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REMOYAI
OGLE TAYLOE MANSION.
A BRAKEMAN'3 LIFE IN WiNTEFL
fHE WONDERFUL HISTORY OF DON
CAMERON S WASHINGTON HOME.
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What >Tar He Seen from Its Wintlown—A
PhotographJc Camera of Stirring Kventa
In the Fast—Stories of Other Houses
la the Same Neighhorhopu.
MAaiA z*c.cx» Quag lx &.C*
2(>7 Kiiiir
Street, Op^i^ite Masonic Temple,
CHARLESTON, So. Ca.
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Jew? 1
Palace,
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tey to •‘Cc
.WILE BK liEMOVKD TO I TS XBW LOCATION ON KINO STREET,
(OPPOSITE MASONTc TEMPLE; ON THE 18ITI INSTANT.
The Buildiiijf has been Specially altered and repaired by Mr. McElree. The
etiliuK raised and freaooed in oil—a new plate g;hi?s front < f antique design,
wnnmiuhted by double rows of small squares of cob.red elas iea has a
pleasing and strieking eircet—no otiier store front like it in
’1 he interior Is like a FAIRY PALACE and worth a jour:
McElree is now at the North selecting an entire New Stock. Tie:
sale will lie in keeping with their surroundings, ahead of anything >vi.r Of
fered in thisseetion -if country.
During the next TEN DAYS (to 18th instant,) heoff.-rs the entire stock in
Its store under the Waverlv House at \ OL R OW N PRICE, AIAEIC \OL K
SELECTIONS AND NAME YOUR PRICE is all that is necessary to etieet
n sale.
• Remember this thing last for these TEN DA YS only, after that we make
the prices.
EVScEi ree ? s JeVi/e5ry Paia
2»4 KING STREET, _ _ _ - CHARLESTON, S. C.
PETERKiH GROSSER
1000 Bushels For S:
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adjoining
.ROSS El)
T would respectfully inform the farmers of Aiken and the
Counties, that I have on hand 10(K> BUSHELS OF PETERKIN t
COTTON SEED for Sale at tlie fidlowing reasonable prices for Casir or Ex
change, Viz.: NO cent : per bushels (of 30 pounds) delivered at Aiken depot
—75 cents per bushel delivered at my barn—or I will Exchange 1 bushel of
PETERKIN SEED for Three bushels of any other Cotton Seed delivered at
my barn 2!.j miles from Aiken
Speaking of tho old houses at Washing-
ton. I took a good look the other day at
Ogle Tayloe mansion on Lafayette square.
This is the house that Don Cameron
bought last fall for »e,000, and the proba
bilities are that it will be in the future, as
it has been jn the past, one of the social
centers of Washington. It is a big, old-
fashioned, three-story brick building, with
a ridge roof running up between two gate
like ends at the top. It has many windows
looking out upon Lafayette square, and
the statne of Gen. Jackson sitting on a
horse, which for ten years or more has
been balancing himself on his hind heels.
Just across the way, within a stone’s
throw of its front door, is seen the ghastly,
harn-like'White House, and the whole as
sociations of its neighborhood are full or
history, its third-story windows can look
into those of the Decatur mansion, now
owned by Gen. Beale, where the gallant
commodore lived at the time he was shot
by Barron. Around to the right on the
same square is the palace of the million
aire Corcoran, where Daniel Webster used
to entertain as secretary of state, and
where the French minuter took posses
sion at the time Corcoran fled to England
at the beginning of the war.
msTOKXCAL HOfSES NEAR BY.
Just below the Corcoran mansion are
the nfcw houses of Hemy Adams and John
Hay, and next to them, within 100 yards
of this Cameron house, rises old St. John’s
church, in which a dozen presidents have
worshiped, and in one window of which
are the memorial paintings which Presi
dent Arthur gave to the memory of his
dead wife. A little further on is the red
brick in which "Charles Sumner lived and
| worked, and on the corner between it and
I Cameron’s new purchase is a roomy old
j brick which President Madison owned at
| the time of his death, and in which the
j peerless Dolly Madison wore the turbans
j which cost her §1.000 a year, in eutertain-
' ing all along down through the half-
dozen administrations following that
which she presided over at the White
House across the way.
It was within plain sight of this house
of Cameron’s that Bnrion Key flirted with
Mrs. Sickles. Looking from its windows
Dangerous Work In Had Weather—Jump
ing from a Train While in Motion.
The freight brakemen wear very heavy
clothing, although it is always short, as
they have to get around in a hurry some
times. I have known the time when I
was braking on a freight train, when the
train was running fifteen or tw enty miles
an hour, against sleet and snow, and a
call had come for “down Jirakes.* At such
! a time I have been sitting on top of the car,
so stiff and frozen as to be unable to work
the brakes at all.
We do not mind the cold weather so
much on the freights as when there is
snow on the ground and on the cars. Then
it becomes very dangerous, as when the
train is running twenty miles an hour the
snow and sand will be hurled up between
the cars enough to blind a man and with
the ice-covered cars and running as we
do, from one car to another, perhaps with
our lanterns blown out, it is pretty dan
gerous, and a man has to he sure-footed
and have his wits about him to brake on
a freight in the winter time. * * *
Many of the passenger brakemen live at
the way stations down the road, and when
they finish their work at one end tf the
road they take’an express train back, and
as it passes the station at which they live,
although the train may be going at the
rate of from fifteen to twenty-five miles
an hour, they will juni[f off and keep their
feet, although they have to run perhaps
the length of the train before (hey
TALE STUDENTS’ ROOMS SI0H » AWPWi ™ E KOREANS -
t
Journey to Seonl—Ways of tho Nafehroa
‘—Teh Men, Two Shovels.
The journey to Seoul would be pretty
tedious were one’s eyes hot So constantly
attracted by strange and novel sights.
