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' if •• \> ■■%: ¥■ ^ ■#* *■ -h. /'^r' > .. ■ > 2? ?- rm v~ - **■ ' r +?-■* & T- • • ?*->■< * ' f * r -- . THE DARUNGTON NEWS, THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 1888. LOCAL. ITEMS. Thb town is overrun with drnm- tnera, both of the hotrls being crowded to overflowing. THE ofliceis of Palnretto Lo.tge, No. 11, Knight* of Pythias, of Ly. di». were installed last night by the District Deputy Grand Chancellor. A treat is in store for the people ot Darlington. The celebra ted Boston Concert Company will appear here at an eaily day. A full line of liens, bills of sale, and blanks of all kinds, for the use ot farmers, merchants and lawyers, are to be found at the Darlington Book Store Dr. James Evans of Florence, has been appointed to fill the va cancy on the executive committee of the State Board of Health caus ed by the death of Dr. F. F. Gary. THB new brick store which Mr. Ward is building next door to Ed wards A Norment’s is rising rapidly, and Darlington will soon have one more handsome building to boast of At the recent Newt and Courier drawing, only one preminm felt to Darlington Coanty. Mr. J. C. Clem ents was the fortunate winner of one year’s subscription to the Week ly Newt and Courier. Mr. T. M. Oroswell, who has been clerking for Mr. A. Kalmns daring the past year, his given np bis posi tion and returned to his home on Lynches River, where be will en gage in agricultural pursuits/ Booth and Barrett, two ot the most celebrated actors now living, will appear together in Charleston on the 17th ios»., iu the play of Othello. A party is being made np iu Darlington to go down to the great performance. Jackson, the man who was so seriously wounded by the policeman ou Bale Day, is doing very well, and hopes are entertained that, should no uuforseen complication arise, the wounded limb may yet be saved. Mr. John O. Mnldrow, Dr. Boyd’s efficient assistant, left for Marion about ten days ago to go into busi ness at that pli-ce. He returned to Darlington last week, however, and will be found at Dr, Boyd’s during the present .ear. Darlington is the best town in the State after all. EVERY town should have a good barbershop. Since the arrival of Mr. Reddic and his competent assis tant, Darlington is paitieularly blessed in this respect and we trust that the patronage which they will receive will be such as to induce them to remain with us. a Hon. Geo. w. Dargan left for Washiutou ou Tuesday. Congress met on the 4th, but important pro tessional business detained him here several days. The Speaker has ap pointed him cn two of the most im portant commit tees in the House—1 the comuiitu-o ou Banking and Cur rency and that ou Civil Service Re form. ■ * —- ■*—1^- ■ " Business Locals Buy the Celebrated •‘Daisy” P'ow^ superior to the “Di ,ri “ ” welUjiCBi 1 The public is respectfully inforn • cd that teu ceuts .s all it costs to get a good shave -1 the tousorial parlor, over the postoflice. A full line of blank books, all of the very best quality, purchased at a bargain, is now sold at The Dar- UngtMi Book Store, at thirty per cent, less than in Charleston. Woods A Woods have just re oeived a large supply of New Or leans molasses, aud ihey respect fully request the public to| call and examine it before pniohasiug else where. Hall, Smith A Co., have just re ceived a carload of mules aud horses, fresh from the mountains of North Carolina, which they will ■ell at auction sale, for cash, at Covington’s stables, in Florence, on Monday, January 16. The Experimental Station- The appearance ot things is grow ing quite business-like at the Ex perimental Statiou. The Supenu- tendeut’s bouse is almost completed sod will be ready for occupancy within a few days. It is a very neat structure aud presents a baudseme appearance from the road. The enormous hill-side baru is also well under way. The family of Mr. J. D. McCall, the supehutendent, is temporalily occupying the McCul lough house iu Donerail. The Latest Enterprise. CAPT. Blackwell returned from Kentucky yesterday with an extra fine lot of males, aud those who de sire to purchase are requested to call at McCullough A Blackwell’s stables and examine tbem. The latest enterprise ot this “go ahead’’ firm is a lottery, to be conducted ou the same plan as that ot t he Newt and Courier last week. Every one purchasing a mule or horse from the firm will be given a ticket enti tling him to one chance in the lot tery. When two hundred of thtse tickets have been disposed of, the drawing will take place, <he pre minm being a handsome Columbus buggy. It will not tuke long to reach two handred,as all who have bought a mole or horse from the Arm since January 1 are entitled to tickets^ and already about seven :y Are animals have been sold. Those who have purchased since January l.bot who hare not yet received their tickets, are requested to call at McCullough A Blackwell’s sta Wei and get them at onoe. Important Meeting