The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 23, 1884, Image 1

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KR WATrn ai AN? Established April, 1850. f^0S61id??e<l Aug. 2, 1881.1 "Be Jnst and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THK TRUE SOI TIJKON*, Fstab?ishrd June, 18G?. SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1884._ _ _nm-?m ????il lill lin "in W""- 1 - -W-CWB-M New Series-Yoi. JV. So. 8, Published evory Tuesday, ? -BY TOE-" Wafcfanari and Southron Publishing X : Gompang, . r.; : SUMTER, a a TwO?o?mrs.p?r annum-io advance. 5?t? : ^AO V?*? TJ SK S? NTS . Oae3qra*x#:if?it insertion....;.$1 00 Sre^SiiS?egnent insertion. 50 " Cot?tnu^* foy/ tareeuioat-hs, or longer will be madest reduced rates. Atf wmmn^cafioh3 which subserve private Toteii?b'will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of resi>ect will be ^emu^Cfor:. M?rtfage notice? and notices of deaths pub? lished free. *. For" job workr'jto contracts for advertising add ress Watckxtan and Southron, or apply at the--e?ce,To; VV. N. G. OSTEGN, " ; Business Manager. Absolutely Pure: never varies. A marvel of pnriryj^i?e?gth *"d wholesomeness More ecooomieal than t^ ordinary kinds, and can? not be sold in competition with the multitude <^owJestx sbort weight, alum or phosphate powders;' ?S?d~only in cans. ROYAL BAK? ING POWDER CO., TOG'Wall-st., N. Y. Tiffi 5WflR7?RK AND iSS??ATI?N W,!LL HOLD THEIR I1?55 AHN??AL FAIS -ON THE 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st ffOFEMBER, ?SS4. CHAS, H. MOISE, A ag 5 SECT*Y k TREAS. _ TKAD? M^^^^^O^TERZD. 1109 & un & s^Fr?ri* . P*. A NEW TREATMENT ?vr Consum? km, Asthma* Bronchitis, Dy*pep*ia, Catarrh. Headache, Debili? ty. Rhtkntnlism, Neuralgia, and cdt (JJirotuc a ?td Ne rams Disorders. A CARD. We, fhe undersigned^ltaving received great and pernpaeut benrfii from the ase of "COM? POUND OXYGEN," prepnred and adminis? tered by STARKKv & PABEK. of Philadel? phia, ?od~brine satisfied tn it it is ? cen- dis? covery irvmedicil science, and all that is ctauaVd fer it, consider it a duty which ne owe to the away thousands who are suffering from dtrOMcand- so-caliv-d * M tiru rabie" dis eases io d?,?ll that weean to make its virtues known aod'.to rospire the public with- confi? dence. J? . ; ? We have personal knowledge of Prs. Star? key k Paten. They are educated, intelligent, and consdeutions physicians, who will not, we are sure, make nn v statement, which they do not know of1 believe to be true, nor pub? lish aar t ?ni mon i als or reports of cases which are not genuine. #M.. D.^vBf ,LY, of Congress from PhUa'leli>hia. ARTHUR, ?and Publisher "Arthur's Ilomt Magazine" Philadelphia. CONRAD ?Edi{or, of "Lutheran Observer," ? - Philadelphia. PniLADEtPHIA, PA., JCXK.I, 1332. Tn ordeno meet a natural inquiry in re gard to oqjf professional and personal stand? ing, and to. give rncf eased confidence in our ff tatemen Wand In the genuiness of our test: mon tab atfci reports of cases, we print the above card^rom.gentlemen well and widely known ami of the highest personal character. Oar "Trtatise on Compound Oxygen," con? taining a iw s tory of the discovery of and mode of aefxon of this remarkable curative agent, ani a large record of surprising cures in Consumption. Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchi? tis, Asthma^ etc., and a wide range of Chron e diseases^will be sent free. Addrea* Dre. STARKEY k PALEN. 1109 A litt Girard Street, PhilaMjmia., Pa. K DESIRABLE RESIDENCE PC|R. SAL-E. AWEL? SITUATED FARM of one hun? dred ^??"tea'?trr?s, about sixty cleared, aituated one mile from .Sumter C. H., S. C. A beautif&jf jprove of live oaks around the dwelling, with well and fine spring of water. Terms accommodating. ^Applv to July 15 A. WHITE, Agent. FOR SALE. THAT DESIRABLE SIX-ROOM HOUSE, with all the necessary out-buildings, situated on Church Street, opposite the resi? dence of Col. J. H. Earle, where I now reside. Fine shade trees, fruit trees, und as good water as can be found. All large rooms; house newly painted, and iot contains about three acres of land. Centrally located to Schools, Church.es and business. Terms reasonable. A rare chance for pur? chasers. Possession given at any time. D. J. WINN. Joly 29. FOR SALE. ONE TWETY-HORSE POWER ENGINE and Saw Mill complete, also two Fifty Saw Gins and Power P'css. Will make Ii eral terms to good parties. For information call OB or address J. RYTTENBEUG & SONS, Joly 25. Sumter. S. C. FOR SALE A39 SAW COTTON GIN manufactured by R. J. XcCreigbt A Son, of Cam? den, S. C. Will sell cheap for cash. Apply to E. W. DA BBS, Aug . Agent. TH? TREASURED OF SUMTER COUN? TY ??ves notice'that his books will be open from the FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER to the TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1884, for the collection of Taxes for the Fiscal year commeecing November 1st, 1883, in Sumter County, together with the penalty of five per centum on the first installment of one-half which was payable in Ma}', but which was not "then paid. Tbe following are thc rates per centum of the levy : 1. For State purposes-five mil!3 on every dollar of the value of all taxable property. 2. For County purposes-two and one half mills on every dollar of such value. 3. For payment of the funded indebtedness of the said County, and of d?ficiences for the fiscal years 1881 and 1S82-one and one half mills on every dollar of such value. 4. For support of public schools-two mills ou every dollar of such value. 