The Kershaw gazette. (Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C.) 1873-1887, June 21, 1883, Image 4
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TIMEfcf TOfffrs.
It is e*tf mated that the present pop
u Lit ion of the United Statts isM.bOO,
000. Judging by the returns between
1870 end 1880 the rate of gain by ex
cess of births over deaths is about two
per o;*nt. per annum. The unoertain
element iu these ~ " ? "? A' "
ber of. emigrants.
country is growl
ulatlon at
** *"* ~ j
The Laramie Boomerang tuid in a
recent issue an editorial upon 44 The
Acrobatic Cow." It w* s a vehy West
ern etory of a very Western cow.
which went up to the second story of
a private house, calmly browsed on
the flowers in the windows, and when
the ^rejfcU&ifat? ended jumped out
twenty feet to the ground without in
juring herself in the slightest degree,
a feat whtch should forever place her
in history by the side of her famous
sibtcr who jumped over the moon*
rr
There is a new movement in active,
pr.grew anong enlisted melt of rthel
United States army tq have passed at [
the next suuion of. Copgresa a bill to
provide for the retirement with pay of |
e illbted men, after twentr-flve years of
continuous service. Copies of the till,
with petition? for its passage, are being
circulated in every regiment and com
puny of tho nrmy, and those petitions,
when signed, will be consolidated and
forwardod to the secretary of war
through tho proper military channels
for presentation to Congress. , ,
The growth of telegraph bus-iness in
England since the state has acquired
control of the lines is said to have been
enormous. The number cf messages
per week has grown from 120,000 to
OOlt.OOO. In 1878 the average number
of messages per mile of wire was 147 ;
now it is 2>8. In pross messages,
5,000 words per diem have grown al
ready to 084,154 por day. The tele
gra h in use on tho railways lifts
grown from 27,01)0 miles of wiro in
1809 to 6^, 000 iu 1882, and the instru
ments from 4,423 to 15,702. In Japan,
last year, 2,228,214 messages were dis
patched, of which ninety-eight per
cent, were in tho native tongue.
? V; .
The so'ioo)^ 0< tho noi>!63 in Tokio,
Japan, has in the court behind the
school building, ? physical map of that
.country between three and four hun
dred feet long. It 18 made 6fturf a^d
rock, and is bordered with pebbles,
which l.,ok at a little distance much
like water. Every inlet, river and
mountain is reproduced in this modor
with a fidelity to detail which is slmjlv
wonderful. Latitude and longitude
are indicated by telegraph wirestand
tablets show the position of the cltfts.
Ingenious devices are eraployed^in Il
lustrating botanical studies al o. For
-example, the pine Is illustrated by a
picture showing the con<% lent and dis
rected flowi r, set in a. frame which
shows the bark and longitudinal
transverse sections of the wood.
The papers In "Wyoming Territory
predict tn^t the Rocky Mountain
region will, before many more years,
contalu the moat popul ir summer re
torts iir the world. They clalrtT'for
this rogion all the advantages which
could be desired for a summe: resort.
In Its lofty altitudes; tlxa.air is clear,
? oool and invigorating; flsfi ana game
Jjfebpurid; the scenery is gVaUd and in
t^pir]ng; and the tired denizens of cities
find more real rest, recuperation
?if .and pl( aaure in a fortnight there than
flfvthe seaside could furnish in all suin
v1 Amer. ' Instead of listening to the
; . Monotonous blare ofhornsi and trying
,'v #Bo extract honey from the various arti
.^Vi lloial flowers of a fashionable seaside
; ;* ' Sgresort, one could angle f^ : lie gamey
^^fltOUt, track the ru>' cinnamon,
grizzly or black bear cj nis lair, ahd
, lie in wfrit for panther, mountain Hon,
elk, antelope, eage, chickens and an
.4 ^ endless variety or game.
Lucy Hooper writes from Paris with
p?trd on aolo glee - over the horsewhip
ping a young American girl recently
I
m 7*'
toj| i no )i 1 r of the legion
of hohor who had insulted her by per
sistent arinoyanc~^l|b||i|MtaMMH
peared in the
addressed her
day, wprn, we
just r.B they .
stand, byasudd
one of the "dri
sooket, andj'ur.
out him sharply
the lash. Mein
Mtitfted b
lie stooped to
tip her ad
blow upon
stunning w
was some time 7
headgear, every
^employed to th
i?l(WV^tchIli|3
from the scene
carry hlmi'foll.
and Jeers of the
who heartily
'"brave your
Lucy feels
lolly old
M* his .
Kvin^eliei'
' i The indloatk
saps' fc|i era
the Medltei
can-French
era deprese v
f lucccssf utlpltc
ties. It isreprc,
h has had it ail clear enoui - .
mind for sever al years, but rd34Bltiy K
government commission reported
^ agalnstlho prolect, holding Ufffnhi
?ountty we* rooky an<t that the
iMeartble at all* would be; en<
expensive. After a month's Journey'
Inthe African desert M. De Lessens
feels more I ban ever confident that the ,
work ?an be done end that Immense
advantages wilt flow from it. Ills en
K I noers report that J.he country^ U> be
conquereclSKe wflv '^nchm sn" h as
taken every precaution to be on good
terras with the Arair- population.
The project is to m*V a e*M*4welv*
meters deep, fifty meters wide and one
^hundred and eighty kilometers ion*.
De Lessops claims that It can be out in
Ave years and a? ewe rtatfrot the coat
estimated by the government. Risks
end expenses Are to M Settled by ? (
French stock company. -*wo of-the
lake* which It Is proposed to make out
*ro*y? and the des
thero*<v-averitabii
ofthe northern Miert
n Lake Oencvft> Old
ar* to renew their
> is to blossom as
sriSiSST!!.
