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THE CHARLES E.“ R. DRAYTON, Manager. AIKEN RECORDER. AIKEN S. C., TUESDAY, SeIpTEMBER 15, 1885. VOLUME 4.~KUMBER 47. Profeiaional Advertisements. A TOWN BLOWN AWAY. D. 8. Hindebsos. E. P. Hekdkrsos. Henderson Brothers, A.TTOMKHY8 AT LAW, AlKEN', S. C. Will practice in the State and United States Court* for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lection*. 6ao. W. C*orr. J. Zed Dovlaf. Croft & Dnnlap, ArroBVBYS at Law. Aikkm, Alai Waatsb Asbuy. AldrlcK AA&bkjr* - Attokmby* at 1 Practice in th State* Court* for ina. W. Quitman Daris, Attobbby at Law, Aikbit, S. C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Bpecia attention given to collection*. , * — ' .•'jilt tj | 0. C. Jordan, Attobnby at Law, Aiken, Claude E. Sawyer, Attobnby at Law, Aiken, S. j. w. DKVORH. Aiken. S. C. b. woodward. Aiken. 8. C. DeVore & Woodward, Attobnby at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice, ia all. the Court* of- this State. Edwin R. Cunningham, Ml Broad St.. - - Auousta, Ga. Commlaaioner ef Deed* for Soutli Carolina, New York, Florida, Texas, Louigiana, Rhode laland, District of Columbia, and Notary Public “with seal.’’ Drawing of and Probating Papers “a specialty.” ?be Ohio Southern, Pan paudle, Nar- ow Guage and Midland Railroad de- Dr. Z. A. Smith, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, VAUCLUSE, - - - 8. C. ty Office near Depot. Hr. B. H. Teague, BentM. ——OFFICE ON • Richland Avenue, Aiken, S. G. Hr. J. II. Burnett, Dentist. Graniteville, Aiken Gounty, S. G. Hr. J. R. Smith, Dentist. ——OFFICE AT WiUiaton, Barnwell Otnn^, 8. G. tW Will attend call* to the country. 0. P. Doolittle, OiLDBX AND PICTURE FRAME ICannfaonrer, lie Jackson St. Avgubta, Ga. Fietore Frames Made to Order at Short Notice. MMW MOULDINGS CONSTANT- LT RECEIVING. Regilding a Specialty. Old Frames equal to new. OldPiotnres Gopm^n^dhurgeSL W. A. RECKLINC COLUMBIA, 8. C. P ICTURES sent can be enlarged to anv sise, and will be returned for inspection. If uneatlefactoiy no charge. Correspondence solicited. J. A. Wright, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,- One Door from Laurens Street Avenue. from Park on The best ef material used, and any tjrle of boot or shoe made to order. Geo. W. WilUams, MOUSE, SIGN AND FRESCO PAINTER! Graining and Marbling a specialty. Old Furniture polished and made as good as new. lyOftice No. T, Up-stairs in Croft’s Block. Orders solicited. W. H. Hargraves —Manufacturer of All Kinds of Sheet Metal Work, Tin Roofing, Iron Roofing ! Gutter* and Conductor*! Roof* Re- paired and Painted! Mill and Fac tory }Vor/c! Ilot AirFurna/oe*, Ven tilator*, ice. H AVING every facility for con ducting our business witli dis patch and satisfaction, I respectfully solicit a share of the patronage of Aiken and the surrounding country. W. H. HARGRAVES, 541 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. WASHINGTON, OHIO, DESTROYED BY A CYCIXJNE. Four Hundred Buildings BHMrn Down aud some Thirty Lares Lost—The Panic of the People—Crowds Hud dling Together in Cellars—The Im penetrable Darkness—S tumbling: over the Dead in the Streets. Cleveland, O., September 9.—A Leader special from Springfield says that a terrible cyelone struck Wash ington Courthouse, a place of 4,000 Inhabitants, 24 mile* west of there, at 8 o’clock last evening and almost lit erally swept it fr^pi tbe -The storm came from the northwest and e Won ‘ rylaJL e a&rwhlWed lip v CSiirt street, we main business thorougfare, and ruined almost every business block on it—at least fas* or fifty *« all. Hardly a private residence in town escaped, fully 400 buildings going down. The Baptist, Presbyterian and Catholic churches all suffered a common fate. Ti row uuage pots were blown Into “smithereens,” and every building in tie vicinity was carried away, making ingress or egress almost impossible. Every wire within a circuit of two miles is down. The reports received of the catastro phe are from a telegraph operator who tapped the wires two miles west of town and, sitting in a heavy rain storm, works his instruments. The panic-stricken people were taken com pletely unawares and fled from the tumbling buildings in every direction through tbe murky darkness. A frenzy seemed to seize them and they hurried hither and thither in their wild distraction, Uttle UpMping whith er they were going. After the wild wind, which lasted about ten min utes, a heavy rainfall set in which continued unabated during the night. As soon as a few af the cooler heads recovered their senses, searching par ties were organized, and the sad work of looking for dead began. So far fif teen bodies have been recovered from the debris of various ruined buildings and tbeir work is just beginning to get under way. Probably as m^ny more will be found. The glimmer