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:? f 2* ? * WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. Aug. 2, 1881.1 "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 June, 1866. SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1883. Kew Series-Yoi. III. No. 14. i i r 11 II BEttggK ?r?ry Tuasday, -*Y THE ?Rti SoiUhron Publishing -?* ? > SBiMKR, S. C. ~ TERMS: annam-in advance. ^>>; \ ???? - - . A K*TI SB-UK S TS . 5cst insertion-~....~...$1 00 it iaseriioa.._._._ 50 iree mont-hs, or longer ?HI mades t reduced rates. ^ ^?^?wa?o^tations svhich subserve primate ^g||ha|?sd tor as advertisements. * tributes of respect will be ttcet-ano notices of deaths pno or contracts: for advertising f^X^?man ana Southron, or apply, at Tte'. N. G. OSTEfiN, ti^??^-' ' fiiosw?css Manager. new rawes. A marvel of and wholesomeness. More ?n the ordiuary kinds, and can in competition with the multitude gjpeight, alum or phosphate -m<aa*. BOYAL B?K :?o., 106 Waii-su K. y. 9HSI0EB S ^??oS?ISISi?^ AND THE ^?BNERALLY A Lar-ge i?ud Weil Assorted stock of x 7 : ^ ; J?resb arrivals daiJ v" . An? ali goods guaranteed as represented. ; .?c^kajr,; glassware. Lamps. ?^rge. in voice of Crockery, Glassware and ^t^fcai^p? of">e>e*y^escxipti?u. just opened. : -'-Gall early aod^t barga?as. |g . THf-WABE. t;i-l&?tjek of Tin-ware is complete, embrac - ing^ieerjrthiag ro g?ner*? cse. Special in ?^?cem^atsagered to purchasers. fPke Kftck .-^Sets-and ?arrcst Sets consist of kn ''.^r?eoruf tin-ware, all useful articles, for cw? ^r^aSaSo^^a^e^Tsith patent fire-proof bottoms, and guaranteed not to leak, v pi ' jyobaceoi Cigars, &e. :. ^1A ?Bf?:line Smoking and Chewing Tabacco, .. .?hit? elegant assortment of Cigars, of va ^?-^ DUKE OF DURHAM : ?fG AfcfiTS^old by the thousand or single ^jf?c5a?j?pe.. A?so a good assortment of Pipes. Wooden and Willow Ware. r I ^f^riiaecfcfd to TfcbSrBuckets, Baskets, - Washboard*, Sei ves, Well Buckets, Brooms, ;J^RTIH BED SEEINGS. T^un Min makiri: the Twin Bed Springs, }.?:Jjjiff Pelffog-t-betri a? the exceedingly low price of S3.50 a set. One mattress is sufficient to make a con>fort?.bIe bed where these springs '.nf ?sed. Every set guaranteed to give satis :&ctiop. or money refunded. BEAN SICS FLOUS '^3t^^?? ' Alarayso? Hand. The best and cheapest fred for s'ock. Purchasers will do ur-eil to call'aud examine stock and prices. "Hooey saved is money made." ' . ^_ijM$ goods d el ivered iree of charge to any WV H. YATES, SUMTER, S. C. jlqg?fc.. Oppose iao. Reid's. ... S it? .- . MES. ;~^*?Wi,609S&'f8& TflE LEAST MONEV r l?8t??S?SATiSf ACTION. & BBQ. Take pleasure rn announciog to their friends ; and the public generally that they have added lo their business an assort? ment of HATS;. TRUNA^ VALISES AND *Sf " ' SATCHELS, e \t' ?" r^i^*i? ?he?r'^u?ar ?oe of f BOOTS AND SHOES. [ they have the t?^Afi?a?I?! AND BEST STOCK THEY ...;^ . BA VB ER BAD. jffT of which they, will sell at the same a ?0W P#IC2?S which has .made them the % ISATSSS HT LUTE - 4 ^ for qaality and price. The V^T, SHOE, AW HAT TBA9E OF SUMTER ' -..^tos 3ot before witnessed so complete a line of ?sdLH> A KD DURABLE GOODS, AT ~ \ SUCH LOW PRICES, - Asure now ottered at their store.' All ;goodawarraoted as heretc fore. Do not fail to^?andexamine stock before boying. ?fepS FOR SALE. f]pHBU5Di?RSI6??ED has several tracts X 4>m 230 to 400 acres each, of GOOD wRw LA KD FOR SALE, with good baiWtnV spring water, convenient to schools and cbs ches and good society Apprjto S. A. NORRIS, 1 Sberirs Ofl?ce, Sumter, S. C. FOR SALE. OF 88 ACRES-about 50 in enltivktiou-situated 2? miles on tj?'e Central R. R., (ki.owo as ace^) is offered for sale at rea :fbr all or part cash. There are si.good frame dwelling of two passage between, bani and other including Gin House, 50-Saw w, and three wells ot' ?rood i.csareas well adapted to cot it So TI ter information anply to rae on the afW.&adS. JOBJ? W. SMITH, Time to Stop lt. It's too -bad, Sir or Madam, but don't get frightened. Your hair is falling o?f- that's certain. "A glance in the mirror, or an inves? tigating committee "of fingers tell the dismal story. We won't discuss tbe possible cause. It is enough that Parker's Hair Balsam used now will prevent further destruction. Is your hair somewhat gray, too and crisp? Alas yes. The Balsam will give back tbe original color, softness and gloss. Kot a dye, not oily, elegantly perfumed, a perfect dressing. Half Oat"of His Head. 'Blessed be tbe man,' said Don Quixote's weary squire, 'who invented sleep.' Sancho's gratitude is ours, but what if one cannot for any reason enjoy that excellent invention? 