80? ? It. i "i i'fci- * I P' 1 '
- ? 110 we'?v<*
depend upon one
have but two, 1
ft comparatively fl
member? If anvthi?B
to disable our right hand, how terribly i
dependent we artf upon the aaslstanoe 1
of our kind friends ; and yet surely
something might be done early in life
to train the other hand to tike its
share of the w/>rk now almost entirely
' done by its fellow. That it can be
li* |
arij
jrrot<
hand
right, and then
0 who b*T9 suf
year? acquire a
ions to iu
6th;
who
accident !
_ it member
remains' at the
and many are
? ? in which he is
placed.* Hlow offai in old age a
stroke of paralysis renders a hand and
arm useless, and the matter of even
signing the name becomes well nigh
an impossibility. Now might it not
be worth while in these days, when
every one is doing ami learning more
than ou* grandfathers and grand<
mothers ever dreamt of, to make
young pupils practice the use of their
left hand at all events, so that fh case
of need it could be available? Many
years ago a gentleman in - Devonshire
w.as known as a clever artist, but very
few Vere aware that he contd sketch
??kith bolh hands at the same time.
Whether as a rastjme or as - a serious
study, it may be worth the suggi stion
that all should learn equally to use
tlr'r right and left.
Tliat Advertising Pays.
That advertising pays is too well
known to business men to require de
monstration. A mistaken process of so
large dimensions as the advertising of
our days could not bo sustained and
continue to grow and increase year aftor
year. Advertising is maintained, and
grows rapidly. It Is customary to
start new papers wherever these exist
ipg give evidence of thrift, and the
subscription price of all the papers is
so low that they have to be supported
mainly "by tho advertising. In this
manner the business capital of the
country* is ..made to supply cheap
reading for the masses, vast numbers
of whom are too poor to buy books.
The business capital is tho foundation
q? the advertising ; this in turn sup
ports the paper, and the Issue can
thereupon be sold to the poor and to
tfio Vlcn alike for little more than the
cost of tho white paper on which It Is
printed. That thiB cheap reading mat
tor Is appreciated by the people at
largo Is abundantly shown by the num
ber of readers. Tho nunjber of
periodicals published In the United
States during the census year was
11,314, of which 971 were issued daily,
and the aggregate circulation per issue
of these dallies was 8,566, 395, an average
of about one daily paper every day to
every fifteen inhabitants of the Union.
But the weeklies and others published
at Intervals varying from semi-weekly
to semi-annually exnlblt a much wider
field, their aggregato circulation per
Issue being 28,213,291. The increase
of newspapers since 1850 is astonish
ing, The total number of newspapers
lp tho United States In 1850is given
in the compendium of thehmth census
as 2,526, with a total circulation of
5,142,177. The aggregate circulation
stated above for JS80 is 31,177,924,
or almost six times as much as in 1850,
while the population of the country
only Increased durlhg that period from
23,19J,876 to 50,^55,783, or less than
118 per cent. This gratifying increase
in the reading population iy a strong
reason for suspcoting th^t our political
institutions #ro safer than we bad sup
posed. ? New Orltana Picayune ;
Sim Pranclioo Cable Roads,
The San Francisco householder, and*
the Croesus particularly, has \'a station
like the herald Mercury new-lighted on
a heaven.kisslng hill." How in the
world, I have asked, doss he get up
there? Well, then, bytthe cable roads.
I should consider the cable road one of
the very foremost In the list of curi
osities, though I have been able to re-j
frain till now from bringing It for
ward. It is a peculiar kind of tram
way, quite as useful on a level, but In
vented expressly for the purpose of
overcoming steep elevations. Two
cars, ooupled together, are seen moving,
at a high ratajakepesd* . without jar
and, in .perfect safety, up and down all
?tte extraordinary undulations of the
ground. Ttifcy have no horse, no
neA^f no 'vestiges of machinery, no
ostensible means of locomotion. The
aitonlsjied oomment of the China
wan, obsorvlug this marvel for tho
first time, oljl as It is, may bo worth
t Bm - once more for its quaint
'elUwn man's wagon, no
iflfee; all same go top-side
ee?'' The solution of the
i an endless wire cable
>* in the road-bed, and
, great wheel In an engino
top of the hill. Tito
lO^wo cars Is provided
or, pincers, running under
?ough,n continuous crevice,
or box as the cable, and
a -conductor. >Vhen hef
oh he olutohes the always
i; and goes with it; if ho
\ ho simply lets go and
ce. Fortur.ately there is
idloe in this olimate to clog
"^vlce, which, by tho no
"i0 case, must be open.
9 been applied, however,
[ons, in* Chicago, and no
1 in New York. ? liar
Ostrlnh Farm.
Alarm near Calrs extends
"the Virgin's tree to tho desert,
comprises several acres of land
surrounded by high mud walls. The
greater part of the farm is desert, the
ioeee, pebbly sand being essential to
the w?ll being of the ostrich. There
are atpreseht on the farm 120 birds of
WfrtrlWn a year's growth, and of
these" fifteen are female and twelve are
*nslo adinte~ that h to lay they are
mcft^than three years old, the age at
wfilch th?y Commence to lay. Twelve
or th4 adults are new liylng and three
are engaged in hatchings one being
upon'twenty- tWo, ?ne upon fourteen
and one upon eleven eggs. Strango to
say,. tli q male bird attends more to the
hatching part of the business than the
female, especially in cold or rainy
weather, ind, in fact, often undor
tafceathe whole of that te^loUs duty
himself, being only relieved by his bet
ter half at meal hours.
How I* Re?4ve tHe Odor ef *nsk.
