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S?? .THBNJ5WS01 . < ?.-?? ? .. r HOVTBWARD TUB 0IMt Of ?5*FI KK TAKES IT WAV. iMth Carolina the El DoraJA of Am?rl*a A? I?ri?V*B4<nt Editor'* KURfiU (ol %Cv?mu In 1>UI?. r t-4. K. MeC(ur*'e Letter to tk? PhilttUlpUi*-T\mf.\ Columbia, 8.. C?, .January-40.?The ?fcw South T We have l>car<i that ex vrewtoh many times during the last twenty yeare, bat it never I mil t ho j meaning. bfa, t^Ul^V We hadi a New South when the war closed; a| South with slavery violently abolished and wlthptarerty, desolation an? voider I spread demiae** ? --?? ....-1?#?vrrf,??soiauon a?Hl wlder ' V spread dospairp^ft heritage of her fffeopfe, and a South unschooled In' progro?tfMliN>,|tw tW-iiWrt-e nccessl ?iii# of war had ltnji>re**cd their lessons., ^alkod of the - New ^(.h-igain II lteconstruetion had completod its JL in the tempest * of partisan and Itional passion, bat it Was the great sweep ofdesolatiou of v??c? that' pfrHogedUife dosolatiou of war., Then < o4pte^heNew South when intelligence,: Integrity and proporty gained the tn&s tory in loolur<goyc>umout.; It was; achieved only irVv uwiiy .vears of bo-1 to all who refased hoinaco to l#no ranco and thftftVn?* it eamo with iho tirst bright silver lining to tho dark olon^s of war andTgODMStruptinu, and < it dated the begtnnlng'bf the deliver anoe of tfeo South .from tho fearfully rotrttKitivo fruits of bauKclosH civil war. Tho South is often "consuied for Its I ready? submission to tho inctiiorlal electoral,crime of 1870 $ but had all the intorosii of honjo. of property, or peace appealou to-thcTBonth, " ?Mfvitrrospeec^appealed to thcTBonth, k? wnon*tho State Governments of South ? Caj^Una, Florida and Louisiana trom f\ in the-balahco of fraud, thoro ? JyiYO boon auitA *? ' ??uw ui irnuu, tnoro wotUd havo boon quite as prompt sub mTslwyn td a fraudulent Presidential { title north of the Potomac as thoro Was | sonth^q^Tt? Jitotoriov bqpks. And when'iUiB retmemberod that to havo rcfbt^TOlHqiliTOKwoam havo been . dt&mped, as a supplementary rebellion against authority under color of law, and ogainat tho aimy with Grant at j its hqad, thoro was sound discretion in the submissive South,. That tuolVslrous electoral fVaud tlxed its own infamy indelibly in tho antunlof tho nation, j by reepgnlaing the Democratio Gov iwiutalwpted on the iame tfckfct with Yltd<MMto the three States that woro dospotlod of their electoral votes, and thoro Is it measure of historic justico in tho rorcleotjon of Ylpo-ProeUlgnt Jlen Arhrits that would hdve boon rOtuidcd ou*lrf lT0l> rounded gaEasa, - of achto^onujn the IJfe of t ii; . ? ?cw So?th of ?,^^tpd %1't veal s I HOt -th^ deel8ive>idgment ?l?5&QV1?rtty'ow* 1,1 .cI "io 1877. ' for igos than _.*M-??*???. i Ken among, the more No,rH?, who [y.approciato tho Now SoOih of< Only those who have freely fl. Wltn "tho Southern nooplo ^^.^Uw U.sTf flffolSh VWirsrAiid care fully . noted thoir condition and Iho voptralnts and ;obst^tcs wM. l, eon in??**tf<of (hewordMlwl* South, as they are understood to-nayv They ssaassssssiisan""" ,ho wie Wj, '? iffi ?*l,u UIU oouiubhi I'opo M tho future of. ^"l8.ed> bnt_thoio is no turning witn wistful eyes to the thco V ? rios Of th6^aWviVTho Old South 1ft *' 1 T' 1 * It Jh burled; ItfmvftSiorles ( ????> <iiuirf{( shadows over tho hotter preaont and brighter W^^^^H^a'^Unorro AffcHf.^now generatfptV has con?Q from the oi^adle to manhood hlhcd Bum- ] 11 , irrovocablo arbltrahientJof ' " i?de rstand, *?&?#& ESiKS! ImgmtMty &fhe whlto iwoplo would voto and battlo against the restoration oilixenship as would tl?o people of ? - ? like circuinslaucoH, " lo Of wtato for y possessingJho ufd dwarf tho j council* of the WlfiEJDClW^^LWHh the Inslgnlfl' ?-? TTnlOn. In tho tree tho repnesehtatfvo men BPS WhrM any]g.t(n) w.H tQt't fiollool half a century rnere the stwttr patriotism ol a vamVM w<rt needed? to) pr.oyeut nnl llflcatlon from iHSHllIng"a?et1(mi?l wai* Itofore many of the aetnys of ,Uio lato wriThavo lortnUafftlfh^ toOnllri. ??.1 > var-'-y * three-fourth* of the Stattf adapted to eorn, Sooth Carolina haseror beau a buyer of bread, . She should hare five time# ber preeeot population and be able to feed it from hor own fields without impairing' ber moro valuable crops of cotton and rice, and erery pound of ber cotton could bo more I.rolltubly spun and woven on ber own superabundant water powers, than any other, piaoe on tbe continent. The Now South whisper* of these achieve ments, and tliat'?? why tbe sister Caro lina* are moro hopeful and moro proa porous to-day than at any time since tbey summoned tbe angel of sorrow to shadow tbe land. > TRYING TO )>MTIDI fOBUUMV. Th? S?naU Pmm the ttlll t* pkm o* t*? 1M)n4 XJ* ?rilw ArMsjr. In tho United State? 8enate, on the ! Edoanndt, calling Fryo to !?