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FASTAB3LISIID 1865. NEWBERRYv-LS*,C., WEDNESDAY, APRL1,19.PIE$.0AYA
IVASHINGTON NEWS.
Irby Comes Home for a Rest-Another ew
berry Man [ooking Around the Capitol.
CSpecial to News and C.urier.]
WASHINGTo\, April 13.-Represen
tative Brawley called upon Postmaster
General Bissell to-day and had a long
talk with him about potal matters in
South Carolina. He informed metbat
be had a very satisfactory conversa
tion concerning the recent joint diseus
sion, but he is not prepared to go into
detail at this time.
The first fourth-class postmaster in
South Carolina since the "blacklisting"
system was established was announced
to-day. J. 0. J. Wood has been ap
pointed at Greer's Depot, in Greenville
County, vice H. P. Moore, resigned. It
is'understood that this appointment
was made at the instance of Represen
tative Shell, but it has no bearing
upon the pending controversy, which
involves Representative-elect Strait,
Latimer and McLaurin.
Senator Irby, who has been indis
posed for several weeks past, left Wash
ington for home to-night.
There is a general understanding
that the work of the extraordinary ses
sion of the Senate is about over, and
many of the Senators have gone to
their homes.
Gen. Hampton was at the Capitol to
day with Represeniative Brawley and
Gen. Bradley T. Johnsn. General
Hampton has appointed Mr. Thomas,
of Columbia, private secretary to the
commission of railroads. Mr. Thomas
was formerly confidential clerk to Col.
John Haskell. He will probably arrive
here to-mo row and enter at once upon
his new duties.
L. P. Miller, of Newberry, is here
looking for a comfortable berth under
the present Administration.
The nomination of Judge of the new
Court of Appeals does not go to the
Senate to-day. The friends of ex-Repre
sentative Hemphill are not as _confi
dent of his appointment to-night as
they were a few days ago. At the
While House no positive information
- can be obtained on the subject.
IRBY ENTERS HIS PROTEST AGAINST
THE NOM INATION OF N. G. GON
ZALES.
[Special to The State.]
WASHINGTON, April 18--Senator
Irby left the city to-night for his home
in South Carolina. . In an interview
just before leaving he said: "All the
stuf about nominations of South Caro
linians is the wildest conjecture. Out of
ait abundance of caution, however, I
filed this afternoon with the President
a solemn protest against the name of
N. G. Gonzales for a consulate. I
have been waiting for a week expect
ing this nomination. It did not come
in, if it comes in at all, before the ad
journment of the Senate. My infor
mation is that the nomination for the
Judgeships of the Distiict Court of
Appeals will be made to-morrow. The
Senate will confirm them on Saturday,
and an immediate adj->urnment will
follow. I am going home and for the
next ten days I expect to run red foxes
for diversion. I will return in two
weeks to Washington, to watch the in
terests of my friends."
As soon as tbe Senate adjourns, it is
expected the appointments will begin
to roll out of the White House. Mr.
Cleve'ind complains, it is said, of the
rush of visits of Senators and their
e->nstituents.
BRAwLEY ON HAND.
Representative Brawley to-day ten
dered his service to the Postmaster
General if needed in the elucidation of
the patronage problem. It may be
stated with certainty that Irby has
secured no concessions and no favorable
assurance in that quarter. The acts
of the Postoffice Department will in
due time reveal its policy. Ne formal
* announcement is expected.
Gen. Ham rton will see the Post
Oz bi ( before leaving for
so e has deferred his
it is probable that t me Demo
their steps h1omewardA
e ~rat ]ELONG,
have reeeived an,d they are dthe Presi.
to resent the indiglity to led. He
eudl. Senlator Irby Is not %ef from
although lhe realizes that th e is, is
outlook is not as encouragTHe un
might be. He says he gioii%tp it
lively political fight and that tb~ ber
ocratie organlizationl 'ill sustai cast
in his demand that the Refo bhe
shalhl have a fair distributin of a
fruits of v ictory. R. M. - ,
Ho0w 3R. LATIMER w-AS ELECTED
A m-rT oF UNPUTBLISH ED HISTORY.
[News and Courier, Morch 30.]
