The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 05, 1894, Image 4
?uv family Stovn. 1
FOR ROY'S SAK1;.
Mr. i'liurloti Huberts was the leading
man financially. s.?olnlly and otherwise
luH? ?, a Southern Ohio town. lie was
the principal stockholder in the bank,
and several other enterprises, uiul
owned besides a splendid farm a few
til i liW lint lit t 111* I?i\nntm?
His first, wife, who had born an
Atlanta, (hi.. hollo of unusual gift.-.,
graeos and accomplishments, had died
after four year's of married life, leaving'
to the husband's care two boy.Henry
and Hoy. lint so numerous
wore his business duties, that Mr.
Huberts soon found that he would be
unable to give them the parental
attention necessary to their proper
training; so he hud made a second
matrimonial venture, his choice this
time being and industrious and thrifty
kinswoman, of rather uncertain ago
and disposition. Miss Martha Willis
was intensely Northern in every fibre
of her being, and hated everything
that smacked of the South uncompromisingly.
and when she became Mrs.
Huberts, her feelings in this direction
abated not a whit.
Henry, the older of the brothers,
had the laughing blue eyes, golden
hair, and fair complexion of his
Southern mother, while Hoy was an
almost perfect image of his father. It
was 110 wonder, therefore, that the
stepmother who saw in the boys striking
representatives of the two sections,
should soon learn to hate the one as
ardently us she loved the other. Not hing
that love could desire to make the
one happy was left undone, \s hilo no
opportunity to tnuko life uuplcusant to
the object of her ill-will was allowed
to pass unused. Hut through it all
the brothers ucmninctl faithful to each
other in confidence and love.
One June day in 18t>2, a party of
Confederate cavalry, well-mounted,
crossed the Ohio ltivor and at night
camped near tho town of 11 , abovo
mentioned, llenry, now about nineteen
years of age, had been intrusted
with the management of his father's
farm, and returning late in the day
from his work, he passed the Confederate
earn p. He was hailed by a
jolly young "Confed" and invited to
turn soldier. Tho next morning when
the company rode away, llonry went
with them, leaving only a brief note
to home folks conveying the information
that he had joined the Southern
service.
What lit tie inclination there might
have been in the mind of Mr. Huberts
on tho receipt of this information, to
take a charitable view of tho ease was
dissipated by tho zealous arguments of
his wife, so Henry was declared disinherited
and orders were give that
his name bo mentioned no more in his
i 1 i ? ? ? *
cmiunoou s nomo,
Tho terrible slaughter of Gettysburg
hail ceased lit lust and the crash of
eonllict was succeeded by the pitiful
wails of the wounded and dying, .lust
where the last, dreadful charge bad
done its fearful work, lay a youthful
form, whose uniform of blue was being
stained a rich crimson by tho life blood
which ilowed from a ragged hole, in
his side, while the half-stilled groans
that would break from his white lips
told of the mortal agony lie was suffering.
.lust beside him clothed in a ragged
suit of gray lay another youth, \\ bo
remained so still ho seemed to bo
dead: but presently he sat up and
looked about him in a dazed sort of
way, while a dark bruise across his
forehead showed where a clubbed
musket had struck, felling him into
insensibility. The boy in blue turned
beseechingly to him and said :
" Please get me hoiuo water, if you
can."
The Confederate quickly uuslung
his own canteen, which contained
considerable water, and gave It to tho
thirsty Federal. Refreshed by the
draught, ho turned gratefully toward
the one who had favored him; in a
moment he had raised himself on his
elbow, a great, hungry, hopeful look
on his pale face, while he (tried, in an
anxious, trembling voice:
" Who arc you ?"
"I am Henry Huberts," answered
the Confederate.
' And 1 am Hoy !"
And then the Confederate went
down on his knees, and the blue and
gray were joined in a sweet embrace.
The battlelield, the war, the years of
separation were forgotten, and they
were boys again in each other's arms.
Who shall try to picture the scene
which love drew thero amidst the revolting
exhibitions of tho results of
civil hatred and trifo?
Presently Hoy gently loosed his
arms from his brothers neck, and
said :
" Henry, I will soon be dead, but it
is all right. 1 will bo with our sweet
mother: but you area poor, homoless
wonderor. Won't you promise to go
homo ?"
" Alas ! Hoy," was the sad response,
" I have no homo now."
"Hut if you toll papa that J asked
you in my dying hour to go homo and
sent you to him, ho will tako you
back/'j
"No, ho will not boliove mo, but
will drive mo away,'' said llonry.
A spasm of pain, terrriblo to behold,
sei'/.ou the dying boy, and for a while
it scorned that he would rally no more;
but his work was uot yet done, and
God spared him.
After awhile ho said, in a weak,
husky voice :
*4 llonry, there is a letter in my
pocket from papa. Hot it and my
pencil for mo, and I will write him."
The articles woro found, and, supported
by his brother's arm, the dying
boy wrote on the black part of' the
paper.
"Dkak Father: I am dying on
the battlefield of Gettysburg, in
Henry's anus. lie wants to come
home, and my dying request to you is
that you take him bank, and make him
your boy again. Good-bye. Hoy."
This effort about exhausted Hoy's remaining
strength, and when the letter
was folded and put away in the safest
place the gray rags afforded, the
brown head sank lower on his brother's
breast, the eves began to close woarily,
the trembling arms oropt around
Henry's neck.
"it's a long journey for you llonry,"
he murmured, but I will soon be at
homo and then lie was still, whilo tho
low aobe that burat from the brother's
heart intensified tho Badness of the
dying scene. Rroaently ho whiaporod :
"Viing" Rock of Agoa,' Henry, won't
you?" and directly the awoot, manly
volco was hoard changting the dear
old refrain?
