The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, February 01, 1894, Image 4
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Jno. JB,—Tiro re«*<m«
CarlMe to fo to Now I *puM tboir
teat, aMfkt. One woo to •trelftteo |oe^Mr« *•
o4t tbo hitch (hat ten
the Ooloctor «t Gi
the taportor*
i of check* in
aid the othev
* ** D0W I her fwOier*. -wtli wlU be
SIK)j6Ctl9 (IS*6
occurred between
■what allied. Under the oM ■retem in
wocna in New Toak, cheek* are received
hr the coBector in payment of oertaln
doe*. A eoat decMon reoently rendered
Made tbe ooUeetor iwepeeaMe for *11
check*, whether the hanks Osdhcd them
or net. Ihia rwpooelbUitjr Collector Kil-
hicath, after loetnr aavera) hundred dol
lar*, declined to M*oia*. The importer*
than, as a matter of retetloa, oe**od to
r.thdh' - cn*?om* dhee in sold check*.
It deposited therefor iilrer certlttcete*.
I* before HA* order we* imtied to
theck* fold payment* avemaed
twenty-five day* 26 per cent.;
(hey ran down the day the order wn* pat
into effect to lee* than ooehnlf of the
-per cent. Tn a few day* the lor* in ftold
for cue tome receipts a^grecated more
^ then $2,000,000. In tbe prewent drain
oa ffdM for ordnery expm>**cH of the
Treaeury tide atntc of affair* whn
serious. ” A new *ntem of tmnufec
orders was *ngge*ted for tbwpeyim'dt
of cjptom datfae and wns thought to
he ureewble to the importer*, bnnk*
and Treaenry officials. Rome of the im
porter*. bowerer, still objectcil, tt i*
snid. and Deputy Awietnnt Trenmirw
- MnWeman** vWt here on Saturday hod
for W» object a settlement of the matter.
He returned wlffi Secretary Carlkde to
New York ktet night.
afraid of «fce Boeds.
The action of the House Committoe
' on Judiciary in reporting the Bailey
- resol ntfon farorahly to the- Uoum Uaiv
the effect of deterring any Inrire Mds
•o far from txdng roretved for the new
bond*. The adUoo. too. of the KuivhtK
of lAbor In seeking on injunction agnin.u
Recretery OnrMsle to prevent him from
Issuing Ho rids has had a dfanifettm;
the magnificent
Helen Ooold kCks
timatod at $15,000,000. t
the wealthy RoclUMkr giri* hate Iked
the quietest of ilves. They do sot heloM
to the Four Hundred^ »<rt>*p* for the
reason that Mu* of the family has prof
cared to attempt aa entrance wtthtn
rhannsd circle of Now York's fkst
able*. They art not racognlasd in the
daily throng of notable* on
Hie *weil milliners and JOodlste* do not
know (hem, because they wear only the
plainest gowns, which
toned by a aeamatreea who
in their house. Worth «r Fi
had an order for a gorgeous party drees
from any of the worries of tfe* RockaM*
ler family, because they.j
bolls or swell fuactioo* ef say kind. It
is dmnbtful whether any of the
ter* ever learned to daaoa
Alta and Edith are aoeompltehed mu
sician* and linguists. Edith) i* sg o*n-
niveroua reader, and both an wfli ao-
qua i ntecl with nusWrn literature apd the
standard English authors. AM* ha* paid
impodul attention to her French studisa,
and Edith prefer* German. Tim younger
slater ha* studied the Japaaes* language,
too, sod at pne time was Msfaltios* te-g(
to that country as * Baptist mkaionsry.
Hicre are four #muk>* in the Hooke
feller matMion, st No. 4 West Fifty
fourth *1 reset, and a large opgan. After
dinner the family ait together in one of
lafttas-
Treasury official* hare no doubt ns
to the power of the Secrotiary to uw
the gold derived from thooe bond* for
any legitimate OoVemuicue cxpimse nnd
ftevwetery tfarltale win, whHe in New
York, asmire *11 proepectlve bidder* that
they need hare no fesr* on any soore
abont bidding for 'the bond* and tflia:
they will be amply protected.
DBPORTHfO THE HPAXItlM)*
W
WB* Css»e to America to Work Un
der Contract.
