The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 18, 1882, Image 1

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TBK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1882. TI?E TRUE SOUTHRON. Established June, 1866. New Series-Yoi. I. No. 38. Published ?7ery Tuesday, -BY THE Watchman anal Southron Publishing Company, SUMTER, S. C: TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. AD VEKTISE3?EXTS. One Square, first insertion...Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. - 50 Contracts for three months, or longer "will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private nter?sts will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged fori Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub? lished free. For job work or contracts for advertising address Watchman, and Southron, or apoly at the OfiSce^to. . N. G. OSTEE?, Business Manager. CHERAW ;AND DARLINGTON AND CH ERA W AND SALISBURY RAILROADS?. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, SOCIFTT tiivu S. C.. May 23. ISSI. ON AND AFTER THIS DA XE, TRAINS on these Roads will run aa follow?,-every except Sunday. Leave Wadesboro....... 8 40 a m Leave Bennett's.... 9 00 a ra Leave M orren.?. 915am Leave McFurlan -..,...-. S 35 a m Leave Cheraw-.....-.- 10 15 a m Leave Society Hill-. 10 50 a m Leave Darlington. tl 35 a m Arrive at Florence.-.12 10 p m UP. Leave Florence?.-. 12 ?0 p o Leave Darlington......... 1 20 p m Leave society Hill_-. 2 .10 p m Arrive at Cheraw.-... 2 50 p m Arrive at Wadesboro. 4 15pm The freight train will leave Florence at 6 30 A ?I every day except Sunday ; making the round trip to Cheraw every day. and to Wadesboro ns often as may bc necessary-keeping out of the way of oasseager train. ? D TOWNSEND. President. NORTH-EASTERN R. R. GO. STJPERINTE?TDEJNT72 OFFICE, NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. CHARLESTON, S. C., March 23, 1882. On and after this date the following Sche? dule will be run, Sundays included : Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence. 8 15 A. ar...-.12 55 p. M. 7 00 P. x.-?~.~.......... 3 50 "A M. 8 30 P. V.1 30 a. M. Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston. 2 40 A. M.6 50 A. M. 11 35 A. M.4 35 P- M. 12 15 A. M.9 00 A. M. Train leaving Florence at 2 40 A. M. will stop ior wav passengers. J. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Supt. P, L. CLEAPOK, Gen'l. Ticket Agent. Vt xi \- &3iL>i nxtM ^?r^i-rc'c io w?<in?cr? wiiLorS. OrdTTtrr'.t. lt<&T!?:?:.s fr? <-'.>rr? ??alrC ?..<> eptrarwrs. st-ct SC? it? f-^I?cfc-rii'. >ss, ttr>-? *:?.". ?ir.vt-o-? ?vr f!?aiinc l>-*> ?*tteii-?f'?V<^???l>t?'aa? Flower Sc 1?4. Pins:.. ru:t etc. ?r.TaJsaife-t? alL JTie?.i-:n ervw.T ir- di W.21 ht fo"-l :i??*e rvli.?:>Ir f^y?aaiSa?is tVe So-t i Oiar? tr .:c jr? wrns*w--tusr ei::<nw?. \Sem.,'.'!t#a5j-!ca?:T?>fscoply:- ; ?Ua:cT?,T.-uc'.-?-a MarV?t Gnr.?ncrr. A?w?, * D. H. FZIL?Y & CO? Detroit. Xie^ GERMAN K?IKIT, Direct importation. PERUVIAN GUASO, Direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Gov? ernment. FISH GUANO, 6?8 per cent. Ammonia. ITOVA SCOTIA LAND PLASTES. South Carolina Ground Phosphate, Fine Ground and High Grade. For sale by BERKAN B?LWINKLE, KERR'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 17 3m THE OLD RELIABLE! -ONE ?F? TRE BEST NEWSPAPERS IN THE SOUTH. No Sensationalism ? No Immorality ? AUGUSTA 1882. SUBSCRIBE FOB IT ! THE CHRONICLE AND CONSTITU? TIONALIST is the oldest uewspaper in the South, and perhaps the oldest in the United States, having been established in . 1785. While thoroughly Democratic in prin? ciple, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant. The Chronicle contains the latest news from all parts of the world, and is recognized as a first class paper. As aa advertising medium, it covers the country ia Georgia and South Carolina tribu? tary to Augusta. We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We publish no articles of an immoral charac? ter. TERMS : Daily, one year.SiO 00 I Tri-Weekly, one year. 5 00 j Weekly, one .year-. 2 00 ! Address, . WALSH & WRIGHT, jan24-td_ Augusta, Ga. PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, 3. C. THIS POPULAR AND CENTRALLY located HOTEL having been entirely renovated during the past Summer is now ready for the reception of the traveling public. Popular prices S2 and 2.50 per day. Snccial rates for Commercial Travelers. E. T. GAILLARD, J3ct 25 Proprietor. THE AIMAR HOUSE, CORNER OF Van de rh orst and King Sts HAVING BEEN LEASED BY Miss Heriot. (Formerly of 190 Aleeting-St.,) IS NOW OPEN f<?r the accommodation of ; Boarders. Parties visiting Charlestpe triil j find this House conveniently situated for busi? ness, and directly on the line of Street Railwry. Terms, per day, $1 50. Feb IS H?LBERS HOUSE." 284 King Street, next to Masonic T'in 2>le, Charleston, S. C. Rates Si-50 per day, reduced rates by the j week or month, According to l?cat?on of ; rooms. This house, so well and favorably known as being a strictly first-class boarding house, is centrally located, accessible to wholesale and retail stores, theatres, and places of in? terest, and especially desirable for business men or families visiting the city, nothing be? ing neglected to make its guests comfortable. Ask for carriage at denot.-Respectfully MRS. B. HiLBERS PROPRIETRESS Sept 20-1881. CON DEIS SEI* SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. DATED April 2, JSS2. No. 43, Daily. I Daily No. 40 Leave Wilmington Ar've Flemington Ar've Marion. Ar've Florence.... Ar've Sumter. Ar've Columbia... 10 15 pm 11 36 ? 1 33 am 2 20 " 4 18 " 6 10 " 11 10pm 12 17 " 2 01 am 2 47 " TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 43, Daily. No. 47, Daily. Leavo Columbia........ 10 00 pro Ar've Sumter.?.-. 12 P7 " Ar*ve Florence. 125pm 136am Ar've Marion. 2 13 - 2 38 ? Ar've Flemington. 