The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 19, 1885, Image 1

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s^?lated Aug. 2,18S1.1 _ ?_---i-- - r;,-,, THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established june, 186?? Be Just and Fear not-tet all the Ends thou Aims't at, be tay Country's, thy God's and Trnta s._.-__-_- ,. . ^ -"-: """^,^ WAV in T ?oc .- New Series-Yoi. IT- So. 42. -, SUMTER,' S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1885. Published 076X7 Tuesday, - - - --BY THS- . - ?g ^Watchman and Southron Publishing "~^y^? - v Company, 'SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : - Two PoHars per aanum-r-in advance. ADTISTH?M8NTS. Oofe:$S5ttare,fir?f insertion!....-.^....$1 00 Every subsequent insertion-.-. 50 " 4 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. * AtteommunicatTOus which subserve private iniecests_wiil be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries ano? tributes of respect will be charged for. Carriage notices and-co tices of deaths pub listiediree. . >lPc^ job wprfc or contracts for ao^ert&nig address Watchman, and Southron* or apply at t?gRm?gt? ? " . N.; G. OSTE?N, .Sr * -% Business Manager. ? 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STABXKY & PALSS, of Philadel? phia^ and being satisfied that it zs a new ' dis? covery in medical science, and all that is cl*?n%ed?or it, consider ita dst/ which* we ^o?gm ifemic^ jthousanda wbo-are suffering "from cnfonlc*?ndscP<5??l?d"r'in cn rabie" "dis? eases to do all that we can to make its virtues ?j^ge'ac^t^l^p?re the public with coufi We have personcFknowleage of Dis. Sitar key k Palen. They are educated, intelligent, and con sci en ticca ^bj^ieians?wbo will not^.f we are sure, mfe?^nystateuien^ do not know or^believe to be true, nor pub? lish any testimoni?is or reports nf cases which are not genuine. WM* D. KELLY, Membej>of Congressfrom Philadelphia. T. S. ARTB??R, Editor and Publisher "Arthur's Som Magazine,17 Philadelphia. Y. L.?ONRAD ^?tor of 'lutheran, Observer," pHiLADrLPHiA, Fx.^ Jina li 1882. In order to meet a natural inquiry in re? gard to our professional and personal stand? ing, and to give increased confidence in ocr statements and in the genuiness of our testi? monials and reports of^cases,? we print the above card from gentlemen -well and widely known and of the highest personal character. Ocr ilTrea^seqn JCompound~ Oxygen:71' con? taining a 3iis^ory~ of the discovery of and mode of action of this remarkable curative agent, and a large record of surprising cures . in Consumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchi? tis, Asthma, etc., and a wide range of Chron? ic distases, will be sent free. Address Drs.'STARKEY & PALEN. 1109 & lill GirardStreet, PhUadelpnia., Pa. F. H. Folsom, Ii. W. Folsom. ---ESTABD 1S63. frtfrfOtSOM & BRO. Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers, J?din-Street, opposite John Reidys, * SUMTER, S. C., ? ca WALTHAM Clocks, S?verware, Jewelry, Spectacles, C?dery,1 F?sf?ng Taclde, Violin Strings, Machine Needles, ? Oils, dec. "Repairing of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry ) . promptly: done and satisfaction guaranteed. THE BEST GIFT OP AT.Ii. One and-twenty, ooe-aod-tweuty, Youth and beauty, lovers plenty ; Health and riches, ease and leisure, Work to give a zest to- pleasure ; * What can a maid so lucky lack? What can I wish that fate hold back ? Youth will fade and beauty wanes; Lovers, flouted, break their chains. Health may fail and wealth may fly yon, Pleasures cease to satisfy yon ; Almost every thing that brings Happiness is born with wings. This I wish you ; This is best Love that can endure the test, "Love surviving youth and beauty, Love that blends wath homely-duty ; Love that's gentle, love that's true, Love that's constant wish I you. Still unsatisfied she lives, Who for gold mere silver gives, One more joy I wish you yet, To give as much love as you get, Grant yon. Heaven, this to" do, To love bini best who best loves you. Don't Go West, Young Man ! Even California Cannot Compare With-Carolina. A .Sumter correspondent of the News and Courter, lately returned from Cali? fornia, writes that paper as follows : If. the dissatisfied farmers of South Carolina could cross the Continent as your correspondent has done, they would be more content with their own State on their return home. From Western Texas to Middle California the tourist travels over vast, wastes of arid land, which is mostly unfit for cultiva? tion. As far east as San Antonio, Texas, irrigation is necessary, and even on the vast plains of that* State, where it is usually supposed that immense herds of cattle graze and wax fat, your correspondent, learned, to his surprise, that ten acres of pasture land was neces? sary to maintain each cow, and that,even with that area of pasturage, the animals had to be fattened before they would .be St for beef. Across the boundless deserts of Western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California the traveller looks from the cars upon expanses of sterile sand or rocks, with hills in view "on either side, "but generally without sign of human habitation? aave only the railroad stations af long intervals. The .eye becomes fatigued with the vast un? titled landscape, where no smoke arises from any settler's- hamlet, where no water'is seen, no cattle graie, no plow .furrows disturb the dire monotony of the view ; even cattle are unseen and no tree grows. Your _correspon?