Everywhere one sect • tall and stately
Koreans clad in thin, holiday-looking,
flowing robes of white, purple, green oi
othetr^blue. The onter robes are, in the case of
the coolies, fair ly clean, but, like charity,
they cover amiflrttnde of sins. For Korean
nndergarfhonts, like Korean cuticles, are
In spite of the prominence which the 1 seldom On friendly terms with water. The
pops of rich men hold, there is a well- 1 people seemingly have little oc-nothing to
defined spirit to suppress any attempt at > do. When at work they rarely bestir
flafhy display. Most men dress fashion- themselves so busily as to endanger the
.DORNED IN THE MOST ELEGAN1
AND LUXURIOUS MANNER.
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Extravagance in Decoration Not Sale for
thfc Convivlally JjirilncU—Another Side
to the Picture—A Type of tlu
ihtrcuie--.Living Economically
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ably, but very few exquisitely, to use that
word in a well-understood sense. The
stHHo of a student’^ apparel has, however,
certain characteristics that make it dis
tinctive. Tliat Wherein the affluence of a
sttalent’s allowance first asserts itself is
thdfnroish/ng of his apartments. These
consist of a study and two small bed
chambers, usually occupied by two j
tryBuls. Many of tnese rooms are adorned ,
ii«R> most elegant and IpXUHbus tram-1 about
Ewalls are decorated with lin- j blade.
crT ta, with frieze.and dado oit tasteful
ddflgu. Smyrna rugs erfv^r the flrKrr'of
t Ajelated woods, and high-art fnrrifture.
Wiis Seed is very prolilic and was planted by me in 1884, on a portion of my
Avith snch gratifying results, that in 1885 1 pi: nted my entire crop with
8$eod. I have realized thi* year from b-lnercs (notwithstanding the
"favagesof the Caterpiller and excessive rains, followed by drouth;
400 Pounds of Lint Cotton from Each Acre.
y Cotton from PETERKIN CROSSED SEED, gins easier than any other
Cotton and makes a net return from 100 pounds of seed Cotton of 40 pounds of
good lint cotton. M>’ entire crop averaged this figure.
ItEFHltHNOKS.—Milledge T. Holley, Jr.. & Bi'o., who ginned my entire
crop. Also, Messrs. Lewis Bradwell and John N. Wigtall who planted
'this year some of the same Seed. Address
DANIEL CROSLAND,
Aiken, S. C.
Nov. 24, 1885.
CARPETS AND
SEE!
1885. PJew Goods. Fa's Trade. 1885
Window Shades and Lace Curtains Wilton, Velvet,
grain Carpets, Hearth Rugs, Door Mats, Art Carpet, Window Slindys of every
size and Color, embracing all tbv New Styles, Cocoa, Caton and Napier Mat
tings, Floor Oil Cloths and Linolaunis.
Luce Curtains, Window Cornices and Poles, New Walnut, Cherry, Ash
Ebony and Brass Cornices and' Poles. Turcoman. Curtains and Draperies.
Upholstery Goods. Raw Silks in a variety of Pattern-:. Fringes in all Colors.
Hair Cloths, Cane and Gimp and BtiUoms. Wail Papers, Borders and
Decorations.
Just Opened For
Oil Paintings, Engraving and (Tiromos.
.fats, Walnut and Rubber Weather Strips
out cold, and all sold at Lowest Prices.
J ARISES C, BAILIE & SONS,
Chronicle Building, 714 Broad 5tro«t, Augvista, Oa.
Brooms, Dusters, Baskets,
for Doors and Window, to
Bondb-rasit
-Mam faeturers of
one might have seen the tragedy in which
Key was shot by the irate husband, and,
had he continued to look, lie could have
seen them carry Key into the old Seward
mansion which adjoins this, and in which
less than ten years later the assassination
of Stward was attempted. If'this old
house formed a plate of a photographic
camera throughout all these years, and
the scenes recorded on it could be repro
duced, what a history of our country pud
its great men it would form! If its walls
were photographs how many witty bon
mots could they give forth! It was built
in 1828, the year in which Jackson was
first elected president, and it has been
from that time to this the residence of the
Tayloes, one of the richest of the old u.m-
ilies of the country.
MII.UOXAIKE OF THE YEAR 1800.
Col. Tayloe, the father of Ogle Tayloe,
was one of the millionaires of 1800. He
owned thousands of acres, and hundreds
of slaves, and he built the great octagon
mansion, in which President Madison
once lived, and which, during a part of
Madison’s administration, when the
White House was burned, formed the
j presidontial residence. Ogle Tayloe, the
j man 'who built the house, was the in-
j tin ate and confidant of half of the great
; nvn of tho country for over forty years.
: He roomed with John A. Dix at college,
Brussels, 3-plv In-! and during the time he was at Harvard
he was associated with Prescott, the
historian. In 1817 he was private secretary
to Mr. Rush, the American minister at
Paris, and it was shortly after lie was
married that he took up his residence in
this house, which is now to be occupied
by Senator Cameron. During his whole
lifetime he was a great entertainer, and
Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John Quincy
Adams, and Gen. Jackson often sat down
at liis table.
