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VOL. X,' THE LAWS OF THE STATE. —tf-~ "T"" barNwJell, s. c.; Thursday, January 20, 1887. SOME OF TIIK ACTS PAMBD HY THi: MECKNT LKOTSLATUKE. Statutory rrgvUioim oh Various Matters of Public Interest. The following are some of the more important Acts passed at the recent ses sion of the General Assembly: ARREST AND EAIX,. An An to Amend Section 2(X) of the Code of Civil Procednre, relating to Arrest and Bail. , Section 1. That Section ‘200 of the Code of Civil Procedure be amended by adding thereto the following, to be known as Paragraph 0: “In an action for the recovery of damages in a cause of action not arising out contract, when the defendant is a non-resident of the State, or is about to remove therefrom, or when tli« action is for injury to person or cln»ract- r, or for injuring or for wrongfully taking, de tain ig or converting property.’ HAWKERS AND PKDPLKir. An Act to amend Sections!,SB', and 1,942 of the General Statutes, r '.nting to Hawkers and Peddlers. Section 1. That Sections of the General Statutes tie, and the same is hereby, amended, so that said lection, as amended, shall read as follows: ■ “Section 1,33U. The clerk of the Coart of Common Pleas for each county diall have authority to umuo such license to any hawker or peddler, to .1^available wtilun the tiaaita of' his count', end to « tn> I lie .)iaeii an nlh fiT, have been permanently disabled in their legs or arms during such service, shall bo entitled to the benefits of an Act en titled “An Act to provide artificial limbs for all soldiers of the State who lost thek legs or arm#, or who have been .bled in their legs or service in the years 604 and 18T>5, and who have not been supplied under the provisions of former Acts of the General Assembly,” approved December 17, A. D. 1S81, and of all the Acts of the General Assembly amendatory thereto. The provisions of this Act shall not be made to apply in the case of any one who may nave received assistance from any other State. And evezy awhioant for the relief extended by this Act shall furnish satisfactory ptoof to Jho comp troller general of the State that nO such assistance has been furnished such ap plicant by any other State. TUF. Hl MISO OK IJi-i'F. As Act to Amend Section 1,(187' of the General Statutes, relating to the Hunt- ing of Deer. • Section 1. That Section 1,887 of the General SUtutes be, and the name is hereby, amended, so that the said sec tion shall read an follows: “Section 1,887. It shall not. lie lawful for any person in this State to kill any d*<er, or to worry them with dogs, or otherwise, with intention of d< -4roving tb* m, between tbe first day of I'etiruary and the first day of Sept*inter, in any rear hereafter, except in the counties of Llarendon, Georgetown, CoUeton, from the date of is»ae; and charge for any »itch Imnnim- a f«e of one hundred dollars, to be paid by him into I the hands of the countv ina*nr< r for the . .. . - . use of the aoantf.** " " ’ | not thsir ten Laurens county respectively, which shall be deemed and taken to. be notice to all the citizens of the said counties as to the result of the election therein. Sec. 4. That if a majority of the elec tors voting in such election shall vote “no prohibition,” then the council of such city, town or village in such coun ty shall continue to grant licenses for tne sale of spirituous liquors under the provisions of law as now existing in such city, town or village. Sec. 5. That if a majority of the elec tors, voting in snch election, shall vote “prohibition," it shall not be lawful for the county treasurer or the council of any city, town or village in snch county to grant any license for the sale of spir ituous malt or intoxicating liquors. 8ec. (!. That if a majority of the elec tors voting in such election vote prohi- bitiou, it shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons except druggists, to sell any spirituous, malt y intoxicating liquors, except domestic wines, as now piojiiled by law in snob counties, with out a municipal license, and any person violating this law, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than thirty days, or more than twelve months, and fined in the discretion of the (Jcmrt. Her. 7. That if a majority of the elec tors voting in snch election vote prohi bition, it shall U> a misdemeanor for any person to give away, barter or exchange spirituous or malt or intoxicating liquors in connection with any barinemi enn- ducted by such person in such counties . ,, B . I 1 without a municipal license, and upon hamsborK. Marlboen, Kershaw, Horry, conviction thereof snch person shall be Darlington, Manon and Ikrkelwu in , ^pnsooed for a term of not k*s than •Midi oofibUes it shalhM^e Ii«fn) to j party da/s or more than twelve mouths, Lulit tlit*pi urtween Hit* tir*t oliky of rqh^q m Uuuxt. 