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.."---~--~ : ~ - - _ - |^ n?t-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Conntr/s, thy God's atid Truth's? T?E TRUK SOUTHKON, to?hita ? 1S6G! * MS SOBEME WATCHMAN, Established April, IS SO* .___---'-?-----: ??so?iaated Aug. 2, ISSI.] " ""' SUMTER. S. 0., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1886. _ New ^^^r^J^ : *uHlsh*d ?Tory tuesday* N. 13k OSTEEN, ~ 80MTKR, S. C. TJS RMS > Wo-Do?ais per kODim-in advance. 5 lil? X ? ?a THt flt* IC SX TS . - O^^?quare,first insertion.$1 00 : ?rer^'subsetaent insertion. 50 Contracts - for three months, or longer will * fee made el reduced rates. - All commtrt?cations which subserve private ?terestswi ?be charged Toras nd ver tieften ts. Obituaries tnd tributes ol' respect will be SH OF TEACHERS. WfWtfOF SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLAT t?oaof the State Board of Examiners ajt'1886. The second regaler ex? i fer tilia yeer o? ?pp? ?canta for cer? . weean to fter<eh in the public schools of this */Oanty will be held on Friday and Saturday, October the 1st and 2nd, 1886. Friday at > the White setsiol building for white teachers TXebmirtfy. Saturday, at toe ^'Lincoln i Schoof' ba?lti? ng, for colored teacheis exclu? sively. ;\>^.i By order of Board of Examiners. J. DIGGS WILDER. _ . ? School Commissioner. COTTON GINNING , - ": 3 ' AT $00 PER BALE. JAM NOW PREPARED TO GIN COT ton with despatch at my Gin near town Tor $1.50 per bate. i Patronagesearched and satisfaction guar ?Dt?ea: W. ERVIN BR?NSON. Sept. H. GIN INSURANCE. \ r- W JUL1TS ' S&S are prepared to /xe~l*Ke~ Insurance Risks on Gins and *Gin Bouses, ic &rst class "English Companies. Attention Fanners! lESSRS. t ?. BACOT & CO, :'~ COTTON joying very highest Market Prices for Cotton. Tanners will do well to -see them before selfing. ' Office over B. J. BASSETT'S Store. * \G. V? BACOT. fi. SCHWERIN. 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NOTICE is hereby given that the under? signed, being three of the Commission? ers oamed in the Act of the General Assembly 4 of the .State of Sooth Carolina approved Feb? ruary 26tb, 1870, entitled an Act "To Char? ter the Manchester and Augusta Railroad Company," inasmuch as a majority of the Commissioners appointed under said act, have failed to fix the time and place for receiving subscriptions, bav? decided to open books for subscription to the Capital Stock of said Com? pany at Sumter C. H.r S. C., at Florence, Darlington County, So. Ca., and at Marion ? Ci fl., on the ?th ?ny of October, 1886, and that Books for Subscripci?n to Capital Stock of the Manchester and Augusta Railroad 'Company will be thea and there opened and stand open for thirty days from and alter the said 6th day of October, 1836, for receiving . subscriptions in. shares of $100 each to said stock, to the extent of 6ve millions of dollars, and that on each share of stock subscribed, the subscriber wit! be required to pay two dollars per share. The direction of said road? as required by the Charter ia "from some point on (the tbet?) Wilmington and Manchester Railroad "to'theTawa of Hamburg, S. C., or near that piste.'* W. W. EA ELLE B, y TB0& E>. MCDOWELL, V Com'rs. J. S. RICHARDSON. > . August 3J, ISSfr._ m mm mmni AC6?7STA, GA. 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To advertisers desiring a wide circulation, it offers au excellent medium. On business, address S. G. ?STREN, Publisher. WHO WAS HE? A disappointed and defeated candidate in Williamsburg gets off the following : Who was be did persuade me out, With "I KNOW what I speak about" Then help to poke me up the spout? Confound him ! Who was he praised me o'er his cup, 'Till I-poor fool !-just "set 'em up," Then went back on me like a pup? The craw-fish I Who told .ac that the babies cried To vote for ?-ie ; aud far and wide The very gals were on my side ? T know him! Who borrowed from rae all my "rocks," Then sneaked up to the ballot box And helped to lick me ont my socks The sooner ? Who told me that the peop'e said They'd dig me up if ? were dead To rote for me-yes every head ? The Har! Who told me that 'twould just be fun For me to go in on the run I'd beat a Byrd or Brockington ? I'll fix him! . ; Who told me Sutton's longed for me Like possum for a 'simmon tree, And that I'd LEAS at old Kiogstree? Goat butt him ! Who told me Johnsonville was sound, That Scranton was my stamping ground, And I'd play h-at Indiantown? * 0, Moses ! Who told me that if I would run, I'd beat the balance, two to one The blasted, bow-legged son-of-a-gun? He'9 spotted ? After a week's consideration he cools off and writes as follows : Brethren let ns be contented, We who cast the die and lost While we are by friends lamented, Let us bravely foot the cost. Pay the printer for his