The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 13, 1886, Image 1
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*HK^T^aCCKKi\CATCHMAS, Established April, IS50.
lBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Enda thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.'
THE TRUE SOUTHRON',-Kj?tablMied Jone, 39??'
Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1
SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1886;
lla?an aittr Sot?te
: JforitlshsA every Tueslay, .
O. OSTEEN,
SUMTER, S. C.
Two Bplktrs per annum-in advance.
A D V S RT IS S MB NTS .
One Square, first i user tion.$ 1 00
Svery subsequent insertion .......v.....--. 50
. Contracts vror three months, or longer will
be made at reduced rates.
. AU communications which subserve private
interest* wHl he charged for as advertisements.
' Obituaries 'and tributes of respect will be
charged for.
Absolutely Pure.
' This powder never varies. A marvel of
purify^* strength - and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and can?
not be sold in competition with the multitude
?flow: test^short weight? alum or. phosphate
tmrietti~Sotf<?iOt& cans. ROYAL BAK
?WDER'CO., 106 Wall-st., N. Y
IN STORE
' _ __AND
? AA BBLS FLOUR
JL\/\/' $5.00 and upwards.
-SO BPEARL GRITS,
50&'LES., SM0?Eb C. P, SIDES,
Z20OO " D. S. * " "
'3000 ** PAT BACKS,
3000 " BUTTS,
-12-BOXES EXTRA CREAM CHEESE.
IO SACKS RIO COFFEE,
20 BBLS. SUGAR,
50 BOXES SOAP,
-15 BBLS. NEW ORLEANS SYRUPS,
SO SACKS LIVERPOOL SALT,
5 BBLS. RICE,
i .-. T- - ASP
' 'A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
SHELF GROCERIES,
ALL BOUGHT- LOW FOR OASHr
And will he seid so as to compete with
any market.
Every'day we hear Farmers say the
J>jbdePlow is the Best
Continue to keep them, in one and two
horse. Also all pieces belonging to them.
A fuU supply of
Hoes, Plows, Rakes,
and all other implements needed on a farm.
HARNESS, SADDLES.
AND PLOW GEAR
Just opened A CHEAP LOT OF
HOSIERY,
HANDKERCHIEFS,
TOWELS AND
:l :" ' CORSETS.
The Ladies should examine the 30c., 50c,
and $1.00 Corsets.
Have the best thing ever ont in Corsets
the "Spiral ' Spring"-come and examine
them.
Our Hats are in
And dint they daisies ?
Everv s^vl* of Pelt, Wool and Straw, and
at-PRICES EVEN TO SUIT THE HARD
TIMES.
We continue to keep
The Best Stock of Cigars
ever offered outside of a city.
Cai! and see the handsome MEERSCHAUM
CASE that we are going to give away.
JBefore buying anything see
J/you cannot save money by buying of
me.
ALTAMONT MOSES,
N. E. Corner Main and Liberty Streets,
Feb 23 Sumter, S. C.
A. J. CHINA,
DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines and
C* liemicals.
MNB TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH
BRUSHES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY
TOILET ARTICLES, Ac. Ac.
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES AND
DYE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, $c.
FuU supply of Fresh Garden Seeds.
April 9_
PAINT YOUR BUGGY FOR
One Dollar.
One coat gives aa old buggy the blackest
black, you ever saw and a handsome gloss
without varnishing. It dries bard in a few
hours. "No rubbing ! No varnishing ! No
extra trouble. Each can contains more than
enough to paint a carriage.
Retailed at One Dollar per Can.
:?orS?leby U '
PR. A. J. CHINA.
T?RED O U T !
At this season nearly ever? one needs to nee some
sort of tonio. IRON enters into almost every phy?
sician's prescription for those wno need boilding op.
????EST TOKH?
For Weakness* I, i issi tad e. Lack of
Energy, etc-, it HAS NO EQUAL* and is
tho only Iron medicino that is not injurious.
It Enriches the Blood, Invigorates thc
System, Restores Appetite, Aid? Digestion
lt does net blacken orinjurethe teeth, cause head?
ache or produce oonstipaticn-other Iron medicine* do
DE. G. H. BtSKJJEY, a leading physician of Spring?
field, Ohio, says:
** Brown's Iron Bitters is a thoroughly good medi?
cine. I use it in my practice, and find its action ex?
cels all other fozms ot iron. In weakness, oralow con?
dition of the system. Brown's Iron Bitters is usnaDy
a positive necessity. It is all that is claimed for it.
DB. *W. N. "WATERS. 1210 Thirty-second Street,
Georgetown. D. C., says: "Brown's Iron Bitters is
the Tonic of the age. Nothing Detter. It creates
appetite, gives strength and improves digestion."
Genuine has above Trade Mark and crossed red fines
on wrapper. Take no other. Made only by
BUOWX CH E?t! CAI. CO.. BALTIMORE, MD.
