The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, February 25, 1885, Image 1
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, VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1885. NO. 22.
WILMINGTON, CO LU Mill A AND Al*II
l-ST A UAILKOAI).
^ Oiling Sou h No 48 No 40
r Leave Wilmington 0 30pm 11 tOjim
Arrive at Klorctice 1 50 n'm 2 20 n m
Arrive at Columbia 0 40 n m
(ioinjr North No 4H No 47
Leave Columbia 10 00 p m
I?cav? Florence. 4 50 p in 1 52 a m
Arrive at Wilmington. . .7 40 i> m 0 10 a m
Train No. 4U Mops at all stations, n?s. 48
and 47 stop onlv at lirinktxv\s, Wliiteville,
Flcminj;toii, Fair IMutl", Marion, Florence,
Timinon?ville, Sumter, enmden Junction ard
Kaatovi-r. Passenger* for Columbia and nil
point* on C * (i it r, c, C Af a r K, Aiken Junction
and all points beyond, should take no. 48,
night express. Separate Pullman sleepers
for Charleston and August a on trains 48 and
47. All trails run anlid between Charleston
and Wilmington.
CJPARTANIU IU; AN1)
O . ASIIKVILLE UAILKOAI)
On and after May 12, 1S84, passenger
.rnin.i will be run daily. except Sunday, between
Spartanburg nnd Henderson villc ns
follow*:
IT!' TRAIN.
Leave It. i'l)- Depot at Spartanburg 0 00 p hi
i.envu Spartanburg, A. L. depot.... fi 10 ji in
Leave Saluda S AO p in
. Leave Flat Koek 'J 15 p ni
^ Arrive Heiid^riumvilie 0-TO j. .*i
I)()\TX MU.UX.
I.eavc Hcnder?o?villc 8 00 a in
Leave Flat Hock 8 15 am
Leave Saluda. 9 00 a in
Leavr .<ir Line Junction 11 25 u m
Arrive It. A 1> Depot Spartanburg 11 30 am
Trains on IhU road run by Air-I.iue time,
"doth trains make eoitneclio-is for Columbia
nnd Charleston via Spartanburg, Union and
Columbia; Atlanta anil Charlotte by Air I.inc.
J AMES A N'DKItSO.V, Superintendent.
fjOXDUXStil) TIME CARD
Magnolia Passenger Route.
In efTcct September 14, 1SS4.
<;oin<; Rovrii.
Arrive Port Uoval (5 05 pm
*' Chulestnn 6 id |im
" Savannah 0 42 inn
" Jacksnnvillo 0 01) am
<101 NO KOIlTtl.
Leave JackuniiTiUc 6 SO pm
' Savannah <5 5s am
" Charleston fi 10 mil
Lenve I'url Itn_val 7 25 am
" Beaufort 7 .17 am
( " Auguata 1 40 pin
Lsnvc Atlanta fS 50 pni
Arrive Augusta 0 10 am
Leave Augusta 4 00 pni f> 40 am
Arrive Ctrccuwimd V) 00 |>iti 11 30 am
Tickets on sale at (ircciin'oixl to all points
ut tluough rates?baggage checked to ilcstini'tion.
W F. SllKl.l.M W, Trnftie Manager.
J. X. Mass, Superiutemlt'til.
8()i:Til CAUOLIXA
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Commencing Sundav, Sept. 7tli, 1NS4, at
2 a in, I'liiMenjrer Train* will run us follows
witil further notice, "Kit* tern time:"
('<>! tun hi,i J)i c ? Daily. ,
Lentre ColitmW* 7 4S h ni 5 27im^?
llue at Charleston
Charleston ..
line oohimbia_^^^^^^J^Bi^Wi^BJ|
^ - oOarwif* cxcept Sundays. j|
Leave Columbia 7 -Irt a tit 5 27 |> in
Duo Camden 12.05 |> nt K 25 j> ill
Leave Cumden 7 15 a lit 4 <IU ji in
Due Coluniliiu II 00 t> in U 22 |i til 1
.1 oijimlu hirimjim?Duilr.
Lenvu Col n in Win 5 27 (> in J
Due Anjrustii 7 41 a hi
Leave Augusta 3 50 ji in
Due Columbia V 22 |> m <
< '<Hi In ,-i it'll * i
Maile at Columbia with Columbia ami Creeit- !
ville railroad bv train arrivinir at II 00 a. in. '
ami departing: at 5 27 |i. in.: n( Columbia ]
Junction with (Charlotte. Columbia and An^riiHtit
railroad by Maine train to ami from all
points on both road.*. ?
At Charleston with steamers for New York hi
on Saturday; and on Tuesday ami Saturday ,j
Willi steamer lor .lacksouville and points mi
St. John's river; also, with Charleston and
Savannah Railroad to *nd from Savannah _
und all |iniut.i in Florida. ,
At An^nata with Georgia ami Central rail
rnaos to and from all points West and South: ^
nt Hlockvillc tn and from all |iointson liamwtdl
railroad. Through tickets can b* purchased
to all points South and West bv applying:
t? ?
I). MfQi'KKN, Asrifiit. Columbia, S. C. *
John II. I'kck, General Manager.
