The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 24, 1883, Image 1
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"Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's.'
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established' Jone, 1866.
SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1883.
New Seriesr-Yol. II. No. 37.
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attd Southron Publishing
Company,
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?OTON, COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA R. R.
COr?DKNSK? SCUK1>?I*E.
TWAINS GOING SOUTH.
Daily.
Ko. 40
Daily.
H 10 pm
12 19 "
2 Mata
. 2 45 -
l No. 43, J No. 47,
?3 - j Dairy. [ Daily.
iv*. Oo?o IXt^Tm^ ?
SSaamw:^.
r F&reweec
No- 43 * tops at alf Stations.
4? sod 47 atop? onJy ac Brinkley's,
Flemington, Fair Blaff. Marion.
^teaMnajROe, Saatter, Camden Junc
Kasto ver.
fer Colombia and all points on
Gj^JL C. C. A. A. R. ?.. Stations.
and a& points beyond, anon kl
4$^igbt Erpresa.
0^ Portman, S?o?-pers fer Charleston
on tra?o? 4S and 47.
00 40 caa take 48 train from
Colombia. Augusta and Georgia
iga filia ni >!?
ra? Solid between Charle? toe and
JOHN F. DIVINS. General Sop't.
j?, KMERSON. Geo. Pa*?eoger Ag*?.
1STEBN R. R. ea.
)BN PS O?TICB,
NORTH EASTERN. RAILROAD CO.
G?LUE?STOV, S. C., Jan. 2r, 1882.
and after this date the following Sche?
ma ndays included :
tve^Charleston. ' Arrive Florence.
8 00 A. M-1-12 25 P. M.
... 4 20 P ll.
1 20 A. M.
Arrive Charleston.
.6 50 A. M.
.-8 40 AM.
-4 15 P. x.
in leaving Florence at 2 50 A. M. will
only at Kingstree and Mondes Corner.
Train leaving Charleston at 12 00 m.
ill stop only at Mo neks Corner, Lanes and
?ATV ft AHT AT) S3H3DULE.
SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.
; Charleston.12 00 m
CBsnt?..,,..T.. 2 50 p m
.?Wi........ 5 50 p m
8 45 a m
.12 30 p m
at Charies?oo................. 4 15 o m
m at. E?ERSON, J. F. DIVINE, '
Pen 1 Ticket Ag t. Gen'! Snpt.
Carolina Railway Co.
*^O? ?ENCINO Febrasry 4th. 18S3. Pas
J z.ij^tt Trains wiH mn as follows, until for?
ker anion. (No trains are ron on Camden
ranon on Sandays ) .
TO COLUMBIA.
.ave Ca Baden-. 6 45 am 430pm
eave Camdon Jonction... 8 09 a ra 6 35 p m
?rive at CulumbU........ lt 28 am 10 35 pm
~ - . . rao? COLOMBIA
aaa? Colombia.._ S 00 a m... 6 5S p m
rrive Camden Jeaetioa~!l 35 a rn... 8 45 p m
arrive at Camden_1 40 p m...JO 12 p m
P TO CHARLESTON
[?eave Camden. 5 45 * m 4 30 p m
Usa ve Camden Jane*........; 8 09 a m 6 35 p m
Arrive-?* Chariest??- I 00 p in ll 30 p m
FRO* CUARLESTDS
[?.ara G ar Je.? too......... 7 OO a m... 835am
Imve Camden Jene'...ll 35 a c. 8 48 p m
Inls? at Camden ........ 1 40 p in... 10 12 p m
TO Al CURTA
Leave Camdon ........ .^..^.6 45 a m 4 30 pm
taara Camden Ju ac'...8 09 a m 6 35 p ni
bri ve at Angas ta -....2 00 p m 7 13am
'. ROM ACGOTA
jeavo Augusta............... 7 05 a M?...9 00 p m
Irrive Camden Juoc'._...,S 48 p m 10 35 a m
Imve Camden -.IA 12 p m 1 40 p in
cosmccriuas.
Connections made st Colombia with Colum
?Aand Greenville Railroad both ways, to ana
om mil points on that Road and on the Spar
nborg. Union and Colombia aad Spartanburg
?dr ?.?SviBe Railroads, -also with the Char- j
tm, Colombia aad A agosta Railroad to and
om all points North by fm in* leaving Camden j
: * 45 a mf ?md arriving at 10 12 p m.
Connection? made at angosta to aH Point? ;
rant and South; also at Charleston rich j
teamer* for New York-on Wednesdays and
ot ord aye. Also wi - h Charleston and Sap an n? h
airway for Savannah and al) points Sooth.
Connections ma-?c nt Blackville with Barn?
ett &. R to and from Barnwell by all trains
a Angosta Divinion.
On Saturday* ROUND TRIP TICKETS are
dd to and from all Station? at ?ne first class
re for tba mond trip-tickers being good till
enday noon, to rom m. Ex com on. tickets
lod fer li days are regularly on sale to and
mm) aH stations at 6" cents per mile for round
?mH TICKETS to all points, can he
d by applying to James Jones, Agent
Fit Camden. D. C. ALLEN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
JOBS B. PECK, General Manager.
Charleston, S. C
SADDLERY ANO HARNESS.
rrm* FINEST LEATHER ON HAND Ready
1 . to be worked np at the lowest living
figures,
/ HARNESS of the latest style and of my
ova workmanship, at my shop to sell.
I aaa prepared to do all kinds of Jobs in
my lino of business. All Orders received
will be promptly attended to, and with the
greatest care.
? ????A foll line of
RS AD Y-MADE HARNESS?
SADDLES, BRIDLES,
COLLARS, MARTIN
\ GAL3S, and
EVERYTHING ELSE
pertaining toa First-class Harness Shop.
