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SUrfffcrl WATCHMAN, K?t?bll*hed April. 850.
"Be Just and Fear not
-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's
Consolidated Auz. 2, 1881.1
STTMTER, S. 0?, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1886.
THE TRUE SOUTHRON,. KeteUifthe* Jvu*+ 18 ? ?.
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C0TT0S BATTSSfiSATTRi
TTTHERE WE SPEND ALMOST HALF
Vt of our life should be made as comfort
able as possible, and for tbe parp?se of
aiding this good work, and making some
wjoney.fr> sow offer the best COTTON BAT
TING If ?TTRRSS ever pat opon this market
Three gradeaao w made?$5.00, $6.00, $7.00.
Sanip^-aini fatt information at Store of
Treasurer, A. Moses.
Satisfaction guaranteed in every case, or
saoaey rcfaadcd.
SUMTER COTTON MILLS.
WELCH ft EASON.
Family Grocers.
185 aad 187 Meeting, and 117 Market Sts.
- GffARLKSTON S. C.
Invite attention to the following
bargains.
CUT LOAF SUGAR, 14J lbs. for $1.
GRANULATED SUGAR, 15$ lbs. for $1.
CONFECTIONER'S SUGAR, 15* lbs. for $1.
WH ITS ?E2CUC- SUGAR, 17 lbs.for $1.
LIGHT BROWN SUGAR, 19 lbs. for Si -
GOOD BROWN SUGAR, 20 lbs. for $1.
2 lb. TOMATOES 30 cts. a doxen.
3 lb. TOMATOES, $1.10 a doxen.
GOOD SEGARS, $1 for a box of 50.
These are only a few of the many attrac
tions we are constantly opening, and house
keepers wSl ind it ?r?atly to their advantage
to send for ? copy of our monthly Price List
and coBsoi't it always.
No charge for packing or dray age.
C. BART ft CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
?BALLESTON, S. CL,
Are receiving by steamer and rail from the
North aad West fait supplies
each week of
CHOICE APPLES, PEARS, LEMONS, PO
TATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NUTS
0?&?L XINDS, Etc., Etc.
>^"Orders"toricrted ?nd promptly filled.
Nov 9
IMPORTANT TO HOUSEKEEPERS!
J' 1 *,I HATE OPENED A
GREEN* GROCERY
ON LIBERTY STREET, NEAR MAIN.
I will keep constantly on band
Fr<eah Teitiiessee Beel>
poxk; veal, Mutton, and
sausages.
Gire me a call and save time and money.
Goods delivered free.
I. O. WESTON,
Not. 9 ?fi ' Sum ter, S. C.
Fffi AND WINTER
MILLINERY.
In .IfflH ait Miss UHLER
Are prepared to furnish their friends
and patrons with Trimmed and U o trimmed
. hats \ and bonnets
FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, *c.,
in great variety.
ZEPHYRS AND CANVAS.
Goods shown with pleasure.
Call and examine our stock before pur
chasing elsewhere.
October 36._
JCD. CRAIG,
... ESTABLISHED 1856.
FURNITURE DEALER
AJTD
undertaker,
Manr Street, .
C
TTCQOLt* THANK HIS FRIENDS and
ff the public generally for tbeir liberal
patro?ag?ia th? past, and hopes by low prices
and fair dealing to merit a continuance of tbe
same. ^
IK feas ;reeeiTed already a large and varied
assortment of HOUSEHOLD
3F1 IX XX1XIX 3T ?
for the Fall Trade, to wbieb weekly additions
are being made, and there can be found
IN HIS WELL STOCKED ROOMS as great
a^ispfay of FURNITURE OF ALL GRADES
asinAbefirst-class city booses.
has bought bis goods DIRECT FROM
THE FACTORIES, at lowest prices to be had
and proposes to give bis customers tbe full
benefit of his bargains.
parlor suites,
Wood and Marble-Top Bed Room Suites,
Bedsteads, Mattresses, Spring Beds,
Chairs, Sideboards, Sofas, Lounges,
Bafts, Bureaos, Wasbstands,
Pictures, Picture Frames, Window Shades,
and all other articles supplied by the furniture
trade.'
? ?amo,
WINDOW GLASS AND PUTTY.
_GaII at bis store and be convinced by a per- I
sonai examination of goods and prices that j
these assertions are true. He takes pleasure
in showing customers around.
THE UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT,
la complete with a large number of styles of
Coffins and Caskets, from tbe smallest to the
largest sizes made, and at as reasonable prices
as the same can be bought anywhere.