ot the Town Coun cil The Council held an important on Tuesday night The following additional Ordinance was adopted: Be it further ordered and ordained, Th .t af er the 15th day of January any person or persons who shall drive, or cause to be driven, sny horse, mule, or drove of horses or mules, through the streets lor the purpose of watering said horse mule, or drove of boises or mules, or for any other purpoee, later thau 9 o’clock A. M, without halter or be ing led, shall be punished by a flue of not less thau $1, or by imprison ment nit exceeding thirty days. This Ordinance does not apply to drovers or other persons entering or leaving the towu with stock. The fo lowing was also passed : Be it ordered and ordained that Sections 3 aud 7 of Ordinance 3 are hereby repealed and that, in their stead, the tollowing Ordinance be adopted: For each drover or dealer in stock, $5 per drove or f 10 per year. All of the Ordinances, with the exception of these corrections, which will be in force during the present year, will be found on our first page. It will be s.en that the tax levied is five mills on the dollar, the same as last year, and the ex treme limit allowed by 1. w. Messrs. C. K. Rogers, O. W. Hew itt aud J. J. Ward were appointed assessors, and Mr. W. J. Early Fireman of the engine. The Artesian well matter was ful ly discussed, aud negotiations for the work were entered it to with Mr. Stewart, who assisted at the boring of the first well in Charles ton, aud who comes to the Couuc.l with the very highest recommenda tions. The work will be pushed vigorously, as the members of the Council are determined that it shall be as near) completed as possible by the time their term ends. Off For The West The firm ot Galloway A Harrell, of Lydia, has been dissol ved owing to the desire of the junior an-m her. Mr. M. L. Harrell, to seek bis fortune in the far West. Mr. Harrell leaves lor Texas iu a few weeks. We w uld bemoan the loss of fo good a citizen of Dailtugton County, but for the (act that we have a lingering no;iou that he will come back to ui betoie long. As it is we a i^h him a very pleas ant journey, and trint that all his fond dreams ot the; magic West may be realized. The Sumter Rioters- The coroner’s jury iu the investi gation of the killing of Trial Jus ilee Uaynsworth at Sumier fuui.d thit the deceased had met bis <!eath at the banusof Juo. K Keels, P. G. Bowman, Harby or Penning ton, while the tour persons named sere engaged iu a not, “against the peace «ud dignity ot the State.” As to which of them fired the fat.d shot, the jury was in doubt. War rants were at once issued lor the lour parties and they were a 1 ai- resud, Keels aud Uartiy being placid iu jail, wbilt Bowman and Pennington, both of whom wete sufl'ering too much from the effects '-ih^" being under the charge of constables, the lorin er at bis house aud the la't r at the hotel. Bowman, it will l»e remem- beie', wasserioi er y wouud> dm the head, while Penningtou n oeived a pistol shot in his back. At lastac counts, both of them were sufieiiug greatly, and tears were entertained that their injuries would tesult fa tally. All of the accused have employed learned counsel, and the strongest kind of a tight will be made to acquit tbem of the mur der. in Interesting Law-Suit. Mr. H. O. Byrd now deceased) rented last year a plantation in Back Swamp Township belonging to Mrs. H. L. Charles It See us that he occupied the premises under a five-year lease, but aecording to a clause in said lease it could not be assigned without the consent of Mrs. Charles. Ou the first of Jan uary, Mrs. Sallie Byrd, the widow ot Mr. H. 0 Byrd, refused to give up the place, on the ground that, by tbs death of her husbaud the lease, had been assigned to her as administratrix. Mrs. Charles think ing that the lease had expired by the death of Mr. Byrd, routed the place to Mr. Pnvett, aud brought action agaiust Mrs. Byrd to recover possession of the property. The latter employed Messrs. Nettles A Nettles to represeat her while Mess. Dargan A Dargan appeared ^for Mrs. Charles. While there is no considerable amount of mouey in volved, the feeling ou bo b aides is intense, and to I rge a crowd had gathered io hear the case argued on Friday last that Trial Justice Sanders was forced to make use ot the court room in order that every body present might be accommoda ted. During the progress of the case the attorneys on both sides be came somewhat heated, aud for a lime trouble was imtuiuent. The case was decided by Judge Sanders in favor ot Mrs. Charles. Ou Sat urday moruiug Mr. C. S. Netties took the train for Bennettsvilh, and obiaiued from Judge Hndsou a writ of certiorari and an order re straining the sheriff from carrying out the Trial Justice’sorderuntil the case could be beard by Jndge Hud- eou at BeuuettsviUe on Friday. By hard riding on horse-back from Benuettsvilie to Society Hill, Mr. Neitles succeeding iu catching the train coming do ' u, aud arimd with