The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, March 30, 1886, Image 1

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- \ ■iSs/y THE AIKEN CHARLES E. R. DRAYTON, Manaser. AIKEN S. €., TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1886, VOLUME 5.—NUMBER 84. REMOVAL TO ' Professional Advertisements. AN ACTOK'S STOKI. D. S. Hexdebsox. E. P. Hexdeksos. Heii(loi*son Brothers, Att<^xkys at Law, Aikkx, S. C.! Will practice in the State ami United States fourts for South Caro lina. Prqmpt attention ^iyen to col lections. Related by JOHN COLEMAN. MALiSi 6uG.Co* Cxs\t*JZ 6.C- 207 King inn. Opppsite 3Iasnic Temple, CHAItLESTON, So. Ca. :0 IVfcElree’s Jewelry Palace, 4\tll rp: rp:movp:d to its new location on king street, (OPPOSITE MASONIC TEMPLE) ON THE 18TH INSTANT. The Ruilding has been Specially altered and repaired by Mr. McElree. T!ie peiliii}; raised and frescoed in oil—a new plate glass front of antique design, surmounted by double rows of small squares of colored glass which has a pleasing and stricking eileet—no other store front like it in the United States. The interior is liuea P'AlltV PALACE and worth a journey to see, and Mr. McJOlree is now at the North selecting an entire New Stock. The Ware for sale will be in keeping with their surroundings, ahead of anything ever Of ferer! in thissection «f country. Luring the next TEN DAYS (to 18th instant,) he offers the entire stock in his store under the Waveriv House at YOUR OWN PRICE, MAKE YOUR SJ2LECTIONS AND NAME YOUR PRICE is all that is necessary to effect a sale. Remember this thing last for these TEN DAYS only, after that we make the prices. John Gary Evans, Attorney-at-Law. Will practice in the Counties of Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. John A. Mette, % Attorn ey and Counseeix»r at Law, Practices iti all Courts of South Carolina, Aiken, S C. James Ai.diuch. Walter Ashley. Aldrich & Ashley, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. Practice in the State and United 'states Courts for South Carolina. CHAPTER I1L THE ELOPEMEVT. From ft.at night forth pTora was nerer ,>eruiitteJ to leave her fatbqr’s ho.ise on any; pretext whatever, but “ Stony limits cannot hold love out. If they w<,re only at tue o.Uer side, the holy words once said, all the fathers and lovers in the world could not unsay them. Anyhow, there was no help for it, so they rested all that day at the village Inn It was a day of doubts and fears—a day of i (JeliciQushoperi and desperate anxieties. With 1 all poor Curly’s follies he had the heart of a pian and the instincts of a gentleman. Al though he had told the innkeeper that Flora and he were man and wife, yet, lest the breath of slander shogld hereafter taint her And what love can do, that dares lov, i name, he slept that nigt)t at the ferry house, attempt.” ' ' ----- - - Despite locks, bolts and bars i rari d it w ■_/ 2.>1 KING STREET, mm 1000 s deweiry pasacc, CHARI.ESTON, S. C. ball' ISSED 00TT0N SEED. Eu ihels For Sals ! I would respectfully inform ihe farmers of Aiken and the adjoining Counties, that 1 :i,;v. mi hand 14>00 Rl'SI LEI.S OE PiOT E RKIN CROSSEIj CWL’ON SEED for Sab at the following reasonable prices for Cash or Ex change, Viz.: SO cents per bushels (of ID pounds) delivered at Aikcm depot —7-'» cent< per ii.i-liel deliver ci at my barn—or I will Exchange 1 bushel o! PETERKIN SEED for Three bushels of any other Cotton Seed delivered a’ my barn 2L; miles from Aiken. This Seed is very prolific and was planted by me in 1884, on a portion of my .crop with such gratifying results, that in isso I planted my entire crop with this Seed. I have realized this year from 03 acres (notwithstanding the ravagesof the Csiterpiller and excessive rains, followed by drouth) 400 Pounds of Lint Cot ton.from Eacli Acre. Cotton froiu VETERKIN CROSSED SEED, gins easier than any other .Cotton and makes a net return froip 100 pounds of seed Cotton of-10 pounds oi good Hut cotton. My entire crop averaged this figure. EBKERENt;ks.—MtUedge T. Holley, Jr.. & Jiro., who ginned my entire crop. Also, Messrs. Lewis Bradwell and John N. Wigfall who plant *d this year some of the same Seed. Address . PAN I EL CI?OSLAN]A A W. ({uitman Davis, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Specia attention given to •ol lections. 0. C. Jordan, or rather he tried to sleep, for he could scarcely close his eyes for inqiat fence and anxiety. As for Flora, she slept, and 4rean)ed she was in Elysium. Moan white, the irate father and the angry lover encountered midway on the journey tn Inverness Mr. Ballautyne, factor to the Duke of Athol, who was driving posthaste to Aberdeen. He had come by the direct route on tiie highway, and had changed horses where the mail stopped two hours before. The fugitives were not among the passengers, of that he was quite certain, and it would have been impossible for them to have reached Invernerss by any other conveyance without bis encountering them pn the road. More than that, he had been at tho theatre the night previous, apology was made for Curly, who announced, strangely enough, for ngent in “The Way to Gel was alleged by Johnston that lp'*Mr. Campbell bad disappeared at a mo- ' ment’s notice, and gone no man knew whither.” With curses both loud and deep MacAllis- ter and Deeiupstcr retraced their steps, and returned to Aberdeen in company with Bal- lantyue; then, changing horses, they turned their faces toward the souia. TO FK COXTIXCni). Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Claude E. Sawyer, Attorney at Law, Aiken, R. C. 3*. B. 3Voodward, Attorney at Law, Aiken, R. C. Vvill practice in all the Courts of ’his Rtate. Edvi. J. Dickerson, Attorney-at-Law, Aiken, R. C. Will practice iu all the Courts of ■his Stale Dr. Z. A. Smith, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, VAUCLUSE, - - - 8. C. ^"Olfiee near Depot. the lovi daily communicated with each other, and was fully arranged that thpy were to elope together the very day Flora came of age. A week before that time the theatrical season terminated at Aberdeoc. and thee panv took their departure for Inverness. Deempstor, who hud kept a vigilant ey on “tha play actor fellow,” as he calli Curly, finding that he had really loft t town, relaxed his watch, and MacAllistei himself breathed more freely. He was di votedly attached to his daughter, and trii by every means in his power to make her. forget the stormy interview on the night of. the ball. The effort was in vain, for ho” could not unsay what he had said, while she was implacable, and remained disdainfully; silent. As for Deenipster, she did not eve; notice tha man’s existence. Three months passe 1 away, anl Flora al tainod her 21st birthday. The time for thi elopement had arrived. It was a night o: storm and tempest. Willie accompanied Curly from Inverness to see him start on his perilous journey. When all tho house was at rest Flora, attended by the faithful Jeanuie, went forth into her lover’s arms. Then, her courage sqlxlued by her loye, she melted into tears. “Oh, my level My prince!” she said. “fold me to your heart. Let me feel yo u strong arm around me, that I may know I am yours.’’ “Mine, and mina only, and always.” the young man repliel. At this moment Willie emerge 1 from the other s.de of the coach, to which he had dis creetly withdrawn wi.h tho postillions when h 1 saw F-iora coming. “Dearest,” said Curly, “lot me introduce my l est friend to you.” “Mr. Jamii'son,” said Flora, extendin': her hand, “mv husband’s friends are mine.’’ “Madam,” said Jamieson, "should you ever need a friend you n ay rely on me.” “I shall remember,” she’replied. Then she embrac ’d Jeanuie, and stopped into tho coach. Tho girl turned away towards tho li:.uso, silently weeping. The y< ung men clasped hands, and bade each other good-bye; the postilliqng set spurs to their horses, and drove away. Who i the carriage was lost in the dark-j exaggerated mouth may be modified, ness Wilke walked rapidly toward tho coaqb' an expansive mouth concealed, the olfiee to catch the Inverness mail, so as to noS e must be left to itself, naked to the return to his duties ou tho morrow. “They “ ... . ’ - , uro a bonnio couple,'’ ho said, “and I think- *T® of criticism and the teeth of the she has ballast enough to koop him straight, porth wind. The fashionable rage for They ought to be happv—an 1 yet—‘I’ve an novelty has much to answer tot with iil-.iiviuiug heart.’ 1 shall miss him more.- , . .. -n._. . v,,, man than I thought I should; be has frank ar J., ****4 the dl^retion of the humap pleasant wavs—and then he’s so like my lit-* form divine.” It has alternately bleached tie brother Snndio, that’s dead—the same and blackened the hair, and given to aug’a, the same curly hair, tho samo brij btfj deadly poisons a permanent place on the toilet table. It hoe squeezed the A PROMINENT NOSE. The pages of history are full of deeds pf brave men and triumphs of faur women whose noses were unduly pro* minent If fashion is at odds with saoh s feature, then the wise woman who is I thns afflicted will compel fashion to i yield to it, and will wisely avoid the j straight-haired, straight-collared order ■ of attire which renders her nose too ; conspicuous. She is bound in justice | to herself to do this, for she is dealing >.yrj with almost the only feature which no lie J efforts of hers cap change. Experiments irith spring clothespins end compressors result only in confusion. While an El lilt E, FROM COTTON STALKS. A Fibre Stmneer than Flax la Itoing Produced from Common Cotton 4 f ilka. Mr. R. A. Lqvojoy, 11 Cpdar street, Charlestown, >Iu^). t liasj been making some interesting alia valuable experi- mepts in pro Iqciug fibre front cotton stalks. In a letter to a friend in Spartanburg be says: “I commenced a few jiay^ ago to experi ment and to-tljiV seiitj yqu epop'sed the first specinien I l;;;v6 obtained. It is a small lot, for I tbiik only a few stalks to begin with, but enough per haps to give jou some idea of the fibre. It (the fibre) can lie easily bleat died tq a snow white if desired. I send also a small piece as first taken from, the stalk showing the color and the gum? my or resinous matter which it "con tains. This I take out after a few hours treatment, and it is this which has been very difficult to accomplish