1). C. Ai.I.k.v. Gcii. I'ass. and Ticket Atf't
/^lOLlJMltlA A ND
Vy GUKRXVIM.E KAILKOAIh
On and after October 5, 18S1, I'assknckk
Til a ins will run as hvronilh indicated upon
this r*ad and its braucht>i>. . *
esctpt Stuultnu. ~
Xo. 5:?. Ul'I'AXSKXGKlf
Leave ''nlutuhia S. C. Jnnc'ii 10 45 p in
vwimnuia V/. k it. 1? 'II IQ p ill 1
Arrive Alstou 12 10 p in JL
" Newberry 1 13 p ui
Ninety-Six 2 17 j> in
Greenwood 3 O'J p in
X 33 p in
Helton 4 40 1)111
t Greenville K 05 j?m ,,
No. 52. DOWN I'ASSKNGKK. "
Leave Greenville at . 9 50 n m
, Arrive Hulton 11 13 a in
Huil ires 12 23 pm 1
Greenwood 12 48pm -*
Niuotv-Six 1 32 p in
Nowborry 3 02 |> in
Alston 4 10pm
'* Colhiiibin C. A (1. 1> 5 15 pin ^
Arrive Columbin S(5. Junc'n 5 30 p in i
HTAHT AXRI'HIi, CMOS * COLIMBI A RAII. KOAI).
NO. 515. i:p PA8SKNWKK.
Leave Alritou 12 53 pm I
44 li nion 3 55 pm |
" Spiti'taubiii'pr, S.U.AC.depot .5 50 p m
SO. 52. IMUVN 1'AHBKNUBlt.
!,< re Spart'jf It. & 1). Bepot .... 10 35 a in _
" Spart'jr S. U. St C. l>npot ..10 50 am ?
" Union "
Arrive at Alston. 3-10 j) m
I.AITKKNK ItAII.KGAD. _
Leave Newberry 3 30 pin -r
Arrive at Laurens C. II 6 50 p in J
Leave Laurens C. II 7 40 * in
Arrive at Newberry 11 10 p m
ABIIKVIM.K BltANCII.
Leave Hodges 3 45 p in _
Arrive at Abbovillu 4 45 p m | ?
Leave Abbeville 1100am, ]
Arrive at Hodges 12 00 p m j
BIA'K RIDQX KAII.RO An AND A N!>KB*OK it It A NCIf .
L?uv? llidton 4 45 pin |
Arrive Anderson 6 18pm!
" i'eniMuton 5 irt p m
" Seneca e C 40 p in
Arrive at Walhalla 7 03 p m
Leave Walhalla 8 50 a in ~
Arrive Sencca U, 15 a in
" I'omllotoN 9 52 a in ^
" Anderson 10:5.1a in
Arrive at Helton 11 OH a in
COXXKCTJOSS.
A. With Snutli Caroling railroad In ami from
Charleston; with Wilmington, Columbia ami .
Augusta railroad from Wilmington and all
ltoints north thereof; with Charlotte, Colum- 11
oia and Augusta railroad from Charlotte and
all point! north thereof. B. With Aahevillo 1
and Spartanbnrir railroad from and fornointa J
in Weatern N*. Carolina. C. With Atlanta ami. .
Charlotte div Hichmend and Danville railway
for Atlanta and all points aouth and west.
Standard Ea*t?rn Time.
O. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent.
M. Hlacohtkb, Uen'l Paaatnger Agt.
i>. Cakbwcll, Asa't Oen'l Pass. Agt. r
Richmond and daxvii.t.e
ka1i.uoad.
/'./**<(/</? / /Ujiartmnit.?On and after Aug.
3d, 1884. passenger train service on tlie A
mihI O. Division ivill he as follows:
A'orth tenlul. No. 61* No. 53t
l<i?nvc Atlanta 4 40 |i m K 40 n in
arrive (iainesville (>57 p in 10 35 a in
l.nla a 7 25 p in II 01 a in
Halimi (Sap jitnu //. 8 12 p ni 11 30 a in
Toccoa r 8 51 p in 12 01 p m
Seneca City </ 9 59 p m 1 00 p in
Central 10 32 j> in I 52 p m
Liberty 10 53 p in 2 13 p m
Eaaley 11 10 p m 2 27 p in
Greenville t 11 -12 p in 2 -17 p in
Spartanburg/1 1 01 a in 3 50 i> in
Custnniu <j 3 20 n ni ft 54 p m
chariot to h 4 10 a in f> 40 p in
Southward. No. 50* No. 52t
Lea\c charlotte 1 45 a in 1 00 p in
arrivcCnstoiiia 2 30 a in 1 45 p m
Spartanburg 4 28 a in 3 45 p in
(il'ceiivillo 5 43 a in 4 55 p in
Katdev 6 17 a in 5 2G p in
Liberty 0 31 a in 5 42 p ni
central 6 55 a in 6 CO p in
Seneca city 7 33 a in 7 30 p ni
Toccoa 8 40 a in 7 35 p in
lCahim (Jap jnnc... 9 34 a in 8 30 pm
Lula. .. 10 O'J a in 8 50 p ni
Gainesville 10 30 a m 9 25 p m
Atlanta 1 00 p in 11 30 n m
"Express. -J Mail.
