The Kershaw gazette. (Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C.) 1873-1887, April 13, 1882, Image 1
F. P. 9u H. E. BEARD, Proprietor*
HOT
VOL. IX
CAMDEN, KERSHAW
'*&* "? 1 SW?
TWO DOLLARS'* YEAR.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1882.
NO. 29.
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JjoB^pRINTING
la mjrrnui prapto^thhn i
to tx?eut? to tb? uuwt i
tloa of Job Printing
B1U HMd* LoKer and'
Posters, Dodiwt, Circular*, ' .
g|j(lpg MMl Addrsss Pauls, Static
"tfork <lon<i I?0r6nse, Itod, Blue ut 1
The public must remember' that th? best Is i
theetetpest. ^ Wtm
We do work at Charleston Prices, and purnM
eniiro satisfaction to our pfttrota.
Wo ke?p constantly oc hand tb? largest i
Papers and Cards In town.
to wed. ,\
Hath dono
^Vand roaoe blow
^Bught tho sun ;
He young and fair,
?o with truth
^Bur lore will wear
?r^T youth I
Bt. heart for heart,
ft /or hand.
Be played the nuwlso part.
Von the tjand."
I *t{? well to have
ke of gold,
ghof-ektateg atuff.jfo, ? J
*??ld.^^B^^ ? ? - 1
ill your and trust
leep mino aprlnga, - . 1
ou yellow duat
fcpuwfribtoga,...
!" sss^
$??&*-,
eak In kindly guluo
rherc'elr we on ;
?Id bind tho human tnfud. |
Rnap to man.
tho geutlo word*-' <*?
th language'dwell.
Itlea starving blrda
i In ono thing you mustn't for
bor Tom 1" I
la that, Emma?"y
forget tp go to the help (ftloe,
mo up a cook. The new girl
for' nothing,?a?d the eld one
everything. ^Blaok or white,
' old, <han"'6r- woman, I don't
' send mo Tip a oompetent 4ook
ilook thlB morning.
?look eo desperate, sis ; I'll
r it.. I waut things in pretty
le for Maxwell ; to ia used to
id of good dinners ; and I
I send yon. np a good, smart
e^lS^Maxwell won't cxpeot
>' nice ; but I'll do my beat in
Iters, Tom, if you'll only pro
e ono capable of serving a
Ttbo ?_urtedthto.n Danger
flpiily anpplied by one who soon
^ wife's $tvoi ite brother, Arthur
cwell, jnat roturned from Europe,
ild pay himfcrsieit.
romtho firtflflEmiua had been nor
Bdv?* tho responsibility of ontcrtalnv
this elegant young wim whom aho
never seen, She lovely and
>m pUshed; but aho oonld not oodk-.
lot abe had never tried. Certainly,
semod tank enough for a young lady
E?8 LTCTfta* ??&,
. and their tutor, two little gl.ta.nd
KS
!hSSS?r^
Emma was mnoh beloved in Iter]
Lher'a family. Tho latter she had
ttdetWedtoin sioknosfl and health,
'lie gratefully intonded to make het
t, n m tukt 1 *
ljltttofc when, two
>thftUdepartul?,the
HijuMW ^der,
, flowgf Rent Up 'for
himself witH ono cf the white towels
that lay ou the dresser, and canting a
pcrntinizinar tflanoA at the ranae fire.
' Quite Teasfcurod in spirit, Emms was
turning away, when she stopped' to add :
"I will lay t ho tablo myself to-day,
Mao, and fill 4he fruit-dishes and vases;
bat if you give rstisfaotion, I will en
trust yon with the key of the ohins
clcHot, and yon will have the entire oare
of the table and*wiih a graoious nod
the young tedy withdrew from the
H'oSen. ?
She piled the fruit-dishes with rosy
pears, c olden oranges and white grapes;
tilled the vaseg with roses, lilies and
flernt; set olwfcrs of da'nty glasses,
filled with ember jelly, among tho
silver and ohins, and then, with a sigh
of satisfaction at the result, ran away to
dress.
"I'll not go near the kitchen to even
smell of tho dinner, I don't know any
thing about oooking it, and will trust to
luck. I have an idea that Mao is real
oapable ? is going to prove a. real treas
ure. His dress was so neat, and he was
so quiet and respectful," oonoludod
Emma, leisurely arranging her bangs.
Heir pew drees, with its abundant Iaoo
and cardinal ribtibns, was very becom
ing, and fitted the petite, round figure
so perfeotly that Emma felt at peace
with all tho world.
"I havo l>eard that Mr. Arthur Max
well Lsverv fastidious in tho matter of
ladies' dress/' mused Emms, twisting
her shoulder to 6ee the effeot of her
?uih. "I wonder what his first impres
sion of me will be? I should like to
hare poor Ally's brother like me."
At length the last bracelet was
olasped, the last ton oh given, and retir
ing backward from -the mirror, with a
radiant face, Emma turned and ran up
to the nursery, to ordor the ohildrcn
d rested for oompany, and also to speak
with the boys,and, it muse be confessed,
flirt a little with Mr; Vinoent, the tutor,
who was always at her service for this
exercise.
