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- A ROLAND FOR AN OULVER. senator Vest Proves More than a Match for John aberman-The Truth of History. In the course of the Senate's considera tion of the bill for the admission of South Dakota as a State, and the organization of the Territory of North Dakota, Senator Sherman said that in the absence of Sena tor Edmunds, who was engaged in the Supreme Court, he would ask the attention of the Senate. It had always struck him, he said, that the opposition to the admission of Dakota as a State was totally unjustifiable and (latterly) factious-so much so as to be subject to the severe criticism of everybody who liked to see fair play on great ,ques tions affecting large masses of people. Why, he asked, should Dakota be excluded as a State? He had listened to most of the debate and had not heard a single reason given for such exclusion. Never before had a Territory applied for admission as a State with anything like such population or such resources. Why should not Dakota be admitted? In the name of heaven why? Simply because the Democratic party did not want that State to be admitted. In the course of his speech Senator Sherman showed by the vote in the Senate that the electoral commission bill was not a Repub lican, but a Democratic measure. Twenty six Democrats had voted for it and only swenty-one Republicans, while the votes against it were fourteen Republicans (in cluding himself) and one Democrat Senator Eamon. of Connecticut.) The Democrats were, therefore, precluded from assailing the hillas apartisan measure. He declared his full conviction that Hayes had been fairly and legally elected, and that if, by same hocus pocus, Tilden had been inaug uratedie would have been illegally elected. He explained the incongruity of Packard noing -g the Governorship of Louisiana biy w' that that was subject to local laws and decisions; and he declared hit conviction that Packard bad been illegally depd of his office. In the further course of a long speech, In which Senator Sherman incidentally touched upon current Louisiana politics, hesaid: .Hereafter when any man asserted of President Hayes that he dad been elected by fraud or wrong, or had not been duly elected, he (Sherman) would hold him is nntempt as uttering that which was no1 trn and. which was denied by the very men who overthrew the local government inLoudana in 186. Bbnator Vest replied: Heaid that the threat which Senator Spe man has fulminated as to holding it ? contempt men who questioned Hayes' estion might have terror for members of his own paty, but even with the terror o that.threat before his eyes he (Vest) stil denied the honesty and legality of thal leaon. The question which he had asked ' =y yabout Packard and Hayes had asked in a desultory and unpremedi ' ated way, and the Senator from Ohio had notranswered it satisfactorily. Senator Vest sent to the clerk's desk ani baread extracts from a speech made or that subject in the Senate by Mr. Blaine, In which he- declared tnat the election of 'ayes and Packard were inaissolubly con neated, a asked who had authority tc make any arrangement by which Packard was not upheld, stating that it was impos lble for the administration of Hayes t *ie done it. .h Senator Vat said, was the state olagerthe most distinguished Republicar tow living now living, with due deference _u tothsSenator fron Ohio. [Laugh t andard-bearer of the Republicax S a thelast Presidential canvass, and, ws tobe taken for granted,) to be the of thatarty inthe cominj conts M Blaine then asserted tha fPaicard was not elected Governor o lo.iana Hayes was not entitled to th retn1vote of the State. -N ~enator'Vest then pasd on to the ques d ion of the Louisiana returning boarai, ani siated Ethat every member and officer o 11iboard, and their relations, had beer povmed with lucrative offices, except the amanncoa- member (Camnnave), who hac ~-~teaso provided, and who had comn and appealed to Hayes anc -Sieraa ( 5etary of the Treasury ~ hreouuaryaid, which had been given o> (O~et~bifttthaamount of over$1,000 m~a)aade no charge, he said, of an: Cm iIn the matter on the part oftthe 4\Sm rom- Ohio, but what claim hat thaer of the returning, board or Hesfannanve merely carrned out his cnstitutional duty? Why bat thatevery man connected with tha ~badLrmthe highest to the lowest, hat been rewarded with an offiet There wa; mopage of aministrative history that de mnded more explanation than that whic1 Mafinaabim In the face. The Senato Z ni ro Ohio atnaced the people of Louisi acharging them with crimes that woul< Mapthem with infamy, but he (Veal thema to avouch that whatever has beenrdone in Louisiana on that occasaslol bad been done not to bring abont an unfai dletion, not to trample on the ballot o -anyliuman being, buttodefend themselve against a ruthless, outrageous and crimins conspiracy against their property at thi Shands of men who had gone there for th single and sole purpose of plunder. The Senator from Ohio had read newspaper ex tractaswith stries of outrage and murde -atd crime In Lontsiana, but where, h ahed, would the Senator or himself