Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i4t?^?MOCKR WATCHMAN, EstabUrfi^T^rTl,^Sotn . --**Be Just and Fear not-Let all tho Ends thou-A-ims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" THE TRUE SOUTHRON, KsUOAhshe* j?ne, 1866 * ^B?ns^ta?te? Ans. 2, 1881.1 ". ^ ^? SUMTER, S, C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1886. Sew Series-Tel. TL ??. 1. TERMS". . " twp Dollars per annum-in advance. \ --: - aD<V*RTia*M?KT8. . O oe Sqaar^ first i nser tion?.06. E very subsequent insertion....,.~....-~50 ?MI i&fi?lSS? fer tbj^ mOJXt^.iirJsn^ will TS mao^Tre?uced rates.m \ AitWnWirnTc***i?ns wbrcfrsnbserve private Ctereats w??? becoarged for as advertisements.. Oorttraries and tributes of'respect will.be rWSPEPSI A ^r^^^^^?? ^^^^ * -i . j_ - rti _ J. ? _ -m ?!g^TfWi<>r th* honored -parter of th? Ars:. Bofocmo?! Ctuarcli. Btlt-jmoro, Ml. Bays: , - ?ann* o??t Bttnrn'B Iron liittari ior I>ro*pBia te*- fcaBaBJOB I Uk? trat plaaaara in rooom i^pMgfc. J?y wa^g^??ptw>d?d tonte soqr to lb? WSow^r <rf Bream's Iren. Bitten for e_?? s__j____j y-; 5g .?V':-:<. ...? .?- ;T?S*OO K?SSS?? ?O este**- u: - - - AURAHTII "MiBtuf ililli-? Mi li M?TTSi ti 11 until i iT urn iiri~rn WITLIII- (ihri ftimrfr-r-*--1WC"P Th ffl?iiMjiTiTii?s riTfMfVnr? soch as Torpidity of i HiHiw,Tliniiiiiw?i TTrim-nr TT r i Bi indiges SPiw^lfityrftiMiBfwreag. Constipation. Ftifri ? otatkxm ' and Barning cf the Stomach. _- called BaSEtbQzaX Miasma, Malaria, r.Hax; Cb3b sod Fever, Breakbone Fever, \ ifaa tlrfwn nT irlTTT T~-(Chronic Diar? rhoea. Lc? of Appetite. Headache, Foal Breath, fcwmhaitie* Incidental to Femides, Bearing-down -.?fr^STWffiEirS fttiRftHTll ' h WiMttuatoto. Bisnota panacea for a??drsease3, ^AHfiC-^<flMaK>ofthe LIVER, "TT O UrCC STOMACH and BOWELS. It changa? th? dwafca?oa from s waxy, yellow tk^?,~ko * raddy, h?althy color. It entirely removes iam, ^otar/spirits. It is ene cf tho BEST AL? TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE ?LOOP, and * A VALUABLE TONIC ?TADICER'S AURANTU irfc??I.OOperhotUcL . ' . ' >?cr>0, FROWT ST- Paila?elph^ Pa. SW?i??W MONEY _HY- ~ ?j " " *_ - "! . '. . ;?2V?J<? x sv. w-s --?-"T? ?r^.r . MAWW? YOUR CLOTHES !r felFBH-J?^ ^TAMP . Mi "?o-t^AND^-- TIA?. ; LiDELLIBLE IHK. '? '^a?e?B?aii;'i;a?<f ' Soalbron .Office,' -SUMTER, S. Cl ' ? ? ,: ?& Farrah ?ndc??tbXe. DEALER IN" IS^?^l?^p^Si and >! ItKff TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH BK0SHES. PEKP?MKRY AND FANCY -:. :v3 . r. TOILET ARTICLES. Ac. 4c. TAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES AND ri.zv D?&SWFFSJGLASS,.J>UTTYJ$c. -FtdL. swpply 4>f ' Fresh Garden Seeds. > "April 9 T ' BUGGY IpR - -O*rt.e Dollar. One coat gives an old buggy the blackest j^^Jbiack^yoa^yer. atJa_?a?i- a.-Jikadsome gloss _ wttiiout rjtrjj?iijo^. It dries hard in a few '"'"'.tkKiMl ?fo r?bb?B?? No varnishing! No extra trouble. "Each eau contains more than " 'enough to paint a carriage. _ RetaHed at One Dollar per Can. For Sale by -:, , , - PR. A. J. CHINA. , . EOBSALE. ?MJ?COW8 ALWAYS ON HAN? IT^ B. THOMAS; ! ?- Wedgefield, S. C FOR SALE, Cheap for Cash, or Approved Papers Payable on Jan. 1,1887. ?oe TEN HORSE TOZER & DIAL POR? TABLE ENGINE. One 60 SAW BROWN COTTON GIN. . One.Steam BOSS COTTON PREISS, and About 30 feet of SHAFTING with all nec? essary'Pulleys and Belting to run the same. .Ap wy to or address _ " A. D. RICKER, April 6. : "r Sumter, S. C. THE TEMPERANCE WORKER, J&p&t?from Gohumhty, S. Q. A" L?Y^x ?^rAperance Paper, Published: Semi-monthly ia SWFSK, S. G. Under -tbe .Ed;torial management of -~---Rrr: ?tr?7r pl?aiTZBB&a, , ?^.,-?. ^yf c.Z. OF L.O.G..T. OF S. C. m - irr\? i I an1 abr? coins' w?d?tors. T%e paf?*n??e-a?<t inSueoce cf all friends of Temperance- ? -solicited. Terms only 60 teats ?j?ar.' Tb advertisers desiring a wide ??ta?^?M it bflbta an excellent medium. ^ Se** ^dress S- 0. 0STEEN? VB _ Puncher. A F ARMEES* LIFE. Tbe day is past, he evening dews Oil graveyard flowers appear, While lengthened shadows gently fail ? ? 0'?r f?eHsand taeadows near. .. . . Tfi?litt?e songster foll ofglee, . . WW all day long did sing, Noir- rest? his tired drooping head ; : ; Beneatfi his downy wing. Tlie ?azy*cows? wltVudders fuir, * * How patiently they watt To see, with joy, the first approach Of the milkmaid at the gate. The weary farmer now is throng?, His tiresome work is o'er, With cheerful face and lighter h ear t f He hastens o'er the moor. To 3Foa/sweeteotiage,:now he tarni'. His bright and sparkling eye, .. To see who will ra ?et papa first, Treager children Tie. " His2wife,.in tidy dress appears :}'??&. To meet hinx at tee gate^ ; And them they- walk -back arm in arm, A king and queen in ?tale. '. Oh, happy lt (hit '?Oman,- free O i | From care and envious strife ; I Thrice happy is the mao who has : So true and dear a wife. .. ... The table with its snowy cloth 7 And plenty now is spread ; Then with their grateful hearts they thank , The Giver of their bread. Ob, who would not with envy see A farmer's happy life? What woman wou";d refuse to be A prudent farmer's wife? ?~ - -F. A. A Glass of Beer. BY MARY D WIN ELL CHELLIS. Forty years ago, in a small New Eng? land town among the bills, there occur? red one of those strange events which no phiioospby cnn explain or mere hu? man reason cofi^cet.and. In a, house oidand-dilapidated that only, a drunkard would think % of occupying, a fifed Free? man Colton, the best mechanic and the hardest drinker ia all the coan try rouod. It was a better e vening in mid-win ter wheo he, with five boon companions, sat by a biasing are in the old-fashioned kitchen, tossing off now aud then a glass of New England ram, until the liquor famished by the gener?os host was exhausted. Thus engaged, they didoot heed how time was passing ; but in the adjoining room were Free? mau Colton's mother, his wife, and four email ch il dre D, and to them each minute seemed an hour. Compelled to hear7 the fear fal oaths and maudlin song?," they scarcely tfar?d" tb move, lest, some* sound should" provoke the anger of the half-crazed- man, J whose voice was loudest and whose laugh was the most reckless. . At length, wheo comparative silence had reigned for a few minutes, one side : . ^Let us try something different. We have been hard ceases a.! good while. Wonder howlit would seem, to tu?n. over a new leaf ? I promised my wife] I'd be booie early and get up some wood to bum; but when Colton invited me to help empty his jug I forgot all about the wood.' 'Too bad about your wife,' responded another with a sneer. 