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taX SUMTER WATCHMAN, K*tabli*hed April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let ail the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's. THE Ti:UK S?UT3R?5f, Established June, 1866. Consolidated Aug- 2, 1881.] SUMTER, S. 0., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1S84. New Series-Yoi. IV. No. 12. S?attjjmait at? St?|riHt Publiai?! mry Tuesday, -BT TH? Watchman and Southron Publishing / Company> SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per annum-in advance. AD VSRTi5S MESTS . One Square, first insertion.$1 00 S very subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three montes, or longer wilt be juade at reduced rates. All comm a Dilation 3 which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub? lished free. For job work or contracts for advertising address Watchman and Southron, or apply at tha-tHfice, to N. G. OSTEEN, Business Manager. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Thi* powder never varies. A marvel of parity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can? not be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate Swders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAX 6 POWDER CU., 106 Wall-st., N. Y. .AND ?MET??RAL IWSUSM WILL HOLD THEIR METS ASISTI AL FAIR -ON THE 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st NOVEMBER, 1SS4? CHAS. H. MOISE, Amt 5 SECT'Y & TREAS. TRADEMARK" - REG'STZRCD. tL09 . A NEW TREATMENT For Consumtion, Astiima. Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, Catarrh. Headache, Debili? tyv Rheumatism. Neuralgia, and all Chronic and Nervous Disorders. A CARD. We, the undersigned, baring received great and aermanent benefit from the ase of '.COM? POUND OXYGEN," prepared and adminis lered bv Das. STABKEY & PALEN, of Philadel? phia, nod being satisfied that it is a ce?' dis? covery io medical science, and ali iltat is claimed for it, consider ita duty which we owe to the many thousands who are suffering from chronic and so-called "incurable" dis? eases to do all that we can to make its virtues -known and to iusp%e the public with confi deoce. We have personal knowledge of Drs. Star? key 4k Palen. Tbey are educnted. intelligent, sad conscientious physicians, who will not, lie are sure, make any statement, which they do not know or believe to ^e true, Dor pub? lish any testimonials or reports of cases which act not gen ni ne. WM. D. KELLY, Member of Con arc*s from Philadelphia. T.S. ARTHUR, Editor and. Polisher ''Arthur's Home Magazine, ' ' Ph Uadelpk ia. V. L. CONRAD Editor of l:Lutheran Observer," Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, PA., JOB 1, 1882. Tn order to meet a natural inquiry in re? gard to our professional and persona! stand? ing, and to givs increased confidence in our statements and in the genoiness of our testi? monials and reports of enses, we print the above card from gentlemen well and widely known and of the highest personal character. Our "Treatise on Com pour A Oxygen," con? taining a history of the discovery of and mode of action of this remarkable curative agent, and a large record of surprising curps in Consomption. Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchi? tis, Asthma, etc., end a wide range of Cbros c diseases, will be sent free. Address Drs. STARKEY & PALEN. 1109 t lill Girard Street, Philadelphia., Pa. A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE AWELL SITUATED FARM of one hun? dred and ten acres, about sixty cleared, situated one roils from Sumter C. H., S. C. A beautiful grove of live oaks around the dwelling, with well and fine spring of water. Terms accommodating. A pp iv to July 15_ A. WHITE. Agent. FOR SALE. rpHAT DESIRABLE SIX-ROOM HOUSE, JL 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, and as good water as can be found. AH large rooms; house newly painted, and lot contains about three acres of land. Centrally located to Schools, Churches and business. Terms reasonable. A rare chance for pur? chasers. Possession given at any time. D. J. WINN. Joly 29._ BLANKS LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, Afid Other Blanks in Variety, FOE SALE AT THIS' OEEICE. OtR STANDARD BEARERS. FOR PRESIDENT : GROVER CLEVELAND, of New York. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT : THGS. A. HENDRICKS, of Indiana. -o STATE TICKET. For Governor : HUGH S. THOMPSON. For Lieutenant-Governor : JOHN C. SHEPHERD. For Secretary of State : J. N. LIPSCOMB. For Treasurer : J. P. RICHARDSON. For Adjt. and Iosp. Geoeral i A. M. M ANIO AULT. For Comptroller-General : W. E. STONEY. For Attorney-General : C. R- MILES. For Superintendent of Education : ASBURY COWARD. For Congress, Seventh District : COL. WILLIAM ELLIOTT. For Solicitor Third Circuit: T. M. GILLAND. COUNTY TICKET. For Representatives : RICHARD D. LEE. J. REID MULDROW F. M. BECKHAM, E M. COOPER. For Sheriff: JJ A RION SANDERS. For Clerk of Court : W. H. CCTTINO. For Judge cf Probate : T. V. WALSH. For School Com missioner : E. C. ROGERS For Coroner : D. J ACLD. For County Couuuissioners : F. M. MELLETT. S. L. SHAW, R. E. MCLDROW. APPOINTMENTS. . The Democratic Mass Meetings Throughout; the State. The following is a list of the appoint? ments that have been made by the State Democratic Committee and the dates on which thc several mass meetings in the State will be held. Each mass meeting in the State will be addressed by either Senator Hampton or Senator Butler, several of the candidates on the State ticket, the candidate for Congress in the several districts, the candidates for