be te butthem? Wha woul become of an* puic public man in this country if newi a satements were to be taken as eva before any tribunal? He criticise< sarcatically the opposite sentiments ex pressed by Senator Bherman in his two re cent spehsat Nashville, Tenn., an< SrnelIll., and said in conclusion "A the risk even of the Senator's cot tempt, I undertake to say that the Ameri can people never will be satisfied with th explana'in made today, but that, lk James G. Blaine, they have already com to the conclusion that it is Impossible evel for the ingenuity of the Senator from Ohil to explain why it was that the vote, o Louistana, as returned by the returninj board, was good for the purpose of giving the electoral vote of Loumsiana to Hayes fo the Presidency, but was not good for th purpose of giving it to Packard for Gov ernor of that State." PIANOS AND ORGANa. We are prepared to sell Pianos ani Organs of the best make at factor. bor Cash or easy Tnstalments from $210 up; Organs -from $2 up. The verdict of the people is tha they can save the freight and twenty-fiv< oe ent. by buin of us. Instrument 'eliered to aydpton fifteen days trial. We pay fegtboth ways if no satisfactory. Odrand test in you: own homes. Respectfully, N. W. TBUMP, * Columbia, S. C. Dra Ma. Enrro:-Won't you pleasi telt yourimale readers that SS will buy a fine,- strong and serviceable pair o: ntmade to order bythe N. Y. Stan udPanto Co., of 66 Unierit Place New York city? By sending 6 cents ir poslage stomps -to the above firm, the: wiEl send to any address 25 samples o: cloth to choose from, a fine linen tapi masure, a full set of scientific measure ment blanks and other valuable informs tion. All goods are delivered by then through the U. S. Mails. A novel an< ctc idea. Advise your readers I< thabe yr are thoroughly re $ Wmrran Vanuuur Many a man thinks he wants rest wheI he wants exercise, and many a one thinki be wantaexrclsa when he wants rest. BY THE HAND OF THE ASSASSIN. One Man Killed and Four Wounded by a Midnight Shot. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat.) On last Sunday morning about one o'clock there was enacted at the planta tion of Mrs. N. E. W. Sistrunk, in Eliza beth Township, one of thse scenes of bloodshed and murder, which, of late years, have became alarmingly frequent in this country. It appears that negro frolics have been quite frequent in this section of the country since last Christ mas. At these frolics whiskey has been as a rule, freely dispensed, and served to unbridle the worst passions of an illiter ate and not over moral people. That bloodshed would ensue, was predicate by the best citizens, and this prediction was fully verified on last Sunday morn ing. In this instance it is the expected that has happened. Last Saturday night a large crowd assembled at the house of William Mack, who lives on Mrs. Sistrunk's place, now rented by Mr.L. B. Kelly, and gave them selves un to the dance and "high orgies held." All went "merry as marriage bells,"until some time after twelve o'clock when Mr. B. Lee Jeffcoat appeared on the grounds, accompanied by Mr. Will H. Amaker, and proceeded to divide the contents of a demijohn of whiskey, which it is asserted, he had sent to Orangeburg for, to supply some hands who had been making up rafts for him during the preceeding. They had separated them selves a short distance from the mass of revellers, and each man had just recieved his part of the whiskey in flasks provided for the occasion, and were indulgingin a social drink, when they were fired into by some unknown party, who, under the cover of darkness, made good his escape. . small pine straw fire had been light ed to enable the parties to see how to efect a division of the whiskey, and around this fire sat B. Lee Jeffooat, Will H. Amaker, Will Mack, Wyatt Parker, Joe Stroman and Dennis Stro man, a1 negroes except the two first named. So effective was the aim of the assassin, that of the six men present only Mr. Will Amaker escaped uninjured. Wyatt Parker was instantly killed by a buckshot, which penetrated his skull. B. Lee Jeffcoat received three buckshot in the upper of his ripht arm, and another, whic entered just at the root of the nose, inflicting a serious if not a fatal wound. Will Mack was shot through the left forearm, and had the flask, which he held in his left hand and was just raising to his lips, shattered into a hundred or more fragments. Joe Stro man and Dennis Stroman escaped with slight flesh wounds. The scene of the killing was just in front of the residence occupied by Mr. Kelly and Mr. Stuckey. These gentle men upon hearing the report of the gun and the cries of the wounded men came out to where the fire was burning. All had fled save Wyatt Parker, who had falen forward into the fire, and whose body was dead. The fire was extin guished and the body of the dead man left just where it had fallen. Early Sunday morning Coroner Wm. Livingston was notified and proceeded to the place of the killing and organized a jury of inquest. The testimony so far taken develops no clue to the perpetra tor of the bloody deed. With the hope that some further