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".~ I' J''i I. . I ETA EL j.NU rr rn A ES'1'ABLISt h1) IN 1865. NEWBEPRRY, S. C., TfHURSDJAY, JA\TUAR12.18.PIE$.0AYA THE BLACK LYNCHERS. Result of the Coroner's Inquest at Cen tral. Special to the %ws antl Couwrier. GuE:NVIS.LE, Ianuary 4.-The coroner's inquest over the dead hody of Manzeo Waldlrop, alias Manz Gooden, the white wan who was lynched by negroes near (entral, Pick-ns County. last Friday night, adjourned this aftern.on. The facts of the lynching, as developed in the course of the long and tedious inves tigation conducted by Solicitor James L. Orr, confirms in every particular the veirsion already teiegraphed to The New. <ud (,ovrier from here, which was the first and the only ac curate account of the occurrenc, yet sent out. Col. Orr went to Central yester day morning and the inquest was re sunied at 10 o'clock this morning. It lasted all yesterday. and to-da.y re suited in the identification of all the ringleaders in the lynching, with am ple proof, it is believei, to convict them in Court. The evidence devel oped the following story : 'LIIE CR!ME AND TIE vIcTIM. The negro girl, whose death fro:n the effects of a criainal assault origi nated the trouble, was the daughter of Cato Sherman, ani aged about thirteen years. The assault was cow initted last Thursday and the girl died on Friciav. In the coroner's in quest instituted on Friday afternoon Trial by Ju.tice I,. D. Garvin, act ing coroner, it was shown ny a phy sician's aflidavit that the felonious assault had caused death, and suspi cion was directed to Manz Waldrop. He was brought into the Courtroom and an eighty-year old sister of the deceased girl pointed him out as the man who had committed the crime. Lula Sherman had conftessed the cow mission of the crime before she (lied, but did not idenhtify her assault. On his part Waldrop stoutly denied any knowledge o. the aff-a;r. The inquest was finished at 10 o'clock on Friday night. Waldrop wus placed in charge of Constables 1>. E. tarvin and Gay lara Eaton to be committed to j:ul. Garvin was a regular otlicer, and he claims thai Eaton'voluuteered to ac company him, while Eaton alleges he was piressed to go. A UNIIEEDED WA1.NING. It was shown by the testimony of - six reputable men tha; the constables were warned not to starb to Pickens with the prisoner that night. Deep feeling bac been aroused already, and cooler hea-s feared that such a proceeding would tempt the negroes to violence. Some witnesses t.-stified also that Acting Constable Eatsn, who was drinking that night, was heard to declare that --Waldrop ought to be hanged anyhow, that the rope with whicih he was to ce hung would break his neck . before morning, and that he would tie the rope to hang him if he could get three nagroes to help hia." In spite of these prudent warnings, however, the constables started to Pickens about midnight Friday night. Liarvin was driving a mule to abug gy and had the prisoner on the seat beside him, wile Eaton started off walking, remarkong that he would wa.lk as far as the railroad crossing, but they would i't get any farther than that. He afterwards got up on the rear axle of the buggy and rode that way. 3IEETING T IIi LYNCliERIs. When tihe party reached a point about three-gjuarters of a mile from Central, they saw a crowd of negroes, apparently about fifteen or twenty in number. Garvi n, guessing their object, turned the buggy around and drove rapidly back; towards Central. He had gone but a short distance when one of theC negroes ran in front, and catching the mule by the bridle stopped him, while others dragged the prisoner irom the ,buiggy, Garvin threatening. begging .anid warning~ them by turns. At tuie approach of -the negroes Eaton had stepped down from the buggy, and wheti Garvin .drove away back to Centr-al he re-' stiloOTING W.ALDIu9P IN THiE nEAl). STh e gang of negroes now proceed a . with W:ddrop to a p)oint about -three jundred yards from where lie had bec n secured. lie was then shot three ti:nies in the head with a pilstol. All this occurred near the residence of Dr. Clayton, one of the biest known citizens in Piekeuis Countv. Attract ebythe noise ofthe prisoner being .ragge away,and th nte shots, Dr. Clayton, Dr. Folger. aiso a promn inent estizen, and Mr. Payne. came upon ti e negroes. As they did so all the regroes retreated a short dis tance- One who halted nearest by thiem eN elaimned : " ook out : gentle men; clear the wy\?" The white men found Waldrvp lyi ng by the road with three wounds in his lhea-l. He said he had been shot: that he was going to di1e, atnd would he dead in ten minutes. At this the negro. who was standingm near. sai:i: -That's lie; you havent been shot." THIE\lviT3IM)DENIEl>sii1 ;IIsGLT. Am;ong~ the first questions asked Waldrop wa :5s to his guilt or inno. cence at ti ie cechar;red to himn. In the sa tne breath with the assrtion that hie was going to die he dec'ared before God that he was innocent. re peating: the declaration with empha sis. Drs. Folgetr and Clayton asked him to sit ip so) !!.'y couild ex:imine1~ is woundsi. which they found were luot serions, the~ bullets hav-ing0 glanced and o'nly gr:zed the skull. 