Quinine la the only new thing under
the sun that seems to be good for
Wcrythlng (Qulnologlst.) The last
number of our oxoeiiont Vienna ex
chanik ifhe VHarm<u)*uti*?h* Pott,
states that l*rdfes*or Wlesonthal em
ploy* ttm bydroehlorate or sulphate of
onlnlnto for tfce purple of removing
WWiAking the sine* of musk, llo
states that a small atttount of qulnino
MufltaM to completely mask the odor of
fnuslt, and says that a few drop* of
atftahlated water . poured upon the
lands, end a few grains of quinine
added, will at once romovo any odor of
tnusk that may be on them. ? Medical
London has two policemen to oacli
1,000 inhabitants. I
HUMOROUS SKETCHES.
';V . . iu j ' 1" *? s'^'.v -y^V" ,^f^S
"S?y. Mrs. Bunsoo," salda Uttlegirl
to a lady visitor, "do you belong to a
brass band?"
"N(k my dear." - _
M1 bought you did."*". "
?? Why did you, luy child?"
"Because, mamma said you was al
ways bloving your own horn, and I
thought you must belong to the band."
?Drummer.
f*tkTkMiD?wa.
Young Smith called on Miss Higgen
bottom a few nights ago, and got very
wet on his way to the young lady's
residenoe. Alter he arrived nothing
Crould do but she must make a Are for
im, and in spite of his protestations
she soon had a roaring Are started.
Drawing near it Mr. Smith poised
one foot on the other in front of the
blare. For some momtnti not a word
was spoken.
Presently the young lady gently re
marked: "Mr. Smith, please take down
tho blower; I think the Are ha* a good
start." Down came the feet amid
smiles from the girl.
Smith don't gothere any more. ?
Qtorgia Major.
* ( You're n Diudri
44 Does he really love me, or do?s he
not?"' were the secret thoughts of a
young girl as she stood by the side of
her tall and handsome lover.
" Did I imagine otherwise, it would
make me wretched for all time to
come," thought she.
Looking down into the fair face of
the girl, and while smoothing back
the golden ringlets from her beautiful
forehead, ho read lr r thoughts. There
was a momentary pause. Afterward,
drawing her to His breast, he ex
claimed, fervently: "How dearly I
loVe you." Then all the won nn spoke
within her. Sho lifted her eyes, bright
with softening tears, and passionately
exclaimed: "Oh, Jim, you're a dandy."
? Pretzel's Weekly.
1 1 In Apologlm. ,
A young lawyer in Detroit, who had
made an engagement to deliver a
humorous lecture in an interior vil
1 lage, met with a domestic .misfortuno
and was obliged to telegraph the fact
that he could not keep his engage
ment.
"Explain to the assemblage," he
added, 44 the nature of my misfortuno,
and oxpress my sincere regrets."
Next'mornlng ho receivod a tele
gram from the committee reading:
"Wo showed him the telegram, re
funded his money, and he went off to
play checkers perfectly satisfied with
your apologies 1"
The lawyer is ^trying hard to gee
what 4thlm"bas to do. with "assem
blage." ? Free Press.
The null at flunnlnon.
and a; PU,?ni80n lnst week a large
and select ball was g;ven in a hall
offfo??i?f Yhich ,Uid been Partitioned
off for sleeping rooms. A young man
w ?o slept in one of these rooms, and
who felt grieved because he had not
,n^!ted' ftnd to roll around
and suffer while tho <?]ad thrnmJ
trinpod tho light bombastic toe, at last
diseo.vered a knot-holo in tho partition
thrpugh which he could watch tho
gidUy multitude. AVhilo peepijiK
thrpugh tho knot-hole, ho discover? J
that one ono of tho dancers, who had
anither In" h ?? h,H sho?
another in his lock t-> correspond was
standing by the wall with the VntT
latM foot near the knot-hole. It was
but the work of a moment to hold a
thisex posed heel until
fUSSTrSSl Kmfe ",d becn
rent n?n }e^ there was a wail that
rent tjie battlements abova-^rfrHi
drdwned tho blasts of tl^mus"^
There was a wild, sca*?d o#of ? fl r ' V,
" tr,?ht?oed throng r^hinir hfthor
an& thitfor, and thlrt, S^mirth
anjl music had gladden edtho^e a
indment ago, all was still save the low
copvulslvo titter of a scantily clad
jnjn, as he lav on tho lloor of his don
hvnaua in th?
W Ifarklaa* Greek Joke*.
To-day I havo been reading the niri
Greek -jokes of, Machines, Diogenes
lmveZt -h0 "
"w?1? t0 K'v<> fny 1(1(11 or tllo
J.jkL ' Th?e/?^Wa? lh0 A'honlan
joKes. lh?,e jokers wero all nuolls of
hato. ami finally they all bSc?m?
lo' ah"?0""1 1"km "lh"
rage in Athens, and many of the best
**???* Wr!tten out hy ^chines.
attTlbut^ThA r?M g ?f tfuie are
noor Hn,f J? A.r,lt,l>Pu^ ? ^?rned but
poor and proud teacher. *One dav ?
our rich men aro, came to Ariut<nr.,,n
" ? WhrtSilf va ""t0" 10 hfrt.
? Mr r Z>ZTrg? t0 mnl"' hlT
i.?ro?h' "?V.e drachmas" (<i0l
biylh^!' 'Ul?tll,l'?-. parting tl.o
"Five hundred drachmas 1" ex
t^ much w[!0dTyit\ 1" wh>? that'j
loo much. Why, I oould buy a slavn
for flvo hundred drachmas.'' ,
'Go and buy him thon," said Aris
tippus, "and you'll have twins. You'll
havo a pair of them !" . "
* * *' ? " ?
an" ?,k?d h "g,?,n0nurcl1 '? Athens,
.. M?t ,or some money.
rIi.J 'u? moncy exclaiuiotl Diprvy
Vou, a philosopher/ ^'ant
wavH aav T' ^Wh^r
waJu ^tM0?"''elT ,M,VCr ""*>?
bii'?'0!-v?o T"ZmSt"v" ?B,<1 Arl"?p
W" ?. to""**: philosophy
. ' Bftld Dlonyslin, hand
ing him /orty drachmae. ?