There was a delightfully savory odor
prevading tho honse, when she came
uown ana made a few amendments of
the table. Before Alice died she had
painted an exqubito ebony riog for her
brother, snd this Emma plaoed with the
napkin designed for Mr. Arthur Max-,
well, thinking how art is io and pretty
everything wan, and deciding that the
gentleman's first impression must be
pleasant. ,
She looked at her watoh, five minutes
past three. Then she went softly to'
the end of tho ball, and listened to the
lively clatter iu tho kitchen. She oould
bear Mao 'chatting pleasaxily with tho
iittlo honsomaid, Nancy, und all seemed
to bo well in that dircotionf^ir
At three ;ton she repaired to the draw
ing-room, and took ^ soafc overlooking
"4~vet- Carriages came and car
?entjhut jro.no slopped at)
Vin^'nt Mtl Move's li ? ,
key ( ettled iu the door, the dinner-bell
WW oome ?" . asked Mr. Maye, at
sight of Emma's disappointed faoo.
"No;** sho pouted ; 4,aud suoh a nice
dinner
. "Very strange 1" mused that gentle
man, leading the way into the dining
room. "I hadn't the leaat doubt?
why, my dear fellow," seizing by the
shoulders the new cook, who, aoting
also as butler, had iust placed the soup
tureen upon the table? ' my dear, dear
fellow, why how is this?. Emma de
clared you ludn't oome 1" '
That young lady grow as white as the
table -oloth, and grasped a ohaiir for
support. -
? That Mr. Arthur Maxwell? I-I
thought it wm thi cook 1" *
"I otftap earlier than I oxpeotod, and I
in time to make myself useful to Miss
Eoama," laughed Mr. Maxwell, divest
ing himself ofbis white towel and bow
ing with exquhiite grace to that young
The cultivated accents, the ambrosial
looks of the bent head, the clear, elo
quent, beautiful eyes? oh, why hadn't
'?I was so terribly anxious? I didn't
look at you twice. Mr. Maxwell, I
hojfe you will forgivo me I" stammered
Emma, as red now as she had been
nothing to foisive, if my
% "There In ? _.,v, .. ? ^
dinner turns out well, ho added, laugh- ,
ihf, evidently the sweetest-tempered!
man in the world. "I learned to o6ok
when I was a student in PatttM
Frenchman taught rue. I have been
rather proud of my entinary skill, but 1
am a little out of practice now, and am
not quite sore of the Florentine."
'?Emma P' oried Mr. Maye, "what
does all this mean V . V ; i t . .
"Why, John, you promised to tend
I me up a man oook."
Mr. Maye olasped his hands tragi
ima, I forgot It 1"
"he oame, jost at -ton, o'oloclu.
i ho was the oOok,< X ushered
kHoton* *i*onff the
the dinner:
ol" sobbed
Emma. My grand
ttMde~3tajor
i," observed
And, sinoe I
you try the
joke ol the
... right down, everybody I
JtiSS fcmma won* ory when ll
tastes my soup," remarked Arthur, hw
f
lin j It out promptly,
with an air <
pride.
Auc
tion therall fell to tasting -at
and urgtu* Emma to tatfte ai
<nUl|ih? laughed and cried a
u
. ... . to
, and he'd cook,
loner? from tl
Everything *
herself
a 1
FARM, MAltl)K!f AND HOUSEHOLD.
' V- u*? us
J. W. 8. Pigeon Vulloy, N. O.: The
marked symptoms of hog cholera, so
called, but more correctly anthrax (ever,
in pigs, is the .appearance of red or
purple patohes on the ski o, can Bed by
the extravasation 'of blood into the tis
sue. Thore may be no unusual discharge
from the bowels, but in place of it a
dark, bloody die charge from the kid
neys.. The disease affects, sometime*,
the lungs, when the "throat swells and
rod patohes sppear on the sides near tho
I shoulders ; sometimes the liver and
b iWels, when there are blaok and fetia
discharges, and sometime* the kidneys
and spleen, when the urine is like
blood. Ea3h form of the disease baa
the same oiigjn, vis , blood -poieotftng,
and is - infections and oontagious,
spreading from one animal to another.
There is no known remedy. The only
thing that oan be done is to save those
that have not yet taken the dJaeasif by
giving eaoh one half a pirft of linseed*
oil in the morning and half an ounce to
one onnoe of hyposulphite of soda in
the evening. The pigs should be re
moved to another pen, for if left in the
infected one nothing oan* save them. .
Fwdlil Culvf a.
Galves that suck tho dam may natu
rally be expeoted to bo finer and falter
than thoso rained on skimmed milk, bo
eauee in the oourso of a month, if from
a good oow, the oalf may have oon&umod
at least twenty-flvo to thirty pounds of
butter. Thii is a rich feeding, and
onght to make a fine cfclf. But if sweet
skimmed milk is given of the right tem
perature ? that is, eighty degrees, and
no more and not muou less, and not tpo
much of it so that it is properly digested,
the oalf wiil be equally as well formed,
and make a better cow than the ono that
has sucked. It is not well to feed a
heif er-oalf on foil milk j it tends to fat
ten rather than to make' bono and
musole. When oalvos are oostive ihere
is nothing better that oan be given
than linseed infusion, and when they
are tco loose a teaspooful of ooator or
linseed 041 given daily will aot as a
remedy.