It was at this house that Gen. Harrison
called just before he was taken with that
‘ sickness which killed him. and it was in
i this house that Gen. Scott was dining one
i day when a terrible thunder storm came
I up in which hail fell in such large stones
i as to go through the heavy plate glass at
; the capitol. It stopped the Tayloe dinner
i for the time and knocked the glass out of
1 the windows. Gen. Scott was much
1 alarmed, but after it was over he drank
! his champagne with great gusto and
| called, the hailstones with which it was
| cooled “celestial ice."—“Carp” in Cleve
land Leader.
themselves, but still they st-ldom, if ever,
lose their feet
It is quite a trick to jump oft, and takes
considerable practice before it can be
done successfully. The way to jump is
j always with the train and on the left
hand side of the latter, letting the right
foot rest on the step and the loft foot
string from the step Then jump so that
the left foot will strike the ground first
and the right foot immediately follow it,
j so as to be able to run. Some of the men
j jump from the middle of the train or
i front, but most of them go to the icar car
! and ’ump, so that if they fall they will not
j roll under the cars. The only regular
I train hand I ever heard of being hurt by
jumping was a man who lives in Dorches
ter, and who was struck on the head by
| the car steps as he ,umped and was badly
hurt. The best man I ever saw, and the
i ohly man who could hold his feet and stop
| himself without running at all, was a man
! who is now conductor on the Derby road.
I He could jump from a train running
i thirty-five miles an hour and stop without
\ running a foot.—New Haven Journal.
Frotleiv. of IJeating and T-ighiijifc,
The problem ’of heating and lighting
: becomes more and more complicated
every year by the electric light and nat
ural gas discoveries. Thirteen years ago
Gen. J. S. Casement, of Painesville, Ohio,
put down the first natural gas well in this
i country. He told me about it recently,
j “I ran a pipe down 062 feet,” said he. “At
; that depth the drill di-opped tv. q yards in
one jump. The gas immediately began to
pour, and it has supplied my house with
beat and light ever since. The only
trouble I find about it is that it deprives
the women folks of a fire to poke. It is
my standing joke at home that in the
absence of a fire they poke at me.
There have baen a number of wells
' put down in Painesville, but none
of them were successful except mine,
j Mr. De Patiw, at Albany, Ind., has spent
; JSOO.OOO in ineffectual efforts to strike nat
ural gas by boring. It existsdn veins and
with satin upholstery and expensive
tapestries, is ranged about the room in
| graceful negligence.
On the walls hang paintings and en-
st»p ; graviugs with subjects Lesp calculated to
appeal to students’ taste. ' The Queen
Anne mantel is full of costly bric-a-brac,
and the space not occupied by the-.e fan
! tasies is filled with programmes, German
| favors, barber shop signs, prizes, society
| plaques, trophies, photographs of “con-
I quests,” and the host of other mementoes
of events dear to the college student.
RATHER DANGEROUS FOR THE CONVIVIAL.
It must not be supposed, however, that
extravagance in (let crating apartments
carries with it. necessarily, the idea of
prodigality or fastness. There is nothing
is the possession of handsome surround
ings tljat should induce a student to for
sake his scholastic pursuits. It very
often happens that elaborate quarters are
occupied by a man of most correct and
studious habits.
- It is really rather dangerous for a man
of convivial tendencies to adorn his room
expensively. It frequently occurs that a
company of hilariou; guests will trans
form a collection" of Parisian statuettes
into an array of reminiscent torsos; saliu-
cAvered couches will, under their etfu-
rtvc influence, assume the doubtful de
signs of Gobelin tapest ries, Smyrna rugs
will take on the mysterious weaving of an
Indian shawl and valuable paintings will
acquire peculiar blotches and blemishes
that bury its authenticity in a mysterious
gloom that ought ordinarily to enhance
the worth 100 fold. It has happened
within the memory, too, of bhe of the
youngest inhabitants of Yale, that an oc
cupant of a $2,000 suit in Farnum, enter-
tained*a gathering of classmates at “an
evening tea,” and when he awoke the fol
lowing afternoon he sent for a teamster
to haul away the debiis and spent an
other $1,Out) in refurnishing his quarters.
AKOTHER SIDE TO THE I'ICTURE.
But it must be said in mere justice that
the style of adorning quarters at Yale is
as a general thing not near so extravagant
as that prevailing at some other universi
ties. Three thousand dollar.-) expended
on rooms in Matthews or Weld at Har
vard is quite au ordinary proceeding. In
Beck hall there fire several suits, the
safety of their two-feet pipes, which botb
men and women are constantly smoking.
Imagine the following scene, witnessed by
us on our road to Seoul.
A small field, perhaps fifty by seventy-
five feet, ten men. two shovels, two long
ropes about an inch and a half in dinn- eter.
Each shovel blade was about the si of a
dirt"shovel-blade in America. The handle
wa* twelve feet long. XbArope was tied
the handle six inches above the
"One man bad hold of thy handle
and fixed the blade in the ground, two
others were grasping each end of the
*ope, making five men in all. At a given
signal all four would give a huge tug.
Result, a small clod of earth thrown from
six to ten feet. It was a sight never to be
forgotten, these ten men manning two
shovels. One lusty Irishman would do
more in a day than these ten in a week,
with their frequent restings.
From Chemulp to Seoul the soil is not
very good, but it is fairly well cultivated.
A league this side of the city the road
crosses the Hau river. Here is a sight
never to be forgotten—the loft}' bank ris
ing in steps from the water’s edge
crowded with noble looking men lazily
smoking their long pipes, lounging about
In every attitude; the huge, cluinsily-
built, but skillfully-sculled ferry-boats,
and the ffcw women of the Tower classes
busily engaged in washing the outer gar
ments of their lordly husbands, while
above all stretched the tiled roofs of the
mud huts, giving a very picturesque re
lief to the background of rugged moun
tains not far away. From this river the
road gradually ascends to Seoul, and
winds through a succession of crowded
villages and towns. One may travel 'all
over the country’yet if ho leave out Seoul
he has not seen real Korea.—Cor. Intel
Ocean. 1
you must strike one of them before you, .-afftfrnnient of which entailed an expend!
get the gas. Its beauty is in cleanliness
and convenience. I heat my house by
steam. The boiler is heated by gas, fed
automatically. The heat register is auto
matic, and tho (voter feed in the boiler is
automatic. All that is necessary is to
look the thing over once a day. In
cooking, we can have a hot fire or a mod
erate One in a second, and no kindlings to
split.”—New York Tribune.