'Waid:-op then stood up and re tgainin'g. confi jice. askedi the men if he muight not go bac-k to Central with them. adding that he wanted to see hiWpeopie again before he died. The hfew wite people who had come up then tried to persuade the negroes not to do anythiig further, and they started off. Valdrop going before. At this move several of the negroes ran by them, caught the prisoner again and carried him off about a hundred yards. WALDI. P LEFT 10 HIS FATE. The white men went back. to their homes and Waldrop was left to his fate, no further attempt being made to rescue him. The next morning his body was found hanging to a tree not far from the roadside. A rope had been run through a fork and tied on tile other side to a sapling, and the body was haging with the feet touch ing the ground and the hands not tied. When Col. Orr went to Central to begin the inquest he started with the determination to ferret the affair to the bottom, IDENTIFYINO THE LYNCIHERS. The first wi.;ess to give a clue to the idenity of the lynching party was a negro named Jim Berry Crawford, whom Dr. Clayton had seen standing on the sidewalk as he went out of his house. Crawford testified that the men who took Waldrop out of the buggy were Cato Sherman, the father of the negro girl who died; John Reese, Foster Knox, Henry Bolton. Another negro. Andrew Crooks, also seen standing near at t:e time, swore that at th,e end of the inquest over Lula Sherman, Harrison Heyward. Cato Sherman, Foster Knox and John Reese, all negroes, had made a plot I to kill Waldrop. Lucas Gantt. also colored, swore that on Friday night. after the hang ing, Bill Williams and Harrison Hey ward had told him they helped hang the man and that ilency Bolton had shot him. In accordance with this evidence the jury, late this afternoon, rendered the following verdict: TIlE VERDICT. "The jury finds that Manz Wal drop glias M nz Gooden, came to his death on Friday last, 30th of Decem. ber, 1887. by hanging with a rope,. and that William C. Williams, Fos ter Knox, Cato Sherman, Henry Bol ton, John Reese and Harrison Hey ward were guilty thereof, and that R. Gaylard Eaton was an accessory before the fact to the killing." All these negroes have been cap tured except Foster Knox, who left before the coroner's inquest was be gun. Tney will be sent to-morrow to jail at Pickens. PUBLIC OPINION AT CENTRAL. While the excitement at Central is cooling down, there is still much feeling over the affair, manifesting itself most strongly in the demand for the conviction of the guilty par ties. Indignation is warm against Eaton, the white man, who is believed, to have been concerned in causing the negroes to act as they did. Trhe universal sentiment about Central is that the lynchiig would nlever hlave occurred had not the white men urged the negroes on to it. As to the guilt of the unfortunate victim, Waldrop, a poor half-witted fellow, opinions are a'out es:Lally divided It is by no means certnr that he committed the cri'ne for wh;eh hie suffered ummarily. WHAT soLICITOR ORRt SAYS. Solicitor Orr returned it a late hour to-night from Central. He was shown the above statement and cor roborated it in all particulars. *"This is the first case of lynch~ing that has occurred in my circuit since my official term began," he said, "and I have made up my mind to prose cute it to tile best of my ability." It is probable that Eaton, the white man, will be tried first, when the case comes up, as it probaH'y will, at tile coming term of tile Cot.rt in Pickens, beginning on the third Mo)nday in this month. A Story With a Moral. American Grocer. Near a railroad crossing where trains frequently waited for connec t.on berries were very plentiful. Two women conceived the idea of making a little money by selling freshbherries to the hot and dusty bravellers. T'hey fort hwithi put their idea into execution, and were soon passing through the waiting trains offering tile fruit for sale. One in variably mnade ready sales, selling out before she had gone through a train; t.'e other always had berries left unsold, and sometimes she failed to sell any. One made a handsome little "pile" by the end of the season; the othsr questioned whether she iA been paid for her time. The reason for the success of the one and the failure of the other w&s not hard to find. It all lay in the manner of service. One of these women was careless and untidy in her appearance; the other was scrup ulously clean and neat;one measured her berries from her basket in a cup, filling it with her hands as she passed through the~ train; thet cther made up little paper holders Lied with fresh green leaves, and these she filled with berries before the train arrived.I No one wonders which would sell the best. Probably some haker or confec tioner may suspect a small-sized moral lying around loose hereabouts. Poor Fellow. Fiom the Chicago Trilune. The city editor of the London Tiw".. lately'deceased, left a pittance of $6:20,000 for the support of hlis family. The other editors of the paper are believed to be in compara tively easy circumstances, but their opportunities, as well as their sala ries. have probably been greater than4 BOYCOTTING A PROFESSOR. The Evolution War Renewed in An other Form. Special to Newis and Courier. COLMBIA, January 4.