9®y He. . IT Thai IT s majority oTTEe”el«c- n shall, upon | voting in such election, vote prohi- jndgmer The 8ev tiki'. 2. TluU Htction 1,- cral Statutes 1» , and tbe i amended, so that said section, as aniend- •d, shall read as follows: “.Sactma 1,342. The proviatonaof thu chapter shall nut > xUn-1 to v. ml its ol Tnnfwnrthrtm |M>rsoii violating this I convn tion thereof, bs fined not Ism ten nor more than twenty dollars, or be nor more >( the Gen-1 days, wlucb fine, if imposed, • is hereto ! *hsll be recoverable ladore nay Court of uoliaf in bitmo, it aLall be a misdemeanor for any person to keep any spintuons or malt or inUixioatuig Lquurs m any room or bouas la mid county in which n United fruit, ms|*, ni*ws|<apers, tu Uadis, vemtabl*-., touscco, i of any kuM,or agnrultu al proa ■ah-N by sample I •/ Jierson. trs established eoiumrroial hows. ledcs of staple articles manufa. this State." rAEtmoN. Ln Act to amend an Act X nfi .Act to amend Section 1,8- General StatuUw, in relation Uon," approve. 1 IScember ■ IMk Harr ion I. That an Art rtili Art to amend Heotn>n l.Khl of eral Statutes, in relatioa to | approved Ikcrmber 2»’n l** , '-\ i eu by ad. ling therv-to fk< proviao: Provided, that nuthii ooiilsiai.1 abaii be cuasUUMl tbs power of the Court of lira# to disficnee with Ui« i such writ in cases s lu rv, in meat of the Court, it would necessary ci)ienae to uane the i tha Court shall have power in oeedings in partition, without to the said writ, to determine, of testimony uken before tl offliN-r anil reported to the Coc: or a partition in Jiud stn^Uig tl be prsctioalile or exiwdient; where such partition .igazinea, nit isions | icta, or l« • ling for s, or to I '.orvNl in • l to led An -f the 1‘arti- A. D. I ln- N’lltlOU. e nraeud- l.Uiowing, g hertio ! ^ to alftCt i immon i mug at i tae judg in', dve un- e rMue, and all pro- ncotirw < e proper t, aheth- . parties and in eases cannot be fairly and equally made, to Older a sale of the property and a division of the pox'v'eda, according to the rights of the p uties. rua HTEU.IN'l OE MELONS A>D KEftT. An Act to Punish thf' Stealing of Melons or Fruit*. Hmtion 1. That ahoevir shall shul from the promises of another any melons or fruits, whether severed from the free hold or not, shall he deemed guilty of a mindemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by fine of not more than fifty dollars. REPAIR.*! OF HIGH WAYS. An An to amend Section CIS of the General Statutes uf South (.'orulma, relating to the lUqtairs of Highwas. Section 1. That Section 618 of the General Statutes of South Carolina be, and the wunoiaheroliy, lum nditL so to read:' “Section G18. The county commis sioners shall’take charge of and superin tend the repair of the highways in the county; the bridges shou^x! repaired under their supervision, amr the expense of the same snail be paid out of the money in the treasury, raised and appro priated for this pnrpose; and all the work on bridges given out by the county commissioners, when the amount shall exceed the sum of ten dollars, shall be done by contract; when the amount shall exceed the sum of. one hundred dollars the county commissioners are hereby required to advertise the same in at least one ol the papers in ths county; said proposal in all such cases bo accom panied by two or more sufficient sureties; whon the amount is less than one hun dred dollars and is over ten dollarp,. the county commissioners are hereby re quired to advertise the same by posting a notice in three public places, one of which must lie at the plsc6e where the work is to be done; said-notices to be posted ten (10) days prior to the day on which work is to be let; and the county commissioners shall have the right to reject any or all bids if in their judgment the interest of the county so requires.” CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. o.ui|» u-ut jumdiction; one-half thereof to go to the informer, ami tb** other half 11.,-roof lo the urn of the county in which the eonrtctioo is had." - Brc. 2. That on -Act entitled “.An Act to nairad Hrwtion one thowsuxl six hun dred and tightj seven (1,687) of the t n-nural tttatutr*, relating to ibt hunting •»f ilrt-r," approved 1 Vo-mber '23. 