The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 05, 1893, Image 1
VOL. VII.
-THE WOR'.D.
Tho world is woll lost when tho world Is'
wrong,
No matter how men derido you;
For If you nre patient and firm and strong J
You will ilud iu timo (though tho time bo <
'long) ' '
That tho world wheels 'round besido you. "*
If you dnro to sail first o'er a new thought
track,
For awhile it will scourge amd score you; j
I hen, coming abreast with a skilful tack, t
It will clasp your hand and slap your bac'.r, 1
And vow it was there before you. ' f
A Aye, many an error tho old world makes
A ?i.l ......... .. -1 1.1 1 * '
y X?uu Iimnj CI OICCJIJ' uiuuuur; *
But ever and always at last it wakes 1
Witb pitiless scorn for another's mistakes, D
And the fools who have followod go under. *
Tho world means well, though it wander D
and stray I
From tho Btraiglit, short cut to duty;
Bo go ahead in that path, I say,
For after awhile it will come your way, ^
Bringing its pleasure and beauty. ^
? Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Once-A-Weok r
UNDER THE PINES. J
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11Y MANDA h. CROCKER. t
clear'u^* ,W^OT0
I| ^1C 'on8 blacUipjfcy'
vines waved in tho;
odorous winds, into:
^10 gloo'hicst of
dense pine forest, Bcrnico Wiuters turned
"old Ceil" with a quick deft motion of
the linn hand holding the bridle-rein.
That cold, lonesome feeling, which
seemingly belongs to "the by-road,"
came over ber, and she shuddered, in
spile of her icsolutious to not mind it? j
this Is riding alono along tho "forest
road." She Imd told herself many times
that the shadows of tho tall shafted (
pines held no more evil than tho suushiuo
of the fields she had just left bo- '
hind liar and that, tho wnird niimin nwnu
?
Up there in the green crowns only seemed 1
dismal to her because of the deep solitude
roigning beneath, but it was of
little use. The growing dread of this
"cut across'' amounted literally to a
strange presentiment that this same '
forect road would bring her face to face
with?well, she was unable to further '
define her emotious, but it would come
one of these days.
Iler father had laughed at her and '
called her superstitious, but in vain; she
was the more determined in her belief
that something dreadful would one day J
come t3 her vision in tho solitude under
the pines.
Bcrnice had not always lived away up 1
here in tho denseness of tho Michigan
woods, for close to her heart to-day lies 1
the picture of a little home overlooking 1
the blue waters of the broad old Connecticut,
the dear little cottago which '
her father left to strangers in his eager- 1
uess to possess a tract of the far fumed ]
cheap lands of tho peninsula. To besuro 1
it was pleasant enough, but it was just
woods, woods, woods, with nothing but 1
tho never ending buzz, whirr, crash, 1
slang and bang of the huge lumber mills
all through tho country. There didn't '
seem to he any Sabbaths worth mention- ^
iug outside of their little "up and down"
dwelling, and tho society hero was not '
to he thought of. 1
u wus uciouer now nnct the long, (lull
winter would soon bo upon them; then
even these lonely rides would come '
abruptly to an end for the eldest daugh- 1
tcr of the house and some one cVjo yvould
go Saturdays for the mail if tlic drifts '
were not to.o deep in tho "openings,"
'and if they were, why then it would bo 1
duller than ever. '
But "old Ceil" jogged on at a quiet 1
pace, with his ears forward, little kuow- 1
iug what a heavy heart his youthful
rider curried or that tho hand which i
dropped the rein went up to the sad face i
to brush away tho tears. Tears would i
come, in spite of every effort to hinder
them. They seemed so appropriate to i
the glooin to-day. "Old Ceil" could not i
kuow; he had never been iu Connecti- i
cut, had never been anywhere hut in tho I
"North Woods," pulling his faithful life
out getting the great piae logs down to
the restless current of the Muskegon for
rafting to the city below, until the "aristocratic"
Winters get hold of him, and 1
since then he had positively no causo to
grumble.
"Hark! Whoa, Cell!" and the lithe
form of his rider trcmblod liko un aspen
in tho wiud. "What an aw?ul sound
that was," sho whisperod, with oshon
lips; "not so loud, no, but so full of
distress. I koew it was coining." But
f she tried to be bravo and patted the
horse on the neck, as If to roassuro him
of her safety.
Up in the dark tops the winds moaned
and sobbed in solemn requiem and the
shadows gathered darkor and denser, as
if determined to shut out even the dim,
stray, silvery gleams struggling here and
there through tho billowy canopy above
and seeking to kiss into fuller crimson
tho "squawborries" clustering 'mong
their green vines on tho yellow carpet.
There!?came that sound again, plainer
than before, and Bernice peered among
the trees at her left, for the sound, as of
some one in deep pain, came from that
quarter, while all the stories of murders
and adventures that sho had ever read
or heard rushed across her mind.
pP Old Cell, too, had caught the sound
and turned half way 'round, as if bent
. on investigation also.
