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g^^if?***^ .... r ^ -, . ? . t?HTKRWATCHMAN? Established April, 1850. Aus.,?, 1S81.1 I , I ?I i lBe Just and Fear not-Lst all the Ends tbott Ains't at, be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, 1866. SUMTER, S. G., TUESDAY, AUOTST 14, .1833. Sew Series-Vol. ill. No. 2. ^^^^KbBaiiol eresy Trwsday, ?BP&X"-BX TBS-?. ||?:JRite?iB?* mid SontkroH PuUishing life Company, g'- SUMTER, S. C. Kp?' - ?- J" TERMS : Infers per annum-io adraace. 0Cri/' ^^^Nfcd^^^tbree months, or longer will ?. * ' -*e ma&e*at red aced rates. AU communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad ver tisemeots. |gf^%-^?toa? will be >lf??ia^?iwl?3Pes and notices of deaths pub-? For job work or contracts for advertising at ?^ ^^Gfifctto N. G. 0S7EBS, . Business Manager. '^Soldiers of fheliost Cause. T^jRjl^??iijj nl?i iTiir^ poem i read at tboVirunkm of t?? veterans of Warren con nt y, ^5 ^?t?^-teW at Warren too, N. C. It was ??-''^.^yq^Mti? by request and read by the author, '0^f^Mt^ak?. P?lk, of Warren county, (a nephew ^^^f*^?eBt^sB?es. K. Polk) who is quite a jgi?aiEJoan^; bat whose effort breathes th? tism as well as the true instincts I, backward, rearward rolling, ?oox n?rao*r^a rushing ware, ^tfcabeilaof war are tolling ? of bathes past in story, tofdeatbiess.glory; tbe teardrops of our sadness ? with oar shouts of glad cess, in Grand Benn :ou, -ia sweet communion i's host of spirit bravea. _jkoor nobie d?iad are sleeping, 'neath the battler rested sea, ry sad is steeping in gory keeping ; 'd past li creeping the prese^eapiog ;hts o'ef?eomrades sleeping, in silent glorj, i winds sigh their story wy, distant leu. 'P^?^^^bttAo??? be a longing t ; -:-Xo?mipat d#and homage pay ~TOr^??Be heroes vbo went thronging, v. ^a^^^U to.them bdon^jag, Baaipwg proudly to the bailie, fl'- Jfe?t|?9teduQib and driven cattle, %f-% ;jBat ??ke-mea who heard the rrttle" f \ vOf themasket, braw and idriess, Tt?eand graad, ^r>d procd ?cd peerless, (?r^BS^P^nxsT?soas who wore the gray. v draw ?om Recollection's sheath, I /Thesta?nless sword of Warren's pride. %;? -^tfartuttaad vaRey. plata and heath, :;.:l5ar ?ash its circling light and wide ; ipward flashing, glancing, gleaming, its light be onward streaming - the graves where DOW lie dreaming -"Those who fought for us and died. Wbenwepr's black cloud hung darkly o'er Onr'^nooylSeeih,'' ocr na ti re land, And when the cannon's deadly roar Its thanders rolled frere shore to shore, Bid Warren's soldiers trembling stand? When S?rth and Sooth divided stood ..On the banks of War's red river, And Sars sprang reeking from the flood. And buri'd his lightning spea?of blood, i Pid our soldiexs^aake or s h iver ? When battle from War's forge of hell, Cast wide and fer toe scream in;; sh eil, ~ That bore Death's message and the kneil ?0*er Weeding valley, plain and dell, Did Warren's brave soldiers falter? s Ko! but at their Country's altar I Bow'd and breath'd their battle psalter; . Then proudly rose, nnsheath'd their swords And shouted wild the ringing words ; "OorCow..tryi,> * ^ Then rush'd 'mid sabres' clang and dash, And fought 'mid battle's crush and crash, FcQ in the musket's blinding Sash, JF'oOTfd their hearts' blood out like water ?thefeld of slaughter, -^ -> mercy, begged no quarter. Rat fought and fell, their latest breath, Defiance mibe face o? death *Our Country!' ? ? ? * * f * Kurth and Sonth again united. Ko longer hear the clash of swords ; Unkfevows ?gain are plighted, : But Sark to mem'ry's pleading words : ^*Ob?wy:Country I Oh, my Nation ! Forget not thy illustrious br*ves, Lat Warren's bloom of consecration Ba brightest on thy soldiers' graves. Let the living who are left us,/ Then, yearly meet in grand review To plant the emblem branch of mern'ry O'er the graves of Warren's True. LetfWarren's dove of mem>y fair Fly swift and fast to cleave the air,, That shroods the record? o f oar brave?, And seek within that s?a of graves Someplace to rest beyweary wing, Then^Jiot%r, Maiden, Veteran, Son. Let shouts'and songs together rise Upward to yo^ghi ni ag son That br??ft?oiL lights our Southern skies fame ye fought and fell, (ht for honor, country's veal ! then to memory's bell Tint ??lis from the far-off land of the Leal. End of a Great Work. Taree weeks from Sunday the North? ern Pacific Kail road will be open, with ooo ti nous rai} oom m soient ion across the continent from thc great lakes to the iBers of the Pacific Ocean. For years the construction of the Hoe has been poahefboth from the Ease and from the West. Tho gap has been steadily re doced until "now only a few miles re msfn. It 'will be goally closed on September 9, when the last spike is to , be driven at anoint iu Montana, in the \ ?alley of tbs Little Blackfoot, abon?' fiftr miles West of Helens. ^Pfce Northern Pacfic is the third of reat transcontinental lines charter Congress twenty years ago. It is one of the three built and voder a siDgle management, ia the longest railroad iu (he world. ^main linet of its Eastern and Wes? tens stretch over/twenty five mile? of territory and cross rees of longitude. It opens ? "emulation through regions * BILL AEF. Live Stoek Views Applied to Hu man Beings. Sometimes ? think that a State or a government ought to keep np its hu man stock just like people keep nj their cattle stock. When a man looms up above the horizon as a great man he ought to be pensioned and sup ported so that he wouldn't have tc think about money. Ile ought io be required to marry into another peu sioned family and in this way keep up a family of brains to draw from for our