trouble j He did for us all he might ; And on bim 'twere base to doublt, Now that we have lost the fight. If your self-pride has been humbled, And your bead feels very sore, Think of others who have tumbled From pride's pedestal, before. Thank friends, and never pine that Foes have forced you to retreat, 'Tis the min of noblest mind that Can the better bear defeat. Nail your colors to the mast-head ? Stand, like Nelson, by the ship! Be a Democrat 1-the past's dead Keep a stiffer upper-lip ? And should harm, my county, reach thee, True still, ic hts low estate, May the first man in the breach be A defeated candidate ! ASSULA. Great Bear Hunt. AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN TUE ARC TIC REGION. Sergeant Francis Long, of Brooklyn, a survivor of the Greely Arctic expedi? tion, tells a New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer the following bear s-ory, which has hitherto been scarcely more than mentioned in thc i accounts of Starvation Camp, He say.? ; Bacon, shrimps and sealskin stew, all in small quantities, had been our fare for ovr two weeks, and there was not a full round of rations left. More than half of the men in camp were incapable of work, but that was little matter, for there was no more to do than three could handle. The steady cold made us all drowsy, and there was the worse danger in sleep. If a man was allow? ed to have his sleep out he would cer? tainly never wake, so we had to make a rule that no one should sleep more than two boars at a time, lt began to look, with only one day between us and star? vation, as if it might be better for us all to go to sleep together and die uncon? scious of the terrible cold and the pangs of hunger? We had plenty of hunting, fishing and cooking, utensils, amunition and all that, but what good were they ? There was no game, no fish. During all our camp wc caught only two fish. I was the hunter of the party, and had tramped the region over and over, and rarely had the luck to get a shot at any? thing. The day before we came to our last ronnd of rations I had discovered the tracks of a bear. I had followed them about until I was exhausted trying to meet the beast, but had utterly failed. On this day a ligh't snow fell in the morning, just enough to obscure the trail, but still I bunted. I gave it up j late in the aftcrnoou and returned to , the camp. Brainerd had gone to the shrimping ground, and was absent when I laid by my gun. Suddenly he ap? peared running down Cemetery Kidge as fast as hts poor, weak legs would bring him. We all started up and waited his coming in the most painful excitement. When he reached the camp he fell to the ground, all out of breath. The men crawled to his as? sistance and two of them raised his ! head in their arms. He gasped aud looked at us wildly. 'Brainerd !' exclaimed the tiieuten- j ant, 'what is it V 'Bear, bear!' was all he could an? swer in a chocking whisper. 'Where, man, where?' I cried, reach-, ing for my gun. all trembling and quiv? ering with hope and fear. 'There,' he said faintly, pointing to? ward the ridge ; *he followed after me ; he's coming.' How can I tell the terrible excite? ment that prevailed ? The men were in a perfect frenry. Cruel suffering had made them worse than unreason? able. Some of them could think of nothing but cursing poor Brainerd for not killing the bear, and were with difficulty restrained from falling upon him to wreak vengeance. He had not taken his gun with him-nobody ever did who went shrimping-and they cursed and raved at that, and burst into tears at the loss of their iast chance for life. Others, and they were the weak? est men in thc party, were for starting out at once for an all night hunt over the snow fields aod icebergs. Nothing could be more foolhardy. They couldn't have gsne beyond the top of thc ridge without breaking down, to say nothing of carrying a gun and firing accurately. The Lieutenant used his authority and I my influence to quiet thc men, and at last the plan of the hunt was arranged It was really only a few minutes, but it seemed an hour. Jan, thc Esquimau, aod I started up the ridge to meet the bear if he should continue toward us. Hardly had we got a rod from thc camp -shea a lot g. white nose appeared over an ice-covei ed rock at she top* of the Lill. Thc ICC. ^ ,in a aiwut auu I thiuk it unnerved me, but it was a long range shot-nearly three 1 andrej yards -and the target was small. I raised my gun and taking quick aim fired. The ball missed, burt it did not go wide of its mark. Tao bear was startled. He paused just too short a time to give the Esquimau a chance at bim, and turned tail and ran. I heard the bowls and groans of disappointment behind me. I believe that some of these poor, half-starved, half froaen men would have shot at me in their