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Be Just and Fear not--Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. he thy Country's thy God's, and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1866. SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1884. Kew Series-Vol. III. So. 25. -CY THC Watchman and Southron ^Publishing " C. TERMS: ? ^Two Dollars per annum-in advance. 'i / *S??>?Y?R"RT I 8 ? M KITT S . On* Square, first insertion_................Sl 00 Rvary yabSe^?t??t hisertioni..'.. 50 -Oontracts for three mon As, or longer will ^B?^de^^?ced rates. . ?^'?ffc?mttran?catio?s which *subs?rv? pf?vate interests trill te^Mic^l foe-as-adveriisements. ;<^tt?aries??^ will be fJ^i?^?5e Boteces and notices bf .deaths p?b UshedJree,- *% v._ rjferiob wprfc_or. contracts for advertising 'cde%viiait and Soxdhron ] or aoplv at _, te" - X~GV0STEEN, ... : .Bti?kiess Manager. Absolutely Pure. Tbispt?w;der ?ever varies- A marvel of ip^ty>?re?gib and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can? not ?e sold in comjtetitiou with the multitude offenr test, sho^fclNtigbt, alum or phosphate powders.T Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAK? ING POWDER CO., 106 Wa!l-st.,N. Y. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. ' OFTirg OF ?fln?trolio: cf the (terrency, WASHINGTON, NovEirsea 26, 18S3. l?o, 3,032-3 WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence pre senled 'to the nndyrsipned, :t has been made to appear thai* ''THE NATIONAL . RANK ftE^UMTErV in the town of Suui S-*?T?TD the County of Sumter, and State of boo th.- Carolina, bas complied with all .thc provisions of the Revised Statutes of the -United States, re^nired to be complied with Jtefore an association shall Reauthorized to A commence the business of Banking : ? ?fOW TBEREFORE I, John S. L?n? ^?OTthy, Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, - do hereby certify-that "The Nation.*?! 3ank of Sumter," in the Town of Sumter, io the County of Somier, and S?ate <>f South Caro? lina, isaothoriaed to commence the r>usir:css of Banking as provided in .Staion Fifty-one . Iwndred and sixty-nis?f of the Revised Stat? utes of the United States. I2f TESTIMONY WHEREOF witnrss my hand and Seal of office this 26lh day of No? vember, ISS3; J. S. LANG WORTHY, < L.S. > Dep. Comptroller of the Current-}*. In absence of Comptroller. Dec ll. 8t SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR THE C0IT0H PLANT An 8 page 40 column Agricultural Journal, the only'paper in South Carolina published exclusively i . -the ???ere*t of the Farmer and Manufacturer. The !*st and cheapest Agri - cultora 1 paper in the South. ; DITLY 60 GSSTZ A Tbe official organ o?ihe State Grange. Endorsed by the leudio? citizens of the Sute, and by the best farmers in the State and Sooth. Send postal for specimen copies for your? self and your neighbors. Address W. J. M cK ER A LL, Sept 4 Marion, S. C. Send 25 cents TO THIS .. m . a* jg*, /as ga OFFICE for a copy of a ' UOSK . Ha new horse book which mm &df Bs %9 fen treHfi ot* diseases thoroughly illustra? ted with 65 fine engravings,showing the posi i?ons assumed by sick horses better than can pi*. he laug ht?b any ot her C% -tr% Cfo a J way.. It bxs a large ?KH? ila fi? number uf valuable W Bj BB ?H recipes, most of ? hieb were originated by .* W the author, and never balare put ia print. It is pronounced the best ^]5ook e>er published for the price, and some \-. prominent horsemen &P\ OT*Q bavesaid they prefer vlO. r?ed it to books which ?St S5 and $10. AGEISTS WANTED. This valuable book will be presented free - to all new subscribers to the Watclanan and Scu?.Ton who pay for one year in advance, mad alsoto old subscribers who pay ali arrears . Anja* year in advance. 1884 Harper's Bazar. ILLUSTRATED. Harper*! Bazar is at onre thc most brilliant and oMfnl Household Journal in existence. It .eis tho acknowledged ai biter of fashion in this ??Odntrj. Its f:>*bion p?ate.'- aretha newest and "most styli?h ; and its pattern ?ho-.t >upph> roebts and ?conomie buggesthms ab-ne are -worth many times the cost of subscription. > - Itsiilustrations of art needlework are lro?? tin; best sources. Its literary and artistic u^eri:.? T-aw of the highest order. Its ptories p?x?tu.< ar-'I v;?ss?y? are by the first American and European ^-anthers. If? choiee arr picfurts wouM f.? poi t fohos. and its humorous cms ar? the most amusing to be found in ar$ j .ornai in America. AhASt of brilliant novelties aro promised for 'isa*. i Harper's Periodicals. Ter Year: HARPER'S MAGAZINE, One Year.$4 00 HAK PE K'S WEEKLY, One Year....4 00 ' HARPER'S BAZAR. One Year. .... 4 00 J fr liARPSR'S YOUNG PEOPLE, one year. 1 50 j HARPER'S FRANKLIN SQUARE LIBRARY, One Year (52 Numbers) 10 00 J Postage Free to all subscribers in Ct United 3tat60 or Canada. The Volumes of tbe Dazir begin with the firtt 5apber-ior January ofvach year. When no time kt feentioned, it will be understood that tbe ?uJjscnber wishes to commence with : the Number next after tbe riccipt of order. Tba last Four Annual Volumes ot Harper's i&iAir,ott nett sloth binding, will be sent by , mail postage paid, or by express, free of ex pense {provided the freight does not exceed one dollar per volume.) for $7.00 per roi ute e. Cloth Cate? for each volume, suitable for binding, will he rent by m.*.il, postpaid, on re coiptof $t O&eaeh. .Raadttaneaashoald be made by Post Office oney Order, or Draft, to avoid chance ot logs, m Newspaper* art not to copy this advertise ?sent without t?? expiess 4arder of Harper k p?*tkm. Addraas lUitPER & BROTHERS, R^y^&^^'S::"-^ ";' KswYork. I. COTTON. 