by any ordinary means, and is the rea son why cotton fibre has not been profitably extracted from the stalk be fore. It seems to me that, if properly prepared this is a very valuable fibre for many uses. It issajr} fft tje strong er than flax and is of as fine or finer fibre. Of course it does not answer the same purposes as hall cotton or as the ordinary cheap fibres like jute, sisal, «&C. The unevenness in length is ow ing to cutting off of the small branch es. To test the strength take threc.oi glo fib between Tiie Armstrong case. T'lte Work the Negro Bill Arp in the Atlanta Conet i tuff an. The negro loves to plo' *" ni ratls. Jfe Is perfectly Sarannaf. News. The Rev. Chauncy C. Williams, of Apgusta, who attcmptpd last Sunday to harmonize the differences of opin': ion existing fpiiong t){e members of !3f. Phillip’^ churcl) at Atlanta rela live tq the justice of Bishop Beck with’s action in the Armstrong ease, [cheerful bray, it is astonishing bdw did not meet witfy inucb success. In- much sense an old farm, nthle hus deed, as far as we are ii}formed, he met with no success whatever. His purpose was good, however, doubtless he strengthened those who are on the side of justice and the Bishop. In his letter to a citizen of Atlaqta, Vlpph we pulished on Sui> day niorqiqg, he presents ad mi fa pie reasons why the Bi$)iqp should gps- tained, and no doubt his serrqou at Atlanta on Sunday morning, w gave offense to some members Phillip’s congregation, satisfied fair-minded men that the Bishop’q w and split . *ppy when following a mule on a hot summer day, and happier still when the horn blows for dinner and he can rido home sideways. The piule is happy' ” i too, nod answers the horn wiui a hdw > ffdt. aii** four of the single fibres and twist them a little You will find them the very fingers. strong.” blue eyjs lauorii, or I don’t know whether it was i h tho hair, or tho 03’es that first ' Or. W B Courtney, Dentist. -OFEICE- "^ichlarir 1 A ^—Mil • iiiixuir, Sb. ^ - Next door to Henry Busch Go. Nov. 24,1885. Aiken, S. C. CARPETS AND HOIWRMK 88* 8885. ^J w W' OO cl 3 b "1 iCutw. Oa EOOW Window Shades ami Lace Curtains, Wilton, Velvet, Brussels, 3-ply In grain Carpets, Hearth Rugs, Door Mats, Art Carpet, Window Shades of every /dze and Color, embracing all the New .Styles, Cocoa, Cuton and Napier Mat tings, Floor Oil Cloths and Linolanms. Lace 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 Patterns. Fringes in all Colors. Hair Cloths, Cane and Gimp and Bottoms. Wall Papers, Borders am' Decorations. Just Opened For Aii Trades: Oil Paintings, Engravingand < iaonms. Brooms, Diuders, Baskets, D001 Juts, Walnut and Rubber Weather Strips for Doors and Wiiftlow, to keel nut cold, and all sold at Lowest Prices. JAMES G. BAILIE & SOBS, Chronicle Building, 714 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Bonduraot, JopSing 4 Co, -Man; faeturers uf- 2 Bf > FJ E? f3 9 ^ tel Proprietors of the Old and Popular :LATGLE AND Al GURTA BRICK Y ARDS, cstablis* 1 in 1820! Esti- ited production since then 250,0 ( i0,000 Brick! (Jualiiy and color unsur- -i ;ed North or R; utli. Large stock always ou hand. For information, i U*t:SS DONDURANT, JOITJNG & CO., Augusta, Ga. {1 IN S AT ? A L A S JL it J A J’O • -*rr- ^ ^ i ? > 1 ? > 0 i k 11 11A YE set-ur- ■ 1 i i II ^ B t i’t ‘il • CASTINGS 0 Sp,H iai a!! - ' ’ Patterns rad propo.- 1' to !: imii-h KI BS for all mak !t ! : ■ :c* p •JCC;*. i all kinds in iran an i ii ; t v v -n t■ > it j>airs. Bra-s l i :it s!»ort . siaction g 'tice. Liai antecd! J -aIjCpan JisTaaL aasy^saig^wgiiK jS Nos. 015, 017 ami 01!*, Koi.i.ock 11T., — — Al GI RI’A, GA. WM PENDLETON, Rup’t. CHAR. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor ALFRED BAKER, Presidcn:. THE AUGUSTA SAVINGS BAfik,' OF AUGUR TaT G EORGI A. Oa- 0 Assess Surplus $300,000.00 50,000.00 Interest on Deposits ol Five to Two Thousand Dollars. Rums of One Dolllar and Upward Received. Directors—J a m es A. Loflin, E. O’Donnell, Eugene J. O’Cernner, Alfred Ikaker, E. R. Schneider, W. B. Young, William Rchweigert, Edgerll. Derry Jules Rival, Joseph R. Beam, J. Henry Bredeiiburg. 0OWN TOWN GREEN MARKET! CAN SUPPLY FA3NLIES WITH FIRST-CLASS VEGETABLES. THAT IS: NOLTHERN CABBAGES. TURNIPS, BEETS, CARROTS, ONIONS. POTATOES, APPLES, BANANAS. ORANGES, LEMONS, COCOANUTS, NUTS, RAISINS, CITRON, CURRANTS, Ac. * ALSO SELECTED GROCE It IE S IX GREAT VARIETY! Goods Delivered at the House. Cal! at the VIENNA BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY ! W. T. HOFFKiA^L PARK AVENUE, -------- AIKEN, S. C. iir. B. H. Teague, Dentist. -OFFICE ON- Riohland Avnue, Aiken, S. 0. Dr. J. H. Burnett, Dentist. -OFFICE AT- Traniteville, Aiken County, . C. Dr. J. B. Smith, Dentist. -OFFICE AT- vVilliston, Barnwell County, S. C. Will attend calls to the country. Edwin R. Cunniiiglmm, 541 Broad St.. - - Auousta, Ga. I'ommissioner of Deeds for South Carolina, New York, Florida, Texas. Louisiana, Rhode Island, District ol Columbia, and Notary Public “with seal.” Drawing of and Probating Papers “a specialty.” Ild Pictures Copied and Enlarged. W. A. RECKLING COLUMBIA, S. C. OK'TUHBS sent can be enlarged to )L any size, and will be returned for nspection. If unsatisfaetojy no barge. Correspondence solicited. Geo. W. Williams. HOUSE, SIGX A Xf) FRESCO PAINTEK! Graining and Marbling a specialty. )hl Furniture polished and made a^ good as new. UyUOUiee Up-stairs over Beckman’s Bank. Orders solicited. J 0 Ai Wright BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, )ne Door from Laurens Street on Park Avenue. The best of material used, and any ! vie of boot or shoe made to order. D. F. McEwen, Diamonds! Watches! Jewelry!! XE\VG0()DS! LOW r ESTPRICES. — : o: drjw nvi to biin. Ah! bora wvs are.