his rest rain mg order, got back to Darlington on Saturday afternoon, half hour after a deputy sheriff had left town for the purpose of qjeotinf the family of Mrs. Byrd from Mrs. Charles, premises. Mounted on a swift steed, Mr Nettlss raced to the soeoe of conflict and reached it in time to pre\ eut the mectibu; so, np to this time, Mrs. Byrd is still in pos-w-Hsiou. Mr. R. W. Boyd has been retained by Mrs Charles to act with Messrs. Dargan A Dargan m the argument before Judge Hud son at Benuettsvilie tomorrow. Ashland. -Many of our farmers have al ready beguu preptratious for .an other crop. —The weather for the past few days has been, very favorable for our trausieut citizens to change homes. —Mr. W. V. Moore expects to leave for Charleston to-morrow to be sbseut several days. —The Pleasant Grove school, near Ashland, has a larger attend ance now thau ever before. Fifty- six pjpils have already enrolled, and every week bring* a number of accessions. -Rev. J. S. DuBose, of Lamar, filled the pulpit at Bavaonah Chap el last Sunday. Rev. Mr. Williams, of Bishopvilte, preached at Liberty Hill. —Mr Wesley Moore and wife, after having spent some weeks among relatives aud friends iu Me ridian and Lauderdale, Mississippi, returned home last Saturday, much pleased with their visit. SOCIETY HILL. —Miss M. E. McIntosh has re turned from a visit to her brother, Dr. James McIntosh, ot Newberry. —Mr. Walter McMillan who has been clerking for Mr. U. H. Race has gone to St. Stephens as assistant depit agent. —Mr. Perry Winters has gone into business with Mr. Jas. Griggs below Darliugtou. —Mr. J. R. McC-ill has returned to Bethel Academy, Warreuto:i, Virginia. We* shall expect him t > make his mark there, a* the Dar lington boys usually do wbeu they go abroad. —Master Thomas Coker, while swinging “around the harbor” at St David’s Academy last Friday, struck the tree and was considera bly damaged for a white; .the tree survived the shock. —Mr. Frank Pegues took a de lightful little trip through portions ot Noith Carolina and to Ports mouth, Virginia, during 'he holi days He is euihusiasttc in praice ot Virginia hospitality, and has set tled down again at his old post with ph-asant recollections ot bis Christ mas vacation. —The Richardson colored school heie has ou its rolL one hundred and five scbolais. A new and com fortable rchool house for the color ed youth has juit beou completed near the lailmad crossing iu the Centre Hall precinct. LAMAR. —Mr. Tommie Ham is clerking for Mr. G. H. Mims. — Mr. M. V. DuBose has procur ed a pos tion wi h Mr. Joseph Spears in ihe mercantile liue. —We think that farmers and la borers generally have agreed aud we notice very little moving about. —M . Lep Isemm, dealer in live stock, was iu town on the 4th aud 5tb lusts., aud a lew trades were effected. —Our public highways are iu lad condition and farmeis are anticipa ting a rough time bauliug fei tilizt rs if the wet weather continues. —We learn that ou the 2nd inst, Prof. Penitt while chop ing wood made an awkward stroke with the axe aud struck his foot, inflictiug a very painful wound. —At uoou oc the 5th iust, the an^el of death entered the happy home of Mr. aod Mrs. W. C. Mims and took from their tender arms aud loving hearts their infant child about 15 months old. The little oue had been stricken with pneumonia and had suffered ex tremely for several days before dtath ensued. The burial took place at Andrews’ Mill on the 6th inst., at <1 o’clock P. M., Elder J. 8. DuBose conducting the funeral services. May the bereaved ones fiud comfort iu that, the “Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.” —By some mi hap odr scribbling failed io appear in tbo last issue of tbeNEWs. e will use this privilege of saying again that the Oatsville Dramatic Tronpe gave a perform ance at this place during Christmas week to a well filled house, the pro ceeds of the entertain m'Mit being for the benefit' of the Oatsville High School. We failed to procare a programme aod therefore cannot mention the different actors and their parts, bat we bespeak for this youthful troupe a bright future iu the ibeutncai line. MARRIED. January 8th, 1888, at the Baptist Pan-ouago, by Rev G. B. Moore, Jas. E. Beck aud Miss Nannie V. Carter; all ot Darlington Coanty, 8. C. The best place in town to boy school books—the Darlington Book Store. GxnTLKVBN—I can’t recommei.d any kind of hair rcitoratiTe, but <f you will come to the tonsorH p>ir Inr 1 will guaraoteo you the best cut aud shave that you ever got anywhere. C. C Reddic LOST—On Thursday night last- bet weeo Roaeuberg’s store and Byrnes’ Hotel, a gold ear-drop. A suitable reward will be paid the finder if the same is returned *o T. Moss. BELOW COST II I have a remnant of Drett Qoods ou baud which I am selling beUitr eott. J- G. McCall. Dec. 22, W-it A Jersey cow and heifer calf for sale che i Ap.tly at this office. 