'Cold night to do without a fire. I left plenty pf wood for my folks to burn, but I suppose they'd feel better, to. -ave me 'round. I premised my old mother [ wouldn't drink a drop of liquor for a mouth ; but I. can't keep any such promise when Colton Has a party/ And the speaker laughed at what he considered a sally :of wit. - _ His, h ojie Tee; wa* the only laugh. Something had'?obered the company. -Perhaps 1 was? the* idoughf gi other mopers weeping; irgvej^W^Laons, or it may bave been the silent prayers go? ing uri tp;tEe. 3hipa?o? :grace. from the cheerless room where were gathered Freeman Colton'a family. . 'Wonder if I .couldn't give you an invitation you'd refuse?' said-the host, with an oath. j *$?J us and 'see, * was replied. : 'I -wU V he answered quickly-^I willi Will you sign a pledge net to drink another drop '? of "liquor for a year ? How; many of you.will .do that V iVfllJ^'^^S?^tl^?ktd on*. 'lynrae uiVwiG-?r he respond. eoTJ bringing bis hand, down 'heavily upon tne table before him.' Taking from a cupboard in thc chim? ney pen, ink, and paper, he wrote the .pledge, to which he signed his name, and then waited for others to follow his example. Half-intoxicated as they were, the signatures were mere scrawls, but each man would swear to his own ; and as they separated there was a hearty shaking of bauds, with promises to be 'true and faithful.' Then, throwing wide open the door where his family was sitting in cold and darkness, oe- bade them come out and bear what he bari to tell them. But words failed bim,-and he could only give , the crumpled paper to his wife, who read it, -and thea passed it to his mother, who exclaimed : 'Thank God, my son, and may Ile .give you streu^tJT to persevere to the There were tears, and prayers, and thanksgiviog, thc children, hardly com? prehending the situation until their grandmother, explained it, and their father kissed them as be had hot done for many a day. Then wood was heaped higher in tho broad fireplace, and such food as thc house contained was brought forward. It was enough for thc aged mother that ber prayers were answered, enough for thc wife that her hosbaaci crave J for? giveness for neglect and and unkind? ness, but the younger members of thc family were eager to satisfy their hun? ger. It was soon known that six drunkards had pledged themselves to a year's ab? stinence from all intoxicating drinks, including cider. Their frionds rejoiced, although with many fears ; yet as mooths went by, and they gave no sign of returning to tkeir former habits,, they gained : more and mose tao con fi iJcO?e^of the"peoples u - : 1 A - relative of Freeman Coitoa ad? vised Bim* to seek employment in the city, offering to- assist bim with j both money and influence. This offer was accepted, and the family soon left the old house for a home among strangers. lu a rapidly growing city the ekilful mechanic found his skill appreciated ; and, having free scope for his talents, he proved himself a competent archi? tect. Orders flowed iii upon bim, until be employed a large number of meo. His *qrj& ww t?moo?Ujg- dione ^ his contracte were fulfilled to the let He was accounted a prosperous busi man, and the relative who had assi .bim felt more than repaid for e1 effort made on -his behalf.. Never t had he broken the pledge, which at end of a year had been renewed life. As he had accumulated no ; per ty, he was : still, obliged to ask credit, which was readily granted, \ the same name npou his notes as sui for their payment. At last he contracted to build addition to a large hotel, and w superintending his workmen the j prietor came to him with a foam pitcher of strong beer with whicb proposed to 'treat' all present. 1 Colton dodi oed it firmly, even a much urging and the repeated assura - that it was. as harmless as oold; wa Most of the men drank, and theo,th iras.mother temptation for, themas; : mechanic,: to which, however, ha : not yield.- But the beer was pres almost to his Hps, and, whether accident or design, it was spilled that be could oot avoid tasting it. . For a moment he looked around a dazed, then seized the glass aoddraii it. Another and another was drain and then he went his way. His plec was broken. He knew only too * that the beer contained alcohol, did not attempt to deceive himself regard to this, and it was not long fore he drank the strongest liquo careful only to conceal the fact as mt as possible. He drank after worki hours, and bis. family soon beca aware that he was on thc downw? road. His business suffered. His work m were paid less punctual ly. No matured which he could not pay; a bis endorser was called^ np OD io nu the demands. - His creditors closed his business. _ He was,bankrupt, wh the friend who had dono so much I bim. was greatly embarrassed. T c, -He had lost all except bis skill as mechanic. It had been often said him that he could do more work th any two men he could hire, so that could easily earn a competency. B be did not do this. He would work ? a few days, and then drink until 1 money was exhausted. Appeals we made to him io vain. He seemed baye lost all power to control the a petite which had overmastered and w fast ruining him. Later, when bereft of one after a other.of his family, there were tim when he would abstain from liquor f weeks, and even months ; but with eat relapse he sank lower, until he beean a wanderer and vagabond, dying at la in a county almshouse, and only sav< from a pauper's grave by the geoerosi of ono who had paid thousands of tim over for thc ?lass of beer which prov . his ruin. Talk of beer and ale as.-'temp?rant drinks.' Talk of thc .German lager ! nourishing and healthy . Brewers com their profits and smile at the. credulil bf those who cati be so easily , deceivet -National Temperate. Advocate. --- mt .?-.?. mi -J No .Wonder He is Fprty-Poui ..When .an.infant, on? wash, day;-I fe over into a. tub and went. straight t thc. bottom of it.