Presidential electors, the candidates for Solicitor and other eminent mem? bers of the party : Conway, Tuesday, Oct. 21. Georgetown C. H., Thursday. Octo? ber. 23. Kingstree, Friday, Oct. 24. Sumter CH, Monday Oct. 27. Manning, Tuesday, Oct, 28. Charleston, Weduesday, Oet. 29 Mount Pleasant, Berkeley County, Thursday. Oct. 30. Columbia, Friday, Oct. 31. North Carolina State Fair. A State that Rivals California Chunks of Pure Gold- Valuable Neio Gems that sell for Prices equal to the Diamond. Mr. Editor: As I am in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, where the State Exposition is in progress and will j continue until the 27lh of the present J month, I hope you will allow me to ? give your readers a faint idea of the immense exhibit Really, I am so greatly surprised and carried away io amazement that I am at a loss to know where to begin. The fir>t thing that strikes me most forcibly is that any oue St?te possesses so many varied resources and in such inexhaustible quantities. Be? ing far removed from this State our ideas of her have always been very closely associated with those of 'tar, pitch and turpentine but not >o now : ?This exhibit tears away thc glass, j 'brough which we had seen her but I dimly, and we behold an empire, vast, i rich and virgin. Energy and enterprise have penetra? ted the deep recesses of the earth and brought up rich and sparkling gems and ores which form one of the most glitter? ing constellations that adorns the dia- 1 dem of any State in the union, j On tables and shelves arranged for j the purpose are large nuggets of pure or almost pure gold, crystals, silver, copper, iron, mica, coal of several va? rieties, itacolumite or flexible sand stones, amethysts, sapphires, &c. La?,t bat not least, we see here beautiful specimens of that valuable gem known as the Hiddenite. This mineral is said to be more valuable than the dia? mond and is found only in this State. The display shows that North Carolina produces every manner of fruit and grain that can be grown in any State i and as ?ne in quality as that gathered from any soil. The display of machinery, art, and handiwork, show that the people of North Carolina are not wanting in ge? nius or mental ability. A most wonderful curiosity was pointed out to me in the Albermale ex? hibit, being the trunk of a mammoth cypress tree inside of which can be quartered one company of the State Guard, thirty-three in number. Time and searches may yet compel California and the Yellowstone Park to hand over thc banner for large trees to North Carolina. The people seemed to have awaken? ed from their lethargy and appear to have all the energy of giants refreshed with new wine. They have just dis? covered that they are surrounded by untold millions of undeveloped wealth, and they will soon command a position as a State commensurable with their resources, wealth, and ability. It cer? tainly eclipses any State exhibit that I have ever seen and my surprise at all this array of wealth could not have been greater had I suddenly and unexpect? edly awakened from a night's repose in same foreign country. I shall never regret having visited the old North State and seeing this magnificent display. 35 PROSPECTOR. BETSY HAMILTON. Betsy Tells how Her Brother Had His Cotton Picked Without much Expense. Buddy had overcrapt his-self with cotton, it allers takes more hands to pick it out than it does to plant it, and atter pap had that ar bone fellun on his right thumb and couldn't pick cottou nor do nothin' else, buddy, he tried binn* of hands to hep git it out, and them he hired by the day and found 'em, didn't more'n yearn ther dinner, and them he hired at fifty cents a hundred he cotch 'em puttin' rocks io the cotton, but he needn't speck nothin' else from them low down Simmonses and Potter boys. And so he got mad aud lowed ef he couldn't pick it his self it could go on picked. But its been so dry the cotton's opened monstrous fast, and it was-a bungin' in big white leeks from one eend of the row to tot ber, and it looked like a pity not to git it out fore the raiu sot in to spile it. Peared like Fd ruther pick it aster eat sugar, so I and Flurridy turned iu and hope him, and Old Miss Green 'lowed: 'Haiot you gals afeard some body will pass long the road aud see you with them bags tied around you a pickin cottou V 'What if they do,' says Flur? ridy Tennysy, 'haint it our own land and our own cotton? Aud aster the bags to be sho they aint pretty, but its the easiest way to pick it.* 'But they mought laugh at you,'says she. 'Well, what if they do? Laughiu' is healthy,' says she, 'they tell me, thats the way to grow fat.' 'That gal's a plum sight,' says Aunt Nancy, as Flurridy grabbed up the cotton basket and clum the fence into the five acre field. Bud? dy 'lowci we'uos bad worked so hard here of late that he was a gittin' plum sick for a frolic, we hadn't saw no fuu sense the apple peeliu', and he lowed to gin a cotton pickin', ax in a gang of boys to pick tel dinner then atter dinner they could dauce and play kissin' games and go home longer the gals by moon? light. So w*e riz by the peep of day aud red up the house and swept the yard, and wheeled into gittiu' diuner. lt takes a power of vitdes for workin' hands Buddy he kilt a pig, and you think Cousin Pink would eat a mouth? ful of it, kase she had slopt it and it was a pet ; but time they all got done eatiu' thar wasn't a foot nor a year of it left. It bad ingons and red pepper and sage on it, and was baked louger sweet taters. Pap cut off one of the ribs for old man Simpson, aud he greased his mouth from year to year, and lowed it wa? 