Calls promptly attended to, day or night.
J. D. CRAIG.
;Oct5 _
FOR SALE.
MILK COWS
ALWAYS ON HAND
. B. Thomas,
Wedgeueld, S. C.
^aaaMP'^b^PB^a^'SA^a ? othw*,wbo with te marnine
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LORD & THOMAS.
j the Maeclce? . -
8 tenait* the Nerven?
Esik ben tac Bland, Ctree New Ticer*
^ferown^ IrcnBitt? is ti? beetlron medicine I
asm known in mr SO jresn* practice. Iharefnmdit
spsdsfly bwacal in narr?os or parafas! exhaustion,
sad in?n ^ ^?~r aihaenU but bear so be?riiy
on tbe ?retexn. Uae xt finely in wj own family-"
M*. F. Bawmr ss7 Hab 8t, Oc-rir-too >
>: T wmsccn?pkAely broken down in?*Hh&nd
trabled wtth pan? in mj beck. .Brawn's Iran
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on wrapper. Take ne etner. Madeooh*by
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A FINE
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Mr. FOSTER S. CHAPMAN,
One of the landmarks of tbe Georgia Drog
trade, now of Orlando, Florida, writes:
. "I can hardly select a single case
of the many others to whom I bave
GUINICS PIONEER BLOOD RE
NEWER, bot what have been satis
fied; and I find it tbe best remedy
for all Skin Diseases I have ever
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GUINVS PIONEER BLOOD RENEV?ER
Cares all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheuma
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Medicine.
.If not in your market it will be forwarded
on receipt of price. Small bottles $1.00:
large bottles $1.75.
Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
MACON MEDICINE COMPANY.
Macon. Georgia.
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For Sale by Da. A. J. CHINA.
July 13. Snmter, S. C.
TAX RETURNS
FOB 1886-7.
RETURNS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
AND POLLS will be received at the
I following times and places :
Privateer, Tuesday, January 4th.
Bloom Hill, in Manchester Town
ship. Wednesday, January 5th.
Wedgefield, Thursday. January (>th.
Statebarg, Friday, January 7tb.
Gordon's Mill, Friday, January 7th.
Mayesrille, Monday, January lOtb.
Magnolia. Tuesday, January 11th.
Lynchburg, Wednesday, January
12th.
Sbiloh, Thursday, January 13th.
Johnson's Store, Friday, January
14th.
Scarborough's Store, Saturday, Jan
uary 15th.
Re id s Mill, Monday, January 17th.
Bishopyille, Tuesday and Wednes
day, January 18th and 19th.
Mannri?e. Thursday, January 20th.
Smitbville, Friday, January 2lst.
" Mecbanicsville, Saturday January
22nd.
Sanders' Depot, Wednesday, Janu
ary 19th.
M. Sanders* former office, Thursday,
January 20th.
A9D
At the Auditor's office in S a m ter on all
other days from 1st of January to 20th Feb
ruary, .inclusive.
Parties making Returns by mail or by an
other person will please give full first name of
Tax-payer, and the Township the property is
in. W. R. DELGAR,
Nov. 30. Auditor Sumter County.
THE SUMTER
HIGH SCHOOL
FOR BOYS,
Affording superior advantages
in ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS,
and the CLASSICS, will reopen
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1886.
L. W. DICK,
iocipals.
A. C. McINTOSH, "
Iprii
TUITION?From $2 to $5 per month.
BOARD?with tbe principals, $12 per mo.
For further information apply to
PRINCIPALS SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL,
Lock Box No. 49.
Aug 3-v Sumter, S- C.
THE TEMPERANCE WORKER,
Removed from Columbia, S. C.
A Live, Temperance Paper,
Published Semi-montbly in
SUMTER, S. C.
Under the Editorial management of
Kbv. H. F. Chreitzberg,
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Assisted by an able corps of Editors.
The patronage and influence of all friends
of Temperance is solicited. Terms only 60
cesta a year. To advertisers desiring a wide
circulation, it offers an excellent medium.
On business, address N. G. OSTEEN,
Publieber.
SOMEHOW OB OTHER WE GET
ALONG.
The good wife bristled abont the boose,
Ber face still bright with a pleasant smile,
As broken snatches of happy song
Strengthened her heart and hand the while,
The good man sat in the chimney nook,
His little clay pipe within his Hps,
And all he'd made and all he'd lost:
Ready and clear on his finger tips.
"Good wife, Pre just been thinking a bit.
Nothing has done very well this year ;
Money is bonnd to be bard to get?