"I don't know what to do; I wish
father were here; it would bo wrong to
go ono nnd leave any one to die out here
in this awful place." Bernice sobbed
out these disconnected sentences in a
strange, smothered voice and slipped
down from the saddle, holding on to the
bridle with a grip born of terror.
There was a lull in the requiem overhead,
and once more came the sound,
this time seeming to resolve itself into
words, and Bernice thought she heard
the cry of "Heta!" in the nitifnllament..
Hut
Old Ceil suilTed the air and gave a low
whinuy as if ho understood tho whole
natter. Ilis seeming interest gavocour?
?go to Bcroice, aud she stopped out
irnong tho trees, leaving him to wait or"
'ollow as ho chose.
On alio went, iu tho direction frotu
ivhich catno the moau at little intervals,
rousing all her sympathies with its plaln?
.ivcuess. "Where are you?" sho shouted,
>roscully, unahle to keop silont longor,
iud feeling that sho must screutu if shq
lid not speak.
"Here!" camo in answer close at hand,
ind a step further brought her to tho
root of a huge pine, at whoso base lay
he outstretched form of a young mau.
lis face, turned toward her, was white
iud drawn from suffering, aud tho blood
vas trickling from an ugly wound just
ibovc the right temple.
"Don't be afraid of me, but help mo
f you can,''he said with au effort, holdug
out his baud.
Bern ice had paused, struck dumb at
he sight of the blood dropping from tho
vhitA fltilYnr'mir fnnn Knfr
-"VJ MlVVj UUV II1U IUUUO
ouscd her to notion. She stepped forvnrd
nnd knelt down by the unfortunate
nan, forgetting all her terror in tho great
ympathy taking possession of her wholo
>einjK.
"How did you get hurt?" she asked,
it tho sumo time taking oil' her white
cambric apron and tearing it in two for
i bandage for the wounded head.
"If I remember right," ho answered,
"some one struck me, for I mind of falling?in
the path. Isn't there a path hero
somewhere?" he questioned in a faint
voice, as if in doubt concerning his own
jtatcmcut.
"Yes, a few steps to cur right is tho
'forest road,' leading out to the highway,"
answered Bernice, adjusting tho
bandage with skillful touch.
"Well, I reinombcr of falling, and
that is all. When I came to myself again
I was lying hero?with a terrible pain In
my hend?and my watch and purse are
missing. I guess I've been robbed and
left for dead by some scoundrel."
"Most likoly; but you are not dead,"
sho returned, "for which 1 am heartily
glad."
"Are you?" ho asked, in a low, earnest
tone, which sent tho hot blood to her
white face, nnd made the hand tremble
which folded tho cambric over the ugly
wound.
"Yes, most certainly I am glad; no
one wants the ghost of a murdered man
waudering in these woods. They're
gloomy enough now."
"To be sure they are," ho assented
"I wonder if I could stand up for a moment?"
He reached out his hands to Bcrnico,
who had risen, and was debating what
to vio next, saying: "Please assist ne a
little and 1 will get up."
Shegavo him her hand, but it was of
do use, for with a moan he reeled toward
her. She caught him aud he slipped to
tho earth from her arms in a half fainting
conditiou.
"You will have to have help; you aro
hurl worse than you think lor," she
laid, kneeling down by him again aud
folding her wraps in pillow form aud
placing them under his head.
"Yc9," he murmured, "and I'll depend
on you. If I'm not alive when you
return," he added, as sho turned away,
"tell them that Bernard Hope was murdered
here for his money. My mother
lives In Goncsseo, N. Y.
"Oh! you must not die; it must not
bo," sho ropliod impulsively. "I havo
i horse and will bring liolp speoflily; I
don't live far from hero."
Whether he heard or not Bernice
could not tell; he only moaned a little
ind closod his cyoa.
"He has fainted 1" she wailod, the old
terror taking possession of her. "Poor
fellow. Oh, I must hurry. Hero,
Ceil," and alio whistled softly to the old
creature who was waiting near tho path
aud woudcring what had become of his
mistress.
In a moment Bernice was in the saddle
and was urging tho duinfouudod
animal forward at a swifter pace than ho
remembered of since he came among the
Winters. She did not mind tho gloom,
nor the surging of the winds in tho dark
tops now; there was a life hatigiug on
her efforts, perhaps. Over the pine
roots flew tho foot of "old Ceil," until
Bcrriice drew rein at the edge of the
forest where hor father and his "help"
were felling timber. To them she told
her story as well as her excitement permitted,
adding, in a short, wretched
aside, "I knew it would come some
time, this awful thing." In a short
time they were following her flying
footsteps as she retraced the gloomy byroad.
One of tho men had been dispatched
to tho house for a heavy
blanket, from which to improvise a
stretchor, aad now brought up the rear
on "old Ceil," who imagined that the
whole Winters relationship had go~.
road.
