Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A PROVISION KIN& I t 1 \ Annoar, the Chiesco Fork* Krrsn With kittle Capital. D. Armour, of Chicago, says the Timea-Herald, of that citj, nn- qneationably deserves a niche beside the greatest of the historic captains of American industry. As a speculator he has been most successful in the in vestment of his capital in productive concerns that have been of widespread service to society. He has handled, produced, stored and distributed food etuflb to all America and all Europe, and he has beeif liberally remuner ated for his work, because he has been ana is now a rich man. Ijike many of his kind, Mr. Armour began the struggle of life with nothing in the way of capital. The first capi tal he got he dug out of the ground in the form of gold from the placers of California. His first venture in indus try was as a pork packer in Milwau kee. The war wave came along and carried him in a very short time to the possession of great wealth. The Bemarkable Feat of a Kaaaka Swlmmos There is a native living in Nawili- wili, district of Lihue, on the Island of Eanai, whom every one knows as Johnny, but whose family name is Knalakai. This latter name ho has had tattooed on his arm, together with the picture of a deceased sweetheart* In appearance he is a typical native, mnscular, with the appearance of an athlete. Johnny is a remarkable good swim mer, and, it is said, was at one time very much addicted to the habit of stealing ducks. His method was very simple. He would hide in the bul rushes along the edge of the duck ponds and would, from time to time* dive out where the ducks happened to be, snatch one or two from the sur face, push them into a bag, swim back again to the rushes, there to toko breath for another sally. In this way he succeeded in making quite a com fortable living. However he has given up his prooked ways, and now resides like e peaceably inclined citi- i 1 foresight that has ever characterized him led him to Chicago and he then began to build up the great business of which he is master to-day. He has bought and sold various properties. As director and owner of producing industries be b»s beau most success- fuT7“' XS a mere trader—a buyer and seller—he has rare pluck and sagacity, and he has added to his store very largely bv this means. Mr. jFmonr makes ao display of wealth. He dresses simply, lives in a plain house, is interested in educa tion. and has a way of wiping out the debts of small churches of all creeds that amazes the impecunious congre gations thereof. Consul Versus Cuptaln. While Sir Richard Burton was Con sul on the west coast of Africa the merchants were put to inconvenience by the captains of the ships discharg ing their cargoes and steaming off again without their correspondence. They appealed for help to the new Consul. Burton examined the con tracts and found that the "captain of a ship must stop at a port eighteen hours’ daylight for that purpose.” When the next ship came in the cap tain looked into the Consol's office ,aud said: "Hurry up with my papers, I want to be off!” "You enunot go, I have not finished my letters,” returned Burton, and re ferred him to the contract. The cap tain repeated his iutentiou of leaving the port immediately. "Very well,’’returned Burton. "I’m going up to the Governor’s, and shall shot two guns. If you go out one min ute before your eighteen hours’ day- .light expires I shall send the first gun right across your bows, and the second slap into you. Good morn ing.” The captain did not go out till half an hour after his eighteen hours’ day light had elapsed, and as long as Bur ton was there all the captains were equally careful.—Weekly Telegraph. on work tbat is given m time to time, out on a hunting or fishing there is no better man on d of Kauai than this same Barefooted he will climb dangerous palls that fall uptfy and end thousands of below in the sea. The festive itself is not more active, and wjfen huntiing for this kind of game hjis as invaluable a man to chase the afimals round to a point of vantage. As a diver there are few natives, en, who can beat him. In diving iter lobsters he has the very uncom fortable habit of swimming a great distance into caves that have no open ing above the water. Beneath the rocks of these places he will feel around, never failing to come to the top, bringing with him something to make glad the hearts of the house wives.—Pacific Commercial Adver tiser, Saving a Sixpence. „ Patrick, a thrifty tradesman in the ( neighborhood of the Dublin docks, was, as the story goes, a man who never spent a penny more than he needed to spend; but he was, never theless, as good a man at the making of an Irish boll as any that lived "between Bantry and Baliycostle. i* Having one day occasion to send a 'fetter to Olasnevtn, Patrick called a ‘messenger and asked him his price for ^ming such a distance. ^^ M It’U bo a shillin’,” said the man. "Twoice too much I” said Patrick. /••‘Xiet ut be sixpence.” "Nivver,” answered the messenger. „ "The way xs that lonely that I’d nivver jo it under a shillin’.” "Lonely, is it?” said Patrick, etching his head. "Naith, an’ >ight. Now, man, I’ll tell ye re’ll do; make it sixpence, an’ wid ye to kape ye company!”