Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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J ?-vrr -sue aum'iKB WATcBaan. ???w -Mu* 1*'?** C?Si?atea Ang. 2,1881.1 "Be Just and FeaT not-Let all th? Ends thou Alms-? at, be thy Country's, thy God's anJ Triffid SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY", JULY 27, ?88f. Sew Seriee^Yol. t. So. 52. - -II - ? ^ - ~~-? -ff-* s. 2^ -.^N? Qv OSTBEIST, ^p?SS SUMTER, g. C Tire- lullars per annum- in advance. pp? Sqnare,.first insertion..........~~....$? 00 ConirAciaJarshree win ?^c made-at reduced -rates. : ss AU^ojwnoiiicaiioris which snhser re private ? intersstj will bechnr^edforas advertwonen ts. b.? Qbittmtea and tri bittes of respect will be Sd?UV&?tti&.V?S'S >:?', gsa .?-:c-7 ? r^h ?CWILL CURE T ^?fi^OUS PROSTRATION MALARIA ^^^o REELING: \ 1- m BACK & SIDES * -IMPURE BLOOD --^?ifs^^noN-^ . F?i?&&:?mRmlio ? RHEU?t?t?SM - *? 1OUR?LGIA : X^l^Y^A?^IiVER > ^TRO?BtES ;^Tj? G?Sa^?^? Trade Mark and crossed Red I^oirwrager^ ^ OTHER. Mestaf the di?ases which afflict mankLad aw atfgja? . B^OMBa<ly?4lauMfrja?Jtxgditkpc?to? LIVER. ? fmrmfkxvOfiKat* ?f CiVkiocL, asek ar*ToT?jJ3jfcy of . tteUta^nma, Nee*w? Dysperaa, Ia<bg??? Hos, Eraaralariij af the Bowels, Cfofi3tit*tkra. Raw? -laaaa*. f^Etasfestaaos sad PM rn o?- the fttTrra rh (aaaaataaaaa called Heartbam), MLzsroa, Malaria, IBgAx Ttax. ChSh aad Ferer, Break!*?? Ferrer. BaksaattoB. ba?ore ec after Fe wera. Cafoa?c X>ia? c!?a,Loaa af Amt?te. Headache, Foe! Breath; lil itwhtt?n Inafhatil toRmal?a; BaarfagHtora ^^,eha^aaa*vta?-aaaa-liiiiii,i laang away. yeBoaf . t?na^ to a nafcdr, hea&hj cokr. it eatfc^wooree .;W. gfaesar sp?d?a. k ? aaa ot the REST AL TEfcATlYtS and P?*IFTFRS OF THE - BLOOD, and t? A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER'S AU RANT 11 C. F. STADfOER, Proprietor,. SIVE YOUR MOHEY MABUNfi rOlffi CLOTHES MBBER STAMP rtfi ^.ri?iv.T Ajit>' ? . ii FOE SALE sr ? C. P. OSTEENV At Watcnraan and Sooibt^ Oficet --:..'cSUMTEJI,. .-ai if?. : MS? It? Wamnttd JndeU?k. . ; flrap, Medicines and FINK TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH ., BK US Ii ES. PKRF?MBRY AKP PANCY . TOILET ARTICLES, Ac, Ac PAINTS, OILSi TARNISHES AND\ i AES\ STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, fr. Ftsll tupply tf-Fr?sk Garden Seeds. April 9_ _; PAINT YOtTJt BlXGCrr FOR One coat gm?at? oldi boggy tne- blackest ] black jou er er saw and a handsome gloss ?without vanishing. rt dries hard tn a few ? boura." Wo~ robbing*t No wMtiishfng !' No extra trouble. Each can contains more than eooagh to: pai o t a cac wage. . StUM at One Dollar per Can, For Sale bj *. ' ?" ._ BiL A. J. ?&t&A^ FOB SAT.E. - MLSL- GOWS' ALWAYS OK* H?ND^ H. R> THOM?S> Wedgefield, S. C. FOR SALE, Cheap for Cash, or Approved Fs?sr&j Payable on Jan* 1,1S871 One TEN HORSE TOZER & DIALP0I?-| TABLE- ENGINE. One 60 SAW BROWN COTTON GIN. One Steam BOSS COTTON PRESS, and A boat 30 feet of SHAFTING with all nec? essary Polleys and Belting to ran the same. App?y t*> or address . . - . / . - , A. ?. RICK.ER, Apr?! 6 : Sumter, S. C. fi Removci from Columbia, S. C. -' ^i^Ii?e^^Seini-mbntW^ I , SUMTM, s. a Fader the Editorial management of BET. H. F. Cfi&EixzBs&a, CLW.C.T. Of I.O.G.T. or CL Ajfoied hy ar> able corps- of EdUovsv The patronage and in#aence of aU friends ?iTemperance is solicited.. Terms only 60 ceataayear. To advertisers desiring a wide circulation, it offers ?a excellent medium. Qa hama^??^ S . G. OSTEEN, Pablisber.- j ..HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP." t? h- J5: 75: 1 &*T*y?X SIeep;*al?J.8leep ! Q.wondroos.gift ?I ;: S we? t refuge foe ?heso?! dis tresa* d pl xWhos.e. magie, caa the -burdea. ILft ? .v , , . ^ *l?ipm weary hearts* with care oppresa'd, ?Vom'Heaven's eternal fountain flows Tins healing balm for those who weep,. Our Father's hand the boon bestows. -"Begireth flii beloved sleep." Be seefh all-he slumbers not~ In wealth or woe, ia joy or gri?f, In palace hall, or lowly cot, -He brmgeth rest ard sweet relief. ["His guardian care, at every door, A faithful, loving ward wilt keep, Watchful and wakeful ever more,/^"-^. **B?apve?i His belove breast, j Thaatt _ He giveth His beloved sleep." The Old Man is Right L "I'w?i telPyou a story which was told' to me when I was a little boy. Every iiine I thought of thc story, H seemed I to me to become< more and more' charm* ing ; for it is with stories as with many people-they become better as they grow older. I take it for granted that yon have been in the country, and seen a very old farmhouse with a thatched roof, and mosses and small plants growing wild upon the thatch. There is a stork's nest on the summit of the gable : for we can't do without the stork. The walls of the house are ?loping, and the win? dows are low, - and only one of. the lat ^ ter .is made so as to open. The baking oven-sticks-out of the noose like a little fat body. The elder-tree hangs over the paling, and beneath its branches, at the foot of the paling, is a pool of water in wbicfr a few decks are disporting themselves. There is a yard-dog, too, who barks at all comers. Just such a farm-bouse stood out in ehe coun t ry $ and in this house dwelt an old couple-a peasant and .his. wife, j [^ah af wls/their property ,|thcre*Was One article ?moDg it that they could do without-a horse', which made a living ' out of the grass it found by the side of the high road. The old peasant rode into the town on this horse ; and oft?u \ his neighbors borrowed it from Mm, and rendered the old couple some ser? vice in return for the loan of it. But ghey thought it would be best if they sold the horse,*or exchanged it for some? thing that might be more useful .to them.. ? ut what might this someta i og ber \rf Tonil know that- best o?d. ma?,' said'the wife. It is fair t?'