testimony might be forthcoming during the week, Coroner Livingston adjourned the jury of in quest to meet again next Friday at the court-house. A HUMAN MAGNET. A Little Child to Whoee linger Tip. Articles of Metal Adhere. Late in August last, while taking a va cation in acountr town, saysfDr.E. H. Boot in a the Meial Beporter, I[ heard of acase that was causing cosiderable dis cussion and wonderment among the peo ple. The child is termed a "humcan magnet" bythe believersinandpracticers of magnetic rubbings, while the Spirt ualists declarethechilda chosen medium. My curiosity became aroused, and I asked permissin to see this wonderfu] visit some days apr. I found apretty, delicate child, Doly C., aged 3j years, an only child; blonde, with a pale and rather waxy complexion. Her manner of speech and conduct were characterized by a womanly grace much in advance of her tender years. Last Eebruary the phenomena I described was first noticed. SWhile playing with some spoons the mother was surprised to see her arragmng them on her figer tips, where they hung with perfect ease. She will place the palmer surface of the finger tips in the concavity of the spoon-bowinearthe end and left from the holder, one by one, without otherwise touching them, until a spoon is suspended from each finger tip. -If the spoons do not striketoo violently against each other she will carry them about the room without dropping thiem. I examined the case in various ways. SFirstl tried four teaspoons withsa magnet-one pure silver,. one pewter, one tripleplated and one singleplated or washed. The pure silver or pewter spoons were not inunced by the mag net, the heavier plated was only partly raised, while the washed spoon was raised entirely off the stable. I carried these four spoons with me for the child to exercise her anomalous power of pre hension upon. Each one was suspended with equal ease except the one of pure silver. This one was lightest in weighf and the bowl was considerably flatter than any of the other three. But after arranging it upon her finger a few times she succeeded in making it "stiek.' Asaking her to put two fingers under the spoonbowls, I found a very appre ciable resistance in taking it off. The spoons would hang from the tip of the nose and chin with as much securit as from the fingers. Thinking the a herence might be due to an excessive camminess of the skin, I tested its sur face with my own finger tips. Not dis dicovering any, and to make sure I was not deceived by my own sense of touch, I had the hands, nose and chin carefully washed with soap and water and dried with a warm towel.. I found no perceiv able difference in the adhesiveness. The child could not pick up a steel needle, that is so sensitive to a magnet, nor would a penny "stick" to the fingers, chin or nose. I could discover nothing unusual in the shape of the finger tips. The skin was soft and velvety to the touch andlIcould be sure ofnamfminess nowhere except on the pinna. The hands and feet were warm to the touch when I saw her and her mother states thatshe is not often troubled with cold feet or hands. The little patient's mother also told me that her sister's daughtera young lady 19 years of age and "always sick,"as she ex pressed it, manifests the same singular power. "Helen" said auntie, "bring me a clean aron to put on you." Now, Helen and sister had aprons alike andthroughmistkeshegotone of sister's and looked with surprise at the sleeves, which came over her hands. "Well, auntie" she exclaimed, "I dess my apron has outgrown me." ROSCOE CONKLING IS DEAD. The Great Republican Leader Passes Away at I His Home. NEW YORK, April 18.-2.80 A. M. Roscoe Conkling is dead. His death oc- I curred at 2.5. There were at his bedside Drs. Hartley and Anderson, Judge Cox, Alderman Conkling, Mrs. Conkling and Mrs. Oakum. Roscoe Conkling was perhaps the best1 known lawyer in the United States. He was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1829, and before attaining his majority was admitted to the bar. He was four times elected to Congress, and was elected United States Senator in 1867, 1873 and 1879. In 1881 he resigned from the Senate owing to diffi culties with President Garfield, and though he expected to be triumphantly re-elected, his resignation terminated his political career. OUR NEGLECTED DEAD. Something Ought to be Done to Keep Their Graves Green. Something ought to be done to perpetuate the names of the Confederate soldiers who fell fighting for their country and who now lie buried in far-away graves. A corres pondent of the News and Courier says: "The Stonewall Cemetery, at Winches ter, Va., contains the remains of 800 un named dead, commemorated by the beauti ful central monument. "Each State of the Southern Confed eracy has appropriated its own special ground. In that of South Carolina lie at least 200 Carolina dead whose names are marked upon simple wooden headboards. These boards, I am directly informed, are fast decaying, many have fallen, and a few more months of wind and rain will obliterate them entirely. South Carolina is the only State, I learn, which has be stowed no care