5. One dollar on each taxable poll. The Treasurer will in person or by deputy attend at the following places aud times for the collection of the said taxes : Mechanicsville,1 Thursday, September ll. Bishopville, Friday, September 12. Manville, Saturday, September 13. Stateburg, i.'onday, September 15. M. Sanders* former Office, near Rembert's Mill, Tuesday, September 16. Smithville, Wednesday, September 17. Scarborough's Store, at Tirzah Church, Thursday, September 18. Privateer, Friday, September 19. Manchester, Saturday, September 20. Wedgefield, Monday, September 22. Lewis Chapel, Tuesday, September 23. Shiloh, Wednesday, September 24. Lynchburg, in Lynchburg Township, Thursday, September 25. Reid's Mill, Friday, September 26. Mayesville, Saturday, September 27. -A SD On the other days from September 1st to October 20th, 1S84, at his office at thc County Seat. W. F. B. HAYNsSWORTH, Treasurer Sumter County. "WANT EDT Thc public to know that we represent thc FIDELITY M mum INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, And will take risks on PLATE GLASS and MIRRORS against accidental breakage as well as against fire. This Company also furnishes BQNDS to those occupying places of trust, requiring bondsmen or sureties. We are also insuring COTTON GINS and MACHINERY against FIRE and TORNA? DOES. A. WHITE & SON. Sept 9 Reunion of Claremont Troop, Co. I. 7th 3, C. Gav, AMEETING OF THE SURVIVORS OF this Company will be held at the Fair Grat.nds ne?r Sumter on the last Saturday (27tb ) of this month. Members will please remember the resolu? tion passed at hist meeting and attend ac? cordingly. T. V. WALSH, S. A. No?Ris, President. Secretary. " S?-pt !C EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS! Oise of SM Ussr, SUMTER COUNTY. IN ORDER to accommodate those who were unable to alt tend in July, last, an *\xtra examination of teachers fur Sumter County will be held at this office OCTOBER 4TH and 6TH. The 4th exclusively for colored applicants. The 6th exclusively for while applicants. By order of Board of Examiners J. HIGGS WILDER, Sept 10- 3t Schoo! Commissioner. A Ewe ai Slate Surprise. The only journal in the State published ex? clusively iu the interest of the Farmer and Manufacturer, and devoted to beautifying our homes and developing our agricultural re? sources, and improving our stock, &c, is THE COTTON PLANT, an 8 page, 40 column, beautifully printed paper at a price, SIXTY CENTS A YEAH, which puts it iu the reach of ever3' farmer. The October number will contain the great speech of the Hon. Ceorge D. Tillman, deliv? ered nt the Agricultural meeting in Green? ville, on ,;Tenacing and the Cultivation cf the Cow Pea. Rye and Vetch as Manure and Forage," which is worth in itself $1,000,000 to the farmers of thc couutry, and ten times the price of the paper to any farmer who will read it. THE COTTON PLANT is not a theoreti? cal paper bute?ch issue is made up of origi? nal and selected articles written by the best farmers and stock raisers in the country, giv? ing in a clear and easy language their success and failures, and the causes therof. Pro. W. H. WITH EUC W, of Chester, one of the best teachers and educators in the State, after a careful and critical examination of THE COTTON PLANT writes: "A live teacher, with such a paper, could have a class in Agriculture, consisting of his whole school, and what an amount of useful, practical in- I formation could be communicated in this way." Wc solicit men of every profession, mer? chant, farmers and manufacturers who read thc \V"(r.hman mid SoutJtron to subscribe for THE COTTON PLANT, and thus aid us in building up a State and Home enterprise. Active agents wanted iu every county in the State aud South. WRITE FOR SPECIMEN COPY and terms. Address THE COTTON PLANT, Sept V MARION, S. C. WINTER OATS. AFTE AMPLE and careful experience with the "Henderson" and "Virginia" VVINTER OATS, I recommend my patrons to use at lest haifa crop of them. They will have inore leisure in sowing them in the Fall, and thc pasture t'iey afford in the Winter and Spring, is invaluable; and theil they will comdin two to four weeks earlier than the Sprigg Oats. In order to induce parties to try these Oats that never have, I oller them this season lower than ever before. PER BUSHEL, - ?2.00 ONE-HALF BUSHEL, - - - 1.25 ONE-FOURTH BUSHEL, - - SO Nothing will be charged for dravage, sack 1 or box, but purchasers must pay express j charges. Half bushel is ei?or?gh for au acre. I will j send one pound of either variety, post-paid, j for 35 ceuts. The "Virginia" and "Hender- I son" are distinctly different varieties, and I i ?think about as well of one as the other. Try a few of each. J. W. YANDI VER, Ang 5 Weaverville, N. C. Thc Outcast Poor of London. Born 'neath some favoring star's auspicious ray, ?red in tho envied oaso that knows no care, j (Perchance to some high heritage tho . htfir), Tauvht kow lo love, to honor, ami to pray. Fed without lt ? or troub c day by day How shah the child ol I or tune's gifts so rai" Measure tho weary breadwinner's de? spair? His world is but a pleasure ground of play. Rearer in tl:e rockery of foul ropute. Cradled in crime, suckled by squalid shame (Perchance of birth unblcst to bear tho . blame). Taught l ut ihosc things which life and love pollute. Of needful food and raiment destitute How shall misfortune's cnild alliance claim j With honest folk? How shall he learn to tame The savago instincts cf th- ancestral brute? Grudge not your garner'd grain, O gilded ! great, To lieip these outcastsl 'Neath their shrunken skin ? Pulsates that lifo which makes all crea- | tures kiu And claims your voice it's cause tn advocate, j These brothers from n- soul-corroding state j A ministry ol" mei cy yet can win; So may their darken'd den3 of shame and i sin The lamps of love atlast Mumfnatel -Sr. James Gazette. ? A SPECIAL CONSTABLE. - Two women, sisters, kept tho toll- j bar at a village in Yorkshire. It ?tooti j apart from tho village, and they often felt uneasy at night, being lone women. One day they received a considerable sum of money, bequeathed them by a relative, and that ?ot the simple souls all in a flutter. They had a friend in the village, the blacksmith's wife; so they went and told her thoir fears. She admitted that theirs was a lonesome place, and she would not live there, for one, without a mun. Her discourse sent them home downright miserable. The blacksmith's wife told her hus? band all about it when he came in for his dinner. "The fools!" said he; "how is anybody to know they have got brass in the house?" ..Well," said the wife, "they make no secret of it to me; but you need not go