* 1 saying he entered the arch wav of tho White' Horse, whore the mail was waiting. That very hour Deempstor dreamed that tho woman ho lovod had fled her father’s home with tho “play jtcVer fellow.” Mu ’ 1 1 1 ' 11 p. Without an instant’s delay to bis clothes, and, regard!©*? and the darkness, he rushed down the High street. From tho opposite direction came the tramp of horses’ feet, at a gallop, the rattle of wheels and the loud So t leek twisted the ankles Jfn4 prescribed it that is half waddle and all wobble, long os no question is mods of icing the board of the Flathead* it may — Ct will be permitted to remain untouched. Whatever its shape, it is sure to be suited to the other features. Unvexed nature never makes a mistake tantara of tho guard’s hern. It was the |*n such matters, nor!hern mail oa its way to Inverness. The sounds got nearer and nearer, till at length they were close upon him As ho stepped aside, an 1 clung to tho wall to let tho ccach t ass, a vivid sheet of lightning for a mo- :nant illumined tho horizon ns brightly as if it had been noontide. Looking up he saw Jamieson on the box: tha next moment the coach had vanished. The sight of tho young tragedian confirmed his suspicions, and he rowled: “Curse Ihe long-leggal brute. What can have brought him hero at this unearthly hour? What bijt tp help tho other scoundrel to rob me of tho light of •uy life? Yes, yes, it must bo so. Perhaps -AGENT FOK— StandaiJ American Watches, .Every watch warranted to give per fect satisfaction to purchaser.) JIabie, Todd & Co.’s Gold JPZEZCnTSI D. Julius King's Combination Spectacles! The host—an immense assortment in store; I am enabled to suit parties by mail, when inconvenient to visit the store.) The largest and best stock of Jew elry ever brought to Aiken. Goods all marked in plain figures and only one price asked. Personal attention given to watch- work. Fine and difficult work solic ited at prices of National Jewelers’ Association. Boyce’s Barbershop.. T WIL be happy to receive my old costomers at my old stand, on Curve Street ’ , tSn’Ahaving, Hair Cutting anc shampooing e: eculed in first-class Mile. J.R. BOYCE. it may not bo too !ato; perhaps—” And s >, with hell raging in his heart, bo ran fast u bis feet could carry him to the Oairloch Head. In her agitation Jeannio hal forgotten to bolt tho door. Ho dashed it opon, and, rushing hi adioug into MacAllis or’s room, startled him out of his drunken slumber by giving v ntto his suspicions. At first tiie old man was half dazol. but as soon as he could comprehend the state of affairs ho jumped up as if he hal been shot. A minute later anl they were in Flora’s chamber. It was loo late! Wuen he founl tho bird had flown MacAl- listt-r turned grim as death. “Go down, Dau’l, go down,” said he, “and bring mo my dog whip.” Deempstor strode down stairs, and returnoi imme liatc’.y with tho whip. A moment after they had burst open Jeanuie 1 s room. Poor Jeaunio! Sho bad overheard all, but she pretended to sloop. “That’ll do,” roared MacAllister. “Come out o’ that; none of your humbug with mo.” And he sent tiie whip flying around her sars. “Where ii she! tell me! Blast you! toll me, you young Jezebel, or I’d cut tho liver out of you!"’ The girl spra ig from her bed and con- frouted him, with her teeth set and her eyes aglaro. Th -u, folding her arms, she said, “Cut awa’, but de’il a word you’ll get out o’ Joannie. ” “Curso you, thou; take that—and that I” roared tho infuriated father, as he sent tho whip writhing into her tender flesh. Fortu- nataly the girl hal thrown herself upon the hoi in her c.othe-, a circumstancj to which she probably owed her life. Mai with rage, MacAllister plied the whip until shodroppoJ down senseless. Then Deompstor inter vened. “It’s no use w hipping a doa l dog,” said ie. “D u her! there let her lie! They’re 'One north by the mail; wo haven’t a mo ment to lose. I’ll gang and see the horses ready while you get dressed.” Half an hour later a coach and four horses, with two postillions, were at tue door. Both meu examined the priming of .heir patois, both tilled their flasks with pirits, then off they went through tho uigat mid the darkness. When the "chase commenced th$ lovers had barely two hours’ start; their destination was St. Andrews. Immediately ou their anival they were to be married by a young clergyman, a friend and fellow student ol Curly’s. As they spied through the night, what were rain, storm or tempest to them! Their arms clasped round each other, their kisses on each other’s lips—they were in Heaven! The horses