A genitiemanSI who is well known
-.Lat Iumer's Conmgre$sonal distr
gave a Re!porter for the News a
Courier some info)rmtation concermi
that gentleman'tls allege-d Third Pa
atliliations which will be particula
interestinig just at this time. The c
v.estion camte up over the WVasb
ton special pub*lishedl in~ Tuesday m11
inig's paper, in which it was sta
that Cong essmianl A. C. Latime~r,
gether with Messrs. Strait and
Lauriu, way "blacklisted' at the P
The gentlemian referred to had fa
to see the article, and when it was I
to him exclaimed: "So Latimier's
- ture has bee:n turned to the wall,
it7 Then it is w here it ought t~
bhen a Democratic Administratlc
~n power." Thinking possibly
some explanationl of his views
necessary the speaker continlue<
discuss the subject, and furnished:
.ects which will probably provei
esting should "Hejadsmian'' Ma:
cbance to see themi. "About
weeAS ago." he said, "Latime
going to visit Pickens County
called for meetings to be held i
pects to disappoint some with certain
appointments, he neverthe!ess intends
that his side of all such matters shall
not be weak; and that fiough now and
thet there will be a fight, he will stand
justified and finally be sustained by the
people; be does not say by the Demo
crats always, and obviously is not act
ing specially for applause from that
quarter in all or even in a majority of
cases. At the end of six weeks in the
Presidency, he is content both with e
what he has done and what he has re
fused to do. He is buoyant except as
to the pressure from office seekers; and
they will hear something drop before
long.
THE WHISKERS AND THE MAN,
How the Hair on His Face Dominates the C
Wearer's Character. F
LFrom the Detroit Free Press.1 t
"Among the men I meet at intervals k
on the road is a very intelligent fellow t
from Boston," said a drummer. "He i
is about 35, and with a capacity for I
raising hair on his face beyond that of a
any person I ever met. He has fun a
with it, too, and he has his whiskers v
in different shape every time-I meet g
him. Now and then I don't know ii
him, but he always comes up smiling, d
and I catch on to the new man without li
much difficulty. b
"It's queer about whiskers," said he a
the last time I saw him. 'Don't you u
know they change tb character of the t:
man.,'
I didn't know it, and said so. i
"They do, however," he continued, e
"whether you know it or not. Now, I (
hare been hairy for twenty years t
nearly, and in that time I have been all y
sorts of men. For instance, when I wear p
large, flowing videwhiskers with a d
moustache, I grow gradually as they do, o
and become quite dignified and self- b
important. I can't help it, you know. f<
Its whiskers oblige, as we say in French,
and when I catch a look at myself in a m
glass as I walk along I unconsdously E
swell out and strut. I'm bound to do J
it to match those whiskers. Then when A
I cut off the moustache and ran the v
sidewhiskers alone I never see that 1i
mouth and chin back there but that it o
makes me feel pious, and I begin to v
assume the demeanor of a minister of 0
the Gospel. Can't help it, either, to f,
save my life. Sometimes I go smooth- t:
faced, and my character oscillates be- e
tween priest and actor, according to the
one of the crowd I'm in. I even get t:
boyish sometimes and frisky when I t
see my smooth, round face. b
"Once, for the fun of it, I cut my il
moustache a Ia prize fighter, short and b
stubby, and, do jou know, before a 1
week I was a veritable tough, with my a
hat cocked over my eye and my-general g
manner provoking a slugging match at t:
every turn. I was anxious for a fight t
all the time, and only saved myself by l,
shaving. When I wear a full, neatly t
trimmed beard I feel exactly like a t
banker or asuccessful professional mian, y
and my manners after a little while t
into fall that rut. I look it1 they tell me, (
and I can't help but be it. If I weaf a t
moustache alone, long and silky. I feel e
like a gay Lothario, and want to smile
at and ogle every woman I see. I want
to be one of the boys, too, and whoop it t
up all along the line. When I add an e
imperial to tbe moustache I throw my a
shoulders back brace my muscles, and
assume a military air. In one or two 'a
of my towns I am known as Colonel,
for I have always worn my imperial
while there.
"If I run my beard down to a point
in the French style, I feel quite diplo
matic, and can be as slick as the politest
of them. I feel my shoulders shrug on
the slightest provocation, and to all
intents and purposes I am a foreigner.
If I part my whiskers in the~ middle
and brush them out to eith.er side. I
am a German nobleman or a British
land owner, according to my surround
ings. It gives me a hale and hearty,
middle aged feeling that shows at once
in my manner. If the whiskers are let
grow very long. I feel like apatriarchal
farmer, and become quite elderly and
innocent in my deportment. And so
it goes through all the phases.
"I fancy that the style of a ~innt
whiskers is in consonance with $he
man's character, and that as a man is
so will his whbiskers be. In my case I
have zeversed the operation, btut I feel
as I grow older and become more set
tled, that I shall adopt one style of
whiskers and keep to that. Even now
I am getting around to It, and have
been wearing this close.cut full beard
for almost six months and I don't feel
like changing it."
SThe heaviest income ever levied by a
'.ivilized government was that imposed
I on the people of the United States
i ,1864, when, perhaps for the first
jet so in human history patriotism was
id .rong a passion that men really
ng of itax which they might have
ty tions A. T. Stewart's income tax
rly posedear was $312,000 being I5 per
>n want is income. One millionaire of
23 t.' swai who,alarmed at the long con
t.-n eggsf the war, so disposed of his
edtionl, e?voad that for one fiscal year
t-South Q income, gave a true ac
Jc- pri4-lege.affairs to the collector, and,
>s-naster."'e with the latter's advice,
i .rd TEwoI tax estimated on his in
led - year before.
pi- ESPtec*h- ed Blood
has Wageulsfo taking Hood's
,as ersnalcleanliness re
be talked 'o:ee use of soap and water.
ui is in Cong purifier thoroughly expels
that Irby's'.It rheunm and all other im
was Mjr. rd huildyi up every organ of
1.o n Now is thme time to take it.