Presidents and Governors and law milkers. They ought to be paid enough to keep 'em ont of temptation. I like to see a family of brains keep ing up the family reputation and the family dignity for generations to come. I like the Adamses, and Pres? tons and Lamar? and Bayards and all such and I am glad they were born rich. want all great meu to be rich as long as they are good. Their in? fluence spreads all over the country and we can point our children to them and say, ' There's your mark, now shoot at it' As it is now the struggle seems to be who can get the richest, and it don't matter much how they get money so they get it and are not caught stealing of it. There is a power of difference in human stock. Thc pure breed of Yankee? never was a, favorite stock with me. When it is judiciously crossed it does very well and I have known some mighty good grades fco come from a mixture of the Yank with the old Southern blooded stock. The old time Southerner is blooded stock. With him honor and fair deal? ing and family pride are bigger things than money. The Yankee runs on money. Their catechism says the chief end cf man is to keep all yon get and get all you eau. They like what other people have got better than wliett they have got themselves, and they go for it and call it specula? tion." If they can't get it that way fast enough they pass laws in Con? gress that will get it by degrees. Through tariffs .and protection and bounties and railroad subsidies, they got nearly al! we had before the war, and they are st'U playing the same old game. They look upon us as foemen worthy of their steal. When a Yank gets right rich and don't want any more, and is sorter broken down in tl e loins, he gets sorter honest and gives some away io meet? ing houses and colleges. ? A Southerner don't care much for a dime, but a Yank will get rich off of coppers. Ile will buy nails at iour dollars and ninety cents a keg and retail em out at five cents a pound. Ten cents and the keir is a fair oro?t for him. He will speculate on any? thing in the world. 1 knew one to buy his wife's dower in a piece of land for ?200 and sell it to his dad dy-in-law for a thousand. That was a cute way of making the stimgy old cuss-give him something before he died. A regular Yank is a oerambu latin, mau. Ile don't mind going from Maine to Texas any m Are than we mind going to the postoSce. Ile is smart and he is diligent and is never left by the train. When a ciever Yank comes down Sou tl', and mixes with our people he improves by contact, and if he si ays long enough and marries into a respecta? ble family he is apt to make a good citizen. It helps him and it helps the family, especially if it is poor and proud. This kind of a cross general? ly does well and brings good fruit. The offspring are lively and shifty, and have the love of money and tho i love of honor, so beautifully blended ; you can't tell tether from which i A cross between Massachusetts and ' South Carolina does very well now-a- j days. One is chuck full of money ! ami the other of honor. The money j keeps the honor from perishing out, j which is a good thing, for if it ain't j kept comfortable it is inclined to ! degenerate, and the stock will run ! into scrub in two generations and ! have to be withdrawn from the turf. ? Honor nor nothing oise ain't bomb- ? proof against the debasing influence ] of an empty stomach. If a race horse ? ain't weil fed his offspring will play j out, and so when one of the ?irst fam- j ilies gits poor the children become a j second family and so on and so forth ; until 3'ou can't teil 'em from common stock. Then again we sometimes see the j commonest kind of scrub humans j blessed with an uncommon quantity j of brains. Then yon may look out j and you might as well surrender for they are going to have a slice pfyour property. A smart scrub is a dan-1 gerous animal. A cow that horn's ; down the fence or a hog that roots ! open the gate or a horse ti;at lets ! down the bars is a nuisance and a ; cuss. They are a scrub. The old < fashioned first families wouldn't do a mean thin;. They were above it. j They wouldn't sacrifice their self re- ? spect. I like them sort, especially if j they are rich." They have big ideas j and big ways and hold their heads up j and look at you when tiiey speak to j you. They don't walk nor ride like j common folks. I can tell 'em a j hundred yards off lt takes all sorls ! of folks to make up a world and Pm j glad that kind are in it. Pm most as j poor as Lazarus, but 1 ain't fool ; enong'n to hate rich folks. ? like 'cm, j but if you think you can make any- j thing off of a rich scrub just try it. j He don't waste enough to keep a j hound clog from starvation. Poor1 folks are aright good thing ina couutry. In fact, a country is obliged ! to have 'em to keep rich folks in j money. That's what I've been doing ? all my lifo and if I don't grumble at ! it nobody needn't. Being poor and ; keeping so is my forte, but we have j had a right good time, nevertheless j notwithstanding, for money brings a j heap of trouble, and the children get j awful tired waiting on a rich daddy j to die. But I like money-money is j a right good thing in a family, aud I i would like to feel the feeling of a rich j man for ?"little while, may be it would stretch me apa little. Mrs. A rp preacher and shake hands with the brethren and sisters in the vestibule. I think? 1 would like that. But after ali it don't matter much whether a man is poor or rich, one man is as happy as another if his heart is in his bosom and not in his pocket. If it ain't in his bosom then he is a scrub. BILL AR?. Dress Reform. A Woman in Trousers Interviews the Beiigious Editor. 