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ITi-VEEKLY ElNTN W S.Il )O. S. C.. S'TURDAY, SL.:,-T'1 I'El 28,_1878. YOL. 2. NO..10 AN IIIST IO PAIALLEL. ---0 So111o t I 14CA ' NSCE.yt;' 'S 01 P 11J ,; I It7A 7' P 1, IwI s' IN s,0N 10X. A CalamnIty that Dwarfr by C:mtrast tho Proient Droaul(j1 .picefljC in l ,hu Southwst Thle prese!nt. opidelnic inl some of the SouithnIll cities r)i.gs to mind Defoe's description of the opidemlic plaguo1 inl London, known a; the Gr 10t Plagne. In llmany fea-ttiures the two disorders preselit poilts of resemibiahllnco. Both wero imported and grow by reason of the unusual -wiarmith of the season acting u11pon the Iilth of thO streets. In each caso the desolation anIod loss of Iifle woroc awful, alha the Illost string nt quarantino regilations failed to operate as (i'ectivo cheksi. The London plaga was, i.owOVer, by far, th ost deO.A kstrurttive, not les.; than one lumdred ' tlhousa0d persoIn having died of it. The plagu raged ini Londion dam ing the sping, k.0unIIIutnor1 11 aml I utu. Im ofl 1 . It first appearedI duing the pre viou y he Parish of St. G.ils-in--the-Filds, and v.s believed to have bcin bronughit over from Holland. It spread so fast throughi the poorer seCtions of the city that year that the grave t appre hension was felt lest it might be (omo11 general- But thne cool weathI - r o antmn, aii(1 winter chieked and was believed to hmave killed it. 'Upon the rottun of warm woather' it btoko out aain:.6, aInd([ the scas on, like the present one, provingi4 1111 uuly ho, it. spr~eadl withl alarmling rapidity. Te tmost in-c:.utimns were taken to arrest it:i proress. The city wasi quarantined-n one Was alowed to lo.tv.o it h.tvin onvo ent (red. An ulluVor Wv n i ue to enforco clealiness. PeO w e0 -o( iimred in their hiamos. 1'aud Iies afflictod by the disorder were k!pt Off the street3S. Inl May am June it entered the city proper, and several fatal cases occurred in the b:.d ciarters. Inl Juy th Kiln, mnl hi;3 court 1! 'd tosisbury, l'aving the city inl charLgo of the DIul:. of, Albenarlo. Thekl conditiiJ of city from this out is grimhicalyv (esCribeod by Dfoo: "Th'0 face (f London was stLan.gely altoeSd-I mean the wholo umass of buiildings, city, liberties. suiburbs, \Westinis tor, Southwark and all together. For, as to the partir-lar part called the city, or within the walls, that was not yet much infe.'ted ; but inl the whole, the face of this, I swy, was much altered. Sorrow and sadness sat upon overy feco nd though some parts were no( ye overwhelmed, yet all looked d( eply concerned, and as wo saw it apprs ently coming on, so overy one looked on himilf and his fanily as being in the utmost danger. * * * * .Loion might wvell be said to bo all in tears. The mourn ers (lid not go about the streets indeed, for nobody p)ut on black, or made a formal dress of mourning, for their nearest friends. But the Voice of miournling was truly heard in tihe streets ; the shrieks of women and~ chaildren1 ait the windlows and door's of their houses, whien their nearest relations wVoro perhaps. dying or just dead,, were so frequent to be board as5 we passed tile streets, that it was enough to pierce the stoutost heart in tihe world to hecar them. T1earis and lunentai ons wero soon almost in every house, espeei. ally in the first part of the visita - tion ; for toward tihe latter end, men's hearts w.ere hardened, and1 death was so always boeo their ,eyes, that they did not so nmch concern themselves for tihe loss of their friends, expecting that thomn solves should be summoned the next hour." Soon the streets wero descrted