4 21 " 4 54 " Ar've Wilmington. 5 55 6 20 " Nos. 48 and 47 stops orly at Brinkley's, Wbiteville, Flemington, Fair Bluff, Marioo, Florence, Timmonsville, Sumter, Camden Junc? tion and Eastover Passengers for Columbia and all points on C. ?fe G. R. R., C., C. ?fe. A. R. R. Stations, Aiken Junction, and all points beyond, should take No. 4S Night Express. Separate Pullman Sleepers for Charleston and for Augusta on trains 48 and 47. All trains run solid between Charleston and Wilmington. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. Daily, except Sundays. Leave Florence-. ??-...1140 p m Leave Sumter. 2 28 a m Arrive at Columbi*.-_?. 5 30'a m Leave Columbia.-..- 5 00 p m Leave Sumter-?.?..-- 8 20 p m Arrive at Florence.?.??.....??ll 10 pm LOCAL FREIGHT-(Daily except Sunday.) Leave Florence. ...... ........ 6 00 a m Ai rive at Sumter-. 10 55 a m Leave Sumter.ll 40 a in Arrive at Columbia . 4 00 p m Leave Columbia.?- ??..-......? 7 00 a m Arrive at Sumter.?.ll 15 a m Leave Sumter.?.12 15 p m Arrive at Florence.?.. 5 10 p m JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sup't. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent._ Columbia and Greenville Bail Hoad, PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, COLUMBIA', S. C.. August 31, ISSI. ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, September 1st, ISSI, Passenger Trains will run as herewith indicated, upon tbis road and its branches-Daily except Sundays : No. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Columbia (A).?. ll 20 a m Leave Alston.?.?... -_....12 26 p m Leave Newberry....??... ...........??? 1 21 p m Leave Bodges...... 3 52 p m Lsave Belton . . 5 05 p m ? Arrive at Greenville... 6 27 p m i No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave Greenville at.?.10 S3 a in j Leave Belton.ll 57 a m j Leave Hodges. 1 12 p ta ! Leave Newberry. 3 47 p m ! Leave Alston.? . 4 46 p m j Arrive at Columbia (F). 5 50 p m I SrARTANBURG, ????o5 ?fe CoLUHBlA R. R. j No. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Alston. 12 40 p m j Leave Sparenburg. S U ?fe C Depot (B) 4 03 p ni Arrive Spartanburg R ?fe D Depot (E) 4 12 p m No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave Spartanburg R ?fe D Depot ( H) 12 4S p ra Leave Spartanburg S U ?fe C Depot (G) 107pm Leave Union.?. 2 36 p m Arrive at Alston.?. 4 36 p m LAURENS RAIL ROAD. Leave Newberry. -. 3 55 p m Arrive at Laurens C. H. 6 45 p m Leave Laurers C. Il .... . S 30 a tu Arrive at Newberry.-.ll 30 a m ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leave Hodges. 3 56 p tu Arrive at Abbeville. 4 46 p ra Leave Abbeville.12 15 p m Arrive at Hodges. I 05 p ta BLUE RIPGE R. R. ?fe ANDERSON BRANCH. Leavo Belton.?.. .~ 5 OS p m Lea ve Anderson.-. 5 41 p m Leave Pendleton. 6 20 p m Leave Senaca ,'C). 7 20 p m Arrive at Walhalla. 7 45 pm Leave Walhalla.~. 9 2S a ra Leave Seneca (L>). 9 54 a m Leave Pendleton-.10 30 a tn Leave Anderson..?.-...-ll 12 a m Arrive at Belton.,.ll4Sauo On and after above da te through cars will be run between Columbia and Henderscnville with' out change. CONNECTIONS A-With South Carolina Rail Road from Charleston ; with Wilmington Columbia ?fe Au i gusta R R from Wilmington and all points north j thereof; with Charlotte, Columbia ?fe Augusta j Rail Road from Charlotte and peint? north j thereof. B-With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail Road for points in Western N. C. C-With A. ?fe C. Div. R <fe L. R. K. for all points South and West. D-With A. ? C. Div. R. <fc D. lt. R. from At? lanta aud beyond. E-With, A ?C. Div. R. ?fe D. lt. R for a!! points South and West. F-With South Carolina Bail Road for Char lesion ; with Wilmington, Columbia ?fe Augusta Rai! K?;ad for Wilmington and the North ; win Charlotte, Columbia ?fe Augusta Rail Road for Charlotte and the North. G-With Asheville <fc Spartanburg Rail "i?oad from Hendersonville. Ii-With A. & C. Div. R. & D. R. R. from Charlotte <fc beyond. Standard time used is Washington, D. C., which is fifteen minutes faster than Columbia. J. W. FRY, Sup*? A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. Au ?rust 2?. ISSI. tf. South Carolina Railway Co. COMMENCING FEBRUARY 13th, 1SS2. Passenger Trains on Camden Brunch will j ruu as follows, until further n<?ticc: EAST TO COLUMBIA. j Leave Camden. 7 40 a m j Leave Camden Junction. 9 50 a m ) Atrive at Columbia.12 13 p m j WEST PROM COLUMBIA-DAILY EXCECT SUXDAV3. j Leave Columbia. 4 05 am... 415pm! Arrive Camden Junction, 12 11 p tu... 6 00 p nv Arrive at Camden. 2 15 p m.? 7 13 p m j EAST TO CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA Leavo Camden. 3 00 p tn Leave Camden .lune'. 4 IO p m j Arrive at Charleston. 9 00 p m j Arrive at Augusta. 7 35 a m j WEST FROM CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA. ! Leave Charleston. 7 45 a m j Leave Augusta. 4 45 p KI . Arrive Camden June'.12 ni p m i Arrive at Cumden. 2 15 p m j CONNECTIONS. Columbia and Greenville Railroad both ways, ! for all points on that Road and on the Spar- j tanburg. Union and Columbia ami Spartanburg ; au?l Asl*ville Railroads, also with tho Chxr- ' lotte, Columbia ar:d Augusta Railroad to and j from all points North by trains leaving Camden j at 7 ll) a ni, and arriving at 7 15 p m. Connections made at Augusta to all points , West and South: also ?t Charleston with '. Steamers for New York and Florida-on Wed- ' nosdays and Saturdays. Trains, on Camden Branch run daily except | Sunday. On main line. Columbia and Augusta j Divisions, trains run daily. Pullman Cars are i run between Charleston and Washington, on j trains arriving at Columbia 12:13 ?nd depart- j ing at 4:15 P. M.