'Tis born of the burden of Toil, From the strength and the speed of the plow, It springs from the heart cf the soil, And the seeds that are glorified now, In li e soft furrowed fields of the South. \ it rules o'er the realms of the grain, 'Tis green tbroagh the gloom of the drouth, 'Tis fuir through the fall of the raiu. Wjth blossoms of purple and white, With leaves that are vernal in hue. 'Tis fed by the air and the light. v'Tis nurtured hy sunshine and dew ; It springs from the breast of the earth, 'Tis rife with rare color and heat In marvels of magical birth, 'Tis king o'er the corn and the wheat. The procr?ant pulses of Maj Beat under its ripening boll ; ' And later it lives in the ray Of the light that allumes its soul. T'veas known in the land of the East. Throogh ages long silent and dead ; With wonders of whiteness increased, To the warmth of the South it is .wed. 'Tis gathered from .valleys and b ills ; ' In opulent bales it is bound ; With orient beauty it fills - j Vast acres of affluent ground. Though planted.in darkness and gloom, 'Tis safe in the dost of the sod ; It Wises in splendor of bloom, It awakes at the whisper of God. Oh I lift a large ptean of praise, As strong as the tides of the sea I Through lengths of aborious days ??-. And conquests of Commerce to he, This plant from the heart of the soil, Tn .he pride of its purified fleece, With triumphs of glory and toil . Shall reign in the rapture of peace - Wm. IT. Euyne, in Home ? Farm. RESULTS OF- THE LATEST EXPLORA? TION." : The Mysterious Eegion a Vast and Irreclaimable Swamp. The high hopes that were entertain? ed of the exploration into the Florida Everglades by the Times-Democrat, ! of New Orleans, have been disappoint- j ed. It was believed that thc interior j portions of the supposed great swamp j might be found to be elevated and reclaimable, and so of value for farm- j ingpurposes. The exploration, made j with great labor hi canoes over a ; distance of nearly 300 miles, shows, j however; that none of these expecta- J tions can be realized. The great ? swamp is a swamp, and cannot be ? made anything else. The latida, if I they can be called so, are worthless | for any purpose of cultivation, and j not even the proposed telegraph line i can be pet up and maintained. This j will put at rest forever all the legends ; of generations past about luxuriant j ard fertile regions within the Ever- j glades. They must be left to the j indians who still haunt them, and have j done so since the days of O eeo Ia and j the Seminoles. The details of the j adventures of-tiie exploring party are full of interest. AIMS OF TH s ExriDirrox. It was designed to find lite charac- j ter of the immense region of Southern j Florida, known as the Everglades, ? covering millions of acres, to discov? er the quality of its soil, and to what j crops and purposes it was best suited, j To ??^st the possiblity of draining this immense region, and thus giving j millions of acres to cultivation. To discover the condition and man-j ncr of Iif?? of ?lie Indians who have j ?ought refuge there. And finally, at the request of the Western Union Company, to test the ! il practicably of constructing a teie- j graph line down the peninsula. The eventful portion of the exped?- j lion, the story of its march from the ' lake through the swamps, the saw j grass and the slades of the Gulf, I commences with Nov 4, when the ex- ! pedition had reached the great central lake of Florida, Okeechobee. This lake was found to be shallow, but j subject fo very tempestuous and j stormy weather, during which its! waves became as threatening as those j of the Gulf, and wit!? its shores j low and swampy and only here . and there any dry spots. Game and i fish were both very scarce, but aliiga j tors were superabundant. lt had j been determined that the expedition I should proceed due south, lt made, j therefore, for the extreme southern j point of Lake Okeechobee. A gale j in the lake, in which the small boats j and canoes were of little use, detained the party for several clays, but ou No- i vember 6 and T they continued their! journey southward along the shores ofj Okeechobee, discovering a number of ! islands and several small rivers j emptying tuto the lake. Tiie.se were j explored in the hope that they would take the party some distance into the ! Everglades, but after following their ! course a short distance this idea had ! to be abandoned. After several fail- < ur es a stream was found somewhat j larger than the ol hers, and it was de- ! terminmined to ascend it as Jaras pos? sible, and from its source to start into the swamp. On the morning of Novcm- ; ber 10 the patty found itself. ! ON* THU BORDERS OF THE EV EUC LAO ES, ? confronted by a barrier of boughs, bushes ami vines intertwined, through which it necessary to cut their way. \ All the arrangements were now made j for the journey. Each boat was loaded ! with its own provisions, so that, j should they by any chance become j separated there ivould be no danger of starvation. Thc axes and machetes, J or knives, were then brought into j play and the work of cutting through ! the barrier of willows and brushwood j begun, lt was slow, tedious work, ; and after a day of earnest labor it j was found that the party had moved, j forward only a quarter of a mile. ! When this thicket of willows was | finally cut throogh, by much arduous ? work, the party were brought face to i face with the saw-grass, which had | frightened back the United Slates en- j gineers and officers who tried to ex plore this region in 1817, and who ' declared that it could not bc done j either on foot or in boats. In all di- ! rections, as far as the eye could reach, ! was one unlimited .expanse of tall, waving marsh-grass, with not a tree I or bush rising' above it. Mai ks we ! found that indicated that the wat had been five feet deep here, but ; that time it was only five inches. 