whatever on this sacred spot. Georgia has put a monument, and all her graves are marked with simple stones. Maryland and other States have cared for theirs, and we alone neglect ours. "It seemed to me last night that I could hear the wail of our unremembered dead. It should not be so. I know that it is a matter of surprise to the warm-hearted Winchester people, men and women, and I know that they will do all in their power to aid us in any effort we may make to re deem our lost reputation for love and mem ory for and of our heroes. "Now, I think we should take some action. Send some one on to see what should be and can be done, and use all the influence of your great journal and your own eloquent pen, guided by your own noble, generous heart, and our disgrace will soon be blotted out." A Lseful St. Bernard Dog. Mrs. B. N. Edwards, of Clarke county, Ga., has a St. Bernard dog that is a jewel in his way. He is sent out to the pasture every morning with the cattle, and returns with them safely every afternoon.. In milk ing he keeps the calf off, and when it is through carries the pail to the house. He works the treadmill by which the butter is churned, and is useful in domestic arrange ments of the household in many ways. But the faithful fellow is put to a more re markable use than this. Every summer he is sheared, and his silken wool spun into yarn. Mrs. Edwards exhibits a table cover four feet square that was made entirely from the hair of this dog. Six pounds of wool were obtained in this mannerlast year, and the shearing time is nearly here again. Strange to say, the dog seems to like the like the loss of his wool, and sports and gambols like a six months' pup when the hair is shorn. Followed by Jack Rabbits. An old hermit of Mound Valley, Nev., has been adopted by a lot of jack rabits. The man lives alone in a ranch and devotes himself to stock raising. Ashe doesn't try to raise vegetables the rabbits could do him no harm, and so he has never tried to drive them away. They soon became very tame, and, as the jack rabbit is rather an affec tionate animal anyway, they kept making more advances and trials of friendship, until they and the old man have become quite sociable. When he goes out after his cows two or three dozen rabbits will come trooping along after him, leaping around him, running between his legs and nibbling his fingers. They often invade his cabin, leap on his bed and skirmish around after something to eat. He has taught some of the more intelligent rabbits a number of tricks, such as jumping over a bar or through a ring, walking on their hind legs and jumping over one another as in leapfrog. Venezuela Wll Fight if Necessary. CHmcAGo, April 16.-Col. David W. Whiting, Consul for Venezuela at Chicago, has received -from Diego B. Urbaneje, Minister of Foreign Affairs of that repub lic, an official circular addressed to con suls in regard to English aggressions on Venezuelan territory. The circular says: "There are no weak people for the defense, and all can endure the difmculty of defend ing with arms the unjust pretentions of a nation which has no shame in treating a weaker power disgracefully, instead of with equity and justice. The conduct of this government will be guided by the principles of moderation and prudence, as far as is justifiable in all cases, and beyond this, with the aid of public opinion, it will defend its rights and territory with all the resources of the nation. The consuls are instructed to make known these sentiments, and to give them the greatest publicity within their jurisdiction; and also to ren der an account of their action herein." A Well or Boiling Water. . Liberty Hill, Ga., a small station on -the Northeast Raiiway, is the scene of a pecu-, liar phenomenon. A well on the premises of Hiram Lee went dry just after the earthquake of 1886 and had to be sunk eight feet deeper before the flow of water was resumed. A few days ago the family of Lee was much alarmed by loud reports from the well, sounding like powder blasts or the firing of cannon: On Saturday night another detonation was heard, and the water suddenly shot like a geyser nearly to the top of the well, with a rise and fall like the drawing in and expelling of the breath in human respiration. The water thus expelled is boiling hot. People for miles around are flocking to the scene, and the scientists are much excited over it. A Thieving White Rat. The occupants of three houses on Cottage street, Boston, having been annoyed by the myrarnious disappearance of small articles and the smashing of windows, upsetting of crockery, etc., finally discovered that the offender was a large pinkish-white rat. Subsequently the captive was identified as the famous Charlestown Penitentiary rat. Some years ago Harry Jennings, one of the inmates, captured a young white rat in his cell and made a pet of it. He taught it to go arnd come at his command, to carry messages, and finally to steal cigars, to bacco, etc., which it faithfully brought back to his master. It finally grew such a nuisance that the warden ordered it killed, but Jennings pleaded so hard that its life was spared, but it was put out of the build ing, and then evidently went to stealing for a living. The residence of D. A. Hoffman, a farmer near Oak Ridge, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., was burned on Sunday morn ing and three of his children consumed. Three other children were so badly burned that it is expected they will die, and Hoff man was so seriously injured that he died yesterday. It is thought that Hoffman be came suddenly insane and fired the house himself. He had eleven motherless chil dren, and had been very gloomy and de spondent for some time. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. sems of :Interest Gathered from Various Quarters. Nicholls's majority in Louisiana is esti nated at over 50,000. Dr. Cornelius R. Agnew died in New Eork city yesterday afternoon. Dr. Agnew, of New York, is now be ieved to be in a hopeless condition. The Chicago brewers' strike is over and l1 the breweries have resumed work. The New York Assembly has passed by vote of 86 to 8, the bill which substitutes lectricity for hanging. The chief clerk of the Greek treasury as been arrested for embezzling 5,000,000 rancs of the public funds. A block of buildings was burned in 3ranchville yesterday. Loss about $9,500. )rigin of fire not known. A bill to legalize marriage with a de eased wife's sister was passed .by the Eng Ish House of Commons yesterday. The Bundesrath yesterday voted to expel 'rom Germany the three editors and the aublisher of the Social Democrat. - The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor of this State held their eleventh an iual session in Beaufort yesterday. At Brandon, Miss.. yesterday, the jury n the case of Hamilton, for the murder of 3ambrell, returned a verdict of not guilty. An avalanche has destroyed fifty metres >f railway between Gossensass and Schel Lenberg on the Queen's route to Berlin. The Ohio Republican State Convention ias adjourned after nominating a State icket and declaring its preference for John Sherman for President. Mr. Arknah S. Abell, founder of the Baltimore Sun, died shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morning, in the 82d year of his ige. Ellis Ancrum, colored, was shot twice yesterday afternoon in Aiken by another :olored man named Jake Kelly. Ancrum's wounds are serious. - A Berlin dispatch, dated 1 o'clock this morning, says the condition of Emperor Frederick has changed much for the wokse. His life is considered in danger. Part of Senator Stanford's stables at San Francisco were burned Tuesday night and some of his best horses roasted. The loss In about $100,000. Secretary Suffert, of the New York Brewers' Association, says that the brewers are getting all the men they wanted, and that the strike will be a short one. The Washington Territory Democratic Convention yesterday chose delegates to the National Convention and endorsed President Cleveland's tariff message. The London Chronicle's correpondent at Rome says that the Pope has instructed Archbishop Walsh to compile a report on the National League for comparison with Mgre. Persico's report. The body of Mr. Gillette, who was buried in Augusta, Ga., four years ago, was exhumed yesterday and found to be petrified. It required the united efforts of eight men to lift it. The village of Fremont, Wis., is entirely under water. The stores are closed, the goods having been removed to places of safety. Many families are residing in the upper stories of their dwellings. The Republican State Convention of Georgia organized yesterday and elected delegates to the Chicago Convention. The delegation is regarded as for Sherman. The Indiana White Caps whipped twc men and a woman in Crawford county or Tuesday night. The men received 121 lashes each and the woman 25. All three fainted dead away. The jury in the suit of David S. Fother ngham of St. Louis against the Adam Express Company for damages for false imprisonment after being out three hours and a half agreed upon a verdict of $20, 000 for plaintiff. The Secretary of the Treasury has ap proved the selection of North Chandeleni as a quarantine station instead of Shii Island, and the necessary authority for its use has been obtained from the Secretary of the Interior. At Dublin yesterday the sentence of the Rev. Father McFadden, who was con demned to three months' imprisonment fo: holding an anti-landlord and anti-police meeting, on his appeal was increased to sis months. Republicans have renominated William McKinley, Jr., to Congress from the 18t1 Ohio District, and Charles H. Grosvenoi from the 15th District. Resolutions en dorsing Sherman were adopted by the con ventions in both the above districts and also in the 1st and 2d Districts. The Governor General of Cuba has de. clared the provinces of Havana, Pinar Del Rio, Mantazs and Santa Clara undel martial law. This measure has been taker owing to the increase of brigandage it those sections. Partial returns from the Louisiana elec. ton indicate that the entire Democrati ticket will have not less than 40,000 ma jority, and that the Legislature will be overwhelmingly Democratic. The Repub lican ticket was not voted in many