The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 13, 1883, Image 1

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rATCBMA??, ?stablisfeed April, 1850 ABS. % .1881.] 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends tho? Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's. SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1883. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Establish id Jnne, 1866. New Series-Yoi. III. No. 15. -BT ras |??cfc??? aud SonthroH PulUshing ?gp SUMTER, S. a. lp . -'. TXK?S: Bolbr? per annom - in advance. H|t??5?are? 5m insert ion.~$1 00 ^B^^^gkfor.^ree moo As, or longer viii P^S^ir^'ljjIilUlid ratet. k&JI coaxmunieslioos which subserve private 5?ie??^irfltbechArged for as advertisements, trhituaras and tributes of respect will be Mlpsa^o-U?litesand notices of deaths pub g^^'t^? ^?ootracts for advertising M ^teiMi mu? SotU?rou.. or apply at i Kee, to' ... N. G. OSTERN, B^H^fe^'V Bas?ness "iaoajer. ?*^*j3^???\?> ""' '?Hr - _. i _ SS**1" " ' IE W?H S ?PKlM* POWDER f- Absolutely Pure. P|!|?u?^'>'amr ram?, ii marvel of |p^kj;?treg?Lth sad wholesomeness. More RuiflOfluc?l th*n the ordinary kinds, and can rart.ha"*a4d in epmpetitioo with the multitude i fo/ki?rtesl, short weicht, alum or phosphate teov&rx.' Settoolyia cans. ROYAL BAK rf|tgTOW??gCO.t 106 W*H-st., N. Y. mmtaua emana: ???t Y?TeS O?SSS^TO ffiS CUSTOMERS ANO THE / : . ;,? . ; ?irBUC GENERALLY l<s^0i?^;???V?^'?Mprte? stock of Heavy aad Fancy Groceries. ?'-' Fresh' arri vak daily, ^ Andr all ffood? guaranteed as represented. tackay, Glassware, Lamps. T??fe invoice bf Crockery, Glassware and v ^^baaspa^ of ererj description jost opened. * Galt eariy and get barga t MS. I ; TIN-WABE >^3fj-'?toek of Tin-ware is complete, embrac? ilas everything ra g?ner?! use. Special ia* ^^CKaeot*.o2ered to purchasers. The Kitch '?s- Stis ?.n? The llTToesl Seis consist of ten ^pwees of tin-ware, alt useful articles, for one ?sUUxer, ?ade wit h patent Sre-proof bottoms, and amarna teed not to leak. Tobacco, Cigars, &c. |f -Vfo?? ?xorSmoking and Chewing Tobacco, **odan elegant assortment of Cigars, of va? uriens fer*nds. The DUKE OP DURHAM CLARETS, sold by the thousand or single package- A Iso a food assort me ct of Pipes. Wooden and Willow Ware. ~ A &Jl iiueofferrd it Tabs, Buckets, Baskets, |Vaab^boards, Selves, Well Bucken, Brooms, |^rT?rar'^D ^PEINGS. ? am*tiH making the Twin Bed Springs, yknd selfing them at the exceedingly low price r"?f a set. One mattress is sufficient to '%M&?-a comfortable bed where these springs ore'usetL Kvery set guaranteed to give salis isetsao^ormoney refended. VfTSAT SSAK ?3XD SICS FLOUS Always on Hand. ~ Thc b??t and cheapest feed for stock. ' Purchasers will do well-to call and examine my stock and prices. -'Money saved is money All goods delivered free of charge to any 3*rt of the .city. * 0% WY H. YATES. SUCTEB, S. C. Aug 28 Opposite J no. Reid's. * M2& SZALZKCt 6000S FOR THE LEAST MQNEi USURES SATISFACTION. ITHAFJST & BRO. ?' SUMTER? ?. C. & ?iepleasore in asnotmcing to their friends ^nswjfce pairie generally that they have [- added to their bnsrness an assort ^^^&> : .* .- mest of l^ni?' HATS, TRUN?fS, VALISES AND &- < SATCHELS, I .. and ia their regclar line of HOOTS ANO SHOES, they have the ?&A3GEST AND BEST ?TOOK THEY ; . BA VB EVER HAD. A?1 of which they witt sell at the same ?OW PR?CES which has made them the ' ZJU9SSS X? TSXOk um for qnaiity and price. The )8C0T, SHOE, ANO MAT TRADE OF SUMTER tbu3 not hefoz? witnessed so complete a line of * SOLID AND DURABLE GOODS, AT SUCH LOW PRICES, Ar ts?? hoi? offered at ibeir store. All gocif warranted as hereto "ore. Do not fail to call and exa^ioe stock before buying. Sept lg r_ LANDj FOR SALE. . rjpHE UN DEI SIGNED has" several tracts 1 from 230 fe 400/?eres eacb, of GOOD COTTON LANJ FOR SALE, with good buildings, springwater, con vt- meut to schools nod churches an?gpod society Apply to % 8. A. NORRIS, Sbfrff 8 Office, Sumter, S. C. Sept ll J FABM FOR SALE Mt FARM m 88 ACRES-about 50 acres in ciBiration-situated 2j miles firofli Sumter, on ?feCentral R. RM (known as the Dingle place.i la offered for sale atfrea eotubie price for tl or part cash. There are on the place a go41 Eranie dwelling of two rooms with pn^nilhetween, barn arjd other out-bttiJdiags, iocjfcag Gin House, 50-Snw h Gin, and Screw,-id three wells of good prater. Tb? hmdjlre aa well adapted to cot farlSarinJ^aiioo apply to toe on tbe Time to Stop lt. It's too bad, Sir or Madam, but don't get frightened. Your hair is falling ofj- that's certain. A glance in the mirror, or an inves? tigating committee of fingers tell the dismal story. We won't discuss the possible cause. It is enough that Parker's H&ir Balsam used now will prevent further destruction. Is jaar bair somewhat gray, too and crisp? Alas jes. The Balsam will give back the original color, softness and gloss. Not a dye, not oily, elegantly perfumed, a perfect dressing. * ??<??!>? Half Oat of His Head. * 'Blessed be the man/ said Don Quixote's weary squire, 'who invented sleep.' Sancho's gratitude is ours, bnt what if cue cannot for any reason enjoj that excellent invention? 