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DARLINGTON, S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21,1886.
WHOLE NO 615.
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'his Shall Pass Away.”
rsie reigned n king
his signot ring
inxim true snd wise,
Mid before his eyes,
tounsel si s glsnoe
rj ehsnge snd ebsnee.
irds, snd these were they i
i shsll psss swsy.”
esmels through the ssnd
dm gems from Ssmsrcsnd;
islleys through the sens
dm pesr'e to msteh with these,
noted not his gsin
i of the mine or msin;
weslth ?” the king would sny;
ds shsll psss swsy,”
▼els of his court
nith of the sport,
l pslms of ell his guests
rith elspping et his jests,
this 6gs snd wine,
"Oh, loving friends of mins!
comes, hut not to stsy,
s shsll (mss swsy.”
> on s furious field,
SToIin pierced his shield,
with s loud Isment
n bleeding to bis tent;
g from his toitured side,
i herd to besr,” he cried,
th pstieooe, dsy by doj
is shsll psss swsy.”
ig in the public squsre,
cubits is the sir
s ststue, csrred in|toaet
te king, disguised, unknown,
efore his sculptured nsme,
; meekly, "Whet is feme f
i but s slow decoy—
ds shsll psss swsy.”
with pelsy, sere snd old,
g st the gstes of gold,
* with hie dying breeth,
is done, but whet is desth ?”
a answer to the king
sunbeam on his ring,
ig by s heavenly ray—
this shsll psss swsy f”
leasonable Suggestion* from
High Authority-
. Jones, in October, Cultivator.]
gathering aud housing of
>r crops will for the present
r most of the fanners 1 time,
iwards of skill and labor are
is. He not only has the pleas-
seeing bis barns and store-
i well filled, but also the ex-
3 enjoyment of plana eonsum-
L of undertaking* well execu-
Hia estimate of bis own abili-
lanced by the success of bis
res, and be may reasonably
troperly indulge bis pride s
For six months or more he
eeu engaged in an s r dooas
aigu—one calling for oneeas-
attention, unflagging energy
discrimiuatiog judgment at
f torn—one in which difficnl-
were constantly to be met and
some—many a Seylla on the
side and a Chary bdis on the
r to be shonned—one in which
Deration with nature was to be
jnoosly courted and antago-
a with her as carefully avoided,
r the bent bow may be a little
xed. and elasticity restored to
strained body and mind.
7hile the plain routine work of
king eotton or breaking rorn is
og on, there is no strain upon
mind, and it can leisurelv and
stly look back and compare re-.
Is with their causes. Like the
soldier who recalls the battles
fonght, the farmer can now
ng back before him the “tight
toes” he was in, the difflculties be
d to meet, and bow be met them,
d calmly and judiciously discuss
l management, whether a good
bad. if yon had to do it over
ain, are there any changes yon
mid make! Would yon have bro-
n your land deeper and more
orongbly f Would yon have bar
wed it more before planting f
on Id yon have used the same
mntity and kind of manure f
ould yon have worked your crops
ere rapidly and oftener in apring
id early summer, and gotten
lead of the grass before the rains
tin! If yon bad known it was
dag to be a wet summer, would
hi not have bestired yourself a lit-
s more f Could yon not hare be-
irred yourself without knowing it
ss going to be wet! Is it not an
toellent rule to be always prepar-
I for the worst, though hoping for
>e beet! Don’t yon think now,
view of your extended eotton
>ld, with tbek clean, bare surfaces
ady to be washed away, and their
ils leached by the winter rains,
at yon planted rather too mneh
ittou ! Would it net have been
dtej to have rested some of the
nd yon cultivated! It is quite
markable that ia n country iu
biefa population ia ao sparse, and
nd so sopernbandant, we are anx
ns to utilize every foot of It every
mr as in countries where popula
mi is very dense and the lend can
urdly suppert it Onr Judgment
tKM- if half the open land in the
inntry was rested every year (ab-
date rest, not sown in grain) as
inch would be made on the half
iltivated as is now made on the
bole.