*?tnrj has ))??n in every County of ?outk/tjar ? pl ina, ao(| uowhjrerin her.lrm&i'-can jbe r^ound such absolutely bayreir lands :as the Southern Pacific Railroad traverses for a thousand mileror more. In some places water "steamed by the engines in large tanks, because it cannot be had ja-sufficjentquantities along the lina of the.railroaa* to furnish th? ?ocomo?ves. One naturally wonders how a railroad can live where -there is so little local freighter passenger business, and were it not fdr the large terminal trahie and transportation such corporations could oct survive. Sanguine persons there are who believe that with Artesian wells, water can be obtained for. irriga? tion, and that the lands -now so waste may then become productive ; but your correspondent is of opinion that were such the case it would require niilliops of people to occupy these immeasurable .tracts where; no timber grows, and m3Dy years of hard labor to convert this arid plain into fertile farming lands and homes. California .herself, with great wealth a Dd -a^p?rtion? of* very-jyiroductiv? soil, does not offer inducements to the agri ! cultnrist which would justify a prudent ! mau in moving from lands which, if less rich, are more sure, from soils which are always watered by 'the- first ram and the latter rain,' to a country I where rains are always uncertain, where the seasons are divided into the wet and ..dry, the wet season being from Septem? ber to April and the dry from. April to September, yet with this strange pecu? liarity that iuinr~ often "fair*to comein the season when they are due and ex? pected, and sometimes put in an appear? ance against all rules arid when least to be looked for. * * * * * * Land which is arable commands very high prices, often reaching ?300 per acre, whilst farm labor is very dear and seasons uncertain. Irrigation, always expensive, is not always attainable. Hence the successful farmer,-or ranch? man, as he is here callee!, must be also a capitalist, satisfied with a small return upon hts large outlay. Some of the wheat ranches are of immense size and cost ; such as return an annual net in? come.equal, to ten percent, on the value of the property are deemed satisfactory as investments. How to Have Pis?i Dinners. Seth Green says : Nearly every far? mer raises chickens. If he is a good manager he will have a chicken dinner when he feels like it the year round, and will have some left to raise him an? other stock the next year. But if he kills them all as soon as they are large enough, he will go without cnicken for the balance of. the year. The same is true offish although you cannot see the fish to couBt them, as you do your chickens, yet the- fact remains that there is a certain number of fish in each lo? cality, and when that family of fish is caught they are all gone. You can no more expect to have fish dinners from those waters thereafter, than you would chicken dinners after the chickens are all killed. Now let me teil you how to manage, and you will have a fish dinner whenever you will. Never take any more fish than you want to use, and perhaps, if they bite well, a mess for a friend. Then stop fishing when you have got enough. If you catch a small one, take him*carefully off your hook and put him back in the water. Don't throw bim down in your boat and take him ashore, for the purpose of counting him, and throw him away. That little fish, if put back again, would grow to be a large one in time, and the man, woman or child that does not put the little .fish back is worse than a brute, for the brute, with few exception.., will not kill anything for fun. I want the readers of th is article to ask themselves whether they ever left in ? the boat any little fish that were too small to cook ? If you have, never do it again. Show your manhood, too, by informing other parties that yon may see doing it that, in the gratification of their pride, they are wantonly destroying the lives of lit? tle fish. Say to them (if you do feel too indignant.to pucker your mouth to say it ) "Please do not do so again." Dp not expostulate harshly, for kind words have the greatest weight. ton Plant. Liberty Enlightening the World, This, new Wonder of the World, which is now being loaded on the French transport, Isere for shipment to this country, is the largest 'statue in the world. Some idea of its magnitude may be obtained from the fact that forty per? sons- found standing-room within the head. A six-foot man standing on the level "bf the lips only just reached the eyebrow. While workmen were em? ployed on* the crown of her head they seemed to bc making a huge sugar-cal? dron, and-they jumped with ease in and out the-tip of the nose. Fifteen people might sit round the flame of the torch, which elevation can be reached by a spiral stairway within the outstretched arm. The London Daily Neics, in speak? ing of it, saysr "It is out and away the largest statue of modern times. The Colossus of Rhodes was nothing to it. It could oarry the 'Bravaria' or the 'Hermann' in its arms. It towers to the skies from the yardi -of the Rue de Chazelles, where it has. been eight years in construction, and the view from its coronet sweeps clear of the six-story houses and beyond the walls of Paris." The weight of this stupendous statue is 440,000 pounds, of which' 176,000 pounds are copper and the remainder wrought-iron. It is expected to arrive iaj?ew York about the 25th of May, where it ^w?kj>e erected on Bedloe's