PdnHrr MUaar*, '
Hen manure of good quality, if prop
torly *opt pupated and applied to the
to vhe gpano or^jommeree. Hen man*,
ure that is mixed with sand and gravel
or has been long exposed to atmospheric
and other influences, is ?depredated in
value and will not stand the compaii
son mentioned, although it may not
have lost all Ms fertilizing proper! (M/In
Hen manure is more or less valuable
on all soils and crops, being identical
in its action With guano. ?he value of
oaoh uP?n tho
-with Other sttbriances^bat will cause
them to pott gradually with their caus
tic anal itiea. * V
A very oommon error committed is
the mlxfog of hen droppings with wood
ashes. Exoellent as tc 0*0 two mater
ials are when applied as fertilisers
apart, their association is altogether
wrong, for the simple reason that it
causes a waste of valuable material.
The potash in tho ashes liberates the
soluble ammonia in the dropping, and
it escapes into the air. In plaoe, there
fore, of wood ashes and other sub
stanoes that deteriorate poultry manure
by driving off the valuable ammonia,
absorbents, snob as olav, dry l?am,
Suck or gypsum, should be mixed with
; and if the others are required. ?PPly
these separately to the Soli later in the
season <
When the dear droppings are soooped
up and saved at brief intervals an exed
lent plan i? to paok in barrels or boxes,
under oover, with alternate layers of
dry earth between, letting the earth al
ways oome on top of the heap ; this will
not only save the manure without
waste, but puts it in oonvenient fonn to
*Oue ' of the most economical and at
Jhetame time convenient methods for
saving and pteparlng f owls' droppings
is to keep the floor under rooste and In
poultry-houses sprinkled with dry earth
or muok, aud as often as onoeaweek,
at least, scrape Off and deposit this out
face earth and droppings where it will
remain dry until a sufficient amount
has aooumnlated for use. Then spread
it on a tight floor andpulverfse by
beating dt rolling it. When pulverised
a valuable mixture may be prepared by
adding to one pSrt of this earth and
droppings one part of clay or muck
and one quart of plaster to every two
buahols of tho inixturo.
WheTfe. the droppings have not been
Keviously mixed with earth, either on
e floor of the hen-house or on being,
paoked away in borrdrf, they should be
mixed before applying to the orop with
two or three time* their bulk ol day,
muck or whatefAr absorbent it em
fyed. If salt is required in oonnac
<k with hen manure, it may be added
small quantities, say one pint to a
bnshel of droppings and muck, all to
be thoroughly incorporated.
farmers as a rale mix poultry ma
nure with thono various substances dry
and apply in hill or drill at about the
rate ol one gill to ft bill, tftklng care
that the seed does not oome in ooniaet
with the fertilisers, but that there U ft
oovering of ioil between.? KTexo York
w?rid.
Fsibklkd. Bw*.? Brown ? piece of
bolter the Mfce of en egft in * ?etioepan,
add a (rap o! oreum or milk, one tees
tfpoonfnl flonr, mixed with ft little cold
milk. Here reedy e hell pound of
WhinTy-ehared smokod beef, add it to
jft^miitnre, let it |n?t oome to ft boil}
l. OAnnAriN. ? (Jhlpflnee medlnm
bet!*1 of ?nd noRHon with
* en<racW)Por ?nd Bait ; *dd water
? thfiu WL "Ook until yftrj tender {
u thick. ArJi ? ?up ?*
f who wrSe? vineger for thoee
s ES2lrSSisfkZ
? '"TzSito.
n, of ten rlrawn bdoMd
bettlwe
iof vindio
tire Retire.
iyP^HlB LA * ESC FASHL ^ ... .
A Tattle Alllgnt-r? A Ka?titouah)??nd Ka?- ,
lIUlous Pel. !
"You aee that item in one of the pa- 1
pen about taming young alligator.-, 1|
reokon," bp id a Gravesend man, oap
inriog tho city editor bv the button
hole and drawing bim into a doorway.
??You" know tho paper eaid it wee th<
fushionablo thing to do."
"I don't : remambor.
What of it Tasked tho oi
"I tried it," said
"A friind of piine
New Orleans, aiT
gator for tip oh
the alligator is tbrivin'. fie was six
weeks old when I got himtwo months
ago, and be is seven roars old now.
People io ouf parts say ne> all Hre alli
gator I'lfover need."
"WhSt does he do?"
"Well, it's here. When he came he
was a sportive little o jss and just wab
bled around friendly. He waa chiefly
mouth and we used to.fedd him for the
fun of seein'. nim ik\Z \Now wo skin
around whe# we see him comin' for the
fun of seein' him go hungry." # > . ?
