Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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In addi ction that btu» been livation of fruit, tho'..» lave been invested in id cultivation of thc- kusands of acres are fear in watermelons, ^smaller fruits are grown to while the land yields fl crops of vegetables with the isible expenditure of money t«. * At this season of the year >.Kla and old fields are full of and uncultivated plums and tpes, while the delicious huc- The returns from all the melon crops have been re try is running to waste because l a re none so poor as to do it rev- ;e. id itlve, and the business is con- intly growing in importance after year. In the orchards at listen-there are about43,003 trees; cville more than 30,000 trees; at tmorencl about 30,000 trees; and over 5,000 trees. Throughout (well and Aiken counties there is on nearly every farm, Sople have discovered in the ich they have realized from •ler and diversified, and too ected, iudustics a certain ;alth, | k»w Melons for Market. |®uryearago a feiy of the far- Barnwell County began to jrmelons “for market.” The »n of the crop was so easy and' large that the acreage ettgi; methods were loy»a, improved varic ies of seed and closer economies practiced now the growing of melons for >ment to ‘Nothem, and Western fes bits become an established in- try. In 1884 three thousand acres i planted in watermelons. Owing srtaiu unfavorable conditions of [a seasons and the markets the re- lurns on the crops were not so large \s had been expected, fesomewhat discouraged le acreage in 1886, was considerably luced, not more than 2,343 acres ivlng been planted, in Melons. The >fits on the crop last year were so Ige and the demand so well sustiaued 'season that there have rn five thousand acres pns this year. The condi ) is promising, although ftis Vu Juno, it is believed Ke of the growers, will decrease fie yield. The early rains in June caused many of the first melons to fall ofif the vines, and the heavy show era with the cold weather which pre vailed during a part‘of the mouth will probably damage the second crop of liielons or cause them to “shed,” The vines, however, appear to be strong and healthy, and with favora- weather until the middle of July the 5rop willdoubtless be the largest and tost remunerative ever grown. The ' acreage planted in melons as report ed Js'as follows; At Williston 1,100 acres, at White Pond 875 acres, at Elko 474 acres, at Blackvile 650, at Barnwell and along the lino of the Barnwell Rairoad 5,000 acres at Aikou .250 acres, Gra ham's 1S5' acres, at Lee’s 135 acres, at Reynold’s 182acres, at Windsor 150 acres, at Montuiorenci 350 acres, at Bamberg 125 acres, at Midway 30 acres, making a total of 5,000 acres. It is estimated that with favorable seasons each acre will yield at least melons and the total crop grown \ Barnwell and Aikenj^yjjties this thoshipment to outside mar- rill amount to 2.500,350 melons carloads of 1,250 melons A eaoh [\BK2TIXO THE MKI.ONS. i Barnwell melon is considered inny connoisseurs to bo the best Ion ever sold in this market—sur ging in flavor and edible qualities »n the famous “Rattlesnake.” The jlons are of the “KolbGem” varie- They have a thin but very [ugh rind, and easily stand shipment f distant markets. The “meat” of |l3 melon is generally red ami U flavor is delicious, it is said command a better ice than any other Melon and [‘steadily growing in popular favor” the politicians say. It is ex ited ttiptthe first shipments will he le this year during the present ek, although it is feared the heavy is of the past-three weeks may dc- [the bulk of the crop, rith its usual enterprise the South ilina Railway Company has made lost complete arrangements for prompt and early torwfcrJing of the to market. Side tracks have been , at ail important points along the sf the road and Within convenient L of the largest melon fields. A be lost between the gathering of the melons and their arrival at the various points to which they will be shipped ^ It ia expected that three steamships | will leave Charleston for New‘York every week during tfie shipping sea son. which will make close connec tion with the melon grains on the South Carolina Railway. The mel on cars will run to the railway wharf where the melons will be transferred to the steamers and stowed away be tween decks. Each carload of melons will be placed in seperate pens or bins on the steamers so as to insure their proper delivery in New York. The change of gadge oa the South ern railroads has opened an all-rail route without transfer to Washington Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and shippers will be given this j-ear the choice of route between shipment by sea to New York or by rail to any of Ihi jjJIiiii m nil i In North, East or WesV^Ihe steamers with fa- Tfcather should deliver their cargoes in New York in seventy-two hsurs from the time the melons arc shipped from Williston, the principal shipping point. Shipped to New York by the all rail route, the time eouatmed»n .he Imnsforof th^melon* will be about eighty-seven hours. For the West rif markets the mel ons will be for arded from the ship ping points every evening for Augusta, where the melon cars will be transferred to the Georgia Rail road. The train will reach Atlanta at half-past 7 o'clock the next morning after shipment, and will ar rive in Chattanooga at half past 7 o’clock in the evening, twenty-four hours after the time of shipment. At Chattanooga the melon carswiil be di vided among the connecting railroads for the West, and will be promptly forwarded