I lock of Agca, cleft for me,
Let mo hide myself in thee.
And as tho soft twilight gathered
about the earth, Lieutenant Roberts
passed away.
Two vvouka later, Mr. Roberta ant
in hisoflico eagerly scanning (iettyahurg'a
list oi hilled. As ho came to
that o' Lieutenant Roy Roberta, the
paper fell from bin hand, and with u
groan of almont mortal agony, ho
dropped in hi* chair, as pale us death.
A knock at the door aroused him from ,
hi.. .1 r.. 1:1. . i . - * ? ? 1 ' ' 1
m> uriiui-iiKo smpor. iiuu nusKiiy no
called, "I'omo in.'' Slowly tho door '
swiinir haek, and a pile youth in rugged ,
gray stood tliciv on tIn* 1 hrcshold. A
I inoiuont ho dropped his head as if
abashed, and then lie raised his hungry,
pleading face to the stricken old man,
and said : ;
" I'apa, may I come in ?"
li Who are you ?" questioned the old
man. sternly. t
"1 am your son. llenry." was the j
response. t
" 1 have no son Henry, get out of j
hero, sir !" And tho old-time pride |
v nine hack and lit up tho pale fare. ^
" 1 knew it would bo so." murmured i
tho l?oy. " Hut road this from Key." |
"From Koy !" almost screamed tho
father, and he half rose from his seat
and eagerly stretched out a trembling J|
hand for tho crumpled, blood-stained ]
paper which Henry held towards him,
and in another momcdt lie was eagerly ]
scanning the scrawling lines written
hv ii ili'fmr liniwl \ ? . !>? lli<> . r......
| hcud was buried in tho hands'. Pros- ]
sently a hand rested on It Is shoulder. ,
I lln looked up with dry, bloodshot eyes ]
into tho pleading face of his firstborn. ,
I "Papa, may l oomo book?" For
answer the arms were outstretched, <
and be said, " For Hoy's sake, yes, my ,
son !''
fiiwcii's ni:w rm;sidi;m.
( eiieral Sal isl'ael ion a I- llie ltesnli
The New Man Well l'k|uip|tctl for the
< mice.
l'AKis, June 27.- The total vote east
for President was Mol, of which six
were cancelled because of Irregularities,
leaving H4."> valid votes. Of these i
I.M were east for Casimir-Porier, Ihl
for Itrisson, hh for Dupuy, .">{) for
General Fevrior, 27 for Arago and iy
were scattering. Tho announcement
of M. Casimir-I'erior's victory elicited
ringing cheers. M. Dupuy was pros- 1
cm when the result of tho balloting' i
was rend.
In the court yard of the palace a
landau drawn by four horses with four
artillery men as postillions, was waiting
to convey the new 1'resident to
Paris. When tho I'resident of the
Senate informed I'erior that he had
been proclaimed President of the liepublic,
the hitter's emotion almost
overcame him and the landau which
was to convey him to Paris and tiie
squadron of mounted lancers which
were to escort him were obliged to
wait until tho newly elected executive
had rested sutlieiently to take
his calmness.
Public satisfaction at the election is
general and everything is tranquil.
The President and his party were escorted
by a troop of mounted lancers.
As the President was about to drive
away, some one in the crowd threw a
bouquet tied with the American colors
into his carriage. Tho President took
his departure from Versailles amid
the rattle of drums and the bows,
smiles and cheers of the crowd, who
shouted "Vivo le President" "Vive!
Casiinir-Perior," until the party were
out of sight.
SKETC H OF THE NEW I'UESIPKNT.
Jean Casimir-Perier has a distinguished
ancestry. He is both grandson
and son of ministers. His grand
father was tho president of Louis
Philippe's council, ami his father was
a minister of Thiers.
Tho now president was horn at l'aris
in 1X17. He is a rather small slender
man, dark, with oval face and clear
eyes, whose general appearance carries
the idea of refinement and decision, lie ,
has something of the military in his
air, but he spent only a short time in
the army during the Franco-German
war. Then ho commanded a company of
the Garde Mobile, and won the decoration
of the Legion of Honor for his
courageous conduct at the battle of
Hagneux. When Casimir-Porior, tho
father, became minister under Thiers,
he had .Jean Casimir-Pierior for chief
of cabinet, and this was the debut in
politics of the new president. Since
1870 (Jasimir-1 'erier has seen continuous
parliamentary service. The great
questions of finance and the military
establishment have occupied his atten-1
tion. lie gained his first experience
as a member of the government as an
under secretary, first in the department
of public instruction, afterward
in that of war. lie was chosen vice
president of the chamber of deputies
and naturally was the ono to succeed
Floquet as president of the chamber,
when the lutter hud to give up the
ollice.
Casiiuir-Porior was brought up amid
royalist influences, but became a republican
fifteen years ago. lie is very
rich. His wife was a Mile, do Seguar,
whose family belong to the old nobility,
lie is a hard worker, hut not an orator.
To know him uersonallv. it is sniil is
to know it genial, shrewd, kindly man,
of agreeable manners and polite address,
whose countenance is a truthful
index to his character, although it
hears, when more closely observed, si
strange expression of melancholy,
amounting to sadness, which seems inconsistent
with his genial character.