for to tell it to all the town-poor souls!" .'Not I," said the man; "but they will publish it, never fear; leave wo? men folk alone for making their own trouble with their tongues. There the subject dropped, as man ?nd wife have things to talk about be? sides their neighbors. The old women at the toll-bar, what with their own fears and their Job's comforter, began to shiver with appre? hension as night came on. However, at sunset thc carrier passed through tho gate, and at sight of his friendly face they brightened up. They told him their care, and begged him to sleep in the house that night "Why, how can 1?" said he; "I'm due at-; but I will leave you my dog." The dog was a powerful mastiff. Thc women looked at each other ex rcsslvely. "He won't hurt us, will e?" sighed one of them, faintly. "Not he," said tho carrier," cheer? fully. Then he called the dog into the house, and told them to lock the door, and went away whistling. The women were left contemplating ! t/i? dog with thut tender interest ap- j prehension is sure to excite. At first j lie seemed staggered at this oil-hand j proceeding of his master; it confused him; then he snuffed at thc door; then, as the wheels retreated, he began to see plainly he was an abandoned dog; he delivered a fearful howl, and ilew at the door, scratching and barking furiously. The old women fled thc apartment, and were next seen at an upper win- ! dow, screaming to the carrier, "Come back! come hack, Juba! Ile is tearing thc house down." "Drat the varmint!*1 said John, and caine hack. On lue road he thought what was best to he done. The good natured fellow took Iiis great coat out of the cart and laid it down on tho floor. The mastiff instantly laid him? self on it. "Now," said John, sternly, j "let us have no more nonsense; you take charge of that till I come back, and don't ye let nobody steal that thero. nor yet t' wives' brass. There, now," said he, kindly, to thc women, "I shall be back this way breakfast? time, and he won't budge iiil then." "And ho won't hurt us, John?" "Lord, no! Bless your hear!, he is as sensible as any Christian; only. Lord sake, woman dou't ye go to tako the coat from him, or you'll bc wanting a new gown yourself, and maybe a pet? ticoat and all." He retired, and thc old women kept at a respectful distance from their pro? tector. He never molested them; and, indeed, when they spoke eajoiingly to him he even wagged his tail in a dub? ious way; but still, as thoy moved j about, he squinted at them out of his I bloodshot eye in a way that checked j all desire on their part to try on the j carrier's coat. Thus protected, they went to bcd earlier than usual, but they did not un? dress; they were too much afraid of j everything, especially their protector. | The night wore on, and presently their sharpened senses let them know that j the dog was getting restless; ho j sn ulled, and then he growled, and thon I he got up and pattered about, mutter? ing to himself. Straightway, with fur? niture, they barricaded the door through which their protector must pas3 to devour them. But by and by, listening acutely, they heard a scraping and a grating outside thc window of thc room where the dog was, and ho continued growling low. This was enough; they slipped out at the back door, and left their money to gave their lives; they got into thc vii- ; la^e. it was pitch dark, and ail tho ; houses black but two; one was the ? public house, casting a triangular j gleam across the road a long way oil", j and the other was the blacksmith's j house. Herc wa.-; a piece of fortune j for thc terri lied women. They burst ; into their friend's house. "Oh, Jane! j the thieves are come!" and they told j her in a few words all that had hap- j pened. "La!" said she; "how timorsome you | are! ten to ono lie was only growling j at some ono that passed by." "Nay, Jane, wc heard the scraping I outside tho window. Oh, woman, call : your mau and let him go with us." "My man-he is not here." "Where is he, then?'" j "I suppose ho is where the other i workinsr-worn en's husbands arc, at tho ; public-house, said she, rather bitterly, j for she had her experience. The old women wanted to go to tho J public-house for him; but tho black- j smith's wife was a courageous woman, | and, besides, she thought it was most j likely a talse alarm. "Nay, nay," j said she, "last time 1 went for him i there 1 got a line a (Iront, i'll come willi you." said she. "I'll lake thc poker, and wo have got our tongues i<> raise the town with, I suppose." So ; they marched to the toll-bar. Whoa i they got near it they saw something that staggered this heroine. There I was actually a man half in and half i out of the wintlow. *J*Jii.-i brought the j blacksmith's wife to a stand-still, and the timid pair implored her to go back to thc village. ".Nay, nay," said she, "what for?" I see but one-am!-hark! it is my belief tho dog is holding of him." However, she thought it safC.-,t to bo on the same side with the do?;, lest the man might turn on lier. So she ruado her way into the kitchen, fol? lowed by the other two; and tliere a sight met their eyes that changed all their feelings, both toward the robber and toward each other. Tho groat mastiff had pinned a man by tho throat, and was pulling at him, to draw him through the window, with iicrco but muffled snarls. Tiie man's weight alone prevented it. Thc window was like a picture-frame, and in that frame there glared, with lolling tongue and starting eyes, the white face- of tho blacksmith, their courageous fricnd'3 villainous husband. She uttered an appalling scream, and flew upon the dog and choked him with her two hands. Ho held, and growled, and toro till he was all but throttled him? self; then he let go and thc man fell. But what struck tho ground outside liko a lump of lead was in truth a lump of clay. The man was quite dead, and fearfully torn about thc throat So did a comedy end in an ap? palling and most piteous tragedy; not that the scoundrel himself deserved any pity, but his poor, brave, honest wifo, to whom he had not dared confide the