"It lie.- dangerous ?" asked ihki
editor. fL - ? J
"I haven't been olose enough io
r him, hadn
?tteSr get rid
ited tho oity
on't know," replied
send man. We've, stored so
in him now -
most of oar propert
girl eoysBho oftn't h
go out among strange
"Did he bite
the horriftedcit
"Sure,** ti
maa,v^T6ok._
the baby. We hate i
baby's grave, so we
a couple o' pedlars
and all, and she's got an
l?lon>l5
jo all tha'
_.,_w He ooml
houso, same's any of us an
self. He's got that h
Qravesend
foot. "TheiriM^**#
ZbfSa vtavfc atlMkit
like
Ud! BD _
of having
off?" demand*
Je'a tho "ligH?fflfil?
etgfm^&SSiL
hammer, drew nails with him,
htfs the head Of the family except
in' the rent. When there is lioiy
terions disappearance aronnd Qravesenu ? ,
the ooroner oomea and views the #lli- L
gator. That ends it, When the baby p
wwrsnatohcd they held the inquest iri a L
tree. Tho Jury was all on one limb arid
(ho alligator underneath looking up
feimeby the limb brok* and the jury
disappeared in a row. just as they sat:
We didn't wait for any verdict. The
ooroner gave me a permit and a(ter thfr
funeral we shied an empty coffin fkfc'tWs
alligator. Then the minister said dust
to dast, and We all dusted* Do you re*
member whether that item said what .a
real tame .alligator ought to >e fed
' Don't reoolleet peeing it at alt Aren't
yon afraid he'll eat up some more ol
your family ?." u
"Think he's liable to T' asked the
Gravesend man, with a ouriou* ex pros- r
sion of visage.
"Hetoight. Sapp se he shou
yon* wife r;, ? ?
4 'Ah V said the Gravecend man.
might get hei< mightn't he ? Yon
I'd better keep him, then ?" a
Qravesend man leaned up agiiki
door and gave himself up to re?U
"Ho he might, ?o ho might," th<
editor heard htm say as he d re w
end left him there. - "That beai
young tame alligator may get her
and the gletan of nightfall envoi
the man dilating *ith a new hope.
H$w great a power the reporter really
is til Journalism *9* manifested in New
York city some jeers 1 ego. The i'WnW
Circular Is responsible for e story in
this oouneotion e? follows : ? , J4
Jj! a'
given A. A. juow, et toe Fifth avonue
rS^SsPil 'IFiFS
Stilton, except the elder Bennett, who
never Went to dinnehl* After ell the
magnates wwe seated* the reporter
were edmittod'-thero were fourteen el
them? end were taken to a lopg table
Whieh wee not set for a dinner,, though
admirably adapted for writing purpose*
The waiter* trooped In wlihthe viands,
but Ignored the reporters, who bore the
slight until the oourteshad been served
then, by mntnal agreement, they aroiw
and trampod nUontly ont of the ban a no
bell In Indian file. Horace Greeley
Man ton Marble, Jones of the Timt
Hndson of the Htrtild, Brady of ths
Mail, and Brooke of tho frvprui, aa*
the departure. Mr. Oreeley langh(W
and said 1 ?'Blamod if the boyeniu'j
serving 'etn Junt right." Tip gnest o
. the evening looked on in diemey : h
wes primed with a long ?eeeh that h
Wanted well reported^ Neat morntnj
j the poor, snubbed reporters hed go
I even with the milllonefres, judgee an<
lawyers. The Tribune had to refereito
whatovnrto the dinner; the Iltr<tt4 hm
twenty Hneej the World apologia?
that the liow dinner wee orowded ont
in the :?M* there, weeeatlokfnl did
teted by the editor; who 'gmelt a won*
and hntrled to the office from the dit
ner to find not a Ittte of It, Just as fa
expected, All the importers wei
severely reprimanded by thulr ohleta
one of tbem^ him of Mae H?ra\a~4, 01
his place, for the eldo* Bennett was
merciless maeter.^p^'v :
j'r>
* Potato floor, or the fried pnlp of th
potato, Is obtaining gteat Jmportanoe i
& ^#XMs * tons of Ut
?old annually, brings alprfHfc
ttfVew
r- ?.
-THB JOLLY TAB.
iin aiaidfuiM *>rtef*f til* Nt??
<&gl Y*?u? Una.
To was a seafaring man arul he pushed
way past iho people, to one of the
I Boats in the pArquet, Mgardless of
lef toes and stray hats. He plumped
>wu next toavery weak, blonde
itleman who nervously pnllod
ovjjrcoat, and felt around for
?vei- und<>r tho seats to see if it
'M intact or flattened ont under
io feet of the pallor.
all right, shipmate," said -tho
\ double yenr jacket np
eon usHin I'll stow mine
. ? J he. flonnood an old to*
tted ooat half way aorou the
? gentleman's r drees- trousers
iw liis hat on top of it ".Lend
paper, lad," hd continued, tak
? ^ - ceremoniously
and blinking
ktetits. WlTat'cthe show,
".A ot acquainted with yen
V ' ^ V
yer not, but . I don't object
making a friend of jo for the oven
"said thesailor,' slapping the weak
U vigorously on the leg' and expeo
ing dangerously near his patent
ler shoes. "No use o' standin' on
Ain 'an manners when we're ashore,
le lad?'* and the hand oame down
on th^youth'p'thig^ ' * '
it before.