Island, this being tbe^irTOCttiOQ sdcgted for it by Gen. W. T. Sherman, who was appointed by the President to make th selection. When placed in position it will loom up 305. feet above tide water the height of the statue being 151 feet, that of tbe pedestal 91 feet, and foundation 52.10 feet. This imposing statue, higher than the enormous towers of the great^Brook lyn Bridge or the steeple c. Trinity Church, which is the loftiest in th Mjty of New York,-higher, in fact than any^of the colossal statues of an tiquity,-by its rare artistic proportions as well as by its stupendous dimensions will add another to the Wonders of th World. A word should be said of its artistic merit. The pose, stride, and gesture, with its classic face, are pro uounced perfect ; the drapery is both massive and fine, and in some parts is as delicate and silky in effect as if wrought with a fine chisel on the small est?scale. - The conception and execution of this great work are due to the great French sculptor, M. Bartholdi, who has devoted eight years of his life af'I most of his fortune to this great wor?, and whose generous .impulses,, which must boon scale- commensurate with this noble workV prom ptctfhim td make such a gi ft toibe"United Sfates. Tbe committee in charge of the construction of the base md pedestal for the reception of this great work are in want of funds for its completion, and have prepared a minia? ture statuette, an exact counterpart of the original, six inches in height, the figure being made of bronze, the pedes? tal of nickle silver, which they are now ieli vexing to subscribers throughout the United States for the small sum of ?1 2ach. Aside from its being a lasting souvenir of this colossal statue, it will Drnameat our homes and bear testimony that we have contributed to the comple? tion of one of the grandest works of nodern times. All remittances should be addressed to Richard Butler, Secre ;ary American Committee of the Statue >f Liberty, No. 33 Mercer Street, New Fork. The committee are also prepar? ed to furnish a model, in same metals, ;welve inches "in height, at ?5 each, de ivered. We feel assured our people will be >oly too eager to testify their grateful sense of the friendliness of this mi ?animous offer on the part of the French >eople, and to reciprocate the kindly ind liberal sentiments in which it origi? nated, by thus aiding in an active pros icution of the labors that may be re? quired to give the statue an appropriate )ase and.pedestal. Now is the time to lo it. Whoever wishes to have the lonor and pleasure of contributing to he erection of the grandest statue of] my age, to say nothing of the senti nent that should be welcomed abd en :ouraged, must net promptly, for the noney will be raised as sure as the sun ises. Every subscriber sending ?1 frill be supplied with a miniature coun erpart of this great and imperishable itatue of 'LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING TUE WORLD." In Old-Fashioned Chairman President Cleveland has a way of inducting his Cabinet meetings that is n perfect keeping with business habits, t is said that he frequently raps the nembers to order when they wander too ar from the subject under discussion, md calls their attention to the fact tbat hey can't afford to spend all day at a Cabinet meeting. One day last week, .fter the President had had occasion to dminister a little of this sort of discip ine, as Secretary Lamar was passing Iowa stairs in company with a brother Jabinet officer, the Mississippian re ?arked, with a twinkle of Bis eye. Our committee appears to havo a chair? man this session.' 1 Morning Lignt is Breaking." The letter below was written to the New York Freeman by T. McCants Stewart, and contains items of interest to oor readers. Letters from tbe South are insipid if tbey are not full of skulls and cross? bones. I have almost decided to let this be my last conj mnn?cation, as I have notbiug spicy or exciting to write. Nobody will interfere with me any? where, on the ears or in the streets, in the city, town or coaotry, and of coarse I am not the" man to 'raise ? row/ On leaving Washington, D. C., I put a chip on my shoulder and inwardly dared any man to knock it off. In a crowded car, I fairly foamed at the mouth imag? ining that the cona'actor would order me into a seat occupied by a colored lady so as to make room for white pas? sengers, some of whom had to sit on their baggage. But no imperial con? ductor or insolent brakeman came. ? white Virginian made for my seat. Ah ! said I, here comes the tug of war. To my surprise he politely asked : 'Is this seat engaged, sir V I, with a smile and gentle manner, said : 'No, sir; but I have some bundles, (my overcoat lay on them,) and it would crowd us to share it. Of course I can't occupy two seats, and if you insist I must make room/ I was astonished to hear bim say ; *Never mind, sir,' and out into the smoking car he went. Well, so it has been going. For the life of me I can't 'raise a row' in these letters. Things seem (remember I write seem) to move along as smoothly as in New York or Boston. Two reas? ons may be given : Fir3t, South Caro? lina has never fallen into the depths of of proscription and oppression out of which Grant lifted ' her, and secondly, there is no political campaign on hand, to disturb the harmony which always prevails between the races in the South in the absence of political effort and strife. If you should ask me, 'Watch? man, tell ns of the night,' and