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viness lelteri and cn)MiuBfcations to
should be written ou ooparatc,
Sts, a&d tlie object of etoh clearly «*di->
H by neobasarjs aota when rcqu><od^- :
Artialee for pnllieotion tihould 1>« wri»-
a clehr, legible hand, and on only o*t'
»ot the page.
All change* in adyortisements must
t ua on Kriday.
Travelers*- Guide-
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CnANGE 0? SCHEDULE.
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CitAlU.rsTos, March 1, 1878-
On. and after Sunday, next, the South
rolina Kailroad - . ill be run as folic ivs ;
rou AVOUSTA,
(Sunday morning excepted),
sreCharleston . . ft 00 a. m. 7 30 p. m.
irrivc Augusta . , 5 DO p. m. 6 5ou.. m.i
yon Columbia,
(Sunday morning excepted),
are Charleston . . 5 00 a. m. 8 £t) p. m.
Hve at Columbia. 10 50 p. n:. 7 15 arm.
Fen ciiablkstox,
(Sunday morning exoeptod).
Aoftve Augusta ... 8 30 a. in. 7 40 p. m.
Arrivoot Charleston 4 20 p. m 7 45 a.m.
Leave Columbia . . 0 00 p m. 8 OO p. m.
Air. Charleston, 12 15 night.and6 45 a. m.
Bummcmllo Train,
(Sundays excepted)
Leave Summerville 7 40 a m
, Arrive at Charleston 8 40 a m
Leave (tharleston 8 15 p m
L Arrive at SunnncrviUe ^ 4 25 p in
* Breakfewt, Pinner and Supper ai Br-mcliville
: 1 Camden TYain
T J X ,
Connects at Kingsville daily (Sundays ex cep-
ted) with day passenger train to and from
[S Charleston. Passengers frost Camden to Co-
f = tumbiacan go through without detention on
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, and
from Columbia to Camden on Tuesdays,
Thursday* and Saturday* by cdfmcction
with day pfissengcr tpain.
I>qy and Bight {rsins ermWt at Augnsta'
with fteorgia Kailroad and Central Railroiul.
Tlii# route is the quickest and most direct
to Atlanta, Nashville, Lou is vide, Cincinnati,
Chicago, St Louts and other points in the
Northwest.
"Night.trains for Augusta connect closely
With the fast mail train via Mfteon ami Ati-
rurtaRailroad for Macon, Columbus, Mont-
KoitMcy. Mobile, New Orleans and points in
the Southwest. (Thirty-six hour* to New
Orleans.
Day trains for thdutjthia connect chisoU'
with Chanlotte R.a\lroadfor al) points jforth,
making quick iSmc and no delay*. (Forty
hours to New Vork.p
The trains on the' i*reenville and Columbia
and Spartanburg and Union Railroads con-
heet clo*ely with the train which leaves
Charleston at ;><K> a m, and returning they
Connect in eatirt; maimer with the train which
leaves Columbia for Charleston at 5 50 p m
Laurens Railroad train connoctsat Newberry
on Tuesdays, Thursdays an'l Saturdays.
‘Btfte Ri'lge ItailrofttF train runs daily, con--
Beetiagwith up and down trains on Green
ville and Columbiii Railtoad.
A 8. S SOT/iMONS,
Supcriutendeui.
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P. B. Pickkx-. General Ticket Agent.
Savannah and Charleston K ail road ('«.
’ a CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
CiiAltr.ES-mSt, S. C., •Tan. 5, 1878,
’ ('ft and aflgr Mtuiday, January 7,dSTS,-he
trains on this Hoad vill leave Depot ol
Noribcaiitcrn Railroad as follow* :
F.nt Mil Doily.
I.eavc Cliarle-ton - - - - 3 l in.m
Arrure at Savannah - - - -fi (k) a. m
Leave Savannah .... r> oo p. m.
Arriv* Charleston r - - 11 (X)p. m
Atcominctloli'jn Tittin, Sunthiyt FxC'ftcd.
Leave Charleston - ■ « - 8 00 a. m.
Arrive at Augusta .... 515 p.ni.
Arrive Port Uovul - • 1 hOp.^,
- - - - f. 50 p. »-
- . -9 (X) a. in.
k « - 7 80 ft. m.
10 20 a. ».
' - - 5 30 p. m.