18 latest improved New Home machiues just received^and offered on easy terms at Blackwell Bro«. LAW CARDN #. ». WARD. R 0. WOOD* WARD A WOODS. Attorneys It Gounielors at Law, DARLINGTON, 8. 0. Wit prattiee la all 8tRt« and Federal Courts. 1 I. B. RRTTLIR. 0. R. RRTTlk* Nettles & Nettles, Attorneys A Counselors at Law, Darlington €. II., 8. C. Will practice io all the State anil Federal Courts. Prompt personal attention j(ivcu to collection of claims. Sep. 2, ’86 ly. » W. BOYD, OBO. BROWN BOYD <fc BROWN- Attorneys and Gonnselors at Law Cilice in rear of Dar iugton Nation al Bank. DARLINGTON C. II., S> C. PHOMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL BUSINESS. Feb. 3, ’37 —ly. PROCLAMATION- Business Notices. Having about sold oat my first three car loads of males and bur- nea, I will bring another car-load of fine males to Darliugtonoo Friday next; parties desiring to purebaae will save money by caltiug at my establishment. O. We Hawm, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. WHEREAS. Infornttioa baa been re* eeivedattbia Department that an atro* clone murder woe committed in the Coun ty of Darlington on or about Ihe fourteenth day of October. A. D. 1887, upon the bodf of Thoe. H. Riles by MARCH McCUTCH- EN, and that the Raid MARCH McCUTCH- EN baa fled from lattice. NOW, THERKEORE, L J. P. Richard- ton, Governor of the State of South Caro llna, in order that justice may be done and the mnjeetjr of Ui e law vindicated, do hereby offer a reward of SETENTY-FIVE DOLLARS for the apprehension and de livery to tho Sheriff of Darlington County thesaid MARCH MoCUTOUBN MARCH MeCUTCHEN is blsok, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, slim built, weight aboot 160 pounds, soar over the left eye, straight ap end down, about one-half to three- feurlh inches long; frost teeth wide apart, wear* iron or steel bands on his wrteU; generally wear* a oap ; baa a wild look. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I hare set j my hand and caused the Great Seal of the Butt to he eHxed, at Columbia, this Fifth Dsy of December. A. D. 1817, and in the One Hundred and Twelfth year of the In dependence of the United States of Amor- ton. J. P. RICHARDSON. By the Governor: W. Z. LKITNBR, Beeratary of Etntov WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. Mode bjr Larky Whalen Who find Ambergris. Tho Prorincotowu, Mass., whalemen have been nnaonally eaccesnful in their voyages within the lost fifteen or twenty years, not ouly in the amount of oil ob tained but in that ot ambergris. Amber gris is a peculiar secretion found in a dis eased whale, and la worth its weight io gold. It is not a buoyant article, and if only obtained by killing the whale, or the whale’s dying and diming ashore, when the lump of ambergris washes npoq the beach after the carcase is decomposed. The ambergris (or sick) whales are usually found near the land, and when tho stuff is picked up on shore the car cass of a dead whole Is usually somewhere in the vicinity. When an ap pareatly healthy whale is killed, and on examination appears to have very little oil, a search far ambergris Is mods. In appearance It Is a dark gray, sticky sub stance, and very vile amelling. It is principally used in making perfumes, to “set" the odor, and os a refiner. It Is related that one afternoon, years ago, the schooner Gage Phillips, of Provincetown, was drifting on the whal ing grounds, when the man on lookout reported that a small, peculiar looking substance was floating off the port quarter. It was taken on dock and pronounced to be aome pecliar kind of West Indian gum. After being kicked around the deik for some days It was thrown carelessly Into the stern boat. The Phillips feU in with another whaler, and the crews exchanged visits. The visiting captain noticed the “gum,” declared it was ambergris and revealed its value. It was taken care of, and when the vessel arrived home the sale of that lump of “gum” added f0,000 to the general stock of the voyage. Another captain of a merchant vessel, lying at author off one of the islands in the West Indies, discovered a lump aa large as his two fists in the possession of a negro, who sold it to the captain for one flannel shirt and an old pair of pontaloous. It was sold iu the states for $500. A whaling crew having secured and killed a whale, cut it in two and fround a dark, gray mass about the sice of a half barrel. In the effort to get it on deck the leadlike mass shot downward into the fathomless sea, and at least $50,000 slipped neatly away, leaving a mad captain and a mad crew. There are living in Provincetown many retired whalers who have made fortunes in the find of ambergris, and Seldom a season pusses without some of her captains returning wealthy men.