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e,-C ES -ESTABLISHED - '1865-. NEWBERRY,_S._C., THURSDAY, OCTOBR2,18.CRC 15 A MIDNIGHT HORROR. The Greenville County Jail Burned With Fatal Results-Sit on Fire by a Negro Lunatic Who Perishes by His Own Work. [From Friday's Greenville News] A human being burned in a prison cell! That was the tale that was told a quarter after twelve o'clock last night by the wild, clear sounding, far reach ing call of the fire alarm bell, sounding seemingly louder and shriller because its tones had been peacefully latent for many, many days. "The fire is at the jail, and a man is being burned to death!" was the ex cited cry that met the constantly gath ering throng that hurried in Main street to locate the source of the mid night alarm, and catching up the terri ble cry, rushed on to Broad street and the county prison. Smoke was boiling from the caves of the tin roof of the eastern end of the old stone building and an ominous glare was be ginning to show above the edge of the roof, made distinct by the bright moonlight that lit the scene, and brought the gloomy stone structure into vivid silhouette. When a policeman and a News re porter battered at the front door of the burning jail and cP lied Jailer Powell tliat offieial gave no response and the only answer was the horror stricken cries of the, prisoners inside who were shrieking with terror. In a few mo ments the jailer admitted the foremost of the crowd that had gathered. The story was quickly learned. In the upper dungeon cell at the rear of the second floor of the jail, and in the southeast corner of the building, Fletcher McDavid, a negro lunatic, was confined. $e was brought to the city Wednesday by his father and a brother to be examined for incarceration in the asylum. McDavid was about 25 years of age, and came from about 16 miles below the city. He had not developed '.iolent :n:anity since being brought here, ar'' his examination, which had been begun by. Doctors T. T. Earle and J. R. Wilkinson, constituting a com mission inquirendo de lunatico, had not been completed. In his cell, the jailor had observed that he was most of the - time-quiet and when he became de monstrative it was to break out into a religious.chant or loud curses. His loss of mind appeared to have been caused by the death of his people, his insane talkings frequently taking that line. The first day McDavid spent in the jail, he was confined in one of the front cells upstairs but his habit of loudly cursing everybody he detected passing below caused Jailer Powell to remove him to the back dungeon, where he met last night, the death that matches to the imagination, the supremity of human agony-burning alive. The crazy prisoner was last seen by his keeper shortly before seven o'clock yesterday evening, when Mr. Powell gave him water and locked him in for the night. About eleven o'clock, the jailer, who was~ lying on the bed in the back room on the lower floor, heard M'cDavid singing and cursing alter nately and talking aloud as he had often heard him during the otherwise silent watches inside the prison pre cincts. A few minutes after midnight, he was roused by the footsteps of a man rnigrapidly along the sidewalk in stopped at the door, and at the same moment the man called londly and ex citedly to hmto open, that the jail was on fire! Mr. Powell sprang from the bed but did not at once open the door. He saw the bright glare coming from up stairs and hastened up the stair case. Just then, Joe Harris, the negro horse thief and Air Line freight robber, who was alone in the other upper dungeon across from the crazy negroe's cell began shouting to him for God's sake to let him out, crying that the house was on fire. A glance through the wooden bars forming the stairway enclosure told the jailor the story be fore he entered the upper hallway. Fire was already roaring and crackling on the floor of the cell in which the wretched lunatic was and heavy smoke was boiling from the small opening in the batten door. Keys' in hand, the jailer, thoroughly alarmed for the safe ty of his helpless charge, rushed to the door. The outside wooden shutter was closed and that he threw quickly open. But relief had come too late. The iron brass of the dungeon door were un bearably hot. The great lock on the door could not be touched by living hand, and the door did not open; stayed grimly shut, while inside the fire was involving and eating up with remorseless torture the doomed prison er. It was already too late, even though the door had opened at the bidding for the room was clogged with aheavy drift of smoke and the flames, .started apparently in the back of the cell, had eaten their way on the dry tinder of the floor almost up to the door. With the first discove'ry of the fire, panic spread among the prisoners in the other cells, but they were soon quieted by the ,.assurance from the jailer that they would all be let out be fore there was any danger for them. Fortunately, there were fewer inmates * than has been the case in a long time, there being only six prisoners besides the insane negro. In the second upstairs dungeon was the negro, Joe Harris, and in the northeast front cell on the same floor were three other negroes, James Calhoan, Henry Green and -Charles Burdell. Down stairs, a negro woman, Hannah Young, was in the cell directly under the burning spol and a government prisoner, Pini Pumbly, was in the lower front cell. All the prisoners were marshalled int< the hall on the arrival of Officers Schlap bach and Bull, who were the first police men to reach the spot, and marched tc the guard house where they were stored for the nigbt, cowed, silent and fright ened after their startling awakening from sleep. This left the building deserted, and the few personal effects of Jailer Powell were removed, leaving nothing but thestone shell for the fire to work on. The fire department got on the field of action, a little delayed from the long interval of freedom from practice they have gone through, but did fine service when the water was started. The Pal metto engine located at the cistern nearest Main street and turned on the first water, followed by the Lees,whose steamer was planted in Broad street almost opposite the burniug building. The Hook and Ladder men had arrived first after the Lee reel, and their ladders were thrown against the building tc assist the nozzlemen in their work and to allow their men to get at the roof, where they set to work to cut through into the burning hole of the cell. After the steady streams from the engines had flooded the room and cut off the blaze there leaving only the smouldering planks of the floor, came the scene of greatest horror. The cel. door was opened and search made for the body of the wretch who was sup posed to have perished to the fire. It was found in the corner of the apart ment furthest from the door, burned, charred, hideously misshapen by the tongues of flame that had been the doomed man's shroud. The body wa, drawn into a heap, the man having apparently crouched in the corner with his back to the wall, his knees drawn nearly up to his chin and his face look ing downward. The black flesh had been burned off; the head was clean shaven by the fire, not a speck of cloth ing remained and the flesh was all over crisp and hardened. The firemen who brought out the horrible sem blance of a man, under Captain Mac. key's directions, revolted at the ghastly sight. They had seen the furnac( glare from the red hot dungeon; had watched the long gusts of flame thai came from the narrow barred window, but the spetacle had not given the im agination the horrible picture that the reality yielded. How the unfortunate negro set fire t< the building is not known. Jailer Pow ell says that there was nothing in the cell to kindle a fire from, and that to his knowledge the lunatic had n< matches or other ,means of starting E blaze. How he obtained those means if he did, is a mystery. How the fir( could have started other than by the crazy negro's act, is a greater mystery The theory of accident is barely plausi ble, and the explanation accepted 0r the first blush was that the insant man had by the crafty ingenuity tha often conmes to the insane, secure< matches and had deliberately set fire t< the floor of his cell and made for him self a living furnace of torture. At the hour of going to press, the fire has died down to a great extent and th< firemen arc still busy about the smould ering, partly burned prison. Th< building is badly damaged, but not de stroyed. ( NGRESSM~AN PEREY'S XARRIAGE The Interesting Event Takes Place a Fayette Court House, Alabama. [Special to the Register.] BIRMINGH AM, Ala., October 17.-Al Fayette Court House to-night Congress man W. H. Perry of South Carolin: was married to Miss Louise Bankhead daughter of Congressman J. H. Bank head of this District. A special train of the Georgia Pacifi< road, having on board Hon. W. H Perry and a large party of invitec guests, left here to-day for Fayettb Court House. The marriage took plac< at Congressman Bankhead's residence to-night, the ceremony being performec by Bishop R. K. Hargrova of Nash ville. It w~as one of the greatest social events of the season. Among those present at the marriage from South Carolina were Rev Mr. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Perry, Mrs. Van Beattie, Miss Emily Beattie and Mr. Brooks Sligh. The bridal party will return tc this city to-morrow, and will then gc direct to Washington, in a special car via the Piedmont Air Line. Kiled for Ten Cents. [Special to the World.] YORK vI LLE, October 17.