"But my dear sir, I? *
\ "I'm not yer deai sir, "said the sailor,
;ing hie limbs ont nnder the seat in
it of himTand taking a fresh ofcew of
"-?, ?oall mo Ike, lad; just Ike,
enough." At' this moment the
In %re?t up on"01i,vett<b" aaitho
aailor .Mp>me all eyes and ears,
b totfcertflef of tho mild young gon
? ' soon, however, the .old
tight* head in time to the
he oommepoed to Aeeg
V- ?1KMM VMUtU UVWU
igh more vigorously
ith one foot, then with
l-cbligo me very mnoh by. ,
' t ptill," saiS a gentle,
the mild, youth.
juth.
mild yontht
? yourfeet
st behind! I
[ pardon#; Mid
I this party next to me.
t'e in tho wind I*' asked the
. , ?k|ng over his shoulder.
hex*, 30*," said the sailor; "I
this borth 'nyL^ean to oDjoy
^stowyetHKand give ua aj
sonny," Mid the ?dIor, |
>re for a racket fcftJLpro
i ! Xwher loried ihe mild |
rg to his feet. -; ->
'em.but I Pal 'em out!" eeme
all parts of tho house, and soon
tiers rushed down the aisle fol
\ fireman.
young fellow," ealled one of
. fow, ?\mt<>f that.",
?It's not my , fault, it's?" bnt the
(Ado youth was tax *
warn
DOU
_ ehew, and concluded he would
dow bij "allowed to enjoy the singing in
P <?" S-A ?. 'ij
Ancient Peoples of America,
f Atthe New York acadomy of Boionoon,
ProlTeasor John 8. Newberry lectured
rcbently on 41 The Anoient (Civilization
of America," and said In substanoe :
Whbn tho savages woro pressed baok
by advanoing oiviliaation until they had
what was onoe the great natural
p between the lakes and the
gtilf, It was discovered that
ire not autochthonous, for
. oaves, palaoes\and remains of
, .iiowed the existence of ? raoe
lived in the highest state of oivili
?, Investigation and research by
?Agists and arobwologists
r. light much oonoerning
nl people. |?4They can be
two olasses, whioh,, With
:i#e goner loally the
i&bnildetoj
?? . vns is the monna-Dntiders, who
*11 in the fertile vally of the Missis
sedentary andipeaee
i bttllt by them, and
pottery and copper
by them, have been
ihrongh the Mississippi
rere miners and farmers,
and remains of their oil
k at Titnsville, Penosvl
mbers they probably
tbitante of the feglon at
tough is known of their
, they wore of medinm
tlons, with a cranial de
nnliko our red Indian,
were large and strong. They
I dead with great . oeremony.
?^hy, and how the mound
ppeared we do riot know,
fite was probably entire
? second class of these early Amer
ms was the pal aoe -builders of the
?*'- olase that was spread
the south, to Utah, on
'indvthoir greatest de
Jclvili nation in Central
? tod Ml The In w
era far surpassed anything
the construction of public
-lueduots, palaces and
i&damiifod road ihat led
I/ima exoeeded in cost
e Union fetoiflo, Milroad, and if all
the forld within our borders wete put
into ofce it would not eqaal the fortified
sfcmoture that is ret to be seen on the
Peruvian coast. Louis EToffmatfi an
has nesertwea ine rum* ot a large sea
PO**t$Wn an the pacific coast of Moxt
oonntry
X1NY COUNTIES ISU.NDATKD. .
The Damage *ad KiOvrlit b r the Floedi la
the Htnte mf tlllMlaalppl.
Washington, Mar. 9.? Secretary Lin
coin reoeived to-night, a tomographic re
port from Gtptain Loe, wlio is at Mem
nUK in regard to the damage and Buf
fering caused by tbe flood in the State
of Mississippi. CUptain L?e says :
"I havo conferred with General Hem
in g why, agent for the 8t*te of Missis
sippi for forwarding snpplies to the snf
farcta, and have conversed with a num
ber of planters just from tho overflowed
district, and have also heard letters read
from persons now there. From the in
formation thui recoived I am satisfied
that this overflow is the most disastrous
and widespread that has ever ocourrod,
and the resulting destitution is corre
spondingly groat.
My information will pertain exclu
sively to the counties in Mississippi ly
ing between Memphis and Vioksburg,
fronting on the. river, and the tier of
conniies just back of these. All these,
counties are wholly or partially over
flowed, the water which breaks through
the levees running baok over the low
basin, and oomiag again to the Missis
sippi through the Yazoo River. The
very lowest- estimate as to the number
of destitute is placed at 18,060, dis
tributed as follows : Tunica oounty, 2,
500 ; Ooahoma, 8,000 ; Bolivar, 6,000 ;
Washington, 5,500 ; Quitman county,
1,0 0. As yet no demands have been
reoeived from tbe oounties of Sunflower.