'Nervousness iu me had become a d?sesse,' writes Mr. William Coleman, the well known wholesale druggist of Buffalo. Ni Y. *I could not sleep, and my nights were either passed in that sort of restlessness which nearly erases a man, or in a kiud of stupor, haunted by tormenting dreams. Having taken Parker's Tonic for other troubles, 1 tried it also for this. The result both sur? prised and delighted me. My nerves were tosed to concert pitch, and like Caesar's fat men, I fell into the ranks of those who sleep O' nights. I should add that the 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. In brief, the use of the Tonic thoroughly re-established my health. I have used Parker's Tonic with entire success for sett-sickness and for the bowel disorders incident to ocean voyages.1 'This preparation has heretofore been known as Parker's Ginger Tonic. Hereafter it will be advertised and sold under the name of Parker's Tonic-omitting the word 'ginger.' Hiscox k Co. are induced to make this change by the action of unprincipled dealers who have for years deceived their customers by substituting inferior preparations nuder the natue of ginger. We drop the misleading word all the more willingly, as ginger is an unimportant flavoring ingredient in our Toole. Please remember that no change has been, or will be, made in the preparation itself, and all bottles remaining in the hands? of dealers, wrapped under the name of Parker's Ginger Tonic, contain the genuine medicine if the lac-simile signature of Hiscox k Co. is at the bottom of the outside wrapper. I u?*d Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) for a bad case*of Blood Poison from Malaria, and am satisfied that it saved my life, as I was given np to die. - C.G.SPENCER, Sup't. Gas Works, Rome, Ga. CS* If yon ever intend to BUY AN ORGAN now is the time. ' Call in and examine the CELEBRATED ESTEY GROANS. These I sell on the INSTAIXMKNT PLAN and make paymeuts to suit purchasers. A liberal discount from prices madt for CASU. xx ar. ^U"0XJI23. Oct 30_tj PATENTS Obtained, and all business in the ?. S. Patent Office, attended to for MODERATE FEES. Our office is opposite the ?. S. Pateut OfSce, and we can obtain patents iu less time thar those remote from WASHINGTON. Send MODEL OR DR A W IN,G. We advise as to {taten ta bi H tv fm? of charge; and we make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT. We refer, here, to the Postmaster, thc Supt. of Money Order Div., and to officials of the U. S. Patent Office. For circular, advice, terms and reference to actual clients in youl own State, or county address C. A. SNOW k CO., Opposite Patent Office. Washington, D. C. August ? THE BEST SHOE -IS THE PENITENTIARY MADE, SOLD AT A SMALL MARGIN BY E. P. BICKER & CO. -ALSO ALL KINDS OF MERCHANDISE -SOLD AT A VERY S*1AL? PROFIT. Jj). P. KICKER & CO., OPPOSITE THE RED PUMP. Sept 18_' IKEY DEA?l? DO YO? SNOW THE SEASON WHY PEOPLE WANT TO BUY THE WILSON LIGHTNING SEWER in preference to any other SEWING HACSnTS? We will tel! you. BECAUSE it has no Cogs, Cam.3 or Gears. BECAUSE it has no Rawhide or Felt Packing. BECAUSE it has no Cast-iron Parts paint? ed over to cover its defects. BECAUSE it does not shake, rattle or dance all over the floor when run at a high rate of speed. BECAUSE it has two speeds-one for fine work or a delicate operator, and the other for fast speed, so that you can do one-third more work in a day than can be done on any other Sewing Machine. BECAUSE it runs Light and Easy. BECAUSE lost motion can be be taken up after years of wear without changing or put? ting in new parts, which canuot be done with any other Sewing Machine. . BECAUSE it darns rips and tears. BECAUSE it does the roost elegant designs in embroidering without an attachment. BECAUSE it does not break tbe thread or needle when run bark wards. We could tell you for hours of i ts Superiority overall other Sewing Machines. We think this ?3 sufficient reason why people should buy the WILSON. It is sold on very easy terms. BUI/FMA??fl? & BRO., BOOT AND SnOK STORE, SUMTER, S. C. Aug 21 _ POR SAIJB. A DOUBLE-CASE, LADY'S SIZE, ?kJSGOLD WATCH AND CHAIN, used about six months, and in perfect running order, for sale at this office. BLANK LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety? FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. HIS GIEL. BY fe. S. BIUDCES. Her eyes are lovely. I won't tell What hue their loveliness may show ; Her braided hair becomes her well, In color like-but ah, no ! no J That is my secret-red or brown, It is the prettiest hair in town ! She walks with such a dainty charm, But whether she be short or tall, Of rounded limb or sylph like form, Her figure suits me-that is all I Nor do I choose the world to know If silk her dress, or calico. My precious girl is worth her weight, Not in rough gold, but diamonds fine, And whether that be small or great I leave the reader to divine. Ask me to guage her solid worth She would outweigh the whole round earth 1 To rhyme her praise is such delight That I must keep it to myself, Lest one should better verses write And lay me gently on the shelf. I am not jealous, but yon see This charming girl-belongs to me. -Continent. A Very Queer Story. Gen. Wade Hampton's Diamonds Buried near Greenville and Re? covered at Knoxville. (Knoxville, Tenn., Tribune.) A leading physician