Most of the diseases which sfHict mankind are origin?
ally caused by a disordered condition of the LIVER*
For aU complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of
the Liver, Biliousness, Xervons Dyspepsia, Indiges?
tion, Irregularity of the Bowels. Constipation, Flatu?
lency. Eructations and Burning of the Stomach
(sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria,
Bloody Elex, Chills and Fever. Brsakbone Fever,
Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar?
rhoea, Loss ox" Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath,
Irregularities incidental to Females, Bearing-down
3??? STflDIGER S HURftHTII
is invaluable. It is not a panacea for all diseases,
b^i^HDC a" diseases of the LIVER,
?rill QUIT C. STOMACH and BO WELS.
It changes the' complexion from a waxy, yellow
finge, to a raddy, healthy color, it entirely removes
iow. gloomy spirits, lt is one of the S EST AL*
TERAT?VES and PURIFIERS OF THE
BLOOD, and lg A VALUABLE TONIC.
STADICER'S AU RANT! I
Far sale by all Druggists. Price Si .00 per bottle.
C. F. ST AD ICE R, Proprietor,
AO SO. FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Many a Lady
is beautiful, all but her skin ;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it' is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.
?. WHITE & SON,
Insurance Agents,
Offer tn First Class Companies.
FIRE INSURANCE,
TORNADO INSURANCE,
ACCIDENT INSURANCE,
LIFE INSURANCE,
PLATE GLASS INSURANCE,
SURETYSHIP ON BONDS.
April 6
SEED PEAS.
50 Bashels of early Grey Peas for
Sale by A. WHITE.
April 6
IMPROVED COTTON SEED.
IHAVE ;ON HAND SOO BUSHELS IM?
PROVED THOMAS & PETERKIN
COTTON SEED for sale. Price 75 cents per
bushel, delivered in Sumter, S. C.
Address ' G. M. SANDERS,
March 9. Stateburg, S. C.
FOR SALK
MILK COWS
ALWAYS ON HAND
n. P.. THOMAS,
Wedgefield, S. C.
FOETSALE,
Caeap fer Cash, or Approved Papers
" Payable cn Jan. 1,18S7.
One TWOiHORSE TOZER & DIAL POR?
TABLE ENGINE.
One GO SAW BROWN COTTON GIN.
One Steam BOSS COTTON PRESS, and
About 30 feet of SHAFTING with all nec?
essary Pulleys und Belting to ran the same.
Apply to or address
A. D. RICKER,
April 6 Sumter. S. C.
ICE CREAM! IDE CREAM!
I HAVE OPENED MY ICE CREAM GAR?
DEN.. NICELY FITTED UP
Especially for Ladies,
And respectfully solicit tie patronage of tbe
public. I ?rust that ruy efforts
to keep open a
FIRST CLASS ICE CHEAM GARDEN
will be appreciated by thc; public. My long
experience in the business is a guarantee
. that I will gi vc satisfaction.
Orders for family partie?, weddings or pic?
nics will be filled at short notice and deliv?
ered in any part of town. Price 50 to GO
cents per quart.
ICE! ICS 2
I will deliver daily from ice wagon to cus?
tomers, ice in any quantity, at the following
prices: less than 50 pounds, l? cents : from
50 upwards, 1 cent per pound. Special rates
to regular customers.
Remember that for ten years I have supplied
Sumter with Ice, and I respectfully ask ^ufii
cient patronage to enable me to keep my ice
bouse open 8?I the season.
On Sunday I will be open from 12 to 1.
W. J. ANDREWS.
April G.
N, O, PHOSPHATE,
COPROLITE MAN?RE.
Best and Cheapest Fertilizer Ever
Discovered.
Send for Circular.
FRENCH BROS.,
March 2. Rocky Point, N. C.
ffeftlllAA*"1 WHISKY H A? ITS cured
I1U1IInil at home without pain. BOOK
III IU 111 of particular* gent FItEE.
2?JL??????B. ll WOOUXT, BL D., AtlanU.O*.
H?MOPH0BIA Yl??S.
CLARA BELLE'S CHAT CONCERNING
A NEW AND THREATENING DANGER.
What'the French Savant Asked M. Paiten?
-A Question of Highest Interest-In a
Few Tears Nobody Can Be Approached
with Safety from Contagion.
A French savant asked M. Pasteur
whether dogs that had been inoculated for
rabies would not be thereafter able to trans?
mit the disease, and therefore hardly less
dangerous than mad dogs? Pasteur re?
plied that the question was of the highest In?
terest, and he would give his attention to its
solution. With the arrival of the Newark
youngsters, who are supposed to have been
made hydrophobia-proof by Pasteur's treat?
ment, this question of the French savant
takes on a local interest. If dogs which he
has inoculated can impart rabies, so can
urchins whom he has inoculated Ii to the
several deplorable varieties of small boy
there has been added another, and if this
other is a ranting reservoir bf hydrophobic
virus, then there is a reason to ask whether
Pasteur hasn't made it worse instead of
better for the human race.
