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TRIl-WEEKLY -_ EDiiK WINNSBOR09 S. C. TUE SDAY, JAN UARY 7, 1879 {VOL. 2. O.- 15
DON'T sTor Ary PAPRAl.
Don't stop my paper, printer,
Don't strike my name oft, yet;
You know the times are stringent,
And dollars hard to get;
But tug i little harder
Is what I mean to do,
And scrape the dimes together,
Enough for me and you.
I can't afford to drop it;
I find its doesn't pay
To do without a paper,
However others may.
I hate to ask iny neighbors
To give me their's on loan;
They don't just say, but mean It,
Why don't you have your own?
You can't toll how we mlsoit,
If it, by any fate,
Should happon not to reach us,
Or comes a little late;
Then all is In a hubbub,
And things ro all awry,
And, printer, if you're niarried
You know the reason why.
I cannot do without it,
It is no use to try.
For other people take it,
And, printer, so must I.
I, too niust keep me posted,
AnA know what is going on,
Or feel, and be accounted
A fogy simpleton,
Then, take it kindly, printer,
If pay be somiewhiat slow,
For cash is not so plenty,
And wants not few, you know.
But I must have my paper,
Cost what it may to me,
I'd rather dock my sugar,
And do without my tea.
So printer, don't you stop It,
Unless you want my frown,
For here's tho year's subecription,
And eredit it right down
And send die paper promptiy
And regularly on,
And let It bring us weekly
Its welcomed benison.
DISTRESS IN BRAZ IL.
WBRAIBLM SUFFERING IN T1E
PROVINCE' OF CZARA.
Failure of the Crops and Death of the
Cattle--Smallpox and Starvation.
The latert advices from Per
nimbuco, Brazil, by the steamer
Rio de Janeico, confirm the 11er
ald's telegram concerning famine
and pestilence in the Brazilian
province of Ceara. From the in
terior of the province the famished
inhabitants have fied to the seaport
of Fortaleza by thousands, swelling
the population of that city from
11,000 to 200,000 souls. Fortaleza
is the only prominent seaport town
in the province, and offers the only
outlet by which Rio Janeico or
Pernambuco can be reached. To
this port the natives have fled to
escape the inevitable starvation
that awaited them, and the:a have
fallen victims in great numbers to
W- the smallpox. Pernambuco advices
state that, with the pestilence and
famine combined, the distress in
Fortaleza is terrible, and daily on
the increase, and unless an abate
ment of both is soon reported,
tbreatens to destroy the greater
portion of the population of Coara.
LoOATIoN OF' THiE PROVINCs.
The province, or State of Ceara,
is the most northeastern of the
Brazilian Empire, and embraces an
-area about equal to that of the
State of New York. It has 'a sea,
ooast of abkout one hundred and
eighty miles and several small sea
port towns, the only one of con
siderable size being Fortaleza,
which ordinarily has a population
of 11,000. The southeastern,
southern and seacoast parts of the
country are mountainotts, but the
greater part of the provine. coine
sists of vast .prairies and plains.
The population of,the p)roin~e, ac
cording to the census of 1872, was
7100,000, which has rapidly increas
ed since that tim~e, and numbered
in 1870, the date of the beginning
of thle present distress, nearly one
million. The climate is mild
throughout the year, resembling
that of California, having a rainy
season from May to August, and
summer from August to January.
The population is almost entirely
Portuguese, which language pre.
vails in the province. Tile religion
is Catholic throughout.
PREvIoUs DISTREss.
In 1878 the rain failed ami a
drought ensued which destroyed
the crops of eastei'a p art of the
province and easod ,the ydeath,o
hundreds of tlioitnds o%f 4eattle,
the main support ofA the - back
country. In that year, at in this,
the people6frda the iterior crowd'
ed from the arid and barren plains
to the seacoast. They swarmed.
int o Fortaleza and the other sea
port towns, leaving their surviving
iords to live as best they could, and
deserting their homes for the food
and fresh air of the seacoast. The
distress, which then culminated in
the starvation of hundreds in the
cities, was brought to the attention
of the government. Ships were char.
tered by authority of the govern,
ment at Rio Janeico, and the great
er portion of the inhabitants were
romoved from the province to Rio
Janeico, Pernambuco and Bahia.
