Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

tag SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, I S50. v Consolidated Ans. 2, 1881.1 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's thy God's, and Truth's. SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1884. THE TRW. SOUTHRON, Estlibl?sb?! June, 1866; yew Series-Vol. lil. Ko. 50. Pttffllsfted er?? Tuesday, ???::J>'- -W THK Watchman and SoiUJtron Publishing j Company, SUMTER, S. C. TKKMS: Two Dollars per" aun um-in advance. ADTBSTISSM? K'TS . Oao Square, first insertion.Si 00 j Every subsequent insertion. 50 ' Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. Ail communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. ' Carriage notices rind notices of deaths pub? lished free. For job work or contracts for advertising address Waich man and Sovthron, or apply at *heOSice, to K. G. OSTERN, Business Manager. AH IRISH FAIRY STORY. 3. M. B. PIA TT. r' " i **Good mother- from your wayside hut, Wise with your u'tnety years, Tell me & fairy story-bnt First wring out all the tears ; ^For ? am burl beyond the skill " - Of leech, hurt with a knife That seems, iu 3ctotb, but slow to kill Good mother, burt with life ! "Sly lady, "sure you are but sad, Yet it's a merry day. ? i?m..nottoo wrinkled to be glad i And you are not yet gray). It's long, long yet t bbpe to live, 0 For God is good, I'm told, ? And life's the best He bas to give ; " Pm thankful to be old. \ K "Yea, God is good, i'm told. You sse, ?"-^ . I cannot read. Sut, then, ? can believe. He's good to me, He i?y-and good te men'. . They say He sends us sorro w, too. ' Toe world would be too sweet To leave, 'if this should not l>e true " ? ? ... "N - ( **The world tbe moth can cat." } "He keeps my little cabin there "Sate when ibe sea-wind blows. Wheo i was young be let me w?*r . Upon my cheek a rose ; A nd then it was be sent a youth, ~' -"V . The handsomest, you'd owu, Go-ail the Irish coast. . ; . In truth It's much I've lived alone. "My lady, since that long alucfc night His cshing boat went down. Hy boy that kept my neart so light Had work there in tbe town : A lovely boy ! Such gold-like bair, All curls 1" {Her eyes grew dim.) "Christ keep bim. Be is quiet there With daisies over him." She hashed and turned tb ?o inside. An earthen floor, ah, me ! A heap of straw (tbe door was wide) ' Was all that I could see. Yet on the little wiudow, low, -A bright geranium grew ; .That'sfor my boy, be lo^ed them so, He loved these thrushes too." "Good mother-" "Sure bnt things go ill our poor cou n try. Yet He gives me bread and shelter still, lt's me He'll not forget." We parted, for tbe light was low ; I turned and looked around ; Lord of us ail, can heart's-ease grow ' In such a plot of ground ? HOW HK'WAS CAUGHT. Neither tall nor short, no?ti.or dark . nor fair, with hair between dark ?nd 11 . brown, and eyes that left a doubt as to j- whether they were gray or hazel. She was just such a little bundle of nncer- : tainlies and contradictions as led thc * imagination captive at thc first glance, * and offered a-constant litre io anticipa- ^ tion. t Whether she spoke or remained si lent, whether she walked or ?at, expec talion bung breathless upon her next * word, her ?ext pose. lier eyes, Vary? ing as seemed their hue, shone none tho less with a candid ray t?at seemed the very light of truth, and ker fresh mouth, with' its milky teeth showing _ between thc not too-smiling lips, irre : ?stibly suggested the sweetest uses to ; : which lips' can bo put , Tho heavily moving steamer had plowed through hali the great Atlantic -r-r rollers, and the few passengers had all grown heartily tired .of each other, ' when she sudden iv aj?peared for the Jjrst time upon deck cjuitc iilone. yet calm and self-centered as the small birds that sometimes poised themselves ,J . upon spar or bulwark to gather breath t for frosh flight. It was Julius Hilder who had first ? -discovered her. leaning agaiust the j . companionway railing, with the* air of j . "v having just come up or down, he could J hardly determine .which, looking ab' | ? scntly at tlie tumbling water. tt Julias and his friend, Austin Drake, were seceders from a gay party who * had made the tour of Southern Europe ^ 'together, lt was julius who had insti ^ gated his companion to desert tho oth "^crs and take the German steamer for . . Kew Orleans direct, which then touch- 1 t ?d at Havre, instead of crossing by ^^a Cuaard^r; and it had ali grown out \of the obstinate determination on the ?art of his sis:er to attach her party to Jthat of Mrs. Smollett. Mrs. S:ut>il?:t was his choicest aver- ^ sion, a pr?tention-, intriguing woman, i gn^whom the ma;ca-uial:b>2 instinct j fc had been so developed by tlie effort to establish her own nve daughters that it could not rest satisfied with the accom- ^ plishnient of that gigantic task. She Roomed to have an endless supply of nieces, adopted daughters, or proteges of some sort whom she dangled CH ten- , tatiously before the eyes of ail eligible "bachelors. She had improved a chance mooting with Julins to announce to . him a new acquisition, a lovely young creature, whom she was taking home ^ with her from a Swiss Pend?n. - "Mr. Smollett's own niece. Mr. Hi! f?.?dor, and quite like my Fanny at her , * age. You remember Fanny? Sho was I your first love, J believe,** she had said, with hor ogling dowager smile, j . and Julius had felt himself seized at ! . once with an unsurmountable aversion | , to the fair young niece of Mrs. Smol- i J" lett. * In tho first heat of indignation i agaist his sister ho had conceived this . notable scheme of crossing by tho Havre steamer, and though it liad not In its development proved to be emi? nently amusing, he had never omitted to congratulate himseli' and his com? panion, night and njom:n;.