of lan terns procured from farm-houses in the vicinity and from the few houses left standing was the only light they had to work by. Two or three bodies were stumbled upon in the middle of the streets where they were struck down by the flying bricks or timber. The cellars of houses and every sort of refime were filled with shivering people,huddling together in a vain at- temafr to keen warni One h^he In unfortunate fellow sufferers. Farmers soon began to pour into town, drawn by curiosity, but at the same time bringing with them substantial aid for the destitute. Before the day ended council had taken formal ac tion by organizing a relief committee, aud by night much can be done to ward preventing actual privation. The great wonder is that more lives were not lost. In the Odd Fellows hall forty members were gathered at a meeting in the second story when the | storm came. The building was liter- eraily thrown down, yet not one was Injured. Thirty-one went down with the ruins and escaped, while nine clung to the walls of an adjoining block and were rescued by ladders. A PLEA FOR MARRIAGE. THE DETECTIVE’S MAP. er Ktrach Creates Something of a Sensation in Atlanta. Atlanta, September 7. — At 10 o’clock the pastor, Father Kirsch celebrated the mass and preached. His fiffijject was matrimony. He de clared matrimony to be a holy state, raised to tbe dignity of a sacrament by the Saviour. Married people have special grace, so also have those who remain single for sweet virginity’s sake; but there is aclaas that God does not specially help, and that is those who, while single, are not chaste, and who will not get married, either through pride, because of their small incomes, or through stinginess. For How Inspector Sharpe Sticks Pins Through the Post Office Thieves. Washington correspondent of the New York Sun. Washington. — Chief Inspector Sharpe, the head of the detective ser vice in the Post Office Department, resigned his office several weeks ago to engage in private business. His resignation was accepted, to take ef fect on September 1. His record is that of a capable officer. He is an East Tennessee man, tall and spare in stature, and in appearance and manner the typical detective. Dur ing the war he was a Union man, and did good service. As a department officer he has been a terror to rascals, and has hunted many of them out of tbe service, even when they were sheltered by strong political influence Some years ago, for instance, a Ver mont Inspector was discovered to be conniving a$ post office rascality in that State, and was discharged. The man had been a henchman of Senator Edmunds, and the Senator called at the Post Office Department to see what could be done. The Postmaster General asked the Senator and the Inspector into a private office and told Col. Sharpe te explain, the Inspector did very fully. “And vou recommended the man’s discharge?” asked Mr. Edmunds, harshly. “Yes, I did,” replied Col. Sharpe; “and had I known tbe man’s charac else*. He secs that others are caught, isev lie si ut minks but thinks that he is too cunning and can cover his tracks.” THE CURSE OF DRINK. The Inventor of the Babcock Fire Ex tinguisher a Pauper. San Francisco Call. Since last Saturday the almshouse numbered among its inmates an old gray-beaded man of about 68 years of age, appaMMly in the last stages of chronic almnolism, and representing in every respect the appearance of complete physical if not mental, de crepitude. Yet, if the story told by BURYING A GIANTESS. FUNERAL OF MRS. MARKLEY. EMMA M, The Life and Death ot a Slim Girl Who Grew to be the Biggest Woman in America—Dying on the Floor Because She Could Not be Lifted Into Bed. Philadelphia Times, September 6. Mrs. Emma M. Markley, who was credited with being the heaviest WO' man in the country, was buried from her home, at 526 Lombard street, yes terday. She was known to the whiotf men to remain single when they are able to support a family is a shame be-1 ter sooner I would have bounced him fore God and man; unless, of course, | months ago.” arms has died from exposure. Morn ing trains will carry plenty of assis tance. A Pen-Picture of Washington and its Destruction. Cincinnati, September 9.