— Chicago Times. a ( p. mftGAX Attorney at Law and Trial Justice. Practices in the United States Court an I in the itb and 5th circuits Prompt alien - tion to al business entrusted m him. Office in Exehsnge Street, nex'. the;D*s- Lisavox Nvwr Office. T. H. SPAIN. Attorney at I aw, DARLINGTON, C. H., S. C. Will practice in Circuit Courts and Supreme Court of South Carolina. Prompt attention given to all bu pines*, and Special attention given o collection#. FORKAL.K, AN UPRIGHT NEW YORK In perfect order—8 horse power Will be Hold cheap, and on time with approved security. Lucas, " &Co. Steam Job Printer’ & AND 0T-A.TIO3STERS, 130 East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Aug. 11, ’87 6m. Tb# Avi W Modern Cooking. The social science associations of the country have ably discussed n large num ber of subjects Involving the welfare of the human race. But, so for as we are aware, no one of them has mode an earn- 1 eat effort to discover the cause of the back wardness with which th« • nsefui, the in dispensable art of cookin;' i.* ntnees. The man that travels much is painfully aware of the existence of such backwardness. True, in our large cities there arc enough good cooks, cooks that raise their vocation to the dignity of a profession. But these are the exceptions. The fact remains that when one gets off the great mniu line tie discovers that os a rule the cook of the period is not a eontributor to the progress of the ege, but rather to dyspepsia. Why should this be sof Bo much cook ing has been done In all parts of the world, Including the Cannibal Islands, from time immemorial that it does seem as if all its sterru ought to bo in the pos session of all ita votaries in this well ad vanced stage of the Nineteenth century. And yet it was only the other day that the editor of a leading New England news paper rose with a sigh and remarked that a great popular want of that venerable section of the Union was a more general diffusion of country inns at which one could get a truly “square meal of victuals." And what Is true of New Eng land is measurably true of the middle states, is trtie with a vengeance of the south aud of the hog and hominy acci dent. The country inn at which a truly square meal is served would seem to lie the exception. Inns alfound at which the bread is ns heavy as nn amateur epic, the coffee as dilficii.t to settle as Dick Swivel- ler’s debts, the steak—tried. As for the cooking in the back country of Canada- well, the United States is at pence with the Dominion, and we have no desire to say anything that Is calculated to disturb the existing friendly relations.—New York Tribune. Dark Water, of Superior. How cold the dark water of Lake Su perior is I One evening when we were steaming across that lake I asked the male what was done when a man fell overboard. Ho coolly replied: “Noth ing." “Why?” I asked, astonished at his heartlessnesa. “The water of Lake Superior is ao cold that a man cannot live in it during the time It takes to atop a rapidly moving vessel and lower a boat,” he replied. Then be added: “I have sailed ou this lake for twenty years. During that time I have known many men to fall off ves sels. I know of one man only who es caped death. He was saved by a scratch. The others were apparently killed by the shock produced by falling into such cold water.” He picked up an empty can to which a long string was attached and cost It overboanf The can skipped from the crest of one wave to that of another for an Instant, then dipped and filled. The hoary headed mate drew the full can up and handed It to me, saying: “Take a drink of that, and then yen say what you think of year chances of swimming In Lake Superior tar tea or fifteen min utes.” I drank deeply, and It was aa though liquid Ice flowed dowu my throat. “It la alleged," the mate said, “that this lake never gives up Its dead, that to be drowned In Lake SnpeVior la to be burled for all- time. I do not know whether this is true or not. but I do know that I have never seen a a corpse floating on the lake.” I wonder if that Is truef I doubted It, but I could find no sailor who had ever teen a dead body floating on the lake.— Frank Wilkeoon in New York Times. Selling Good, by Weight. It Is but a question of a very short time In my belief when the sale of articles ot food and other materials now disposed ot by "dry measure” and by "count" will be conducted entirely by weight. The Coal exchange has abolished the bushel, and all transactions in fuel both with receiver! and with the consumer are by the ton. Wheat is handled in the elevators now by the hundred weigh# instead of the bushel. The produce men are adopting the weight system, and the retailers art following tbem. Potatoes and onions are sold by the ponnd in many groceries now instead of by the measure. Eggs should be sold by weight, as the doeen plan is not satis factory. There is a tendency to the adop tion of the metrical system in other lines, and the young men of today will see the present Irregular measurement of inches, feet, yards, furlongs and miles succeeded hy the less confusing system in Use In France.