Everything's boand to be very dear :
How the cattle are going to be fed,
How we're to keep the boys at school,
Is kind of a debit and credit sum
I can't make balance by ray rule/'
She turned her round from the baking bread,
And she,faced him with a cheerful laugh ;
Why, husband, dear one, wonld think
That the good, rich wheat was only chaff.
And what if the wheat was only chaff,
As long as we. bo th are well and strong ?
I'm nota woman to worry a bit,
Somehow or other we get along.
"Into some lires some rain must fall1,
Over all lands the storm must beat,
But when the rain and storm are o'er,
The after suosbiae is twice as sweet.
Through every strait we have found a road,
In every grief we've found a song ;
We've bad to bear and had to wait,
But somehow or other we get along.
For thirty years we have loved each other,
Stood by each other whatever befell,
Six boys have called us father and mother,
And all of them living and doing well.
We owe no man a penny, my dear,
We're both of us lovinrr well and strong,
Good man, I wish you would smoke again,
And think bow well we've got along."
He filled his pipe with a pleasant laugh ;
He kissed his wife with a tender pride ;
He said : "I'll do as you tell me, love ;
I'll just count up on the other side."
She left him then with his better thought,
And lifted her work with a low, sweet
song?
A song that followed me many a year,
Somehow or other we get along.
?Philadelphia Timez.
Written for the Watchman and Southron.
Recollections of Potter's Raid*
NUMBER XXIII.
Perhaps tbc most cruel end revolting
acts were committed at this point, (Man
chester) at the borne of Mrs. E. S.
Campbell, relict of the late Alexander
Campbell. She was then 76 years old.
Her son and daughter composed the
family. She lived to be 83 years old,
and bnt for her uncommon force of
character she most hare sunk under the
accumulation of distress aod trouble,
caused by this murderous, vandal crowd.
The son was a non-combatant, being an
invalid for years. Immediately upon
the entrance of these black troops into
tbe place he was met by them. Some
order from them which he did oot under
stand, and for which he asked an ex
planation, caused him to be immediate
ly shot down. He died instantly.
They passed on, leaving his body in the
dust for a day and night, and all the
while they, in insulting language boast
ed of what they had done. Tbey took
possession of the house and everything
in it, bearing off everything ; leaving
not so much as an old garment, shoe or
piece of ribbon, sock or stocking which
plantation negro laborer could appropri
ate to their owo use Tbey made re
peated attempts to fi-e the adjoining
store house, aiming evidently to set the
family residence oo fire, and preferring
to do it in an indirect way, than to go
at it more openly and wantonly. They
were however frustrated in all their at
tempts by a trusty servant girl, about
IS years old. She was on the alert.
She followed them up in all their move
ments, and would put out tbe fires as
fast as tbey were set. Toe action of
this girl was to these troops very con
fusi og and troublesome. An old house
servant, who had been for a lifetime in
the family aod always a great run-a-way
and untrustworthy, did all she could to
poison the minds of officers and troops
against Mrs. Campbell and her manage
ments, hoping to secure the burning of
the family residence, and do other dam
age ; but this house-girl pleaded like an
affectionate child for her old mistress,
and denounced this old servant as dis
honest and untrue.
Strange as it may appear, the officers
believed everything tbe girl said of Mrs.
Campbells' kindness to all on the place,
aod after this, tbey placed a guard
around the house to protect Mrs. Camp
bell and ber daughter from further in
sult and injury. This was not done
however *.ntil everything?literally
everything was destroyed or taken away,
it is not attempted io this paper to de
scribe three nights of terror to this fami
ly and to all the others who bad to en
dure the presence of these creatures.
Mrs. Campbell, her daughter, aod the
wife of a Confederate Army officer re
mained there unprotected, surrounded
by these heartless negro troops, and but
for tbe fact that Mrs. C. pleaded with
the officers for protection they would
realise their worst fears?the lose of
home aod all tbey possessed. Mrs.
Campbell lies buried in the Sam ter
Cemetery.
The beautifully bound bible which
had been taken from the pulpit of tbe
Methodist Church in Manning was
found at Manchester after the army left,
and it was returned, to the great plea
sure of tbe pastor and coDgregation.
It is not our intention to follow
General Potter's army in all its move
ments until be returned to bis starting
point?Georgetown; but to follow him
hurriedly on, as these papers have been
extended far beyond tbeir original in
tent.
General Potter's next objective point
was the large planting interests of Mr.
Dick Singleton's place.