'Nervousness in me bad become a disesse,' writes Mr. William Coleman, the well known wholesale druggist of Buffalo. N. Y. *I could not sleep, aud my nights were either passed in that sort of restlessness which nearly crazes a man, or in a kind of stupor, haunted by tormenting dreams. Having taken Parker's Tonic for other troubles, I tried it aiso fdr this. The result both sur? prised ?nd delighted me. My nerves were toned to concert pitch, and like Caesar's fat men, I fell into the ranks of those who sleep o' nights. I should add that tbe Tonic speedily did away with the condition of gen? eral debility and dyspepsia occasioned by my previous sleeplessness^ and gave me strength and perfect digestion. Io brief, the use of the Tonic thoroughly re-established my health. I have used Parker's Tonic with en tire success for sea-sickness and for tbe bowel disorders incident tcocean voyages.' . This preparation has heretofore been known as Parkers Ginger Tonic. Hereafter it will be advertised and so!d under the name of Parker's Tonk-Omitting the word 'ginger.' Biscos & Co. are induced to make this change by the action of unprincipled dealers who have for years deceived their customers by substituting inferior preparations under tbe name of ginger. We drop the misleading word all the more willingly, as ginger is an unimportant flavoring ingredient in our Tonic. . Please remember that no chauge has been, j or will be, made in tue preparation itself, and j ?Till bottles reni?t ni ng io tbe hands of dealers, wrapped under the name of Parker's Ginger Tonic, coa tain the genuine medicine if the fac-simile signature of tiiscox k Co. is at tbe bottom of'the-outside wrapper. SUMTER PARK -AND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. IN ADDITION to the regular premiums published in the Premium List for 1883, ibe following "revised and enlarged list ot Special Prizes is offered : Fir:U Day, Tuesday, 6th November. TOURNAMENT ; at 2 P. M. Prizes; First S25, Second $15, Third $10. Entrance fee $1.00 Second Day, Wednesday. t/S November. FOOT RACKvFOR WHITES ; ?til A. M. ; 200 yards, prize S10. Entrance fee 50 cents; not less than ten to enter. FOOT RACE, FOR COLORED; at 12 M.; 200 yards, prize $10. Entrance fee 50 cents; not less than ten to enter. PRIZE DRILL FOR INFANTRY ; at 2 P. M. Prize $50, not less than two Compa? nies to., compete. Each Company must have not less than 24 men in line. Compa? nies in uniform will be passed over the "Cheraw & Darlington," "North Eastern," "Wilmington. Columbia & Augusta?," the "Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta," the "Colombia and Greenville," and the "Central" Railroads at three cents per mile for the round trip, and will be admitted free to the Fair Grounds on the dav of the drill. Third Day, Thursday. 8t/i November. PLOUGHING MATCH, FOR WHITES; at ?1 A. M. ; prize $5. PLOUGHING MATCH, FOR COLORED ; at 12 M. ; prizers. Fourth Doy. Friday. 9tk November. GLASS BALL SHOOTING ; at 12 M.; prize S5. RIFLE SHOOTING ; at I P. M.; prize So. Entrance fee for shooting ?1. Cheap excursion rates on all Rail? roads leading to Sumter. Admission to the Fair Grounds bas been reduced to 25 cents ; no half tickets. THOMAS 0. SANDERS, CHAS. H. MOISE, President. Secretary and Treasurer. Oct 2_ MT~BEARr BO YOU SNOW THE ESASON WHY PEOPLE WANT TO BUY THE WILSON LIGHTENS SEWER in preference to any other We will tell you. BECAUSE it has no Cogs, Cams or Gears. BECAUSE it bas no Rawhide or Felt Packing. BECAUSE it has no Cast-iron Parts paint? ed over fo cover its defects. ? BECAUSE it does uot shake, rattle or dance all over the floor when run at a high ! rate of speed. BECAUSE it has two speeds-one for fine j work or a delicate operator, and the other I for fast speed, so tb^t you can do one-third j more work in a da\- than can be done on any other Sewing Macbiue. BECAUSE it rons Light and Easy. BECAL'SE lost motion can be be taken np j after years of wear without changing or put- i ting io new parts, which cannot be done i with any other Sewing Machine. BECAUSE it darns rips and tears. BECAUSE it does the most elegant designs j in embroidering without an attachment. BECAUSE it does not break the thread or needle when run backwards. We could tell .voa for hoars of its Superiority overall othei Sewing Machines. We think this is sufficient reason why people should buy the WILSON. It is Sold on very easy terms. BUIiTMAIWIf & BRO,, BOOT AND SHOE STOKE, SUMTER, S. C. Aug 21_ CLAUSSEN BREWING COMPANY, "PALMETTO BREWERY" -AND SOOA WATER FACTORY, CHARLESTON, S. C. GOODS WARRANTED STRICTLY FJRE. Beer fresh and cool put up in cases of 2, 4, and 6 dozen in shipping order. Also in kegs of about 8 gallons at $2.25 and about 4 gal? lons at $1.25 per keg. Soda Water: Lemon, Sarsaparilla nnd Ginger, separate or assorted, 6 dozen in case at ?2.00 per case. Bottles, case and keg to be returned. Export Beer of very finest quality and to keep any length of time, ai $1.00 per dozen, 15 cent? per dozen allowed for bottles if re? turned here. July 24_3in__ ZE^OZlL SALES. A DOUBLE-CASE, LADY'S SIZE, 'CH AND CHAIN, used and in perfect running office. KITTY. I could not call her by the name Her Quaker mother gave her; Unwilling were my lips to frame, For one like her, a word so fame, With neither salt nor savor. But, somehow, as I dreamed of her, Neglecting Kent and Chitty, To mind and heart would still recur One name, and that was-Kitty. A name some fluking fancy wrought, I know not why nor wherefore, It came to dwell with me unsought, Yet ever to my mind it brought Onefaceand form, and therefore On many a marge of legal brief, In many a careless ditty, On tinted sheet and printed leaf, I scrawled the name of-Kitty. I wrote to her one day, but why I do not now remember ; I know I dared address her : "My Dear Kitty," and, in swift reply, Ali in the glad September, Came friendly note, and, at the close Than written word more witty, A pictured kitten in repose, The sign and seal of-Kitty. This name I gave her to her face, Her lips did not reprove me; It fitted ber with dainty grace, And-strange the name should wio-^^fcce Thenceforth she learned to love