Have the arrangements yon *dop-
id last winter and spring to pro-
ent the washingoi your laud prov-
dsuccesstnl! Didn’t yon make
in the early sprite,
1 the usual big rainfalls
sor, and did not theae rains striks
them before they had time to get
compacted or' get a growth of
any kind upon them to bind and
bold them, and did not they get
badly washed away ! Would it not
be better to make terraces on land
when it is resting or in stable, snd
da the work in the fall or early win
ter, so that the terraces may get
settled and firm before the heavy
spring rains; and would it not be
well to sow the t lerrsces in rye or
wheat, as soon as they are piade,
and get a growth upon them at
once! If terraces freshly made in
snbbls land should give way under
heavy rain, the* land would not
wash, because it Is oompaor and
held by roots. Bat when terraces
are made in spring, and the land
between ploughed, as is generally
the case, the washing becomes ex
cessive and disastrons if heavy
rains prevail. Ws have found that
on old land, in which washes have
aleeady started, it is extremely difH
cult to get terraces well established
withoht the* aid of some hillside
ditches. Onr practice in each cases
is to run ditches jnst as one would
do if be did not have terracing in
view, and then lay off terraces jnst
as if there were no ditches present
—of course jumping over and not
filling the ditches where the terra
ces cross them. After the terraces
become well established snd both
incipient snd old gnllies are entire
ly filled np, the ditches may be fill
ed up if one thinks he can control
the water without them, % On very
rolling land, where the disposition
to wash is very great, we find it
beat sometimes to ran short second
ary ditches between tbe regular
ditches. A secondary ditch will
run across from one ditch to tbe
next below, starting jnst below the
dam of tbe first and emptying into
tbe oue below. Placed just above
an incipient wash a small second
ary ditch will assist materially in
stopping it We cannot join the
ardent advocates of terracing in
wholesale dennuciationa of hillside
ditches. We find tbe latter, at
times, very naefnl—nay almost in-
dispensible. If one starts with fresh
laud, and there is no uncultivated
slope above from which water may
flow down udon it, terraces alone
may answer, bat on old lands where
washes have already started these
may be arrested and permanently
stopped by a judicious combination
of ditches and terraces with more
ease snd more qnickly than by ter
races alone. Terraces are some
times made too narrow; a strip, at
least two feet wide, in tbe mid
dle of them should not bedistnrbed
by the plow, but left firm and com
pact to reaist tbe washing action of
water. After tbe terrace is well
established it may be reduced iu
width it deemed advisable. Can a
good part of tbe leisure time be
tween this and spring be better
spent than in devising ways and
putting into execution means to
prevent tbe washing away of onr
soils! All admit this is tbe very
foundation of successful farming,
and yet we go on from year to year
pursuing methods which facilitate
the washing away of the soil aud
hardly ever stopping and taking
time to arrest. What is done iu
this direction is moat frequently
done in a hurried snd imperfect
manner in tbe spring when heavy
rainfalls startle us from onr lethar
gy by their destructiveness.
In sections where grains aud
grassos soustitute the prevailing
crops these difficulties do not con
front farmers. We scarcely ever
see an allnsiou to the washing away
of soils in Northern or Western ag
ricultural journals. At tbe Sooth,
the trouble Ilea at tbe door of eot
ton and tobacco—laud-destroying,
labor-demanding crops—bow they
have cursed and bow they still
corse our apricnltnrel Strange
paradoxes; where tbe labor prob
lem is most difficult and embarrass
ing, we raise crops which call for
most labor; wberesnmmer droughts
are most disastrous, we rely chiefly
on summer crops; where winter
rains are most copious and destroe-
tive, we keep onr lauds bare through
the winter that they may be wash
ed away and their fertilitity de-
stioyed by leaehing; is a climate
admitting tbe greateat variety of
production, onr crops are few in
number and we are baying almost
everything, when we ought to pur-
chase almost nothing.