~one per.-ghest praise has been won by
iter- weriL Ls for t heir eas'y, yet effi
:well Lat. n. Sold by all druggists.
~bree nat!
TILLMAN'S UNIQUE MISSION.
[e Might Have Escaped a Good Deal of A
Shenanagan by Sampling New York
Whiskey.
LNew York Sun.]
Rarely has a Governor of any State
f the Union undertaken a mission of tr
reater interest than that in which the bi
emocratic-Populist Governor of South s
arolina is engaged at this time. Gov- w
rnor Tillman has left the State to lay at
i a stock of liquors for the consump
ion of South Carolinians under the t
ew law by which the State Govern- fi
ient is empowered to conduct and rc
Dntrol the liquor traffic of the State. t
le has been in Pittsburgh upon that E
usiness for the past few days; but we sF
annot believe that he will make his k
urehases in any such place; or at least 11
re do not believe that he will get any- n(
ing else than his Monongabela whis- V
ey there. For all kinds of liquors of
be first quality, even for choice whis- at
ey, he must come here to New York. 0
t is to this market that he must come re
t last; and we are sure that, when he I
rrives at the Grand Central Station, s
rith the money In his pocket (we re- t
ret to say that the credit of his State 1
i vague in Wall street), the principVl 11
istillers, brewers, wine makers, and t
quor-shop keepers of the city, will do w
im honor, furnish him with an escort,
iarch behind his carriage in procession
p Broadway, and show him all around w
beir places of business. Give us a cir- y4
us like that, headed by the biggest bt
quor dealer in all creation, the Gov- n<
rnor of the old Palmetto State. The so
,olumbia parade, that's an old story: tt
be naval review, that has not come off el
et. The Carolina march, the Tillman ru
rocession, with truck loads of barrels,
emijohns, and bottles in the rear, dec
rated with the flags of all the distil
ries and breweries-there's a thought a
)r the Governor. st
Tillman will have to lay in a tre- ai
3endous stock for the supply of the
tate, during the year beginning with s
uly, when the new law goes into effect. ne
Lt the time of the last census, there r(
rere 1,151,149 people in South Caro
na; and when we consider the amount
fstrong and malt and vinous beverages d
hich these people drink every month
f the year, it may be possible to
)rm an estimate of the amount of te
rade that will be brought here by Gov- vi
rnor TiUman. al
We must suppose that, in justice to m
he Government and people of the State, tc
be.Governor will sample the E'quors C
efore he buys them. He cannot trust bi
nplicitly in the representations of b<
rewers, distillers, and other dealers. w
'here are men among them, we are
rry to say, who would not scruple to ol
ive him a good deal of shenanagan ai
rying toget his custem. He must test tc
bings for himself, even though he may li
ave to stay a good while in Nw York fr
a do it. There are plenty of men in R
be Palmetto Stats who know liquors ss
rhen they taste them, or at sight, or w
my smelt; and they will not allow any h<
iovernor to palmi off poor stuff upon ci
bem. If he tries that sort of game he w
an never be re-elected. da
The anxious eyes of the trade here 11
ill now be turned to the Grand Cen- w~
ral Station, lightened with the hope of
atching sight of the best customer ever ti
een in New York.w
al
The Axe that Once Was AdlaP's, Is in a
Energetic Hands."
d
There's a rascal hlding office,
And he ain't a Democrat;
He has burnhhed up his mora's',
And is asking 4 -e he's at, c
He says he was neglectful
Of the G. 0. P's demands:
a
The axe that once was Adlai's F
Is in energetic hands.
There's a man in Minnesota,
And he humbly says: "I am
A worker with the patriots
Who are helping Uncle Sam."
He never was offensive,
And he.joined no campaign bands; f'
But
The axe that once was Adigi's
.s in energetic hands. - d
There's ipan in Mississippi, st
Where the corn and cotton grow, p,
Whbo says he's done his duty f
And he ought to have a show, oi
Re wasn't stuck on Benjy, al
Everybody understands; r
But: c
ThA axe that once was Adlai's T
Is in energetic hands. b
They're thick from Maine to Texas, b
They're in and want to stay;
Nobody else is worthy,n
According to their say;
They rise above all parties.g
They make but just demands;
But: ci
The axe that once was Adlai's
Is in energetic hands.
s4
All glory to old Adlai!
Likewise to "smiling Bob," ir
His loyal young vicegerent bl
Well fitted for the job! bi
Turn on the light of Jackson, ti
Look at him as he stands, A
With TI
The axe that once was Adiai's at
In his energetic hands. A
What He Wanted.