-day,' so nae into town, and get rid of the horse for money, or make a good exchange ; whichever you do will be all right to mc. Ride to the fair.' And she fastened ber neckerchief for him, for she could do tbaS belier than be could}, and she tied it ina double bow, for she could do that very prettily "Then she 'brrofeeo^ his' hat round and round with the palm of her hand, and gave him a kiss. So be rode away*up? on the horse that was to- be sold or to be bartereu for something else. Tes, the old aaa knew what he was about. The sun shone hotly down, not a doud was to be reen in the. sky. . The 'read wa&veq? uustyj for5 many people who were att bound for . the fair were driving or riding, or wafted upo?lt. There waa no shelter anywhere from the sunbeams. 1 - . ' Amon^rt^ j^t was A .man ?rudgiog ^Ihe cow-was as beautiful^creature as any cow can be. .' > ." . .. iShe gives gooo* mitt. Fm sore/ said the peasaut-^Tha* would be a very [good e?ccbangfr--the cow for the horse.' ' <>?ello^y.oujtheye. w?h -tho cow r'-fie said; TU tell you -what-I fancy a horse costs more than a cow, but I don't care for that; a cow woa?dW ?ore useful to be. If you Uko, we'll exchange.' .To besare I will/ said the man; and they exchanged accordingly. Sq that was settled, and, the .peasant n^ght. bare turned back, for he had dose the business became to-do; but as he had once made up his mind to go to the fe?r, he determined to proceed, merely fis* brave -a look at it; so he went o? ter the town with his cow? Leading the animal, he strode stur? dily en ; and after a time he overtook a man who wa? dr*v*og a sheep, lt was a- good fat sheep, with a fine fleece on & back. 'I should l&c to have that fellow/ said* the peasant to himself. 'He would find plenty of grass by on* pal? ings, and in the winter we could keep him in the room with os. Perhaps it would be more practical to have a sheep instead of a cow. Shall we exchange if' The man with the sheep was quite ready, and the bargain was struck. So ?be-peasant went on in the high road with'hisr sheep-. Soon he overtook another maa*, who came into- the read frons a field, carrying a great goose under his* arm. .That's a heavy tiring you have there. It has plenty of feathers and plenty of fat; and would look well tied to a string and paddling in the water at our place. That would be something for my old .woman ; she could make all kinds of profit out of it. How often she Has said, *K we only had a goose V Now, perhaps, she can have one; and, if pos? sible-, it shall be hers. Shall we ex? change % VU give you my sheep for your goo3er sad thank you into the bar? gain.' The other man Ead' not thc least ob? jection, and accordingly, they excha-ag^ ed, and our peasant became proprietor of the goose. By this time he Was very near thc town. The crowd on thc high road be? came greater and. greater; there was quite a crush of men and cattle. They walked in the road, and close by the palings, and at the barrier they even walked into the toil-man's potato field, : where his one fowl was strutting about, j with a string to its leg, lest it should take fn'gfto at the crowd, and stray away and so* be Post. This /owl' Had; short tail feathers*, and* winked with both its eyes, and looked'Very cunning. 'Cluck, clock !' said the fowl. What it thought when it said this I cannot tell you; but directly our good man saw it he thought, .That's the finest fowl I've ever seen io my. life !. Why, it's finer than- our par son's brood hen. OD my wofd, I should like to have that fowl. ? fowl can alwvys "find a grain or two; and can almos^"?ee|ats?lf. I think ii Would be ?'g?^i?^g?i??T could;-.get that for my'goose/:- . ' Y. u . ' ' " v .iShall We exchange t he asked "the ? toll-keeper. _ ; 'Exchange !' repealed toe man ; ' well that would not te abad Ching,' And ?0: ??ej excoang?d ; the foil keeper at the barrier . kept the goose, and the peasant carried away the fowl. Now, be had done a good deal of bus? iness on his way to the fair, and he was bot and tired. He wanted. something to eat, and a glass of brandy to. drink ; ^nutxoon-heuwaain front otthe inn- He was just about To step io, when' the- hos? tie* ^me^otttf^s? t\^7mti*tMto*dfor, TOel??Tt?e?.5?s^^ . j 'What?h*?4?^ou4?-^th sack V asked" the peasant. ' '?otten apple*/ answered the hfoatler .f 'a whole sackful of them-en^ugh ,to ^eu^tnep^*W?th.*?JQS?tvSl .Why, that's terrible waste I ? should like to take them to roy old woman- at home. Lest year toe old tree by the tnrf hole only bore a single apple, and we kept-it on tbe cupboard'till it was quite rotton and spoilt, 'lt was always property,' my old woman said> but here she could see a quantity of prop? erty-a whole sackful. Yes, I shall be glad to show them to ber/ 'What will you give me for the sack? ful V asked the hostler. ?What will I give ? I wiB give my fowl in exchange/ And he gave the fowl accordingly, and received the apples, which he car? ried into the guest room. He leaned the sack carefully against the stove, and then went to the table. But the stove was hot-he had not thought of that. Many guests were present-horse deal? ers, ox-herds, and two Englishmen -and the two Englishmen were so rich that their pockets bulged out with gold coins, and almost burst ; and they could, bet, too, as you shall hear. - Hiss-s-s! hiss-s-s! What was that by the stove? The apples were begin? ning to roast! .What is that?* 'Why, do you know-' said our peas? ant. And he told the whole story. of the horse that be bad changed for the cow, and all the rest of it, down to the ap? ples 'Well, your old woman will give it tb you well when y os get home V said one of the two Englishmen. 'There will be a disturbance/ 'What?