The i'erier family descends from a
notary who exercised his profession in
the vicinity of Grenoble, in Dauphine,
in tho later half of the seventeenth
century. The family prospered, for
wo find that in 177.) the son of the notary
purchased the royal castlo of Vizille
from the duke of Villoroy, and lived
thoro in the state becoming a wealthy
proprietor. The son of this Claude
Porior was tho famous Casitnir-Perior
president of the council of ministers
under Louis Philippe, and grandfather
of the man who filled the same post
undor M. Carnot. A niece of Claude
married a distinguished barrister of
Grenoble, whose mother bore the name
of Lnfantin, destined to become notorious
in the socialistic annals of our
epoch. It was their daughter, Hose
Philippine Duchosno-Perier. born in
August, 1at Grenoble, who died in
November, 1812, in the United States,
after many years spent in America in
religious life and accomplishingheroic
actions which compare gloriously
with those of more honored and famed
heroines in lletion and history.
? i jMW
In the reports of the Supi'eino
Court of Georgia i.-? the following extraordinary
judicial delivorancoon the
ornithology of the law by Chiof Justice
lilecklcy. "In the ornithology of
litigation this case is a tomtit furnished
witl) a garb of feathers amplo
enough for a turkey. Measured by
the verdict its tiny body has only the
hulk of twenty-live- dollars, butitstruts
uiUh .. /Ilnnln.. ..t 1
II II I! it VI in j/1 tt^y yji I'Vfuru 'JApUIlUCU ,
into eighty-three pages of manuscript.
It seems tons that a more contracted
plumage might servo for so small a
bird, but perhaps we avo mistaken. In
every forensic season wo have a considerable
Hock of such cases to bo i
stripped and dissected for our cabinots
of jurisprudence. Wo endeavor to pick
our ovcrllcdgod poultry with judicial
assiduity and path-nee.''
(Jen. K. N. Klchbourg hasunnounc- 1
ed himself as a candidate for Adjutant
and Inspector General. <
HOODOO AND VOODOO. u
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tll.l, Alii' WltlTKH ON HTIlANliK "
ihinos.
(c 'IVIls <>l tlx* Old rinw SI^iin uuil "
Wonders llnw llio Nckcion llcliitctl V
I loliK?il>liii Si orlew?'The SuperstiI
Ions 'I'ltal Still I'revntl Xiiionit *'
Thorn. i
Mlauta Constitution. ji
I wits ruminating about this peculiar \
nnikbultlinn t\ t 1
?H? ioui'H'm wi i in: uu^i U HU r, I ?| ~
heir color bus been very nick in this '
,ovrn and it got spread anions thorn t
hat ho was conjured. or " conjud,' iih 11
hoy speak it, and rightthoro comes in '!
die difference between the blacks and 11
iho copper-colored and mulattos. The
wdlef in "conjuring" seems to ho con- 'j
incd mainly to the block negro. Old c
Aunt Ann declares that ho was "cun- ^
jud as sho' you're horn, for he is turn- w
in' right green." It was these same *l)laek
Africans who had all the super- (!
itltions about Brer Fox and Brer Hub- '
bit. Wo had all colors amongst our ,
duves when I was a boy. but it was '
mly the black, broad-nosed and thick- '
lipped ones who told us stories by the v
abin lircs at night. They only had a 1
love for the marvellous unrl their do.
jcendants have it yot. Thoy boliovo
in hoodoo or voodoo and conjuriu'. J
They have u strong emotional religion !i
und if thospirit throws thoai down in '
n faint it is a sure sign they've got it 1
good. What it is thoy got I don't '
know, but it suits them, and there does 1
not seem to he any change in their l!
mode of worship. Kducation has not 1
made any that we can perceive. Sonio H
wliito people are alTeeted the sumo J
way, but it is the exception and not '
the rule. With tlio negroes it see ins f
to ht? spasmodic. Its elTects have no 1
i?ood influence after the spasm is over. s
We used to say of one of our servants, *
" Becky is going to out up to-day. Slio \
fell down in a trance last night at meeting
and liad to ho carried out.*' And fl
she did cut uj). She was the nurse for
our children and they had to keep
away from her until she got over her
tit. She was accused of being a eunjuror
and a black negro named Luke 1
swore out a warrant for her and Tom
I'orry, tho squiro issued it. just to son
what Luko could prove, lie said that
she made him siek ill the trick find i
kepi him sick, and lie handed the !;
'squire a dime that she gave him for u
chicken and pointed out the dark ; pot
on it that was the sign the proof that
she had conjured the money before sho
paid it to him. That was all. "What
do you wish done with her V" said I.
"She have to swaller do dime." ho
said, "and dat break the spell. 1
tried rabbit foot and I bury li/.ard un
der do door and I pl.it do old mare's
inane when do rooster crow for midnight,
hut it don't do no good. I is
dyin' every day." lint Luke got well
and Becky didn't swallow the dime,
either. One of my father's negro women
got jealous of Minty, the eook,
and determined to poison or eunjur her
to death. Minty got sick and my
mother told Juno to make her some
chicken soup. She got from an old
riif; ii i uu scorpm h iicau, a uzaru s it-jr. i
a tail's wing, a belly bug and t hree or .
four centipedes or thousand legs, as we (
call them, and the tail of a green snake t
and had the horrible mess cooking in i
a saueo pan when iny mother happened
in to see liow Minty was and took the
top otV the pan to look at the soup, j
Juno eonfessed that she bad been gulh- I
erlng material for that soup a good t
while, and she wasn't mueh disturbed >
at the discovery. She declared that *
Minty had cunjud her hustmnd 1 rock- 1
on she bad. So my father bad to separate
the families. Now, did Shake- |
spoare get bis witches, caldron and its ?
venomous contents from the old Afri- ?
cans of England ? I
" Fillet of a fenny snake
In the caldron boil and hake :
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Woo! of bat and tongue of dog ;
Adder's fort; and blind worm sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing."