Washington, D. C , Jan. 2S. —War-
ranta of deportion to the immber of
ISO to S00 are now being prepared In
the Treasury Department for use In
deporting the Spanish cigar makor-e^;
who recently arrived a,t Key West
Fia., from Cuba. The name* of nbeh
contract laborers who came here from
Havana a month or *o ago will be Hied
•In the warrant* tomorrow or Tuesday
and the warrants will be aigned by
\ Secretary Carlisle and the men de-
‘ ' ported. Many test esse* of the imrul-
.grsat laws have been made tn the
United States oourta, but few ciwm
have *uoh a beating on the prompt ac
tion of the law as those In which the
L court decided that It had no jurlsdu;-
Uon ovsr what constituted an alien eon-
^ t|»ot laborer; that wag, a matter the
fdselaloa iff which was conferred by law
l^lteh (be jajeretarjf of ttte Trv asury
(Ma authority there can
tagal ol^MleB la tbff way of
^ and on tea receipt of^
Deehler. at Kay
r ' West^jyfll tfcmediately danse the arrest
,'*'aad deportation of the Spanish cigar
makers, who have kept Key We*t 'n
-month
so sgo.
or
ms ujrnrmw* protbm.
Asssrtes’a White Mlalster to Mark
Hsytl Owerstegs His Daty.
New York, Jan. W—The rtesmer
, Prlus Willem I., which arrived this
morning from rort-au-Prlnce, bring* a
report from Haytl that quiet prevailed
at the time of her departure. There
had been no disturbance, and fresldeu*
lllppolyte appear* to have a- secure
hold on &fT{Lirfi. There is a rumor, how
ever, that mattew are teikUnf toward
Geueraj Makigat, Whtf *t prageut I*
reaiding in exile'at Kingston, Jamaica
.He is believed to be the future leader
* In Haytlgn adfsirs.
* Afudh excltemsnt waa esuaed tn Port-
au-Prluoe by the action of the new
Amarioan minister, Mr. Sraythe, who ad
dressed a communication to President
A . Hippoiyte. In which he ventilated hi*
* ideas, and gave his views aa to how
Hayti could and ahouid be governed.
Hg alto discussed the methods of the
« President’# predscssson, and urged re-
form in tbs country’s government. B<*-
’ fore aendlng the communicg.tion he en-
* ” deavored to obtain the algnatures of
« resident foreign minister* to the docu-
ment, but they deellnsd to conwnU
fhemselvks to such a course. He then
i th^letter. and sent It te the
’President. Hippoiyte, o» receipt of the
isttetv aaBad to meet the minister and
talk over the subjects therein contained,
hut Mr. 8lnytbe declined, ft Is report
e<t that the minister’* recall will he
” demanded. His two predecessor* ware
*. colored mss.. The Hayttea did not ex
jteot auoh * severe dsnupciaUon from
aa American minister.
.*»•. . i ..was, 4
„ M I mvr A BBTTBR MAR.**
^ That ts Itis Fast ts whleb Mitchell
Asselbes 4Hs DsCest.
+- New York, J*a, 28.—Charter Mitd»eU
jPTv:
T
iira
ted tee
w
teg ^trsiRcr, Hairy
at once went to tbe
are Mr*. Mltcb-
of her husband
to gi esttars
rs-
’ plan*
(be length
i
the large reception room* an
orcheMaa.
Hi* dniiKtitk Bessie, when she is St
home, piny* the second riolin, Edilh tbe
r‘D«' and Alts the piaeo. Mis* AJta'spent
*»|m< Htne at Me*. Life'* Seminary, **
Bye. N Y., and Edith h now taMng a
•g«*cinl t'ourse at Ognots Seminary, near
i’hikuielphia, Mya the Rt. Louia Post-
Dispintch,
Mis* Altn Itockfcller is about 5 feet 8
iiuilu^ tail, with s plump figure,
and f.-ct that are not too small, and
nut features- She has light hair of
an uncertain tint, inclined te be geMen,
and at the Mote time suggesting auburn.
Edith i* a little taller then her slater, and
though younger in years, looks end net*
a hit more matronly.
The%mu*cinent of the Ro&eMkr eie
ter* art those of their father.
Ilona ire’s recivationf in Ufa
fast horses, swimming and Skating. Bote
the girl* era good horsewomen, sit a capi
ta] scat tn' nw’park end handle tee,
over « pair of ponies on pleasont day*
Thef'W'em taught to swim when they
were scarcely old enough to talk. At their,
father’* magnificent summer home et
Forest Hill, four mile* from Cleveland, is
a large artificial lake, and all tee members
of ttw family spend an Hour <* two i* tee
water here every day in summer. When
Alta and Edith had leeroed to swim and
float and dire in their bathing costumes,
a* little chttdrsu they were taken to tee
water completely dressed, even Co duet
uud bets, and taught not only to keep
afloat, but to make good aquatic pfag-
re** with these impodinwnte. How many
girls arc there who could swim ashore
unaided if they -fail or were ‘pushed fltto
(he water from tbe deck of a ferryboat?