— ion. , . The Three Sister* Who Uepeil. There were three sisters who lisped very badly, and their mother, who was solicitous about finding husbands for them, was continually admonishing them to hold their tongues. This is difficult for a girl that has no impedi ment in her speech, but it is impossi ble for one that stammers. One even ing the three lispers were invited to "a quilting” at a neighbor’s. "Now, mind, girls,” said the anx ious mother, "some nice young men are going to be there, and you must not say a word, or they will learn that you lisp, and won’t care to make up to you.” They promised to be silent, and went to the quilting. When they reached the honse they sat down and quilted diligently in silence, and nothing could induce them to take part in the conversation. At last the eldest wanted the scissors, and tried to make signs to her next sister to pass them to her, but could not at tract her attention. Losing patience, she stammered oat: "Thither, path me the thithorth.” The other replied with indignation: "Didn’t ma thay that oo thouldn’t thay anythin’?” This was too mfich for the youngest, and she exclaimed in a self-congratu latory tone: "Bletli God, I ain’ thaid nothin’!” Cholly’s Brilliant Arc, Cholly Spoonorafn—*T did the moat brilliant act of my life at the Dullards last night.” The Old Man—"What did you do, light the gw?” § NICARAGUA CANAL. DESCRIPTION OF A GIGANTIC PROJECT. The final fate of the Nicaragua Canal project will shortly be decided, says the New York Herald. The United States gunboat Newport has tailed away with a commission of en gineers appointed by the Government, and tbeir report as to the feasibility of the watterway between the Atlantic and Pacific will determine whether or not the United States shall control this great but still embryonic enter prise. Records show tbat it became a sen- this large stream, and will proceed slowly through the jungle country nntil locked up to the level of Lake Nicaragua. This will be about 110 feet above the mean low water level iu the Caribbeau Sea, and is called mean lake level. On entering Lake Nicaragua the channel across the lake runs straight toward the point on the opposite shore where the cut to the Pacific begins. The lake is less than fifty miles wide at its broadest point and is deep enough at a distance ous matter in the last century, but no definite plan of action was ever adopted until a few years ago, when work on the route was actually begun. Bnt this canal through the isthmus is not a thing which can be accom plished readily, and there is some di vergence of opinion iu regard to the best place on the isthmus through which to cut it. The French have been working through the narrower strip near Panama, bnt so far there is no immediate promise of success in the undertaking. rtox* idol, nriks or quiiioua. The American company has chosen the longer, - though apparently less difficult, route through the State of Nicaragua. On this lino the natural water courses will be used extensively, and it is supposed by many to be, con sequently, a more practical undertak ing than the one through the higher hills near Panama. At the eastern entrance of tho ca nal is the settlement of Greytown. After proper dredging and lights have made the harbor navigable a ship ap proaching from the eastward will not of half a mile from the shore to float the largest ship. Here the sailor will have a breathing snell after his cruise overland, and after being locked down to the quiet waters of tho Pacific, the vessel will be free to proceed to her destination with a full realization of how well the quiet oceau deserves %s name. HEADLAND AT BBITO, PACIFIC OUTLET TO CANAL. The commission appointed by the President to go over the proposed route during the winter of 1897-8 is to de cide certain questions in regard to the cost and feasibility of the project, as suggested by the canal company. It is composed of. three of the ablest men in the United States for deciding these matters, and is supported by a num ber of naval officers, civil engineers and assistants. Two men-of-war will aid the expedition and will assist iu the hydrographic work iu the harbors on the east and west coasts. The shore parties will have to go over many of the old lines, and, as the jungle has long closed these, they will have to cut their way through, as before, with the machete. The Commissioners will return to ihe United States in the spring, and. ENTRANCE TO CANAL, GnBYTOWK. as their report will probably be final as to tho interest the Government will take in the project, the civilized world will await them with some impatience to know if the greatest of Republics will decide to control the gateway to the Pacific. An Unexpected Answer. A boy had been up for an examina- ROUTE OP TUB I'ttOPO.SED CANAL. find tho navigation difficult. At the present time, however, the shoal •water and the low country, partly hidden in ihe almost continual rain, make the approach rather dangerous. On enteriag the ship will proceed aln g jn almost straight cut nntil the Ochoa district is reached. Here an enormous dam cross tho natural bed of the San Juan River marks the first point whero remarkable skill in engi neering will be displayed. The ship will be turned into the natural bed c? tion in Scripture, had failed utterly, and the relations between him and the examiner had become somewhat strained. The latter asked him if there were any text in the whole Bible ho could quote. He pondered, and then repeated: " ‘And Judas went out and hanged|himseif.’ ” • / "Is there any other ver you know in the Bible?” the examinei|a9ked. "Yes. ‘Go thou and do likewise.’” T!»*~ j was a solemn pans* and tho £pro?ee!iings terminated.—Firttro. South Carolina and Qeargla Raiiraad Company "Tim Charleston Line.” xiar daily. wrnr daily. It Auguftta *> 20 a tv ( hurlvstua 7 10 a ar Aiken 7 OH a Iv Columbia 7 00 a ar Klngville JO 10 a tv Kiiigvllle 7 40 a ar Colombia 10 53 a ar Aiken 1109 a arCbarleston 11 00 a ar Augu ta 11 01 a ZAD r DAILY. WIST DAILY. Iv Augusta 3 20 p Iv Charleston 5 30 p ar Aiken 4 07 p iv Columbia 4 00 p arKingvillo 9 20 p Iv Kingvilie 4 44 p ar Columbia 10 10 p ur Aiken 9 57 p ar ( hitrlesion 8 00 p ar Augusta 10 45 p CAMDKN BRANCH, Jaily except Sunday. NORTH SOUTH. tv Klugville 10 25 a Iv Charleston 8 45 a ar Camden 1155 a nr Kingvilie 10 05 a Iv Klngvillo 6 no a Iv Camden 2 25 p ar Camden 8 25 a ar Kingvilie 4 35 p AIKEN ACCOMMODATIOH. Daily except Sunday^ ,, Iv Augusta 6 40 p m Iv Aiken ...4 IS jin nr Aiken.. ..7 30 p m nr Augusta 3 07 p ta North and Soutli \iu Dentnark. Through sleepers to aud from New York. IvAegasta ;io:>pm h N'.-w York o so pm ar Richmond. 3 40 pin Iv Wnshug’n 3 10 pm a- Washington 7 00 am ly Riehm’nd 7 31 am ar New York .. 1 23 pm ar Augusta.. 8 10 am Connections at - harlestou with New York steamers, also with sie«ni<-rs for JacksuuvlUo Fla , on sailing dates, and at Augusta with Georgia Road to and from all points West and South;also at lllaeksville with the Caro- Unit Midlaud Railroad to uud from Barnwell. Connections with Southern Railway at Co lumbia to all points in upper south aud North Carolina. E. S. Bowks, L. A. Kmkuhon, General Manager. Traffic Manager. >Iew Orleans, Philadelphia, JUchmoud. t hnttnuooga an I New Yotk. Washington, Norfolk and Honedule in effect May 30, 1897. WKSTWABD. P. M. A. M. No. 41. No. 408 Lv. Wilmington *3 20 .... Lv. Lumburton 5 26 .... Lv. Maxtou 6 12 .... Lv. Luurinburg 6 23 .... Ar. Hamlet 6 53 .... Lv.HAmlet 7 13 *310 Lv. Buckingham ’ 7 30 6 23 Lv. Wadosboro 8 11 Lv. Marshville 8 48 6 25 Ar. Monroe 9 12 fi 43 Lv. Monroe 935 7 80 Ar. Charlotte 10 25 8 80 Ar. Mt. iloily 9 10 Ar. Lincolnton 10 35 Ar. t herryville 10 48 Ar. Sheloy 11 30 Ar. Elicuboro... 12 24 Ar. Rwtherfordton 12 64 P M P. M. f8 40 a. m. Lv. Hamlet Ar. 6 20 p. m. 10 00 a. in. Ar. Cheraw Lv. f5 00 p. at. EASTWARD, Lv. Rutberfordton.. No. 38. A.M. No. 402 P.M. •4 35 Lv. Kilouboro 6 15 Lv.. Hhelby 6 03 Lv. Cherry ville 6 24 Lv. Lincomton 7 00 Lv. ML Holly 750 Lv. Charlotte ' 8 25 Ar. Monroe 910 Lv. Monroe 940 Lv. Marsh ville 6 25 Lv. Wadosboro 10 31 l.v. Rockingham 11 03 Ar. Hamlet 7 65 11 23 Lv. Hamlet Lv. Latirluburg ... A Lv. Muxton Lv. Lumbertou Ar. Wilmington • • • a P. M. P. M. SOUTHWARD. Lv. Hamlet Ar. Raleigh Ar. Portsmouth. •11 30 pm 2 11 am 7 26 cm Ar. Richmond.. Ar. Washington Ar. New York.. *6 50 pin 11 10 pm •8 16 am 12 81 pm 6 23 pm SOUTHWARD. Lv. Monroe *0 49 am Ar. Abbevlll# 11 06 am ▲r. At ban* 116 pm Ar. Atlanta (l en. time) 2 M pm •9 25 pm 1 49 am 8 45 am 6 20 am •Dallf. fDaily, except Sunday. Both 'ruins make iifftaedtate connection at AtUnU for Montgomery, Mobile. New Or leans, Texas, Calitorula, Mexico, Chattanoo ga, Nashville. Memphis, Macon and Florida. For Tickets, Bleepers, etc., apply to B. A. Newland, Gen. Agant Post. Dept., 6 Kim ball House, Atlanta, Oa. GEO, MoJ P BATTLE, Trav. Pais.Agt., Charlotte, N. 0. X. St. John, Yiae-Praa. and Gea. Manager. 11. W. B. Glover, TraAe Manager. V. K. MoBee. General Bupt. T. J. Anderson, G. P. Agent. General Office*, Portsmouth, Ta. The Bribery Investigation. The Ohio Legislature has begun the bribery investigation against Marcus A. Hanna made by Representative Otia during the recent senatorial contest. The proprietors of tbe Neill House will be asked as to who paid the hotel bills of oertain legislators, aud the managers of the telegraph companies will be summoned. The investigation will drag along for some time. As the Senate stands 19 to 17 against Hanna, with Senator Burke voting with tbe Demo- f ats, it is quite pr&bable that there ill be some report adopted in the body to transmit to the United States Senate. In the Honse the vote is 5ii to 08 the other way, and tbe House investigation committee may do little more thau look on at the Senate investigation. A Costly Theatre. There are in Kansas twenty well- built towns without a single inhabi tant, and Saratoga, In that State, now absolutely uninhabited, has among other buildings a $30,000 theatre. I