to their destination. Special facilities will also be pro vided for the shipment of melons to Columbia, Camden and to all point* on the Charlotte, Columbia and Au gusta, and on the Columbia and Gi'cenville Railroads. As a further convenience for the melon-growers telegraph offices will i:o-opejjed at Elko and White Pond, by means dally reports as to the tion of the markets can be rece In a word, the shippingarrangemfents have been made so perfect that the cantankerous editor of the Indianapo lis Journal and the polished blade of the Hartford Couraut may eat lus cious, red-hearted watermelons grown on .South Carolina soil at the same time that the domestics of the White House at Washington arc indulging in the same delicious Southern lux ury. THE ri:OFJT*OX MEEOXS. As a!read}- stated, it is expected that at leaet 2,500,000 melons will be grown in Barnwell-and Aiken counties this year. These melons will, of course, vary greatly in sir.e and price, but with a reasonably active market it is estimated that the crop will be worth about $GO,C0Q. It costs about two cents apiece to raise melons for market. An intelligent and enterprising farmer at lackvijle told me the other day that if he could sell his melons at 5 cents apiece he would make a fortune. At 4 cents apiece, all round, the profit on the crop is largo, and at 3 cents apiece money caa be made. Last year he i made .‘SO an acre on his crop, of which amount $12 was clear profit. His ex penses for working the crop, and for fertilizers and all other items amount ed to $8 an acre. He says that there is more money in growing melons than in raising cotton. At Williston an old melon-grower, a pioneer in the business, said that he had received last year as much as $150 for 1 carload of melons and that his receipts on about forty car-loads of melons sent to market averaged about Coo a car load. His profits on melon-growing amounted to C *vn acre. He strong ly believes that tilerc is more money in melons than in cotton and the act ual cost of raising cotton amounts to 7 or 7,'.j cents a pound. Taking the lowest est imate given of the profits on melon-growing, and the farmers of Barnwell and Aiken will make $00,000 clear on the cron of the present year. The success of melon-growing is the strongest argument thatconld bo used in behalf of the policy of diversifying our agricultural industries. THE O XHAEDS AXD VINEYARDS. As already stated, the orchards in sufficient^- M| unlucky seaso ed during th< ceding year. RASgBE: This sectio adapted to tb I agent wiliho. entrusted with the of loading and forwarding the i the fruit crop fidi i that i be least posable tiiiiW^hidl cessjbu, sb that it fully one hundred thousand peach trees. These trees have been selected with great care, and comprise all of the best varieties of fruit adapted to UASTSuftami elimato of that section. The crop this year will be compara tive small and the quality of the fruit inferior. Last year, also, the crop was a pa r LiiA 1 failure, and some of the fruit-growers have become disgusted. On account of the very severe cold and wet weather which prevailed du ring the preceding winter, more than three-fourths of the peaches rotted on the trees. The remainder of the crop was faulty and the returns were not as remunerative a - the fruit-growers ex pected. This year the weather has not been favorable and (he fruit is decaying badly. The trees were well fruited, but more than half of the crop has been lost. The fruit shipped to this mar ket has been very Inferior, although the prices have been good. The crop of eariy peaches ha*; been exhausted and the second shipments are now being made. Th*<putlity of the fruit is a fraction better than that first sent to market, but thi^rbeeut rains have had a decidedly hurtful eflUbi on the >u the trees. |(1 ikeiy to be as en- t-groworstf desire, rchartis have ^il- jelvcs, they can jer year f«»r big i ver the case that jreo years in suc- oufidciitly pre dicted that the crop next year wj’! be large and enough, and will command ses to pay ich have/ eat and for the ivail- L pre- tbe TRAGEDY IX A CROW DED f CHURCH NEAR MIDWAY. untry is well successful cultivation of fruits of all kinds. Mr. B. C. S&t- terthwait’s “Bose’and Farm,” about two miles from Moutmorenci, in Ai ken County, is, perhaps, the finest property of the kind in this or any other Southern State. Mr. ^atterth- wait raises everything that he uses at home, and does a YfcfJ large and lu crative business in shipping bis fruits to market. This year he lias about 40 acres of laud planted in watermelons with a good prospect of making a fair crop. About thirteen years ago he began the experiment of cultivating raspber ries. Afto* much intelligent effort he has succeeded in producing one of the finest berries that has been sold in this market, the “Red Colossal, a huge red berry of the most delicious flavor. He has about three acres planted in raspher, ies and ids experi ments Jiavo exceeded his most san guine expectations. The raspberries are planted in rows four feet apart, ami the vines yield from three to four quarts each. The crop this year is larger than it ever has been, the vines just beginning to bear a full crop. Up to the 14ih of June Mr. Sattcrthwait bad shipped 147 crates of benies or 4,410 quarts. At that time his crop had been about one-half exhausted. Ho expects to gather this year about 8,000 quarts. The berries are shipped to Charleston, Augusta and New York, and sell for about twenty cents a quart, so that the revenue from the three acres which he has planted in raspberries wifi amount this year to about $1,600. Mr. Sattertbwait h.