'I want to call your attention to our S37stera of dress reform,' com? menced au ancient dame with a very wide mouth, as she entered the man? aging editor's sanctum and threw her bat on the table. 'Looks very pretty,' murmured the managing editor, surveying tho Bloomer costume with a critica! eye. 'See how free and easy everything is,' continued the woman, brandish? ing her arras aud skipping around. 'Did you ever see anything to equM that V 'Don't think I ever did'' replied the managing editor, calmly. 'I'm pre? pared to say that I never saw any? thing anywhere that bore any resem? blance to it.' 'Comfortable, pretty, accommoda? ting all the limbs and giving free play to all the muscles. Notice that V Don't really see anything else/ clamored the admiring editor. "That element seems to be the main stay of the whole business.' 'Now I want this paper to pick this scheme and make it popular among the ladies of the nation. Are you prepared to go into that branch of ph i i an th ropy V 'It's a little ont of the line of my duties,' responded thc managing edi? tor. 'I'll cali in the religious editor. He knows all about such tilings.' 'I see, I see,' mattered the relig icur editor, as he took the show in at a glance. 'You keep those panta? loons up with suspenders, I reckon.' .That's just il,' replied the delight? ed reformer. 'Th.at is where this cos? tume approaches that of a man, ana therefore is perfectly comfortable.' 'Suppose you bust a suspender, what do you propose to do about that V asked the religious editor, deli? cately. 'Sew it up,' replied the woman promptly. ? 'But suppose you're on a picnic and .there is no needle hand}* i' 'I clon*t know,' murmured the wo? man mediiaiivel}*. 'Teil me frankly,' demanded the re? ligious editor sternly, 'do you know how to fasten a suspender with a stick 1' 'No, I dorrt.' retorted the woman. 'Have you ever seen a woman who does?' '1 don't believe I ever have,' re? turned the reformer. 'I supposed so,' commented the re? ligious ediior. '! thought so. Now, another thing. Do you know how to lie a button on with a string?' 'I never tried it,' stammered the woman. 'I wouldn't have believed yen ii you said you had, continued tito re? ligious editor. 'You begin to see where your dress reform will come out in the case of accident.' 'You're a bruie?' howled the wo? man, as she made a break for the door. 'That's rather tough, wasn't it?' asked the managing editor, regarding the disappearing figure with an emo? tion of relief. '? don't know,' replied she relig? ious editor? looking longingly at tlie bottom drawer of-the manairihir edi tor's desk. 'Underneath ali the dress reform she was strapped up like a mule in a blacksmith shop and ? knew it. If she hadn't scattered on that question she would on tho ".ext, so it was only a matter of time. How d:> you like that apple jack I saw you testing an hour ago?'-Brooklyn Eagle. A Dynamite Story. In IS65 a prisoner, who was con? demned to hard tabor in a Gerroa*] mine (a fate thai befalls manv evil? doers in Rhineland), managed io ef? fect his escape. Ile bad held a posi? tion of some little confluence in the mine., and when be decamped he suc? ceeded in taking with him asmali can containing aV>ui three pounds ol nitro glycerine. Profoundly ignorant of the nature and il i i destructiveness of the explosive, and believing, from thc care wit?* which ho had always seen it servcu out in tho mines, that iL was of considerable value., he clung j to his treasure with tenacity and \ eve:-iu-ill}* embarked for the United j ?tates, carrying the can with him a?;d j using il in his io:.g sea voyage as a j pillow. Arrived in New York, be j sought accommodation in a Green? wich street sailors' boarding house. There, ponding his search for al purchaser, he put the c;;r: in the ' publie barroom, where it was used hy tiie boarders as u foot-rent when they blacked their boots. Tins vv nt on for fully two weeks, and probably the liitie can was knocked about by careless mariners, who knew little-thu danger they were incurring. (Jae day there-was a fight in thc barroom, and the can was kicked hy a stalwart German in his effort to reach euc of j his opponents. The light ended in- \ slant'y. Simultaneously with the : kick there was a general scattering cf i all the inmates ol the r< oas, a crash-1 ing of failing bricks and splintering j timbers, and a report like a seventy- j fours broadside. Ahorse {hit was passing in the street was struck by some of (he bricks hurled from tho building and pieces of an iron piliar that had been shattered, and was in? stantly killed ; but, strangely enough, tin; *Tf'?u in the barroom escaped with slight bruises, thc kickers even being only stunned by the shock.-Phila? delphia /'ress. The State Land Com minion has sola j Hell Hole Swamp, in Cuarleslou coan- j ty to Mr. Kenfrey, ;i civil engineer, ! who proposes to drain it at an expense of $100,000 gaintag 17>000 acres of Strange Death o?a Physician. CHICAGO, August 12.