1084, I be, and the wuae in hcfwby, refxalad. ran l> enme law in andu* >a and larnona. .An Ait to submit the question of for the sale of Hpmtonu*, Malt or U.lifting Lajuors in Andrrwm 1 auivo* (bonties to tbe qualified Llector* thsswof, sad providing penal- brw for the nuinlaon or evawon, or stt* mpted evasion, of the Pn-lnhitton ! Law, if a Biajonty of the said 1 doctors | vote in favor thereof. Hcitio* 1. That it be solxnitted to n <>f the quahlied uledois ol tha. Counties of Anderwon and Lmuruos to pass upon the qtpaUon uf bosn*** for ths sala ot spirituous liquoca srithin ths limits of said county, or mo lie ness therefor, at a special SMUllaa to bn held on th** third Tner<Ifiy in August. A. D. 1M87, 1**1 ween ths hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m.: Frovidsd, that no eh*ctioii shall be held except upon a ted by a majority of the county in wtucti n to sell tbs same is j without s license under ths Htat* laws also, and upon conviction thereof such , person shall be imprisoned for not lews than thirty .lays nor more than twelve dmx>tha, and fined in the discretion of . ths Court. Hat . 9. If a majority of the voters in inch election vote prohibiteua, it shall ; he tha dot/ “1 ncfy railroad agent m such eounlira to keep n »spa rate book, in which he shall enter every barrel, keg oc package ,4 spirituous, malt or mtoxi- fiiag Utjuon rrcetvwd at hi* station by ' freight us by exprof,.the dais of its ro- orqit, the conaignre, the character of spirits marked on It, and ths amoant contuuMNl in each package. Bet. 11. II a majority, of ths said vote "prohibition.” it shall bs n (or any druggist any spirituous or malt or into liquors, or nay bitters compounded by him, or for him, to si ado this law, with out a until prescriptw (roma regular pnaUcuig physieiau m aotui 1 aUsndiuicc upon n patient, whioL shall certify that h physician is attending ths iiersuu whom the preemption u madr, the t prescnU d, and that in ths judg ment of such physicun the stimulant is needed fur Mat patient, and that ths certificate i* not given to enable the patient or any other person to procure snch stimulant as s beverage. All such I be tltai to them- COL. ELLIOTT AND HOB HMALLft. Some Intere«tliiff Facts Abont the Con gressional Contest In the Black District— How Nmnlls Was Beaten. (Stanhope Saras in ths August* Chron ic.) A few days ago I had the pleasure of meeting James Singleton, one of the colored members from Berkeley county in the Legislature of 1882—and an in teresting and powerful factor in the re cent contest in the Seventh district be tween Col. William Elliott and Roliert Smalls, That fierce political race is fresh in the recollection of all, and it will be remembered that Colonel Elliott entered the field against his expressed inclination, and yielded his pleasure and nt to the wishes of his party. Seventh district had l»een a Ivepub- hcan stronghold since the days of Fed eral occupation, and in 1882 lutd sent a Republican, E. W. M. Mackey, to Con gress by an overwhelming m Mackey dipd in 1883, and Roliert Si a colored Republican, was elected to fill the auexpikhl term. In 1884 Smalls was returned to Congress, defeating Colonel Wm. Elliott, the,nominee of the Demo crats. In this election the Republican majority had been considerably dimin ished, but not enough to afford any hope for the Democrats in the next election. It was under such advene circum stance.*, and in the teeth of despair, that Colonel Elliott wm tendered the Demo- j rratic nomination in 1 HN<>. He had no dei in) for a second sacrifice, but yielded ' to the Molicitatiou of his party, who be- | lieved him the only man in the district I that could lead the “forlorn bopc.” His 1 victory is well known, and to tiiaf vielo- ‘ tt do ouc contributed more than Ji ’ rfinghfi n, of St. Stephen's pariah, ♦Wfkriey county. Singleton favored me with a short ! sketch of his own political career. He received no furber education than a brief course at • country school, and what be has orfaieved has been doe to their force of character, aided of course, by thf peculiar power held by the Ue- C ahtirau party in his county, la 