"With the usual opportunities for shin?
ning np a telegraph pole or dodging into a
beer saloon, a man's chances of going
through life without being bitten by a
mad dog are very good; but, if he must be?
ware of the small boy lest the boy prove to
be charged with virus, then eternal
vigilance is the lowest price of immunity
from the horrors of hydrophobia. One of
these Newark boys isa telegraph messen?
ger. The recipient of a message borrows
the boy's peneil to sign for the dispatch;
he wets the pencil point on his tongue,
and lo! within the period of the develop?
ment of the rabies, the man is in convul?
sions and beyond human aid. The young?
est of the Newark contingent is of the age
to swap quids of chewing gum with the
children of his neighborhood, and all-will
be anxious to have dealings of that sort
with him, because, forsooth, he has been to
Paris. The biggest ship that sails from
Hoboken is too small to carry the urchins
that will have need of Pasteur's ministra?
tions if the danger suggested by the in?
quiring savant really exists.
OTHER DAGGERS QUITE AS TERRIBLE.
But these Newark children are not to re
mam the only disseminators of hydropho?
bia. Several other patients are to return
soon, also charged with the highly objec?
tionable venom. In a few years, at this
rate, yon will not know who can be ap?
proached with safety and who is to be
shunned as you would shun amad dog. If a
spoon at the hotel table has not been thor?
oughly cleaned with acid you may take
rabies from the man who used it last be?
fore you. If, in a moment of extreme
kindly feeling toward humanity, yon pick
np and restore a dude's cane you may get
rabies from the frosted-silver head which
slipped from his mouth, and the act of
courtesy may cost you your life.
In rural places, where it is customary for
all the wedding guests to kiss the
bride, there is no telling how saturated
with hydrophobic venom she may become
in a brief space of time. The table fork of
an envenomed guest at an eating-house car?
ries a particle of saliva to the shred of meat
he leaves on his plate, and on the following
day you are served with the germs of rabies
in your plate of hash, or later you get the
morsel in a link of sausage-thus realizing
the humorist's dream of getting the hydro?
phobia from a bologna. Even a casual
thought of the possible perils that may
arise in this way is sufficient to raise the
question whether it would not be best to
head up those Newark children in casks
and feed them through the bung-hole till
Pasteur decides that they may safely be
turned loose.-Clara Belle in Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Czar's New Parade Pantaloons.
The Russian emperor ordered some time
ago a pair of new parade pantaloons of his
tailor, au Italian living in the great Mass
koi, and who carries on the largest busi?
ness in St. Petersburg. The czar is very
economical, and carefully examines bis
own expenditures. Accordingly he asked
for the bill for his unmentionables, and
found that the price was exorbitant. Im?
mediately the czar sent for his adjutant
and asked him what price he had been ac?
customed to pay for the same garments.
Thft price was considerably lower. The
emperor flew into a passion, and sent the
adjutant to the tailor with the order to
immediately take down from his shop the
imperial eagle. The Italian handed in a
complaint to the ministry of the court,
trying to dispute the right of the czar of
taking down the eagle, having not re?
ceived it from the present but the former
emperor. The consequence was an im?
perial ukase ordering the tailor to quit
the Russian territory. The order will be
executed as soon as the Italian, who in
the meanwhile has fallen ill, shall re?
cover.-Foreign Letter.
They Didn't Know How to Sow.
Upon an investigation which precluded
the introduction of sewing in the public
schools of a town containing more than
10,000 inhabitants, it was found that only
six of the girls who crowded the schools
knew how to sew. Many had never seen
a thimble. Further inquiry discovered
that many mothers of these children did
not know how to sew, but bought "ready
made" clothing as they needed it.-Chicago
Times.
The Legal Profession in the West.
Said a St. Paul attorney to me: "There
are more attorneys in Minneapolis than in
the whole state of Vermont. I can not ac?
count for this, except on the ground that
the sudden growth of western cities has
allured from eastern hamlets their legal
talent. The legal profession is overdone
in the west."-Cor. Pioneer-Press.
This Explains Her Ecstatic Buoyancy.
It is said that- the secret of happiness is
never to allow the energies to stagnate.
This will explain in some degree the
ecstatic buoyancy of soul with which an
old her. seem to be animated when she
gets a chance to make herself at home ina
newly made garden.-Chicago Ledger.
The Identification of Silk Fiber.
Silk can be identified in a mixtxire with
any oilier fiber, animal or vegetable, by
menus of concentrated hydrochloric acid,
which dissolves it completely and imme?
diate^', without appreciably affecting any
woolen or woody ?ber with which the silk
may have been interwoven.-Boston Tran?
script.
Journalistic Enterprise in Mexico.
In Mexico the morning newspapers are
sold ir. the .streets the evening before, foi
they go to presrs about 5 o'clock in the aft?
ernoon. The Sunday morning papers arc
.sold Saturday night, and there are none
ready for Monday, so that in Mexico there
is no Sunday newspaper work done and
no Sunday newspaper.-Chicago JoumaL
Thought It a Part of the Show.
"It ls diverting t? know," says London
Truth, alluding to the new budget ol
Beaconsfield letters, "that when Lord
Rolle tumbled down the steps of thc
throne at the coronation, his fall was re?
garded by the foreigners present as part
of the ceremony, being 'a tenure by which
he held his barony.' "
Prince Krapotldne's Prison Pupils.
"When Prince Kmpotkine was in prison
at Clairvaux he became the teacher ol
twenty fellow-anarchists. Among thc
studies taught were German, English and
Spanish. One of the pupils got along so
well in English as to be able to translate
a book for publication.-Exchange.
Edict for the Austrian Benedict.