"Here he is," cried Bernice, running
forward to where tho prostrate but reviving
victim lay.
"You have come," he said as she bent
over him and again tho surging of the
rich color went over her fair face.1
There was a raagnatism in his tones,notm
StKaf enrl inrv 4ltn rvain in iVwt n
TTIVUQWIUUIU^ vuu I'diu jLI tut nuv?DUto(
that made her heart throb and pulse
quicken strangely. "Yes," sho answered,
and their eyes met. He reached
up his hands to her as the color mouuted
to her temples, with an eloquent appeal
in look and manner.
'Well, my young follow, you've boen
in rather a hard row lately, I should
say," said Mr. Winters.
Yes, they came near finishing me,
I think."
Well, we'll see what can bo done for
you," and in a short time they had
Elaced him on the blanket and taking
old of the four corners boro him away
from the gloomy spot where he came
near stepping from this land into the
unknown.
The physioian said that he must have
been struok with an iron bolt, but none
could tell much about it and no trace ot
the murderer could be found.
But under the kiud care of competent
nurses Bernard Hope gained rapidly and
"Bo True to Yo
CONWAY, 8.
was soon able to bo able to bo about.
Ouo bright afternoon ho walked out
Icauiug on the arm of Bcrnico, who accompanied
him in his little "outing"
during his convalejconcc.
"You will write a letter for uio today,
will you not?" ho askod, pausing to
get a rtch cluster of biUer-swoot birries
from a swinging vine, "my head isu't
just right, now, somehow, and mother
will bo anxious to know where I aiu.
Mothor is all I have now and I lovo her
dearly," llo sighod and Icokcd away
towards tho pines, but llornico was listening
attentively and noticed tho sadness
creep into his closing words.
"Yes, certainly, I will do anything
for you," she answered in her iuipulsivo
way.
"Will you?" lie askod, turning quickly
niul liiAl/lnr#
.vumug n igviuujf IUVU IIUI IrtVVl
Again tho hot flush sultusod check and
brow. Bornlco had a way of bluahlug
when tho frank, clear eyo of Bernard
Hope rested on her and to-day It voxed
her exceedingly.
"Let us go in," sho said abruptly,
pretending not to hoar Ids last question,
"and I will writo your lettor at once."
"Thank you, you aro so kind," was
all ho said, as they turuod toward tho
house, but thoro was a caross in every
word as it foil from his lips, and sho felt
thut this stranger lovod her.
"Toll her," he said, diotating the
lettor, ovor which Bornicc hold tho pou,
"toll hor to scud mo a check tor a couple
of thousand dollars, as tho rascal has
overv cent I had. I can get it cashod at
at Muskegon, of course?" he said absently,
as if thinking of something elso.
"Ah! yos. tho 'Sawdust City' never
fails in an accommodation; oven sends
pickpockets after ono through tho 'forest
road,' " replied Bernice, mischievously.
lie looked across the writing-table at
hor a moment and then said, "may bo it
was the luckiest tap I ovor had."
Bernico mot his earnest glance and
the "Why?" which trerablod on her lips
was forgotten, or perhaps answerod bofore
askod, and sho bowed hastily ovor
tho unfimshod letter.
"I was thinking," ho said presently,
"of that day in tho forest. Do you
krow, I almost forgot that I was hurt
when you caino back to mo? Your eyos
held such a magnetism for mo that I
held up my hands to you involuntarily
1 a great dusiro to always bo near you
o over mo. Perhaps I ought not to
ou this just yet, but I cannot keen
the secret from you any longer. J nl-'
most love the spot where I lay, because
u ..... .1 >u.i T .?? '
ii ?no iiu iu iiiiu i ihuv?uuiiji^u.
Sho did not answer. Ho expected
her to speak, but a great lump camo in
her throat and she sat silent and speechless.
He intended to say more, but her
seeming indilTercnce checked hitn and he
got up and went over to the open window
aud eat down wearily.
lie was so weak, too, and sorae way
his temple pained him yet. 80 he bowed
his head to the window ledge.
The dark red of tho ugly scar showed
plainly on tho white brow turned next
to her, and Hernicc felt as if sho ought
to go to him and apologizo or say something,
at least. Sho watched the silent
figure nervously, thinking ot how this
this one honest heart had drifted into
her life and back from tho gates of
death.
"Shall I mail your letter to-day?" sho
asked finally, nqt daring to risk anything
clso in words, but her voice was tenderer
than usual and there was something
in tho tones which made him look
up suddenly, with a wild hope at his
boating heart. Her fac3 was turnod
away, however, and as yet ho could not
not be certain of anything.
"If you please." Ho answered her se
long after she had asked tho question
that sho had thought he did not hoar.
"If I please," she said softly, turning
to meet that wistful, entreating look
she was sure was there. Ah I the truth
aud lovo shining in the depths of the
dark eyes?and all for her. She went
over to him and stood still, looking
down on fehe dark rings of hrown hair
just touching the ugly scar. "If 1
please," she repeated. "Certainly, 1
will do anything for you."