and business stopp~ed, whereby thousands were thrown into idleness and destitution. Grass sprouted in the principal thoroughfares. In a little while people camne out again from thcir houses, being driven to mingle wvith eaoh other in search of provisions, which began to be very scarce. "The necessity of going out of our houses to buy provis ions," continues D~efoe, "was5, in ai great measure, the ruin of tihe whole city, for the peolo catched. the distemper on these occasions one of another, and even the provis, ions thomsolyou wore often tainted at least I have great reason to be. . Jiovo so---and thorofore I cannot say with satisfaction what I know is repeated with great assurance that ihn markret people andi hasn brought provis-8iols to town-1 wero never. ilifected. I am1 certain the butcllori of Whito (lapel, wl1ere the g1eatest part of the flesh moat, wvas killedl, woro d read full y visit-edl, tand ilhat at lasL to such at dgro' that few of their hlops Were ke'pt openl, itI thoso that rem:Ii-1ed inl thle killed their mecat at M\I itlo-End and hatwayandbrogh i t to inmrket upon l)nzorses. It is t! 1( peoplo isedall possiblo proeauftions: wvhen 111Ny o1n bouglt a joint of mea(t in tille imirket, they would not take it ont of the butcher's hand, but took it oil the hooks theillsolves. Oi the other had, the butcr would not totleh the miioney, but htaY it put into it pot of vim ar wvhich e k-pt. for that purpose. The Iyer ilways :rriel small lloney to imike ptt) any odd son, 111A they nuitcv t-k' no ehange. They carri'e bott!es for scents and perlIlI es in th(r haloIn.s., and aIll muean1:us it, comuld be ioed woero iii pl]yed. Brit then the poor. could not J even tdho Ih in, and th ov Won t at . al aiz:ds. Inmunallci di:.o tories w.e boarlId every day on this 4iy acconlit. So i moiC iis a1 11an o1r wo0 im droet d doN.n dead hi k rnal, of the people HIM:t, hi (he plugn 0 upon themli kniew lothing of it int it tih iln Iu'1d algren ha afleeted their vit.1, ald they did in a few lo nwn~lts. This caulsed( that, mlalny died m ai th-at I-nuier in the stlre;t.; suahldtnly, wvithiont any warn'ingle. Others, perarps, had tiio to go to tuao next bulk or stall, or to any door or porchi, and just sit down ItaId die, as I hagv said before. Thero objoets0 wvere so frequenolt (m the streets, that w hen -h16 ptlalne C:11n1e 19 be Very oig on one sie, thicrie was any passinlf by the wetIs, buMtt that suverial dead bodies;A wvoulhl be lyaing horo ul( thelre uponk the,, ground ;0 onl the other liihi. it is obserwvablc that, thougIh at fiCt tli people wv'ould siop as they wunt along and call to 1he. 0eihbs to coma wut onl such o 0:0ision, yet afterwardn no not0iie w. :keI Of 'lem. But if at any time we foun 1 a corpso lying, go eross the way and not cooic near it; or if inl a IIow lano or passago mo ba'k apgain an: seek some of her way to (io on th businss we were u1pol, and in tho:e c.:s.4 the) c :*J wa Ilwvays left utilf.1 the oflioors had notice to Co:no and take thmt away, or fill nighft, when the boar - eors attending the dead-cart would take them n up a:d calrry themii away. Not did thos undmulted creatures who perfortned these oflfies faul to search their pockets, and somutimes to vtrip oAi their clothes if they were well dre -.,d, as sometimesi they w'ore, and carry off wV'hat they co- 10 get *, * * , It is scarelv 1 r1i lib, \ i ":at dreadful cases hapl 'ool in pairticular i families every day ; peoplO ill the rago of the disitajanper or in tho torment of their iackings, w hich wits indeed intolora ble, running out of their own gov - 011r1nent, laving and