if I con? fino myself, in making answer, to the limited observations which I have made, I would say, 'Tho morning light is breaking.' After ten years from my first coming here, I return to Sumter, see the coun? try from the railroad; and tako a buggy and ride out for miles into the woods, visiting the hats and cozy cabins. What strikes me ? Improvement every? where. I see better churches, better preachers,* more intelligent worship of God, improved homes, undiminished thirst for becoming better teachers; 4$^eyery man seems to be baying land frnm f?7JT i.ijH Ul .lo the plantation of : five thousand acres. I ".have a church in mind which ten yeafi^g0 was not worth three hundred ?Mlaray fl*ow it is as neat a chapel as one wants to wor? ship in, with attractive grounds, with sweet-toned bell and with an organ for which they have just paid five hundred dollars. Scores of friends who had nothing ten years ago, are now owning from one to two-hundred acres. Young men have grown up and married, and tell me with pride not only of wife and children, bat also of house and lot jost paid for. I am writing in the private room of my friend, William J. An? drews. Fifteen years ago he started life with a wheelbarrow, on which he took ice cream around. Ten years ago he did a small business in a little hired room. To-day he is in the heart of the town, and his cash business runs up to? wards fro rn'twelve to fifteen thousand dollars. Then there is my other friend Zach Walker. Ten years ago he own? ed simply bis home in town. Now he bas a large imitation brick store on Main street, which he rents to a white clothier, and around the corner, next to Mr. Andrews, he runs his own grocery store. He is on the board of aldermen, having been elected by white Demo? cratic votes. He is, and he has always been a radical Republican. But why dwell ?. These are not exceptional cases. While others may not be so high up the ladder of success, yet they are on the road. Reminiscences of the Attack on Fort Sumter. General Ripley was in immediate command of the guns that opened the attack on Fort Sumter. He had his headquarters at For.t Moultrie, and in the sards of Sullivan Island there were several quite formidable batteries. A Captain James was in command at Fort Johnston, on the other side of Sumter. Gen. Ripley talked interestingly yes? terday concerning some of the minor in? cidents- of that notable day. He bad been an officer of the regular army aod had served in Mexico with Robert An? derson, in command at Sumter, Sin? gularly enough, however, General Rip? ley, the Confederate, was a native of Ohio, while Major Anderson, the Fed? eral soldier, was from the slave State of Kentucky. General Ripley had mar? ried and bad lived for many years in South Carolina. "I had ordered," he said, "some cocked hats for our uniforms, and on the day before the attack 1 met a boy with a box in his band running towards Fori Moultrie. 'Whcrc'll I find Gen? eral Ripley V he asked me. 'Aod what do you want of him?' said I. 'Why,' said the breathless youngster, *I beard they were to start fiting on Fort Sumter, and I must get that bat to him before they start in.' Ile thought, the attack could not be made unless I was io full regalia. Well, as it happened, I was awakened an hour or two before the first shot was actually fired by a false alarm .that the signal to be<;iu hostili? ties bad been ?riven aod ? rushed oat in i my nigh: clothes and caught up that , bat on the way. That was all my ? uniform-a cocked hat and a night i gown. I had time to dress, however, before the signal came, lt was to be a rocket from Beauregard's headquarters, near Charleston. The rocket flashed at ' ibout 4 30 in the morniog. My signal ? :o the batteries on Sullivan's Island was ? Lbrec lanterns hoisted on a staff in Fort Moultrie. We were all ready and al wost beforo the rocket showed ia the . lark background of sky tho lanterns i went up. Yes, I felt the gravity of , ;he moment. 'That begins the war,' I - said to myself. 'What will be the end ? "The first shot was from an eight- ? inch cannon close by my station in the fort. It struck fairly tbe masonry of Sumter. A moment later and all the batteries on the rstand opened, and at the instant we saw the Sash of the guns of Fort Johnston. The greatest war in history had began. "Major Anderson paid little attention to us for the first half hour. He con? centrated his fire on Fort Johnston. That gave me time to get "my aim accu? rate, and from that we had it hot and heavy. Finally my batterios set fire to the barracks, and it was only until we smoked him out thal Anderson gave in. The black and dense column of smoke mounted at least a hundred feet in the air. We got down two or three fire companies from Charleston to put out the .fire before the formalities of surren? der were gone.through with. Louis Biel. Louis Riel, the instigator of the pres? ent rebellion of the Indians and half breeds of Manitoba against the Cana? dian Government, is a man who has had a remarkable career. He was born in Manitoba, in 1844-all that portion of British America being then under the regime of the Hudson Bay Compa? ny. He is of French ancestry," but has some Indian blood in his veins. He is well educated, bold, and insinuating in his manners, in fact just the man to place himself at the head of the French half breeds when they resolve to resist the intrusion of the Canadian people when their government purchased the territorial rights from the