* Local sleepers between ; Charleston, Columbia and Augusta On Saturdays ROUND TRIP TICKETS are ? sold to and from all Stations at ooo first class J fare for the round trip -tickets being good till ! Monday noon, tb return. Excursion tickets j good for IO days are regularly on sit ie to and ] from all stations at 6 cents per mile f?r round j trip. THROUGH TICKETS to all points, can l?e j purchased by applying to James Jones, Agent j at Camden. D. C. ALLEN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. JOHN B. PECK. General Manager. Charleston, S. C.. RUBBER STAMPS- j NAME STAMPS F?R MARKING CLOTHING j with indelible ink, or for printing visiting i cards, and STAMPS OF A* Y KIM) j Call on C. P. 0STE EN, 2 ! At the Watchman and Southron Office^'' i VIA SOLITARIE. An Unpublished Poem by Henry W. Longfellow. From the Independent. Alone I walked the peopled city. Where each seems happy with his own ; Oh I friends, I ask not for your pity I walk alone. ! No more for me yon lake rejoices, Though moved by loving airs of June. O I birds, your sweet and piping voices Are out of tune. In vain for me the elm tree arches Its plumes in many a feathery spray : In vain the evening's starry marches And sunlit day. j In vain your beauty, summer flowers: Ye cannot greet these cordial eyes : They gaze on other fields than ours On other skies. The gold is rifled from the coflfer, The blade is stolen from the sheath ; Life has but one more boon to oiler, And that is-death. Yet well I know the voice of duty, And, therefore, life and health must crave, Though she who gave the world its beauty Is in ber grave. I live, 0 lost one 1 for the living, Who drew their earliest life from thee, And wait, until with glad thanksgiving. I shall be free. For life to me is as a station Wherein apart a traveller stands One absent long from home and nation, . In other lands ; And I, as be who stands and listens, Amid the twilight's chill and gloom, To hear, approacbiug in the distance, The train for home. For death shall bring another mating, Beyond the shadows of the tomb, On yonder shore a bride is waiting Until I come. In yonder field are children playing, And there-oh ! vision of delight 1 I see the child aod mother straying In robes of white. Thou, then, the longing heart that breakest, Stealing the treasures one by one, I'll call Thee blessed when thou makest The parted-one. September 18, 1363. Now that our best and sweetest poet bas ! left us, rending bj- his departure the veil of that sanctuary-his inmost life and feeling it may Dot be unlawful to publish, what would have been sacrilege before, the above touching poem," not written for the public eye, j but simply to give utterance to his heart crushing sorrow after tbe death of bis wife, in : 1861. It was sent to me bv a friend in Bos- ! toa some years ago, after my own great afilie- I tion, and has, therefore, a double sacredness to all who have passed through a similar sor? row. It will be read by many with tearful eyes, when they remember how long and patiently, with what brave and uocomplain ing heart, he has waited at the "station," till now, atlast, "the parted" are made -'one." H. M. GOODWIN. Olivet College, Mich. A MEAT AITS BREAD SERMON FOR IMPROVIDENT FARMERS. BY UNCLE REMUS. Children, have you any meat ? John,-, chap.-, V. I once heard an old minister preach a funeral sermon from this text, and be said that it could be found somewhere in John. I don't know whether 'he told thc truth or not, but for the pur? poses of this sermon, I will be rash enough to take it for granted that he did. Before proceeding to unveil the mys? teries and to elaborate the beauties of my text iu all their intricate ramifica? tions, I feel constrained to say that I suspect our peculiar brother misappre? hended the meaning of the language, as he stood ir. the midst of the weeping re? latives of the defunct whose funeral he was preaching, and, with his eyes turned skyward, propounded that search? ing inquiry, unless, peradventure, he had failed in obtaining his matutinal repast, in which event it was but natu? ral that he should have been more thoughtful of the comforts of his crav? ing stomach, than of the bereaved hearts of his bearers. lam not preach? ing a fuueral sermon my beloved, but verily I say unto you, that a failure to give proper heed to the teachings of this beautiful text, will be a public in? vitation to the funeral of your fortunes, your farms and your country and you will wander through the land, like the kan and melancholy ghosts that chassez along the river Styx without the cash to pay their ferriage, and your voices will be heard like the voices of the Hebrews by the rivers of Babylon, howling to every passing breeze. CHILDREN, HAVE YOU ANY MEAT ? Awake, therefore, ye slothful agri? culturists, awake and lend me your ears, while I elucidate and fructify the everlasting truths that com?scate along the everlasting crests of my text. I propose, then, to consider the meaning of thc words in this beautiful ! passage, in a two-fold light: I-INDIVIDUALLY. jp* ' I would remark that there are only two words in the text which I deem it necessary to individualize and catch the true ring as the miser catcheth the ring of his coin before he drops it into his old sock and hides it under the j hearth, aud those two words are 'chil- | dren' and 'meat' I opine, my beloved, that the word children in the text has a much broader signification than that segment of the human family which thc old women of the country spank with impunity, and glory in the blessed consciousness that they can du it again if they want to. ? am persuaded that in the full amplitude of its height and depth, its lcDgth and breadth, it in? cludes every native born American citizen, white and black, blue, yellow j and gray, male and female, old and j young, together with all the rest of man j and woman kind on the face of this ; time-bound earth, and ? do not think, j therefore, ray benighted friends, that I 1 would bc stretching