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B jW?pfK? WAtCa?A?, KitabrJahed April, 1850.
feifeolidated Ans. 2. 1881.1
.Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aim? at, be thy Conntrys, thy God's, and Truth's.",
SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 31, 1883.
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, 18G6.
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:three months, or longer will
_ueatiens which subserve private
j^Kbacbanred for as advertisements,
and tribntes of respect will be
* notices and notices of deaths pub
or \j^worJc^ contracts for advertising
It^Wmtdkmm arti Sov&ron. or ?.ooly at
O?c^'w * .:.?>.'QSTESS,
" v : ?ias:ne?8 Manager. .
-COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA B. R.
j CO&BEKSEI* SCH KD CLE.
i TRAINS t? OING SO?XH.
-?wv$,l?2
I Ne. 48, J
F-Daily. I
No. 40
Daily.
9 50 pm
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I 05 am
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lt 10 pm
12 10 -
2 04 am
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TR KISS QOIN? NORTH.
j No. 43,
? Daily.
Ko. 47,
Daily.
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Flemington.-^
112 55 pa
* 140^
354 ?
525
10 00 pm
12 f? *
1 50am
2 40 ?
4 50 "
{ 6 20 u
? 43 .sops ajt ?ll Station*.
4Ssr?ad 47 ?epa onlr ?: Brinkley'?,
~ u: wFtwuiiij(i.a, Fair Bluff. Marion.
Ti?men?vHle. Snater, Canuten June
tevwr
fm- Columbia and ali points on
JL?? C^jCt*. Ai - R. R. Stations,
i^ttciniu. and ail points beyond, should
> Se. 4$ Night Expret?.
Separate PoBmatf S?esper? for Charleston
':? fbr Aago?t* oo train* 4 S *n? 47.
on 40 .?an take 4$ tr?in from
A-cgtuta and Georgia
tm X?tf amma?*
A&trewvrua to]vd between Charle* to- and
ton. ;
Jtg^F.DIViKS,.General Sup't.
?on.<3*a??enger Ag'u
STERN R. R.
iQTJPBS?NTEISrBEN PS OFFICE,
I?. ?MtTHBASTfi?N RAILROAD CO.
I ^.4BltSa?M?K SBf- 3C?5? " Jinr- 21, 1882.
I iOm?s? after this date the folio win5 Sehe
! dftte will be run, Sundays included :
Kttana^^arjrstoo. Arrive Fiorecce.
9MW *fc?0 1. Jt-:-12 25 . M.
&^&?&'fjrt?_~ 4 20 F M.
? S 3W??rjw:.??vw... .vr? 120 a. ?.
.ba?..2?^.^ , Arrive Charleston
2- 5C a. X.-~?_6 50 A. K.
2 ?i&?''kU W. ? -rr. ? ? ~.?.8 44- A M. -
?^:^/3B^'ifcv.^;. -4 15 p.. if. . .'
TiAtpev?ng Florence at 2 50 A. M. will
mT&t?^ Mondes Comer.
Train leaving Charleston at 12 00 m.
wi? atop ?ply at Soucis Corner, Lanes ano*
Kingstree. - ~
SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.
Arri? attenter.
..12 00 m
2 50 p m
........ ?. 5 50 p m
Leave Sumter......
,*?fUtfa?:_
Arrive at Charleston.
T. H . EMERSON,
tieVr Ticket Agt.
........ 8 45 a m
-12 30 p m
4, 15 p m
J. F. DIVINE,
Geni Sept.
/Senti Carolina Railway Go,
?rt<?M^$NCn?O" f<bro?ry 4th. 1883*. Pas
' \j Jaeger Tra?na niU ran a? fol to WK until fur*
thor nation. (No traine are run oa Camden
/Uranna 00 Sunday* >
TO COLOXMA.
; Sheave Camden-....... 0 45" a m 4 30 p m
Leave C&mdeo Jonc?m... SOKan 6 3?}>re
g? Arrive at Columbi *-11 28 a m 10 35 p m
ra?M COLOMBIA
Leer? Calamina........ ... 8 00 a zn... 6 5$ p m
Arrive Camden Jcjr?etimj..H 35 a ?... 8 48 p m
Afaire ac Caifldr?._:J. ! 40 p ra... !0 12 p tn
TO CBAKLCSTON
Lea re Ca mien ?. .6 45 ?rn 43 Op?
Leam Camden June'- 8 00 * m 6 35 p m
Arrivent Charleston...... I 00 p tu 11 30 p m
rnnX ?HACLEftTwff
Leave Charterten-7 00 a e.... S 35 a m
Arrive Canden Jone'...!! 35 a m... 8 4$ pm
Arrivent Camden 1 40 p ci...10 12 p tu
TO arenarA
'-Leave Caanlen . .6 45 a ia 4 30 f m
Leave CamdcV: Jane*? ?-.'-S 09 a m 6 3? p m
Arrive at Aogas?*-2 00 p m 7 13 a m
I? * raox a nonar A
Xeavw. Anfoita_~ 7 05 a m...9 00 p m
Arrire ,Ctmden June'.-48 p m 10 35 a m
; Arrive Camden-_10 12 p ? 1 40 p m
?03 , ctiKjrjtcnoaa.
CondeeMon?rands st Columbi* with Colam
bta and GreetrrrUe Railroad both way*, to ana
iroesa^potnt? on that Road and on the Spur
tat?bevg, Uaien and Col a mb ?a and Spartanburg
and. A*bvil?3 Ra?lroad.<. ?i*v with tbe Cbar
IviUK Colombia and A agu nx Railroad to and
from all pointa North by .-raine leaving Camden
nt 0 45 a m, and arriving at 10 12 p m.
Conacet?JoS mad- at Aognata to all Pointe
/Weet and Sooth; ?Iso at Charleston witii
fteamert JetTKew York-on Wednesday* an<l
^twrdaya. Ai*o with Charleston and Savannah
Kaii?av for Savannah and ali point* South.