OLD HARNESS made to look as good
N?W.
INO and REPAIRING Old TRUNKS
-A SPECIALTY.
WORK in my line GUARANTEED
to give SATISFACTION.
T. 0. WROTENj
of Main and Republican Streets.
(15,1?J- if
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
The Executive Committee would respect,
folly represent to the public that they have
all tbe marble for slabs and shields ; have
bad the inscription slab cut and inserted, and
the four shields ready to be inserted-and
here tba funds have given out, and the work
must stop unless we cao procure $225.00 to
complete the monument.
This amount will be required to cut the
names of over 400 Confederate Dead of the
District of Sumter upon the three slabs, and
insert the same io the Monument. This will
complete the work-in fact was the object for
which the work was begun.
We now earnestly appeal to all who desire
to perpetuate the names of Sumter's illustri?
ous Dead, and particularly to those to whom
such names are most dear, to aid us by giv?
ing such subscriptions as they can afford.
Subscriptions can be paid to Judge Fraser,
Treasurer of the Monumental Association, or
to either member of the Committee.
J. D. BLANDING, Chairman.
L. P. LOBING.
E. W. MOISE.
H. HARBT.
G?IGNARD RICHARDSON.
TAX NOTICE.
-o
OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER,
? SUMTER COUNTY, APBIL 16, 18S3.
N'OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the office of the Treasurer of Sumter
County will be open at Sumter Court House
from the FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1883,
to tbe FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 18S3, for the
collection of State. County, School, Poll, and
Special Taxes for the Fiscal Year commencing
November U 1882.
The rate of levy on all property assessed for
taxation is as follows :
For State Purposes-Four and three fourths
mills on each dollar of tbe valuation of tbe
property represented on the Tax Duplicate
for tbe said Fiscal Year.
For Ordinary County Purposes for said Fiscal
Year-Two and one half wills on each dollar
of ?aid valuation.
Fer Special County Purposes-to wit:
For Deficiencies in the Fiscal Year commencing
November 1, ISSI, one-fourth of one mill*
and one-half mill for funded indebtedness
prior to November, 1879.
For School Purposes-Two (2) mills on each
dollar ot said valuation : also Poll Tax of
one dollar on each taxable poll, lo wit : of
each male citizen between the ages of 21 and
50 y ears, except such as are exempt by law.
The said Tax?>8 are to be paid in tbe following
rands, and no other, viz: Gold and Silver Coin,
United States Currency, National Bank Notes,
and Coupons which shall become payable
during the year 1883, on the Valid Consolidated
Bonds of this State, known as "Brown Bonds^
and on the Bodds of this State known as the
.'Deficiency Bonds,"-and Jury Certificates,
and the per diem of State witnesses in the
Circuit Courts, fer Couuiy taxes, Dot including
School taxes.
The said taxes are payable in two install?
ments ; one-half from the first day of May, to J
the first day of June 18S3, the other half from
the 15th of September to the 26tb day of
October, 1SS3. and it is optional with any tax
payer to pay the whole or one-half of said
Taxes at the time first mentioned. but if one
half thereof he not then paid, a penalty of five
per centum will bo added thereon.
W. F. B. 11AYNSW0R7H,
April 16 Tro::p?Jter Sumter County.
ENGINE FOR SALE.
ONE FIRST CLASS 25-PORSE POWER
Portable Engine, in good order. Will
be sold on reasonable terms. Apply to
Apr IO _C. T. MASON, Ja.
FOR SALE
FOR CASH.
AFINE, MEDIUM SIZE MULE, IN
good order and a good second band
two-horse wagon and body. Applv at this
Office. March 13
FORSALK
TWO HOUSES AND LOTS, ON WASH
inton Street. Titles guaranteed. Ap?
ply at Sumter Book and Varietr Store, to
W. G. KENNEDY.
-ALSO
A Horse and Buggy,
Apply as above, to
March 13 W. G. KENNEDY.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
THIRTY DAYS AFTER DATE HEREOF,
the undersigned will apply to \Y. H.
Cuttino, Esq., Clerk of the Court for Sumter
County, for a Charter, incorporating them?
selves and their associates, under the name
andtitleofthe M A Y ES VILLE CEMETERY
ASSOCIATION, as provided for by the Gen?
eral Statutes, sections 1,376 and 1,377.
J. R. Mayes, S. W. Wilson,
J. W. Dennis, W. J. McLeod, Jr.,
J. C. McKinney, J. H. Garland,
J. A. Ma ves, N. G. Du Bose,
F.J. Mayes, J. W. Hudson,
J. E. Atkins, T. D. Foxwortb,
J. B. Cochrane, J. E. Maves,
H.H.Wilson,; J. J. Muller,
C. O. Wheeler, E. M. Cooper,
J. B. Trironal, and others.
April 5 lm
I THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS are
I wasted on physicians' fees by the dyspeptic,
I the rheumatic, the billious, and the nervous,
when a dollar expended on that unapproacha?
ble vegetable tonic and alterative, DR. SIM?
MONS' HEPATIC COMPOUND, or LIVER
AND KIDNEY CURE, would in every case
effect a radical cure.
NO REMEDY IN THE WORLD EVER SO
FULLY WON THE CONFIDENCE
OF MANKIND AS
SIMMONS' HEPATIC COMPOUND
OR
LIVER AND KIDNEY CURE,
For the cure of Dyspepsia, indigestion,
Constipation and all Troubles arising from
the Liver, Kidneys and Bladder.