* floor *n& called uh tho bill otfbred by Ulrn, [Irovlding that \ nmy apixiint to the re tired list one person who 1*8 occupied tho i>osl( ion of Gonoral commanding tho army or armies of tho United TTta,'.c"l. ?.r Gwierai.. In CW.f of the United Hates arinv. lie moved to amend it .by adding, "with the rank and fUll pay of such General or Gcn orol in ChlOf, as the case may be." * he amendment was agreed to. Cock re 11 desired to record his role against the bill, not knowing whether . J?.08 ftnd lm-V8 would bo called on it. Ihe retired list was not the place for private citizens. It had been croated tor officers who. being still in sorvicc, had been rendered unfit for duty. There was neither justlco nor propriety id placing private citizens on such a list. General Grant was\ now enjoying iho receipt of $15,000 a yoar, which was enough for tho sup port of unv American citizen. Tho bill was passed after a very short dobntc, yeas 49, nays 9. Edmunds spoko stronglv and feel ngly In favor of the bill. Among tho DomocrAts, Maxcy, Voorhoos, George, Gibson nnd Jonas spoko also in its favor. The Senators who voted nay were: Beck, Cook roll, Cofte, Harris, Pen dleton, Saulsbury, Slater, Vance and Walker. Edmunds said ho concurred in tho general principle laid down bv Cock roll as to tho retired list, that it was iiot tho plaoo for private citizens. IIo (Edmunds) was, on that point, a Democrat of Democrats, but as a Sen ator and a oltizon ho was glau of the opportunity to ask tho passage of this l?lll. General Grant had served his 30ti"try falthfhlly and gallantlv in tho Mexican war while n-youug lienteu int. Ho becamo again connected with the army of the United 8tates on an iccasion of very considerable impor lanoo And Interest. Edmunds was dating it mildly; in order not to excito ihe temperament of anybody on tho )ther sido of the chambor. General Jrant had been removed from tho of loe- of General of all Armies of the United States, from which ho would mvo been rctlrod when ho reached the proper ago and put on this very list, o assume again the command ol tho innioi of tho United States and Com-i nandor-in Chief under Its Constitution. Ho hod not sought it. Ho had obeyed ho call of duty. That Amoved him rom the technical place that ho had leid in the army to a hlghor place, as constitutional Commander of tho trades oftho United States undor tho aw. ? When his torin oxnirod he be some a private citizen. In that state . S?8? am* ui?4er circumstances vhleh all knew, and in viow of tho loiior, respeot, gratitudo and.duty that yo owe his |as primus in illuatrtis in he history of this country, Edmunds nrl A a# ili(? 1 ff I od efforts of this character, being op posed to placing private citizens on tho retired list, but tho circumstances of this caso woro dxcoptlonal. As a! Southern man who had opposed tho courso of General Grant, ho (MMcey)" could not but rccogiifzo that whon tho Ruproipe-hoar oamo to the-Southern States, when they had to yield up al! Bavo their honor, no man had evor actod' with m6ro magnanimity and fenerosity^Ofen Ulysses 8. Grant did. Not only did Maxoy remembor that fact, bnt the peoplo among whom he Iftod rciYiemboroo it, and he dtd not bellovo that thore was to-day a man in tho South vsfho would begrudge a reas onable aird Adr support for Grant in his declining yoars. Maxoy added that he had known Grant for forty years and bolieved that hlrf recent troubles aroso ontirely from Grant's supremo dbnfldonce*in his friends. .Gibson.said that while tho form of tho bill might hot commend itself to his lodgment, Its objoct did. Ho sym pathised with the people of the coun try, wfioftld>lred[ to testify their appre ciation of General Grant's servioes. As A Senator flrom Louisiana, he felt it Inouinbont on him to vote fbr the bill to show the good will *ud svmpa thy^of the people of that State for Grant. Goorgo said ho was here as a Sena tor from Mississippi in the restored Union* On belugvoo|pmlsslohod"by Ida peoplo to come here, he bad rnado a oovpnant With hirtacir that In his VoMIJm the Senate, on all questions that did not affeot the "honor of his people, ho would vote oxaotly as If he had worirtho Fedbral Instead of the ConfodOrate Mtlforttt. He believed tho poople desl?<kV - the passago oftho pro poped measure. 1 t4-f4^y f/., , Jones aald he had opposed a similar moasut o>#hon ago because ho 1,_ boead*e Grant dldtoot need A& Under the present circumstances of the Gkn* ular mind. When the lltlta Tf*w,'Voo.f?e. art ? teuton wanted to a^?roMof,h< to amend tho Code of/Proco |i relation to UMiWi*lM?d< ng of Testimony by MaMers I. That muter* and reft crert to llwpn cause* may be roferretf, whether (9. hear and decldo the whole issues or to report upon aoyipadk matter of fact, or upon the facts general ly. shall hear and decide any o^joction which may be made to tbe compe tency, relovanoy.or admissibility of any testimony. w>lch" may be offered; 1 ami in ease, upon bearing each testi mony, the matter or- referee shall de cide the same inadmissible, be shall taker the same subject to such objection, but- ahall not. incorporate aaen-testi mony 'ao hold by him inadmissible Mfith the rest of the testimony tit the body of his report,'hot shall append the same separately at the end of his report,v~'" ; SkCvS* That the .master or referee, at the reqadfet of any party to a causo who may,tender the necessary expenses incident there to,-may employ m' 06m petent stenographer to take testimony in such'case: Provided, that such ex penses shall not bo taxed In the oosts or inolnded In the disbursements of tho cause.?' ' ? * _T : th? itan-W An Act to provide for the completion . of the main building of -the Stat? House. ' v SKcrioir^l. That tho sum of sevopty llvo thousand dollars bo,.ahd th$ same is horeby, appropriated for tho^pnr pose of defraying the expenses of con tinuing (ho construction of tho Stato House for tho year 188.r>. Skc. 2. This appropriation shall only bo used in completing tho construc* tion of tho main building, and 6hall not Be used for any portion of tho ,work not absolutely*nocossarv for tho preservation of the"said main" building, and for tho lighting, boating and sew erage of the building. Skc. 8. That'tho Govornor, Secreta ry of Stato and Comptroller General be, and they aro hereby, appointed * commission to let our tho work herein aUthorlzod, to tuako all necessary con