-The South ern Presbyteriad published and e.l ited by Dr. James Woodrow. late professor in the Columbia Theolog ical Seminary of natural science in its relation to revealed religion, and present professor in the South Caro lina University of geology and zool ogy, will in its issue to-morrow con tain a column editoral edtitled "The war renewed." embodying in greater detail the following statements and comments: "One of the inducements offered to students in the Theological Semi nary is that the lectures of the pro fessors of the South Carolina Uni versity are open to them. Accord ingly during the last few months several of the Seminary students have been attending Prof. Woodrow's classes, some regularly matriculating as university students and others obtaining permission from the pro fessor to attend regularly as visitors. Their attendance suddenly ceased. After a timeone of them reappeared. From the minutes of the New Or leans Presbytery the Southern:Pres byterian now learns the cause of the cessation and reappearance. and as certains that the attendance wae forbidden by Profs. Tadlock, Girar deau and Herzman. The New Or leans Presbytery, after considering on the 27th of December a commu nication from the faculty of the Sem inary relative to that Presbytery's candidate, who, acting under the in struction of the Presbytery's Assem bly correspondent, announced his purpose to attend Prof. Woodrow's lectures contrary to the wishes of the faculty. adopted, by a vote of IS to 11 resolutious sustaining the faculty and disapproving the action of the F-esbytery's correspondent of ed ucation." The Presbyterian adds that in Oc tober Prof Woodrow was earnestly requested, in the name of the Semi nary students, to take a number of them under his instruction, either in his study or elsewhere, but peremp torily declined, but subsequently several of them matriculated at the University in order to attend his lectures, and as he could throw no ob:tacles in the way of such action. they did thereaf.er attend them. Soon some of the students ceased at tending, and Prof Woodrow learned that the Rev. G. A. Blackburn, Dr. Girardeau's son-in-law and pastor of the Second Presbyterian Chiurch here, had informed several students that their attendance at Prof Wood. row's University lectures was injuring the Seminary by causing outside fri'nds to withold contributions, and th- support of those who persisted in ati nding would be cut off. Subse qi antly 'Dr. Girardeau told one who han been attending that such action was in direct opposition to the will of the entire Church, and that if stu dents were allowed to listen to Prof Woodrow's lectures the entire effect of the Church's struggle for the last three years wo-uld be nullified. The student, regarding this as an official opinion, notified the faculty of his intention of renewing his attendance at the lectures. This announcement was not replied to by the faculty, but they sent the communication al ready mentionea to the New Orleans Presbytery. T he Southern Presbyteriani e x presses regret that Drs. Tadlock and Herzmnan have shown themselves en titled to a place by Dr. Girardeau's side in the front rank of extremist partisans, and says that it had not thought that they would "be found uniting with their colleagne in boy cotting a professor who is quietly discharging his duties in the State U nivyersitv." It is evident, that this new devel opment will tend to keep open the question of evolution so long fought over. It is a curious fact that even the practical excommunication of Dr. Woodrow has not kept theological students from seeking his instruction in geology and consequent dicta as te> the origin of man. REPLY TO THIE SoUCTIIERN PRESBIYTE RIAN. CoLDIMBIA, January 9, 1888. To the Editor or the New. qwr Courier: In yesterday's issue or your paper you have the substan1ce of an article contained in the Son/l4 en Presyterian, which is full of mis representations, I care but little for this personally, but if these slanider ous representations are allowed to go unrebuked the result will he that such writers will become more and more numerous. I am very loth to charge any- one with a deliberate misrepresentaition of facts, but in this cace the circum stances would certainly go very far toward justifying such a charge, Nor is this the first time I have to call the attention of the public to Dr. Woodrow's misrepresentations. It is also worthy of notice that when on a previous occasion Dr. Woodrow's statemer.ts had been proved untrue, although he never repeatedl them to my kno.wlezdge, lhe never withdrew them. Now, let us see what the truth is in the