"Do you feel that way I" he asked
joyfully, taising his head. "You have
said that twice to me to-day and I? well,
if you feel that way, kiss me, Bernicc,
please I"
She hesitated a moment, then imprinted
a little frightened kiss on tho
ltrnnrl fornhoftd. nlosn to tint drnrtdful
scar.
"Oh! Bernice, you do love me; what
can I ask more?" and he held up his
hands much the same as once before?
that gloomy hour under the pine).
"I might have kissed you from pity,"
she said, looking down and taking his
wil>g hands in her own pink palms.
"Not others might have done that,
but not you, Bernice, not you."
"You aie weak and tired," she said,
ignoring his words; "poor head, you
had better lie down and rest." Then,
with a gentle carress of the white,
scarred brow, she turned to adjust the
cushions on the couoh nearby. "Corno,"
she said, "you are all wearied out, Bernard,"
and the look on her face satisfied
him that henceforth their paths would
never need diverge.
"I am very happy," he said, closing
his eyes, "too happy to be tired, and the
pain in my heart is gone."
Bernice had not been so happy eithci
for many months?perhaps nevor so happy,
but she wondered quietly to herself
if that little kiis on the wounded head
had brought it all about.
"I am going, now," she said, coming
toward mm.
41 Wait a moment. Come closor."
He reaohed out hia hand to hor as ahe
came to hit aide. "I want to always be
near you; I hare given myself to you;
will you take me, Bernieef"
The questioning magnetism of the
earnest eyes added their power to the
interrogative she hardly expected?not
just yet.
But, after all, why was it needful tt
hesitate? Bending over the upturned
face, as ahe had once before, only the
iutnj
ur Word, Your Work and \
C., THURSDAY, J Ah
other tiuio savored of tho gloom ol
death, while this time-r-woll, this time,
was the "silver liuang," and while thcit
eyes met she nuswercd hiiu in her low,
sweet- voice. "I will take you, Bernard."
+ * * * #
"That youngster has boon over to tho
city to-day ami purchased that wholo
tract of laud lying over there, alongside
of ours, mother." Abraham "Winters
said to his wifo one alturuoon late in
November, "ami lie's going to bring one
of the sloshingo-st mills in here this winter
that this neck o' woods ever saw, ]
reckon."
"You always hated that strip o' pine
lumber," ho continued, turning to his
daughter, "but tho curse resolved itsolf
into a double blessing; cli, Bunico!"
But she was looking out of the win-'
dow, down tho path laadiug out uuder
the pines, and Bernard Hopo was comiug
out of their shadows, whistling
softlv and Miinkinrr r?f Imr
-- "h ? ??M , vjuu new
euro of it, unci when ho lookod up ho
auswerod both with n smile. ?New York
Mercury.
Tripe.
We have boon challenged lo pronounce
an opinion on the dietetic virtues of
tripe, an article of food which is largely
consumed in certain parts of the country,
especially during the whiter months.
Tripe consists of the soft muscular walls
and mucous membrane of the stomach of
ruminant animals, with a small proportion
of delicate omental fat adhering,
from which, however, all fibrous portions
of the serous covering, or peritoneum,
have been removed. From frequent experiments
it has been proved that tripo
stands high in the list of albuminous
substances that are quickly acted on by
the gastric juice and reduced to a stale
ot solution, and has, therefore, acquired
a reputation for digestibility. Hut plniu
boiled tripo in itself is a very insipid
article of food, and in order to make it
palatable the art of the cook has to ho
invoked, which, while making it more
"savory," causes it often, when so
served, to lie an olTonso to tho stomach.
The usual mode of serving tripe 111 this
country is to boil it with milk and
onions, ami thore can belittle doubt that
such a combination is not particularly
digestible. Tripe is also sometimes fried
in batter, but unless very carefully cookod
it is apt to become leathery. If only
plainly boiled in water it requires a considerable
amount of condiments in tlm
shape of salt, pepper and mustard to
make it acceptable to the palate. Therefore,
tripo as usually cooked, though an
excellent dish for strong stomachs, is,
nwinrr fA lltn imrrpninhta mliiiul if iw\*
always so suitable for persons of weak
digestion as lms been supposed. ? Loudon
Lancet.
A (.'til's IIcmlnclic Curing- Hands.
There is a girl in San Francisco who
can cure headaches?cure them without
a bit of medicine. She just lays her
hand on the aching head and that settles
the wliolo matter. There's something
peculiar about the girl's hands. They
aro white and shapely and very nieo to
look at, but to touch?ugh I they're as
cold as ico. More than that, they are
always dripping wet, these strange
hands. It's nn eerie thing to see a
handsome, healthy girl lift her hands
and let an icy dew fall from the ends of
hor lingers. She can do that any time
she wants to, and never feels the least
annoyed at the awe of the beholders.