villainy ho meditated. Life in the Mikado's Empire. Everyone, rich and poor, in Japan takes a dip at least cnee a day in a caldron of hot water. The rich bathe before dinner and at bedtime. The whole household din in the hot water. A bath, unless at a thermal spring, is only an immersion. Precedence is given to thc elders, when there aro no visitors, then to the young people, ac? cording to their age, next to the maid? servants, and lastly to the women. Prefatory ablutions of feet and hands are performed in basins, and on get? ting out of thc caldron each bather gargles mouth aud throat with cold aromatized water. In very hot weather they ali fan each other's bodies to dry them. Modesty does not begin in Japan where boauty ends. Human be? ings who are as fat and shapeless as too prosperous quails do not mind be? in?; fanned. Tho nobility never went naked in thc streets. But in their cas? tles or shires and their parks they did and do-formerly to be cool in hot weather and now to economize their European garments. Hunchbacks and deformed persons are almost unknown. In a Japaneso Eden the law of natural selection prevails. Wc came up coun? try, whenever there was- a road, in jin rinkchas, and when the ground was too rough for wheels, wo were carried in norimous, borne by two, three or four men, who arc strong as horses. When the ground is fiat or down-hill, there are two, or one before and two behind. These bearers aro mostly dis? banded feudal retainers, or soldiers of the Daimois, but they are not allowed to wear their old military costumes or swords, and the authorities are almost glad when they sec them with a drap? ery of tough paper round their loins and nothing else. It was to prevent sword-wearing and its probable conse? quences that thc Mikado ordered civil servants to don the ridiculous Euro? pean costume, which is imported here by the Jew agents of thc Paris and London hand mc-down stores.-Fall Mall Qazetit. m . ff? A Joko on General Sherman. Tho general was recently the victim of a huge joke, perpetrated by Billy Florence, the actor. It seems that Kev. John Snyder, a prominent Unitarian divino (who, notwithstanding the cloth, is very fond of the drama and a habitue of tho legitimate theaters), vis? ited the Grand Opera house while the inimitable Billy and his wife were play? ing "Facts." On leaving thc theater, thc Rev. John, in thc exuberance of Iiis spirits and the care of several ladies, forgot to take with him a valuable and handsome cane. The watchman who found it turned it in to the box office, where it was held several days. Not knowing thc intrinsic value of thc cane, the treasurer, George McManus, pre? sented it to Florence. This was as good a tiling as thc redoubtable Wil? liam could wish for. And on thc fol? lowing day he called together at tho Southern hotel a few boon companions, hale fellows well met, among whom were John Norton, joint manager of the Olympie and Grand; Pat Short, treasurer; Wm. live le, and J. B. Mc? cullagh, of the O'oihi Democrat. Wilie was ordered and Gen. Sher? man sent for. On his arrival, amid applause and clinking of glasses, Flor? ence, with much gusto, presented tho cane to the general as oue which ho picked up among thc p3*r?unids of Egypt. Thc general responded hap? pily and an hour or two was spent in repartee, jollity, and popping of corks. The next morning appears thc Kev. Snyder at thc box-olliee inquiring for his cane. Then came the denoue? ment. Florence apologized to Sher? man, who-gallant old soldier that he is-returned the cane, but not until lirst Florence had called together tho same party and explained, with cham? pagne accompaniment-this time, how? ever, with tho addition of the Kev. John to the party. The bump of practical joking in Florence is par? ticularly large, and no opportunity is missed. -Alla Calif om ia. -? -i* Effects of an Arctic Climate, The effects of the climate upon ma? terials and men :'~o exactly thc same as in a tropical country. The boards which were unloaded from the ship to make our house shrank and cracked open as ii under the inlluenco of a torrid sun. And 1 have suffered from thirst there ow n more acutely than on the arid plains of Arizona and New Mexico. Thc natives suffer terribly for want of water in the Winter time, and before the cold season thoroughly set in I provided against that for our? selves by cutting and cording up a lot of iee about a foot Ulick, which wo melted as needed. The natives pleaded with me often for a drink, and, as that was something that there need be no lack of as long as our fuel lasted, they had two years of plenty in that respect. As in tho tropics, the children reach tho age oi pu bert;, in a few years. Extremes do meet. liv a wise provis? ion sume o? the ordinary demands of nature are, in a mensure, suspended in that latitude, and a minimum of in? convenience is secured. Sume of the natives, however, abuse even this in? dulgence, wi.?e.i may extend over a period of two weeks without hurtful re? sults, and th?- most'frvquen! ca. ?ls upon my physician's st?r?; were for !:I\M! ives." "How deep din--; tie- snow fall?" "Only about a I ? .? ? f during ile? j se:?son? You see. there j . ht?.eva porn- j tiofi to speak of eons?-qiietitl\ no Dre- ' cipitutioji, and lin .si io'.vfai i is very j light: lt drifts in tho gales. :.?.! after we had g<>t out house 1 ault it Wa* not lotiy. until it was covered. We rat? tunned then to om iee pack .and to tito two observatories, some distance from the lem.se, and all tli?