present matter. I will not go into an analysis of the whole article, but will only consider the part re lating t> myself. Dr. WVoodrow says: '-Some time thereafter he was informed that the Rev. G. A. liackburn, pastor of the Second Church here. Dr. Girardeau's son-in law. had visited d:fTerent students and stated to them in substance that t- eir attendance on Prof WXoodrow's college lectures was injuring the seminary." The above statement is planly no true, as any sensible man will see Happening to he in the Seminar: campus I heard while there that few of the students were taking Dr Woodrow's lectures. I went imme diately to the rooms of the students and saw each of them as soon as possibly could. Now to say that stated to those students that the, were injuring the Seminary, whet very few in the church knew tha students were taking these lectures is simply absurd. Dr. Woodros represents me as further saying --That outside friends would with hold intended contributions, and tha the support of those who persisted ii attending would be cut off." This as false a representation a! the other. I did not know then, nor di I know now, how the students who at tended Dr. Woodrow's lecturers ar4 supported. Fortunately for me I an able to produce direct proof that I)r Woodrow has misrepresented thi case. The student who reported th conversation to Dr. Woodrow, whei he had read the article, said to m that it did not correctly represen what I had said. Now what was the conversation I have no hesitation in giving it I said that if it should become knowi in the church that students wer taking Dr. Woodrow's lectures i would very likely damage the insti tution, and would probably caus some of its friends to withdraw thei support, which might affect student who were needing assistance. Dr Woodrow would probably say thi was practically the same thing. I does not however, take any grea ability to see that they are not prac tically the same thing. I)r. Woodrow implies that I wa meddling with the administration o the Seminary, and threatening stu dents with personal troubles on th, ground of some certain knowledg which I had, or was supposed b: them to have, while the truth is acted within the legitimate sphere o a friendly adviser, and did nothin; further than express a fear that if th, thing werrt on it might damage then and the Seminary. The difference i manifest. This is, however, a small matte compared with another of his mis representations. Dr. Woodrow wraps his garment about him and darkly insinuate that, while he saw the "surface of th ground and the grass moving," ther was some dee,p underhanded worl going on. Then be wipes his mouth and proceeds by insinuations, thi most unworthy of all underhandet methods, to make his attacks. He informs the public that I an "Dr. Girardeau's son-in-law." Them he says: "Whether Mr. Blackburn in making these statements, was act ing for himself or as tha messenge and spokesman of another, we havi no means of knowing." And then -Subsequently D)r. Girardeau rep)re sen ted to- one who had been attend ing," &c. Whtl is thme point in all this W hat is the impression Dr. Woodrov is endeavoring to make ? Plaini' that Dr. Girarde&u tried in an un derhanded way to stop students fron attending Dr. Woodrow's lecture and used me as his agent. If Dr Woodrow did not mean to make thi impression he writes intelligently If he did mean to make this im pression he is guilty of slander. Le us look at the facts: 1. I,gr. Woodrow knows very wel that D)r. Girardeau will not resort t< any underhanded tricks. 2. Thi student who gave Dr. Woodrow thi information which has been so fear fully abused, says he expressi: stated to Dr. Woodrow that he un derstood me to be acting on my owl motion, and expressing my owi opinions. 3. I was iii the city, an( Dr. Woodrow could have found ou the trouble from me. 2. Dr. Girar deau was in the city; he could havm inquired of him what the truth was Dr. Woodrow has taken the positiom that whoever gives publicity to at untruth, which is liable to do harm and has means of knowing the truth is guilty of falsehood. Now he hac abjundant means of knowing thi truth, and has stated by implication what was not true. Trhe truth is, I spoke to the young men upon my own respousibility witbout the direction or the advic4 ar the consent of any one. I did xi apenly. I did it for the good of th<t Seminary and for the good of th< y'oung men. But this is enough to show th4 zharacter of the article, and to pu ~he public on their guard against tot readily accepting the statements o h8e So ithernif Pr&esyterian. G. A. BLACwBUI:N. Marriage of Christian Reid. SamISura, N. C., January 4. Professor James N. T1iernan, minin expert for the Clyde syndicate. with weadquarters here, was married t< Miss Francis C. Fisher, the author ass, and known as Christian Reid, o ~his place, on Thursday, Decemvbe1 29, 1887. The ceremony was per [ormed in New Orleans. In artistic, iterary, aad mining circles this is miece of romantic news that is pleas mnt to relate. A Hint from