Connection* made at Blackville with Barn
t well R. ii. tenod^rom Barnwell by all trains
on Acgarta Dlvixton.
On Sa?ordnya-R??ND TP.IP TICKETS are
.old t? rind , fm flt all Sutton* ?t one firat CIUSK
fare for .he r^and trip-ticket? being g'ol til)
.Monday noon, to return. Excursion ticket*
geed SOT 10 day* are regularly on to and
ttom all *iariaae at $ cents uer mile fvr round
^_THROU6II TICKETS to all point?, can bc
Tft?fb&sed bj applying to Jame; Jooei?. Agent
ICaedM. i>. C. ALLEN,
General Pasaenger and Ticket Agent.
JOHN B. PECK. General Manager.
: .*4 ^ Charleston, S. C
SAfl?LERrl?fflI HARNESST
E FINEST LEATHER ON HAND Ready
i H\ be-avorked cp ai the lowest living
of the latest style and of m j
owa workmansb;p, at my shop to sell.
I mm prepared to do ali kinds of Jobs ia
nf line of basinets. All Orders received
will be promptly attended to, and with tb?
greaiett care.
< --A foil line of
READY ? A DE HARNESS,
> - SADDLES, BRIDLES,
COLLARS, MARTIN?
GALES, and
EVERYTHING ELSE
pertaining toa First-class Harness Shop.
OLD HARNESS made to look as good
aa NEW.
COVERING and REPAIRING Old TRUNKS
-A SPECIALTY.
AU WORK in my line GUARANTEED
to give SATISFACTION.
T a WR0TEN,
bj flrp nh rire J Strenta
Xarebis, uti. ij
-Jr j;
O NFEDERATE MONUMENT.
Tbe Executive Committee would respect,
fully represent to the pub He that they bave
all the marble for slabs and shields ; have
had the inscription slab cut and inserted, and
the four shields ready to be inserted-and
here the fonds have given ont, and the work
must stop unless we can 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 in 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 o f Sumter's illustri?
ons 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. BLINDING, Chairman.
L. P. LORING.
E. W. MOISE.
H. HARBY.
GUIGNA RD RICHARDSON.
TAX ?OT?CK
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OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER,
SUMTER COUNTY, APRIL 16. 18S3.
NOTICE IS RKREBY GIVEN THAT
tb ev office of the Treasurer of Sumter
County will be open at Sumter Court House
from the FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1883,
to the FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 1883, for the
collection of Stare. County, School, Poll, and
Special Taxes for the Fiscal Year commencing
November 1, 18S2.
The rate of levy on all property assessed for
taxation is as follows :
For Stute Purposes-Four and three fourths
mills on each dollar of the valuation of tbe
property represented on the Tax Daplicare
for the said Fiscal Year. ?
For Ordinary County Purpose? for said Fiscal
Year-Two and one half mills on each dollar
of ?aid valuation.
Fer Special County Parp?se*?-to wit:
For Deficiencies in the Fiscal Year commencing
! November 1, ISSI, one fourth of one mill;
and one and one-half mill for funded indebt?
ed* ts? prior to November, 1ST9.
For School Purposes-Two (2) mills on encb
dollar ol said valuation ; also Poll Tax of
one dollar on each taxable pol!, to wit : of
ea<-h male citizen between th? ages of 21 and
50 years, except auch a? are exempt by lan.
The said Tax?** are to be paid in the following
feuds, and no-other, viz: Gold ar-d Silver Coin,
United State? Currency, National Bank Notes,
and Coupons which shu li -become payable
during the year 1SS3,OE the Valid Consolidated
Bonds of this State, known as "Brown Bonds"
and on the Bonds of this State known as tte
"Deficiency Bonds,"-and Jury Certificate.--,
and the per diem *>f State witness in the
Circuii Courts, for County taxe?, not including
School taxes.
The said taxe? are payable in two install
ment? ; one-half from the first day of M?y, to
the*Brst day of June ISS3, the other half from
the lath of September to the 20th day of
October. 1SS3. aud it is optional with any tax
payer to pay the whole or one-hali* of said
Taxes at the time first mentioned , but if one
half thereof be not theo paid, a penalty of fire
per centum will be addsd thereon.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTD,
April 16 Treasurer Sumter County.
?N6INE FOR SALE.
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ONE FIRST CLASS 25-fiORSE POWER
Portnble Engine, in good order. Will
be sold on reasonable terms. A pp; v to
Apr IO C. T. MASON, Ja.
FOB SALE
FOR CASH.
4 FINE, MEDIUM SIZE MULE, IN
J\_ good order a?d a good second hand
two-horse ?ag?n and body. Apply at this
Office. March 13
FOR SALK
TWO HOUSES AND LOTS, ON WASH
inton Street. Titles guaranteed. Ap?
ply at Sumter Book and Varietv Store, to
- W. G. KENNEDY.
-ALSO
A Horse and Buggy,
Apply as above, to
March 13 W. G. KENNEDY.
APPUCATION FOR CHARTER.
THIRTY DAYS AFTER ?ATE HEREOF,
the undersigned will apply to W. H.
Cu ni no, Esq., Clerk of the Court for Sumter
County, for a Charter, incorporating them?
selves and their associates, under the name
and titleof the MAYESVILLE CEMETERY
ASSOCIATION, as provided for by (he Gen?
eral Statutes, sec lions 1,376 ?nd 1,377.
J. R. Ma ves, S. W. Wilson,
J.W. Dennis, W. J. McLeod, Jr.,
J. C. McKinney, J. H. Garland,
J. A. Mayes, 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,
G. O. Wuaeler, E. M. Cooper,
J. B. Trimnal, and others.
April 5 lm
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS are
wasted on physicians' fees by the dyspeptic,
the rheumatic, the billions, and the nervous,
when a dellar expended on that unapproacha?
ble vegetable tonic and alterative, DR. SIM?