R^^B And sweet tbe joy I find in this, While all the world I pity, That none with me may share tbe bliss Of calling ber my-Kitty. Bellevue Hospital. The Alcoholic Cells. On the other side of Bellevue Hos? pital from the morgue (of which I spoke in my last letter) is a three story stone building, in the base? ment of which are the alcoholic cells of the great? hospital. The windows are heavily barred, and as you pass them by you will see a sad, haggard face gaziug vacantly from one win? dow ; at another there will be a wild, frantic creature tearing at the bars; through a third you may see a . man tied down to the bcd, his agonized features working convulsively while he yells, "keep them off! Oh, God ! Oh, God ! have mercy on me ! Keep them away, 1 tell yon !' His fevered brain sees countless animals uf hid? eous form and frightful aspect, who are thronging round his bed to tear him. His agony is far greater than it would be if he were sober and such creatures did really assail him. Is the 'social glass/ 1 asked myself, really worth this awful torture? I go round to the door and ask for Mr. Connelly; the superintendent of the alcoholic cells. Mr. Connelly is a rallier small man of, perhaps, six? ty, with an expression of great de- [ termination on his ruddy face, but with a kindly look in his blue eye. He takes me into his little sanctum, which is furnished with a bcd, a writ- j ing-tabie, and a press in which he keeps his numerous medicines and I the whisky which it is sometimes i found necessary to administer. Mr. Connelly has been for nine years the snperiuteudent of this pandemonium. 'You would like to go through the place r he said, 'very well. John I" he called to his orderly, 'bring the keys.' Thc ward consists of a very large chamber, divided dowu the center by heavy arches. On either side, paral? lel to the arches, are four heavy oak? en doors with a small square hole covered by a slide, in each, in order that it may be seen what the occu? pant is doing without opening the door of the cell. The doors are se? cured by a heavy bolt at thc top, another at thc bottom, aud a stout lock. On the incide, the doors re? semble wooden targets after rifle practice^ so indented are they by the j frantic blows made with the hani cuffs of raffing patients. The orderly opened the 5rst door. On two strong iron bedsteads, with straw-stuffed mattresses and pillows, lay two men sleeping heavily. 'They are under the influence of narcotics/ said Mr. Conuelly. In the next cell were also two beds, but only one was occupied. The man's face was almost purple, and his bloodshot eyes stared vacantly at thc ceiling, while hts hands plucked incessantly at the sheets. 'He is too far gone," whispered Mr. ConueHy," and 1 have sent tor the priest for him.' ! Here a tremendous yelling, and ! battering, and banging at one of the j doors showed that an unfortunate I was haunted by dome dreadful imagi? nation. John went over to the door and sent back the slide. 'What d'ye want? 'Oh ! take me out ! put some one to slay with me. They'll murder roe !' was the agonized reply. 'Go you an7 lie down,' was the sympathetic reply of John, 'cr by -, I'll tie ye down. Dy'e heat now? and the poor creature slunk away from the door with a new fear j in his mind. But Mr. Connelly rated his orderly j sternly for his treatment of the poor j wrench, and went to the cell himself. ! He found the poor inmate crouching I in a corner, shaking to pieces with I his disease and apprehension. .Oh ! don't tie me dowu,' he plead ; cd ; 'I'll be quiet.' j 'Indeed, I won't lie you down, ray ! poor fellow. Here, drink this, and j then try and get asleep,' and he gave j the patient a dose of bromide of potas* j sium, which is the principal drug j used in cases of delirium tremens. j On a bench fastened to the wall sat, j trembling, a most abject looking j creatuie clad in ragged, dirty trou j sers, a greasy coat, fastened with a pin, no hat, and boots, with just about MS much solenn he had left in him? self. Ile had been brought in half a?i hour be'ore. .Why don't they put him to bed V I asked. 'He has to be washed, first,' re? plied the orderly, 'lie'sonly a tramp, any way. Only a tramp ! Aye, truly-a wretch whom no one pities as no one cares for, and all shun. And yet there was a time when a mother bent j fon dh/ over the cradle thal he'd j hideous wreck, and kissed the r dimpled cheek of her sleeping cl Theie was a time when a fatr eyes sparkled with ill-conce pride as his boy came home i schoo- laden with prizes ; and, If when the young man took his dej with honors at Harvard. 1 sat d beside him and spoke to him, found by his manner and speech he had been a gentleman He been in and of 'society/ and friends had done all that it was p< ble to do to sa^e him, but I'D vain. 'When you get straightened here/ said 1, 'will you try and work, and keep steady V 'Who would employ me in tl: rags V he asked, bitterly ; 'and wi: am I to get any others ? 'Suppose I were lo give you a cent coat and trousers V I ask 'Would you go to work V His dull eyes brightened. 