Alta and Edith Itoekofajkr can do teia.
A high iron railing, end behind that «
still higher wooden fence, painted gfeop,« ■
mirronnd* the grounds of ilk* Itoekefollor
mansioo just off’ Fifth avenue. Near!/
si! of the spore wtdek tome milioueirea
would have given up to lawns or hot-
houses or fountains, the Standard Oil
inagMuto ha* csOvarted hito a testing
pond. Three or four inches below tbe
surface of the ground is a hoard flooring.
wit$u*a<Hn thk *e«m* «« tee flanka and
thlr Ik flooded with water just as soon
a* the tbmaomotar get* down to busi
ness, about teia time of year. A* soon as
there i* a good costing of km tee eotire
I Rockefeller family pot their skate* on and
I get out Into the air to enjoy themselves.
They skate every afternoon and evening
in cold weather, the pond being lighted
by electricity after nightfall
Expert* is HaaAwrltUur,
Regarding the methods made use of
tn determine authorship, medalists arc
nwtumJly reticent. Some of tVn have
admitteii, horwwver, tee natnre of the
leading prinoiplee white guide (beta. Tile
plUlosoithy of the matter rest# mainly on
tlhe f-ict that it la very rare for fany two
pensous to write bsnda similar enough to
fleoeive a <«reful obstrver, uslees one is
iiuhating the other. “Fista,” like faces,
have all some special Wloaynoracy, had
the imitator.hus not merely Ho cany (hat
of aotuc one else, hut to disguise hi* own.
By careful and frequent. praetiee he
may sueveed well enough to deceive the
ordinary mail, but i* nafaly tnoessufui in
baffling tee expeat. Evo* the toast skill
ful culprit cannot wholly hid* fafa individ*
imlity, m Ike i* mite to rshfase into hi*
ordinary method octeMdnilV. Thu*
again, gtfaal care nas to be used. And
this can he detectod by the trace* of heel
fancy, the substitution of curves flop
t ngles, snd vice versa, which corns put
very plainly when the writing Is ex-
mnined untvr the micro+eope, as ft usuaiiy
is by the expert. '
A plan of detection white bag been
adopted with great tooceea is to cut out
each letter in a doubtful team ef SR
and paste all the A’*. Bs, etc., on
fate sheets <tf paper. Tbs pRioate i
gone through with s
gntphy of the imitei
the case may be.
variably shows (bag
nnlfoilm if Imitation
the writer being
into some approach to tte ordinary opll
graphy, a* late momeetsiw faflgetfahwes
of some special poink ia the handwriting
1h' l» simulating. •sip*
** i Pteit ia too
• attentiou.
words, the (oil
tee thickness ef
noted and
uly a Mg
teal by moans ef
tegL-the
hut
VUt9 IWripPiy y D*1 V
la R (
—“iTtIIt
Mansfield. F*„ Jam 28.—Never before
did tea streets (ri.MateflaW present ante
* aoses of excitement as they did this
Baafey svaning. News has jute arrived
tent a battle la la p'mrate at W, J.
Bttea'a mkaa aa Teal’s Kan, between s
bead of ritears and a force of deputies.
people throng tea
ia fretrt of Sqafrea office to
thf uewa and a large crowd baa
iteharad about tbe attekm to . learn die
bttate'from (be akirmiafc- The report
ef this last fray was brought by W. J.
fksin, operator of tea arinaa erbMi bear
his name. He earn* to Manfdaid to se-
aara more deputise. It la said an en-
pagement took pteea in white-* number
of abets ware fired. Whether this la
true or not ceuM not be tearned. Mr.
Stain reported that » number of rioters
had been captured and are being locked
ttp fn empty freight cars as a temporary
Jail. Bberiff Richard* baa gone to the
seen#. r
Frau Joaoph Staphig, the rioter who
waa teot doting the fray at Beadttog
mines yesterday, is dead. H* died abont
noon In the Slavic tenement hoaae where
ha waa carried and left by Ma comrade*.
His enffartags were terrible until a few
mtnvtea before Me death. For some
reason or other be bad- no mad leal- a»»-
tendance. It Is Mid that nnanoeeaefnl at
tempts were made fo sbenre tbe scrrVe*
of doctors in Mansfield. Ordvflle and
BridgatvHle, but tbe physicians were
afraid to viait the terrorized districts.
His igROfkntl Slavic attendant* were
powerl*** to do-anything for hi* relief.
Baaide the whole throute his body, tbe
poison from tea deadly bullet diffused
itself through Ma ay stem.