-John Gre gory was shot and killed by Alick Ber ry at Taylor & Elmore's railroad camp, one mile south of town, on Sunday last. They were both colored railroad hands, and fell out over a 10 cent check while gambling. Gregory lingered until Monday evening, when he died. The jury inquest rendered a verdict as follows: "That John Gregory came to his death from a pistol shot wound at the hands of Alick Berry." The mur derer escaped and is still at large. The Retort Courteoua. A farmer traveling in a foreign land for the first time, becoming somewhat anxious about the condition of his live stock, telegraphed home : "Is things all right at the barn ? JOHs BREEN IHis stable-boy, whose conversatiox Ias proverbially laconic, immediately telegraphed back: "JOHN BREEN, Thins is Roairr THE McLANE GANG IN BOSTON. Seeking Aid to Establish an Independi Party in South Carolina. [Boston Advertiser, October 14.] The thirty-five or more members the Massachusetts Club, who we: present at the weekly dinner of th organization yesterday, at Young Hotel, were treated to a statement the condition of politics in the Sout which, coming from men who ha always resided in that locality, and a in a position to know the true situatic there, was a peculiar L erest. TI guests of the club were: Dr. T. D. Du ham of Aiken, Dr. V. P. Clayton Columbia, Major F. W. Macusker Georgetown, the Hon. J. H. McLan Feasterville, and the Hon. W. W. Ru sell of Anderson, S. C., and all tl members of the State Committee the Independent party in that State. The post-prandial exercises we: opened by the President, the Hoi William Claflin, who, after a splendi speech in which he welcomed tl Southerners to Boston and to the di ner, introduced each of the guests. a of whom had something to say. Thf are all fine lookingmen, of gentleman] bearing, and evidently represent ti better class of Southerners. The obje, of their visit to the North is to obtai financial and moral assistance in tl new independent movement in Sout Carolina. Although not Republicai they are outspoken in their denunci; tions of the unfair methods used 1 the Democracy in the South to coi trol elections. They purpose, they sa; to do all in their power to break r this oligarchy and establish a free b lot and a fair count. The Independen are to start a newspaper, and by othi means do all in their power to forevi end the disgraceful fraud and crin which is not only sanctioned bi openly supported by the machir Democracy in the majority of ti Southern States. The visitors from tl South are all ex-members of the Co: federate army, and fought in the la war. DINING ON HORSEFLESH. Pandora, a Famous Steeplechaser, Serr< at a Philadelphia Banquet. [New York Herald.] PPILADELPHIA, October 7.-Cut t into big steaks andserved as a filet beef at a dinner at the Philadelph Club, was the fate of Pandora, the far our steeplechaser, known to all patrol of the City Troop races and to tl members of the national guard. Pa dora was shot because of incurab lameness. After she had died witho a struggle, the choicest meat was c from her bones and taken to the cuisii of the Philadelphia Club, where tl chief was sworn to secrecy and the me was disguised as a joint of beef. Dr. Rush S. Huidekoper who boug] Pandora thirteen years ago, gave a di ncr at the Philadelphia Club and oi of the dishes on the menu read "filet la Pandora." Nobody knew exce Dr. Huidekoper that that course was -part of poor old Pandora's body. TI guests supposed that the dish w: Snamed in honor of the old steeplechase Swhom they had seen take many a dit< and fence and come in the winner of many an exciting race. After tl - fiet had been eaten and pronounce very toothsome by the guests I Huidekoper remarked that he was gh of his guests' appreciation of his fav~ rite horse; "for," he said, "you ha Sjust eaten her." The guests looked at each other: amazement, and after a short interv~ of deathly silence ther'e was a roar laughter. Then in an instant evel one seemed to remember Pandora as.I had seen her at the last meet, and reverential silence the company ro to their feet, lifted their glasses to the uips and sipped in solemn silence to tl memory of the old gray mare they hie just devoured. HE STOLE A STREET CAR. 'Squire Force, of Staten Island, Ends spree wiih a Mad Freak. NEW YORK, October l'.-Squi Force, a well-known character of St pleton, S. I., wound up a spree th afternoon by stealing a horse-car ar its load of passengers. Noticing t] driver and conductor alight at tl Concord stables, Force boarded tJ platform and whipped up the tear Employees of the company pursut the car, but Force, ignoring the pr tests of the passengers, lashed the hors until they broke into a mad gallop a: escaped. One excited man in tempting to escape from the ci tumbled over the rear dashboard in a mud-puddle. The women and ch dren among the passengers becar terror-stricken and screamed for assis ance. Their cries were hear d by a] liceman, who boarded the car. For completely collapsed at the policernari appearance. Eilled by a Gin Accident. (Special to the World] H ARTSVILLE, Darlington Co. Oct.1 ---On Thursdag; Oc1,1Mr;John P: irott had his hand badly cut in J. Bass's gin by putting it unider t] breast of the gin to rake off the mot on Friday his hand was amputat< just above the wrist by Dr. Lenny, Darlington- Mr. Parrott never rallit from the operation, and died to-d. about 11 A. M- He was quite a pronr nent farmer in the "Swift Creek" se Ition of the county. H-e was not wvor ing about the gin when hurt and the w.as no occasion for him to put his hal on the mote hoard. H. THE HAND OF PROVIDENCE. ,n A Train Narrowly Escapes Being Crushed In a Tunnel. NEW YORK, October 17.