'If you would !' he exclaimed. I gave him my address, and t him to call on me when he got c ? He went off cheerfully to his bath Why shouldn't there be a Tram Institute established ? A pl; where men like this poor fellow men whose appearance debars th from getting work-could work their trades, if they have any, learn trades if they have none, g ting about half the pay they woi receive from an ordinary employ and working until the3r have earr sufficient to buy a decent o?t Then give the tramp the first half each day to seek employment, maki him work for nothing the other hi for a month. If after a month he I secured no employment, it will plain that he is not worth assistir and he may be discharged. No in to be admitted a second time. T institution would pay its own exp? ses. As it is, we blame the tram for not working ; the truth is, tl no one will employ them. "Alasfortbe rarity of Christian charity Under the son." A fashionably-dressed man w walking up and down the ward cessantly. His coat was off, a diamond sleeve buttons sparkled his^enffs. He suddenly stopped, a called ont : 'Isn't there a man named Connel here that tends bar?* 'Yes, 6tr/ said Mr. Connelly, 'wh will you take V 'Give me a whiskey sour/ was tl reply, as he walked up to the refrig rator and threw down half a dollar. Mr. Connelly gravely took his pla? at the opposite side of the refriger tor, and broke some ice into a gla? which he then filled up with mil and handed it across the improvise bar. The jeweled one took it up ai drank it. 'You make a good sour, Connelly he said, as he took his change ar walked away. 'Ile imagines that he is in a hotel explained Mr. Connelly. 'He hi had about twenty sours and cocktai this morning, and, if he went on tin way when he was out, it is no wei der that he is here. Sometimes give him the bromide and sometime milk. He'll be all right in a fe' days. He belongs to one of the bes families in New York. I took $30 and a handsome watch and chai from him when he came in, just leai i?g him a few dollars to amuse bin himself with. We always tate th money and valuables of patients fe I safe keeping. I'll take those button j when he goes to bed.' .This gentleman/ said Mr. Cor nelly, opening another cell, wherei sat a quiet-looking man reading newspaper, 'appeared to be well o the road to recovery, when one nigh we were startled by wild scream from his cell ; the doctor was surr ! moued, and we had to put the jacke on him. His story is that the ordei ly played some trick upon him t frighten him-thrusting the candi through the peep-hole and waving i about, or something of that 6ort ; am that he threw his shoe at the candle whereupon the door was opened, am several men rushed in, and after, J desperate struggle, tied him down He tore the iron rail out of the bed ! as you sec, in the struggle. I cai j hardly believe the orderly would d< so, however/ Here the thundering was venewec at the door of another cell, and Mr Connelly hurried away to pacify th< thunderer. . 'I'm sure it's perfectly true/ whis pered another patient, 'for the night j before this happened I was in th? I cell with that man, and the orderly gave a thump on the door that nearl) made me jump out of bed, and he afterwards waved the candle througl j the hole, just as that man. says When Mr. Connelly's around every thing goes well : but at night, wher the orderly is in command, there is no peace/ ! 'Why don't you complain to Mr. j Connelly ? j 'The orderly would swear we were delirious at the time, and he would ! treat us ten times worse afterwards.3 j In the last cell we visited, a gaunt ! man was sifting, handcuffed, on the ! side of his bcd, staring straight be? fore him, and muttering to himself. 'He's going to the Insane Asylum on Ward's Island, to-day/ said Mr. Connelly. 'His mind is quite gone, : and I donbt if he'll ever recover, j isn't whisky a curse ?' ! A curse? thought I, asl went I away, aye, a seventy l?rr.os seven fo;d curse ! But for drink, it is un? derstanding the case to sa}' that threc fourths of the hospitals, jails, and in? sane asylum-is might be dispensed with, it does not seem that the ef? forts of the many temperance socie? ties are producing any perceptible j effect. Drink is king, and his deeds i are "Kcpi^-red where every day ? turn j The leaf 'o read them." j What voice sha!! thunder tho thing loud enough to make me hear ? 1 ; tell you that when, al night. I have : the unpleasant, duty of visiting the ; New York police stations and hospi? tals, T see many a ghastly sight, hear many a ghastly tale. I see the j wretched creatures whom our sex de spises and yet pities, but whom their 0 ?vu would see die in agony, un? moved, brought in and carried screaming to the cells ; I see borne in on stretchers the crushed and bleed? ing forms of what once were men, but whom drink has made mere tar? gets ior the pistol and the knife of the thief or the bar-room bully ; I see the burglar the garroter, the wife beater, and the murderer marched in, their hands locked together behind their backs ; in the hospitals ? see the little burned, scalded, and run over children, whose mothers are called from the tavern to their bed? sides. And when my work is done, 1 am heart-sick at the multiform misery I have witnessed. .To the West, to the West, to the land of the free !' is the cry in the old green land to which so many of j us owe our birth ; and here again, in this great seething, reeking city of j New York, 1 still say, 'To the W.est V Go, ye who can, where broad and fertile acres offer to 'smile with a har? vest if tickled with a hoe.' Go where the peaceful, happy years shall glide too swiftly by, and leave this den of j poverty and vice ann