Jiiyht Patstnyer, Sundays Excepltd.
Leave Chariesten
Arrive Port KAyal
A rri v« SavanuH-h
Leave Savannah
Leave Augusta
Arrive Charleston
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Letter 'f rom TeXnv.
.(Cttlvymttst Herald.]
' xi-vKiNo ewtni*.
^ J|gRTnoP Co., / <FttxA9. Feb. 10,1S78.
I ki>4w that the Herald is not by
arty mAes an agricultural paper, yet
here iJ somethin^ Tor the fourth page
of the paper that will be of great bene
fit to tj}l whom It may concern ;
About twenty years ago, I believe,
the swghum sugar-cane was Intro
duced.Into the Dnlted States. I have
experitr&nted and workett with It in
making molasses till I will show syrup
with tiny man ; the test being a mild,
sweet) pleasant taste, and a fiavor
equal to any molasses, I care not
wherQmade, or what madooutof. The
Soutfi American cane Is the kind that
I plant. It is a stubbed cane, has a
nakcdretl colored seed. For the past
three years I have cut the heads off
my cane Just as scon as they grew out.
■Whehyour cane beada are fairly out,
get oa the tallest mule or horse that
you Have and with a long keen butcher
knff<\ you can rido along between the
rowsAnd top an acre a day, and not
work very hard. Then let it stand
thrh#or four weeks, or till It matures,
thetrwork it up ; and If you have the
sntnft good success that I have had,
your neighbors will be very highly
pleased.
Some may eay this topping of cane
to tnako good molasses looks like a
big humbug, it will make It succor out
and ruin, and I shall lose the seed !
Well; what If I do lose the heads, so
you get more aud better molasses, ff
you feel suspicious, try only a part of
your cane, ao I did at first, and you
will Sad that if plenty of rain comes
It will put cut about two succors at
the top joints, but if a drouth comes
'on, yon can top the second time or
grind them through, they won t do
much hurt. You will only have
skim a ttttio more.
To my Christian and Granger
friends, I wish to euggest a few
thoughts. When you raise tobacco,
ao soon as you see the seed bloom
making Its appearance, pluck it off.
You call this topping it. Vou do this
that you make more and better tobao
co. For the same purpose I top my
case, that I may make mote and better
syrup.
In the southern part of Florida I
have bean credibly informed, they
plant a corn very much like our Indian
corn. They plant It to make sugar.-
As svo^ a3 The shoot and tassel grow
out they arc both pulled off. The
stalk then stands and matures, and
frorC It Is made as fine ajsugar as the
world ever saw. Hut if the tassel and
ear remain and mature, they can only
make a very inferior article of molas
ses from the stall!. There is just as
another hand must stand ready with a
dipper full of hot jtlloe from your clari
fying kettle, to quickly put in elx gal
lons vif juice, In order to repeat the
same process over and over In all your
three small kettles. Your mill should
ke^p ahead of yeti with fresh juice, if
It does not you will have to put water
In some of your kettles, in order to let
the mill catch up with the kettles.
When you have to substitute water for
juice it is a waste of time and fire. But
if your mill will .keep ahead with juice,
as soon as your first big kettle full is
clarified, you will put six gallons Into
each of your kettlesand 4, aud empty
your big kettle (No. X) ihto No. 2, aud
then fill dp your big kettle the second
time with fresh Juice, so as to be sure
to keep ypuf small kettles supplied
with plenty of clarified juice. You will
find my plan to be a complete syste
matic process. Two good smart
men will mind the three small kettles,
ami one active man will mind the fire
and the clarifying kettle, and occa
sionally help the ladies when they are
taking up molasses. With juet such
help as above described, and just such
an outfit, I have made from 30 to 40
gallons day after day, sometimes 45
and even as high as 58 gallons in one
day. This way of boiling molasses
like you were making soap will not do.
But, says one : "Why don’t you get
an evaporator?” Just because evapo
rators are of short duration, cost more
than kettles, and then I cannot use
lime as I can with the kettles. One
good set of kettles will last as long as
three evaporators. Tut says another,
“Don’t you often by boiling so rapidly,
acqrc'a or burn your syrup ?’’ No Sir.
