University of South Carolina Libraries
A MODERN SAMSON. Itcntarknble Feat? With Cauuou. Hurrel? ul L< ???I nutt Har Iron. Ki om thc Troy, New York, Times. I j ro?oso to give you a short sketch of tho life of a wan who wa- little known outside ot the village ot' Gran ville (.'oilier-, in Washington county, whore he was bom and spout tho mo-t of a long lib. Ii Ls known Of him. and eau he proved, that ho has per formed teats 01 strength unsurpassed by any niau that has lived in ancient atidn.o lern limos, excepting, ofcoitrso, the Biblical Samson. Ills name is or was. Stearn Carpenter. Hi* occupa tion was that ol a .''armer. Being nat- | urallv of a very quiet, peacoful dlspo sltioii mid a member orthe so.Ioty ol Friends, ho never did anything ior display to ai tract attention, but the ?eats ?t strength he performed vere done moro to satisfy himself and to seo how much he could lift titan ni.y thing else. All his lifting was done] by main strength, without harness of I any kind. One ot bis greatest feats was lifting! i h<>\ lilied with iron, which weighed 1,900 pounds, which is cqu&l to lifting ?3,S00 pounds in a harness. He lifted it with ea?e with hh hands by grasp? lng a rope or chain w hieb was bound .Hound the box tosccurc it. He did not know the weight ot* the box ol iron at the time, and wa? afterwards heard to say that had he known it weighed so near a ton he would have j.ut on thc other 100 pounds and lined the whole. At another time he lifted a cannon that weighed 1,100 pounds and shoul dered it. A' LVunstock's Landing, on tho Champlain canal, near Whitehall, one day while waiting for a load Ot j merchandise, he lifted a barrel ofi white lead with case. His neighbors. I when killing legs if Stearn happened to he around, would ask him to guess thc weight of a hog just killed. I fit happened to bo a big one, weighing lour hundred or live hundred pounds, he would -toop down and twist his rutgers int" the bristles, and in that way would bit the carcass clear from tho ground urn! LI:- -S on its weight. Ile performed one the greatest teats of strength on record after he had reached the age ol SOVCIity-fivo \ears. J lc lifted two twenty-four toot Iron rails by grasping ono i.i each hand, and walked oil with them. The rails wete resting on wooden horses, so he did not stoop down to ??'t them. O.e day in haying he was going iroin thc field Willi his mon to the house for dinner. They were walking along the road together when one of his mon, tot- miseblof, eulie- up behind him, and, by a skillful trip, throw Carpenter down. He gathered himself up and said nothing about it. Ile walked on to the house, and alter dinner, when returning to the field with hi- n en, they came along to thc placo where thc mau gave him the i'all. Ile suddenly turned upon tho man, and, grasping him by tho shoulders and tho seal ol his trousers, lifting him and hurled him hign In thc air above him and over a seven rail fence, by the -ide ot which they happened to I?-.' walking. The man '.ame down in iii?; meadow :i row or moro from the fence, consider ably shaken up, but not badly hurt. Mr. Car? enter wu- not a gigantic man in si/o. liewa- about six feet tall, and appeared much loss than that, owing to his massive build. There was no superfluous flesh upon him. bul the muscle- ot his shoulders am' neck seemed to be piled upon him, si great was their si/.e. This gave bin s stooping "appearance. In a crowd :i casual observer would not bo like!; t" pick him otu for OuC ol' (lie st rouges mon that ever lived. Slr, ( arpente is living ?it thc present time at Oran ville Corner-, Washington county X. V., bis old home, or was living lb last limo I heard of bim. Ho must b over eighty . irs of agc. (nein? I ruin Whirl) On- Mexican* (?el .Men Drink mid < 'lotliln(i. A Mexican globe cactus ts about m im lu in diameter at the largest pail, some lucia UIKIVC thc sand In which it grows, and about as many inches high, tapering froi tho bulge to a cone-like tip. It i- complet ly covered with two distinct varieties ? thorns-one kind slender and straight, til other longer and curved almost like a fisl hook, thc tips being brownish or yellov exceedingly nardana tough. Thc plant Simply a liUgO branch of grCCQ Vi gt'tal) matter, the surface being highly corrugate) the ridges running spirally and thickl protected by the timms described, grows on tho arid -and, drawing its sill sistenco from the scanty materials it coi laius, and from the air and dew, for ral seldom or never falls upon its desert lionn The plant is anything but handsome, bu it i- extremely useful, The Japanese cou I ax cosily sparc their universal bamboo v the poor primitive Moxh an could this ca< lus. The long, straight thoms are used h the native women ns needles; the curve ones are often und successfully used n tish hook.-; the tough, strong libro of tli plant, when ?n ed from Ils other matter, t un excellent substitute for our flax, an almost the only one known among th Mexicans, nnd, lastly, the sap supplie- th people with their national drink. 