my. imagination too j far if I were to venture the assertion that il includes even you. ?r" The word 'meat' meaoeth not alone the aggregated globules which formeth thc fleshy portions of thc corporeal tab ! eroacles ?D which the spiritual essen ? of the beasts of the field, the fowls the air, and the fish of the deep *1 and move and have their being,' but every eatable thing under the s which thc tongue of man hanker? after, or which he hideth beneath 1 broad bosom of his abdominal ocei for it is said 'his meat was locusts a wild honey,' I say, therefore, i brethren, that meat here means *\ ties,' whether it be 'chicken fixens' 'flour doins,' ham bones or corn d( gers, pickle pork or biled cabbage, a I challenge the universal creation to 1 fute the correctness of my doctrine. II-COLLECTIVELY. Having eliminated the true doctri involved in the words, children a meat, it is easy to arrive at the colle five meaning of the whole passage, ai instead of saying children, have y any meat, we may express the sat sentiment in the more artistic and poe ical paraphrase, 0 ! FARMER, HAST THOU ANY 'VITTLES 'Aye, there's the rub.' Hast th< the wherewithal-not to gorge thy eve lasting stomach at the next meal-h to feed thyself and thy family, thii ox and thine ass, thy hogs and tl cattle, even unto the sheep that brow upon the pastures, and the gobbler th struts in thy barn-yard, until anoth crop shall come in the fulness of time Oh I my brethren, if I could conve myself into an angel and soar with tl speed of thought throughout the lengt and breadth of this Southern clime, an pausing at every door-step, exclaim i .thoughts that breathe and words th; burn.' FARMER, HAST THOU ANY 'VITTLES V How many in this congregado could rise up and, sbakiog the de drops from their shaggy manef answer proudly, 'YEA, FATHER, I HATE V ! Weeping, I pause for a reply. . Oh my bretnren, many are called but fe1 are chosen and your hang-dog look [ proclaim with trumpet tongues tba I most of you are in the vocative. The ! wo unto you foolish farmers, for veril you are laying up for yourselves hun ger. Wo unto you, I say, for the foll; of the foolish virgins that trimmed nc their lamps was wisdom compared wit] your idiotic neglect. Wo unto you am unto your wives ; wo unto your flock and unto your children. Wo! wo wo ! Alas ? echo answers wo ! j Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher ; vanity of vanities, all is vauity. Th< Son of David, king in Jerusalem, mus have invented that idea on a full stom ach, whereby his reason was clouded for the doctrine which be there pro pounds is not altogether correct. A myriad of voices spring spontaneously i from the universal animated creatioo ! and uniting in one grand choral strain ? proclaim in tones of thunder that 'vittles is not vanity, and I feel sure my breth? ren, that you will all take stock with mi in that beautiful and pathetic sentiment, Give me "vittles" or give roe death. It has been beautifully said thal bread is the staff of life. I can vouch for the truth <>f this remark with pain? ful fervor. Verily I say unto you that, in my meanderings through these low grounds of sin and sorrow, it hath often happened that that portion of my earth? ly tabernacle, which is gracefully encir? cled with the waistband of my breeches, hath travailed for 'vittles,' and as the ass brayeth for his provender, even so have I been forced to cry unto the chil? dren of Mammon in the language of my text, CHILDREN, HAVE YOU ANY MEAT ? If, therefore, ye raise not the 'vittles,' how can ye have the staff, and if ye have not the staff how can ye support thc life, and if ye support not the life, what in the thunder is to become of the country and the preachers ? I will tell you, my agrarian brethren, what will become of you. You will sit, like the prodigal son among the swine and dole? fully sing, I want but "vittles" here below, And want that "vittles" quick, Or I shall wipe my weeping eyes, ? And the bucket soonly kick. 'No wc won't, some chuckle-headed brother will say, 'we will arise and go "r?to our merchant and buy the fatted calf on tick.' But what if the merchant should say : *0, foolish and impecunious genera? tion, ye seeketh after tick, but no tick shall be given you, save the tick of the prophet Jonah.' You know, my brethren, he tried to obey the Lord on tick, and the conse? quence was that be got ducked in the sea and swallowed by a whale, and wal? lowed around generally in a way that made him 'git up and git.' Just so will you get soused in a sea of trouble, swallowed by a whale of debt, and wal? loped about until you look meaner than the sneaking 'yaller' dog that Adam found slinking around his kitchen, and has slunk around the universal creation ever since. 0, misguided brethren, are you con? tent to sit, like a legion of Lazaruses, at your merchants' doors, and feed on the crumbs you can beg from their bounty? Can you stand up like men and feel that you are free born Ameri? can citizens as loDg as you whine after others for your 'vittles?' Then rise, rise ye slothful farmers, from the bog holes of credit, soar aloft on the blessed i consciousness of having raised your j 'vittles,' and year after year you will j rise higher, and higher and when your j lives si)ail reach the sere and yellow leaf, you will perch on the pinnacle of independence, and, planting thc point j of your thumb on the apex of your nose, | you will be able to twist your finger- iu j contemptuous defiance at the hordes of ? iShylocks who lie in wait for the un- j w;iry farmer, trying to gobble up all he j makes by furnishing bim 'vittles!' And ? when the caterpillar, like the angel of j death, shall spread his wings on the blast, and sweeping from cotton field to cotton field, shall gather into his capa? cious stomach the crop of thc South, then rising from his