Sho is a tall, handsome young woman,
who has never been ill in her life. She
is rosy-clieekcd and bright-eyed, and she
isn't the slightest particlo like the typical
healer. She works in a big, hot factory
down town, and she can cuio any
girl in the place of headache or any kind
of pain. She doesn't go through strango
ovolutions or weird incantatious. She
just pushes hack her sleeves and lays her
cold, wet hands 011 tho aching head.
The patieut feels a queer, creepy shivery
sensation crawling down hei back. Tho
cold hands movo slowly across tho hot
forehead of the sulTorcr, the throbbing
pain stops, the twitching of the eyelids
censer, and tho headache is gone.?{sen
Francisco Examiner.
The Host Roadway.
' "The people aie having lots of roadway
conventions throughout tho South
and West now days," observed J. C.
McCandliss, of New Hartford, Conn., at
tho Lindell as ho had liuisho i reading
a treatise 011 that very important
question in a popular magazine. "The
best roadway is a raised one, macadamized.
Drainage, of courso, must be
maintained, for it is an essential feature
1 - rlM._ I 1
tu j^uuu lunun. i uu guo i ronuwajf
should be seeded to grass, evened up and
tlio weeds kopt down. Shade trees
should be planted in order that the sun
light be kept out. The overseer method,
particularly now in practico in the
South, should be abolished and comrnis
sioners of not less than three electee
from each county, who should be instructed
to personally supervise all improvements.
Local highway improvement
societies should be formed in cverj
precinct and road improvements dia
cussed."?Bt. Lou's Republic.
Weather Pred'etions by Coffee.
A Spanish journal tells of nn iutoresting
experiment to bo tried with a cup
of clear colleo and a lump of sugar.
The sugar should bo dropped into the
coffee without stirring; in a moment the
air contained in the sugar will rise to
tho surface in the shape of bubbles, and
theso bubbles aro excellent weather indications.
ta ? . -
ii mey collect in tho middle of tho I
cup a fair day follows; if, "adversely,
they adhero to the sides, forming a ring
of bubblos with a clear space in tho centre,
tako your umbrella, for rain is at
hand; while, if they do neither Dne
thing nor the other, but scatler irregularly,
variable weather is indicated.
Just what is the scientific explanation
of the action of the atmosphere on the
bubbles is not stated, but that their indications
curiously agree with those of a
barometer has been tested.?New York
Times.
rour Country.'*
%
fUARY IH'.I:;.
TESTING HER GUNS.
Ths Umted States Oruise r Vesuvius
at Port Royal.
Port Uuyal, 8. C.?The dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius is iu the harbor for ths
purpose of tcstiug her high explosive
guns.
Lieutenant Beaton Bohrooder Is iu commaud,
and the tests wcro under the sut?crvisiou
of u committee uppolntod by
Jecrotary Tracy, coueistiugof Capt. Mont
guumry ou in u oi 1110 .HiaUlOUOIUUtl,
Oapt. A. 8. Marker of ilio tho Philadol
phm, nud Commander \Y? 11 Drownsou
of the Dolphiu.
Tho trial was uuusuaily thorough. Thu
cruiser carried 73 blank projectiles and
23 loaded with 200 pounds of gun cotton
and about HO bluuk n ojco'lles used in
ranging the guus, and five loaded with a
small cliargo of powder to toet the new
fuses. Eightccu of tho loadod projectiles
were tired nt hulks.
The cruiser curries three high-explosive
guns, each 33 foet long, 6ct at nu ung o
of 18 degrees. Thoir length precludes
the fixing of tho ruugo by a change of
elevation, as is douo with powder cannon.
The ruugo is therefore rogulatod
by the amouut of air in tho tiling reset
voir. The pressure in tho tiring reservoir
is always 730 pounds per squaro
inch. This storago reservoir can supply
enough air for thirty shots or mote, lite
service projectile carriesflPbhargo of 200
pounds of gun cotton and will travel
about 2,400 yards. Tho full calibre projectile,
with 300 pounds of gun cotton,
weighs 1,000 pounds and is too heavy to
carry far at the angle of the guns. The
new fuses exploded the projectile about
73 yards attor contact with the water, although
an arrangement is made for instant
explosion on an impact with a solid
substance.
The Vesuvius is able to lire one gun a
minute. It takes live seconds to charge
the guns with air, and about two minutes
and a half to load the guns. On her
trial trip the Vesuvius tired tiftccu shots
in 10 minutes 10 seconds.
There will lie no more delay from tho
pitching of tho vessel in a rough sea
in tiling the pneumatic guns than with
ordinary caution. This depends largely
oil the ability of the gunner to have his
sights ready and tiro his shot the moment
the vessel is steady on the crest of a sea.
'I lie tests wore satisfactory in every
way.
Jerry Simpson a Cundiduto.
TorKKA, Kan.?Congressman Jerry
Simpson arrivedjhere and ho put all doubts
to rest concerning his candidacy for
the United States Senate by announcing
that ho was a candidate, lie said, however,
that his presence was duo more to
a do'ire to help the Populists endeavor
to organize the llouse than in his own
interest.