The superstitions of the races is an
interesting study. All have them and
all are connected some way with spirits?wandering
spirits?that haunt our ;
pinnway?unseen hut not unmindful 1
of oui'destiny. The Indian tribes do
not seem to know anything about conjuring
but they have many signs and
symbols and a revorenco for the great j
spirit. 1 read the other day from one '
who was familiar with their customs, 1
that every male child of a chief or a
groat warrior must he named for the
first thing or object that was scon
shortly after its birth. The old modi- (
cine man walked to the door wit.li great. 1
solemnity and ceremony and looked H
out, and whatever he saw was the I
name of the child, whether it was J
" Hying cloud " or "hole in the sky,'' |
or "young man afraid of his horse," or 1
" setting hull.'' There was a Chorekoo
chief who lived not far from here *
whoso name was "Laughing (Jul." 1
Some hilarious maiden was in sight !
when he was horn. The ancient .lews v
had a custom similar in some respects. I
The name was connected with some in- h
cldont of birth. The great law-giver I
was named Moses beeauso he was *
drawn out of the water. c
Hut our superstitions are not confined 1
to names. Very many sensible and *!
educated people wiP make a cross 1
mark with the shoe before they turn '
back to got somothimr thov hnvni' .- 1
t n ----j i
gotten, Home will spit in the cross. j
Some put the shovel or the pokor in '
tho liroplaco when a screech owl
moans noa" tho house. Sonio will not 1
begin now work or a journey on Fri- 1
day, and almost everybody had rather 1
s(!o the now moon in a clear sky and
over the right shoulder. For forty-live (
years 1 have known a sonsiblo, self-re- *
liant woman who will walk to tho i
hack door to got a lucky view of 1
tho now moon. Tier husband makes 1
fun of her but will do tho same thing \
on the sly. When wo moved into our 1
present house old Aunt Ann comforted 1
by wife by saying "mighty tino place j
?mighty nico trees and all dat, but '
folks say do house is haunted." Tom 1
Hood wrote ninety vorses about a
haunted house and they will make '
your hair stand on end if you have got 1
any '
" O'er all there hung a shadow and a '
fear,
A senso of mystery the spirit daunt
od,
And said us pla'n as whisper in the
oar?
Tho place is haunted."
Tho old poets and novelists were full !
of superstitions. "Tho Ancient Muri- \
no"," tho witches in Mncboth an .
"Tho Phantom Ship," still charm u- J
with their mystery. It is well for us '
that wo spond tho night in sloop, for 1
darkness adds to our childish fears. (
Napoleon said that all men were cowards
by night, and I suppose there are
lint, four mnn noon n iv\nn.^ . ?
iv:MUII , HI,; 7-illlllS IIII (I
the nhllosophors who would fool per- '
foctly calm and sorono while sitting on I
ii tomb Htono on a dark and cloudy Jl
night. My ohl army friend, Captain <!
lloekenhull, an FOnjrlish man by birth, 1
told us 0110 night by the on nip fires that 1
when bo was about eighteen some of
Iho town boys bot him a crown that ho i
wouldn't go to tho charnul house after f
lark and bring out a skull. The cluir- (
cl house vvjiH iii the corner of tho i
huroh yard. It hiul no door, but luul !
window about ten feet from the I ^
'I'OUIld. llTld !L4 till* luimm U'iii'n ? bun I
rem old graves to make room for new
lies tin; sexton hauled them to the
hurnel house and throw thein in, 'or ;
L was the law that a dead man had no
iuhtto sleep in the ground longer
ban thirty years. Hockcuhull was
>00r and had good pluck and want* d
ho crown very had. So ho got a little
add or and placed it under the window,
.'ho rascally hoys had ulready heen
here and boosted one of their number
ip to the hole and from there he let
limself down easy and hid in the eerier
among the hones. " Hock." at- wo
ailed him in the army, felt nroun I in
lie darkness, and finding a skull was
limbing to the window, when a (h ep,
fluistly voice muttered : " That's my
kull." Hock said it scared him nouriy
o death at lirst and ho put it down
julek. Thon ho thought about the
tow 11 and the shame of cowardice and *
logan 10 tool around for another, and 1
iuding one near the window was about
o stop up when the same unearthly :l
nice from the mine corner said ''that's '
ny skull.'1 " Oh, you'ro a liar," tuid
look. 41 No man has two skulls," and N
>o tossed it out and followed it in a
illy, and carried it in triumph to the H
ilenouse, where tlm boys were waiting. 1
lo got his crown and :i good reputa- 1
ion, hut said he did not fancy the busi- 4
less. It takes both ago and religion I
o drive away our superstitious fears '
uul reconconeilo us to that lonely 4
lomo, the graveyard, to which wo 4
(hall all surely come. The comfort of '
.lie agod is that this old hotly gets so '
rail and besot with pain it is no shock 1
0 shake it oil' and be a spirit ?tlmt is,
f wo have a faith that is sure and r
iteadfast?a faith like that of I'aul and
he martyrs and the dying Christian 1
.hut I'ope wrote about, or the one that '
AMIIlam C. Bryant so beautifully (to- N
icribod in his Thanutopis. '
Hir,r, A HP.
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CI,DAIt SI * 111 \ (i S ASVIilJM.
1 lie < 'oinmciiccment I wri eiscs ??I' ail
I list it uttoii lor i he lien I', Dumb and
1 >1*11(1.
Very few pcoploare cognizant of the (
xeellent work done at Cedar Sprint, s, v
ipurtuuburg County, where is loeat< d (
,ho State institution for the Kducution j
>f the deafs dumb and blind. The com- (
ncneement exercises took place Inst
veek, and an immense throng was pro- ^
icnt, many being unable to i'md stand- (
ng room in the chupt .