\ upon the good SOnse they had displayed in adopt- j rt ing it. j tt] ..No chattering girls or designing J dowagers," he would say, and he j |? yawned over the book or the dull game j jj with which they strove to believe they | jQ wore amusing themselves, "give a man j 0j time to pull himself together and tako J ^f account of stock, as it were." Still, 4t. when one of those aimless pilgrimages below which formed the only break in ; ^ the monotony of this occupation, he had nearly ran over this pretty young ar creature leaning against the railings. ar a thrill of undeniable pleasure had , coursed along his nerves and he had * lilt himself blushing with pleased tQ surprise. j j ' A Fortunately the sea-tan had rendered j tile blush indistinct, but over the light ; w that shot into his gray eyes the sea-tan j co had no power, nor yet over the tongue j '^th*t itammiiied us ne tried to convey j tJ1 his apologies for nearly upsetting her, and his offer of Service in conducting her to a seat. *'Thank you," she had answered coolly, "you did not startle me, as I saw you coming; and I ani not sure that I want a scat." There was no more to bc said, and her maid appeared at the moment with a bundle of parti-colored wraps. Ju? lius could only lift bis hat again and carry out his purpose of going below. As he had no reasons for going except that he was tired of staying on deck, and as the deck had now acquired par? amount attraction, he was soon back again. In the meantime thc young lady had made up her mind about the seat, and had found one for herself close against the ship's side on thc weather quarter, lt was not a pleasant location, but as she had chosen it, and had wrapped alargo shawl around her iii an exclusive sort of way, he saw no plausible ground for interfering. Nothing could have been more dis? creet and retiring than Miss Elton's behavior, but the perseverance of the man who finds himself bored by too much of his own and his alter ego's so? ciety, is an incalculable force against which no woman can successfully en? trench herself, and so it was not long before Drake found himself eliminated, as a superfluous factor, from the sum of his friend's enjoyment, whenever Miss Elton appeared above deck. His success, however, was moro apparent than real, for although he knew her name, and was allowed to carry her book and her shawl, and arrange her chair in the most comfortable position with reference to thc wind or the sun, he had really made no great progress in her confidence. Who she was, or why sh? had chosen to make tho toy age in this unconventional and eccen? tric way, remained as great a mystery as it had been on that memora bic first day. It was the close of the tenth day, dating from that of his discovery, and Julius sat beside her in that inti? mate fashion bred of tho isolation ol the sea. He had been reading to her, but the story was finished, and a silence had ensued, she appearing to be wrap? ped in thought, and ho watching her face V ith half-veiled glances. .Three more darya and we shall be st home," she Said, rousing herself: "You count the days," he said. "Are you cager to be there?" 1 "No; neither eager nor reluctant. ! The voyage has been pleasant, but it ' will be nice to be on shore again, too." 1 "What, or rather who, is^ going to J make it nice? Anybody in particu- : lar?" 1 She put the question ??ide with a lit- ' tie wave of the hand. 1 "You are curious," she said, mis- ' ehievously. Julius bit his lip. l?e was curious, ^ find this was not* thc first time she had ! foiled him. "You want much to know "just who ' md what I am," she went on. "You iiare made a dozen attempts to find j .>nt. Tell me why. What difference ' ?voi ld it make to you? If 1 were to * .ell yoi that I am* a niece of the Gov? ernor of Kentucky; mind I don't say ' ;hat I am," she continued, as Julius j nade a gesture of surprise. '1 say if * [ were to tell you so. and add that I am * nistress of an independent fortune, * vould that enhance my value in your y 5yes?" o "Suppose, on thc. contrary," she . vent on impetuously, and with a cer- j1 ain warmth of torie that seemed to ? .pring from injured pride, "I were to 11 ell you that I am an orphan without v ortune; that I had just money enough 0 carry me through the Conservatory ?" it Paris, and that I am hoping and ex- 2 >ectiug to make my living by teaching s nusic, would that lower me in vour egard?" ? Julius still remained silent, perhaps 1 little abashed by the results of his e iwn temerity. _ * "I see tliat I have embarrassed you," ? he said, laughing. "I shall not "insist J kpon an answer. I leave yon to adopt " whichever hypothesis best suits you." She gathered up her shawl and book * 5 she spoke, and made a motion to ? ise, but Julius laid a ^detaining hand 13 .pon her ann. * "No, no, you mustn't go yet," ho u xclaimcd and he fancied a dewiness ~ a her eyes as she turned thom toward ~ ira, which touched him inexpressibly. s: \l am embarrassed, not so much by ^ cur hypothesis as by something in " jyself. Since you lgave me to choose *] etwecn these hypotheses, I will take " he latter. You are, then, an orphan Cl rithout fortune, hoping and expecting 61 j make your living by teaching music. 01 'o prove to you how little I deserve our implied reproach. I will confess rhat I should have concealed from the *( Governor's nioce. Miss Elton, I adore s: ou!" g "Mr. Hilder!" she exclaimed, spring- C! lg to her feet, with flashing eyes. ~* "Well," he said, quietly, "you ? hallengcd me." e' **You are impertinent, sir," and she s< wept away with dignity. e; She remained closely shut in her own ** thin duriug the remainder of the af- H :rnoon and until quite late in the S( lorning. when Julius, who had main- " lined an anxious and impatient watch w a deck, found lier in the saloon sip- D ing a cup of tea anti nibbling a piece Pj t toast by way of breakfast *J "1 hope you have forgiven me," he ?' lid. taking a seat beside her. ? "But I have not," she answered with *c ecision. "Which have I offended-the Gov rnor's niece or the orphan music iaciier?" he asked with a saucy smile. ai "Both. It was a daring impert?- aJ linee to ono and a piece of insolence ?ward thc other." D' "Well, I don't see what Fra to do ui bout it. lt isn't tiie sort of thing you U1 m expect a man to take back." "No," she said, looking absently in- B1 ? her cup, then suddenly realizing * tat this was not just what she should XVJ said, she hurried to add, aioid confusion <;f blushes: "That is, of ?< ?urse, you must lake it hack; at least ct ?11 mustn't say anything more about >i fe "NeV.T?" Cl "Never." "But that's impossible." Cl "Mr. Hilder."