I place bars of iron across the furnace
between the kettles, so that I can fill
in with rock and mortar, keeping the
direct heat of the fire away from the
t0 sides of the kettles, letting the direct
heat come only to the bottom of the
kettle. If the furnace should get furi
ously hot, so that you are afraid of
scorchigg, throw a dipper of water in
to the furnace; but if In taking up mo
lasses you see anything like burn or
scorch, rinse Out yout kettle with your
shuck mop and a little water, and then
in with your fresh juice.
I could say more that would bo of
benefit perhaps, but for fear 1 should
intrude on the Herald I will just say,
try what I have said and see if you arc
benefitted. MAtiMAOujcE Gaiidneu.
had no horrors ; familiarity with those
had deprived him of that feeling of re
pugnance so common to mankind, and
especially to his race, and as a result
he had expressed his willingness In life
that hD remains after death should be
submitted to the dissecting knife “in
the Interest of kdefioe,” as ho said, for
ho considered his tfwrincss and that he
supplied InsepBraljly Interwoven with
the science noSM|Rihiy of medicine,
and as a result he hail sold—deliber
ately cold—during his lifetime his body
to the college professors, receiving the
USurd price, thirty-five dollars cash in
hand, and giving a receipt and state
ment. that his body tihould become the
property of the college for dissection.
To Keep I>ea«l llodic* Irons X>e»
compo»lu(r.
AUGUST 29, 1878.
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FORTY LYA IMTIL.
Theadecomposition which makes the
wo grave so abh orrent s<*ems likely to be
done away with, and if wo rely upon
the claims made for a-johemlcal solu
tion prepared by Dr. Rogers, lately of
San Francisco, which he calls “allek-
ton,” from a Greek word meaning
everlasting. It Is a light yellow liquid
smelling like tar, which costs 85 a gal
lon, and not only prevents the decay
of q dead body, but also immediately
arrests fiocomposftlon at any stage and
destroys the germs of disease in the
victims of small-pox, diphtheria or any
form of Infection. Allekton will pre
serve a corps fpr a few days, even In
the hottest weather, by simply brush
ing It over the surface, and to preserve
the body for a longer period it is only
necessary to ptorce the riaval with a
needle, and with a syringe Inject the
liquid into the cavities of the abdomen . . , , m , , . - , . .
and breast, /it seems t© have fulfilled *7 \ n , . -u , .,,
Arrive Savannah -
Leave Savannah
Le^vo AugHuta
Leave Port Royal
Arrive Charleston
. Foft mpH t
r Hun.Trinass
- - - 8 50 p. rn.
- - » 6 45 a. rn.
~ » -JJ 415 ». hv.
-• - - 10 00 p. m.
* * S 9 00 p. IB.
•» 8 4o a. in.
train will only stop «t A 4am a
f
Run, Yfihassee. Qrahamvitle ftiul Monteiih
Accommodation train will stop at all sta»
Uojis on t nia road and mnltc a close connection
__.R)r Augusta and Port Royal and all station*
ou the Port Royal Railroad.
Fast mail makes connection for point* in
Florida and Georgia.
C. 8. (4AP8DEN, Engr. and Supt.
. S. C. Botlston, G. F. and T. Agent.
from the earth to leave the sweet
juice in the stalk to make your molas
ses. Cut the heada off, and you re
lieve your cane from half its task.—
Year before last, by topping, I saved
ray cane from the ravages of a severe
drouth, and more than 80 gallons per
,jtcro of the finest nMoasee I ever saw.
I have told you how to prepare your
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA
AUGUSTA KA1LR0AD.
AND
Geskrai. PA?sF.,\flKR Dbpahtmxst,
Columbia, 8*(7., August C, 1877.
The fallowing Schedule will be operated ou
* and after this date ;
A'iyhi Exprtts TraL'i—
ooiso SOUTH.
Leave Columbia , ,
Leave Florence ' . . .
Arrive at Wilmington
cotxu rouru.
-aft-
Leave Wlhn'ngton , ,
Leave F oreioe -
Arrive at Columbia
Daily.
11 15 p, m.
2 40 a. m.
. 0 32 a, in.
6. 00 p. m.
10 02 p. ra.
1 25 a. m
This Train is Fast Exproag, making through
connections, all rail, North and South, *ntf
waterline connection via Porlsmonth. stop
only at Eastovcr, Sumter; Timmon*ville,
Florence, Marion. Fair Bluff, Whileville and
Fiemin|^on.