feast, like an eagle with bloody talons, shall startle thc j land with his exultant screams of C1IILDR:.::, WHEREAS Y0?II 'VITTLES Y j ! then you will be able to smile 'with a j ? smite that is child-like and bland,' and j j shout back the defiant answer: 'I got.you that time old fellow, ?; ? raised 'em myself.' [ Then, from every hill-top and out of every valley, ten thousand times ten thousand 'sperrits of just meu made perfect/ will kick up their heels and shout BULLY FOB YOU. Feeding Poultry; Raising Chicks. BY ?. Z. EVANS, JR. One of the secrets of successful poul? try raising is the art of feeding properly, not merely at regular intervals, but on the most suitable food, and keeping the chicks growing as rapidly as possible from the very start. It is very poor economy to stint the poultry, especially young growing stock, for, when once stunted, it takes a long while to recov? er, if it does occur at all. For the first twenty-four hours after the chicks emerge from the shell, they should re? main under the hen unmolested, both to dry and gain strength and hardiness. They do not require any food, as the store nature provides will last over that time. As the chicks hatch sometimes irregularly, thc older ones can be cared for in the bouse until the others are ready to be taken away, when the hen and her brood can be removed to a roomy coop, with a tight-board bottom and a rain proof roof. They should be fed five times daily, but ouly just what they will eat up clean. The first food should consist of stale bread moistened in water or in fresh milk-the milk is decided!} preferable. Do not wet the food, as very moist or sloppy food will cause sickness and a high rate of mor? tality among young, tender birds. Keep the water (for drinkiog) away from them until they are sis or eight weeks old, but if milk can be spared, give them occasional drinks of it. The too lavish use of corn meal has caused more death among young chicks than has cholera among grown fowls Until the chicks are half-grown, corn meal should be but sparingly fed, but after th;it time, when judiciously used, is one of the very best and cheapest foods for fowls and chicks. Nine-tenths of the young turkies and guinea-fowls, which die when in the 'downy' state, get their death blow from corn meal, as it is a very common practice (because it is so 'handy', and suits lazy people so well) to merely moisten, with cold water, some raw corn meal and then feed it in that way. Young chicks relish occa? sional feeds of cracked wheat and wheat screenings, while rice, well boiled, is not only greedily eaten by the chicks, but is one of the very best things that can be given. It- frequently happens that damaged lots of rice, or low grades of it, can be bought, at low figures, in the cities. As it increases so much in bulk in cooking, it is not an expensive food for young chicks, even at the reg? ular retail price, though it would not, ordinarily, pay to feed it to full-grown fowls very liberally or very frequently. In the absence of worms, bugs, etc., during early spring, cheap parts of fresh beef can be well boiled and shreded up for the little chicks, but care must be taken not to feed more frequently than once in two days, and only then in mod? eration. This feeding on moat shreds is very beneficial to young turkey and guinea chicks when they are 'shooting' their first quill feathers, as then they require extra nourishment to repair the drain on immature bodies.-American Agriculturist for April. i- i * - Table Etiquette. Never bite the pewter spoons. Get? ting the dents ont is expensive work. Don't run the risk of killing your? self. Eat therefore, with your fork and fingers Knives are dangerous. Never wipe your mouth on the table cloth, but pull out a dirty handkerchief from your vest pocket Never make any remarks about it when you notice that several table cloths are pinned together or basted with twine in order to cover the table. Never kick the feet of the person sit? ting opposite you. Corns are proverbi? ally sensitive. If it bc a lady, you are apt to get killed by her husband. Keep your feet under your chair. If there are children at the table, joD't pay too much attention to them ; if you do, somebody is liable to have 3trong reasons for being seriously em? barrassed. Don't put any food in your pocket. Eat ali you can but don't carry any iway. If you do not see what you want ask for it. Perhaps it can be procured at the corner grocery. When the lady of the house comes into the dining-rcom from the kitchen with her face as red as a penny and her band as bard as a horn, make no re? marks. Don't comment on the peculiar ?ffects of heat. She may hit you with thc coflfee-pot or crown you wich the 3Ugar-bowl. If anything is not cooked to your taste, say so. Hostesses should not Hake such blunders. If you find a pearl in the oyster soup return it to the lady of the house. It s worthless.-Rochester Union. - i ? i - Viper Men and Women. At. Guadalajara there exists an in lividual having a scaly skin exactly i t ike that of a viper, even to the green | ( 2olor. lie has, besides, the viper j ] habits of changing or shedding his ! 1 skin every year. Thc skin comes off ? in a single piece, and not, as might j 1 be supposed, in parts. On the man's | head there is not a single hair. A I f sister ol' this man who died a short j ] time ago manifested the same phenom- j t Diion, and toward the close of ber life j ? began slowly t<> grow blind, owing to j 1 the viper's skin encroaching on the j eyes to such an extent that she could j 1 only see through a narrow aperture at < each eye. The same thing is now S i happening to thc brother. Ile can j I scarcely see any object, and thc head i < presents the repulsive aspect of a viper: In Cuautia ' these unhappy j i beings have been known as the viper j ? man and woman and the phenomenon ji is attributed to thc fact that their j mother atc an excess of viper's meat j to cure a disease of tho blood. In j Cuba it is a common practice for j people to cat viper's meat as a remedy j for blood disease.