* >J] "Miss Kilon." 01 "I think we've had enough of this. o>r was my fault; I :im willing ?o admit u? at. It was wretched taste on my *a Ht, and I've sn flared ail sorts of 0 ings in consequence." Shu waved ;r handtoward her cabin as shespoke, dicating that it was thus her hours w retirement were spent. '.I^et me go sh ick to the question," she continued, vi if ou asked me whether there was any- th ?dy to make it pleasant for me on bc ore. There was no reason but my bi vu. perversity why 1 should not have pt tswercd at once. No, nobody that I u at all sure will care to make it fh easant for me. I have a dear old U icle who has always been very good cf me; but when he hears how naughty _ have been I don't know what ho will th y to me," and she puckered np her j w hite forehead into an expression of g0 injunctions perplexity. "Well," ho said after waiting some ne for her to resume, "is that au?" _ Ci "That answers your question, does it not?" "My question as originally put-yes, I believe it does; but it has been so amplified that you can hardly expect me to be satislied with that meager answor." "Amplified! I don't understand." "These two ingenious hypotheses, for instance-wero they both pure fiction, or which was tho true statement" "Both pure inventions," she return? ed, laughing and blushing again. "I am not that brilliant creature, a gov? ernor's niece, nor yet that more useful and resuectable one, a teacher of music. The governor's niece was just a bit of satire. I traveled a few weeks once in company with such a per? son,, and tho constant iteration with which she dwelt upon her title, and the amount of respect it seemed to inspiro in tho minds of those who hoard it, gave me the impression that it was tho highest rank an unmarried women could attain in America. I think the impression must be well founded, too, as I noticed it produced quite an cfiect upon you." "Not the effect you imagino. I was startled for a moment, I confess, but simply because o? a slight coinci? dence." "A coincidence! Do you know her?" and a hot blush and a look of conster? nation sat together upon thc fresh, young face of Miss-Elton. "Never saw her; but there was a plot to make me cross the occau with such a person and a lot of other wo? men, which 1 defeated by running away." 4*Oh! you ran away?" she breath? ed the words out in a startled half whisper. "Yes, they went in a Cunarder, and my friend Drake and I slipped off and took the steamer at Havre. She looked at him with widely-open? ed eyes for a moment, during which he decided for the fiftieth time that the eyes were brown and not deop gray, as he had decided the other fifty times. "Why did you run away?" she asked after a moment's consideration. "Well, you see, I was with my sis? ter and two or three others; just a nice little party, all the ladies married, so a fellow didn't always have to bc on par? ade. We had a jolly, comfortable lime ontil wc got to Paris on our way home, ?nd there sister took it into her head to join a woman who bad been roaming abont the continent with a lot of girls an an extensive husband hunt-one of those women who never look at a sin? gle mau without picturing him to her? self walking up the aisle with a whito Lie, with half a dozen groomsmen at his back, and who hus always just the , yiri on hand who will walk np the otb- ? 3r aisle in white satin and ?ueet bini iemurc?y at thc altar. I had no fancy for being cooped on a steamer with such an experienced angler." , "And tiie ?rovernor's niece was one )f the girls ?>' "Some governor's niece, so I hoard. Now, what is the naughty tiling you've been doing? Come, confidence for senfidence." For sole answer, however, Miss Elton caned back iii tier chair and began to j \ augh immoderately. Julius looked at j ter fer somo moments, then catching j he infection, began to laugh too, much | J 0 thc ?dification of the waiters, who ? fere beginning their preparations for tinner. "I have no doubt it's awfullv flinn v," io added, as she wiped the tears from i t ter cheeks, "but 1 could enjoy it moro i ^ 1 I knew just the point of view from ?'hich you see ii." "Perhaps you could," she replied ernnrcly, cheeking an impulse to laugh gain. "We seem to be in the way; upposc wo move." "Como on deck," ho exclaimed, ris ig with alacrity and offering his arm. "Thank you, no; I don't feel quite qual to the deck this morning." She made him a ceremonious obei- " ance, and hor cabin door had closed I I( chind her before he had fully realised ! y er purpose. J ? She did not reappear during thc day. t was their last day at sea and Julius ras in despair. The jetties' light wa3 i sight when he retired, and when iie woke ia the morning the smooth glid lg motion of the ship announced that hey were in the river. He was in no ?ste to see the low shores of the Mis issippi, in fact he felt at the moment j jj iat ho hated thom; yet ho sprang up, j rcssed with dispatch and mounted to j 11 te deck. Everybody was there but io one he sought. He stood near the ompanion way, watching furtively and tarting at every step. She did not onie, neither was she at the breakfast iola Tho hours glided by, the city rose in ) view, passengers came on deck with ichels and umbrellas, prepared for oing ashore, but still that particular abin-door remained closed. Thoy 'ere at the wharf, the staging was run ut, and a dozen or more citizens rush ? across with that strange eagerness ) inexplicable to thc voyager whoso igerncss impels him in the opposite ireclion. Julius, still maintaining his atch at the companion way, felt him ?lf gently put aside by a tall, gray aired gentleman, in a brown cont, ho went with careful haste down the ras3 steps. He heard a little cry, and eering through a skylight lie saw Miss Iton in thc arms of tiie gray-haired entleman, her hoad pressed against ie brown uoat, and her eyes upturned > meet his spectacled gsz". "Her uncle!" he muttered peevishly, who thc devil is ho anyhow?" He moved discontentedly to the side ad looked at the peoplo hurrying shore. "Hello, Julius! Going to spend tho ight aboard?" cried brake coming i) with a duly chalked valise in each und. "Oh, Mr. Hilder," exclaimed another id more musical voice. "Wait, uncle, must introduce you; Mr. Hilder has I c( jen very kind to jue." j CH "What, Julias! Why, my dear boy, j j,{ jv/ d'ye? My wife wrote UK; you were j miing over with her." His hand was rasped with a hearty pressure, and he .und himself gazing into the specta- | ai cd eyes oi Mr. Smollett. j at "Oh, stupidest ot" stupids!" ho ox aimcd as he thrust slippers and rushes into his valise in the privacy : his cabin. "Bagged by the Smollett jress after all, by Jupiter!" he added ; he gave a last twist to his fair mos .che before- the misly mirror.