Hudson Bay Company in 1869. It was thought by many that some of that company's offi? cials were inciters of the revolt, owing to their discontent at a new Govern? ment being set up where they had so long held undisputed sway. However that, may have been, Biel commanded the half breeds and took possession of Fort Garry. He established a provin? cial government, seized all the property at the Fort, the value of which amount? ed to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and when a number of loyal civilians attempted to resist him, they were put down and one of their number was shot. When Colonel Wolseley now General Lord Wolseley, and the Canadian mili? tia, 1,000 strong, appeared in front of Fort Garry, Riel fled and the provincial government was dissolved. . At that time some concessions were made to the half-breeds of Manitoba-each of them getting 240 acres of land. . This was satisfactory to the insurrectionists. Thc present outbreak is owing to the fact that the half-breeds of the remaining por? tion of the Northwest were not similarly treated. What Riel now wants is to get fdr the other half-breeds what the insurrection of 1869 got for the people of Fort Garry. The outbreak of 1885 i fi fill^?flifefe to *?e Poa"Di?D Govern ment, as it is cIaTm^hat tb.eJ of the trouble brewinpS2*^asthe fall of 1884, but took no^fcffl??Pl40 ? settle the claims of the Indians. T?e Joke of Idle Soldiers. We were lying in winter quarters, and had days and days of nothing to do. I did not play cards, but my tent mate did. He also had three special friends who played, and their meeting place was in my tent. There they met day after day-in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening until late at night. Our tent was built for per? manent quarters. In one end we made a door eighteen inches wide by three feet high. On the opposite side was a fireplace built outside of small sticks, like stonework, and covered inside with clay mortar. The boys, as usual, were at their cards. I took a friend into my counsels, and we procured a shell which had blown the load out without bursting. We fastened into this shell a long fuse. I then told my friend to go away sev? eral rods to an empty dry goods box, and strike upon it so as to make it sound like the booming of a distant cannon. "Hark!" said one, "dyou hear that ? That's from Lee's battery on the left. We may have other business than card playing by daylight." Just theu "boom I" went the old dry goods box, and instantly I dropped the shell, with the burning fuse, down the chimney. The shell fell upon the fire and rolled under the bunk on which the boys were sitting. "Tch-tch-tch-:** went the buming fuse. The boys thought it a message direct from Lee's battery. Two tried to jump through the door at the same time, and blocked up the narrow door so that neither was able to get out. A full evacuation of the tent was finally effected and a re? treat made-not, however, in good or? der. No one was killed, but the boys waited behind distant trees for more than thirty mortal minutes momenta? rily expecting to see the tent blown to atoms. After awhile these heroes came together, and in the council of war they held on thc field of fright it was decided that they had been the victims of fraud. But there was no more card playiog :n my teat.- Welhloro Agitator. Fast Time. For some time past the time between Charleston and Columbia has been four hours by the two competiog lines-the Atlantic Coast Line and the South Car? olina Railroad. About ton days sinco the Scfath Carolina Railroad changed their schedule, making the run in three hours and fifty-five minutes; and on Monday the Atlantic Coast Line short? ened its schedule, making the run in [bree hours and fifty-three minutes, At once the signs of a test of speed were apparent, and, without notice to its ?ompetitor, the ?South Carolina Railroad schedule was agaiu shortened, and on 1 Tuesday they caine in in fine style, hav? ing made the run of 130 miles in three 1 [lours and forty-nine minutes. But thc aver wide-awake Atlantic Coast Liue, ] aaving accidentally learned of its com- : petitor's change, shortened its schedule 1 ind made the run from Charleston, be- ; ing 137 miles by this route, in three 1 hours and forty-three minutes, lt is : rumored that tho South Carolina Rail- ( road now proposes to shorten their time o three hours and A half, while the At? lantic Coast Line say to the public "they'll be thar too!"-Fairfield News ind Herald. It is* difficult now to tull when the jfeat Russian"war is to KomarofT. J ! What Our Editors Say. Political Appointments. Greenville News. "In the collector&bip of the port of Charleston we have another illustration of personal feeling. Here the wishes of the people appear likely to be contra? vened by the personal dislike of Senator Butler to Legare J. Walker, ? most ca? pable man and exemplary citizen, who is lafgely endorsed for the position by the business men .of Chasleston, and whose petttiou represents nine-tenths of the export business of the port. Cap? tain Walker's friends becarae so pro? voked at the coarse of Senator Butler that they adopted the dernier resort of calling upon Senator Hampton to see to it that the people's wishes were not frus? trated by his brother Senator's unseem? ly course. We understand that Senator Butler is so determined in his opposition to Captain Walker's appointment that be stated that Walker would never be collector of the port of Charleston except