—Wash ington Courthouse, the scene of one of the most disastrous visitations by the elements last night, is the county seat of Fayette County. It has had a most extraordinary business growth within the past fifteen years, and be ing the centre of a rich agricultural district with excellent railroad facili ties, R had grown to to a business place of considerable importance. Its resi dents had beautified the town with tasteful dwellings, and its recently completed Courthouse was one of the best hi the State. Tb-day this pros perous town'is a mass of ruins. Last night’s experience of its inhabitants has no parallel in the experience of any town inOlifa. A heavy ra is fa 11 be gan about 8 o’clock last night, and that and the darkness drove every body in shelter, so that while there are some who say they saw funnel- shaped clouds, it does not seem possi ble that there could have been much observation of the heavens. Shortly after the rain began the wind came' with a terrifying sound. Its work was almost instantaneous. People say it was over in two minutes, but nobody could take note of the time in such a fearful experience, the fierce roaring ef the terrible tornado, the crashing of broken and falling buildings, sharp flashes of lightning, rolling thnnder and pitiless rain. When the fierceness of the storm had passed aud men could communicate with each other it was found that all were in darkness. The gas-works were de stroyed, and all the street lights were out. Only by the lightning flashes w*ere the frightened people able to catch glimpses of the desolation that had wrecked that little city. The.gi number of deaths was miraculously | 8 their celibacy is preferred out of a de sire for holiness, aud in that case ought uot to remain in the world, but enter a religious Institute. There are many young men in this congregation who are able to marry, and whoought to marry, and who sin by not marry ing. Are they chaste ? By no means. They waste their money in drunken ness and voluptuousness instead of spending it in supporting a good wife. For these young men to live as they do is a shame before God and man. There are yet a few poor young men who remain single out of a plea that they will not be able to properly care for a wife and family; they are mis taken in their idea. They can live cheaper married than single, and God will always sustain them in their ef forts to support families. There are scarely any married men W’ho are tramps. Single men are oftener out of work than married men. This is all because God will help those who keep his laws, and married people obey God better than single people. In this congregation there are 1,500 to l.OOOsouls; and, vet. within the past two 3 r ears, there have not been more than ten, or at the outside eleven, marriages in the ♦cungrogation. It a shame before God and man. “Well, you did just right,” said Edmunds, aud left. One of the most important duties of the Chief Inspector is to detect rail way postal clerks who steal letter’s containing money. To accomplish this Col Sharpe follows a simple but ingenious system, which he explain ed the other day to the writer. “To catch, these thieves,” he said, “I had constructed a large railroad map of the United States, which hangs in my office. Now, supposing a man mails a letter in Boston for Kansas City containg $50—a very bad practice, but people will do it. The letter never reaches its destination, and pretty soon we get a complaining letter stating the circumstances. “Now, if the supposed case were an isolated one, we probably could do nothing. The letter going from Bos ton to Kansas City, would pass through thirty or forty hands, and it would be useless to try aud fix the blame. But the Boston man’s case is not isolated. Every day we get from one to forty similar complaints from ail over the country, and this fact, as you will see, enables us to lo cate the mischief. First we ascertain exactly when and the a red p.up« he true, he ha. ln l »">'«cment public a., Medun, Victoria time put occupied a far different piTi Her » dverl ' 3wl wel * ht ' >VOT 600 sition, his name being familiar throughoutthe length and breadth of the United States as that of the in ventor of tbe Babcock fire extinguish er. .To an Interviewer who visited him a^ th^ almshouse he gave sketch-;ot bis life history, beginning with his birth at Bodies ter, N. Y., in 1817, from vhich place, at the age of five, be removed with bis parents to Mount Vernon, O., and later to Mans field, In the same State. At the age of 21 be graduated from the Pennsyl vania ^University of Medicine, but did uot pvactice, entering instead into the mercantile business,at first in partner ship with Ms father at Indianapolis, Ind., later on his own account in Day- ton, was very successful for eight ye*rs t but in 1854 his good for tune deserted him, and, after suffer ing a .lumber of reverses, he went into liquidation. Going to New York, he secured a position as dry-goods clerk and remained their 2 years, du ring which time he married Going back tq Indianapolis he purchased, with his sayings, an interest in bis father’s toekaess, and for six years was quitJ successful. At the end of this time|everses again assailed him, and he nlitni from business with but $2,000. WbHe 'udianapolis, however, in 1860, he hbtfipateuted the fire extin guisher wBaib grew out of his experi ments in Icfftnistry, for which he al ways hod waste, and after his failure he