MONS' HEPAT?C COMPOUND, or LIVER
AND KIDNEY CURE, would in every C;ise
effect a radica' cure.
NO REM ED i 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 fruin
the Liver, Kidneys and Bladder.
Taken two or three times a day it prevents
Fever and Ague. .Malarial Fever, Diphtheria,
Scarlet Fever and Cholera.
OH, WOMAN ! "SS:
Why will you allow yourself to be prostra?
ted, your system enerv&ied, your health com?
pletely destroyed by the gaunt strides of
those insidious and oft times fatal diseases
called "Female Weaknesse ." when yon can
be entirely cured by using SIMMONS' HE?
PATIC COMPOUND, lt will remove Pimples
and Blotches, purify yur Blood, and make
your Skin clear and healthy.
For sale every /here
In Sumter by Dr. A. J. CHINA,
Io Mayesvil?e by Dr. F ' MAVES.
In Bishopviile by Dr. R. 1*. Mcf.EOD.
DOWIE k MOISE, Proprietors,
Wholesale Druggists, Charleston, S. C.
Oct 17_
Be????e Ce?toi Mg Cc.
COTTON BATTING
PREPARED IN ROLLS
FOR COMFORTS, QUILTS AND
MATTRESSES.
SOLD AT THE FACTORY AND BY
merchants in Sumter at 10 cents per
pound. 4
Liberal discount to the trade allowed.
1. JAMES WINN,
Sept 19-ly President.
- HAIL LOVELY SPEING.
^7 The bumble bees are bumbliog,
And tbe waters bright are tumbling,
In crystal beauty through the meadows green,
The smelling flowers are smelling,
The swelling buds are swelling,
And the mother sheep the sheeplets try to
wean.
All o'er this land of freedom,
As fast as mortals need 'em,
The busy hens supply us all with eggs,
The balmy zephyrs zephyr,
And the sad-eyed brindle heifer,
Switches at the gaunt mosquito on her legs.
In heathen lands o'er yonder,
The elephants do wander,
In fragrant tropic grasses to their knees,
The shaggy lion rambles,
Through the serpent-haunted brambles,
And the little monkeys monkey through the
trees.
Then gentle spring we hail thee,
And before the world we sail thee.
As the bossest season of the present year,
Would an age without once stopping,
I could praise thee without dropping
On myself-but then my muse i3 out o' gear 1
{Duluth Tribune.
His Last Court.
A Story of the Sternest Judge that
Arkansas Ever Had.
Old Judge Greyson, a JustLe of the
Peace, was never known to smile. He
came to Arkansas years ago, before
.carpet-baggers' began their reckless
sway, and year after year, by ihe will
of the voters he held his place as mag?
istrate. The lawyers who practiced in
his court never engaged inf levity.
Every morning, no matter how the
weather might be, the old man took his
place behind the bar, which, with his
own hands, he had made, and every
evening, just at a certain time, be
closed his books and went Lome. No
one ever engaged him in private con?
versation, because he would talk to no
one. No oue ever went to his home, a
little cottage among the trees in the
city's outskirts, because he had never
shown a disposition to make welcome
the visits of those who lived even in
the immediate vicinity. His office was
not given him through thc influence of
electioneering,' because he never ask?
ed any man for his vote. He was first
elected because, having been once sum?
moned in a case of arbitration, he ex?
hibited the executive side of such a
legal mind that the people nominated
and elected him. He soon gained the
name of 'bard Justice,' and every law?
yer in Arkansas referred to his decis?
ions. His rulings were never reversed
ly thc higher courts. He showed no
seutiment in decision. He stood upon
the platform of a law which he made a
study, and no mao disputed him.
Several days ago a woman, charged
with misdemeanor, was arraigued be?
fore him. *The old man seems more
than ever unsteady,' remarked a lawyer
as the magistrate took his seat. 'I
don't see bow a man so old can
stand the vexations of a court much
longer.'
'I am not well tG-dav,' said the
Judge, turning to the lawyers, 'and
any cases that you may have you will
please dispatch tb im to the best, let me j
add. to the quickest of your ability.'
Every one saw that the old mau was
.unusually feeble, and no ooe thought
of a scheme to prolong a discussion, j
for all the lawyers had learned to rev?
erence bim.
.Who is this woman Y asked the
Judge. 'Who is defending her ?'
*I have no defense, your Houor,' the
woman replied. 'In fact, I do not
think that I need any. for I am here to
cou fess my guilt. No man can defend
me,' and she looked at the magistrate
with a curious gaze. 'I have been ar?
rested on a charge of disturbing the
peace, and I'm willing to submit my
case. I am dying of consumption,
Judge, aud I know that any ruling
made by the law can have but little ef?
fect on me;* and she coughed a hollow
hacking cough, and drew arouud her
an old black shawl that she wore. The
expression on the face of the magistrate
remained unchanged, but his eyelids
dropped and he did not raise them,
when the woman continued ; *As I say,
no man can defend me. I am too near
that awful approach, to pass which we
know is everlasting death to soul and
body. Years ago I was a child 01
brightest promise. I lived with my
pareuts in Kentucky. Wayward and
light-hearted I was admired by all thc
gay society known in that neighbor?
hood. A man came and professed his
love for me. I don't say this, Judge,
to excite your sympathy. I have many
and many a time been drawn before
courts, but I never before spoke of my
past life.'