Trades:
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ALL KINDS OF BR
Proprietors of the Old and Pojuilnr-
£ 7
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For information, I
DirLAIGLE AND AUGUSTA BRICK YARDS, establish:.! in ls20!
mated production since then 250,000,003 Briek! Quality and color
passed North or South. I.arge stock always on hand,
address
BONDURANT, JOPLI^G & CO., Augusta, Ga
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HAVE secured Pattern
Gins at reasonable pri
(.'ASTINOS of all kin<
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- and propose to
is in Iron an Bra
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ikiinj.'h RIBS for
makes of
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Special attention given to Repairs.
mtisiacliQii
notice. •
guaranteed!
THiX~ P£NaiiT01iX>0^flBY)f*3ar
Nos. G15, G17 and G10, Kollock St.,
CIIAS. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor.
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AUGUSTA, GA.
t'ENDLETON, Sup’t.
ALFRED BAKER, President. JOS. S. BEAN, Cashier.
THE AUGUSTA SAVirJGS BA?
OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
5* 8
Cash Assets
Surplus
Interest on Deposits of
oo.ooo.oo
.50,000.«>o
Five to Two Thousand Dollars,
and Upward Received.
Sums r(OneDolllar
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Dh'c< ior<‘—James A. Loflin, E. O’Donnell, Eugene J. O'Cornncr, Alfred
Baker, E. R. Schneider, W. B. Young, William Sehweigcrt, Edger R. Derry
Jules Rival, Joseph S. Beam, J. Henry Bredonburg.
DOWN TOWN G8EEN MARKET!
CAN SUPPLY
FAMILIES WITH FIRST-CLASS VEGETABLES.
THAT IS:
NOLTHERN CABBAGES. TURNIPS, BEETS, CARROTS. ONIONS.
POTATOES, APPLES, BANANAS, ORANGES, LEMONS,
COCOANUTS, NUTS, RAISINS, CITRON, CURRANTS, &c.
ALSO
SELECTED GROCERIES IX GREAT VARIETY!
Goods Delivered at the House. Call (it the
VIINNA BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY !
W. T. HQFFRflAN,
PAliK AVKNVE, - - - - - AIKK.V, S. C.
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Electric T.amps for Parisian Carriages.
The success of the incandescent electric
lamp for private carriages in Paris, as a
substitute for candles and oil lamps, is
pronounced complete. Not only the regu
lar side-lights are included in this plan,
but the interior of the vehicle is illumi
nated by a lamp sufficiently powerful to
read bv, and in some instances a similar
lai np is placed fer novelty on the head of
the horse. The lamps are connected by
wires with small accnmulatsrs placed
under the driver’s scat. They are small
in size, being only about eight inches
square and four inches high, each of such
accumulators being able to supply a lamp
of five-candle power for the space of some
six hours. During the day they are re
moved and charged with electricity from
a dynamo machine or otherwise, and at
night they are ready for use.—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Small Cnatig.* uc tr.* yosHvfTf-e.
Another thing people like to kick about
is the refusal of the postoffice clerks to
take torn notes and great piles of nickels
and pennies in payment for stamps.”
“Are they not bound to take them?”
“Not much. The government has a
treasury for the redemption of mutilated
currency, and there is no more sense in
expecting the postoffice to redeem it than
in expecting the paymaster of the navy
to da so. If it was once understood that
we would lake torn bills, we should have
no other ...oney to handle and nothing
else to do. We would embark in the
banking business, and somebody eLe
would have to be hired to attend to the
postofficc. Then, as t<5 nickels, three-esnt
pieces and pennies, the postcffice regula
tions expressly provide that we are not
bound to take over twenty-five cents'
worth from one person.”-Chic*uro Journal
One Way of Treating Carbuncles.
The Lancet publishes an article giving
an account of the successful treatment of
carbunculous diseases by the injection of
the officinal solution of ammonia. Dr.
Arendine claims that it destroys the bac-
illnriJt In all malignant pustules, and is a
specific in this class of diseases. As phy-
siciang have found the carbuncle always
dangerous, and almost beyond the reach
of remedies, the suggestion may prove cf
great value to the profession and to suf
ferers.—Inter Ocean.
An Abnormally Sharp Young Man.
A young New Englander landed in
New York with nothing but his car
pet-bag and a license to practice law.
Au old lady fell on him in the street
breaking his arm. The cause of the disas
ter took him to her house, nursed him and
insisted on his taking a vacant room and
becoming a member of the family. The
young man ti?mair.c-u in his pleasant quar
ters, opeued a law office, and .began to
make money.
There were two (laughters at the house,
both very plain. The elder had a little fort
une of $14,000. and the lawyer engaged him
self to her with the mother’s consent. Af
ter awhile he made money so rapidly that
came engaged secretly. One day the old
; lady was on her death-bed and urged an
immediate marriage. The young rascal
hurried off, secured a license and a
preacher and returned. When everything
was ready il.t bridegroom without a word
! joined hands with the younger daughter.
The ceremony was over before the other
girl found voice and protested. The dying
mother saw what had occurred and went
off in a spasm.—Atlanta Constitution.
ture of 810.000, ?12,000 and even $20,000. In
the latter dormitory there is at present a
young man—from Calforuia probably—
who has his furniture insured for $15,000.
There-is another side to the picture. Up
untier the roof of East Divinity hall the
reporter saw a room that may serve as a
type to the other extreme. There was no
carpet on the floor; the furniture consisted
of three straight-backed chairs, an old-
style lounge covered in green oil cloth and
i la-gc home-made table. I : pon the board
pl:u v d a'oove the lire place to serve as a
marital were some old books, two half-
consumed candles and a clock with a dis
mal tick-tock.