anger if they bad bad their guns at hand. [ 'Jan,' I said hastily, take tbe course ! to the left and go round the ridge and keep well to the west, so as to get be? tween the bear and the water. I will go in the same way on the east. The faithful Esquimau understood the plan at o ooo ond set out without a I word. I crawled to the top of tbe ridge as rast as I could and saw the bear a long way out of rao ge still on the run. He turned round for a second and look* ed back, and then, as if satisfied that be was pursned, continued bis flight. I didn't go straight after bim, but keep? ing out of bis sight as much as possible, crawled and ran, and slid up and down the icy slope, making all tbe time for the water. I was feverish with fear. It seemed as if every possible obstruc? tion got in my way, and many a time I fell to the ground. It wa,s a terribie chase. May I never bav? another like it! It seems incredible now, but I actu? ally went ten miles out of my way to get in front of that bear. I knew that he would stop running when fee got over his scare and saw nobody in pur? suit, and I had to take this round-about course to keep out of sight. Mighty little of that distance was passed on the run. Most of it was crawled. But I had no thought of giving up. I plug? ged on, and at last, two hours and a half after leaving camp, I gained the position I wanted. I climbed a low hill, and there was bruin, one thousand yards away sitting down after his hard run within thirty yards of open water. I had not succeeded fully in my plan. He could still escape, but bis back was toward me and I did not despair. Al? most at the same moment that I saw the bear I discovered Jan the Esquimau, at some distance, and we both made for the beast. With tbe utmost care not to alarm bim, we crawled over the ground, approaching nearer and nearer to our prey. We had got, perhaps, half thc distance wben Jan raised bis gun and fired. I think it was bad judgment, for we might have got much closer. But there was no time for re? gret. Excitement gave me more strength, and I ran with all my might straight toward the bear. lie got up and looked at me and seemed not to k?ow whether to run again or stand and make a fight of it. I resisted the temptation to fire at him until 1 was within one hundred and fifty yards. Then I stopped runuing, threw my cap down, pulled off my mittens, and acted as deliberately as if I were out practic? ing at a target. My excitement seemed to leave me, or rather to make me steady. I took a long, careful aim and fired. The bear turned slightly, but it was evident I had missed. ? I 6red again quickly. Another miss I My heart sunk low. Jan had not been able to get another shot, and was not now where be could fire with any hope of hitting. The bear began to make for the water. Ready to die with despair if I should fail again, ? took another long aim. The bullet struck thc bear ia thc head and be tumbled over instantly, stone dead It was half-past eight o'clock, and the place where Bruin fell was three miles in a straight line from camp. We left the four hundred pounds of food lying on the ice and returned to the anxious party to get help in bringing the car? cass home. We did not sleep that night until the dead bear was brought into camp. The Lieutenant gave out extra rations to thc men who assisted in the work, and made up a stew of all thc soraps that were left of the regular ra? tio DP. It wasn't much but it seemed quite a feast to us. The bear saved us, for just before it in its turn gave out, the rescuing expedition found us. Truth Stranger than Motion. The Rev. Dr. Harsba, of Omaha, marrates the following incidents as told to him by John Dixon, of Dixou City, 111. : .General Winfield Scott, then a young mao, was stationed at Fort Snelling, at that day perhaps the re? motest outpost of the United States. When the Indian outbreak known as the Black Hawk War was inaugurated, some militia from Illinois proffered their services to aid in conquering thc sav? ages and with a view to mustering them into the service of the United States, the lieutenants were sent by Scott to the, then village of Dixon. The one of these was a very fascinating, good-looking, easy-mannered, affable and fluent young gentleman, the other equally pleasant looking, but exceed? ingly modest young man. On thc morning wheu thc mustering io was to take place a tall, gawky, slab sided, homely youug man, dressed in a home? made suit of blue jeans, presented himself to thc two lieutenants as thc captain ol>the recruits and was duly sworn in. This was he who afterwards became thc President of thc United States-the lamented Lincoln. Une of the lieutenants, thc modest youth, was he who fired thc Grst gun from Sumter, Maj Anderson. The other, and he who administered the oath, was in after years the President of thc South? ern Confederacy, Jefferson Davis.' Dr. H. was in thc book rooms of Carlin Brothers, New York, where he chanced to repeat these coincidences to a friend, an elderly gentleman, who was sitting near by, and was an auditor, arose and reaiarked that he was happy to be able to confirm thc facts as given by Mr. Dixrou, as he was the chaplain at Fort Snelling at the time, and was fully able to corroborate each state? ment. A by-stander then gave this additional testimony : That Mr. Liucolu had often been heard to say that the first time lie had ever taken the oath o? allegiance to thc United States it Wac udmilii?tc?