She coughed again and caught a flow
of blood on her handkerchief which she
pressed to Ler lips. *I speak of it now
L cause I know that this is the last
court on earth before which I will be
arraigned. I was fifteen years old
when I fell in love with the man. My
father said he was bad. but I loved
him. He came again and again, and
when my father said that he should
j come no more I ran ? "ay and married
j him. My father said should never
come home again. I bad always been
his pride, and had loved him so dearly,
but he said that I must never agaiu
come to his home-my home, the home
of my youth and happiness. How I
longed to see him. How I yearned to
put my h cati on hts breast My hus?
band became at1 licted to driuk. He
abused me. I wrote to my father, ask?
ing him o let mc come home, but the
answer that came was, 'f do not know
you !' My husband died-yes, cursed
God and diud ! Homeless and wretched
and with my little hoy, I went, out into
the world. My child died, and ? bow?
ed down and wept over a pauper's
grave. I wrote to my father agaiu,
but he answered : 'I know not those
who disobey my co- m and men ts !' I
turfed away from that letter hardened.
I turned my teachings. Now 1 am
here.'
Several lawyers rushed forward. V
crimson tide floweu from her lips.
They leaned her lifeless head back
against tho chair. Tne old magistrate
had not raised his e^es. 'G.eat God I'
sa i J a lawyer, 'he is d' ad !'
The woman was bis daughter.
The Great Storm.
Reports of Damage from Different
Quarters.
NEW ORLEANS, April 23.-A Wes?
son.. Mississippi, special says a fright?
ful cyclone passed over Wesson and the
town of Beauregard, a mile above,
I about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Thc wind for the past three days bad
i been blowing a gale and lowering
j clouds indicated a storm. Its ap
? proach was known for some minutes
I by deep, rumbling 6ounds, windows
ia dwellings shaking with violence,
1 and many people thought it was an
! earthquake. Thunder roared and
! lightning flashed with alarming force
aud vividness.
It was awful in its character. As
soon as the storm had somewhat
abated and the people began to look
about, loud peals of the church bells
were rung out and the people were
seen running in all directions toward
West Wesson. The rain, meantime,
j was pouring in torrents Reaching
? Peach Orchard streeton indescribable
; scene was witnessed. This street is
I lined with a large number ot houses
in which operatives of the Mississippi
mills are domiciled, and here the
greatest destruction occurred. Peo?
ple were seen on all sides sobbing,
and the groans of the wounded be?
neath the ruins were perfectly appall?
ing. Dwellings were torn to atoms.
A pine forest just beyond was blown
out ol existence. The work of re?
moving the dead and extricating the
wounded from the ruins has begun.
Calvin Reed, living in the vinciuity
died from excitement.
Doctors were soon upon the- scene
and did all in their power to relieve
the suffering of the wounded. The
number killed is twelve. Two or
three children are missing. 150 or
200 dwellings were blown down.
The number o? people with broken
limbs is estimated by the physicians
at 75. The wounded were removed
as fast as possible to houses which
escaped injury. Several of the dead
lay out in the violent rain for more
than an hour after the storm. The
dead are now al! laid out and coffins
being made for them.
Beauregard was visited last even*
ing. It is only a mile above here and
lay in the direct path of the cyclone.
The scene is absolutely appalling.
Beauregard is no more, lt is in
truth a mass of ruins. It is with d iffi
culty that one can ride through, so
thickly ate the trees strewn across
the road. There is not a house of
any character standing in thc placo
Two brick stores, trie largest in the
place, are swept away. Timber is
scattered lor miles around. Even out
in the country 2 12 miles, dwe-Mings
were swept away. The list of the
dead and wounded is, killed 13 ;
wounded 13.
I A special from West Point, Miss.,
says 'a terrific gale from the north?
west struck our town at 1 :20 o'clock
I yesterday afternoon, accompanied by
torrents of rain and the largest hail
ever seen here. The couit house,
lawyers row, Central Hotel and many
stores weie unroofed and materially
damaged. Fences and trees were
j prostrated and considerable damage
was done. No lives were lost.'
A special from Eastman, Ga., says
? a cyclone passed over that town early
j that morning doing great damage.
John Register shouse was blown down
and his two children killed. Samuel
HassiV house was demolished and
his wife and children badly injured.
JACKSON, Miss.-On the Natchez
& Columbus Railroad, the town of
Tillman was destroyed and several
persons killed and wounded. On the
Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad, the
town of Lawrence suffered terribly.
Reports from other places and from
the country show that the storm was
wide-spread and very destructive.
Telegraph Hues were blown down for
miles.
CHATTANOOGA.-A terrible storm
swept over tho city yestetday and
t did fully ten thousand dollars damage.
j The depot, dwellings and stores were
unroofed, fences thrown down and
trees uprooted. Reports from the
surrounding country show the storm
to have been very destructive.
The surrounding mountains pro
i teot< u this city from the great fury
of e storm, but reports of serious
damage to towns in North Alabama
have reached here.
LATER.
EIGHTY-THREE PERSONS KILLED AND THREE
HUNDRED WOUNDED-THE LOSS OF PKO
PERTY UNPRECEDENTED.
NEW ORLEANS, April 24.-Reports
from sections of Mississippi visited
by the cyclone Sunda}', state that
; eighty-three persons were killed and
J about three hundred wounded ; many
dangerously. The loss of property is
unprecedented.
A despatch from Beauregard says :
All is bustle and confusion. Gangs
of men were ut work getting out
goodrf !Vo;.i wrecked store?, and
scores of ox teams were hauling rc
j covered properly away. The home
I less people had gotten together their
! remaining effects, and were moving
! them :n wagons and carts, and a con?
struction train was engaged receiving
the debris of the broken box cars.
The relief committee, headed by L.
G. Bridewell, was actively and sys
ter...itically at work, issuing rations
I and distributing clothing. Tho Times
I Democrat physicians, Dis. Lehman
j and Fitch, are also assisting the
1 w< .uded. Assistance also came
i from Jackson. Utica, and other points.
'. In making rounds anion^ the vound
' ed very Had scenes were witnessed,
and groans and moans were heart
j .ending, bat particularly touching
j was it to see little children, numbers
I of them scarcely moro than babes,
! who did not understand it all and
i with pain and mystification had got
beyond their years and were heroic.