parishes, and in others it was badly cut. It was midnight, and an impassioned lover in an up-town drawing-room kneeled at the feet of his heart's choice and ex claimed, "Gertie, I will do anything in this world to make you happy." "Do you mean it, George?" "I do, I do, darling.' "Then for Heaven's sake go home and lel me go to bed." The marines and blue jackets partici pated in a sham battle at Pensacola, Fla. yesterday, and two blue jackets and a ma rime were wounded. It is supposed thal the material in the cone of a shell had har dened and tore off the metal cone, wound ing the men. The Republican committee of Harris burg, Pa., has unanimously and with greal enthusiasm passed resolutions in favor oi the nomination of Senator J. Don Cameroz for President. Harrisburg is the home of Senator Cameron. Edward Cassar, a colored man of con siderable wealth, returned to his home neal Sardis, Miss., unexpectedly Wednesday night and found the Rev. Sidney Hibbler, pastor the Methodist Church and principal of the school, at his home. Not being sat isfied with the minister's explanation, he shot him in the head, killing him instantly. Hon. Win. H. Travers, of Charlestown, is favorably mentioned in connection with the Democratic nomination for Governor of West Virginia. Mr. Travers was at one time a prominent member of the Balti more bar, and was Speaker of the Mary land House of Delegates for one session before the war. He is a fluent and eloquent speaker, and a gentleman of great personal popularity. Charles F. Case has been appointed tem porary receiver of the effects of the New York and Charleston Company by Judge Van Brunt of the Supreme Court. He was required to furnish a $1,000 bond. The receiver was appointed at the instance of the New York Floating Dry Dock Company, which has an unsatisfied judg. met to the amount of $700 against the stemhip company. Anderson has had three fires in quick succession. On Monday night Mr. Chap man's stable was burned; on Tuesday night Mr. Bohannon's stable. and on Wednesday night a dwelling house on Main street, be longing to Frank Wilhite, was consumed, It is all the work of an incendiary. The man wh4 struck theimatch Wednesday night was seen by a sink lady, but before her husband could gto the fire it had A PHANTOM TRAIN. Strange Spectacle Seen in the Rarefied Air of the lIack Hills. My companion then spoke concerning our mission to this blean and barren spot, says a writer in the Leadville (Col.) Berald in course of a description of the lonely land scape of the Centennial State. "About twelve years ago," he said, "an old man by the name of Cearnals was the proprietor of a jack train with which he used to bring provisions and other commodities into that mining camp you see beneath you there. This was before the railroads entered the fastnesses of these mountains, and every thing was brought by mule teams or by these jack trains into the camp. The treas ures which were found in the hills were carried out the same way. "One time the old man Cearnals did not arrive in the camp on time. 'Twas in the winter-and the coldest one, too, ever ex experienced in these hills. A searching party was sent out to find him and his train, as the people who had goods consigned to him feared that some accident had befallen him. Near where we are now is where he and his train were found frozen to death. And now each night may be seen the jack train justas they were, but in the form of specters, filing along the way to the camp. Get out and we will go down the trail a piece and see them." We got out of the buggy, and fastening the horse to a stunted pine, we de scended the other side of the range on the road to Alma. After a most perilous and tortuous walk of half an hour, on account of the slippery condition of the ground, which was covered with snow, my companion led me to a point near the old Leadville trail, which could be distinctly seen above us against the side of the mountain. Looking at his watch, he remarked that it was almost time for 'them' to appear. After kicking the snow from a couple of bowlders we sat down and in si lence awaited developments. My compan ion would not say a word, but simply puffed away at a cigar, his looks being cast in the direction of the trail. We waited half an hour, but it seemed a week to me, a cold wind having arisen, and I was almost frozen and was wishing myself at home. "Suddenly my companion clutched me nervously by the arm and pointed to the trail. The sight that I saw made each in dividual hair on my head stand on end, for there on the trail, coming around a shady angle caused by a bowlder,was a jack train of twenty-three animals. They all emitted a faint phosphorescent glow, which made them appear all the more vivid against the side of the hill. They were loaded with different articles of merchandise, and the last one which the spectral driver was urg ing on with his short goad seemed to be loaded with flour. Every once in a while as the train slowly filed along, this last jack would lean his load against a projecting rock, as if resting himself- This would cause the driver to punch it with his short stick. The weird specters slowly passed from view around the hill, and, more dead than alive from fright, we made our way to where we had left the horse and buggy. My companion informed me, while on our way back to the city,that this strange.sight could be seen any dark night." SAVED BY A BLUFF. - A Sew Barrels of Gold Rolled In in Sight of Depositors Stops a Run. General Mike Ryan, in talking of the Metropolitan Bank failure, recently told a Cincinnati Telegram reporter a good story illustrating the power of bluff. It was in connection with his assertion that with lit tle further aid from the other banks in the city the Metropolitan might have been saved. 