-. staying, thara tc . minutes, tiU found and jerk cd. put: often think where I would have.bee boarding to-day had. there, been an water in that tub! Wilie sleeping io" six story hotel in the iar west I a wok aft the cry of fire* and j plunged out' c the.window..,. Some would "haye hesita ted and been lost; . But life ..is ?wee andJircis. awiul.hoL I nave often lal] awake and thought of .that terrible leap which would have dashed me to piece bad. not my room been on the first floor : I once stayed two weeks in ? fash io n a b! i Boston boardi ng house, ont was rescued ; and afterwards. regained my health While .handling a gun in which I wa sure lhere, was no krad,. I blew into i r -with my foot on the hammer when thi foot' slipped. ? would/j^ve^ ?worn t was not leaded,-' awd4n-an instant-11] found I had thought right. Thai, is th< way many are killed. While chopping a tree down, it unexpectedly fell upoi me. Woodchoppers are the victims o! many disastrous accidents. Instead o allowiogahc. tree.to drive me into thc ground like, a tent stake, I took it or my shoulders and tossed in over inte the alley. But what if the tree had been four feet through ? No wonder 1 shudder at the recollection. At Vicks? burg I sat down on an old shell, whee it accidently exploded. Instead ol going up through the top of the tent I looked down and saw that thc shell had a little chicken in it, which was the only one of us that got killed. It was a thin escape. During a lull in thc battle I carelessly leaned up against thc muzzle of a cannon, when all at once it went oil. When I was, picked . op IfounJ that Che r??s?o'it?ad-gone off was that the driver had whipped up and the cannon had gone off with the horses. No wonder I am getting bald-headed, and that premature agc begins to show on mp clothing. When a boy I found a paper of black sand and threw it into the stove. I did not know that it was powder. AH of a sodden, instantane? ously-it didn't go off. But I shiver when I think of the consequences had there been any fire nt that fatal stove. We arc now about barf way through jousc-clcaorng asd I am still alive. Any man going torc-ogb half -what I have would have been dead a dozen times. No wonder i hat I am fort v-four years o?d. Shipping; GHI ne Away to England. A. large num.be? of quails, prairie chick? ens and wild turkeys are sent from. St. Louis to England every season. Fiue wild turkeys, weighing a dozen pounds and upwards, with Rood show of plum? age, aro in great ?&emli??d just before Christmas* and so. long, as the 1 >?'ds are phi mp and stylish they do.i't kiele at tho price.. Ov^r 1,000 were sent lost whiter, sum?'?olv'Mc??unall market, Xondon, and others to Liverpool. Quails are also very freely seat tb-the same consignees, nearly 2,000 dozen- fcjoiiig last season.. The num her of prairie chickens sent is less, about 1,200 pairs going annually. New York sends more of these, and calls thenr grouse. We pack the birds in iceand send them by express to New York, whence they cross the Atlantic by thc Canard line. In return a very few of the finest English pheasants come to St. Louis. They are chiefly brought over on the ; fpiiet by ship stewards and fetch fancy j prices, aa much as-$5 being paid for a sin 1 gie bfcd.--M? Ti EJ' to Glebe-Democrat. I H?MM K?DENTIAv TWO CLASSES OF WHARF R?T$ ON? HUMAN, THE: OTHER ANIMAL, Cat-Throat Varlets of Vile Habits,- Who Have a Way of Hiding la Hark Holes, Caves* and Underneath. Low Wharf Landings. A police officer well up in his business will tell you that there are two classes of wharf rats-one human and the other ani? mal He will tell you, also, that the ani? mal isa long, lean, lank rodent, with sharp, white teeth, an empty stomach, and a disposition to fight fiercely when at tacked. He will also point ont to you the resemblance existing between the rodent and his human brother, who is nothing more or less than a vagabond of the street. Not the vagabond of "Roger and I," bata sneakig, cut-throat varlet, with theivish propensities, .vile.habits, . and a way of hiding in dark holes, caves, and under? neath the low wharf landings that baffles that ferret-the metropolitan policeman. In the sunlight of a summer afternoon toe river's edge on the east side, from the stock yards to Dayton's bluff, is a tempt? ing place for all to seek. It is a compara? tively quiet locality, except at the wharves, where all is bustle and confu? sion. SLEEPING PLACE OP VAGABONDSl But at night, when the shadows come down, and the mists rise, the character of the place is changed and it becomes the great sleeping berth of scores of the most worthless class of the city's vagabonds. What more tempting spot can they find? Darkness, aided by a scarcity of gas lamps, shrouds the warehouses, elevators, landings, caves and box cars with an al* most impenetrable veil, underneath which the homeless wanderer can seek a resting place. A few wutchmen, with heavy clubs and lanterns, patrol the railroad yards, but rarely, dive into the innermost recesses of the spot. The regular police keep aloof, except when necessity de? mands their presence. So that it has come about that the wayfarer with broken purse finds the loneliness of the spot, the cool river breezes-and. the absence of guardians of the peace all in his favor, and he lays himself down to sleep in peace with his companion, the wharf rat. But if there are animal ferrets there are human ones, too, who wear brass but? tons, a glistening star, and carry mahog? any clubs. And when en masse they de? scend-to the levee and begin their search -foV prey, there is fun ahead. It is'gener? ally after a series of petty robberies have been committed that some valiant ser? geant of police deems it necessary to lead a squad .into the depths and to .tempor? arily destroy the lodging arrangements ot the suspected thieves. HUMAN FERRETS ON THE HUNT. Late some night, when all is still, half a dozen belted officers, with flaming "bullseyes," can be seen stealing down te the levee, whispering as they go and treading softly. They know the charac? ter of the animal they ore searching for, and that sometimes ho unsheaths claws that aro dangerous to attack. Once fairly on the levee they separate, each alone on his hunt. Down nuder the wharf landing they go, the river in front of them, the dark dreariness of the place around " them, and naught but tho lit? tle "bullseye" to guide them to their ?ame. Tho shadows are frightfully fan? tastic and deep, the walking rough, and the opportunity for a sudden supprise and attack on them by thc foe so favorable that no wonder clubs are drawn and pistol belts placed conveniently at hand. Here and there-curses and oaths, growls hali like snarls apprise them that some one has beeu rooted out .and started on a jour? ney that ends in the workhouse. The search is indefatigable and untiring. Every emptyfbox ear, ill-smelling cave, vacated shanties and pile of lumber is ex? plored. . Tramps are found in the moat in? conceivable places, and where less shrewd men would never think .of .searching for them. Anything and everything that will afford them shelter and concealment from the elements and the police they call into ; service and utilize. And what a sorry looking set they are when routed out Such hard, rough faces;.torn and tattered clothing; sneaking', desperate expressions. : Their captors treat them . with but little mercy, and they retort with personal abuse that is of the vilest. Up the street they go like a collection of unlicensed curs, the damned of earth. The patrol carries them off to safe* quarters, and in the morning off to the workhouse. There by hard labor their term is served out and back again they go to the ?ld life. Such is the rodent of the genus homo, and so ls he hunted. The quality of mercy doled out to him is badly strained, and his posi? tion-that of his bedfellow-a dirty, loath? some rat.