Taken two or three times a day it prevents
Fever and Ague, Malarial Fever, Diphtheria,
Scarlet Fever and Cuolera.
pt- OH, WOMAN ! -?E*
Why will you allow yourself to be prostra?
ted, your system enervated, your healtii com?
pletely destroyed by the gaunt strides of
those insidious and oft times fatal diseases
called "Female Weaknesses," when you can
be en ti rel v cured bv using SIMMONS' HE?
PATIC COMPOUND. It will remove Pimples
and Blotches, purify your Blood, and make
your Skin clear and healthy.
For sale everywhere.
In Sumter by Dr. A. J. CHINA,
In MayesviUeby Dr. F. J. MAYES.
In Bisbopville by Dr. R. Y. McLEOD.
DOWIE & MOISE, Proprietors,
Wholesale Druggists, Charleston, S. C.
Oct 17_
Betone Cotton fif? Co.
COTTON BATTING
PREPARED IN ROLLS
FOR COMFORTS, QUILTS AND
MATTRESSES.
SOLD AT THE FACTORY AND BY
merchants in Sumter at 10 cents per
pound.
Liberal discount to the trade allowed.
D. JAMES WINN,
Sept 19-1 j President.
COXSTAA'VZ.
A pearl BO raro
That men pearce ever find it,
A flower so sweet
That angeis in their crowns nave 'tvn?t
A song so low
Thai few save Love's ears hear it,
Though Faith ;u;d Hope
In joy et&iid ever near it.
As 'mong' fair flowers
The lily istthe fairest,
So 'moLv life's ?cra8
The pearl of Constancy is fairest.
LAXSING, Mich. E
ZI VE FJP TO TUE MOTTOES.
There is co use in putting np the
motto "God bless our home," if the
father is a rough old bear, and the spirit
of discourtesy and rudeness is taught by
parents to children, and by the older to
the younger. There is no uso in put?
ting up the motto 4 4 The Lord will pro
Tide/' "while the father is shiftless, the
mother is shiftless, the boys refuse to
work, and the girls fcasy themselves over
gewgaws and finery. There is no use in
puttins? up the motto " The greatest of
these is charity," while the tongue of
the backbiter wags in the family, and
silly gossip is dispensed at the tea-table.
There is no use in placing conspicuously
the motto "The liberal man deviseth
liberal things," while the money chinks
in the pockets of the "head of the
household," groaning to get out and see
the light cf day, and there are dollars
and dimes for wine and tobacco and
other luxuries, but positively not one
cent for the church. In how many
homes are these mottoes standing-let
us say, hanging-sarcasms, which serve
only to point a jest and adorn a satire !
The beauty of quiet lives, of trustful,
hopeful, free-handed, free-hearted, char?
itable lives, is one of surpassing loveli?
ness, and those lives shed their own in?
comparable fragrance, and the world
knows where to find them. And they
still remain fresh and fadeless when the
colors of the pigment and the floss have
faded, and the very frames have rotted
away in their joints.
TUE 2SOT1IER SUJ?ES TUE WOHLD.
It is hard for a young mother, who
hits not yet overcome the wayward ten?
dencies of her own youthful nature, to
realize the influence she exerts over her
own little ones. She is constantly sur?
rounded by critical imitators, who copy
her morals and manners. As the mother
is, so aro her sons and daughters. If a
family of children is blessed with an in?
telligent mother, who is delicate and re?
fined in her manners, and does not con?
sider it necessary to be one woman in a
drawing-room and an entirely differer t
person in every-day life, but who is a
true mother, and always a tender, charm?
ing woman, you will invariably see her
habits, of speech and perfect manners
repeated in her children. Great, rough j
men and noisy, busy boys will always j
tone down their voices and step lightly j
and try to bo more mannerly when she i
stops to give them a kind word or a j
pleasant smile ; for a true mother will j
never fail to say or do all the pleasant j
tidings that she can that will in any way
help or lift np and chesr those whoso j
lives are shaded with care and toil.
The mother of to-day rules the world of
fco-morrow.
A GiBL astonished an audience in the
Gayety Theater, London, two years ago,
by junking from a high bridge at the
back of the stage, landing gracefully on
the floor, and then executing a dance,
which was varied by leaps of twenty
feet in the air. The performances of
Ariel, as she wa* called, were for a while
tiie theatrical wonder of the town. They
were done by means of a jumping ap
paratus, invented by her husband, Wal?
ler Dando. He subsequently applied
the machinery to other dancers in Lon
.lon and Paris, and next season several
duplicates of Ariel will be seen in thia
..cuntrv.
j THIERS are six cities in California hav
I ::\<;< >'....:. 10,000 population, as follows : j
j c :w>. uno.
SRI: :"rr.:.c>co .I'WA U\ATX \
I <>.<k !?;:d. a*.010 10,000 !
? Sj.?.%-..??:r?:o. j:{."iK) lfi,2?3 !
! >.:.. .1 sr. } _V."W S.iJSi' !
! !... M;S . . -. 11,(00 5,7-J8
>;... fe?-.ltvHtf io,uoo j
THETGAM t: OF COMMERCE.
[ S?"> often has thu r;;\ii? o? commerce
l>een referred to i:i ti:-- social notes from
Eastern cities, that sevend inquiries
havxj l?ee:i received asking how to play
the gaine, and it seems not inappropriate
to record a description o? one of thc
most pleasant amusements that have en?
tertained the fashionables of New York, j
Washington, Philadelphia and Chicago j
during the long winier evenings. As ?
there are comparatively few games which
can be p?aved bv odd or even numbers i
of people, commerce has sprung into j
favor just at tlie moment when everyone
is tired of "Don Pedro,*' "rounce,"
"Pope Joan," and the few other round i
games familiar to Americans.