A decree has recently been promulgated i
in Austria to the effect that no married
Austrian subjeot shall henceforth receive
a passport for journeying beyond the
frontier without the express consent ol
his wife.
Where the Money Goes.
GOVERNORS OFFICE.
Salary of Governor, $2,500
Private Secretary, 1,500
Messenger, 400
Contingent fund, 4,000
Stationery and stamps, - 250
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Salary of $1,000
OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Salary Secretary of State, $2,100
Clerk, 1,500
Contingent fund, 250
Stationery and stamps, 250
OFFICE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL.
Salary of Comptroller-Genl, $2,100
Clerk, 1,500
Bookkeeper, 1,500
Contingent fond, 300
Stationery and stamps, 250
Printing blanks, &c, 200
For examining tie books of
County Auditors and
Treasurers, 600
OFFICE STATE TREASURER.
Salary of State Treasurer $2,100
Clerk, 1,500
"Bookkeeper. 1,500
Bookkeeper Loan
Department, 1,500
Contingent fund, 250
Stationery and stamps, 2o0
ST ITE HOUSE AND GROUND?.
Salary of keeper, ?500
Janitor, 160
Two watchmen, 800
Repairs State House, 200
Improvement State House
grounds, 200
OFFICE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Salary of Attorney General ?2,100
Assistant Attor?
ney General, 1,500
Contingent fund, 200
Stationery and stamps, 60
Expenses of litigation, 4,000
OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
Salary of Superintendent of
Education, 2,100
Salary of Clerk, 1,200
Contingent fund, 200
Stationery and stamps, 150
Books and blanks for pub?
lic schools, 800
Expenses State Board ex?
aminers, . 300
Conducting Normal Insti?
tutes, 1,500
ADJUTANT GENERAL'8 OFFICE.
Salary of Adjutant GenM, ?1,500
Clerk, 1,200
State armorer, 500
Ordnance Serg% 400
Contingent fund, ' 150
Stationery and stamps, 150
Expenses Adjutant Gene?
ral's Office, 1.000
Maintaining militia, 14.000
Confederate rolls, 500
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT
Salary of Chief Justice ? 4,000
2 Associate Justi?
ces, 7.000
Salary of 8 Circuit Judges, 28,000
8 Circuit Solici?
tors, 12,500
Salary of Clerk Supreme
Court, 1.000
Salary of State Reporter, 1,000
Librarian supreme
court, 800
Salary of Messenger Su?
preme Court, 250
Salary of Attendait Su?
preme Court, 250
Contingent fund Supreme
Court, ' 500
Bocks Supreme Court, 1,000
STATE LIBRARIAN.
Salary of State Librarian, ?625
Contingent fund, 200
Stationery and stamps, 200
Purchase Supreme Court
Reports, 450
REGISTRATION AND ELECTION.
Salaries Supervisors Regis?
tration, ? 7,000
Blanks for general elec?
tion, 800
Books and certificates su?
pervisors registration, 2,000
Commissioners and mana?
gers of election for per
diem and mileage, 20,000
HEALTH DEPARTMENT;
Salary health officer, Char?
leston, ?1,800
Healthier, Hilton Head, 800
St. Helena, 800
Georgetown, 500
Keeper at Lazaretto hos?
pital, 400
Buildings at Port Royal, 200
State Board of Health, 3,000
Maintaining quarantine, 1,600
Repairing keeper's build?
ing at quarantine sta?
tion at Charleston 2,575
^PENITENTIARY.
Salary of Superintendent, $2,100
Physician, 1,200
Clerk, 1,200
Captain of guard, 1,200
Chaplain, 600
LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Salary of Superintendent, $3,000
Per diem and mileage,
regents, 2,000
Insurance of buildings, 3,OOO
Support of, 70,000
Purchasing books for pa?
tients 50
Centre building, 41.110
Repairs on new building, 700
SOUTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.
Salary of librarian, ? 500
Repairs on buildings, 1,000
Insurance on buildings, 1,000
Support of schools, 15,000
Salary of assistant professor
of agriet?-'?re, 1,700
Salary of professor of ap?
plied mechanics, 300
Equipping department of
applied meciiauics, 1,200
SOUTH CAROLINA .MILITARY ACADEMY.
Insurance Citadel buildings, $ 400
Support beneficiaries, 20,000
DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND A8Y" -M.
Support of ?10.000
Insurance on buildings, 331
Drainage, 200
Purchasing organ, 1,200
CATAWBA ?ND1AN3.
Support of $800
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
Per diem, mileage and sta?
tionery certificates, ?30,000
Pay officers a?d employees, 6,000
Contingent expenses, Sen?
ate, 400
Contingentexpenses, House
of Representatives 600
Engrossing and enrolling
department, 2.500
Public printing, 15,000
MISCELLANEOUS. .
Civil contiogent fuod, ? 1.500
S. C. Agricultural Society, 2,500
Columbia water works, 1,000
Repairs executive mansion, 700
Completing consolidation, 1,000
Harbor master, Charleston, 1,100
State board of equalization, 1,000
Muster roll of soldiers of
the Revolution, 300
Artificial limbs, 9,000
Interest, consols, 352,796
d?ficiences, 27,028
Ag. College scrip. 11,508
Claims passed, 3,000
CouDty Auditors' salaries, 21,900
Total amount of State taxes $932.