Zroir 1 wmt -w
* * * * ? *
.bo?kZTl ,ront ?' ll" K,"ck,,r
? " I'm the best swimmer In Greece '?
!lfVa J'n C?n *wim 'arther than any
other fellow in Athens."
?rtiS!0an * "oWmod Hi,,.
todAth"nn,.?w? thm
pu'^-n a bnl,ffOf." "aid AriHtlp.
" 1 can run and kick higher than
any man In Athons, and?"
Plata ?rtn ft Ja^Vawi," interrupto I
Atheng,,,I m 1,10 hftn<lBorn(V,,t man in
inCJin(liR? '8 x ,,nww "tfttue -a hol
tippiia. ? Ell Prrkini.
Illinois has the largest number of
farms of any fitato In the Union, or
256, 000; It also has tho largest num
ber of farms containing 1,000 acfos or
more.
Martin Luther's statue, which is to
be erected at Washington, Novemeer
10, will l>? a counterpart of the bronze
statue at Worms, and will cost about
*?6, MX).
ncrs FOB THE) CURIOUS,
It takes a cord of txvrk to make 200
pounds of sole leather. .
In a Boston shop window is a bridge
made of 300,000 miles olT spool silk.
The first obelisk mentioned in his
tory is that of Barneses wbioh was
erected at out 1485 B. O v
Fitz Stephen, a chrmicler of the
time of Henry II., mentions the de
light which the English look in horse
races.
Bantam chickens we; re originally
brought from the East Indies, and are
supposed to derive tbn name from
Bantam, a residency of tiie island of
Java. . .
Down in the state of Cttuca in the
republic of Colombia ther* are many
deposits of auriferous grav el Most of
the small gulches and marines have
been worked out a hundred years ago,
though more or less mining is still
going on. Many large streams have
auriferous beds, and the .natives nro
not up to turning the course of the
river, so they mine in a peculiar way.
The women take a batea in their hands
and dive down in ten or fifteen feet of
water, scrape the loose sand and gravel
into it and bring it to the surface.
They then climb on the bank and
"pan "it out. TTIPy^get all the way
from a few cents to fofcr hits (half a
dollar) a batea. Sometimes the men
engage in this work* but it te mainly
Uone by the women. After a dive thev
jit down on the bank and si.ooke awhilo
before going down again. They teach
the children of twelve to divo for gold
abo. Sometimes rich pockets or de
posits are struck.
Seeing1 a Hattleflcld.
lie was from Syracuse, and ho saiil
J he'd give almost anything to soj a
; battlefield. It was, therefore, arranged
i that we should go up to Fort '.Pillow
I in company. I never saw such an on
| thus last on the subject of walr iind
; fields of carnage. He went oe\t and
I ought thre> war .histories hef?>re wo
left Memphis/and on the way up he
talked war to every man who would
listen to him. I warned him not to
expect to see too much, antl not to
be disappointed if Greeley, Headley and
Abbi.tt had made some errors in de
scribing the lay of fields wliuch none
of them had seen witliin live hundrod
miles. "01 h of course not," ho re
plied. "I don't expect to soo more
than a fort, live or six bursted can*
non, a few sjtulls, half a dozen cannon
wheels and a lot of musket barrels. I
shall 4jring away about a dozen swords
and revolvers as relics, and 1 wondor
what It would cost to get one of the
old cannon up to Syracuse?"
< When ti e boat swung in nt Fort
'feUlow I saw my friend's chin begin to
| fall. . The landing was a steep slide for
I a distaneo of a hundred feet, and the
mud was a foot deep. We dropped off
{ the gang plank and the steamer wont
1 her way.
" W- what's this?'' inquired the Syra
cuse man as he looked up the grade.
1 This is a historic bluff. Prepare
to see a battlefield." ?
We tugged and strained and swore,
and finally roaclie.l the bluff, each
man plastered with mud from his
collar button clean down.
"Now, then," said I, after we had
scraped off a part of our loads, *' over
there is the fort. You can see where
the big guns wore mounted. Above
it must be the citadel. Over to the
right is the ravine up which. Forest's
men advanced, and ?
?' See here," interrupted the gentle
man from New York, "do you call
thin a battlefield?"
? "Certainly."
" This infernal sand ? those thickets
? that swamp? them two cabins
aro a battlefield, eh 1"
" Of course."
"Well, sir, it's an infornal fraud ? a
dead swindle on honest men, and I'vo
a good mind to punch your head for
bringing mo up here. IJattlefio'.d, eh t
Why, sir, if I couldn't tako ton acres
of Northern tamarack swamp and
make a better battlefield than this, I'd
nevor look a decent man in the face
again ! (Jo on with you ! You aro a
liar and a deceiver 1"
And he went off and sat down on a
i log, and sulked and growled aTd
grumbled for six long hours, ?\nd when
1 showed him bullots and breastplates
&nd Other relics, ho charged mo with
having brought them up from Mem
phis in my pockets. ? Free Preia.
What an " Impression " I*.
"Ah, I have ?m impression 1" ox
claimed Dr. McCosh, the presidont of
Princeton college, to the mental phil
.osophy class. "Now, yoi'ng gentle
men, can you tell me what an Impros
Blon is?"
No answer.