'I f Mowers are a beautiful yellow, about foi inches in length and form a veritable* row of gold to tills unique plant, lt i- tia- oril plant which can bi held 'M> to public ol BCrvalion when in bloom without the wan lng, chestnut colored placard-Hands of ? Hurlinylon Jhutkeyt. -? - .>. rar lim la r* ul I lie I tc. elli 1 In- ni M mm un WKSTMIXSTKK, S, C., November '??. Fott Madison, air sister town, on thc Al I.inc railway, had an awful lin- early o Sunday morning. Three houses, value at $3,500, wen destroyed. No insurance Tin- lire originated in tlc house ow nc by .Mr. W. .1. Heaton and occupied by hil ns a .dwelling and store. Ile and his wi I and some smaller children were sic pin down stair-, a' 1 lour of hi- older chilurc upstair-. Mr. Heaton first awoke un found that .iii < ommuniculioil With the ll] stair- w is cut off, Ile then ran out an threw n ladder Up to the window on th west end ol thc house, got upon ii, bur. open thc window and cuilled to his eh I ld rc IQ como to him. The two sleeping In th room ? ame, and lio cot them down withi n their hiing badly burned. Thc tire by till lime had ionic up the stair- from below .Mr Heaton called lotldlv to hi-two boy.? aged M and ?? years, to como to him 'J hey hud lo cross the nu- to ii., no, but h got them down hy the aid of -ome friend who had arrived. Uv this lime the win I house was ablaze. Slr. Heaton was pain fully bumed, ami his two l/oys- bright promising and intelligent-were so badi; burned that Ult) will not. it i- thought b; the physician attending, recover. Mi Heaton saved untiling. The lire HM M -pu ad tn the storehouse o Mr. H. VJ. Hopkins. Mr. II. howevci had time to get out hi- good-. Anothe house, which was vacant, was burned. llcyister. ? A special from hoog(K>toc, a town in Ir dinna, says the Ackerman Hotel, a tw story f?ame building, Witt burned and Ihre HMD perished la Ute llamos. Tw o of then hod just been elec ted to lill the positions o Treasurer and Auditor, and were fatigue* from t ho work of tho election, which cause? Iheiii to sleep too soundly. ARTIFICIA!, ?tl I.MffK. A . -. > 11J . > ii PhyalWaa Ol-.-o.i-r- ? CrMV? lor .Maklny thal ll, ii. i,. roi Dru*. "(Quinine and < pium in various ?orius ano under various nam? s uro used by phvsi (ians mor.; I hau any other drugs,N said Dr. Il M. Whclplcy, editor of thc National />. ffffM, in a conversation with a reporter. ? tiotnists have for several years said it was ixtekstblo t<? make quinine chemically, and thc world ot those interested has becu waiting for some one to do it. lu 18#2 a Frenchman ttunounccd lie had discovered tl . process, and deposited a simple of lii> quinine' with tiie French Institute. . >i! ex uniuation it proud t<> be sulphate of am monia instead Of sulphate O? quinioi . Most of the experiment has been directed toward making quiuiuc of ciuckonidioc, which i made from tiie -ame bark, '?ut :> . : Icssei Vahle and i- cheaper than quinine. C hili! ically ibero is little difference between them. Cinch?n (dino consists ol 1U part* carbou, 22 parts hydrogen. ."' part< nitrogen and 1 pari oxygcu: quinine contuius20 parts ol carlson, 24 p:irts hydrogen, 2 parti nitrogen and i arts -xygen. The problem has been with chemists ti> add l part carbon, 2 pai U hydrogen and l part oxygen. Th have not been successful in this endeavor. There is nothing wonderful in tho claim thai quinine could bc made from other things than the bark. "Fruit essences rue now made without fruits, and ether items pf chemical stock ure made chemically without the interven liou . usual natural product. Vet the i .1 Iii al world was disturbed hist Scmtotn I ?ci wbcu Pr. Cresswell Hewitt, of London, anuounced thal be had discovered a process : u:.;k<. quiniuo. He made no effort lo stablish ''iii claim or submit hts product I >t< -t. but 1 uavo just received a letter from i. ndon telling ol ihe formation ol a com pany to manufacture tba drug on Dr. I lew it t's" process, lie still keeps all particulars to himself, audit is not know n whether tho inchona bark is thc basis ol iii- process, or from what he manufactures Ihe dru;.'. Thc c impnny i- called tho Atlas Quinine Com nv, and I am informed bas largo capital. If ilcwitt has discovered what he claims c will have made us independent of thc Irregular supply from the countries where til tie. s grow that produce ihe bark) and while thc price ol thc n'ai.' may not bo ma terially reduced it will not rise in time of war in those couutrh ?. Then, too, his sue . will stimulate other chemists to exper? hnouts looking to tLe manufacture ol other li igs without reliance on the natural product. Morphine may IJC made from something other than opium, etc. It, how ever, remains to bc seen wbd. Dr. Hewitt i?:is really ai unplislied.*' Seem ? .-?t a Japum Theatre, Uno of the ?rst thing- which strikes i visitor to a Japanese theatre is tho [peculiar shape of thc stage, which i projects on either .