Any number of persons may join in
the game, ftom four to fourteen, or
tn re, and, when a large party desires to j
t. ty at the same table, two packs o? i
. avis may be used, which gives each j
player the chance of holding five of .'i j
kind-a hand literally better than the
best-and it gives the game to the holder
according to the denomination of tho
cards. Five cards aro dealt to taeh
player and five on tue tabla for "st<<:.-k,"
which m;.st be turned face up, and from
it each in turn, begmning with the
player at the left of the dealer, may
draw one or more cards or exchange all
of his cards for the five ou thc table, Iiis
original hand becoming the "stock"
from which the next draws, and soon
until ono obtains a hand with which he
is content, when he raps on the table,
or more elegantly eries out : " My ship
sails." The others may continuo to
draw around to him who is ready to
start on his commercial voyage, when
the hands are all laid upon the table and
compared. The hands are drawn with j
the same object and then- relative value
is in th? same order as in the game of
poker, as follows :
1. A " sequence flush " is a sequence
of five cards, and all of the same suit.
2. "Fours" are four of the five cards
of the same denomination.
i 3. A "taft." is a hand consisting
three cards of the same denominai
and a pair of another denon ination.
4. A "flush"is ali five cards of
same suit.
5. A "sequence" is all five cards
of the same suit, but in sequence.
6. "Threes" are three cards of
same denomination, but the other
of different denomination from a
other.
7. Two pairs.
8. One pair.
When the hands are shown, all hold
below a certain value-milich is deon
by tue players at the start-are drop]
from the game and at the next deal
neivc no car s. but make every eilbrl
induce those holding cards to speak
them, which is forbidden, and if they
so they forfeit their hend, ?which is tai
by him who has forced a reply, a
other efforts are made by the "outs"
get in, till some player cries " 2.1y s]
sails," when all who \.Lik ^"v w in ti
around to him ; the cards are all 1?
down again and ali may speak with(
fear of forfeit.
In tins wav the game continues, cai
ing much lang}: tor at tho unsuccessful
tempts to keep silent, until only t
players are left in the game, all the rt
. of the party importuning them with
sorts cf questions, hoping at the 1?
moment to get even one syllable in i
spouse, which would be enough to g?
the hand ; and when the merchant
.ready ti ie comparison takes plu.ee, ai
tho highest hand wins the prize, whi<
is carefully concealed until it is wo
A pretty gift may be offered, such as
book, a painting, some article of bric
brac, or a bonbonni?re, and some ladi
wishing to make the evening memoral
to ail do not distribute the prizes t
the close of the evening, when a pr?t
souvenir is proser ted to each gues
whether they have won a game or nr.
Very pretty for this purpose are tl
satin tablets much used for menu card
an which can be printed some novel d
sign with the date and residence of tl
?iver, and the name of the recipient -
Chicago Times.
THE CHARGE OF TSE LIGHT BRIG
ABE,
To a correspondent of the Cinoinnai
Gazette Mark King, an iron "worker s
Ironton, Ohio, gave the following de
scripticn of the charge at Balaklava, i
which he took part :
"I was the servant of Col. Jame
Brown, and, though the servant of e?
officer does not have any picket duty t
perform while in a camp or in a fort, h
has to take part in all the fights. Th?
British army were in possession of tbre?
batteries situated on a bluff, one abov<
the other, and the brigade composed i
part of their support. As we sat in on
saddles that morning, watching tin
progress of the 'nattle before us, and sav
the redoubts taken by the Russians, tin
order c<>mc to advance. It vas deliv?
ered by Capt. Nolan. Being the ser
"? ant of an oilicer I was near the com?
mander when the order "was delivered
I distinctly heard Lord Cardigan say,
4 My God 1 how can we do it ?' Then
eume the reply, 'There is the order,
there sre the men, and there are the
batteries.' Nolan also said, ' I will go.'
We were then ordered by L'tfd Cardi
- an. who led U3, to charge. We had
to r.de perhaps e. mile across a marshy
ground, under fire all tho time, before
we reached the bluff on which were the
b tte: le s. But we v.-?nt, I tell you, and
went like the wind, the mud from the
uwrshy ?round Hying ap behind us in a
pr-riect shower. Not a shot was iire.i
untii v;e reached the first bat
rcry, uhich we rodo right over,
tiring v'.:r larga hoi.-e-pistols as we
went O? course we iii.: not have time
to reload them, and we grabbed our
short swords, which vere made sfcnre
bv- a io.?p of loath* r over our wrists. On
/ill :*?';e.s \>e could see ? men iailing
Like grass before a mowing machine, but
.j > we went, not daring to show the least
l o wai dice, xor we weil knew that th J
mle among the Britishers was to shoot
the first man who snowed the white
feather. Beaching the second battery,
th? worst part ot it came, for there it
was a regular hand-to-hand right with
knives. But we went through them,
cutting and slashing on this side and on
!-i:tt, killing the gunners and other sol?
diers lh:e so many sheep, while the
oiood fiowed almost like gaiter down the
slope; After taking the second battery,
ne were going for tho third, but our
n'&nki-; were so thinned cut that it was
.oo much for tis, and we wheeled around,
retreating past the first two batteries
which were instantly manned by rein
ior -enj?tits from the Bussians. Hastilv
gathering our men together, the order
was given to charge again, which we
.?jd, taking the batteries the second
kine, but again failing to take the third
J hen "we were ordered to retreat, which
we did, liding down the hill ut break
neck speed, txnmpHng the dead and
mounded under the horses' feet, and
killing all who came in our way. Beach?
ing the place from which we had started,
what few ?nen v.e had left were faced
about; end, raising tln'ir caps, gave a
cheer that could be heard for a mile,
while the soldiers on all sides of ns
cheered wi<b all their might. When we
went in1o that charge we had about 600
or ?59 men, and we brought out about
!o'i or tOO."