-Neto j I' ricans Timex-Democrat. j lu Dr. Charles E. Clark, of Boston, to hilo rummaging around in a junk- j op ia that city recently, found ^ome j ~ iluab?o Colonial documents, worth i cir weight in gold. Tho papers were j "z ?light by Abbott Lawrence and by j w nj they haye been given to thc Boston ! ac tblic library. j th Statistics recently gathered show ? ntl at the colored population of tho ! !iitcd States is increasing at the rato i ^r nearly two hundred thousand a year j a fact that does not look much like | (( e immediate exstinctiou of thc race 1 > hich has been so freely prophesied in ur ino quarters. "In England the "drummer" ia ilied a "bagman." a; li ft F ll K ol vv E m Ul M ol g' LE M Ie tv g' w tl] tl] in A ai ai ai bc b< ll si a: ll th la th wi MISS LULA HURST IN KEW YORK. The Wonder Sends a Champion Club Swinger Spinning. A skeptical and easy going lot of spectators wandered into Wallack's Theatre last night to see Miss Lula Hurst, "thc Georgia Wonder," ex? hibit her peculiar powers pblicly for the first time in Now York. All the act?is in town, a considerable number of club men, and a heavy contingent of out of town visitors crowded the house. It wis a social gathering, fully prepared to guy the entertain-1 ment. j When the curtain rose.it revealed a touching family group upon the stage, well back from the footlights. The group consisted of one large, plump, and rosy girl, one angular youngman in evening dress, and a lady of the most thoroughpaced and indubitable respectability, who wore violets in her bonnet, black raits on her hands, and an exprrssion of trepidation, agi? tation and turbulence on her face. She looked steadfastly at John T. Raymond,* who sat in a front seat, for a minute, and then hurried from the stage. She was not seen again. Mr. Raymond did not turn a hair. A mau in the gallery dropped his hat. Mr. Antonius Pastor sneezed. Theu all was still. "It may have been observed,'7 remarked the young man in evening dress, advancing to the foot lights and a? suming a sort of curfew-shall-not ring-to-night tone of voice, "that peo? ple will uot believe all they are told, if I tell you that if yon plant a cop? per penny a tree will grow from it bearing silver dollars you may not believe me. But why go on ?" "Don't," said a good part of thc audience. "We see and we believe," contin? ued the young man who proved to be * very sensible und well-poised per? son before the evening was over. "I would now ask several gentlemen to iscend to the stage, and examine the Jtiange power that Miss Hurst pos? sesses to their hearts, content." Upon ibis there was a rustle among ;he assemblage, and about twenty nen went up on the stage and on leavored by finesse and strategy to juhvit each other in getting seated on he eight chairs set in a semi-circle at he rear o? the stage. There was a )lain drawing room scene, set with loors at either side. On the leit of he stage a large and globular object mlged into the view of the spectators it intervals during the evening, lt vas quite white, and had buttons on t. There is reason tu believe that it vas thc white waistcoat of Mr. Theo lore Moss, though that gentleman vas otherwise iuvisible. The twenty odd men on the stage ooked more or less impressive. Stephen Masset sat at one end of the ine, and Fred Lubin, the prestidigi ateur, at the other. A very digni? ted ami impressive looking gentle? man stood iu the centre, and a little loud mau, willi yellow whiskers ?icirciing a 3 by 5 face, smiled with utentness at tue only woman on the Iago. ?Miss Hurst looked healthy and uxom. Her cheeks were red and er eyes bright. An unusually long aug fell over her forehead, and a pair f large, white, beautifully formed ands were clasped in her lap. She >okcd and acted as though about 1? ears of age, and she wore a white ilk dress that hung within five inches fthe stage and was cut schoo?-girl tsliion. The spectators and the men ii the stage laughed heartily during ie performance, but no one seemed i gel as much fun out of it as Miss j [urst. She laughed constantly, and er low, musical chuckle could be card all over the house; as strong icu floundered, Struggled, fought, nd pulled about the stage, Miss [tust laughed heartily. The voung man brought an umbrella >rward, opened it, and asked Mr. red Lubin t> hold il while Miss [urst exhibited her strange power, lr. Lubin came foi ward with the air r a man who knows it all. and stood ith the plump and pleasing Miss urst under the umbrella, in tue pose ade familiar by the painting o? Paul id Virginia under the palm leal', r. Lubin smiled in the chubby face ' Miss Hurst, and then turned and r?rined with intense significance, at ie boys. It was at this instant that liss Hurst touched the palm of lier ft hand to the umbrella handle be? reen the places where Mr. Lubin rasped it with both hands. There as a whirl, a smash, and a yell from ie erst while smiling Mr. Lubin and ie umbrella lay on the stage turned side out, and twisted out of shape, nether was brought and wrecked, id Mr. Lubin returned to his corner id did not smile again. Then a stout cane was borrowed, id the gentleman with the blond iard came forward, grasped it with >th hands, and smiled in Miss ursi's face, lt was a crushing nile, bbc wasn't proud, eve:: if she mid wreck umbrellas, and she smil 1 in return. Then bhe chuckled ami a<;cd her palm upon the stick. Her lighter rippled over the house, and e young man, with au expression of iga isl), began lo tear backward :ross the stage. He struggled jainst it, bul the slick under Miss urst's palm sent hint reeling against e proscenium box, thence into the p ol' Mr. Stephen Masset, and euee violently t" the stage. Aiis.