-ide at righi angies j willi tho main stage, about half way into tin; auditorium. Tho workings : behind tho scenes ore very simple, 1 Everything is d mo by hand, and there I is not in itch in i lie accessories to 0 e icttlar play, but what 1- wauling in gorgeous effect is made up hy tin ilistTc mau ncr in which they ?ill thc minor details. Tun-, il' in thc play u ?nan lias a sword thrust through lum thc weapon i- withdraw n, not bl'igh! ind unblemished ns before it was sup posed to havo pierced his boi'\, but ictually dripping willi the ui< 1 feel imitation ot blood. During tho performance cvor\ Om eats, ?hink- and smokes. Criticism: ure very audibly expressed. Couver - dion and "< liatl" arc very general and people enter and ?e.ive when thc; like, ll* (he actor is not word-perfect the prompter follows him around wit I his. hook, without thc slightest aitouip at disguise. Ii tho stage carpenlc wi sires a light for lils pipe, lie docs no hesitate to crawl in front of thc actor and got it from thc footlights. A ma killed during thc play i- allowed t walk off behind ibo scenes. Th theatres ol Yokohama, on thc mai -Meet ot thc Japanese town, rein in ono of tho Bowery in New York cilj I n iront of each one, extending froi (ho roof to thc ground, arc will ?treamers, ol' very gaudy appcnranci with all kinds of symbols painted 0 them, signifying Hie scenes and clim actors of tho play. On entering, tl Ill'St thing both native and ibl'ClglK uiuiI do Ls lo remove Iiis or her .-ho:;: 1 winch arc chocked and taken care < . until tho owner leaves thc building I liney one carry carrying a narro' -tri]? of wood, at least one foot i length, fora check! Once inside, tl \ usher directs you to your place, an . provides a mat. oil which you ai i xpeeled to squat. In cold woathi . each spectator is furnished wit small box of charcoal lire, wit which to keep warm. Thc programnn arc bought, and in a variety thean lhere is always a master ol' c?r?monie who introduces the performers, csp< rially when a difficult act i- lo IJC pc formed. From tho time the -ho begins until thc end, thc orchestra ( ! keeps up an incessant noise with gout, and a -ort ol' banjo. MOWCVCI goo tho performance or difficult the fea lhere i- au entire absence of ftpplahsi While Th ro ls Life There ii Hope. Many ot tho diseases of this soaso of thc year can be averted by a .-ma amount of cue and at Unie cost, b ibo timely use of EWBANK'S TOPA CINCHONA CORDIAL. lt euros Diarrhoea, Dysotitor). Choi eta Morbus and like complaints. JV traveler should be without a bottle, a it will prevent any disease that woul no doubl arise from thc change ( water, food and climate, without il uso. The most valuable medicine i the world, contains all thc best an most curative properties ol' all otho Tonics, Bitters, etc., etc., being tb greatest Blood runtier, Diver Keg ubi tor and Dite and IIcaltli-Rcstorin Agent in existence. For Mulari: Fever and Ague, Chills and Fovei Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Siek Den! ache, Nervous Headache, Chroni Khenmatism, etc., etc., :' i- truly Herculean Kerned). Ii gives new lil and vigor to the aged. For ladies 1 delicate health, weak and sickly chi du n, nursing mothers. Sec circulai' wrapped with bottle. Oil AHLESTON, 8. ('..Sept. 1, 18*0. II. B, EWBANK, E*<V., President t The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co, Spni fanburg, S. C. : Dear Sir-I hav used a case of your Topaz Cordial i my family, and as a Tonic and A ppr ii/.er I can cheerfully recommend II t all who are suffering from Dobilil and lack of appetite My childrei especially, have been much benclittc by Its usc. Respectfully, I JUTSON LEE. Ask your druggist for EWBANK' TOPAZ CINCHONA CORDIAL and (ak no olhor. THE TOPAZ CINCHONA CORDIAL Co., Sparlanburg, 8. C., V. ?5. A Utile Oom Untied Allic. A Saefunton, l'a., special says: danu ( a(frey, aged 7; James Dougherty, aged ' .lohn Dougherty, aged 0, and File DronglieTty. aged ;t, wen suffocated in simd pit in Ward 8 Monday afternoon. . bank, under which they were playing, fe in. <;K\KH M. \K\\* I rK>iM. K?vl? of Intro t Uatk?t?4 from. Various (Inaner*. S. s. Cox, of N?-w York, succeeds J<> Scph l'uli?.-'. r iu Cougn ss. Marion county now ?-?nu.? forward willi i u raiuing Ircc. Thc Augusta mill troubles have iwn amicably settled. The result as t.. (ho Legislature tu Kow Jersey ls -till iii doubt. A disastrous HIT occurred al Memphis Friday, entailing rt loss ol $100,000. Tin' Socialists will have a procession on Loni May? r's Day ::i L- tulon. Turkey declines to aid Frau.ct tn driving the Knglish from Kgypt. A high school girl of liny eily, Mich , quotes Sbakspcaro lu her sleep. Tin Democrat? wi*:! retain control of thc House tu tho new Congress beyond a doubt, Wm. Bourke Cochran (Dpm.) has bcd elected to Congress from thc Twelfth DU tr'i.t. New V. rk. Governor Torres of Sob na i lmpli< in ii murder which had hs m itlvo polit leal consoqucuccs. The sales of tobacco .it Danville, \'?. duthie tho month ot (idol er were '. Si.iO" pouuus, which netted $10,830. Everything Indicates ?rn emly solution ?. thc labor troubles in Augusta, V la. Prolw blyall the mills will Ixt worklug ncxl week Tho dlscoVory of silver in tin vicinity o Caldwell, Kansas, has caused mut u * xcite I meut A Cein:.m waiter al Hiv Astor House New York, last night, shot tho cliicl cool and thou committed suicide. T. V. Powdcrly, at :i large inciting lui night in Cooper Vliio?, sjK'k; in favor <. ll- pry George for Mayor of N> W Vi :'?. The Chamber of Commerced Manches ter. Hug., rejected n re- illttioil OpiK>sill| free trade by a majority of ouly one vote Frank H. Walworth, win? killed hi father in thc Slurtevtuit House, New York In June, 1S?3, died tit his homo last Friday A bill granting suffrage i" woiueti wit passed iu?thc Vermont House of Itepn ... alive- Friday. A Chinaman and a white girl were mai ried in carrtagi at CN undi IllutTs, 1 ?