Freight trains on tliis road all carry passengers;
passenger trains rnn throuuli to Danville
and connect with Virginia Midland railwav
to all eastern cities, and at -ttlnnla with
-II i: i: : v. tn i__ i>: i .
nn imh-.i mi v l i kiii;;. .in. o\j n-nvvtj ivtciinimiii
nt 1 p in anil Nd. 51 arrives there at '1 p m; 52
leaves Richmond at 2 28 a in, 51$ arrives there
nl 7 !) h in
Buffet Klce/fiiiif ('firs irilhoul
r.fnttujc: On trains Xos. :"?() and 51, Xi-w
York and Atlanta, via Washii.^ton and
Danville, Greensboro and Asheville; on
trains Xos. 52 and 5-i, Richmond and
Danville, Washington, Augusta and N'ew
Orleans. Through tickets on sale ut
Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Sjiartanhnrg
and Gainesville to all points south,
southwest, north and east. A connects
with X. K. railroad to and from Athens;
It with X. K. to and from Tallulah Falls;
r with HI. Air Line to and fiom Ml burton
and Bowersville; d with Mine Ridge to
and from Walhalla; r. with C. and (!. to
ami from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston
and Columbia: f with A. & S. and S..
I*. tX: C. to and from Hendersonville,
Alston, itc.; // with Chester and Lenoir
to and from Chester, York til le and Dallas;
h with N. C. division and C? C. &
A. to and from Greensboro, Raleigh, &c
KMMrsn liliKKI.KY, Slipt.
M. Sfm/t/fi/rr. (J I'll. Puss. Apt.
A. Ii. llivcs. 2<1 V. 1'. and lien. Man.
A TLA NT 10 COAST LINK,
r A SRK X(; K II 1) KPA It M M K NT,
WHmiiujioiK X. /?//// 10th, ISSJj.
S'KW UN 10 lirtwiM'ii I'lmrleston ?nd
('olutuMa ami l-ppcr South Carolina.
0??Sl)KKSEI> SCilKHn.F..
ii?is? uoiNn
K APT.
. .Clmi-lcstou. ... Ar. 0 15 ;im
. I.AIICA
C 55
1 00 pill Ar Columbia. 30 "
2 31 " " .... Winnslinio ... ' U -IS " "
S 4.0 44 " ....Cheater " i 44 44 r
5 " " .... Yorkville " 1 no 44 x
U 2.i " " I,Niu-.iAlur " 0 CO 44
5 (irt 44 Kuck Hill 41 2 00 4- 1
S lo 44 44 ....Cliurlottv 44 I 00 4' \
1 13 pin Ar.... Newborn* I.v :t 02 pin h
1 O'J 41 14 .... (Srt'ciiu-oml " 12 4X '
> ?? ... . 1,aureus " 7 10 am fi
IS " " ....Anderson ' 10 HIl " u
i U.i " " ....(tri'diTilli!. " ! ilO '
' OX *' " .... WitllialU " S 50 " *
I 45 " " ... . Abbeville " 11 00 ' ii
> 50 " " .... SiinrlAiiljurjr. ... " 1050 "
} :t0 J" " Hrti<leri<oii\illv . " S 00 " *
olid Train* ln>lwcrii Charleston and Cohiiuin,
S. ('.
K.IUVIXK. T. M. KMKKSOX. t
<Ii*n*l Sii|?*t. (Jnn'l l\i?s. Ajrrnt.
1KXTUAL 110TKL, 1
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Mus. M. \V. TnoM.\s, I'ropiiotross.
Itroail Klrvul, An-fiiKtu, (?a. 1
) I j. MA HUT, t
Atorney ami CnuiiKullor at Law. r
AnKVII.I.K v. n., K. c.
Officc formerly occupiorl.hr Ju?l^i? '
'lioiuson. If I
I.. W. PKItKlN. T. P. COTHItAN.
I
3RRKIN & COT1IK.VX, ,
i
Attorneys at Law,
A libeville S. C. |
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M. bKNKT, JAS. II. KICK. It. M'. SMITH, j
Abbovillo. Ninety-Six, Abbeville, .
^EXET, HICK k SMITH, 1
Attorneys at Law. ^
t
Will practice in all the Court* of the ,
tate, ami give prompt attention to all
;p?i uusiucss ciumsicd to tlioin.
gxcuaxgb hotel, * ,
i
0 ItltKX Vi i.i.i", r. c. ]
HE ONLY TWO-CLASH HOTEL IN 1
THE WOULD. <
w. it. white, piiopkietok. '
^ C. Wl J.I.I A MS, |
Siiwikon Dkktiht, j
drrcnwood, S.C., i
I?UOENE H.OARY, '
hi
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..?viuvat ami l.lillllM'ilUr HI IjHW, !
Abbeville, S. C. \
Subscribo for (ho Mkskkxokil .
JAMBS S. I'KURIN, |
Attorney and Counacllor at Law, I
AnnKvii.i.K, C. II., S. C.
Jnn. 28, 18S5-tf
tOBT. R. HEMPHILI*. \VM. 1'. CAU.OIJN. 1
JKMlMIll.L ?fc CALHOUN, ,
Attorneys at Law,
A nnf.vii.i,k, S. C.
Will practice in *11 tho Courts of tho
Uate. 11
VALENTINE'S DAY.