144. To this must be added the Coun?
ty taxes and 2 mill school tax.
Running the Blockade.
A Story of the Times that Tried
Men's Souls.
Twenty-six years ago on Thursday
on the 1st of April, 1865, an incident
took place off Galveston harbor in
vhich Capt. Sim Adkins the Nestor of
Charleston harbor, then the gallant
commander of a dashing blockade run?
ner, the Fox, bore a prominent part
The story is best told by John F.
Mackie, then a sergeant in the marine
corps, aud doing duty on the United
States Steamer Seminole, one of the
blockading squadron off Galveston har?
bor.
Mr. Mackie relates bow the Fox was
discovered about 10 o'clock in the morn?
ing 'right abeam/ bow all hands were
called to quarters and the Seminole
started in pursuit of her prey, a long,
low steamer about eight miles to the
eastward, burning black smoke, steam?
ing rapidly to the northward and west?
ward. The stranger sighted the Semi?
nole and changed ber course instantly
from west to northwest, and steamed
directly for the Texan shore, distant
about eight miles, which trends rapidly
northeast above Galveston. By this
course the stranger would strike the
shore in about an hour, unless prevented
by us from so doing. If successful,
$he could make an inner channel which
runs between the shore and a sandbar
which runs along the Texan coast, dis?
tant about half a mile from the main?
land ; but on this bar there is only
about ten feet of water ; inside there is
twelve feet, and sometimes fifteen feet.
The Seminole overhauled her prey
gradually and prepared to open fire.
When within two miles of her we open?
ed fire on her from our eleven-inch
pivot, exploding a shell right under her
bow and nearly deluging the ship with
water, but doing no further harm.
While we were reloading the pivot she
put her helm 'hard a-starboard'and ran
across our bow, heading directly for
thc shore-distant about a mile and a
half-apparently intending to run her?
self ashore. While this was being
done we were not idle; the change, of
course compelled us to 'shorten sail.'
As soon as the last man reached the
deck Capt Clarey shouted i 'Put your
helm hard a-starboard, sir.' 'Hard a
starboard, sir,' answered the officer at
the wheel the same moment, putting
the wheel sharply about, and the ship
turned on her heel as if she knew what
was expected of her and started directly
for the shore, with the stranger, now
right abeam, starboard side about a
mile off, bringing our whole battery of
five guns to bear on her. The captain
cried out to forward rifle : 'Fire as soon
as you are ready and without further
orders, only don't waste the ammuni?
tion. Pivot there, sir; fire carefully,
and aim at the wheel-house and at no
other place. Sink her, her if possible ;
go ahead and show us what you can do.
Quarter-deck battery (six eight inch
guns,) take good aim and fire as rapid?
ly as you can ; aim at the wheel-house :
don't let her get away from us.'
All this was done in less time than
it takes to describe it, and as we were
now nearing her rapidly it seemed in?
possible that she could escape us. A
shell from the rifle exploded over her;
a shell from the eleveu-incb burst close
beside her, and the ibree and eight-inch
shell guns were sending their compli?
ments thick and fast, but strange to say
not a single shot had struck her. She
seemed to bear a charmed life. We
were about half a mile distant from
each other and about a mile from the
shore when she suddenly changed her
course to south southwest and start?
ed to run down along the coast, head?
ing directly for us.
It was now nip and tuck. The stran?
ger was going to run fer it, and had the
bar between us. Our only chance
was to sink her before she got in.
Nothing now could save her, as the
steamer Penguin, which had been after
thc other sail, which, by the way, was
a passing friend, now joined us iu the
chase, and opened upon the flying steam?
er with no better success than btfore,
her shots flying wide of the mark. The
most tremendous exeiteuicntprcvailed on
board each vessel. Capt. Clarey raved
and swore and stamped in an iutcusc
but subdued tone, but all to no effect.
Shot after shot went over and exploded
beyond on the shore; some exploded
short and covered the steamer with spray,
some in the air, others cut thc water
just ahead, some just grazed the stern,
but not one touched her apparently.
It seemed impossible to strike her. Thc
men worked thc guns as if they were
only toys in their excitement, and load?
ed and fired as if their lives depended
on tkc accuracy of each shot. So rapid?
ly did we lire that we had to wait for
the smoke to lift before we could see
for the next shot.
We were now rapidly approaching |
Galveston harbor, and it seemed as if
I she was going to get away iu spite of
us. Since changing our course last
j time we were both saili?g, or steaming
j rather, deadlto windward, but she being
I the lightest draught was making better
time than we, and ?lowly but surely get
f ting away from us. Her captain for
I (he last hour had been walking the
I bridge between the wheel-bouac?> with j
both hands in the pockets of bis pea
jacket, smoking a cigar very unconcern?
edly ;: but that there was a feeling that
their lives and property bung only on a
single thread was manifest in the way
those wheels flew around, leaving a
track of boiling, foamy sea far < <urn,
and the thick huge volumes of black
smoke that poured out of thc funnels
told a story that did not need a trumpet
to announce. The channel now began
to widen, and if she could only hold
her own for twenty minutes she would
escape. What must have been the
thoughts of that captain as he walked
to and fro on that bridge, with the air
full of flying missiles, now hid in their
smoke, the next minute drenched with
their spray; again, in a second or two
later one flying a few feet. above his
head ! He never flinched an inch or
changed his manner, but kept quietly
on as though it was an everyday affair.