" What was thought of the order
when it was received, Mr. King?"
" WWI, everybody thought it was a
mi stake. To us it seemed impossible to
even ride across the plain without all be?
ing lulled, for the plain was being swept
by a perfect hurricane of bullets."
A SECRET.
The difficulty about a secret is that it
takes so many men to keep it. If it has
been poured into your ear you wrestle
with it for a while, but it is too mucJi
.or you. The man to whom you tell it
wrestles with it, and it is too much for '
him, also. He tells it, and the man to
ri hom lie tells it tells some one else, al
v. ;-yy in the strictest confidence, until at
itu-1 it t eases to be a secret
That Baa Boy
His Pa Broke Up-The Bad Boy
Spec (dating on Bis Tri}) to Hell.
'Well, I guess I will go to hell, I
I will see you later,' said the bad boy
I to the grocery man, as he held a
j cracker under the faucet of the syrup
keg, and then sat down on a soap
box by the stove and proceeded to
make a lunch, while the grocery man
charged the boy's father with a gal?
lon of syrup and a pound of crackers.
'What do you mean you profaue
wretch, talking about meeting me
later in Hades,' said tho indignant
grocery man 'I expect to pass by tho
hot place where you aie sizzling, and
go to the realms of bliss, where there
is one continual round of happiness,
and angels playing on golden harps,
and singing hy ms of praise.'
'Why pa says I will surely go to
hell, and I thought you would proba?
bly be there, as it costs something to
get to heaven, and you can get to the
other place for nothing. Say, you
would be a healthy delegate to go to
heaven, with a lot of girl angels,
wouldn't you, smelling of fro wy but?
ter, as you always do, and kerosene,
and herring, and bar soap, and cheese
and rotten potatoes, say, and an angel
wouldn't stay on the same golden
street with you, without holding her
handkerchief to her nose, and you
couldn't get in there, anyway, cause
you would want to pay your entrance
fee out of the store.'
'Say, you get out of here, doudemn
you, you are getting sassy. There is
no one that is more free hearted thau I
am,' said the grocery mau.
'Oh, give us a siesta. I ara onto
you bigger than an elevator. When
they had the oyster sociable at the
church, you gave four pounds of
nasty crackers with worms in, and
they tasted of kerosene, and when
the minister prayed for those who had
generously contributed to the socia?
ble, you raised up your head as
though you wanted them all to know
he meant you. If a man can get to
heaven ou four pounds of musty
crackers, done up in a paper that has
been around mackerel, then what's
the use of a man being good, and giv?
ing sixteen ounces to the pound ?
But, there, don't blush and cry. I
will use my influence to get your feet
onto the golden streets of New Jeru
8alm, but you have got to quit send?
ing those small potatoes to our house,
with a few big ones on top of the
basket. I'll tell you how it was that
pa told me I would -go to hell. You
see pa has been reading out of an old
back number Bible, and ma and me ar?
gued with him about a new revised ad?
dition. We told him that the old
one was all out of style, and that all
the neighbors had the uewest cut in
Bibles, with dolman sleeves, and
gathered in the back, and they put
on style over us, and we could not
hold up our heads iu society when it
was known that we were wearing the
old last year's Bible. Pa kicked
against it but finally got one. 1
thought I had as much right to change
things in the revised Bible, as the
other fellows had to change the old
one, so I pasted some mottoes and
patent medicine advertisements in it,
after the verses. Pa never reads a
whole chapter, but reads a verse or
two and skips around. Before break?
fast, the other morning, pa got the
new Bible and started to read the ten
commandments, and some other
things. The first thing pa struck
was, 'Verily I say unto you, try St.
Jacob's Oil for rheumatism.' Pa
looked over his specks at ma, and
then looked at me, but I had my face
covered with my hands, sort of pious.
Pa said he didn't think it was just the
thing to put advertisements in the
Bible, but ma said she didn't know
as it was any worse than to have a
patent medicine notice next to
Beecher's sermonan the religious pa?
per. Pa sighed ;.nd turned over u
few leave.!, and read, 'Thou shalt not
covet they neighbor's wile, nor his
ox, if you love me as I love you no
knife can cut our love in two.' That
last part was a motto that I got out
of a paper of candy. Pa said that the
sentiment was good, but he didn't
think the revisers had improved the
old commandment very much. Then
pa turned over and read, 'Take a little
wine for the stomach^ sake, and keep
a bottle of Reed's Gilt Edge Tonic
on your side-hoard, and you can defy
malaria, and chills and fever.' Pa
was hot. Ile looked at it again, and
noticed that the tonic cor. mandment
was on yellow paper, and the corner
curled up, and pa took hold of it, and
the paste that 1 stuck it on with was not
good, and it come off, and when I saw
pa lay down the Bible, and put his
spectacles in the case, and reach for
the fire poker, I knew he was not go?
ing to pray, and ? looked out the win- j
dow and yelled dog fight, and I lit j
out, and pa followed me as far as the ?
sidewalk, and it was that morning
when it was so slippery, and pa's
feet slipped from under him, and he j
stood on his neck, and slid around on ?
his ear, and the special providence of;
sleet on the sidewalk saved me. Say,
do you believe in special providence '?