^ al$o been ex perimenting in the cultivation of black berries of the Wilson variety, which IJiave succeeded well, lie lias one e planted in Jblackberries and will shfV this yeaiLabout 1,6J0 quarts. The oeiglea are sapped to Charleston and commfrhd -ar-*vci-v ready sale. They are laf^e and iucy, have no core and are of a very delicate flavor. Mr. Sattertbwait also lias on his Roseland4arin the largest and most flourishing vineyard iu this section of the State. The vineyard includes about forty acres.and has been plant ed out at a cost of about $25,000. He grows, almost exclusively, the Niaga ra grape, a purely native, new white grape, which surpasses hi size and flavor the best Malaga grapes import ed to this market. Severn! years ago ho began, as tfie agent of the Niagara Grape Company of New York, to plant vines for propagation. He has already shipped from 25*000 to 30,000 vines todiffereht parts of the country, ihey are well adapted to the South, and wherever they have been planted and are well cared for they will yield an abundant return upon the money invested in them. With a favorable season Mr. Sattertbwait expects this year to be able to market 90,000 pounds of grapes. These grapes aver age about twenty cents a pound, and sold last year in the New York mar ket as hi^h as thirty cents a pound. Last year some of the clusters bn the Niagara grape vines weighed as much as twenty-three ounces, and many of the clusters this year are’already a half foot in length. In order to bet ter preserve the.grapes from exposure and rain Mr. Sattcrthwait has gone through his vineyard and enclosed 46,000 clusters in paper bags. He will probably begin shipping his grapes to market about the 25th cf the present mouth, and expects to reap a harvest from the time, labor and money lie has pxpenrted upon his vineyard. Throughout this whole section the seupjK'rnong grape, and all the other va»;i ties of wild grapes indigenous to- our soil, grow in the wil iest and most lavish profusion. Other farmers in Aiken County have been so encour aged by Mr. fsattorthwait’s success in grape-growing that they have planted vineyards of the Niagara grape and expect to realfze handsome profits on their investments. Mr. Martin, a native of Charleston, Las planted fif teen acres ov abmft 7,000 vines of the Niagara grape on th^Spilngdalofarm, about three miles Aiken. His vineyard is doing wefl. afid will prob- aoly begin to bear aaXt year. The Niagara grape is also said to make a most valuable white wine, possessing sufficient saccharine mat ter to “make” itself without the use of any foreign substance. Mr. Sat- terthwait expects this year to experi ment in the mukingof winefroi^this grape, and hopes to produce a wine that will bo equal in every respect to any of the domestic or imported light wines for which there is at all times so good a demand. Tili* Vi:c: .f/ABUE CEDES. fruit yet remain!! The returns are I cquraging as the but as most of ths" ready paid for l afford to wait ai profits. It is ban But the cultivation of the grape and :he raising cl watermelons for market is not all, by any means, that the far mers of Barnwell and Aiken can ac complish. The soil, throughout this section of the couniry, is admirably adapted to the successful cultivation of all kinds of vegetables for Ine mar ket, and many experiments have been made in the growing of potatoes, cab bages and other crops of this descrip tion. Mr. Sutterthwait has about three acres planted in asparagus on the “Homeland Farm,” and has this year shipped 3,500 bunches to Phila delphia. He has made this year, on this crop alone, about $400. Two years ago he and his brother bought Cat Island, near Beaufort, with the inten tion of ecuver'Jv.g it into a great veg etnbk garden for the purpose of rais ing truck for the Northern market. Th,™ is aiao another po»»t ! MUBDEBEH BY A WOMAN. the farmers of Barnwell and Aiken, which should not be overlooked. They possess the true spirit of discov ery and enterprise, and cheerfully take hold of every new idea iu agri- culturaldevelopcment which promises profitable returns. Last year an arti cle was published iu the News and Courier, showing that the castor oil bean was an easy crop to grow, that it was well adapted to this soil and that it yielded a handsome profit. Encouraged by these statements Messrs. C. Burckmeyer and P. W. Farrell, of Blackville, determined that they would try the cultivation of this hean for market. They have planted this year about ten acres of castor oil beans, and expect to make as much as $1 50 per fcushef on the beans .that ^hey are able to grow’. Their bean patches are now in a flourishing ccndition, and promise to pay better than cotton. The truth of it is, there are very few crops that cannot be successfully grown in Houtb Carolina, and the intelligent and en terprising farmers of this State are be ginning to realize the importance of diversifying their industries of adopt ing that policy on the farm which will make every edge cut. This is the true po3ic3’ because it is true economy. The development of the frpit and melon business of Barnwell and Ai ken counties is due more largely to the intelligent and enterprising man agement of the South Carolina Rail way Company than to any other sin gle cause. Mr. Sattcrthwait Said to :ne several days ago, when speaking on this subject: “I think you should say something pleasant and compli mentary of the management of the South Carolina Railway, and especial ly’ of the excellent judgment and un tiring zeal displayed by Mr. J. H. Averill, the