The organized mj of the House, he
further said, depended upon the Su
prcme Court, before which the (louse
contest cases, recently mentioned in these
despatches, had been filed. Of course
the court could not finally settle the contest.
Hut what the court could do was
to prevent a man from working a wrong
which was all the Populists asked.
A Precious Rascal.
Richmond, Va.?A special from Tasley,
Va., says that Thomas Nelson, mayor
of Capo Charles City, has absconded
after squandering about $3,000 church
and trust funds placed in his hands for
safekeeping, lie was a muster mechanic;
clerk of the New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk Railroad; a ves
tryraan ol the Episcopal church and mayor
of the town. Ho also belonged to
all the secret orders.
Nelson is a native of Virginia, though
he came to Cape Charles City from New
Jersey. Owing to his expensive stylo of
living, his wife left him. Thou he sold
his furniture and after receiving the
money left for parts unknown. A reward
is offered for his arrest.
Burns His Ship.
Wilmington, N C. ?The schuouei
Eleanor, Captain McCoy, which sailed
from Georgetown, S. C., for Now York,
December 24, with a cargo of rosin, spirits
of turpentine and cotton, was struck
December 23 by a gale that lasted three
days, causing the ship to spring a leak.
The vessel on December 2H becoming
water-logged, was abandoned 115 miles
olf Topsail Inlet. The crew of seven
. 1 . 1 - _ t ? *
men rcuciicu snore uerc imer lifting 111 a
small boat H8 hours, suffering intensely.
Captain McCoy, realizing tlic danger of
tlie Holding wreck to passing vessels, set
tire to bis water-logged ship before leiving
her.
Julian Can and the Cabinet.
Wa HiiwroK. I>. '.Inli in S. Carr
was interviewed here as to li?? Postmaster
Generalship and sins:
"While the posi ion is one of high honor
for uny man and I would feel complimented
by Mr Cleveland's choice, if
it fell on me, I must say in rcspo'-so to
your enqu ry for a word on the subject
that I could not even consider any place
in tho Presid nt's gift except that of
Postmaster General A man ought not
to seek cr lightly decline position of
high honor or responsibility, such as that
of a cabinet portfolio.''
"The Orottoes" of Virginia.
S. II. Ncwhnll, curator of tho gcoh'gicd
department of tho Smithsonian In
?tdutc of \Va hington, has been in 8hend
n, Vn., getting t gethet a collection of
s'abictitci, s al gmitos and other wonders
from Woyer's Qavo for an exhibit at
Chicago. Mr. Newhall says that sp ci
mens fivm the caves in this locality exceed
all others in beauty, and that th;s
.. :n i.? i .? ?i ?- -1
" 111 no mu nuu limn comprcnen
ive display ol any cave known. After
Ixdng displayed at Chicago,the speeimeos
ii?c to be brought, back to Washington
and givo-.i to the Smitnsonian Institute.
Governor Tillman Signs the Bill.
Columbia, H. C Ooverl.or Tillman
signed the Wil-on rail-mid bill, w ich
passed the Legislator last week, giving
to the railroad coiiuiiLmoii the power to
Ox passenger aiul fieigh rates and other*
wise control the railroads of South Caro Jna.
eati
EDITORS CALL ON GROVEK.
B? Receives Them Oraoiously and
Enquires About Vane* and Qelquitt.
A.s baa been auuouneed, too Souther a
Editors called on Mr. Cleveland last Saturday
in Now York and the Herald ^ays:
Mr. (Jlovelaud was glad to see the
Southern editors, lie knew nearly all of
them personally, but each in turu was
presented to him by Captain Howell.
"Mr. President," said Capt. Howell,
when tbo handshaking was over, "wo are
unt. bore to ?ulk about offices. Wo don't
waut any offices, r or do wo come in any
lhlrt loillnr (tit??rr>qt UtO (lm Ictrisli f An
of tUo lust tweuty live yews ha* uo? u in
favor of (be hawks. Now wo want tbo
chickens to liavo a show."
Mr. Clovolaod laughed heartily at tbi- *.
''There ia much in that barnyard simile
Of yours, Ml Howell," ho Paul.
"You may also possibly recall, Mr.
President," weut ou Cant Howell, "thai
eomo of us were not in favor of your
nomination at Chicago" (with a sweep of
his hand toward Editors Walsn and
Stockton), "buta'ter you were nouiiuatod
we w?-ro all for you."
"It makes no difference," said the
President - elect, "who was opposed t??
my nomination; 1 want the assistance of
even bod v. 1 want the assistance of all
you gcutlotuou to carry out the principle
on which 1 was elected. Belief i*
expected l?v the p oplc aud I earnestly
desire your cooperation to secure what
they have asked for
"The .South, Mr. Clcvehnd, will do all
iu its power to assist you," said Editor
Hemphill. "I do not think this country
over had an election which caused Mich
sincere rejoicing throughout the South."