crime, where at the best, life is a feverish dream. Texas Siftings. TheGodofGold. The New York Star of the 24th in? stant contains 'the following suggestive editorial remarks on one of the growing evils of the day in our great centres of population : - 'On Monday night favored New Yorkers were enabled to witness a sight which probably could not be equalled in any of the capitals of Europe. The occasion was the opening of the new opera house and the begiu niog of the season at the Academy of Music. It is estimated that ?600, 000,000 were represented at the form? er and ?200,000,000 at thc latter. That is to say, the people who went for a few hours to recreate themselves at these two places of amusement were worth nearly one billion dollars. ?The figures are somewhat stagger? ing. They indicate a centralization of wealth which points toward an aristoc? racy of money that threatens to become as powerful, as influential, and, above all, as tyrannical, as any of the feudalism of the Old World could invent or have handed down from tradition. It shows an aristocracy, not of birth-for such an aristocracy is totally at variance with all ideas of a republie-but one which threatsns to become more dan? gerous because it is the aristocracy of monopoly, which means luxury for the few and misery for the many. 'While those ?SOO,000 millionaires were patting their kid-gloved bands on Monday night, there were 50,000 peo? ple out of employment in this city. There were 50,000 mouths to feed and no food to supply the cravings of hun? ger. It is only naccessary to refer to the 'Wants' column of the Star to learn how many people in this city are crav? ing, striving, longing for employment. The Director of the Mint bas declared that during thc past vear there have beeu over ?19,000,000 added 'to the money of thc country. Yet in one city of the Union alone ibero are over the fifth of a million of people star? ing in the face the terrible reality a coming Winter without a prospect of employment to enable them to procure food or shelter. 'Who is to take care of them ? New York is, pre-eminently a city of char? ities; but with centralization comes selfishness, and these men who are ac? cumulating this enormous wealth are not always willing to contribute of their means for the advancement or even sustenance of the unfortunate. Agra? rianism is the law of the demagogue and is impracticable. Centralization of wealth and property-in other words, monopoly-is the ruling law of the land, because twenty odd years of Re? publican corruption have warped the minds of the people from the true idea of a republic. New Uniforras. A portion of the young lady stu? dents of thc Greenville Female Col? lege, about fifty in number, appeared at the Baptist Sunday School on Sun? day mon ing in their new fall and winter uniform and presented a very imposing and handsome appearance The dress is of black cashmere trimmed with narrow velvet ribbon and jet buttons. The hat is a neat turban of felt trimmed with wreaths and pom-pons of chenille spiked. Thc dark and sombre color of the dross ; and hat is relieved by lace collars and ribbons of any color which the fancy j may select and which harmonizes ? with the complexion of the wearer, j Thc dress is neatly made and trimmed i not lavishly ornamented, aud is ser ? viceable and durable without being i expensive. The young ladies look? ed very pretty and attractive as they marched in double file through the j street and up the aisle of the church, i and were the recipients o? many ad ! miring glances from the cadets and ! theologucs, while the elders gave them many a benediction and silent j invocation for their spiritual and j temporal welfare. Greenville's boast ? is in her educational institutions and i her brightest jewels are the intelli? gent and scholarly young ladies who are being educated at the Female College.- Greenville News. Reports from all thc counties to the Superintendent of Education show a large increase in thc number of pubiic schools in the State and in tho number of teachers, school-houses and scholars. Thc increase in the attendance over last year is particularly great exceeding twofold thot of any year since 1877-78 when nuder thc new Democratic ad? ministr?t'oo the educational work of the Sta'c bounded forward with abnormal rapidity. 'There is the most, encour? aging outlook for the pub!:c school sys? tem that it has had since its inaugura? tion, we learn from thc Columbia correspondent of thc News and Cou? rier. When the mate of R wild goose dies it never takes another. Human wid? ows are bot such geese. j A GALLANT FIGHT F03 LU : Desperate Struggle Against an tack by Apaches. (From the New York Herald ) Jonathan Gustavsen, a civil e j neer, who arrived in th is city on j nrday from Topeka, Kan., giv j graphic r?citai of thc massacre I party of railroad prospectors on plains of New Mexico by Apache dians. His story isas follows: May last the Achison, Topeka Santa Fe Kail road, having decide j extend the linc from Santa Fe thro the Indian Territory to Blue Spr Kan., sent out a party lo prospect make arrangements as to the cot of the new line. This party, eight in number had been in the emphr the Northern Pacific Railroad, v of the Rocky Mountains, for 1 years past, and had left their positi on that road to go out with the pa THE MURDEROUS APACHE. During the first three months went smoothly, and