Scarcely a murmur was heard from
the little ones and none complained.
But one little girl of 3 years wanted
its mamma to 'tome and fix my arm'
a poor, battered liiile arm. No one
could iix It but mamma, and mamma
was in the next room all unconscious
of her baby hurt unto death. There
\va& a five-year-old boy whose face
j was bruised and battered and whose i
j head was gashed by an ugly wound, j
! He was unconscious, but, even with j
; his brain clouded and not knowing- !
! where he felt pain, he moaned md j
j rolled in bed. Ile and the little girl
j were the only babies the correspond
j dc/tt heard to murmur or make com
! plaint. A little boy was still uncoil
? scious to-night.
THE DETAILS AT WESSON
! WESSON, MISS., April 24.-The first
i place reached hy the cyclone on Sun
' day was Georgetown, a small village on
! the Pearl river. Many residents of
j that place and vicinity were assembled
j iu the Methodist church, the quarterly
j circuit being io session. The cyclone
i struck the church, aud one of the side j
! walls fell in upon the congregation, i
j The minister, Kev. II. B. Lewis, had j
j his skull fractured, and his chances for
j recovery are very slight. Mr. Savage,
j who rushed out of the church, was in
I stantly killed, a falling limb of a tree
j striking him and breaking his neck,
j Joe Horncathing was slightly injured,
! as was also Miss Steele. Mrs. Allen
; was seriously hurt. The large congre
! gation bad a most wonderful escape
j with the exception of those above
i named, for as the cyclone struck thc
! church, as if by inspiration they'fell j
j upon their knees, and the benches shield- j
j.ing them, they escaped with trifling io
i junes. A negro church near by was
I also visited by the tornado and was
! destroyed.
I Three of the worshippers were killed
j outright and eight or ten others were
j injured. A number of residences and
I a store were leveled with the ground,
j John W. Crawford, his wife, daughter,
j grandchild, and a servant were instant- j
' ly killed. Mrs. Crawford was blown j
I 300 yards, and all of the family were I
i so crushed aud mutilated as to be hard
! ly recognizable, presenting a terribie
j appearance. The children nf John
I Beasely and those of Mrs. Ryan were
j instantly killed, as were also three
j grown daughters of Mrs. Fowles,
j Mrs. Fowles was carried 150 }ards by
; the force of the wind and was caught in
? ? tree. From this tree she was blown |
j into another one, sustaining such
j severe injuries that she has just died
i from thc effects of them. Ali of the
j stock io the path of the storm was kill
j ed by being crushed to death by flying
j timbers. Billy Parker, his wife, and
j child, and a daughter of William Royals
I were also killed. Opposite George
? town, io Sampson county, the residence
j cf James Bass was demolished and one
; member of his family was killed.
j - I- MM
About Tornadoes.
[National Republican 25th.j
j The terrific tornadoes that lately de
j vasted parts of Iowa, Mississippi, aud
j North Caroliua accompanied the storm
' which started ou thc uincteeth instant j
j from thc coast of Oregon, and, passing j
! in a sout beast ward ly'direction, blew out
j to sea off the Carolina coast on Mou
; day night. This storm was accompa
? oied everywhere east of the Rocky
, mountains by high winds and heavy
j rains, and iu several localities, far
; apart fruin each other, by these dcstruc
! tive tornadoes.
i Inquiry at the signal office failed to
j determine a definite cause of these tor
I uadoes. They are usuaily noticed iu
! coujuuetion with a heavy rain tail and
? diverse winds, or auy similar pheno
. mena which set up a violent whirl iu
! the air A partial vacuum being forin
! ed, and atmospheres of unequal tem
j perature rushing in to fill it from di
? verse points, of course there is formed
j an ingathering of the air, a cylonic suc
! tion which spreads with fearful velocity
? and force and wreaks its destructive in
j tensity upou whatever comes within its
j paths.
! There are at present no means of de
; finitely predicting the formation of
j a tornado. They arc local atmospheric
{ disturbances of vast energy. They do not
j advance like the ordinary storm-they
j develop. The hurricane ur cyclone is
j a storm of terrific violence, passing over
j very extended areas, and characterized |
I by a spiral motion of the wind In the
j uorthern hemisphere tjo winds usually
i blow the storm center in a direction
? contrary to thc hands of the watch. In
j the southern hemisphere the winds
! usually blow itt the coutrary direction.
I In the tornado the winds blow fre
j quently in both dLectiorjs, aud
j the consequent disturbance is thus
i seen to be inevitable. What the mael
I strom o? thc Loffoden islands is to the
j ocean of water the tornado is to the oceau
j of air.
The tornado is described as being
j caused by the contact of unequal tem?
peratures. This, howe/er, does not at
j all accouut for the pecuiiar iudividuali
! ty, the semi-intelligent maliguity, the
! appalling stealth of approach, and the
j whole diabolical character of the torua
! do. Its violence aud intensify are
plaiu enough matters. But there is
something generic about the tornado
which science fails to accouut for. j
Another feature of the tornado is that it
is local. It appears soddenly, almost
without warning, preseuts a fieud's as?
pect, does a devil's work with diabolical
eucrgy and uiagligoancy, and disap?
pears as suddeuly as it came. Its rise
cannot be formulated ; its termination
is equally obscure ; only its effects are
unmistakable and plain. The most
marked indications of its coming, us
described by scientists, are a sultry, op?
pressive conditiou of the atmosphere, a
peculiar stillness that cannot, fail to
attract thc notice, with thc appearance
of singularly-formed clouds in tin* north- i
wer t and southwest. These clouds ap-j
preach ear!; other, coalesce, and from j
their union comes t ii o great, funnel-:
shaped tornado cloud, the lower end of,
which traces out like a gigantic and ?
spectral tinner the track ol' the devasta- i
ting whirl wind.