What was the use of that sleet on the
sidewalk, if it was not to save sin?
ners V
'O, ? don't know anything about
special providence,' said the grocery
man, 'but 1 know you have got two
of your pockets filled with them bone?
less raisins since you have been talk?
ing, and my '.'pinion is you will steal, j
But, say, what is your ?KI on crutches j
for 1 I sec him hobbling clown town j
this morning, ila* he sprained his i
ankle V
'Well, I guess his ankle got sprain- j
ed with air the rest. You see my j
churn and me went bobbing, and pa
said he supposed he nsed to be the j
greatest bobber when he was a boy, j
that ever was. Ho said he used to
slide down a hill that was steeper |
than a church steeple. We asked j
him to go with us. and we went to j
ihat street that goes down by t!:e de-1
pot, and we had two sleds hitched to- ?
gether, and there were n or'n a hun- ]
dred boys, and pa wanted to steer, i
and he got on the front sled, and '
when we got about half way down the !
6led slewed, and my chum and me '
got off all right, but pa got shut up
between the two sleds, and the other
boys behind all run over pa and one
sled runner caught him in the trowsers
leg and dragged him over the slip?
pery ice clear to the bottom, and the
whole lay out run into a street car,
and the mules got wild and kicked,
and pa's suspender broke, and when
my chum and me got down where pa
was under the car, a boy's boots were
in pa's shir.-, bosom, and another boy
was straddle cf pa's neck, and the
crowd rushei: up from the depot and
got pa out, an<jl he began to yell 'fire,'
and 'police,' and he kicked at a boy
that was trying to get his sled out of
I the small of* pa's back, and a police?
man came along and pushed pa and
said, '(TO away from here, ye divil,
and let the b'ys enjoy themselves,'
and he was going to arrest pa, when
me and ray churn told him we would
take pa home. Pa said the hill was
not steep enough for him, or he would
not have fell off. He is offul stiff to?
day, but he says he will go skating
with us next week, and show us how
to skate. Pa means well but he don't
realize that he is getting stiff and
can't be as kitteny as he used to be.
He is very kind to me. If I had some
fathers I would have been backed,
disfigured angel long ago. Don't you
think so V The grocery man said he
was sure of it, and the boy got out
wich his boneless raisins, and a pocket
full of lump sugar.
The Biting Dog.
If vicious dogs used more discrimina?
tion iu selecting victims to sample, they
would be more popular than they are
As it is, there is a genera] prejudice
against biting dogs, because they are
quite as liable to hang themselves up bj
the teeth on the person of a w?ll dressed
alderman of good family as lupen the
anatomy of a disreputable tranrp or an
obnoxious organ grinder. Nobody really
enjoys being bitten by a dog. Besides
the lurking dread of possible hydropho?
bia, it hurts to tow a dog along by his
teeth, which he has inserted in your
person for that purpose. Why ?should
a gentleman pull a dog alonlg the
street, when the animal, is well and
able to walk ? The biting dog . is a
nuisance on general principles. \ He
lies about the house as if he werOi the
laudlord, and was trying to renfc it.
Apparently the biting dog is harmless.
He usually makes out that he isaslelep,
but he is more apt to deceive than an
unloaded gun. Very frequently he w^H
wag his tail and strike up an acquaint?
ance with a tramp who has invaded th\e
premises with burglarious intent, and1, .
perhaps, the very same day, he will bito
a chunk out of some dear friend of the
I family, from whom you expected to
borrow money. Like the proverbial un?
loaded gun, he is never in working
order when there arc thieves and bur?
glars about, but when he does bite, be
is certain to hurt somebody who does
not need it. The average biting dog
[ is almost as uncertain as the result of a
county convention.
However, people will keep dangerous
dogs on their premises, hence it be?
hooves prudeut persons to know how to
act when a vicious, ignorant brute of a
dog tries to swallow them alive. There
are some rules which, if observed, will
prevent the affectionate animal from be?
coming too closely attached to your
perso~. The first thing you must do
when a dog comes at you with his mouth
open, as if he expected you to feed him
is not to run. As there is a great deal
of a dog in mao, just so there is a great
deal of human nature io dogs. If you
run they will become furious, but if
you remain on the spot, as if it belonged
to you, the dog will very frequently
change his mind, and, wagging his
continuation, indicative that he wants
you to pat him on the head, and say.
'good doggy, pretty doggy/
Above all things, we repeat, never
ruo from a vicious dog. The first im?
pression a man has when a big dog
comes at him with hostile iutent is to
run. If he follows that inclination the
next impression he will receive will be
from the dog's masticating apparatus,
which is always in excellent working
order. If thc mau who is in danger
from the canine will only reflect, and
hold a brief caucus with himself, soto
speak, he will perceive that he is at a
disadvantage in the coming race. If he
will count the dog's legs and then count
his own he will become convinced that
the dog, as is almost always the case, has
a clear majority of two to one in the con?
vention, hence the man had better come
out in a card, stating that in order to
promote harmony iu thc party he will
not run.
A gentleman who has given the sub?
ject close attention furnishes the follow?
ing campaign plan to avoid beicg bitten
by a vicious dog. which we, in all seri?
ousness, publish for the beuefit of those
of our readers who may be interrupted
by a biting dog while they are stealing
firewood, or are in a neighbor's yard
for auy other improper purpose :
'If you enter a lot where there is a
vicious dog, bc careful to remove your
hat. or cap as thc animal approaches
you, hold the same down by your side,
betweeu yourself aud the dog. When
you have done this you have secured
perfect immunity from an attack. The
dog will not attack yu if this advice is
followed. Such is my faith iu this;
policy that I will pay all doctor bills
from dog bites, and funeral expenses
for deaths from hydrophobia. It is the |
unknown danger the dog does not like
to meet/
Why tho dog refuses to bite the man j
who carries his hat in his hand, wo are j
unable to say, but such is the fact, j
nevertheless. Perhaps the intelligent j
and appreciative animal is disarmed by j
thc politeness nf thc intruder in remov- j
?og his hat, or, mav be, thc dog be- i
contes paralyzed at the idea of the j
intruder taking up a collection for some j
charitable purpose -Texas Siftings. j
'Which is the deepest, the longest
the broadest and the smallest grave in !
the church yard V said a pedestrian to ?
his companion, while meditating among .
the tombs in a cemetery. 'Why,' was ,
thc answer, 'it is that in which Miles ?