\v .. I escape the ga/e of :s large crowd. Surveyor Beattie, of tho custom housi New York, was wounded yesterday h Louis Blend, ?i discharged omp! ?yid of th custom house. According to i gish roil I? t . .\ K< w Vor city, Hewitt will got 00,000 votes, Boos? ..cit 05,000 mid George 00,000 vbtes i? Mayor. iUchurd Presi?n. .. li- .. ii deal* t i worsted goods and trimming, litis dtsaj pea red, afii r borrowing s! 50 WO from po - hal friend.? Tho Pres! lent v. in i ave N\ itshingtoit fi Boston next Sunday to luke twirl in 'l celebration on M on? i tv ot thc M h ann vcrsary of thc found::*- of Harvard ( : ge. tlrtip, in 1,00 County, 111., luis lieen en lured und i: i- beli -.V.! w? - biirhed iii ll .?..ike. At n private sitting of thc Denudes ye . rday it waa ix'solvcd :?? maintain tl strongest opposition to < mecssidus lo tl Russian party. Thc i>.:iik president -f Peoria, ll! . w) absconded about n you ugo willi "jsiiOO.O* of tho bank's funds, M * arrested in Mo :.. . i Wi dncsdriy. W. C. I'lfim, formerly editor of t! Richmond ll'Aiinnounccd him?i ns ti Republican candidate foi Congre ?igutnst Gen. W. II. P. Lt . Prince Con/.n, half lu other of Kh Milan, lim bccohi ? it candid ito for tho ll' j . triau throne. I" ls ti relative'oi Mi > Oins, the Russian Foreign Minister. The proposed transfer ..( the lease i : t labor of tho convicts ::i the I ?oui ?ann Sit ? Penitentiary to Now York syndicat! : '. ecn forbidden by Governor M'eFiit ry. SI.N thousand men i-? tho licof sti PH yni lu Chicago wont out on n strike Nlcndu They havi been working eight hours u d i mid thc bosses wanted len, hence thc -i?;? Thc London Stamlartl hits advices fr? i Tiruova thai the I t. .r is willili? : i Prince Waldemar us ruler of Bulgaria, I . (hat thc latter i-. not i ucl hied ld ucte| I t : i ?St. I liiei Mangi- w !.:;-? ;.i> . :iv. \tii , Fort Marlon, Fla., ho jumped throng I I car window and rmi. f)n bel tig reen pt ur )l0 slabbri hillls ?I in KCVOItll pilli I - will . knife. i Speaker Carlisle mid Mr. Morrison lui ; heen dofented for Congress Carlisli b> I II. T. Loche, a labor ngltnior, nnd Mot , son hy Johti Ii:;kei . ci Republican proti '. lioiiisl. i A curiosity in thc shape "? n full groi , while buzzard has lieen frequently seen j late on Captain Hand Io's prairie plaiitati* . near Union Spring?, Ala. The bird isp h : dy w lille. China will send a high personage Il ?me ncxl mouth to present to the Pi , i! o rcsjiccts "i Hie Kmpcror and thc Ini| rilli family, and to notify Idhi lil kl lite L ' p ror has attained his majority. Ben < i rilli i >. of Perry count}' Chi., fanner, wandered oil Saturday night ii 1 was found tho next day in tho u.I- ri lng on lils hands and knees, dead, lt btipposcd to IK.- rt case ol suicide. Tr?ubli is apprehended nt Ililli Poi S. C.. as thc rc-ult ol a negro's Inccndli taik State troo)is have laen orderet) lue Governor lo hold themselves inna ness lo suppress any outbreak that ni occur. A special to ihe Montgomi ry .1 teeni i ?ports thal llcubcn Anthony, whilo e ling trees nt n saw mill had his hip jo lorn away by n falling trot striking hi He lived ii few hoiirs and then dil 1 in gr ngony. The Si. Louis Ikpublican declares ii 1 Hu. million and a halt a Idcd to tin ic nue of .Miss--mi by high liccnsi during t fiscal year 1880 was money contributed tile cause of tomiioruucc, as ls showh in t inarki d deereuso in the number of salooili Thc Bulgarian Grcal Sobran jo OJH-I S unlay. I'atrJotic nddreascs were in? in favor of maintaining tin- indcjiendci ?if Bulgaria, but a despoudcni fel ling plainly pi rei ??tilde on nccoillll Ol tin: .?pal of Kuropo in regard n> Bulgarian In ten . Tho statement ls made thal il ile (Ililli Dallon were to pu-s before an observer single Hie thc procession would never cen fora new generation would becoming tin- stage us fast tis tho procession mov< A citizen of Minni:.pod- 's building genuine log bou.se right In the i tty. Itv no a big, rambling dwelling, willi qu< c uiiers and ?plaint windows, but it v have ali Ibo modern Improvements and v cost ?'?0,000. The Supreme C/Oiirt iris decided iu"i i excise laws of 187? and i878, undci \\li 1,500 saloon licenses have Ijcoti granted Newark, N J., are unconstitutional, preven?s tile sale of liquor in that i i' , ni thc Legislature meets and enacts a new lu Tho election rolums so far show so I lowing changes for tito new Congress \ ginta. ?1 Republican gain <?f four; No carolina, a Dcmocraflc gain ol ono; N York, a itcpubllcan gain of one; Old* Republican gain of three. Louisiana, Democratic gain of two; Missouri, s Dei Oratio gain of one. On Saturday night last, as Mr. p Moore, ol Lancaster, was going homo, was ntuicked by a dog in Ino streets, i in attempting to cock Ids pistol to shoot tho pistol was accidentally discharged, ball passing through his hand, infiictin alight wound. It