He-I have come to ask for your
tand. '
She (Boston)-Well, I fear I could 0
tot endure t be surgical operation. I Ii
*m afraid you will be forced to take me
vith it. ti
F
Many Persons are broken
down fkom overwork or household cares.
Brown's Iron Bitters Rebuilds the
Sytm aids deton reoves exce of b1ue,
THE COURSE OF THE CYCLONE.
Path of Destruction Through Many States
-Towns Completely Destroyed-Some
Persons Killed and a Number
More or Less Injured.
0
TUNICA, MISS, April 3.-Tho down
ain at 6 o'clock yesterday eveninig
ought news that the towi of Robin
nville, ten miles north of Tunica,
as completely destroyed by a cyclone
4.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
ot a house was left in a town of about
ree hundred inhabitants, and as a
>ishing touch to the destructive hor
r the lamps burning in the stores set
e houses on fire and all are in ashes.
ven the depot building was not
ared. The night operator's wife was
lied and the day operator's wife badly
jured. All the wires are down and
> communication can be had save by
icksburg and Jackson.
The cyclone swept t he country west
id east of the fated village and killed
any people, mostly colored. It is
ported that a colored school house on
idia Creek, one mile west of Robin
nville, was swept off aid about
7enty-five children were killed or are
issing. The teacher, a woman, who
trrowly escaped with her pupils about
ree weeks ago in a cyclone at Tunica,
as killed.
THE DAMAGE AT JACKSON, TENN.
JACKSON, TENN., April 13.-This city
as struck by a cyclone at 5 o'clock
sterday afternoon and dezens of
ildings were wrecked, but there was
) loss of life, though a number of per
ns were slightly injured. Every
ing in the path of the storm was lev
led, but the extent of damage in the
tral districts cannou be learned.
SHEPARDS, TENN., SWEPT AWAY.
BROWNSTILLE, TENN., April 13.-A
vere storm struck Shepard's, a small
ation southwest of here, yesterday
ternoon and totally demolished all
ie houses there. Everything was de
royed except the railroad tank. A
,gro girl was killed and several are
ported injured. No damage was
ine in this city, but houses and barns
other portions of the county were
stroyed.
SEVENTEEN PEOPLE KILLED.
MEMPHIS, TENN., April 13.-Seven
en people were killed at Robinson
lie, Miss., by yesterday's cyclone,
id a half hundred wounded. A few
iutes after the tornado struck the
wn fire broke out in the debris of a
hinese-laundryand mass of wreckage -
irned all night and to-day. Several
>dies of those ailled by falling houses
ere burned to a crisp.
Two clouds, one from the east and
ie from the west, met over the town
id then began a rotary motion, which
re up houses and snapped huge trees
:e stems. The cyclone then moved
om the west from the Mississippi
iver,' a distance of seven miles, and
vept all before it. Mrs. Emma Lusk,
ife of the night operator, was in her
use with her husband and three
zildren. The husband got out, the
oman was killed, and the three chil
en were blown one hundred yards
trough the air. They were naked
hen found, but uninjured.
Isaac Chapman was crushed under
te ruins of his house and bur ned along
Ith three other negroes, whose names
e unknown. The body of an old
egress was found to-day in an open
eld. It is probable that she was
ropped there by the wind. The prop
ty loss in town will reach $100,000.
hirteen stores, sixty residences, three
iurches and ahundred negro cabins
ere destroyed.
The residence, gins and negro cabins
.i the plantations of C. L. Robinson
d G. WV. Foster are all swept away.
ive hundred people are homeless. A
umber of wounded were brougnt to
[emphis to-day.
TH E DESTR UCTION OF' YPSIL ANTI.
DETROIT, April 13.-12.45a. m.-The
llowing dispatch has been received
om Ypsilanti: This city is in ruins.
cyclone struck it to-night, coming
om the southwest and sweeping
ierything in its path. Thousands of
llars of damage has resulted. The
orm took a strIp through the business
artlon of the town, moving houses
om their foundations and raising
hbers. The Clary Business College
3d Curtis Carriage Factory are in
iins. The Hawkins House and the
ccidental Hoted are badly damaged.
he roofs of half the stores have been
own off. Twenty store fronts were
nashed in. In Huron street the rub
sh is piled ten feet high. The post
fice building was demolished and the
ail scattered in the street. All tele
~aph, telephone and electric light
ires are down, leaving the city in
>mplete darkness. Everyi.ody is up
atching property that has been ex
sed to the storm. No one was hurt
verely.
Later-2 o'clock.-The work oz clear
ig up is going on as rapidly as possi
le at this time of night. No dead
)dies have been found, although it is
zought that some persons were killed.
few were probably fatally injured.
he loss of property, it is now esti
ated, will reach $200,0.00 or more.