'goodenough to make a poor man swalier bis tongue.' Buddy never had no trouble in gittiu' up his crowd. They come soon and let in ou the five acre field, and cleaned it up like a passel of army worms. The settiu' room was plum full of gals. Caledony was the life of the crowd, and Cousio Pink wasn't far behind her. They had jist tried they-selves to see how many riddles they could tell, and Caledony had told all .our fortunes with cards, and we'uos had all had a power of fun, all 'cept two or three gals that never has no fun th'out a boy is about. I looked outen the wiuder and seed little Sammy Gooden a comiu' across the truck patch hard as he could stave, bolierin', "Snake! snake! snake I' Maw she grabbed the cam-fire and Auut Nancy the wizzard ile-that 'oman will die by wizzard ile-and they come a ruunin' out'n breath. Maw with her hands full of dough, and Aunt Nancy with a ingon and case knife iu one band and the wizzard ile in t'other, shore somebody was snake bit. Ji>t then Sam he clum the yard fence and Sung a dead snake up iu a apple tree. 'Now hang thar,* says be, 'tel it rains. Oh, it's a gwine to rain sho and sar ti?, kase I huDg npasnake. 'Snake baked a hoe-cake and sot the frog to mind it,'"' he sung so-loud he couldn't hear a word we'uns said. He had fotch the jug to take the boys some water, and when he seed me in the door he sung on tu the same tune, 'Miss Betsy, here's a note, a note, note, notey,' then stopt singio' aud handed me the note a little dirty piece of paper that read ; 'Miss Betsy nary loc er coteu is not a gwine to be pick in the eric botom feel sep you yung ladys cums to hep. I ch use you, and 'Bill say he ch use Miss Pink frum your fren Jackson Gates.' 'Mis* Betsy,' says Sammy, 'them boys says they be dog gone ef they picks arr? nuther bole er cotton ef you gals don't come and hep 'em. They've .done swrp the five acre, and fixin' to go into the crick bottom. They air a chnostn' up sides like it was a spellin' match.' .What do you say, gals,' says 1 \ 'shall we go V 'All in favor rise,' and they all riz. So we pitched out and went Jackson Gates is about fourteen year old, but he thinks he ?3 older'n bis daddy. Cap Dewberry and Iky Rob? erson axed me time I got Lhar to pick with them, but Jack Gates was a head of 'cm, so bin? and me tuck a row together, and fothers all got ther pard* ners and sot into pickin' and picked tel thc horn blowed for dinner. 'We a?r a gwine over tho creek atter some mu-dy-dimes atter dinuer,' says Jack. 'Will you incept cr me to tote your basket.' I had a lcetle grain ruttier Went longer some of t'other boys, but I thought it mought be funny to torment "em in pertickler Cap, so says I : 'Yes, you can tote my basket, Jack, if you'll be a good little boy.' I seed he looked disappintrd like he'd luther 1 wouldn't call htm a boy. Buddy he tuck the wagin and hauled up thc cotton and weighed it, and our side got beat. 'Courtin' and work is two things that can't, go on together,' says pap. 'Some of 'em on that side must er done more conrtin' than work.' In course he never thought, about I and Jack, but Jack he tuck it. all to his-self and was turribly plagued ; his face and years got red, and the laugh was turned on bim. WTe played fisbin' for love and Jack tuck mc ever lime; and we played thimble and ho allers give u:c thimble. The old folks was a iookin' on, and I over beam Squire Roberson say to pap : 'Oh, yes ; he's a bigger mau now than he will ever bc again. See how he watches her, and see how jealous he is of t'other fellers. He thinks he's in love, and notbin' bu time is a gwine to k'ore him. Nothln j but time can make that man a boj ? again.' Then when we got ready to go atter i muscadines every boy that axed me to . j go with him got mad when I told 'em j I was gwine longer Jack. 'Why Jack's j nothin' but a little boy,' they'd say. j Cap Dewberry went up to him and j lowed : 'Look a here, Jacky boy, j honey, you go longer the chillun and | let me have Miss Betsy.' He got mad quick as lightnin', kasc ! he tuck a notion that may be I wanted to go with Can instead cf him, and j lowed : 'I was the foss man that axed j her, but cf Miss Betsy air the gal to j chuse to go longer one man when t'other man axed her fuss, why I haint the mon to say a word agin it.' 1 had my baske'. on my arm and was ready to go, so says I : 'I choose to go longer you, Jack. You are the very man I'm a gwine with-the very man,' says I, and we led the way to the creek. On the way he said to me, 'Miss Betsy. I know you thinks I'm a curis man, but ef them boys don't let me alone about you I low to commit suicide on some of 'em, ef I'm hung fur it.' BETSY HAMILTON. The Negro and the Politician. The other night, Captain Maviltou j 1 hearing a noise, stole out to the hen- | house and found old Jasper Payne, a 11 well-known politician, creating great excitement among the chickens. The j moon was shining brightly and the j 1 Captain, at once recognized the iu- j truder. .What are you doing there, you j thieving scoundrel?' The old fellow dropped on his ' knees, clasped his hands, and paying { no attention to the Captian, began to ( pray. < p ! .Ob, Lawd !' said he. *doan think j it strange dat yer sarvant sought sich er place ez dis ter pray in, fur, Lawd, when de sire far prayer comes on yer j J sarvant he baster hunt de neardest . place an' drap down in santificatiou ! an' lub an' thankfulness, an' oh, j( Lawd-' j1 'Come out !' ;1 'Speakiu' ter me, sah V unclasping j4 his bands and looking up. 