Master of Transportation of that line, for the encouragement the fruit and vegetable growers along the line of the road have received. I honestly consider that my binds are worth 25 per cent, more than they would bo, if they were located any where else in the State out of reach of this road.” TO MAKE HOME RAF lwAy TO Kf AFTER THE RAINS, vlr. Sattcrthwait was in the city on Sunday. He says that the heavy rains dui’ing the past week have com pletely upset all his previous calcula tions, and that prospects of the fruit and melon growers are very gloom indeed. Before the rains of the pusr two weeks, he says that he would not have taken $10,000 cash f»r ids grape crop, but that he does not consider the crop to be worth more than $500, It is hoped, however, that a few days of settled weather will completely change the situation, and that in spite of wind and weather the returns from tne melon patches, orchards and vine yards will be profitable. ROW Rim AMERICANS TRAVEL.. Luxurious Pullman Cars for tlioAVile of the Inventor Pittsburg, July 4.—-Mrs. George M Pullman, wife of the palace car inven tor, her four children, twelve servants live horses,family carriage and dogcart took up tlieroomoftwo large Pullman Cars on the Fort Wayne road Satur day afternoon. T^tie Pullman family is en route to Long ilranch for the summe. The car for fhe horses and camiges has six stalls and rooms for three carriages, besides the berths, lockers, and sitting rooms of the grooms and hostlers. The stalls are models of convenience and square comfort. Seperate compartments are also arranged for the feed, hay and lamps, and other articles required for the horses and carriages. The private ear in which Mrs. Pud- man travels is in imitation of a mod ern dwelling. Divans of more than Turkish luxurioiisness occupy tbc coi ners and sides of the main room in the center-of the car, while reclining chairs, ottomans, and easy chairs are scattered around. A. magnificent cabin et organ is one of the handsomest or- naiucuts of this drawing room. The dining room and deeping and kitchen apartments are fitted up on the same magnificent scale. The C., G. G. and C, Railroad. l^iBvJffWMville Press and Banner ' evidently'believes that Mr. Schofield has acted ih bad faith towards the Stockholder^.of the Carolina, Cumber laud Gap &uhicago railroad. It dis putes his statement of a disrupted al liance with the Lousivilla^A Nash ville and prints the following: “New York, JunV^G, ’86 “Dear Sir—I am in receipt letter of 21st inst. addressed to the Louisville and Nashville railroad com pany, and in reply thereto beg to say that I know of no failure on the part of this couipaay to fulfil its contracts. Yours truly’, m . A. y W. Morris, Aest. Treas. family, Ilvin George Lovel and near Clayton, came pear oned last Monday. When sat down to dfrnfer tjiebdruu was pass cd around. One of the children was the first to begin eating. She said the bread was bitter and laid it one side. In a short lidie the rest of the family pronounced the same objection against the bread. Mr. Lovel, think ing that the rainy damp weather had soured the meal, threw the bread to his dogs, which they ate rapidly’. One of his hogs comingup and partook also. Not long after the three hound dog-, and hogs were dea l. It fs thought ti;at through some mistake of ilie Miss Emma Connelly Shoots John A. Steedly in Huntnr’s Chapel While Sunday-School Services are being Held—No Warning Given to the Vic- 1 > tim—An Alleged Slander the Cause of the Crime. News and. Courier. Midway, July 4.—At Hunter’s Chapel Church this morning, while Sunday-School was in session, Miss Emma Chnheijy kiljed John A Steed- ly. Siie walked into the church with her arras folded and a pistol in one hai-d, cocked. She passed into the seat in rear of Steedly, and when just behind him shot him. He arose,look ed round tried to get out his pistol and at the same time made for the dbor. Miss Connelly’ snapped her pistol at him again, but it failed to go off. If it had gone off the chances are that some one else would have been hurt, as the church was crowded. Steedly foil at the door cf the church just outside and died in about three minutes. There was groat excite ment among the ladies and children at the time. Steedly had been put ting out damaging reports about Miss Connelly, for which her brother and Mr, Ott had horsewhipped him some time ago, an account of which ap peared in y’our paper. Some ten days since Steedly published a letter in your paper giving Ids version of the whipping and reiterating the reports. This letter seems to have been the in - mediate cause of the shooting. As far as can be ascertained the feeling of the public seems to favor Miss Connelly', who is under ar rest. In the News and Courier on June 7, the following letter was published from our Bamberg correspondent: “Some excitement prevails in the neighborhood of Huntei’s Chapel over the cowhiding of Mr. John Steedly by Messrs. W. T. Connelly and A. L. Ott. It seems that Steedly had been circulating false and damaging re ports concerning Connelley’s sister. In order to obtain full satisfaction for the offence Messrs. Connelly and Ott purchased a $2.50 whalebone whip waited upon Mr. Steedly’ and admin- iated about thirty lashes, wearing the whip completely out. It is said that Steedly had become reconciled to his fate, since calling upon atrial justice aud being advised that in case a law suit was entered against Messrs. Con nelly and Ott other punishment would probably be inflicted for circu lating reports equally false and dam aging concerning other persons.” On