NOTHER MICHIGAN TOWN DESTRQYER
YesILANTA, MIpH., A pril IS.--A re
3rt has reached here that the town of
aline, in Washtenaw County, nine
tiles south of this place, was wiped
at by the cyclone last night. Saline
on the Lake Shore and Michigan
authern Railroad, and has a popula
on of 1,200 or 1,400.
URTHER CYCLONE CASUALTIES IN
MICHIGAN.
WASH INGTON, A pril 13.-In the Vi
nity of Tnnree, Michign,n twenty-.
ftve houses and thir y barns were de
troyed. One woman was killed and
i number of people badly hurt. At
Royal Oak, Michigan, among the
bouses wrecked was one belonging to
Christian Brick. Brick and his wife
were caught in the wreck, which took
tire and they were burned to death.
A.t Clarksvi le, Mich., one woman was
killed.
KILLED BY THE CYCLONE IN MISSOURI.
ST. Louis, April 13.-Latest reports
rrom the cyclone in Missouri show
ight persons killed at Hawkins Bank
ind thirty-one seriously injured, of
whom five will die; at Lexington five t
lead and three fatally injured; at Stan
bury three dead and two fatally injured; b
it Steelton seven dead; at Page City v
)ne dead and five fatally injured. h
FATAL RESULTS NEAR HIGGINSVILLE, r
MISSOURI.
HICGINSVILLE, Mo., April 13.-In
tbe path of the storm between May
view and Lexington eight persons were
killed outright, and three more will a
probably die from their wounds, and '
twenty-five were wounded.
SEVEN KILLED AT COUDSAY.
SALE, Mo., April 13.-Seven persons t
were killed and seven seriously injur(d I
it Coudsay in Wednesday's cyclone. d
THE STORM IN LOUISIANA. b
NEW ORLEANs, LA., April 13.-A b
,yclone struck Tensus Parish, in North C
Louisiana last evening and did great
amage, destroying many houses, d
barns, gins and negro quarters. One a
negro was killed in the neighborhood t
-f St. Joseph, and several women were i
Beverely iBjured. Reports are slowly b
reaching points of communication and I
ire to the effect that there has been
much lcss of property.
A PROPHET HONORED AT HOME.
I
Prof. Hicks Foretold the Great Storm and
St. Louis Regards Him With Awe.
ST. Louis, April 12.-Prof. Ira Hicks t
tands at the head of the class to-day as I
i weather prophet. Prof. Hicks prints b
i little n:nthly newspaper called t
Word and Work. It is devoted almost c
?xclusively to writings on weather. 8
The April number, printed on the first
>f the month, said much about the 8
wea' her. On last Thursday Prof. Hicks t
printed in an evening newspaper this il
statement taken from the Word and t
Work as an immediate warning: V
"A combination of causes to conspire t
it the opening and during the entire f,
nontlh of April which re.calculated to r
produce disturbances of maximum I
3everity, and which will overthrow the a
storm periods in their natural state. u
Nevertheless, the most marked and y
dangerous will be centered on or about s
the central dates of regular. storm
periods. The first period extends from I
the 2d to the 6th. We name the 3d, 4th r
nd 4th as danger centers. As we enter '
the period it will grow very warm in
westerly parts and heavy storms of
thunder, rain, hail, and tornadoes will
develop and travel eastward, turning a
to snow and sleet in northerly sec- I
tions.~
"These disturbances will feel the
combined forces of Mars, the earth,
Venus, Mercury, and the moon in1
opposition. Expect a general cold wave
to sprean over the country as the storms a
pass to the eastward, and .prepare for r
frosts and considerable freezing north- a
ward in the etervening days andr
nights prior to the 9th and 10th. 1
"On and about these days it will
grows suddenly very warm, and reac
tionary storms will appear in many I
parts and with marked energy. From
the 10th to the 13th will be a period oft
great aud unusual storm changes, andc
almost unexampled wind, hail, andc
rain will visit the Western States, the t
maximum of severity being central in t
the Mississippi and Missouri valleys." 1
Copsidering what happened yester- t
day in the sections mentIoned. Prof. I
Hlicks's reputation on weather to-day t
took a bulge equal to that made byc
~May wheat in Chicago. Prof. Hicks t
this evening is out with more predic
tions. He says:t
Between the 13th and the 18th ther
whole country will feel the effect of a]
very warm wave, and storms of great la
violence are to be apprehended on r
about the15th,16th, and17th. The 17th
is the central day of the Venus pertur
bation, which lasts with growing power
for about twenty days before and with
increasing energy for about twenty
days after the central day, so that
the Venus charaicteristics, hail, start
ling electrical phenomena, enormous
dow npours of rain, and sudden changes
from hot to cold, may be looked for
during all the disturbances covered by
the Venus period. The disturbances
from the 13th to 18th will not be pro
longed by existing causes into the
reoctionary storms due about the 21st1
and 22d.
