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TR -WEEKLY EDITION.} WINNSBO1&O, S. C. SAT UR )A Y, APRIL 5, 1879 I VOL. 3. NO. 28 " Al. M. . 'IN.1A'ORE.'P t A Sketch of the Opera Which Has A Created Such a Furore. The Pittsburg (Pa.) Leader gives a sketch of the opera under the above name, written by W. S. Gil bort, an English dramatist, and the music furnished by Arthur Sullivan, an English composer. First brought c out in this country in Boston, it at once became very popular there, and when taken to New York it was performed in half a dozen theatres 0 at the same time, while it is being sung by travelling operatic troupes , d all over the countiy. -To Leader ' says : The object of this comical. nauti cal operatic trifle, on a subject of such pondorositoe the queen's ii navec, is to show the hollowness of It official pretensions and the bombast t that bolsters up rank and station ; I and to laugh down ignorance andn stupidity in high' places. The deck s of the Pinafore becomes the battle- s ground of a comical engagement v between hard -fisted sailors' service o and oflicial bomlbasit' and emptiness. 11 The action on board is brisk, and is t continually intenupted with the a bursting bombshells of laughter. s The farcical eleeont is always pres- 1, out in a variety of guises and happy surprises. It rt:lks about oq, deck s in the lord hlgh admiral-alwayA r atceoimpaniod by his sisters, . and his i cousins, and his aunts, and the l t whole "gaing" of his female relations. i He is a stickler;for naval etiquette, i "if you please ;" tells how lie roso to r be "the ruler of the queen's navee," t and presents the crew with a song t of instruction, setting or singinglc forth that "the British tar is a soar- I ing soul" whose "energetic fist should be ready to resist a dictato. rial word. He loves the captain's ( daughter and she loves a common sailor. To win the girl ho tells her that love levels all ranks and station. She takes hi:n at his olicial word, officially expressed, and in stead of soaring up to him she flops I down in tho iins of the sailor,' whom she has previqusly rejected because of incoimpatibiljty of rank" and station-a Ircsult of the adnir al's official blunder. Ollici d "pomp and circmust.ance," and rank and station are plalyed with like shuttle cock and battledoor. Baby-farming .Buttercup mnkes a regular sc.ci il revolution on board the Pinafore, when she sings: "T wo tender babes I nursed, One was of low condition, The otheir upper crIAt, A regular patrielan, A many year. ago. Oh, bittae is my cup I ilowever could I dou It 7 1 miNed those chldcnren up, And no, a creatu;. knew it." Well, the up-shot of the mixing was that the patrician became the l sailor aud the babe of low condition the catptain--startling. Then the I admiral decides that the sailor is really the captain, and the captain is the sailor, and so changes their places on bo:ird according to birth morc startling. The admiral de clines to marry the deposed captain a daughter because of her low dlegree, and oflicially gives her to the sailor . nowv elevated to the captaincy. The .ex-captain now turns to Buttercup, who had farmed nimi as a baby and got him mixed, aind being a widower, lie tells her: "I shall imarry a wife In my humiible rank ojf li And you, may own,, are she I mnust wnnder to and fro, But wherever I may go I shall never be untrue to t,hee, A1: What, 'never ? *Captain No, never I A1V:iWat, never 7 on ptain: iiardly ever I All : lardly evera he untL rue tothee." And tha,t's where an oft,repeated joke lits hardest. TPhe whole business is a setting up and knocking down of rank and .8tat,ion, and laughing at the wreck. The poor sailor who loves above his station, while he bewails his low condition, is proud of being an .Englishman. He .sings : 'NAdmuiral: I sm the laonalvh of the sen, TJhe ruler of the Cquee'n's navee, V.hose pris Great llrltaini IoKdly .cott:ln .11ob6: A nd we are his sisters and his. Couslins a nd hits auints. Chorus: A nd wve are hisa sh.ters and [its cousins alit hi1s S.uI:Ls. Admirail: WVhers at anchor, here ,I ride My bosom, F welI!- wit hi pido. And I attip my lingers at a fooeman's Cousin Hlebe: Ani) d e ohIs sisters and hisu coisi .s 5nr1 his aunts. Chioruu: A nd so do his al.;ors and his COusln I adu his aun.ts. .