" What 1 no one knows? No one
can toll mo what an Impression isl"
exclaimed the doctor, looking up and
down' the class. . ?
' " I know," b: id Mr. Arthur. "An
impression is a dent in a soft placo."
"Young gentleman," paid the doc
tor, growing red in the face. " you aro
excusod for the day."
Olftored Dp His Own LI To.
The death occurre l recently of the
Abbe Marteau, vicar of Vaux Tilaine,
in the Fronch marine dopartmont,
whode courage durlng'tho war excited
the admiration of the wholo ni^lon.
A Prussian officer had beon murder**!
in the parish, and, adoordlng to the
usage of war, tw^ inhabitants were
solooted by lot to suffer deat)?, as the
atitaPBin- could not bo discovered. The
Abbo Marteau, without a moment's
hesitation, offei .d his life in exchange
for the release of ihh two hostages,
and yraij about to he shot in their
stead When the exocutitin was conn*
tcrmanded by the suporlor authorities.
, , ?? .. . ? '
The nnmbor of Utters, oards and
newspapers that -passed through the
llrltlshjno^tofflce rnst yeAr aggregated
1,766,000^000. i, ' ?
1'. ii>. ? 9
An Aocarate Tlme-plec*.
* * * While oft the subject of
Walthnm watches, .we may mention
that we havo feen a letter frofti tho
Commander of the Gordon Oaslle (Cas
tle line of Steam Packets), who was
fortunate enough to savo life at sea,
and who lor his gallant conduct was
presented in September last with a
Gold Koyloss Walthnm Watch by tho
President of the United States, on bo
halfof the T,ondon Local Marine Hoard.
Itoforring to this Presentation Watch,
ho says : " When I left London tho
watch was six seconds fast, and on my
arrival at Singapore It was only threo
seconds slow, a most extraordinary
performance for a watch, as I enrrfod
it on my porson the whole time. I
compared It every day with my
chronometers on the passage out, and
It seldom or ever differed one second
from them ; In fact, I found it almost,
if not as good as mv chronometers,
which Is a great deal to fay for a
watch carried about and subject to all
kinds of jolts." ? London, Kngland,
The Watchmaker , Jtnotler and
tmith, February 6, 1883.
-
THBJSEW&
.Bnitw Klrt wife bu ?ran o fl htt
divorce and Moused f4.?^000, the family
*?*<*????* 8m Fnmcioo, ?nd the custody
o# tW three youngest ohildren.
An exhibition ot the conduit system of
underground telegraphy has been given at
Chicago. The working of the wires wa.
entirely satisfactory. ? ?
H?nrjr K. White dealer in straw goods at
No. 648 Broadway, N. Y., has faileTli!!
bilitiea $160,000; asset* $100,003.
Audt?ou s pf6AA brick oompAoy'g works,
It moooco ^ b**n ',arnod' LoMeBtiu?t?d
?i^ho local steamboat inspectors of New
York have refused to issue certificates to th?
ferryboats plying on the North and East
rirws which store their illuminating gas iu
tanks in their holds, *>n the groaad that a
great explosion would be liable to oocur in '
case of oollision. i
Hie late cyclone in Missouri lias done in- '
calnlable damage. Mhny lives have been !
lost, and loes to property in the hue of the
tempest has been unparalleled Towns have !
been. damaged to such an extent that they '
are not recognisable.
1 he rumor that the dynamiters intended
to damage the Weltend canal hits lod the
authorities at St. Catherine's, Out., to take
extra precautions to protect the oxposod
points.
The Northern and Southern Telegraph
Company have Mod a certificate of inoorpo
ration in New York. Its lines are project? J !
between Now York and Charleston. S. C. '
Southern News.
, *rlC' ft town bo,ow Scran ton, P?M wa, (
? ?adly shaken tap by an explosion or >>owder i
in a powdor magazine at a coal brenkor. i
One man was almost torn to pieces, and j
another ha* not yet boen found. Windows |
in nearly all the houses in the town were i
broken.
Judge Bond, of the United States Court, i
at Richmond, Va., decidod in favor of tho I
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company ob- j
taining an injunction to prevent property j
from being sold for taxes, where the com !
pany had offerored payment in coupons. j
Tho village of Waterloo, Ind., was com j
plotely dostroyed by tho recent cyclone, j
The lino iron bridgo over tko White river 1
was torn to pieces. The storm crosso.l over '
into Ohio and did considerable dnmano k I
Preble county.
Mark SpicXer, a travolling ngont was put
off a train of tho Northern Central railroad
in a drenching rain has roooverod damages
of $f),000 at Philadelphia. Ho had offered a
ticket two years old which tho conduotor
, rcfusod and put him off tho train.
In a moment of insanity Chas. Edward
| Hanson brutally murdered Mr. ChaR. n.
j White, an agod gentleman, at the Hanson
estate in Howard county, Md. Tho detail,
| of the murder are horrible.
I Returns from the election in the third dis
trict of West Virginia Indicate the election
of Snyder, Domocrat, to Congress by 2,000
majority over Browu, Republican.
Captain W. 8. Mclntyro, a Hudson rivor
steamboat ca ptain, lost *125,000 in bonds and
*876 in cash in New York. He thinks hi>
pocket was picked.
Hon. Philip B. Thompson, tried at Harris
burg, Ky., for the murdor of Walter II.
Davis, has boen acquitted.
Foreign News.
The / forth German Oaxettc attempts to
prove by statistics that the danger of con
tracting- trichinosis from American pork is
> "Ixty times greater than it is from German
pork.
Tho report of tho discovery of an infernal
machine on board a transatlantic steamer is
deniod by tho head constable at Liverpool.