endeavKd to do something in the way of diBrsing of it, while acting as traveliBagent for some Cincin nati tobaeflaud liquor firm, but met at first witflbut poor success. How ever, abouH year later, he leased the right to mlufacture and sell the ex tinguisher kc Peabody A Co. of Chi cago for fiveyears at $6,000 a year, and immediatelythereafter came to Sau Francisco. | 3e ran the old Buckeye Hotel, on [Mirket street, for a while, practicing ittbdieiLe also; but, being burned outl fCnoved first to Oakland and after* Petaluma, where he t ■-•ylfl . ’’ hii^GMsiiji folMugr He retrjs^u himself by successfully The Negro Problem. Savanaak News. The future ot the negro is a problem that a constantly increasing number of Northern writers Is trying to solve. Of course they don’t all reach the same result. Some of them are satis fied that the increase of the negroes in parts of the South will be so much greater than that of. the white people that the white people will be forced to seek homes else where. There are others who find amalgamation to be the problem. One thing that la particularly no where the missing letter was mailed I w T ir'-L^“‘7" ^ address. Then we are ready ■peculatlngta Monterey land, with h a annuity, ai0 about this time lost his wife, wbicr bereavement immediate ly preceded the first step of his down ward earee\ since it led him to try and drownhis sorrows in drink. Hav ing once entered upon the path of vice be punned it to the end, spend ing the proceeds of bis annuities in drink. Before entering upon the downward course, however, with the money derfced from bis land specula- audits address. Then'we are ready for the map I spoke of. I take the Boston man’s letter and a bunch of similar complaints, and then I be gin to stick pins into my map. I know just the route which a letter would take to go from Boston to Kansas City and I stick pins along to sketch out this course. Then I take up the next complaint. Perhaps this is from a man who has lost money transmitting it from Mobile to Chicago. Very well. I trace out the line such a letter would take. The third, perhaps, was the solution of | sent7rom New York fo San. Francisco the fourth from New Orleans (p Buf- a Hrodnaw falo, and the fifth from City The Place for Bargains. J. €. Stanley’ & Bro., -Dealers in- OHINA, GLASS, EARTAENWARE And Hbn«*-Furniihing Good*! COLUMBIA, - SC. small. The next duty was to search for the imprisoned and injured. In this there was prompt and whole- arted effort. Bonfires were lighted torches improvised. Tbe debris was overturned to see if any more could be found. With cheerful wel come the doors of such houses as were not destroyed were o)tened for the hopeless ones. In many cases these were utterly bereft of all their household goods. The night was a fearful one, but it was full of helpful work for tin* stronger. Tl»e sheriff called up the militia to set a guard over the exposed stocks of all busi ness houses, for they were all broken or destroyed, and prowling thieves were uot * anting even in ^he first hour of the city’s misfortune. Of course their numbers grew to-day, when crowds of visitors poured in. With daylight came a most dis heartening spectacle. The streets were well-nigh impassable from the trees and parts of houses cast into them. The worst of all was the sight of the poor who had lost all and who had no place of shelter. They wander ed hopelessly about as if they were strangers. Of course people whose houses were ‘ nut ruined at once took care for their ticeable is that ail thfse writers find it necessary for their parposoto- cant- pare the number of negroes in 1870 with the number in 1880, as shown by the census retuns. It is admitted, however, that the census of 187o is very incorrect, and that a fair idea of the increase of the negro race cannot be obtained by comparing tbe figures of that census with those of the last census. Several article* have appeared late ly in reviews and magazines, the wri ters of which attempt to show that amalgamation is inevitable. It is probable that these writers have a theory but not the facts to sustain their theory. If it can be shown that the number of mulattoes is increasing more rapidly than the negro race is increasing, they mighty have some thing to sustain their $bebry. But is there any such increase of mulattoes? It is certain that the belief through out the South is that the mulattoes are gradually disappearing. In view of the attention which this race ques tion is exciting the next census will be looked for with deep interest. It Is safe to predict that those who hold to the amalgamation theory will suffer a great disappointment. The tendency away from and not towards amal gamation. The Texaa Method. New York World. The introduction of the Texan method into New York by the man Holland, who shot the swindler