tracts, including the1 employment of an aruhlteot, and to soo that said work is completed according to contract. ?. tfWJ. *. That the superintendent of tho penitentiary, at the request of said commission, shall ftirnlsh as'much building material aiyl convict labor as the said commission may deem neces sary |u the wptff herein authorized, to bo done. ? . *, ;< Skc. 6. That of tho amount herein before appropriated, the SUm of $80, 000 may bo takon and. used from tho amount tho Governor and'tho Stato treasurer aro authorized to borrow un der tho provisions of Section 16 of "An Aot to r*ise supplies and make appropriations for tho fiscal vear com mencing November 1, 1884i'\ Exemption from Jury Duty. " j An Act to amend Section 2$40 #f tho General Statutes of 8outh Carolina, " relating to Exemption from Jury . P?ty. c.. ? Skction 1. That Section 2,240 of tho General Statutes of South Carolina be, nnd thq same is hereby, amended, by sinking out Of said section, on tho ninth line, thereof, tho words: "And members of boards of trustees,*' and by striving out on tho oleventh Hne of said soctloji..t))0[ ..words: "Memtars of townshlg boardit of assessors," ami by, striking out the words: ??Miners car rying on that hnslness at the time," in the seventeenth and eighteenth lines thereof, and Inserting instead theroof: "Mlllors actually engaged at tho lime In grinding grain tor the public." So that the salfl section when 'amended shall reful as^ftllbws: shall be exempt tVomsorviugaa jurors, to wit: Tho^&overnor, LJentenaut Governor, attorney-general, oomptrol ler-genoral, .State treasurer, secretary of State, superintendent of education, commissioner of agriculture, members and offloers of t|ie Senate and House of Ile|irt*ehtatlve* during the sessions of the Senate and House of Itepresenta tlvos of the United States, judges and justicos of any Court, members of tho Stato board 6i examiners appointed by the Governor members of county boards of examlnors appointed bv tho Stato boards of examiners, county cotnmis .8loners, county auditors and treasur ers', ' clerks of Courts, registrar of mesne >convoyancos, sheriffs and their jdoputlos, coroners, constables, tho marshals of the Unltod States and tbolr deputies, and all tho otner offloers of the United States, uonnsellors and at torney s-at-law, ordained ministers of the Gospol, officers Of colleges, pro eeptors and feesohers of academies* praotlolug physicians and surgeon* generally lleonsed, lleensod' pharma cists, apothecaries or druggists who carry on and eonduot the .business of such Occupation, caahlors and tollers of incorporated banks, editors tyid prln tets'bf newspapers, constant ftt-rytnen, millet's actually engaged tit the tlmo.ln grinding grain for the public, and all met) ftouMUly employed &s suoh, por and employees of railroads: The ohief engineer, (**l*taM eiteinecrs, comntl*. stoner or superintending officer; sec retary and auditor or trMfoirer or di rectors, keepers of depocltorles, guards stationed on road to proteot It from: Injury, not oxooeding ono man to every ffyexnilea, aiid.suoh persons as may bo actually employed In working lOoomo Uve engluss, (ravelling with csrs for the purpose of attending to tho trana ; punMfcm of paseongers and goods, not | exceeding ono Qnglfreer and Assistant to e*ch stoam engine, aud ono person to oach pussenger ear, and to every, five oars for transporting goods, .while audi person* ate aotually employod; land tettftraph operators, and all of. fleers ^nd members of the Fir^JDcpart* i-y nriwiu vf*M* Hoiit?4 srita n?ir ows , Bomrkskt. Pa., January H.?Attlie Somerset CliMnlftal Work?, two miles east of tills nlaeo, where nitroglycerine [ and ail grades of High explo 'ves are mannfooturcd, Ave men were at work In the packing bouse to-dav, when dynamlto was lgnlted from a red hot }kor with ^rhlcn one of the pui" was >rlri# * ho!e In the door. .Kt h second Wf rtjtn tihA were but a short distance from the building whert 800 ?K exploded Hrlib a terrific noise. >Two of themeu wore found about slxtyrod* ?lXlT rmgfroltlml *pw..,!? In | townfrah bjto the strafet, think W1 Wlwi I mllo from tMrfftene Of the nc<ft<ttMtl fWvjM . * '? tv.t \u mm -?a?. January 10>?IV ah ' tho Dopartm?nt. of mow In preal# make* the production of U? year _r___JoK*fciM^r4lmirof ,wlieat nearly QlVM^OOQ.. aafr >i*t| fi83,000,000. The aggregates are the I largest ever reeorned. Tho rate Is 2fl,8 bushels for oorn, 18 for wheat and 517.4 fbr oat*. Theso are flgnres fbr I permanent roeord. ' ?The Sprite turned from C..w.??whm ! ' ?Edmond About, a distlnt French author' and Journalist, Paris on Saturday. >' | Senator Z. O. Vanoe baa been wj nominated bv the Democratic caucus by accUMoatlon. s . ? Schuyler Colfox, who Was Speaker of the House, and tlieti Vice-President under Grant, died last week. ?The Itepu Wlcea caucus of the Pennsylvania Legislature, nominated for ro-clectlou Senator J.-D.Oediorou. ?? frame bulkftng was burnt to' Mobile on Saturday night. Two ladles perished In the flamos. ?There is quite* ooutest expected over the will of Mrs; Myr*1 (VR; Galues, the famous female litigant of New Orleans, who died recently. ' ?Tbo grand jufy of "Chicago haveJ indicted ail tho parties concerned Itfl tbo election fraud at tho 18tb ward s poll in that city. . ? James U. Luttrel (I)em.)