-Dr. Frank L. Rea, assistant demonstrator of an? atomy in tho College of Physicians ! and Surgeons, died on Friday ol" ! malignant, facial carbuncle. Iiis death has attracted a great deal of atten? tion from medical men in the city, j The history of his aiUiction was re? lated by one of his associates. On ; Tuesday, July ol, he was sitting in his o?Sce when he felt a prickling sensation or. the left side o? his upper lip. ile wont down stairs to a drug? gist:, and asked him to pine!; a hair out of his moustache over the place of the pain. Thc druggist complied with the request, and, when he liad plucked the hair, Rea locked as its bulbless end, and raid : 'Mr. Jacobson, that is the last of me ; it is a facial carbuncle. I wii! lock up my o?:ce, bid you good-bye, ann* go-home to die.' The druggist laughed at him, but the young physician locked his door a?.d went away, leaving a card that he did not know when he would return. He 'went at once to his uncle's house and told him what he had experienced, adding : 'I am done tor. I will never have another weil day, and will bc dead in ten days.' The family laughed ai him, and he retorted by drawing cut Lis diary and writing this : 'Carl-uncle started on my lip. I know what it means. Ko post mor? tem, if yen picase.7 Beneath '.he entry were two num? bers corresponding io pages in a standard author, in which the re markiiole fatality of the disease is spoken of- Til j doctor had got his intimate acquaintance of the disease by t reating t?:'? case of a fellow student, ?ir. Eagle, which ended fa? tally at ti JO hospital a year ago. After making the entry he persisted in talking of his approaching death and made ail his plans. Everything was done to distract his attention., but without ava:i. The sore was opened and cauterized. A week ago lair Friday another pimplo appeared about the same time on tho other side of his lip. A da}7 or two afterward it was opened and cauterized. The disease ! remained indifferent for a day or two. ! The doctor's temp?rature ?lien arose to 134 and l is pulse to 110. Ile went to bed ou Monday and was in a comatose condition from that time until he die J, five days later. Death .was due to lite facial veius absorbing i the poison oi the sore and carrying it to tho brain, where it forme l a fungu - growth that put him to sleep, ana by the sympathy of the nerve's, caused his features to swell beyond recogni? tion, the eyes being pried almost ont of the sockets. Qtison Victoria. Queen Victoria Alexandria Guelph, j of Great Britain and ireland, and Em- . press of India, is the daughter and only child of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George ill., ey his wife i Mary Louisa, bf SAse-Cobnfg-Saal- \ Heid, German. She was eora at ! Kensington palace, England, r-lny ? 24th, 1810. Her Father died in 1820, j and her general education, under her i mothers supervision, was conducted by the Duchess of Northumberland, and until within a few weeks be iure ? she ascended the throne, she lived in ! comparative retirement, diversified ! by visits to various portions of the : United Kingdom. Thedeath of the j reigning King, William IV, occurred j in June ledi, and on the 2-Sih of that j month Victoria, by royal succession, ! was crowned Queen of Great Britain and Ireland at Westminister Abbey. She immediately became a favor ito with her people and luis retained their esteem and affection up to the,present moment by her woman iv and Queenly . character. In 13-10 Victoria was united to Albert, Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, second son of Duke Ernest, who was born in Germany in 1819, and was in every way a sui ta? ble husband for tit? young and popu? lar Queen. He was a man of peace? ful habits and re5ued ? :ste, whose pursuits were of an ex:.'ted, benevo? lent a.:.i useful character ; and ho was a competent ami active oarti'cipator in pubiic measures, which tended to increase the happiness and prosperity Soi' ihe English people. Niue children i were born to this royal couple. The ! Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria's j mother, di .<! sn claren, iSdl, and h?*r ' htisuaaa, ! -ieee Albert, sa??uen?y ex- j pire-.i in il;e i dlo-w-ing December. The-s wh?lc gdvVUS Lm'OWf; luto ?*?h'f ? by tho death of thc prince convert. \ a.el Leal event oas beer, thc *:iur.r? ? .. inducing COUi:nuhabUs of v?C U ' SJ on in jue priv;;te life bf tl: e - y . j wlti?c she lias continued io exe .: ;o j nev powers and duties as the so* treign ! of a mighty nation with great ?lde'H?v ; to her subjects. K r public history/! is that oi Britain e! ur ing the last hr- \ ty-thre? years. As a wife, a mother j and a Queen she has experienced < -\\ly j the change.-), toe sorrows and joys which usually he!' io the lol of ord-i- j nary women, but io .di ead through't sim has proven herself au honor to j her sex. ?'~io\? ir. July. With tho middle cf th: . month a! area* ca ange of icarpt??atGrc sci in over j Ce?:ral Kure:-.-. -U m the Alpine; crstnctN '.vin i er ..?.?...:;..'-.: ?:.i70 r-*t:n? ' back arab: Os July iv thc whole of ] Corinthian Alps v. ..-re red v. i : !. ; a heavy ? .' of snow. A ' tier free.: ; the ?"'ustci-?hui describes 'kc - :e.al. round as a iioroa^h winier- 1 :edscap.i . while he temperature in the valley (oil to wi thin six degrees ot' frost. ? letter from ?Lasbruek'of thc l ita -ivs thal thc surrounding pvountains were .cove red with suow. thc result of a heavy fall the i day before, which only fishily j vii ed i to the hot sun of the nert day. In the j iSaizkau? ic-rgot acid ina Bavariau high- ; lands people had been forced to red um o ! furs ano! ciher winter clothing A j telegram fr ai Berne reports that the ) Sieaploo road n us render'. 1 impassable ] by thc over?iovv?ug of the. jchoue, and ! thc Mulethal tunnel on the road be- ? tween Berne and Fribourgwas de-j The Distinguished Farmer. j Farisb C. Fiirman, the distinguished j Georgia agriculturist and pioneer of k;o I tensive farming/ was io luis city yes \ terday. Us spent the day with j Capt. G. H. Forman and family, being i ?. near relative. Mr. Forman lives I r=ear Milledgevil?e, Georgia, hie fa?oas farm bcinir situated in tb?t vicinity. He is just now engaged in forming c L:tock company lo bc composed cf the best business men of Alabama. Geor? gia and Sou*Ii Carolina, for the purpose of manfacturing fertilizer upon his for? mula, lu conversation with a reprc , scutative of the News, Mr. Forman ; spoke most oncoura-ir.