'Yes, I am speaking to you. What j J are you doing in there ?' .Who, me?' j' 'Yes. confound you, and I am ai great mind to shoot off the top of your j head.' j j .Oh, Lawd, take kere o' yer chile, j fer I sees dat dar is still in dis wicked j( lan' a mighty 'sire ter prossycute de j? Christian.' j{ 'Come out of there.' Yas, sah,' obeying. 4In 'cose I j * aint got no right ter tresspass on yer ! premises, ebeu dough I'se 'gaged in de j good work.' .I believe I'll take you down and j j turn you over to the police. Don't j run. I'll shoot you like I would a j( snake.' .Ain't gwine ter run, sah. Gwine j ter staad right hear 'case de Lawd is ; ' wid nie.' j ( 'What did you go ia here for?!' Say!' ~ j? 'Ter pray, sah.' 'Why didu't you pray out ou the ' street ?' j 1 'Peered o' being 'rested for a fanny-1 tick, sah.' .Why didn't you wait until you got j j j home. ;, 'Who me?' 'Yes, you, d-you.' .Doan cuss me ef yer please, sah. ji What eher you doss doau' cuss me. | ' Man cussed me once an' 1 aint felt j 1 right sense.' 1 'Never mind all that. What made ? you go in that hen-house ?' 1 'Dis heah heu-house V ( *D- your ugly skin !' The Cap- 1 taiu seized old Jasper by thc collar and !1 jerked him. 'Look out, look out! What ober M yer does doun jerk me. Man jerked J 1 me onct an' I aiut felt right sense, j ' Turn me loose an' I'll 'splain myse'f.' j The Captain released his hold and i ' old Jasper continued: 'I wus coorin'! J long from er ward meeting,' an' 'bout' j 'de time I got heah, I felt de need o ! ' pni'r. I wuz 'sputin' wid myse'f ! ' whuder ur not Fd vote de dimocrat 1 ? ticket. Without 'flection an' how" it 1 I woul' seem ter er uninterested party, , I ciim'ober heall an' woot inter dat j ? house. I had gunter git some little !; advice an' consolation when yerse'f j1 corned up and broke de spell. Ef I ], uu'erstood de whisper o' dc Lawd, Ile j * tole me (er vote de dimocrat ticket, j an' ter speshuly vote fur Cap'u Mavil- i ton, what am er runnin' fur de legisla- i1 tur'. I bad jes' cr bout 'eluded ter go j1 j down 'mong de niggers au' hol' meet- j J j in's in dc Captain's faber, but yesse'f j ' i had ter come up. I see yer aiut no i j frien' ter dat pusson.' ! < I *i am the Captain, myself.' ! I 'Whut, is dat er faek 1 Shake.' The Captain allowed old Jasper to j * take his hand, 'i'se glad ter meet j yer out hear, eben dough dc sarkum stances is a little peculiar. Wu.sh I 1 had time ter talk wid yer 'bout de campaign, but I'.se got er monstrous 11 Mgbt o' wilek 1er do. Great passel o' niggers wan ti u' fur me ter 'vise wid 'em how fer vote.' .Jasper. I hope that you w*?ll tell i them to vote for me. It is time that wc were having good men in office. If elected, I shall feel that ? am net : the representative a party, but of a j 1 people. I didn't understand your j motive for going into my hen-house, i bot now that we understand each other, j I wiiy it's all right.' ! 1 Glad ter heah yer talk dat way, ; boss, au' I belches yer'll make er I ! mighty fine representer. Say, l'se j 1 gwine ter bab a few o' de nigger leaders i ( at my house fur dinner ter mor', j 1 Lemme take er couple or so of dese chickens iong wid mc ?' 'Help yourself.' J j 'Thankee, sah.' The old fellow took down three large 1 I chickens, l?e bade the Captain a cour- j j tcous good night, and muttered to him- ': 1 self as he gained the street: Now, j] . doan yer see how much better it am j ? j ter bab chickens gin ter yer den it is ! I ter steal 'em ? Kr yer wants er ru ter be honest*, why jes' gio him chance. ?luh. when er white m wonts office, he's dun los' all his sens -Arkansaic Traveller. Write it on the liquor store, Write it on the prison door, Write it on the ein shop fine, Write-aye, write this truthful line : "Where there's driuk, there's danger." Write ii on the work house gate, Write it on the school hoy's slate, Write it in the copy book, That the young may on it look : "Where there's drink, there's danger." Write it on the church jard mound, Where the drink slain dead are found ; Write it on the gallows high, Write it for all passers by . "Where there's drink, there's danger." Write it underneath your feet, Up and down the busj" Street j Write it for the great and small, In the mansion, cot and hall : "Where iheie's drink, there's danger." Write ii on the ships which gail, Borne along hy storm and gale; Write it in large letters plain, O'er our land and past thc main : "Where there's drink, there's danger." NEW ORLE ACTS. We copy from the Exposition Bull in the fellowing editorial, for the i: brmatiou of those of our readers wi liay wish to go: Altogether the pleasantest way ive in New Orleans is in furnishe rooms, taking your meals when au ??here you please. Of course, in jyeat mauy instances, this is not prai icable. One comes with a family. < :here are invalids in the par-'y, or ollie ?vise objections exist. But the averu^ ourist can live better, more comforts ;>lyand more economically in furnishe ?ooms than in any hotel. This is business especially well-understood i NTevr Orleaus. The k?cpiog of furn?sl jd rooms has always been a prwfessio )? it.self, aud long years practice ba riven us something very near perfectiot There arc places on liam pa rt, Dryade? Customhouse and Bourbon, and othe streets lying immediately contiguou o Canal, where ono can get as absc utcly enjoyable a bedroom as is to b bund in the world. There are n jostly frescoes, no blinding evolution c nirrors. Tuc rooms are pre'iily eve ichly papered, tastily carpeted an tbundautiy furnished ; but such bed' such sheets, such cleanliness, such ?be .al views as to water, soap, towels, etc. such divine coffee in thc morning, sud juiet