-St; Paul Pioneer Press. Fascinations Nature Has "for Children.. ; An enthusiastic botanist and teacher, speaking of the children, said* "They bow as to some-fetich before poisonous plants." Monstrosities in nature fascinate them. Double apples, strangely shaped knots from trees, grotesque roots, curious lichens adorn many "play-houses.* Their readiness to get hold of the properties ol plants explains how it is that children (boys particularly, because they are more in the outdoor world) find so many things to eat in thc woods and fields. A boy av customedto tramp about will seldom go 100 roda afield before he begins to nibble or chow something that he finds growing in his path. Can you not recall a dozen wild tning3 of which you were "fond in childhood which long ago passed from your list of edibles? Sassafras-bark, both of twig and root, spice-wood, "slippery-elm," the buds of the linden-tree, the tender shoots from the spruce and larch, all tickle the palate of the boy or girl. Men whose boyhood was passed anywhere in northern New England may recall how fond they once were of something which was called "sil? ver," the cambium layer of the white pine. In certain places it is the fashion to chew . the leaves of the antennaria, "indian to? bacco"-in others, thistle blossoms. WAI ever honey taste as sweet as did the dainty droplets taken direct from some unfort? unate bumble-bee captured and dismem? bered by the boy seeking what he may de? vour?-Popular Science Monthly. Language Is a Slippery Thing. Lauguage is a slippery thing to deal with, as some may find when selecting their similes. Says a writer: "J-Jpeak of a mau's marble brow, aad he will glow with conscious pride; but allude to his wooden head, and he's mad m a Eftinute." The young lecturer's "similes were gathered in a heap" when he expressed the whole body of his- argument on deceit in toe follow? ing: ''Ob, my brechren, the snowiest shirt front may conceal an aching bosom,, and thc stiffest of all collars eucirele a throat thal? ha? many a bitter pill to swat Sow."-Chambers' Journal. Way to Go Shod to thc Sea Sands. Canvas shoes for seaside wear seem ta k?7e familiar form^ but aro in new and desirable colors. Tho moccasin-shaped bathing shoo has also suffered "a sea change," and can now be obtained of can ray, ffcurnel or duck, in all colors, to match bathing suits. A thin and light but firm sole of cork is stitched securely to a thin layer of leather, and tims alfords perfect protection to the feet from sharp rocks and other "dangers of the deep" sea bathing.-Boston Globe. The Hold That Habit Has. The ruling passion strong in death was Characteristically illustrated on the occa? sion of a clergyman's prayer for a dying toll-keeper. The poor man had not many hours to live, and the clergyman was in the middle of his prayer. "Stop a mo? ment," interrupted the toll-man, "I think I hear a wagon.-Troy Times. WORDS TO> LITERARY' ASPIRANTS: All the Professions Hindered for Want ot Men to Do the Work. Literature, like the ministry, medicine, the law and all other occupations, is cramped and hindered for wont o l men to do the work, not want of work to do. When people tell you the reverse they speak that which is not true. If you desire to test this you need only hunt up a first class editor, reporter, business manager, foreman of a shop, mechanic or artist in any branch of industry and try to hire him. You will find that he is already hired. He is sober, industrious, capable and reliable and always in demand. He cannot get a day's holiday except by cour? tesy of hja em ykwer, or of his city, or of the great general public. But if you need idlers, shirkers, half-instructed, unambiti? ous and comfort-seeking editors,, report? ers, lawyers, doctors-and mechanics, apply anywhere. There are millions of them to be had at the dropping of a hander chief. The young literary aspirant ia a very, very curious creature. Be knows that if he wished to become a tinner the-master smith would require him to prove the poa sesi?n of a good character and would re? quire him to promise to stay in ;he shop three years-possibly four-and would, make him sweep out and bring water and build fires all the first year, and let him learn to black stoves in the intervals. If he wanted to become a mechanic of any other kind, he would have to undergo the same tedious, ill-paid appren? ticeship. If he wanted to become a lawyer or a doctor, he weald have fifty times worse, for he would get nothing at all dur? ing his long apprenticeship, and in addi? tion would have to pay a large sum for tu? ition and have the privilege of boarding and clothing himself. The literary as? pirant knows all this, and yet he has the hardihood to present himself for reception Into the literary guild and ask to share its high honors and emoluments without a single - twelvemonth's apprenticeship to show in excuse for his presumption. He would smile pleasantly if lie were asked even to make so simple a thing as a 10-cent tin dipper without previous in? structionin the art; but, all green and ig? norant, wordy, pompously assertive, un? grammatical, and with a vague, distorted knowledge of men and the world, ac? quired in a back country village, he will serenely take up so dangerous a weapon as a pen and attack the* most formidable subject that finance, commerce, war or politics can furnish him withal. It would be laughable if it were not so sad and so pitiable. Tho poor fellow would not in? trude upon the tin-shop without an ap? prenticeship, but is willing to seize and wield with unpracticed hand an instru? ment which is able to overthrow dynas? ties, change religions and decree the weal or woe of nations.