? was elected mayor of Knoxvlile, Tenn., on Saturday. The oounoil stands 16Dem ocrats and 3 Republicans. ?A. street fight occurred In New, Qrl&anr on Saturday betwoeii J. A. 8chrcedol and F. B. Iwuton. Schreo- J del was killed. Both meu weropollco- / I own,* v v -"?The body of Charles B. Brady.1* of the St. Louis UepubUean% who died? last Friday, was incinerated in the1 crematory at Lancaster, Pa., with' Masonic honors. -i ?Oliver Bros. & Phillips, and tho Oilvor Itobcrts Wire Company, both of Pittsburg,' Pa., failed on Thursday, i tho liabilities being estimated at threo n to'fivo millions of dollars. * ? ?Tho Republican Senators and Rep- * resentatlves of Kansas in cancus on>> Friday; at a late hour,.unanimously'1 nominated John Ingalls for rp-cloctlon 6 to the United States Sonato. ?Wm. Phelps, a well known farmer,! of Campboll county, Va., a few mllosfi froir. Lynchburg, was found dead neaR1' his homo on Friday morning, with a bnllet-hrfie behind the car. ' ? ^ ?At the spoclal election to (111 fhcl2 vacancy in Congress caused by theii resignation of Governor Scales, ofu North Carolina. scattering returns" in- H dicate the oleotion of Mr Rcid. || ?Lottie Jones, of Petersburg, Va.J aged 110 years? was accidentally burnfe. to death on Saturday. She was stand-'] ing before the fire place, and ber dress | caught <Vom the flame. ' < "? ;V > ?Tho steamer Admiral Moorson collided with an American ship be tween Dublin and Uobyhead on Fri day, and sank in a few minutes. Six teen persons, including two women, were drowned. v .. . v>,,v V ?Owing to tho" demands of blS ofHcial duties, President Arthur Will not bo able tn ??*???"? *'? ?**? " ration. , , ... , , 5. . ?A? unknown white woman was; found dead in the Augusta canal on 1 Saturday. Tho body had evidently! been in the water threo or fonr days. { 8he was about forty years of age*] Thoro is no clue as to her identity. J ?T. 8. WCllbornu and wife, * young \ couple fVom South Carolina, wert a?j-v clden tally drowned Tuesday whila fish* Ing from a boat on Lake Minola, Altoona, Ala. The bodies wag covered. ?A Vioksb org'special Cavnahan, colored, Iast4 choked and outj living with her mi ??miro. * 'ifnas "Udl. was captured by OXCCUtW.;^ his eOrtt rovers v wltli: . son Davis. After two oay?* d?(hate the motion was adopted. ?Schuyler Colfax w*a burled at, Waahfttton oW a f storm lliabthc 8M hour of the rnnerat fri a. m., butItoe body > ?the va^ftnuHlrfc 1.?a p^rt; rancn ?? Davis turned looSo a- six-snoot ing three of tho rnstlorsJ arid e ' injury himself. No further pa* Ju" .H'vyJn#. . vi '- '.ij -w fr'-l/jkt ?AU?.u^.uuvi uuiuH the 'country during last wc6 wlft 88} 1001 420, fis comt Wmw^ srwijtr , M . ?till unusual! Son ton, Ttogft county. ~Ktv% ^tfMM * gnv$ eeoh Iq) tired cl ? in and Arretted. Mnoh exettement ex'llt among the working eiAMe* end il> te foared that violenoe will be retorted to nnlett their oondttlon won improvo. 'iul OooJcJ** ?? Otri. \ who wrote a very readable. in it, and but little known rvocount PVrit very oarly in thu present ?\ speaks of the gentle manners indly ways of a New Zealand whom afterward he discovered i an inveterate cannibal. . He re i that he visited the plaoe where Lcooking the body of a young alavo ;that his friend had killed for the Th? head wee severed from the four quarters, with the ?bones removed, were oom and packed into a small oven tho ground, and, covered with earth. ,Was a case of unjustifiable cannibal No revenge was gratified by tho and no excuse oould be made ; the body wais oaten to perfect their fc Earle says that no learnod Josh takos many hours to cook,' tit is very tough it not thoroughly >ked, but that it pulls in pieoos, like It of blotting-pappr, if well done. r',dtontinuog that the victim was u idsome, pleasant-looking girl of six n, and one that he used frequently to i about tho pah. To quoto his own 6ds: '? " * "Whilo listening to this frightful de 11, we folt sick almost to fainting, e left Atol" (tho chief who had kifi the girl), "and again strolled ard tho spot where this disgusting 'east was cooking. Not a nntlve was Off boar it; a hot steam kept occasion bursting from tho smothered mass, the same dog that we had soon take head of the jprl now crept from be eath' the bushes and Hneakod toward the village; to add to tho gloominess of the whole, a largo hawk rose heavily from the vory spot whoro the poor vic tim had bceu out in pieces. Mv friend ind I sat gazing in this melancholy )lacc; it was a loWorlng, gnstv day, jld the moaning of tho wind through tho buslios, tut it swopt round thu hill >n whioh wo wore, seemed in unison vith our feelings.'' . lEarlo goes on to relate how he, and throo otnor compatriots whom ho smu uonod from tho boach for tho purpose, ?ith the Englishman's usual imperti nent interference and intolerance of ?ufltoms ditlbring from his own, do ermined to frustuto Atui's intention. They togother visited the hill where tho ieah was cooking, and, destroying the iVeh, buriod tho remains in the earth. .Choy found tho heart nut on one side for tho special doloctation of their con stant^ friend and - companion, Atoi. Earle was afterward good-humorcdly L^bld by'the ohtof that their Interference iad been of no avail, as they had found tho gravo whoro tho flesh had been .buried, and opening ..it, soon after ho and his friends had left, had finished Cooking it and oaton it all.?From t4Cdnntbali?m as a Custom," by A. St. Johnston, in Popular Sciewc Monthly for Dtcembcr. ?' . Beleoting a Guide. From "Hunting tho Rocky Mountain Goat," by William A. Baiilie-Grohman, In tho Docembor Century, wo qyoto tho following?