though effective service ! I: hese houses there is no noise, no shuf ling to and fro, none of that hubbu' md confusion which is the curse o lotel life. New Orleans furnishe ?nuugh gaiety and light upon th streets, in her theatres and restaurants ibout her face courses aud her water side resorts. The theory is that th deeping apartments should be the per fectiun of luxurious quiet. Thesi rooms during the gay seasot >f winter range from ?5 to $1 pe lay. They are better equipped am oetter attended than rooms in New Yorl >r Washington at similar, prices an? :hey are accompanied by the verj widest freedom as to movement on thi part of tho lodger and by a larger cboici jf restaurants and eating-houses that jan be had in any city on the coutinen outside of New York. At these latte places enc can live very much as h< pleases. He can find breakfast at al aiost any price, ranging from the twen ty-five cents tabla d'hote on lloyal o; Uustomhoust* street to the elegant rcs tau rant of Pizzini on Canal street lhere are a number of excellent place: in New Orleaus kept as first-class res durants and well-knowu, beside a seor? jf smaller places, chop, lunch ant ?ofTee-houscs. Thc market here is ad aiirablc. Our game and fish cannot b( excelled iu the world, our oysters an iainous; v/e have beef, mutton and al the ordinary articles of food in bewil idl ing variety ; our vegetables anc rruits are superior. And best cf all, ive have good cooks. Let the hint go forth io those whe ire coming to New Orleans unembar? rassed as to their arrangements thal hoy can, by thc exercise of a little ef brt, locate themselves most channing y and get fed fa a style worthy of epi iures, by simply bearing in mind thc lints we have given thom. They can ive as cheaply' os they desire ?fi thal ;vay, and if they are prepared to pay what iverage accommodations at the Ho fi? lian costs, they can dwell in something revy much ike luxury. They could :ay of that luxury rn thinking of it Lfterwards, 'Si non e vero, e beri tro :ato. Shs Was '^fraid^He'd Stop. A young woman from the coon try vas suing her ex-sweefheart for breach if promise, and the lawyers were, as jsual, making all Gorts of inquisitive nterrcgatorics. 'You say,' remarked ono, 'that the lefendant frequently sat very close ty r-ouV 'Yes, sir,' was the reply with a beo ic flush. 'How close ?' 'Close enough, so's one cheer was uti lie sittin' room we needed.' 'And you say he put bis arm around foa V .No, I diduV What did you say, ihon Y .I said he put both arms around me.' 'Then what V 'Ile bugged me.' Very hard ?' 'Yes, he did. So hard that I came 3urty near millerin' right ont.' 'VVhy didn't you boiler?' ' 'Cause.' .That's no reason. Bo explicit, please. Because whnt V 4 'Cause I was afeered he'd stop.' The Court ft;ll off the bench and had o be carried out and put. under the hy Irant for the purpose of resuscitation. Chico go Tribune. - <a- - ? ? - sw? Robert Bonner paid ?227.000 for light trotters; Joe Elliott, Edwin Forrest, Edward Everett, Startle, Pocahontas. Dexter, Hat us and Maud S. A Boston girl fell in love with a gray-haired old man, and some of her acquaintances were mean euough to say that ?hc has got tho autiquc craze. What Our Editors Say, The Black Distriet? Columbia Register. If we go io to coDtest the Black Dis? trict we should go io to win it. There is no telliog what a big heart and a brave work may be doDe in the direst pinch. When old Patrick Henry stood up in the Virginia Convention and an? nounced ic the burning words cf patriot? ism : The battle is not alone to thc strong, but to the active, the vigilant and the brave,' he rang out the key? note of thc situation of this very Black District. Why should the district be black ? Is it not plain to every man's good sense, be he colored cr otherwise, that an intelligent, presentable citizen like William Elliott could achieve more in Congress for all the peculiar inter ? ests of thc district than could Smalls ? The fact is too plain for deuial Now, then, if Smalls' black face entitles him to the support of the colored 1 voters, what becomes of the distinction j of race forbidden by the Constitution j and denounced by colored people them? selves ? If these colored people them? selves draw the color line, can they I complain if the race line is drawn, and sharply drawn, on them ? If they choose Smalls over Elliott it can only be ou the. color linc. We insist, then, that the contest shall i be shoved home to its last results, and j if we do not win the District, we should not have to reproach ourselves with haviug left a single stone unturned to do it. We should refuse to make the fight as a forlorn chance. Again, we should not forgot that we need every possible Democratic vote in the District fur the Presidential Elec? tors, and that an active Congressional canvass will bring many a Democratic vote to thc polls that otherwise would have sta! i away. The people of tho District, white and colored, know Col. Elliott thoroughly. They know that he will make them an earnest, highly efiS cicnt Representative. They kuow that there is and can be no sort of compari? son between Smalls and himself, and they should be called on as meu and Carolinians, without distinction of race, color or previous condition of par? ty servitude, to do their duty as men to the grand old District and send for? ward a representative of their own j choice who will do them service and ! honor at the same time. Keowee Courier. The scarcity of money is the general complaint. The people are gathering and putting ia market the Tittie cotton made, but the proceeds are