Mr. Ciuvoland looked pleased. "I feel
very much fluttered," ho observed, "at
wlut happened as a result of the cam
p.ign, and the expression* of good will
which have come from the t-'outh and
from oth r parts of the country have been
cspcel illy gratifying."
* * *
Thi President-elect inquired particularly
about Senators Colquott, of Ccorgia,
and Vance, of North Carolina lie also
asked Mr Howell to remember him to
his sou, Clark Howell, and spoke in an
appreciative way of yonng Mr Howell's
letters on the progress of ihe campaign,
printed from week to week in the Herald.
At one ti ne during the visit Mr. Cleveland
said Ire h qred none of the editors
iii?i i?i?Mij;in mill viuwna wiiii iiiciu,
This allusion to the fear of the Presidentelect
tliat he might l> quoted caused a
laugh all around, and one of the editors
said th*y did not thing such enterprise
had been attempted .sinoj Colonel Shop
urd interviewed (Jeneial Alger with a
shorthand man behind the screen.
"I do not like getting into the newspapers
day after day," said Mr. Cloveand,
"but I do take the position that
w lien Caere is anything with which 1 am
connected whicli affects tiro welfare of
the people or in which tire peojdo aro
interested, it is my duty to mako it public."
Touching on personal matters Mr.
Cleveland said that ho wis sorry the odit
us had not called on him earlier. "[
know," said lie, "that you have been
here a week. I rather expected you to
cdl on me earlier. I shall always ire
glad to si e you."
'We did not ca'l on you beforo because
wo did not care to intrude upon
your time. Wc knew you were having
m my callers."
"1 am not so busy as the public goneriillv
believes," said Mr. Cleveland.
The editors now took their icavc. They
had been with Mr Qlcavcland nearly a
half hour. Mr Cleveland shook hands
with them heartily and said he honed to
see them whenever they caino North.
During the visit not a word did Mr.
Cleveland drop about an extra session,
il.c speakership or the formation of his
cabinet
Tito Sense of rotte'i.
A curious scientist, who lias been giviug
enroful attcution to the mitter, says
that man's sense of touch, or feeling,
resides almost wholly in the skin and in
thoBe parts of the body, as tlio lips and
the tongue, that are most expose I, while
some of our uiojt important organs, the
heart, for instance, and the brain, are
quite insonsiblo t? touch, thus showiug
that uot only arc nerves necomry for
the sensation, but alio the special on 1
organs. The curious fact was noticed
with the greatest astonhhment by Harvey,
wbc, while treating a patient fot
an abscosa that caused a largo cavity iu
11is sido, found that, when he put his
lingers Into this cavity, lie could actually
tako bold of tho heart without the patient
being in tho least awaro of what he
was doing. This so interested Harvey
that he brought King Charles I. to tho
mau's bedside that t(ho might iiimscll
behold and touch so extraordinary a
thing." In certain operations a picco ot
akin is removed from tho forehead to the
nose, and it is stated that tho patient,
oddly enough, feels as if the new nasal
fiart were still in his forehead aud may
lave a headache ic his nore.?Now Orleans
Picayune.
Killed for Not Working the Road.
AsnitviLLK, N. C. ?Saturday afternoon
O. R. Jones was shot and i: stantly kil
led and his son Jesse Jon<s perhaps fatally
shot at their home near Leicester,
l twelve miles w<st of Asheville. Young
Jones refused to obey the summons to
work upon the public roads and the fath
er sustained him and deli d iho officers.
Constable Steve s secured a posse and
attempted to niako the arrest. In a fight
which followed fifteen or twenty shots
were exchanged The killing is regarded
as justifiable, .lease Jones has sineo
died. ?
In Lynchburg, Vh., the tobacco warehouses
are unsually buay,'aud high prices I
aro bfi g secured at nearly all sales
8ome shipping grades recently brought
$18.75 per hundred and dark grades command
a correspondingly satisfactory price.
Very littlo bright tobncoo is being offered,
but the figures which it realizes are
highly gratifying. Farmers are bringing
their tobacco in steadily, and as'a cons.; <
quence merchants state that tho volume
of business is particularly good, and the
holiday trade prounisea to be unusually
heavy.
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MO. 25
rp OCEAN'S GRAVEYARD.'
t,HE 8AROA9SO SKA. TFIR CENTER
- OEATLANCH OORRtlNTA.
\u linmoiiK* Aron of Wafer Whlcn
Covered With Floating Wreck*
and Other fttrangt* Objcot*.
If OR several years past the Hydro
-< graphic Bureau at Washington
* imB been trying to acquire a
(f more intimate koowleigoof the
movements of the waters of the ocean
ml a great number of bottle*, containug
message** anl securely corked, have
bee a dropped overboard by vessels.