- "The first,was known as ;|ho fellow 'who could stand more rest than any other man in tho territory!1 or in'other words, was supposod to bo tho man in Montana. Tho second reputed to bo a deoidedly 'bad' man, an old-time .Virginia City vigi lante, known throughout tho country M 'Judgo Neversweat,' on account of tho equanimity of mind* oxhibitod by him at a cortain most critical moment of his life, when ho hold at bay, with an bntoaded revolver, four doomod and lesperato men, thirsting for his life and Letr liberty. Judge Neversweat ovlnc l a desire to act as our guldo across o Bitter Root Mountains, oyety foot Srhfoh he professed to know from his ||igftttittg days. ?Wo'11 have a blank Y?>" btjt tonr hfldrnpk . he said, adding, kotto vabyhow, as long as tho whisky Jtetorotat.' HJs Indignationwhen ed thai thla wity nCt llkoly to oo Cur, Ipt tho good reason that on prin ciple we never took whisky on our ?hooting-trips, was at first rathor amus ing, then startling, to behold. Tho I'mere idea of a good time without un > limited wht?ky ^as a dire imposition, [ an insult to frontier manhood. Ho was too angry to give vent to the usnal un bridloa no , Jbw oi bad language; his other wise loud voice toned down to an angry snarl, his eyop glittered, his form grew erect, his wholo being assumod an aus terely dignified air; in one word, Judgo Neversweat beoame polite. It was a 'mood the lialf-dozon mountaineers, sl lefit witnesses of this scone, soomed to understand and to foar, for thoy all suddenly discovered they liad bnsinoss elsowhore, leaving us, as I hoard ono mutter, ..'to our own MnorAl.' Thon ?poke up tho Judgo: 'Gentlemen,, lot /udge..Neversweat politely inform you, the first call of his hand, that this jraT oamp ain t lost no goat; and if this flUf gtrsddlo ain't going to find your v approvement, Judgo Noversweat's roc I >ra ain't?one that 11 stand a hooond ? talk* Our egregious exhibition of in - lular prejudloe cost us some odd dol ars. Judgo Neversweat had not, wo : ound, includo^a call to the nearest aloon among thoao compatible with lis 'record.' Of tho thtCfl man from I fhom wo desired to pick our guldo, the Jhfrd enjoyed a more harmless ?reputa 0 Ion?nono olsothan that no was the ' biggest liar this side of. the Rocky 3 fountains.'</ .Hlm wo ehoso, for his 1 liosyncrasy was decldodly tho most 4 |r ntless. Aside from the fact that his t nalifioation to act as our guide was ? botat the biggest dfailblg lies he,had d Mr fabrloatod, ho proved a willing fel 1< >w and a good'Cook; so while we did k Mr guiding he did our cooking, a &om P'.' < ifr'" '1 fti Napoleonic fttrate?r. iflU'nt idea! I shall oapt^ ' Moubt," exolalm* ^The next oveMng aho determined to jH?i the Idea into execution. Alphonso i-O PoulUee called as usual; they took a ?rali as usual; thoy spproaoho<* ,>.n? to wjroatfc saloon as banal, and ho in >1 ted to tarfjr awhile as usual/ but hftoe the Idea came into play and sho rc plied: ' ?***:?? *Wj thank you; I find that ioe-Croam not agree with mo, and I have de ified never to touoh another plate.'' wa? seemingly a grand stroke of jgettifls, And Ahe* couldnot Admiring her brain powor as ho ed back m a dace. >id he propose? t y tM* . , u^ fo, gentlo reador. Things do not to that girl right along year In ear out Until hq met somebody - 'i wanted to marry\+rfh(Utdelf>h in I . uut |4i-.v>W ' | skating sorhtf^ ^ofyfc hua been Inroitt vi' iiy UH (ftd | t BbarlM?rortV.u ting? Ooh althr ail inv ttu^reiy 'a HlllailUraH |Cfi has been skated on, and got littlo, the doooptlon is qurto ?Ph<l<uklphia Prt$?. SCIENCE OP AVOIRDUPOIS. How to IlMouif Corpulent uutl How to 0?t HUI of Kirsli? ArtItlclul l'l umpurtt, Ono of the iuost Important question* now agitating the mind of San Fran cisco, particularly the feminity portion, la bow to lose or gain flesh. Unfortu nately a peculiarity of our cllmato is an extreme one way or tho othor, a porson becoming too fat or too thin. It Is almost impossible co strike tho happy medium, anu, ovon when onco struelc, to keep it. When a man makes up his mind that ho is growing too largo ho goes to work systematically, fcwathos Himself in wot bandages, takes long walks, perspires freely, bathes often, oats no oread and butter nor potatoes, nor anything dainty or luscious, drinks nothing but hot water, and roducos himself at onco. Somo of our promi nent citizens have reduced tneir tlesh in this Way twenty, thirty, or ovon forty pounds, and deserve groat credit for their sacrifices. Albeit all human history atUu*U: That happluces for mail?tho huujrry Sinner!? Since Kvo ato apples, much depend* on dinner Women arc not so successful. They can not diet when they walk, because walking gives them an abnormal appe tite; and they can not walk when they diet, because lack of proper food makes them correspondingly weak. Thcro is one woaithy lady in our city who weighs upward of three hundred pounds, and *ho wants to get thin. She >s not Hble to walk much, as sho is too iiCrtvy for her anklos ? to endure tho strain, but sho takes steam baths three times a weok. She can not lie on tho champoo table to bo rubbed, for she could novor got up again. .The attend ant is obliged to perform that olliee for hor standing, ana an exhausting job it is, too. One of her breast> is as largo as an ordinary fat woman's ^stomach, and her arm would match a gftod-si/ed leg. The garment in which sho bailies would make a comfortable night *)iirt for Copt. Kenl/.ell, and yet it fits her like a jersey. Tho bath gives her such an appetite that sho always comes pre Jmrcd with a lunch of chicken, pate do oie gras sandwiches, anil boor, enough for four people, but which sho thor oughly enjoys and finishes each time, and vot she expects to get thin. Now, no woman likes to be called fat. Fat, according to Webster., means "iieshy, plump, corpulent; abounding with an oily concrete substance." Fleshy, as a descriptive adjective, is not. so bad. Plump is just the tiling, and suggests a woman as Being-somewhat larjro, and huurulshluu-. and liuiy, Yet of a beauty that would drive you crazy. Few angels (are) there In her form 'tis true. Thlnnor eno might have been, and ?yet scarce lOMi Yet after nil 'twould puzzle to say where It would not spoil sony> separate charm to pare. ?