-The fast St. Louis limited express, which left of Weehawken lst night at a quarter re past 6 o'clock, came very near meeting at with a serious accident in the West s Point tunnel. The train left New York of on time, but was delayed about half an b, hour on account of running over and le killing an unknown ian. When the re train was almost in the middle of the >n tunnel, about fifty feet of the arch fell ie in, and an immense mass of bricks, r- rock and earth fell upon the train. The of train was moving very slowly, and it of was due to this that nothing more e, serious resulted than the crushing in of s- the baggage ear, and delay to traffic. ie One man was in the baggage can, but of he was got out with little difficulty, and was uninjured. The engine was re separated from the train by the fall of a. the roof of the tunnel, and. was not id damaged. The passenger cars were not ie even scratched. The sudden stopping ti- of the train gave the passengers a slight .11 jar, but aused no bruises. Some of y them were thrown out of their seats, ly and many were badly scared. as they ie had no idea of what was going to hap et pen. They were quieted immediately, n howeevr, when they found all danger e was over. h The conductor of the train went back is to the end of the tunnel to flag the a- next train through, which; was about y due. It was held at West Point. a- The break was at a dangerous spot in y, the tunnel underneath the spot known p as Gallows Hollow, a place where con .1- siderable trouble was experienced when ts the tnnnel was built. The ground er above sank in thirty feet. For the er past year men have been at work ie streng hening weak stops along the it tunnel, and had been putting steel ribs ie in the roof. Near where tha roof fell le in the engineers of the road had begun ie to put in steel ribs for fear of a fall, a- and the workmen had nearly reached te the spot. From the nature of the ground it was supposed that there was a water course in t~e immediate neighborhood, and heavy rains so weakened the arch that it fell. Ever since the repairs began only one track in the turinel has been used, and trains were run over it very slowly. There is no doubt that iP had the train been going at its usual of rate of speed there would have been a ia fearful loss of life. a- Superintendent Brock was soon on is the ground, and men were put to work ie getting out the wreck. The sleeping - cars were backed out of the tunnel and le the smashed baggage car was left there. it It will be three orfour days before the Lit mass of wreckage can be cleared away ie and trains will be running as usual. at PECANS AS A MONEY CROP. Something of Dr. Faust's Successful Ex periment in Barnwell County. 2e [Correspondence to the World.) a BAMBERG, Oct. 15.-It may be of pt general interest to know what new ag a ricutural enterprises arc springing up ie among the farmersof this section of the as country. These new enteprises are gen r, erally the offsipring of necessity, occas ~h sioned by the unprofitableness of cotton of raising. A pleasant drive yesterday 2e afternoon in company with Dr. 0. D. ad Faust, of this town, to his plantation, ar situated about six miles southeast of Ld Bamberg, brought your correspendent 0- face to face with one of these new re perhaps the latest-industries, a pecan orchard. in Several years ago Dr. Faust found al cotton growing unprofitable to him, of end he determined to rent out his lands ry and practice his profession. But be 2e fore leaving the farm he planted a small in orchard of pecan trees- He was con se vinced that pecans would do well and ir bear fruitfully by an experiment of his Ie mother's, who, fifteen years ago, plated Ld some of the pecans in her garden, never dreaming, perhaps, that at her age she would live to enjoy any of thle benefits of her experimenit, as she was then 653 years of age. But, to the con atrary, those trees can.e up, grew and thrived, and several years before her re death bore fair crops of nuts: Now a- these same trees will yield 40 to 50 is pounds to the tree of the finest pecans id your correspondent ever saw. ie Dr. Faust at first planted only a few 2e acres, about eleven years ago, and the 1e trees of that orchard are beginning to n. bear very nicely. Two years ago this ad crop was growing so finely that he was o- encouraged to plant twenty-five acres, es all of which ina few years will be bear id ing well. t. Dr. Faust says they are of very little rtrouble to raise, as they are as hardy as a to hickory tree, and as little liable to be il. disturbed by stock. The only difficul 2e ty he has ever found in raising themi e-. is at the beginning; the ground-moles ao will destoy some of the seed, and a little ce later on