Through Tickets fold and baggage check
ed to all principal points. Pullman Sleepers
on night train*. ’ •
Tkrouyk Freight train—Dally, eutpt Sun-
i ^'4"-) \
*. .♦ J . ’ot v-w . ,
} r\ aoiXa SOBTH.
.Leave Columbia . , ,
areJFlcrtmo*. c > . '
4t|m Wilmington, t -
^ , ooixd SOttTB.
a**-' - rjn-*-.-.;,-! r
LeaverVsrmc*
Arrivn ■nLColui
m
duttbin
6 00 p. m.
4 30 n, m.
12 OOic.
s
' ■ 1
2 80f. at.
X 2 Alt a. ra.
rtt) 10 *. m .
much good sense i.n topping s arghum
cauo to make it produce more and tier- I artery hi the side of tlie neck cut, the
ter molasses as there Is in prunintr blood removed aud the arteries filled
the claims for it In actual tost. ’ Dr.
Washington Ayer, president 6f the
Colifornia State Medical Association,
testifying that sixty days after the
body of a consumptive Swede had
treated with it in San Francisco,
he was UuaTdo to detect the slightest
trace of decomposition, the limbs be
ing also as flexible as iu life and the
muscles soft. The process was ap
plied to the body of Arthur 0. Huey,
atNapn, Gal, August 1877, and a
week after it arrived in excellent con
dition at Pemuquid, Ma, looking as if
death had occurred within a few hours.
It was also applied to the bodies of
two men who died id, -the St. Louis
hospital last October, a|d after they
I had hiiu exposed to the afrtill March
j. there was not the slightest odor about
In Cincinnati on Friday night of last them, nor dfd dissection disclose any
week a coffin containing the dead body F'difiaetion. in New York allekton
ol a colored man was driven to the | hft9 P roved e 'l' 14lll y 8ucce8i>flllou 8 bort-
Ohio Medical College, taken from the er tr bd, and C. N. Middleton and Earl
wagon and carried up the stairs with i ^ Rrner * *^ r, > two business men of
little if any effort at concealment. Ar- ^c city, ate so thorougiy convinced of
riving in the “dead loom” the LbdyJ ita value and future popularity that
was taken from the cofilo, the large j bavc secured a contract as agents
to introduce It into general use. it is
A <dha»tly Itargnin.
An Incident In Jli»»li»*i|>pl I.Ii'o
fifty Year* ago
'rFwro tbs Moiri»Uvn. Teim. Gftft»He.)
The famous duel In which forty or
mors gentlemen were engaged la 1828
is etlft remembered at Natchez. Col.
James Bowie, the famous fighter and
Inventor of the knife which bears his
name, used to spend a great deal of
his time In that city. Ho was chal
lenged by a gentleman from Alexan
dria, La., whose friends to the num
ber of forty or mofe, accompanied him
to Nachez to eee fair play, knowing
that Bowie was a desperate man and
had btraMaads about Mm. AH parties
went nrSn the field, The combatants
took their places In the centre, separa-
from their friends in the rear, or not
enough to endanger them with their
balls. Behold the battle array thus:
Twenty armed Louisianians fifty yards
behind their champion and his sec
onds and surgeon, and opposite them,
as far behind Bowie and hla seconds
and surgeon, twenty armed Mississip-
pianb. Behold the heights of Nachez
thronged with spectators and a steam
er In the river rounded to, Its dock
black with passengers watching with
deep Interest the scene. The plan of
fight was to eichaft'go shots twice with
the pistols and to close with knives,
Bowie being armed with his own ter
rible weapon. At the first fire both
parties escaped. At the second ths
Louisianian was too quick and
took advantage of Bowie, who waited
the word*. At this Bowie’s second
cried “foul play,” and shot the Louls-
instantly killed the slayer of his pi In
ripal, Itowio drove his knife Into this
man. The surgeono now crossed
blades, while, with loud cries, oarne on
the two parties of friends, the light of
battle iu their eyes, lu a moment the
whole number were engaged iu a fear
less conflict Dirks, piotols and knives
were used with fatal effect until one
party drove the other from the field.
I do not know how many were killed
and wounded In all, but it was a dread
ful slaughter. Bowie fought like a
lion, but fell covered with wounds.
For months he lingered at the Mason
House before he fully recovered.