History. If our re,'ublican friends are really tnxious to have Mr. Lamar demo :ratic candidate for the Vice Presi lency they will reject his nomination o the Supreme Bench. The rejection of Mr. Van Buren 'or a foreign mission by a whig Sen. Lte made him Vice President and 'rsicIut. b GEN. KENNEDY'S SUCCESS I: SHANGHAI. The American Consul General the Mos Popular United States Officer in the East. Special to the News and Courier. Soccnow, CUINA, November 18. As the Pacific steamer enters th broad mouth of the Yangtse, ti "little sea" as it is called by the nr tives, only low, flat lands are visible At Woosung, the "floating city, with its happy passengers, enters th Hwangpoo River and passes up tei miles, with nothing for the eye t rest upon save the mud banks an the green fields of growing rice-"t'i staff of life" to the hive of natives when suddenly a mighty city rises i the distance, and the sluggish stresr is covered with fleets of mnerchan steamers and men.f war, bearing th - flags of all the great nations of th earth. Forty years ago the little walle city-a county seat-had 50,000 pec ple; now the population is 300,00 and yearly increasing. The 3,00 foreigners annually handle the tril ling sum of two hundred million do] lars. The foreign residences, mostl in the rear of the settlement, are a] "villas," and a mile and a half alon the river front, called the "Bund, - there rises a line of palaces, bank and commercial houses. Just at th bend of the river. and the mouth o the Soochow Creek, stands the Amer! - can consulate, commanding the er tire view of the garden, the harbo and the magnificent Hongs. When, two years ago, a dispate was printed from the San Fran cisco papers, "John D. Kennedy, o South Carolina, is appointed consu f general at Shanghai," there was buzz in diplomatic <rcles. "Who i this?" "A Confederate brigadier? By a long line of predecessors th position had been filled by America gentlemen from north of Mason's au f Dixon's. No one ever stepped int the social life of the Eastern mE troplis with more ease than did th i representative of the Palmetto State He was not alone. The wife that ac companied him possessed the rea combination of simplicity. gentlenes and grace. which causes the dang ters of the South to charm all rank and classes of every nation an( clime. The papers always speak o him as the "popular consul general. Though commerce rules the port Shanghai is decidedly a literary cor munity. The Debating Society wa drooping with 60 nominal members Our friend was placed at the he, and the roil now has 250. Our Eng lish brethren, though wise in council are slow of speech. The ready tongu of a Southern orator puts him quickl as the Cicero or far Cathay. Tb Daily News urges the young men t+ attend the society and listen to th president speak as a model of ele quence. On every public occasioi he is put forward. Thue consulate general is the inos inportant American post in Chino The consul is coroner and judge o probate, postmaster and register o shipping, police magistrate and Judg of the Supreme Court. Crimina Scases and Suits involving a mnillioi dollars alike come before him. H is in control of all Americans in th -port, living or dead, on land or th sea, besides being responsible for a] the consulates in china. American consuls justly deserv the praise (they receive. Tihe Eng lish consult international law an< take down volumes of statutes boun< with red tape, while the Americal acts, at least so foreign residents o other nationalities say. The fame o -the Camden consul general is as far Ireaching in Asia as his influencei felt and his courtesies have been ex tended. Last summer a distinguise<n consul in Japan, speaking of thi -present incumbent, said : "lHe is the finest United States officer in thi East," and his many friends rejoic in his success. Misery by Mortgage. A Maine farmer asked in a Bango store' about negotiating a loan o $300. This led to inquiries and ad vice of which the Lewiston Journr makes effective use : "It seems tha the man had worked hard all hi: days, had bought and paid for $1,200 farm, had taken a wife, fur nished a house, and now, envious o) his neighbors, wanted to build a $0 barn. To do this he proposed t< borrow the cash, giving a mnortgag on his f'arm. Said the druggist afte the story was told : 'Your farm i: clear now ?' 'Yes, sir.' 'You lov your wife ?' -Yes, sir.' 'Well,' sait the merchant, 'this is what you shioult do: Go home and earn the $30i first, and then build your barn. I you borrow now, you will think eaci night as you lie on your bed that yoi are in debt. You will fret and worry your wife will do the same; sicknes: and accidents may come, or a poo crop be your portion; there will be: $300 skeleton in your house, and tei to one, you don't fret and grov peevish and have a row with you wife. Don't, go into the mnortgag business ! Live within your income be industrious, and when you d< build your barn and own it, you'l be as proud of it as an Englishman i: of his castle !' For a momenmt th: young farmer hesitated. On each sidle were interested spectators, anm all was silence. Gradually the heai lowered, and a tear rolled down the check. The man took pride in h occupation, and wanted that barn tl last he said : 'Thank you, sir. T<. telthe truth, my wife was crying when I left home because I was going to mortgage the place. I'll take youi advice and go home as I came down and she'll be -lad to see me.' 