^d tv "ii* ?'J Joli. D?vii>. Written for the Wuteliman and Southron. Recollections of Potter's Raid, . NU M BE Ii XII. The strain upon Mrs. Mood's nerves had been very great for days, and now this information jost at this time, from one who had seemingly been our friend, was more than she could bear, and she came in tears to me. She had told me that Lieutenant Waterman had express? ed sorrow for us all on their way to the store-room ; that Richmond was to be vacated to-morrow and that General Grant had General Lee ro well sur? rounded that be would be forced to surrender. While she was telling me, interrupted by her sobs, he came into the room with some of our provisions (the remainder was lost) in his hands. He saw ber tears and pleadingly said, 'Be assured that it was not my purpose to add in any way to your distress, when I told Mrs. Mood of your cause being lost. I would not intentionally injure the feelings of a South Carolina woman, the noblest of all the sun ever shone upon. But I thought you should know these facts. It is all as I say. The General has received despatches from Sumter, since ne marched into the town, (don't try to fiud out b^ow they reached us) that Richmond was to be vacated to-morrow, and Lee would soon surrender. I see it gives you pain, but nevertheless you ehould be prepared for the inevitable/ It was alarming, startling news. Such results as a failure bad never crossed my mind, and I replied : 'With all due respect Lieutenant, to you, and feeling the many obligations we are under to you, yet you must allow me to say, 11 don't believe one word of it.5 *I give you credit for thc faith you have in your cause, but a little time and you'll know all I have said is true.' But ' there were repeated calls for 'Lieut. Waterman' at the back door, aud he bowed and left. About this hour Mrs. Caldwell made us a second visit. She was much agi? tated and asked if I had put on my clothing. She was told I had not. She said, 'I have come over tj insist that he do so. There are recent threats made against the town, and as this sol? dier was killed in front of a white hou?te they say it was here, and that this house is to be burned.' While she was thus urgent, Mrs. Lo? gan, whose husband was an officer in the Virginia army, came in. I don't suppose I ever saw aoy one more alarm? ed, and she repeatedly affirmed that she did not intend to leave the room until the army left. But we all urged her not to desert her hom?, that she would lose all that was in it, and after urgent; persuasion she was induced to return to her home across the street. I submitted to thc pressure made and put on my pants with assistance. It was nearly night, and after a little the house seemed filled with men. Their heavy walk and loud voices alarmed me greatly; but I saw they were white men and this was some relief. They each had a light, cither lightwood pr a candle, and they wero going into every part of the house. The servant girl shared io thc terror, but she thought Lieut. W. could help us, and she went hastily to his teot. He was there, and climbiug over the fence entered the house by the back door. As soon as he came tn thc one who was io command of the party said, 'Ah, Lieutenant, is that you?' The Lieutenant said to him, 'You need not search the house any further ; I have done it myself, and am satisfied there is nothing contraband in this gen tleman's house. Retire as quietly as you can with your men. Efe is quite sick as you see.' He made the Lieu? tenant the military salute, and they all left the house. The Lieutenant then approached my bed aud said, 'I am glad I was at my teat. There is much cn my hands just now.' He then lit thc candle saying, 'the girl tells me you have been much alarmed at these so 1 , diers being in the house, but you need not have been, for they are the Provost Marshall guard. They are acting un? der orders, looking for firearms and am? munition. You heard what I told them. He then went on to say that 'since I left you, the General has re? ceived dispatches by thc way of Sumter. Don't ask me how they came ; but | they have very materially changed his ( plans. As I told you, he had ordered us to rest here to-morrow, but now he has issued marching orders for to-mor? row.' I asked, 'your entire force?' 