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'11VE_EKL_Y EDI1I0N.} WINNSBO.RO. S. C. TUESDAY, 1'EBLIUAR Y :25, L8hI ; V., Ak R.!ated by a Per on Who Was a F"ien( to :oli Truth. 'The) hitad be tallkingt about the romarkable performances of Dr. Carver, the mai'rksman, who shoots with a rifle glass balls which arc sent into the air as fast as a man can throw them. Presently Abner B3yng, who was sitting by, said: "That's nothing." "What is not.ling ?" "Why, that shouting. Did you ever know '1:oun Potter ?" "No." "'ell, Potter was the best hand with the rifle I ever saw ; beat this 1mn Carver all hollow. I'll toll you what I've s3en this man Potter do. You kauw, amylb}, along there in cherry re :son \irs. Pott.er w.,uld want to pr e(ervu some clieheri:rs, so Tom woul:d pick 'em for her, and how d.> vo: tinklc he'I stono 'emi?" "I don't kno.v. H{ow ?" "Why, he'l fill his gun with bird shot and get a boy to drop half a bushel of cherries at one time from the roof of a house. As they came down he'd fire and take the stone clean out of every cherry in the lot ! It's a positive fact I He might occasionally miss one, but not often. But he did bigger shooting than that when he wanted to." "\Vliat did he do?" "Why, Jim Miller-did you know him ? No. Well, Tom made a bet once witii Jim that he could shoot the button ol hi.i own coat. tail by iaiming in the opposite direction, Ind Jim took him up." "Did he do it '?" "Do it! He fixed himself in a position and aimed at a tree in front of himl. The ball hit the tree, caromed, hit the corner of a house. caromed, struck a limp-post, caromed, and flow behind Tom and nipped the button off as slick as a whistle. You bet he did it !" "That was fine shooting." "Yes, and I've seen Tom Potter beat it. I've seen him stand under a fluck of wild pigeons, billions of them coming like the wind, and kill 'eiso last that the front of the flock never pissed a given line, but turned over and fell down, so that it looked like a kind of brown and feathery Niagara. Tom did it by having twenty-three breoch-loading rifles and a boy to load 'em. lie always shot with that k:nd." "You say you saw him do this sort of shooting ?" "Yes, sir ; and better than that, too. Why, I'll tell you what I have seen Tom Potter do. I saw him once set up an India rubber target at throe hun.red feet >nd hit the bull's- eye twent3-savon times a Ilnlute with the s tune ball. He vuld hit the t truget, the ball would bound right back into the rifle hatrrel just as Tom1 ha. clapped in a fresh caarge of powdr, and so be kept her going backward and for ward nul at last he happened to miove his gun and the bullet missed the muzzle of the gun. It was the b)iggest thing I ever* saw ; the very biggest--except one.' "WVhy, one day I wvas out wvith him when he was practising, and 'it came to rain. Tom didn't want to get wet, and we had no umbrella, and what do you think lie did 7" "What ?" "Now what do you think that man done to keep dry 7" "I can't iinagine." "Weoll, sir, he got mue to load his weapons for him, and I pledge you my word, although it began to rain hard, he hit every drop that camii down, so th~ it the ground for aibout eight feet around us was ats dry as punk. It was beautiful, sir beautiful." And then the compsany rose up slowly and passed out one by one, each man eyeilg Abner and looking solemn as lhe wont by; and when they had gone Abner looked queer ly foi- a moment and said to me : "There's nothing I hate so much as a liar. Give me a man who is a friend of the solid truth, and I'll tie to him." Senator Thurman has just promis.. ed to deliver the address before the literary societies of the University of North Carolina at the commence ment in June. At the same time, the correspondent of the Raleigh .News writes. Bishop Pierce is ex poted to preach the annual sermon and Hion. Samuel J. Tildeni to deliver the literary address. Mrs. Flandra&u, "the Mormon giant girl," on exhibition at the American Museum New York, diei on Mondamy. She was eighteen years old, and weighed 