June 23 a letter from John A. Steedly was published in which he said: . "■ “In your issue of the 7th inst. I see a card from your Hnmberg correspon dent, that I was cow hided by W. T. Connelly and A. L. Ott. Yourcorres pondent did me great injustice in that report. I was attacked by Messrs|Con- uelly and Ott, and before I had any warning Connelly presented a cocked pistol at me and Ott placed his hand on his, and I was told by both of these men that if I moved they would kill me. Connelly did strike me several blows with a whip, the cost of which 1 do not know or care. Your corres pondent says that I had been circulat ing false aqd damaging reports con cerning Connelly’s sister. That is un true. All that I said was in a very confidential way, and I had no desire or expectation of doing Miss Con nelly' any damage by spe'akmg of her to -my friemf, but unfort unately for me and him he devulged the secret. “And now, since the lady and her friends have token the step that they have, in justice to myself I must say that her mother knows the whole truth and knows that I have n >t red. Every one cau see that your correspon dent was not disposed to do mo jus tice, in that report. “I hope in the future, when using my name through the papers, ho will be careful to say nothing but the truth Time will tell whether I am reconciled to my fato or no; and as to his state ment about my calling on a trial jus tice, it is, as other statements made either wilfully or negligently untrue. Now, Mr. Editor. I hope in justice to me you will publish this.” On June 25 the Bamberg correspon dent of the News and Courier wrote as follows: In justice,.to your correspondent Mr. Steedly it is necessary to state that tiie report made coueerning the cowhidicg of Mr. John Steedly wadfounded entirely upon informa- our correspondent by a hom he believes to be is statements have been by other parties, and your j out has neither 'seen nor tnial of the facts as reported Steedly’s card appeared in s and -Courier yesterday. It from any intention of your dent to do Mr. Steedly an and it is hoped that he may aar up the matter satis- ' A Crewle Mol Dor’s AH vice Da ut. tiler. A New Orleans Picayune has been permitted to copy cation the following rules, Encourage strict confid&nce your husband; withhold;nothing him, and be patient jn hearing all he would confide to you, that he may al ways fly to you as bis counsellor an ' best friend. Be punctual to a second in all en gagements with your hi/sband and he will be;the same with yolu^aiijj ln thus doing you will avoid much t^^is un pleasant. A failure in this ii^ortant, though apparently trifliu j matter, frequently leads to great unhappiness. It is to be essentially regarded. Practice economy in taking care of what you have, keeping a strict ac count of what you spend, buying nothing but what you pay for im- mediatelv, aud making your account of each month’s expenses show you have more’fchau yt>u r bave spent. Be your husband’s cashier, and surprise him at the 3*car’s end by a sum laid away for investment. He will deem you a good repository and make you the complete sharer of his business attain*. This is a groat way to win a man’s ressect, tq make him feel lie has a little savings bank upon w'hich he can rely iq time of sickness orfiuancial difficulty. ‘ ' 1 ‘ : ’ ' Rule only for love. If you find a vacant place in your heart, a yearn ing for something greater, try and try each day to probe the cause. First look within and see if the cause in some way he not with yourself. Strive to call out the best feelings of your husband’s nature, with contin ual loving atteiifions; which, tliougli they may be small iu themselves,make such a stroug chain about Lis heart in time that he cannot turn carelessly aside from you. Show him your ■ put bis 1 siice. J' Kel River, CnUrornla ot Satisfactory. g wo were slipping aL The major ,y to kill bear—slip .parraL The slip- £ many scratc hes branches, but eel tning and major, who . _ halted. The beflfnd’bim and en- e didn’t breathe. * Then toward us a face biasing with >t and beckoned. We stole up Bound. We on the edge ps forty yards ipoaite, through a cleft In tbe bushes, sl&one about a square toot of red dish hide, and beyond wewaw the tip of an ear of the bear to which it belonged. He was evidently asleep. We leveled our Winchesters, and wrfe about to pull when the judge excitedly called our attention to the fact that there Was ahother not 80 feet away, only a bit of him showing. This was terrible, but we did not flinch. We consulted hur riedly in whispers. I was to shoot the first as nearly as I could in the butft of the ear, and the major and the judge were, tc take the other. If the infuriated animals WCre only wounded and rushed at iu we were to drop on one knee and tite rapidly so as to sell our lives ns dearly as possible. This was understood. We again tool careful aim; the mayor said “Fire!” and W( fined. There was a tremendous thrashing around ia the bnshes. Bear seemed to start ‘Up ofl around us. We dropped on our knees and worked thtf Winchesters desperately, and the major got out his knife and prepared for close quarters. For half a minute the volleying was incessant, and then we thought we recognized a hu man voice. 