"Be ready for destructive hail storms
and very sudden changes to cold. The
26th is the central day of the last period
for the month, which period embraces
the 2.5th to the 28th, inclusive. Pauring,
this perio4 it will grow very warm
aain, and Inany storms of rain, hail, ,
and thunder will travel from~ th~e West
to East across our continent, After
the storms look for cold and frost. The
raonth promises to end very cool, and
toradoes are almost certain to be a
feature of the storms in many places in
April." I
The St. Louis people are willing to
bank on the proposition that Hicks
knows what he is talking about.
Increase the appetite by the use of E
Ayer's Cathartic Pills. They cause i
the stomach, liver, and bowels to per
form their functions properly, do not
debilitate, by excessive stimulation, I
and are not irritating in their action.
As an afterdinner Pill they are un-1
eqaled.
A BIG FISH.
KPJor DuBose Catches the King of Hominny
Pot.
[Abbeville Press and Banner.]
Major DuBose, a gentleman of color,
rought to town last Monday morning
be largest cat fish that was ever in the
Lbbeville market. Its dimensions
vere:
Length from nose to tail 37 inches.
Length across the head 7 inches.
Length between the eyes 5 inches.
W eight........................233 pounds.
It lived about one hour after being
iken from the water.
It was sold to Messrs. Henry & Cheat
am for $1.50. When dressed it
reighed 19 pounds'-six pounds of
ead, and 13 pounds of steak. It sold
adily at 12- cents.
This monster was caught in the his
)rie hole in the Savannah River
rhich is known far and near as "How
3y Pot," and connected with which
re interesting and exciting legends of
bipwrec < and death.
In former years, before the railroads
rere built, and wh en the cotton of this
ountry was transported by pole boats
D Augusta, this whirl pool was a
oted place of danger, which was
readed and carefully avoided by all
oatmen. After the cotton crop had
yund a new outlet to the great markets
f the world, the business of transport
ig freights up and down the river
windled and became unprofitable,
nd when the boats had ceased to make
beir regular trips this vortex of turn
3g water passed from view and was
>r a time almost forgotten by the pub
ic mind.
In more cases than one this same
lominy Pot has figured in the records
f our Courts.
The State in her majesty has called
er sons to account for the deeds of
eath which had been perpetrated in
ts waters, and citizens have appealed
D that tribunal of justice and equity
or judgment against those unlucky
oatmen who had been entrusted with
reasure, and whose crafts had been
rushed and sent to destruction by its
urging waves.
Later on, after those waters that had
o often sent death or destruction to
bose men and boats that had fallen
ato their embrace and whose power
bey were unable to resist, these waters,
?hen nothing came before them, made
heir peaceful circuits night and day
)r many a year. Its solitude and re
noteness from any human habitation
nade 'its overhapging embankments
n inviting place from whose precipice
seless and offensive negroes might be
lunged to everlasting death in the
urging waters below.
It will be remembered that the Hom
ny Pot was used for a deadly purpose
ot so long ago in getting rid of one
utt Dansford whose presence was not
eeded in the business of some of his
eighbors.
Carried to the precipice, tied hand
nd foot, with a big rock attached to
is body, he was dropped into these
raters which closed over him, and
rom which he never returned alive.
It seems that the scenes of these
raters, though constantly changing
ud varying, are never to cease. After
wallowing up and burying boats and
nen, it seems that men now make it a
cene for making onslaughts and dep
edations on the inhabitants of the
rater itself.
Major DuBose, with the coolness
.nddaring that was worthy of the
iighest ambition, has commenced a
ystem of setting snares for the unob
ruding fish that hide in its darkest re
esses, and at intervals this man takes
lut the unfortunates whose lives are
o be sacrificed for no better purpose
han that of giving somebody a poor
>reakfast, and last Monday he caught
he king of the tribe, and his body was
uung up in the streets of Abbeville as a
estimonial of Major Du Bose's skill at
atching even the oldest and wisest of
he fish creation.
But, after all, we do not know but
hat Major DluBose's action is a just
etribution on the fishes of Hominy
~ot, which in former years remorse
essly feasted on human flesh, and now
aen in turn devour their flesh.
GRESHAX AND THE EAGLE.
ndications that This Will Be An Ameri
can Administration.
WVASHINGToN, April 0.-Secretary
iresham is a mettlesome man, with
ut being in the least obstreperous. His
,ttitude is straight, without being in
.ny manner disfigured by inharmon
ous perpendicularity. His head is
evel on all occasions. When shot
own on the field of battle he still had
he pluck to enforce the threat to use
uis pistol to kill the surgeon who pro.
>osed at once to cut off his leg; there
ore he has two pretty good legs left to
lay. He doesn't swagger, but acts.
le is never offensive; nevertheless, he
nakes himself understood. He did it
rhen in everday life, on the bench,
,nd is doing it in the, Department of
itate. The .witan of Turkey knows
hat. The exceptions to the rule will
ie rare indeed. He is an American,
orn on the stump on the Indiana
order, where men stand on their feet
aturally. These few remarks are perti
ent to what is ahead, whether as to
esults in the Atlantic or the Pacific
cean, or in .any other part of the
rorld. Gresham esteems highly the
kmericani eagle, and lives up to Uncle
lam's teachings, in or out of the Cabi
tet.