Ou the nineteenth instant an aroa of
low barometric pressure was developed
on the Oregon coast a little south of
the Columbia river. Its center passed
slowly southward and eastward, until
S",riday afternoon, the twenty-second
instant, it was c-Mitral in Mi>KOuri
south of Jefferson City. The baromet?
ric depression at that time extended
over ali the United States east o?' the
Rocky mountains. On Sunday after
iu\)u the winds north of tho central
point of lowest pressure in Missouri were
blowing from the east and northeast ;
south of it, frooj the west and south
west ; east of it, from the south and
southeast, aud west of it, from the
u or tb and northwest. At various
places the point of contact of these
winds was developed by the aid of mys?
terious local causes in the tornadoes.
Thus the cold northwesterly winds
blowing down the valleys of the Arkan?
sas and Ked rivers, meeting the warra
southerly winds from the Gulf of Mexi?
co over Mississippi, were the first or
provoking causes of the terrific torna?
does that developed in several distinct
localities in Mississippi, producing a
devastation at Beauregard, Wesson,
Macomb City, Johnsonville, Columbus
aud Aberdeen. In the same way the
contact of the northeasterly and south?
easterly, winds in Iowa were followed
by the tornadoes there. The storm
center's advance guard of winds met
currents flowing over Cape Hatteras
just inside the Pamlico sound, and
there ensued the devastation around
Moorhead City. Agaiu probably pro?
voked contact of the northeasterly and
southerly winds iu Georgia the destruc?
tion around Americas in the southwes?
tern part of the state, was terrific.
To summarize : The storm was gen?
eral, with more or less severity, over all
thc United Sates east of tho Rocky
Mountains. For some reasons not yet
kuown, tornadoes were developed at
distinct points over that vast area with?
out apparent connection with each other,
and each disappearing as suddenly as it
came. The storm itself passed out at
sea, its center sinking ir the ocean off
the Carolina coast. The tornado in
Iowa was distant more than 700 miles
from those in Mississippi, while the
latter were considerably over 100 miles
apart. Americus, Georgia, and Aber?
deen, Miss., are more than SOO miles
from each other. And Moorhead City,
N. C., is in rouud numbers 500 miles
from Americus, the nearest point where
thc tornado 'ripped and torc' There
seems something mysterious about these
local disturbances, and science, with all
opportunities an?! ail her efforts, has
not yet succeeded in wresting from the
rumbling mouth of the tornado the se?
cret of its origin, 'whence it comes and
whither it blows.'
That Bad Bey
His Pa Bargied-The Grocery Man
Sein a Trap for the Boy-The
Youngster Ahead as Usual.
'I hear you had burglars over at
your house last night,' said the gro?
cery man to the bad boy, as he came
in and sat ou the counter right over
a little gimlet hole, vt ?tere the grocery
man had fixed a darning needle so
that by pulling a string the needle
would fly up through the hole and
run into the boy about an inch. The
grocery man had been laying for the
boy for two days, and now that he had
got him right over thc hole the first
time, it made him laugh to think how
?he would make him jump and yell,
and as he edged off and got hold of
the string the boy looked unconscious
of impending danger. The grocery
man nulled and the boy sat stiil. Ile
pulled again, and again, and finally
the buy said :
'Yes, it is reported that we had a
burglar over there. ?, you needn't
pull that string any more. I heard
you were setting a trap for me, and I
put a piece of board inside my pants
and thought 1 would let you exercise
yourself. Go ahead, if it amuses you,
it don't hurt me.'
The grocery man looked sad, and
then smiled a sickly sort of smile, at
the failure of his plan to puncture the
boy, and then said, 'Well, how was it.
The policeman didn't seem to know
much about the particulars. He said
that there was so much deviltry going
on at your house that nobody could
tell when anything was serious, and
be was inclined to think it was a put
up job.'
'Now lets have an understanding/
says the boy. 'Whatever I say, you
are not to give away, lt's a go, is
it? 1 have always been afraid o? you,
because you have a sort of decayed
egg look about you. You are a peck
of potatoes with the big ones: on top,
a sort of a strawberry box with the
bottom raised up, so I have thought
you w<<uid go back on a fellow. But
ifyouwoirt give this away, here
goes. You see, I heard toa tell pa
to bring up another bottle of liniment
last night. When ma corks herseli,
or has a pain anywhere, she just uses
' liniment for all that is out, and a pint j
! bottle don't last more than a week, i
i Well, .1 told my chum, and we laid
for pa. This liniment ma uses isofful
j hot. and almost blisters. Pa went to
the Langtry show, and did not get
home until eleven o'clock, and me
and ray chum decided to teach pa a
lesson. 1 don't think it is right for a
man to go to the theatre and not take
his wife or his little boy. So we con?
cluded to burgle pa. We agreed to
lay on the stairs, and when pa came
up my chum was to hit him on the
brad wit'o a dried bladder and I was
tu stab m.!? on the breast pocket with a
slick, and brea-, the liniment bottle,
ami make Lim think he was killed, lt ?
couldn't have worked any better if
we had rehearsed it. We had talked j
about burglars at supper time, and j
got pa nervous, so when he came np j
stairs and was hit on thc head with j
tin* bladder, th? first Urn g he said
was 'burglars by mighty,' and he \
started to go back, and then I hit him ?
oti the breast pocket, where the bottle j
was, ami then we rushed by him, j
down stairs, and I said in a sta.-.oj
whisper, '1 guess he is a dead man.' j
and we went down cellar and up the !
back sta*!sto my room and undressed. I
J'a hollered to ma that he was mer-j
dried, and ma called rue. and 1 came !
down in my night shirt, and tho hired 1
girl she came down, and pa was on j
the lounge; and he said his life blood ?
was fast ebbing away. He held his !
hand on the wound and said he Could j
feel the warm blood trickling- clear |
down to his boots. 1 told pa to stuff!