< lime we were there the tunnels weto our only lines of communication.'' AVOM??.NT BLACKMAILERS. How They Hunt and Entrap Their l*roy in thc Cition. "it is. perhaps, an ungallant thing to say, but in JS?W York, and large cities generally, boan ty and blackmail have come to bo associated to such an extent that the only safe-guard is fe a susceptible person to steer clear of good-looking strangers altogether.'1 The speaker was a veteran detective, whose thirty odd years of active ser? vice had furnished a valuable experi? ence. "Does it prevail to-day as largely as in former years?" he was asked by thc writer. "Why. it has multiplied tremend? ously. You see it ?3 a trade, this of blackmailing, which can only be suc? cessfully plied in great populous cities, as thero is tuen tho slightest possibility of detection.1' '.What are tho favorito methods adopt? ed by this queer profession?" '.The necessity for constant change of system, to avoid detection, drives them to invent new tricks so often that it is difficult to keep track cf them. ODO of thc latest, and thc most novel, I happened to hear of just a few days ago. A beautiful girl sought employ? ment in a down-town business estab? lishment run by father and son. Well, she contrived to entangle them both and get up an escapade with the son, which in the end cost him a tidy sum to settle. Thc romantic fool, believ? ing he had got a real treasure in his 'darling Edith,' wouid make little ex? cursions around New York in her com? pany. Then siic persuaded him to write her letters and furnish a flat for her personal and exclusivo usc up town. Then in stepped thc 'male friend' of thc girl, an elderly ruffian, whom she introduced as a special olli cer, claiming to bo her father. Of course. Romeo was only too glad to dis? gorge liberally ou tiie spot. "A new and rainer neat trick to en? trap is for a pretty blackmailer to en? ter a storo where there are a great many clerks and salesmen. Well, once in the storo she plies all her feminine arts upon her chosen prey (usually some one occupying a good remunera? tive position, and whoso circumstances she has learned something about,)and, engaging him in conversation, lets slip some stray remark which she empha? sizes with ber eyes. A visit or two, possibly a theater or opera night, and some fine day my lady sails into tho store like a Spanish frigate bent on plunder. A hurried talk fellows: the man looks glum, but hands to thc cn snarer the money she lias demanded. I once knew of tho case of a well known editor in this eily who was ta? ken in by a blackmailer. She was a little willow from Jersey City, and she called upon him one day with a woeful expression on her pretty girlish face that won his heart. By and by she dropped him a note, and he foolishly answered it. Then she ?rot, as a fayor, a couple of theater tickets, again a con? cert ticket, nnd other similar courte? sies. These were invariably accompa? nied by a polite and somewhat gallant? ly worded lillie noto from thc editor. On the strength of these letters, and with the aid of a confed?rale, she ex? torted from him over a thousand dol? lars within three months." "Is it invariably the case that either the principals or allies in a blackmail operation are women?" "Almost always. They are the best operators. Men suspect men al ways 5 they are foolscnougn never to suspecta handsome w oman. The best allies of tho craft are bogus detectives and blackmail lawyers. The former help them to scare the victim into 'shelling out.' while thc latter, more adroit in the art of financial phlebotomy, bleed you by a gradual and lingering pro? cess under tim color of Jaw. "Is there no means, then, of defeat? ing such nefarious schemers?'' "Yes. if you have the grit to do it which, unfortunately, very few people have-that is. lo resist their iirst ap? proaches anil hand them over to tho police, braving ail publicity. Thero is no other way.11 -1 -?I . -Om A Swede's AVa^cr. Wc have heard, perhaps, the last of Weston and his walk for some time. But there is never larking some person who will back himself io do odd things -to go without food for six weeks, br to walk, without drink, for six months. A Swede has now wafered that he will visit all the cities of Europe which are, or ever have been, capitals of states, in the course of this year. He has already "done" all the capitals of Germany, which he reckons at twenty-six, and he is jroing to Moscow, Viina, and Kieff. He already complains of severe ?a?gue and may bc said to stand at an outside price, technically speaking, lt would bc interesting to know how thc Swede deiiaes "capitals." ls he going to Athens, Thebes, Corinth, Tiryns, Mycenae, all thc capitals of all tho islands? Is he to "do" Sybaris and Tarcntum, and thc contm? city of each state in thc Latin league, and of caeh mediaeval republic. How many capitals and how many kingdoms of Burgundy? How many capitals had Ireland in the days of the numerous kings from whom tho present Celtic dwellers in the isle are descended? Why, even Scotland has had several kingdoms and capitals, and there must have been seven cap? itals in England during tho heptarchy. Perhaps the Swede's best plan would bc to go to "the capital of pleasures,11 and stay thero, as he can never win his bet. His opponent could, in any event, wrangle on a point of history, and re? fuse to pay thc wager.-London Daily Nt. ivs. Lecture in the Lime Kiln Club. Pickles Smith was requested to walk up the hall, anti when ho had conic to a halt before the platform Brother Gani ncr said: "Bntddcr Smith, I has bin informed dat you lins been sued by a grocer for a bill (if io' dollars." "Yes, sah." "J)o bill was fur oysters, dried peaches au' jellies. "Yes, sah." "And why dui n't you pay it?" "Kase Izo hard up, san," ".Now, Brudder Smith, de merni* r of dis club who kin afford oysters ol' a salary of \1 per we.-k kin afford to pay fur 'cm. Ii dat debt ain't. sipiacM up befo1 de ncx' mcetin1 vouTl h'ar sutlim' dian!11 -Yes. sib." "In bringin1 ?lis performance to a j close," said the president, as lie nodded j to Samuel Shin to strike tho triangle, j "let "ino say to one ai ul all nf you dat de present ailment of kentry am de j want of common .s?-'i^i". Pe man who 1 aims *7 per we?di want's to Iii- an1 dr??ss as well as do man who aires $12, nit dis piles updebl : an' lu ir;:;:; tibout triekerv. frau?] ah.' o ?in nm ni-in. PCo h??d\ :uii satisfied in L??* wlial lt.- am. Hbrn ?lc (.?.??! i'M ob dr pow' Will go lnmgn >??ou?;r ?i ?.1 iel any Uv? ly know dev cau l bu\ fried oysters. IK* meiu ber of dis club who hankers for lux? uries made ?Or <!?> tables <>f milliou afres kin make up his mind !?