1 haul a lot of canoes and batteaux i water from three to five inch? through a grass like this seemed a impossible task, and for a time failui stared the expedition in the face, bi Major Williams soon hit upon th happy idea of BURNING AWAY THE SAW GRASS ahead of him. This fortunately wa easy, for the grass was dry and hun ed liked tinder to the waters edg< A party was sent ahead and fired tl) swamp. Ina few minutes the whole ri gion of saw-grass, ior tens and tens c miles, was one mass ol seething flames. This was the fire that s alarmed the friends of the expedition and gave rise to the belief that it ha< perished in the flames. Following the pillar of smoke before them, th? party marched boldly into the saw grass. It was slow work here. Th? fire left the roots of the grass behind and the men had to desert their boat aud slowly push them forwan through the mud and grass. In om day, moving in this way, they pro ceeded barely a mile, with the mei weaned aud broken down by. tin arduous work. Their life was -cer tainly rough and hard for the nex few weeks. There was not sufficien water to float the boats, and they hat to be pushed along by the men, win travelled slowly, sinking above theil knees in the mud. At night the} slept cuddled up in -the boats thc victims of millions cf mosquitoes am other stinging insects. The fire* with which they cooked their meal; had to be made in pots on the deck; of their canoes. When rain cami they were without protection from it and morning, noon and night the* were wet. They were doomed t< disappointment ia a serious matter They had imagined that this-saw-grass region was only-ten miles wide, am] that in a week, or at ?east ten days, they would be in deeper waler. Bul at tiie end of ten days the character oj tiie country was completely unchang? ed. It was the same desolate saw grass desert. They found the country utterly devoid of game of any kind. A DEATHLIKE OPPRESSIVE STILLNESS prevailed everywhere. There were no fi.sb in the water, no birds in tin! air; even lite air itself seemed to be without life or motion. Tiie situation o?' the men grew worse day by day. Tiiey had to toil onward, waist deep, in the mud and water; with leeches clinging to their legs until the water around them was dyed a deep red; with thousands of hugs pestering ani bothering them ; with prickly plants to bruise and po'sou them, and wit!? tue water alive with moccasins, liest at night, cuddled up in tiie canoes, was scarcely pleasant, for the moccasins had a way o? crawling into the boats to get wann and comforta? ble. It was thought a big day's journey7.to travel a mile and a haif in twenty-four hours. The glass wa< burnt up ahead of them, and in this way they were able lo move some? what faster. But as they moved onward they found the grass too wet to burn, so that they were conpelled to cut and break through it. As t/*ey proceeded further the water got deep? er, until it was possible to float the boats. Slill there was no sign, as far as the eye could reach, of anything but the same unbroken level plain of grass. When the grass was fifed one day to clear it off, the party was sur? prised to see signals of smoke reply? ing to it from ali quarters, lt was the work of tue Indians, the remnant of the grea' tribe of tiie Seminoles, who sought refuge in the swamps of Soulhern Florida. Throughout the remainder of the journey the party found themselves, wherever they went, surrounded by scores of these signals, ll was evident that they were WELL WATCHED DY THE INDIANS. How near the latter came to them they never knew, for they met none of them, saw nolhingbut these Indian flies springing np around them when? ever they camped out. On Nov 22 the water in tho swamp became sud? denly much deeper, the boals moved easily through it and it was found that the sails could bc used with great advantage. lt was now decidedly a new country. Thebroad expanse of saw grass was broken by basins or little lakes, fifteen feet deep or mor", covered with waterlilies and connected with each other by innu? merable si reams. Tiie ponds or basins were of water as clear as crystal, and filled with trout and alligators, the latter utter!v fearless and impudently *. tr .? poking their noses into the boats. On the 23d the provision bat lean, Queen Anne, had to be abandoned in tiie swamp, as her bottom was com? pletely ?vorn out from dragging over the grass, and sin; leaked badly. Next day th?; party found the first, piece of dry laud they had seen since they left Okeechobee, a verv small plot cf only a few feet, hui the exped?- ! lion, hungry for land, greeted il as warmly as Noah did the summit o?' Ararat as it raised itself out ol* the j water, lt was thought l>* st that Capt ll end ry should be sent due ; weet PO as to reach the coast sooner, I and make the needful preparation's to : send boats up Shark's River to meet the expedition The character of the ! country now improved with every j day's.journey. The water was deeper \ and the boat*; moved more easily, j In making soundings it was diseov- I ered that the bottom was .no longer, ? mud, but rock, the first they I ad met with. The pally were evidently APPROACHING THE ISLANDS lying in the southern portion of the j Everglades. The first island they found was about three acres in extent, well covered with wild ligand o:chard ; apple, but only about twenty |eet ? square of it was solid dry land. Here ? the party rested and recuperated, for j th< y were completely fagged out, rag- ! ged, bare footed and broken down. . This island upon which they rested j proved to be a bird roost, for at night the trees were filled with cranes, cur-1 lews, water turkeys, blackbirds and j other varieties never seen before, ' wi)ici? kept, np