~ That iB boing plump, but when it comes to "corpulent, abounding with an oily, concroto substance," no wo man wants to bo snokon of as "that fat lady;" and yet, what is sho to do? Some fow havo solvod tho problem One of our prominent society ladies lost thirty pounds by living on teaalono for throo weeks, and though sho now oats all sho wishes sho lin.s never re gaiuod her flosh. Imagine tho strength of hor will, and lot others emulato her who can. Another oil-known lady among Us has fattcuod steadily for Yoars on a courso of gymnastics, diet Ziy and gallons of not water taken iat consists of two substances, stearin and olain, tho former of which is solid, tho lattor liquid, at different tomjporaturcs, and on tho different pro portions of which its degree of eon sistenco depends. Now there is a sup erstition that vory hot water, taken in tornally tho Hrst thing in tho morning an hour boforo meals, an<l tho last thing at night, increasos tho portion of elain a great mv.unHy oi fat in tho stomaeh and bowels, becom ing liquid, posses away; hence tho hot wator euro. Wo don't say that this aforesaid lady imbibed tho superstition with tho water, but sho fretted over hor iuoroasing sizo till she was almost sick. At last sho decidod to give up tho atrugglo and bo happy. Strango to say, sho is growing thin.. Sho is tho first instance on rocord of a woman who frotted horsolf fat. Very few ladios of any si/.o at all will toll how much they weigh, and sho who dpos oxoltos tho onmity of tho rost, for sho Is such a ? "give-away" by compari son. Ono honest lady, not so vory largo looking, oonfessod beforo a num ber of frlenus to 190 pounds. Tho looks directed toward hot by others equally woll proportioned were simply murdorous. Mon aro almost as bad as tho weaker sex in this rospect. They will acknow ledge two huudrod pounds with good graco, but after that it is woll they aro not under oath. Ono hnndsomo six foot bacholor (married men do notcaro so much) varies from 212 to 215, novftr more, arid vet his bost friends would call 260 a light guoss. Such is vanity: Talking of comparisons in weight, however, it is hardly fair* to judge ono woman by another; they curry their fat bo (ilfTorontly. A woman with fleshy ncck, arms, and bust, often has smallor cxtromltios than, her thlnnor stotor, and weighs less. A too largo bust is*a groat annoyanco, hcnco tho praotleo adoptdd by hiany of bathing in diluted vinegar. Thoro are many wayfc'to get thin, all involving moro or loss work and annoy ance, and constant watchfulness to keep off tho flesh when onco lost. IIow' muoh ploasanter It Is to try to got fat, and yet how difficult for a thin person to accomplish. There is no necossity to ourb tho apfletito iu this endeavor. On the contrary, it is given full. sway, and Increased by otfery means possible. An indulgonoo in palatablo things to 6at and drhik in permitted* and A culti vation of choorful feelings and happy fiidolonoe is absolutely Impofrat ivc, and yot tho poor, thin oroatufe gAts thlhnor rttilh, probably* ns one a filleted remark ed, from tho effort of tarrying 'around good dinners. * '? What a sad picture is eOhfired frf tho oxprossion, a loan .woman. Referring onco more to 'Web?tejr? loan moans "wanting ffosh, moKgor, not frit; that part of flesh which COttalfits Of htuscles without fat." ' fmaglno a woman all loan* .nfbftgor; To dall her thin Is not tjulto 60^ awful, and yot thin mdans, "nAvlhg Uttlo thtckne^ or exfOnt from oho surrace tVfho ooposlte." l'l et tiro hor back ari<t thefct between your two ?hfttidn atod foel'hor of "littlethickness." Slim and slehdor are hotter forms. No la<fy objefctrf lo ading ealle<l slim, and blender brings to niind-^ A lovely being K^iUeely fortrted nr moulded. Hut It won't do for old maids or shriv eled mntrotjft. ' However, thin worton liavo gotth^ best of fat ryiOs Ifi ffinuy way's. Thby lMVo such :a great advan tage in walKlntt^ no wean ankles, no shoHhert* of wfkd. Then their Mot,bed \ Vtfiht tfO'foifoli loogof, and their figures, WjfH'ttlVttlb filling, nro ho mtl6h young er looking. '* A'Ahui girl doM hot do? plrtft) altiek,o( bust, for it Is so easily 'WpiplWd. , li<Jr greatest anxiety is aboilt Mfj'r oftlvds. If she can only CHl? jWm?'* Aood'fti/.td le<{ she is happy, khafor t/iis ToUson sre freciuents the skating rh'V,, skating is splendid for tM.aqvoiloimioiit of tho legs. Ono allm lady oonfided to a friend thftt after a season #f f|io qxerclse she was obliged , l?tt[ IQ fi no\y supply of stooklogs* as hor old on?? were far too smalls To eat supjMir just beforo going to bed ia a great aid toward getting fleshy T|h> fooii so taken goes all to fat. A nap after each meal Is also nonduolvo to tho samo groat and, but gentle excr olso should be takon botwoon meals to Iiromoto appetito, f*argo doses of ro?h air, avoidance of onvious thoughts, eptiro contentment with one'? lot In life, ono'? children, husband, relatives and friends completo the same groat eud- Thero Is one great advantage do rivod from the craze on fat or no fat. It la a poor rule that don't work both wa>s, and mauy of tho lawn for gain lug or lotfiug di'.sh are tho same, aud are great health-promoters. Tbo for