'There, said the Bangor man, 'that felloa came to a good. wise conclusion. t have seen lots of misery on accoun of this mortgage business. He wh< gives one, often gives peace, comfor and contentment with it." ATE 'F BY A 1101:,1E. 42.00' in &i1Ls and NoUe.K Quietly Dis -j . nipa.4 from view. Special to the Allanta Constitidion. TAYLoi:. Ga., January 4.-A con siderable; loss, in which a horse play. a most peculiar part is reported. Mr J. F. HIartley, of this place owns: very fine horse which he prizes high - lv, consequently gives her his per sonal attention, that Fe is never is want for any-article of fond. Mr. Hartley does a general mer chandise business, and last wee) embracing the holidays he had takei in considerable change, amounting ti very nearly six hundred dollars. Fearing some one might break ii the storehouse. he took his book o money home that evening, Return ing to business early Monday morn ing, purse in hand, he passed by th stables where his horse was- kept. As is his general custom, lie wen in to see if they had properly beei attended to, and finding that the s had not been given any feed sine the night before, he laid his pocket f cook, including notes and cash to th, amount of 82,000, over in the trougl of one of the stables, which was a r that time vacant, and went out ti call his hired boy. Not seeing hir anywhere. he went to his home him self and got feed for them. After feeding he went on up t the store, not thinking where be hac left hb pocketbook, Ile had beei at the store twenty minutes when i occurred to him that his money wa in the feed trough. He hurri-d bacl to the stables. but too late to fin< things as he left them. The horse instead of going in the stable wher the seed was placedi, went in and be gan to breakfast upon tens an< - twenties. When he got at himself -Ir. Hartley looked throngh the pili of papers that were lying here an< there, but only found a ten and a on< dollar bill left from a pile that only a few moments ago amounted to nea , $2,000. Very few of his notes wer damaged. Among his papers was rebate check on H.- M. Anthony, th potash man, which was eaten. - Th horse seemed to have a preferenc 3 for the most valuable. There were, fifty dollars in gol that were recovered unhurt. Ther is not the least doubt' but thatth horse devoured it, for there wer some particles of the paper in th trough that looked as if they ha( been in her mouth. A Four-Year-Old Life-Saver. Bostoni Globe. An account of the burning of th .hose of Fred M. Thomas. on Lebanor f street, Maplewood, has been pub f lished. An instancn of remarkahl presence of mind on the part of 1 child is afforded in the conduct o I one of Mr. Thomas's children. hi 3 four-year-old daughter, Nellie. Thi 3 day of the fire Mrs. Thomas had beei away from home a portion of the day 1 leaving her children in the care of: neighbor. On~ her return she foun< the youngest, a boy of two years, un -well, and leaving him with his littl< I sister in her kitchen, went for a phy i cician. Before proceeding far, how 1ever, she saw that her house was or f fire, autti returned at once to get thi f children to a lace of safety. Terooms were full of smoke, aut Swith great difficulty she made he: -way to the kitchen, where she was I was hlorrifie3d at fin1ding that the chil 3 dren had disappeared. She crosset Sthe hall to another room, which the 3 fire had not yet reached, and ther' 3 found the two curled up in a larg< rocking chair, the little one singin; to her frightened and half-stifiet brother to soothe him, and intending to obey her mothers injunction t< take care of hum. The girl's prudenc! r and obedience probably saved he: brother's life. Showed Hlowi it Was Done. A jo!ly party was sitting around: table in a restaurant at Frankfort or the Main, Germany, talking aboul the numerous thefts of fall overcoati which hal lately been rep)orted fron every part of tue city. T hey all agreet that such a thing could not possibl~ happen to ny one of them!, as tihe' had their eyes wide open. *'Never theless," interp)osed a gentlemn sit tinng at tue next table. "I would,i need be, undertake to p)rove that an' one of y-our coats could he easily ah stracted from under your very noses.' Th 1ey were astonisIhed, but he ex plained that it was only~ necessary t< engage a man ini an interesting con versation, and while he continued un der the influence to arise, take his overcoat, put it on, light a cigar, anc leave the room with a gracious bow The entire company kept up a con tinuous roar of laughter at the amus ing~ tale atnd the still more entertain ing practical illustration withm whiel thet relater accomiprnied