At Manchester they had takeD as
prisoners Mr. John Tindall, the rail
road agent at Manchester, aod his son
John. They kept them under strong
guard to this point and then they re
leased them. Here they came across a
man supposed to be a Keotuckian.
They commanded him to take the oath
of allegiance to the U. S. Government.
This be refused to do. Then they
threatened him, and he positively re
fusing under any conditions to meet
their orders and they put him to death.
He lies buried at the corner of tbe old
Singleton Honse. His march was now
continued on towards Camden. His
road took him directly by Spring Hill
abont 12 miles from Camden.
What nis purpose was in moving on
Camden does not appear. It had not
many weeks before been visited by
Sherman and he had destroyed all the
railroad material and everything else of
any value, nevertheless he moved steadi
ly on towards the town.
As Spring Hill, Col. Jas. T. Press
ley, Capt. Aleck Colcloogh and others
with what men they could muster, de
termined to make a stand on the top of
tbe hill at the Davis House, then owned
and occupied by M Bar field. This was
12 miles from Camden, in a broken roll
ing conntry. The house was a fine
residence?a wooden building, upon a
brick foundation, thus containing a
brick basement. It presented a beauti
ful appearance, surrounded with large
cedar trees and elegant shrubbery.
Col. Pressley utilized the outbuildings
and fences, making a baricade across
the road, and had it extended some dis
tance to the right and left of the dwell
ing. The house was occupied by Mrs.
Barfield's mother, who was old and ill
at the time. She was in care of her
grand-daughters- For their better pro
tection Col. Pressley advised that she
be borne down stairs to the first floor, so
that the brick walls would prove a place
of safety, if he did not use his artillery
upon the house. For several hours a
spirited fire was kept up from both sides.
The leaden bullets and bullet holes, tbe
scars and marks now upon the house
will always be shown as tbe marks of
the fight at Spring Hill, in Potter's
Raid, as was shown to the writer, when
he was a boy, the marks of a cannon
ball upon a certain house on Hazel
street, Charleston, made by the British
cannon during tbe Revolutionary war.
General Potter was stubbornly resist
ed, but seeding a strong flanking force
to the left from the feet of tbe Hill they
made a detour through a deep ravine
and thick undergrowth and had made
considerable progress before they were
discovered. The Confederates were
forced to retire before them, and their
way was undisputed to Camden.
As the Confederate fojee retired, the
negro troops reached the house with
yells and borried denunciations upon the
inmates. They crowded in upon these
defenceless ladies. It was not long be
fore Gen. Potter rode up. His ear was
greeted with disturbing cries and lam
entations He dismounted and asked
the cause of the cries and distress ? He
was told that their was an ill lady in
the house and that tbe room of the
bouse was crowded with negro troops.
The Grand daughters now made their
appearance and implored the General
to protect them from these black ruf
fians, their insults and abuse. His
orders were immediate and they were
driven out in haste. The General now
entered the bouse, though very cau
tiously. He carefully looked at tbe
ceiling and at ths floor at every step be
took. He evidently was afraid of some
trap door, or some one hidden which
might injure bis person. One of the rooms
not being ceiled, he entered this more
cautiously than tbe others. He soon
became assured that there was no dan
ger and be asked the ladies of their
Grand father, how old he was ? Where
be was ? and said, he should have re
mained at his home. He should not
have been injured. Learning of Mrs.
Lowder's illness in the basement story ;
he had her borne to the upper story and
sent for tbe surgeon. He examined
her and prescribed, but she positively
refused to take the medicine prepared,
though she did take some nourishment
he had prepared for her. While there
the surgeon performed &u operation,
amputating a leg from one of their
wounded men. A door was taken from
tbe hinges of one of tbe outhouses.
The amputated limb was wrapped in a
very beautiful white window curtain
they had io their possession and it was
buried in the garden.
Augustus Capel was made prisoner
near the Methodist Church, not far from
tbe bouse. It was a wonder be was
not shot being found io the grave yard.
He narrowly escaped.
Gen. Potter remained the night at
Mr. Barfield's ; and before riding off
the' next day, made particular inquiry
as to tbe condition of Mrs. Lowder, and
kindly offered to furnish the family with
any nourishment she might need. The
wounded soldiers had been placed upon
their beds and their bed clothing was
used liberally. They carried it all
away with them and stripped the house
of everything they wanted and departed.
There was no serious opposition made
and he reached tbe house unmolested.