In its efforts to relieve the distress
by this and the present famine the
Brazilian government has expended
$8,000,000, besides the contribu..
tions from the Provinces, England,
France, Portu gal, and the itid fur
nished by mer ohants of New York.
A few merchants in New York ii
1876 contributed $3,000, which was
augmented by a donation of $25,
000 from the buRiness men of
Liverpool, England, and various
sums from o ther maritine nations,
countries trading with the Brazilian
Empire. The fight of the inhabi
tants from the famine-stricken
district in 1876 left Ceara nearly
depopulated,
THE PREsENT YEAR.
The government in 1877' aided
vast numbers of the people to re
turn and furnished them the means
of living and planting crops for this
year. The drouth of the past
summer has, it seems, proved the
culminating misfortune of the
wretched population, and has
brought them face to face with a
famine e ialling that of Persia and
China. The coffee crop has failed
entirely and the vast herds in the
interior have died off, leaving the
natives without subsistence or the
prospect of living without aid from
abroad. The province is so remote
from the seat of government and
the more p>pulous parts of the
Empire that, unless energentic and
immediate steps are taken to relieve
the famished and plague siricken
people, it is probable that the death
rate and the scenes of horror in
Fortaleza and the other parts of the
province will far exceed those of
the yellow fevar cities of the
Southern United States. The
smallpox, which is adding to the
terrors of famine in 'Ceara was
brought from Rio JAneico by re
tiring refugees from that port to
Fortaleza, and is of a type that has
so far resisted the treatment of the
native physicians. The death rate
is great and constantly increasing.
The small city of Fortaleza, which
at best afforded but scant accom
modations for its 11,000 people, is
over crowded beyond description
by the 200,000 that have sought
relief and shelter in it, and the
virulent plague is sweeping them off
by the hundreds a day. There is
no escape save by vessels from ' the
port, which is avoi-led by all those
knowing of the epidemic, and in the
interior is nothing but the slower,
though surer, death by starvation.
"A story in sent to me aboith the
late Mr. McNab, curator of the
Edinburg~h Botanical Gardens.
When Dubufe's celebrated paintings
of Adam and Eve were on exhibi
Lion Mr. McNab was taken to see
them, and was asked for his opinion.
'I think no groat things of the
painter,' said the great gardener.
iWhy, man, Eve's temiptin' Adam
wi' a pippin of a variety that wasna
known until aboot twenty yrears
ago 1' As genuine a bit of criticism
as that of the farmer who told
George Morland that he had never
seen eight little pigs feeding without
one of them having his feet in the
trough. Morland altered the pio~
tare."-London WVorld1.
ADULTER AND FoR~NX0ATIO.-The
following is the text of the act
p assed at the late sessjif of the
legislatLure, "To prohibit persons
living together in adultery":
"That any man and woman who
shall dwell together in a state of
adultery or fornication, or adultery
and fornication, shall be indicted,
and, on conviction, such offenders
shall be severally punished by a line
not less than one hundred dollars
nor more thau five hundred dollars,
or imprisonnmbat not less -than six
months nor nior,e, than twelve
months, or by both lire and i
prisonment, at the~ discretion of the
Qourt."
To know a .thing is ight, anel
not to do it, is a weakness. When
you know a jhin~ imal4taj that
you lkndw' It;Q*r da n 'do not
knof~iti sadmit ~the eat s this is
wisdoin. Fear dd6t otverby, btub
fear missing onf the truth.
ASBM$AfENT OF REAL SSTATE.
The New Act Passed by the Legislaa,
ture--Several Changes.
To further provide for the assess.
ment of real estate for the purpo,
ses of taxation.