distracted, ofteitimes laying violent hands upon themIselves, throwing Ithem aselvoa out of their windows, shoot ing thiemselves, &c. Mhothers'u mur1 dearing their owvn ohilren in their lunney ; some1 dying of grief, as a p~assion ; some of moro' frigh t and sur1pr'iso, withou0 It any in feotion at all ; otheors frigh toned into idiotisim antd foolisth distration ; some1 into despair and lunacy ; othiers into into melancholy nimaneoss. * * in some the swellings were maldo so hiard( thiat no0 instriunent could cut thlem, and then they burned them wvithi caustic, so0 thait many died rav ing maid w ith the tormoiint, andsomo1)1 in the ver'y operation. Ini thiose dlistresses, 10or want of 11011 to hold( tht mn down in their beds or' to look to them, many laid ' 11u11(1 u[pon the(mselvejs, as atbove ; some) br'oko out into tihe stroots, perh'1aps natked, and1 wold run directly down to the r'iver and( plunfgo thomllOves4 into the wvater whoro'ver' they found it. It often pierced my soul to hoar the gr'oansa and cries of those who wor*O thus tormented. Tis rulnning of distempcercd peolo about thle streets wvas very dismnal, and1( the mnagistiates did thoir utmost to prlovent it ; butt, as it was always in the night, anmd generally suddon01, whe~n itch at tomnpts woro' madoc, the officer could not bo at hand to prevent it, and' eIvenl uhon any got out in the day, tihe oflicors appointed did not care to modd1(11 with thema, because as they wore all grievously infootod, to be sure, when they came to that height, so thley woero mloro0 than ordi narily infeotuous, rand it was one of thle most dangerous things that could be to touch them. On tihe other hland, they generally ran on, not knowing what they (did, till they had exhaui~sted their spirits so as that they wou fall, and then die inl perhaips half an i hour or al hoi anil, which was most pitoous to hear they were sure to comno to them selves citirely in that half hiour or hour', an 1 then to vmke mo11t griev ols a04 piereing Cries and~l Munenta - tiwnm; inl the deep illicting seinew of tlie c .n.2itioni they were in. Alter a wVl ilao th fmi-y tf the infec tioni alppreI to so Lo increased that inl shwor, tho- shut up1 no hossat all ; ie enlollh that all tle remoudies of, tha't kind had bee;n ucd till were fIomild fenitt'is, and that Ie phIt1ue sprea itself With it! ir rosis tible fiury, so that it cauno it last with such violence that4 the prop!c 4At st~ill, looking" ait each~ othl (r, and scenA (Itlite Id al moloeld to despair. Wh0ol -streets steined to be desolatted, an . not to h.. shtt up1) only, buti to be emptied of their in I limbliinits. Du:s were lft. pn, Win'dows -stoo I sI.:ttrin i n.M fhle vi:tl inl epity ou' Ises for wvumt of ptl(i'le L0 > shut ttr In a wr1 I me I)! C.. tt o i .) Tll ti.l15 Vti people be-anl to g'ivo up1 ti .cel!1ves to their: 1%_1AllN, and to thi'k thtt .ill reguJIlation; :;i I mIethods wcre in vain, and fli-tt1 t.re was mthinlg to b lupod for but an univoersal dsola Always take to the circus oongh religious swruPlus to guard you from the lemonade. The reason why wiiO is put in -Inock turtle sioup is probably becauhe wmile i; a1 Imocker. P'arty spirit will not run so high this fall as 1onoyn-soe Cal be had for fifty cents, a gallon. The Chine:e residents 'f San Fran (!is(o) hav.e r8Im'd 1nk. t housatnd two 11Imn ;( trd ollars; for) the yellow fe-ver Eison al invlX>nmt ts mu111h a; he .es aS id ot11 be called a liar. ?ihat's where he hias the advantage of Li (liC \VW'(' t IU C: I.)ti~ V,1'ctl.O U the editor of a1 caml.paignl organU1. Th Rev. Charls; Forco Deems, -iLl D-, the pastor (0, 0h0 Church of the St rilgers, ,as in inviteCl to becom03 a membII erl3t (f tLe Philosphi cal society of Great Britain. Nillsoen has gvown cross-fetrived it 4Io int ihC 1 iS n0o cM. t inl d i11t' in a sil.10 bay witii hur. ht as wll ril im a sulky with SonatorIDavs.