is saki that misfortunes seldom come lingi}'. On last Monday, thc 81st ult., Capt* John Dew berry lost hi '"aged mother. She waa living with him a*, the time tba angels came t<> liar her home. She had reached the ripe old age of 7'J years. On the following Friday his daughter. Mrs. Iltx, died in thc rame room which Ind ixvii the ?loath scene of her mother live days lx> for- Sprtl ti'ii't'trg Jfci ititi. Probably the longest working hours ty ibo world are kept by the workmen in the lan I of thc midnight sun. During the sunny days and nights of Bummer many natives work from 4 in the morning until 0 at night. The long hours must be tho more wearisome since tho staple ?bet ia very fnigal, raw herrings, rye bread, cold silt* pork and porridge befug thc chief arti cles ol !'>H.d for laltorcrs. Gov David 15. Hill. ?>f New York. is de scribed by n political enemy as a man who docs ii t drink, does not smoke, ?loes not us? Improper language and does not seem nd of amusements, though he is not a churchmen). His ambiUonls political sue < es?, lb is ti bachelor, without a stain on hts motal escutcheon, and may tx walting; lo marry when ['resident of thc United Stales. The Official Mctwnger soys that General Kau ll ?ara Las refused to notice thc ret]ueat >>f thu bulgarian government for the name? of thc Russians who had been molested ia Bulgarin, because the Bulgarians mu? know them. Maul bar? preferred to roply that nev? luld . ave Bulgaria with all the Russian agents on thc tiret act of violence com lu i I ti -i ?m V where iu Bulgaria against a Uussinu. This answer, it is said, rcoeivc?l high approval from thc Czar. ThcChlcago Pork Backers'Association held a meeting yesterday and adopted a resolution that the members <>f the associa lion will control their own business; that they will protect their property at any and all cost; thu they will run their houses on thc ten ?lours basis; and that the Executive Committee Ix.- authorized to employ any 1 protection deemed necessary. Ii is claimed I that the strikers already out are urging thc ?in n to -'.> out again fur eight hours. Thc will of ?Ire. Cornelia M. Stewart bequeaths *2D,000a year lober brother, ' :. ules P. Clinch: $10,000 a year to her dsti rs Anna. Kinma and .Julia Clinch: s j*.<i.ooo to her nelce, Sarah N. Smitii. .-V.'o i.;iM lo CorneliaS. Huller; $30.000 to i . ! of her children, Lawrence ano Chas. S..B itlcr; $200,000 to Kate A. Smith, lo each if thc remaining children of Sarah N. Sinti h. viz., Louisa, Ella, Bessie and .James. $100,000; to each of thc children of her deceased sister, louise, formerly thc wife ? i hades E. Butler, namely. Rosalie, Helen, Virginia, Lillian. Maxwell ami Pres cott. $>0,UO0; nil thc rest of her estate, n al ;.n<l personal, to Charles J. Clinch and lleury Hilton. I in- Rd Hort al nf Un- Future. Tue days of editorial essaya In a daily pajK'f have isisscd; and what Isnowwantcd uro ^iiiir1. snappy expressions of opiuion, sharp nt ? directly lo the point, without proloxity. It ls a great thing for a young rrii ? d tiru to stop when ho gets through, .n which some older writcts who . a (airly successful have never learned L ing editorials au- more fre (ptently ti dgn of laziness thnu of ability. Ol 1 1- tia rc ?.re Miine subjects which : ; dre exhaustivo treatment, hut under ord ?muy circumstances long editorials are i ritti n iHfcause tho editor hos neither the limo i. ii the brains to wrlU sliort ones. Thc sheri editorial, thc conciso clearly I v ritten article, will pi to make up tho model paper of the future. Punctured by a paragraph i- more than au alliterative ll, The pa rag mph i- tho most forne Idabl weapon in thc cditof's arsenal, nnd thu I ng editorial is the least effective. ?>!<! : ides may -pei!; with admiration of tho ''thoughtful'1 writer who turns 'thc long m wtpnper * ohunns, bul the mau w ho will weild real influence is ho who <-an put his "ihought' In a few pilby sentences. \?r binge lia? bad Its day, and in thc liest papers braue ure slowly tukiug its place - 7V.< . J-jurnalint. \ I rnriul Tragedy . Sr. Loris, November3.-A special from Polos!, Mo., says: A fearful iragcth oe . ur red tlii- morning at Mineral l'oint, btrty-fcven miles from this pince. Kotiert \\ Iggei ? .- shot and instantly killed and I Marvin \l< < nix; received a wound whi? h ! will undoubtedly prove fatal, An old quarrel between Wigger nnd McCabe had :?i ver beca settled, ?uni this morning Mar in McCabe i nd bis three sons, John, James and Citarles, met Wigger ?uni renewed tito turrel. After un ex? hange of bot words, . Marvin attacked his old enemy. Thc latter drew a revolver and fired, Inflicting a fatal wound. Thc wounded maus son- Hun produced their weapons, aud after an ex i hange of a few shots Wigger sank to tho lound, shot through the I?K1V. and died almost Immediately. The McCabe boys ivcro arrested and lodged in jail at tl?is I ph.? e. - i? ---... - li-nw Father Oatiileu. c ardi?al Manning bens that I will draw ? thc attention of my readers m the case of Putin r Damien. As thc Rev. A. H. Chap man remarks in his letter lo thc papers about it, the case i- ns simple as it is sad. Father Damien liv? s mi thc island of Molo