Tlie lirst school for deaf tin tes in
.his* country was established at Unit'(>* (],
Conn., in Is 17. Cedar Springs j
vus the twelfth and was established
n ISI5>. Words could not tell the j
food that has boon accomplished by
his institution in the forty-live years
>f its existence.
The program was exceedingly in- ,
.cresting and consisted of instrumental
uid vocal music, class exercises by ;
I,., 1.1 i ...l II.. : i. i < ' <
' <_) fii^n reci muoiis oy ,
,ho mutes, mid essays.
The graduates from the departncnt
of the deaf were Misses M initio
lenity, Barnwell County: Charlotte J
Jroft. (Jreenvillo : Allies Narratnore,
Spartanburg; Avy (J ranger, Horry; ].
itid Mr. Sumter Hprousc, Spartanburg.
rito.se from the blind department wore
\l i: s Salllo Slaten, Greenville : Messrs. r
\dant A maker, Orangeburg; Win. J
iolland, Kdgefield; Jones Heine, j
spartanburg. These young men and
vomon have taken the full course and j1
voll deserve the diplomas which they ?
tave received.
The year just closed has been a very (
)lcasant and successful one. No one
infainiliar ' rltli the workings of such
111 institution can comprohend how
lard the work dono there is to ac- I
omplish and everybody present at tho
jxorcises last week were lilled with J
p-atitudo at the noble work done at ^
debar Springs. This is a State instituiou,
and every deaf and blind child '
n the State should be sept there next (
ess ion.
A i:i:il INSAMTV. /
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Vn Indiana Woman Spends Forty- o
Three Youth Alnnn in a Dark 8
ltooin.
A most reinu'dcublc case has boon developed
near tlio village of Winthrop,
ndiuna, which affords physicians a 1
low Held for investigation. t
Forty-throe years ago Mrs. Perry 0
lames, became insane, her peculiarly
icing an aversion to company and a v
lesire to be perfectly alone. She was i
lot dangerous, but her wish to become
eclusivo was so great that she was <j
irovidod with a room at her own homo, a
vhoro she has lived a hermit life !(> |,
brty-threo years, being cured for by j,
icr husband until lie died, four years )
igo, and hirer by her two daughters, n
m> close did she keeji herself that i
leighbors moved into the community, ?
iiui cliildron grow to manhood und v
vomuuhood without knowing of her j
irescnce. And it is even said that a n
ion-in-law, while doing everything j;
Kissiblo for her comfort, lived in the v
utno house for many years without \\
sven seeing her. Tho ailllcted wo- ^
nan's peculiarities were apparently u
atisfied by the seclusion granted her, c
or she lived in that little room con- t
ontedly, and with little trouble to
hose about her, from young woman- r
mod until old ago, she being now in
ler seventy-fifth year. This week she f
icgan to show a return of reason, mil
nade inquiry concerning relatives and \
icighbors whom she knew before her t
nind became affected. Manv of -
J ? i
wul moved to other parts, some had t
lied, hut there were three or four wl o
iti 11 remained, and when she.expressed
i desire to see them they wero brought a
nto her presence. She conversed \
ationally on common subjeots, and t
ivinccd h desire to once more emerge ?
nto the world and become oao of its )
ictors. IToravorsion to meeting poo- t
>le has disappoared, her peculiarities i
ire dissolving, and upon subjects with <
.vhich sho is conversant she talks with j
reedom and clearness. There are in- ji
licationstlu tshowill fully recover her s
nental faculties if her life is spared, r
)no of her luillucinat'ons that have fi
jassod from her was that the air was c
'nil of balloons tilled with men, all j
joining toward her. t
A woman who started to jump into 1
he Columbia Ul.ver to drown herself )
mddenly remembered that sho had loft i
,ho eat in the i antry, and hurried t
m It homo. ^he afterwards said: t
'The idea of my struggling in the 11
vater and thinking that the cat was s
icking the cream off my milk in the '
mntry at that minuto was more than I
ould bear."
?The negroes of the South certainly .
lesorvos Ol'OdIt for the manner in *?
Allien mcy nro conducting th?;n.a;lvcs. ^
L'hey nro taking very little interest in L
>olitics, attending strictly to business,
iiul Hoom to havo at la t camr to tho
lonclusion that tho white peoplo aro j,
heir fr.011 ;s and appear satisfied that
hey should rule the country. ^
.Japanese E'llo Curo costs yo t nothng
if it (loos not euro you : samples d
reo. Guaranteed hy Carpenter Bros., e
Jrecnvillo, S. C. C
OltHAT llAII?ROAI> HTKIKU.
lio Aiiuri'tcati Kail way fiilon is
MakiittC u mi Ui<> Pullman
< 'ui' i 'ompaiiy.
The groutost cout?'st cwr willed buv
< < 11 capital and labor <n tho wor ld's
iintor\ i.- t \n\ to havo K'ou inau^urat<1
K-*, w< < L. It is a result of tho boyott
o> ii<;i c it by thu Aaiei ieau Kail \ ay
"i? ion jurtiliri! * l /i * t
? ? ?v/n HI ??-?w w * *? <mo|/ui i tin"; wi
boom's h'.'lou^iu^ to tlu' Cullman Cur
'oiapany. Itis tho opinion of n any
hut this trouble will extend far box >nd
ho limits of tho railroad* and inv dvo
,11 tho varied interests of tho com try
o a tfivater or leas de<zroo.