Fate, says Mr. Mackie, decided in
favor of the flying steamer. In spite of
every effort that could be made to
prevent ber she reached the Bay of Gal?
veston, which is nearly three miles wide,
and as the channel is very dangerous
to vessels drawing more than ten feet of
water, and as we were getting into
three fathoms again, with intense
chagrin we gave up the chase, sending
as a parting compliments an ?lever.-inch
shell with our regrets.
As the flying steamer passed out of
range her captain hoisted the Confede?
rate flag and dipped it three times, at
the same time taking off his cap waved
it towards us and bowed gracefully in
our direction his adieu, steamed in un?
der the guns of the fort at Galveston
and dropped his anchor, safe at last.
We returned the salute and went back
to our station for the night, as it wa9
now nearly sundown, after one of the
most excitia^days that, we ever spent,
with less credit to ourselves than could
possibly be supposed under the circum?
stances.
- ?f? t $ tm
A Few Observations.
'MP. EDITOR : Bid you ever live in a
neighborhood or communitv of borrow?
ers? 'Well, buddie what do you want ?'
'Maw sent me to ax you if she could
git a teacup of granulated sugar ; says
she will pay you back when pap goes to
town.' You are pretty lucky if you get
back a bad article of thc 'brown sandy/
and short measure at that. Coffee, tea,
bacon, flour, turpentine, castor oil, and
purgative pills are all commodities of
exchange. Smoothing irons and scour?
ing mops are also scarce as well as many
other necessaries, too tedious to men?
tion. I hear of one Iuckleps fellow who
made application to a neighbor to loan
him a couple of shoats nntil next^Ciirist
mas, promising to replace them if he
had to go to Georgia for them. Well,
the average Georgia shoat is a bad one,'
with his long snout, flop ears and cuss?
ed appearance generally. The ordinary
flea would desert him for a velocipede,
provided the eogieer would put on
brakes 'en passant.' Sufficient to say,
tbe fellow didn't get the shoats.'
The above communication appeared
recently in the Anderson Journal, and
while it is not remarkable poetic finish
it con tai ? s several germs of solid truth.
Who has not lived in a community of
borrowers ? Where can a community
free from borrowers be found this side
or on the other side of the Arctic re?
gions ? We have no doubt that even
in Hades'some of the culprits try to bor?
row cooler spots from their more favor?
ed neighbors. Borrowers have no par?
ticular clime or country. They are to
be found everywhere and anywhere,
and will borrow from a pin to a thou?
sands dollars and down again to a chew
of tobacco. The 'chew tobacco' bor?
row is generally a first class dead bea:,
fraud, sponger and nuisance. He never
sees you uuless be wants a 'chew.' He
is always 'just out.' No matter in what
way you are engaged, you must dig
your hands in your pocket, and pull
oat your favorite plug and hand it over
to bis tender mercies. Sometimes he
is delicate about the matter and will call
for your knife. This requires another dig
in your pocket, and you may be certain
that the knife will slip in the borrow's
favor-about three chews will go for
one. Sometimes thc sponger is more
sociable, and presuming that you are
equally so, will just tear off what he
wants with his teeth.
The newspaper borrower is another
nuisance. He (or she) just thinks that
a newspaper is common property, and
will get as mad as thunder whenever
the paper is refused. The borrowing
of groceries is generally a polite way of
begging, and it frequently happens that
a mean article is returned for a good
one. Some people usc thc best of every?
thing in the line of cooking and others
90 for cheapness. In thc country this
habit is excusable, but in cities and
towns, where there are grocery stores aL
all the corners, the practice is deserv?
ing of censure.
True Southerners.
I .-;-.
"Immediately on the close of thc
war many Southern-born men, some
who had been good soldiers, hastened
northward, ready and eager to crook the
pregnant hinges of the knee. Others
have spouted sentimental patriotism,
avowed rapturous affection for the
blood-ccrncnted Union, sung peans to
Federal heroes, and given themselves
over to negrodom with shameless pub?
licity. They hiive not yet ceased to
splutter flattery in the magazines, to
cringe on the rostrum, and f:i\vn in the
parlor, either in shallow sincerity or in*
deep hypocrisy, ls it needful to say
that such men are not representative?
The true Southern mau has been silent.
Having no apology to make for the
past, nothing to repent of, nothing to
regret, save failure, and being incapa?
ble of whining sycophancy, he deems
it further virtue to suffer quietly what
cannot be helped, and to protest against
aggression only by such effectual means
as are yet within his power. The opin?
ions he held iu '61 are unchanged, and I
were the general situation to recur, bc
would do as he then did, only guarding
more providently against overwhelming
numbers and resources. Were he not
ever prompt to resist interference with
his domestic concerns, and to repel
armed invasion, he would be unworthy
of his race."-Prof. Davis, Virginia
University.