A Dytotg Oonfesafoa.
and a family of sight
from there to what to baKsved to ho the
faaasua Oaatete* oda*. Ope of
pioneers, in patetag through t
picked up a piece of fgad, a
a tight fbr Ma gun
““when he (Mi
and
t£e* rk* applied to so many apoto thai
no one has ever been aMe to aqoaratety
lorste the mine, but) tea present owueib
believe they have found it.
The valley adjeMag teat white to tee
route of the Nevada Southern ia called
Fahraote, It is described as tee princi
pal one od them all for gold and aflvet
■and lead mines. Up ia tea vattco, white
to one of tease dry, batten sand gukhe*
f £.1KSCESfiSL7«
to the Keystone, gold mine, from which
IW.000 baa bean,extracted. , Up at tbe
bead of the valley to tbe Montgomery
gold district. Severn! tnOca gbeve tbe
mill aro the Pahlkanp soring*, where a
hardy pioneer has
oasis and reared a family. Tboa# who
have visited tea family say that away oft
there, imprisoned by esayon wall* and
sandy droarte, to the most beautiful
woman in the WWet. 8b* to one of
Datum’* Queens, pud bar fates for beta
laced ito foot fa tee Fabromp vail ay
The Fahrump valley has not been noted
fot Its dvilixatldn. A band of renei
▼es.
They once bad « chief, and whan he died
is the candidate for the chief-
til* eon was _
tafnteip. Tbe tribe did not want him
snd would mot elect Mm. ao they went
without a bead, but not for king. Tecopa
afdpp«! Into tbe job. and bus since held
It. and to locked np to as the chief. Chief
Tecono's nttire consists iff a slug hnt and
Before he_ expired, he made a com,™ 0 ld stripS ahirt. Onne InVwhfle he
” ' wears trouser*, but verity seldom.
When Mr. Blakp went there Chief Te-
ropa mid tlmt be owned all of that
country, and that his consent way neceo-
a*ry bebSWIVhr rallronda ensdd he buPt.
His cmwenl could be bouvbt for a plug
hat snd a rod striped -Shirt. These
being oremtaed over a pipe. T^eepa al
lowed the white chief to paoceedWrMi Ma
railroad.
feaaion to Geo. Marthenick. a fellow
countryman, who was present' He said
ha had bean intimidated Utto Joining tee
ranks of the riotous, . He had been visit
ed by aonae of tee towlees leaders and
only persuaded bnt compelled Mm
to join thorn. Terrible threats were
Finally, through tee* of hi* life,
he consented to their wishes. He we*
mong tbe numbeP who undertook the
let (fling assault- and wal In tbe front
tins, pushing forward, when teot down.
Upon the request of a numerously
signed petition from BridgctvUle, a spe
cial detaohm*nt of deputy sheriffs have
sent to the town,- which muster up
A squad of twenty volunteer deputies
while Iho Schultz cool tipple was in
flame* and ran down the mob of rioters,
cap taring a number of them who are
new la tee oonnty jail.
Through scouts sent oat today It was
anted that the dispersed rimers had re-
Membtod St their rendsWroas is Heidel
berg and had pledged themselves to re
venge themselves on the eittoeos of
UridgetriS*. It was also decided .to
eveqge the death of their comrade at
if mines. They have pledged
to destroy tec Bledting coal
takes months to do so. Far
to**t“* b ' ta '
A geoenl alt .
a the mvrtm&dino
' IshilnanL odd r
ttomlened to
And bif Uftck
:Mjk
to au evil-doer*.
Senate and found tea
fairs a j home
iLferthT Cnrii,le «*» numettw#, hut for amah
sanounts.
of nf-
aad without saying a word, crossed over
whore he kept, Me pistol case.
ton
tola, loaded them,
nd took (he other Mmself.
'Wow. Ittteerd m»r Lto,** he began, -
L4$ very cabnto. fenwvqd Aw» pip
banded one to Rknira
In a low rteto -that foreboded M,
sjpnd Uj that comer, while I taka
position in this, opposite you, face to
rice; man to man, pistol to hand. Yon
^Rvfld betrayed my confidence and tramp
ed upon my fecllnge until patience has
ceased to he a virtu*. I have reasoned
gite jot
aUd pleaded
you to maintain my
room# tn tent state of deanlineao, wMte,
aa a freoWn Texan, I am acqustpatal,
and you have ignored my wishes in the
Ignored my
iremtoes and have pone qa in youf siotk-
W. telftlea* wayo, without regard to
eithte my froXags or to my comfort.