Davis, is to be regretted. It is not an expedient method here. The practice of shooting down men who cheat you in a bargain or swindle you at your own game, however heroic and ro mantic in Texas and in tiie wild stories of the Southwest, would, if made popular, lead to a frighful re duction of the population in a large city where the “skin game” and “sawdust swindle” are carried on so extensively under the eyes of the police as they are here. One can see at once that the sum mary method of Mr. Holland, if in troduced into the larger field of Wail street, would raise the price of fire arms and overwork the Coroner. From merely an economic point of view the Texan method must be discour aged. It would take New York a long time to get used to the merry pon of the pistol and the burnished gleam of the bowie on Broadway. The only Texan luxury that we can put up with is the Texan steer. to Philadelphia, and so on. Now. be fore very long the map begins to fook quite interesting. The pins are strewn all over the country, but we notice oue track—say, for instance, between Chicago and Cleveland— where all the lines uuito. “That’s where the thief Is. Knowing now where the stealing is going on, we advise our most trusted man in that division—we have to trust somebody, you know—that there is trouble In his section, and tell him to * * • keep a sharp look. out. We inquire into the habits and associations of the clerks, and we are, perhaps, able to spot the man at once. At other times it is more difficult. But we always fetch him. Detection is cer tain.” But don’t the clerks know of this system?” “Pefectly well,” replied Colonel Sharpe. “Then why do they steal?” was asked. “Ah, there you ask me too hard a question,” said the Inspector. “I’m sure I can’t tell. I only know they do, aud the history of almost all cases is the same. A postal clerk will be tempted and will steal a letter that he feels has money in it. For the next few daj’s he is scared to death. He thinks everybody reads the guilt in his face, and he is certain he will be caught aud put in prison. He resolves never to steal another letter, and possibly he does not. But generally in about a month or two months his fear and re morse have worn off*. Evidently he lias been caught and is not suspected. A good chance comes and lie steals another letter. This time ho does not wait a month before lie tries it again. And before long he is stealing all the letters he gets hold of which contain money. About that time I am sticking pins into my map. It is sure death. Sometimes we get more than one, as fishers will now aud then laud two or three fish at one* when the biting is very lively. We caught three in two weeks once in different parts of the country when we supposed we were after only one.” “But why do men keep on stealing when they see others caught, aud un derstand that the machinery of detec tion is so perfect ?” again asked the re porter. “As I said before,” replied the In spector, “that I can’t answer, except ing this way: Every rogue thinks him self a little smarter than anybody taSed farms in Yamhill n, for bis daughter is three sons, where, he are all now, living in mstanees, thoi ented him from ap- ©f late for assistance. to the amlshouso 8 ainingfor six months, Vin sent out in July of Between times he has $ound the country, and embers seeing him in iiing about the streets of •noma County, *in the lowest stafes*of drunken pauperism— arrest or vagrancy, etc., being a guiar V*ekiy occurrence for some months. ‘ tion he [ County, - and each believes, prosperoi shame | *iylug t He was years ago, and being r last year waude the* writer 1883 wand' Santa R< his unfis and her actual weight about ^ _ pounds. She was born In Read ing, Pa., about 33 years ago and was slim and delicate throughout her girl hood. At 19 she weighed but 90 pounds, but from this age began to gradually gain flesh. Between three and five years ago, when she made >n application for an insurance poli cy, she weighed but 280 pounds. From this time her weight increased rapid ly, until she gained the distinction of being the fattest woman in tbe country, if not in the woild. This honor was officially conferred on her at the *^Fat Woman’s Congress” in lu this city last Winter, when she carried off the first prize. Aside from her great weight she possessed a very pretty and intelligent face, and at the same exhibition re ceived the second prize for beauty. During that display of ponderous wo men Madame VI6toria was for the first time pitted against her rival in the matter of avoirdupois, Hannah Battersby, who up to that time had been considered the heaviest woman in the world. The official weighing at the Museum, however, gave the championship to Hannah Battersby’s younger rival* Madame Victoria first placed herself on exhibition as a fat woman in