1882-88 r reproaented Berkeley county in Male Legislature. Hla eoUeugu*** V Auderaou Singleton, W. W. Backet, C. A. Raveoel aud W. (1. I’mckney all col ored men It was in this I*egislaUre that Fuiek- Dey made himself famous by vui.ng for himself os United Stales Sen HOW THEY PLAYED IT > . ■ ' A Bass Mall Team that a Manager Necure. (From ths Milwaukee Wiioonmn.) If tiie dramatist who declared n quar ter of a cycle a^o that “much villainy may be vented in a pudding,” liad stood with n Wisconsin reporter near the vacant lot at the corner of Grand avenue and Ninth street, yesterday afternoon, he would have added: "Much humor may tie vented in three little colored boys and two little white boys playing ball.” The game was a side issue to a game in which larger boys were engaged m the other uart of tne field. The largest white boy, who wore a tight plush corduroy suit, and the largest colored boy 'were at the bat, playing against the other three. The next largest colored boy waq catcher, while a woolly headed, sable-skinned youngster twirled the sphere for the outside, aud a diminu tive white Iwy played tbe bases, short stop and fielders* positions. A still smaller colored boy gamliolod around home-plate and behind the catcher, get ting generally iu the way. The white hoy in corduroys went to the bat as the reporter come on the scene. The pitcher naked him where he wanted it, and when he soul, “High hall," threw it aud struck the hatter on the foot. The catcher said “Dead hull.” ThomuK St«*\en* Travels Far, ami Many Ml range Scenes and People. The world 'hoe been girdled by bicycle. Au American has brought a new Arabiau Nights tale to the city of Haroun Al Rasehid, and a fresh wonder story to the nursery Ixyoks. A young man from the little village of Turney, Mo., Mr. Thomas Stevens, started from San Francifco at 8 o’clock on the morn ing of'April 22, 1884, to go around world on his bicycle. - He has just arrived iu San Francisco, after spinning about the whirling globe for two years and eight months. He went as sfxcml dele- date to all nations of the prosperous ’5,000,600 of sfiio,000,00a The yield is Xtl magazine, Outing. Mr. Stevens win* The next boll was out of roach, and the I red desert. gamUding urchin ran after it, as it. hranka and bounded against the brick walk Tbe community catuher ran after it too, but the other u0,000 acres fell upon the boll and fought for it,, and factories. eeled across the Sierras through snow sheds, tunnels, canons, along precipices and around mountains where he heard the roaring of the snow- slides and found the peaks covered with thirty feet of snow, Then over the desert of Nevaila, with its milages, where no birds were visible and little shining lizards were the only living things; now calling on the Piutea, now minings shot nt a mountain Uon, then riding by the dear moonlight through the Rocku-g; next •Towing Utah, swimming in the Salt I Lake, chatting with n pretty Mormon maiden, riding past the castellated rooks j of Green River, and slowly crossing the while the man on wound liasr ran around and name in. Then the catcher, whose! Uf* ' ess short i noojrti to show white teeth, angrily ruffed the little fellow on J the bead with fats flat, and obtained the ball by force. Tbe tiny boon was evi deotly half-minded to err, but changed his miration, and kicked at the catcher's shin. Tbe fielder, meanwhile, hod be K to clmah a mpting wbieh served as base, and, missing hie bold, bed ■craped the skin ot his vrisL Tbs next boll was over the base, and the rtrikrr bit it over the fence in left field. Ha' proceeded to run around the Imsss, Tbe fielder was bewailing bis sore wrist, and tbe {richer threw hu bat on the ground, and stood on his briM, faring second base, and stock out hu tongue at tiw 4. as (ur bees runner, while the sate her shouted •urwW* treble, “Put her home.' What Then going’ through Ne- eommunietie with toi Ho on through Illinois, - —— n r ■■ lows, post a common of 15,000 happy people, 1 1 of rich land, with tc Indiana, Ohio, Northern Pennsylvania, New York and Msswrbunetts. At 2 o’clock in the ofternu- :» ol August 4 he .aught eight ol the sptrss al boetow. He had sroasMd tha oonUnsnt in 108} days and had traveled 9,700 miles. ' Mr. Stcvuns rested in New York dnr- the winter, and in K acre, 4} bushels leas then hat the. ro is an inarnaeof anaoforwrSpor cent, and a deoteeaeof prodwotol 10 pa* oenk, while