Tho boycott wuu inaugurated at
Jhioa^o. and after it had boon in ofoet
only three days, tho Amor ;au
lailway I'nion bad succeeded in t\ in#
ip over twenty railroads which insist>d
on hauling tho Cullman oars. All
lie railroad:, of the country are expected
to become invo ved at once in the
H ike. Over b,OOU employes went out
he llrst day in Chicago.
" li i.-. war between tho General Manleers1
Association and the Ainoriean
iailxvav I.'uion." says 1'ro. ident I)< i>s.
. \ \ r ? - 1
wo wojooinoT.no struggle uiul will
vin, because wo are right.
" I am glad the mutter lius bocoino ti
lmrply defined issue," was the coiunont
of George M. I'ullman, president
>i tiio great corporation whoso inter;sts
tiro attacked. "The American
icople will loam wbotbor thousands ol
nilIions of dollars of invested capital
:an bo arbitrarily put aside and runlercd
valmdcf.s booauso a htbor orguni'.alion
has a grievance against annumucturing
coma rn whicli also owns
;ai. u.v o in tlio railway service."
At a mooting of tlio general 111111111fers
association of Chicago, coinpi isng
tlio general niunugors of every
ailroad entering Chicago, except llic
bg Kour, it was abroad'that tho roads
vould fight the boycott to a finish.
\ NlOW AND STHONtt ORGANIZATION.
The "American Uailwuy Union,'
incler whoso auspices tho pros* nt. boy:ott
of I'oilman ours is being conduct d,
was organized at Chicago .Juno HO,
81K1. Eugene V. Dob.-, was elected
iresident, George W. Howard vicei
i?i >. i i! i??i niwl \* 1 * ??ui t.?? l.*.. 111...
i%# iviivt ?.?tj i ? viovvyi sucru*
ary. A muni lesto was issued to the
abroad employes of the country, in
.vhiuh it was declared that the inem>ers
were to conic together on an equal
doting, troin an experienced engineer
town to a station porter.
"There will be one supreme law for
ho order, with provisions for all clu--.js
; one roof to shelter all, each separate
and yet all united when unity of
iction is required. In this is seen the
adoration of classes which is feasible,
nstead of the federation of organizuions,
which has proved to be utterly
lnpraotieable."
The number of employes now in the
lorvico of railroads in America has
u'.en variously estimated at from HUO,lOU
to I,.*>00,000, and the latter liguro is
robably more nearly correct. More
,hau InO.UOO wore organized at the
iino of the formation of the American
{uilwuy Union. 'J'he intention of the
mion is to bring within its fold the
ntire million of employes. I Laving
dTccted this, tlio leaders say, strikes
ind boycotts will be rendered imposiblo,
The organization Is composed of a
jenorul union, consisting of a board t
iirectors of nine members and local
cprosentativcs. The directing board
s olected every four years, and bus a
funeral supervision of the body. It
neets like a legislature at stated inervals
during each year. The union
uis committees of three members each
>n literature, mediation, insurance,
miploytncnt and finance.
Any portion of <40011 character emiloyed
in tlio railway servico is eligi)lo
to membership cxeopt general
nrdmasters, trainmasters, roadinasers,
supervisors of bridges and buildups,
goueral or commercial agents,
uporintendeuts of telegraph, master
neehauics, division superintendents of
ransportat.ion and other ollieials of
imilar or higher rank.
The men at the head of the orgatiiution
are of undoubted popularity with
ailroad employes. Its president, F.nfeno
V. Dobs, is a business man of no
mall ability and the editor of the Loomotive
Firemen's Magazine.
(MUCIN OF 'I'llH THOUIillK.
The I'ullinun Falace Car Company
1 as issued the following statement of
he dillerenees leading up to the presnt
boycott:
" In the lirst week of May last there
/ore employed in the car inanufacturng
department at Pullman, III., about
,100 persons. On May 7 a committee
f the workmen had an interview by
rrangement with Mr. Wickes, vico rcsidont,
at which the principal subect
of discussion related to wages,
ait minor grievances as to shop ndninistration
wore also presented, and
t was agreed that another meeting
hould be hold on the 0th of May, at
idiich all the grievances should be
resented in writing. Tlio second
iinitf.inor w ?i u Ac. 4^ i">
UVlVii i\3 l/U bill* UUIU"
laints on all matters except wages, it
ms arranged that a formal and thoroigh
investigation should bo made by
>lr. Wickos, to bogin the next day,
nd full redress was assured to tho
ommltteo as to all complaints proved
o bo well founded.
"The absolute necessity of the last
eduction in wages, under the existing
ondition of the business of cur luanuacturing,
bad been explained to the
ommltteo, and they were insisting
ipou a restoration cf tho wage scale of
ho first half of 18011, when Mr. Pullnan
entered the room and addressed
ho committee, tolling them why the
eduction had been made.
"On May 10th, tho day after tins
econd conference above mentioned,
vork went on at Pullman as usual and
he only incident of note was the beginning
by Mr. Wiekos, assisted by
dr. Brown, the general manager of
ho company, of tho promised formal
nvestigation at Pullman of tho shop
mm plaints. A largo meeting of omdoyeos
had boon hold tho night before
it Kensington, which, as was undertood
by tho company, accepted the
iccossity of tho situation preventing
m increase of wages, but at a meeting
?f the local committee held during tho
light of May 10th, a strike was deeidtd
upon, and accordingly tho next day
ibout 2,500 of tho employees quit,
caving about (500 at work, of whom
rory few were skilled workmen. As
t was found impracticable to keep
he shops in operation with a force
bus diminished and disorganized, the
loxt day t hose remaining woro necesarily
laid oil" and no work has sinco
icon done in t.lin ulmna ''
Johnson's Ma jik tic Oil euros all pain
Uu it will nover return again. Interin!
and external for man and beast,
lold by Carpenter liros., Greenville,
?. C.