Button is buried, for it is Miles below |
t?,e sod, Miles in length, Miles in j
breath, and yet after all is but a Button
hole/ 1
Threatened Outbreak in the
Penitentiary.
Ou Saturday evening and Sunday
morning two white convicts at the Pen?
itentiary gave information to Superin?
tendent Lipscomb of a plot among the
convicts working on the canal to make
a 'break'aud obtain their liberty. The
effort was to be made on Sunday even?
ing and four plans were being consid?
ered: 1. To break through the back
gate of tbe Penitentiary yard which
opens on the banks of the Congaree, as
the cattle belonging to the institution
were being driven in. 2. To capture
the guardhouse, take possession of the
armory and force their way out. 3. To
capture a convict stationed at a certain
point on the wall and dig through the
wall to the open ground outside. 4. To
simultaneously seize rocks while at
work on the canal, beat down the
guard and escape. The following con?
victs were found to be implicated :
Irvin Freeman, white, and Henry
Mack, Sam Jackson, Sherman Smith,
Abram Adams, Pleasant Miller, Tom
King, -Huckleberry, Jim Single?
ton, Jerry Voight, Tom Coker and
Jeff. Robinson, colored. Freeman,
Jackson, Smith and Miller were the
riogleaders. The cells of the convicts
were examined and two or three shoe
knives and a tile were found secreted in
them. Nearly all of them when
charged confessed their implication in
the scheme. All except two were lifo
prisoners. As a punishment they were j
senVr ced to carry balls and chains, and
to be locked up io dark cells on bread
and water each Sunday for .some time
to come. It will be a suprise to the
public to know that there are 156 pris?
oners in the institution under life sen?
tences, and a iarge number under sen?
tences of thirty, twenty, fifteen and ten
years' imprisonment. This class, par
I ticularly the life men, know that they
I have nothing to loose by attempts at
escape, and they are, therefore, contin?
ually planning outbreaks."
-i
Hens vs. Hogs.
In reply to a correspondent, who
has doubts about 'poultry and eggs
being a cheaper food than pork,' we
wonld say that it bas been repeatedly
established by actual experiment, that
a given amount of food will produce
more weight of flesh when fed to poul?
try than when fed to swine. Aa to
the qualities of flesh produced, as hu?
man food, there surely ought to be no
controversy. The delicacy, purity
and healthfulness sf the one, and the
wo- *f thesis characters in the other,
makee al! comparison odious. But it
is in egg production that the ben as?
serts her supremacy. The amount of
food necessary to make a pound ol
pork will make two pounds of eggs
the best known human food. In the
name of all that is good to eat, how
can the hog and the hen be compared 1
We can live without pork ; but with?
out eggs deliver us ! As surely as
the physician's occupation would be
gone if deprived of calomel, quinine
and opium, would the cook be bank?
rupt without eggs. Both for virtue
and economy, the hen surpasses the
hog too far for comparison.-S. Wes
tern Poultry Journal.
Who Am I, Anyhow.
A short time ago, says the Salt Lake
Tribune, a bright looking Danish boy
stepped into a lawyer's office, and said :
'1 want you to tell me who I am,'
laying a ?5 bill on the desk at the same
time.
The lawyer, peeping alternately at
the boy and at the ?5 bill, shaking his
head, replied :
'It seems you are a funny boy/
'Not funny at all. You will find it
a very serious matter.'
.Well, go ahead and explain it.'
'About twenty years ago a wealthy
Danish lady, being a widow, came over
to this country with her two daughters.
There was a Norwegian and his boy.
The father married the widow's daugh?
ters. One year after, the Norwegian's
boy married the wealthy widow. The
result of that marriage was another
boy, and, if I am sure, I am that boy.
The Norwegian's boy died. The Dau
ish widow was a widow again, but the
old Norwegian married her too. After
that the old lady died, and one year ago
the old gcutleman, too, after he had :
made himself the owner of the third ,
wife's property. Now when I claimed
that property, my sister said: 'Stop, i
you can't be the heir at all! You are <
our late husband's grandchild. By her ?
marriage with him you became your ,
mother's granchild, too, and after she
died we became your mothers, and you .
uever can inherit the property before ,
we are dead. That's what, my sister
mothers say, but I think that can't be
right, and there must be some mistake i
in polygamy. Now, sir, please to tell
me what I am-who I am.'
The lawyer, thrustiug his chin into
bis neck, auswered pathetically, 'You
are polygamistake!' j
Story of a Will.
One has heard of wills written on *
bedposts, concealed in h;iy-loft.s and 1
flower-pots, aud many other possible <
and impossible plaees. but probably no J
will has ever passed through stranger 1
vicissitudes than one admitted to pro?
bate yesterday by Sir James Han neo. s
The testator was an engineer on board |
a Channel steamer, and made his will ]
giving everything to his wife, and gave ;
'.ho will to her. Sometime afterward ? c
they had a quarrel, during which sho tore j c
the will up and threw tho peiccs into the i r
lire. The husband picked up thc pieces j j
aud put them into an envelope labeled ? T
.Poison.' but said he would make a new T
one. However, several years afterward 2
he died of small-pox on his steamer, and \
on his clothes being searched before g
burning, the envelope with the pieces \
of the will inside it was luckily found t
and givrn to his wife. This brand t
plucked from the burning has now been ,
placed together, and will be depos;:ed \
at Somerset House ; a lesson to all ?
times to wives not to lose their tempers |
too far if they do not wish also to lose ]
their husband's property, or to save it .
only by a lawsuit.-Pail Mall Gazette. \
News and Gossip.