the nvunge price hee tn- c-roasod 12 per eeni, or from 82.18 oomIb to 36 cents per bushel. The aggrogele product of wko*l h 457,000,000 Duehett from an aesu of nearly 87,000,000 actuM heriag • farm value of *814,000,000. The avengu vuhm 68.7 cents per hueheL against 77.1 its for the previous crop and 6A5 cents for the great crop of 1884. This h86 per omit reduction from the aver age value between 1870 and 1880. Tha yhld of spring wheal MUtaae h better than weerxpeetad .wrly m3he imeea, bwt OB the Ihmfic ooaat mnch worse. The for wfnhr and vriag 114-10 bus of oats h 5,000,000 leas tin area of ovar 23,000,000 I ulna of filRfi.uUi.UU) ie 20.4-10 b« ‘ ‘ the C ths ths to sell for' open to ins) lection member of the city petition sigued i»y a usjontv owners of roal rotate in either county in . .. which the election ia to be h«4>l. That 1 „ . for the purpoae of hoU»g.seid 1 ^ ^ f ^ u the ounimisatoners of ehetkms for such' J . 7 u«au w tuvenj ouuuticw be authorized aud required to appoint a commisaioner of roii.-Amtion ^b-Trotixl therom.^ .Any j>emun violating mWh township, who tiiall ro?ie with- ^Z#* 1 "***''*****' out compensate a, aud likew* appoint ^ ^ ^,^1’al,. ^ mo ntLu diacre- oT not than thirty days nor more throe days in which such comnumionert, , m - . of registration shnfl regwti-r all » aoBofCSS of 21 year*, uf r«*Ki*itr»ti to the mai citizens reakling w thur reapcctive pro duct* over the age of 21 year*, and gn-" to them certificates of ro^uttratiun, which shall be delivered to tile manager* of election when such voter deposits his ballot. Tbe oommiwrauners of election for said counties shall give fifteen days' notice by publication in one or more county papers of the name of noch 00m- mismoners of registration, the days upon | . - which and the places at which slich ! »nd. upon conviction registration shall I xi had. The Ixioks of thw *° l - hu name shall be stricken from Hur.dft. That if electors, voting in such' election, vote prohibition, any physician who shall S ve the pruncription, as prricribe^l in s foregoing section, to enable any per son to obtain an intoxicant as a bever age, or who aholl give the prescription under circumstances different from those stated in the certifiesU>, shall be guilty An Act to allow persons who shall have resided within this State, for ten years since the close of the Civil War, and who have lost their legs or arms, or hare been permanently disabled in their legs or arms, during Military Service in the yearsTinfil, 1802, 1803, 1864 and 1865, to obtain the benefits of an Act entitled “An Act to' provide Artifieial Limits for all soldiers of the State who lost their legs or arms, or who have been pennant atly disablt-d . in their leg* or arms during ’Military Service in the yean 186L 1862, 1863. 1864 and 1865, and who have not been supplied umkr the provisions of form er Aria ol the General Amambly.” ap- ‘ 17, A. D. Istil, aud tion by the public, and shkll be, Ofi the day preceding the election, turned over to the managers of election. A separate book shall be kept for each poll; and no person shall be allowed to register or vote in such election who has beefi con victed of any crime which disqualifies under the Constitution, and who is not a citizen of the State and a resident of the county for six months preceding the election. The county commissioners shall furnish the necessary blanks and books required herein. Sko. 2. That for the purpose of''hold ing said election the commissioners of election, for State and county officers, in said counties, are hereby required to appoint three managers of election for each voting precinctrin'the counties, and publish a last thereof at least fifteen day's before such election, stating the time and places of such elections and the question to be voted upon, and the form of liallot thereon, os follows: Those who favor the granting of license to sell spirituous liquors in such counties shall vote a ballot with the words “no prohi bition” written or printed theroon, arid those who oppose sueh license shall vote a ballot with the word "prohibition” written or printed thereon. In case any manager so appointed refuses or fails to serve in such elections, saidcommission- ers of election shall have the right to appoint some other person to take the place of such manager so refusing to serve. The commissioners of election shall.fornisli the managers with