A Woiuau
Mat l m minx
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Twenty
flaw nu Irish VI atchman ghoot#
a .VIan. "
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A ourious story of a homicide at
Staunton River bridge, on the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad, was
brought in yesterday by the railroad
men aud others connected with the
train. It seems that the watchman at
the bridge is a rather eccentric little
Irishman, who lives alone in a small
cabin near the track. Re Is known on
the railroad by no Othei r name than
‘‘Jimmie.” His Instructions aw* not
to allow any one to pass through the
bridge after night, and there is reason
to bellevs that ho never allows this*
command to be violated. gator-
day night one of the firemen \n one
of the little steamboats which run up
and down tho river, attempted to crews,
but was ordered not to do so. Ho
persisted but'the Irishman was posi
tive, add finally he gave up the at
tempt and departed. This happened
about 8 o’clock. Subsequently the
man returned, ark! began to throw
stonee at the watchman, who was
compelled to retreat to his cabin for
protection. The stone-thrower began
to stone the house. Finally the Irish
man grew tired of this and shot his
persecutor, killing him Instantly.
The next morning’ when the train
passed by the bridge “Jimmie” was
seated oh the railroad, and by bis side
was the body of the man he had slain,
dressed aad laid out. No ona being
near when the killing was done, and
the watchman not being allowed to
leave the bridge to tell what ooeured,
bo had taken the body, washed and
dressed it himself, and laid ft out, and
seating himself by the side of It, had
patiently^walted till some one should
come aad relievo him. In this postion,
as stated avove, ho was scon whoa the
train passed the bridge.
Ou the following day “Jimmie” was
arrested aud taken before a magistrate,
but upon au Investigation of the case
he was dismissed and allowed to re
turn to his lonely little house on
tho side of the river, and to resume
his responsible duties at tho bridge.—
Charlotte Observer. .
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your grape vino to make it produce
more and bett?r grapes. Toppintr
your cane will pi'evetit its tangling up
and falling down. Suppose about the
time your oano heads out, a drouth
sets in ; yohr cane now has a double
task to perform—it has to draw mois-
with a preservative fluid, after which
the body, divested of its clothing, was
tumbled, with no further ceremony,
into the "pickling tub,” along with a
couple of dozeu others which had been
quietly accumulating during the past
raonth. There^ was a peculiar lack of
ture from the earth to mature its large the secrecy which accompanies most
head, and It also has to draw moisture of the operations of this sort, by which
dead bodies arc transferred to the
dead room of the college, and a busi
ness-like air about the whole transac
tion which indicated that it was some
what different from the ordinary ease
of grave robbing and body selling,
A little inquiry into the case showed
that it was a peculiar one, in fact, the
body was that of one of the most no
sorghum cane, by topping it in order ] torious body-snatchers in the city, and
to make good syrup out of it. that the lack of secrecy lu tho matter
* axD now, aow i make MOiASSES. was from fho fact that it was merely
1st. Get you a good cast mill, one the carrying out of a plain business
30 gallon kettle aud three that will transaction ; that the dead man had in
hold at least 20 gallons each. Make his lifetime sold bis body to the col-
yeu a furnace out of rock or brick ; lego for dissection after death, rcoeiv-
place your largest kettle at the mouth ing the payment, and that in aocord-
of yonr furnace, tho others on towards «nce with this agreement his body was
claMhed by Dr. Rogers that a body
treated with this lignid will never de
compose, but after mouths have
elapsed, will become oxidized and
slowly waste away.
It all liiMleil in .VIowiiMliine.
One'SatiM'day evening last, a young
man from Augusta lunged a young
Aikenite to mortal combat, and tho af- i
fair was arranged to come off by the ,
“soft silver light of tho moon,” and no
doubt wo should have had a very ro- i
mantic and sanguinary event to
chronicle had not Town Marshal
Wlngard got wind of the affair aud
stepped In just iu the gick of time to
frustrate matters, by arresting the
challenger and keeping him locked up
Miss Bccpaqtb accomplished tho task
of swimming twenty miles in the
Thames, and it was stated that the
feat was not performed for a wager,
but to encourage ladles in tho art of
natation. The start from Westmlnis
ter was fixed for noon, but It did not
take place until 26 minutes later, by
which time several thousand specta
tors bn 1 gathered on tho bridge and
the Victoria embankment. As soon as '
the young lady, attired iu aq, orange-1
colored costume, appeared ou the
steamer which was to accompany her
she was greeted with cheers, anrf the
cheering was repeated when she dived
into the water. She was followed on
the journey by a boat containing Prof.