There was not a picture on the walls—
nothing anywhere to relieve the dullness
of the place excepting a blue flag that
hung under the dirty, unused gas-fixtures
and indicated that the occupant of the
den had once rowed a successful oar in
the class boat races. The occupant sat at
the table straining fits eyes in the twi
light over the pages of the philosophical
essays of somebody or other. It was plain
that his scrupulous economy' restrained
him iroiq 'figuring tub''rickety German
of
ork.
KaixlaU’ii AY ay of Apologfrinz.
If he thinks he has done wrong he gritf
his jaw and is sorry in his soul, but he sel
doid searches out the man he has unjustly
treated and tells him so. A newspaper
friend of mine who has done many favors
for Randall told me a story yesterday
which illustrates this phase of Randall’s
character. He had CoYne into Randall’s
committee room to ask him for informa
tion upon a certain point, and Randall in
replying made his answer so shortand
brusque as to be insulting. The newspa
per man, who has a very sensitive nature,
showed by his face that he was much
hurt and turned to go, when Randall, not
ing his countenance, called him back just
as he wa,s going out the door and said
“Mr. Blank, have you any idea how a ma:
feels when he has the gout?”
“No,” was the reply.
“Well,” continued Randall, “he feels as
though 10,000 needles were piercing hb
feet and legs in every direction and squirm
ing about to find the tenderest places.”
And this was all. Randall then turned
to his writing, and paying lio more atten
tion to the man went on as though no one
was present. He felt that he had done
wrong in speaking so crossly and this was
his mode of making reparation.—Carp in
Cleveland Leader.
Tillman’s Convention.
Laurens Advertiser.
expressed
rify of tii
Artist’s Proofs and Second Impressions.
The artist's-proof pictures are always
good investments for the reason that
there are only so many struck off, and
after a certain time they become scarce
and valuable. The price is fixed by the
publishers, who notify dealers of the in
creased value of the picture as the price
increases. The same plate is used in all
pictures, yes, but there is a difference in
these pictures according to whether they
arc first or last impressions. The first im
pressions arc the re-marked proofs. These
have a certain mark, a little design of
some kind just beneath the plate and are
signed by the artist and etcher. These
are the most valuable. The second im
pressions are the artist’s proofs. These
do not have the design, but have the auto
graph. The third and so on are the re
gular edition* A remarked copy of a
new picture can be purchased with the
certainty of feeling that its value will go
up just as all the copies are sold. It is a
sure and safe investment.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
A Nightingale for the King.
The king of Bavaria has been much dis
tressed because his manager, Herr von
Perfall, had failed to provido'him with a
real nightingale. In Wagner’s “Parsifal"
the song of rt nigh tin gal j plays a part iu
the story. This is u-it ally produced by a
skillful flute player behind 'flic scenes.
“Tills will not do,” said ttie exacting royal
critic; “ive ought to have a real nightin
gale.” Herr von Perfall promised to do
what he could to ward .engaging a nightin
gale as one of the company. There is a
man who sings in the public places in
Munich who has a rare capacity for imi
tating the songs of different birds. He
was diligently schooled aiyl conveyed tc
the king’s isolated theatre. His majesty
believed that he was listening to a real
nightingale at the next performance oi
“Parsifal,” and sent a most flattering let
ter of thanks to the director.—Foreign
Letter.
Some weeks ago we e
grave doubts as to the sitieer
movement wiilch has been organizi
with Capt. B. R. Tillman as leade
for the purpose, as it is claimed, el
benefiting the farmers, Since Use
we have watched every movemeil
and from the indications so far, qn
can scarcely doubt but the who}
tiling was organized for political pur
poses. \Vc see not the least ob
jeetion in having organization
for farmers all over th
•ountry, indeed, we favor this, but le
.hem organize for the purpose of bene
iiting themselves and their neighbor
by discussion of agricultural matters
and seek to protect the agrieuitur 1
interest if it is n< t protected. Bwi
when one man comes forward am
makes a wholesale denunciation of al
existing institutions and seeks to tun
die farmers against every othei
class of citizens,and because tney hob
the balance of power, seek to over-rid*
the rights of all other eitizun
and capture the government,
•we must enter a protest. The govet i.
ment is for the people, of the peop!
and by the people, and it is a bad tea
ture of politics when one class con.
bines for the purpose of forming «
monopoly.
Tlio Varying Tastes of a Swell.
“It is hard to keep up with the varying
tastes of a swell." said a leading dealer in i do
The Habits of Miss Kate l ielil.
I had a letter the other day from a
teacher in a normal school who was get
ting up a paper on the literary traits of
our public women. So she had a lot of
questions she wanted me to answer. She
asked me: “What are your habits?” I
had an awful good mind to answer,
“Bad.” Then she wanted to know who
were my favorite authors, and I said,
“The authors of my being.” Then she
must -know under what conditions I
wrote, and I could only answer, “Under
every possible condition conceivable;” and
then amid what surroundings, and I re
plied, “In surroundings that change as
often as I change my boarding place.”
And so on. Well, I really wrote her a
pleasant letter about it all, for notwith-
•tanding all that gush I didn’t want to
haft her feelings.—Interview in ' Inter
Ocean.
Oyster* Said to I’roinote Health.
Raw oysters before breakfast are now
Indulged in by many people who believe
this process promotes and enhances
health. This is a belief in which some
medical men coincide. It is related of tho
celebrated Dr. Leroy that he was in the
habit of swallowing two dozen raw oys
ters every morning before breakfast, and
used to say to his friends, presenting them
gentlemen's goods. "Here, for instance, in
lawn ties—a very small matter, appar
ently—they wanted them half an inch
wide lust fall, but I can’t make them too
wide for them now. They want them a
full one and one-eighth. The latest col
lars for these tie? is two inches high, with
only the smallest piece of the edge turned
over. The‘pointers’have not caught on
in this city. There is a change also in
full-dress shirt bosoms—you want thirty-
four pleates in them to be real s\tellish.”