676 pounds. TILE LBLACK DEATH. It is estimated that not less than 52,000,000 persons fell victims to the black death in Asia and Europe toward the middle of the foirteentih century. Of those 15,000,000 arc supposed to lavo perished in Europo, 24,000,000 in Asia Minor, India, and tho adjacent countries, and 13,000,000 in China. One his, torian writes concerning the appear.. ance of the plague in Europo : "Terriblo omns in tho haeavens overwhelmed the nations with dreatl. In 1337, a large comet appeared in followieg years came iimense mult:tUdes of locusts ; but in 1348 the end of the .world s'eemaod at hand. An earthquake dev:tstaated Cyprus, Greece. It-dy and the Alpint valoys. Mountains eavo;.I in. In the )t ovince of arn'ttithon, in Au tri;, thirty viill ges and a town w.-i ut.erly d( struyed. The atmosphere bee-uine tiick, fetid and cotlfa:.ing Wine turbid in the bar res. Fiery meteors illumunlatud the sky. A pillar of flames was sen Over thc Papal palace at Avignon. Tihese terrors were followed by a murder ous plague. It originated in China, was carriel through the whole of Asia, and in Germany received thc nno of the "Black De:th," because it covered its victims suddenly with black pustules, and oftou killed them instantaneously. It spread over the whole of Europe, and it is said that it did not rage nost viru. lently in Germany. Nevertheleas 14.000 persons died in B.tsle, 1(,00C in Stra.,burg and the same numbei in Erfurt. and they perished in al) other places in simiir proportions. In Osnabruck only seven families are said to have survive 1. For twenty-five years the awful opilemic maintained its annihilating sway, while at the same timc droughts, famines, floods, and earthquakes destroyed city and country, and vast s warms of locusts everywhere inflicted the direst rav ages. Meantime the whole ordo, o nature seemed reversed. In mid winter the severest rains wort eXperieicod. and in summer long continued frosts, and volcanoes thai had been long thought ext.inct open ed their craters anow. Sote have attibuted the orign of the epidemic to the atnotplheric changes produc - ed by the convulsions of the earth combined with the decay of organic mattor---the mvrads of locusts and unnumbered bodies of men ani animals. Some have also attributed thai frightful epidemic to the then re corded atpproaclh of several planets to the sun. Inasmuneh as four plan. ets enter the perihelion in 1881, we have at least this similarity between the present time and that dr'eadfu period ; and this circumstance, com bined with the suddcn outbreak of the plague that is reported fron Europe, may give rise to the fears that the coming platnetary ploximnity to the sun is perhas to have an evi import for poor humanity. POISONING THE1 Por-A report wvas emtrent in Paris some days aigc of the attemnpted p)oisonlinlgof th<( Pope by Jesuits. The rep)ort was telegraphed by theC Papal Nuns cio in Paris to Cardinal Nina, and numerous inquires were mnade of the Pope's phlysicianl on the subject. On his Holiness being informed of the story, he is said tc have calledl his private chamberlain and said :"Thank thle visitors, and announce also mn the antechamnbei that I am foeling quite well, and that thO p)oisonling is only for tihe prLesenit aL pious desire-," Accordin to ther Pall Mall Ga~zitte, the report seems, hoawever, to havo mad ;an enraol:Lrdi nl:iry impreOFsion aut the Vatican, and food introduced and coo)ked is ox amined with scruplulons rigor. Speaking quietly of the matter, the Pope observed ;"'he Jesuits are too wise. Were they to attemptf and succeed, they knowv thlat the crime must be traced home to themn 'rhe Jesuits have, meanwhlile, pro, sented their ultimnatumu to the Pope, demanding to be reinstated in thleir' old1 position, and to have their share in the government of the church, pointing out the benefits to accrue from their support and tile damage they are still capable of doing. The Pope yields not an iota. He says : ".Let friars act the friar, and not meddle with mundane affairs." The