^London, May 17. ?-James Mullet, Edward
IfcCaffroy, Daniel Delanoy and Wm. Mo
roney were each sentenced in Dublin yester
j day to ten years' penal servitude, and Tho*.
Doyle to flvo years, for conspiracy to murder
The crown decidod to drop the criminal
charge against McCaffroy of having partici
- Pftted in the murdor of Mr. Burke. Daniel
Curley, one of tho alleged Phoenix Park
murderers, will be executed to-day.
IhoDukoof Edinburgh and Lord Wolso
y ',RVe Ht??"ted for Moscow, to attond tho
ceromony of tho coronation of the Czar.
rer?rt ?f ft tronty of Ponco betwoen I
Chili and Peru is not generally bolioved in
Lima,
i
CALL AND SEK
our
FULL STOCK
OF
GKOOF.RIKS,
Hardware,
H AUNF.SK.
Dry Goods,
Boots' Shof.-<, Hats
Canned Goods, Candiks,
Ckaokkrh, & ?. *
A A
BOTTOM PRICES.
Winbing to clone ont onr ntock of
I1<IQTJ ORB,
Wo nm celling ont r\t the following reduced
pricon :
Rost Rye Whiskey, f2.M) to $8.00 i>er gallon
Good Rye " . 3 XX) " ?
Rent "N. 0. Oorn Whiskey, 2 .(50 "
Good Corn " 1.7A "
Ram, 2.20 "
Gin, 2.2fi "
Applo Brandy, ? 8.00 "
* W. A. ANCRUM & CO
w. m. omm. *, ?. trmtamm.
OHAFBB & O'BRIEN,
Wholnol* Orooor?
*06 Kurt Bay St.,
?a *'?*'" '? y * L '?
v Ch*rl*ton, ?* C,
Aral) hr O**
jy|RTAiA -
iron, a kxm, ,
KOPR, OCWTON
? IlIDKfl, HKIKfl,
" ? WOODWAX, FUBfl.
AI.D Kvm Ot tkVtit STOCK, A*.
' tat We are p*y!ng the Highest CA*h Prldoe.
MOffPA GOLDSMITH ft BONN,
?ntflA-l*. V. O. Bo* ln?
WDLBERI I P1EPER,
Wholesale Grocers
And DmIwi In
Provision#, Liquors, Tobacoo Ac.
*1 mnd 1? MAMT BAY,
*ng lf-ljr OHARLMTON, ?? 0.
DR. T. BERWICK LVfflARK,
DENTIST,
QraduM? of the BdAkiore GoU?q? of
DwtUI IVrfery.
OFFICE I>FK AI.H HOtNR.
? Xntranco on Broad Street
OLD OBaS) ESTABLISHED
Charleston Ice-House,
ALVA, GAGE & CO.,
Market, oor. Church St., Charleetou, S. J.
importers and Salppcra, Wholesale and Retail
'Wan la
ICE.
lot packed tor th? country a specialty.
Ioe by tho oar-load at special
Waverly House,
CuABUanox, 8. C,
GEORGE T. ALFOKD, .... Manager
Bates $2 and *3.50 per Day.
This ftirorlto Family House, nnder Its new
management, is rcoocameudvd fur tho exoel*
lonoo of itscuisine Mid home-liko com forte.
Ita airy and woll ventllatad r<<ome have )u*l
been newly carpeted and elegantly furnished.
A. R. XHOMLUCSON
K&nuftctr.rcr of
HARNTWS, of Every Doicriptior,
SADDLES, DTtlDLES, Eto.
KioC. SADDLES,
NF.VY AND Ol J\.
Importer of V.ngltsh Baddies, Sie-d hit*,
Bpurs, ^tirrtiPH, V'.tf
Faotorv and ??>!o?ro<un 137 Melius fit.,
l'-ly. ClIMlLlvSl'OS, *. O.
\V. \\ llll.OICN A. I O.,
Cotton & Naval JStoheb Faotorb,
Ragging aud Tub Knruirtlio.1 at Liowest
Mrtkct n ittp.
Office, Nor. 8 k 10 Middlo Atlantic
Wharf.
Naval tttoroa Yard, Wharf,
Oharlraton, H. 0.
Liberal Advance# nittJo on all Oon
lignn-.cnts.
J.C. ROLLINGS,
AliJST I'OR
Staliouary anl Portable Steam Enpc?.
13ro\vn Cotton (*Jns
Winrt3hlp Cotton Gin
With Feeders nnd Condene* ro
Talbot <fc Bonh Enoink's,
Monarch Esoinm,
|
Bkinneh.V Wood Enoinm,
Bobs' Corrox Paws,
Baton bud Cotton rnrjia,
Findi.ry Cotton Pbi'-s*,
Corn and Vv'ur.AT >Jn.i<?,
8a w Mi i.i a,
BrAKTINO AND Pl'U.KYS,
And all kinds of maekinory. llii nuro t>> oil!
snd ?co my prioea botoro pnrohminic any lut.d
??f machinery. J. C. ItOl, LINOS,
Cjmukn, H. ('.
Ho, Ye Tliat Are TSintj !
Como and Iry that fivor.te brand of
Old. Family Whisky.
Tin-re is nothing liko it under iho miii.
(laving tried it once 1 know tlint your p;?t
i ouugo la secure.
I uso thin medium to inform my friend
and tho publio generally, that I have removed
to roy old stand ono door North of W. A.
Ancruni, whore 1 mu prepared to furnish
| diom with a ehoioo Block of
OnoosHixs, Gannhd Goods,
Winbs, Liquors, Tobacco ani< Gicnn >,
\ Wldoh I will soil at "Hard Pan" piioen f> r
oasb.
FRESH LAOBSt B2LR
Always on draught. Families supplied wi'h
bottled Beer.