&dmiral: Blut wh'n tie breezes blow, I Kenerally gobeow - Anu seek the selusion that a cabin grant,s. Cousmin IIebo: Ahd so do :his- 8lsters and hit cousins andi Jus rUnts. Ohorus: And so do ih a sisters and his ceuslos andt his aupts. Ills siaters and his cousins, Whom he reckens up by dozens,C Andl his aun)ts. After thme admiral has officially fooled dimelf ot of the ex-captain's .d mghter', abd' he has ofioially dis-;. posed of the sailor and his love, at;djh le captain and Buttercup, he turns Hobo: dmiral : I'm the monarch of the sea, And when I've n,arried thee I'll be true to the dovotion that my love iplants. )e Then good-bye to his sisters and hi s cousins and his aunts ; Especially 1l 1s couslius, Whom he reckoisi by the dozens ills sisters and his cousins and his aunts. Lorus : For he is an Engislhnan, And lie hinself hath said It. And it's greatly to his credit, That he 1s anl Fnglishinan. These extaacts will give some idea F the style and purposes of the pera and the comic character of the dings on Her Majesty's Ship Pina >re. A WVESTERN TRAMN LAW. The Legislature of Wisconsin, at ,s late session, passed a cast iron ranp law that will have a tendency > discourage vagrant imimigrants. t provides that any able-bodied iale person, over sixteen years, who tall be without visible means of upport, shall be regarded as a agrant, and if found in a town, city r village of which lie is not an in~ aLbitanLt, he shall be deomed a ranp. For this offense lie may be rrested, and if convicted may bo entenced to imprisonment at hard Lbor in the county jail, or for a eriod not exceeding thirty days in olitary confinement, his diet being estricted by law to broad and water. Tunicipal authorities are inipowered o sot the convicts at work repair hg roads, or in making other public nprovernents, and if any tramp ofuses to work he shall be sent to lie penitentiary for two years. Any ram'p who is found on the premises f any citizen without permission, or vlio kindles a fire on any highway or mn the lands of another without cave or who frightens any person, e' carries any firearm or other dlan erous weapon, shall, upon convic' ion, -be sent to the penitentiary for wo years. All peace officers of the tate are empowered, and it is nade their duty, to arrest individual ramps and to lodge complaint gainst them. Any five or more ramps who shall congregate to other for the purpose of encourag ng v.agabondage shall, iupon convic ion be sent t;a the penitentiary for wo years each. In the face of this )raconian law it wt'ill require a bold weart to become a tramp in the land )f the Badger. UsEs OF TIE LEMoN.-The lemon s a neccessity in any household. [h. following ai e given as some of its ises : A piece of lemon upon a -orn will relieve it in a day or so. :t should be renewed night and noruing. The free use of lemon uice and sugar will always relieve a ough. A lemon eaten before >reakfast every day for a week or ,wo will entirely prevent the feeling f lassitude peculiar to the approach f spring. Perhaps its most raluable property is its absolute ower of dectecting any of the in urious and even dangerous ingred ents entering into thp. composition >f so very many of the hosinetics and 'ace p)owders in the market. Every ady should subject her: toilet ilow ler to this test.P' lace a teaspoonful >f the suspected powvder ill a glass and add th a juice .of. a lemon. If uffervesd'nce takes place it is an nfallible proof that the powder is langerous, and its use shiould be ~voided, as it will ultimately, injure he skin and destroy thle beauty of ho comiplexion.- Charlotte Ol>serv r. SEARcHING Fon PAra.-A ladyin he street met a little girl betwe,en wo and three years old, . evidently ost and-cryinig bitt-erly. The lady ook the baby's hand and asked vhere she wvas going. "Down to aind papa," was the lobbing reply. "What is your papa's name ?" sked the lads. "His name is papa." "But what is his other name ?" Vhat does your mamma 'call him I" "Shle calls him papa," persisted lhe little,.creature. The lady then tried to lead her long, sayinig, "You had better co nith me. -I. guess you came this mly 7" "Yes, but I don't want to go back. want to $nd my papa," replied the ttle girl; crying afresh as if he'r Leart wdould1 break. "WVhat do you want with your apa 1" asked the ladyi "I want t6 kiss him." Just at this time .a sister of the hild, who had . been searching for er, came along an~d took possession f the little runaway. Firom inquiry appeatid' that the.. little one's apai, tWhom