'orteofaMtotodTaa
almost in-
ara “
The Shelley* sn«
Byron bod uuulo- up his mind to go
abroad; London wm. a* I believe jcu
put It now. “boo Itot to bold hi.n.“ Fe
was making nix final urraugesivonts- far
leaving England, •.vhm I told him of the
project Iba Shelleys and I had formed of
the Journey to Genera. II * at once erg-
gested that wo ahoiald all meet At
Genova, and deiight'aiiy friFin with my
propooai to accompany me one day when
I had arranged to viait the Shelleys, at
Marlow, where they were then stopping,
and arrange matters. We aborted early
ope morning—a moat unusual thing for
Byron to do, for he went to bod obont
tbe time when Shelley left his, bnt thi*
time fa* made an except!oo—ind wo ar
rived, nt Marlow about tbe midday din
ner boor.
They told no at the boose that Shelley
and Mary wen on the river, but had
left word that they weald bo in the inn
at 2 o’clock, when they expected to meet
me. Byron refiroahod himself mean
time With a Mtge mug of beer^-I remem
ber well think fag how horrified the wor-
■hippero of the ethereal poet would have
been—and hobbled after me tbrouab
Marlow, white he hod not seen before.
soon returned to tho ton, a* his
Ittsde walking almost an im-
A low' minutes afterward
jCame Sbftlley and Mary. ^
made at lunte in the*fan
despite hi* misfortune, was in tea
<rf a boy at leaving Bnptend. and
far We* overdyed-at meeting hie idol-
toad poet, who nad actually come all the
may fren London to nee Urn. The oon-
varoatlolT varied tones maddest fun end
frifilc to jpxn auhjocU of “fate, free
anft destiny, and Shelley .was
tee contrast between the bean-
scenpry abont a* pad what, be
considered tee degraded condition ftf tee
’Inaagtoo scene*
hto wqnag, “peo-
inhabit 'teem,
tyrannous
_ _ _ make th^^
«Podhr repiidt Byron, “your poetry.
Mr. Shelley, to lavely; bnt your
oro, If you will pasdon me, utopia*,
may da with annUud whet yon
», but yon win never make it auy-
eise than tbe unsavory congeries
r:
lyxon.
SWy&rLi- _
At by tee mmoting of « few tyrana
^ mi debasing snporstltioov
nation mttet make them.’’
The psoUoa •€ tkm ilriai Donee.
> Heaven Mean tee doctor! He has bis
nses. Hke other evtts. Ho moy refnaet
when hh^to & hospital attendant, to save
a man’s efe when tee man’s danger is
not properly certified: he may sometimes
prefdr to kill j* man in the right school
rather than save Mm in tbe wrong one;
he may be unable to /ree Mmaetf alto
gether from calomel fed opinm, and be
may write his prescription#—when they
are fatal—in an omtoounly dead language.
Bat In spite of all ibis he comes to the
front now and then as a mighty cbnoorver
of tee race, to banish with one invineiUi|
sweep those ills which flesh Is heir to.
Route time ago a restifap woman In
sisted that a woman maab'Hde a hotae
as a man.rides him. and tee set tho ex
ample in Cetttral Park. To the . dismay
of noon and policemen tee idea laid hold
of the women whose ridoeaddles had
never attracted other than the meet re
spectful attention. It Was in vain that
conservatism and aesthetic ism protested.
When men and mothers gave up in de
spair the doctor rose up in hi* might. He
whhpercd something to the eaf of renfe
leemees and theTehrire •>ide-*nd(fie re
gained its proper place to the estimation
of mankind. „ • '
Then came the bicycle, overriding
everything with its striped stackings, un
til the doctor came to the rescue of pedes
trians. Finally we had the skirt dance
with torturous anatomical d 1*1 oca lion*,
splits, dismemberments and fleshly d-vil-
meuts, against which good taste, morali
ty and common decency cried opt in
vain, until the doctor catno upon* the
scene. ,
Now he has put his qule' is on it.
1111110111 wasting tine upon the morali
ty of U, he aays ia nine ease# oat (t tea
it is fatal. He flies not know’ whether
It Is high art or not, but he pronounce*
It suicidal. He does not stop to remind
us that some things can be.both volup
tuous and vulgar: h* merely observes
that some things bring on ruptures and
organic disturbance#, and that nature
never Intended’angels to dislocate their
hips or sirene to unfit themselves entire
ly for all other earthly dutie* than
dangerous contortions.
The probability la that the skirt dancer
will heed tho doctor whan tee would
laugh Mr. Comstock or Dr. Paridiurst
to scorn. For tho ^petor -who drove the
hair-bleaching process nad the enamel
ling sin from the face of thosearth by an
occult power can do th|a same thing
with akirt-dancing. Ail he has to say
ia: ‘3tiy dear, you w91 become a dis
located fright in six mouths unless you
atop.lVNew York World.