All I* TALKS OF THE WAYS OF Till
WOULD.
The Change in (ho Weather in Whir]
OI?I St. Valentine Lived mid in Whirl
we Kespirc?Inviting the Poor t<
Town to Freeze them?Life In th
Conntry--Othor Items.
The good St. Valentine lived in i
wanner latitude than this?soniotiine
we have a breath of spring by the 14tl
of February, but not often. The bird
are not muting now?in fact, they hav
not yet come out of winter quarters ii
this region. The peach buds nro no
swelling. The willows on the branche
show no signs. We have planted notli
ing in the garden, but we live in hopi
and faith that spring will come and i
near at haml. The young lambs havi
came find nro shaking their little tails
and some of the liens have gone to set
ting and that s a sign. It has been i
hard, long winter, ami so we will enjm
the spring all the more. Wecan'tplov
for the ground is either frozen or it i
too wet. The hoys can't hunt, for tin
guns freeze to their hands, but they rui
rabbits, and we have a rabbit stew nios
every day all mixed up with Irish pota
toes, and it is a savory dish. It i:
mighty hard to keep up an inviting bil
of fare now, for we are afar from oyster;
nn?l fish and beefsteak. It is too latt
for backbone ami sparerih ami too sooi
for turnip greens, ami so the rabbits nn<
the birds help out ami vary the inonoto
?3*. Hut we have big lye hominy mos
all the time, ami that is haril to beat
and we have eggs?lots of eggs?am
cook them in bits of ways, and they an
good any way yon cook them. I don"
know what the country folks would dc
without chickens and egg-<. A good fa
old hen makes tin- best soup in th<
world, and will ntmost euro the tooth
ache at my houso. Then wo have niei
fresh buttermilk every day and com
meal hoecakes split open and 1 utter ti
go with it. And once or twiee in a whib
lain allowed to have a mess of cod fish
with eggs atul orentn, and the dish is se
close to me at one end of the long table
and Mrs. Arp sits afar oil'at the othei
end and looks amazed to see the children
help ine dispose of it. "The idea,'
Kaysnhe, "that my children eat cod lish !'
Arn^ so, when she and they eav tripe, J
^ jt on ain^aml say, "The idea of tn \
rhildreif^R^^^- arjoc !" Cow peas art
i good country dish and the
hing I know of. Children love theiu and
vill keep fat and healthy, ami then there
ire the roasted potatoes that they never
jot tired of. Any tiling roasted in the
ishes or boiled on the coals is heller
han to he cooked on a stove. We have
treat big fireplaces, four feet wide, and
he little chaps have got eggs or potaoes
in the ashes most every day, and it
:ceps them dirty and contented, for
hey nru always hungry, and that is a
food sign. Children who have no appcite
are in a bad way. Tlioy are pun}-.
5o it is with stock. The hest hors ?s are
he heartiest eaters. Hungry folksdon't
iced ai?3* tomes to whet the appetite. I
ove to see a working man eat, for he
njoys it, and he ?njoys his sleep, and
;ets up in the morning refreshed, and is
eudy for another da}'. I have great roped
and admiration for the workingnen
of this land. They arc the hackion
e of the government And will be its
est protection when trouble comes,
dr. Handall wrote well about them in
he Augusta paper, when he said that if
hose millionaires, who arc making their
mmense fortunes out of sweat and toil
lident change their method, they would
mve to pay one-half of the common
>eoplo to keep the other half from tfcknjx
their ill notion cains awav. Wealth
s not always secure. There are mil
ions of restless people who would diritle
out if they could, and they are getin^
holder every day. Hut the comuon
farinersand laborers of the country
ire not of their class. They are for law
ind order and good government. A man
vho works hard every day is not to ho
i disturber of the public trnnquilitj'.
lie hasent got time or inclination.
Idleness is the parent of vice, and when
:hese idle men bee for employment, the
ich men had butter give it to them?
^ive it to them at any sacrifice. If a
nan wants to work for bread for his fainly
the work ought to be provided, even
f it is working on the road. Iirend is
lue every man if he will work for it.
When the mills are stopped and a thousand
families are cut otf from bread they
ire a terrible element to deal with.
1'hero are some thing* that know no law,
?nd hunger is one of them. The eon
emriuion 01 weattn in the unmix ol n
few is tho great danger that threatens
cjoverninent everywhere. No innn hnx
it right lo a hundred millions when his
laborers are stnrving. It shocks liumanity.
It shocks judgment and reason
Kiul piety. The people will respect and
tolerate a fortune of a million, for thnt
num is surely enough to put tho family
nbove all danger of want; but for ten
millions or a hundred there is no sympathy.
There is a deep seated conviction
everywhere that most of it is ill
gotten, and ev?n if honestly gotten it
I might tobesurrendered ami distributed,
j Hood men fool inure than they say, for
K ; they do not want to I?o classed with eoml
inunist. (food men everywhere lament
j these colossal fortunes, and some day a
j spark will ho kindled that even good
| men will not try to put out. There is
but one safety for such fortunes, and
that is to give tliem away. Do like
Seney, or I'eabodv, or I'eter Cooper.