'Yes, he thinks there is a concentra? tion of your men and we are to bc op? posed and may have a fight between here and Sumter. The particulars have not reached him, but anyway, we march to-morrow, and this sudden change in our plans gives mc a great deal to do before morning.' It was an unspeakable relief to us this news-and this positive assurance that these negro soldiers would march away in tuc morniug made us ali more cheerful. I remember that Mrs. Mood tried to prepare mc some nourishment. From what Lieutenant W. said, it was possi? ble that this was Ti ? s last visit to us. Wc tried to thauk him for his kindness. Words could not do this and Mrs. Mood proffered him something more tangible, viz: an unusual]y luye h mn which had becu given me by Dr. S. I\ Oliver. Wc had been kecpiug it for a particular occasion. The occasion had come, different, to be sure, from what we had expected. But thc kindness of this stranger made us more tbau will? ing to offer him the best we had, I re? member he took it in his hand and it gave us pleasure that he took it, as Mrs. Mood said you may need this in your march to-morrow, and wo felt persuaded that, he was accepting it. ile looked at it, admired its goodly proportions, and laying it on the hearth with some other meat already there, he s;:id, 'I appre? ciate your kindness, but appearances arc you'll need this before 1 wHl. Oar commissary stores arc in abundance and of the best <junlify. I have thought you might need coffee for Mr. Mood and have purposed to leave you a sup? ply, but I have not been able to sec tho officer in charge of our stores in the great confusion created by the killing of thc soldier in the road, and thc tikaugc H* I?A? ai?i??-i?ig yr-dvf?. Wc bave no tea*, which Mr. Mood moy need more than coffee.* The reply was made, 'we have tea 1 'Howcame you by tea? I would have supposed tbat this couutry Was entirely ? destitute of any luxury of that kind T ! Some was secured not long ago i through the blockade runners, for which I paid two huudred dollars a pouud.' But the time came to shake our hand. This was done cordially and iu silence and bowing profound ly be re? tired. lam disposed, to comment consider? ably on what I have written of Lieut. Waterman, but I forbear, Suffice it to say, I have been in search of him ever since we parted to the present hour. I have been very persistent, but in all my : efforts so far, I have signally failed. I could but wish that what I now write might in some way reach his eye, and thereby learn that he ?ives and pros? pers. I can never forget his finished, gentlemanly behaviour and his quiet smile, as when among other things. I asked him a question (wbicia if I had reflected a moment, I would not have asked) and he said, 'remember Mr. -, I am your enemy and you'll hard? ly expeet me to answer that/ I feel great satisfaction in knowing that I have done ail in my power to find his whereabouts. So far I have failed, and so many letters have been returned to me unopened by the Department, that ? ; doubt if I'll ever see or hear of him again. Bat of this parhaps you'll hear more in these recollections. Night was now upon us, and the con? fusion of voices were continuous iu and around our premises and there was not a moment it seemed to us but some negro soldier was prowling and searching the house. There was no attempt at privacy, and we did not dare to drive them out of our room. Their presence during all these hours was perfectly horrible to us We had many forebodings as the night settled down upon us. It was then that we should have known how to use the guard the General had given us. We were told afterwards that they had done us great good, for where they were not everything was stolen. We did not kuow it then But our house was literly alive with them thc live long night They came and went as they pleased without let or hinderance. Ai; one time at a late hour when their tai pertinent obtrusiveness was just more than we could well bear, Mrs. Mood remarked, .It was very kind in the General to fur? nish us a guard.' Those who heard it, left. I asked one strapping oegro ser? geant, (I supposed bim to be cue from his cheveroas, and his huge sword which hung from his side,) 'where they had come from ? De white mens, I dunno where da come from, but we colored troops come from all about. Some of us come from da Sea Islands.' 'What is your General's name. Do you know him ? and have you ever talk? ed with him?' 4Yes, sar, ebry soldier talk with em.' 