-I'./meL'. x .V. Palmer, of llnois, a forier Repulican, and mriO re eently thu Libe-al who wts so ii. posed I upon by the Eliz.t Piiikston adlair, has becomo a pronounced Deniocrat. The gang of burglars who work for svWIn stright hourS to hammer a sa1fe to pieces to securoa foml tednl Cents know hlow a counry milister fool:s afte~r a donation visit. "Thoso are the days," siys the Philadelphia U/hroniclc, "whlen the mn:11 with two hands goes out hunt ing, and comes hiomo w.ithout any gzune, and with only one hand." Farmers, says tho Urap/hic, cens to notico the poetic beautijes of anitunnu whein they fail to got ia ijity d:..lar premuiumn oin a pig worth eight dollars and a half. A contemnporairy asks :"Why are there no great epiCs wr'iton niowa days ?" "WoVll, thu pincipatl rensoni iwe haven't timolt to w'rito such a wvork. T hore arc several other roa sonls, but they are not worth men tioning. -.No'rristown IIJ'rdd. A Boston lawyer has a letter writ teon in 1814 by a New York lirmn, saying that they had placeed in the haonds of Daniel WobsLt'r a bill for collection, rind asking thait the finmin= Oiatl stanidinig of Wobst:,r bo inquired itnto, as they could niot obtain any settleoment from him. IProbably at the last droatdful day, whien Gabriol sounds his tramp, if lie doosn't stop) 0ono 0r twico be. tween tho blattis, aind slhout "Gonor'. aii ! G'neral. ! I say !" not more thani t wo-Iifths of the nion in Americar comoetoricai will got uip.-Bur~,linigton At large hotel in Soarborough it is said thoe lanldlord1 iosos ats many asB fourteen hunld red nafpkinfl a year by reason of the gitesta putting themr in their pockets in mistake for j)ockot handkerchiefs. Fanny El~llslor, the "divine" ballot, dancer, is seventy-one, but her eyes are still bright as stars, andi her hlair b~lackc as night. She also likes boor, Moroovor, shlo is worth $500,000, and hans perfect health and troops of friends. Dear reader, tile moral. is -thle moral is--is-we don't reol loot what the moral is. A correspondent writes that the display of ankles is one of the most attractive features of the JParis ex~ posit.ion. This is some follow that has ben refutised a free pss and wiSIeCs to belit lo the exposition andi put it oin a level with a streot show -a noddy erossihg, for instanco. It, seems to be a sriou (uestion with Rlepublieai shoets whethor tihe N;.iaotials ire to swallow the Demo crats or the .lopublicains. Jiu&Iging frim the way things look in Penn - sylvania and some other States, the liNpublictins are to ba the swallowed Inrty. L< uisvillo ias a child revivalist w%ho is only four years old, and11 a l(res. She can neither road nor writo, yet is ablo to repeat almost any passage inl the Bible with aston ishing accuracy. Her succeshs asn ti eCxhorter is very great, she creating a ierfect furore whorover sho goes. M.rs. Augusta Evans Wilson lives in i pretty country house near Mobile, surrounded by books, pie tures mnd flowers. She is described I as the most charming talker in the South, tnd ats the posseisor of a broad open br)oNw, straight brown hair, earnest cycs- and expressive Pensacola, la., Chicken thieves ilre entii't lod to the blto ribboi for their in;ct.uity. A party of them surrouid ia house, aind proceed toget up a fit 'A-class serenado. Whilo the mlii.uical portion Cf the galg thus Citrtai n the