He packed his guns in tbe public
square. It was casually remarked to
tbe writer by one who had just gotten
home from the Virginia army, that he
'drew a head' upon one of his men, but
reflecting a moment be lowered his gun
and the army remained a night without
any excitement or disturbance. The
night before Potter reached Camden,
Mr. Wm. Wallace of the town received
orders while at Boykin's Depot, from
Gen. Kershaw. to proceed at once to
DuBose's Bridge, across Lynche? Creek,
with orders for Capt. Furgerson, who
was there in command of an artillery
Company to report at once to him in
his attempt to intercept Potter at Boy
kins Mill, or to meet him with his Bat
tery in Camden. After some delay in
procuring a horse, and even more in
obtaining a saddle he got off late in the
night, and reached at sunrise the hos
pitable home of John 0. Durant. He
kindly loaned him a fresh horse and
soon met Capt. Furgerson with his Bat
tery at DuBose's Bridge. He at once
delivered Gen. Kershaw's orders, and
returned to Mr. Durant's, who had
breakfast prepared for him. Resting
awhile he reached Camden about 4 P.
M. On his route he could distinctly
mark the course Potter was taking
from the columns of smoke seen, lie
left a trackless waste behind him.
Potter reached Camden about 5.30
Wallace, sitting on the side walk watch
ing their movements, a vast host of
struggling negroes followed the army
into Cnrndeo.
In one wing of the house occupied
by Mrs. Wallace there was a printing
press. Over this a guard wa? placed
who told Wallace that the General in
tended issuing a proclamation to the
people. (This was not done ) The
next morning he retired from the town
moving southward taking the River
Roard towards Boykin's Mill.
The latest pronunciation of matrimo
ny is 'matter o'money.'
? ? . ? ? . ? ? ?
When a ?orirl talks about 'two strings
to her beau/ docs she mean hie suspen
dere ?
Chatauquan Literary and
Scientific Circle.
I. What is the C. L. S. C ?
II. What are its aioi and method ?
III. What are its requirements ?
1st. The C. L. S. C.t planned by the
Rev. J. H. Vincent, D. D. for the pro
motion of culture and intelligence
among the people, was inaugurated at
Lake Cbautauqua N. ?. in 1878, and
has since gained such an increase that
its . enrolled students number nearly
thirty thousand, and are found, not
only in every State and Territory of the
Union, but in every quarter of the
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of the World's Reading Club.
Besides the regular course of reading
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the time, means, and inclination, may
spend profitably as well as pleasantly,
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2od. 'It proposes to encourage indi
vidual study in lines aod by text books,
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Tbe studies, which cover a period of
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Tbe written reports and examinations
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Tbe Cbautauquan a monthly maga
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And this amount may be so appor
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the remainder being required for books,
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The plan is so arranged as to admit
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Such a system must prove a blessing
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Children learn to read by being in
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good and great ; in s!u>rt., whose parents
felt in duty bound to provide food as
well for their mental, as for their moral
and physical natures. Rkaoeks.
'Ah,' he exclaimed, as he pressed
her tenderly to him at parting, 'shall
hold you in these arms again to-morrow,
and paint our future with the bright
pigments of the imagination ?* *No.'
she said, calmly, 'not to morrow, to
morrow's washing day.'? 7. i\ Herald.
Young Tellitall (continuing story)
?'And just as was stopping off the
porch?'Landlady (touching bell for
servant)?Ting. Young Tellitall (in- j
juredj?'Perhaps some of the others I
have not heard it, ?uadaui.'? Tid-Jiita\
Scientific Miscellany.
Volapuk.?The plea for a 'univer
sal commercial language* originated
about five years ago by Herr Schleyer,
of 8w i ti land, seemed to be meeting
w'rtb greater favor than bas been accord
ed other projects of tbe kind. It is re
ported that Volapuk 19 already spoken
with facility by thousands of Europeans ;
knowledge of it is being disseminated
by more than fifty societies scattered
over England, - Germany, Austria,
Sweden, Holland, Asia Minor, and
other countries; Volapuk grammars
for the use of Hottentots and Chinese,
besides all the Europeans nations, are
either in tbe market or in course of
preparations ; and two reviews, one
entirely in Volapuk and the other with
a translation on alternate pages, are reg
ularly published. The special advan
tage of the new language is the ease
with which it can be learned, eight
lessoDs having enabled a Parisian class
to correspond readily with- students io
foreign countries.