his word: ~and wlked out of tihe door. iIe did not come b)ack. neither (did the over coat. with a pocketbook with $10( in it. Fromw ice PhLaidpla Press. Here are two timely rules for the new y'ear. 1. Settle up. 2. ett.le down. THE THREE C'S ROAD. Completion of a Train of Fine Cars Paying Interest Promptly. Yorkeille Enquirer, 23d. The Springfield, Mass., Republican of the 2 ultimo, contains an elabo rate description of a train of four cars, two passengers, one smoker and one combination smoking and bag gage car, just completed at the Brightwood shops, Springfield, for the Charleston, Cincinatti and Chi cago Railroad. According to the description, the cars are the finest of any that will be on a Southern rail: road, while they are built in accord. ance with all the latest improvements known to the builders. The outside finish of the cars is the peculiar frost effect produced by aluminum paint. The roof, which is the new turtle back design, is painted snow white, and with the 32 ventilator funnels, make an attractive appearance. The trucks, as well as all the gear, are of the most approved sort. = The wheels are 42 inches in diameter, while the ordinary car wheel is 33 or36 inches. The inside finish is antique oak, which, with the large plate glass win. dows, makes an especially light and pleasing effect. The ceiling is cover ed with terra cotta coffee sacking decorated with oxidized and burn. ished brass-headed nails driven in such a way as to make fantastic de. signs. The seats, which are made on those low, luxurious models, are in the first-class coaches upholstered with old gold plush. Both ends of the car are partitioned off, and on one side of each compartment thus form. ed is a wash room fitted with marble bowls. Particular attention has alsc been given to ventieation, the philo sophic principles of which are de scribed at length by the Republican. The cars will be placed on the com pleted portion of the southern divi sion of the road at an early day. Two advertisments in Boston news. papers have some interest to South Carolinians. They are the notices that the January interest on the col, lateral trust 6 per cent. bonds of the Massachusetts and Southern Con. struction Company, 4nd the 5 per cent, first mortgage bonds of the Charleston, Cincinnatti sad Chicago Railroad, will be paid on and after January 1, at the office of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company. The Lancaster Review of last week counsels the farmers of that country not to make their- spring purchases of fertilizers until the completion vi the road to that town, which will probably be by the 1st of March, when assurance is given of reduced freight rates on the C., C. & C. line from Charleston. A New Joke by Our Own Evarts. From he Ph~iladelphia Record. Speaking of George Washington always reminds me of that good story of how Evarts told Lord Coleridge when they were at Mount Vernon the legend of Washington throwing a dollar across the Rappahannock. "But,"~ objected Coleridge, "the Rap pahannock's a broad stream." "Yes," retorted Evans, '.'but you must re Smember that a dollar went further in those days." At a dinner party not long ago Evarts was chaffed a little about the many stories attributed to him by the newspapers, and incident, ally this one was praised as his best. "Oh," said Evarts modestly, "I don't say all the good things that are cred ited to me. Every now and then some anonymous newspaper paragrapher says a wittier thing than any of us. Now, what I might have said to Lord Coleridge was that it was not sc strange that George Washington threw a dollar across a ri: since he threw a sovereign across the sea.' That was certainly as bright as the other. Yet Evarts begins to show the effe'cts of his seventy years. He repeats himself. HIe has got off that witty remark originally presented tc the Glover club, that like some other great enterprises he lacked terminal facilities, half a dozen times. I amr afraid lhe will never be presideit. Love Restores a Young Girl's Sight. Young James Robertson Blackie, of the Glasgowfirmn of publishers, has been the hero of quite a romantic marriage. Some years ago he fell in love with a fair American girl, a niece of the late President Arthur. WYhen she had finished her education in Glasgow they were provisionally en - aged, and she returned to America to nurse her dy ing grand father. A ftei his death she was attacked by fever, as a result of the great strain and fatigue of nursing. Then came the great earthquake which shook Charlesion to pieces and the shock and terror, acting on her enfeebled nerves, entirely destroyed her sight. TIhe specialists were hope. less, and could (1o nothing to avert the calamity of life long blindness. She wrote to her fiance releasing him from the engagement, but the manly young Scotchman refused to submit. Hie left by the next steamer, and on arriving declared that he loved her, and was ready to marry her whether she was blind or not. T be unexpected burst of joy strength. cned her general health, her