A Good Corres^oagewoo now.
Hero ia a good suRgeottoa for tbe girl#.
It xeiatea to an togwrian* arbeeea doriaed
by a class of yoong ladiea at school to
gether a few yeaia aga On# of team, an
English girl, titan aspirins K:
“Thera ware nin* of sa to the daas,
and- we wow all pr (Wiring to write to
each other coodnanliy, hot to our heart*.
ffow you infernal scamp, I have made
<*t> «y mindrto toffi-ywi. I oouM
without giving you a teow for your life
but absolute fairness shall distinguish
the method of yoor taking off. Getoin
your place, and when I dropyliU rod
bandanna handkerchief, shoot! If you
kin inr, to be It .1 forgive y i i tow.. Tf
- Wtt you it wont # miike any difference
anyhow. You are g«)od for nothing, and
your removal will be a blesaiug to socie
ty. Remember, however, that no m*n
ever faced me with a pistol to his band
and lived to tell It’ 1
* With ashen faSTICcSarJ Henry, who
despite his pegl’peoc 0 . loved his master
most devotedly, took hta'Atond in the cor
ner assigned to him and mechanically fol
lowed Houston’s motions. 'The Texan
took a hankerebief out of his pocket,
which he held aiofr ;i* a signal, and then
raised hi* pistol with (he other hand to
a level with hie lacker’* heart.
As he dM so an Involuntary jir.*!-* flit
ted across Ms facei ind InsUntlly Rich
ard dropped his pistol, while fia fa™
•Hpreftd out to a huge smile. ~
“T say Mara Samri’ be shouted to a
transport of rejoWrtto “1 thought yo’
n»ly meant it. but yo”‘
me. Oornmlty,’’ he
‘•how near yo - -was
was all dnt saved yo'
Houston told the xl
A uoet derided earfhquake shock wai
Mt ta Anuapotta, %U., Mhmmd by aov
eral atightta *■*•* *■"* "
Mr*: Stella AJfcridfc* a wotaan about
tt ywra of age, oomoaltted ouldde to
faeen Jsa.. 2fi. J «t « ,
Governor TUhnan ia HdUng «f patting
l»w pa account
the Sente OtatoHfia
« bocB driayol until
In 'February.
rho waa appototed finst
mm--
Llnoohi, died Jab. Sff.
M O.
Boyd at Madttero, *
tee difficulty
killed H. Wi
C. H» eauoe at
At Greenvillo Ed Davie, a negro, killed
Ms wife by splitting he* bead open with
au pxe, and thten killed hhnsolf.
t:ot jiap^t*
yellow wealth ha* flofte probugKjp much
fwOeorgla a* CaHfor^a’s l3»id for
that state. It ll thi tpdorgcnitelly need
building material of amf, ’cbmblntog
utility, beauty /»d Adfabllity to a greater
degree than any other lumber. Among
at Augusta, out
teeflttataicluBafBarilBd^Mitet to (hi*
pine,; With agp srieeBicfifhtoB ririffi have
qptat teeto liras ta -.teotbsatataR with
the beet mod la teot machinery 'Viri com
pany is among the loadera in tee South-
idute&fMto Va to the
_jHfa a houoe
the VW!m#Tw*Pding And
shingles to the mantles, sate, doors,
blinds, ataircaaes and ornamental wood-
• .¥■
On Jan. 24 six white men wow drowned
on their way frees Sullivan’s Iriasd to
the Ufa oaring station on Morris Island.
8riof‘ Unite* Btatra D«|iWjr-T^ ud-
dmrd reports that grip ia ptoving havoc
with tee Indians on tbe Fine Ridge
agency.
Hie widow# of Oonfrderate vetenana
who ore entitled to penriono wfli be paid
Use mm of $00 each on teo 1st of next
month f
to
st pokin’ i'un at
with a sigh
eatii. Dat smile
Mfe.”
story frequently as
* good joke on himself-, assuring his
hearer* that he wa* positive Richard
wonH have killed him if he had curried
the joke a hair’s breadth .further—
Washington Foot.
F. Aepeuwall ha* been arrested foV
murder of tbe tramp Sullivan, who ap-
g ied to hhd flof food. Aspenwall gave
►nd for $6,000.
Senator Vest reported to the Sonata a
bill fos tbe purchase of a rite and the
erection of a new Government prratang
office in Woteington. +
’Hie great Imperial Porcelato and Glass
Factory, of St. BeteTOburg, wa# de-
otroyed by 'fire, together with ell Me ma
chinery and models. * „
Gurley,, in the Prist Rook Valley,
North Alabama, has a prodigy is tip
Shape of a tt-yeoTOjid white child wft
weighs 102 pound*.