suitable liallot-boxas and the necessary stationery 11 of physicians, and he shall not again be allowed to practice medicine in ouch counties, and snail be liable to fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. Sec. 18. That all Acts or parts of Acta inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be repealed, in so far as they may in terfere with the operations of this Act, so far as they may affect the counties of Anderson and Laurens. hi* name was roarbed, in cowrie of Um doing Jimmy" A by ■Under throw election, be called out, “1 vote for Wil hull over the feoor, and It gut in Liam tl. Pinckney." Pinckney ■ vote catcher'* hand* ia time to drive woe the only oue coet for himnclf, and eordurov youngster hook to third Ora. M. C. Butler wo* elected. When the boll waa throe n lo the jxtcli time** Inmi Kuigletun baa not l*eeo in « be lav down on hi* ttouieoh upon it, politics himself, though at every election end endeavored to induce the man nu be baa worked for hi* party, except in thud to run in ou tbe ■ui^wastion that the election in iHNi, abeu he Joined he bad iael it. By tin* time the fielder forero mth the U tuocrsU and insured bad got to third, and alien the haea- the flection of Colonel Elliott. He M runner •teried to ran iu the |«iteher ■till without the arena, but the l>ee boa throw tbe bail to third. Then the firider out entirely ceMed to bo xx in hie bon 1 "ud be wouMut (day, and the {richer net There in do certainty of hie con ' rtood on hie heed and walked around on' tinned allegiance to the WtmxraU, a* hie hand*, making hombte hie defection ame rather tneager of tbe '• nud tha bull rolled I "bo—ui" of Hmalia than from anyooa- Harmony was finally roriured version to Democratic pnnciplea Them IPB** prugremeil Tie* ia no doubt, however, that hu alimnee) "P won the victory of "N6, and the owes him it* gratitude and a part After meeting Hinglstou I inquired i* work for the Democrat* loot What be helped lo aooumpliah tug tne winter, and a UM ■pring of 10h*> nailed, with hie bicycle, for I aver- pool to take up the thread of trawl that be woe going to tie about the world. He miled on the OMy of Chimgo with two *li{M of bicycler'* paper—one to pact* on the (Ynnroe wall aoJ oue cm the cliff* of the Kyhcwr Pam. On May 2, PM6, be alart Hill Church, livmpcaL In the vast onutipcat* of Europe end He wheeled ■**) milo* to tag at a bicyrl M rjor Knox lb tahrnaapmof 114 miles ia ten Or >w«nc to Dieppe on a < er he wbeeled through Ni tfie valley of tiu arise, chateau* and rum*, till, on’May 13, ■aw tha Arch of Trtnmph and eutamd Paria; then by vweyaida down the val ley* of tha Maine and M. watte to Koney, «nd through Gonmn Lcmrine la Htnw- burg, through ths Black Forest to Munich, wham he tipped a Undent of the uu 1 re r»tty under inn imp he waa a hem 1 ball i^w^rowuri m tha ttouih ri the ^yn of a and BuImm In tha b*ritycourtri|l mthTumm of A/S Of Itfillil into r OpdtjhT^hnd n may be nppreciabxl by noting the change in the votee uf Berkeley, UBa »wfwri*ny out F in 8L Stephen * Pariah, where Hiugleton In 1882 this Pariah panha had a Turk play “Yi on a harp for him. tl* on ■tantinopie July fi, DM after leaving larurpooL e Fainoii* Moon Story. for conducting the election, and the managers shall qualify a* for State elec tions. They shall proceed to count the ballots |« toon as the polls close, and shall lodge with the said commissioners of election the ludlot-boxes containing the ballot* and poll lists, with a certified statement of tbe raalt of the election, by 2 o’clock p. m. on the day following the election. The commtnaoneri %nd managers of election khall serve without compensation in thin election, but the oonnty oommimioner* for noch county ■hall, from the eouniy fund*, defray all incurred by the The moon story, which appeared in the fall of 1835, in the columns of the New York Sun, was the most gigantic newspaper hoax ever perpetrated. It was known that Bir John Herschel had gone to the Cape of Good Hope, to make observations with the now instru ments of extraordinary power^ Thep there appeared a series of papers de scribing what Sir John had discovered. They purported to be copied from the pages of a supplement to the Edinburg (Scotland) Journal of Science, exclusive copies of which hod been received at the Son office. - It was known that the atmosphere of tha Capeot Good Hope is unequalled for purity, and ot course has