kai, Sandwich Islands which is confined I lepera. Bc has himself fallen n prey to thc disease, but ibis bo d<?cs not scorn lo mind lils only anxiety appearing t > bo Dial ii ls (lihTcillI to obtain funds for thc nerti of his unfortunate fellow-lepers, ile hiv sai rlficcd everything in order lo bc i:i their midst and to cheer ihein in their aw ful nllliclion. I am sure that many of my readers will Iw only loo glad to snow their admiration f >r such self sacrifice aud nollie conduct by themselves sacrificing une little luxury and sending tho money ll would h iv. COSl to Cardinal Manning, for Father Damien's use. - ?Andan Trum. Thc South has iron, coal, titulier ami < in ap labor; capital La- found it out, and i bringing all these into use. Hut before goods con l)C made and dividends paul, millions of money must bc cxpondou in buildings aii<l machinery, and many months [MISS before Hie w orks get imo successful o|)cratioii Should protect I vc duties IK.- re moved by li gradual reduc tion, such as some advocate, thc capital now finding its way Into Southern industrial enterprises would lau diverted lo other ?hannels, and tue long established manufacturers could USC their plants ?is now, without fear of I isl ng their profitable Southern Iradi. Wc (hink ii ina. lie set down as an axiom, that every American manufacturer who desires freo irado doc? st), not lo get foreign markets for lils wan s, but lo shut ofT ?lo m< -'.i' compution In thc United States. Tho free trade theorists, who cito lUCll men as witnesses against protection, simply add another mid greater bluutb r to the long Hst of their misconception,-Daltimon .1/. / /, nj nc i 'i rim 10 o?<l. Ueaarsgar 1 ?1 the Ora?? of ?Kraal. A gray-motistached man of medium height, dressed in dark ami genteel clothes, was tdnuding in front of Ocneral ( inuit's tomb at [Mvorside Park to-day, ll?! looked for several momenta at tho plain brick tomb, the only monumont New York can ull'ord for the great dead. The visitor carrie?! a small bunch of I inlets in bis hand ami wore u small rose bud in the lappel of his ooat. The po lie?man gnuitVri bim the privil?ge to walk up to the tomb and Ufo stranger ti nderfy placed hin violeta on ?10 grave. Ho turned to walk away, but stopiied, ami amoving thc rosebud, bent his head over it and placed it with the violeta, Tho stranger wait Ocneral O, T. Beanre* gard, of Louisiana.-Now York special to thc Boston Herold, ' A BICH M AV* RH ll WIB?W. ?Mir Facta and Rocollrriion* ?>l Mfa. I lc tan? der T. Hennrf. Mrs. stewart always called bor hus band "Honey" aud he always call fd ber "My dear." * Kow that the millionaire and bia widow have passed from onrtli it Ls said they never spoke harshly t.i each other, but always lived n devoted and happy pair. Mrs. (Stewart survived her husband ton years and fix months. Her death was comparatively painless. Tho in lor ni took place Thursday. Atone o'ol '<? there was a private service at tho beauti ful marble palace. Thc romulus were taken tt> (Jardell City and tlie servie? were held in tho Cathedral o? tho Incar nation which was erected through Mrs. Stewart's munificence. After thc soi" vices tho remains wore deposited iu thu crypt under the altar and elaborate pre? cautions will be taken to guard agaiust n desecration of tho grave. Tho death of Mrs. stewart arouses n fresh interest in tho husband. Ono oi tho remarkable things about Alexander T. Stewart was tho brevity of b's will, lt would occupy only tour or fivo in< h< - and he disposeu of fifty or sixty million i dollars in less than tho lines. Said ii : "First-All my property and . ..ie. of any and every kind ol description, and wherever situated, 1 givoand d< and bequeath to my dear wife, Corucliw M. Stewart, lier heirs and assigns for ever." After appointing Judg< fleury Hill ?n his executor and directing him briefly about the affairs of the estate ho add il: "Tor whioh service, as a mark of my re gard, I give to said Henry Hilton 81? 1300,000. There were a number of legacies lo various friends, employes and servant? in the household. Whe n the dentli o? Mr. Stewart . made publie Mrs. stewart waa con ercd the richest woman in tho Heit i States. When tho bequest of ?11 lier husband's property to ber was published in the daily papers tho enormousburd? u put on lier aged shoulders was univ? ly believed to bo greater than she could sustain. Fortune favori d ber, however, and she sold to Henry Hilton all I right and title in tho business < .. A. f\ Stewart and Co., for tho sum o? 31,0 !. uoo cash, w hich sum had been bc pieath cd to Henry Hilton by ber husband. Whether this wo? in accordant witli ti pro-understanding of Mr. Stewart's dc sire was never publicly explain? i, though it was an open secret th.'.t su i was tue fact. Lint tliat fact in nowi e altered tho legal aspect of thc eas . '. .