Bo it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolioa, now met
and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same.
Sec. 1. That the County Auditors
in the several counties of the - State
be, and they are hereby, required,
before the time fixed*for the assess..
ment of property for the purpose of
taxation, to appoint in and for each
township of their respeotive coun
ties three intelligent and discreet
freeholders, resident in the town
ship for which they are appointed,
who, upon taking the oath pre
scribed for officers in the constita
tion, shall meet at some convenient
place in their respective counties
and elect a chairman, and, when so
organized, shall form a Board of
Assessors for the purpose of ases.
ing the value of real estate in their
township for the purpose of taxa
tion.
Sec. 2. 'That before entering the
valuo of any real estate upon his
duplicate, the County Auditor shall
submit a description of the same to
the Board of Assessors, appointed
as aforesaid for the toOnship in
which said real estate is sit hte, and
'the said Board of Assess A shall,
thereupon, without delay, assess the
value of the same, and certify thoir
assessment back to the said Auditor
to be entered upon his duplicate.
Sec. 3. That the members of the
said Board of Assessors shall re
ceive no compensation, but shall be
(xempt from road and jury duty in
their respective counties.
. See. 4. That the chairman of the
said Boards of Assessors in the
several counties of the Sta4e shall,
together, constitute the County
Board of Equalization in such
counties, and shall perform the
duties now devolvod by law upon
the said Board.
Sec. 5. That the chairmen of the
several county Boards shall cnsti -
tute the Stato Board of E-qualiza
tion.
Sec 6. That all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with this act be,
and the sanie are hereby, repealed.
ORIGIN OF THE MAsoNs.--Masonic
writers claim that the Masonic or
der was founded in Solomon's time,
deriving its origin from the "Diony
saie fraternity" of architects and
builders engaged in the construc
tion of temples and theatres, a band
of whom worked upom the temple.
Of this there is no historical proof.
By another aceount the origin is
found in the associations of masons
and builers during the Middle Ages.
These associations had. a regular
government and, ranged from coun
try to country wherever they found
churches to build. - They enjoyed
the especial favor of -the Onpe, and
weore exempted from taxes apd oth
er burdens,ftom which coMes the
name "free" masons. Men Qf emi
nence, both kings and prelates,
joined the order, and Gually the
practical feature fell into obeyance.
Masonry now is speculative. Some
writers claim th'at it ,bad its origin
in 1646, being founded by an long
lishman named Ashmnole, from signs
and symbols borrowed from the
Knights Templars and Rosicrucians.
In 1666 Sir Christophar Wren wvas
appointed Grand Master of Eng
land, so that it must have had sev
oral lodges. In 1702 St. Paul's
Lodge of London was the on'y one, or
about the only one in England, and
this lodge threw open the doors to
other professions. In 1717 there
were four lodges, and these formed
the Grand Lodge. As thus organ..
ized it was transplanted to the
Continent. The first lodge in
America was organized in B3oston in
1738. Many attempts have :been
made in Europe to suppress the
order. It now numbers about
10,000 lodges and 1,000,000 mnem
bers. Over 4,000 books relating to
it have been published.-Vew Tork
Worl.
The governor of Nebraska, "in
view of the injurious and exag
gerated reports sent abrood," "au
thorizes the following statement of
facts ;" November 2.8. D. Biohards
mur4ered a woman and her three
children, and Decemnber 9 poisoned.
a neighbor. Dlecember 9 a mo
of dow-.boys from. Ouster county
took two homesteader~s from the
dhariff, in whopotstody they were,
an& bdter 'anyi.edbat's .91
there is Abou it, exdelpt that "all a
now -onlet.' -
KIF#1RD BY A BNAR.
Horrible Death of a Boy at Parkvlle,
Long Island.
[b)-o011 the New YorkA Time, January l.]