The Way* end Moans GomasIRee made
an effort to have e mooting to finally paas
on the internal Devonue bill. A quorum
failed to appear. >
Ma. Whitfield Land ram, who lives
near Antioch. wee 96 year# old on
the 12Kh of la»t June, and ha* cut his
third set of teeth.
Gen. Walthall, United States Senator
from Misalartppl, eent hi* resignation to
Governor Rtotio. HI henMih 1* the cause
assigned.
There Is e movement in Mexico to
annex a portion of what it commonly
conceded to be Southeita California to
this Redtftic.
It Is reported that) Mias Anna Gould,
second daughter of the late Jay Gould,
and William M. Ham!man, a banker In
New York, have became engaged.
Commander Whiting and his Hawaiian
bride, who was the daughter of a wealthy
Chinese merchant raridtag to Honolulu,
ore now visiting in Washington.
An international ondgmMon society has
been started In Birmingham, Ala., with
a capital stock at $100,000, far the pur-
gentleman to which Shelley also knew pose of sending eogrocs fa Africa.
Um ' riwngh. the devil lost hioj An unkuwru white mnr faffiT fStiUd to
Atlanta near the Bata -Tcntiwte road
with two ballet hriee In Ms bead. No
clue to hi* aroaitonte wae found.
The efforts of Odvernor Tfllman, Sena
tor Irby and other refonmera not to hold
a Mfljvh convention of the Farmers’ AJ-
liance, have proved unauoceaoful.
George Hill end Hesfay Boone, two
white men Irving near WMttaali, gat info
a difficulty which resulted in the serious
injury of Boone, rtho win probably die.
Geo. Nelson A. Milo* writ recommend
the pun-hase of the Government. Molding
nt the World’s Fair tor removal to Fort
Sheridan to be used an a drill ball.
: Mr. Grey Snider, of Gibson, G*., had
h»» arm caught In a gin and literally torn
TBs DotII sag the Coeat.
I will repeat one of many legends told
me by a charming Swedish tody about
the family of Oonnt Piper, tho well-
known Minister of her country to the
Court of St Jaman Once up'-n a time
the head of this bouse wes bon'd to
death to his splendid castle, and hs
yawuod bis thousandth yawn and arid:
“I would I had even the devil to play
cards with me.” and at the word Satan
Mrasrif appeared in teat guise of a
money* and having none in hi* pockets,
for the reason beet Known to himself,
be offered the Count, in foil f|uit<ance
of ail claims, an apperantly golden chain
romarklag iimiden tally that wheuefer
that chain wee lost or injured, the
ca»tle of the Pipers would infallibly be
burned.
This unuaal announcement aroused tee
winners, suspicion, and happening to look
tinder the card taMe he beheld the clov
en hoof. Instantly he sprang to the wall
to reach his sword which in
those days, the .late of which 1 cannot
exactly give, were always ready to the
hand. But the devil wax gone and the.
chain atom vemataded.' On exahnina-
tion It proved to be long and thin a* old
gentlemen used to wear around their
seeks for watch chains not ’-ong ago.
An assay discovered thh m*t:d to be
something other than gold, but eosrid by
mrans determine what'U aetaally ws*
An occidental Injury to one of the links
however, eauaed by tho Immnw of the
goW-smith. oca( tita G’tnt » wing of Ms
castle, and a second Injury and a temps’
rosy loss of tho 'diefa having 1'anted
In a second and in a third tee, (t at pace
became apparent the devil wiaid to 1889.
keep bia word. Each sjccesgfve head of
the Piper family has worn that chain a-
round hi* neck from the day of his ar-
eeasion to the Ky of bis death, and cn
the -decease of tee late count, hot
4 long
affio, I# was oarpfully and teverenilv r#
moved from Ms body to be p,
Ms helr.'f ^ ' * . r
I hope bis to all true.
,t
ft just above the elbow. He died later
fronr. loos of blood occasioned by. tho ao-
cidont.
For tee third time tel# yeafl tho Har-
tridge farm buildings, near Savannah,
were destroyed by Are. Trifa $2,000.
Tho flip M ssppoeed to be of inoradiary
origin.