over his (Butler's) political corpse." Columbia Register. Well, Senator Butler is not more than twenty feet high (politically) and don't weigh more thau a ton (politi? cally.) Suppose the people adopt the notion to stretch bim out and let Cap? tain Walker do the walking over. It wouldn't be hard to do, would it? But by the Registers reasoning in thc case of Edgefield County vi. Thomp son, Governor, the choice of the people has nothing to do with it. Where pow? er lies there responsibility rests, we are told, and the executive has only to con? sult the senators and go ahead. The law puts the power in the President's hands. Why should be respect the judgment of the people ? In a popular vote in this State Capt Walker would beat every competitor ten to one, just as Williams -would have, according to allegations, beaten Durisoe in Edgefield. But we have been taught by the Register that the people are gen? erally incompetent to select their local officers notwithstanding they are consid? ered competent to choose the g?nerai officers who appoint the local ones. If it it can be established that per? sonal dislikes influenced the selection of a collector by our congressional delega? tion the people should 'demand- that the judgment be reversed. . And if it i's re? versed ia one case, it shonld be ia all. Williamsburg Record. This town needs a dog-killer. Mr. Naen used to have the reputation of being an adept at this business, but -since bis removal to Florida a dead dog is as great a sight as a useful one wo?ld be now. These useless'pest's are eating all the young poultry in town, some persons having as manyas fifteen or twenty destroyed in one nig* out for dogs. ?lood. Sun: . The Spectator of London makes this very true remark at the beginning of an article in which it tries to analyze and explain the absorbing interest war has for mankind : "It must, we fear, be admitted that, except with a very few men upon whom the feminine side of Christianity-the side which preaches resignation-has taken a strong bold, Qr who realize with painful thoroughness the horrors insepa? rable from battle, war, as such, has for cultivated mankind a distinct intellectual charm." But it is not so much an. intellectual charm as an animal excitement, the sav? age human passion for watching a fight. Even men who take only a languid in? terest in the most important of ordinary events feel their pulses quicken at the prospect of a gigantic struggle between the armies of two great powers. We do not doubt that millions of peo? ple throughout Christendom, humane and tender-hearted people, read with keen disappointment the other day the news that Mr. Gladstone was likely to succeed in bis purpose of avoiding war at almost any cost. Their appetites bad been whetted for the conflict; they had instinctively taken sides with one or the other party, and were impatiently wait? ing for the first hostile gun to be fired. They had read with pleasurable excite? ment even the reports that the Russians were building great miliary hospitals near the expected seat of war, for that seo ned to them to indicate pretty surely fch.? the bloody business was about to begin. When, therefore, they were told that the trouble was likely to be settled io the council chamber, and not by ?bot and shell, so far were they from rejoic? ing at the prospect of a peaceful result, they felt as if they had been cheated out of one of the greatest pleasures of life, and had lost a gratification to which they were entitled. It is true that very many business men and speculators in neutral countries were disappointed be? cause they had looked forward to get? ting material profit out of the expected war, but in general the public longed for war in their secret hearts simply from sheer love of watching a contest of tremendous proportions, and which might eventually inflame all Europe. They merely displayed the instincts of the natural man, and they are in? stincts which refinement, cultivation, and even the influences of ChristianTry have never been able to conquer. War violates the principles of religion, turns men into wholesale butchers, and jet the Christian world is as enamored of slaughter, as eager to hear of bloody battles, as the Greeks and Romans were in the days of Alexander and Caesar. If thc passion has yielded to anything, it has not been to the loving teachings of Christ, but to thc hard and selfish j ' laws of trade conducted in a spirit which does violence to thc Goulcn Rule. Would there not be at least a secret rejoicing in the hearts of the vast major? ity of American Christians if to-morrow the Sun should announce that Mr. Glad? stone's concessions had proved unavail? ing and that thc English and Russian armies were actually marching to speedy con?ict ? The Columbia Trouble. Abbeville Medium. lt appears that the people favor Mr Leaphart for the place and Senator j f Hampton proposes to have Wade Hamp- ? ( tou Gibbes, a relative of bis, put in the j ? place although he DOW bolds the respbur : \ s?ble and lucrative office ot" Treasurer ot Richland county; : - . Leaphart has held a subordinate place in the office for years with capability and to the entire satisfaetton-'of the peo? ple. He has discharged ?ll his duties and, as we understand, accepted the place under Wilder at the earnest solic? itations of the very best people of the-i city. Be is certaioly endorsed by them BOW and by all means should he promo- j ted. Fair play can admit of no other ' course. He is