were stiong and well trained, the pxjstillions were w iry and inde fatigable—on, on they went, littie dreaming that they were already being hotly pursued. At last dawn struggled over the Grampians. It was a dull, gray morning, the ' fain still came drizzling down, and the sun strove in vain to emerge from tho mist. What mat tered that? The love iu their hearts made sunshine enough to illumine the universe. At this moment they puffed up. Curly A MAGIC SYRUP. Twq “dolors” have been practising in Sydney, New South Wales, with a success that could not be wondered at were their professed cures but well authenticated. They assert that a few doses of their magic syrup, administered by a woman to her second husband, cured him of morose, disobliging man ners, a stingy disposition, and an incli nation toward strong drinks. A grudg ing father, to whom a few drops were idministercd snrruptitiously in his tea, Scontinently changed his mind about *18 daughter’s trousseau, and not only Provided her with a handsome one, laving previously refused any, but hded thereto a pleasant little dowry. r . married man, who had been the lictim to jealousy for a period of thirty- ■wo years, was completely cured of this 'isagreeable malady at the age of sixty. J’he magic syrup, it will beseen, direct- y attacks the disposition, and treats ufirmitics of temper as ailments. The irofessors of this new science have met yith considerable success in Sydney, !nd the particulars of the different hses, as giVen on their handbills, are a ’ource of much amusement to the llucated part of the community. I TOMACCO ANO ITS VIRTUES. Official Corruption Iu New York. On Thursday the 18th lust., Alder man Henry, \V. Jaebne. a member of t ie City Council of New York, was arrested in that City and taken to po lice headquarters on a warrant charg ing him with bribery in connection with the Broadway Surface Road franchise. Jake Sharp bribed Juehne to give him a franchise fora horse-ear railroad which at least a dozen other corporations were engei: £o get. He received twenty thousand'jlqBurs for it. Tiie publicity of the transaction .ias created a great commotion iu that eitv, several of Jaeh tie’s brother alder men have quit the City. Tlje resi dent correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier,writes as follows to his paper under date of the 19tli inst.: Tiie present government of New York city is that of a grogshop; our twelve thousand saloons do tho voting and elect their candidates. This man Jaehne, who was arrested yesterday for receiving twenty thousand dollars for his vote allowing a horse-car road on Broadway, of course owns a grog shop; his companions own grogshops, the men who go bail for him own grogshops, and the whole atmosphere which surrounds the man is one of grogshops. Hud it not been for the act that several corporations arc anx ious to get hold of Broadway,weshould probably never have had this inves- ‘ ‘ ‘ . ^ m ^ money about justice following the wroug-doers with uplifted sword of bosh. It Is noi «iJ,’Vi"i1$Tr« < Sontimic to be the order of things in this prosper ous town until our better class of citi zens deem it worth their while to take some interest in local politics It is a most significant comment upon New York’s politics that a rainy day is sure to result in tiie success of the worst candidates; the better class of people do not care enough about the matter to venture out into the wet, even for five minutes. I know of no rnore disheartening sight than a meet ing of our board of aldermen. It is a picture to be seen nowhere else in the world, and photographs of the group md of the retainers who crowd the aldermauic chamber at every session of the board oijgjjt to be quite suffi cient to warrant our legislative body in abolishing the institution altogeth er. I have some times visited the board of aldermen iu order to show strangers this wonderful sight of twenty-four men, mostly of the bar room type, making rules for New York’s citizens. Any one looking at the lot and not knowing their charac ter would decide them to be keepers of gin-mills or ex-prize fighters, espe cially when the character of their retainers is considered. A more un pleasant and forbidding lot of men it would be bard to find than our al dermen when in session and backed by their “heelers.” A convention of laboring men in rot)gb pjothes is a convention of fine gentlemen by com parison. The telegraph gives the de tails of this wretched seai.daf’Bo com pletely that it is not worth while say ing more than-that the very worst is to be apprehended, and that lio charge against our aldermen will as tonish those who have railed so long in vain against the way in which New Yorkers conduct their own affairs— that is to say, about every thinking man among us. sentence in Dr. Anustr'ing’s case was just nqd merctfuK It is not easy to see how the Bishop could have imposed a lighter sentence and at the same liii}e shown a prnpvr raspect to the gentlemen who found Dr. Armstrong guilty of ofienses which deserve punishment. Those who are displeased with the sentence,. however, do not seem to question the correct ness of the verdict. It