some tar into the wound such as he j
told me to put on my lip to make my
mustache grow, and pa said, 'My boy,
this is no time for trifling. Your pa
is on his last legs. When I came u;~
stairs I met six burglars, and forced
four of them down, and was going to
hold them aud scud for the police,
when two more, that 1 did not know
about, jumped on me, and I was get?
ting the best of them, when one of
them struck me over the head with a
crow bar, and the other stabbed me
to the heart with a butcher knife. I
have received my death wound, ray
boy, and my hot southern blood, that j
1 offered up so freely for my country, j
in her time of need, is passing from j
my body, and soon your pa will be ?
only a piece of poor clay. Get some !
ice and put on my stomach, and all j
the way down, for I arr. burning up. j
I went to fhe water pitcher and got a j
chunk of ice and put inside pa's shirt, j
and while ma was tearing up an old I
skirt to stop the flow of blood, 1 asked j
pa if he felt better, and if he could j
describe the villains who had mur- !
dered him. Pa gasped and moved j
his legs to get thom cool from the j
clotted blood, he said, and he went j
on, 4One of them was about six foot |
high, and had a sandy mustache. I j
got him down and hit him in the nose, j
and if the police find him, his no6e j
will be broke. The second one was I
thick 6et, and weighed about two j
hundred. 1 had bira down, and my j
boot was on his neck, and I was I
knocking two more down, when 1 j
was hit. The thick set one will have j
the mark o? boot heels on his throat, j
Toll the police, when I am gone, j
about the boot heel marks.' By this j
time ma had got the skirt lore np, j
and she stuffed it under pa's shirt, j
right where he was hit, and pa was j
telling us what to do to settle his |
estate, ?vhen ma began to smell the j
liniment, and she found the broken i
bottle in his pocket, and searched pa j
for the place where he was stabbed, j
and then she began to laugh, and pa j
got mad and said he did not see as a I
death bed scene was such an almighty j
funny affair, and then she told him he j
was not hurt, but that be bad fallen j
on the stairs and broke bis bottle, and i
that there was no blood on bim, and |
he said,'do you mean to tell me my 1
body and legs are not bathed in hu- !
man gore, and pa got up and found it j
was only the liniment. He got mad j
and asked ma why she didn't fly
around and get something to take ;
that liniment off his legs, as it was i
eating to the bone, and then he saw |
my chum put his head in the door, j
with one galius hanging down, and j
pa looked at me and then he said, ;
'Lookahere, if I find out it was you j
boys that put up this job on me, I'll I
make it so hot for you that you will j
think liniment is ice cream in com- j
parison." ? told pa it didn't look1
reasonable that me and my chum j
could be six burglars, six il-ot high j
with our noses broke, and boot heel j
marks on our neck, and pa he said for j
us to go to bed alfired quick, and give j
him a chance to rinse off that liniment, j
and we retired. Say, how does my:
pa strike you as a good single-handed j
liar V And the boy (vent up to the j
counter while the grocery man went j
after the scuttle of coal.
In the meantime, one of the grocery ?
man's best customers, a deacon in the i
church, had come in and sat down on |
the counter, over the darning needle, j
and as the grocery man came in with j
the coal the boy pulled thc string, and \
went out door and tipped over a \
basket of rutabagas, while lite deacon \
got down off the counter with his :
hands clasped, and anger in every j
feature, and told the grocery man he !
could whip him in two minutes. The
grocery man asked what was the j
matter, and the deacon hunted up the j
source from whence the daming nee- ?
die came through the coujter, and as j
the boy went across the street the j
deacou and the grocery man were ?
rolling on the floor, the grocery man i
trying to bold the deacon's fists while j
he explained about the darning nee- |
die, and that it was intended for the i
boy. How it came out the boy did
not wait to see. j
The Best Fish.
The German carp is making rapid
progress as a great food product.
The Industrialist, published at the
Kansas Agricultural College, says in
relation to the drawing off the water?
front their pond : The carp have de?
veloped into magnificent specimens
averaging some 16 indies in length
and weighing by actual test on the
scales from 2 l-l to 3 pounds each.
As showing how rapidly these fellows
gain we remark that these fishes, with
the most ordinary care, and, for the
most part, no care at all, have doubled
in weight since last April. Our carp
raising so far has been a great suc?
cess, except this : our fishes do not iu- !
crease in numbers as we had hoped, j
so far we have found only a single ?
carp in all of our examinations of the
ponds. Perhaps our fishes, which ?
are only 11-2 years old are too young i
to breed, or it may be the crawfish, ;
which are quite numerous, consume ;
the eggs and young.
The Hern County (Cal.) Gazette/,
says : There are two carp ponds of !
small dimension near Bakersfield, in ?
each of which the plant was made
last spring. The fish are doing well,.
and there are to be seen great ?um- ;
hers of young fish, lt cannot be long
before this market will be well sup- j
plied with this excellent ii*h. lt
would bo well for every fanner who ?
has halt'an acre of ground titted for j
a pond, with a certain Slippry of j
water, to raise these fish for thc house- !
hold alone, as they raise their fowls, j
Tito foothill Tidings tells of Kev. J. j
W. Brier, who ts breeding carp some ;
three miles from Graes Valley. Ho '
linds that 1,000 caro *'\\\ live and j
grow finely upon what one hog will
in both cases from birth to two years
old. At this .-.ge the carp will v.vigh ;
4.U00 pounds the average lot. while |
the average porker \\ il! weigh 250 ;
pounds. At present, prices for the ;
two articles of food the tish would
bring ?1,000 and the hog ?24.
- Bl tl
A young Indy recently received the
following note, accompanied by a bou?
quet of dowers : 'Dear-, I send yon
: bi the boy a bokaj of flou-s. This is
i like my* luv for u. The nite shade
menes kepe dark. Tu<* dog fennil
! menes I am your slave. Rosis re'' and
j posis pail, my luv for you shall never
I fale.'