up in years and has spent the best part of his life in tbe place, rendering faithful service to the people. Gibbes has an office which, will give bim a comfortable support and he should not desire to oust Leaphart. Let him bold his present pnsitition and give Leaphart some acknowledgement of his long and faithful services. The War News. . Lancaster Ledger. It is gratifying intelligence to the Southern planter that the threatened war in Europe is about to be settled by arbitration. The prospect of a peaceful ! settlement of the questions at issue be- ' tween Engfand and Russia'bas already bad a tendency to bring down bread stuffs and raise the price of futures in cotton. A war in Europe at this time would be severely disastrous to the planters of the South, having already experienced two short crops of their main staple, they cannot brave another year of misfortune. With the smiles of a kind Providence upon us this year we may be able to meet just obligations, otherwise, a total wreck will necessa? rily follow almost every industry. We hope for the best. Let us work with a will. How Barrios FelL The widow of the dead dictator, Barrios, arrived in San Francisco last Saturday, with a number of friends and her servants, on the way to New York, in which city she will make her permanent home. Their storied of the disaster all agree on the following .points: The village ofChalchuapa, between sixty and eighty leagues from Guatemala, was strongly entrenched by 5,000 San Salvadorans. Barrios, leaving his main array of 8,000 in the rear commenced an attack whb artillery on the afternoon of April 1, but darkness fell before any advance of infantry had been made. The assault was continued at daybreak of April 2, and with a picked body of 800 Gua? temalans the first trenches were taken by 9 o'clock. The victory was a bloody one, nowever^3UWll?tti^ ^9^^^?S^5heh Bar rios^^aftfrVan informal council of wffi^eaped on his horse, drew his sword and cheered on bis-men. There was a gallant charge past the first in trench ment and the second was taken with a rush. A strike was made up a wooded elope for the third, when from the trees above a volley blazed out and the attacking troops were cut down like grass. When the smoke lifted Barrios was seen sitting on bis horse almost alone. Two of the few left unharmed were a bugler and Dr. Fitch, the Presi dent's chief.of staff, who related the story to a corespondent: Barrios waved his sword, and at that instant there came a single sharp report from a tree well up to the right, and Bar? rios, screaming, fell head long from his horse. As he fell he threw up his hands, and blood gushed from his month and nostrils. The sharpshoot? er's rifle bullet had entered his right shoulder and traversed his body, cutting thc aorta in its diagonal pas? sage. After the scream and fall Barrios made no other movement or sound. The Dictator was dead. His adopted son, Gen. Venancio Barrios, and his son-in-law, Urniano Sacho, rushed to where the dead man lay. Again the trees blazed cut and two men fel? across the body of the President. Almost before they touched it others ran forward to se? cure the body, but it was not until fully a score of Guatemalans had fallen by the bullets of the invisible enemy that the corpse was removed. Then firing ceased, and both armies retired. The total loss on both sides viras about 500, of which 400 were Guatemalans. The news of Barrios' death was received by his widow on April 3. The body followed on April 6 and was buried on April 8, Mrs. Barrios leaving the day before the funeral. Her departure indeed was something of the nature of a flight, and everything in their behaviour and surroundings show haste and lack of preparation. She, her family and re? tinue will leave on Monday, so that New York will probably see them in? stalled in their Fifth Avenue mansion by May 1. Silencing a Rooster. An amusing story is told of Dr. Cy? rus Edson, of the health board, which has as yet never appeared in priut. It was during his service as an undergrad? uate, and before his father, ex-Mayor. Edson, bad been raised to the chief office io the municipality that the epi- j t sodo referred to occurred. The family I j resided at the time at Fordham Heights, j , and to a certain extent enjoyed the ad- ? ? vantages of rural living. That is, they would have enjoyed it had it not beeu for the pride of the barnyard of^a near neighbor. This rooster bad the ill- ? manners and bad grace to disturb thc j r iratutinnl slumbers of the Edson family ;very day. With the first streak of j lawn he would hop down from his perch : a >n an old sonp-box and crow uutil the Ja pery hills revcrbratcd the sound. Dr. j C Edson and other members of the family ! c ?xpeuded lung-power, old bouts, soap- j 1; lishes, and other pieces of portable j h bedroom furniture in their efforts to ii iilenee thc feathered fiend until they g cvere well nigh exhausted. Then Mayer b Edson tried to buy the precious bird, j ]\ Dut thc neighborly neighbor would not ! g joli him. Finally thc young disciple | s )f ?Esculapios determined that through ; \\ lim should the family find peace. Ac- j s jordingly one morning he arose just be- j ore daybreak, and gliding cautiously | lown into his neighbor's back-yard, bc ? p iuccecded, by the blandishments of j ruice and the liSerai U6e of sweet corn, 'l d IB gett?og ms Hands on the rooster/ This done the rest was essy. Taking his dissecting ease from bis pocket, ber: selected a keen-edged . scalpel ; and tweezers, and holding thc bird between bis knees, ?ought the animaFs -throat.