family, the rest steal aroun1d to the chicken coo) and bag thir prey. Eist Liverpool, Ohio, is warmed id lighted by its natural gas wells. The gas gives at llame that abniost rivals the eloctric light in brilliancy, anIid it costs so little that the lamps in the city stroct tare kept burnin g day .and rJ:.iht. It is us l in private houises. and fitctories itlike, aild cooks a stak or boats a furitace. A sevait girl inl one of the sum mer cottatges recently burned in L ox,carfully gathered 87,000 wourtht of jewelry inl bor apron and)( started downi Stairs. Before geting out -she remiiembered that iir own money vws in her room in the attie, and so sho throw away the contiti of her apron and rushed back to savo tho $100. A Seotch cler"gyian has poiilted olit a rim.ukablo Iisprilt occilrilinr ill till ditions of Shukespeare's Nwork, malu neIver be fore noticeul, by which thi hard is mado to say : "erns mil 5t.onies, books in the running brool, and good in overytinigi,' whe whit le really salid was nn doteld)((ly "SOrmons in books, stones in tOhe running brooks, and good in everything." okangodn WN\iJ. D, Fon . 0xnnss5xx. A good stery is t"IH of Walker H1. Brown, PAmocriatic nominn for Cong ress from the Ninth District of IWa. It is said that while a miem bor if the B ,ard or Sulpervisors in Emm1t 1t ecunty, Iowa, he wias made helairnianl of tho board, vhichi con sistL I Of three ICemb'ers ; that at a certain ! -tilg lie plrCsented a l pr psitii'4 to the b ard for a1cLin, t which the otl.or twvo me:Aer s were oppo(sed. lie re quotel 1 no of thi other immbors of t'c b .ar I to take the chair wvhile ho lie ausssed the measure, wvhiich wvas done ; then, while on the floor enlled for a vote on tho question, w~hich, of co)urso, the chlairmuan not voting, was a tio. He said :"I will no(w ros'uu3 the chair," and thon annimneed, as there seemed to be a tie voto, that it became necessary fir the chiair to docido it, which ho did in the affirmativo, and dleclared the measuro carried. Ain U DmmIAD Tmri--You do.. ser ve to auffor and if you lead a miis,~ era ble( unsatisfactory life in this beaui tiful world, it is entirely your own fault, and there is only one excuse for you, your uroasonalo preju-. dico mnd sk0[ticisml, wvhich has kill.. 0(d thousands. Personal knowledge and common sense rotasoning wvil soon show you that Green's August Flower will cure you of Liver Com plaint, or Dyspepsia, with all its miserable eff'ects, such as sick head.. ache, palpitation of tihe heart, sour stomach, habitual costiveness, diz ziness of the head, nervous prostra tion. low spirits, &e. Its sale now reaches every towvn on tihe Western Continent and not a druggist but will tell you of its wonderful cures. IYou can buy a samplle bottle for 10 cents. Three doses wvill relieve you Sympathy is best shown who practical in its application. Thei'cn fore wvhen you sympathize with your suffering baby, show it prac ticibly by using Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup and thus eure youx child, Pricea2 orintna ViEGErINE Piurlfles the Blood and Gives Day Q TIN, I,., Jalt. 21, 18T8. I r Sir--lur ''V(tpii" hN is beil dolng wonitrf nil Ille. I 21ave h-et1 Iaviig hih ChilI 1111l i-'evir. Coltlt A Iin tle swi p-ii of th1 sotih, not Iirig gvl ng tIlle Ielief 1111111 1 ibegit the itse of . our Vegetlite, It givIng tIIe I 111t1il at e reller, ton1ing it Imy systent. JIItIfinlg iny bloml, gi ,l'ig sIrnt.h: whereas all t ohr meli vines wea*S keW:Iv4d l o 'andt tlli'l Illy systeti with l olsonl ; 1111 1 :111 ,;at 1iiledI l I Ih t i alllies that ive in the agite 4ist rwis of ohe sotti nod vest, %VotI t.1% Ike V Igeline I Wo or tI ree I ine4 i week, Ihey waodII nt, he i roil 'Ied wIt It Ie uhl iIs or tilt, lal inaIt Fe llver kIh Ita , provatIl nI t oertiltt tis of it Iei yeatr, 80 v( dot or'S bills, aiud live to it good #)itl age. Itespectfll.ily yOlr*. .1. E0. M31I~IHEL, Agent Hon'.ison's Loonims, St.. Liouls, Slo. A,. Diix,1As Ol Titi-: M.Oo.