Trenton in 1876. She then made an engagement with Adam Forepaugh’s Circus and traveled with him for one seasou. She then exhi bited herself at a New York museum and after leaving there retired for a time from public life and started a sailor’s boarding bouse at 526 Lora- bord street. When the “Fat Women’s Congress” was held in Philadelphia she was >revailed upon to enter as a contes tant for the prizes. This was her last rublic exhibition. Two years ago she was placed on exhibition for a short time at 729Chestnut street, and while here sustained an injury that resulted in her death. The platform on which her chair was placed was hastily constructed and the giantess fesrs as to it»a strength, n after she had mounted the plat form the supports gave way and pre cipitated her to the floor. In her fall resol Presl/yl Tbe Prt bly (No! no equivc Prohibitt print Rest tinctior sale of il erage is i al Asset the- acc pects t! aud ters and ". L religious! mon com G2.) formation! the Chi God that wisdom evil, the from He woi so manj thraldoi givo wi ing for people he on Prohibition, srian General Asssem- Branch) spoke out in yvay on Temperance and frAt it last sesson. We bns 1 and 12: That the entire ex- > manufacturing and Ling liquors as a bev- to which the Gener* looks forward, and for diment of which it ex- icst, united, determined Tabors of all its minis- :,ih connection with the '^sober citizens of our com as the temperance re- iGod’s work, we call upon for prayer to Almighty would give the Church lealing with this great would save the young of the tempter, that k the bonds which hold I Grilling captives in the l- yik, and that He would Ii Jour ruler* in legislat- Hectiou of this great heir worst enemy. Successful Political Boss. yr York Tribune, if'political “bosses,” Mr. ~s to be the most effective il one of tins genera lities of three-quarters now subject to his di- mtrol, and there may r S ;jbtful constituencies in 'liable him to defeat the throwing the weight of 1 votes on the Conservative rnell’s career has been a • and he has made his share But take him at his s a man of genuine force, *of men, and without a Uplted Kingdom in the tifal organization. ler ankle was sprained and soon after wards she was attacked with erysipe- as in her leg. Tiie disease was arrest ed for a time, but has broken out at intervals since and the fatal attack seized her about three weeks ago. A week ago last Sunday, while suf fering great pain, sho fell out of bed. A number of strong men tried to lift her back on the bed, but failed. They succeeded in placing her on a mattress on the floor, however, where she lay until her dpath. Her weight seemed to increase during her illness, and . none time before her death mease fo ment of several parts of her body were taken. Tbe circumference ofher arm at the biceps was thirty-six inches. Her waist measured sixty-two and a half inches, and from shoulder to shoulder sho measured three feet and one-half inch. The measurement across her hips was just four feet. On the night of her death it required the full strengh of nine men t.*> carry her body from the second story front room to the parlor on the ground floor. Early yesterdar morning a crowd of people gathered around the house, all eager and clamorous to look oa the dead woman. Many of them were drawn through feelings of love and gratitude towards the woman, as she had befriended scores of poor people in the neighborhood, but a majority of them came to gratify their curiosi- As the hour of the funeral drew near Lombard street in the neighbor hood of the house of mourning became blocked with people, and it was neces sary to cull out a squad of police from Third District to hold the mob in check. Hundreds filed through the parlor and looked on the face of tiie dead woman, but hundreds more foil ed to get near the house. The body lay in a coffin that was probably the largest ever built. It was constructed of three-inch wal nut planks aud stoutly braced on the inshle with a dozen heavy bars. It was 6 feet 10 inches long, 46 inches wide and 3 feet deep, It was too large to pass through tiie door, and was taken through the wide, single win dow and carried to the undertaker’s wagon by twelve stout men. There was not a hearse in tiie city large enough to contain the coffin. The interment took place at the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery. Her burial was against a wish expressed by her short ly before her death. She had amor- hid fear that her body would be stolen for the purpose of dissection aud ask ed that it be cremated. Her hus band’s limited means prevented him from carrying out her wish. Her husband, who is a dapper, good-looking young mao, weighing about 136 pounds, said that bis wife never had an extraordinary apfe’de of any person of ordinary size. “Many persons