Beoently we have taken advan
tage of the comparative leisure on
tbe farm to do something towards
stopping washes. In man? places
found little wishes started on tbe
upper side of ditches. Onr prac
tice for some years has been to leave
an anplowed strip three ot four feet
wide along the apper margin of
ditches to stop washes and filter
oat the dirt coming down from
above. It- works admirably, bat
sometimes, notwithstanding this
preeantien, little washes have start
ed. Wa bad a hand with a wagon
load of leaves follow sash ditch on
stubble land aad throw loaves ia
each wash, aad where roeke were
convenient, pat some of them at
lower end of wash to hold the leaves
in plaoeu In tbe abaenae of rooks
a few stobs may be driven neross
the month. Leaves not only catch
and bold dirt, bat enrich the spot,
and next year grass and weeds will
spring up in tbe wash and filter oat
the dirt passing through them. A
very little work of this kind every
summer will keep a farm in • excel
lent condition. It should be done
in summer or autumn so as to be
ready for the winter rains; not iu
spring after those rains have done
their destructive work.
We have also been constructing
some barricades across s branch
bottom, having considerable fall, to
prevent the scouring effects of hea
vy freshets. The narrowest imiuts
between converging bills were se
lected for their sites. At one point
where a wagon road was desired a
broad dam of rocks was built across
from two points of equal altitude on
each side of tbe branch and a high
bridge built across the latter. Ac
other points two rows ot stakes,
some three feet apart, were firmly
driven in the ground, and the space
between them filled with brush aud
logs. Ourpurptse is next spring,
to drive willow stobs alongs tbe
line ot these barracades, and let
them grow np to trees, and thus
form living and permanent barra
cades to oatoh and hold trash and
dirt Work of this kind mast be
done; tbe power of water is very
great, and unless tbe stakes are
strong snd driven deeply in tbe
ground, tbe whole is liable to be
swept sway. It is well to have a
small crow bar aud prepare deep
holes to receive the stakes, which is
easily done by jobbing the bar
down, shaking it backwards and
forwards, aud repeating this a few
rimes. In oonnoction with this
matter of preserving tbe soil, we
venture to repeat a suggestion
made in the Cultivator several years
ago: That fields be laid off iu
strips (horizontal) from twenty to
fifty yards iu width, aud these al-
terately sown down aud cultivated.
Washes started iu a cultivated strip
would be promptly arrested by the
uncultivated strip below it. A vast
deal could be accomplished by this
simple arrangement toward tbe
preservation of the soil, and now
that the pasturing of grain fields is
being largely abandoned, there is
no objection to adopting it. We
cannot too often or too emphatical
ly stress tbe point, that clean cul
ture is tbe main cause of the red,
gullied hills sonth of tbe Potomac.
Will our readers pardon us for
again urging the great imitortance
of seeding down our bare fields!
if they have no faith in their abili
ty to raise grass, or have no s;>ecial
nse foi that crop, they can sow rye.
and it is not yet too late to do that.
On average laud aud tor tbe pur-
pose now in view, a half bushel of
seed lo tbe acre will suffice, and tbe
small outlay will be returod mani
fold iu tbe improvement of the laud.
With peas as a summer renovating
crop, and rye as a winter one, we
have the best of facilities for bring
ing up our worn aud wasted soils.
Towards tbe last of the month
wheat sowing will be in order ij tbe
northern sections of tbe cotton belt.