Oentlino Rcotoh ALE a specially. Givo m<
a call and vou won't rocrot it.
ang31-(l Ja J. E. C. McDOWKLL.
\V ajfons nnd 1 5ujyf?ieM
HARNESS, ETC.
Ths undersigned rcspactfully calls atten
tion to tbe large stook of 1, 2, Sand 4 horse
wagons, singlo and dotiblo buggies, open "and
top buggies, wagon and buggy harness, cle.,
which ho now has on hand, and whioU ho is
selling at living priooa? so low as to onsuro
largo sales. Handling tl-3 hoavy stook I do,
[ oan afford to sell at a small proQt.
REPAIRI IV G
In all ita branches promptly and satiafnctorilj
exeonted by oompetsnt workmen.
"HORSE SHOEING
A speol ally. Qlvsmeaoall. M. A. MKTTR.
sep7-lyr
Y<rar Patronage
Is respeotfnlly eolioited at tho storo of
JA8. L. rWASINCTON
ahrro yon will And an entirely now stook o
FAMILY GROCERIES,
CANNED GOODS,
CONFECTIONER IKS,
DRY GOODS,
TOIiAOCO,
CIGARS, tf o.
The patronage of Diy ?l'l oustomers and
(ho general publio la inont roapoolfully s>>
Hoi ted.
Mr. Wiley Bheorn anil Mr. Job Rhlvor are
still with me, and will bo ploasod to servo my
oustomers.
JAH. L. BIIA8JN0T0N.
Remoflelefl and Newly Fnrmsdefl,
I.ATIIAM MOUNE,
OAMDKN, S. O.
Transient Board $2.00 Por Day.
Amvrie accommodations. Tatilos supplie
with tne best tho market affords. Every ad
tont'.on paid to the comfort of gliosis.
Oonneoted with tlie Ilonso is a first-class
DA It, which is orderly kopt.
Haok to and from too depot. Fare 25 cents
each >ay.
Feed and Livery Htahln on promises.
R. It. LATHAM, I'nopnutron.
WILLIAM CLYBURN,
COTTON BUYER*
And Fire Insurance Agont.
CAMDEN, 8. O.
rtfflo* <k>m?r Iiroad i *nd DoKalb fUr*ou.
(loorgla Horn* Tnanranofl Oom
pftny, umM* ...... wwn.Mi.f*
(JommoroUI Union Inanranon
I Company of I jonrton, a*??U, $10, 280,4/51 .73
I Homo jnanranoo Company of
N?wYort, *M?t* lft.4101Wfl.il
09" Hghftct market prloo* paid for Cation
in oMh.
Corn and Btoon alwavii on hand at
Whol?*a1?.
Have Your Cotton Ginned
On an BO-Haw IT*U Gin, wltli Feeder and
Oond?DMr.
IfAvingJnat pnl np an BO Raw 11*11 Oln,
with Feeder ana Conneneer, I am prepared to
gin unci puck cotton (n an expedition* manner,
and guarantor *atWan ion to all my patron*.
Th# patronage of Vie pnMlo la reapeolfully
Holloltod. ?
Oln looated at Rteam Planing Mill, oorner
I<anr?n? and Fair atraet.
M. I* CHAMPION.
J.BLAKE STEEDMAN,
nafncaKwrnm
KNOOP, FREERICH A pO.,
Charleston. 8. C. /
lairaM Kxobango on Charl^aton/ H?n
OoHoq M Oaak PrUyvn. /
?rOI?llft.V. iOrdaoA Co**, j
i'NEW ABRIVALS
AT
W. C. GERALD'S
OLD CORNER STORE.
I
I hare Jasl returned from market, wh?r? I <
t purobaMdfa hoary^stock of a>I
Kinds of G o o cl h,
At the Tory lowest prlcoe, and I intend to
fclre my customers iL? benefit of my low
( priced parohasos. My stock oonsUU of
i Fall and Winter Dry Goods.
Notions, Hosiery, &o.
rho beet make and latest atyles of
Boots and Shoes. Clothing, Hats, k,
GKOCKEIES!
l:i Grocoues I have a? flue a tlook at oau be
?it-cn in town.
HARD WARE!
For Plantation, Oai den i>nd Household tise.
Full liue ot Raddlery and Maine**. Tn faoi,
1 liavo got almost anything you can call for,
t ml aui determined to soil
CHEAP FOR CASH.
CV.l beforo you bur elsewhere. Ita^-g'nR and
Ties always on baiid . Hi;- 1 1 o a t pr'Cf>? paid lor
i o'ton in cash. \V. 0. UKKALl),
At the Old Cornoi Htoie.
NOTICE TO DEDTOR8.
All of niv par ?? have been placod in lh'>
liaiu's of ifr. J. I\ Hay, Attorney-a'-Law, for
loilro'iou. Mv buitiuo's mart bo ehwe.i up.
i nd thoao imleutod to me will take uoiico Mid
KOV<ru ihetusolvea accordingly.
J. A. AKMSTRONO.
Bollmann Bi others,
Got' .mission Met'i'linnta,
l> 'H'.t r ?* hi
' nr.oi-K'.iiK.s, wink-*. : iqioks tof.accq,
Oid AllS, K 10.
j 14^ anil ti.> I'ihi riitr, rhnrlrmn' , ?*.
M. L CHAMPION.
IrcWttct, Contractor ail Bonder,
Camdon, 8 C.
Rpoclal attention paid to farolahlng I'fcB*
Wif Mtiuttf* Ivr puUUo antl j>nve?? b-> fid
tag*. BoAig ? pnctic&l build* r of a*??ral
JO?r? experience, l.o in TnaMcd to gnaretite*
satieffceuon In all depiw tn rn'? ot hto Lm4h< m.