passing into the hands of the merchants and tax gatherer, so that by December the peo? ple will find themselves without corn, meat or flour and no mouey to lay out for these necessary articles. If we had au abuudmt crop of food, times would look less gloomy, but the 3ll-cct ton system of farming keeps cur people living from hand to mouth, year after year. What is worse, is, that the short crop of cotton will leave our peo? ple so far behind with their store bills that merchants cannot or will not be able I) advance a- liberally as in past years. Two scant crops, such as we have had in 1SS3 and 1S84. will try men's so*Ms. for wc have never ex? perienced as hard tiuies as the future promises. It is said blessings often come iu dis? guise and it may be our very destitu? tion will prove our sahatiou in the future. Men will be forced to reflect, and this may lead to such speculation as to the cause of our present disasters ; as to work out a remedy. Money is j scarce and no one cuu wonder at it j Our crops arc spout or pawned to the merchant before they are gathered. Thc merehaut has also spent them for I goods and provisions before they are put in market. The money passes from the fanner to the heme merchant and from bim to the Northern merchant. From every farm in ! little rivulets flow into our towns the products of our soil, and gathering bulk the whole yield of the year ru hes in large streams into the great ocean of Northern wealth lhere are articles, as sugar, coffee, salt and other groceries ! we must buy abroad ; but must we nut i admit that thc bulk cf our crops goes ! for corn, wheat and meat, with articles { of dress not required, all of which j could be made at home. Our section j is a stock aud grain growing climate, j To this it is adapted in all respects j To grow cotton we must make a climate ! by tillage and fertilization, and yet our ? people i- alizing this continue "to climb ! the hill of adversity which coustantly j grows steeper and more rugged and bas BO end ; this, too, while observa? tion and experience are yearly markers, ; with thc inscription 'this is the road j to poverty and to ruin.' They want to i borrow money abroad to clinch their j chains, paying ruinous rates of interest, j the principal to bc swallowed in tho j same injudicious fanning. They think j if only they had capital all would bc ; well, and so it would if by industry j economy and judicious farming they j created this capital. One thing is ccr- j tain so long as we continue cot tori fa reti? ing, so long will we remain poor. Will not our people as one man set their heads to make their own provi- j binns? If this be tried Cvc years wc j will Sod prosperity returning. Surely j wc cannot be worsted for the price of i cotton is below the cori of production j herc and bids fair to go lower. A Hardship to the People. Aileen Journal and Kevine. It is generally understood thnt the j law requiring thc County Treasurers to i make au annual tour of thc County in 1 thc Fall, to collect thc tases in each j precinct, was to ??ave thc mass of the j taxpayers from the iu convenience of coming to inc Court Mouse. A* the i matter now stands, it is an absolute ! farce. No one knows bettor than the j average legislator that on thc 1st. of September there is no ready mouey in ? the country, and that this being thc \ case, the tax-payers are obliged finally to rile or walk to their County Scats to settle their dues. The reason given for this stupid requirement is that the Legislature meets on tue llb Monday in November and the reports have v bc been made up in time for their infor? mation. The law .should be changed*. The tax books should not be opeued until-the 1st of October and remain j open until November 30'h. I At the coming cession of the Legis I lature, a law should bc passed changing i the time for the collection of taxes, and : the Legislature should also submit to j the people at? amendmeut fo be voted j on iu 1*86 changing the time of their i meeting to the first Tuesday in Jan I nary, in the meantime they can meet [ ia November, adjourn and bc called j together agaiu by the Governor, to meet in January, and so o;i until the aasend mc-nt can bc a icpted. By this mean? ample time will elapse betwoeu the collection of the taxes and the meet? ing of thc Legislature. Electoral and Congressional Tick? ets-Their Importance and .t .e Work Required. Aiken Journal awl Rwieu-. We would cai! the serious attention of every Democratic voter iu Aiken count}' to the vital necessity of seeing ro it that thc electoral ticket and the . Congressman from this District, is elect? ed It, is truly of the gravest impor? tance that South Carolina's Electoral vote be solidly cist fur Cleveland a:;<I Hendricks, aud that v?e have a Demo- j eratic Congressmau tc represent us in Congress. L--t us be warned iu time. The State ticket put up by the Radicals is only a s h a ai and a blind to distract : our at te nt iou from the main issu?. They well kuow that they have not the ghost of a chance of electing it. Their ; only aim is to elect Radical Congressmen j and i^ivc the vote of the State to Biaiue ; and Logan, if they can du that, the lew white Radical rapscallions left in j tho State would be enabled to hold their i fat ?rdiees. Every electoral vote ia need- j ed to elect Ctevtlatid aud Hendricks, : and the National Democratic party ? counts confidently on nine electoral '. votes from our State. Therefore every ; Democrat in South Carolina is expected j to devote the entire day of election to : the Congressional aud electoral box. It j w'r: take hard work and plenty