is not improbable, as suggested by the Rev. Mr. Wjlliams, that much of the testi mony, upon which the verdict of guilty was based, has not been made public, Iprjgy tje qf lj diameter to silence even the most hostile of the Bishop’s critics. But if there Is noth ing more m the testimony reflecting upon Dr. Armstrong’s qoiiduct as a minister of the gospel than 'tli^t \yhjd* is already in the possesion of tho pub lic the sentence Imposed by the Bis hop can hardly be regarded as unjust or even harsh, Doubtless the Bishop would have been glad to have avoid ed suspending Dr. Armstrong if he q uild have done so consistently with his ideas of duty. The members of St. Phillips church who ipg lioljqlding Dr. Armstrong aqd'condemnliig the Bishop believe, if they are^conscientious in the course they are pursujj}^, that the Bishop in passing scntetiqe in the Armstrong case was eitlier Influenced by improp er motives oy committed an error of judgment. Tliey have not shown, and in fact pave not attempted to show, that Ije whs influenced by im proper motives, and if they are gen uine Chrjstlans they must find it dif ficult to" harmonize their conduct with their. ’Christian professions, if they have no other complaint against the Bishop than that lie lias committed an errorjudgment. It is a remarkable fact that when ever to sacre Jhl . , there 4r e always to be found tng Christian^ who are anxious to did I knew our that when it is inapt ner time kept qqe par .turned back tf wards the house when lie was plough and ; ing the other wayi and kept both ftnr- w ird when he was coining back. One day I blowed the horn abopt eleven o’clock to see what Beck would do. She whs at the end of {Jio row.Htid it took toe darky ten to m-ike her turn round and go to ploughing again. Bqt it is fun to the darkies when a summer coipes up. They wittplnugh An uu shbwtsp cutiiefu aiuj then mount anti Iqpq h<>me atul get wet all over, -And by that time the rain is over, «jid they have to go buck again. Tiie djir- ky takes more cape of pis head than his feet, Ife (jffnq ft* 9 head fo get wet’or coni. Hc slecjis with Ms head to the fire and covers it upgogi, and lets his feet stick out any Way* will warm his hands before ho will his toes. There is one thiffg that » darky can dt* better than 9 white man He can beat us making fires on a.cold wintry morning. Sometimes whep the wood was wet and the kindling I worked over a fire a good while it/ ia c* » vissues leeevjiv, v v sr a minister of the gospel is shown be guilty of conduct nuworthy Ids ;red calling, and eaUnlisted to bring the Christian religion into uit*r poor and almost despaired of making K burn, bnt a darky never fails. The tiro seems to recognize him, and I have thought that may be It debtor some colon d caloric from his carcase. iJi' simpers ami Reporters. , ^avet inah Hetee. . >»* JJ*\y*P a P < * r9 ?pid newspaper report tors now-a-days get a good many hard hits. There are individual* of m«ru or less prominence who prelend to think that newspaper re*v>rters are wholly unreliable, and that they mod die with matters with Which the puB lie has no concern whatever. It is noticeable, however, that in about every instance in which.occa sion is taken tq condetqn newspaper and ue^’-span^r ' reporters somehors 1 detec / iias been tected in wnmg-c peks ago, wi . a pa ft of his pongregation gave him such' strong support as Ut threaten the mity'piTd.s church, altfiqugh the evi dence against him was sufijeieut to satisfy almost any fuir-miud^U person of his guilt. The Rev. Dr. Bristor, of Boring Valley, N. Y., has about ruined the Methodist church in that town. He had to leave Newark, N.J., on ac count of grave charges against him. If the conference of that State had lone its duty the church **t Bprfng Valley npght have been saved. That town is no\y pretty well divided be tween tiie Bristoritesand anti-Bristor- ites, and it will |j ( c years before the damage to t lie cause o» religion, due to Dr. Bristor’s alleged inmiorality, will be repaired. In passing sentence upon Dr- Arm strong Bishop Beckwith had some thing more important to consider thai. the feelings and reputation of Dr Armstrong and the wishes of his ad- herauts. His duty was to protect his church ami the cause of Christianity. Nothing is more necessary for the pro motion and advancement of the Christian religion than that its teach ers should be men of pure lives and undoubted piety* ‘ ' __ doH and pis misdeeds have found*>£4 way into print. If a public man has been det trying to use his official pnsij sill his p'ickets, if a merch been caught trying .to swii creditors, if a preacher hi the subject of a scandal, or has robed his client -it i8i tain that something wilj rogatory to newspaper to newspapers. 