-give rae what?" said the peasant. 'She will kiss me, and say, what the old man does is always right.' 'Shall we wager,7 said the 2fJg?isli? man. 'We'll wager coined gold by the ton-?100 to 100 weight V lA bushel will be enough/ replied the peasant. *I can only set the bushel of appies against ic ; and I ii throw -my? self and the oM wcmar? rotor tbe bar? gain-and I fancy that's piling up the measure.* . 'Dbtte-^takeffr And the* bet was rWe, lie* host's .carriage came up, and thc Englishman goti?, and the peasant got in; away they Went, and aoon they stopped he fore the peasant's hut. ' 'Good evening, old Wonten?X 'Good evening, ofd-nran/ %, -'I've made-f&e ??change/ ? *$es, you understand :what you're about/said the old woman. r And she embraced him, and paid no attention to the stranger guests, nor did i she notice the. sack. fI got a cow in exchange for the horse'/ said he. 'f?eaven be thanked!' said she. .What glorious milk we shall have, and butte? and cheese e? tStt table ! That 'was a "capital exchange/ . 'Yes, but I: changed the cow for a sheep/ ... ' ; 'Ah, theft better ?tillV cried the j wife. *.*Y?u always tlink of everything, we have just pastare enough for a sheep-. Ewe's milk and cheese, and woolen jackets and stockings ! The cow can not give those, and her hairs will only come off. How you think of everything I* 'But I changed away the sheep for a goose/ 'Then this year we shall really have roast goose; to-eat, my dear old man. You are always ttmkiog of something to give me pleasure. Bow charming that is! We can let tho goose walk about with a string to her leg, and she'll grow fatter stiHr before we roast her.' .But I gave away the goose for a fowl/ sard the man. 'A fowl? That was a good ex? change !' replied the woman. 'The fowl will lay eggs and hatch them, and we shall have chickens ; we shall have a whole poultry yard I- Oh ! that's just what I was wishing for/ 'Yes, but I exchanged the fowl for a sack of shriveled apples/ 'What !-I must positively kiss you for thai?/' exelahaed the wife. *j\Iy dear, good? husband* Now, Pll tell you something. ?)o you kno:v, you had hardly left me this morn'mg- before I Began thinking' how 5 could give you something very nice this evening. I thought it should bc pancakes with savory herbs. I had eggs and bacon, too } but 1 ' wanted herbs. So I went 'over to the schoolmaster's-they have herbs ?bero, I know-but the school? mistress rs" ff mean woman, though she looks so sweet. I begged ber to lend me a handful of hirts. 'Lend I' she answered mc y 'nothing at ?ll grows ia our garden, not oven a shriveled applo. I'could not even &n?/yoa a shriveled apple, my dear woman*/ But now I can lend her ten, or a whole sackful. That I'm very glad of ;: that makes me laugh !' And with that she gave him a sounding kiss. *I like that !' exclaimed both the Englishmen together. 'Always going down hill, and always merry ; that's worth the money/ So they paid- a* hundred1 weight of gold to the peasant,, who was not soo Id ed, bu<t kissedv Yes; iif al way s pays, when the wiie sees and- alway? asserifc tidal; her .hus? band knowe best,, and that whatever he does ia rights You see, that is my stc-r/. T Heard it when I was a child, and now you have heard it too, and know that 'What the old man does is always right.' Hans Christian Andersen. 1 I Election Times in Louisiana. In 1853 Gayarre became an inde ? pendent Democratic candidate for Congress/ refusing to be controlled by party organization, which be de? nounced as utterly corrupt and to submit his name to an avowedly "packed"" convention. An episode of the canvass ia rela? ted by him with inimitable humor : '[ traveled," says he, 'down in my carriage from New Orleans, om both sides of the river, as far toward its mouth as I could go in a-land vehicle. On starting from ifre cify, tffe first parish I had to traverse was the parish of St. Bernard; on - the left bank. It was an overwhelmingly Whig parish. In those: days there -were men of the ofcr regime, at?H suffi? ciently on the top of thc Tarder to* control whole communitiear,-not- by. money/ but by ehe?r persona) influ? ence: They were th? heads of clans. St, Bernard was. entirely tinder the thumb of a* Mr. B?and, an opulent su? gar planter, and a relic of the past. He was a man of passionate temper, of unconquerable prejudices, and so inimical to the democratic party that the mere mention of it threw hirer into fits of wrath?. 'I had no personal acquaintance with this old gentleman, knowing him merely by sight and from reputa? tion. When I entered the parish in which he resided*, and which fie rtfled with so strong a handel felt consider? ably embarrassed. 'Should I call on nim? In that case/ a very cold and unpleasant re ception was sure to to be given me. On the other hand, if I did not stop at his place as I went along, it migtit be regarded as a deliberate slight. He was aged, I comparatively young. I bad called on everybody worth noticing, Whig and Democrat. If I passed him with apparent indiffer? ence, what construction would be put upon it ? 'Hence, al last, I resolved to 'beard. the Douglas in his castle.' Driving in, I said to black servant, who pre? sented himself, 'Is your master, at home V 1 'YeSi sir; please walk in/ 'I was ushered, without being asked roy name, into a large saloon, where I found the white-haired chieftain alone, and seated in a capacious Mexi? can leather arm-chair, from which he did not rise at my entrance. I walk? ed up to him, and remained standing after I had bowed, since he did not point to a chair. I said, 'Mr. Beand, I am canvassing this district asan in dependent Democratic candidate for Congress v but I Have not called on yon in that capacity, for I know your invincible hostility to the political prin? ciples which I represeut. The so)e ob? ject of my visit is to show the respect I entertain for one who is entitled to ?t fro? hts age and his high social po? sition.' 