> pay fur 'em or be kuown in di.-- hall 110 moa'. Let us peru ambulate homewards." DU? ott Fi FROM KANKAKEE TO KALA MAZOO. BY A. W. BELLAV?. i He got aboard the railroad cars, As sra;trt a maa as ever ? knew, And left the town of Kankakee, Bound for the city of Kalamazoo. Bat the names ran strangely in !:is mind, From which it wasn't a moment free; Tin; clickity-cliek of the roaring wheels ?Said "Kalamazoo" and "Kankakee.'' What affected his head, affected his tontine, And little by little his murmurs grew ; The people smiled as he said ?loud "From Kalamakee to Kan kazoo." fie tried to fix his mind on the girls, And bit his lips till the blood he drew, But in Spitt; of all he would mutier out "From Kaiakakec to Katika koo." In vain he buttoned his lids to sleep, And over his head his mantle threw ; The wheels of his mind rang "Kalamazee." While the wheels ot' the car said ''Kalama zoo." Ile tore his hair, and bolted his ears, And acted as crazy as he could be, All on account of that Kalamazoo And that other distracting Kankakee. Kankakee and Kalamazoo Upset his reason, as any could see, And wilder and wilder his ravings grew With "Kalamakoo," and "Kankakee," Until at length his remaining braius Out with a large-sized pistol he blew, And so he died near Kokomo Uf Kankakee and Kalamazoo. What Our Editors Say. Bangs. Camden Jo urned. Of all thc silly freaks of fashion that wc have yet seen, wo think the "hang" is thc silliest. To sec the high and beautiful forehead of a handsome womat] bloused over with unkept looking hair, gives the face an idiotic expression that would lead a stranger to think the individual was an escaped lunatic rather than a sane woman. Thc ' 'bang'' mars and destroys one of the most beautiful features of a woman's face-a fine forehead. Bright eyes and a handsome face lose more than half their beauty when the fair forehead is covered with loose shaggy hair. If God iu His wisdom had seen fit for thc hair to cover tho forehead Ile would have made it grow there. But no; Ile knew better That prominent feature, like thc lustrous eye, is an indication of tho pure and innocent soul within. Wo do not mean to create thc im? pression that we think all girls arc siily who wear bungs. Oh no ! far from it. Wc know (?uite to thc contrary. They argue that "to be out of fashion you may as well be out of the world" Wc understand that thc origin of the "bang" was with a horrid ugly old maid whose beauty had disappeard with age, but who still was auxious to appear young and attractive. Thc wrinkles in her forehead were too numerous and deep to bc hid with paint and powder, hence she conceived the idea of covering them with thc hair. From her the habit es tended to others like her and then to thc young girls. Wc trust that thc fashion of "bangs*1 will soon be numbered with thc days of thc past. Green ville Xi tes. Thc preachers in Lancaster county have found a new use for thc ?South Carolina institution of "joint di-cus sions." They have encountered the mormon elders and forced them to divide time, following them from one point to another and overthrowing them in thc presence of thc assembled crowds. Verily thc ingenuity of thc South Carolina white man in all departments is beyond praise. Nobody ever-thought of this mc:hod of fighting mormonism before, and it is a vast improvement on thc shot gun, hickory withe and all other appliances hitherto known or used. There is nothing so terrible to frauds, fools and villains of all kinds as a division of time and a fair, square, up and down joint discussion, and it will probably bc as effective in uproot? ing mormonism a? it was in destroying ra di etti is m. If wc could send a legion of hard fisted South Carolina red shirts to Vermont and a logion of hard shell South Carolina Baptists to Utah we would look for a series of joint discus? sions which would eliminate republican? ism and mormonism-twin relics of barbarism-simultaneously. Opium and Liquor. Columbia Ii>?jitter. Thc Charleston Sunday Netti* has been investigating thc opium habit, as j it prevails in that city. It seems from thc statements made to the representa? tive ot' that paper that about ono sixtieth part of the population of Charleston are addicted to the usc of this deleterious drug, and thereupon thc Netcst sounds its note of warning, and advises heroic treatment in order to stamp out thc evil and prevent its future growth iuto still more alarming proportions. Thc article in question will ho a splendid argument tor thc prohibition? ists, for it will at once occur to the majority of readers that if it is necessary ; to legislate against a habit which only j affects a small percentage of the popula? tion, then something must bc done on ? the same linc in order to prevent thc ? liquor drinking habit-a habit, which j counts its hundred victims where < pium counts ono. ft is not necessary to pro? duce any elaborate statistics on this noint. A comparison of thc ca ? ital invested in thc respective business of opium selling ami of rum selling-a comparison of tho annual consumption of thc sleepy drug and the liquid and fiery poison- would bring us to but ono conclusion, vi:.: that if opium slay.- its ! thousands, alcohol in its varied forms I slav s its tens of thousands. What is the remedy 'I Would that; wc knew, or that it could be shown j conclusively just what stops would bc thc wisest and best for society to adopt in its dealings with these most dost ruc ti vc habits. As regards tho opium ! habit- t?tere is, of course, force in thc i .irgumcnt often used, thai it. can bc more readily dealt.with than thc more l widelv-soread !j::bit of litjuoi drinking: ?md '.I lhere ic a pocsibtttty o? cheeking i?. ii: this <a:i\ stage of growth in our coinmiiiiiiios and before tho habit Incomes more widely svread nod hs conscMueneo more alarming and de? structive, thou toe ex pei inion; ?> WOl tby of ?rial !