related to a reporter* of the Tribune a few days since thc interesting story of Wade IIamptoii'8 diamonds. Many of our older citizens are well acquainted with the particulars of the interesting episode, but we give it for the Jbene fit of those who don't remember it, or never heard of it. About the year 1867, Dr. S. H. Smith, Consul, resident ajfc Mexico City, and Rev. James A. Lyons, at present a member of Helston Con? ference, M E. Church, South, were engaged in the jewelry business in the corner room under the Lamar House, now occupied by Isaac White's barber shop. One day a rather rough looking mountaineer, dressed in butternut pantaloons and hunting shirt, entered the door and sauntered around the store elbowing the show cases and behaving just like he was lost among tito glittering things of gold, silver and bronze. After some time Dr. Smith ap? proached him and asked if there was anything he could do for him. 'Yes/the stranger replied, draw? ing an old fashioned bull's eye silver cased watch from the folds of his hunting shirt. 'What will ye give me for this watch V * Well, how much would you be willing t? take V the Doctor asked. 'I'll take $10/ 'That's a bargain/ replied the Doc? tor, and taking the watch, opened the the case and read. 'Presented to Gen. Wade Hampton by-,-, 1808/ After pocketing the ten dollar bill the stranger drew from his pocket a heavy gold breast pin, with a magni? ficent diamond sparkling in the cen? tre, atid offered it for ?5. Dr. Smith promptly paid him for it, and was sur? prised to see him bring forth an extra heavy gold bracelet, bearing an ele? gant gem of an unusual size, set in a cluster ol rose leaves. These he of? fered for $10, which was promptly taken up. He then offered a solitaire finger ring, diamond ear rings and other diamonds of grent value, all of which found a ready purchaser *n the per? son of Dr. Smith. As the stranger finished his trading and was preparing to leave, satisfied with his great bar? gains, as he thought, Mr. Lyons and a policeman, who had watched the transactions through the window, closed the door and asked the jewel laden stranger to give au account of himself. He was perfectly dumbfounded at being confonted by a policeman, and proceeded to tell a disconnected, rambling 6tory of how he came in possession of the jewels, which didn't exactly 6uit the preserver of peace, ! who soon began to realize that he had ?truck a bonanza, so to speak, and hurried the poor fellow off to jail to await further developments. Smith and Lyons at once wrote General Wade Hampton, who had just become famous as a soldier in the rebellion, asking him to reply by tele? graph if the jewelry belonged to him, and describing it. He replied in due time in the af? firmative, and requested the authori? ties to hold the prisoner and the jew? elry until further orders from him. In the mealtime Col. J. C. Lut? trell, then Mayor of this city, took charge of the jewelry and held it until it was called forby an agent of Gen. , Wade Hampton, who carried the pro? per credentials, signed by Gen. Hampton, himself. The agent stated to the authorities that at the breaking out of the war Wade Hampton had put the jewels in a box together with some plate, and had buried them in a secluded spot on the side of a mountain, near Green- , ville, S. 0. for safe keeping through the ravages of the impending var, and that on returning from the field, Gen. Hampton found that the box had been removed, and presumed that , it had been taken by Northern sol? diers who would never think of re? turning such valuable family trea sures. Meanwhile the wealthy prisoner, after being confined in jail several days, had become fully quieted and composed, and said that while hunt? ing iu the mountains he saw the cor? ner of a box sticking out of the ground on the side of a mountain which contained the jewelry and what he supposed to be a lot of pewter plates, which he and his companion melted and made bullets of. The stranger's story and that of the agent's were so similar in every re? spect that the authorities decided to ' discharge this prisoner. On taking i him from the jail, which stood then ! where Col. C. J. McClung's residence now stands, he stood for several min? utes as if taking bearings and then catching a glimpse of the Chilbowee |j Mountains to the South, he started in a dead run to the river, plunged in and swam to tiie other side, disap? pearing among thc hills of South Ame? rica, aud has never been heard of since. The agent returned to South Caro? lina with the Hampton jewels which made glad the heart of the 'war horse of the Carolinas.' The watch was a present to Wade's father, Gen. Wade Hampton, of revo? lutionary fame, and was one of ines? timable value as an heir loom. The gem in the bracelet had cost in London over $3,000, and the mount? ing of the same had cost $300, and was a gift to his mother from her hus? band. The other diamonds were worth altogether ?5,000, and belong? ed also to his mother. The poer ig? norant heathen thought he was doing well when he received $45 for the $8,000 worth of goods, and Wade Hampton knew he was doing exceed? ingly well when he got them back for the sum of two or three hundred dol? lars, although it is said