PLEASANTRIES*
THE music of the wild waves is a Nep?
tune.
FISH notes are scaled for a high rate
of interest.
BEST two in three-The surviving
couple out of triplets.
MATCHED may be made in beaven, but
tb ey have a most decided smell ti the
other pince.
A GUN is loaded with powder; a table
is loaded with the delicacies of the sea?
son. Eotn go off, and. both kflL
WHE>- a revolver is aimed at a man ?x
the heat of a discussion, he generally
looks at it as a pointed argument.
Gc iBOLLARD, most candid of philoso?
phers, remarks, ""Would that I had
10,000 a year." 44To do what?" "Ta
do nothing."
"ETIQ?TTTK" writes tous to inquire
if, in oin* opinion, it weald bo proper for
him to support a young lady if she was
taken with a faxnz-ev<_u if he hadn't
been introduced. Prober, young man,
certai ly-prop her by all means.
Cleveland Sun.
IN olden iim':z Trlmri poople he*rd
Some s'.vi\dIcT hu^< had come to grief,
They used a ~o..d o?*? SJXOI? word,
And ca*!ed tliat raau z thief."
B:it language, pr.oh vm tiiat to-^ay
?~ m too masyp feelings grstoa,
Sc ):e >; ie PHLV. aad r?ap*; bay,
*. Ile rehypolhecai^j."
A CET from the heart: Little Dunce
(looking up ouudenly from her history
book)-"Oh, mummy darling, I do so
wish I'd lived r^der James the IX"
Mamma-"Why?" Little Dunce-4?Be?
cause I see here that education was
very much neglected in his reign !"
Punch.
A YOUNG wife lately lest her husband,
who was about 70 years old. 44 But
how did you ever happen to marry a
man ox that age?" asked one of her
mends. 44 "Why," said ?he young widow,
" you see I only had the choice between,
two old men, and. of course, I took the
oldest."-Paris Figaro.
JOSEPH S:?OW, of Indiana, told his
wife tc shut her head That was twen?
ty-one years ago, and she has not spoken
since, though eons'antly living together
as man and wife.- New York Times,
A Chicago man told his wife to shut her
head. That was a week ago, but it is
not believed uiat the lump on his head
will disapp. ar for several days.-Chicago
Tribune.
ENTER Jones, the magnificent, with
stranger-44 A little surprise for you.
Mrs. J1 Let mu introduce !?r. Wig?
gins, whem ? havo persuaded to take
his chance and come and try pofc-luck
with us. And 7" hope you won't starve
him, hey, my love?" Mrs. Jones
44 There's no fear of that, Mr. Wiggins ;
I got my husband's telegram in time."' **
Tableau, with green fire.-Punch.
THE nei vcus mother of a bright little*
boy was alarme-i lest he should take the
whooping-cough which prevailed in the
neighborhood. She talked so much
about it and wo Tied over it, that she had
infected the child with her fears to such
an extent that he would scarcely leave
her side. One night after the little fel?
low had been put to bed and asleep, a
donkey was driven past thc house, aid
when just opposite set up his he-haw.
With a sliriek the little fellow was oat ol
bed, screaming at the top of his
voice, "The whooping-cough is coning,
mamma; the whooping-cough is com
mg.
SCHOOLMASTER. -44 Noah had three
! sons-Shem, Earn and Japhet-row.
! answer me, who was the father ot these
j gentlemen ? " (Boys silent). 44 Ton
! cannot iel i ? Well, now, let's try again,
t You know Mr. Sparkes who lives over
! Che way?" Boys-"Will Sparkes?"
j Master-"Yes. surely. Well, then,
j Mr. Sparkes has got three boys-Tom
! my, John and Bill. Now, who is the
j father ol' those boys ? You Lncw them
! very well." Boys-4 Mr. Sparkes."
! Master-" Very good-very * - boys,
! indeed ; that is q\r ? right. Nothen,
i Noah had three so: -Shem, Hr.m and
. Japhet. Who-" Boys?-in a hurry
j "Mr. Sparkes."
TUE WO S XAS.
The most mtorestiug statue to us, and
I perhaps ins oldest image in Egypt, and,
; if so, in the world, is the Wooden Man,
I which was found at Momp?iis. This
image, one metre and ten centimetres
! high, stands erect, holding a stall. The
! figure is fuT of life, the pose expresses
vigor, action, pride: the head, round in
form, indicates intellect. The eyes aro
crystal, in a setting of bronze, giving &
startling look of lite to the statue. It is
no dou^t a portrait
44 There is nothing more striking,"
c.v-s its discoverer, 44 than this ini'-ge, in
a manner living, o' a person who has
bocn dead six thousand years." He
must have been a man ci mark, and a
citizen of a state well civilized; this is
not a portrait of a barbarian, nor w?a it
csrved by a rude artist. Few artists, I
think, have li ved since who could impart
move virility io wood. And if the dato
assigned to this sta4.r?e is correct, sculp?
ture in 2gyi>t attained its maximum of
development six ihouwand joars ago.
This conclusion will be ivsi*r3d by
many, and on d?n?rent ground?. T heard
a Clergyman of the Church of Tiglaad
say to his comrade, as they wer?: 1? oking
at Uris ngure:
41 It's all nonsense;six thottss ?J vears?
Tt conlan" be. That's before tlx- cr?*a
tion of mm."
" We??.*'said Cae otVr, irreverently,
"?wrlwps tin's was the ir >dol."-Charle*
D?dLy Waru- r.
H:: \r. irr..\\:\: k\ic\\ all about doctors?.
He said: "How poor are they thal
have ito patience 1 **
Tm: laws of Kansas are very favorable- ?
to the /armer and st? vk raisej in respect
of exemption from execution and sale.
He is secure ?a the possession of 160
acres of land, with all improvements of*
whatever character; !.ls implements anti
machi-;* . iv. o horses, two cows?, ten.
. pigs and i- o year's crops.