of small bones,” he said “attain an enormous size.” There is no authentic explanation of‘the cause of this accumulation of adipose matter. In this case elephantiasis, or a thickening cf the skin, had set in on one leg, and in place the mem brane was almost as thick as leather.” Madame Victoria whose maiden name was Harring, was married five years ago, at which time she was not an unusually large woman. During tbe years that she exhibited herself as a monstrosity her husband acted as her manager. The Horrors of the Witness Stand.' Greenville News. * 1 * * * We know very lltde of law or th« rules of practice, but a brief observa tion of the methods used in some of our courts is enough to convince any observer that if there la any law for protection of witnesses It is not en forced. When a man takes the wit ness stand he seems to loae all the rights and privileges usually given every citizen, including the right of self-preservation and privilege of be ing regarded as innocent lustil he la proved to be guilty. Insulting Insin uations and derisive and unjust re marks at his expense which In ordi nary circumstances he would be sus tained in resenting with force are are hurled at him freely, and he is powerless to help himself. He can not even express his natural resent ment in words without being exposed to the rebuke of the court. We do not know of a position in which a man is more helpless than on the witness stand, and, whatever hie character may be, it does seem, as if he should be entitled to respectful and kindly treatment. His very helplessness should demand for him the considera tion of right minded men. To avoid misconception and injus tice it is well to say that these re marks are evc&ed by tbe hearing of Assistant District Attorney Carpen ter’s cross examination of one wit ness in the United States court on yesterday. Bot the assistant attorney is not th e only sinner and the evil we have 8pollen of is uot confined to the United States court. We would like to be informed how far a lawyer has the right to go in sross-examination and whether there is any limit to his right to insinuate against, comment on and criticise a witness while he is giving his testimony. Mayor Courtenay as Candidate For Govern «>r. Columbia letter to the Augusta Chronicle: Mayor hying the burg Herald in reference to hfe ©on- CREMATION POSTPONED. Consul at The Son of the British Charleston Wished to 1 ed. New York Herald. It was rumored yesterday that the body of Mr. Charles Edward Walker, cotton broker, who died at No. 63 East 110th street, was to he cremated. Naturally, inquiry and not a little curiosity were excited. A reporter called on a member of the family last evening, who expressed surprise that anything was known about the mat ter. The lady addressed said that 1$ had been decided, at the suffaetlenef * sister of the deceased broker, tq postpone cremation for tbe present. If on return from Europe of Iff. Walker’s fotber.H. Pinckney Welker* British Consul at Charleston, hsssee tlons it, tbe body will be sent to the furnace at Laccxster, Pa., for crema tion. The deceased merchant was well connected, both by birth sad mar riage. His brother-in-law, Mr. Bior- don. Is oae of th* propria Iocs af th* New* and Courier. He was a Maw York cotton broker until taro years tgo, when he established hlmaetf la Galveston; but he always spent hie summers In the North- About these weeks ago he went to whiff he caught cold, which affected hie kidneys and censed his death. The Riordon family have always advocated cremation, but they did not practise it in South Carolina r up there is a State law against it, where the burning is the land of the deotased When Mr. Walker married i Riordon family he wa» i ed to their views of expressed a wish (dkad his body should be burned after hie It was tbe intentiMaeftohe family on Fri day to have It carried out, bat, as stated above-* on talking the matter over, it wa»thought beat to await the decision af Mr. Walker's parents. The body has been embalmed, and ie to be placed in a receiving vault In Second street. 10* ids Spread of Smallpox in Montreal. Montreal, September 9*—The of* floial report of the health oflleac to day states that 40 new eases of small pox were reported yesterday, M mt which weie authenticated, thiee deaths were reported. Our neighbor, New* and Courier are having a lively tuasle in regard to that diet in the Schirmereaa old made certain i to hie nection with the citadel, is constri'ed by politicians to mean that he expect** to be a candidate for governor. He says that he is uot properly before the people of Spartanburg, and can only account for the attack the Herald has made on him by supposing that it has been done to advance some one eise’s interest in another portion of the State. These statements, the politi cians believe, means that he may hereafter be “properly” before the people of Spartanburg, and that he believes} his fight has been made cn him in advance to WfiMm 1 * chances. The News and Com! howevtir, sbmp4ti**sinee, state term as Mayok^ expired. This ms- nouncment was believed* a$ the time to be “by authority,” bat It is now thought that the mayor may ha vs changed his mind, as aaaay good ms* before him have done, and that now he will be “properly 1 before thd ^ap ple hereafter. # ■ > — . ! Cleveland Must Marry. 