that he 'made bis joys felt' in a much larger sum than that. Jersey Cows-Don't Get Cheated. Editor Cotton Plant. As there is now a 'let up' in our long dry spell and it is raining beauti? ful^, 1 have the heart and leisure to comply with my promise and give you my ideas of Jersey cattle. They have been bred for years for their milking qualities alone and excel so far all other breeds according to the tests both in the quantity and quality of their butter. They are kind, gen? tle, docile and affectionate in their dispositions and very pretty little things-most excellent for the butter dairy and for family cows. It is not the quantity but the qmlity of their milk which gives them their distinc? tion. The males'are generally spite? ful, cross and vicious which is strange when thc females are so gentle and kind. The calves are very tender and delicate and require good care and attention. As a breed they are a small-boned, light-fleshed cattle, which are hard to fatten. They take on flesh very slowly and are there? fore unfitted for beef cattle, if there was any of them after you get them fat. lt is perfectly understood among beef raisers that heavy fleshed animals lay on fat more readily than light, and the flesh is generally more tender and juicy. Therefore as there are but few such animals as Alphea, Panzey, Value the 2nd., and Mary Ann of St. Lamberts, this breed is not the one for the general purses of the country. It takes a great deal of picking to get a first class cow of the Jersey as well as all other breeds, and unless you get a good butter cow, you have the next thing to nothing Uer calves are too small for veals and too poor for any market except Gor? da tis ville, Va., where the negroes might sell a quarter on a biscuit for a. snack. The grown cattle arc too small for oxen of which so many are used in the South, and her own car? cass is worth but little for the sham? bles. No breed of cattle has had more care bestowed upon them. None of late years have had the bene? fit of so much printer's ink. The cows that make the enormous yields of butter are well prepared for the test and of course have all of the best butter diet they can consume during the test, (and it is seldom you ever got any clue io the amount of good rich feed they cotisume) and when the test is finished the great yield of this wondeiful cow is heralded over the whole land and not one word said about all those that on the common treatment of cows, make nothing. We are thus led to suppose that the entire breed would do the same thing or something like it, if their owners would just take the trouble to make the test and let it be known. It is only those families of Jerseys that have been very strongly in bred in the great butter strains that you can count on breeding your fine cows like themselves, and even ihen our great Jersey-fanciers generally pre? fer to see their performance at the pail before they pay large prices for them. There is no breed of cattle in my es? timation more valuable for any single speciality than the Jersey, and no breed in which the unitiated can be more deceived and cheated for the simple reason, that they are bred for butler alone, and if they do r.ot make that, they are of very little value for any other purpose. The good ones are worth more money than the average farmer has to pay for them and the bad ones wont yield him much profit. The breed of cattle which will suit the farmer best is that one which will make butter and milk for his family, oxni for his teams, and good valuable carcasses of beef for the shambles when he is done with them. Which of the improved breeds now in the United States will suit your country best for ail these pur? poses, time and experience alone will tell, but, I feel sure, it won't be the Jersey. Still I like to go into the fields and pet and caress the kind, af? fectionate, pretty little things and like very much to cat their rich yel? low, sweetly flavored butter. No one should buy a Jersey without knowing its actual performance at the pail if old enough to milk. If too young to mille, know well the performance of its ancestors in their yield of bulter for several generations back : that it has a good, rich, yellow* hide on it, good mi?k veins, and as many of the other marks of a good mother as possible, and lie can then get cheated quite as often as he likes. GEO. CHRISM AX. Warren Farm, Va., October 1883. Kcmarkablo obituary head line in a Western exchange : '.Death's Shining Ma&-The Grim Archer Scores a Bu ^^e in the Person of an Honor? ed Uk 'm Townsman, Aldcroinn Smith-Ile no Longer Blocks thc Street Committee but Treads the Gold 3n Pavo/ The nature of bad news iufects the teller. Eagle Against Game Cocks. A Battle in Wiiich the Bird of Free? dom Does all the Crowing. [From the Santa Barbara Press.J A fine specimen of the American eagle, caught on one of the islands opposite Santa Barbara some time ago, has been kept tied up in thc yard of Birabent's Hotel for some time, awaiting a purchaser. This no? ble bird was sold Friday, and was temporarily placed in the yard of a game fowl fancier, who smiled signi? ficantly when warned that the eagle might hurt his fowls. The grim-look? ing bird had not been in the yard long before the game