mation uf tennis, skating, swimming, and walking clubs, and the patronizing of them by both stout and thin alike, fs adding groatly to tho health of our wo men. The rolo of Invalid is no lougur fashionable, and it is cousidored ratlior ? reproach to be delicate. San Fran ciscans aro rivaling English women in Iheir phvsiquo and powers of endur ance. }$mall waists and foot, or rather shoes, aro goln^r out of style, and phy sicians who malce female complaints a specialty aro losing money. Our grow ing girls are well dovolopod for tlxcir age, and following the examples of their mothers, aro devoted to ail mau uer of nhysical exercises. Pretty j*irls naturally," perfect health, will make them beautiful, and stroug enough to stand any amount of mental culture. What may wu not predict for the future of San Francisco, ruled by tho sons of such women, for after all, a boy is like his mother. DUuater ?t the l*bo?ph?to Work*. Cuaklkston, January 11. ?A pile of commercial fertili/.ers at tho works of I Wilcox, (tibbs & Co., near Ibis -ity, caved in this morning, crushing two colored laborers to death and injuring a third. The Cotton yupuljr. Nkw Yokk, January 17.?The total visible supply of cotton for the world is bales, ot which ?_,lt'i>7,49(5 bajes ure American, against 1,10t> bales,-and L',800,10G bales respectively last year. The receipts at all interior towns are GG,.W7 bales; receipts from plantations 1 lo,02."? bales. The crop in sight is 1,717,1 .r>:V bales. <1? otkIh J iiillcp, At't?t.'ST.v, January 14.?In the llich tnoml County Superior-Court to-day, in the case ol the State against George" P. Curry, banker and broker, who failed last year, the jury returned a vcrdict of guilty ot larceny after trust and tho Judge sentenc ed Curry to live years in the penitentiary, the tull extent of the law. Montis were placed with Curry for sale keeping and ho converted them to his own use aud failed to produce them when demanded Several indictments similar to the one under which he was tried aro ponding against him. In the ease to-day the motion fbr a new trial was made and bond given. ? Chief .lusticc Charles P 1 >rake, of the Court of Claims, Washington, whose resignation has been accepted* is nearly 74 years of age, and will retire from the bench with the full salary, $/>, 000, appertaining to the otllce. In explanation of his action he says he thought best to retire before his men tal powers began to decay and advanc ing years rendered him" unlit for the arduous duties of otllce. Justice Drake was a Senator of the United States from Missouri from 18G7 to 1871, when he was appointed Chief Justico of the Court of C I liins, and bus served con tinuously since that dale. He has been eligible for retirement sineo 1881, as the law prescribes that a United States Judge may retire when he shall have reached the age of 70 yoars and ? shall have served continuously for ten vears. SALE AND FKK1) STABIdiS? JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, EIOUTY HEAD of Western Ilorftca and Mules, (imoi)K them sonic Brood Mares. Also sonic 1'ony llnnes and Marcs and FORTY good young Mules from 14 to lrt}{ hands high, and some HEAVY TURI'EN TINK and TIMBER MULES, which wo will soil low down for CASH or on time until next fall for satisfactory papers. Persons wishing to purchase stock of any kind would do well to call on ns heforo purchasing elsewhere. Our STOCK GUARANTEED ns repre sented. A. WIIiMFORI) A NONN. NVlnnsboro, S. C., January r>, 188". DIMSOUTIOIV. 'PIIE partnership heretofore existing he -1 twecn McDonald it Douglass has been this day dissolved by mutual consent., so far ns the name relates to the practice of crlmlnul law. 17th December, lxxi. J. K. M< DONALD, C. A. DOUGLASS. NOTICE is hereby uivon that tho under signed have this day formed n partnership for tho practice of law in. civil cases under t4i<^ firth name of McDonalds ?& Douglass. Their ofllceB may. he found fir Law Range, v Dccumhor 17, 1 Hft4. .- . J. E. MCDONALD, <;. A. DOTTOLASS, w. l. Mcdonald. NOTICE Is hereby ulven thpt the under signed have this day formed a partnership for tho practice of criminal lasv, uyder the firm name of Douglass & McDonald. Office In' Law Range. December IT, 18HI. 0. A. DOUGLASS, W. L MeDWN A LD. Dec'JOtf T HE UNDEltSU IN KDTAKESPLEAS jl In Informing the people of Kairileld Coufity and the traveling public that he has taken charge of the WINNSIMMU) ilOTKL, and Is now prepared to receive both permanent and transient boarders. The building 1ms just boon repainted pud put in first rate condition throughout.' Thft table will be supplied with the ]?est that the local and neighboring markets afford, and no |m?ns will he spared to In sure tlie comfort (>f guests. A Sample Room Is pr?<Vlded, convenient ly arranged lor the use of Commercial Travelers. TERMS REASON A RLE. A share bf the liuhlln patronage Is re spectfully solicited. a. r. (joomxj, Proprietor. HupMfxtf s NKWS AGENCY. linSCRTITIONS received for all ^ews >ai>ers, Periodicals ami Magazines at Pub isfiers' prices. Informatior. on application. DecOfxtf DcROSE K<JI.K^STO.V. ?OF? THE PEOPLE. Buy the Best! Mb. J. O. Boao?Dear Sir: X bought the tmt Davis Machine Bold by you over Ave years a#o for my wife, who has given it a long and fair trial. I am well pleasod with it. It never gives any trouble, and Is us good as when first bought, J. W. Bono*. Winnsboro, 8. 