-Mark Twain. Itf-an In an Intelligence Office Of all places in which a mau is uncom? fortable, an intelligence office is' the one in which he appears least at ease; but oc? casionally he rises superior to circum? stances and entertains his feminine fel? low sufferers by his rebellion against his oppressors. Such a one sat in a South End office the other day and allowed him? self to be catechised by some fifteen serv? ants, but the sixteenth found her match. She made the usual inquiries in c rder to assure herself that His home contained all the luxuries to which she had been accus? tomed, and which her delicate health re? quired, and at last said: "I shan't come." WI was afraid you wouldn't," he answered pensively, "but you ought. This house isn't much, I know; but I'm building one that's to have set tubs, and bells, and an elevator, and an electric light, and a piano, and a set of parlor furniture in tho kitchen, and it would be like your child? hood's home to you, and-I'll let you keep a pig in it. She walked out of the office, and the other girls were decently respectful for a few minutes; but a fresh arrival quite unaware of his possibilities, soon attacked him. He answered her also with civility until her question became impertinent, and when she said, "Well, I guess I'll 'hire' you.. How many have ye in family?" he answered. "Eighteen." "Eighteen I" she gasped; *?Andwhatdo ye bes paying a week?" "Sl.SO:" "Indeed, and VII not go," said she; and she also departed, for every? body laughed. "And af tor all," said a lady who had seen the whole, "he found and engaged a nice girl. If a woman had said half as much she would have been mobbed."-Boston Transcript. Ho Thought Ho Knew Better. A citizen walked up the depot platform yesterday af ternoon and gazed for two or ; three minutes at. the new train signals re? cently erected on the south side of .the shed roof. Then he turned to Officer McElwee and asked; -, . "What's them things forr "Tflhafc things?" ."Why, that jigamertg on top or that ere roof." "O, that's to stoptrains/? replied the officer. ? . -. A look of incredulity came Into the man's face and he said: "Can't fool me, mister, with such trash. Trains stopped here many years before sich things came around Kb mara could stop a train with a piece of board way up there. Stop a train! Hear him talki" And the citizen enjoyed a good laugh and then coming to the subject a$ain he asked, "But, mister, what is them things foir, any? way. You might as well give it away." . "They are to stop trains with, I tell you," reiterated the policeman. "Do you mean to tell me that a yard long piece of wood can reach ' way cross the track and stop a locomoky? Wacher givin'- mel" "It catches on the smoke-stack and puts on the air brakes," explained a passenger; "It's a new fangled invention for stepping the engine right away." "I've lived around Chester these fifteen years," soliloquized the citizen as he gazed with wonder at the shingle, "and I've never seen 'em obliged to stop trains that air way."-Chester Time3. The Development of a Chick. "Did you ever see an egg hatch? I don** moan looking at the egg as it lies in the nest and just seeing the shell, but I mean seeing tho inside of it and' watching thc gradual development of a chick from a globule of egg-yolk to a lively, downy, chirping fowl, ready to gs? ont J> sd forage for worms. It was over at Tubigen uni? versity, Germany, that I saw it. Great fellows fur research, those German- pro? fessors- This one was Dr. Gerlach, who seems to have given himself lip to iavssti gating thc growth o? ??& And ?ow he's sitting up nights watching eggs turn into chickens. Kow does he do it? I'll tell you. He take? a freak egg and cats a bis of shell out of the JUttlc enc& ile chooses that eu<! so os not to disturb thc air bub? ble at the big emL Tue bit of stteil he cuts owt is as big as a niekel, and he fakos it out jos* a? a surgeon would trepan' a cracked skull. Then he can soe tho inside . of the egg just as plain as ean be. He takes a littles* the white out, just enough to turn thc yolk around so thc germ is where he eau- see it. Then he puts thc white back very gently and seals it ivjx "ile has a little glass saucer, very r.hinF big over as your thumb nail and curved just like the bit of shell he cut out. He puts this over thc hsis, being careful to let no air remain under it, ami seals it on tight with collodion. And there you an-. You can see everything inside tho egg shell as plain as in a tea ?up. Put it in arr incubator wish a gloss sido, and yon can watch the whole process of the growth of the chick until he picks his way out of the shell. Yon can take- it out ot' the in? cubator, now and then and examine it as closely as you please: And I believe Dr. Gerlach is now prtjpariug a set of photo? graphs of the iuterior of the egg, one taken every hour from the putting of the egg in the incubator to the hopping out of the hatched chick. Now talk about hearing daisies grow!-Cor. New York Tribune.. CANES Am UMBRELLA HEAO& Jfovclties in Buckhorn am# SSJVrr Han? dles-Fash Ion*? Changes, Within a stone's throw erf the city/ halli in a basement, is situated a finn which manufactures a large number of the canes and umbrella handles sold in this city and New York. The industry is almost mo? nopolized by Germans, many of whom learned thc trade in their native land. A reporter talked with the- senior memoes of the firm recently, who is a broad shoul? dered, good-..atured and Intelligent Ger? man of 50 years. He said: "I have been engaged in the manufact? ure of walking-sticks and umbrella heads since I was 15 years of age. I was taught my trade in Germany. The larger part of the wood used in the walking sticks made In this country comes from England. The favorite woods used are English hazel, olive, webthorn and snakewood. The last named wood comes from South America and is very valuable. The wood is received in the rough and is polished heve. The polishing is a separate branch of the trade Up to a few months asto this* was the popular walking stick with fash? ionable young men and dudes." At this point the cane man exhibited on enormous buckhorn handled cane, the stick of which was two inches in diam? eter. The head of the cane was of buck? horn and not quite a foot in length. To make the cane more attractive and sale? able a nickel band was placed at the base of the handle, "These large sticks or mintetnre- trees, as they are sometimes called," continued the cane