Business failures for the past week
number 180 ; Southern States 41.
A long and costly war between
France a?d China is said to be proba?
ble ; tbe latter will perhaps bave SD
European ally.
Joe Brady, tried at Dublin for the
murder of Cavendish and Burke, has
been convicted and sentenced to be
hanged on the 14tb of May.
A negro attempted an outrage on a
white girl in Bertie Co., N. C., last
week, and on Wednesday afternoon
was taken from jail and lynched. So
mote it be.
La6t Tuesday six more of the forty
immigrants who arrived io Camden io
January last left for other climes. Of
the forty only one family still remains
in the County.
Miss Lube Clay Bigbie of Tennes?
see, who gave a reading in the Music
Hall last Winter, was married at Mil
ledgeville. Ga., on the 27th of March,
to M. I. Brock of Anderson.
W. H. Day, master car builder in
the railroad shops, was elected Inten?
dant of Florence. His opponent wa?
Belton O'Neil Townsend, a lawyer.
The vote stood : Day 265, Townsend
215.
They have discovered a new and
effective preventive of small pox. or
profess to have, in New Orleans. It is
by innoculation with the virus after pass?
ing it through cow's milk ; and it is said
to have proved efficacious in many
cases.
Cornell University has received a
specimen of a rare aod curious plant,
Schinus molle, from South America.
It is called thc 'insect plant,' as the
leaves, when placed in water, will dart
about on the surface like 'skip-jacks.'
Rev. C. A. Stakeley, pastor of the
Curtis St. Church of Augusta, Ga.' has
been called to the pastorate of the Cit?
adel Square Baptist Church of Charles?
ton, and will probably accept. He is
twenty-five years of age and of ac
knowleged eloquence and ability.
Dr. Cox. of Laurens County, S. C.
boasts of a cow that gives six gallons of
milk a daj regularly, leaving a suffi?
ciency for the calf. There are said to
be men in Texas who own thousands of
cows and yet) use condensed milk to
mollify their coffee.
A California ^strich farmer was kick?
ed at by one of the birds, bot missed,
and the blow brojke the neck of a horse,
The South Carolina mule will have to
look out for his laurels. They are in
danger of being wrested from him by
feathered foreigners, v
Owners are wanted ol$10,575,000
bonds of the United States n^w past doe.
The Treasury officials think & bonds
have been mislaid or destroyed, ii is"
also stated that $15,000,000 of the
$49,000,000 of fractional currency
used during the War, and some $26,
000,000 of greenback notes issued
since 1863, have been lost.
The contract for building the mon ar?
ment at Yorktown. V., bas been award?
ed to the Hallowell Granite Company/
of Maine at $66,752. The monument*
is te be 97 feet in height and to be cov?
ered with an allegorical figure 13 feet*
high The work is to be completed by
October 18th, 1884, the anniversary
of the surrender.
'What's the crowd about ?' queried
a strauger, as he noticed a stream of vi?
sitors going into a fashionable residence.
'It's a silver weddin,' obligingly re?
plied his informant. 'What's a silver
weddin Y 'Why,' a chap's been married
twenty-five times, and he's a celebrating
of it ?'
Colonel Haskell is now in New Yorfc
for the purpose of buying iron for ex?
tending the track of the Chester and'
Lenoir Road on from Maydon, its pres?
ent terminus towards Lenoir. There
are now ready nearly enough cross ties*
for the entire length of the new por?
tion of the line, and the work of track
laying will probably begin at an early
day.
The Postoffice Department has issued"
an order amending the postal regula?
tions KO as to provide that ail letter?
upon which one full rate of postage bal?
been prepaid and all postal cards shall
bo forwarded from the office to which
they arc addressed to any other office at
thc request of the person addressed or
of thc party whose card is upon the en?
velope or whose name may be signed-to*
the postal card, without additional
charge of postage Such forwarding
must be continued until the party ad
iressed is reached.
The following paragraph is from- a*
Western paper : 'The author of 'Sweet
[lome' died iu New York last Friday.
He has gone over to enjoy the holy
grandeur thit was so vividly depicted
lu his world wide composition-one that
tvas familiar to almost every mind/
The editor of that paper is probably the
same fellow who met an inoffensive- Is
-aelite on the street and without the
slightest provocation knocked him down'
ind kicked him. When the astonished
lew picked himself up he demanded of
he man the cause of his assault. 'Yon
iillcd Jesus Christ, damn you !' was the*
.eply. 'Holy Moses, man ! dot was
ugh teen hundred year ago !' 'I don't
?are,' said the bruiser, 'I only heard of
t yesterday,' and he went for bim again .
Jay Gould is forty seven years ol<$
md reputed to be worth $100,000,000-.
Ie is supposed to have fleeced at least
10,000 lambs. A New York man who
mows bim well ^escribes him thus : I
io not think this country has ever pro*
luced his equal. Gould is the greatest
ailroad wrecker we have had. His
>o!icy has not been to purchase rail
oads out and out. He strives to get
)ossessiou of a majority of the stock of
i railroad, or newspaper, or whatever
ie wants, and having done that, he
tops. He has got then ail he wants,
>onds, stocks, mortgages and every
hing, and he immediately seeks anoth?
er victim. He is just like a hungry
nan with a basket of oranges. He
;akes one up, und, piercing a hole in it,
sucks all the juice out of it, puts it
jack in his basket, and takes another,
[u this way he goes through the lot.
rhen he is ready to sell them Lo any?
body who comes along.