communicition for which the Grand Duke Nicholas, ot Russia, son of the Grand Duke Constantine, has been exiled to Orenburg, was a pamphlet in favor of the speedy construction of the Orenburg & Tashkind Railway by way of Rara Turrgal and Sir Darga river in order to force England to abandon her reshsancn to Ruanin.'s nastern. palicy CULREN' OPINION. Philadelphia Times: "There was nothing naughty in the Ilepubliean cipher telegramths, theroforo they were burned up or otherwiso in, capacitated for future service." New Orleans Picayune: "To put an end to the wholo business of paying Southern claims will be per f(ctly satisfactory to thu Mass of the industrious people and of the commercial classes of tho South." Boston 'est: "I'he conversion of Ha) e to the lonosoimo cause of Z. Chandlor is boliuve-.1 to be owing to compunctions of conIScience. The c.so is fully explained by a perusal of the telegirns which reveal what Chandler did for Hayes' olection, so-called." Albany A rgus: "The Ropublicans have alro.Idy proved that, the Presi doIney, to be laid lat all, had to bo bo,ught, and that thi Democrats did not buy it from 'ho Republi cans, wilt) offered it to them. That the Republicans, who finally got it, bought it, goes withot t saying." St. Paul -Pioneer-- Press, Rep.: "There is one featule n this Cihan dier-C1jristiaicy exCht go of offiees which I':s not been go Crally con inento( upon. Was i high -toned civil servico reform :ttesnanshi1p for Cliristiancy to ace it a 810,000 iSsiol as an inducel ut to get out of Chandler's way3 The re. putted trador and macinist appears inl quite as favorable a light in this transaction as the juclicial paragon or the executive who otors him the indu cem ent." St. Louis Post and Dispatch.: "In 1876 G,-antw:ts Presidnt ; Zaclh C handler, Soeretary of the Interior; Don Cameron, Secretary of War ; Rtobo on, Secretary of the Navy--a set of Iuost daring and dangerous dorperaddoes. But how absurd to compare in 1880 the feeble and theorietical Hayes and Schurz, Ol Thompson and obscure McCrary to the determination and desperate daring of their predecessors Grant, Chandlor, Cameron and Robeson? No, no! Whatever else may be possible, the repetition of the frauds of 1876 is not possible at least not by the Republicans. If the Democratic candidate shall re ceive one hundred and oighty.-fivo dlectoral votes he will be inatugu rated as surely as there will be a fourth of March, 1881." New York San: "But the groat and almost solo point of public interest in the matter is ho%v Samuel J. Tilden will emerge from the inquiry. He. too,. is to be judged justly. He is not to be hold accountable for the acts of any other person, unl'ss those acts were atn thorized or approved by him. The sentiments of the American people are too elevated ; their love of jus tico is too sincere ; their resol"e that the right shall provail is too determined for thon over to consent that one of their chosen leaders shall be shoved asido for acts which weenot, in any sense, his. If' the evidenced destroys Mr. Tilden, de trydho will be. if, on the other hand, in a fair, careful, intelligent judlgment, the evidlenco acquits him, he will occupy a place in tihe regard of the peopile warmer than ho ever bold before." Philadelphi4 iman: "It is wvorth whlile to call President H{ayes' at tention to the fact that he has ap p)ointed1 to a posnition abroad one of t,he men who wvas most activo in the theft of the despatches from the committee room. T1hat is Bullock, foirmer messenger of Morton's comn mittee, but now United States Consul a t Cologne. If ' the Presi dent knew of Bullock's erime he is as guilt,y nai Uullock ; -if ho did not knowv it, then he will make himself guilty by permitting his continu ance in oflice as a representative of~ this government, sincee the sworn confession of the assistant post.. mastor general makes Bullock but a thief. Ho should be summarily dis missed if the President is to 1)e respected. It would seem that there has already been quite enough of this nort of