something will burrow out the s~ roots. He examined to find the cause, and found the roots to be very sweet, and concludes that the sweetness ac counts for their destruction by the un known destroyer. Of course it requires a long time anld 6. much patience to wait for anything ~r- like a substantial revenue froni a crop .L of pecans, but not greater than that re 2e quired in the orange-growing industry es of Florida end California; and when aonce the orchard is established, nothing Of like rain or drought, heat or cold can ad materially affect them Any other ty crop can be grown on the same land ti- where these trees are planted without c. serious consequences, until they begin k- to bear, when of course, the pecan re crops would be much more profitable id than any other crop that could be planted. D. F. H. ANDREW CAI'NEGIVS VENGEANCE. lie "Fire" a Clerk who Furnished Figures to Congressman Scott. NWi YORK, October 17.-The Even ing Telegram's Pittsburg special says. Andrew Carnegie has wreaked his revenge on one of the clerks in his employ for betraying the secrets of his I business to the friends of tariff reform. Carnegie himself had confessed once to a committee of Congress that he made a profit of $5,000 a day out of his iron business, but he was driven almost mad when Congressman William L. Scott, of Erie, in his speech for the Mills bill, gave facts and figures from Carnegie's own books,: which proved conclusively that Carnegie was mak-, ing such enormous profits out of the tariff laws because he could manufac ture at about the foreign figures on both iron and steel. When Carnegie returned from Europe he determined to find out who had furnished Scott with the deadly bit of statistics, and at last he thinks he has traced it to a Democratic clerk named Fleters, who had command of the figures and sta tistics. He was promptly discharged to-day. Fleters will go to Washington, where Mr. Scott has secured him a position in one of the departments. THE IDOL OF ALL HAVANA. Thrilling Act of Charity Performed by a Brave Cuban Girl, [Nashville American.] I am a Cuban and I love Cuba, yet the extreme heat of some months of each year is unbearable. You remem ber the entrance to Havana harbor is guarded by Morro castle. The garri son numbers about two hundred. Three years ago last June the tempera ture rose beyond all previous records, and the suffering was intense. The au thorities were dreading the possible in vasion of Cuba's deadliest scourge-yel low fever. News came to the city of the breaking out of the fever at the cas tle, Immediately steps were taken for the complete isolation of the fort. No boats were allowed to land from the in fected locality, and none were brave enough to venture the casting of their lot with the garrison. At sunset each day we watchetl the gates open and funeral corteges wend their way down the hill to the little garrison cemetery; we listened for the volleys of salute, their number denoting how many brave fellow had succumbed that day. One evening as we apathetically gazed across the water a boat shot forth from the pier of Havana. It was loaded to the gunwales with provisions and medicines, and none in that crowd needed to be told its destination. Our eyes then sought the guider of the little -craft, and, to our horror, saw the sole occupant was a woman. Then a uni versal shout of p)rotest camne-too late. She paused an instant from her rowing and silenced our nmurmrings with a wave of her hand. "I am alone," she said, "from all Ha vana not one regret will follow mec. 'Tis better that I should go than a life upon whose tenure hangs the faute of others- G;ood-bye.' We strained our eves across the water; watched her strokes grow slower and slower as the awful heat sapped her very life and finally pause exhaust ed beneath Castle Morro's walls. Those faithful souls, brave and constant to the last, refused admission. though we feel the hunger and longing expressed in their long-suffering eyes. A t length faint resistance ceased-they eagerly came down to the welcome boat-fair ly lifted their angel of mercy on wai ting shoulders, and, followed by others bear ing the medicine to which many poor fellows will owe their lives, are lost to our view within the cas.tle walls. The first effect we noticed was the reduction ini the numbler of salutes over the soldiers' graves then, one blessed nmoning, when a breeze, camne straight from your northland the distress signal was hauled down, and again the royal flag of Spain Iloated p)roudly from the battlements, dnot ing all was well within. Instantly the bay was dotted with boats. We flocked to the castle and exchanged congratu lations with the govenor and his hadly decimated garrison. We learned that undoubtedly not a life would have been preserved had it not been for the brave maidens timely succor. Now there, gentlemen is an incident of a land of heat "But what became of the girh."' anx iously4inquired the Long Islander. "'She is the happy wife of the gove nor of the castle, and is