-—Philadelphia iTcss.
United We Stand.
Johnston Monitor.
We think that every true mat
should deprecate and discourage tin
spirit of rivalry and opposition wiiicl
seems to be cropping out between dif
feicnt sections of the State, nior<
especially as it regards the upper an*
| lower country. It cannot poxsi
idy do any good. and nia\
a great deal of harm. Lc
helps
Nothing; New Under the Snn.
Londoners have been making much ado
about nothing in connection with Tenny
son’s new poem, “To-Morrow.” They ac- , . . _ _
cased him of using a motive which had j ^th the shells: “There, behold the foun
been used before by Mr. Aide. Where- Nation of my youthful strength!”—San
npon Mr. Aide and various other persons
ha.-ten to stats that it is a very old story. ,
ia’.med alike by Germany, Scotland, and ;
New England Heans for Congressmen.
Every day or two I see the Massachu
setts members wending their way iu
groups over to tho senate wing of the cap
itol about lunch time. That queer under
tow which keeps the two houses so far
eeparate, though they sit within a stone’s
throw of each other, also generally makes
the- members patronize their own restaur
ants.
On inquiry it turned out that the Massa
chusetts men went over to the other end
to get some baked beans, which Senator
Frye’s protege. Landlord* Page, serves in
regular New England style. Those over
at the house are weak in their color and
baked in a mass, while - Page has a knack
of putting his beans upon the table with i and pla* e l on the
the real Yankee red tint and each bean i President’s order,
perfect in its form. This is what catches
the New Englanders, who all potronize
Page’s bean-pot during the week. But
he tells hie that he has made no money
since he came to Washington, and on the
contrary has actually lost some. He says
the senate restaurant is not a paying
property, unless liquor is allowed to be
sold over the counter.
us spend onr ammunition on men am
measures that are more foreign to us
and not so nearly allied it) interest
progress and prosperity. We shoul*
recollect that wo profess to be a part o
the solid South, and we should,'by a!
means, he united at home and not al
low our local lines to be broken. Al
professions and callings form an iu
segral part of the body politic, an*
each, in its pi ee, is necessary to tin
well-being and harmonious working
of society and government. The far
tuer, the lawyer, the doctor, the me
enanie, together with the office hold
<‘rs should all harmonize their erf'.irG
for their own and tho public good, am
he mutual
cause.
in the comtuoi
Francisco Argonaut.
ago an American
the same them#
in a short story.—The Argonaut.
Wales. Not kmc
t - .gazinist trifled wit
Only Wnutfd To He A*snred.
*1 should have no objection,’' said a
hen-pecked husband, “to my strife hav
ing the L^.*. «vor*l, if I could only bi
assured that it would bo the very last.” -
The Gates on Oiled Hinges.
Dying, urged Henry Ward Beecher in
his pulpit on Sunday, is usually painless,
and passing out of life far easier than be
ing born. A man with dyspepsia may
carry a little hell in his stomach. Men ge
out of life with the gates on oiled hinges.
“Being ready to die,* Mr. Beecher con-
eivi*i»<<t, “is being ready to lire right.*—De-
iruii Free Press.
Cleveland's First Veto.
T1 e President sent t<> the Senate on
Wednesday last a message declining
to approve the Apt for the relief <
John Hollins McBIair. McBlairwa?
a lieutenant in the regular army \vh*
was wholly retired .'roni ihe army b;
the letiring board" in 1861, but wa>
subsequently restored to the army
retired list by tin
After twenty year-
lie put in a claim for longevity pay, on
which the Court ofCiaims decided tliu:
his restoration was illegal. He then
had a bill introduced in Congress sus
pending in his case the law regulating
appointments to the army, aiul it is
tiiis bill that tiie President vetoed.
He says McBlair’s claim is devoid o
merit and the bill establishes a had
precedent.
The Spot on the battlefieo of Get
tyslnirg, where Gen. Hancock was
wounded is marked by a wooden post
Itis proposed to place there a ganih
M.nldt-r on which idmll lie inscribe-
tl.e 'impl f. <•: that there, <-n July
’v«3 «■•!». \V. 28. Hancock wn
wounded.
WASHINGTON LETTEK.
’orrespondence o{ The Aiken Recorder.
Washington. March 8,1886.
There are many indications that
he Capital will capture Iheexpositien
which is projected for tne celebration
n 1892 of the 4(JJth’anniversary of the
liscovery ot A rue Heat It has already
>eeu settled by p4ihlic'b{flnioiS that
*ome Aineri* au city must prepare to
honor this important anniversary, and
hnt it must be the grandesp exposi-
i n the world ever saw. New \ ork,
8t. Louis, Chicago and the city o‘.
Mexico lufcve carefully considered the
•ubjeet. But the great World’s fair
‘uimot be successfully held in four
American cities at the same time,
md public preference naturally turns
o Washin, o i the Capital of theUnited
States, and the Capita! of the leading
lution of the sixteen sister republics
ff tlie three America?.
Tiie proposed plan Is to open a
•ermanent exposition of North, South
ind Central America, in 1889, the cen-
enniai anniversary of tlie adoption of
tie Constitution of the United States.
Then iu 1892 tlie World’s Exposition
s to be open in honor of the 400th au-
dversary of Columbus’s discovery.