such .1 noise all night that it. was difficult to sleep. For sev? eral days the party moved through a i region of islands. Islands there were i i inn?mberabl?, but all of thom very small, not over three acres in extent, with vcrv little high and dry land un ?r ? ... . V- y them, and separated from eaeh other by streams and saw-grass. On sev? eral of them traces of Indian camps were discovered, but the Indians never put in their appearance, al? though whenever the expedition made I a fire it was answered in cverv direc j tion. They were now on the lookout j for the smoke signal which was to di? rect them toward Shark's river. It had been arranged that Major Itcndry, who had taken a short cut to the Gulf, was to send a party up Shark's river to meet Major Williams's parly, thc signal to be " A COLUMN OF SMOKE. So well had the movement of the explorers been calculai ed that when the smoke was finally discovered they were but two miles from Shark's river. Thc rest of the journey can be told in a very few words, because it 1 was simple and easy-the descent of j Shark's river into White Water Bay, j and thence into the Gulf. Such are the main features of this i expedition. The task was au ardu- \ ons and severe one, much harder than was imagined when it wasv inaugura- : ? V CT ted. lt has set at rest all questions; about the Everglades, which have j been found much different from what j was imagined. The saw grass j extends 100 miles south of Lake Okec- j chobee, instead often. South of this j is a region of islands, but islands so j small as to be cf little value for any j practical purpose. . TH S INDIANS who were supposed to live in thc 1 Everglades, do reside there, but they j seem to bc peaceful and well-dis- j posed; and gave no evidence that they j were unfriendly or inimical to the i whites As to the question of build- j ing a telegraph lino through this ? Country-a matter which the Western I Union has been anxious to solve- | Major Williams reports that this is j impossible and not to be thought of. | Finally, as to the soil and character of j the Everglades and thc possibility of j draining them. In 1848, when the ; United States Senate investigated j this question, a committee reported . that the swamp cou]-! be drained. ? .Major Williams reports adversely. . lie can see no hope er possibility of j redeeming the greater portion of this : region, which must remain a swamp '. forever. The country is very low, in i most cases below the level of tho land j fronting oil the Atlantic and the Gulf, j and a canal wiU not drain it, but will ? probably increase the depth of water ! in the glades: In the sont hern glades ; many of tho islands can be utilized ami cultivated, but. with this excep- ' tion, the Florida Everglades are of j no value agriculturally. What Our Editors Say. A Case fer Investigation. Columbia IicyisUr. The shameful jury room conspiracy j in tbe Marion election cases, a con- j spiracy to convict regardless of the j evidence, 'so as to establish a prece- j dent,' is one that deserves thc strict- . est investigation. If this tiling was done wit!; thc connivance of the Gov? ernment officers, and if it was known ! to the Court that such efforts were being , made in thc jury room, it vas indeed \ a monstrous perversion of justice, and 1 we heartily join our Charleston con-1 temporary in saying that our rc prc- ! sentatiyes iu Congress should demand ! a prompt investigation of this infamy. ' iXcics a/:d Courier. There is, in the press of tilc conn- | try, very little dissent fro rn tho opin- ; ton expressed by Judge Thurman ; that thc election of Mr. Payne in j Ohio is monstrous and disreputable.' j It is a National misfortune that the Democratic managers in Ohio should j have abused tile opportunities which 1 the people gave them last October. ! The National Democracy are weaken- j ed by it, and Ohio, is more than ever j a doubtful State. _ C'?TO?H* Spartan. There is likely to be some little j spirit thrown into the Congressional j races in our Stale this year. It. is I generally agreed that new members i that behave nicely and volo with sound judgment, shall be permitted to j return a second time without a con- : test. But when a man has served 1 several terms, some of'thc outs' cou- j si:Ier it high time for them to stand ; aside and give others a chance. In j the third District Col. Aiken willi meet with strong opposition, not on ; account, ot neglect or ni ollie fen ev on : his part, but because some oi the ? '.inls' think it is time for a change. George Johnstone? of Newberry, E. ii. Murrry, of Anderson, and Dr. j dary, of -Abbeville' arc spoken of as ! prominent candidates, lu the Second District, Congressman. George D. j Tillman, will not be permitted to can- j ter over the track alone, bn1 it is said j thal John C; Shepard, of Edgefieid, ; Geo. W. Croft, of Aiken, and Uober! Aldrich, of Barnwell, are .'ill anibi : lions un1:: and willing to ?Miter the race with proper backing. True Ladyhood. lyclmet.to J i Om?n. Because a lady is obliged to ccouo- 1 rn ixe and make over herold di esses, it doc not. fellow that she is not a '? lady in tho accepted sense of the term. | A 'lady' is a woman win? clearly un? derstands and consistently practices j the refinements of a highly civilized ! existence ; and the most real dist inc- j tion between a lady and a woman who is not a lady isthat one is more ci vi- j lized than the other; and more deter- ; mined to preserve thc habits ol a high ; civilizat i<>u. both in herown person and j all those over whom she has authority. \ These habits are not simply habits of j expense; it. is cheaper to remain so- ' ber than to get tipsy, and yet it is. more lady-like to be sober. It does j not cost more money to speak good j English