manufacturer, "are slowly going out of fashion. They will be succeeded by natural handled sticks, ef which there are many qualities. Of the woods from which natural handled sticks are made can be mentioned Florida oak, dogwood,, thorny English hazel, boxwood, apple, Mulberry, diamond willow, orange, yahya, red gum, cedar, chestnut, hickory, pear and ligum vitae. There are many woods from which canes can be manufactured, but those mentioned above are the principal in use. Fashions change in canas aa often as in hats. Some months ago the popular cane bad ? silver topped handle, but this kind cf cane is not now fashionable. When the silver topped cane was all the rage a great fraud was perpetrated by unscrupulous dealers, who sold filled canes a? solid ones. The same fraud was practiced in the gold headed canes. This class of canes- in many instances were heavily plated and will wear less than a year. But few of the common canes which sell for ten or fifteen cents are now manufactured. The popu? lar taste is for expensive walking sticks. Formerly it made very little difference to a man what quality of cane he carried, but now handsome walking sticks are consid? ered an important part of a gentleman's wardrobe." "Of what kind of wood are the better class of canes made?" "Ebony and rosewood are the stock woods. Aged and wealthy men prefer the woods named because of their strength and durability. Nothing is more hand? some than a highly polished ebony stick with a gold head. Many men have every? day and Sunday sticks. The latter are, of i course, of dressy woods. Canes are also made of hard rubber and the backbone of sharks. Umbrella heads are made from natural woods, silver or gold and carved wood."--Brooklyn Eagle. A French Electrical Flogging machines A savant named Henri Roget, hailing from Lyons, has, it is stated, a new use for electricity. He has a patent to apply it as a' substitute for the caW-nine tail? in corporeal punishment The culprit having been undressed, is securely strapped to a steel triangle, which is con? nected with one pole of a powerful bat? tery. Tho other pole is connected with the whip, which consists of ai number of steel wires covered with a sponge. This whip ls dipped in water before the stroke is administered, and whenever the wet wires touch, an electrical discharge takes place. The inventor claims that the chastise? ment can be made so mild as not to injure a school girl, while on the other hand, by increasing the power of the battery, a punishment can be administered beside , which the knout would be mere child's j ploy, and at the same time no injury is in ; fiicted; the disgusting spectacle, of a lacer? ated back is avoided, and the culprit, in? stead of having to be sent to the hospital to have his wounds healed, can be put to work in five minutes after the flogging is ? over. M. Roget intends petitioning Gen. ? Bonlanger, the French minister of war, te I allow his patent to be used experiment? ally on the next soldier sentenced to the ? cat Flogging is not in existence in the French army, nor is it likely to be intro? duced to test the machine.--Electrical (World. The Danger of a Stampede. The main danger to bc guarded against at a round-up is a stampede; but at night a bright flash of lighting, the barking of coyotes, or the scampering of a single , steer may start the whole herd in the wildest terror across the piala. When a stampede occurs the cowboys ride ahead of the running mass and endeavor to "circle" the formost animals, that ls, turn them to right or left and keep them mov? ing in a circle instead of straight ahead Even the reckless cowboy dreads a stam? pede, as well he may, when he reflects that a false step of his. horse may convert . him into a carpet for 1,000" hoofs. And speaking of cowboys, I think those bar? barous, devil-may-care fellows who, make the tenderfoot" hold np nickels for tar? gets, and shoot the neck off the bottle while the bartender measures out thc dram, have migrated to Arizona, drawn to the Apaches, perhaps, by a curious bond of sympathy. Those I saw were boisterous, to be sure, and moderately ad? dicted to cards and whisky, but withal good-natured and civiL-Colorado Cor. New York Tribune. Giving Exact Change in 'Frisca. . The cu3tcm of having barmaids in sa? loons is gaining ground here. It has not invaded the fashionable dr inking-places, but thc experiment has proved a success in the lcrr^c bet-r srvioons south of Market street. Another custom which promises be'TC long to become general is the iwe ot" the cent in making exact change. It is only ten years since the S-cer>t nickel was introduced herc*, and it took six months to accustom the pnbMc to the in? novation. Storekeepsrs object to small coin, as-the profit on anything less than 5 cents falls to them. But one of the largest dry-goods houses has begun the practicvof giving exact change rn cents and others must sewar follow. It wilt bo a coud thing for poor people, as fruit and knickiKtcks may then be bought in smaller quantities.-Sa? Francisco Letter? Aa Known Arnon-- His Nei^liborSfc "The rt B. Hayes known in these parts," said one e? tho citizens Fremont. Ohio, recently, "isa benevolent, cultured anti courteous gentleman, heartily in sympathy with his neighbors, instantly ready with pm's* and voice to forward every wisc scheme for advancing the nia ?erk?l interests of the town." Those Who Lettre fh-v $an?rSr?T>*-k"*. A test of ihe religion of thoso who Teuve the sanctuaries behind them is furnished j by tke help they give to the efforts to ' make the hot weather bearable to the ! sick, the poor and thc children %vho can not get away.-Boston TIera?d. The artesian wells, it, is believed,~wi?l some day convert the arid-slaked plains ol Texas into a fruitful region. Leopold von Ranke had a library con? taining 30,000 volumes. The season'* seal hunt off Newfound? land was a failure. Owing to promiscu? ous hunting the animals ate rapidly de? creasing in numbers. Where the Balllos- Goes to?. It ls-often asked, What has- become ot' the huge amount of bullion that India has absorbed in recent years? She- has re celvedon. balance some ?350,000,000 of sil? ver and gold in: the last forty years. What has become of it ail? Many writers ir* England bold that this is a great proof of wealth. It is not se regarded in India; it is extremely difficult to-say what becomes of the money; no one could give me a sat? isfactory answer; it is apparently diffused over that vast population, either in the form of coin or ornaments; it shows little visible sign of existence;: probably much of It is hoarded. There-still remains ira India the feeling of mistrust,, burned into the mind of the people through ages of pillage and anarchy. Ko property is con? sidered by the villagers quite secure un? less it caa be hidden. Banksand bask notes are veryHttlo user);, the rupee has to Derform, the ordin? ary exchange? of 250,000,000 people,.and everything that can be spared is put upon the-woman in the shape of rings, brace? lets, anklets,, and othes ox na me nts.