'Do you like him and is he kind to you V .Yes, sar, he is a good man, he's a Baptist preacber.' (That he was a Bap? tist preacher, others had told me and we'll hear more of this perhaps.) The glare from the fires made by the negroes at their camps vrliich were on both sides of our house were burning low and the boisterous talk and uproar? ious laugh had somewhat subsided or we bad become more used to them. There was at least with mc more compo? sure in every way. I may have dozed, but when I looked at my door I was greatly surprised to see a tall, light complected soldier standing in it. He was finely dressed, and smoking a cigar. It was nearly burned out, and be could just manage to take it from his mouth with his two fore fingers. He puffed the smoke directly into my ? . room and rudely spit upon the floor. I did not like his manner, I had my fears at once aroused that there were troubles awaiting us all. He looked so daring and rude. And there he stood:. Pay or Pass. There is a general interchange of j passes among railroad men, and the ! President 'aud Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad have passes ail over the country. President Roberts j is a very strict mao. One very stormy day in winter he got on the New York , division and took a seat in the middle ! car. The conductor knew him, as we all j do, and when he passed him the Prest- I dent simply nodded, lt was a catch and Roberts was only trying to see if j his man would break the rules and not make him show his pass. The con? ductor fell into the trap. When be passed through thc train agaio Roberts arose from his seat, and, tapping him on the shoulder, said : .See herc, you have not seen my pass.' j *No, sir,' faltered thc conductor, 'but -but I know who you are.' .That makes no difference,' retorted Roberts with a frown, 'the rules are made to be obeyed and not to bc broken. The rules laid down for yo?r guidance say that any passenger who has neither a ticket nor a pass must pay his fare or else you must eject him from thc j train.' 'I know it,' replied the conductor, "but-" .No 'buts.' Now you may ger.' .I haven't seen your pR;ss jet, though,' demurely remarked the ticket punclrer, wishing to demonstrate the thoroughness of thc lesson. 'That's right,' replied Roberts, ap? provingly, 'make no difference betweeu the President of the road and the poor? est passenger.' * tic reached in his inside or>;?t pocket and then into his vct-t pocket's. His face crew red and he fumbled around his hip pockets: Thc conductor grin Dcd. Robert's sallow complexious grew paler and then redder. Ile went through his pockets again, but no passes. The conductor's smile grew more expansive. 'Hump P exclaimed thc President. 'Singular ! Just stop as you pass this way again.' Thc conductor stopped, and thc Pres? ident dryly handed him a ?5' bill and told him to take out the fare. Ile had left hisrhook of passes at his office. Xcic*rk{ ?K J. Cad What Our Editors Say. Geronimo's Case. Atlanta Constitution. This talk about courtniartialing Ge ronimo and hanging him is ali wrong. Tn fact, we blundered from the be ginning, When Geronimo commenced cutting up, killing our people and steal ing cattle, we should have hunted up a man like Sedgwick and sent him as a special envoy to talk matters over with the blood thirsty Apache. We should have demanded of Geronimo a modifi? cation of his penal code, and there is little doubt that he would have con? sented when (he matter was placed be? fore him in its proper light Then, following out our time honored Indian policy, it would have been in order tao present Geronimo and his tribe with a splendid tract of land, a lot of rifles, ammunition blankets and whisky. We have been cultivating peaceful relations with the Indians lu this way for the past two hundred years, and it is too late io the day to change our policy. If we resort to harsh measures with Geronimo simply because he has vio? lated treaties a?id murdered our citizens, the precedent will give us trouble. It will be a new departure. We should remember that we are dealing with no ordinary cut throat. Out of the Woods. N. Y. Suit. ? Mr. Cleveland's holiday is about over, and he will probably be out of the woods to-day and will soon be in Wash? ington. He has had a pretty good time though the rain has shown pernicious activity in the Adirondacks for several days in the last five weeks, and his own activity against the, deer has been far from pernicious. He bas had plenty of fishing, although he scarcely deserved it, in view of bis regrettable and here? tical habit of casting worms before trout. He has not been bothered by the 'impertinent intrusion5 which he unnecessarily feared before setting oat. Ile has been photographed, to be sure, but probably he enjoyed ft, or he wouldn't have posed. At any rate, we hope the photographs are good. He bas had faithful guides and pleasant companions. Dan Lamont has been with him some of the time, and, most of all, be has had the