of it to ' carry our tickets successfully through, and we mutt carry them without doubt We say candidly it will taite thc hard work of 1S7G to do it. You will do it j we know, and remember, this is a Presidential election year aud simple voting won't do, we must stay at the polls from the openiug to its close: and work as we never worked before. The prospects of Cleveland and Hendricks' election are magnificent, and South Carolina would cut'a sorry figure ia the du ion should ber vote bc actually ueed- i ed to ma'c'e up the number necessary to j elect them, aud they went for the ! Radieal ticket. The day of election is : drawing near, let us be i?p and doing. ; Let us bury the Republican corpse so ' deep on Nov. 4th, that a trial justice ' search warrant will be unable to ?nd it. : The "Workingmen. Wilmington Star. One reason why we have a strong hope cf the defeat of Blaine is the . deranged, depressed, ruiued condition j of trade and manufactures. In 1880, j the'busiuess of the country had about \ recovered from the long panic aud ? paralysis that began in the spring of j 3873, and ex'ended to IS70 or later. The Republican Protectionists made their usual appeals and misrepresenta- j tiuns to the laboring classes and inade them believe that their prosperity was identified with a continuance of the ; War TarilT. Rut the outlook is chang- j ed now. The manufacturers are shut-: ting down their furuaces aud closing ? up their mills aud hundreds of thou- ; rands of working people are receiving . baif wages or are turned out to shirt j for themselves. It is now seen that i Protection does not protect It is j now apparent that bounty-fed mills j cannot flourish permanently with a high Chinese Wall around the country shitt- ', tiny in American products cf thc loom ; and the work shops. ; It is not a good time for "Blaine and j Logan and the other gay deceivers ! to go among laboring men with empty ; pockets and empty stomachs, and their j children crying for bread, and dark and j gloomy days before them, and tell ? them of thc splendid prosperity of our glorious country, and how blessed and fruitful of good to them is a iligu Tariff-how it brings so many comforts ; to the laborers of the land-how it fills : the heart with gladness and the pockets with gold, and makes life one joyous song. It is indeed a very bsd time to tell the poor starving workingmen : that a il iii Ii Tariff has built more fine j mansions for tin; rich and piled up ' greater fortunes for a special class ; than has been known iu all history j since the times in Rome when the oi ficials of thc Empire returned loaded j with the spoils nf Provinces and cities. Au empty, famishing stomach is not apt. to be responsive to pictures of] wealth a:ol luxury aud thrift on thc part of the few. Tire starving gamin as he peers through the French plate glass in the display windows arid sccs j thc piled >.:p delicacies for those with j money will no; be apt to appreciate a zrorgecu* description <>f the 5ne tirr.es ; the children of tho rich have in their Insurious homes. "1 say'" said a railroad brakeman j running into a depot restaurant, "the ; forward trucks of my car have slipped oil" the rails. Have you <_ot a piece of ir..?u anywhere about that we could use for a lover?'! "1 don't believe I hare." replied the proprietor. "What's this?*' asked the" brakeman trying to lift something from thc counter. "That's j sponge oak.'.*1 "Well, 1 guess it will do if it isn't too brittle. I will bring it ; ba-?k in a minute." An old feilow living in a "back county" of Arkansaw found a lot of eggs, and thinking they were the pro? duct of the turtle, boiled and atc them. About tho thue he was finishing his re? past, a friend caine up and said: "Great Loni. Jim, do you know what you're cat?n'?" "Yes; eatin' turtle eirgs." "No, they a int. They are snake eggs." "Weli," swallowing tho j last one, "it's too late to quit. Next time Til be more particular." "Mvdcar," said a Mormon wife to j her husband, "1 should think that you 1 would bc ashamed of yourself, flirting with that Miss B. as you did in church to-day." "Flirting with her?" he re plied'in astonishment, "why we have been engaged for mor.? than three months, it's all ever town." "Oh, I hi-* your pardon." said his wife in? differently. "If you are engaged to . her, 1 suppose it is all right. "When does the nappy event occur?"-i>Atte delpkia Call. k RYERSOX'S TAME BEAR, A Painful Resiilt of r-orgetfulness on the Part of the Landlord. * 'A good many folks think, when they see Shorty Everson for the fus' time, that some time or other he must ha* ben a lavin" in tho saw mill whar toe log had ortcr ben. with the mill a-goin* fuil split; but that ain't ir," said Sol, landlord of the lavern at Sol's Ridge. Shorty Rycrsoii had just gone out. There was nothing remarkable about his appearance except that lie was loss than five foot high, and that every square inch of one side of ??s face was a scar. .?No, that wa'nt it," said old SoL "Ye see, goiu' on ter live year ago I liad a tame b'ar, an' kep' him chained to that pole out thar in the road. Him an' Shorty was p'licklar good friends, an' when Shorty wa'n't ?oin' nothin', which were giner'ily from daylight one mornin' tili daylight nex' mornin', countin' Sundays, he war out thar fool in' with that "Var. They'd cuddie down together and ?.-o lo sleep, Shorty" au' the b'ar would, jes' as narrai 'zif tiiey were both b*r& an' it got so that when Shorty happened to be away fur ten minutes the o ar'd get so oneasy that ye could hear him '.oller like a baby ail 'round the Ridge. Shorty larne the b'ar heap o' .