than bad, or to bc gentle than ' I rudo ; yet a lady from preference i speaks correctly and luis gentle man j ne rs. j It so happens, by thc force of cir j cumstances, that there are more la ; dies in tho upper classes than in the ! lower, and that there is a severe pub j lie opinion in the upper classes about j most things which, taken together, j constitute civilization, because it is a I fault in rich people who have gTeat j facilities not to be clean, and cultiva i ted, and polite when it may only be a i misfortune in poor ones. I There is then really such a thing ! as ladyhood, and it. is one of the j strongest of civilizing influences. j The ITow Orleans Exhibition. j Aiken Recorder. j As the Legislature has wisely ap? propriated the sum of ?10,000 lo aid in making a proper representation of the resourcos.of South Carolina at the ! New Orleans Exhibition, we sincerely j trust that the State Agricultural De I partaient will leave nostone unturned ; io make a display in every way credi? table to the productions and wonder? ful resources of the State. We also hope lliat our farmers, manufacturers, mechanics and other producers, will i aid the Department by every means | in their power. A creditable display j at this grand industrial exhibition ; will be of immense importance, the j more so as no effort was made to have j the State properly represented at j either the Boston ot Louisville exhi-j bitions of last year. The exhibit made by the people of t North Carolina at the Boston and : Louisville exhibitions,last year will eventually be tire means of in trod a- ; cing millions of capital within her ; territory thal would never have found 1 its way there. II or praises are her- : aided fort}] by the press in ever}' por- \ tion ol'the country as a great and pro- : gressivo State, and all owing to thc : maguificient industrial exhibit which j she made at Boston and Louisville, j As wo value our birth right in dear ; old South Carolina, and as wc wish to ; see lier go onward and upward, let ! every citizen of the State feel a deep and abiding interest in tho approach- . ing exhibition and aid in every way j possible those charged with the duty ; of presenting a proper exhibit to thc j civilized world of her great and ande- ! veloped resources Minerals, manu- j factures, machinery and agricultura! products, together with all the nu morons smaller industries, should ?u? j a place. Present these properly to : the world, and it will prove the most hospitable invitation to white immi- ? gration and moneyed capital that we can possibly extend. Prohibition in Marion. Pee Dee Index. \. Six days have elapsed since the j bar-rooms wore closed, and nota nia:: : seen under the influence of whisKcv. : i i '1 Mud, rain, sleet, ice, snow on ? Saturday, but not a man seen under i the influence of liquor. One of the most influential and' intelligent men of thc countv told us ! during the past week that he would j now send his son to school here, but would not have thought of doing so | before the bar-rooms were closed. ; Yet. this is 'gag law.' Thc express agent at Marion has declared that he will deliver no C. ?. j 1). packages of whiskey. The Index contends that the fight ! against intemperance wPl not bc ! ended until Marion is a 'dry' town in j faut as well as in lav;. Justice. EJ.jr}ldd Sivnitor, Justice in Ed gefiel d county is of an ! unknown quality. lt seems to be! somewhat alter tire order of that de-j scribed by Shakespeare : Plate sin v. iib gobi And thc strong buice of justice h unless, i . ircaks ; Arm it inrags,'..S? .pigmy's straw doth pierce! it. ; Instance : Some mouths ago a j white man si ole a horse-was cap? tured-caught in the very act-com? mitted to jail-respectably connected ' - money-let out on a two hundred] and fifty dollar forfeiture bond-Court ? came on-case called-counsel said i lie was sick-ease put off-next : Court-case called-no response- j (Jouit orders mom-}* to be paid over ! to County. What is this but a com- ! promise with crime '?. Of course it i was known and understood that he i would never appear for trial. A lew weeks ago a negro stole a j mule. The negro is in jail-as he oujrbt to be. The crime in the two : eases is the same, if any difference, '. that ol the educated white man is the j greater. l>nt other circumstances alter the case very materially. The ] negro, in all probability, will be tried : and sent to thc penitentiary-as all ? horse thieves should bc. Not long ago two white men were ; committed to jail for stealing colton: : Like the li orso thieves, they were! caught in the very act. And now we learn thal they have been turned ont on a forfeiture bond of one hundred and twenty-five dollars each. They j will never beh'o'd ! ridgefield, there lore, is a good placo lei white cotton thieves as wet) as white horse thieves lo ply their calling. Come on! If; you gel caught tho penally is only one hundred and twenty-five dollars; if yon doirt get. caught you havel made a hale o? colton. . , Al! wrung. There is too much j sentimentality, or loo much something else, about punishing tho white thief. The press Should condemn and the people should frown down all such outrages on justice. Until this is done, until ridgefield county punishes ! white thieves as well as black, we ; need not be sn rpi ised to lind honest men selling out and Reeking homes in ? Slates where horse? and cotton thieves. 