It is well to realize the fact that onr
climate is not the best for wheat,
and that it should not therefore be
made a leading crop But while
this is trne, by judicious selection
of variety, and of suitab'e soils,
with proper preparation and mau-
nring, enough wbea' for home sup
ply can be raised. First as to va
rieties We must discard tbe hand
some but tender white wheats, aud
take those of tbe Mediterranean
type—red, bearded kinds, which
seem at home iu warm climates,
I be good bouaewife will have to
yield a little on tbe score of white
floor; it will be none tbe less nutri
tions or palatable. In tbe next
place, tbe highest and dryest knobs
aud knolls should be selected. No
matter if poor; make np for that by
manure. There is very little laud
rich enough to bring wheat without
manure anyway If it has been
sown in peas, so mnob tbe better;
there ia no better crop to precede
wheat than peas, unless it be elo-
ver. Tarn toe peavines under not
very deep, and then barrow tbe
land several times. Get tbe finest
tilth yon can. If cotton seed is
used, and there is nothing better,
they can be spread on the land be
fere it is tamed, bat it will not do
to turn them under deeply. If oom
mercial fertilizers or eotton seed
meal are used, they can be qarrow,
ed instead of being plowed in. Af
ter the seed is sown, roll the land;
this will cause the seed to come np
better and more uniformly. Wheat
may be sown Irom the 20th of Octo
ber to tbe let of December, accord
ing to latitude. Tbe tendeney of
late years has been to sow too
late.
About tbe 25tb of tbe month a
killing frost usually occurs, and it
is well te have everything ready for
it, pearinea, forage, hay, etc,, gath-
aad boosed. Groaudpeas
Groo
shoald also be gathered by that
time, that tbe tops may be cored as
forage, and the gathering of the
nuts facilitated. After killing frost
the oats qaiskly lose their hold on
tbe vines, and are left in the ground
when tbe latter are palled ap.
Sorghum eat and stowed awsy aa
der shelter will-keep green and
sweet for a long time, prolonging
tbe period of green feed well up to
Christmas. Stalks, leaves and
heads cat np together we find to be
a most excellent feed for cattle.
Our people, generally, have not
learned yet to appreciate its value
as stock feed. We think it superi
or to Millo Maize or any other of
that class. The amber cane is tbe
best variety for this purpose.
The sweet potato vine is another
good feed, liable now to be rained
by frost. As it is almost impossible
to cure them, they may be either
grazed or polled off and fed. Little
damage to thejmtaU) will accrue if
this is done after tbe middle of Oct.
Everything shoald be in readiness
also for digging tbe potatoes. Alter
the weather gets cool and vegeta
tion ceases active growth, the dig
ging may take place at any time
when tbe soil is dry. When the
vinos aie not led off to stock, the
usual practice is to pall them oat
of tbe way with a plow This gath
ers the vines in heaps at the end of
the rows and deprives the land of
their fertilizing properties. It would
be better to have a tarn plough
with sharp, revolving coulter, aud
run it on each side of a row so as to
out off tbe vines aud bury them in
tbe middles. Then with a plow,
called a “potato digger,” such as is
used by Northern farmers for dig
ging Irish potatoes, tbe tubers
might be lifted out of the ground
with great rapidity and without be
ing cut and bruised. Dig iu dry
weather after the plant has oeased
growing rapidly, put in bills of
thirty to ' forty bushels, keep dry,
wrap with pine straw and cornstalks
six to eight inches thick, aud cover
with dirt, increasing the thickness
of the latter as the weather gets
colder, until it is oue foot thick.
At first leave an air hole at top ot
hill, say for four or five weeks, then
stop it op with diit and cat off all
communication with outside air. A
shelter over the hill is preferable,
though not indispensable, if enough
dirt is pnt on the bill, and it is well
sloped so as to shed water rapid
iy- ^
Bill Nye’s Description of the First Bail
Road Train’s Trial Trip.
Tbe first train ever operated must
have been a grand sight. First
came the locomotive, a larae Bab
cock tire extinguisher oil trucks,
with a smokestack like a toll blown
speaking tube with a frill around
the top; tbe engineer at his ;>ost in
a plug hat, with an umbrella over
his bead and bis hand on the throt
tle, borrowing a chew of tobacco
now and then of the farmers who
passed him on their way to town.