> ursi, who had kept i lie palm ol' her md on the stick, still chuckled, lie blond man had long since ceased laugh. lt was evident that thc tall, digni :d, mid imposing man, win; must ive weighed al. least 225 pou inls, as anxious to invest?gale, ile was cornmodated He stepped toward e foot lights amid salvos of applause, iel seized a chair firmly in his arms, ?Iding it with the back against his aw ny chest. "Miss Hurst," oaid the lecturer, viii now push you and the chair unnd." "Ila!" snorted the mau. "She ?I!, eh? Ha!'' The girl laughed swocily, and put her left hand to her forehead a mo? ment. Then she put her right hand on the chair, and occasionally touch? ed the chair with the fingers of her left hand. Suddenly the chair bounded upward two feet, jet king the man sideways. Ile gritted his teeth and his arms trembled as he cluug to ' the chair. Iiis face grew violuntly red, and beads of perspiration gather? ed on his forehead and trickled re- j morselessly down his nose. Ile struggled manfully, but the girl kept touching the chair, and presently the man was scrambling backward. The crowd on the stage scattered, and the chairs were knocked about. The large man fell with a resound? ing thump on the stage and lay there. Ile released his grip on the chair, and it whirled up against the scenery un? der the influence of Miss Hurst's hands until caught by the lecturer. After fully one half of" the gentle? men on the sf^.ge had been sent pant? ing and exhausted to their chairs, while Miss Ii mst was fresh and unruffled, there was an outburst of applause from the spectators as a big man ran lightly up the temporary steps and crossed the stage. Ile looked as strong as an' ox. The light and close-fitting suit he wore showed the bulging muscles of his calves, and he had an enormous pair of shoul? der?. It was Prof. J. M. Laflin, the well-known professional athlete. Ile boasts many extraordinary feats of strength. The spectatois yelled delightedly as he came forward. It must be said that Mr. Ladin's bearing was not that of a retiring and dilrt deut man. Ile walked with a con? temptuous smile toward the footlights, j and they gave him a billiard cue, j which he was to endeavor to hold in j one position. Mr. Laflin rubbed the j cue with his handkerchief, gripped it I with bet1, hands, and held it horizon- j; tally in front of him. Iiis elbows ? ' were pressed against his sides, his j ' chin was thrust forward, and his stalwart legS were braced far apart. The girl looked small, and a bit timid as she placed the palm of her hand gently against the cue and chuckled half slyly. There was a deathlike stillness. Then the veins in Mr. | Laflin's neck swelled, (he sweat stood j ' out on his forehead, and his big arms ? t shook as though with the palsy. Then the cue rose horizontally over his head, and he was slowly forced backward. Ile worked hard, and h.is gasps for breath could be heard all j t over the house." Ile pushed with his j t legs and arms as though shoved : .< along by an irresistible power. Ile j i was alternately yanked and shoved js about the stage ai. the will of tho un- ! v ruffled Miss Hurst. Then lie sat j c down iii a chair, and the gill moved j r bim by touching the sides of the j ^ ..hair with her hands. Then Prof j t La?in and five other men seized a i ti zhair and endeavored to hold it. js rhcy were dragged and shoved about j .he stage like so many kittens. They .rod ou one another's toes, and fought j lard. The most curious part of the whole j11 aeribrmance was that Miss Hui st did f ? ill of the feats with her hand-* placed !11 iver the hands of the men who held i w ,he objects, and yet the men felt no \ P iressce from her hands. Jt took j IJ nany trials to convince Prof. Laflin of] s! his, but he said finally* that when she j c vas pushing" him about like a babjfcj a he pressure of her hands was light ? * md imperceptible. It was observed ! l\ hat Miss Hurst before exerting the j ? lower habitually passed her left hand i }l >ver her forehead and through her 111 leavy bang She retired fur a few j " uinutcs to rest toward the end of the jll uitertainmcnt. j0 When the twenty odd men de-1c< ;ceuded from the stage they looked j ?! veary and exhausted. The man with j 11 li? blum! beard was even too tired to i 01 mile.-N?io Y orb San. P' Street Arabs. I vt Iw jo! ?la \H va th The reporter of a New York paper /as recently applied to for help by a .oolbhtck, who said his box had been tulon, and after giving the little fol JW a few cents he went to tho super jtendent of thc boy's lodging-house j w ) inquire about him. A small boy is j io fteu robbed of his box and brush >s,' j it ;iid the superintendent, 'and when j w fe know or believe him to he honest i cr nd i?dustri?us, we sturt him afresh.' j pl lut some of them will sell their kit to 2? 0 to the theatre, or to see Jumbo, or j nything else that's going;, and then i su j ey'll try to beg money for a new kit. j f you are ever asked again, toll tho i oy to bring you a note from me : and ? ' bc deserves it, he'll get it.' ! th 4How many of those who began as j at? cwsboys or bootblacks have succeed- ! ac 1 in life 1 j nu .Hundreds. Why. the other day a j St ian stopped mc in the street, and j th ?ked me if I recollected him. Of ; cd >urse I didn't, but he soon recalled j is imsclf to my mind. Ho had been j ga nder my caro and he told me that bc ! by as now owner of a factory iu Newark, wt uploying two bookkeepers and sixty 1 ev orktnen. ; ch 'Another mau visited inc lately w< ho had been picked up wander- | th ig about thc Bower}', and had been \ Iva rought to thc lodging house. His ja] trouts wore dead. He is now pro rietor and editor of a paper in \Var :w. Ind. 'There arc aldermen in this city ho began life under our carr, bul. j uno of th ctn are ashamed to have it ; nu ?own. They ought to be proud ; W ' it. ! rn? 'Many of thc little bootblacks work loi r the big ones, who sit majestically ! sp i stoops or in doorways looking on, foi id tho big boy foods the little one, ! th ?vii;g him six cents for his lodging, ire wonderful how faithful tho little ', tri tes aro, too. I supjio.se they arc ; wi 'raid "of getting thrashed.1-Youth'a an o ts oin panton. j ot A minister suddenly stopped in his j v ? re.