(Constipation and sick boadncho pernanontly
cured, and piles prevented
>y Japanese Liver J'ollets ; especially
lapted for children's use. Sold .<y
Carpenter Orgs., Oreenvillo, S. (C.
Johnson's Oriental Soap is the most
olieate facial soap for ladies' use in
xistenco. Sold by (Carpenter Bros.,
rrccnville, S. C.
AN OI.D.TIMK H.\N(;iN(J.
A Skclcli of !* *! in it t v<% Days hi tlie
I tilled States.
Some recollections of life in the
I'. :<-d States during the period bet.
.11 I.S'JO ?ud 1 ?SIl.~> arc contributed to
H U -r's Maguzino by Charles D.
Uesu t r, who gives (.onto vivid inipn hiu11n
<>f tho amusements ami exeitcincuts
of those primitive but interesting
tine s. Tho Middle Ages seem hardly
more remote from modern life than
some of tho customs and scenes lie
describes, as for instance the following
:
Kxccutions were not then restricted,
as they now are, to the prison yard, in
tho presence of a limited number of
! witnesses, but were celebrated conspicuously
<111 an open Hold, before a
largo and often rollicking and tumultuous
crowd of spectators.
Such a body 1 remember to have
seen gathered on such an amphitheatre
i more than sixty years ago to witness
the hauling of a murderer. The man
was a farm hand, and well known.
When under the inllu?-n< < of strong
drink lie was sullen, truculent and
dangerous : but when sober, h- was so
proverbially quiet ami imdiensivc that
. lie was tho easy-going butt of his associates.
While at work one day in
harvest-time, mowing a meadow near
town, lie drank freely, an 1 lie amc
tipsy : whereupon one of h: comrades
indulged in long-continued and rough
i l * ?.: - - 1?
iiuiw|mii^ ut his ( x | h ii* ti i i i iii ;.ll
aeeossiof pulsion inflamed by rum ho
turned upon his tornnntor ami slew
him on tho spot. Of course ho wan
i immediately arrested, and never shall
1 forgot tlio wuvo of horror that swept
over the little town wlum tho mows of
tho murder was hru'b-d, und the vie'
titn was carried to tlio nomo of his
parents on a barn door. During tho
i trial of tho homicide tlio court-house
was crowded to overflowing with people,
who Hocked in from the country
' for miles around to listen to the growsome
details of the slaying, and to
ga/.o upon tho murderer as he was escorted
to and fro by the constables between
the jail and the court-house.
For several days immediately preeed
ing tho hanging (that was before tho
i day of railroads, i bo recalled)
multitudes from the country for twenty
and more miles around Hocked into
the town to soo the execution, and
' some of them " to turn an honest
penny." On tho fatal Friday tho "Dig
Field" surrounding tho gallows was
fringed with booths and tents for the
sale of cakes, pies, small-boor, and
other refreshments, interspersed at
frequent intervals with fanners' wagons
laden with water melons, muskmelons,
apples, peaches, and other
fruit, the enterprising venders of
which drove a brisk trade under tlio
very shadow of tho fatal tree. It was
estimated that on that tragic summer
day over twenty-live thousand people,
a largo proportion of whom were women
and children, were clustered
around the gallows to witness tho dying
throes of tho wretched man. And,
thoughtless boy though 1 was, I was
shocked by the horrible indilTerencu
to t ho dread event for that poor soul
which was manifested, and by the still
more horrible jesting, profanity ami
drunken conibate that were indulged
I in. It was a saturnalia of brutislincss
and indilYeroneo never to be forgotten.
? ntm A
NOTK OF Wa UMNO. ? Postmaster
lionni-iil Hi?.a.dl Imu _ ?% !? ..
cular letter to postmasters, warning
them not to interfere in political
matters. The gist ul the order is in
tliis paragraph :
" The inlluenco of Federal ollico
holders should not be felt in tho manipulation
of political primary meetings
and nominaling conventions. Tho use
by these otlieials of their position to
compass their solootions as delegates
to political conventions is indecent and
unfair, and proper regard for tho proprieties
and requirements of ofliciul
place will also prevent their assuming
the active conduct of political campaigns."
Mr. liissell was asked if his circular
means that no postmaster shall participate
in a political convention as a
delegate.
44 It does," ho replied emphatically.
44 Will a postmaster who violates
this order be <lisinin?n<l fwim ?i< <
service ?" was asked.
" I can't say that," was the Postmaster
General's reply. 14 1 cannot
sit in judgment upon an net that has
not boon committed. 1 cannot cross
a bridge, till I come to it. But 1 will
say that violations of this order will be
treated the same as violations of other
orders and regulations of tho department,
and when complaint is made or
charges are filed, t' v wT bo acted
upon in tho regwi.u ecuroo of business."
"Then, it isn't a blulT ?"
44 No, sir; it is not a bluff. It is as
sorious and sincere as any order that
has ever emanated from this department."
. -
?The man who hates lights is always
afraid of his own shadow.
- 0 VQ&
ACTIVE EXERCISE
and good food in plenty, tends
to make children healthy. If
children suffer, however, from
Scrofulous, Skin or Scalp, Diseases
?if their blood is impure
and pimples or boils appear,
they should be given the right
medicine. Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery brings
about the best bodily condition.
It purifies the blood and
renders the liver active as well
as building up health and
strength. Puny, pale, weak
children get a lasting benefit
and " a good start" from the
use of the " Discovery." It
puts on wholesome fleshy and
docs not nauseate and offend
the stomach like the various
preparations of Cod liver oil.