Preliminary iribasures have been
'aken to materialize this project by
calling citizens of Washington. The
irand enterprise has'been mapped out
n detail, and encouragement comes
from every side. The main question
uow is iiow to enlist Congress. Keua-
or Gorman, of Maryland, has intro-
iueed a measure for this celebration
n the Senate, and he says he has
.•very reason to believe that the bill
which appropriates 100,000,00* to de
ray expenses, will be adopted. It Is
ilso suggested that umemorial, signed
by fony or fifty representative men of
the country, would evolve the result
desired, and that Senators would then
have something tangible to work on.
It is proposed that the btiilttrfsgs for
the permanent exposition be grouped
around the Washington Monument.
Space cou'd there be assigned each of
the fit teen republics of Spanish
America and the Portugees empire o!
Brazil to erect a permanent building
for the display of their resources ami
ittractions. It would*, in effect, he a
permanent Congress of the three
Americas, and something in harmony
vith public sentiment, ns is evidenced
>y numerous bills recently introduced
n the Senate and House t*v provide
or a temporary convention of Aim ri-
;an nations.
Yesterday being another 'air fourth
of M arch, ft recalled the gibat scene
of a year ago when a new ehifef magis
irate, representing a hew policy, took
his oatli of office arid e.vferect npon
his duties. The year that hht passed
has been fruitful in events uhd m
times the new P'-esident’s burdens
have sorely taxed all the resources of
.lis mind and body. It is too early to
render a verdict on jVfr*'(Olevelaud’*
administration, bnfc the record of the
drst bill will stand the test of time,
particularly with regard to tho Civil
Service. ' ’ ’ . . *•
The parties have .squarely crossed
swords in the Senate over the right of
that chamber to review the Presi-
lent’s reasons. Tiie controversy will
be taken advantage of by those who
favor open sessions to urge their views
rhey argue tliat if it is Wrong for the
President to act ou secret informa
tion, it is equally unjust and un
American for tlie Senate to do the
<ame thing. This position is a strong
• ne logically, and is finding more ami
more support among Senators.
While there is no danger of war oi
.•evolution by reason of the Issue that
sas heen so sharply sprung between
the President and tlie Senate, alto
gether too much time is being squan-
lered on it. The country is more in
need just now of wholesome legisla-
. ion ou various subjects than it is of
political distractions or questions hi
'onstitutional privileges.
Opluiou-} of the President’s.message
o tlie Senate seem to be divided on
•trictly party lines. Tlie Republican
Senators hold that it was a needless
md foolish misrepresentation of their
position, while the Democrats of the
senate consider it was an able,
•ourageous and timely document. It
las stirred up bath parties ami has
awakenad more party feeling than
ias been shown before this winter.
The coming discussion is sure to bw u
bitter one. ‘ •
The House of Representatives ha?
spent five days in discussing the Pen
sion Appropriation bill to which not
i single member has any objection to
make or any amendment to propose.
Toe Senate is still wresiling with tin
Educational bill which has drifted,
into a bad position so far as it:-
.•bailees of passage are concerned, b^
reason of some objectionable amend
ment. • “ *
Senator Ingalls has just presented
in tlie Senate a petition as he said ‘'oi
great length and extraordinary inne-
niracy,” signed’by citizens of Kansas,
evidently of foreign birth, pr ymg for
he abolition, of the Presidency. He
said lie presented it with pleasure, al
though it was ‘based upon entir*.
misconception of tlie com-titation, an*,
impairing ignorance of the history t<
.vhieh it refers. It: sked for Europe
an methods of Govern mem.
Palmetto.
The Object of the SeiRite.
Phil<ulcl})hla Tmf.es {Ind.)
The Republican Senators have
aised Hie point tliat tho President
cannot remove any. of their partisan
dficers without the Senate’s consent.
nit knowing the unsound ness of
this position, they have tried to eon
C'al it by pretence of their right !*•
isk information. The value of tin
minority report is not so much in it.-
irgumenri,which art familiar,as in iff
UHtanee that the real qonstn n sh d :
it* met on Tts constitutional basis,
i'lico win ne, of course, si long d - bm*
on t e • papers and it will not be a pr:
•tie--, debate if the sp**:»kers will keej
*> the point. Tiie sob r discussion o'
onstitntional questioi s is one of th*
host useful functions of the Senate
But a Senate stru ;gling to keep pos
( ssion of a few punry offices is a sp. e-
acle as undignified as unpatriotic.
He Means to be President.
Mew York Star (Dem)
The President’s fight is the people’s
fight. It is the fight of the Democratic
party to whom the people gave powei
The ; oo 1 old party is always at its
best iu a fight. Nothing else so fill.-
it with enthusiasm and fuses it into
unity. It delights to stand by a mar
who" has tlie pluck to lead it and old
Jackson’s ‘ By tlie Eternal” is still
music to its ears. It will love Grover
Cleveland all the better if he swears a
still rounder oath that the peonle liave
elected him President, and President
lie means to be.
Mrs. Eglantine Randolph, who died
at Washington, a few days ago, was
i he widow of Lieut. R. B. Randolph,
die man who pulled Gen. Hickory
Jackson’s nose at the Alexandria,
\'a.. wharf, thus seandalizitig Jll’.e
worshippers of the hero of New
Orleans. •
SMALi S' STEP. ► v-UOrll t*.R.
Tho Woman Found Dead Amid Pot*
ertjr and Squalor.
The Palmetto Post says that Char
lotte Williams^ a stepdimghte:* «*f
Congressman Smalls, was foun t dead
in her bed on Monday morning m
Beaufort-, under circumstances af the
greatest poverty and neglect. * Y.’hrh
iier two' little' children woke they
found their mother atiif snd cold be
side thein. Tno'dgrik squalid apart
ment dh which shevlffas tuuml 'yas In
the basement of alt old neglected
house, \y;th nr. window panes i:> tho
sashes, and th'o tire-place .with UC -*
apark of fire or.a cinder, and her^aiy
covering was a (ftttt quilt upon uV.ok-
ety bedstead, (ind some fneuger fbml-
ture and tinware lay aboHt the dirty
floor. A bottle of gin, with light wood
chips steeped in the liquor, was at the
bedside.