It is cold now, and the poor of our
s eiti- s want fuel. There are a thousand
11 in Atlanta who have not got it. Your
s people called them there. Youarecalll>
ing all the time, "dome, nil ye ends of
11 ihe earlh*J come to Atlanta."' So they
* roine. and many of them are struggling
s for bread and clothing. Your rich men
roll in wealth, and if a man who is worth
e a hundred thousand gives ten dollars to
s keep your poor from starving or freor.eL*
ing he is published in your paper as a
!> benefactor, a philanlhopist, and so he
consoles himself and receives his benea
dictions. If it were not for your benevolent
women your poor would perish.
'' As a general thing the rich men have no
s more conception of true charity than a
L> Coinancliee Indian. They wouldent
1 give a cent, but for public opinion. The
1 poor arc the charitable. They give a I
hundred fold more than the rich in pros
portion to their meanr The world
1 don't know how much the poor do for
s one another; now they nurse their sick
nun nury uieir (icati, and help in every
1 way they can. Two beggars caine to my
' house yesterday. They wore honestly
poor and had been burnt out, and asked
1 for a little help. I gave them hnlf a
> dollar, and found out afterwards that a
' poor neighbor of mine entertained them
L> over night with food and lodging, ami
1 gnve tliem a dollar besides, and I felt
' ashamed of myself. I am a good deal
* better olT, and, therefore, I am meaner,
! 1 reckon.
And now comes wet shoes and wet
stockens, an.l it is all from the brnuti"
ful snow. The boys have juit come in
' with a rabbit, ami it has cost me half a
1 r.... ?.- ? * ?
Mwiutif a (Ul IIIU nave lO DC1
' dried ami will draw up and crack, and
1 they want dry stockeus. and to-morrow
tliev will jr<> again or they will be sliding
down the hill, ami the girls want
me t<> put runners on the buggy. or rig
up a box ; for, they say, the beautiful
snow does not come often, and they
' want to emoy it. And so I will have lo
order
- mo aroundanWQ^I^Mifeother to back
am kept hh humble and subuiissiv^H^TM
ifetub. I hare been imposed
on ever since i~ c^mic into the
family. They takn mighty g?/?^d car? of
me. ( specially when 1 am sick, but^ley j
make me pay back and keep uidbusy
wnen i am wen. I Heir school begins
Monday ami then I will lie in for another
siege of geography and arithmetic, and so
forth every night, and will have to go fcr
them and tiring them hack in rainy weather.
Hut such is life, and the business of
one generation is to raise another, and it is
the host business mid the happiest 1 know
of. Blessed are they who enjoy it.
Hii.i. Am1.
lilVIXO KXPEXSKS OKTTIXCJ BEYOXI)
Alili rt'llSES AT
WASHINGTON.
Social Denmiuls on the Government's
Officials?Hayes the Inauguration
of Mammon's A tin Iteration?Snobbishness
of One of the Vulgar
Queens.
Washington, 1"). ?Xo thoughtful
observer of the tendencies of social
life in Washington can fail to deplore
the inconvenient relations that now
exist between the salaries of heads of
departments and the yearly increasing
cost of maintaining a respectable household
in this city. One can appreciate
this who inquires about the sum to be
paid as rent for even a modest house in
Washington, to say nothing of a house
lar^ft enough for such receptions and
dinners as certain people expect the
head of a department to give. Nearly
every one is beginning to see that either
official salaiics must be quickly and
greatly increased, or that the exactions
in a social way made upon officials must
be diminished. Washington is a very
different place from what it was before
the war. The enormous expenditures
made by the Federal Government in
the erection of public buildings," in the
improvements of streets, and by the
erection of many new houses by private
enterprise, have tended to make Wash
j ington a ver}' popular winter residence.
An important eloment in the popularity
which brings visitor* to Washington
from every part of the country is the
case of access to receptions ami other
social entertainments given hy oflicial
persons. Kven the rental of a house
sufficient fur such entertainment in a
very ?|?iiet way will not he less than
some $:i,()00 per j''>ar, and may. go as
high ns twi?*c that sum. It only needs
to exhibit this condition of things to
. demonstrate the need of some sort of a
remedy or reform.
Twenty or thirty years ago very few
members of Congress or Senators owned
the houses in which they lived. That
condition of simplicity is now reversed
. ho far ns Senators are concorned. Wash
ington is rapidly imitating the socia
customs and pecuniary extravagance o
expenditure which chnra?t.?ri/.?; the ric!
people in London and New York. Al
of this may he well enough, and not I
he deplored, if confined to private in
dividual*; hut it becomes a public cn
lamity when oflicinls in Wnshingto
feel hound to imitate such social dis
play.