The Neuves of Taste.?Tbe dis
covery that heat influences one eet of
nerve-points in the skin while sensa
tions of cold are received by another
set, has been fol'owed by some interest
ing experiments, by two Italian physi
ologists, which indicate that the va
rious tastes result from the exciting of
quite distinct sets of nerve-fibres in the
tongue. The prolonged application of
ice removed the sensibility for all tastes
?sweet, sour, salt and bitter. Cocaine
destroyed?temporarily, of course?
sensibility for bitter only. Other sub
stances, such as caffeine and morphia,
reduced the power of discriminating
between different degrees of bitter.
Dilute sulphuric acid bad a peculiar
effect, causing distilled water and even
quinine to taste sweet at the tip of the
tongue, although tbe bitter of tbe qui
nine was elsewhere tasted as usual.
Speech Recording.?A promising
method of recording and reproducing
speech is that of M. Leon Esquille, by
a modification of tbe photophone. The
speaking is done before a diaphragm
having a highly polished surface from
which a ray of light is reflected, and
the record of this speech is obtained by
simply photographing tbe ray of light
upon a traveling band of sensitized
paper. After having been developed,
tbe articulation may be reproduced by
projecting the image of tbe trace by
means of a strong light upon a selenium
receiver, the well-known apparatus for
transforming light-impulses into sound
vibrations, and the speech is then heard
through the telephone connected.
Spanish Geography.?The field for
geograpLical exploration is not yet ex
hausted even in Europe. Schr?der
states that in tbe North of Spain
several ranges of mountains exist,
some reaching a height of 10,000 feet,
which have no place on any geographi
cal map. In tbe Aran valley another
discovery has recently been made
Triangulation showed a gap unfilled
between two ranges of peaks which,
approached from different sides, had
been supposed to form a single range j
and further exploration proved that tbe
gap contained a large and hitherto un
known lake.
The Camera in Medicine.?A new
suggestion is that photography may
become a useful agent in medical
diagnosis, disclosing symptons of dis
ease before they are otherwise percep
tible. In a recent negative of a child
the face was shown as thickly covered
with an eruption, no trace of which
could be seen on the child itself until
three days afterwards, when its skin
became covered with spots due to prickly
heat. Iu another recorded case, in
visible spots were brought out on a
photograph taken a fortinight before an
attack of small-pox.
The Stuff Dreams.?Most dream
representations, according to the inves
tigations of wunde, emanate from
actual, though weak, impressions on
the nerves during sleep. Thus, an ?
inconvenient position exictes visions of
laborious or painful experiences, diffi
cult respiration produces tbe agony of
nightmare, flying is suggested by tbe
rhythmic movements of breathing,
nudity by a fall of clothes from the
bed, crawling things by skin irritations,
etc. Tbe reproduction of past memo*
ries is associated with events which have
left a profound mental impression.
Europeans Altitudes?A German
estimate places tbe average height of
Europe above the sea at 974 feet.
Switzerland shows the greatest mean
height, 4,624 feet, and the Netherlands
the least, 31 feet. Intermediate arc
Spain and Portugal, 2.298 feet;
Austria, 1,608; Ita?y, 1,696; France,
1,292 ; British Wands, 714 ; Germany.
701; Russia, 548; Denmark, 115.
"Grass is Money.
Capt. L D. Childs, of Columbia, was
in Rock Hill recently. In conversa
tion with us lie stated that he will make
10,000 bales of hay on bis plantation in
Richland county the present year. He
is an enthusiast on the subject of the
cultivation of the grasses, and practices
what he preaches. The plantation, ly
ing along the Congarce river, embraces
4,000 acres, and on this vast tract uot
a stalk of cotton is grown. It is given
up entirely to the grasses and grain.
Of the latter, he will make a poor crop
this year, owiog to the great freshet in
May, which destroyed 300 acres of pro
mising corn. Usually the grain pays
the running expense of tbc farm, the
hay being a surplus, but owing to the
drouth, that will not be the case this
year. His hay crop is about 2.000
bales short of an average, but still it
will pay him well. He sells a great
d'^al of it in California at $1 per 100
lbs. at retail, but the bulk Is sold at
wholesale at 90 cents per 100 lbs. His
bales average about lOO lbs. ; hence it
is plain that there must be a large pro
fit in that kind of fanning.
Capt. Childs thinks that cotton has
had its day, and believes that the salva
tion of the country lies in the cultiva
tion of other crops The farmers, no
doubt, agree with him, though but few
have the nerve to follow his example.
He is making money by 6aving a crop
that the great majority of planters spurn,
and pay 50 cents per day to have dug
up and destroyed. Capt. Childs' suc
cess ought to give some of our farmers
an 'idea.' Cotton, they say, won't pay
at. 8 cents. What then ? Ask Captain
Childs ?Rock H I /braid.