she was sai earlnestly Beking, had nrecent~ died1 arid spg~, red of ydii blhni t,o. dyn oiem, had unna11 tn inma im . They Must Not Inveigle a Man into Wrong Doing and the>? Havo Him Punished. (.elo YorkIC Tmce.] It is narrated that a oniecticut prosecution for liquorselling has cone to grief through the refusal of the Judge to take the testimony of Police spies. The temperanco 1m1enl of the place employed one Butlor to collect evidence against the snspect. ed dealers. Butler dropped in at their saloons and called for drinks over the bar, which wore furnished to him. He thon m:le a complaint, and there was an arrest and trial. The doalers' lawyer inade the point that it cannot be lawful for the Police or reform agents to tempt men into a crime for the purpose of getting thorn punished 'for it ; that the receiver is as bad a the thief, and one tvho buys liqiuor with a purpose to break the law by the sale is an accomplice, and guilty with the seller. The Ju a e sustained this, declaring that s h1 a mode of enforcing the law was t allowable, and that the the testitony of the spy did not warrant a ctnviction. A soiimIwhat i,imililar decision was made, not long ago, in .Missoiri. A "doctor" in St. Louis v as suspected of dealing in articles i ado contra b-nd by the laws for the suppres sion of vice, and the friends of the law employed a detective. He drew up a letter, dated from Georgia, asking the doctor if h would sell such and such things, procure,l it to be copied in a lady's hand and sign ed Nettie G. Harlan, (which was. a fictitious name,) and got the letter carriers to dcli-,r it as if it had come from Georgia. Batck came an answer saying : "I have what you desire. Price, $10." _Instead of sending this to Georgia, the Post Ofice clok gave it to the detective He instituted a prosecntion ; but the court decided that it could not be maintained. "I have what you desire" gave no information of where the unlawful things could be bought, except to the detective. And giving information to a detec tive (if violttions of law is not-a crime. In another recent case, a proprietor of buildin- suspected a prson of intended burglary, and employed detectives. They put themselves in communication with the suspect, and entiCed him to pur. sue his design. Ho fell into the trap, the detectives gave him vari, ous facilities, he matured his plans, and one night enterel the building, whereupon the detectives iushed in and caught him. But the court held that he could not be con victed of burglary. The detectives being agents of the propriet.r, their egging the prisoner on in his pur pose was in law a communication of a consent from the owner to the a1cCcsed to enter, and deprived it of criminal character. They might have watched his doings as sharply .s they pleased, but they cou:d not lawfully tempt him onward and also complain of him. MIsTAKEN IDENTTrY.-Ho stood be fore Magistrate---, a forlorn-l4ook ing wretch, while this question was 'ut to him: "Well, sir, what have you to say for yourself ?" "Mistaken identity,sr" a h reply. ' i, a h "Come, sit-, that won't do,' said the "Ju:lgo" frownming ; "1'hisilady swears that you put your hand in her pocket and attemplted to steal her wallet." "Ypur Honor," said the accused dlrawing himself -up with .dignity, addl glancing scornfully at his accuser, "there's a fellow about the city who resembles me so closely that you could not tell us apart. He is a professional thief; and has given me no end of trouble. I have been arrested, accused and abused scores of times for wvhat he has dune. Why, sir, only the other day a man threatened to have me prosecutedi for breach of promise ; he said his. daughter was breaking - her heart over my base desertion. At another time, a wvoman took ' me for her' truant husband, and seized upon me whether or no. And duly yesterday a gentleman stopped me in the: street to p'ay me:a hundred dollare he borrowey, cf the follow' who .looks like we i but & politely in formed hi# of his little mistake.. 