monky A I'ACTOIt in wasminuton soenm
It is only recently that money has he
come such an important factor in Wash
ington society. For a long time moue;
alone was not enough to give one stand
ing in Washington. Probably there i
no place yet in tins country where mei
of brains, education and talent occup,
so gocd a position without the supper
of money, as here. With the olde
class of public men money counts fo
very litth*. Hut it is easy to see its in
fluence is growing year by year and i
threatens within a very short time to ah
solutcly dominate all other influence
in Washington life. This will entirely
change the character of Washington so
ciety. Where it has been simple an*
natural in the past, it promises to b
snobbish and artificial in the future
Rich people begun to he attracted her
ahout the time of the discovery tha
they could come here and live pracli
cally free from taxation. It has bccoun
through this migration of rich pcopli
a fashionable winter resort. The com
ing here of unofficial rich people wouh
not have had much efl'ect upon genera
nr....Li ? - -- *
it itKiiiugion society n tncir coming ha<
not stimulated other rich people to react
for the official places at the capital. Tin
creation of monoy-bag standard for ad
mission to the Senate, has crcatwd hen
a wealthy class of high officials whore
gard money and its possession as tin
toucthstonc of merit. The growth of tlii:
element has been father encouraged b}
inlluences around the White House
Grant was a worshiper of money. Il<
entertained ami gave preference to ricl
people. This was particular^* true whei
bo went out of the White Mouse to pa]
visits.
IIAVKH* WOltSIUi' OK RICH I'EOl'l.E.
Hayes' adulation of people witl
money, was only equaled by his carefu
saving of his own pennies. His worshi]
of rw-li ni>nnli> >>< -
! g-*w I. ..O .!?. ?V.I mvriu Llfill IJ
shown than at the last diplomatic reeep
tion giv mi by him at the White House
The d'-ploinatic people were his guests o
honor. All of the other guests preset)
were invited to meet them. Sir Ed wan
Thornton was the dean of the Diplomatic
Corps at that time. He was giver
prc^denco over all of his associates
These gentifcuieii mw tho crea-test possible
sticklers for etiquette. Any 111*11
with the slightest knowledge of the
world or the commonest notions of politeness
would have been very particular
to have observed every requirement
to contribute to their pleasure. When
the hour for going to th? rcfreshuicutroom
was resched there was only one
thing for the President to do, and that
was to give his arm to the wife of the
principal guest of the evening. Sir
Kdward Thornton had already given his
arm to Sirs. Hayes. Mrs. Astor happened
to be present in charge of policemen
who were guarding her extraordinary
display of diamonds. The
glittering vision of this concentrated
wealth coming under the notice of the
President, he immediately dashed for.
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nmuiim in me most unciuous manner
asked the privilege of escorting the diamonds
and black pearls to the diningroom.
Lady Thornton was left without
an escort. She resented this as an
insult, walked up-stairs to the dressingroom,
ordered her carriage, and with her
two daughters went directly home.
Arthur is just such another worshiper
of mono}'. Ho associates only with
rich people, and while he goes out in
societv more than any other President
who has ever held the office he nevfcr
yet darkened the door of any of the
houses of any public men whose poverty
compels them to live in a moderate
fashion, lie goes out more than is compatible
with the dignity of the office. He
is seen with greatregularity at the houses
of people who have nothing but money to
rcccotnmcnd them to the notice of any
one. From the time that he first camc
into the White House, Oen. Logan was
very friendly. He did all that ho could
...viw.i.i Ti.. ri < /
iu u|iiiuiu Mini. j in: wuiiurni was iroqucntly
at tlm White House and his
opinion was freely sought by Arthur.
Yot, with all his gadding* about as n
socicty man, President Arthur nevei
called upon Gen. Logan, probably because
the latter lired in a boarding-house
in much more humble quarters than art1
occupied by some of the chiefs of the
government bureaus. The President has
run after rich people. Take the case ol
Senator Miller, of California. Senator
Miller is a man of no Public record. Tic
secured his seat in the Senate with the
proceeds of a share of the profHs of the
Alaska Seal Fur fioinnnnv. Ynt. ?h/i
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President lias run after the Millers as he
has after other rich pooplo of a kindred
ch n meter.
WASHINGTON SNOBBISHNESS.
I noticed nn instance of Washingtor
il snobbishness last night in one of tli
if leading groceries of the capital vrhic
I) will illustrate the character of one ela:
!1 of our high-toned court society. I wi
o waiting to buy Homo little things, ami
i- very pretty anil modest lady was slandin
i- nt the counter watching the clerk do n
n some packages for her. Another lad;
the wife of an old Wnshinglonian, w:
also waiting, as 1 was, when Mn?. (Sen.?
a leader of the capital, and one of tl
newest of the Houccau ricfie. came s r 1
* tin^ in, dressed in velvet and sea I ski
- She was a tail, angnlnr woman, with
.. nose which seemed to turn up at even
thing. She had an eyeglass attached t
a long handle in her ri^ht hand, and th
s she presented in front of her right e\
n and began looking superciliously aroun
.. the store. All oi the clerks were as bi
sy as they could be. Itut in the 1110
arrogant air she turned to the one abo^
r spoken of and said:
r "Do 3*011 not see, sir, that I am wai
. ing V
t The clerk dropped the bundles he hn
ami rushed over to her. She then point*
with a majestic air to a lot of tomato*
s marked 12 cent* a can. She said :
y "1 will take one of those cans of t<
niatoes ; you may carry it out to m
carriage;" and with that she swept oi
of the store in the same regal way i
i-' which she had entered. As she did s
i. I noticed a smile of content on the coin
tenancn of the old Wnshinglonian, wli
t has the blood of some of the most note
families in the country in her vein
.>..i. ijoicuv oiiiiru 11 ii111 nor turn cam
i? to bo rved, ami taking her purchase
p which mounted to many times that <
the snob who had pushed into bur plac
in her arms, she said : "I thank you, but
1 will carry these out myself." She too
1 the bundles in her arms, ami going t
j the door stepped into a liner earrit"
than that of the female, and was drive
quietly away. It is no wondei that soni
L* of the old Washington ladies object t
- the rude ways of those who part con
B pose our great circles.