A groat many visitors wero C rawn
to one of the minor hotels on Coney
Island during the past two summers
by the antics of two trained bears I
chained to stakes in front of the house
alluded to. One peculiarity of boars,
And one which provoked niuch mirth
and proved most profitable to the
propietor of the hotel, was their in
ordinate capacity for boor. . The
male bear, an animal of unusal
size and botuty foi' a bear, who was
known as Big onIn, has frequently
drunk as many as fifty bottles of
lager beema day. He used to stand
on his hind feet, and holding the
bottle with his fore paws swallow
its contents. Like many animals of
a higher order Big Ben never know
when to stop, and would often be
como very drunk. While In this
condition he was frequently kicked
and cuffed about by tho mon who
had given him the beer. In the
winter time the boars were taken
to Parkvillo and chained in a yard
op)osito Thom's Road house. On
IVlonday afternoon a party of boys
commenced snow-balling the bears,
and were driven away by Mr. Thom. c
About an hour afterward a lad nam
ed Samuel Stretch, thirteen years of
age, who had frequently played I
with the bears, approached the larg- (
er of the animals for the purpose of t
petting hini. When young Stretch s
came sufficiently near, Big Ben sud
denly sprang upon him. Rendered
furious by the snow-balling which
hq,had received some 'time before,
the animal clasped the boy with his
foro paws, and, hugging him tight -
ly, crushed in his ribs. - At the
same time the bear sank hib teeth t
into the boy's neck, severing the ju
hnalr vein and inflicting a wound
which proved almost instantly fatal. s
When young Stretch found himself a
being drawn into the fatal embraco i
of the bear lie cried out in terror. it
A stableman working near by heard t
the cry, and, armed with a pitch- a
fork, rushed to the lad's assistance,
but the hug a'nd bite which ended
the boy's life were the work of an
instant.* The tragedy occurred in
full sight of neighboring hotels, and t
in a moment a crowd of men camo
running toward the bear.' The brute
growled furiously and showed a
disposition to fight. Mr. Thom,
armed with a hatchet, struck
the brute on the head, and C
Mr. Peter Ravenhall plunged a
dirk knife into Big Ben's body sev- I
oral times. When young Stretch '
was carried into Thon's hotel t
lie was quito dead. Notwithstand- I
ing the stabs from the dirk-knife
and the blows from the hatchet, it
took fAve shots from a revolver and c
two shots from a shotgun to kill the a
bear. The female boar, which was
ohained some distance away, exhibit
ed no excitement during the attack 1
on the boy or the subsequent killing j
of her mate. The deceased boy ro
sided in the village of Parkville, j
about two miles south of Prospect
Park, and was the son of a porter
a.nployed in this city.
THE SEL~rL Pox IN .ORAzI,. -The
small pox is raging to a very fearful
extent in Brazil, and it is said that
30,000 people died from this plague
during the month of November.
Dom Pedro, the Emiperor, tole,
graphed to the Brazillian minister
at Washington, Menor Borges, to
proonre all the vaccine matter pos.
siblo and forward it to the em piro,
The minister has applied to the
health officer of Washington who
has promised him to procure and
ship to Rio all the vaccine matter
which can be obtained.
The quiet village of B.ridgovillo,
Pa., was thrown into an unusual
state of eoltomont Christmas even--1
ing by a singular elopement. Wil-.
liam Mitchell a young man of about
twenty years, eloped with his uncle's
wife, a dashing woman of twenty
five. Mitchell hired a sleigh and
drove to B3ridlgevillo, when, under
the pretonse of taking his aunt to
ohureh, ho brought her in time to
take the 9.27 eyening train to K(an.
sas. Mrs. Mitchell is very pretty
and has heretofore borne a very fair
reputation.. She has succeeded ini
purloining from her husband in the
past year about one thousand dol'.
I are.
As a roli'able and cheap r'eme dy
for the various affecttiry of the
throat and lunge, we heartily re
commend.Dr. Buill's (kdugh Syrup,
Price 2l centp.
Pay eyouri subaoriptioft' to the.
Nes m n.
GAEEMAL GOSSI.