cocks began to crow and strut up and down in front of the strange visitor. The eagle sat quietly in the centre of the yard, ap? parently unconscious of the presence of the noisy game cocks, until sud? denly one of them flew at him and struck him upon one of his wings. He looked down upon the little chanticleer with a curious inquisitive glance, as much as to inquire what was the matter ? Then another brave game fowl struck him in the breast, while number one hit him on the neck.. This noble bird now opened his wings with a lazy, leisurely swing, erected his chest feathers and his eyes seemed to blaze like coals of fire. The American eagle was becoming inte? rested in the business and rather an? gry. Again one of the golden phea? sant fowls dashed recklessly at the eagle, grasping a bunch of feathers in its attack Before it could re? cover from its charge the eagle had extended one of its talons and seized the game cock by its neck and by a dextrous swing laid it fluttering and quivering beneath iib left foot. The second game fowl then charged upon the huge stranger, whose wings were now half opened and lazily ri? sing and falling. As the game cock struck it was met with a blow from the eagle's wing, and as it fell was caught in the open talons of the cap? tive foe and laid struggling and dying upon the ground. The victor did not appear to be the least excited, and, after thus disposing of its troublesome adversaries, lazily step? ped to one side and seemed to re? lapse into a state of meditative reflec? tion, every once in a while looking down indifferently upon the bloody trophies of its power, lying dead at its feet. Tke New Agricultural Editor. At two o'clock P. Jr. the Srst visi? tor showed up at the door of the of? fice, and Dyke cordially invited him inside. The farmer entered hesita? tingly, and remarked that he had ex? pected to meet the proprietor, with whom he had an appointment to dis? cuss ensilage. 'I am in charge of the journal/said Dyke. 'Oh, you are? Well, yon seem to have a pretty clean office here/ 'Yes,' replied Dyke. 'But about this ensilage. Ensilage is a pretty good breed, isn't it?' 'Breed V exclaimed the farmer. 'Why-' 'I mean its a sure crop ; something that you can rely-' 'Crop ? WJiy it isn't a crop at all." 'Yes, yes, I know it isn't a crop/ said Dyke, perspiring until his collar be? gan to melt away down the back of his keck ; 'but \7on can do better and .cleaner work with a good, sharp en silage on stubby ground than-' 'You take it for a sulky plow, don't you V 'No, no/ said Dyke. 'You don't seem to understand me. Now, if a farmer builds an ensilage ou low ground-' 'Builds an ensilage I You seem to have got the thing mixed up with some ki)id of a granary.' 'Pshaw ! no/ continued Dyke. 'I must make myself plainer. You see this ensilage, properly mixed with one part guano and three parts hy pophosphate of antimony, with the addition of a little bran and tanbark, and the whole flavored with chloride of lime, makes a top dressing for strawberry beds which-7 'Why ensilage isn't a manure !' 'No, not exactly/ said poor Dyke, grinning like an alms-house idiot/ 'not at all in the true sense of the word. My plan ha6 always been to lasso the hog with a trace chain, and after pinning his ears back with a clothes pin, put the ensilage into his nose with a pair of tweezers.' 'My good lands ! You don't use ensilage to ring hogs 1' The farmer very slowly arose, and with some evidence of rhematic twinges in his legs. 'Young man/ he said, solemnly, 'You are a long ways from home, ain't you ?' 'Yes/ replied Dyke, drooping his eyes beneath the stern glances of the farmer, 'In my ancestral halls in Eng? land, sad-eyed retainers wearily wait and watch for my return.' 'Go home, young man, go home to your feudal castle, and while on your way across the rolling deep, muse on the fact that ensilage is simply canned food for live stock-put up expressly for family use in a silo, which is noth? ing less than an air-tight pit where cornstalks, grass, millet, clover, alfal? fa, and other green truck is preserved for winter use, as green and verdant an the sub editor of The Fanner's Friend and Cvltivator's Companion. -Tejoaa Siftings. A Baltimorian has a cage of mon? keys. By way of variety he put a cat in with them, much to their delight. Ou taking it out thc other day there was a terrible howling on both sides. Thc cat refused to cat, and thc monkeys ! sat licking the tears out of each other's eyes for days. Finally the cat was put back, and then there was great joy. It licked all the little monkeys, and thc big ones took turns in hugging it uutil its tongue stuck out. Water, as warm as can be sipped one cup or more one hour before meals- j has relieved more cases of indigestion and dyspepsia than all advertised reme? dios ever will. 1 Programme for Fair Week. As letters are daily received asking for information as of this and that amusement, the Register will again publish the programme for the week, j The Fair will open on Tuesday, 13th, j and continue until Friday, thc 16th, inclusive. Tuesday, 13th-The Fair aad the j races will occupy the attention of visi? tors by day and the Opera House will be open at night. j Wednesday, 14th-The Fair and I races by day, the