-Santa Fe New ? Mexican. i Political Prosecutions. CHARLESTON-, S. C., April 10.- Tn the United States Circuit Court to-day, District Attorney Melton announced that he was ready to proceed with the case of the United States against Joseph Bates and others, managers of election at Acton precinct, Richland county, charged, under Sections 5515 and 5522 of the United States Revised Statutes with obstructing a United Supervisor of Election in the discbarge of his duty, and with performing other unlawful acts to affect the result of the election at said poll. The District Attorney asked and obtained leave of the Court to amend the information as to its phrase? ology, the counts for conspiracy, being excluded under the rulings of Judge Bond on Saturday. The work of or? ganizing a jury was then commenced. The names of thirty jurors in attendance were placed in a hat and were drawn. The first juror drawn was a white man. District Attorney Melton told the juror to stand aside. Counsel for the defen? dants objected, claiming that in a mis ieamor the government had not the right to order jurors to stand aside, as had been decided by Chief Justice Waite in the Ellenton trials, and fur? ther claimed that Judge Bend himself, i few days ago, in the case of the State }f South Carolina against Kane and others, tried for murder, had decided :hat the prosecution had not the right to stand jurors aside. Colonel J. C. Frlaskell and Attorney General You 11 a ns were heard in support of the ob ection, and District Attorney Melton ind Mr. Dallas Sanders in support of ;ne right of the government to stand iside jurors. At the conclusion of the irgument Judge Bond said he would 30t decide then, but would allow the prosecution to stand jurors aside, and proceed with the case, and if after con? sidering the question, he agreed with jonnsel for thc defendants, he would ?rant a motion in arrest of judgment n the case of conviction. The jury ?ras then organized as follows: John VI Tindall (White Republican). J. Duncan Howard (colored Republican,) M. K. Robertson (white Republican.) Jus Rainey (colored Republican,) J. W. Fountain (white Democrat,) Paris Simpkins (colored Republican,) E. J. Pickney (colored Republican,) Joseph hollins (white Democrat,) J. Fi Chest jut (colored Republican,) B. F. Straus ^wbite Democrat.) The government exhausted thc panel in standing aside urors. The Court then adjourned un il 10 oViock to-morrow, when the evi? dence will be taken. CHARLESTON, April ll.-To the United States Circuit Court to-day, fudge Bond presiding, the case of the United States against Bates and others, nanagers and c?e ks of election at the iVcton Precinct, Richland County, at -he election of 1880 was resumed. The District Attorney stated the ease to he jury. The charges, he said, were ;hat the defendants obstructed the Uni? ted States Supervisor in the discbarge )f his duty : in that they did not open :he ballot b>x and inspect it, and allow ;he Supervisor to see that it was empty, ind in that they placed in the box a lumber of tissue ballots. Mr. J. W Scott of Richland County produced the ballot box given to him by :he Deputy Clerk of the Court for Rich? land County as the Precinct box. Ad iison J. Forrest, the United States Supervisor, testified that the managers, apon the request of the Supervisor, opened the box in the morning before the voting began, but did not open it wide ; that the election proceeded quietly all day, and that when the box was opened sixty-eight more ballots wore found in it than there were names )n the poll list ; that the managers irew out the excess from the box :brough the medium of the clerk, who was blindfolded, and then destroyed ;hcm Both testified that they saw itrings sticking to the lid of the box when it was opened, and claimed that he box produced in court was not the )ox which had been used at Acton. Kane, on his cross-examination, testi ied that he came to this couutry from ireland in 1867 ; although he had jot been naturalized be had taken the >ath as Supervisor, and had voted it Acton on the day of the election in L880. CHARLESTON, April 12.-In the United states Circuit Court, Judge Bond pre? siding, the trial of the case of the United states vs. Joseph Bates and others :harged with violation of thc United states election law was resumed. L. C. Scott, (colored,) Joseph Hin? no, (colored.) Joseph Johuson, (color id.) J. H. Bingham, (colored,) York Shiell, (colored,) M. H. Berry, (white,) 3,. N. Richbourg, (white,) J. D. Evans, ^white.) John T. Seibels, (white,) and M. C. Robertson, (white,) were exam ned as witnesses by the government. Thc testimony of the colored wit ?esses was merely corroborative of the ;estimony given yesterday. Berry testified that he had made the jallot boxes for Richland County, and ,hc box produced iu Court was not one )f the boxes he had made. Mr. Richbourg, Chairman of the Broad of Election Commissioners for j Richland County, testified to turning >ver the ballot box for Acton precinct o Joseph Bates, the defendant, as Chairman of the Board of Managers of Election of that precinct. So far as he enow, there was nothing save the in? ductions to managers in the box when je delivered it. Mr Seibels testified that be was pre? sent when the box was delivered to ?ates. The box in Court was a coun erpartofthe box delivered to Bates. There was nothing in the box. so far as ; ic knew, when given to Bates. Thc District Attorney then sought. I jy introducing testimony as to the con- j 3uct of the election at other precincts j n the same County, to connect the de- ! fondants with a general