* noon and sang a hymn. 'If tho j ,c embers of thc choir do tho 1 liking,'; So : explained, 'they certainly will per- i ot it. me to do thc singing,' and then ; wa lings in thc neighborhood of the or- | wi m became more quiet. . ui< it What Our Editors Say. Albev?le Medium. The only rcasou we can see for our State officers having been nominated last Thursday was that most of the delegates did not know whether they would get to the nest Convention as? sembled, and they desired to have thc honor of nominating Stato officers. Tbis.is about the sum total of the whole affair. A majority, (if we arc not mis? taken) of the County Conventions bad passed resolutions opposed to June nomiuations and the voice of the people should have been heeded. Leg? islative bodies and assemblies nowa? days, do not seem to cousult the wishes of tho people. We are sorry to see this kind of a thing spreading among the Democrats of South Carolina. While perhaps, there is no especial rcasou why the nomination should not have been made, still after a majority of the Comity Conventions were not in favor of them, their wishes should have been respected to the letter. Camden Journal. There was a considerable difference of opinion in regard to the proper, time to make thc State Dominations-much more wc arc obliged to confess, away from the Convention than there was in it, if we were to judge froui appear? ance. The nominations were, however, overwhelmingly made, and the old ticket is now again before us. The Convention seemed bent opton this, and the opposition wa* powerless to prevent it. We are obliged to say that we opposed aeampaigu at so early a date. lt ia not a good precedent to set, and takes the mind away from the absorb? ing subject of agriculture too early. Besides all of this, not euo'ngh time had been given to thc people to cou iidcr thoroughly Upon this subject, so engaged have they been in the labor of the farm. This might bring seeds of li seo rd, ?ind do harm which every goofl Democrat would deprecate, but it i as been doue, and wc have no word of jens ure. Newberry Observer. About 33 hasty a piece of work as pas ever done was the proceeding of he State Convention tire 2Gth ult. j [Everything was carried through wich a ^rand rush. Although most of the counties had nstructed against June nominations, he Convention derided to nominate >y a vote of two to one, many of thc lelegation from Newberry county, go? ng directly i i the face of their iu tructions This only shows that vhen men have it in their power to uny favor with the powers that be, or hat are to bc, they will not lose the opportunity. Thc Convention ought o have gouc a step further aud nomi ated a State ticket for 1886 so as to ave the trouble and espouse of another Jouvcntion. Greenville News. If the Blaine people do make a fight, i Sou?h Carolina this year wc are urious to see how they will go about Will they try Hendrix McLaoc rUb bis de^i newspaper, bis defunct arty and his expired boom and send im around to give low comedy in pasmodic doses again ? Or will they xplorc the penitentiaries, faro banks nd other disreputable haunts of thc ?orth, Northwest, and very Tar Wes?, \ nd gather Frank Moses, Whittehiore, ?ott, Woodruff and the other interest jg exiles who constituted their party ) the flush of its glory and send them ack to revive the corps j? Possibly icy may send some of the intellectual raters of the Northern party to lire tho Mored cornfield voters with the priu iples of pol?tica] economy and answer iterrogations from curious Democrats : r dispatch another Darsey with a car- _ 2t bag full of two dollar bills to buy ' 1 jtos. We should think the person ho would go around hi this country leting to buy white men at two dol rs a head would have an ext rem c . interesting experience, and if his ap? lite calls for Kicking we promise him ueh real enjoy in en t. In any ev-- t the revivification of ie liepubltc;. party in this State uuld be a very interesting and amus g process. We would rather not see tried, for the weather is becoming arm and there will probably be big ops to gather. But if the Blaine peo ? arc really anxious for a good, lively ;ht they will get it. Then, possibly, they will regret their eccss. Aiken Recorder. A good deal has been said about, e singular bad taste of electing Sen? or Hampton a delegate to Chicago by elamation. The truth cf tho whole itter is that the members of the late ate Convention seemed afraid to trust cmselves with any action thatiuvolv iudividual expression of opinion. It only a wonder that the other dele? tes to Chicago were not. ground out the same process The whole thing is managed by wires and levers, and cry time one of them was touched the tqucrs were ordered to hurrah ; but ? learn that sometimes they mule ings vcr)' ridiculous by geing ufi at lf-cock in the wrong place. Verily, political farce has been enacted that will not be safe to repeat. a a o o P w o ti a: a a< fi h b si w d ?. w Smalls, tho Warrior. Hampton GiMtdi-m. At the Blaine ann Logan ratification jeting, held recently in thc ?itv ?d asliingtoK, :: motley crowd, composed ? ?st ly ol negroes, claim agents and jbytsts, assembled to hear the neclics and hurrah in a feeble way : thc Radical nominees. Smalls, c snuff-colored African who inisrep ?enl* the blacks of the Seveuth l>is- j f et in Congress electrified (he mob | ty tb hi* beautiful rema rles in Gullah, j ai d is reported hy (he enrropondent j cy the Ballimore Sun to have used j me very harsh language against the | . lite people of this State. Tho cor- I ?pondeui says, among other things : j j?