8e said: " I have a brother connected with a bank In Leavenworth, Kan. There are two banks there, and the rival to that of my brother was in a shaky condition. The president. came to Matt and told him the circum stances, and that if there was a run the bank would be unable to stand it. Matt told him to keep a stiff upper lip, for he knew that the failure of the other bank meant the failure of his own. He jumped on the train, went to Kansas City, got $40,000 in coin gold and silver-in barrels, ran back to Leavenworth with the specie, and got half a dozen drays to the depot to take the barrels to the bank. Meantime the crowd of depositors had begun to gather at the bank, demanding their money, and the old man was talking to them to gain time. All at once they saw the drays com ing up, loaded down with these barrels. Matt was with the treasure, and shouted to the crowd to wait about five minutes and they'd get their money, as it was there in the barrels. "In unloading the barrels, one of them dropped and broke, so that, through a crack, the anxious depositors could see the shining gold, and, as it rolled up the steps of +he bank, 35-gold pieces kept dropping out, and were picked up by the janitor. When the coin was all rolled in, Matt came out again and told all who bad money there to go inand get it, as the bank proposed to pay them all off and start fresh, and didn't Iwant such a cowardly lot of depositors any way. All the time he was piling on the in dgnation he didn't want to be taken at his word, as the bank had only $10,000 cash on hand, against $90,000 of deposits made. He bad brought $40,000, but there was still a shortage of $40,000. However, the game worked. The people. were reassured by the sight of the barrels of coin and went away satisfied. The run was averted and the bank pulled through all right." ATasDA RING EXPLOIT. ATasCowboy Rides a Furious Bull in a Mexican 15ul-Ring. The bull-fighters at Paso del Norte were recently enlivened during the proceedings by the daring exploit of a Texas cowboy, says the Seymour (Tex.) Cresceent, who was cheered to the echo by the densely-packed audience who filled every accessible nook in the vast amphitheater. The performance lagged a littla, and the bulls would not fght in spite of all the picadores might do. One or two of the bulls, after having been successfully goaded and worried without working them up to the proper fighting point, had been ignominiously driven out of the, arena, and a new one, full of fight and fairly bellowing with rage, had just been turned into the amphitheater, when a Texas cowboy who was present an;:ounced, for the honor and glory of Texas, that he would ride the bull, his legs tied around the animal's neck, his face to the tall, if they would first throw the hull so that he could get his legs properly around and underneath the beast's neck. He was at once taken at his word, and the mounted Mexican bull-fighters soon had the animal lossoed and thrown. The cow boy then had himself fixed in the proper position, and now the furious bull was turned loose. To the wonder and astonish ment and intense delight of the audience, the animal was unable to shake the daring cowboy off, who not only kept his perilous seat, but, after some wild plunges, succeed ed by some means in so manipulating the beast's horns that he was thrown. The Mexican performers rushed at once to the stugglng mass and in a twinkle had the Texan untied and released. It was a won derful piece of darmng and dare-deviitry, and exceeded any thing done by the Mexi ans. Texans Want to see the Pre&ident. AUsr, Tex., April 16.-The manage. meat of the International and Interstate Drill and Encampment to be held here from May 14 to May 19. on the occasion of the dedication of the new capitol building, expect to have President Cleveland and his wife as their principal guests. The entire Texas Congressional delegation, headed by Senator Coke, will bear the invitation to the White House, and, if accepted, they will be the escort to Texas. The Presi dent's inyitation is a beautifully bound volume, with leaves of satin and hand painted. It will be forwarded in a few days. A similar invitation will be sent to President Diaz and wife through Minister BRIC-A-BRAC. -THE PLAYER. She played the harp and mandolin, With most entrancing grace: An inspiration seized her soul. And glowed from her sweet face. She pliyed upon the soft guitar: He heard it. and deeP'red That to the player of the tune Naught