'You see, sif thet'iam the unfortu nate victim Qf..ol circumstances," and he sighed like a furinacs'. "You have ednvinced me, si," Mid. the "Judge," smnilfng ; ' and to pro... teetyru from furthete nnoyance, you may go into -ietirement for six months. Officer, away with him." aMfitary men are popular with .theatladies. They like an nfer.sfr A NE W TELEU R A PI CoJIPANY. Tho Big Promises Made by an Organi-. zation Just Started in New York. XNew York Eveniej Post. Witlun the last month a new telegraph company has boon organ ized in this city under the title of the American Rapid Telegraph Company. Its officers are Edwiu Reed, ex mayor of Bath, Mo.. presi.. dent ; Thomas Wallace, of Connec ticut, vice-prosident, and Major L. S. Hapgood, of Boston, treasurer. The company is said to have a capi tal of three million dollars, and it inteids immediately to construct a line of double telegraph wires con, ilecting Boston, New York, Phila dulphia, Baltimlore, Washington, Chicago and St. Louis. The wires will be of cast-steel, plated with copper, and are the invention of Professor Moses G. Farmer, of Newport. The company controls a number of other novel inventions in tologtLphy, which will enable it, as claimed, to transmit 1,000 words per inute over its owns patent and half that number over ordinary wires. Among the features of the proposol. system are the following : First. Express Messages-To be dispatched instantly at a uniform rate of 25 cents for thirty words to all station cast of the Rocky Moun taims. Second. Mail Messages-To be dispatched within one hour and de' livered through the nearest post oflie or by messenger, within two hours from date of messages, at 25 cents for fifty words. Third. Night Messages-To be delivered before 9 a. in., at 15 cents for fifty words. Fourth. Pross Reports-For ex clusive publication in one journal at 10 cents for one hundred words. Fifth. Stamped Meseages--It is proposed, under an arrangement with the post office to issue stampna for masages. A correspondent in this city can then place a letter of fifcy words in an envelope, put on a twenty-five cent stamp and 'drop it into any lamp-post box. The letter carriers will make collections every b:ll'-hour, and will -.u*. eedliver such letters to the telegraph compa ny. The latter will bind itself to deliver copies in Chicago within two hours of the time of posting. In the latter city the copy will be sent to the post office and will be deliv ered by the letter-carriers there. The company will pay to the post office authorities 1* cents per letter for collecting and 1j cents for delivering. It promises within three years to telegraph ordinary business letters to and from all points of the country for 10 cents. Th'le company also int.ends to es tablish press bureaus io the princi pal cities. In building the liues the post roads and highways will be followed, as a United States law, passed in 1866, is understood to give free right of way over those routes. It is designed to have the lines completed and in working or, der by January 1, 1880. SUDDEN DEATH OF A NEGno.--On Saturday evening last, Begn. McCaw, a negro wvell known in this com mnunity, and formerly the slave of the late Col. R. 0. McCaw, died very suddenly on the premises of Mr. WV. P. Hobbs, about six miles north of town. The circumistances of his death were somewhat sus, picious, and Mr. Hobbs at once informed the authorities of the facts. Trial Justice J. S. Lewis, acting as coroner, immediately summoned a jury of inquest and proceeded to investigate the case, leaving here for that purpose at 12 o'clock, Saturday night. Drs. L. Alexander and Montague ,J. Lowry accomnpa-. nied the coroner as medical experts. A poste mortem examination reveal ed inflammation of the stomach, but thore being no evidence to warrant the susp)icion of foul play, the jury returned a verdlict that the deceased came to his death by the visitation of God.--Yor kville .Enquirer. Tuts PAnAnvYzED TbAN.--The New Newv York elevated railroads, clearing' York S6ar' says that Tilden has quietly sold out his interest in the between $2,000,000 and $4,000,000, and has placed $250,000 with the ,Albamny lobby to secure the passage of a bill authorizing a comn payto put down rails on i,he canal banks. It is said that Saramy has secured the franchise of the West Shore Railroad from Albany to New York. He is also salting 4jwn the Democratic nomination..,Jut. 