1 We ceased firing and listened. It was human voice. The human voice seCmed angry, too, and other human voices ap peared to be trooping to its assistance. In a moment we were surrounded, and the major was endeavoring to explain to an excited farmer and his throe grown sons how it was we had killed four of his best cattle within a dozen rods of his house. It took $S0 aud a great deal of conversation to smooth matters as re garded the cattle, and then the fanner wanted to know why in the blank we had come to Eel river bear hunting any way, when every blankity-blankod fool in the whole blanked region know there wasn’t CAUSES OF CYCLONE^. CONTRASTS OF TEMPERATURE AND BAROMETRICAL PRESSUI^E. . . * V ; V The Chance a Tornado Would Have at m City Like Chicago—The Banger Too Re^ mote to Werry About—A Favorite Field ^Neoeeaary Conditions. The recent destructive cyclone visita tions have renewed interest In these 5s and terrible phenomena. Kverf , it of the section within range ha* ibly pondered over the possibilities of nal experience. The nearest-point Chioego recently reached by the wild has been Racine, and the surmise to y indulged as to what been the effect i# the erratic Ulsi tor had taktn a more southerly point ’on the lake shore for a landing and tackled Chicago. No instance is yet on record of the whirling wind-wave meeting With an obstacle sufficient to break it up and dissipate - its deadly intensity into harmless aephyrs; yet meteorologists declare that it to only a question of the degree of resistance opposed to its apparl entty all destroying course. The absence of recottfr totdeuto -of' t*to : is sri- counted for by the fact that negative tip suits are not reported, while the destrum tion causXaphvajs a matter of world wide notonRy. preceding or tornadoes are similar. - TbBp - the main,* of stt-ong contrasts ‘o£ and barometrical pressure, cold currents meet on fhe tom h* npd “low” area of Pre* is a cyclone- or tdf* being largely deter- ,e d£gree ot eentrast In the qp- cohdt _ high the storm travels is an important in distinguishing between the cyclones sweeping their swift destruction, while the io is expended to a great rotary movement. A CYCLONE IN A CITY. Buell, the observer In charge of prnal office in this city, was asked chance a cyclone would have at a * / Tbe atmospheric conditions nr ”7*“' tern] oft sure nai mined posing fo* del Sc the what city li “N Chic then art aud necessity for tongue kindly of iWac- else tastes. you may travel different roads Never bother your husbaud about the servants. Cast aside disagreeable topics when he returns from business. Give your orders to you£ servants kindly but finely, exactingtobedience. yet showinpfthem tbe encouragement of consideration whenever it is in your power. Never kebp Into hours. Rise early, that yougliusband be not disorganized. No United Aaic Court. Notice is publi.tmth! that jurors, de fendants and witnesses ran dnot attend the July term of the U. S. District Court for the eastern district of this State. The marshal will not have the money to pay the expenses of the court—the appropriation bill not hav ing been yet passed by Congress. following is a of the ’postoihee The inent South Carolina: detailed state- changes in factorily. cook sti r.-Iiiima was used for soda, as their was a bottle hi the house contain I The have succeeded beyond tin irgreat lug.the poison. After it was seen what jest expectations, and have shipped j effect tho bread had on the do • asparagus this season to New York ; hug, tho bottle of strychnine President Garfield’s remains are not allowed to “rest in peace.” They were removed again Wednesday. They were placed in -Ahe private vault of Levi T. Scliofield on Sept. 23,1881, and soon after were removed from the coffin iu which they had been placed at Elberon to another casket, and a few months acn were deposited in r. bronze casket. And now tins casket has been taken from the Schofield Aiken* Anderson C H. Beaufort Camden. Charleston Chester ...... Columbia Florence Georgetown... Greenville .... Ne vberry! Orangeburg ... Rock Hill Spartanburg. Sumter Union Winnsboro.... From To .$1,580 $1,400 . 1,500 Unchanged . 1,-100 Unchanged . 1,200 Unchanged . 3,200 Unchanged 1,400 1,300 2,500 Unchanged . 1,200 Unchanged 1,100 1,000 1.200 2,000 . 1,500 1,600 .. 1,300 1,000. . 1,000 Unchanged . 1,700 Uncluaiged . 1,500 Unchanged Reduced^o 4th class . 1,100 Unchanged A young man named Weaver,, who had been working on a farm in Schley; county, attempted to murder Mrs. John Taylor, of that county, Sunday night by cutting ho* throat. Her hus band or friend put in an appearance at her cries of dist^t-ss and the nib- er.-ant lied. Ta. dee were out 1 wished there were bears around there; wished there were some of tbe . old-time grizzlies; he’d help us Hud one and then skin up a tree and watch him knock the tar out of the whole blanked party. He added that he didu’c c.*tre a blank if we had paid for the cattle, w6 wouldn’t have a steak as tha major requested; ho wasn’t keeping no blanked butcher’s shop for lunatics anyhow. In fact he scented to be considerably annoyed and so we returned to camp. A few minutes later a deputy sheriff rode over from an adjoining tivm and requested us to move .out of the county. We moved. ' - On the way back it rained, and our buckskin suits felt like the white of an tegS. Then the sun came out hot and they dried up and shrunk so close thhhiajor couldn’t wink his eyes. We had to cut them off when we got to the hotel, and the judge has just gone out to telegraph for money to buy us some clothes to go home in. The major and I are in bed.