a corre sponding facility of astronomical ob servation, Utd wnen'it was stated, that nobody among as could undertake to deny, especially as it was said to be con firmed by actual observation, that the great object glass of the astronomer’s chief telegraph was n lens of seven tons weight, no great wonder was felt if the results from its use were unexampled. It was said, then, in the alleged report of the “great discoveries,” that so great was the magnifying power of this in strument (42,000 times) that it could impart to object* at the distance of the moon a degree of vixibilitf equal to that enjoyed by objects oif bur earth hot more than one hundred yards off. This put it within St. John’s power to view, not only the larger class of natural ob jects in the moon, but to see with e* tbe dwelling*, animals, and even perrons of the Lunarian*, winch he accordingly Ben. Periey Poore in Mon did hia tatit arork. In 1882 this gave Mackey about 400 votia agoiort 56 Tor E. Sam Lee. In 1884 Small* re ceived in the mme Pariah n large major ity over Colonel Elliott. In 18H«'>, Colo nel Elliott received 401 vote* in the I’armfi agauial 45 for SiualU; tha* more than reversing the Republican ma jority of 1882 and 1884. It haa been claimed that this enonnoua majority wo* obtained through frond. I will not now diactus this charge, but. certainly there was widespread defection in the rank* of the Repuolicana in the Seventh district. Tbe strength of that party, indeed the life of .the party, and the party itself, was in the colored voter*. Smalls was a colored representa tive, and they looked at him as a friend in places where he could benefit hi* own race. This, they dnimed, he always failed to do, and represented his con stituents only in color. In the words of one of the disaffected, Smalls “had grown too heavy for the party to carry,” and the party “had to drop him.” On one oocosion, speaking to a voter who was working against him, Smalls is said to have exclaimed: “The lean dog can’t stand by the fat dog,” aud struck his hand on his pocket for emphasis. Such a representative mast be defeated, and he went down beneath the weight of indignation his actions and his neglect had brought upon him. It is said that Smalls helped to defeat himself by his candid recognition of the probity and honor of Colonel Elliott. Small announced from the (tamp that Colonel Elliott was in every way fitted for the place, and that his own (Smalls’) legal representative in Beaufort. What ever may be tbe result of the contest over the scat in Congress, it appears evident that outside of fraud practiced by either party, Colonel Elliott beat Smalls by just and onpurchased votes. Them’* a kind of woman who is hu disappearing from the ran. They ore at Y M04 being burn in any go at nuxubore, t wintm cam* and ha and in n couple of geaentiou* they will *{*riiig in tbe Turkish not bs known at aU. They mil La an rtartau to go through extinct race, and an they leave au and northern Chino. The or endurable work* of art or funed him paoapnrt*. Ha An Idaho Editor and a Hnrglar, °We wish to return our sincere thanks,” says the editor ot on Idaho paper, “to the enterprising bat mia- S 'ded burglar who broke into our resi- ice night before last under the im pression that he was Cracking the crib of the druggist who Uvea next door. He entered at- a window and carefully re moved his boots, setting them down on the floor. To this circumstance and to the fact that we saw him come in we ore indebted lor the first good pair of boots we have had in ten years. While he rey diaap- tZi* k£d e gueared I school who monument* behind them, nobody ia future age* will ever know they cnriil Their monument* are ing and every evening and th> pear. As loan as women of live their gooa works will renew selves, and they’li U- mused when they die; but it loons sadly as if tids genera tion would see the last of them. I’er- h*i«« some of you may have a the Indy of tha old prides heraelf ou her housekeeping. I mean the lady who is in moetcasumth- er old, who will not accept anything bnt the bint meat from the butcher, who knows butter and eggs and chicee like n book, and whom the grocer hate* cordi ally while be respects and admires bar. I know one, and I would lika-te aee the man who would try to palm off on her oleomargarine. Those housekeepers, those mothers who pride themselves ou bringing up their children well, and