'He . listened with an extremely ry sters, B-ncomproruising face, and ireezingly replied ? 'Pray, sir, who are you V . . Ijpve my name. ?i 1 he exclaimed eagerly, bending suddenly forward afnd carnying a hand to hfs"~ear "tb assist in TbeCter catching "the sound. 'What name, eli I what name did yo* say V ~'~ - 'Ii repeated it, and saw at; once a marked change in the unfriendly ex? pression o? his harsh features. I even : noticed that his whole body trembled with emotion. 'Are you/ be said, ; 'the son of that Chat les Gayarre wbo was,' under the Spanish Government, an official in the Beyal Contadora V :*I am, air/ At these words- he made one bound, then threw himself npowrae, folding rae in his arms, embracing me, arid exclaiming teuderly all the while, *My dear child ; ray dear child ; the so? of my best friend f we?eome 1 welcome V What care F whether you are Whig or Democrat ? I hate rz Democrat, it is true, a??ttle" more tirari J hate the devil. Burt y o? I you-the son of my bosom friend ; oh ! oh ! that makes a difference. You shall have the whole parish ; and woe to him who votes against yo?. A democrat, forsooth ; well, what do I care for that? What has the son"of my ?est friend to do with that-ch ! ch I Bats- he not the right to be what lie pfeases/ as long as he is a man of honor ? and you can not be any. thing else. The Km of my best friend 1 Viable, Diable, m&n enfant t It males' a difference. We shall see who dares to oppose you ho, ho I ' 'Sit down. Let me telf you'some? thing. Oue night I had certain words with your father at the theatre. We were rather touchy in those days, and we wore swords. That was the nec? essary' appendage of a gentleman. So we went out/and- under t\\e fanal de la comedie, as was the custom' on such occasions, we immediately ex? changed a few rapid thrusts. (I hope you lenee well, mon enfant} it is a4 noble'art.) Well, i am, or rather I was an expert ia- it dining tlwse by? gone days. But your father, notwith? standing my skill, soon adtnir.iertcred to me a few inches of his cold steel en pleine poitrine. Vraiment le coup elait superbe, ct denis boules les regies ! 'Truly the thrust Was superb, and in accordance with thc best principles of thc art.' Then, how graciously he behaved ! Ile hardly left my bedside as long as I was ju any danger ; and wc continued to be the best o? friend* as loKg as he lhred\ So- you1 per? ceive; mon enfant, thnir 1 canr.cfc help" supporting youi politics or no poli? tics. Au diable le politique ! The son of my best friend ; that makes a differ? ence, ch ! You shall have the whole parish.1 And the old autocrat reli? giously kept his word.'-Paul Matjne., in Bivouac. ' A Perilous Adventure; '!? that the rebel yell V iuqured a ?*Tor-th?i*?vCok)]rcl, who was traveling iii' riie South', addressing a*.barefoot: boy whom he met in the road'. 'Lord-, no !' exclaimed the lad in astonishment ; 'that's"a pig'fast under the gate ! Ride r?giit along,- mister ; it won't Hurt'you l Then lowering his voice and ap? proaching the colonel, the boy whis? pered-: 'The war's over, mister.' C?TCIMG A SHARI ?t?Htiir?Q BY FOR A BITE FffoAT ? REGULAR MAN-EATER. Cat4nSwf ? Twehre-?'ooter with n Hbiitk as Xarge asa Flour Barre?-Mfstzifte of A Darkey Who Should Have HuroWnr Better. The next day We Mi feel atotiad to thef ?a ou th of the Appalachicola river, on the ?bath coast of Florida, ?or the purpose ot hunting up oki Peters, the < famous shark; catcher. He lived ou a amall key or island, Which was Burtounded by other keys, and his domain was' shared by a number -of Colored men. Peters devoted his -adie*? time to shark-catching and aligator- hun t> ing, and made something tt?ore than a li# iii g at this strange pursuit.' ?? ' We found- him a very ^?oet-rratured old chap about SCyeafsf of age, and he gave us a hospitable welcome. "When w?stated dor errand he replied; ?> "As to *gatof? they is porty nigh whipped out around yere; fat aa to ?harte every channel is full cf 'em. We kin be off in half an hoar.-* . While one colored man got the boat ready, a second man ran across the island to a small fish-pen and returned with half a dozen specimens of the anny tribe Weighing from three to fire pounds each. Peters selected a big sharp hook with a chain attached, threw a coil of rope into the boat, rtnd we were off. It wa&a row of only ten minutes across" to a sandy key which bordered ou a channel fifty feet wide and deep enough .to float a man-o*-? Waf, "Ireekosryotf don't iee* about foonV around with scrtib sharks," observed Peters, "and that's why I cum ober yere. If we git anything h ere it will be a man? eater and no mistake. I booked o?t?yer? a month ago which was thirteen feet long, and it took the nuil of us to land him." STANDING BY FOB A BITE. The' colored man with us was flamed Torc. He was a powerfully built man and about 38 years old,-but moved in a lazy way and had a sleepy look. The key had but little shade, and the sun Was very not. Tom was instructed to bait the hook and stand by for a bite, while we crossed the key to the shelter cf tb* inly two trees on it. This was a distan?a ot perhaps of 800 feet. We saw the man bait the hook with a couple of the fish and east it into the channel, arid the free' end pt his line Was made fast to a stake driven fn the sand While waiting tor a biter the darkey sat down On a log about twelve feet long and two feet thick, whi?h. had come down the river with drift-wood In about ten minutes he sung out in a lusty manner, axfd w?: rah' across to find the hundred foot line all oat and the stake trembling as if a yoke of oxen was pulling at it." "We've hooked a buster" tMe time/ said Peters. Til bet any one of yon chaps -a red woolen shirt that he'll measurer over twelve feet." We let him play for a quarter of an hour to exhaust himself, and then the live of us took hold of the line arf?