—Ukiah (.CaL) Cor. New York Times.' v’" heart, without foolish pride-it is his Jut one blanked bear in the whge ^jmty —ami iet him know you need all of I - - - - ’ ' - - his encouragement and affection to bo all you desire to him. This j u!c well attended in the coinineuceirfbnt of married life marks most always a per fect union. Go out always with you husband, but manage to make home so attrac tive that lie finds no place so dear. Personal Neatness—Dress better for your husband than for any one else. Take a pride in his appearance .that he may judge your heart by his own. Never allow him to see you slattern ly attired. Even be tasty in a kitch en dress or looking pretty over a bis cuit beard. A womep often is as chanqing in a^workiug suit, if she understands tiie ar being so*- > Take pains In thjs. Be strong in your^^termination never togo^lpTor teflffr.sbly criticise. Keep a strict guard when you would another. T4&is4mppShn^ to c tor aud will elevate husband and wife. ^ Nothing men so.much despise as gossip; nothing incites a woman rise so much in a good ’man’s estima tion as to see her charitable particu larly with her own se$. “For large charity does never soli, but only whit ens soft white hands, you will keep Lis respect as well as affection. Strict temperance must be the or der of your home. Set a good exam ple to ail; exclude even wine from your table, never taking the social glass in your hand; bo your husband’s strong guide, his guardian angel. . Put down your book when your hus band enters the room, atid interest yourself iu whatever pleases him, seeking also to bring him over to your Try mutual concession, * abo<N,*fl|rlargeB 'ohiniWW heated cept by d soon be contact with Bolid “The reason we devastotifig a big moralrtod after the suburbs, enee the tolfi is oscen< cushion, casionall; the city wii velocity. 1 “Toledo was years ago, bttt wooden Sidewalks frame til le or tornado could get Into front, and moralized by Its ICtures,” he said. - of a cyclone that it gets de unage in iginfin- thatts. air that all the time, Whlctoaets as a i high winds that pfi&vail oc- fcy never get inside two-thirds Cf their f yv ^ - ** by a tornado a few ond tearing upborne and carrying oft a it did no ar Stone _ _ by having or spires destroyed. fhe re' O’clom ade'ed with a the col' contact SergC BueJL structure wohld be fatal? to froi an are in A Use Found for Fire Damp. ssing explosions which occur to time in European coal mines, frequently in those of America, ult of a use m&tre otTinne to idmuu free some cases the rear finely divided^nst suspended In the atmosphere of the collieries, but for the most part they must be attributed to the presence’of marsh gas, the dreaded “fire damp” of the miners. When this hydrocarbon is mixed with air, it-foims a highly explosive com pound. In the fiery coal pits of England the gas is one of the most serious obstacles ,to mining operations. It is, however, an excellent fuel, and forms almost tbe sole constituent of the natural gas Issuing from many of the Pennsylvania wells. The proposition has therefore been made, and we believe the actual experiment to now in progess,to drill six inch bore boles down through the coal measures and thus afford an outlet for the gas reservoirs. The fluid, if found in sufficient quantities, could then be used as a fuel, while the mines at the same time would be relieved of a very undesir able tenant.—Scientific American. The Importance of Manual Exercise. A gentlewoman, who has suffered much from what she supposed to be an affection of the heart, was somewhat astonished and absolutely indignant, when her medi cal adviser told her she was suffering from indigestion. He farther told her tliat if she would dismiss one of the servants, and perform the labor herself, she would soon be benefited. This was a mode of treat ment not at all in consonance with the patient’s feelings. She protested ‘shat she could not discharge a trusty‘domestic, and some other course must be’ pursued. “Then,” said the physician, “I ton only advise you to procure a sharp hatchet and split ail the wood required for kindling.” This seemed cruel, indeed, as the patient had never performed mnniMl labor of any sort. “With stont gloves and small pieces of wood the labor will not be severe,” persisted the disciple of Aescula pius. Tho remedy was tried. A table of pro per height was used as a chopping block,, and in a short time the distressing symp toms abated, and soon the patient was happy in returning health. ’’Labor sweetens life” is an old saw not generally appreciated*, but it ’is' absolutely true. There are many persons who would rise superior io tho bodily and mental ills under which they suffer could they realize the importance of manual exercise. Those disinclined to work are usually the ones who ought to engage in it. If, however, such labor proves exhausting or renders a person nervous, it*is not beneficial; any intelligent human being may easily dis cover what is the proper amount of physi cal fatigue to be undergone; if not, the physician will give the necessary advice.— Courier-J oiimal. A Triumph of Mosaic Art. The American church in tke,Via Nazion- ate; at Rome, has just been decorated with a stupendous Venetian mosaic of a cartoon by Burne Jones,*representing Christ sur rounded by the celestial company, as de scribed in Isaiah, Ezekiel and St. John. In the work, which measures MS square feet, there are no fewer thah sixty figures, some of them three yards high, while the repro duction of the grand coloring’ is regarded ae-a triumph of mosaic art." The dlfficnl- ties to bo overcome iu the tints were very many, for in its composition are repre sented the sun, the moon, a rainbow, sky, water, prophets, evangelists, angels, and the Divinity with all its glories and attrib utes^—fJor. London Truth. 07!