- Ot lat? years a considerable part of the bun? ion imported-fully one-third-is ingold, and it is said that much ot this-goes into the-native states,, where the rajahs and rich natives are fond of display, i doubt whether any safe conclusions can be drawn as to the wealth and prosperity of the masses of the- people merely oa ac? count of this absorption: ol hallion; stills it is undoubted that India has greatly re? plenished her currency as compared with the early part of the century,, when it was deplorably scanty,, and when, the rudest means had to be adopted for the purpose of exchange.-Contemporary Beview. Bich Men Take- the Cke&p Way. "The age of economy has begun,,' said a shrewd clerk, in a hotel to a reporter. "Few ot the wealthiest men/ he contin? ued, "use carriages in going tO'and from the depots. They take the street cara send send their luggage by the cheapest ex? press. Some years ago nearly ali of our customers ont of the city always took a hotel conpe or carriage both coming and going, lt only cost them a couple of dol? lars: and that was considered cheap then for the style-they hod ia the way of a brigat and handsome turnout. Now prices are down consid?rably and many of the depots ' eau he reached & first-class style (double horse carriage) for St and $1.50 single passenger. . "Yet with all these close scaling; bank? rupt prices,, the customers evince an economical desire to take the street cars. Think of it. Men worth ?4,000,000 and $0,000,000- seizin g their grip bags and com? ing a mile or so for 5 cents. Such a thing fifteen or twenty years ago was rarely done. Even; a $100,000 man disdained to use anything but the carriage. But all this applies principally to men alone. Of course,, with their families they muster up courage to pay the carriage tariff. Yet I have known several instances where the' ; entire famlly went to the' depot in the streetcar. The elevated railroad takes a ! great many too, and is, if anything, \ quicker than a carriage.. Times have changed when millionaires become so economical. Swell Tourists and Their Dresses. j While chatting with the proprietor of j a well-known Long Branch hotel the other day, I remarked that I could already see signs of the coming summer exodus. He laughed and said: "Well, my dear ! boy, I fear that the more signs you see ; the less visitors we'll have I have just r dropped on to one or two of the latest ; wrinkles cf those people who pose as swell suiniiier tourists on excessively small in i comes. A dressmaker whom my wife went i to see recently told her that she had a j gr eas variety of dresses for the summer t season which she would hire out on j reasonable terms, and' change for others I once every week. Now, ain't that an [ ideal Yon see, Miss De Smith' can go to i Long Branch with seven morning and seven evening dresses, and after a week she secures another ! fourteen, and can ; bloom out in an entirely new set for the I following week. Ali these costumes are made- upon a sliding scale baste, with big seams and wide flounces, which facilitate their being, changed tc flt many sizes. You see that with four sets, of dresses the customer can change them from one watering-place to another, and thus serve four people" simultaneously, giving each a constant succession o? new toilets. For about $25 a week the girls can have the uso of a wardrobe that couldn't be dupli icated under $3,00a Think of that for ! American enterprise."-Baltimore Amer I icaa. . Cheese Two Centuries OU. Boyd Winchester; the consul general of the TJnited States to Switzerland, has Just completed some exhaustive researches in ; regard to the cheese industry of that conn--' [ try. He has made certain discoveries that j the cheese-?iakers of this country win be ! a little slow to believe. He claims to nave i seen cheeses that are more than.200 years old. One of the customs that formerly prevailed, in the cheese regions of that i country, Mr. Winchester says, was for 1 the friends of a bride and bridegroom to join ia the presentation on their wedding day of an elaborate cheese. This cheese F was used as a family register and heir? loom on which the births, marriages and deaths are recorded. Ile ssays that he bas ! seen some of these "old cheeses" that date back to 1060. In many parts of Switzer? land cheese forms the principal diet of the people. Ile says that new cheese often causes sickness. When this is the case the patient is treated ia the homeopathic fash- : ion with old cheese, which generally ef? fects a cure.-Washington Cor. Boston Herald. Novel Treatment of Typhoid Fever. The writer's son suffered with typhoid fever curing the heated term of last sum? mer, when the temperature of the room often rose to 90 or 96 degrees, and the pa? tient's temperature ran up to 105 degrees and over. A number of tubs were placed i in the room and kept filled with ice and the doors kept closed The temperature of the room sank to SO degrees or less, an. average of 12 or 15 degrees below the tem- j perature of the other rooms in tho house; and the cooler atmosphere not only added to the comfort of the patient, but aided in keeping down the body temperature and materially contributed to a imol recovery. Cor. National Druggist. Flowers E.\i?wteil for Their Sugar. The Maluva tree of Central India (Bas sail lats folia; bears Howers which are now being exported to Europe for their sugar, of which they contain more than half their weight. The tree resembles the oak, and a single specimen sometimes bears a ton of flowers:-Boston Transcript. Hats of the New York Letter-Carrier. When thc sun shines the New York let? ter-carrier wears a straw hat weighing four ami one-half ounces, which costs 60 cent?. When the weather is bad he wears a helmet weighing six and one-quarter ounces and costing $2.65. A Tot with a Terrifying Name. "Coup-y-gay'peeia-y-pony.'' 