Near him stood tbe fireman, now
aud then bringing in an arintnl ot
wood from the fields through which
be passed, acd taming tbe damper
iu tbe smokestack every little while
ao that it would draw. Now aud
then he would go forward aud put
a pork rind on a hot box or ponud
on the cylinder head to warn peo
ple off the track.
Next oomea the tender loaded
with nice, white birch wood, an
economical atyle of fuel because its
bark may be easily burned off while
tbe wood itself will remain uninjur
ed. Beside the firewood we find on
the tender a barrel of rainwater aud
a tall, blonde jar with wick work
around it, which contains a small
sprig of tansy immersed iu tour gal
lons of New England Bum. This
tbe engineer has bionght with him
for use in case of accident. He is
now engaged ia preparing for tbe
accident in advance.
TgK FRONT BRAKE*AN,
Next comes tbe tronk brakemau
iu a ping bat about two sizes too
large tor him. He also wears a
long waisted frock coat with a bus
tle to it and a tali shirt collar with
a table-spread tic, tbe and* of
which flutter gayly in the morning
breeze. As the train pauses at tbe
first station be takes a hammer out
of tbe tool box and nails on tbe tiro
of tbe foie wheel of bis coach. The
engineer gets down with a long oil
can and puts a little sewing machine
oil on tbe pitman. He then wipes
it off with bis sleeve.
Ills now discovered that tbe
rear each, containing a number of
directors and tbe division superin
tendent, ia missing. Tbe conduc
tor goes to the rear of tbe laet
coach, and finds that the string b>
which tbe directors’ car was attach
ed is broken, and that, tbe grade
being pretty steep, tbe directors
and brakeman have no donbt gone
back to tbe starting place.
Bat tbe conductor is cool. He
removes his bell crowned ping bat,
and, taking oat bis orders sod time
card, be finds that tbe track is elesr
and, iookiogat a large, valuable
Waterbary wateb, presented to
him by a widow whoea husband
was run over and killed bv tbe
train, he sees be can still make tbe
nextetation in tiour for dinner. He
biree a livery team to go back alter
the directors’ coach, and calling
“AH aboard,” be swings lightly
upon the moving trsin.
MtNETEKT WE AST MILES.
It is now 10 o’clock, and nineteen
weary miles still stretchout between
him and tbe dinner station. Te add
to the horrors of tbe eitnarioa, the
front brakeman disco vers that a
ver/ thirst/ bo/ in (bp emigrant oar
~ ■» . .MM
has been drinking from the water-
supply tank on the tender, and
there’s not enough water left to car
ry the train through. Much time
is consumed in filling tbe barrel
again at a apring near tbe track,
but the oooduutor finds a “spotter”
on tbe train and geta him to do it.
He also indnees him to cut some
more wood aud dean out the ashes.
Tbe engineer then pulls ont a
draw head and begins to make np
time. In twenty minutes be has
make up an hoar’s time, though
two miles of hoop iron are torn from
the track behind him. He sails
into the eating station on time, and
while the master mechanic lakes
several of tbe coach wheels over to
tbe machine shop to soak, be eats a
hurried lunch.
Tbe brakeman here gets bis tin
lanterns ready for the night run
aud fills two of them with red oil to
be used on the rear coach. Tbe fire
man puts a fresh bacon rind < u tbe
eccentric, stalls Home more cotton
batting around the ax'es, puts a
new lynch pin iu tne bind wheels,
sweeps the apple |>eelingg out of
tbe smoking car, aud he is ready.
Then comes tbe coudnctor, with
his plui: hat full of excursion tick
ets, orders, passes, and time checks;
he looks at his Waterbary wateb,
waves bis hand, and calls “All
aboard'’ again, it ia ap-grade, bow
ever, and for two miles the “spot
ter” has to pqsb behind with all bis
might before tbs oonduc or will al.
low h m to get on aud ride*
This began the history of a gigan
tic enterprise, which has grown till
it is a comfort, and convenience, a
luxury, and yet a necessity.—C*»-
oago Ncm.
