pm 2 90 pm
Leave Yorkvllle 9 01pm 345pm
Leave Guthrlesvllle ... 9 20 pm 4 15 pm
Leave McConnellsville 9 28pm 4 30pm
Leave Lowrysvllle 9 46pm 6 00pm
Arrive Chester I 10 11 pm 5 15 pm
Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and
run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos.
60 and 61 carry passengers and also run
daily except Sunday. There is good connection
at Chester with the G. C. & N.
and the C. C. & A., also L & C. R. R.; at
Gastonia with the A. <fe C. A. L.; at Lincolnton
with C. C.: and at Hickory and
Newton with W. N. C.
G. F. HARPER, G. P. A., Lenoir. N. C
J. M. MOORE, G. F. A., Lenoir. N. C.
E. F. REID, Auditor, Lenoir, N. C.,
L. T. NICHOLS, Supt., Chester, S. C.
4
Baking
^ Powder
Hire
licious and wholesome
BORGIA RAILROAD (II. .
LE NO. 1?>.
NDAY, OCTOBER 2,1898.
EAST?1st Class Daily.
sston, n 8 00 arrives p. m.
ista, 10 45-arrives p. m.
nhia 0 arrives p. UJ.
"ille'V.V.V.. 4 28 arrives p. nK_
INA DIVISION. EA8T|
18 I 74 I 82
I
ONS. 1st claV2d class 2d class
ABBIVE. P. M. P. M. P. M.
^ ~ 3 00 ; 430
?,ehn 2 40 4 00
Jin'e 2 28 3 40
!e' 2 15 3 15
tia\v' I l 45 2 10
li> 200
' V 1 20 1 20
la^r- ! 1 05 12 15
3ia8? 19 V) 11 20
r?ycy?n 11 25 9 50
J1'11 12 05 8 15
SV;- ::: n 52 7 50
rlUe? 11 37 7 15 *
?"? 11 22 6 50
11 10 0 30
10 45 0 00 i 7 25
!bur& 10 30 7 00
is,?.* 10 25 .J 0 45
Springs 10 15 6 30
- 9 55 5 10
'"re, 0 43 ! 4 52
iboro 9 33 , 4 25
9 2i | 4 00
t W 9 06 | 3 30
ardton, 8 41 2 50
'1 8 24 i 2 25
8 10 1 2 00
ion
A. M. A. M. P. M.
branch. east.
! 84 80
QjjS. Mixed. Mixed.
ABBIVE. A. M. P. M.
! 7 30 i 6 30 <
,Uvjf,'i" 7 05 ; 6 05
1 a"s' 6 40 j 5 40
| A. M. I P. M.
connection at Lancaster with the L. AC.
R. going north ; at Blacksburg with
lakes connection at Marion, N. C? with
he Southern, and at Lancaster with the
ces connection at Shelby, N. C., with the
traius will carry passengers if provided
S. B. LUMPKIN, Div. Pass. Agent.