—Globe-Democrat. A Few Gantronnnileal Item*. Senator Joe Drown, of Georgia, says the sweetest thing on earth to him is “pud dled duck and sweet potatoes,” and an old waiter at Washington says that John C. Calhoun dearly loved sweet potatoes and opossum. lie would come into a restaurant and say: "I want you to get me a nice fat optossum. You must cook it the day after It la killed; parboil it first and then put it into a hot oven with bofled sweet potatoes around It, and cook It slowly until it is brown. If you can get a ’coon maku some ’coon gravy and pour It over the ’possum and flavor with salt, pepper and sage. Calhoun often hunted ’possums himself. He liked hot corn bread aud buscuits, and the only part of a chicken he would eut was the breast. Andy Johnson’s favorite bread was the old fashioned corn dodger, and Zach. Taylor, upon sitting down to an elaborate dinner and looking with ah annoyed expression at the bift of fare, was asked if there was anything more that be wanted. lie replied, as be scan ned tho pate do foi gras and the other i French dainties: “This is all very well, but I would really prefer aome flitch and eggs.” Tay lor was very fond of iced milk, and It is | thought that the lunch of cherries which he washed down with Iced milk’ on tho day of the laying of the corner atone of the Washington monument had a great deal to do with helping him Into his coffin. —Frank G. Carpenter la New York World. Rlanghter IIoaMta of I’arlS. Close by the market of La Villette are the slaughter houses where the oxeu are kUled by a blow from the merlin anglais, a aort of sledge hammer, oue extremity of which is rounded into the form of a punch. The slaughter man strikes the ox iu the middle of the forehead and punches a hole which stuns the animal, and through this hole he plunges a cuno Into the brain and the animal diet in stantly. The ox Is ouly bled after It Is dead. The Jewish, butchers, on the other hand, who have a special organization depending on the consistory of Paris, bleed their beeves alive. At the slaugh ter house the Jewish butchery is directed hy a controller, who has under his or ders schohUra of sacrifleert. There are generally five achohtim. When a butcher wlskaa to hare an ox killed for Jewish customers bo applies to the controller, who sends him a schohct to kill the beast according to the Mooaie law. The ox has his four feet bound with a cord, which is attached to a windlass amt tightened until the animal falls on ita aide helpless. A helper pulls back the head of the ox, and the schohet, recit ing mentally a prayer, advances and cuts Its throat at one stroke, and tho animal ia left to bleed to death and die in agony ao terrible that it melt* the hearts even of the slaughter men, who often give tho ox a blow with tin hammer to put m cud to his sufferings in spite of the Mosaic Code.—Paris Cor. New York Sun. A Cheap Telephone. To make a serviceable telephone from one house to another only requires enough wire and two cigar boxes. First select your boxes, and make a hole half in inch In diameter in the center of the bottom of each, and then place one In each of the houses you wish to connect; then get five pounds of common iron stovepipe wire, make a loop in one and put It through the hole In your cigar box and fasten it with a nail; then draw it tight to the other box, supporting it when necessary with a stout cord. Yon can easily run yonr line into the house by boring a hole through the glass. Support your boxes with slats nailed across the window, and your telephone is complete. The writer has one that is 20C yards long, and cost forty-five cents, that will carry music when the organ Is play ing thirty feet away In another room.— Demorest’s Monthly. Florida’s Sulphur Springs. Old Jacksonville, Fla., citizens don’t mind it much, but to the average north erner the sulphurous fumes arising front the basins of the three artesian wells which supply the city with water are al most overpowering, So highly impreg nated with sulphur is this water that th| fountain basins are thickly coated wltb the 1U smelling stuff.—New York Trib une. A Big Toothpick M11L Quill toothpicks came from Franca Tie largest factory in the world is neal Paris, where there is an annual product of 20,000,000 quills. The factory was started to make qulU pens, but whea these went out of use it was turned into 4 toothpick mill.—Chicago Herald. Secretary Lamar does not oooupy a very enviable po-ition at present. He has re signed hi# position a# Secretary of the In terior >■ ortier*ihat he might become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of thr Dulled Slates, I looks just now as if the I mall Republioaa majority in the Sen ate a-e going to refuse to oooflrm his ap- polntmsnt as Associate Justice for tho rea son that he once filled a soot in ths Con federate Congress. Tbs comptlive examination for ths bsnefioisry (ttpils under the Winthrop scholarship Act will taks plats in ths ssv- tral counties this spring or early an turn. The yotfug ladies whs sssurs ihe appsii-t* meals will begin with the session of tho Winthrop Troining School wkioh opens in September. Full