^'w?lked5 ; him ashore up tho slanting beach. It was a pretty bard tug, but he had to come. When he was fairly out of the water we sunk the ax into his head three or four times, and then cut him across the spine. He measured a few inches lesa" than1 twelve feet, and was a veritable man? eater. His mouth was large enough to . toke io a flour barrel with ease. . Petera and his man ripped him' open, and in the stomach we found several fish, a large tablespoon marked "Lizzie Way," an iron sp*ke and the socket of a kerosene lamp. "ORTER KNOWEB* BETTER?* Peters was a little disappointed at the size of the shark, and the mon Tom was instructed to bait .again. We went back to the shelter and lighted cigars, and by and by we got to talking and almost for? got the darkey. When somebody finally looked up he was. not to be se en. We ran across the key, and then we caught sight of him a quarter of a mile down the chan? nel.' He was oh the Jog spoken of, and was being, toweft around in a lively man? ner by a shark which had taken the bait. As soon as he saw us he began wav? ing his. arms and shouting like a lunatic. "Just like a domed niggerL" growled . Peters?? we Ktade fortW"boat ': *In?fea? of making fast* to the stake he tied to the lOg, and no doubt there's a coil or two of the line about his . legs. He'll be a dead nigger*bef?te- we kin reach-hin>!" Two of us seized the oars and pulled for ali we were worth. The negro was lying on his breast, and Peters said that his feet were tangled. He screamed and shouted MK? s??toec? to*fe6 torro^3tricfcetr. We were wfth??afew'fe?t' of him when he uttered a terrible shriek, and Peters called out: / ... *Jist '? what I wa* afiralc* off ?fot?fc"F Woody shark has bltrbis lags off 1" ' .Such was the .casa and the body dlsa p -~ neared before we reach the log. . The lino Was around the logas wen as- the. .unforfi'" unate man's lags- and wa* got hula ot ii to find the shark at the other end lt was ? good hour's- job to get him to the beach* and lind him, but he was a prize worth securing. He was a full-fledged man? eater, and measured sixteen feet sb: luches. We opened him-,- but the stoma^t; was almost empty. Some other shark fcacf taken the.negro's legs. "Durn him, but ho orter knowed bet? ter!" said Peters. "A nigger who? hats cotched sharks'fear twenty years Eas no business to put himself up fur bait.n-De? troit Free Press. Tracefo?i**<# Itft?'?&.?we Plan** ? very pretty ornament for the house or lawn is a dwarfed white oak, some enthu? siast making veritable pets of these min? iature lords of the forest. These plants are readily raised in flower pots from the acorns, and require- no- attention-ex? cept watering. Tile dwarfing of the tito is effected by the cutting off the tap root every spring for a few years, this process fceepiDg?th?'tr?ty of t?minutlva size while it does not prevent ordinary develop? ment of new branches.-Arkansaw Ts&fc ele?: ???fel*dl Gradation? i? Khg?arita'. Hh<rr occupants- of the softest cushions ?ftr'e treated witto ?o sorest manners--the occupants of the babiest with an- atpiftb tiriate asperity.. "Tickets, gentlemen, if yow J*sase," is the'form iii which first-class passengers are addressed;'- this becomes, in Che c:ise of the second-class passengers;.: "Tickets, please;" and when the collector puts his head into the third-class cohipart-' ment his manner is shorn of all civility.. and he brusquely cries, "Tickets!"-W. IL Ridelng in Brooklyn Magazine.' When FIre-PJacos- T?ero ?secI; Fire-places came into'"general use' i?r country halls in t?hC sixteenth century. In earlier halls"O?ie'hearth was in-the mid? dle of tlie i-Oona1, and thc smoke found its way to the timber" roof; Which it Wack ened^aud then through thc?' ianten^in'tho; ceat?e? to tiny open- ail*. j?h-3 mote refined' hables of the' sixteenth* century led to a; better arrangement, and the fire-placc'was; universally constructed' in' the wall, arid' the smoke escaped up a chimney.-De* inorest's Monthly. Thc C?mii^fi? of Birria.! Alive. '.The enuuees of'a person being buried while in a trance are about one in a mill- j ion. If you have a ny fear that such may be 3Tour fate Til lake your order now to Are a musket close to your car before the coffin is sealed up. If you'don't jump I'll go on with tho burying,-Petr?it Under? taker. l?atiiij? UnooOked Vegetable Food. ? community was started at Anaheim, Cal.,, several years ago; the principal feat? ure of which was that only uncooked veg? etable 'food; was* to 'be used by its mem? bers. One after another of the members have left, either by resignation or starva? tion, and now but two are left.-Chicago Times. Neatness About the House. #verjr farmer, and in fact, every person owning a yard, ought lo 'take pride in kee pi rr g it neat and clean. ?eat; Well-kept yards attract tho passer-by, and often add a money val tte.'to the plaie. We Lave an in? stance of this kind hi mind, now. A m?n came into a certain ?e?ghtK>r?eod, recently, to buy a farm. He. found two that were for sale. ?ne waaf sis good aa tbs other, as regards location, soil, bo??df?gj?, etc., b?t one bad a nea? jard about, tine house, and- thc other had a slovenly one, and though he could have bought the os'e with thc slovenly y?rd"foi Uss money/.tbair he had ter give* for the 'other, he chose tire one that cost roost, rftorplj ~Bef cause UJ04&ea?