business to satisfy the ambition of an Administration which started on a reform basis." Chicago means "Wood Gone" or, "No Forest," says the World. This is a mistake. The word Chicago comes from the Cherokee language. The clay banks of the lake near Chicago, being constantly undermin ed by the waters, continually broke and fell into the lake. Thus the 'Indians called tha place "Chick-ago" or "Broken Banks, ' and the name has proved so appropiate ever since that there has been no 4oeire to chango it .. P'roo /M E WS OF THE DAY ] Yellow fever is increasing at Rio Janoiro, Brazil. The deaths range from five to ton a day. The counsel for Kate M. Cobb, convicted of poisoning her husband, have withdrawn the motion for a now trial. Gen. Chester A. Arthur, rocontly deposed its collector at New York, has been unanimously elected chair man of the Republican central con. mittee of that city. This action is con.,truod as a robuko to President Haves '11w Senate Committee on For.. eign Ielations will recommend that $7,000 be paid the widow of Bayard Taylor. Tnis sum, it is understood, will not be more than safficient to pay the obligations for house rent, &c., incinred in Berlin by Mr. Tay for while minister. The Philadelphia jury in the case of Arthur Chambers, John C. Lark and John King, churged with cone spiracy to arrange a prize fight in Canada,, returned a verdit of acquits tal. Notwithstanding the verdict the judge held the accused in $1, 000 bail to keep the peace. The funeral services over the body of the the late Right Rev. Bishop Foloy, of the Chicago dio, cease, last Friday, were most im, pressive. The Cathed:al of the Holy Name was the scene of the last rites, and was visited by twenty thousand people during the day, including all the public officers of the city. Oliver -,erguson, a school teacher in Derry Town ship, Pa., had trouble with a .scholar, and disussed him from school. On Thursday last the pupil attempted to force his way into the school house, and the teacher resisted. In a scufel which ensued, the boy ceized a poker and struck the teacher over the head, killing him instantly. George Washington, the negro ravisher,.was hanged at Louisville, Ky., on Friday. t n thousand per sons witnessed the execution, aimong whom wore hundreds of women. At 11.45 a. im. when the drop fell the rupo broke short off at the top, and the crowd yelled and booted. Another no.so being arranged at 11.50 a.m., tue trap was again sprung, and Waaslhingr.on, being then uncons scious from the first fall, died with out a murmur. Claiborno Smith, tfie third negro tried for the murder of John C. Lacy, in New Kent, Va., a few weeks f;ineo, has been convicted of murd.r in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary. Two other negroes, Pa,t Siitth and Judas Chiiitain, have already been con~ victod, and sentenced to be hanged March 25. The fourth and last of the murderous gang will be tried at the next term of the Circuit Court. The two doomed to hang are confin ed in Henrico county jail, in Rich mioni d. The large iron safe known as the "Cent ennial Safe" which was on exhibition at tihe late Centennial ex hibhi ln, eontining autographs1) and pho~tograp)hs of distinguished men oft the country of 1876, was cluosod at noon on Saturday, in Statuary Hall of tile capitol at Washington, in the presence of a large unber of spectators. Sena, tor' Fayc, who plresided over the Senate after the death of Vice President Wilson, represented tile late admmin istration, and Private Socr etary Rodgers the present administration. Mr. Nicolay, Pris vate Secretary to Lincoln, was also prese~nt. T1hie safe is to remain closed one hundred years and then to be opened. SET TRs TH AT GAmdCD.