Beckwith and his son Willie, the cham
pion of London. She swam in the mid
dle of the stream, with a long, power
ful breast stroke, and reached Lam
beth bridge In 9 minutes. Battersea
bridge was passed in 34 minutes and
CbelssalndT minutes, while tho dis
tance covered in the first hour was
about three and a quarter miles. Go
ing merrily along, the swimmer was off
Wardsworth In 1 hour and 15 minutes.
till Sunday morning, when he was re-'+' and P utn0 y. flve and a^hafi miles from
the chimney cud of your furnace, fill
them half full of water, fill your large
kettle with cane juice, start your fire >
and when the juice gets so hot that
y^u cannot bear your hand In it, put <Cincinnati, and from his hands have
In about one gill of good lime, wet till
It is a little softer than dough ; add
oue pint of lye, made from wood ashes.
Justus ItVgins to boll, commence to
skim ; bring to a boll and continue the
skimming till the ekum is about the
cqlor of cream, then dip the water out
of your small kettles, and put into
each kettle about six gallons of your
clarified juice. Now rouse up your
fire, especially under your small ket
tles, till you will have to dip and pour
to keep them from boiling over. Have
you a good stout shuck mop hardby in
a tub or pot of hot water, with this
mep you can wipe off the green or dark
colored skirm that will stick to the
side* of your kettle, while with your
skimmers keep the surface of tho
foaming and rapidly boil lug kettle
closely skimmed. Keep the fluid boil
ing up to the brim of your kettle all the
time, and in aboqt 30 minutes It will
commence to make raolassbe. Then It
will go to the bottom of the kettle In
•pite of all the heat that may be under
thus being lemoved to the dissecting
room for that purpose. Charley Kea
ton, the dead man, was In his life one
of the most active body-snatchers In
Ripper'(pilckly remove your molasses
a'paa bucket, at the same time
hundreds of bodies from many of the
burying grounds been sent down
through this terrible "chute,” add up
ward through the death-shaft to the
dissecting room. *
Keaton was a colored man of about
forty, and had been for more than ten
years in the business of body-snatch
ing, making good money at It, and
coming to rather enjoy it than other
wise. To him there was nothing more
in the handling of bodies than In so
many bolts of cloth or sacks of grain,
and no more in dissection than In the
business of th'e butcher or the. meat
vender. Ho began his work with "Old
Canny,” the noted resurrectionist, and
followed it through all seasons add all
weather, until only a few weeks before
his death, lu it he encountered a9
sorts ol weather add exposures, and so
contracted colds and a cough which
flna!ly‘"led to bleeding of tho luigs.
and so his life among tho dead sided
in death, whoso presence was;*s fa
miliar to him as the days or bis years
it, and no# with yoar. hjng handled oC manhood. To him the.medkal coL
legs, the chute, the dead-mom, the
ptdutng vaoit, and even dissection,
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leased and allowed to go about his
business. It la always natural to sup
pose that when two gentlemen propose
to settle a difficulty by h rush to arms
or an appeal to tho code of honor,
that there is a woman In the case and
nine times out of ton this is true, but
in this Instance It wa* not, the diffi
culty growing out of some words ut
tered by the challenged party In ref
erence to the Jordau-Ohafee shooting
affair which occurred on Friday even
ing previous.—Aiken Courier Journal.
A Fine ri»h Story.
Mr. J. A. Watkins, of Quitman, Oa.,
tells it, and the I'ree Press assorts that
there is certaicly no doubt of its truth.