&^jT .. . Have a well-made fence about trie yati, ab? If.eej> it in repair." Have a strong gtttf, and never let it get oSth? hinges. Keep the shrubs and (fees trimmed op well, and never let litter of any sort accamtrfale. Hate a big bos, of hogshead, In the back ysr?, into which cans, old bottles, shoe*, and the; thousand and .one tai ogs which aeettmalate about tbs house can be] thro wa from time to time. Wherr t'R? hos o? hogshead 2s full, born or buryl the rubbish. This refers not to the ! frost yard only j let neat?ess prevail1! all about the place. ?t gives an arr of thrift and prosperity, and always im? presses a beholder favorably, ft pays" ? more ways than one to have neat surroundings.-American AgricxdUU rist/or August. St?re Providence Had Nois? ing Against Them. "? see Judge Hoister is dead?," re? marked a Nevada mah sas?/, laying .down his" newspaper. "WelS, he was a pious man, and there's no doubt about where he's gone to, any? way/ It was in Washington/ one winier. Tong ago. Tl* judge ?ndf I got bose, you ?ndcrstaird--got on a reg'Tai ?ff night, e Very thing-goes kind of a little time. . Our heads were monstrous" in tim morning, but. tte had to Catch the train for I?ew York, so w? got irp. It Was a-sleety morning ana the sidewalks were covered whir a sheet of smooth ice. "Judge," says I, "it'll be lucky if we get to tB'e cavs without breaking* a l?g." "Iron'.f you Worry, i?wf says he, wiirra" calm Confidence Chat throed me. "IToh't you worry. If #od had arnytlivng against you anrJ me he'd have taken it out of us last hight/' "And," concluded the Comstocker, hi'i face glorified Xv??b holy enthusi 4'although both of us were biled efear through, I'm riangeoT ii either of us got even a tumble on the way to the de po?."-Stin Francisco Post. English as She is Spoke. Old Pete's boy had just iettfraed from School in relating an incident to his his father, h? said? "I saw the man-" "What's dat? Come ober dat p'int er gin."' "I say that I saw the man, ami "Hoi-' on ! Yer saw de man, eb?" "Yee, sir." . 4<Saw him ?" "Tlmt'swhaftl said." : "I do think befo* de Lawd," the old man said, "de mo' yer sends er nigger ter school tfe wiis be gits. He ah dat boy's been going tb school nearly five y'?rs, and now he come arn* ffay <?at- he 8aw er man. Ah, Lawd, dar ain' ho us'n try rn' ter Iarn 'stronomy ter er nigger. Why doan yer say 'I seed er" genern?aii,' sah ?" "Because.that wouidu't be right." "?ervy," spea&i?g to life wife, "htm' tite dat plow line. #lame et he sifi'art slaughter his mudder tongue in rro- sich' ?r Way. ?h,' I Sin bea's ail ^e3chooi8'in'rariiin' jet sa^flrftrV'-5* AvfcctnsnM Traveller-. . - 7 Th? Statistics of Comparative j?4rg&a& Statistics reveal a good many urosus-" p?cted- facts, especially ia the field of con*" par?tive hygfew?; A- priori,- ievf person^ would, for instance, suppose that preach' ing and the drudgery of schootWachicr?? are pre-eminently conducive to iongev--' ity, but the logfc ci arithnieticai proofs shows that parsons and schoOl-teaeheiS? outlive not physicians only, but farmers and shepherds. Shepherds-, ib fact rank considerably below the average of the list, and probably spoil their chances for sur? vive*! by passing their nights iu air-tight cabosses (cabanes de berger), windowless boxes 5? wheels,. Which* they move pasture to pasture. Street-cleaning and chlmney-sweeptogy the smuttiest of all manual occupations/ are less unhealthy than ono of the clean? liest-that of a stone-raasoa But htHrsarr tongs,- it seems, can more easily rid them? selves o? soot than of stone-grit, which in? the course of years proves aboui as dent?iy as the steel-dust breathed1 by JcuiSe-gplnd-' ers. Carpenters,- brick-masons, and Lr?tot-' ere;- os* th* ocher hand, outlive farmers," at least? iu western Europe. Farming should seem the healthiest, because the most natural, o* ?il occupations, but Adam wa* a gardener, rather than a plow? man,'and couid p*.y nis trade in the shade of a>msdc4?o?chewJ;^Dr. PelirL. Oswald. &ext ?teparturo of the Donkey. A Donkey who was tired of Drawings his Master's ?art about went to' the Gow for Advice; saying: "You have nothing tb do airdaylohg while I work like a Slave. Tell-mc how 1 can escap? this Drudgery." "All you have to do is tc'faftc&zy 3.T1& Smash the Cart," replied tho Gow. Thc Donkey Determined tr foH9W the' Advice, and next? rhorning: -tfhen beset ont for th?? ?bre<*; with the Cart after Faggots he s'.^Hdenly'Xicked- up his Hvels" an ;-Vs tarted-ol? ell a pce?opV "^h-ho:" exclaimed thc P?as?iv.t as'he" rj*H (Mvthe whip; ''I see' what thc trouble is with'^n! Tanv Feeding you-Too'Many Oats. Hereafter your rations will:be Kb diib'?d one-half:" Moral- There is such a; thing as being to? Smart.-Detroit Free Press. Ttesuli?; of a Drrigj?lst's^M?s?akeV* As corn will soon be large0 enough for the coous to bother it, . and'as you ire" quently give information^ gratia, I write this for tho bcne?it'of my'brother farmers: Iiast-yearl went t?' a drug store to buy stryohnhic for use to kill coons- iii tho field,'but- the" druggist rahde z> mistake' ?nd put ?p'mo^pJiino,- otl of Aviiich I did? not knew until-I jrot ife?dy to use; so P used is; abd' thc' riext uibming the field' wae full-cf c?ons; all fast asleep.-Arkan? sas Ger. Globe*-Democrat. JC Gotfd- Percentage Lived ThfO?ffh. "Arte you afraid of scarlet fever among' your children, Mrs. \V\?" "Oh, no," replied Mrs. W., "not very!. It' ran through my sister's family of six chil? dren and- sb* orily lost two."-Xew York-' Sun.- . 1 What Our Editors Say. Senator Butler. ?dgefi?d Mcerluir. tn lae Senate/ oh last Wednesday, Senator Butler ?nade ? strong cfg?