0., April, 1883. Mb. Boao : You wish to know what I have to say in regard to the Davis Machine bought of you threo yours ago. I fool I onu tsuy too much in it* favor. I mado about $80 within live months, at times running it bo fast that tho neodlo would got porfoctly hot from friction. I feol confident 1 could not have douetho samo work with as much oaao nnlso veil with any other machine. No time was 'out in a(,:usting attachments. Tho lightest running machine I have ovor treadled. Brother Jamo* and William's families are as much iloised with their Davis Machines bought of you. I want no bettor maohine. As I said bofore, I don't think too much oan bo snid for the Davis Machine. Respectful1)', ? Jti.i.bn Stbybmsom. Fairfield county, April, 1881?. Mil. Boao: My machine gives ine perfect viti-tfaction. I find no fault with it. Tho nitachments ore so sinvplo. I wish for no better than the Davis W" ical Food. Respectfully Mm. R. Mil* i?o. Fairfto'i? county, April, 1H83. Mtu Boao: I bought a D.ivis Yertic* Food Sowing Machine fro:n you four year ago. I am doluh'e 1 with it. It novor .'a8 given mo any tro ib'.o, an.l his never bev tho loastout of or h*r. It i.? as ljooJ as wlu-b I first bought it. I can cheerfully reoo j tnond it. Rospootl ully, Man. M. J. Kihki.an? Monticol'.o, April IK), 1S8.V This is to oortify tl a' I h wo boon using t l avis Vortical Feed Sowing Machine foi <uor two years, purchased of Mr. J. (). Boag. I hrvon't found it posaossod of any fault ill Uio ntlaohmeats are s j siiuplo. It neve: refu<cs to work, aud is tortainly the lighten running in tho market. I consider it a first s)a*8 machine. Ver- r???>octfully, Minnib M. Wir.u.soiiAM. Oakland, Fairfield county, B. 0. Ma. IJoao : I am well pleased in overy par tio.ilar witli the Davis M ioh\n > bo.ight of you. I think it n tlnt-cla* icliiue it> averyrespe;L You krovv yiu ^jld sovora machines of the Bam3 ninko to difTeront mombcrsof our families, all of whom, an far as I know, are well ploasei with thora. Retpoo'.fully, Mh. M. II. Moblky. FajrP^ld county, Apri', IBS;). This is to certify wo have had lu OJiiifcint qso tlio Davis Machine bought of yo l about threo years ago. As wo take in work, and have mado the prioo^if it >>o .-oral liino.t ovot and don't want any boltor machine. It is always rcaily to do any kin 1 of work wo have lodo. No puckering or skipping Htitohos. Wo can ouly say wo are well pleosod, and wish no better maohino. Oathkiunk Wti.ib and Kintor kprll 2.1, 138;). I hnvo no fu? It to A-' ' with my ?vnd don't want ai?/ ^-ttor. I have made the price of it sevoral Min,>n by taking In lowing. \t Is alwa> i ? -ndy to do its work, think it % first-slum maohino. I fool 1 m'tsny Sx> mnoh fa?- the Dflrvis Vortical Keec Maohine. if?Rs. Thomas HuiTn. Fairfield oonnty, April, 1883. Mb. J. O. Boao?Daar Sir: It gives n. muoh ploasure to testify to the merit* of tl.e Davis Vortloal Feed Hewing Maohine. Tlio maohine I got of you about llvo yoan ago has boon almost inoonstant uso ovorsineo that tlmf. I cannot see that it in worn nny, and has not oost lao on* cent for ropnirs sinoe we hare had it. Am woll plonne.l aud don't v* ? " or any botter. Yours truly, Roiikiit OnAwronD. Oranite Quarry, near Winnsboro, B. 0. We have used the Davis Vertical Feed Bow ing Maohine for tho last flvo years. W* would not hnvo nny other make at any prion. Tho m iohine has given u? unbounded rativ faction. Very respectfully, Mrh. W. K. Tuhnku aud Daughters. Fairfiold oounty, B. O., Jan. 27, 18H? Havingbought a Da.vii Vertical Feed fW?? ing Machine from Mr. J. O. Boag somethf./. years ago, and it hnving givon mo nerfoot satisfaction in ovory renpedt as a family mis chine, both for heavy aud light sowing, and never neoded tho lonst ropalr in any way, I oan ohoerfally rooomtnona it to any one as r first-olusa maohino in ovory particular, and think it seoond to nono. It is one of Ih? simplest machines mado; my ohildron use it With nil ea*o. The attachment* are mor? easily adjusted and it does a greater rango of work by moans 6t ite Vertical Foed than rtny other maohine I have e^er seen or need. . Mrs. Thomas Owinoh, Winnsboro, Fairfiold oonnty, 8. 0, We have had one of the Davis ManMfcv* about four years and heve always found \\ ready to dt> all kinds of wqrk wo h^vn I <d oooaslon to do. Oan't soo tliat tho tnachm* is worn any, and werltti an wall At when ttftw MM. W. J. CuAW^OIK;. Jackson Creek, Fairfiold oonnty, B. 0. M? wife la highly ywnved with tho DAvl Maohine bought of you. Bhu would not tak? double what she gave tot it. The maohim has not been out *>f order since she had i* ami sha can do any kind of work on it. Very respectfully Montioello, Fairfield oounty, B. 0. The Davis Bowing Machine in vimply feature. Mna. J. A. Ooduwih. Kldgeway, N? O., J?n. 10,1883. J. (). Boao, F-sq., Agent?Dnar flic; M1 tife ha* been using n Davis Bowing MarV,tn4 constantly for the pns^ four yoars, ond It las never nee<led any repairs and works just ?s well as when first bought, Bhe say* it will do a greater range of |?raetienl worli and do it easier ?.<sd better thniranv.tnnchina ?Jho has ever usod.' Wo olieorfully rucom^ fcend It as a No. 1 Mini I y machine. Yonrn truly, Ja<\ Q. 1)avia. JVinnaborp, B. O., .Tan.'3, 1H88, M?. Boaa-T hare always found my l)avV' machine ready to do all kinds rtf work 1' have had occanlon to do, I cannot s#o Mint the maohine is worn a nartiole, and It work* u well ns when new. Kcspectfnllv, ? Man, IloniBT 0, UoomM<i. Wihmbobo. ?. (J., April, 1883. , Ma, ItoA#?M? wifrt has been count#,ntly ?sing the Davfa maohine honght of yesi M>frnt five yearn ago. I have nevef regretted buying it, aa it ta always resdy for any kind >f family newing, either heavy or light. It S never out of flv or needing ropnirs. Very itapeetrnHj, A. W. I.ai?? fAmino H, (Xt March 18HII.