'Chis cabal? istic word was solemnly chosen a few days Age by Senor Sacchi, a member of the corrrmon council ot Pavia, as the namo of his new-born child, a little girl.-St. James-' Gazette. '? A Quaint phrase winch a correspondent of The Critic-. has found in Pennsplvaaia and Virginia is "gimber-jawed." On see jug a portrait of George Eliot a Pennsyl? vania* lady exclaimed: "How gimber jawed she was!"-Philadelphia Cali. Construction of a Monster TJallooo. A dirigible balloon 492 feet long and 43 feet in diameter is being constructed at Berlin. It is calculated to carry sixteen tons weight, including machinery. If a man be absolutely just, he will be absolutely merciless.--Prof. Arthur S. I Bardy._'_ What Our E<&toj? Say.. : Temperance- Worker. Out of ?T preacher? belonging' to tile Cbkesbary Cbnference Bistrict 12. do not ase tobacco m a?y form. The use of the weed by tue Methodist minister* in South Carolina is greatly on.the.do crease. A lar*e majority of the preach ere do not use it at a IL Gfiester Reporter:. 'What's up in Orangeburg 2*" asked the News and Courier sneeringly last. Friday. Wellt, if it bad readmits ow? account of the proceedings in tbe Dem? ocratic county ?on vs ri ti 90 of Oracgeburg on ?barsday it would have found that, two of its pet measures-free tuition to. tbe South Carolina College _ and tbo Citadel Academy appropriation-were 'up'?n the convention, but they wer? ^d'owae?^bj aTlarge aaaj?r??y. Anderson UnteUigencct^ The Ncvs and Counter is urging tn* renomination of Attorney General' Afiles with all of Its power, and bas not ia our jadgaaeat, bee? fair in its apposi? tion to Col. Joseph H. Earle, iu that it. asserts that Cel. Earle's nomination ia to be urged as a part of a corabiaatieni between Ci-ov. Sheppard and Senator Mauldin, a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. We are. satisfied that- no such eombroatioB exists,, or bas bee? thought of. If, however, it does exist the people are entitled to know'it, and therefore we eall on the Newland Cou? rier te give the public the autnority upon which it published the- rumored. combination;. Saeb rumors are too* often started for the purpose of injuriag candidates, and the people should h av c the fullest referai atron as to the sources of sueh- charges. Let cs h aye the au? thority upon wbkb tbe. A7?*M ?nd Cou? rier made tts statement - 'darlington 2facr- ' ' Capt. Coker bas formed BO combina? tion, sor with bis censeBt baa bis same been linked wkb others on any ticket. Every mentios made of bim m his owa county has been eatirely witb reference to his Stn ess for ofBce. He stands o a bis own merita, and if he rs is not strong enougb to get the nomination, witboet going into, ft combination, riag or elate,. the News and Courier may be assured that with BO conse&t of bis wiri any be formed. It ts strange tbat the Mews and Courier with tbe unlimited means ! it bas for gett?g at fects sfeouid resort to rumors when diseassiag tbe merri? of ! Capt. Coker. If tbe News emd Courier j inteads to prac? rt? influence tn favor of any partieaUr candidate, let it ?oma ; out and put itself on record* Weak Indeed. " - Camden Journal. We know there are a few nen m this county who still favor tbe convention plan of making noaiuations, but tbe argument that some ol tbem have ad? vanced to support their theory is al m oat : too absurd for us to beHeve that Intelli? gent mea eouid even entertain or ad? vance such bosh ead expect ia-tdligeat men to believe it, Tbey bave actually stated tbat rf tb? primary system was adopted tbe negree? would come in and nominate a radical for office-as if the radar?) aegra bad a righi er. would be perniiaedlo vote in tbe Democratic primary election even j though be should ask for admission a? a member of tbe Democratic party. This argument is toe silly to even-seed a refutation. . . -. ". Again, tbat tbe advocates of tbe pri? mary system were throwing fire brande into the Democratic ranks and doing ali they could to split tbe Democratic party, They appear to forget, or to be igno? rant of tbe fact tbat about 29 out of-tba 35 counties in tbe State haye- already adopted the primary system for making: nominations, and many of them'have practised it for years, I and they would' not : even: entertain ? a. proposition4o go back to tbe old log-rolling, convention , plan. None bat the defeated, candi* dates and. their immediate friendt-ar? opposed to tbe primary syeiemT. which, is tbe very soul of Democratic.- priuei pies. It is useless to continue- mentioning: their weak views ia-. snPjjert:of tbe^cc&r vention plan. Our Condition:. Pic Ken s Sentinel. Why is tt that many of our best-fart** ors have been paying from fifty to. one hundred per cent out of their beuest hard earnings, dug out of tbe ground;, to their merchants for their supplies-?: It was not so before the war. We s are the same people and "live on* andi cultivate the same kind of land-in pretty/ much tbe same kind of products ;. audi it takes as macb labor tor. cultivate tba.- - soil now as it ever did. The merchants do not seem to be making, any better living than they did under die old sys? tem of laws; in fact, before the war it. was a seldom tbing for any of our mer? chants to fail, now it is a common thing/ even among those who make advances* to our farmers atsuch, seeuiiagrjr, profits.. There ?re many causes fe* this con? dition of eur people and tbe practical solution of thc question, is tbe great question* of the day "r ead ae a necessity demands tbe earnest consideration of' our statesmen and phHsratbropists. If the soverrBraeirt has overdone itself ia. the matter of unwise laws, twenty years is long enough to endure them and tbe necessary reformation should come, to the relief of the people. Our country is an agricultural ooo and ks prosperity is dependent upon its producers. No agricultural people eau live decent? ly and pay such extravagant rates for th-eir advancements. Tho con? tinuance of such a system wilt drive OUT. producers from the eoontry with fatal, results to all prosperity. South Carolina will continue to retro? grade until Rec farmers are better pro? tected. Office seeking and ?Sice pay are among the great; evils of the day. When our oSees are-fflTsj? by men who consider public o&ee. a higb ,trust of honor and.not aplace tc attlee money j when our fundamental laws are simpli Sed and ra-ade to suit the wants, condi? tions nod necessities of our people ami public expenditures made in proportioo to our income as an agricultural people? then and not till thou may we expect our people" to become contented anxi.