- m?rt tricks, an' business was s* pended hali th? time, an' the folks ail out a-watchin* him puttin' the i/ar through whait ?ie know'd. ..The tiling that tickled 'em most was the boxi'u" matches i->'iorty an* th? b'ar'd give. Shorty had Tarnt that b'ar so he'd stan' up aa' spar with bini. ez nat'ral ez life, an' I swan if 'twa'at a sight good fur a iife-thnc to see 'em stan' thar an1 bat away at one another ez if they was a aghtia" far money au' the stakes was up. 'Notker thing that usety to take the town down was tho way that b'ar'd waik into the tavern with S.iorty whenever any one invited him to take sunipin', and stan' thar 'longside o' him un' take his glass o' rum ez good ez the best on 'em. That, b'ar were a Iiarve.it fur Shorty, far everybody that'd come along'd haf to call far Shorty an' Solomon-Shorty, named the b'ar Solomon 'cause he knowed so ter'ole much-they'd all cali Shorty an' Solomon in to nev sampln.-1 Ccns'kence was that both. Shorty an' the b'ar had thor wathless. skins ful! pooty much all the time. 'They got to be the hardest drinkers oa tlic Ridge, an' I usety say that the fast thing they'd beth git the jams. "Wail, by-an'-by Shorty and the b'ai got to be a nuisance. I get tired o* seein' 'em p'iormin' out thar in the road, an' s nek in' rum, au' the hull town spendin' its time a watchin' 'em, an' I threatened lime an' agin to shoot, the durn b'ar an' slop life hull business. But I haled to do it, an' kep' a pattin'., up with, it, aa' takin' it out in cussin'.. Shorty aliuz commenced business with the b'ar long about daylight, an' the fust thing on the programme were aliuz a sparriu' match. One nico mornin' in June Shorty come slu?iu' down ez us-, uai to begin the day's work. Thc b'ar were cuddled up 'round the pole Shorty gite him a whack on the side an' hollers out: "Come Solomon! Git up an' put up yer ?ippers.' The b'ar got up an' put up his flip-; pers. Ye see waar that panel o' board fence is, up thai* by the hen house? Wall, Shorty were picked up right thar. They took him .hum aa' sewed bis face up ez good ez- they could, an' the b'ar were gone when Shorty came back to the tavern six weeks arterw'dw Ho never asked no questions 'eept to say. 'So' must ha' hud the janis, didn't he*?*. "Ye see, the nigh: ::r'or? the b'ar put up his flippers to Shorty, ez I told ye, an' arter ev'ry body had gone hum th' were a peddler como long to step ail night. He ii ad a darn ugly b'ar with him that he'd traded fur, and the idee struck mc to swap Solomon iur that b'ar an' to Loot, an' I did. The new b'ar were chained to the pole, an' by daylight nex' morning Solomon were, on his v,-ay East. Aa' ye sec, I furgot to sen' word to Shorty 'bout the dicker.' -m ? -o? Tho Dead Dake. The duke was ion?! of literary socie? ty, and liked lo get eminent authors around him, and to talk with them about books and writers. It was his custom to ask at a party to be made known to any mau of letters who might, be present. He weah; sometimes seek special introduction to au author whose book ho had read with pleasure. Wei believe, for example, that ou rending Mr. James Pnyn's story, "A Perfect Treasure," he asked to bo introduced* to the writer, and cficrward found much occasional amusement in his company. He had a '.-;;rv keen appre? ciation of humor and ????rghcd heartily, at a good story. ?&? secretary and doctor could record issany comments : of much point and skevierg scrioas thought. Iiis iii hea-r?h. was aa occa? sional ganse of melancholy observation. On one occasion aa eminent literary mau and a member of the house of lords were ta*khrg with him, when the conversation turned un what gave the? bes* chance of happy Kfe. The literary mau said that persons in a middle po fiition who were without ambitions they could sot satisfy were in the happiest. state. The conversation weat os, and ene cf the speakers said to the duke that his own position must be a happy one. "Yo;; forge;," he said, "I 'am worst oft" of all ' I want the chief thing. It is health-healtk-iie'aith.'' His po? litical views were sirougiy conserva? tive, bat he w::s reserved 5n his ex? pression of them,- a?d in no way re sentcd tho utterance of thc most oppo? site opinion. He was extremely fond of music, and was, we believe, himself a performer oa various instruments. He ha i, too,- a passion for whist aad was a fa ir: v good player-London Da> ty Aocft_" ? ^_ An inquirer asked*. "How can I tell classical ninnie?'" Thai is easy enough. When you hem' anybo iv applaud and" look relieved a.'ter the piece is finished, then yon can know that it is strictly class ion 1. When a young lady encourages a fel? low for two or three years and then suddenly cures around and tells him she never can be more than a sister to him, he can for the lirst time sec freckles on her nose. It doesn't at all elevate thc spirits or increase thc general happiness of the rural Ethiopian who beats carpets fora living to learn that the people in his neighborhood are about to discard carpets and take to stained iioors. lt's a pretty difficult thing iVr a high school giri tovhmk of something to say* when she goes to write a composition, but as soon af she ?rets out ot school and while on the waj nomo she can sav a whole newspaper full without thinking. "Yes. John is a little wild, and I'm somewhat afraid of him; but he's gota v good run o: trade, and wc can't dis cliarge him very-well. Tell you what lot's do. Take him into tbe lirra, aad I guess lie"ii be glad to get cut ia less than six months. Up to date the Sault St. Marie cana?. and iniorcvementshavecost $3.000.000