the work nj which they were engaged proceei j rapidly and satisfactorily. As middle of August approached party found itself on the plain* New Mexico, between the Sn; River and the North Fork River, ? I about thirty five miles from the To j of St. "Elmo. A band of Crow Ind h and a small body ofCheyenneIndh were also in the vicinity, and evim a very friendly disposition tow; the whites. F?om these Indians was learned that a baud of host Apache Indians were believed to lurking in the neighborhood. Abc II o'clock on the morning of Augi 12 as the party was at work not fi om the Snake River, fixing t course of the railroad line, two six were suddenly heard. A mom? later Mr. Burchill was 6een runni from the direction of a low clump hills near which he had beeu at wot Ile ran up to where Gustavsen w standing with several of thc men, a cried : 'I have just been shot at. I thi: the Apaches are around us. If so, ^ may leave our souls to God.' As he spoke a number of A pac Indians, in full war paint, appean on the clump of hills in the dhecth from which Mr. Burchill had com Gustavsen gave a warning signal ? sembling the men around him. I bad been a cowboy in his day, ai this was by no means the first fight which he had been engaged with he tile Indians. Ile hastily couusellc the men to keep well together, wit out crowding each other, and to r treat as rapidly as possible towai camp. Ile wound up his injunctioi by exclaiming : 'Let us keep cool anyway, and, we have to part with our skins, I us sell them as dearly as wc can.' TrP men responded cheerily to th sentiment, in the meantime the I; dians, having come nearer, op^nc fire. The whites fired back, and bi gan the retreat toward camp, ovt three miles away. There were aboi fifty Incians in the attacking part] A running fight followed. Thc Ii dians galloped warily around th whites, who were on fool, and th latter, as they fled, turned at interval and fired at their pursuers. Thc obeyed Gustavsen's direction an avoided getting separated. Th character of the country, wilie abounded in little knolls, was favori ble to escape. After chasing the white about a mile toward the camp, th Indians gave up the pursuit. Who camp was reached it. was found th a two men-Lawrence Hallen, th topographer, and Frederick Leslie, helper-were missing. They !ia< been working close to the hills fror which the Indians emerged, and i was supposed that they had been eitl er killed at the first fire or captured They have never been heard fror since. None of the other member of the part}' had suffered any seriou mishap. Both the missing men wer about twenty-five years old, unmai ried, and had been engaged ii Omaha. A MIDNIGHT ATTACK. After this encounter with th Apaches, thc closest watch was main tained, and pickets were placed 01 walch day and night. About mid night on the night of August lb* th: party was encamped near the Snaki River. A couple of miles away wa: the camp of the Crows. All the mern bers of the party were asleep, will the exception of the pickets and C B. Ball, the transit engineer, am Chas. Clare, the redman, both o whom sat beside the camp fire talk lug. Suddenly a fusilade rang out ii the stillness of the night, and boll ? the men sitting beside the camp fin I fell forward dead. In an instam Gustavsen awoke and rea!"zed that th< Apaches were upon them. At thai moment Engineer Burchill cried out ; .We are attacked! For God'* sake, boys, keep together.. The men had previously been in structed, in the event of a night at tack, to lie on their stomachs and fire in that portion. In this position they could less readily be seen by the In ; dians and offer less of a target for thc I enemy's fire than in any other posi j tion they could have assumed. In i spite of thc suddeunrss of tin; attack ? and the rude manner in which they had been awakened from their sleep, the men kept their heads well and followed the instructions which had been given them. The moon was shining, and in its light a number ot ; dark forms could be discerned crawl? ing over ti c ground in the direction of thc camp. Tho whiles tired upon i these dark figures, a-ul the Apaches ? returned the fire. The fusilado kept j up by the Indians-who seemed about ' fifty in number-showed the whites j that they were being attacked from I the front and on each side. At the i same time I hey felt convinced, al? though there was no firing from that : direction, that there were Apaehes ; hovering about their rear to guard against their escape. Thus the fight i continued, the fire o> whites and ' Apaches alike being guided by the flash of a rifle or the glimpse caught j of a dark shadow flitting across the i moonlit prarie. THE TENTS FIBED. j But soon a moro brilliant, light tba: ', the moonshine was thrown on th? ! scene. Suddenly a crackling sonne j was heard, two bright flashes of flam( I shot up in the air and, to their dis j may, the whites perceived that theil ; camp was on fire in two places, lr j the excitement of the battle ar j Apache had succeeded in stealing nj] to the tents unperceived and had sei them on fire. The tents burned sc fiercely that they were completely de stroyed in len minutes. Up to this time the advantage of position had been somewhat in favor of the whites, as they lay in the shadow of the tents and only thc fiash of their rifles served as an object at which the Indians could aim. The Apaches, on