thew idol of all Havana. The Holiness M.tling. [Mfarion IndeIx.j The fall meeting of the South Car.o lina Holiness Associat ion, which has been in session at Mlullins since tha 9th instant, has been attended by immiuense crowds of people. The meetings are held in a large tent, which is the prop erty of the association. TIhuis tent is situated near the Mlethodist church at Mullins, and is capable of seating 1,0(00 people. The mneeting has been devoted entirely to religious services, and great interest has been awakened in many people. Crowds of pecnitents throng the altar daily, and nmany converts may already be counted as the result of the meeting. Amiong the ministers who have be~en in attendance are Rev. D)r. Tuttle oif Wilmington, N. ('., Rev. A. J1. Stokes, Rev. W. S. Wighutman, Rev. R. C. Oliver, Rev. H1. G;. Seudday, Rev. . M. Pike, Rev. (4. H1. Waddell, Rev. John A. Porter, the President of the Association, and others. The meeting will cnnti nu nth ronugh th is week. FIRE AT WINNSBORO. The D)uval House Burned-Narrow Escape of Other Buildings. [Special to Register.] W iNxSP.ORO, October 1S.-The Duval House, one of the principal hotels in this place, was burned last night. The tire originated in the kitchen and was accidental. This was one of the most threatening fires we have ever had, and it was only through the heroic efforts of the firemen that the town was saved from a most diastrous conflagration, as as most of the buildings in the imme diate neighborhood are wooden struc tures. The fire, when first discovered, nad made but little headway, but from some cause the steamer failed to throw water promptly; hence the loss. Va rious reasons have been assigned for this failure, but there'is no doubt that blame attaches to some one, as the engine was in good working order. The loss is about $3,500. insurance $1,000, in the Phonix of Hartford, represented by Captain I. N. Withers. Mrs. M. A. Duval the proprietress, has much sym pathy in her loss, as she is a widow Lady, and this property was the accum ulation of her indomitable energy and perseverance. ECHOES OF HAMPTON. Some Funny Answers to the Questions of the Teachers. [John Kendrick Bangs.] One of the most frequent subjectsf liscussion among ethnologists is the luestion, Have we in this world a race of natural humorists? Modern iumor affords abundant argument for those who take the negative in this 3iscussion, but the Drawer believes that those in search of affirmative ar ;uments cannot do better than visit the Hampton Normal School, where he dusky children of North America and, the Ethopian alike have their y oung-and often aged-ideas taught f to shoot. How good marksmen they become varies in individgal cases with the savage and the negro just as it does with the children of fairer com plexiop, but that their shots are fre :uently what we might term "fancy l jnes is fully shown by a perusal of some of theexamination papers handed in, and oftener still by the answers iven in oral examinations. The following answers, culled from the papers of the various classes in Biblical, geographic, and domestic branches, cannot fail to convince those who say that we have no natural race of humorists that they have erred. In the course of their Biblical in struction a class, distinguished rather for its opacity than for its capacity, was asked, "What did Jehu do when he came to Jezreei?" to which the prompt answer was given, "He threw the Jersey Belle" (Jezebel) "out of the window." And in response to thequery, "How long did Solomon reign ?" a rising young humorist, whose com plexion rivals that of the moon in eclipse, replied, :"Forty days and forty nights." We doubt if even Solomon in all his gloriot .s wisdom could have drawn a p)arallei between his own reign and that.of Noah's time. The instructor of this same class in Biblical lore was informed most grave ly that St. Matthew was one of the "t welve oposums"-a most gratifying answer to her question, since it showed how high in the estimation of her scholar the apostle must have stood. The little girls are frequently found among the humorists of Hampton, and their utterances are often characterized by a wisdom beyond their years, as is shown in the case of the young miss of ten who, when asked to give the daily text, proudly announced that "A good man is more to be desired than great riches." Thait the boys apply their knowl edge, such as it is, to their own ex periences, and frequently modify their learning by their personal observation, is seen in the statement that the terri ble disease sent by the Lord upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians because they would not let Moses go was the mumps-a miost grievous affliction to the little black-faced, white-toothed boys, whose chief accomplishment consists in grinning from ear to ear as if they appreciated how funny they are. Two questions in the geography class will suffice for our purpose to show that it is the darky who is the natural boy humorist. IHaving beeni inf~ormed