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SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1883.
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Establish id Jnne, 1866.
New Series-Yoi. III. No. 15.
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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.
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?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. ....