combination to j ?ojnmit fraud. Thc Court ruled that such would bc ; inadmissible, there being no count of i conspiracy in thc information. The ; defendants could only be held accounta- j ble for what Was done at Acton poll. The District Attorney then announc- | cd that thc prosecution would close its * direct case. Thc Court then adjourned until to- . morrow at 10 o'clock, at which time thc defense will epen their case. Fellows Who Ought to bei Killed. Thc fellow who crosses his legs in a crowded car, and uses the space in front of him as a cuspadore. The restaurant fieod who insists upon | eating with his knife. The fellow who can't sit nest to a j woman without insulting her The fellow who can't pass a woman in the street without leering into her face. The fellow who tells old sto*:~s. The professional borrower ^>. never pay3-about the meanest of all i:-lows. The fellow who takes another woman to the theatre and leaves his wife at home. The fellow who sits behind you on a first night and tells his neighbors all the plot of the play. The fellow who borrows your umbrel? la 'just for a minute' and returns the handle in a month. The fellow who goas out between every act to get a drink and comes in later after each drink. The fellow who sits on your hat in church because you have politely made room for him. The fellow who has just heard a 'good thing.' The fellow who interlards every word with an oath. The fellow who smokes bad cigars on , the front platform or elsewhere. Thc fellow who uses hair oil. The fellow who has been abroad 'you . know.' The girls who ought to bc taught better. Gainsborough hat girls. Oscar Wilde girls. Girls with loud voices. Girls who talk aloud in theaters. Giggling girls. Too awfully young girls. Girls who are only just coming out. Girls who are out too long. Girls of thirteen who imagine them? selves eighteen. Girls of forty odd, who imagine themselves twenty-two, and dress ac? cordingly. Blue girls. Vichery-Vassary girlf. Girls who use slang. Girls who have cousins to take them home. Girls who can't dance. Girls who can do nothing but dance. Girls who flirt with the wrong fel? low. Girls who flirt with the right fellow. Girls who powder and paint. Scientific girls who wear glasses. Girls who know grammar too well. Giris who know anything to well. Girls who like any fellow's autograph save one. Girls who can sing or play, and make fuss over it when asked. Girls who can ueither sing or play, and are always ready to be asked. Girls who don't know their own minds. Girls who do know their own minds. Fast girls. Slow giris. In fact-! ! ! -~mm^*~- .? ? ? yi -- "Lowell on the Catawba." While the South is being aroused to the importance of bringing the mills to the cotton, it is surprising that more at? tention has not been directed to one of the finest water powers in the United States, and that the waters of the Catawba 'flow still idly on,' with capac? ity on one place alone, in the language of a gentlemen who himself owns a fac? tory, of furnishing water power suffi? cient for moving all the mills of Lowell. 1 The fall is ninety-six feet in less than a ! mile from where the canal commences ! on the Catawba to its terminus on Fish? ing Creek. The surveyor was assisted j by a machinist who bas made mills a specialty. They represent it as surpass- 1 ing all others on the river : By its greater fall of water in a given distance, - the flow being unlimited and unceasing during the entire year ; by being nearer to the railroad, only five miles of good ] road and no stream to cross to the Ches- 1 ter, Lancaster and Cheraw Railroad, j requiring only a few hours to reach either Chester or Lancaster; by the ' facilities of controlling the water, there ' being 5 locks, each ll feet in 200 ! yards ; and by the fine granite for build- ] ing purposes op the place, some of which 1 is dressed.-Ck'stcr Reporter. { A Goon LITTLE BOY STORY.-A little boy wanted a drum. His mother, wish? ing to give him an impressive lesson, suggested that if he should pray Tor it he might receive one. So at night, when ready for bcd, he knelt down and prayed : "Now I lay me down to sleep, (I want a drum.) . I pray the Lord my soul to keep, (I want a drum.) If I should die before I wake, (I want a drum.) I pray the Lord my soul to take, (I want a drum.) His father, who had been let into the j, secret, bad meanwhile quietly placed a j, drum on the bed. As the youngster j j rose and his eyes fell on the drum be ?, exclaimed in an emphatic manner, that j, banished all serious thoughts from the minds of his listeners : ( **Where the devil did that drum ; ( come from ? j. A wonderful amount of invention is j expended in devising original costumes j, for Parisian fancy balls. A lovely count- j ess, who is noted equally in Paris for 1 , wit and beauty, gave one recently in ; ! which her guests represented a fruit ! ( garden. Thc ladies appeared as vines, ; cherry trees, currant bushes, strawber- j ( ry plants, &<$., and the gentlemen as apple and pear trees One lovely young j lady, it is said, won murmurs of admira- : tion as a strawberry. At another brill j a kitchen garden was represented. The \ ladies wore white and red turnips, cauli? flowers, and radishes (thc sweet-smell- : ing onion and the suggestive carrot were neglected,) and the gentlemen appeared as cabbages, beet rout, and : celery. Some amusement was created ; at another fancy bail given by Mme. : Gulch ard by thc appearance of a newly married couple as cock and hen, the ; cock being arrayed in golden brown feathers, with comb and spurs complete, and thc hen in white satin ;\:\d swans- ! down, with a little white-fcathcr tail j and a small basket of golden eggs. I News and Gossip. The commission appointed under the Act constituting the County of Berke? ley met at Mount Pleasaut on Tuesday and proceeded to