The spectacle of poverty and squalor
as presented to the jury of inquest was
sickening. Bhe was a woman of
doubtful repute. The colored men
composing thejunr were loud in their
counemnation of Brnnlls for his alleg
ed neglect of the family. A verdict
was rendered that she came to her
death from want of attention.
• *. *
Another Word to Spartanburg'
Farmers.
Carolina Spartan.
Intensive farming consists In mak
ing the largest crops possible, accord
ing to outlay of muscle and manure,
and nt the same time inproving tho
land. Big crops at the expense of soil
is about as foolisli as the man who
desires to become strong and thinks
lie can do this by overloading^»tho
stomach with food. Byp-qiejisia and
all sorts of diseases are tWi ♦Mbit.
The old idea of enlarging the- acreage
planted and increasing thajiupiber *>f
oales of cotton has resulted In do hie
ing the finest portion of our state with
gullies and worn out old fields. Tho
new idea is to plant fewer acres, iiV'ke
more manure at homo, buy Ube By
.such as your soil needs, subsoil your
land until you go down eight to fif
teen iiudies, cultivate ihe crops thor
oughly every ten duy", and thereby
double tlie yield. All thia is possible
and practicable rig’-jt heveiu Spartan
burg county, and the progressive, i"ic-
qessful farmers are going to try ihis
intensive system. They will be *iOw
coming to it, but they will come all
the same.
Tiie farmer who thinks will car. ful-.
lv£onsidn’ the distance he will go ’his
different crops. Experience wijt be
u!s oest guide,and ihiawiii be an*: »ool
that even fools will learn in, why her
farmers do or not. In pitching - crop
due allowance should he made t*> so
one-fourth of the time by rain, a -d, in
giving distance four weeks of du nght
should always be provided fw-, Tho
proper distance of cotton may be dis
cussed hereafter and our tu-mpiS m e
in vi ted to give th* ic opiDim s
on this subject. When crow^
od the yeiid is always light. Tho
old plan of having rowtrtbree and uhalf
to four feet wide bos hr-uernt onr
yield do.»2i to about twelve bushels
to the acre and thin Includes the 'illu
vial lands on our sSvera. In prepry
ing uplands plenty of di.^'unco-
should be given. Any distance that,
will give about twenty feet square to.
each hill of corn is about right, an ft
the wider the rows tne less work is _
required. Borne of our juasuw**.- 1 ssful
corn rajseia. rnniriTTFeir rows seven
feet-wide'and the hills about three
feet apart. This distance will give
2074 hills to the acre and every one
will make a fair oar of corn if proper
ly viiltivated This allows for a row
of peas in the middle which may be
planted to the plowing before tlie last.
Six feet ‘three and a halfo. live by
four wi}l give about the same-results.
If you have heretofore heen crowding
your corn and making noth
ing but little wormy nubbins
turn over a new loaf. " Try rows
this year five feet wide. Cut a meas
ure and use it until yon get the hang
of laying ofTa wide row. By degrees
you will be aide to come to th*; seven-
foot row, with the peas in the middle.
The following table is published for
the consideration of such farmers as
will think at all.
NUMDEU OF IIIELSTJ THE ACKE.
0
* '
Hows in Fcc.t,
Hills.
14.520
,.7;260
4,840
. 5,445
.. 3,6.30
2,722
. 2,904
. .2,178
.1,742
2.420
. 1,815
..1,452
. 2.074
.1,556
Suppose that the times are hard and
money scarce, what docs that matt r
with tlie farmer if he is out *>i de d,
and even if be should owe a few nnu-
dred dollars? If he happens to he
frugal and industrious, he can make
cotton and pay up. Pigs and potatoes,
corn and cabbagi, peas and turnips,
grow as well in hard times as flush,
and what matters it at last if a good
crop and ready sales are assured?
•Suppose our rulers lieeome proud of
.heir little brief authority, ami show
a disposition to favor r.ngs, cliques
and monopolies, the farmers and their
friends are numerous enough to turn
them out at the next electionund put
itlicrs in their places If the kii-m rs
don’t have fair play, it is their own
fault, for those that arc for them are
more th -u those that be against thein.
Let them be true to themselves, and
stand ng shoulder to shoulder,
presei ting a solid and unwaver
ing front, there is no power
m the rilate that could oreak
■ • eir lines or encroach upo ".heir
Ti:ht>t. Then .let os I tear no more of
tie- wrongs and oppressions p:;-.. tieed
upon the fanner. He has the author
ity to demand Ids rights :v:’. i the
power to maintain them, and if o
fails to do it, let him accept toe - i * i. a-
tiou and take the consequences.—
Johnston Monitot.
After a lengthy discussion the Vir
ginia Senate lias passed, by a vMe of
22 to 8, a local oof ion Irill, which re
quires tliat the election, to determine
whether liquor traffic shall oecontin
ued in any city, must he participated
in by a number equal to a majority of
ibe votes cast at the last preceding
election. The bill exempts distilleries,
which are allowed to manufacture for
various purposes, but applies other
wise to the entire traffic. Tc become
a law the measure must now be con
curred iu by the House.
The exodus of negroes from North
and South Carolina promises to he
unusually heavy this month. It is said
that they are offered from $12 to $18
per montji to work on the Western
farms. Doubtless many of them will
wish before the year ends th , *f they.
»v-
-G
bs-1 never h'*'»r.| of the gr a*
Many of them, however will nW atht-
edly Improve their condition by the
change.—Savannah News.
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