Goneral Longstrect has boon
bendarod, and will probably accept,
he postmastership of Gainesville,
3a.
General Shorman says this coun.
;ry vill have a population of eighty
iiiulione inside of tho next twenty
(oars.
At St. Louis on Friday the
5ooond Baptist Church, Roy. Dr.
3oyd pastor, was dostroyed by fixo.
.oss $100,000.
The French governmnt is about
0 appoint a consul to Mhn city of
Stetz, which was taken froin the
Froneh in the late war.
The mayor of Norfolk, Va., an
tounces his purpose to vigorously
inforce the penalty against portos
lotected in carrying cC. coaled
veapons.
The total debt of Tennessee, with
lie accumulatod interest for July 1,
.875, amounted on January 1st
,879, to more than twonty-fivo
aillions of dollars.
An unknown man was frozen to
loath near Macon, Ga., on Thurs.,
lay night. Ho had been. intoxicat.
id. The thermometer was only 131
legroes above zero.
The female chimpanzee of the
?hiladelphia Zoological Garden is
load, and students of the Darwinian
heory are interestedly watching the
trangely manlike expressions of
riof by her male conpxnion.
A Jew directs the public affairs
i Protestant England ; the most
inportant departiOn ts of the
,overnmont of Catholio France are
.dmisistred by Protestants, and
lie Sultan's Minister of Foreign
Lffairs is a Christian.
Thore has been no such fall of
now in Switzerland for many years
a during the last month. Trafil,
s greatly impeded, the omnibusos
re running as sledges, and from
lie Jura to the Alps there is one
Imost unbroken mass of snow.
Dempster Hall, at Evanston, Ill.,
vas burned to the ground Thursday
iight. Loss $25,000 ; insurance
)3,000. This building was the
hoological home of a large number
I Methodist ministers of the
Torthwest, being a branch of
vanston University.
A Philadelphia dry goods mor
hant has added a children's room
o his store, where mothers may
,avo their children to be amnused
rith rooking-horses, picturcs and
Dys while they do thoir shopping.
abies in arms not admitted, lost
hoy should not bo callod for again
The Leo Monument Assooiation,
bartered by the Legislature of
irginia for the purpose of 6rooting
n Richmond a monument to Oon,
lobert .. Lee, proposes to take
Lp on his birthday--the 19th of
Fanuary-a collection throughout
he South in aid of its undortaking.
t is suggegtod also tha., entortain
cents .be given throughout .the
south on the night of the I9th for
he same object. The association
mas a large sum on hand, but not
nough to erect a fitting monument.
A.t Duibuque, Iowa, on Thursday,
'en convicts in the poenitentiary
>roke out of the stonocutters' shed
nd made a desperate efl'ort for
iberty, the yard being enclosed
miy by a board stockade. One was
hot dead by the guard and another
atally shot. The reinainder osa
apod from the yard, Two were ~
hot by the guards, both droppi.ng
vith a broken leg each. viye
thors were soon rooapturecl, John
)onoboe boilig the only one now at
iberty.
CINCINNATI's RAIIO..-'Thd Sue
>reme Court of Ohio has affirmed
he decision of theo'Suporior Court
>f Cincinnati, doolaring the $2,,
)00,000 Southern Railroad aot
mconstitutional. Thin in a very
mportant decision for the city .of
3inoinnati and for the holdprA of
southeorn Rlailroad b)onds, It effoc-.
~ually defeats the plans of the.
idvocates. of repudiation and obi
struction, andi insures the war'ly
3.ompletion, of the 'oad, which has
ilready cost the people $J.,0,,000,
mud ends in the woods of Kontnoky.
L'he uncomupletdid sootfoft is under
sontract to Houston & Co.,, wvho
are under hoayy bonds to finish it
ai one year from'the date of the
riooision of the Supreme Court.
APPLICATIONS will '1be* - reove
..unt%Ilie 15th hjitant fo: ciocoe
Spof luiin'isfo* he towh' of paiiAl)o
reor6Opos. '