1 when caught, are sent to the peniten? tiary-if indeed they are not ((.mud! dangling at the end of a hempen ! rope. We publish this, not as a hit at i ridgefield, but for general application. -Ed. \V. and S. Some of the tuen who carry thc most : expensive watches never know what j time to go home. BILL ARP Practices Domestic Duties. Mrs. Arp bad an uncommon goo breakfast this morning. There was dish of baked eggs at my plate, wine she knows I am fond of. While th I house was being cleaned up ? ooticci j that the beds were not touched, and s> I I told her I would help but she said m : she wanted them taken out on tin piazzo to san. and so I took 'cm out and then she asked me to take ont tb< bedsteads and the bureau and the chain and the sewing machine and all, as sh' wanted to clean up a liitle. Cleaning up a little is the old, old story at m j house. When I got through I sat dowt on the front piazzo with my pipe t< ruminate a little and rest from my ardu ous labors. Pretty soon she brough me a broom and a rake aud a twin* string, aod asked tuc to tie the broom handle onto the rake for she wanted t< sweep down thc cob-webs from tin walls. 1 understand all that, and so ! tied it ou and swept 'em all down my? self and retired to the piazzo ns usual About the time I bad my feet stuck uj on the banisters, she brought out ; hammer and a paper of carpet tacksanc laid 'em down on thc table beside mc and smiled. These movements remiud ed me of thc carpet that she had beer threatening to put down in the big fami? ly room for a month, and if there is any household work that I do despise to dc it is nutting down a carpet. ? can't double up and twist around like I used to. ? ?rave an involuntary groan and a grunt or two and weut to work. A little darkey had already brought up a passel of hay from the barn, and so we picked it all over aod got out all the little weeds and coarser pieces and spread it nicely upon the floor, and then I unrolled the carpet from thc middle each way and went to work on one side nailing it. It had to bc stretched and titted all around and the edge on on the hearth was the hardest o? ali, fur Mrs. Arp watched every tack and if it was a fraction of an inch 'mt of line she saw it and I had to keep nail? ing and ?urning under the edges, and when i was cu it I couldn't pull it and i couldn't get off it for the wall, and so it was get-up and get-doivn and work side-ways and cross-ways, and ali sorts of ways, and I mashed my fingers ani cramped my knees and twisted off my suspender buttons, but finally the work was dune to her satisfaction sorter, and I managed to get up and stand up and 'oe thankful to toe Lord for his mercies, ijy the time wc got all the furniture set? back again and the beds made up the day was half gone and the children came home from school and forgot to wipe their feet at the door and the dogs fol? lowed them into the house and they all began LO track around with their mud? dy feet, but they didn't track long. They arc in the cautious state right now and so am I-I think 1 will get some old bagging and put it down over the carpet so as to save consequences. I wish that wc men were as neat and careful as the women-no I don't eith? er, for then we wouldn't be much ac? count out of doors and would degene? rate into dudes as they call 'em, but I wish we liad more regard for neatness thau we have. Mrs Arp says she don't believe that I would wash the window glass until I couldQ:t sec out for the dust and fly specks, and the dogs would sleep under the bcd aud the spiders and lizzards would live in the closet, l?ut she don't mean that I know, and is just talking after thc manner of nice respectable women. But I don't see any use in cleaning up so much-why it takes an hour every morning to clean up tiie family mom for she will take everything off of thc mantel-piece and tho books ott of the shelves, and wine off all thc little clean dust that has set? tled around, and the ashes must be taken up every morning and the hearth has to have a fresh coat of Spanish brown about twice a week and the water buckets must be scoured, and every few days I have to take down the pictures so that slits can wipe oil the frames, and thc leaves have to bc swept out of the yards as fas., as they fail. She had her tittle Sower garden all raked aud swept mighty nice yesterday, and I como run? ning in her room excited and told her another leaf had blown down, and I just did have time to dodge the scissors she thtow'd at me. I told her one day that the Scriptures said man was made out of dirt, and she said that she reck? oned he was but that woman wasn't. ? wish I was rich-? wish I was rich for her sake. I would budd her a marble palace and fence out every bug aud spider and fly, and have thc walks laid with marble aud thc ground all covered with grass and flowers and evergreens. She would get tired of it I know in a monti), and then I would sell out ami come back to the good old dirty home. Folks were not made to enjoy fine things all thc time-our best pleasures come from contrast. We wouldn't en? joy new things if they didn't get old and faded. There is a power of comfort tn having some new thing occasionally-new cur- J tains, a new carpet, anew lamp, new j clothes, new chairs, a new sewing ma- J chine, or a new stove to cook on - it. won't do for things i-> last too long, j We grct tired of 'ern. We get tired nf! seeing the furniture ie thc same places iu a room and it is a relief to move tuc ; bed to another corner and .'he bureau to j thc other side. Kvcn the land wo cul- i tivate wants a change of crops and the j stock watits a change of diet. 'J ue j birds and thc beasts change their ! haunts, churches change their preachers j and people change their rulers, and j some folks would change their wives il j they could. I don't believe in jiving iii a house too fine for comfort, or h av- j ing furniture so tine, the children arc I . 'rt . I afraid to touch it. 