You meet many persons in Washing
ton society whom you would not thin
L' of inviting to your dinner-table at you
< homes. Official position to a large e>
f tent determines a social standing, an
many a family which moves in th
second or lliinl mill- it! Ilw? -
L> their own States arc elevated to th
> first rank here. Some of them hav
i been socially ostracise*! for their scan
v dalous actions in their native towns, bi
Washington never bothers itself abou
th* skeletons in it* inhabitants' closcti
and Lucifer himself will be welconi
j here if he ivill dress well, keep hi
j hoots dressed in patent leathers and hi
tail out of sight. It is curious how pec
pie go up and down in Washington sc
>' ciety. Senators and the sort of Con
- gressmen who can come here tor lif
if they want to, are tlic only ones \vh
j. have any prominence. The party i
noweraiul its IVir?iwl< vnimUfn ?l.n
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dard, and a change of party means al
I most entire change of society. Tw
. years ago Mrs. Koifcr was the great lad
j of the c:ipitnl. Now you can liardl
hear her name. Last year Mrs. Speake
' Carlisle took her place ami Washingto
snobbishnejaJ?jwe?l to her as did th
-"ourtie'rs tff, Next ye*
there will be^i
House.
Naniiiiic Storms.
A circular issued by the signal sorvict
regrets that some cm.illusion ha* arisen ir
regard to the nomenclature of storms
the result being that cyclones are called
tornadoes, and tornadoes called cyclones
Mr. H.izen, the aMo "I'rohnb'.ilic* ' of the
county-, who is presumably the authoi
of this circular, says that he wants tlu
words cyclone and tornado broughl
back to titer original technical meanings
so that their use shall conform in some
measure to right and justice, and to terminoloirv
of tlH'tri>lii?ists tli?> Wurlit rtvor
ami ho informs us that thy signal sor
vice never applies the word cyclono t<
southern and western tornadoes.
Mr. llazen describes cyclone and tor
nadoes. and shows wherein they differ
but it seems to us that ho is disposed t<
ben little too nico in unimportant details
It seems to us, too, that lie is inclined t<
regard our southern cyclones as some
what insignificant; but has Mr. ilazei
ever been caught out in one of thesi
cheerful gales? Has he ever stepped ou
to his front porch, with only one sus
ponder fastened and found himself faci
to face with one of these inviguiflcun
tornadoes?
If he has ever had thin experience
then his opinion' ia entitled to som
weight. If he has ever been caught u]
and blown end over end for a mile an<
three-quarters at the rate of four miles
' minute, then he is nt liberty to cal
names and to rehash the teminology o
things.
1 Rut Mr. llazen is asking too much o
the solid south. Does he expect a mai
who lias been blown into the top of
1 pine tree and wedged there to take ou
his memorandum book and ask a storr
' its maiden name? Docs he exuuet fami
lies who have boon torn up by the root
to inquire whether they have been rw
r over by a cyclone or a tornado? Mi
Hazen should tako the advice whicl
Hennery Sqnirterson, of Louisville
!t Ky., has been administering to everybod,
for twenty years?lie should ''(.Jo tt
go to!"
|
?Mr. James A Howie, recently of A1
lanta, has moved to our town and h
' occupies the first cottage of J. A. Fostc
1 on Liberty tttreet. He proposes to g
i into buaincss here, llis wifG is a daugh
[ tor of the late Judge Thomson, of Abb<
villo, of which county Mr. Bowio is
native. He i'ft a oousin of the Tlowi?
that lived here before the war. &pa)
i tanberg nevoid.
le THE CAVE OF TIIE FAMOUS MUK,,
HELL OAXJ FOUNI).
;s The Hony ItemuiiiM of* a Negro Mail,
is a Whim Woman and two UlooilIioiihcIm
Fastened to tlie Cavern
? AValls.
IIuxTixmmx, Tkxx., Fobrunry 13.?
I* On the lltli instant, we left Huntingdon
y, for the Southwestern portion of thin
is County for a few day* bird and squirrel
_ hunt, having for our companion A. M.
Lee, the nckno w I edged prince of postmasters
; and let us say when Huntingdon
loses him she will lose a posttnaster
that lias pleased every one without
n a dissenting voice, llis duplicate cannot
be found. Being securely seated
behind a two-forty (hour*) thoroughKs
bred, we were s? 0:1 on our hunting
1 ? ground, it being in the immediate vicinity
where we were both born and raised,
as a matter of course we were well acquinted
with the woods. While follow0
ing a rocky branch, known as the Gin
Branch, we came to where it skirted tho
margin of a high hill, our setter, Charlie
made a dash at a rabbit and both
L': rabbit and Charle disappeared in the
f il!. Phe entrance was what we stippos"s
ed to be a crevice in the rocks, as the
margin of the hill was covercd with
3~ large sand rocks ; in a moment the bats
- came pouring out by the hundreds ; the
weather chilli- tlnw fi.11 tr. ?.?