1 Albuquerque ( N. H.) Journal* If Mr. Cleveland wants fi Second term be will have to marry. Tbe American people may forgive celiba cy to a President during his first tmn iu consideration of his other good qualities, but they have too deep a re verence for the institution of matri mony, not only as a reliable means for perpetuating Presidential virtues in a second generation, but as the favor ite and popular method of absorbing our growing surplus of unmarried fe males, to ever confer the honor of the Chief Magistracy a second time upon a man wiio shows himself so brutally obtuse to the charms of his country women and their favorite last Ration. We sincerely trust that our Chief Magistrate has caught something be side a few fish aud a bad cold In tbe Adirondacks. and that the outcome of the affair will be that Miss Cleveland must pack her trunks and resign her position as the mistress of the White House. That place belongs to a mar ried woman who loves babies better than books. was very emphatfe and • in its tenor. Neither ride hue come to us for a certain commodity we afe ways carry aroftnd i« vifoe- If they had come, wa have mid, “Don’t.” But ft* lit wir'd we expect sons* gee hope thtftit will open up th is question iif such a way that the SI will soon c/oee this institution, both them brethren who are now trial we will say in the Olerk of tbs Court*,, “May God you a safe deliversuee.” Spartan. 'b.. in dm i i n t h 1 "- 1 -V *' -»4 ill Ti‘ ♦•Yes; hut yo«-i tant Ififel *•1 .rex with oowb cyclones. Il •rVj U - no ehlchoa>b^g|lM^i* 1* *>» -4* /( hi and never ate more titan himsel. She was active and moved about the bouse with as much ease as any per son one-fifth of her weight. Dr. Sam uel J. Ashton, who had been iter phys ician for the past two years, said that; street, where he lay unconscious for The first edition of Grant's book will reach 150,000 copies, and owing to the number of subscriptions received, another edition is necessary. The book will be translated into French, German, Spanish and Italian. Tiie book brings the story of his life down to tiie last year of the war, aud the remainder will he filled out by his son Col. Fred Grant. Mrs. Grant receives seventy-five per cent, of profit on American editions and eighty per cent, on foreign translations. Boston’s favorite son, John L. Sul livan, got on a terrific bender in the Hub a few days ago, and hired a spir ited horse and buggy for the purpose of having “a timc.” a ile had it. The buggy was upset by tbe reckless driv ing, and he was sent sprawling iu the In his sermon Sunday In AftJautu, which wa* the first sine* the publi cation of the Ctaoinnati seuudsls, Mr. Armstrong, of St. FMHp’c Church, made a fitting acknowledgement of his thanks to the ot Atlanta for the course k they have acted towards the The Atlanta papers did net the scandal at all. Dr. did not affirm er deny hia guilt, simply referred to Ike mutter cloud that hflu ufiatuver fafe HI*— 1 ’ 1 :r. John W!m, ty good thing when he compared th* Virginia State tieket to* mountain team—fits Lee the broken down thoroughbred in the lead, Maaey th* speckled steer between the shafts sod Ayres the little yellow dog under tbe wagon. But Mr. Wise forgot that he himself is known as the trick mule of Sherman’s Danville circus and that he is hitched to a garbage cart which is steadiy pulling him down aud back.—Greenville New*. A Philadelphia paper hit the nail on the head when it aaya; “Our Southern friends are pretty well satisfied with tbe outloolr this year. The? have discovered that it is cheaper to raise corn than to buy it, and the crop will be flAr million bushels more this year than lost. Th* cotton crop, too, will show w of a million bales.” her death was caused by hemorrh- ; ages and blood poisoning. Her gen eral constitution was as good as that some time. John Barleycorn is one pugilist that can knock Sullivan out every time be tackles him. Editor M. B. McSweeney, of the Hampton Gaurdian, has been appoint ed Adjutant General of the Firm Di vision of tbe State Volnatsam, trflfli the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, aud A. M. You mans, of Hampton, Quarter master General, with tbe rank of Lieutenant Colonel. 'bn '’mdm Somebody has unearthed the feet that Lord Salisbury is the first ed prime minister since the AS!*; "si®