1 . The wonder Is n6t tf that so Utttoi .ring whioh hypubll disrepute ami iinmorulitte * ’tirofess- cationAf w’“‘ * " ‘afliiirfis. restraint upon a large percenTftge people, and prevents them from being worse thau 'they are. There mar be newspaper ‘reporters who haven't rquch conscience, but the great ma jority of theVn §tand upon a much higher moraj i}lauq than their critics. Eft jin spite of all that has been said jainst it by fervid anti-tobacconists, ' re tobacco is an excellent remedial nt -ut it must be absolutely pure, poi. nous decoctions must eat into substance or change its nature, in a proper way, to relieve ueural- U; pains, or applied in various alFec- Jus under the advice of a skilled lysician, it is a valuable medicine, ire, however, is to be taken that the itient is not nicotized. Tobacco also its, when pure, as among the best of datives; and the Indian weed, in •ite of the diatribes against it, forms a iluablo addition to the pharmacopoeia. has the authority of great names. Hlton solaced himself, on going to bed, ^\h a pipe and a glass of water. Sir M lnc Newton smoked. Burton, in his ^Anatomy of Melancholy, ’’ pronounces p weed “a sovereign remedy to all Senses—a virtuous herb, if it lie well “hiified, opportunely taken and medi- A. lly used.’ CONFEDERATE GI.VNT’8 SWORD. Imong the relics of tho late war (wed away in the United States Ord- ^Ico Museum is a sabre full five feet nr g, which was found iu the battle- lo a of Manassas. This formidable ^%ing weapon was evidently made in *°Se village blacksmith’s shop, from ^igbujd cag.rly. 11» f.bfcd pJongb.l.are, „t th. outbr«* ^tho of when be discovers! they bad arrived, pot at Dunde >, where he intended to cross the Firth of Tay by Broughty ferry, byt at a miserable fishing village miles and miles higher up in the direction of Perth! The truth was, after changing horses at Forfar tho poor postillions, soaked through and through, half blinded by the rain and sleet, and wholly fogged by too frequent potations of “mountain dew,” had taken a wrong turning and loet their way in the dark. To reach Dundee was now impoesible. for the seven feet high, and broad in proper* horses were thoroughly blown, and the poo- tion. He had that big sabre made by a tilliom refused to bud*e another foot To C ro**-mad8 horseshoor, and promised to make matters still pleasanter, the storm, , .. . .. JT . .. which had lulled for a moment, now bom hew hl9 thron * h tbe lnnkee llDPf into a hurricane, the sea leaped mountains^ with it and enter Washington; but, high, and at this point the firth was aber poor fellow, lie was shot at Manassas lately impassable They most wait the r A M or~ he could carry out bis rash ' “ * ourtKien. ” war, and its handle appears to e been carved with a jackknife from k^iw’s horn. A Virginian who visited a ( museum recognized the sabre as that had been used by a giant Vir- a cavalryman in “Jeb” Stuart’s rannd. “The cavalryman in qnes- n," said the Virginian, “was nearly Manners of Southern Childrcm. A correspondent of the Salem, Mass., Gazette, writing from Norfolk, Va., says rather pointedly : “James Russolf Lowell, in a recent review, says that about a century ago more tilfte was given to manners than now is. These may not be his exact v )ids, so we omit the quotation marks. And this prompts us to speak of tiie man ners of the Southern children. Not an instance, during a sojourn of several months in several States, has come within our observation of what, iu common parlance, is called ‘sass,’ on the part of the young, either white or black, and we have seen them in most favorable conditions for making u display of that kind had they been so inclined. This cannot be owing to climatic infiuencos, for the boys and girls up North in New Brunswick and the islands of the St. Lawrence Gulf are equally polite and respectful. Neither is it the result ol any superior advantages of education, that is, a school educating or oppor tunity. To whatever it may be due, even to old fashion, it is far more pleasing than tlje rowdyism, hond- iumisni, and contemptible deport ment of some tiie youth of more high ly fa vorej’sections.’’ Cljtqip Advertising. Athene Banner. Wfitchmai}. Certain papers soliciting business in Athens, are taking column ^dyer- tisements at $25 to $50 pel* ecluniua year, and we Know one ]ea^ing(?) journal that lately contracted for a column at $35. This is a regular cut throat business, for no country paper can be sustained that sells its space for less than $100 a column. An edi tor who accepts such rates must be pretty low down in finances. Such parties had better quit journalism, and go to editing a plowstock and a Georgia mule. They will certainly starve tq death trying tq run a paper. sal ion of thostorm. Alas! that waiting 1 The oldest Episcopal Church in the country—that in Williamsburg, Va.— which contains the font in which Poca hontas was baptized ami which has had among its conimunicantH George and Martha W ■shin^tou, is said to he sadly out of rtqa:r. The Cost of Drinks. Springfield Union. Temperance advocates tell us that if everybody would stop drinking beer and whiskey, business would immedi ately revive That sounds like an over drawn statement,but it has often ueen shown that those wlio drink pay more hioMcy into the coffers of the saloon.