>Ut what of the li quoi habit? What iii ito thousands of victims %i What )? the sorrowing wives and mothers who aro crushed to the very earth by the ruin and despair that this fatal habit lias brought to their hearth-stones? This is a near evil, the other ono is far o?r'. ?ti a largo circle of acquaintance wc cat?not recall one single ono who ha? fallet) a victim to opium ; but alas, wc can count by tito score thc seoial. kind-hearted mon who have gone down i before thc fell alcoholic destroyer. I As ive have said, it ia hard to tel) \ thc easiest v/ay of reaching this evil, but we do not believe that thc question I can he settled by political parties. St. John and his follower?! mean well, btu they are leading a forlorn hope. A handful of Prohibitionists cannot j force their views on fifty millions of ! freemen, and thc liquor question must j not enter into politics : but still it isa vital question, and thc moral forces of. society-thc churches, the totai absti- ; nencc orders, the woman's temp?rance j unions of thc land-must-continue the | fight until public sentiment becomes I a unit and all men recognize thc fact I that the best interests of society require j thc eradication of this evil. Wc he- i Heve that the best prohibition is the ; prohibition which a man puts upon ? himself when he voluntarily abandons j an evil habit. But wo aro told that ' many men are too weak to take so decisive a step, and that hence arises ; the necessity for legal prohibition ; j but this view, it must be remembered, ' is only a view of a small majority of j the American people, and it will bc an j impossible view just so long as a large j majority oppose it. In plainer words, i we believe that prohibition can never ? prove effectual until tho masses desire it, and that when the masses reach that j point that they desire it, then it may j scarcely bc needed. Local option laws, it appears to us. arc thc most practical means at com? mand for eradicating thc vice of intem? perance. Such laws present to every . community tuc opportunity to get rid of j liquor, and if a community makes usc ! of this measure it will bo more apt to prove effectual than a law forced upon j it by the Legislature. A stricter ; enforcement of the statutory provisions i ought, also to be resorted to before i attempting thc doubtful experiment of i a general prohib? rico la w. V?rc do not quarrel with our Charles- j ton contemporary for irs warnings in : regard lo opium, but wc would remind j all who may bc attracted by the subject, \ that it will not do lo allow ourselves to ? bc diverted from the consideration of j the greatest evil of thc age by having j our attention drawn off to thc opium! habit. Let us fight against opium if, necessary, but let the moral forces of ? the community slacken no proper or i feasible effort to check the still greater j evil of intemperance. "Yankee Robinson." _ i - ! End of His Dauntless and Check- j oreel Life-A Record of His j Career. Fayette Lodowick Robinson, bettor j known through thc South as 'Yankee ! Robinson,' an old and well-known i showman, died at ?vow Jefferson, la., j on the 4th instant. Thc following ; sketch of his life will no doubt bc ; interesting reading to thc old inhabt- . tants by whom he was formerly known : : Fayette Lodowick Robinson, better j known as 'Yankee' Robinson ono of i the oldest and best kuown 'showmen* < in the country was born in A voa, ; Livingston County, N. Y.T in ISIS, of ! good old Yankee stock, both his. grand- j fathers having fought ic thc r?volu- ! tionary war. His father was a s-hoe-i? maker, and fayette learned thc trade of him and lollowed it until he grew ! to manhood, amassing quite a proper- \ tv. Lie embarked in tho 'show btisi- j rf _ ness' Aug 5, 1S45, when, with a ? printer named Rasselas Fairchild as j partner, bc took out for exhibition on j the road a big picture of thc 'Raising ; of Lazarus,* painted by a young artist j named Jones. Thia scheme did not ! pay, and in St.. Louis Fairchild aban doned his partner and resumed his j trade of type-setting. Robinson then j concluded to become an actor. J (dm j I*. Adams, thc veteran Thespian, who j is now living in Roston, was giving j performances hi St Louis, and Rob- I insou was engaged by him to play I Ratclifr in "Richard "Ul." Lut. he j could not remember a word of his 1 part when he went on thc stage, and : was hissed oiT. This however, did not quench his aspirations to got into I tho "'profession,"' and, persuading his j old parrncr, Fairchild, to rejoin hin? ? they organized, on capital furnished j by a man named Morrow, a parly of j minstrels which thev called thc Oiym- j pic Serenader^. Robinson had a com- ! plcte outfit made for "wench'' parts j and made a hit in tho character of | Lucy Long, singing thc old song of ; that title, ami doing a fancy dance, j Flo followed this line of buisuess for j eight years. Thc Serenaders travelled , in a wagon and played in small towns: : they managed to exist, through three months, but. collapsed in May, IS-ii). j at Galena, I:!. June and Turner's circus was showing lhere, and Robinson was engaged to do his "wench act" in the afterpiece, ile remained with this | show four years and rejoined if after a season with Rockwell's circus. In thc j spring of 1S4S, he started a show of his ? own, consisting of himself, his wife and a acsro violinist, and travelled through ! thc season with success. In tho au tumn he joined a floating theatre at Evansville, Ind., but the enterprise ' came grief at Memphis, and Robin? son connected himself with a party which was playing in that city. "Old L>anv Emmet, the author ? t ?.Dixie,*' was first violin in thc orchestra. This j theatre closed in thc spring, and in the autumn of lM'.l, Robinson organ izod a variety company, which played j all winter itt Springfield, lil. This party bv; kept on the road until ISM, j when he started a tent show, with which he travelled until 1 >?.">*> tn ?hur. \ear he started <-ut vv.th ;i ; "Uncle Pom's Cabin company, play iii^ umler canvass. In tho autumn "I Lb54, having accumulated a consider- , aldo amount of funds, ho built l?.n'i:. son's Athenaeum, thc first regular; ih?aire in ?Qdianapoiis. In 1S;>G. be ioofc nut a circus loi tilt ?rsl tune and v\.i-> successful that doling tho three fol- j