eyes be gan to improve, and now she has as bright a pair of brown eyes as any man could desire to see. Beginning at the Wrong End. -Boston Post. Giving slippers to clergymen has gone out of fashion. The disobedient children get them just the same, how 'HE F UNNY MAN. C. E. Benham, in Harper's Magazine for January. Who is that man who sits aad bites His pen with aspects solemn ? He is the Fnnny man who writes The weekly Comic Column. By da he scarce can keep awake At night he cannot rest. His meals he hardly dares to take He jests, he can't digest. His hair, though not with years, is white, His -cheek is wan and pale, And all with seeking day and night For jokes that are not stale. His joys are few ; the chiefest one Is when by luck a word Suazests to him a novel pun His readers haven't heard. And when a Yankee joke he sees In some old book-well, then - Perhaps he gains a moment's eas', And makes it do again. The thought that chiefly makes him sigh Is that a time must come When jokes extinct like mammoths lie, And jokers must be dumb. When eyery quip to death is done, And every crank is told; When men have printed every pun, And every joke is old. When naught in heaven on earth or sea Has not been turned to chaff, And not a single oddity Is left to make us laagh. We take the following summary from the annual review published In the- News and Courier of Monday, showing the industrial progress of the State: It is shown that, as compared with the census year 1880, the total value of' taxable property in the State has increased $20,000,000. the value of live stock has increased $7,500,000: farm productions exceed those of 1880 by $5,000,000; fruits and vege bles $700,000; the value of mineral products $720.000. In the manufac turing inbustries there has been an 4 increase of 1,193 establishments, em ploying 18,589 more hands than were so employed it. 1880, the capital in vested has increased $10,999,000,and - the value of manufnctufed products $15,200,000. Since 1880 four hundred and forty six miles of railroads have been com pleted. From November 1, 1885 to November .887, two hundred and two miles haye been built at a cos of 83.500,000; the railroad earnings for 1887 were $2,500,000 in excess of those of 1880, and the value of rail road property has more than-dobe since 1880, the - increase 800,000,.while the total valueo property in 1880 was $7,390,00 A Turkish Story. There is a turkish proverb which says that "the gift of a peasant comes high"-and this is the illustration. A celebrated hodja--a kind of Ameri - can alderman-secured a present of a hare, which was duly served for supper. A week later a man sought the hodja. "Who are you?" was asked. "I am the man who gave you the hare?" He was warmly rcceived. A little later a number of men dropped in about lunch time. "Wbo are you?" was asked. "We are the neighbors of the man who brought you a hare." Still another crowd came, and they were asked as to their idenity. "We are the neighbors of the neighbors of the man who sent you the hare." The hodja then set before them some clear water, and then they asked, "'What is this?" '"It is the sauce of the sauce of the cooked hare," replied the hodja.I A Level-Headed Lover. From the Boston Courie. He : "And you reject me Sadie?" She: '-Do not put it so harshly. SayI it cannot be." "Well, let it go so. It cannot be. We are still friends?" "Unquestionably, George. I will al ways be a sister to you. "Certainly: Iexpected that. Now let me give I you a little advice." "Yes." "I heayd you singing as I came in to night 'I want to be an angel.'" "Yes." '-Well don't you know it was a waste of breath?"' How so?" "The idea of a. girl wanting to be what she already is !" "W-hat she already is?" "Yes, You know you are an angel." "I do not know it." ''Then I tell you so.I Please don't sing any such nonsense any more." 'Dear George. I have reconsidered my determination. If you want me, take me. I am yours." They Were Married. P It seems to make very little diff erence where you are when the mar riage ceremony is performcd. A young runaway couple in Kansas were driving to church, but the hoses took fright and the sleigh stuck in a snowhank. They were tied right there and then. mrig The next thing wiTl be a mrig on a toboggan slide, with minister, bride and groom travelling at the rate of a mile a minute. There is nothing like novelty in this world, and if an attack of rheumatism is thrown in, why, the interest of the ,occasion is vastly increased. Romance ofaBlc Cat. St. Louis Globe Democrat. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., December 21. -Two or three years ago one of the - professors at Yale had a black cat, upon which not a white hair couid be found. Barnum advertised for such an animal, and soon the professor's cat disappeared. Two days after Bar num's winter quarters burned out the Iblack cat came back to her former I master's house, and it is believed that she was stolen and sold to Bar num. The distance over.the road on which puss traveled is'about nineteen miles.