-1 Vegetlinc will relleve pa"in1i, cleaniise. 1)1rlfy, and u10 re tuch 1iI<s0llsas.4, restorling the lillt iL to perfect heatt ltler I rylng dllfoerent, itlYhilanLs, inatly rolliles, sutlelIlig for years, isIL not, ooleitu S.ve' prooj1, o yiui ae at sutftrer, you canl be (tred ? Why is l Is mleelleie erforlning stch, grat etres? It works in it Noort, in Clhe cir c iln1111lg i11.M. It, an tIruly be clilled tilt (-reat ilool 'ri'mler. ilie great.soitti or di.1 ease orIIin Iat i In Ile tbloml ;t no liedicil I tit Ilo s 11411. t t liel ill'et ly 11)01o It to 1ttrify antI(I renuovat e, !tas Jiti t2ltea 1tiloipitbic ttention. VE ET IAlNi Has Enitiroly Curo.1 Mo of' Vertigo. (. AltO, I I.,., Jan. 23, 1818. i.;ir SIr--I h:1ve til severll bottles of "VEt. ' INI N. : 1i. lins etlirrly Cttre tile of Vel Igo. I 111ve ilso it ed It for Kidney Coan p1lint. Li is 1h hst inellIelne for' kidney eotilliaint. I wold recolnuend It ats a good blood nulilel . N. YOU U.M. 'AtN ANt 1)rMNASuI.--01 WO welc, to enjoy gIofo ilalthl wheuhd or .ori 1.httmrl cMr tIh wil h t hI l oIIV , C tisi t12111 Pain tld ti'SeIa ; IIur II thesf h uiorsm, being de posited t hroutgh t ho Iire body, produilec pillples, critptions, tile0r, lillIest ion, coitiveniess, te-mnt-hes, nleural la, t'i'ttiat is a111nd nunmerotts other colinl 11011118 ? li4einove thef Cnitlsv by Utak[inlg Votgetline, Clio inoMt rellalile reinely for cleansing [and purify Ing tile blood. VEGE TINE I Iselievo it to bo a Good Medi X'U-NIA, 0., Miarch 1, 1817. M It. 5151' 8: Dom, Sir- I wIsh to informn you Whnt, yout11 Vvirt tilm, asdne fort, ue. I hanve been al1ct, eI wiI Nei rilgit, and aifter Ilsing tlhre butr I lIs of I Ito Vgel Iline was call trly relieved. I lso folnil ntiv genefrall hltl h lutitch Imuproved. I belIeve It to bev 2 good mie'llOIne. Y-,r 11-ridy, FItED llAlVElMSTICKC. V 5(1 rimsi IN horoughly eradientes every kind of lh11m11,W. and11 rest IOreS ti lntIro s't,0m to It healthy Lointitjon. VEET LNK Druiggist'.s Rleport. Ii. it. STsVEN ': Dea' Sir--Wo have been selling your "Vego-. tI lu for the ptst.etgliteell month11t, anl we take plellstre In stating I lint ll every (as1, to ou. IonowledgC, It ilas vein great, saZtiflction. DUCK & UOW~tl,1 1lIcknal, 1y. VEGETINE IS THE 11 BST Spring Medicine. Prepared by 1-. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass, Vegetiine is Sold by all Druggists. Wept 2 -w New Summer Cook. The Sa.,1fely HOT BLAST ST~iOVEY iBIR f ':1r DOEN NOT it Erl' iLE 110USE, Perfect for all kin ds of Cook ing aind Hloat Iig Irons1. The muot satitf 'ctor'y Stoyo madi~o and tho fif" Son~d for Oircutlars. WHIITNEY & HA 'LL MF'CI, Co., j aly 27-ly 123 Chestuutit St., P'hila. B3ARGAINS 1 BARGAINS FOR CASH ~3'OR tho noxt twonty daystnmay be had .. at tho formeorrstoro of Sot. Wolfe. ThQ beautiful stock of Clothing, Shoest, ADry Goods and Fancy Goods, will Ite soldi krardoss of est, as ioo mnust be raisell july 80 S. S. WOLFE. THlE W JIkNSBO01O~IMOTEL* -By MRS. M. W. BROWN. r p 1f18lotol, situated in the centre of * [the town, offers and guaratntoes to theo publie induomients unsurpassed by any~ othelr house inI the place. Table sup. plied1 with tihe beat in the market. 0om, fortable rooms and 'polito atention, Tormji-$2,00 per day, Au 9-tf