( was tho absolute legatee lind could ll IVO ?lone with tho property precis* \\ us he pleased. That her action iu parting with a business believed to bo worth from twenty to thirty millions of dollars for tho comparativo trilling sum ol on? ; ... lion, and that a gilt, MOS thc si nsatii u of tho day and excited widespread coi . mont. The theft of Stewarts body is stil ? mystery. Since tho thelt various expla nations have ut different linu s h en as serted, the most frequent statomonf b. ?ng tliut the body had becu privately rei > ercd by ?Judge Hilton and placed ?H mausoleum at Garden City, but u?' tat? meut bas been authorized ami suppl r:-<l by any show <>f proof, and the win ubout.s of tlio bo?l\ i.- still a secret, whi< li the death ot Mr.-, Stewart may :.: open the door to disclosing, I Itu I. irlliquaUc Outlook That tho easton shore ol thc I nib I States is, and has been, gradually tiing for thc last ono bundi, I ami I ly years, is well known. Buried t > and tho flooding of land.-, 'vi.ee i. ? and dry."' attest this fact. That thc seismic focus should bo at Charleston, where tho coast lino is com]>arntiY< Iv straight, seems somewhat strange. A inore probable place would be iii I ern Florida, or near the volcanic ?ulandi before alluded to -tho Greater and Lo? fer Antilles. it is not unlikely til shocks will continue t'll a destruct vi earthquake or tho opening of a voil itu i will bo experienced at some i < int i near these islands-m >st likely on i near one w here hot springs occur- di - lar to tho caso nt Cosaiulcciolu, in Ia July 28, 1881. \ volcano may break forth in some of them, or in the si a, at some other weak spot i,i tho earl i's crust near them. Then tho inn:;,.: , pressure mid unrest bein nth that un fortunate city will lie rcm< ved, the shocks will cease, and it is highly prohi bi? that tho portions of tho earth n ti Charleston that have been subjected ti the most SOVOro shakings will settle to a lower level, and furnish auothcx instant . in proof that tho earth is gradually growing more solid and cousoqi smaller.-Chicago inter*! 'conn, KOYAI. litioon.- Wo are all king and queens in this country, aud WO have a right toas good blood as which courses through tb?' N ?.-ins of emperors, li tin blood is i>oor and the cheeks are pale ?I is well known that Brown's iron Bitters is the great tonic which wi 1 giv? color, vigor, and vitality. Mr. M. K. Gibson, of W?st 1'oint, Miss., says, " 1 b lt weak and debilitated. Brown's Iron Bitters made me strong and well." -Stonewall Jackson never posted a letter without calculating whether it would have to travel on Sunday to reach its pince of destination, and ii so ho would not mail it till Monday morning, Still further did he carry Iiis Puritanical observance. Unnumbered times ho was known to receive important litters so late on Saturday night that lie would not break his fixed resolution never to use his eyes, which wen very doliente, by artificial light ; ho WOtlld carry the letters in his pockot till Monthly morn ing, then rise with tb?' sun to read them. *manaCordial o u it K H DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, WEAKNESS, CHILLS AND FEVERS MALARIA, LIVER COMPLAINT, KIDNEY TROUBLES. NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM. TT it Invigorate ^ ]T g|v-? NEW lng* and De* Ughtfut to take, and of treat value aa a Medicino for weak and Ailing Women and Chil dren. / LIKE to the whole SYSTEM by Strengthening the Muscle-. Ton ing the NEkVKS, ind completely Di getting the food. I" ONT A IN 8 *-/ no hurtful Mineral?, la com posed of carefully aclccted Vegeta ble M edle inc a, combined aklll fully, making a Safe and Pleasant Remedy. A Book, 'Vollna,' ** *. by I e a ? i n ,j physicians, telling how to treat dis eases at HOME, mailed, togethet with a set ol hand some carda ty new Heliotype process, on receipt of io c. i srllt to?%ui, 0,.r,.< past. ????sm?) outr ay Volina Drufl and Chemical Company. JM MISOOS, *D, c, a i, - . "ir _~ THE? BESTTONIIC. ? combining Iron wftn |. in ?able tonics, Quickly ami complete!) t uren Oyapeitaln. indigestion, \VealtnCKH, ; munro (Hood, .MuIarlu?C'blllaaud Fevers, u nd Ncuitilsla, ll is an unfailing r< n dy f-r Diseases Of the L ulm j H and hiver, it inraluablo f->r Diseases pectiliai to (Vonicn,i i :i who i. sd tcdontary jive*. . ;. li ire Hietei th, cause hcodacho,or ?. e ci i stlpailon--other Iron mtdtctnttilo. Il enriches and purifies thc blood, stimulates tl rinpotlie. aids tho assimilation of food, re '. res Heartburn and Belching, and strength' er* tlic musel?s and nerves. I'or Inlornilti l Fevers. Lassitude, Lack of En ; rv. AC, it hi i no cqUal, *??.. Thc KI null ' ha? i \ ?.>..? trade mark and <r< vvC,j red lines i.-. ? raj 11 r. T?ke no other. i t, ... |. . . HUON S til KS IIA I, I (i., HtLTIMUKB, WP. AURANTII Mnstfif th<>i1itpa?e*.wlii.-li afflict mankind aroorlgln al]>'caused radii rderedcondition of tb LIVER. For all coinplsinti ol this kimi, sui h ?s Torpidity of i:,. t. .. r llUiousnew, Nervous Dr? po pala, udiget? lion, 1: regnl ir ii > nf the li ?TI ; . c. ntl ipation, Flatu. letter, Kructatlons and Barning of ilio Stomach (somftim*i called Heartburn), MM 'in. Malaria, I! .]> I-: .\, f'nIN i.t:l lil -Vii.,no IVier. t'xhiurtion before or alter Forer*, Chronic Dlar< rhoea, liosa cl Appetite, lloadacbe, Foal Breath, Irretralarittai Incidental lo Females, ll- ?r,n?;-doi?n .? -? STADIGKRS AURMTIl i ? InvaluaUIO. It i . not ? panai ?.? fur all di SPAS**, '. fT*B IDC ul' cll6caiir? ' !i" LIVER, XJiSD?; STOMACH i ?BOWELS. Ii . !.A ?,.