He Got His Place.
Washington, September 25—*
A funny seen was witnessed on
Pennsylvania avenue last night. A
seedy looking individual, tall fiery-
eyed, keen and interesting, was
talking in a most demonstrative
manner to a friend. “To-day, sir,”
said tbe tall man, “I sold all my
law hoobsi 1100 worth of law books
for $16 By——, sir, sold them to
a nigger sir. Sold $100 worth of
law books to a nigger. Isn’t that
humiliation for a South Carolina
Democrat! I have zpt-nt a year
aud four months here. I came here
soon after Cleveland's inauguration
under promise of all tbe leading
men of tbe South that 1 should be
taken care of. You know my fath
er was one ot the highest and best
known men in tbe State. His fotb-
er was equally highly honored. Onr
family is oue of the oldest in the
South, and here I am to day, sir,
with Slfi iu my pocket aud venge
ance iu my heart. I came here a
year aud lour months ago with tbe
promise of a good place. I was
told to wait Again aud again 1
was told to wait only a few days or
a week I have been waiting all
these weeks aud months A mouth
ago Mr. Lamar sent me a note say
ing that be had a position tor me
iu the Interior Department. I
presented uiyseit and learned that
1 was temproi ily to be put on the
labor roll, with the prospect of a
two thousand dollar place iu the
course of a few mouths. Well, that
was not particularly inviting to me,
a professional man and n man from
a family which had never stooped
to menial labor, but I took tbe
place. What do yon supirose they
set me to doing! ^'aibiug spit
toons, sir, iu the basemeut—-just
like a nigger. By—sir, 1 work
ed tor a mouth like a nigger glean
ing spittoous, aud that tor $50 a
mouth. Yesterday my soul revolt
ed against the nauseating task lor
once aud for all, aud I determined
that I would not submit to such an
outrage. To day 1 resigned and to
morrow 1 go home. May God strike
me dead if 1 ever set foot in this
town again ” This incident, drama
tic and fanciful as it may appear, is
oue that actually occurred.
A aotksr Earthquake Fissure,
A letter from Pelzer to tbe Green
vide Hem says that signs of a dis
tnrbaoce by tbe recant earthquake
have been discovered in this viciui
ty. On tbe faro of Jenkina Majors,
font mile# from Pelzer, near T. Z
Bicbardson’s, appears a fissure in
tbe earth running East aud West
Tbe fissure is said to be two inches
wide in some places, and can be
distinctly traced through a cotton
field for some distance, and through
a piece of wooded land. Where a
tree ia on tbs line of tbe fissnre it
will expose tbe roots of the tree,
shaking oft tbs dirt from tbe roots.
Two ercss fissures of less magnitude
appear running in a Southeast direc
tion. Mr- Biebaniaou says (bat he
ran bis walking cane into tbe fissure
in several places and oonld "touch
no bottom,” Tbe neighbors first
thought it was simply what is
knows ss s “dry weather crack” in
tbe ground, bat Mr, Bichard sou
says it most have been caused by
tbe earthquake, as be never saw
such a rent In tbe earth before. It
seems strange that this baa not
been observed before now, but it ts
accounted tor by tbe neighbors be
cause it ia in an “out-of-the-way”
place, and was first discovered by
bands picking cotton.
Hard-H&rned Wages,
Ap artist, employed in repairing
the properties of an old church n
Belgium, being refused payment in
a lump, was asked for details, and
sent in his bill as follows i
Corrected tbe Ten Command.