^iy or tho. scheine. ?Ie said that he could manufacture a fc-rtiiizcr very rauch cheaper and bet? ter than any now on the market, In bis State there is an abundance of ma? terial for making sulphuric acid, this being the prmeipalaud most expensive agent iii fertilizers. Mr. Furman pro? poses to make his acid from pyrite-, which is plentiful and of good quality in Georgia, ile desires io have a stockholder to represent tho enterprise at each of the principal poinrs in the States named. He is nov; oiTcring the shares at 0500 apiece, and only one share is sold in each place. He ap? proached severa; merchants here yestcr : dav and made propositions, j ; i is not known positively whether ; Greenville will be represented, a? ;hc j parties approached are still considering ? the matter. i They expressed themselves as hchq j very favorably impressed wirb Mr. j Furmnr*himself an I with hisp?as. Mr-, j runnr.3 Las -eeurc^ a number of sub ; seri he rs for thc stock: 11:3 sars he ! :s b?ckst! by ?4.00a;000 ia the c-uter : prue. ! A dorther? fer?-lize:- c?mpany o-ffer ! ed him ono collar per ton royal!j for ' the use of bis formula, h:A he refused j it. Mr. Furmsa especis to make on his farm this year seTen bales to the sere unless tiie worms at'ack the plant. Ile is watching this closely, aaa has in? structed those on his farm ?o telegraph fer him at one? if the worm apnears. ? - T . ! ! Mr. Furman is tr.o looking, has a ; very ere<*t carriage, is wcli built, and fluent and most in.'cresting conversa? tionalist, tie is now in 3p?.r:a?;burg. ' He remains at each piuca im visits only a few imurs ana then pushes ahead." Mr. Furman says ha wilt give a grand barbecue at his farm to the stockholders j of the company this fall. He proposes to j invite members of the press and <"ri.-;rs ' j from South Carolina, Georgia ann Air-: ba ??ia. The visitors to this entertaiumeni ! will thus have the opportunity of person j ally inspecting 'intensive farming.' Gj-ccnvlue Neics. Tho Bad Boy's Pa's Tourth cf July. Said the bad 007 to the groeervman : 'Yon see one of the deacons lu our ! church ?ives ;?n a farm;ana ail bio folks were going away to spend the nev, and j he liad to do ail thc chore.?, so he in vit ed pa arid ma to come out to tho farm and <mvc a nice, quiet time, and they went. 'There is nothing my pa ?ikes better than to co ou: on a farm arel pretend he knows everything. When the farmer rot pa and ma out tiierc la; set them $0 work, and ma shelled peas while pa went to dig potatoes for dinner. ? j tbiak it was mean for the deacon tn sen I pa out io the corn field to dig po? tatoes, and after he had dug up a whole row of corn without finding any potatoes, he sat the dog on pa and tro.m him in an apple tree near the beehive?, and then go and vi-ii with um and leave pa iu the tree with the dv;r uarkin?; ::t j him. Pa said ia- never ku ev: how mean a deacon could bc until ho bad sa? on a limb of that apple tree ali the afternoon. . .About time to do chores the farmer ? came and found pa, .nd called the dog ocr. and pa came down, and then the farmer pUvcd thc nearest trick of all. Ile said city peopia didn't kuow how io milk c<>ws, and pa raid ho dished he had as many dullar* as he knew hov: to milk cows, lie salo his specbulry was milking kicking CO.TS, and the farmer gave pa a tin pail and a milking stool and let down lim bars and pointed cut io pa the wurst cow iu tho place. 'Pa knew his reputation wa* at stake and he .vent up to the cow and punch? ed iv In tho ?auk and ?aid : 'Hist, con? to un J you.' Weil, tim ' yr; wasn't a tasting kind, buta histing bull, and pi, ? knew it was a bo!! as quick as L . peen ! it pu: down its hoad Mid hoi tar, and I mi dropped ibo pail add started for ?rn: j ?srs. ?o?i :?:.: omi after na. *i uos J. iii.uk was ngn>iG ma lo ! bet twoshillings will: the farmer rna:! pr won!-i get LO the bars before the bul! ; aid. though sh? von lue bet. Fa said . 1:0 i; .ow it was a bu:! just as t ;a horns ? got tang-ed un ;u h.3 coat-La? . anu ? wi.eu ho struck on lim oilier oft!,;; ban? j and his nose hil the ssh-barrel where j they make lye lor soap, pa sait! ho . paw more Srev.orks thau wc did :?t tho . So!di?rS? iiotne. i'a wimhu.'t e le- j brace aav more, ana rici crom h^mej s?tt r thanKing tue larmer mr m.- cour- . ; sii - , but he wants mo to borraw. a ";:*? ; and go out witi: him huuving. \v e are j going to shoot a bu ! 1 and a d? 7. and ; some .boes : maybe ;ve will shoot the J ;. ..-:u ;r, v 1 keeps on as mad as ho as j yy.'i-: 'Well we won't have another j Fourth of July for a ymir.'-1\- '.'^ \ Sun. The rhiiadclpbia Record thinks coo i of tiie P.trougest arguments in f.v -r cf : cre..ssii?"J is thai cemeteries aro norour ; nia- soureos of contaauon. This thoo; ? ii, a-u'v.-.'.l* ha:-* additioGal eonurt: a:'...*? ; i'i [i\ : di.so'?vcry reeeot?y ma??o i?v Ur. i Fr?; i re, of ll io ?Janeiro, in cxmifing the oartij where the viciiaus of yellow 1 fever had boen interred the year oeforc j he foliad 'myriaus of m?crobli. ovrtfr!-, j identical T?