.. . o J
ground in a stupor as soon as the air
struck tliem?their slumbers hail been
disturbed by t lie dog. Wc were enjoyl(?
inn the lun when, to our astonishment,
several large horn-owls came flopping.
s" out?one gave a dismal hoot as though
he had not seen daylight in years, or
s' wished to frighen us away. Becoming
5 uneasy for fear our dog could not rel>'
turn, Mr. Lee went to the entrance of
the cave, taking a poliJ and probing some
six feet, he found it made an abrupt
? angle to the right, the opening was
>- uareiy smiicient lor a common-sized
" man to enter; he groped his way until
10 it became so (lark that he rctuned ami
0 revealed the terrible news that it opened
out into what he beleived to be a large
hall, and that he could hear Charlie run*
ning and whining, as though he was lost
and could not lind his way out. We
'r sent to a neighboring house and procured
" a lantern, determined to rescue Charlio
at all hazards With lantern in hand
L" we both entered, compelled to crawl on
hands and knees for some distance bev
fore we could walk erect; the entranco
? turned liist to the right, then to tho
left, in a zigzag form; finally we met
lt Charlie and his bark, as it echoed and
re-echoed, astonished us to such an
extent that we raised our lantern over
0 our heads, which threw a bright light
8 around. \Yo stood dumb for a moment;
* were shocked and horrified: the surroundings
wc-re revealed; we were in a
large room, ceiled on sides and overhead
!" with rude clnnboards. liefore us set n.
c largo table with a mutilated pack of
? cards in the centre; heavy wooden chairs
n around the table; a conpln of large and
rough shop-made knives on one cornor.
As soon as we could collect our senses
? and calm our staggered brain wo found
\ we were in a secret cave that had once
* been occupied by a band of outlaws, but
r who or when, was the question. In sur1
veying the room, which was 18x18, wo
6 found, in one corner, n black something;
r holding the light closo, our blood wui
* chilled; it was a large black man, bin
skin atiu'ttesh uiv. ac those who, In ancient
day#, were kitoo ^vo.
Sharon; a large and rough made ciiatti - ,mwm.
: was locked around his anklr- and fasteni
ed to a s-taple in the floor. In the opposito
corner lay the dried fiuiu?-:< of two hugo
J bloodhounds; in an old und heavy
woouen uox was :minu iwo oi<i-insnionea
horse pistols witli Hint locks; ih.-vliad un:
doubtedly doiw? servicc in the revolution;
. there wns also several pair of handcuff*.
We began to think that wo were in tho
*' regions of the damned. When looking
t on the rough wall there we saw "the
, handwriting." It was "John A. Mur.
roll, 1828." We were in the great
outlaw's den; we could then see that tho
man chaincd had been stolen by thu bold
? bandit?brought there and chnined.until
- they could run Ki n South and sell him.
j 1 he presumption is tlint when the cave
was deserted he was alive; the d?om
was sure, but what agony lie underwent
" ?chained and alone?his face liko Mll',
ton's devil, ''grinned horribly a ghastly
smile." Thu bloodhounds had been
kepL for the purpose of recapturing anyslave
that might escape. As we'wore
1 about making our exit onr companion,
- Lee, called onr Mtention, in an excitod
i manner, to another object. We turned
g around, and ho was pale and the lantern
trembling in his hand ; he pointed under
the table, and there lay the form and
- dried frame of another human being,
a Examining close it proved to be that of
j a once beautiful f? mnle. She too was
chained. Sho hud died a horrible death
?starved to death. Hor long yellow
0 hair still clung to tho dry skin on her
e head, which hung in golden tresses over
p her bosom that once heaved with tho
j bn ath of.life, though nov cold; her
once tubv lil>s were parted so as to din
n cIoko a set of pearly teeth. Ht>w camo
1 she in a robbers den ? Hb<? could not
,f have been a victem to Cupid's dart; if mo
why chain her? She undoubtedly had
been kidnnpped and held for ransom.
! Hut our hearts grow sick as wo write ;
n j soveral letters wore found of asuspicioua
n ' character, but as they contain the nam"*
I _r - i . -W :.i.u_ rn i
I I 01 fiiriijiu: in juiuuiu x uiiuusMVt;, wu (1UI
cline to give thitir contents.
II ! The discovery of the den has caused
- ! great excitement in the neighborhood,
.s Numbers have visited the place, and a
? fvw have ventured in. Mr. W. C. lllair,
on whose land the oavo is, refused to
r* have anything disturbed until tlie people
h could see it. He permitted A. M. Leo
?, to rcmovo the dragoon pistols, which
y have John A. Murrell's initials stnmpvd
, on the barrels. Any person wishing to
see them can caH on him at the poxtoffiro
in Huntingdon, where he will take great
k pleasure in showing them. y
J LAW CARD,
? "IX7E have this day farmed a partnernhip for
i- VV the practice ot law under the firm name
>. of Cason A Bosh am. Mr. UurhNiit ban r?a
tired from the Maatcr'a office and will d?vut?
. bia whole attentiou to tbe practice,
?2r0fflce, O'Neill Rmjra.
BAM'L. 0. QAFON.
M. J.. HON HAY-, J*.