( malls, the colored Congressman I foui [ G utb Cn rol-i ua, called the white: people j pl lita! State 'devils/ and predicted a; -- ir of races in thc ensuing campaign. | 1,( icu. he said, 'they will not be all jgers that ure killed either.' This j Q sounds weil in Washington, aud wc i are pleased to know that he uttered I it at a Radical ratification meeting. ! right under thc nose of a Radical ad- ! ministration that hus outraged thc ? j decency of thc country. It presents j I tlie JJlaine and Logan party in its ! true colors. It means that the white! leaders of the liadicals would like to see a war of races, and would usc \ Smalls and Iris kind to bring it about, i It might benefit Blaine and Logan but it wGuld be death to the nigger. Smalls well knows that iu a contest between the whites and bracks in this State his race would suffer terribly, and he would take himself out of the j reach of bullets and danger. He I should not be allowed to make such \ speeches in South Carolina, however, j aud it may bc that he hus sense enough j io know when and where to deliver himself of hrs declarations of war. Cholera. Abbeville Medium. This fearful disease has iuade its ap- \ pearance in Europe and for about, a j month has been ravaging Toulon, | a city of about 45,000 inhabitants in southern France. It is supposed to have been imported iu troops from Egypt, and grave fears arc entertained that it will sweep over the earth ?s an epidemic. It also exists in China aud Japan with terrible fatality in its attacks. The nations of Europe are taking stringent precautions to keep it out of their bodies, and our government is takiug steps looking to strict quarantine. Existing as it does on both sides of us, if it should become epidemic the keenest watchfulness pos? sible will be required to protect us from it. Cholera or no cholera, wc fear our immediate section is doomed to much sickness this summer and fall on ac couut of the prevalence of raia which is certain to make vegetation grow rauk and noisome. Already a sad harvest of suffering aud death has brought deepest sorrow into the homes of marry of our people since the year began. We would urge upon our cit? izens in both town aud country the absolute necessity of all manner of precaution to ensure exemption from disease and death. Let back lots as well as front ones be thoroughly cleans? ed and kept clean Fig pens, out? houses, air places of filth should be looked after diligently. Let weeds and ill rank and u^eLvs vegetation about he premises be cut- dowu and remov? ed or dried and then bumed. Rotting regefcable matter is sure to breed germs jf disease. Let the health' authorities )f our towns look rigidly after those natters and exercise the authority eon erred upon them by l:?w, and let if JO done at once. Delay in such a mat? er is dangerous. A Pretty Predicament. There conies a time in thc life of ff mau whose besetting sin is charity when he begins to wonder if it isn't better to be cold-blooded and frigid to all whom he chances to meet. I have a yoting friend who is just now think? ing over this proposition. His sympa? thetic na titre was played upon by tho ragged oil" conting of the curbstone who polished Iiis boots daily. Although this very charitable young man had no superabundance oz wealth, he had two pairs of trousers. One pair was of tba spic-and-sp.nn, latest cut, and costly pattern. They had hung three days, lcwcvcr, in his room, waking for au jvent on which he had set his heart, the pair bc was wearing had given >vay in several places to thc caresses of imo. Thc oilier, day, while softened >y thc bootblack's poverty, he gave lim an order on his landlady for one >air of trousers; his expectation it the ;ime was to be at his room and shift he obi for tlie new before the wretch )i the curbstone could deliver the or? ien Laser in the day he went to his 'oom and divested himseif of the ar? dent raiment, lie saw his boy down >n the sidewalk, and thinking to re?" ieve him of a journey up stairs, ho dtehed the trousers out of thc window, vita tho remark; "Ti.ere thc}* are." Ie then went lo Iiis wardrobe for thc" icw attire, but nothing was there. He earched tire room without avail. Ho lurried to the window to call back his my, bul he had vanished. He locked tis door and sueceeded in rousing his andhnty, who bad a keyhole interview villi him from lire hall; She informed dm that she had received his note onie time before anti had delivered to he boy the articles mentioned. Thc oung man then realized that thc xchi? on the sidewalk to whom ho ad thrown Iiis old trousers was not ho oue to whom he had given the or er.-"Makler." Draperies. Curtains arc arranged every sort of disarranged way, that is, ircgularly, nd ju the extreme of informality. A lace and plush, or colored curtain f any oilier kind, may now bo draped u the same wintlow, one at each side. One fancy is to have ono side of a air of curtains fall loose to thc floor, 'bile thc other is draped with a ehain i cut brass, or oilier 'fastening. In some instances one window cur? tin is draped high, the oilier low, and a irregular scarf draping in place of lambrequin, whether this style is ioptcd with tiie curtains or not, is in ivor wiih many. Madras hangings retain their pppu- j tri ty, and justly. Those fabrics are ! rough t out tn the ludia and chintz de- 1 iras so much enj >yed al present, | Vierever they cnn be used. Hand-work is largely used in drapery ! ecoration, and elaborate bands of j dr.mod-w<>rk" aro being placed on j hilo scrim ami grenadine curtains. A set in cheese cloth, intended for i ie bed-room of a Newport cottage, is j ned with shell-pink silesia, tlie darned ; ork being set between insertion an ; leh wide, on olive n?ceme. Double disk, or two rings, linked j ie within the other, form a favorite j ?vice for hand decorated and other ? raperies. -m . -o? A. A. Swan, of Cheyenne, Wyomiri<r, j >n trois muro stock than any omer in- j [vidual on the continent. His present | jssessions aro valued at between j 10,000 and ?3,000.000, while mo ! uount of ?tock ot which ho has tho "elusive control and management is ? .er 'ioO.OOO hoad, and valued at over j ),000,000. Ile was tho organizer ami I president and general manager of no 1 w< ?s than live different stock orgauiza- ? xv, :>ns in Wyoming, lie is a nativo of reeu county, Pennsylvania, which ace he loft for tho wost in LS53, when ! years of .age, with $1.000 in his )cket. Young lambs m .Jahn Day Valley, fe* ure being earj'ied oil by eagles. GLEANINGS. A New York mau bas shot himself because he couldn't sleep. He should have shot tho cat. ^ Berner, tho Cincinnati convict, is shoveling sand in the penitentiary, pre paratory to learning the moulding