-h those found in :!:e vuoin i ur-s of persons sick wile, yoi mw fever.' , These germs he oas cultivated, and has ? reproduced the discase in animais, whose ? blood after death he found to bc filled j with the seeds ot'yellow fever iu various 1 stages of growth. Mount Vesuvius is iu a state of rc- ! maskable activity. The continuous trem- ; hiing of the soil hus resulted in con- j 8iderable injury to buildings and tho railway running up the mountain. Hews ancl Gossip. N. Petersen, a Charleston mechanic, j has invented a stearn buggy which is said tc run 20 miles an boor over dirt ? roads. An Augusta concern is manu- j facturiag it. The Directors of the Florida Ship Ganai Co. met in Now York on Mon? day and received the Engineer's report, lie says the Canal will cost ?46,000, 00?, will be 137? miles bug, and will pay Last week was dintingnisbed by a Mow nf blood in Cincinnati. There were ten serious affrays, eight of which re- j suited in murder. Two of the victims j were themselves murderers, and two of j tho murderers have committed murder before. Two mechanics employed to make repairs iu the Redemption Bureau of the United States Treasurer's office at Washington last week found under some machinery ten crisp and fresh ?i,GC:i bills enveloped in an official band. The workmen were honest. The Superintendent being absent, they handed the money over to a subordinate in thc room, Tbe reason why wc sufifcr annually from drouth is ascrtained by tbe fol? lowing logical process. Farmers have remarked that at the beginning of fod? der pulling time protracted rains al? ways set in. Of late years little or no cern has been planted and berco no f'\'bb;r to pull. Consequence, no raia. Let the coa;!try provide au ample sup? ply o?' fodder to pull tn the future and tee if the r csu Ic won't be better.-Sain- \ ".ci Arcus. An ?30<- diamond was vomited up bv a chah mackerel caught near Shef- ; ?I l's reef, Qo^cih-nt. Tho young ! ;' ihsrmaa started for homo after captur? ing the chub, thinking of tho 'Ssher? re au's lock' as bo gazed on the soli? tary mackerel. The mackerel seemed to have become suddenly attacked with convulsions, ar l darin'/ a spasm vomit? ed a giicteni:;^ substance of the size of small pea. Th. boy picked it up and, j to his surprise found that ir. was a real j diamond, Itu value bas beeu ej?iuiated ! at ?300. j A Missouri farmer recently ploughed up a little black jug! ont of which, when uncorked ran forty-be von snakes of different Speeles, varying in length from four to seven inches. The inci? dent is not remarkable. A little black jug has frequently produced about I that number of snakes, though many ! of them wen? a:9 largo a? beacon- ; fctvieto s. if lac terrified individual ; who wrestled with them eau be j credited. One of the liveliest W?rnern cf her age j is Mrs. Peace, near Saluda. Som? visi- : .ors called to see her a few days ago. and ascertained that she had just assist? ed in scouring the house and sanding j the Soor. She is92years Oid and gets ' about and does not grumble half as much at doing a little house work as seme sriris of simeon. Soe said she broke her hip when she was 84 years obi und that gave her a lirtle inconve? nience sometimes. She was not quite as activo as before that accident. Ca i ? Hin a Spa rta n. L C. Doon, a travelling salesman, . whose home is at Effingham. Minn., j recently furnished bis wife wijA a pis- ! toi for ber protection from burglars. I On Friday night he came to town on a j late train, and failing to awaken Iiis j v;ife by knocking, he clim bad a shade tree, thinking to eater through the win? dow The nobe aroused his wife, who jumped from b^-d, got the revolver and j a>cd at the supposed burglar. Dunn j made his way to the ground with a ball j in his side, and is now in a critical condi? tion. His wife i? nct.riy distracted over lier mistake. t A special to the Baltimore American, : from Philadelphia; announces that j 'Gorge Vv. Bromley, a soldier of the j Mexican-war, and who, it is claimed, kiled the Seminole chief; Osceola, in thc Florida Indian war,' died last Thurs? day at his home in Pennsylvania. The only trouble about thi* little romance is j the fact that Osceola, the Se ai no te chief, was not killed by anyone, but died in captivity while confined at Fort Mool- j trie on Sullivan's Island. His grave, surrounded by an iron railing and marked by a plain marble slab, may nov; be seen under the northern wall of j the Fort.-Neues and Courier. Merz has been made rv Germany; tho thorn io the sida of Franco tha? j will never cea--, o io irrigate Tt has ! prodigiously .strengthened. Six : military railways concentrate, there, j conniewith thc Gorman system- . . .. million croon's could be conc?niratcu : tbt-ro in a few days by thc trains, j 0>'r. ru*, s a Figaro correspondent. '? 'has bicorne kilto a wed;>.: of iron j Forced into r J ance. it has be- j come tim point frooi which Ger- ! manv could, within. ^few hours, deluge I French teri :...;.> wit!; h. r urn ies. No wonder Franco bas pacific relations, real j cr pretended, toward Germ?ny*;. \ verv . "... correspondence lancing ? carried on : ?roua*?i tue Augusta Ohron- : iide between G. Gonzales. Colum- ! corf ?stioudiint o?' Tim NTers and Courier, ar.d visitor Ha?r.rd, of the J ?*<;.:;.<...:;...; a V - airer. The di^cu'ty j arose /rom .