companionship of the lady who is the real four-leaved clover of his long run of luck. De? cidedly, the President must have had a good time, and he brings back memo? ries of agreeable people and mild ad? ventures by wood and field, and a new strJck of good health, as well as a stuff ed deer and a glorious tan. The American people offer their sin? cere congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland on their safe return from the woods. Will Mrs- Cleveland, when she gets back to Washington, be. pleased with the new coat of paint on the White House ? We hope so. The carpets have been beaten, the chande? liers dag oat from the dust, the East Room is gorgeous with gilding and the whole house is clean. Will Mr. Cleveland clean out all the refuse and dust and deposit of years of Republican administration, and make the Government spick and span bright ali the way through ? Will he tfiso give the Department of Justice the cleaning cw it needs-cleaning out mind you, and the scrubbing off of a recent coat of whitewash 1 Turn out the rascals, Republican or Democratic. Make all the Administration clean ? Then Bir. Cleveland will know that j be is really out of the wood*. Aiken Journal and Review. Coi. John C Haskell, of Richland County, who usually heads the Legis? lative ticket in that County has been renominated, being the fourth man on the ticket, This is supposed to be a rebuke to him for voting in the State Convention for Mr. W. L. Mauldin, for Lieut. Governor, in preference to Mr. Hutson, who has always been an advo? cate of free education at the State Col? lege and of State aid for the Columbia canal. Col. Wallace, one of the State delegates waB defeated for the House. A Pool, or a Knave. News and Courier. There are no words of condemnation too strong for a charlatan like this so called weather prophet, Wiggins, who takes advantage of the widespread at? tention given to thc recent earthquake \ to emit batches of prognostications which are absolutely sure to be as groundless as those which have gone be? fore ; but which necessarily will alarm timid people who have already borne about as much as human nerve and mus? cle can statid. This man Wiggins has been foretell? ing cyclones, tidal wares and earth? quakes for the last five years, and in no single instance has a prediction of his been verified. Thc story that he fore? told the Charleston earthquake is abso ! lutcly false. It was not known, and it ? conM not be known. There is no means within thc limits of human science of foretelling any such convulsion. It is beyond thc domain cf scientific knowl? edge or even of speculation, and with Wiggins there is no pretension what? ever to scientific calculation. When the weather bureau issues its .indications' of the weather in this country or ia Europe, thc bases of the calculations arc always obtainable, and any man of science can see for himself what arc thc reasons for any special an? ticipation. Wiggins has been chal Isnged again and again to give any rea? son, or shadow of reason, for thc alarm? ing stories ho publishes, but he has not at auy time, or on any occasion, gone beyond the point of declaring that what fie predicted would come to pass because he is Wiggins, aud because Wiggins had declared ift. The miserable creature is not innoc? uous, in such times as these. Were the commonest negro in thc streets of Charleston to aver with the energy and inteusity of a new Solomon Eagle that the day of wrath had come, and the end of the world was at hand, he would find hundreds of people to credit him, be? cause of the unsettled condition of the public miud. Wc couid soon stop such a rascally and mischievous business iu Charleston ; but unfortunately, in Can? ada this mischief-making Wiggins more injurious than footpad, or burglar or sluuderor-is beyond our reach, and 'cannot t? treated toa coat of tar and' feathers or thc forty stripes, save one/ which he so richly deserves. It must bc said, however', that Wig? gins is not much more to blame than', the corr? spondents Who, for the sake of a sensation, give circulation to lils non? sense. Nor is he more to blame than' the newspapers which, for the sa'ke of a passing wonder', and utteily unmindful of public iuterest or personal good;*give publicity to his vaporings! Keeping Ice in tbe South; The ordinary Virginia1 iceV?ousc consists of a conical excavation' m the ground, say from' sixteen fo twenty feet deep, the same ni' widih at tile top, narrowing down to., six feet at the bottom Here a t??rrel shaped hole is drig for drainage; above this a floor of rails is laid; and the cone above ie~ linet!' *#Hh' pine poles. When I moved from the North to my farm here, and remembered the ice-hoases there, filled' with thick ice nicely sawed, closely packed, and surrounded with'a compact'lining of sawdust, I looked at tisis hole in the ground with some^ disfavor ; but : aa it tvas the ori?y ice house, to be had, I was compelled to use it. Winter came, with ico from' two to three inches thick", and' no'use for a saw ; so, under the direction of 'Un? cle Sam,' an intelligent negro, we broke the ice cn the pond, drew it ashoie, filled an ox-cart (for there was no sleighing,) dumped it into the ice-house, and -continued' tb dump un? til the house was full, and then cover? ed the ice with straw. 