that the New Englanders were noted for the p)ro~duce of their valleys and the grazing oif their hills, one of the boys wrote that the New England pepewere cifyccupied in "rais ing the deuce" -a statement which will be accepted as true by those who have visited New England only in the heat of a political campaign. The chief occupation of the Africans was set down as "eatching Australians and pulling out their feathers." Tn the kitchen-garden class, which is to the eye of the outsider one of the mtost intetestinig branches of instruc tion at Hampton, a small boy who hopes to become an expert butler as well as a member of Congress, after telling how coffee was served at break fast, was asked in what other way it wa served, thme answer being, "In small cups, after dinner." Unfortu nately for thei youth, whose fascinating way had almost led to his being en gaged then and there by one of the ladies in the audience, he was so over come b)y nervousness that he forgot his instruction, fell back upon his personal experience, and firmly replied, "Cold, nma'am." It was the unanimous be lifofr pr e sent that, although guilty f a technical error, the boy had given voice to a great truth. Another instance, in conclusion, mows, we think, that the colored child is not only a humorist by nature, but is constantly endeavoring to become polished, to elevate the tone of his con versation, and to be nice in the selec tion of his words. "Can you tell me," said the teacher to a thirteen-year-old damsel who had made up a bed to perfection, had set the table without an error, and had reached the soup course of the "make belie.re" dinner without a tremor 'can you tell me why you invert the ~over of the tureen when you take it >ff?" "Yath, 'm," lisped the child, proudly ,onscious of her ability. "It ith to keep the perthpire" (perspire) "of .ue thoup offen the table-clorf." FIGHT WITH A BEAR, 4 Hunter in the Catskills has an Exciting Adventure. KINGsTo\, N. Y. Oct. 14.- A big bear was killed in a cave in the Stony Clove in the heart of the Catskill Moun ains this ofternoon by a hunter named "Jake" De Puy. The hunter had 3ought refuge from a driving rain storm md he built a Zre of dry leaves and wigs to warm himself. The cave was oon filled with smoke, and as he sat alf dozing over the red hot coals a pe uliar sound in one corner of the cave ttracted his attention. A growl or wo convinced him that he either had wildcat or bear to deal with. He >icked up his shotgun and fired it in he direction whence the noise pro eeded. For the.next five minutes De Puy had iis hands full. The animal in the cor vas a bear, and part of the shot lodged n Bruin's flank. The wound madden d the.brute, and it rapidly came shuf inig toward its assailant. De Puy ired again, but his aim was not true and his shot went whizzing past one ide of the bear. The hunter used is- gun over the brute's head, and while trying to give it a second blow the tock came in contact with a projecting )iece of rock and broke off short. The bear's innings followed, and be bre De Puy got through with it he did iot know whether he was standing on 1ts head or his feet. The bear hugged iim and almost squeezed the life out of he hunter, and for a minute or two ?revented him from using his knife. the two had a rough and tumble time )n the uneven floor of the cave, and >nce they rolled over and over through :he wood fire. When bruin's cold nose lipped into the red coals it unclasped its paws from around De Puy's body, gave L tremendous howl and began trying to get the hot embers out of its nos rials. Now it was that the hunter again and again plunged his hunting knife into the body of the bear, and at the third thrust he pierced its heart. The brute gave the man a parting scratch with its 31aw, gave its last growl and rolled over and died. The skir, is considered a fine one. The bear made sad havoc with the bunter's clothing. It scratched him on the back, breast and arms, and came within an ace of putting one of his uyes out. The Cost of a Jury. [Pee Dee Index.] 1t may be of interest to the people of the county to know what it costs to procure a jury for the trial of a few petty cases such as those brought to trial during the term of the Court of G~eneral session just closed. Fifteen grand jurors traveled 832 miles and all except one served 3 days, be served but one, making an aggregate of 43 days. They were paid five cents a mile for travei and one dollar and a balf a day for service-making the total cost of this jury $106.10. Thirty-six petit jurors summoned for service during the first week traveled 1150 miles served an average of five days each and in the aggregate 195 days, for which they received like pay as the grand jury, nuaking a total cost of $350.00. Twenty-seven, and extras drawn on the jury for the second week traveled 1113 miles, served one day each or 27 days in the aggregate and paid as the first, cost $96.15. The whole number of miles traveled by all the juries was 3095 miles, the whole number of