ooiion will be given bo- favn thooe nanmioatioas are hold, Nationality In Heard*. An ohaefVrnt friend who had boon ex* aminiug a collection of faces representing a large number of the public men In the United States, made the following general conclusions in regard to national types in the cutting of tho beard, which contain more than a grain of truth. "The simple mustache, with the rest of the face clean shaven, is the prevailing American type,’’ he said. “The old time Yankee chin whisker, like that of the traditional Uncle Sam, Is no longer the national cut. Iu the same way the old French type of the Imperial, or heavy mustache and long goatee, has given way in France to the present type of a close cut full beard trimmed to double points ou the chin. The German ami Russian national l>s>es are heavy full beards parted ot the middle of the chin. The English type is a smaU, short cropped mustache, with small square side growths. The general south European type of Spain or Italy is either an entirely clean shaven face or el so a very small mustache and goatee crowded close about the mouth.—Boston Adver User. Foreigners In a Restaurant. Notice a Frenchman, or an Italian, or a Spaniard enter a strange restaurant, and see how he reveals bis European training as soon as he crosses tho threshhold. Hu raises his hat slightly, bows and takes a seat. This little ceremony means in Eng lish! “Gentlemen, I am a stranger, but I hope no Intruder.” When he 1mspaid his score to the cashier, especially If she be a dame du comptoir, as in his own country, lie tips his hat, bids her good day and goes out Into the world again, leaving a sunny ray of courtesy behind him. These little things count In the long ran.—New York World. Hew Sort of Raee, A new sort of horse race recently took j place. Tho distance was a mile and a half. The horses walked tho first half mile, trotted the second and ran- tho laaA Fifteen started. Rev. Mr. Thonpsoa, otlbe Presbyterian Church is Ckarlet’oa, gave the jYrw* sud Courier e scoring from the pulpit on Sai- day last for caeouraging lotteries That Journal defended it* position editorially the following day. Borne of the students of toe Theological Seminary at Columbia have beet, la the habit of attoadiag- Dr. Woodrow’s lee: ares at ths South Carolina College sinee he was turned oat of hie professorship la tha Setn- lsa> y for his evolution dootrine. The aa- thorltiee of ths Sew Inary barning that some of th« studeats still heard bis lec tures at tha soilage forbade them attead- lug them. One of the Students refused to obey ; be was reported to his Syuo I and that body sustained the ruling of the Sem inary authorities. The Am ratio* BepwWlVs ladton Gwsstlsm Th* remains of the va#t Mbs. of aborig ines still occupies the Interiof. hut to* Im dian problem of the Argentin# fepflbUt was solved In a summary, wag. Then Was considerable.ntmovance eng the frotv tier from bands of .rovyig aagpges, wh* Used to come north fa the winter timet steal entile, rob and ravish, and the otto posts of civilisation gere not safe. Gen. Roes, the Sheridah Of- toe Rivet Plate, was sent with a brigade of fafslfy to the frontier to prevent this aort of thing/ East and west acroes the territory runs the Rio Negro, a swift, turbid Stream like tA* Missouri, With high banka. Fifty aillee at so from the mountains the river make* a turn In Us course and leaves a narrow pathway through which everything that enters or leave* Patagonia by land must go. Across this pass fti fifty inlte.< fled. Roca dug a ditch twelve feet deep and fifteen feet wide. The Indiana, to tli4 number of aeveral thousand, tftfe north when tho work was done, raiding tha Set tlements. As spring came they turned to go southward, as usual, In a long cars vail, with their stolen horses and cattle. Roca galloped around their rear and drove them night aud day twfore him. When they readied the ditch they be came bewildered, for they could not cross it, and after a few days of slaughter the remnant that survived Surrendered and were div.riLuted through the army as soldiers, v. bile the women were sent into a semi-slavery among the ranchmen they had robbed. The dead animals and mefl were buried together in the ditch, and there has been no further annoyauc* from Indians on the frontier.