What Our Editors Say,
S. C. Advocate.
There is a strenuous effort making
these pass few year? to- make a hero of
John Brown, the crail lt who started out
to burn, pillage, and murder, and ended
his miserable career at Harper's Ferry
by sentence of law. That slavery was
wrong, and that the abolition party was
a party of high moral' ideas might be
confessed, without by any means allow?
ing that John Brown and bis like were
anything but crazy, blood-thirsty fanat?
ics richly deserving the fate that over?
took some of them. The South will
never consent to such a falsification of
history as that attempted by the Brown
worshipers. Nero, Cortes and Guiteau
are just as worthy to be canonized.
Carolina Spartan.
Professor McBryde, of the South
Carolina College publishes in the Cotton
Plant his test of several varieties of cot?
ton for the last* fnree years, giving vield
per acre and per cent, of lint. lu "f 885
Dickson's cluster headed the list with
1478 pounds to the acre, making 32J
per cent of lint or 477 pounds. Dun?
can's Mammoth made only 30 per cent,
of lint, while the Peterkin cotton made
1256 pounds to the acre, and 3S? per
cent of lint, or 480 pounds. That is,
1256 pounds of the Peterkin made 3
pounds more Hot than the 1478 pounds
of Dickson's cluster. While the Pro?
fessor is cautious and would not draw
sweeping conclusions- from these results,
he thinks they are in favor of the Pe?
terkin-, but they also show that the
i Jones and Dickson Improved are de?
servedly popular.
"A Cat May Look at a King.*
Abbeville Medium.
When Ben Tillman - began his series
of articles on the Agricultural College
and other kindred subjects many of the
"ins" laughed at his efforts as if the
excitement was sporadic and would die
out by such- treatment. They "reck?
oned without their host'' for the people
soon paid heed to his vigorous articles
and the laugh is very low now. The
controversy has developed a peculiar
sensitiveness to criticism on the part of
our office-holders. This should not be
so. Getting mad at Tillman will not
vindicate any administration for it can
prove nothing and nobody is yet afraid.
"A public office is a public trust"' and
the holder is a legitimate object of criti?
cism. If the conduct of at office can?
not be inquired into thc old doctrine of
accountability to t?e people will soon
fall into a state of "innocuous desue?
tude" and we will have masters over
us. For our part we like to see the
thing going on. It cannot do any harm
and may result in much good. All
county officers are subject to investiga?
tion by grand juries, but we never hear
complaints from them. They do not
attempt to divert publie attention from
the true object of such examinations
but are mo;:e than willing to submit to
them. -?
Greenville Newt.
The strike on the Gould system of
railroads seems to be going to pieces.
It will probably be another hard lesson
to the laboring men that a strike should
be the last resort and should be made
only whep the grievance is such as to
require it and to appeal to the sense and
justice of the public. A strike is like
everything else in this country. It
must have public sentiment behind it to
make it successful. While it can not
depend ou public sentiment altogether
for support, the moment tha? the ap?
proval of that sentiment is forfeited fail?
ure comes.
This is no country for socialism, com?
munism and riot. The people are
rougher in handling such things than
any government can be. The poor
misguided fellows who undertook to
fight at Fort Worth learned that to
their cost.
This present strike seems to have
been begun on a frivolous cause and
carried on in a wrong spirit.4 Feeling
is hardening against it everywhere, and
the workingmen who have been led into
folly will pay the penalty.
The Bailroad Strike.
Abbeville Press and Banner.
For our own part we would say that
we hope an example will be made of the
ringleaders of the great strike. It will
not be denied that every man, employed
by any of the railroads, had a perfect
right to quit work at any time when not
under contract, but no law-abiding cit?
izen can endorse their acts of lawless?
ness. They deserve punishment for
breaking the engines and throwing
I them from the tracks. For destroying
bridges or doiog any injury to any other
property they should be severely pun?
ished. For using force to prevent
other men from taking the places which
they had vacated, they deserve to suffer,
and we trust that deserved justice will
be meted out to them. Lawless strikers
should be taught that property has a
right to protection in this couutry, and
we know cf no better time to teach the
lesson than now. If the laws of the
country are not sufficient to punish
these destroyers of property and outra?
geous interference with the rights of
others, then we think it time to provide
protection to labor and capital.
While it is a matter of perfect right
for any man to quit the service of any
corporation, yet the presumption of for?
bidding others to take the places which
they allege they do not want is not to be
I tolerated.
If this country can protect us in the
possession of money, or can afford the
guaranteed protection to the laborer,
I then it ought to do it, and it ought to
; punish the ringleaders in the great
[ strike.
"A Pieayimisii Folicy."
Aiken Recorder.