the other hand, were frequently caught right up in the moonlight, and thus made the object of a fatal aim. The bright light of the burning tents, how? ever, turned the scale in this respect in favor of the Apaches, and the whites suffered severely. The encir? cling fire of the Indians grew closer and closer to the whiles, who main? tained a desperate resistance, and who shot with such accuracy and tell? ing effect that thc Apache approach was made with slowness and delibe? ration. THE CROWS TO THE RESCUE. Of the burned tents nothing but the fitful embers remained and the Gght had lasted upwards of an hour, yet the whites still resisted and fired with deadiy aim. But the Apaches were drawing momentarily nearer and nearer around the site of the camp, and one by one the guns of the whites were silenced. Atlast Gustavsen sa Apaches on each side of him. loss than thirty yards off. Bullets were whistling all about him, every instant he expected to received his death wound. Ile had fully given himself up for lost when all of a sudden the Crow war cry broke out from behind the Apaches. The friendly Crows had been attracted by the firing and had come to the rescue of the whites They outnumbered the Apaches, 2nd the latter were compelled to hastily withdraw, fighting fiercely as they went. ONLY THREE SURVIVORS When the Apaches had been driven off, ami the camp of the whites was searched, it wa* lound that only three of the party had survived the Apa? che attack. C. B. Ball had been shot in the head and Lad fallen forward with his head in the fire, beside which he had been silting. Clare, the rod man, had been shot in one temple, the bullet coming out by the other. His hands and arms were burned by his having fallen into the camp fire. Frederick ?Spaulding, the head chain man, a lad of eighteen years, with beautiful blonde hair, lay with half his scalp torn off. An Apache had evidently been in the act of Scalping him when he was frightened off by the approach of the Crows In Iiis haste the Apache had broken his knife, and a portion of the blade was embeded in the dead lad's skull. The thirteen dead whites lay where they had been shot-beside their guns. The three survivors were Jonathan Gustavsen, Cameron, the teamster, and Charlie, the negro cook. They were taken to the Crow camp, where they were carefully attended to. On the following morning the dead whites were buried in one deep grave dug near the spot where they had fought so fiercely for their lives. All the instruments and papers of the par? ty were lost in the burned tents. The Crows assisted the three survi? vors to St. Elmo, whence they were transported to Topeka. A Busy People. The insolence of the military in German}' has very much increased of late years. Civilians are kicked and cuffed about by military dudes with a liberality that in this country would greatly advance promotion in the army by the creat;on of a large num? ber of vacancies. Some surprise is expressed by American and English journals that the Germans are so quiet under such, provocation. The truth is, the Germans are too busy raising money to pay taxes to pay any* atten? tion to Hie insolence of the military. They are very much in the same predicament as the boarders in a cer? tain Austin boardinghouse. The milkman, more for the fun of the thing than anything else, or perhaps, to see how much they would stand, gave them three quarts of water colored by a gill of milk. The milkman asked the servant girl how the boarders liked the milk-if they cid not object. '0, no/ was the reply, 'the boarders don't complain of the weak milk. They have all they can do to com? plain of the strong butter.' The German people have all they can do to grumble about high taxes. They have no leisure to pay attention to the kicks and cuffs they have to stand from the military. .What makes it cry so V asked thc old bachelor, listening to the baby j ou the next block, waking the midnight i stars with i-s songs without wo.Us. ! 'What under the canopy makes it cry j so ?' 'Nothing,' said thc experienced ; father who had his quiver f ill <>f 'eui, j and was never happv unless he was . rocking a baby. 'Nothing : it just makes that noise ten hours a day, natu j rallyf voluntarily, aud without effort, j suggestion, assistance or compulsion, j Nobody makes a baby erv And.' he j added, after a moment of thoughtful si j lenee, daring which the baby twice ! got up to high C, 'nobody can make it j stop crying, either, until it has cried ! out.' j The Sulran of Turkey has issued a I decree condemning modes of dress now ' followed by tho ladies of his empire. I Ile orders 'hat the heaviest, materia) ; shall cover the features, that lac-"1 i fringes shall shall bc discarded, and ' that di?dres generally shall be simple and plain. ! A debating society luis tackled thc . question, Is it worse to think you're at tbc top when there is one stair n?oic. j tbau to think there is one stair more I when you have reached thc topi' The veivez remoa. A Notable Senson ia the Life of Every Young Man. A couple of old fellows were stand? ing in front of the Plaukington House, smoking ?ve cent cigars, one even? ing, when a young fellow passed along with a velvet coat on, and be? fore he had got out of sight, an old fellow about sixty years old passed the same place, and he had on a vel? vet coat. One of the two old fellows knocked the ashes off ii Is cigar, and said : .lt catches them all, sooner or later.' ' 'What do you mean? asked thc other, as he borrowed his friend's ci? gar to light his own. .Why, the velvet coal period,* said the first man, as he took his cigar back, and puffed on it to keep it going. 