Laflore, and Tallahatchie, lying baok c I
the-river counties, but as these aro in
undated, applications for assistance may
be reoeived at any moment or as soon as
it is possible to communicate. Many
persons from these baok oountlps have
taken refuge in the hills to the east,
and thus have thiir immediate wants
provided for through suoh local aid as
loan be furnished.
, No reports [of destitution have been
reoehred from Sharkey and Issaauera
oounties on the river front this side, of
Vioksburg, and probably no aid will be
needed there, as tho levees are still
safe. From Ttfntoa county down to
Greenville in Washington oounty, the
levees are broken in many plaoes, and
people are oompelled to take lefuge in
such buildings as are standing on the
lovees wherever possible to reach them.
Plantations are entirely10|b)porged, and
the only communication,' in most oases,
is by means of skiffs. .' With the 100,
000 rations already sent, the 50,000 now
on the wdy from St. Louis, and with
local aid famished by the State of
Mis4*fflppl>4he destitution in my dis
trict dap be provided for until the 20th
inet Everything Bhows that the desti
tute must be oared for at least thirty
days from this date, wfcgutwill require
an additional twenty^Rjppfrations for
18,000 persons, making a total of 800,
(WtLTiStlrnfl. ^AphlwL
TMauy planners' sayitwiii oe ifmn^r
six weeks beforo'any work oan be done
Si the overflowed district. -* , Other* say
ot before the 1st of May.; Butjait as
soon as work oan J>e oommenoed I
would advise that tiik; issue of rations
otase. General Hemingway's distiibu
tion of the rations Is systematic and ef
fective. He has shipped to well-known
and responsible parties in tbe overflowed,
distriot in Mississippi, with a onroful
disoriminatjion that none but thota
actually destitute shall reoeive succor.
1 leave in two hours for the overflowed
seotion, and, if possible, will, report
further as soon as I oan make personal
inspection.
Stories of Burglars,
A gang ef four men once robbed the
house of a railway ticket agent, and the
next morning bought thoir tloketd of
hint With the money (hey had taken
fronl his pooket the night before.
In spite of the iaot that the ohildren
of, a member of the Now York Legis
lature were awake nearly all night talk
ing about the Fourth of July,; three
burglars drilled a hole in bis safe and
oarried away $0,600 in 8100 bills, whion
he was accused of having reoeivod as a
bribe for his vote, but which he did not
date deposit or invest less he should
exoite suspicion.
Another time thre j men, who had ,
suocesefully robbed- a house and wexe I
gointf out with their plunder, heard an
alarm clock go off ana two visitors get
up and dress themselves for a sporting
expedition, Tho burglars hid in the
parlor and the sportsmen let themselvos
out without knowing that (he house
had been plundered. They found out
all about it, however, when they re
turned and learned that the polioe had
suspeoted them of the robbery and
insisted on arresting them. .On another
oooasion when burglars were all ready
to leave a house they were astounded
at Basing a form in white pass back and
forth in the ball, whioh finally dis
appeared frem view, /they lost no time
in getting out of the house. It Was
only A- daughter of the family who was
in the habit of walking in her sleep.
A thief was robbing a ohuroh, one
day, and found on the Bible a sermon
Which the clergyman had left there in
order to make sure of his not leaving it
at home. When he was ell ready to
begin his. preaching he discovered, to
his ainaviemeni. that the sermon was
gone, He ?et tho ohoir to singing and
went home after it, but of course oould
not And it : bed to oome back and turn
hie services into a prayer-meeting.
A bachelor uncle, Who was expeoted
to give his nieoe something handsome
for a wedding present, failed to send it
along. He was plentifully denounced
for his stinginess, until a note was
received Announcing that the burglers
had made a raid on him the night be
fore and taken away the Jewelry and
silverware he had bought. t
irWWWV HO UHU uvugut. |
A trargler laughed so that hebame
?r betraying himself, on hearing a
other tell her little boy to say his
prayers, be a good boy and always look
up to God. (The mother had feoentlt
appeared In a fine sealskin coat whioh
the neighbors' were told wae a present
Sn her husband.) "But/* Mid the
, "you will loee by looking up."
?ver," said the mother, "wi vou
said . I
do, too," (udd the
looking ||
BUTLER'S LAND GRAB.
A Small War la W??l Vlrc Inla-The Bar
rcror* Fired Upon.
Fur some time tbe pooplo in the roc
tion of Dililo's Mill, in Pooahontas
count v, ]iAve boon much oxoited over
what is termed among the people in
that region the "B?n Butler land grab."
Somo timo back, Qoneral Ben Butler
and other capitalists purchased an im
immenso traot of wood and mineral
lands in Pocahontas county, and Bath
oounty, Va. This laud is known as the
Wilson survey, and embraoed 200,000
or 300,000 aores, much of whioh i* con
sidered the tlnost in this part of the two
states alluded to. The titles to those
lands, it is said, t have always boen obs
ouro. Those who have possession have
ooenpied the property for years, and
thoy claim to havo acquired valid titles
to their posso*sion. General Butler
bought the land for a mere song.