lowiug years he bad two lurg* -h.vV. / / or, the road. Ile took thom north in tho summer :?r:J south in the winter thus keeping them out the entire year, rhea Jehu Brown's r::id ruined his butsncss in the south ; people there leaf nod that lie liad been proprietor of an "Unele Tom's Cabin'' company, and they refused to patronize his show in consequence. His advance men were mobbed in Columbia, 3, C., and he was warned oo; of town by a com? mittee of citizens. Ixe left "his show, worth some ?4tty*C?, aud tied on foot, travelling by ni<?':t through the woods* until !io reached Richmond. There ho found a man he knew. who got him a passage to Now York." Nothing daunted by thc disasters which had overtaken bim, bc borrowed some horses and started another show. Good fortune accompanied bim for years thereafter. He was engaged in a number of theatrical enterprises and road shows, nearly every one of which ? was profitable. In 1ST-") he once more started an *'fJucie Tom's Cabin" Com? pany ; and thc next season, and seve? ral following, ho made starring tours, ' playing, a Yankee character in a play cailc.i "Days of 77G" more than tour thousand tintes during that period. In 187S he wrote and tried a new piece of his own, entitled "Alderman Dennis son," and met with considerable succese in it. In 1882 he essayed another, called "F. F. V.V-"First Families in Vermont and Virginia," and in this he was no less fortunate. Failing health, however, drove him into retire? ment, and ho bas not appeared cn tue stage in a long time. Mr. Robinson was a remarkable man. Ile met with many financial reverse?, but never succumbed; Ito had boon rich and poor by turns at least a score of times, but his courage never failed him, and he was as cheerful in the iast days of bis life as during thc height of his pros? perity, l?o was three times married first, to a daughter of Silas Nyc of Pittsford, N. Y. ; second, lo a -daugh? ter of Capt. Drake of revolutionary fame; and third, to a daughter of Dca. Babcock, Cbtiicothe, O ilis son by his first wife, Silas, who used when scarcely moro than an infant, to travel with his father's wagon show and sing . "Old Uncle Ned." is new editor and publisher of the Warsaw (ill.) Demo^ erat. Many of thc men who, during thc last 25 years have been prominent in thc circus business, received their training under "yankee" Robinson; and owe their success to thc start in the show lifo he gave them. Thc State Convention of the Inde? pendent party of South Carolina have made thc following nominations; Pres? idential Electors-At largo, W. Wi Russell, C. C. Macey; 1st District, j. . T. Drown ; 2d, Wm. Durham ; od, G. J. Green ; 4th, 0. C. Turner; 5th, J. JJ. Watson; Otb, A. H. Bowen; 7th, Thomas Buskins. For Congressmen-'? 1st District, J. Hendrix McLane; 2d, W. II. Duncan; 4th. D. II. Feaster; 5th, A. G. Johnson; Gib, M Kelly. Speaking of the transactions of foreign land loan associations in South Carolina, the Columbia corres? pondent of tho News and Courier says: Sumter heads, thc list of borrow? ers, there being forty-three loan? on laud in that county. Next come Ker? shaw, Darlington, Lancaster, Marion and Aiken, with a good many borrow? ers each. In many of tho other coun? ties the loans run from two to nine ic each. There have been no loans in Berkeley,Charleston, Chester, George? town, [Torry, Oeouee, Newberry, L'uion and Williamsburg. Thc firm employs no regular agents, its attor? neys in thc several counties represent itin general In most of the counties lhere, are examiners who inspect thc" propel ly on which loans are sought." The representative of thc Corbin Banking Company, which also does a large land loan business is not in Columbia at prescht, lt is believed that two more land loan companies from thc wost contemplate entering !?outh Carolina this fal!. On the -21st of July, IS?0, died Dan? ie! Lambert, at the early age of thir ly-nino. What his actual weight was at the time of his death is not exactly known : brit throe years before that' melancholy event, when be exhibited himself at his house, 53 Piccadilly, he weighed, according lo one of his exhibition bills, 1,2*22 pounds London wei ht. The coffin enclosing his re? mains, which was with some d ?ucul ty deposited in St. Marlin's church? yard, contained no less than 112 su? perficial feet of elm, was 6 feet 4 incites long. 4 feet i inches wide and 2 feet ? inches deep. A Novelist In Sunday-School. Mr. Cable, ia speaking to some Sun dav-school children recently, raised his* hand, expanded the digits and said: ..1 have so many children at homo. How many is that?'* '.Five,'* piped up a youngster, promptly. "And half of them are girls, continued thc speaker, staggering thc audience with his apparently reckless disregard of thc truth. "How much is half of live?" asked Mr. Cable. "Two and a half," reproachfully replied a little miss in the iron: pow. "Bat how could you' have a half cir! like that?" "Yes,** said thc novelist, with a benignant smile, as he saw that his reputation for voracitv was fast slipping away; "two and a halt of thom afc girls, und thc other two and a half-they are girls also. Thal makes the five." I nm fond of attacking hypocrisy, but bevond that I have no choice. AU toy work is a pleasure. Do 1 take any rec? reation:" Of course L do. My favorite pastime is riding horseback. I also de? rive much rest from my work on a now lecture 1 am preparing. I intend to lake tho platform again at no distant day. I shall pres? at aa illustrated lecture, which, whileit will bc instruct? ive, will be mos.: entertaining. Lect? ures, 1 think, .us a rule, are very heavy, and should have thc educational ele? ment so sugar-coated that they will be not on Iv palatable whoa taken, but thev shall be desirable in themselves. My'iiiustratic is wi ? bo ii: o dors, dis? temper work, and 1 think will work a nov. era in thc lecture world,- T. - .u* . . . . - 13 * -^m-- -?-1 ? ? Lord John Manners says that ibo passage of the Gladstone franchise bill will be equivalent lo giving Gliamber lsi . and Parnella blank check for -. - ?.'N ' -jt.H) votes. t