-Mrs5. Sallie Isabella McCullough B3rignoli, of Columl>ia, who made her debut as a prima donna seome yesrs ago, has .inst prern red a divorce from Brignoli on the ground of maritdl infidelity. Brignoli was met at thme wharf, w b:en departing on a singing tour in Europe, with thme docree of divorce, a claim of $118 for alimony and another execution for $585. He will remain in Europe. Mrs. McCullough, as she now calls her self, is now a guest in tihe family of the lady in New York whose daughs ter married Max Strakosch, where she is persuing her studies. As she was blameless, thme Court permits her to marry again. The ladies sing "in the sweet "buy"'and "buy" we will meet in that beautiful store," and we cer. tainly canu raise no objection. But rememiber tile little ones at home and do not leave the nurse wit,hout a bottle of Dr. Bull'si Bahv Svenn.* PErsa Coorl:u's Ciza an:. -"ln tlho days," Continue'd Mr. Cooper. Hmil, ing as thih. remombrance came to his mind, "wo kept no ervatLs as they ! do nowadays. and ray wife and my - self had to do all that was to he do.o. After our first child was born I used to come into the house and find my wife rocking the cradle and I relieved her from that while I was there. After doing that for a few days I thought to myself that I could make that t.ling go of itself. So I wcnt into my shop and made a p"ndulous cradle that, would rock the child. Then I >ittached a musi cal instrument which would sing for it, and at the same Limo the machine would keep the flis off. '1ho latter was very simple ; by hanging some thing to the cross bar, as the cradle swung under it, backward and for, ward, it would create wind enough to drive away the flies. The machine was wound up by a weight and would run for nearly half an hour without stopping. I took out a patent for it, and one day a poddler came along with a horse and wagon as they do in the country, and saw the craUo. He struck a b.rgain with me and bought the patent right for the State of Connecticut, giving for it his horse and wagon and all the goods he had with him. They afterwards inado some there, but notbin^ as good as mine. It was a be-utiful piece of furniture," said Mr. Cooper regretfully, as he thought of it as a thing of the past. WAR! WAR! -AGAINST HIGH PRICES.-~ 'W ITH light rent oind little expenso, I sell cheap for cash. Look: Five Cans Fresh Salmon for $1.00. Fivo Cans Fresh Peachea for $1.00. Seven Cans Fresh Tomatoes for $1.00 Six Boxes Sardincs for$1.00. Seven lbs. Fresh Cheoso for $1.00. Everything in the grocery line low in Prtirtion at the storo of feb 7 W. IL DONLY. J. M. BEATY & Co. Have in stock all kinds of Steel Plows. Also Hool Bolts, grass Rode, Traco Chains, I'low Lines, Back Bands, Plow Bridles, Fiow Volds, Swede Iron for laying Plowr,, &c. LIVES ARE OFTEN LOST BY the usu of oheli Keroseno. Got onOO of our safet.y Lamps in which even the most dangerous oil is safe. $20,000 Saved Yearly to Fairfield, When our farmers learn to puirchaso Chemicials and make their own fortilizora. Call and got a book tohing how it, can bo doc08 MoMASTE2R&BItCE. THE BURLINGTON $1,000 IN THRIEE PREMI,UMsa. W~ TE will pay the agent sending m. the VVlar gest list at subsjor cre beforom March 1, 1870, onie first-classi 71 octavo, rosowood or walnnmt, NEw RCALE, UTIconT 1'IANo, $850.00. Tihisi list to be at least 850 names, For the second list,- not to be~ less th'rn 200 inme, $100 in gol d. For thme third list,, not, to be0 loss t,han 100 names, $50) in gold. For $I3.l0, at one time, we will send ten copien one year. For $7.00, at one timme, we will send five copiesC 0ono year. F or thron namesic and $6.00 we will send thme Companion tScroll Sawv and Drill, value $3. 50. as5 a 5lpeial proiu tm. For iivo nameis anid $10.01 WII Sill send thme Companion Scroll lHaw, Drill, and Lathe, value $5.00, na a s4pociaml prom-im. We will send THEzm IlAwEYg, and "G LAN 1Nos yon -ruE CUamous". to agents at $3.0 and return $2.0'), i f the beok is not wanito.l on examinntion, for its retutrn, pIost-pid, if returned at, once. Address HIAWREYE P'UBLISIllNG COMP'ANY, doe 6 Burlington, Tbwa. D)ISSOLVEDl BONE.. -j- oN'T buy Guano, but got D)issolvedl LJkolmo to mmnix wit,h foutr Odmnpost hoes, Etiwan D)issolve'd Brone for usalo by McMASTEBi & BIU, feb 13 CHEE~SE I l HEESE I CHEi I'~,E jd( ~LLUS. Choloc Factory Cheesei oc 17 U. (z. D;j~Ict