For some time General Batler has
had a party of surveyors making a sur
vey of the Wilson traot. The people
had frcqueutly warned these men against
continuing this work, threatening them
with bodily punishment if these warn
i ings were not regarded. Oimpbell,
Strong un l Baroett, the" men employed
to make the surveys, proceeded to the
neighborhbod of Delile's Mill and qom
menced work. In a short timo a orowd
of peoplo from the neighborhood as
sembled and flrel into the surveyors.
They made things so hot for the sur
veyors that thev boat a hasty retreat up
the mountain e(de^- As they continued
their flight the pursuer* followed, firing
at them as they ran. Finding that dis
cretion was likely to prove the better
part of valor, ono of the surveyors
dragged out of his pooket a large hand
kerohief, whioh he fastened to a small
sapling, and hoisted it in token of sur
render. The Dillie's Mill people, how
ever, oontinued to prees on, foroing
them aoroKS the mountains toward* Vir
?inia. It is said that altogether about
00 shots were fired at the men, none
of whioh, it is believed, took effeot. It
is said that if the attompt is mado to
oontinue the work of laving off this
disputed land, tho Dillie's Muty* people
threaten to immerse th* surveyors em
ploy ecTby Butler and hisZssooiates in
tar an I brim a' o?ot baths. /
Told bjr a Guileless Drummer.
>ntly 6 sad-looking drummer ar
to Little Rook. He had juat made .
'tour of several of the northwestern 1
?unties, and, as he ^pressed it, had j
enough experionoe in one house toward
the " shank" of hisJtirip tg sarvo for
?ears of adventurous jMminlflffi noe.
?* Several da?" ago," sai^Flbo drum
mer to a partx ef aoquaintanoes, I
was riding along through tho woods,
'et Jffljl "weary., a^y\nngtqr?
other norse* wl. : ;r^;
horse baok when I r e&oheath 6 raili _ ~ ?
Well, as I was riding along Jfcrough the
country where thetoadxW*s a mere
path, and *h#r?rtbe woods were ao
thiok that ttfoy reminded me of a per
potual, evening, I was suddenly con
fronted by two men who, with leveled
g?n<L tola me to hold up my hands. I
would like to havo had an explanation,
f&t my hand* went up. f^veral other
merf advanced, and two of them searched
me. - They found a borrowed rovolver
and a watob. They did not tako the
watob, but relieved me of the pistol.
"?What's tho boy doing with you?
one of them asked. I replied that he
bad been sent along to take mv horse
baok when I reached the railroad.
" Yes ; when you rctvoh tho railroad I
one of, tbem Said. I asked for an ?*"
planation, but they oursed me. I didn t
know what to do, and it didn't seem
that they desired me to do anvthing.
They tied a ropo around my neck.
??Let's swing him up here," said one
festive young fellow wnom I took to be
in something of a hurry. Theu thoy
boaa'n a debate. The oolored boy was
heightened out of his wits. Pretty
noon thoy told him to go baok, ana to
take mv horuo with him. To tbi<? ho
readily assented, and in a minute more
I was on the ground. I bogged for an
explanation. One man solomnly pointed
to the rope I wore.
?? 'Fellors,' remarked a thoughtful
looking man, 'we'd better take him
6vor and see if he is the right man.'
This motion seemed to prevail. They
threw me onto a horse behind a little
fellow, and I started off through the
wood* It seemed to me that we had
traveled .au age, when we reached a
clearing, in the oenter of whioh stood a
small house. Soveral men were gath
ered in tho yard, and I notioed excited
women inoving around. Oar arrival
was greeted with a loud shout. .
?' ?Where's Abram f ' askod the
thohghtful man of our party whon wo
reached the gate. 'Abram' would be
out in a few minutes. He came ; an old
man with gray hair and a hickory shirt.
" 'We'vo got him, TJnole Abe,' etid
the man who had proposed to hang me,
'and we're only watin* for the word,
The old man regarded me for a moment,
and then said, 'Boys, he ain't the man,
turn hloi loose.'
"The ropo was taken from his neok.
?What was I seised for f I asked of
Abram. . 4
?< ?Wall, you see,' he said, 'a feller
oame along hero this mornin' in' tried
to steal my dog. You ain't the man.
ton can go.' I turned and walked
away. I had gone about two^mlloa
when a man on a horse overtook me.
.The old m*n must see vou, he said ;
?hurry baok.' I trudgcu* baok to tho
farm home. The old man was at the
gate. 'What do you want T I Mked.
?I want to say, young felleT, that it
would be a good idea for you never,
never to steal a dog." Thon I walken
ten miles to the railroad. I have
thought the rtatter over slnoe, and
blamed.lt 1 intend to steal a dog.
What'll you all have."
Onefflt Victoria's fortune.
It la usually supposed that the Qaeen
has laid by * great d?lol money, and
acting on this supposition it is asked
wltf cannot pS^de for her family ?
* fact she haa not. When
died many of the Btate
in debt ; theae debts
" pme'*f them ?
' Of the Hors*.
m la allowed
Iu Summer Field*.