--h..;-:, in the Kn- i quiver on some <.;' Mr. G> nza?cs" letters ! about thc treatment'of cou-vie:s at thc! :a?u .. ea c.. rs. Mr. Gonzales, m a. personal let? r to Mr. Hasard,, denounce\ ed the statements ?.f thc Knouuvr ?a j fulso and malicious and a disgrace to ; th- State- press. Mr. U zard rononds ; bv avowing himself the author ol (he O?Sitis?ve t . Ur', ni. deiund:u? its state- j m eu ts', and in tn u der.i;unc!n? uir. '. Gonzales. There ir very little >ros- | ..rri i-( r":ir*i?r-~ trouble. Mr. G na? sal s h ing applied mo first denuncia- ? lion v i proba' r*><r?? . nimecif HS de? barred from resenting the answer to; u, and 'lr. Hazard has. ns far as is1 known , refrained from taking any steps toward active hostilities. ', ALGIESS pessessefi a river of veritable mk. Two streams, ne s farting from a : region where tue soil is ferruginous, the j other fr? u a peat swamp, moot and form 1 ibo river, whose ?UKV constituency is . due to the mixing of the iron and gallic j acid which the two tributary streams j Z HK POLAR SEA. j Arctic travelers Are all united in one opinion, says an English writer, thal j birds have told us of regions beyond th? j frozei seas o? tho North, where, from i some cause cr ether, the climate is mild ey, and the ocean or soil more generous. This has been held by many navigators, and each succeeding explorer has con- ? firmed tho wonderful story. "When Kane '. in his small brig penetrated, under un- j usually favorable circumstances, to tue j eightieth degree of latitude, he dis- j patched Mir. Merton with the sledges tc i reconnoiter, ard thai able man found, i after many battles with the ice, that at j the eighty-second degree the icebergs and iceSoes over which lie had been traveling became weall- r, the surface rotten, cud the snow-drifts setter, until tho dogs, terror-stricken, refused to ad? vance, and with raueh trouble and dan? ger they made their escape to the coast. Mr. Merton then re?eete? that a great black line he had seen was open water far away to the north, and the unwont? ed appearance of wild fowl which had boen strangers along the dreary ice? packs to the soatl-, convinced him of the accuracy o? his belief. Sst the acqua?c birds were here in thousands, and they seemed to be more numerous in the distant, mysterious North. The brent goose, the eider and th? king duck were so closely pecked together that as Ssqnimaux who accom? panied thc little expedition killed two .with a single riiie bail Kare we find a curious clew that the hirds have given us io ihe great mystery ox thc North pole. From where this was seeu to the North pole is about 4S0 nautical miles, and ;t may bs that milder climates, shut cut by mountains of ice-ranges, l?de what would fill us with wonder. Erect geese, which seem to have prevailed in vast throngs, and may also he known by tly-ir wedge-shaped flights, live on marine plants and mollusca. They axe not often seen inland, .unless Syiug from one estuary to another, and their pres? ence in these high latitudes is a sure in? dication of an open s?: a with feeding grounds, quito unknown further south, on the dreary iee regions that have so long baffled explorers. . O S2G2T. A colored man living on Illinois streethnr.g cut a sign on his house read inr: " xor Sri;." Ho happened tobe at the gate when a white man came along and said: "You'll never get any offer for your house with any such spelling as that." The owner of the place was greatly .Drizzled to improve the orthography, but finally tock his wife's advice and made it read: "For sell." This seemed to ba all right for a day or two, and then a school-boy halted and said: " If you don't fix that s:>n ali ihe school children will be l?nghing at you." There was another convention of thc family to see where the mistake came in, and the sign was made to read: "Fur Sall." It hadn't Keen np an hom* when an old colored man cams along and queried: " ?)o!;s yon mean dat dis place am fur Sally ? \\ iu>.t yer gwine'to gio de place to Baliy fur ? " "Am you thidna' fault wid dat sign?" asked the other. " Weil, I doan' quite cotehontode spelhr;'." " You doan', eh ? Eas you got $7C0 to pay cash down 1er dis olace?" "Kc, sah," "Pen you pass eu on* alu t up f ?iay b? I ?loan' sy-?li j">tdotf.nmc-a3yoii(Io.but i*ze gv-i prospects v:i ha.;dlin'?T?O vlzile you has got boa? knees out to de weather. I dosa7ker to use high-iiewn language an have to w'ara shoe on one tut un' a bute on de calder. Go "long, ole ra.::-yon am too riv on gog'apuy ! '*-Detroit Fret: Pr,:. *. n.e.so:- is A o.e and ex:-ts only upon whni it tu* I; His usefulness takes the t>i:tCt' el I/canty. THE FGT7SDF.IZ OF XOJilZOyiSSZ. Joe firaith was norn in Rutland, Vf., about tho tiree that Wingate, the com- , bined forger and religious charlatan, j m.auesnehasensationthera He removed, ; v.hen a youth, to P?.?n..yra, I'--, x.? atto ; there Rigcon found hh?i. Sinith wn>- j lull o? maarnetism, udj o? waru blood, ?L. w:y.'?.:^eu< fapow-frarn the de- J Fisk. After proper training, Smith be- i cam** tV- ' ..::-:,-e and iSsrdor thainsoi- . ration * cliiiui oam, putting Cunning words in tho mouth of il? boor. A- loaf Smith, ie-noe how i>Ioasaut it j was to play prophet, and flattered bj ! tho devotion paid him, drew away from j . he' cold [?guon. 3?or one o? his ^e?:- ; gvu;l nature, it was but natural to con- \ elude that, if co-ential pmral marriages ; were gooa, it was a grievous waste of . time to wait for death re sanctify them ; ? that real women ivero greatly to be pre- | terre.' to doubtful and unsubstantial j ghosts, and that the right thing was to ] ba sealed to those still in the flesh. So j he had a revelation ; polygamy became : a pariel the Mormon religion, and Joe Smith a little Mohammed. " Followers bogan to Sock rapidly i around Sniith. Fmbab?y without being ; conscious of the fact, he bax! made ? animalism tlie keystone in t: ? arehof hh creed, and given to lu's church all the adhesiveness which cements C hristiau civ* 's, and m addition ail the : fascination which to sensual ??atores i chugs to Mohamxnedism. Thenceforth : the institution thrived until it became | so much of a nuisance, and took on at- j Tributes of such menace to free govern- j ment, that in a paroxysm of rs ethe j mob killed Smith. Though his life had ? been nfl of irr*.??miau-ties in the heai'ts j of his followers his death niaue him a martyred prophet who had died for his people, and ever since he has been held j by them as one to be reverenced next to j the Nazareno.