> ment ra favor of Ms substitute for tbe river and harbor bil?,- tffiieb? substitute provides for an appropriation of $10 600,000, to be divided out between the river's and .harbors; afc' Che discretion of tfie Secretary of War, thus placing the responsibility of a wise disbursement of thc fund at the doors of the depart? ment whroo", in such mat?efs, ?3 sup? posed to have the most correct and ex? tensive information. . Lexington Dispatch. ..Hit Presidents vetos of private fett S^ty^^^^m^mf^ public buildings are among the most popular acts of his Administration. There is nc7 doubt thai they Commend tnemselves to'a coi&?ie/able part of the .Republican party in ipke of tbe rant of tbe Kepubli* can demagogues, if bile the Democratic party, outside of the locafl and mdrtr dual Interests affected, almost solidly approves" them. *?he amount of money Involved Js not large but it is m the j spirit of true Jeffersonian Beaioefaey to check extravagance, great or small. Mr. m Cleveland miry be reKed on to black all jobs oy his veto potter and I for whatever work of this khtd ne does he Will deserve credit and tue demo? cratic party will cot deny it. 3\ ?. ?dvoc??. ?Bc Advocate believe ia prohibi? tion, in the prohibitiois of foreign /immigration as well afc the prohibition ! of the liquor tranco. ? h* one is scarce? ly less dangerous than' the ether. The United States is fast becoming the home of ta e" very worst closes of the Euro? pean population. The scum of all the world is rapidly drifting towards j, America, ifnless something is done to cheek er prohibit (ne immigration of | these worthless and dangerous hordes to this country, the result will be disas? trous in'the extreme to all the best in? terests of the people, socially, religious fly ?nd politiealfcy. We fraye had enough of mobs, riots, anarchists and the like already and we will have a great deal more if something is* not done to check the. wholesale importa * tiotf of the pauper class of other conn' ,tries. Spartgnfrsrg ???ra??l. On a&other page will be found air ,'able editorial from the Sumter Watch' [man and Southron. The question dis? cussed is of absorbing interest and commends itself to every man whose [/sense of justice has not been d?Ued. Against it the cry of sectionalism- has already been raised-of course by those [who have been bene?tted by the great fraud of "85. Under the pressure of ' the great fact that with us in South Carolina, it is "Democracy or Mobracy, , -we have been forced, as: the lesser of . evils, to submit to" some great wrongs. Under tne same pressure'we may have to submit again, rather than endanger the safety Of the party and State, That time may or may sot be ?he pres? ent, but the intelligent voters of South Carolina will, before another general election, Bav? a1 census taken, which shall determin? 'equal representation in ' the General1 Assembly, or will make for fthems?iVes a? ?ensus wui?h shall deter . mine represen'tali?n ?n a Democratic v Convention. dardina Spartan'* ? In Newberry a woman was tried. fer ! infanticide., The evidence was cir? cumstantial, ?he child was found rn a well; but there was no proof that it had ever If vedi She was convicted of mur? der ?nd sentenced te* be hanged'. In Jfornwell ? woman ?dmtttedi tEe delibe? rate; premeditated killing of a man ito w?? she had been engaged and : ^jl^jj^^??m?i?m he bai sl?n j"cjfe??d ber. ' She shot him itt a. church wVeltir ' '?b-^'pajg?? &ma?* "of 'Gjepk would have spared aa enemy. She' not only shot lira, brit vitidictively foi- ? lowed'as he watf tty&g tfo escape, ! snapping fief p-istol several times before he fell. Sb'.Sflj as the published state? ment's of the trial' ?o there was DO proof of tlic slander except her ow? statement on the stand. She was not only acquitted but there was a grand ovation. The court house was a sees-e of handshaking and boisterous exulta? tion on thc part of friend*. Has it come to this in South Carolina, that any woman can with- impunity and without fear of imprisonment before or after" ferla'lf, s2bot d?wn sn^ alan who in her opinion, has slandered her ? If thc slander really eskts"; can the char? acter of a ?octT, pure, upright w?nia?' bc deiaadbd or strengthened by delibe? rately killing the slanderer ? Ofcetivi?e ?eics. Thc case of Miss Emma' donnelly, acquitted of thc murder Of her cousin, Jolin Steedly, in Barnwell, on Wednes? day is unique in thc annals of cri-rninal procecdure in tliis""State. It is peculiar in several respects; but mainly in that it brings Od* strong' ano? efear t?e bye for womals Honor and tbe steadfast de? termination* to preserve that honor at whatever cost, wherein lies thc purity of Southern- society and institutions". The jurors Tvticri they returned the ver? dict **nof guilty," did not set'aside the fact that Miss Connelly had killed tlic maii: with whose inurd?r site tfas charged. What they did ??' vh.s' to*de? clare their conviction that she v/as jiist: ?ed it? killing the man, who Had calum luinatcd- her. The verdict was notan acquittal' of M?ss ?bs?elly ; it was a cou'dctriUiition- ot the niau who had dared to' cast dishonor upon a womeuV name. The votes of the twelve jurors were not intended to constitute au approval of Miss Connelly's act; what tiie^oiSght.to be considered is as a sentence cf; ?^re diatc and consummate puM?^!?mc?t^?or every offender again*!? the purity bf woman's nasie. There is- a? dan ?sf ti's VcvtHefess in the precedent of the Barnwell jury-, atld one that cannot be overlooked. lil er culpating Miss Coriuelly truro blame in the killing of Jbl?:i' Sidedly, it"may be that a rtinedy lia*- Weeir introduced which shall prove as" dar?g?Vbus as the | evil against which' it' is directed1. | Woman's reputation can not be too carefully guarded, but it can- best- be guarded by woman's God-created pro?** tector, tuan" When puniraient is"' placed' in fier own hands',- tue act comes* near fbe line that sejjar?f?s" the woman?* from the female. 