The circular respecting information
concerning disabled Coufederate sol?
diers, has been forwarded to us by the
Comptroller General, with the state?
ment that the Legislature made no ap?
propriation to defray the expenses of
carrying out the provisions of the act,
and that there is no way in which he
can reach tho.se interested, unless the
newspapers of the State will generously
publish the circular. Of course Comp?
troller General Stoney is ia no way to
blame, but it is different with the Leg?
islature, for it is- the same p'rayon'si
policy of detestable meanness which pub
jects tbe press of the State to so many
drafts upon its* time and capital, If a
new carpet Had to be bought for tbs.
legislative halls or new desks for tba
members, very good care would be taken
io provide for payment, and it would be
thought a freak of insanity if the Set"
geaut-at^Arms were to write to the car?
pet or furniture dealers, and state fciftt
the Legislature had decided that new
carpets and new desks were necessary,
but had made no appropriation, and that
there was no way of getting them un<
less the carpet and: furniture dealers
would generously suppfy them. Now
this is precisely what the Legislature
Has dione in tah ra s tance. In fact, it ie
tbe meanest kind of sponging, because
that body relied upon tbe fact that; the
newspapers touched by sympathy would
not refuse to publish, for the reise?
that it would inflict a Hardship upon tba
meritorious beneficiaries of the act. No*
profession or occupation is subjected fo?
so many drafts Upon its generosity, for
which no thanks are ever returned, at
the newspaper press, and no profession ?F
liable to so many risks and Beary
charges for current expenses. Whet*
thc beneficiaries are churches, beneve*
lent institutions, or needy private rnd^
viduals, we grin and bear it, without,
ut teringi complaint, bot wbeu it ia the*
great State of South Carolina, to whick
we have to contribute our quota of tax?
ation upon the capital engaged io our
business, we protest that it is a very
small, miserable way of doing business.
Nevertheless we think our patriotte
Comptroller General has done right f?
appealing to the generosity of the pre?
in bebalf of the wounded veterans, whw
baye so many claims upon the sympathy
of oar people, and for their sake wa
make room for the circular, while at the
same time wc protest against this forced
levy upon our capital and resources.^
Does'nt it Look L&e a Job,
Columbia Register. .
We see that we are to get the hard
pine necessary for the roofing of tba
State House from Baltimore at $28' per
thousand. This is very extraordinary
tn a State producing as good hard* proa
as the world contains, and covered with
saw mills on every road running roto
our city. How does this fact look for a:
State considering it of sufficient impor?
tance to go to the expense of making
exposition of ber valuable woods, aa
was done at the great New Orleans Ex?
position, and where South Carolina
made the best exhibit of woods of any
State in the Union ? With these facta
before us, what does this coltract made
with Baltimore . contractors mean ?
Could there be any difficulty io placing
that contract at any of our first class
mills or lumber merchants at $15 a
thousand? Is it possible, with all tba
building going on all over the State,
that the very best picked and seasoned
lamber could not be placed here at lesa
than ?28 a thousand ? If not, it is a
most extraordinary condition of things.
Mrs. Stanton's Curves.
! Mrs. Eliazbeth Cady Stanton baa
written a letter to Miss Rose Elizabeth
I Cleveland on the absorbing subject of
woman's dress. She thinks that tba
custom in oar fashionable circles of
"partially denuding innocent girls in.
public is being carried to the verge of
immorality," and denounces the expos*
ure of heck, arms and bast as prejudi?
cial to health and offensive to good
morals. Mrs. Stanton eannot see why
young women should "unveil their
charms while men so carefully conceal
all theirs," and contends that "if matri?
mony is a barter of charm for charm, il
is quite as important for young men to
display their well-turned throats, chests
and limbs, their well developed muscles
as it is for the girls to unveil their fina
proportions/' And then with ooo
sweep of ber pen Mrs. Stanton makes
the following alarming proposition, ss
which, no doubt, even so bold an inno?
vator as she must have blushed a crim?
son red :
"If oar women cannot be reconciled
to such stringent measures as draping
all their charms, the display of tba
lower limbs would be less injurious to
health, as none of the vital organs ara
located in that part of the haman organ?
ization. The Scotch Highlander bares
his legs with impunity to the fierce
winds on bis native hills. There would
be no special danger in following bia
example in oar comfortably heated
drawing-rooms. The curve of the legs,
feet, ankles, and their graceful motions
in walking and dancing, are always at?
tractive, and to leave them free and
drape the upper part of the body, would
seem more rational. If denuding these
must be to verify the hereditary ten?
dency to old customs, the experiments
should not be made on the vital organs.'7
It is just possible that Mrs. Stanton
may be built in that way, but Mrs.
Stanton dancing around a ball room
with her attractive curves swelling in
the gas-light, would be a decidedly
more striking spectac?e than Mrs. Stan?
ton in full evening dress, with arma
and neck exposed.- News and Courier.
Lesson in Geography.
The following questions would consti?
tute a good lesson in Geography :
1. Where does the water io rivera
come from ?
2. Where does it go ?
3. In what direction must a river
flow?
4. Why do rivers wind about ?
5. Why are some rivers larger tbaa
others ?
6. Why are some rapid, others slow ?
7. Bo rivers draiu, or water the
land.
8. How roach land does a river draia ?
9 What bounds every river basia ?
10. Why is the land near the river
banks generally fertile?
11. Where are rivers generally
widest? Why?
12. What causes the water to flow ?
13. Have you seen any land thai
does not slope ?
14. What if the earth's surface wera
perfectly level ?
15* What would result if it wera
hard like iron ?
16 Why does not the ocean flow*
i uto the ?iver and over the land \