It's guaranteed to benefit or
cure you, or your money is
returned.
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Roraedy cures
Catarrh in the Head.
A NARROW ESCAPEI
How it Happened.
Tho following remarkable event In n lady's
life will lutoroftt the reader: "Fora long time I
i hud a terrible pain at my heart, which fluttered
almost incessantly. I had no appetite
and could not sleep. 1 would ho coin polled
to sit up in bed and belch gas from tny stoniach
until I thought every minuto would he
my last. Thero was a feeling of oppression
about my heart, and 1 was afraid to draw a
full hroaitv. 1 couldn't sweep a room wlthi
out sitting down and resting; hut, thank
Hod, hy the help of Now Heart Ouro all that
Is past and I feel like another woman, lto1
fore using the New Heart Cure 1 had taken
ullTorcnt so-called remodles and boon treated ^
11 vi* ivi.1 nilliuuv UIIV UVIlUIlfc VIIUII I wa? ~
both discouraged and disgusted. My husband
1 bought ino a boltlo of Ur. Miles' Row Heart
Cure, mid am happy to say 1 novor regretted
tt, us 1 now have a splendid appotlto and
! sleep well. I weighed pounds when I began
taking the remedy, and now I weigh 130VC,
jus etTocfc in my ease has been truly marvolious.
It far surpasses any other medlclno I
havo over taken or any bonotlt 1 ever roeelved
from physicians."?Mra. Hurry Starr,
I l'ottavlllo, l'a., October 12,1893.
Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure Is sold on a poel?
tlvo guarantee by till druggists, or by the l>r.
Miles .Medical Co., Elkhart, lud., on receipt o?
price, iljier bottle, six bottles<5, express pro,
paid. This great discovery by an eminent
upoctallsf In heart disease, contains nvlthwv
opiates nor dangerous drugs.
, I
Sold by Carpcntor Tiros., Druggist,
ADVICE TO A YOl'NCJ MAX.
Sound and Sensible Winds from u
Noted I'rcaelicr to His Son.
The following letter front Henry >
Ward Uooehor to his son is authentic
and should bo earofully pondered by *rl
every young man:
" BltOOKbYN, N. V., Oct. IS, 1378.
"My Dkak IImkijku'L': " You mo
' now for the lirst time really launched
into life for yourself. You go from
' your father's house, and from sill
, family connections, to make your own
way in the world. It is a good time
to make a new start, to east out faults
' of whoso evil you havo had tin experience,
and to take on habits the
want of which you have found to be so
' ,i,
" 1. You must not go into dobt.
Avoid debt as you would tho dovil.
Make it a fundamental rule : No dobt
1 ?cash ov nothing.
" H. Make few promises. Religiously
obsorvo even the Miuiilcst promise.
A mun who means to keep bis promises
cannot afford to make any.
" d. Ho scrupulously careful in all
statements. Accuracy and pe?*fcct
frankms.s, no guess-work. Hither
nothing or accurate truth.
" I. When working for others, sink
yourself out of sight, seek their interest.
Make yourseif necessary to those
who employ you by industry, lidolity
and scrupulous integrity. Selfishness
is fatal.
Hold yourself responsible for a
higher standard than anybody else expects
of you. Demand more of yourself
than anybody else expects of yon.
Keep your personal standard high.
Never excuse yourself to yourself ;
never pity yourself. He a hard master
to yourself: be lenient to ovorbody
else.
0. Concentrate your force on your
proper business; do not turn oil", lie ?
constant, steadfast, presovoring.
"7. Tho art of making one's fortune
is to spend nothing. In this
country any intelligent and industrious
jifuug nuui may uccomo rich if lie
stops all leaks and is not mi a hurry.
Do not inuko has to ; bo patient.
"8. Do not speculate or gumblo.
You go to a land where everybody is
excited and strives to make money
, suddenly, largely, and without working
for it. They blow soap-bubbles.
Steady, patient industry is both the
surest and safest way. Greediness
i and haste are two devils that destroy
thousands every year.
" U. In rogard to Mr. LI , ho is a
Southern gentleman; he is receiving
you as a favor to me; do not let him
regret it.
It). 1 beseech you to correct one
fault?severe speech of others : never
speait evil of any man, no matter what
, tl.e facts may be. Hasty, fault-Huding
and severe speech of absent pcoplo
is not honorable, is apt to ho unju t
and cruel, makes enemies to yourself,
and is wicked.
1 '*11. You must remember that you
go to Mr. 1> ? not to learn to manage
a farm like his. One or two hundred
acres, not forty thousand, is to he your
future homestead; but you can learn
tho care of cattle, sheep, the culture
of wheat, climate, country, manners,
and customs, and a hundred things
that will bo needful.
"12. If by integrity, Industry, and
wen-earned success you deserve well
of you follow-citizens, they may in
years to come usk you to accept honors.
Do not seek thein, do not receive thou
while you are young?wait: but when
you are established you may make
your father's name know with honor
in halls of legislation.
" Lastly, do not forget your father's
and your mother's God. Becauao you
will bo largely deprived of church
privileges, you need all the nerve to
keep your heart before God. Hut do ^
not despise small churches and humble
preachers. "'Mind not high things,
outcondocond to men of low estate.'
" Kcud often the Proverbs, the precepts
and duties enjoined in the Now
Testament. May your father's God go
with you and protect you."
I'rof. W. N. Marchant states that
ho is not a candidate for Superintendent
of Education, and that he hi s
never authorized the uso of his name
as a candidate.
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