bicycle races includ- j ed. Also, the Japanese fireworks io j the afternoon. At night the promenade concert will ! take place at the Agricultural Hall, j with a display of fireworks at the State House grounds. The bali of the Governor's Guards ! will take place Wednesday night. The Opera House will be occupied by a theatrical company. Thursday, 15th-Fair, horse races and bicycle races. At night there will be a grand torch- j light procession, parade of the military and fire department, fantastics, &c. The ball of the South Carolina Club takes place Thursday uight. Friday 16th-Fair and races. At night the grandest display of fire? works ever witnessed in a Southern city. Accommodations have been secured for a large number of visitors. The Fair will be the most successful in exhibits and attendance ever held here. There will be the fiuest racing stock ever seen on a Columbia track. The hotels and boardiog houses have made prepara? tions for the entertainment of more guests than they have ever bad at one time.-Columbia Register. Randall Not the Man. The New Haven Register is one of the two leading Democratic papers of Connecticut, lt does not regard with favor the claims of Mr. Randall to the Speakership, lt says justly, and forcefully : 'Mr. Randall is a man of unques? tioned ability and integrity, but to elevate him to thc speakership of a Congress, pronouncedly in favor of a tariff reform, while he himsi ?f is a j protectionist, would be to choke off all successful attempts at tariff revi? sion. We believe that Mr. Ca? lisle's election would meet with the appro? val of the party at large, and would give much greater satisfaction than that of Mr. U*udall's.' This is precisely what the ablest | Democratic papers in Massachusetts, in Now York, in Pennsylvaeia, in j Maryland, in South Carolina, in Gcor- j gia, in Kentucky, in Missouri, in ! Texas have said. Wo wight extend j the list to Michigan, Maine and other States. If Randall should by trick? ery compass his ends, and in no oth? er way can he be elected, it will be a great shock to that portion of the De? mocracy that are fully persuaded in their minds that Tariff Reform is the great duly of their party, and that to I retain the present unequal, unjust and oppressive Ililli War Tariff, and for the time Mr. Randall demands, ten long years, would be a positive curse j to the country and a great and inex? cusable wrong ti> all classes and con? ditions who work for a living. - lCFa?~ -^BB?? Feet or Stomach. Archer Adams came out at the sta? tion at Detroit with head erect and eyes having a defiant expression, and when charged with drunkenness be replied : 'f want ihe proofs I' 'Very well. Officer, was he drunk ?' 'Yes, sir.' 'Hold on right there !' said the pris? oner j 'Officer, do you know what a drunk is V 'Do you know the difference between an attack of vertigo and a stupor of intoxication ?' 'Well-why-I never saw a case of vertigo.' 'Aha ! Did you ever handle a man in a fit?* .No, sir.' 'Aha ? again I Did you ever care for a case of sunstroke V .No, sir.' 'Judge,' said the prisoner as he turned to the court, 'this man's testi- j mouy isn't worth shucks. I have been ? charged with drunkenness. I want proofs that I was drunk.' 'Officer, did his breath smell of whiskey?' asked the court. 'It did, sir, and terribly strong, too.' 'Now, officer,' said thc prisoner, wouldn't whiskey rubbed on a sore throat smell just the same as whiskey taken internally ? Could you tell the difference V 'I-I suppose not.' 'Of course you couldn't. Your Hon? or, I contend that you have no proofs as yet.' 'Prisoner, I'll leave it to you if you weren't drunk. Come, now, Fd take your-testimony.' 'Ah ! Judge, that was a mean trick 1' sighed the prisoner. 'If you must have a fair answer then I must convict my? self. Yes, I was drunk, and my testi? mony is straight-forward and solid.' 'Well, I never doubted that such was your condition, but I'll suspend sen? tence this time and let you go. Don't come here again, and the next time this ofiiccr arrests a man who smells of rum he wants to know whether the man has been using ic to warm up his feet or his stomach.' A little gil l's mother told her if she went out of the gate, she would have to whip her, and in an hour the young | one was picked up in the gutter, in thc ! midst of mud-pie making 'I thought I told you if you went out j that gate I'd whip you,' said the moth- j er, angrily. 'I3ut I didn't do out de date, mam- . ma,' replied thc kid in a whimper. 'Yes, you did, and you've been out j here in thc street for an hour, and look j like a pig.' 'But, mamma, I didn't do out de date.' 'Yes, you did, too, and I'm going to whip you.' . '1 didn't do out de date ; I tlum over j 'e fence an' oo tan't whip me 'is time, j mamma.' The Bad Boy. The Deacon's Grab-Bag. 'What about that fuss at the social at the deacon's night before last?' asked the grocery man. 41 heard thc whole church was mad at each other over a grab-bag, and thc presiding cider had all he could do to quiet things.' 'Thar, don't amount to much,' replied the boy. 'There's always something turns up when thc sociable season first starts in. You see, ma was appointed a committee to fix up a grab-bag. Me and my chum were dicing bait that morning to go fishing. 