1*1*0 ice kept better than I had expected, but not so well as in northern ic?-houses. The conical shape of the pit kept the ice iu a compact body, as'when it set? tled it was necessarily pressed into a solid mass. I found, however, that the fee melted at the sides faster than was desirable, and concluded' that the heat using from the earth was more to be dreaded than that from the air above. Next year, instead -o? clean? ing out my ice-house, I left the straw that was put on top of the ice at the bottom, putting the ice on* top, and of course covering the ice with fresh straw. This practice proved so satis? factory that it was continued ever since, and it is now ten years or more since I saw the bottom of the house, and the ice keeps much better lhau formerly.- Geo. Clendon in Amen* caa Agriculturist for October. A Dangerous Han. The most dangerous and peacuble man in all the United States lives in Murray county, Georgia. Ile is kindhearted, good-tempered, never had a quarrel 1? "is life, wouldn't hart a?y, and everybody is afraid of him. About a year ago he was cat? ting wood when the ase flew off the handle and killed a mah who had come to pay him ?50. He never got a cent of the money. The nest week, while ferrying a friend across a river, he rah the boat against a snag and his friend . was* drowned. About a month later he jelled a tree on a stranger who was* lying ?s'erp in thc broods; ~k"i??iir<f him instantly. Not long after he shot ata wild turkey and killed ? neighbor whom he didn't see at all. Three weeks later he lighted a kore sene lamp, when Suddenly exploded. burned to death a c??pt^teur to whom the inoffensive Georgian n?;L _ courteously extended the hospitali? ties cf his home. All iliis inanV friends run when they see him com? ing. Ile is himself afraid lb extend any kindness save to his enemies, o? whom he has none. His last public act was to cross thc street wnh a ladder on his shoulder last ?th of July, white a procession? was passing, and when somebody shouted to him **to hurry on* he ol> h'gingly turned around' and' started back. The procession was Urrid otrt and the day was" spoiled*. tfot Long** How long w?ll we be missedf wheo wo are gone. Not long. The best and most useful of us will soon be forgotten. Those who to-day are fiiHug a larger place in the woifdV regard's will pass away from the remembrance of mau in a few months, or, at the farthest, in a few years after tb? grave is covered over the remains. We are shedding tears above a new-maoe grave and' wildly crying out in our grief that the1 loss is irreparable ;. yet' ih a' s?ort time* the tendrils of love have entwined around other supports atid we no longer miss the one who is gone. So passes the world. But tHcre are those ter whom a less is beyond reptrir. Thete are men from whose memories- ?o wo man's smile eau chase the recollections of the sweet face that has" grve? up alt its beauty at death's rey touch There are women whose plighted faith extends beyond the grave, and drives away as profane those who would entice them from a worship of their buried love. Such loyalty, however is hidden away from the public gase. The world sweeps on besides and around them, and cares not to look upon unobtruding grief. It curves a Ir?ie and rears a stone over the dead, ?nd Hastens away to of/er homage io the living. mm * t * i w- -- Casting Glass Like Iron. Berlin papers copy from the Germa? nia thc account of an important discov? ery in glass manufacture made by Friedrich Siemens, of ?>resden. Tie has succeeded in casting glass in the same way as" met'alis cast and obtaining an article corresponding tb cast metal. This cast glass is hard, not dearer itt production tliau cast iron, and has the advantage of transparency, so that ali tiaws can be detected before it is applied to practical Use. It will be much less exposed to ir.j?ry from atmospheric in? fluences than iron. The process of pro? duction is not diffieut, the chief feature being rapid cooling. The hardness and. resisting power ut' this cast glass are so great that experiments are being just now carried out at thc Siemens-G lass Foundry at. Drcsdeu wi;h the purpose j of ascertaining whether the material ? could h.? eniT?lrtv?*d for rails o?' railways, T 7 V- " - iyomioh 1 a:i<.<. ff '? T ' >*" -.- ' .-~