men is, $5 12
Embellisbe I Pontius Pilate,
and put a ribbon iu bis bon
net, 3 02
Put a new tail on tbe Rooster
of 8t. Peter, and mended
his qpmb 3 20
Replnmed and gilded the lett
wing of the Guardian Angel 4 16
Washed the servant of the
High Priest, and put car
mine on his cheek Q 13
Benewed Heaven, adjusted
two sritra and cleaned the
moon 7 14
Beaulmiited tbe flames of
Purgatory and restored
Bonis 3 06
Revived the flames of Hell,
put a new tail cu tbe Devil,
mended his left hoof ami
did several jobs for tbe
Damned 7 17
Rebordering the robe of Her
od and readjusting his wig 4 00
Put new s|iotted dashes on
the sou of Tobias and dress
ing on bis sack 2 00
Cleaned the ears of Balaam’s
Ass aud shod him 3 04
Put ear rings in the ears ot
Sarah 3 04
Put a new stone in David's
sling, enlarged the bead of
Goliath and extended his
legs 3 02
Decorated Noah’s Ark 3 00
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Plekeusand Granger,
Francis Granger, whose father,
Gideon Granger, had been Post
master-Geueral under Jefterson,
was a member of the House before
he became Postm.ister-General un
der Harrison, One day. jnst before
be left tbe House be made a speech
criticising Mr Pickens’s war refiort,
which provoked that gentleman to
characterize tbe speech as having
been delivered in a voice as musical
as a bagpipe. This produced a gen
eral laugh at Mr. Granger’s expense
in the midst oi which be juse and
in the most good-natured, pleasant
manner said ; “Mr, Syeaker, the
gentleman from South Carolina has
compared my notes to tbe music ot
the bagpipe. True, sir. they are
not of so war-iike a character
as those of the gentleman, but 1 im
agine be will find the difference
between the sound of our pijies to
arise from the fact that my bag is
not quite as full of wind as bis.”
Tbe retort had been provoked, the
bit was palpable, the effect irresis
tible, aud the House enjoyed a
hearty laugh, iu which Mr, Pickens
had the grace to join.
Kx-Gov D- H- Chamberlain.
Tells tbe following oi tbe first col
ored Legislature iu South Carolina
under reconstruction i A very black
me.iubor from the upconutry was
addressing the Boose, when up
rose Steve Brown, a Charleston
member of equally emubrebne, ex- {
claiming; Mr. Simaker, I rise to pint
of order,” The Speaker Idandly
asked him to staje qis point of or
der Steve promptly responded,
pointing to his up country aotego-
nisi; “Dat ar nigger dar douno
what he’s tslkiu’ ’uont. Dat's my
pint of order ’* And the speaker
ruled the point well taken.
On another occasion a bill was uu
der discussion in tbe House, end a
member in discussing it bad it had
frequent occasion to speak of the
“provisionsof the bill.” This caught
tba ear ot a sable member Irom
Sumter, named Burrell James, who
followed io the «lebate thus; “Mr.
Speaker, tbe gemmau t dks’bont de
pervizyun* ob de bill; but 1 tell
yon what my peeple want is de per-
wizynue widont de bill.”
A couple from tbe humbler walks
of life came before a justice of tbe
peace to be married, when, tbe cer
emony being ovor, tbe bride began
to weep copiously. “What's tbe
matter P asked tbe new bosband.
“i never tdd you that 1 don’t know
bow to cook," aobbed tbe bride.
’Don’t fret, PH not have anything
for y on to cook. I’m a poet,"
A Bod Break,
“Yos,” said tbe chairman, aadiy,
“onr temperance meeting laet night
would have been more snccessfal If
tbe lecturer hadn't been so absent
inded."
“What did be do P
“He tried to blow tbe foam from
a glass of water.”
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A jhin<*erous'Man l
The most dangerous and pcacable
man in all tbe United States lives
in Murry county, Georgia. He is
kind-beai ted, gnod-teuipi'red, never
had a quarrel iu bis life, wouldn’t
hurt a fly, and every body IS afraid
of him. About a year ago he was
cutting wood when the axe flew off
the handle and killed a man
who had come lofpay him $50 He
never got a cent of the money.