trade. Bismarck says gentlemen Of elo? quence ure like ladies who wear boots much too tight and always try to show tiieir feet. Tobacco has been found upon analy? sis to contain sugar in quantity vary? ing from a mero trace to as much as 10 per cent. Springfield, Mass., has a local gym? nast who packs himself into a box measuring 22 inches long by 17 wide *ind 15 high. Mr. Drummer J. Adams, a mechanic of Kitten-, Me., claims to' have discov-. cred a process by which he welds cop? per as perfectly and securely as iron. A new stalactite cavern has been discovered in Franco near Cordon. Naturalists are busy exploring, iu the hopes of iinding some remains of past races. A wholesale tobacco dealer in iftew. York City claims that cigarette smok ing is dying out. and that 14,000.000 less cigarettes were sold in 1883 than in 1882. According to tho Constitution, "soci ty" in Atlanta, Ga., is giving evidence that it demands greater intelligence and a higher education to meet its re? quirements. Thc population Of Mexico; including natives, Indians, Spaniards and those of mixed blood, numbers about 10.000, 000. The area of the country is nearly ?00,000 square milos. . Mrs. Dannys, of Pass Christian, daughter of General G. T. Sherman, is tlie owner of.one of the loveliest rose, gardens in Mississippi Sue has 350 varieties of roses :ti it. Rose Coghlan; thc actress, smokes cigarettes, and is said to be the only woman in America who can puff rings of smoke from her mouth. Rose is uu douotedly a Very accomplished woman. The Franklyn cottage atElberou has one room entirely lined with cork. It. i? arranged iu ?Lit narrow pieces about Dne foot in length, which are made to' St in each other. It has the effect of ? light-colored wood. There are 3.500 Edison lights in ten lotion mills in Fall River, and so pop-' iiar are they that the hands in ono OJ ill iiave struck against all work by gaslight in' s ?aili where they refused ,o put iri electricity; Tho rage foi' armor cohtiuies, and ??oeks now come in the steel breast dates and shields ready to be 'placed )n a iarge frame of plush, shield-shape i'ith vizors, spiked balls, battle-axes ind other warlike surroundings. Oleomargarine luis found its way uto the English market from this coun ry, and is creating considerable talk ?nong thc people there. It is certain 0 encounter iiorw opposition, and, here is a strong probability that string nt prohibitory laws will be enacted. Charles Goodnight is a king among attie kinccs in Texas, and has fenced 1 700,000 seres with 250 miles of wire, mee at the head of Ked River, in the 'anhandle. His randi contains nearly '.Tcrfty-Syc thousand acres more than Store arc in tlie entire state of Rhode sland, and he bought the whole at* rom 50 cents to $! ari sere. A few days ago a lady entered a ?.rand Rapids store and asked to be bown some dross <roods. She was ho wu a piece at ?1 25 a yard, hui this ot being good enough another at $1 50 ras handed down, but she still olject d. The clerk then took down tho rst piece shown ber. telling ber it waa IQ best in the store at $1 75 per yard. he took ten yards at that price and. ?ft perfectly satisfied that she had re eived tire best. A Spanish Mormon has just com leted tho translation of the Book of lormon into Spanish, and began mis-^ ionary operations in Mexico. He. takes out that the Mexicans are de? fendants of the various tribes spoken. ? in the book, and teaches that Mext 0 is to become the land flowing with lilk and honey; This suits thc grcas ars exactly, as they are constitution-, liv opposed to work; The conse uence is he rs making progross. Bank of England notes will stand al-. ioz.L an vt hing. Thov will Iroidtogeth r at tho bottom o? the sea and como ut of a furnace intact, but they will, ot outlast the scrubbing, the bleach ig, and thc mangling of the laundry.. hat trial, to which they aro some-, mes subjected through tlie inadvert acc of ladies who send them to the ash in their pockets, usually defaces icm, though oven after it their genu ?eness is stiii recognizable. A writer in thc Boston Advertiser >mplains that teachers in that state :c frequently removed without just tuse, and he calla for thc abrogation ; the practice of electing teachers for. single year. "Let this annual bunill-. tion,*5 he say*, **this crippling anxiety . id this liability of keen and cruel in stice cease. Let teachers be elected servo during efficiency and geed be-" tvior. Let us have no possibility of is worse than Greek ostracism inf assaciiusctts."' The gossips hare found out what it as that broke down Lord Raudolph iiurch?Ts health, and made him leavo irliament some weeks before the close last session. On;: night he and some How statesmen were standing on the tames embankment, at a friend's irden gate, when Big Bon struck niid .rht. Some one remarked upon tho ?liberatenoss of tho ringing, and won? ned whether a man could run from ero to the tower steps before thc last ?to was struck. The young Tory lead thought he could; a wager was ade, tho following night was appoint 1 for the eniorpisc, and Loru Ran dph won; but he so ovw-oxerted hiru If that the others had co carry him to id, and next dav his physician ordex . Ilia oil" to Gastcin. Laily John Manners impeaches mod-, a luxury in tho Xntionul Review. The count she gives o? the aristocracy in igland is certainly not a Lttie sur ising; for sise represents them as do X little else than culing, drinking and essing, and the number and complex ' of their meals suggest tlie idea of a rennin! gorge, necessarily resulting apoplectic satiety and mental stupor, n satisfied with this continual feed? g, however, the men appear to smoke :e limekilns, and Lady Manners de ircs that "in a few instances the ex nditure iu cigars amounts to ?5 a ,y."1 Who are! the amazing people io consume $25 worth of cigars every .y? Even at 5 shillings'.apiece a mau mid have tc smoke twenty to make. ? the talc We are af: aid Lady Man rs has been heartlessly deceived on is head by some wicked young joker, but when she speaks of de? istic malters sao is probably a good th->rhy. [n such a state cf society ueriaiisro is tue natural tendency., gross a mode of life must disqualify : ?.ny higher view of existence.