who keep a constant eye on their servants, oan only be beat from the strictest rules of propriety in the household bv house keeping considerations. There* one of this dear, old-fashioned school up town who has a very pretty servant maid, a very tempting servant maid, who always gets served first in the morning, and has all the tradespeople interested in the house. The milkman tries to come late, so he may find her, and the bntterman is wild about her, and the butcher some times comes himself to see that the meat is all right. Those advantages have not been lost upon the lady of tbe house, but she is a stickler for propriety. Bo, when, the other morning, she found the butcher’s boy kissing the pretty servant maid, she was shocked. She wrote a note to the butcher and told him if he conljln’t sqnd a boy who behaved ‘ him self she would take her name off his list of customers and she’dget her moat else where. At breakfast she spoke about it “Well; mamma, you’d better write to the butterman, too. He kisses her every morning,” said the daughter of the house. “What? The butterman, too?” “Certainly. I saw him yesterday morn ing. ” “Dear me! Well, I can’t help it He must just do it. for I can’t get anything like ss good butter anywhere else. *—Ban Francisco Chronicle.' The started to go anyhow. Tli* Rnssians stopped him. H* wheeled Imck to Constantinople, took a trip to Calcutta, and rode through India and southern Chino. He rode China last fall. Mobs of superstitious 1 muauu u mobbed him ss the devil on whirls, and ho reached Bhonghoi sur rounded by a Chinese military euoort. Then he took a spin across Japan and had finished his journey. He mued from Tokioto Ban Francisco. He traveled abont 16,000 miles on his bicycle, which is on ordinary rood machine. toey ot ( lo go of A. CM his October, to 4, _ Wm. B. A Child** Devotion. Borne years ago there was s count gentleman in Derbyshire who met terrible reverses, and was bereft of wife and son, only a daughter about twelve years of ago being Taft him, relates n writer in Cassell's Magazine for Deoans- ber. \ neighbor sent a few chairs and a couple of beds into an empty cotta *o that the father and child might hi a roof over their heads, but could do no more, though she would have gladly have kept the little girl, who, however, insisted that she most be at home in the new house to welcome hex father, and make him as comfortable ss she could. The only possession she hod was a small rosewood workbox, hod belonged to her dead mother, and when left alone to await her father’s re turn from the county town, she opened her workbox and sat down with her needle like a little old woman. It warm autumn afternoon when she thus settled herself, but in the course of an hour a heavy rein came on, which lasted i omt. in I Howard B. another brother, was killed in Arizona whiU serving as 1 of regnlnn. He entered the 1 i during ths 1 iing/wno hs Cushing, who hss just ( oldest of &« low. He ea st ths outbreak of the hris ^ a record of twenty-six one of the oldest in clung to • >x, which ihssi The Jacksonville - fell asleep. How long he was in the boose we do not know, but tbe presump tion is that when he went away he took the old boots. They have been misting ever tinee, and there was nothing el*e< to take.” The strike of the cool handlers in Now York is musing some apprehension about the cool supply and complaints are being made on that score. Phil. Y. Green, s prominent abater living nasr Corey, Mi tilled by unknown assn who of aoticuiff away e whole evening, and it was long after dark when she heard her father’s weary footsteps approaching and joyfntty opened the door to let him in. He was wet througlvfind almost broken hearted, a thoroughly beaten man, and the child’s one idea was that a cup of ten wouk comfort him. She had been provide! with the tea and the pot to make' it in, and a kettle and everything necessary for a simple meal, but her despeir may lie imagined when she found that there was nolo particle of fuel in the hoaos. The sight of her father sitting shivering, with his face buried in his hands, was inspiration to her sod as quick ns thought she broke up her workbox, pulled out the slight divisions for eot- tims, etc., set light to hearth, added the thicker colored the kettle and ooiuddcrebb extant ifornis, and ' I* byiT' thorough advertising of by ths libemhtv ting extrenudylow to of the hotel V' it**