The next week, while ferrying q
friend across a river, he tan the
boat against a snag an<| bis friend
was drowned. About a mouth U,
ter he felled a treo on a stranger
who was lying asleep iu the wood,.,
killing him instantly Not tong
alter he shot at a wild turkey and
killed a neighbor whom be didn’t
see at all. .
Three weeks later be lighted a
kerosene lamp, when It suddenly
exploded, burned to death a col,
|K>rtenr to whom the iuofieusive
Georgian bad courteously exten.
ded the hospitalities ot bis home,
All this man's friends run when
tbe t v see It jin coining, He Is him
self afraid to extend any kind lies*
save to his enemies, of whom he
has none.
His last public act was to croa*
the street with a ladder on hi*
shoulder last 4th of July, while a
procession was passing, aud wbeq
somebody shouted to him *to harry
on’ he obligingly turned around and
sta* led buck. The procession wa*
laid ont and the day was spoiled,
The Case of Claverias.
After describing the soene or th*
resentencing ot Oluveriun. the Rich,
rnopd JHxpntch 1 omai kN : “la earth
ly hope Oluverins can now look in
bnt one tlirectiou^to Governor L**,
Governor Lee can pardon bim or
can commute tbe death sentence to
imprisonment for any designated
time. Will he do It! Assuredly
not, as tbe case now stands. Ao.
cording to tbe record, Olnverin*
committed a coolly premeditated
murder upon * debnselpgs woman,
who had yielded to bis soft word*
and been betrayed. Now, if execn.
live interference js booed for Clu-
verins must do something tb4t wjl|
lessen his guilt iu tbe eyes of Ute
world; else bow cau he get any
signatures to his (letition ; bow mm
he hope to induce the Governor tu
interfere with and set aside tbe
judgments of the Busting Court of
Rictinion.i and of tbe Supreme
Court of App.-ala of Virginia. At
every Stage of this case—from tbe
day of tbe srrest—tbe Qupatck ba*
offered fo the prisoner and lo bie
counsel tbe use of jte uolumua
wheieiu to state any fact that might
lie of service to tbe unhappy mau
The offer iu still oueu. If he or any
of his Irieuds have any new fact*
that will raise a doubt ot tbe justie*
of tbe verdict the JHmatch will give
them pohlicaiiou. To this end i|
must come. The pi isouer must now
make bis long-deferred explanation,
or the getting of Hi; naturae to q
;>etitiou for executive clemency wj |
be upbi)j work n
“The Red Death,”
Russia is peculiarly rich iu sav.
prising sects and sssocistiona, bu|
tbe most astounding is oue lately
brought to light bearing tbe omi
nous title ot “Tbe Red Death,” It*
members affect to believa that bo
who consciously (lermits another te
safier prolonged pain commits *
mortal sin. In order to abbrevite
the sufferings of humanity it is a
matter of couscieuce with them to
kill the aick, that they may bwpnt
out of their pain quickly. The as
sociation takes it name from tba
fact that its executioners, dressed
iu red for the occasion, strangle
their victims with a red oord, plao-
ing them for tbe purpose upon a
red catafalque, beneath the dull
reddish light of an oil lamp, This
strange aud horrible association
was brongbt to light by the ener
getic op|>osition of a man iu Sartoi
when bis mother and sister ende***
ored to strangle bia siek wife. He
called jn tbe Authorities, who have
already anested aom* forty mem*
bera of the murderoos sect. Their
organization seems to be a trans
ference Irom India to Muscovite sei)
of tbe w orship of Botiwanee, tbe re
ligion of tbe Tbngs.
Fooling with the Circus Animals.
At Hpartanburg on Monday a
country boy who was in town at*
tending tbe sirens vent too eloea
to a cage occupied by a wildest.
The animal teiged the boy through
tbe bars aud before help oonld be
had tore biui severely a>out tba
neck, face sod Ink!/. Tbe proprie
tors ot tbe show acted very gener
ously aud volunteered to send tba
wounded boy to Columbia far i
cal attendance, paying all <
The offer was a^cep; ed.—OrteawHU
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