'Vhen we got doDe I come in and founa ma had fin? ished the grab-bag and had it all load? ed with the top fastened with a pucker iog string, and hung on the back of a chair. Ma was up stairs getting her Sunday clothes on to go to the sociable, so it didn't take me aud my chum long to empty the bag and get first choice. Then I got our mouse-trap and took it to the barn, and caught two nice, big, fat mice and put 'em in a collar-box with holes cut it it, to give 'cm air, and dropped that in the bag. Then my chum remembered a big snapping tur? tle he had in a swill barrel, and mc and him got that and wiped it as dry as we could and tied it all up but its head, and put that in just as the deacon's hired man came to take the bag over to the sociable. Me and my chum went down to his house and waited till the people got over to the sociable, then we could could see through the open win? dow and hear ail that was going on. Pa, he stood over by the bag and shouted, 'Ten cents a grab; don't let anybody be backward in a good cause. Three or four had put up their ten cents and made a grab, when an old maid from Oshkosh, who had been to the springs for hysterics, got in her work OD the collar box. When she got the cover off one of the mice that knew his business jumped on her shoulder aod crawled down ber neck, and the other dropped down on the floor, and started around to meet the other one. You'd a died to see her flop and show ber stockings and scream. The dea? con's folks thought it was another at? tack of hysteric, and pa and the deacon got her ou the sofa and held her while they poured paregoric and cayenne pep? per down her. When she got loose she screamed ali the harder. Then one of the other women seen the mouse and got up in the chair and shook her skirts and asked the new young minis? ter to help her catch the mouse. The poor fellow looked as though he would like to, but he failed. Just then # the bo?tom of thc chair broke and let her fali over on ma and tore her bangs all down. Ma called her a 'hateful thing' and told her she ought to be ashamed of herself. Finally they got things in order, but no one wanted to tackle thc bag, and.as here was where the profits come in, pa braced up and said he'd like to know why everybody acted so 'spicious; he'd like to sec a grab-bag tbat would give him thc hysterics and said 'women are always gettin' scared at not.hin.' He then put down ten cents and jam? med his hand way down in thc bottom of the bag, but he didn't keep it there long. He gave a jump and yanked his baud out, yelling 'thunder !' Then he swung it over his head to shake it off and brought down on the deacon'3 head aud smashed his specks. Then he swung it thc other way and struck the woman president of the sewing society in the stomach and knocked her down on the doncon's lap. Airer pa had hol lowered himself hoarse and thumped half tbe people in the room, the turtle let go, and pa said he could 'lick the man that put that steel trap in the grab-bag.' Then pa and ma got mad and everybody began to jaw and they all went home. There's been a sort of coldness among the members ever since f-Milwaukee Sun. The Cost of a Railroad Train. A railroad superintendent has giver, the San Francisco Call an estimate of the cost of an average train on a first class railroad : For an express train, locomotive, $12,000 ; baggage car, $1,200 ; smoking car, ?5,000 ; dining room car, ?12,000; five first class Pullmans, $18,000 each ; total, $120, 000. The ordinary express train represents about $85,000. Some Pullman cars cost ?30,000 each. The average value of a freight train is still greater than that of the pas? senger train if the rolling stock and value of property are included. Sometimes the through freight trains aggregate iu value from ?250,000 to 300,000. The Philosophy of It .I do hate to have a husband who lowances me every time I want to buy anything,' said Mrs. Slimms. 'When I tell Slimms that I want a little change to go shopping with, he don't hem and haw as some men do. He just takes out his pocket book and says, 'certain? ly, my dear; how much do you want, a five or ten ?' 'And what did you say?' asked Mrs. Smith. 'Oh, I never say anything. He gives the money right off without wait? ing for me to answer.' 'And how much does he give you T .A dollar generally-unless he has some chauge handy. But it isn't the amount that I care so much about. it is the readiness with which he responds to my request that makes me think so much of him.' If it be true what an English paper sa}'s, that some American has said that no child should he named till he reaches the age of fifteen, when he can choose a name for himself, it. is a senti? ment wholly in harmony with the in? dividualism current iu certain quarters. \ ll is very much after the same pattern as the notiou that a child should be left untaught in religion till he should grow up with a conviction that may inter? fere with his independence. - ,mm - A few moments sometimes makes a great change. A man with blue eyes was seen going .into a beer saloon yes? terday, ard when became out a little later be had black eyes, News and Gossip. A factory in Savannah, Ga., is mak? ing four tons a day. of wrapping paper out of