'I he Scriptures say j that even thc Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath, and so a house ought to bc made for man, too. and not man for i lio house. ??ut a woman deserves a nicer house and nicer things than a mau. for she has ? more refined tastes and she has to live ! and stay in the house more, and can't j get away from it-it is her abiding | place and ought not to he her prison- j it ought to be made as pleasant and in- ? vititig to her as possible, beautiful ! pictures ought to adorn the walls and j handsome curtains the windows, and the j clock ought to strike with a sweet sil-1 very tono, for she has to hear it all (he day long. The front, yard ought to have a welcome shade and plenty of flowers and evergreens, and the piazzo ought to adorned with jessamins and and a good 'Husband will provide all these if Iw can-that is my creed and my ambition, and Mrs. A rp says she reckins ? do the best ? cnn considering. BILL A KP. Scientific Miscellany. The tenn, 'telpherage* has been ap? plied by Prof. Flemming Jenkin to 'the transmission of vehicles by electri? city to a distance independently of any control exercised from the vehicle.' In a system of telpherage worked out by Profs Jenkin. Ayr ton and Perry, trains of bc?;kets, each bucket carry? ing 200 or 300 pounds of freight, arc drawn by small electro-motors over a single rail of rods or ropes suspended ou posts, the movement of traiu being controlled entirely by operators at the stations. By keeping up a constant stream of these light trains a large amount of freight may be forwarded, while the expense of fitting up such a linc is very ?mali compared with that of building railways for concentrated loads. An experimental telpherage linc has been constructed in langland. Thc supposed germ of pneumonia belonging to the class of microscopic organisms known as micrococci-has been discovered by Dr. Friendlauder and exhibited to thc medical societies of Berlin. When thc germs were introduced into the bodies of vnice, either by innoculation of inhalation, true croapous pneumonia was invari? ably produced. Dust-either volcanic or cosmic-is the reflecting medium to which the brilliant sunsets witnessed in Novem? ber from a large part of tito world seem to bc quite generally attributed. Some scientists suppo.se that the dust had drifted with the air currents from the Java volcanoes, nod others believe that . the earth encountered a dust cloud in space Itt this connection it may be noted thar, ? fall of dust covered the snow of a valley in Central Norway, on tito night of November 17th. It will be interesting to learn how this dust, compares with that from Krakatoa, which has beeu chemically and micro? scopically examined. Prof. Edland, of Sweden, believes that he has proven thai a perfect vacuum is a good conductor of elec? tricity. Tiic work of thc mun?c;pal labora? tory at Paris m testing food substances results in sumcintercstingdisclosures lt lias lately revealed the fact that spurious fruit flavors are extensively made and sold in that city, the flavors of the strawbery, pineapple, melon, apple, pear, cherry, plum, apricot and peach being' successfully imitated by artificial chemical compounds. A so-called gooseberry jelly was exam? ined, and proved to have been made from sea weed. Mr. T? W. Jenkins, of Ceylon, re? ports that itt the mountain districts of that island the volcanic explosions of Krakatoa were distinctly heard, al? though 2000 miles distant. The sounds resembled those of heavy can? non at a distance of a few miles, or of dynamite rock blas.tinsr a mile or so away. Prof. ll. A. Proctor supposes that the sound-waves were conveyed through the earth's cr&st, and not through the air. A kind of timber found buried in yellow clay in China, near the border of Thibet, is slated by Mr. E. Colborue Babcr, of the British legation at Pe? kin, to be held in high esteem as a material for coffins, on account of the resistance it oilers to decay and insect ravages. A single coffin made from its planks is valued at an equivalent of 300 pounds sterling. Unfortunate? ly Mr. Babor lias been unable to give any information concerning the bo? tanical character of the subterranean wood. It seems that thc injurious effects sometimes resulting from the use of canned foods are not always due to tho presence of lead in the cans. At a late inquest near London medical evidence was given to tho effect that death had been caused by eating sal? mon which had been poisoned through decomposition by nitrate of tin formed by the action of the preserved fish on the tin ol the can containing it. A Touching Case. Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, aged be? tween 80 and 90 yeats, occupied a cell at the Western police station last night. She was not there because she had committed any crime, but for the reason tiiat s! e had no home. She stated to Lieut. Baker that she was related to Charles P. Logue, the proprietor of two flourishing saloons in the West End. and that she has a son residing in tin* northwest section. Last Sunday night, when the mercury was at its lowest, the same old lady applied to Lieutenant Fitzgerald, at tho North-western station, fer help. She told him the same story as above related, atid tho Lieutenant sent a policeman to verify it. The oflicer found Mrs. Miller's sort at the number indicated by her. but instead of being willing to re?oive his mother kindly, he relntked officer tor what he termed interference, and said he wanted tvoth in<v to do with her. At a later hour Mrs. Miller was sent to bis house, and he was compelled to care for her for the night. Unless steps arc at once taken to provide for her future support, it is probable she will bo sent to Hay view. The officers at the Western station made her as comfortable as possible last night. -Hal! i more Dat/. A Either Serious Joke. A practical jokei stepped up behind i a man in a Boston store whom he took j for a friend and abstracted a package j from bis pocket. The clerk saw the j act, denounced the joker, who appeal- j cd to his "friend," who turned out to j be an utter stranger, a policeman was called, and niter matty explanations. the joker was sav^d from the station j house. Some of Ihese practical jokers aro too funny. . A Remarkable Woman. 