Many of those have floated thousands of
uules before they were picked up, and.
while some wore washed upon native auu
foreign shores, others have found their
way into the great Sargasso 8ca. From
the courses taKeu by those different bottles
it has been lound that the oceau
current* move around iu a vast circle.
Tnoso which were dropped overboard
od the Auiericau coast took a northerly
course, while those ou the European side
floated toward the south. lijttles
dropped overboard iu the North Atlantic
started toward the northeast, and
those from the African aud Spanish
coast floated almost directly west until
they reached the West India Island*.
The general directions of the currents
were thus ascertained, sbowjng that the
waters acted upon by winds and currents
circulated round and round like a
ptjol.
In all pools floating objects arc tjuickly
cast outside of tho revolving currents,
or they are carried with them iu their
circular route for somo time, uutil they
are washed nearer tho centre or aide of
the pool. Tho bottles that were forced
outside of tho currents of the ocean
were east upon tho shores of some country,
but those which wore worked
toward the centre eventually found their
way in the calm waters of tho Sargasso
Sea. Here they remain peacefully until
picked up by some vessel, or until somo
storm cists Llicm back into thu groat
pool.
Vessels very rarely visit the great sea
in the middle of tho ocean, but occasion
ally they aro driven there by storms or
adverse winds. Strange sights meet the
ga/.o of tho sailors at such times. Wonderful
stories?partly true and partly
false?liavo been told by sailors returning
from a forcod trip to tho vast Sargasso
Sea. The surfaco of tho sea is
covere I with floating wrecks, spars, seaweed
boxes, fruits, and a thousand other
innumerable nrticles. It is the groat repository
or storehouse of the ocean, and
all tilings which do not sink to the bottom
or are not washed upon the shores
are carried to this centre of the sea.
When one considers the vast number of
wrecks on the ocean, aud the quantity
of floating material that is thrown overboard,
a faint idea of the wreckage in
the Sargasso Sea may bo conceive I.
Derelicts, or abandoned vessels, fro
quently disappear in mysterious ways,
and no accounts are given of tue.u lor
years by passing vessels. Then suddenly,
years later, they appear again in so no
well-traveled route to lac astonishment
ol all. The wrecks are covered with
mould and green sliiue, snowing trie
long, lonesome voyage wuica they have
passed through. It is generally supposed
that such dorclicts have been swept
into tbe centre of tuu pool and remained
in tbc Sargasso Sea until finally co.it out
by some unusually violcut storm.
Tho life in this sea is interesting. Solitary
aud alouo the acres of waters, covered
with tho debris, stretca out a9 tho
vast graveyard of tbe ocsan, Boltlooi
being visitod by vessels or human beiugs.
Far from all trading routes of vossels,
tbc sight of u sail or steam vessel is
something unusual. The fishes of tu?
sea form trie chief lite of these watery solitudes.
Attracted by the vast quantities
ol wreokago floating in the sea, and also
by tbegulfweed on whic.i tnanyof them
live, tuey swarm around in great numbers.
The smuller fishes live in the intrioito
avenues formed by the seaweed,
and the more ferocious denizens of the
deep come hither to feed upon the quantities
of small fish. Iu this way the sub
murine lifo oi tbo Sargasso Sea is made
interesting aud Uvely.
Toe only life overhead is that male
by a fow sea birds, winch occtsionaliy
rear 1 the solitudes of this iu d-cc.'an
cemetery, A lew oi the long flyers of
the air penetrate to the very mi Idle of
tho ocean, but it is very rarely >. hat this
recurs, Some have been known to
follow vessels across the oc*ati,
keeping at a respectful distance
from the steru. Other birds have
been svvapt out to sea by storms, aud
have finally sought retuge in the Sargasso
Sea. Still others, taking refuge on
some derelict, have been gradually car
tied to the same nudoceau scene. There
is sufficient food floating ou the surface,
or to be obtained from the fishes which
live among the forests of seaweed, to
support a large colony of birds. It is
suimised that many of thoso found in the
sea have inhabited those regions for
ycar9, partly from choico, and partly
from necessity. Birds ewept out there
by Storms would not caro to venture the
long return trip to land, and finding an
Abundance of food v> ' wrer- ra on which
to rest and roar t' < . ,.j thoy might
easily becoiuo corneal With la a s'n.; ;e
lot. .lust how far the strong-winged
set birds can fly without resting is alt
conjectural, but it is doubtful if tniuj
of thom would undcrta such a long
journey seaward with no bettor prosoects
ahead than dreary wAstes of waior.?
Detroit Free Proas.
A H,>atin; Hotel.
A strange craft recently i.ai ichcd at
Iluh, Me., for use in Florida, aud wide i
will shortly bo in New York, is the
floating hotel, J. S. Danfortli. It is intendc
I lor soivice on Florida river*. It .
has threo keels, is 133 feet Ion; and
thitty feet beam, and draws twenty-ivo
inches of water. It will accommodato
seventy-five persons and will be the
floatiug home of hunters and li- cmei
who visit Florida.?-New Oncu.PtCayuue.