He says ; While fishing with set lines
for catfish in the Coosa River a small
three-pound cat was caught. This cat
was pat ot one of the lines whole for
bait. VUlting the hooks the next day
It was discovered that something tte-
mendoas had been cafight. It proved
to be * cat which weighed forty-three
pounds. Upon examainatlon it was
fouid that the fish of three pounds had
be*n swallowed by an eleven pound cat
aad bad been caught, and in turn the
iwo had been swallowed by the forty-
pounder. The three weighed flfty-six
pounds. ‘
Ths Potter committee should allow
ice to be freely used during the exami-
uatloaof repohtkaui statesmen. These
are the days oWtuldsUmmer madness,
and if one of John Sherman’s trained
witnessas should suddenly become In
sane, there is no knowing what dam
age he might do. *
home, in 1 hour and 36 minutes. She
continued the same measured stroke,
and In 2 hours aud 9 mlnuteo paseed
Hammersmith bridge, where a large
crowd encouraged her efforts with a
cheer. The ship at Mortlako being
reached, nearly half the Journey was
performetl In a little less than three
hours. Kew bridge, 11 miles, was shot
under In 3 hours and 28 minutes from
the start, and then for tho first time
some refreshment was partaken of.
At 5 o’clock Richmond was sighted,
and a short distance beyond this pleas
ant resort a turn was made for home,
the young lady not exhibiting the
slightest symptoms of fatigue. The
journey back to Barker’s Rails, Mort-
lake, where the twenty miles were
completed, was accomplished without
mishap, aud Mbs Beckwith, Car from
being exhausted, was taken loto^tho
steamer amid hearty maotlftifttipus of
satlsfaction, having been
six hours and tweaty-flve
London Telegraph.
i 1 m •
, The revision of tho New Testament
is almost completed, and will probably
be presented to the convocation in En
gland next year. Already, It is nearly
printed, tho two universities having
given 420,000 for tho privilege of print
ing it, of which they pay £2,000 yearly.
Bishop ElUcotl, the chairman Of the
revisers, who Has presided for six
hours daily feu foar days every three
weeks, la said never to have kwt his
tewiper or faljbd'
with bint.
A .VtarvelloHM Occurrence,
.Trrae.
fN«ws uhl Courier.] ’ ‘ ‘ r
Geobok’s, a O., August 20.—Infor
mation has just reached here of a
moat startling occurrence lu tho lower
part of Baruwell county, a few miles
from Branchville. Several days ago a
white man (whoao name I have beenf
unablo to obtain,) while ploughing
along In his field, became angry with
hla Divine Creator because the heat of
the sun’s rays were almost unendura
ble, and gdve vent to his spleen in
blasphemy the most shameful Im
mediately the horse stood still in the
plough and tho feet pf tho man were
well locked to the earth.. Friends re
paired to the spot and found him inani
mate, but statue-like and Immovable,
The horse was removed without diffi
culty, butAU efforts to altwj the po
sition of the man proved unavailing.
Finally the plough-handles were sawed
off just below the part around which
his hands were clasped with a death
like grip, and, remarkable to say,
blood Issued therefrom as though
they had been humaq flesh. But
this Is not all. When It was ascertain
ed that nothing could remove the un-
fortuate mau, a shelter was ereqted by
the persoqs present to protect him
from the weather, but scarcely had
the work been accomplished, when by
meaner of some invisible agency, it was
proatrated to tlxg ground. The mkn
still occupies the same position, and
bow long ho will remain so is be
yond human comprehension. The ac
count given above is baaed on the Infor
mation received from reliable sources
and, whilo every one of intelligence re^
gards it as a mere hoax, there are hun
dreds of Illiterate people who
believe it la toto. Neverth*
less,It Is a universal tbolhb of conver
sat ion at piosent, and in order .that
the public may learn what truth ;there
Is In tho roport f wo call upon tho oor
respondent of tho News and Courier
for information. Ykhitas.
One inch.ora* «
“ “ «sell*«5i
QafU’t«4r,a4gp
No eiraraunicftrioa
I«m accompanied by
th* njritrar, sot neo<
but** ftunftnujtyof
A BlaspiteUxb
ploughing In a l
received a sunstroke to#'— „
cursing of the best and droofjfcL
neighbors say suddenly ths law.
the animal attached to
werS enveloped In £
smoke, which jras toon
into lurid blare* of firs.