'Last week there died in Columbia, S. C., aged 89, Mrs. Caroline Hamp? ton Preston, a venerable lady, who was akin to a larger namber of distin? guished families than any person of lier time. She was the youngest daughter of Gen. Wade Hampton, of the war of 1812, the Auut of Col. Wade Hampton the father of the pre? sent Senator from South Carolina. This lady has seen five generations of the Hamptons, the eldest son always being Wade. The name Wade will end with the general, fbrhis son Wade died three years ago, leaving no chil? dren. Mis. Preston of whom I was speaking, is relation of the Kentucky Prestons, Wickliffs, Browns, Gibsons and Blairs, and the ramifications of these families are very far-reaching. A relation of hers stated the other day that, including the Blairs, Pres? tons, Hamptons, McDuffies and the others I have named, there are not less than 10,000 people, offshoots of these families who were her blood re? lations, and that Mrs. Preston had seen fire generations of her own peo? ple's children. I do not remember another such instance where there are so many distinguished families direct? ly7 connected as this. Gen. Gibson, United States Senator from Louisiana', is a member of this extraordinary fine of kinsmen, as are the families of the Frank P. Blair and son, Montgomery Blair, Admiral S. P. Lee and others cf the same name. It is through the relationship between the Blairs and Lees that the Prestons and others be? come akin to Robt E. Lee, and the' Virginia Lees. All of these names have been a power in the politics of the country, and they have been aho%fc equally divided in sentiment oh tbS^ great questions of the lime. Wherever they have cast, their lot they have made a mark that can never bc oblit? erated/'-Exchange, ~~ Unique Leiter. Captain Levi Gunter recently issued a oommission to a road overseer in his section accompanied by the fol? io wing letter : Honored Sir--I have the pleasure of herewith enclosing your appoint? ment to the lucrative office of road overseer. Thank God you are at last in the line of promotion, 'The paths' of glory lead bul to the grave,' but the paths of the public road under your supervision lead to Columbia. Remember that large results often come from small beginnings. Gar? field was once overseer of the road. Abraham Lincoln commenced life as a railsplitter, and died the death of a martyr. While 1 can't hold out all these brilliant prospects to you, I can only advise you to emulate their virtues and shun their follies. This office comes to you like the Presider** tia! chair to George Washington, un? sought, the office in both cases seek? ing the man, not the man the office. Another similarity suggests itself to my mind-neither of yrou could tell a lie. Now, you will proceed to sum? mons the hands in your beat, giving, them three day's notice to appear at some convenient place with tools for the business. None will be allowed to bring a turpentine hack or a shoe awl, but must come with axes, hoes A and spades. Ir working the roads/* ^ like death and laxes, none are exempt, except from overage, and the Prince as well as the beggar must come or send a band.-Lexington Dispatch* Leap Year Rulea. Gentlemen, unattended by ladies, are not expected. Ladies should not become impatient if they are kept waiting an hoar or?? after they call at the house. Should tlic evcuiog bc inclement, the gents should not be allowed to walk. Each lady should furnish her partnec with a bouquet. Ladies should not embarrass their partners with sudden proposals at tho first bail. lt is hoped the gentlemen will not be urged to remain up too late, as their parents will be unusually anxious about them during Leap Year. Gentlemen expecting to bc 'wall flowers' should provide themselves with newspapers, or novels, with whieh to while away thc time. La-iies should provide themselves with rubber bauds to fastcu gents' slippers with. Thc gentlemen expect that thc ladies will do away with the use of powder on, their anus-as it injures their dress suits. Ladies mu-t wear gloves while danc? ing. Ladies are uot expected to bring two gentlemen to the ball, as it is *a dead give away'-to one at least. As the gentlemen will frequently want to retire to the dressing room to re-arrangc their apparel, it is expected flint the room will be provided with glasses-and cloves-especially cloves. Gentlemen who have been 'leftout in the cold* will please send in their 're? grets' next day-'indisposition,' 'slight cold,' 'non-arrival of washing,' etc., wi!! do to use as an explanation of ab? sence. Those vvho dance must pay the fid? dler. -.-na - ? ? . Horrible Suspicion in New? berry. A few days ago a white woman was found in her room in Newberry county lying dead on her hearth with both her anns burned off. She was the daughter of Michael fvinard, a white man 80 years old, who is a root doc? tor and whose reputation was made unsavory by the fact that he associated entirely with negroes and lived with a negro woman, his daughter living in a house in his yard. There are sus? picions of foul play, and the coroner's jury declined to render a verdict until the contents of the ("read woman's stomach have been analyzed. Her father admitted having given her a dose of root medicine, but denies that there was any poison in it. Her name was Laura anti she was 30 years old and recently inherited some prop? erty. The whole family is well to do.