What Oar Editors Say.
Spartanburg Herald.
Got. Sbeppard bas laid aside hh
official robes, and returned to his home
at Edgefield. He became Lieutenant
Governor the second time at the hands
of a convention which was not called
to make nominations. This conven
tion assumed tbe power to nominate
State officers, and rushed the nomina
tions through, despite tbe protest of
almost every paper in the State, voicing
the wishes of the people. It was re
garded as a stroke of tbe 'ring1
politicians to secure their renomination
before tbe 'new deal' opposition had
time to array its forces. For this action
Gov. Sbeppard was held more responsi
ble than any other man on the ticket?
whether rightly or not, we cannot say
?possibly it was unjust ; but on this
account there has been a strong antago
nism against him as long as he has
enjoyed the benefits of the 'deal.' In
his retirement all this will be forgotton
and be will have only tbe admiration
which his marked abilities merit for
him.
Fairfield JShcs and Herald.
Soon after the great calamity to
Charleston we, with others, advocated
some relief for the sufferers by the earth
quake in the way of their taxes. We
are glad to notice that a bill providing
for a reassessment of the property in
certain portions of the counties of
Charleston, Berkeley and Colleton is
now before the General Assembly. It
is nothing but strict jus tice to the peo
ple of Charleston that they should be
relieved from paying taxes upon pro
perty which in reality they do not
possess, and thereby a reassessment'
becomes necessary. It also provides
for a rebate in certain cases where the
mooey has been already paid. The
bill should pass, and we hope it will.
Spartanburg'e Unjust and Discrimi
nating Ordinance.
Abbeville Frees and Banner,
We think about as foolish and unjust
an ordinance as was ever adopted by
any city, or other law-making power,
is that which discriminates against
known drunkards. If barrooms are to
be licensed, drunkards, or others who
have acquired a taste for liquor, should
be allowed to buy to satisfy their thirst.
If barrooms are intended only to de
velop in sober people the love for whis
key, they should not be denied the
privilege of buying it after tbey have
become a slave to it. We believe any
such ordinance to be unconstitutional.
At any rate it violates one's sense of j
justice and fair-dealing.
Another iniquity of the Spartanburg
business is the high license, $1,000.
By that high price they deprive any
but the rich the right to sell whiskey,
and by excluding competitors and rivals,
a monopoly is formed whereby tbe
price of liquor is increased. If the
citizens need whiskey, it is wrong to
charge such license as to shut off com
petition in its sale. Withont' competi
tion tbe quality of the whiskey may
be lowered, and it is certain that mono
polies seldom reduce prices. After all,
we think the council has acted worse
for the town in raising tbe license and
forbidding former customers to buy
liquors, than did the voters in authoris
ing them to grant license. No poor
mea need try to sell liquor in Spartan
burg, and no man who loves whiskey
need try to buy it. The barrooms must
depend on new customers, in whom
tbey must develop a love for Intoxicat
ing liquors.
S.V. Advocate.
Some evangelists and preachers seem
to take special pleasure in letting tbe
public know what awful sinners they
were before conversion. Tbey talk so
glibly about their lives of profanity,
intemperance and impurity, and with so
little evidence of shame, that, instead of]
magnifying the grace of God displayed
in their salvation, we are almost
tempted to doubt whether they have
been saved at all. The truly converted
man cannot think of tbe dark record of
bis ungodly and sinful life without ex
periencing deep sorrow and contrition.
Any reference to it is intensely mortify
ing, and fills him with shame. -
Life Tenure of Judges.
Columbia Record,
There are two sides to the question
whether it would be wise to establish
the life tenure of judges. Much has
been said in favor of making the tenure
of judges a life tenure, and all the
reasons on that side of the question
are probably familiar to the public.
On the other hand there are some very
strong reasons for leaving it as it is,
about which very little if anything has
been said of late in the public prints.
If a judge who holds office for life
should become unfit for the position by
reason of intemperance, indolence, or
any of the other numerous infirmities
which flesh is heir to, there would be
no way to remove him but by impeach
ment, while if he bad been elected for a
number of years only he could simply
be left out at a recurring election like
any other publie servant. The very
fact of having a life tenure is calcu
lated to spoil some men as judges. It
is fruitful of arrogance on the bench and
its tendency is to encourage indolence
and partiality. On the other hand the
consciousness that a continuance in
office depends upon retaining the good
opinion of the public in general, stimu
lates the incumbent to an industrious
performance of his duties and to the
preservation of a dignified and courteous
demeanor on the bench, while it deters
him from showing favoritism cither to
suitors or advocates. If in any in
stance this should not be sufficient, the
remedy of electing some 'one to fill his
place is easily applied. It would be
very difficult to impeach a life tenure
judge for not keeping up by study with
the progress of jurisprudence, but
ocrtainly a failure to do so would unfit
him to continue to perform the judicial
functions. A judge may be very
learned and well posted to-day but he
will not be so ten yeara hence, unless
he continues to study law. How conld
articles of impeachment be formulated
to reach such a case?