-1 Taking up' the vocal cords with the* tweezers, it-was but -the werk: of au instant to sever them and let thc roos? ter go. . . J That day and ever after the sleep of tlie Edsdn's were undisturbed: Yoang Cyrus, however, lost moFe rest than for? merly. He could not resist the temp tation every morning thereafter of get-' ting up and- watching th?- disabled biraV as it fiew from its . perch-to the tor/ cf the fence, and flapping its wrings, tried' to crow. For him it was- better than a circus.-New York Mail ana Express. Knights- of Honor; -. . ...i The Supreme Secretary in his report to the meeting of the Supremo Lodge at St. Louts last week shows* that there were on the first day of January of this year 2,500 working lodges in the count try, with a total membership ofl28,848? Since then twenty-five new lodges .have been added, and there bas been a net gain of 2,260 members, making a present membership of 131,180. -I>ur> ing the year 1884 twenty assessment^ were called, which yielded an aggre-^ gate amount of $2,709,551, and the number of deaths was 1,409, The Supreme Treasurer presented a financial statement, which shows since the las? annual meeting there bas been received ?2,409.696, and the disbursements have been $2,264,120, leaving a bal* ance in the widows* and orphans' ben-r? efit fund of ?145,575. Thc general^ fund report shows receipts q??r&$3t' expenditures ?14,573, and abalance to the credit of this fund of. $22,006. A Woman Thrashes a Sheriff. ? widow named Lynn of Washington Township, Fayette County, Penn., har* lng failed to keep up the payment of installments on an organ which she was buying, the sheriff proceeded to put up a notice on her.house that he would.sell the organ on a certain day to meet the debt. He was interrupted, by Che widow, who ran Out of the house armed with a horse whip and severely cowhided bim.. The Sheriff shouted for .help, appealed for. mercy, and uttered, epithets which would have been quite out of plaee at a prayer meeting. . This was hot enough thoughr for young Master Lynn, seeing the Sheriff helpless and submissive,-rushed in C^proved himself a valuable ally tor h^nig|j^jr-f^^m^ last the wide wand S?r son stopped to t?ke breath and the Sheriff took a run; He did not stop till he was out of sight of the muscular widow, and ic the su? burbs of Fayette City. ..-. A Southern farmer who has been travelling through Ohio was surprised to note the- absence of tumble down stables, barns and fences. The farm houses looked like town or city dwel? lings, with nice yards, -flower gardensr evergreen- hedges, shade trees and car? pets of grass. The traveler saw several reasons for this difference. In the South the farms are too large. A poor man will occupy four hundred acres of land and perhaps owe for one half. He/ tries to cultivate too much and neglects all. In Ohio the farms are small.. Thirty, fifty or one hundred acres make a good farm. A man on thirty acres makes a good living for -himself and wife and lives in a style of comfort and ease that the poor class of farmers in the South know nothing about. When the Southern farmer finds out that fifty, acres well kept will yield more annual income than 200 acres cultivated in a slack way he will at once begin to bet? ter his condition. Most of our unsucv cessful farming is due to the fact that we try to utilize too much land. A Deficiency. It bas been a frequent boast of Mr.. Clews that he is a self-made man. W. R. Travers heard him on one occasion, ind immediately dropped into a sort of reverie with his eyes fixed on Mr. Clews* bald pate. .Well,, what'3 the. matter, Travers?* Clews asked, somewhat impatiently. .H-Henry,' Travers inquired, .'d-1 didn't you s-s-say you were a self-made m-mao Y 'Certainly; I made myself/ Clews' replied, warmly. . .Then when you were about it, why l-didn*t you p-put m-more h-h-hair onj Me t-top of your h-head V-Neic York Times. The Wise Juryman. . A juryman who had assisted in reach ins a wise conclusion in several cases of importance was complimented by. the. lawyers on his wisdom, and he replied; 'lleally,. I deserve co praise for whafc jfou mention, for I was sound asleep du? ring your arguments.' Moral : The less lawyers the wiser :he verdiot.-Free J'ress. - Dr. Bio Lewis is quoted as sayings hat some years ago he laid some 1,000 eet of paper pipe two inches in diame.-. ;er, to convey water from a spring to his jouse and bara in the country. It has-; lever leaked, and has never imparted my perceptible tr *e .to thc water, fhis pipe is made of strong paper .pound into pipe form and thoroughly oaked tn tar.. It becomes so hard and. ?trong that it will bear a pressure al? most equal to iron. Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, got into . tremendous rage last week and said ll kind of ugly things about Mr. )levelaud and the ? administration gea-, rally. Sena?or Eustis did not have as, arge a share of patronage given bim as . e thought he deserved and hence the . locator's wrath. The newspapers ara :uyicg him mercilessly fur this out-, urst, aod if Mr. Eustis bad remained, a this country, (we believe he has. one to Eurone.) ho would doubtless, oon find out that President Cleveland; ras not the only person who did not t?nd.in awe of his presence. _ i ai II ? ai- -? .j How full or how empty, our lives de end, we may say, on Providence^, luppose we say, more or less, iuiprovi encc.-Boxet.