stricken horse upon tke first
ance of tbs smoke dMked
breakneck speed, leaving his
encircled with fire, stgndtef
like and Immovable on the spot ^
be so wickedly and tooiieMjy
the wrath of his Maker., Several ef
forts were mad to rescue the trafortu-*
Ottoman from hja terrible posttfew, *
but human agency, Rseems, wne pew- '
ericas to render assistance. Individu
als In their attempts to ald lrte^ hfidl
hands upon him, but so in^emiia'll#
the heat that they were foreed^
treat. 'fW party finally
from the fiam«e, and Is egg J
The Dahlonega paper hss
report front a dozen' persons.—Coitus-
bus (Ga.) Eoqairer-8sn. ’ ,
» m ’ * I ; ' "H
^ The Louisville Oowrfer-Journal says: ,
The Bomb Carolina Bt^pubUea^ Con*
vention, as ths representative of fat i;
and hopeless corruption, very proper*^
ly adjourned witbdut making any nest C4;^" ’■►L
nations. The Republicans ci*!nt *
heavy majorities in every OoBgn|||>-.
onal district bt tbs State, bat tksy fit*
dined to show their faith by '
works. They have dropped tits cry of
“Democratic intimidation*' non which
is too thin for any nee, had eomphgk
that the Stare la* requiring tho payy
ment of a poll tax of one dollar was
passed by the Democrats to kill off
the Republican negro vote, and is an
act of disfranchisement, ft kl qnka Y*
refreshing to hear Republicans talk of •
disfranchisement after their tan
twelve years ot exercise to the art 1 /
the Sotybem States, iewjf\
they do not care to rsmsori# thad J*
Rhode Island a severer
s made of voters tha&J
iua. t Let -jp
their colored friends to go to workaafi £ -;;
earn the* 'dollar so thsh
vote.
Anderson IntelHgeaoer:
rent apathy of ths ftsgmidieaa*
our Bute ticket should PVt Mil Ilfd
nactlvlty, for It Is nnlMiX tof
Democracy to rStatn 1^/ ~
out year, or we may h*r« a,
vere and unfortunate eontaa
State. during the _
n 1880, or even In tide very <
The sessions of the Rspublksmoon*
vention were secret, and who know*
that their executive committee & not
charged with secretly rumriag a Slat*
ticket if the Democrats become fives
confident and apathetic. during -the
coming canvass. We do not tOok for |r
such a movement, built Is by poatUBS
certain that'there Is aotbH* Of the * - -
kind on foot. Tifrjgrigr iNFftiMrifer -^v
the present and preplre for ths futtka, - -
1s to retain our thoroqgh organization,
and give as much tima and later $9 4
the canvass as mifiM necessary.,
M—-
rel
W
/i
igK
>'
Testament will
years longer.
tO narry his colleagues
The re rlslon of ths Old
n jaire about thfcee
fiS
Cork fob Poison.—Take a heaping
teaspoonful of common salt and as
much ground mustard ; stir them In
cup of warm water and drink quickly,
This preparation will have hardly
reached the stomach before It returns,
bringing with' It the cause of fb*
able. Lest any remnant of DU pel
ain, let tbe whits of an sgg or
of strong coffee be swal-
as tbe stomach la quiet,
very common articles
number ot virulent
poisons than almost any msdlotna.
_—1.....—-——_III ipw^s.wftc4s>/. .'.p-vv'J:
A little Maine chap was tstefi
ehnrch for > the first time wb«e
minister officiated In ft surplice. HO
was continuously fidgeting aad asking,
“Ma, Is he not done?” The
stood up to make the closing
raising his hands, when
low turae^to hls mother,
pictured on Mb face,
\ -i''-<5
There are but tvo politics^ parties
in this county, thsDsniocritiS aiul tbs
Radical. He who IS ttti* with US if
against us. r- -
Suppose I sh ould work mystif up
to the interrogation point ?” said a
beau to hla sweetheart, “I sbottid res
pond with ca eatcioioatioo" das ths
prompt reply. >
little boy, after watehUHIthe bmr-
ning of the schbolhodi
city of the thing had
down the strict
old thing la burned down. % did aft
know mj jogffcyiMSspt
Two men jentkf giwti
street, exchange wor^s afid tyiis ’fa
pummeling each other ktstl^f. *^Gea-
tlemeo,” crle<i a third, rushing between
them, “wh^ dfiyoU petigd eartk ethey ^
thus ? Have y&u no whretat btmtl*'
This salient point in Sefiater Thor-
man’s speech
“Under aeveo years of ]
the expense of rut
mentjwas $3^45 pjpp
per capita for a j
of
London is
light la an m
tbs difficnltiM are i
for general i
an efootrlo light
tbe Shaksspcarai
end theatre If falri 1
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