SometLaion, u 1q the summer Holds
I watt abroad, there comoa to ma '
So strong* a sons? of
My boy* stands still, my reRmnet stay'
I anvMSsuoh straago company. v *?
I look on high? tho vasty doep
Of bluo outreaohoa all my mln& j
And yot I think boyond to ihd i ?
Something more ra?t, and at my feet *?
The littlo bryony is twined.
Clouds sailing as to God go by,"5^^ .
Earth, sun and stars aro rilshlng on ;
And faator than swift time, more stroLg
Than rushing of tho worlds, I feal
A something is of u*me unknown.
And turning suddonly away
Grown slok aud dtasy with the senea V; i;&
Of powor, and mine own impofeiioo; * :
I seo tho gentle oattlo feed u<
Iu dumb unthiuklug innocence.
Tho great unknown abovo, balow,
The cawing rooks, tho milking shed,
God'a awful eilonoo overhead ;
Bolow, the muddy pool, thf path
Tho thirty herds of oattlo toad.
Somotiines as in tho summer folds '
I walk abroad, there com 00 to mo
So wild a sonse of mystery,
My senses reel, my reason fail*,
I am iu suoh strange company!
..?*> *?#
Vot eomewhoro, dimly, I can fool
The wild confusion dwells in
And I, in no atraugo company,
Am tho loit link 'twist Him and thesev
And touch him through tho mystery.
? . : . ^.m?
ITEMS OF IN Till EST.
The ratablo value of Loudon
twioa that of Ireland.
Philadelphia baa 1,800 professiond/Hf
beggars. * WGZB
The larges*. national
Lynohburg, Va. ^ .....
The number of national banks III tite >
United States is 2,163.
Ontario has 10,468 pri
jails and 8,065 lunatios in
The caterpillar destroy
bales of ootton last year* *
It is reported that twenty
people in India in
killed by snakes ana tigers. ?
y The aot ofa&ollnhing flbgf '
United 'States 'navy was a*"
Congress, September 28, It
The average life a! an Ei?
sovereign is abtfht eighteen ye
is, the ooin loses about three- 10
grain in. weight iu that tlmf
ceases to-be a legal tender.
The Utfitmmber of blast fu
rolling mill estkblishmerttsj
works in the United*'"
1870 and 1,005" in 181
taaterialtTused W& IU
115)1,271
Mai.
from Chicago to
in 1872. He now
thrifty orange tr?
500,000 oranges in a)
Cork trees aria
raised In Georgia, Tl
speoimens planted the
tuiok enough for use.
these trees oan be suoot
most of the Southern stftt
It requires about 5,000 yc
stock a pond of one aero in u
flab weighing from' one to tw(
1,000 to the acre is a liberal
and these will require arlidotal
unless the pond is very rich wit
producing vegetation,
The phrase "suited to a T" is'1
bo derived from the so oalled T
an instrument used by utohiteot
mechanical draughtsmen in drawl
plans. As the T-square is often
test the wwuraoy with whloh lines >
angles have been drawn, it is *H
Jtrobable that the expression ori{
n this faot.
HUMOROUS* Wj VM
"Time makes all things even" except 'ii1
odd numbers. , Yr
When a rive?*breaks its bank is the
result flnanoiai ruin ?
Dr. -Tanner has selected Buffalo lor
his future home, probably beoanse it
is a fast city.
It isn't beoanse a woman is exactly
afraid of a oow that she mas away flal';
soreams, bnt it is beoanse gored dresses
are not fashionable. \ ,
We see by the San Antonio papers '
that the batchers have raised a otub. If
their tenderloin steaks are as, tough as
they used to be, they might me the
oiub to advantage on them.T^
In 1851 the students at Tale Oolloge 'i&L
broke 1.800 panes of glass inside of twO JjK#
days. Binoe that time they hava fonnd
it oheaper to break eaoh otUorV.heads.
Dr. Tanner still insists thaftW did a
groat thing, and that the public didn't
appreciate him as it ought. He should
have kept right on fasting to be appro*
oiated.
An American named Maxwell has a ,
ranohe in New Mexico containing 1,700,- _
000 no res of land, and yet he growls
when a vigilanoe oommitteo asks for a
fence corner to bury a horse-thief in.
The Philadelphia C IhrohM* says thl
some one worked off a counterfeit haf.
dollar on Otoar Wilde and he has now
ohanged his mirid about this country
having no ruins.
There are thirty different fire escapes
to seleot from, bnt as none of the ioven- i
tors ever make a trial from a fifth* stoft
window with a sheet of flame behind
them, the ordinary man is suspicious
aboni investing.
The Naval Committee.
Oongtess Is once more inspecting the
half-bnilt or worn out hulks that haV
boon laid up at the various navry "
sinoe the war, and bringing its pot
ous wisdom to bear upon the
whether any of them should I
condition for duty, t Among
several iron oofflns of the,
monitor tvpe, and. it la rei
some members want them to 1
up and fitted for servioe at
ofvteveral millions
samo Insneotion faw
these adcient iron*<
ing away. Itwoul
~ "i mon*y oi&r