days spent was 265 at total cost of $552.25, an average of $92.05 per day for the juries alone.' The greatest distance traveled by any one jurior was 110 miles by one of the petit jurors drawn for the first week. Two of the grand jurors traveled 104 miles each. If it was one man alone who had acted as the jury he would have lost nearly three fourths of a year in per forming the duty. Diphtheria in Abbevile. AlBUEvILLE, S. C., October 16. There are a number of cases of diph theria here, and the doctors fear that it will become epidemic. So far there has been only one death from it, Frank, a. small son of Colonel E. B. Gary, within the past few days. Most of the parents, who could do so, have sent their children out of town. Every pos sible effort is being made to check the spread of the disease. Some of the doc tors are of the opinion that the cool weather will aid in checking it. No injury to business has resulted from the appearance of diphtheria, and none is Likely to occur, as the disease is con fined entirely to small children. THE KICKER MAN. Editorial Life Has Its Ups and Downs. [From the Arizona Kicker_ APOLOGETICAL. We hope our readers will excuse typographical appearance of the - pages of The Kicker this week. were working them off as usua',' Wednesday having Joe the Indian as roller-boy, when : Shackawacksen made us a can jumped on our collar. Greatly to - suprse ,we picked the judge u mopped him all: over the ,office flung him out doors. His boot hind buttons, spectacles and book flew about and alighted 0 forms, and in our excitement" to notice them. "The big hole in our editorial tariff was caused by a boot-heeL blurr on the poem entitled: Baby Wakes Again,' was caus two hind buttons. - Such-society' as are unreadable owe their; state to the judge's hope it won't occuraan "NoT THIS Ey Our name is being p mentioned iL connection United States Senatorship from na. While we are *lattered' -inclined to step high, we ms friends to hold up. "In the first place, we attor est, sober and conscientious.' "In the second place, Weare at home. We proposed to 10,000 human -coyotes outofthii. tory during the next twelve and put a thousand others on bars. "While we feel tickled can hardly sleep nigha cept the office nor leave -pMs the place along > sor and leave us to do om. work" . A DECEIVEB We owe no grudge to because he oncecuffedourea corridor of the Town-MaL. proved him a liar, a swindler absconder, and he had-to'ed his reputation. The coloel N seeking the nemination for is promising, in case-he is secure our town a goverament , priation of $250,000 t' build a building. We are actuated . kindest motives whenwesay. colonel is a blooming v can no more secure a dllar froja Sam than we can borrow one hinges from the gates ofKea the influence he has in this sin and sorrow is conflned to Hot saloon and its crowd of tatives. Do not be deceived i castor oil voice of the colonte. "A EXPLANATIO "The cause of the Kicker in the building of a bridge over Horse River, to connect oro~ Dutch Hill, is being severely' by some of our citizens, who that we are opposed toprgen provements. Such is far fromi the case. Any open bridge river would be an encougm suicides and accidents. Whena gets drunk on Arizonawhse either wants to kill someoeo off a bridge. There are fifty j~ town who would go over to Hill, fillup, and fall of the bidae ing back if it had a ralIingilesi high. "As to a covered bridge, itw once be taken p ossest ofty~lri old soakers in town who tried to home, and in a month would a public nuisance. While wejust ler for progress and improveient' can't see our way clear on this question, and shall therefore until we have a change of heart. "XOTICE. "We have in our possessionabout deeds and conveyances belongink as many different parties whichj picked up on the streets lastZ They dropped from the coat tail of our estimable and efficient of Deeds, as he was weaving his way homewards at a late hour. Intb East this would be called apec gross carelessness, and theBek* would be expected to resign.Ou in the glorious West no imprac attached, and the estimable takes an extra drink and pulls an wire for renomination. And the wm of it is that we owe genial Henry-~4 in cash and daren't go for him un-i is paid. The East TenseeLease. NEW YORK, October 17.-The Tennessee and the Richmond Danville Directors met to-day and mally agreed to the 3.eserof te Tennessee to the Richmond and ville Company. The EastT Directors then ordered the ofcs that company to turn over to the Richmond and Danville. are reports current that sokoM~ the Richmond and DanvilleT Company will to-morrow applyf& mandamus compelling a retumno East Tennessee property to the holders of the company, The ea dates back to .July 1st. No action.i taken on the over-due dividen n Tennessee preferred stock. The Pope Still Agitating for T Power. ROME, October 17.-Acting o~ advice of the Italian and foreign cals, the Pope has decided tG the Bishops throughout.te continueto agitate.for;a the temporal pwro