No not wear impermeable and tight.
itting hats that constrict the blood
easels of the scalp. Use Hall's Hair
enewer occasionally, and you will
not be bald.
BILL AIMP ON RAILROADS.
They are all Bankrupt on Account of Leg
Islation and the Damage Suits Brought
Unjustly Against Them.
The Constitution intimates that this
being an off year in politics and no
elections to be held and therefore no
demagogues to ride the anti-railroad
hobby will be allowed a better chance
to make a living. We hope so, and
we hope that there is a healthy reac
tion going on in the public mind con
cerning them. It is a strange and hate
ful spectacle to see how these great
commercial industries of the State are
hawed at and almost crushed by in
vidious legislation. Why is it that
such men as Thomas and Fink and
Green and Comer and Hanson have
to go before the commission and as
The Constitution says, "beg for life ?"
Their freight rates rednced 45 per
cent within twelve years and their
net earnings forced down to average of
less than 3 per cent on the capital
stock, what does it mean ? Are our
people unfriendly to railroads because
of any harm they have done us. We
old people remember when the Cen
tral and the Georgia and the State
roads were the pride of the farmers
and the merchants who lived along the
lines and it was a rare thing for a
heavy damage suit to be brought
againt them. We remember when Lbe
fare was 5 cents a mile, and the freight
rates double what they are now, there
was no persecution, no lawyers running
in hot haste to the wrecks th get up
eases against them, no strikes of en
gineers, no failures to meet the interest
on their bonds or to pay the usual
dividend of 8 per cent per annum on
their stock. Everything was peaceful
and prvsperous then, and the people
were friendly and content. What is
the matter now? Major Green says
the Georgia railroad cannot, at present
rates, earn more than 3 per cent and
yet the lessee has to pay 11 per cent to
the stockholders. Well, of course, the
stockholder is not complaining, but is
this continual reduction of the rates
jnst to the railroadq or their lessees.
What other industry or business isso
hedged in and bridled by unfriendly
legislation? Who says that the great
merchants of Atlanta and Macon sell
their goods too high and they shall
make lower prices? Who limits the
manufacturer or the farmers or the
miners in the prices of their products?
On what principle does the discrimina
.tion aga'mst-railroads come-4ni-Do
they not serve all branches of industry
and commerce? Could the people get
along without them? Have they not
reduced the cost of living to us all?
Then what is the matter?
Why are more than half the roads in
Georgia in the hands of receivers? Re
ceivers whose certificates are better
than the stock or the bonds ! Cer
tificates that gradually undermine
the stock and wipe them out and
finally a sale is ordered by the
court and the whole concern passes into
new hands and the money it brought
is all consumed in the receiver's cer
tificates, and the charges of the courts
and the lawyers' fees. There are as
many jobs and perquisites and pro.
fessional emoluments in the windup
as there were in the Ryan case that
took $50,000 for court expenses and left
$37,000 for the creditors.
Whenever a railroad or anything
else falls into the hands of a receiver
the average creditor may sing "Fare
well, vain world, I'm going home."
Tbere are many kinds of wreckers in
this world who watch and wait for
some stranded vessel to ashore in a
storm so that they may rob -the dead
and grab the cargo, but why the
State should help to crush her own
railroads is a mystery to me. It is
mortifying to our sense of justice and
the eternal the fitn'ess of things to see
such honorable and brainy gentlemen
as those who represent our railroads
down almost on their knees before our
railroad commission and "begging for
life." Why, it hasen't been many
months since a powerful political party
made a public declaration that it
favored the seizure of all the railroads
and their operations by the national
government. Demagogues started that,
and some of them rode into office upon
it. The- time was- when strikes and
boycotts were unknown in the South,
but now most every department of
labor has its organization for self-pro
tection, just as though all the rest of
mankind were their enemies. Con
tracts are made and broken at their
pleasure and at their pleasure they
"walk out" and the wheels of business
must step until they get more conces
sions. We see that one federal judge
up North has had the nerve to say to
them, 'Thus far shalt thou go and no
further.' You may break- your own
contract but you shall not interfere
with other roads, nor intimidate their
workmen. Commerce must go on."
Why this pursuit of railroads by the
,people, the courts, the juries, the legis
lature ? Why these frequent and enor
mous verdicts for damages? A few
days ago there were four men blown
up and killed at a lime quarry near
here. There was a premature explo
sion because of a defect in the fuse, or
the cap or something, or maybe from
carelessness of the workmen. Will
their kindred sue for damages? No.