'for his paralysis, no . loubt Mr. Tilden would bhe real active. Pay your sul.'soription to TaE. NEWS AND JIERALDs TIIE CJLUMBIA REGISTERs DAILY, TI-WEEKLY AND WIEEKLY, Best Newspaper evel Puiblished AT THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CIROULATION LARGE AND CONSTANTLT INOIIREASINU. W E respectfully invite the attention of the leading community to the excellent newspapers we are now publiFhing in Columbia. TiE REGIS. TER is the only paper over published at the capital of South Carolina which is eon ductod as nro the leading dailies of the principal oit les of the oc,untry. We have an able and distinguished corps of editors-gentleon well known all over the State for their learning, ability and sound Democratic principles;I-mon who have served the State and the South on every occasion when the demand arose for their services, and who may be safely depended upon as reliable leaders of the Democracy in the line of journalism. TILE DAILY REGISTEIR is a twenty, eight column paper, 24x38 inchos, print. en on good paper and with large, clear cut type, containing the latest telegraph. ic news, full market reports, editorial matter on the leading occurrences of the times, and replete with interesting mis cellaneous reading. The LOCAL NEWS is full and interesting, one editor devot, ing his time exclusively to that depart, ment. Our correspondenco from Wash ington and other places of note gives an entertaining resume of all the important events of the day. THE TRI-WEEKLY REGISTER, with some minor changes, comprises the con. tents of the Daily at $2.50 loss per year. THE WEEKLY REGISTER is a large. haudsomtoly-gotten-u p eight page paper, 29x42 inches, containing forty.glght col. unmns of reading matter, embracing all the news of the week and the most im, portant editoria land local news. TERMS-IN ADVANCE. Daily Register, 1 year - - - $7 00 " " 6 months - - , 3 50 " " 3 " .- - 1 75 'Tri.Weokly Register, 1 year - . - 500 " " 6 months . .250 " 3 " - - 125 Weekly Iegister 1 year - - - - -2 00 " " 6 months - - - 00 " " 3 , - 60 Any person sending us a club of terh subscribers at one time will reeive either of the papers free, postage prepaid, for one year Any person sending us the money for twenty subscribers to the Daily way ro, tain for his services twenty dollars of the amount; for twenty subscribers to the Tri-Weokly, littoen dollars of the amount; and for twenty subscribers. to the Weekly, five dollars of the amount, As an AnvFTIs1Na IDIUW, the Regis ter affords unequalled facilities, having a large circulation, and numbering among its patrons the well.to-do peopl of the middle and upper portion of the State. Terms reasonable, For any information desired, address GALVO & PATTON, PROWSiIrTOP, Columbia, S. C, 3t Parties desiring copies of Tnv RExoIsTRB to euhibit in canvassing will be supplied on application. jan 28 THE CHARLESTON W~,aY NEWL. T HE WVeekly News contains live edito,. I ials, the latest tel grams, carefully selacted mail News, besides the following SPECIALTIES , Prize stories, a chess column, an agri. cultural department, Record of mar. riages and deaths. THlE WEEKLY YEWS Gives more for tbo money than any other Southern Weekly. See the prices: Single subscri ptions per annum $ 2 00 Five subscriptions at Si 75 - - . 8 75 Ten subscripti.ons at $1 50 - -.- 16 00 Twenty subseriptions at $1 26 - 25 00 Fifty subs.oriptjons at Si - - - - 50 00 The Weekcly News will be sent to year, ly subscribers of theoaily for-$1; to igi months subscribers for $1 50; to yearly subscribers of the Tri-Weekly for SI 50 RLIRDAN & DA WION, Charleston, S. C. The proprietors of the News and Cou, rier offer $l000, is gol, for the best serial story,, written by a resiAesit of South. Carolina, illustrative of S5outhern life, before,. during or eince the war. Th conditions are as follows: 1. T1he slory to consist of not less thain twenty e.ptorim; the ebcapters .asveragng ten pages -of foolseap or the equivalent. 2. The muanuiscrip1 t to be sent to the propriotors of'lThe News a acd Courler 99t later than. A pril 1 nmct, 3. I..oh manuscript to bo accom panted by a sealed envelope eon tainilng the rent, name and the address of t1ia'authaot, and bearmng on the 'butside a -motto, which shall likewise be placed umpon~ the mano, scr.pt; the sealed er.velo pe to be, pydd only when the award ha'bden .,i&'fe. 4. The 8torios w, be read sy n icomtnit. tee of three reside.ts,of (Charles.ton,. sey. leoted by the proprietors of 'lbs Neows and Courier, who w Ii malk thir dmolsion oorbef ore April 15th. Thestoy wiphslka I be dooleared to be the best to be 'the absoluste property of the proprietors of''the The News anid Courier, and pitblished 'a kerIAl in.thme Weekly News. Reojooted*-ranuseripts to be totu'rned forthwith to the authiors. .feb 18.