Among tbe prisoners captured to a raid
or a- lodging house In Deuvefl Ool, wa*
one Tom Goa nor*, who to wanted in Sar
atoga Art tee murder of a jockey there
Mrs. Annie Lemgren. who waa severely
tateed flff tee nob farttflng tor breed
st GMosgo. died of her Injuries. She was
far tei
nd times have fallen with peculiar
>n 'faeMilly'newspapers of the
cut down theft- rise. All have 1
loss which mlgta
redaction, and t
The hard tla
foRfa upon'
some have
some have
had to re-
dnee their- expense*,- and very few have
them could do wax to held lU^onjA^ A few
days ago the Greenville New% made a
change In the Injeirat K oi retrenohnient .
whlt-U \rt think wnn wins. . Ynftetasy the
Columbia Register refused Hi alto/from
seven to six eolUianS'to She page, the net
reduction being equivalent to six eqfliinnH
of Its fanner site. t * **
The Mtate h oonfrested with thr^ com
mon problem ef the Oniee—hew An “make
bote endn pteet?” We haw tnwtpqs^d ■
decision aa long as wa could, but w^hsve
had pow tp detej-mJne whftberjo gjve the
t the
to
a figrurc which the character and cost of
The State j notify. jOur deeMton ban been
to ral*e tee pelea * * 1
The experiment of pul'lluhlug.wory cheap
newspapers In the South has net been sue
r-eesfnl. The Atlnuta Constitution, with an
enormous weakly <?faiilatlqteto meet any
tefale the first
has been able to maintain
tbe price. But the fllsono Trie graph, fol
lowing suit went into the hand* of s re
ceiver, and the Augusta Chronjclo which
also reduced its'rates to meet fhe Consti
tution's competition, tiart to ralao ahem
agrin. WitlUu. the huk mouth U>« (Char
lotte Obwrrer and the Raleigh News, hare
Increased thetr price, fact 1/ tort the
South has not tbe reading popaletlon to
snpport such a cheap prow ns th* great
cklee of tbe North can afford, aud her mer- -
chants are irawtHlag or unable to phy rates
for adverttslag, which ludretoett rirrotatloa
elsewhere earns. The field. In brief, is too
limited for metropolitan experiments.
Tho Srnta Is if better and larger 'news
paper than Is published to- an* Southern
city of ColumblA> class. We are up willing
to Usne s emitter and poorer paper. We
wish the State to he of Itself Odtombln’s
beet ndvertlseoieot, tee equal, as H It. of
dallies of communities twice sa populous.
W« njre.uusli.itog also to abandon the.Mon-
toy lsaue,-*ud thus Isnve a gap of one day
to the new* of tbe week. We prefer to
maintain the size and quality of the paper,
adding to both «* rtreumstanees may per
mit—and to charge the rates ot tbe dallies
with which wa aye most to competition.
, The Charleston News and Courier,"which
to the State’s oMwf competitor, charges fio
a year for six Issues snd from H Ao tt a
year for Its Sunday edition. Tbe Anguata
Chronicle charge* the xapieyat# that tee
State now adopts—(10 a year for Mven
Issues a week. So dogs th* Savannah
News These are the only papers of the
State’s class which it m*ets In comp«ti|lon.
In view of these facts we believe that our
friend* will consider thy Increase' * just
and reasonable one. Ttie new rtltfa will go
G
lores** a Jose
Tfie new ratfa will go
fata effect mroary I.—Columbia (8. C.)
State.
vereni
anaed on* to
i hope his fa an true. X brileve It ia,
•Mng tee aotm-e whence t g^t it, aud aa
It Is but « credit to any famjly to gt%
tho better off tile devil, I h*Vc uo heri-
tatten ia repenting the sfaiy.—The
Nation*! Revfaw.
•* ■«* 4 ~
Tfco Slwnaene Frisco.
Ifa^lm; ^*
tohdvtetarae, that It to «nd nl*J opeld amMta kept i.
i to- “ f 1 w
Ajeraioa win attehrofa tea Rio tiiffi-
cuJne#, *nfl
Judge Laooab. in the Fu.
Ctwirt. ordefad tea tale of the
Termlhal property . ,
Mr- Obnrtai Hwiraa* Htat; tail off
Governor Holt, off North Oaroita*, and
^(toa Geon Jonee, laughter off Qtaertwr
Jonea, of AtobMiun.
Montgomery Jan. ^4.
Fifty eonviote
prtanti at Oral Greek I
the bote off te» watt
Tbe Instinct of gelf-TaiasieMfitt*-
Jten F.
(fat Of It (In n steamboat. Athoftg the
PMtaagero wta* ■ man who haAa block
mttleaneke In • box with * 4Uatop.
Tho oneko wa* « very vlcdono or# and
wraM rtttka tee gi** whatever any one
•pprooened. Tho owner of the
teaUeaged any OR* to the etefad U
toa flngw-OR tfle jdaas and lettetaf
•talk* at it. Thera could sot ~
«& mfi&rtff. a-** ^