Office at tba atora of Mr. J. L. BraslngVo.
Ju38-ly
J|f.^YBURN,
General Insuranoe Agent
And Cotton Buyer.
Removed to hie old eta?d atOlyburo'a Blook
IVill pay tho htsihoat pnoe fur Cotton and b?.
Dioro freely than erer before.
?r Mr ?ountry friend* will pleaae rtr*
uo a call. auglT-tr.
PRICE8 REDUCED.
ROBERT D. WHITE,
MARBLE I GRANITE WORKS.
PLANS FURNI8HED.
Mooting 8tro?\ cor. H>tU>poVh A Hot
n igl8-yl. CH AHLHSTON, 8.0.
W. McO () M li,
VTholo/mlo and llotall Dealor in
Dry Goads, Hosiery, Notions, &c.,
_ * 425 King Street.
Adams, Damon & Go,/
No. 18 Broad Street, Charleaton, B . 0. /
Cooking BtoTM, Bangee, Qratea, M*rbl?vanl
Blate Mantile, Pumpi of ab kind*. I/C*d and
Iron Pipe, Bboot Load, Copper and Boof>
tnjr Tin, Tinware, Ttnixir'a Toole, Aoi
llonaa Furnishing Oooda In )ar? J quantity.
Kir? Rricka. Ttlaa. Terra OolU Dr?lu l'ipea and
Ohirmi^y Tope, All kluda of P.iunblng Work,
11 xifliig, Guttering and Tin Work gene-?lly
promptly attended to by tbe rooat onrcfol and
niperienood workmen. De|*ot and reliable
OH erg 19 ly
GRAND FALL AND WINTER OPENING
at rnr. J
\
ClotH'i ix s e
<?1 ,
ZMI. Xj. KI1T A RD,
Men's. Ymith'n and Roy> Suits. Men's. Youth's and Boy'.* < Worcoints. Fino Soft rnd Stiff
Huts in nil Styles nml Colors. (ienU' FuruiMiiiiK Kotuls mid No-k've ir.
GENT'S FIN 15 SHOES.
\Vh'*n in t bo oily j oh nro cordially invited to oxamino my atock of Clothing. All ord?ra
uddrc^Anl to ine will rec?*i\e prompt attention.
CJolimi l>in, S. C., opposit c Grand ntrnl.
(Vkrtdiin. S. Nov. Ill, 1V'N|.
<>K AM. KINDS AND oi Tin; moilKsr OUAPI'.
Of diuvt Importation. Col ton Seed Moal and all Fertilizer Supplies, for salo by
Wando Phosphate Company,
t'harhsstoiji, S. C'.?
FR ANCIS H. HACK lilt. President. JOSlAlI RROWN. Tiensnrer,
Wilcox, Cibbs&o.'s Manipulated Guano,
Wilcox, Gibbs & o.'s Superphosphate,
Are nek now lodged l?y everybody to be the Nest Fertilizers in use, nnd are xold low forCnoh
and on reasonable terms on ereilit, with Cotton Option, by
\Y ILCOX, (? 1 MliS & CO., Charleston, S. c., and Savannah, (J a.
And their A?onts throughout I ho country. dee"-2m
FOUNDRY, 50\214 Foot, MACHINE SHOP, 50x250 Foot. ROILKR RflOP, 40x120 Fort.
GEORGE JR. LOMBARD & (JO.
Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works,
-5A.ii.il Srgtx.&'i.&t-y - Georgia.
BUILDKR8 OF EnKinos and Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, ao<l all kinds of Mill inaohr
?cry of the Utr>?t impiovo l styles. Shafting, Hangers, Pulley*, G?r?i>k *n(l Journal Bonn.
Wo l>ave a hiruo assortment of Patterns Hucrnr Iinlinr- ...-i rii- ?
u.iv.j r<unnir?.
o . ..|> obiim/ t.uvu.i. uiontf Urook Mill Rooks.
?r Iron and Bra? Casing*, and all kinds of Ropa rs pro npl.iy dono. Wo e*M er?rj day,
and are working about <>no liundrod haii'l*
CONPAREE IRON WORKS,
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.
I M P K ( ) V K D
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS.
SIMPLE, CHEAP AND DURABLE.
We nfce the celebrated Friction Food on nil onr Haw Milla, We n?? the iftrj
Met material in their oonstrnotion, ami npnre neither labor not eipenie to ren
ter them m near porfect ah ponniblo. We warrant all onr work to be well made
Md of good material. We wonld like if jon won id compare the following flgnree
With thoee of other mannfaotureri and nee it we do not aell you a better and Urge*
law Mill at same flgnree:
PBIOHB. <
MO. 1 Mill, with 88 Inchee.Baw, 18 feet cnrrlage 8278.08
?? 1 " " 88 M 18 M 280 0#
??a ?? " 40 ?? 20 '? 800.60
? a M M 84 " . 20 ?' 828 00
" 8 M 41 40 " 20 ?? 850 00
??8 " M 48 " 24 " 875.08
"4 " " 50 " 24 '* 400 08
"4 " " 52 " 24 ?? 428.08
Extrn Oarrlncfo, 8H.OO por foot. The nhofo mill* complete to main t>elt.
Docl lv JOHN ALEXANDER. Proprieto
WILSON, 0HILDS I 00.,
PHILADELPHIA WAGON WORITS.
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MAKOfAOTfJftr.n O* ALL KTKI>?I Olf
Plantation, Oity, Freight, Bnainens, Bxpraai and
SPRING WAGONS,
VBUOKB, MUYH.CAIVfrt. TlMHEft WHEF.L8 AND WnRKLnAUROWa