8. C. Adc?ca?i: fbe Citadel most be saved ? So feels4 our esteemed contemporary, the Netts* and Courier. The reasons it assigns** for the preservation of this highly or? namental but very expensive in siltation^ ate certainly entitled to the credit c? originality. Hear them? .*$he Cita-; der, at all events, eannot bs dispensed with, for there never was a time wfcetf* such education as ft gives was more'* rreedei, of when it was more neccs-' sary to prepare for the future by giving the yoong men of the State a military' edueatrsft. ?/ook at Ute ominous re-'* ports of combinations among the agrt cultural laborers in the Southwest, lt? is asserted that the Knights of Labor* ?re -r?teady organising the colored peo-" pie in South Carolina. Thia is a warn?; ing which we cannot afford to ignore.* We really do not know whether to* raugh* of erf over these gloomy prog1-" nostications of Our esteemed contempo-' raty. . We are in no doubt,- however.-^ w to the proper emotion-, is view of tfee safggest?ow ?frat we are to deliverexf from this fea*rftrr chapter of woee* through thu intervention of the brave knights of the Citadel ?cauemy. The piettrre which" the N?ws and Con-' \rier portray? with one dash of the edi? torial pencil is indeed au inspiring one* . -the agricultural? laborers of the SouthV west and the colored people of South* Carolrnav in hostile array, met and1 i routed by the little Spartan band 0/ warriors that have been turned ont bf what Mr. Tillman is pleased to calf "the dude factory of South Carolina!^' Surety au owe, cot even- farmer TH man himsel'f, would lay Violent hanaV upon this institution .in view of the woes* that threaten HS, and its newly-discov? ered possibilities of good !. ? Notable Anniversary. AvyusUr Ghrtrrndt. The first battle of Manassa? wa* fought en Sunday, Joly 2ht, l&Sf. Gen. irvin- Mcdowell commanded the' Union forces, and Ben. Joseph' Ev John storr and Gen. Beauregard the' Confederate, Gen. Johnston, though ranking bf&cer, declining to take sole' comrassd. The relative numbers of the armies engaged in this contest ha? never been definitely ascertained, but, from the best attainable data, it seem* that Federals had 24,000 and the Con? federates 16,000 men. The Confederate regiments engag?e? were r Infentry-lst Maryland ; 1st, 2dV 4th, 5th, 7th,8th,10th. 17tb,18tlr,19tbv 27th, 28th, 33d and 49th Virginia ; 5t& and 6th North Carolina, 2d, 4th, 5 tb and 8th South Carolina r and Hampton's* Legion ; 7fih and 9th Georgia ; 4th Ala? bama,* 2d, 11th, 13th, 17tb and 18tfr Mississippi; 1stLousianaBattalion an? 7th Lousiana Regiment, and 3d Ten? nessee. Calvary-30th' Virginia and Hanover Troop ? Artillery, Alexandria/ Latham, Loudon and Washington, New Orleans, batteries. The Confed? erate loss was oficiatty returned as kill? ed 369, wounded 1,489, total ?,862> The Union loss was reported as 481 killed and 1,011 wounded, totol 1,592; but as Sherman's brigade alone lost" 60?, the real total was probably much more.- The C-onSsderate fbrees captured 28 cannon, 9 flags, 4,000 musket's, ?fcc., &c. The Seventh and Eight Georgia lost 353 men, nearly one-fourth1 ?f the entire casualties, on the Confederate side. Without Friends* wi?*rC*?fr Pity. Behind the ?ara of a* gloomy eel! fa' the Massachusetts* penitentiary there' is & shattered meei Of a man K/H?' vi face te7 fade with' death. $o pitying eyes W took into his r no* friendly voice utters a world of comfort, and nw Rind ha rid ministers to: the wan ti of thia suffering outcast. IWW utterly friendless man, who is left to* dte Eke-a*dbg, watf-Bpt always*a felon, and in other days fie had' tf otr#s" of" friends. In the first flush of his' bright manhood Franklin J. Moses was rey ??rdea.as" one of the most brilliant of South. Carolina's ions; But his" good" fortune was" frcr rain'. Success' uai'd-" dened* Him. ?e became th? mostf pred?ga! rater that ?v?r sat itt' a' Gover? nor's chair. In his vain desire to'gnre* his State a dazzling administration' H?' fell an easy prey to unscrupulous fiat-' terers who knew how to' mafre ffarfft follow fawning. The ?oVernof cf ar great commonwealth became th* auso?* plice of swindlers. ^sgraae-i atoo1 scorned by his' ow? ?copie he fc$S ffheJ executive niausfoa- and beitrat sf wanderer on= the face of the earth". His recent history is ptf?nfuliy familial, ifiare cud- sgatttwhfi??r tHe' past few years the penniless e?ifo* bas* yielded to temptation, or to nec^SKily, qnd' he has paid the pensky. Front' jail to jail, and' from prison ft?$o& this' broken man has gone,, never' escaping the consequences of Efe petty transgressions. Now1, at thu* age o# fifty,- when he should be iii- fc4*5* j$f*bic> he is cut off from his kindred1 and the friends of his youth', act! fcr^tfceu ahd uncared- ftr, is left t& dib ? folb?V ? cat lr. M'en wjl? say thur i? ?y j'iSsi*. TTicy will say that it is a trarnibj example. It is more than all this". ?. is; tho' sad ending cf z w^?fe?? l&x,- a-nd' it is* ?mpossiblc ror cftnrcmpiaTd it' without* piiy.-JklanCa Consiitutt?h. ---?*.*? . ^ The Penitentiary Farm* 'The ravages of the twte frcsiiefs ?a7 tlie leased plantations for G??t?ct labor,' below Columbia, are Sow7 re'dt?d* tb' facts'. Of 1.0??' acres1 ib' c?r'ri ahd? cot-' ton, on the S?egers* plate, twb acres7 remain. Of ^00; ott tW A ugh try' place, re??ait?/ Oh the Simr p?i'oe. every prospect pleases". Cm thdr ??xingmn- fara? the c'dttou is' fair, th** peas are very1 good' butt thc c^ri?f ittfe'rior. The Carf?d- fa^ii (^iirty ttr?*)? war waslted out. Crii'irel/. THc Sfeegers ati^ Atitih'try places will" b'? replanted' \w c??i, ahd; if it pleases" Providence to* give thc season's' abd restrain thc froth ets, it is hoped that enough' will be' " made to support'tire farm' next y?s,t.'