But if they had been killed on a train
that seemed to be safe, and there was
a broken rail or a bolt broken, or a tap
lost, or something else wrong that
human foresight could not discover,
the legal wreckers would be on hand as
soon as the coroner, and in due time
the courthouse walls would echo with
the same old tearful heart-rending
speech that pictures to the jury "the
criminal recklessness of these mon
sters of power that come thundering
down the rails." Not long ago an At
lanta jury gave $800 damages to an en
gineer, because he sprained his ankle in
stepping down from the locomotive
that he ran. The step had gotten loose
and turned with him as he descended.
Last year the Western and Atlantic
railroad settled with a negro woman
for the 'death of her hsband. She
had lived with him for sixteen years
and was the mother of his childen, but
another woman fias -brought suit be
cause she "was his just wife and he
took and left her." Anything is suffi
cient for a case against a railroad.
-When will this prosecution stop or be
mitigated? What peculiar or exclusive
rights or privileges have railroads that
other corporations or other people have
not got. There was a time when com
mon carriers had'some exclusive privi
leges, but now-anybody can transport
freight or passengers, anybody can
build a railroad anywhere and can en
croach upon another road and take part
of its right-of-way., John Anderson
keeps good horses and carriages and
sends the drummers to and fro, but if
his team should be frightened and spill
the drummer in the road and break his
leg, is the drummer going to sue John
Anderson? No! Where does the dif
ference come in? Both Anderson and
the railroads use all foresight and all
the diligence they can. If any differ
ence should be made by the law, it
should be made in favor of the rail
roads, for the public can't possibly get
along without them. If a stock law is
right to protect farmers and save fenc
ing, how much more is it right to pro
tect the lives of passengers on a train
from being derailed and killed by rea
son of cattle on the track. John An
derson should drive round the cow, but
the cow should keep off the railroad.
This is common sense and common
justice.
The wonder of it all is that anybody
would take stock in a Georgia railroad,
considering the limitations and perse
cutions that surround them. The won
der is that some of them do not throw
up the sponge and surrender their char
ters, and this thing will happen some
of these days. Then what a howl there
would be among the people along the
line. Just imagine it. The cars stopped
running. No more riding to Atlanta
or Augusta or Macon. Everybody'
penned up at home. Have to hire a
horse and buggy and pay 10 cents a -
mile and lose two whole days to go 30
miles. Oh. .yountmroin sue&
calamity, may the good Lord deliver
us. BIL ARP.
When Edison Was Young.
[From Practical Electricity.]
"I was an operator in the Memphis
office;when -Thomas A. Edison applied
to the manager for a position," said A.
G. Rockefeller, a member of the Remi
niscence Club, St. Louis. "He came
walking into the office one morning
looking like a veritable hayseed. He
wore a hickory shirt, a pair of butter
nut pants tucked into the tops of boots
a size too large and guiltless of black
ing.
"'Where's the boss?' was his query,
as he glanced round the office. No one -
replied at once and be repeated the
question.
"The manager asked him what he
could do for him, and the fature-great *
man proceeded to strike him for a job.
B'isiness was rushing and the office
was two men shor~t; so almost any kind
of a lightning slinger was welcome. He
was assigned to a desk anid a fusillade
of winks went the rounds of the office,
for the 'jay' was on the St. Louis wire,
the hardest in the office.
"At this end of the line was an op
erator who was chain-lightning and he
knew it. Edison had hardly got seated
before St. Louis called. The new coiner
responded and St. Louis started in on a
long report, and he pumped it in like a
house afire. Edison threw his leg over
'the arm of his chair, leisurely trans
ferred a wad of spruce gum from his
pocket to his mouth, picked up a pen,
examined it critically and started in,
about two hundred words behind. He
didn't stay there long, though. St.
Louis let out another link of speed, and
still another, and the instrument on
Edison's table hummed like an old
style Singer sewing machine.
"Every man in the office left his
desk and gathered round the- 'jay' to
see what he was doing with that elec
tric cyclone. Well, sir, he was right on
the word, and was putting it down in.
the prettiest copper-plate hand you
ever saw, even crossing his t's, dotting
his i's and punctuating with as much
care as a Iman editing telegraph for 'rat'
printers.
St. Louis got tired by and by and
began to slow down. Edison opened
the key and said, 'Here, here! this is
no primer class! Get a hustle on you!'
Well, sir, that broke St. Louis all up.
He had been 'raw biding' Memphis for
a long time, and we were terribly sore,
and to have a man in our office that
could walk all over him made us feel
like a man whose horse had wor. rhe
Derby.
"I saw the 'wizard' not Xong ago. He
doesn't wear a hir.kory shirt nor put
his pants in his boots, but he is very
far from being a dude yet."
Old Age on Wheels for Chicago.
ROCH ESTrEE,A pril 10.-James D Wyer
of Geneseo, aged 75 years, proposes to
make a trip on his bicycle to the
World's Fair. He is well to do, and
quite an athlete in spite of his years.
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
cures Dyspepsia, In
digestion & Debility.