-North American Rcr j FLEASJLY THIES. PEEPETTAL mo lion--Scandal. THE fishery question-Got a bite ? WHEES was she when he spider? and where will she beetle he tees hf r again ? A HATCH safe-One put up where trw?. emaU boy* can't get at it THE store maple sugar ia now fcncr?n as the oleomargarine of the forest. THE telephone has developed an en-, tirely ne* school of hello cution. >7ATUKE abhors a vacuum. That is. the reason there are so many fools in the world. Dame Nature was hound to fill up with something. LADIES probably think that bangs ara killing. They are sometimes fatal. The one that Goliath got in thc forehead did the business for him. WISCONSIN wolves have become sa hard up tor provender that they chase young men who part their hair in the centre. The dear, pet lambs! TEE following is. a true copy of a sign on an academy cut West: Freeman & Huggs, school teachers. Freeman teaches the boys and Hnggs tlie girls. MES. 0. LEAH 3I^E5AP.IXE has arrived in the city. Her iriends trunk her the creme de la creme, but her enemies tliink differently.- Washington JRepubz Hean. "JACK, what relation to you is that cid gentleman I saw you with this morning ?" " Oh, not much; he's mar rifd to my grandparents' only daughter." " TOE don't know how glad I am to see you, Clara, dear." " Oh, yes, I do," replied Clara dear; "Johnny told me that he heard yon say you would rather die than see me." MOTHES-" Now, Gerty, be a good girl, and give Aunt Julia a kiss and say good-night." Gerty-"Iso, no! if I kiss her sholl box my ears, like she did papa's last night." INSPIRATIONS come to writers without the least warning, and in all sorts of places. The following must have struck the editor of the Bochester Express while he was getting his hair curled: "It is not necessary for a man to keep his mug at the barber's shop, but he must take it there to be shaved." A GENTLEMAN from the North wae spending the evening with a Galveston gentleman whose acquaintance he had made. On reaching the house the stran? ger asked: " Have you any old Texas relics or curiosities?" "Certainly," was the reply; "allow me to make you acquainted with my mother-: in-law."- Galveston News. "THOSE cigars I bought herc yester? day wore mighty bad. " Dealer-"Bad? Why, sir, I' re sold thousands and thou? sands of those cigars, and yoo're the first one to find iauit with thom." Cus? tomer-"I don't know anything about that, but I know that when I tried to smoke-Dealer-"Ah, I see, I see! Tn&i's where you mode a mistake. : I supposed you wanted them to treat your friends with, I thought there must be some mistake Aont it." 0:TE of the completest little social events occurred near Fort Wingate, in T?ias. A par ty of four gamblers entered a saloon, and, business being a little dull that morning, the proprietor joined them in a friendly game, In the diffi? culty that ensued no partiality was shown whatever, all five of them being kilted. It was decidedly the most re? cherche affair c: the season. The toilets wore gray l ibbed undershirts, with over? train of blue woolen-old iron jewelry. -Feck's Sun. ? A LITTLE pori of five or six summers, stepping with her parents at one of the fashionable hotels at Saratoga Springs, was invited at dinner to take some wine as it was. passed round. She declined. " Why do you not t?ko wine with your dinner, blinnie?" asked a gentleman who sat near her. *? Tause I doesn't like it." " ?ut take a little, then, my child, for your stomach's sake," he urged. SiI aia't ?ot no tommies ache," indignantly responded the little miss, in the moss emphatic manner. THE salt district of Saginaw, Mich., has about ninety-rive coa-panies at work, with an annual capacity o? 2,600,000 bushels. The first weil was sunk only twenty-one years agv>. and iu I Soi) the {legislature encouraged the enterprise with a bounty o? 70 cents a bushel on nil salt mauTtfactsrred, and au exemption from taxation for ali engaged in the business. SEVERAL habitual players ag ?inst s Louisville faro bank found out that th? dealing was tricky, and resolved to goi tb cir money buck. Just as the cards had boon placed in the box, a playos handed in a bili for chips. A second player stepped to tho dealer's sido ano said: "That looks like a counterfeit.'-' While the note was being critically ex? amined, a third player changed the puck of curds for one that had boon ".stocked." Then play wfisiresnnied. The conspira? tors, knowing beforehand how the cards would run, quickly won more than tnej had lost, and might have broken thc bank if their manifest eagerness had not aroused the dealer's suspicion. H<3 examined the pack, and denounced the fraud, but paid the losses. BSEAD MTJFFESS.-Take four or five slices of baker. * bread, ont off the crusts, put into a p a and pour over hot water, only just sufficierr? to sotk tho sl^es. Let stand an hour, drain on any liouoi that yon can, boat the ma~s smooth, mix in half a pint of sweat milk, twe table-spoonfuls of sifted dour, a table spoonial of melted butter, a little salt and three well-beaten eggs. Have muf? fin-rings, as well as baking-pan, hot and buttered, and fill each tw -tliirds full. Bake brown in a q;iek oven. Eaten hot. INDOLENCE is a delightful but distress-. Lag state ; we mus: >>e doing someiming to bs happy. Action is no -ossneow =wry than thought;: to the instinctive