rice straw. When a poor widow finds a load of wood left gratuitously at her door she can conclude that she bas struck a ten? der chord somewhere. Thc difference between a besotted man and a pig is a slight one at best. One's a hunting grog and other's a grunting hog. A Chicago crank forbade his mother in-law to visit his house, and afterward discovered that she intended to pay her board. A distinguished botanist has found that by simply soaking thc stems of cut flowers in a weak dye solution, their colors can be altered at will without the perfume and the freshness being de? stroyed. Stamp collectors will bc pleased to learn that a complete collection of stamps, according to the best authori? ties, cannot be purchased for less than twenty thousand dollars at the lowest .figure. The Baptist State Convention will meet with the First Baptist Church ir Charleston on Wednesday, November 21. The Convention sermon will b' preached by Rev. Chas. Manly, D. D., of Greenville. 'Really, love, I had a delightful time at the ball last night.' 'I should judge so, darling; I beard you, three times, order thc waiter to bring more cherrapin, and tampagne.' A garrulous deacon having asked the scriptural question, 'Why do the heath? en rage V saw the point and thereafter and held his peace, when his surpUeed superior promptly replied: 'Because, like some church people, they don't know enough tokeepsti l.' It is stated that none of Queen Vic? toria's children are allowed to see ber without special permission. Texas Siftings suggests that she should charge admission-children fell price, grand children half price, aud thus get back the money spent in raising them. It is said twin brothers living near Gainesville, Ga., are exactly alike and they dress alike. They married twin sisters who are duplicates io feature, form, size and manners, who likewise dress alike. Each has a child of the same age, size and sex, and they, too, are just alike. Their houses stand side by side on the same street, and are pre? cisely ajike in every respect, and each has a span of horses so much alike their drivers have to call them by name to tell the other from which. A TERY INTERHSTIKG JPUZXZJB? In a storm at sea there was a Chris? tian Captain on board a vessel with fif? teen seamen, who chanced to meet with a Turkish vessel with the same number of seamen in ber, who were in danger o? being lost. The Turkish. Captain most earnestly entreated the Christian Cap? tain to take him and lu's men on board his vessel in order to save them from the danger to which they were exposed. The Christian Captain consented and took lum and his mon on board his ves? sel, but, tiie storm still increasing, until their destruction seemed inevitable, it was then agreed by both Captains to place all the men on deck and cast off every ninth man, until half tho men were thrown overboard, in order to save tile other half. The Christian Captain performed this with such simplicity, ac? curacy and ingenuity that, by casting off every ninth man, he drowned all the Turks and saved his own men. The question is, how were the thirty men placed in line? PRIMITIVE r OST AL FACILITIES. On the Island of St. Kilda, in the outer Hebrides, they have rather primi? tive postal facilities. Ti ie mails are sent out and brought in by any stray ship that happens to be going there. Some time since ni?o Austrian sailors were cast ashore on St. Kilda. They remained there five weeks without being abl? to communicate with their relatives in the outside world. They amused themselves rigging up bottles with dispatches in them. At last a bottle wes picked up at Orkney and aid was sent tc the sailors. The people of St. Kilda have petitioned Parliament for improved postal facilities. They humbly beg that a mail be sent to them t wice a year. The man who wafted a lodge in some vast wilderness ought pitch his tent in St. Kilda. THE DfFFEREXCB. It is a remarkable fact that, upon en? tering a restaurant, your order for baked beans, with plenty of pork, is sure tobe taken by & burly waiter with the lung? of a Stentor, who bawls it through the room with startling distinctness ; while your dignified order for roast turkey, second joint, with cranberry sauce, is just as sure to be taken by an insignifi? cant apology for a man, with a consump? tive cough, who has just force enough io repeat the order at the delive^v win? dow in a voice scarcely intelligible tc the head-waiier in the kitchen.-Yauh cob Strauss. THERE WAS OSE. An Englishman at a hotel in New York asked the clerk if there were "oysters in the hotel." "Oh, yes," was the reply ; " step right in the rest? aurant ; wc don't keep them in the of? fice." "Egad!" said Mr. John Bull, " I think you misunderstand me, yon know ; I mean a 'oyster, don't you know ; a ' lift '-a hellevator, may be you call it in this country." AN authority on horsemanship says that it is folly for a lady to put herself into stays so tight that her figure is net flexible while she is cu horseback, A stuffed doll, he says, should never be put on a horse. nor any woman who is not so loosely dressed that she can lace her. own boots aud put up her own back hair. While the lady is on horseback the circulation of her blood should never, be impeded. ....