'Every* man, some time in his life, either as boy or man, sees a time when 'ne thinks the world will cease to revolve on its axis if he does not have a velvet coat, and he is bound to have one if he has to steal the money to buy it. It is bad enough for a boy to have the period come on, but it is infinitely worse to escape it in youth and .have it attack a man in middle life, but it always hits them, some time. Now, you wouldn't think, to look at m**, tiiat : ever had the velvet coa? fever, but I had its once in its most violent form. 'About twenty years ago, at the time of the oil excitement, I made a little money in oil, and I got lo think? ing how 1 could show how I was no ordinary son of man, and all at once it struck me that a velvet coat could do it for me, and 1 had a surveyor measure me, and had a velvet coat made. I was anxious to have it done so I cciild put it on and go around among the boys, but when it was done and had been brought home, I all at once lost my grip, and could hardly get up courage to put it on. 1 let it i ay for a week, until my peo? ple got to making fun of me about being afraid to wear it, and finally I - pul it on and wore it down town after dark. Only a few people saw it, and I went home feeling satisfied that the worst was over. What I wanted was to have the community get accustom-., ed to it gradually. After a while I wore it io my oCce on days that I was be busy, so I knew I wouldn't have to go around town. After the boys in th" office got. so they could witness my coat without going be? hind a partition to laugh atme, I coll? ei uded to wear it on the street. . Weil, there was an organ grinder willi a monkey, out on the sidewalk, when I went oui, and the beastly Italian had on an old velvet coat, like mine, only soiled. The monkey was jumping around, picking np pennies, and all at once he saw me. I shall never forget the expression on that monkey's face. He se? med to take me for his master, and clearly reaiizecj that his master had procured anet . coat without asking the consent of InV little brother. There was a look of pain, as though the monkey felt hurt that such duplicity had been prac? ticed on him., and then the monkey TTculd look at the clothes in which he was dressed up with contempt, and then he would look at my coat with envy. 1 never felt so sorry for a monkey in all my life. I could stand it to hear strangers say, as I passed . by, 'What fooi is that/ but to see that poor monkey grieve over the style I was putting on was too much, and I resolved if I ever got that coat horne I would put it where it could never be seen again. The organ grinder became alarmed at the actions of the monkey, and jerked on the chain, causing the monkey to tum a back summersault, and the poor ani? mal came up standing in front of his master Ile looked at him, and seem? ed to be at once reassured, and to feel that the apparition was only a horrid dream, and then he looked over his shoulder toward where I had stood, to make sure, and there I was in all my glory. Then the monkey was mad and began to make up faces at mo, and I got out of there and went home, with shouts of the monkey's audience sounding in my ears, : i*d I took off that coat and gave it lo the man that took care of my horse, anti I never see a velvet coat, eil uer on a hoy or man, but 3 think of what a confounded fool I made?>f my? self in my Oscar Wilde days. If you have a boy, teach hies to go through the velvet coat period yoting: and he will thank his stars.'-Peck'x Sun. Bees for Boys. A farmer friend bas sixty colonies of bees, a fine Mock of light Brain, a fowls, and a farm of oue hundred and twenty acres, ile has two sons, aged thirteen and sixteeu years respectively, and thc eider hoy has entire charge of thc bees, of which he is very fond. He rans his sections, extracts the honey, imroduces j queens, divides hts b-es, and rears I queens with a skill which many a v?t ! ern might <uvy. Ile is already well i known iu tho eily, three and a half ! miles distant, for his honey, and talks j about hoes, lina quotes authorities in I the most intelligent manner. AH his j honey i> sold in OIK grocery-store, and I though he has had a good yield this j season, and has reaped a (inc profit, he I cannot fully supply the demand?t the store.-American Av-ic nit ur ?it for i A"--. ? ittber. Da\ td Davis and the Sharper. The well known "drop game." re? cently tried with success on a Brook I lyn le?r.k depositor, 'eveh ped and an ! ced ote that is told of Judge David j Davis. The Judge was making a de I posi: at a Washington bank, and stood i cou uti ng a large pile of money at a jdt-sk. A well-dressed young mau stepped up, and. wK.b how and a smile, sav? : 'Judge, y?u have dripped a HIL' I Snre enough, there lay n ci can. crisp. ! genuine two-d./l-'r bili *?r tho deposi? tor's feet. Th;?nk yo';/ blandly an ? swc?c? the Jodgc p'avir,? his ponde ! rous righi foot ov< r tho bill on the ticer, and calcify resumed hi.- ?ouoiiog. The j sharper, taiceu Lack H the coolness of j thc proceeding, dissa- j. ared, aud the j Judge was $2 ahead by the transaction.