*- than tiie whole country pays iu taxes. If it were not so evident that the up petite clouds the reason it would ap pear amazing that meu, who will hag gle over a few cents in the price of pair of boots which are sold at a vcr> small prolit, or will buy aduituratci: coffee because it is a little cheapei than the genuine, will pay immense profits on tiie beer or .vhiskey they drink without a thought of the way in which they arq imposed upon. The following statistics are quoted to illus trate this drain upon the drinker. A glass of beer cos § .ive gents. " Then are *>40 glasses in a barrel, so that th- retailer receives $32 for' evqr^ bam-, bi beer he draws. The profit'’is soim thing like 400 per cent. At least, 15,- 000,000 barrels of beer were consumed 31 this country last year, for which Hie drinkers paid the aggregate ot $ IsO,000,000. Wniskey and oilier stroiiK Tirinks average seven cents a glass, u< $1.48 a gallon at retail. About 78,000 000 gallons were imbibed in this country last yeqr, tbedrinkqrs | ayiiq therqfor nearl.v COu.' Irnagin- the hullabaloo that would lie raised it the retailers of groceries and provis ions charged such tremendous profits on their goods. Now supposing th:* $800,000,000 spent yearly‘ for drink that do no good jf’.ejc.q saved or spent for articles of use and real comfort. That vast suny would' buy a good suit of clothes for evejry man in the land, give every woman a decent dress and bonnet*, and clothe and shoe every child. The economic use of $800,000,000, put where it >yoi*I:i d the most gbod‘in.».tead of where it dors the most qvlj, are inqalcwlahle, a>.d those who tell ns that business wont, at once revive if everybody stoppeo drinking hot a|>(>ear to be very fai out of the way after p!I. Sificidq in Jail. Spartanburg Herald. On Thursday morning Ike Mont- 4 gomery, a negro from near Weilford wgs convicted of resisting nti officer. Re was ctiarged before Trial Justice Celnnd with stealing a “dumpy yel low legged dog” ami the constable went with a posse to arrest him. He refused to be arrested and fired on the posse with a shot gun. Fortunately the men were 011 either side of the door and the load of buckshot p:issed harmlessly between them. Be fore he could reload he wa« captured. * His arrest seemed to have thrown him into despair. V\ hen Justic* O/land an nounced his committal he threw him self backward witli his head in the :4re and had to be dragged out by the bystanders. On Thursday evening, after the jury liad pronounced him guilty, he tore his shirt into strips and tried to hang himself in his cell, but the shouts of his fellow prisoners quickly brought a crowd to the jail and he was cut down before life was extinct. Tbe affair in the jail created a mighty c o m motion, on the streets; as the crowd rushed down Jail street it looked like another lynching. On Monday he made another at tempt ou his life. Tearing his blank ets into shreds he twisted them into a .*ope, tied it to the bars of his cell, made a scaffold of his bed clothes, carefully adjusted the noose around nis m*ck and kicked the clothing from beneath him. Tbe prisoners again shouteu, but nobody heard them and when tiie jailor went in he found the unfortunate man stone dead. He hod died by strangulation. “Three for a Quarter” Politi cians. The Spartanburg correspondent of the News and Courier, says: “Little is said about the Tillman movement. A delegation of farmers will attend the convention. There is a division, however, in sentiment amongst them, some agreeing with Tillman as to tiie new deul and clean sweep in tbe State-IL use ),:;d nil the departments. Others think that Lip scomb more nearly represents the true .utcreslot the farmers, and they do iot believe in Tillman and his move ment. It is amusing tc the “outs,” who expect to A >y out. watch the movements of the three i 1 a quarter w eild-bc pdi h* ans. Tl'-*v ere won derfully inuiexied oi tic b.rmers. They uelight to talk about c« rn t-nrt cotton and intensive farming. They are especially friendly towards the editors. They have so many impor tant things to nay for the public g*x>d tbat they often beg space in “your valuable paper” ji st tosay so and so. Th S-* who can read be.wveu the lines c.1.1 . ee the seb-adwrliueinent. Such <«ve to be borne with, antt, like other afflictions, may lie in mercy scut, ttiough very severe. m Arc We Sold. Edgefield Advertiser. Mr. Editor: Can yon tell us whit has become of the prospect of comple tion of our Railroad from here to At ken? Where is Schofield, what is hi doing toward it, and how many ni«rt times has he had his million in sight, but not exactly available? How loin are we thus to be trifled with? W« say, let us immediately go Info C *n- (what weshould long -incehavedoii* ' and get disentangled from this m profitable alliance. X. Y. 55. A C Outrageous Extravagance. * Tl.c following give* some idea of expenses «d tbe d'ee np- ■>>iiited to attend the ttpitM-iif of tbe :s;te Hon. H. B. Anthony. They were mlj* gone three days, and to give some instances ofeXj>enscH in that Mnef ihere was $70.00 rpent f>r tele grams, $80.00 for kid gloves, hotel bill v.SS.OO, amount paid for tweritj'-four silk sashes $144.00. These are only a * *w of tiie r. any sums cbnrg'-d np> fo me governr. **nt. L 1ft said that ‘ *voi.;*,f;,-s ,,f .h'* funeral <»* fiiicr v. i!‘ m< : s” f,.r aim-* •: U 'y thousaut. di-,.»rs, ank a.; ,n. pockets of the people.”