- vault to Cue public vault of the ceme tery inClevelan«i,tLe t ie to reiuaia ufow months, until the base of the mnnu- ami! inent now building is rerffiy. It is I !or and BaiJiff '••king for V» cuvoi j Monday, who is tupp -sed to haw gone up the Central road on the Cross ties. Dr. A. N. Bellinger, char {fed with to know ti.„. the which has commauded as much as $1 inmined, when it was dead | the murd-.T of Sleidiney Hi Ivy, prom- ' to The Native Mexicans as Laborers. u have been using considerable Ameri- B row change bur policy and employ only nativea except two en- • gineen, who musts£bw^3Lmericaus. O! course, American labor is more cumpeUjit, but it &L-o co.ils a great deal more, an4 we find that wiieu a man,-{gets down in that country lie pahr.bbbtou on the level ; of the native, and wtekjrbftfd to do just the same amount of work. He never stops ; tb think that he receives twice the pay of the native, end should do twice the amount! of work. Consequently it is foolish to po , * ft.. ►o. BergL soUAgtr t „ tiiraance of a cyclone, ox wouldLtiy leaakbrfc’ok the force of the pen^|pt^>ortte>a* wh3fc sleeps the ground and'aoesall damage.” SCARCELY ANY DANGER. “Supposing a* cyclone should strike this city from the la'ke front at a point where a wide thoroughfiwe opens on the water?” “Well, if it did, aYid if it happened to be traraRf upon tho Itoe followed by the street In ^question, It would damage the fronts of the building*, carry away signs and all movables lying about until It slionld meet a sdlid block of building, and thfen it would be broken up. Its violence would be* diminished also by thd friction of its outer edges against the side* of the building. But the chances of such a thing happening are so remote that it to scarcely worth ‘supposing’ anything about it.” There to a record In 8ergt. Finley’s “Re port on the Character of Six Hundred Tor nadoes,” of a Visitation to Cook and Jeffer son counties of a very violent tornado on May 23, 1865; when four persons warn killed. In this list Illinois takes second place as a favorite field for tornadoes, hav ing a record of fifty-four, Kansae heading the list with tixty-tsfa.’ There to reason to believe that the large number of storms reposted from certain localities bqs some relation to thdtieperal physical features of the region. One of the necessary condi tions precedeuf tn^he formation of a belt of high contrasts a the existence of a wide Tange of country offering no obstacle, like mountain ranges or large bodies of wat*^ to tbe free sweep of air currents north or smith. This condition to completely consummated in the Vast < tent of country, largely unbroken prairie, reaching from thn gulf, east of the MiHto- sippi, northward to the British pofees- sions.—Chicago Mail. * — ‘ — "■ — ■ ■ Testimony Of S PTUfeWftMar Metfmmrlri. It' Is a well known fact ariibng physicians that people are occasionally born with practically no nervous sensibility. There to some long. It ?h ideal name for it, but the plain English to that they can’t feel pain. You will most frequently encounter this condition among colored boys, and such stihjccto' ato ’at once snapped np by Eh&anerLffi'hnd hired at $3 or 94 a week to travel with thtf ’show. They are called “hones” in the profession and sent into a town a day or two ahead, with inst ruc tions to loaf around, got acquainted and mix in the audience. When a call to made for subjects t'uey corae to the front. It to with these horses that ail the best work to done,the thrusting needled nnder the nails, sewing tongues and perforating cheeks with darning needles. . I would judge that there are 150 prdfe&sional "horses” in the country. There are thirty or forty who live in Chicago, and the best ones, white men of good appearance, get first-rate wages.—Prqfezsar Johnson' in Globe- pemocrat. ' * “ •• Substantial Appreciation of Marie. Americans mnsthfivc a diversity in mu sic as well as hr everything else,and, unlike the people of ’ other nationalities, do not confine their appreciation to the perform ances of any one nationality. There is Ib^e difference as to- the section of coun- y uow in the matter of tbe class of mu sic furnished, as cultivated ears are not confined to any locality or section. The west is an inviting field for any new de parture in the musical line. The people delight in a change, and ahow their ap preciation In a substantial manner.—Theo dore Thomas -** Bujrlns Ton.jrttones at Wholesale Wares. A man with his fourth wife sorrowlngly leaning on his arm went into a marble yard to get gravestones for his " ' loves. Marble to always dear, MB to him the prices were beyond question, and when begot the gravetrtope man down to the lowest cent, turned, and looking mournfully on hu wife Inguhrimuly said: “Won’t you give me four fdr that price?” —Penny Press. Djmazrite SuioMos la South Africa. Dynamite suicides sns the Inh -1 intro duction in South Afma. A cnlcnel at Pretoria lately placed ■ dynamite cap in it. IA-. moot4 nnd lighted it at a sttnulr, with the result of bkvvtng his bead Oil. Tiie Son of tbs Faiaotu Writer. Mr. Charles Dickens, the son c: rls famous uovcltot, to to follow In Uik* of bis father as a public reader. As a writer be has been uusuccessfaL- ■ChiCA^/l ' str “ Journal. v ■ . .-1 the expense of cmpY y ng outsidi per bunch. used. was e;;-: gratifying m. - K , - — , found that a; President’s soul is not as restless as input colojed democrat, in Cuaiieaton j Lthor. The natives give better satisfec- 1 that «»f the late lamented John ILowti. whs acquitted on hto second triijl. • ® or * wobe-Democral. Man can not hcrotht* perfe; t in lOOj i but ue cun become curr&pt Iu Jomi Y 1 day- + m m m ' i'. ■ L