else e-:uld be com pared. He felt her furtiher power, for when With these Shed pott'-a thrugh. She turned, and with exquisite akili The fair one p])hyed him, too. A good deal is said of the power of love, )ut it is not nearly so po:ent in the :dfirs )f men and women as the love of ower. It has been discovered that to enable ore o penetrate thick, so'ky places the maouth tnd lips should be covered with cotton rool. Royalty always keeps mourning co umes in stock. even for all the scrv:us. ;o that any and all kinds of grief or sorrow ,an be manifested to order, or, as it were, while you wait. Many a man goes down utlder the arrows ind os of an outromfus for:IP. be muse if hit by one of the arrows he n:i1 p with the slings. The hen, fool though she is consiiered, >ossesses in a mu irked degree the faculty of naking much out of little. Feed her corn y the pint and she eats it by the peck. A cynic says: "If the ancients believed the earth was- square they never could have got the idea from the dealings of its inhabitants with each other.' A Mr. Smart was recently prosccured by young lady for breach of pr'tr" . H e e etled the diiliculhy by marrn her I le i nade her Smairt, lest i-le sho uhl m~te m s:art. It way Polo:ius who ai'd: "-lorrv:in ulls the edgeo'f hush tdry" M:: :e:.ers are of the opiniton th:tt it alto duik the edge of memory. Four t::n were Sshing on a recent Sun day, when lig: tning struck it ther t:idat and killed a yellow dog. Mo l:-T.eilow do's should not accomp:ony t-e ium i on Sunday. Sor::e genis with a ficy for hadn babies has ti-ured cut that a piece of t'v)ti the size of a month-old b-aiy awdd be worn down one-half in Fi motra!h-, if handled as much as the average baby is. The young woman w:!se keap: year pro osal is rejected may. accoitng t' trod! Lion, claim a new :ik 'irsb fic:mi. o:) et of her affect'ous. This is why the tailor made girl c:iors percep':My when yoi: scan her new gown. "Will ou love me when I'm clyd" s:ag the ancient :oubrette. "How old?" carne in ,. shrill voice from the gallery. The singer did not reply, but the audience smiled when the curtain dropped showing a century plant in full bloom. UNDYLNG. I never clasp a friendly hand, In greeting, or farewell, But thoughts of an eternal home Within my bosom swell: A prayer to meet in heaven at last, Where all the ransomed come, And where eternal ages still Shall find us all at home. A Strange Upheaval. A strange upheaval occurred on the farm of Mr. Eoff, on Duck River, Coffee county, Tenn., a few days ago. A strange rum bling noise was heard by the residents of Mr. Eoff's household. There were thoughts of an earthquake, and many were badly scared. After the noise subsided Mr. Eoff found';" few hundred feet from the house, a strange cause for the unusual disturbance and noise. Ae found for a measured dis tance of forty-eight feet that huge chunks of rocks, weighing ten tons, had been shat tered in many instances, and in others split in twain. The work was dlone by no hu man hands, and there was nothing to indi cate that it was other than an upheaval and explosion of unknown elements under ground. Haunted by a Jilted Lover's Ghost. A man named John Beal committed sui cide at Waukon, Ia., last week because a widow in that town refused to marry him. Before doing so he said he would return to earth and haunt the object of his affec tions. Since his death the residence of the obdurate lady has been subjected to nightly visitati ons of a strange character. Un natural lights are seer and weird sounds heard in the mansion, and it is the general belief that the ghost of the unhappy sui cide is fulfilling its ante-mortem threat. The town is greatly excited over the mat ter. Nearly Perpetual Night in Alaska. "I have just got down from Sitka, Alaska, to-day," said John Williamson at the American Exchange yesterday. "It is a weird, wild place up there. It is not so awfully cold, but it is pretty nearly all the time night there. You en't see the sun till 11 o'clock in the day, and and it goes down again behind the mountains almost immediatly. There is just anarrow strip of day in a great big ocean of night. Lamps bave to be kept burning most all the time, and men' can't accomplish anything much trying to work. It is rather worse seventy-five miles farther north, at Killisnoo, where I was for a little while. Snow was abou ight inches deep, and the lowest I saw the thermometer was 5 degrees below zero. "There are only about 300 people now at Sitka, and not over 600 or 7L0 at Juneau. It is the same way at Fort wrangle. The population has shriveled a great deal. Many people have come away. They hate to spend the winter there, it is so fearfully long and dark. A lot more people would like to get away, but they have not got the money to come on."--San Francisco Ezminer. I5 A LJNIME NTPERFC7rf RARNLESS.APDSHCUWD0E USED A FAW MOT HS.2EFORE CONFINEMENF. )Snlo R B00K TO MOWHE RS h.ATLANTA.GA SHOW CASES. WALL CASES. DESKS, OFFICE ~1RN!TURE AND FIXTURES.a THOUSANDS OF THE BES ~ ~GOLD WATCH 7Z3 M.3 aS s LLDT Dz Oa3 CO-OPERATIVE CLUBS. -Tis Is the Best. 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