—Harper’s Magazine. Sunday Labor In OflrittUiy. The experience of Germany, which ha# recently been collected, though In a some what imperfect way, by a Prussian gov ernment investigation, seems to contain * great deal of instruction on this point. From returns obtained from thirty out ot thirty-five provinces or departments, con taining 500,156 manufacturing establish ments and 1,582,591 workmen, it was found that 57.75 per cent, of the factories kept at work on Sunday. On the other hand, the larger number ot the workmen, or 919,664, rested on Sunday, Aa regards trade and transportation, it Was found that in 29 provinces (out of 85), of 147,318 establishments of one sort or another, em ploying 245,061 persons, 77 per cent, were open on Sunday, and 57 per cent of the employes worked on that day. Thia state of things hna led to a demand In Prussia for legislation absolutely pro hibiting Sunday labor. With a view to such legislation, a canvass of the persona interested, both employers and employed, has been made. They were asked whether they were In favor of or opposed to total prohibition. It was found that of thos* consulted in tho great factories or stores only 13 per cent, of the employers and 18 per cent, of the employed were in favor of total prohibition. In the smaller Indus tries only 18 per cent, of the employers and 21 per cent, of the employed were ia favor of total prohibition. In trade only 41 per cent, of the employers and 39 per cent, of the employed, and In transporta tion only 12 percent, of the employer* and 10 per cent, of the employed were in favor of total prohibition. These are very curi ous figures, and have been tabnlatod by M. Maurice Block with aome care.-f-NeW York Post .. T” 1 ~ ■ y. Trouble Among Itrasll** Slave*. There is serions trouble In Brazil among the slaves. Large numbers of them, who have been at work ou the plantations, have refused' to obey their master# and have attempted to run away. Thia up rising among a cruelly used people has greatly alarmed the plaititers, who hav* called for poljce protection.. In the province of Sun Paulo the slaves have taken to the woods gnd the soldier# have found It Impossible to captor# tbem. The brutality practiced Upon the TlrazUian slaves is something terrible to think of. According to the accounts, those of tho ret>ellious slaves who were captured were wounded with shot, lieateu on the bare back with whips, and hung*<up by the thumiis. The slaves. did no injury to property, and contented themselves with trying to escape: * There Is a strong anti- slavery feeling among the thinking people in Rio Janeirq, and an effort Is being made to have the government emancipate these people. The soldiers, It is said, are re luctant about bunting the slaves down, and have lu many instances helped them to escape. According to the feeling now, it will not bo long before the government of Brazil will be compelled to emancipate the slaves.—Demoresi's Monthly. Execution* In Austria, ‘ * The Austrian method of executing criminals differs greatly from that In vogue in this country, and though ap parently more horrible in the- deliberate rigor of the arrangements, Is mure speedily effective. The condemned man is placed against the post, at the top of which la » hook, and at the bottom a pulley. A rope having a loop at each end is passed around the neck of the victim, another le tied altout his feet, the end being passed through the pulley. Two asaistauU then lift the man by means of the rope anmnd his neck about six inches, and suspend him from the hook at the top of the posL- At the same time the other assistants pull with great force at the rope attached to the feet. Death ensues usually in stantaneously, though there is a range from one-half to two minute# In many cases.—London Telegraph. Mr*. Cleveland'* Photograph*. Col. Laraont tells me that Mrs,. Cleve land has bad but few photograph# taken since she has been in the White House. The greatest number of the genuine one# iu existence were taken before she mar ried President Wevtjh.nd, and the Wash ington photographers who have been given 1 sittings by her have abused their privflegee by taking half a dozen pictures when they were pretending to take only one. They would ask Mrs. Cleveland to move her head this way and that, and thus get a numlier more negatives than she In tended to give them.—New York World. Grave* of “Dool UtU." Within a quarter of a mile of Hays City, near eld Fort Hays, is a little eleva tion called Boot hill. On the border, * man who met a violent death was said to have died with his boots ou. In the early days Of Hays City such deaths were fre quent, and aU such victims were interred on the slope of the little mound, which thus earned the name of Boot hill. To day there are to be seen on Boot hill the slightly marked graves of forty-five men who perished "with their boots on.”-* Nsw York Sun. Young Mr. Sissy—I am afraid that f am making rather a long call, Miss Smith. Are you tiredt Miss Smith (politely)—Oh. no, Mr. Sissy: not physically tlredf—TM-Bita. Tbs ffinoa* Blair Educations! Bill will probably eoae up before the UsUed < State* Senate this week. '■ It urns out that the aew Board of A$- rioultur* va* elected at tho last seseioa of the Legislature before tbo Aot re-orcau- hieg the Board had gone late effect. The q-ieetiou. therefore, erose this weekae to *bicb Beard was in effloe. the old er the e«w. The matter was referred to At- 1 lor*ey-Gen oral Eerie fer his opiates, and 1 he dneldad ia.favqr of the sew Board. - ; W* aeleowe to o*r exslaage Nsl tl# Monitor, a ao* paper published at CheraW May it live long and pres;nr-” • V . ' •.-.A* < vwK-