-?? tao complexion from ? wax*. ><-tl>>? i t->r. ru<! I?, IS attn) r li entire!1 remotos 1 -, rita lt is < ii- bl Ibo BEST AL -, . NATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE .LOOD. and io A VALUADLE TONIC. STADICKR'S AU RANT! I Fa* ?al by ail Prof gist n Pi ic? tl.00 per bottle, C. P. CTADICEF?, Proprietor, 140 ^IJ. i-ncHT sr,, Phliadc&hla, Pto The B WORLD VAXX,. . .'.'VA . . Commercial College ?SsSS?t?ffl* Iflgbeal Honor an I Oeld.Modul - ri ld .?urM'. I ?pe.lllon. i i v .>.:. ll.,..'- .'...?I lie *.< n? ral lin ?Iii,.? Kdacutlon. I ?>?"> I.? i4aaln la Iii in. i lc, '.ti.i . . I. t < .1 ot Killi llii-!ni? I .mr?, in?Tuition.SI? ,. i !. t*tMI. srnn lUad, I jM.Hrlili.r I.I .r...Vj ; . V, I?I ? Uno, lAl.r Si.w. Iir.,"tl" l.iiarsn*. t'l Stiff, v.. Vn . . ularaadJmtW. H. &MITII. Hi 1. Lexington,!.? L ECZEMA I iii ntlrmtn-lt I? tide tor) te ??iv thai '??cn *Wlit> Specific i have been trout Ai ! i. i r. i rilling nf ri i ?. ni,, r i.,.t f,| 1.1- u . .- rvturiH I s H .s no .j : . ' I ?. i: . .... !-. :;. ;.u.: ruy v ir,- g ";" ,:f ?1 ;- .-? ' 1 .i.i litti;. ti.rcc TreatuK ?... i:.j..u Di?d ^kln DUcan . vS H LEY j3oL Thc Si tul>l?i Citano ?Va highly colleen'ra Grade ri rtitl/l i foi all crops. V ll I.I V ? u l rON AND COHN COM two crops .md ai-o largely us< >i b) tho lui ASHLEY ASH r.LKMKNT.-A very Ch tllizcr for Colton, Corn and Small (train L Vines, etc. ASIILKY mssfiLVKD HONRj ASH!*! Grade -fi i a-- rttono ;...>! in Compost bea Foi -li in.-. I? rcetlons, Testimonials, am publications ol tho Company, address Tin: ASHLI;Y PHOS Nov_'*.i,!y These pills were a wonderful discovery. No oth or relieve all manner of diieisq. ?hc inlormatioi tox of pills. Tind out ~ about them, and you ?ill always be think? ful. One pill a dosa. ParsouaTiUs contain nothing harmful, are | car.y to Like, and cause no intonves*! .. ,_T ^^rvu th? marvelous power of these pills, they would wi without. Seal by mail for SA coats in stamps, i the information ts very valuable. I. S JOHNSON Make New ' ut dui ?Hg. ?ho informatioi PH fi! A speclil i tor all illaenaes pi Icullar to women, auoii aa Pule ern , PupproM 'I. w irregular I ?Meninudi(vu, lABcorrnosa orl ?White . ot?. I MIA. um ii lal.? H 'luring lb? 0 'ANCI noi I.tl : . creal anffcrlag ran l?nujtcr will u . av?i let? REGULA Bead for our uook/'Metaago !? wooiuu, ' mired free. 1?XM i i I :> llBOl'LATOa CO,, AtUtito, Ua. "5 an I'TOni thc World's "'cst Makers, AT FACTORY PltlCES. Easiest Terms of Payment, l.i^lit *; :?.>?] Mnkors, and Over Three Hundred Stylos to lout From. PIAMOS : Chickoring, Mason & Hamlin, Mathushek, Bout and Arion. ORGANS: Mason ?V Hamlin, Orchestral and Hay State. Pianos and Organs delivered, freight paid, toall points South. Fifteen days' trial, and Freight Faid Hoth Ways, it : not satisfactory, ! Order, and tesl tho Instruments in your Own Homes. COLUMBIA MUSIC HOUSE, Branch of LUHDEN & BATES* SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE. ritlCKS AN i? TKItMH TIIK SAME. IV. W. THUMP, Malinger. j' OHAlHiOTTK FM?LE INSTITUTE. X"n INSTITUTE foi YOU NU LADIES I i in the South has advantages supe im-to those offered l *. i?. ia ovory depart? hn.nl Collegiate, Art mid Music, Only experienced n\:>\ accomplished teacher.'.. The bulldiuH la lighted with pas, wanned \ ?til th? hcsl wKiuKhtdion furnaces, has li j . :?t cold wnler t??tmid llrst*class II pointaient*! as a hoarding school in every respect no >chool in tho South lias sn per lot. Pot Hom In ; Tullian lu everything, IM il Collin] ?dc i nari -, Including anci ?.. ihu'ii lanjpiagos, per SRI si . iou ol J i weeks.flou lleducti .i for two o? inore from santo . ?. H. iuii in lend. Pupils ohargod ? froia ilute 'ii entriiiico. ..i itali . . with fur. ?> iillculars, ad? I5*H\. WM. K. ATKINSON, JA Clim lotto, \. <:. H "Meus Sua in Corw't Siro." lilli SCHOOL, I'ttaMUIicd lu I joa, Tm: Oui) YKAIU.? Tn a M liegiua Septem i lier sih, I - IO. Foi Catalogua, giving fall " p u iii ulara, uddrJ ??*>. Ma]. R. BINGHAM, Supt., . ningham School l\ <>.. Orange Co., N. C. ERADICATED. I think 1 am enilrely wc'.! at efMim After hanna >.ed willi H M rv lau? in my tutu .'im-.. :,.t ?prlna! " N I" a vltghr app?&runcc but went away ?ra? - II iipj ht Iciui ll i ,i my .??..-. n ..-?i condition '. r?| iii k h .. iv ho, ai i made a itrfccl n AI i?.a daugnli t ?u?t ?nmincr lUV. JAMEsj V M MOltlttS n ll i. 'ri r ii Swil r Ser ?v*3> .nu* JJ c> . Drawer P. Atlanta, fla. _ . UBLE^ GUANO. ti-! Amtuoi! atad Guano, a complete High POUND -A complete Fertilizer for thew, ckors near Charleston for vegetables, etc. oap mu? excellent Non-Ammonlaled Ker? rops, and aiM> for Fruit TUCH, drape KY ACID ITlosl'ilATK, of very High I fm thc various attractive and instructive I'HATK CO., CharlcHton/S.:c. er< like, them in tho world. Will positively cara i arouml each bo? in worth len times the cost of a lenee. One box will do more to purify lb? blood and cure chron ic ill health than $5 ?worth of any other remedy yet disnov ered. If people oe old be mad? lo realii? elk 100 miles to get a box if they could not to had Uluitratod pamphlet free, postpaid. Send for it; ' ? CO.. 28 Cuatoni Hose? Street, BOSTON, MASS. LS