select, by a vote of a majority of them, Mount Pleasant as a suitable place for the site of the County seat of Berkely. The vote was after? wards made unanimous. In many parishes in England bags have been introduced to receive tbe of? ferings of the people instead of the plates. As a consequence the amount of the contributions has fallen off, a good deal of copper money having taken the place of silver and gold. A Liver? pool clergyman preached a sermon opon the subject to bis congregation, taking for his text the words : **Alexander, the coppersmith, did me much evil." The notorious 'Robber Governor' of South Carolina has achieved at last, by a series of petty swindling operations, iufamous notoriety which his plunder of millions from the people of his native State failed to secure him. He has been photographed, at the expense of the police department of the city of New York, by the artist of the Tombs, and his once handsome bot sinister features have been hung in the gallery of that classic mausoleum of character, (portrait No. 1,601,) while the original occupies a felon's cell, awaiting the jost judgment which is to consign him to the penitentiary. 'Mau that is in honor and considere th not is like the beast that perish.' English papers, in relating American history, not unfrequently rise above the region of dry facts into that of pure im? agination. Thus a writer in the Satur? day Rccicir, criticising Col. Palfrey's 'History of the Campaigns of Antietam and Fredcricksburg,' announces that Lee's purpose in his first passage of the Potomac was to reach the population of eastern Maryland, then held down by overwhelming military force. 'Had he been able to reach that part of the State,' this gifted writer remarks, *he would undoubtedly have recruited his army by 200,000 excellent soldiers and would have cut off the enemy's Govern? ment, temporarily, at least, from the greater part of its resources!' The whole State of Maryland at that time did not possess that number of able bodied men, capable of being armed. Had thc critic read thc book he assumed to review he would probably have drawn it considerably milder. Near Waterbury, Vt., last Sunday nigbt Michel McCaffric, aged 50 years, killed bis wife, of the same age, and his own mother, aged 80 years, and conceal? ed their bodies in the coller of bis house. This afternoon he hitched up his wagon, put his seven children in it, and brought them to Waterbury Centre from the Cotton Brook district, where he lived a mile from any neighbor. His eldest boy, aged 14 years, said that on Suo day night he beard terrible screams in the house, and that he had not seen his mother or grandmother since. His father had kept thVceller door tightly fastened. The authorities took McCaf? fric to the scene, and found the bodies in the coller. The murderer exhibited the knife with which he killed the wo? men. He stabbed them to death in their bedrooms, dragged the bodies to the coller door aud tumbled them in, afterward going down and covering them with a sheet and bcd quilt. In years past McCaffrie has been demented, and two years ago was taken to the Brattleboro Insane Asylum, where he remained several months, being dis? charged as cured. He is evidently in? sane now. He is a native of Ireland, and owns some property. The murder was committed in a large room, in which they all slept. The old lady, who was blind, had one of the children in' ber arms when she was killed. For Educating the Freedmen, NORWICH . April 12.-John F. Sla? ter, a wealthy gentleman of this city, has signified his intention of creating a fund of ?1,000,000, to be known as .The John F. Slater Fund,' for the education of freedmen. The fund is to be vested in the hands of trustees, who are to apply the income according to the instructions of the donor. An act incorporating these trustees was intro? duced in the Assembly in 'Albany to? day. The trustees named in the act are R. B. Hayes, Chief Justice Waite, William E. l)odge of New York, the Rev. Philip Brooks of Boston, Presi? dent Gilmau of the John Hopkins Uni? versity. John A Stewart of New York, Gov. Colquit of Georgia, M. K. Jes? sup of New York. James P. Boyce of Kentucky, and William A. Slater, the donor's son. Mr. Slater thus explains, iu one paragraph of his letter to the trustees, bis geueral object: The general object which I desire to have exclusively pursed is the uplifting of the lately emancipated population of thc Southern States and their prosperity by conferring on them the blessings of Christian education. The disabilities formerly suffered by this people, and their singular patience and fidelity in the great crisis uf the nation, establish i just claim on the sympathy and good v.-ill of humane and patriotic men. ? L-annot but feel the compassion that is juc in view of their prevailing ignor? ance, which exists through, no fault of their own. Mr. Slater purposely leaves the tras? tees the largest liberty in making such change iu thc methods of applying the fund as may from time to time seem wise. He suggests that the education of teachers for the colored race may be the wisest purpose to which the fund can be put. If after thirty-three years three-quarters of the trustees shall for anv reason agree that there is no fur? ther use for thc fund in the form it is now itvstitututcd, he authorizes them to apply the capital to the establishmecr of foundations subsidiary to these existing institutions, of higher ?ducation, so as to make them more freely accessible to poor colored students. Under the pre? sent institution of thc fuud he especially wishes that neither principal nor income shalt be cxpeuded in land or buildings for any u'.bcr purpose than that of a safe and productive iuvestmeut for an iucome. The first step toward virtue is to ab? stain from vice arni to love virtue iu others.