I Abbeville Pre* and Banner.
The fee for dieting prisoners is ex
cessively high bat the Sheriff ie no
more to blame for that than anybody
elee. Let ns suppose that a prisoner
in jail gets the same fore thai wan
given daily to the Confederate soldier,
as follows :
} !b. Baeon -.%\ eeats.
1 lb Floor- - . 2i eeats.
Sogar, Rice and Coffee - if cents.
Total 7| cents.
Now, we think that no man in
Abbeville county will deny that the
above would be good rations for a
prisoner while undergoing sentence,
or waitiug for trial, and we believe
that no man who lies in jail co?ld
consume that amount of food. When
it is remembered that there are often
many prisoners in-the jail who would
be willing to work the garden, wait
on his fellow prisoners, and make him
self generally useful about th? jail ~:
and lot, it will be seen that there is
great profit in boarding prisoners.
Besides the profit from the fees in
boarding prisoners, the jailer is fcr
niehed a good home with good gar
den, stables, kitchen, etc, free Ac?
C08t. ,
Two Sins.
DANCING AND GAMBLING.
I ran across a young married friend
of mine the other day who, when I saw
him last, was nervously fingering a
stack of blue chips at the then famous
Crockford gambling hell. He was
over ?1,000 loser at the time,
and was the most desperate-look
ing man I ever saw. I asked him if-the
fever of gambling still possessed him.
No,' he replied. 'I believe myself
to be entirely cured. I think God
every day of my life that gambling has
been crushed, and don't believe any
thing could induce me to commence it
again/
'Then you do no believe public gam
bling a necessity in large cities Y
'Gambling benefits no elass save the
saloons, tbe demimonde and the sporta.
I know it made me forget my wife until;
her heart nearly broke; it made me
neglect my business until I did some
thing dishonorable and lost my position ;
it made me a drunkard and a lunatic.
I was struck mad on the subject, aad.
spent most of my time when out of a .
gambling house in working out systems '
and theories to beat them. It did all
this for me, and I was but one of a
large class, and a fair example of tbe
lot. The man who first put his pencil,
to paper to drive this fearful demon
from our midst deserves a monument,
and has one in my heart at least.9
The young man who made these re
marks is now as steady as a clock. He. :
is making money, bas a good home,
and is happy in the affection he gives
his wife and that she so many-fold re
turns him. I guess Louisville can get
along without publie gambling.
I used to think there was no harm in
round dancing, but I happened to be at
a daneiog party the other night and
and saw the new style of waits mg,-and
must confess that I was shocked.. The.
old style of hop waltaiog required one's
mind to be entirely on tbe step and
time, and was innocent and refreshing, '
but now the man has little else te dio
than hold his fair partner In his arma . .
and slowly turn her round to break the
monotony of things. The slower the
waltz is now danced the more stylish it
is considered, and is nothing more or
less than hugging in public. Of course,
men can stand this, but can young wo
men ? Fashion again compels them to
wear the lowest of low-cut gowns, and
tbe man most be blind or wear a mask -
to prevent him from seeing charms that
generally should be hidden from bis -
sight. It is not hard to see where all ?
this will end, and I repeat that round;' *
dancing, as it is now practiced, is de- ?
moralising in the extreme.?LomisxilU -
Post.
Humorous*
Crows never kick up a disturbance
without caws.
A party question : . 'What time do
you think they will have sopper?'?
Boston Commercial Bulletin. .. . ' >.
A teacher in a high school asked a ?
little wad of an Irish boy to describe a :
lake. 'Sure and it is a hole in the ket- ,
tie.'?Providence Telegram.
Hotel keepers in the mountains, who >;>
are growling over unpaid board bills,'
should remember that they live th?
owe-zone.?Pittsburgh Bulletin.
'What made ton steal that water*
proof cloak?' demanded the judge;
The culprit whispered, was trying to
lay up something for a rainy day.'?Nt
Y. Telegram.
If you should bint toa man thai ?
small game existed on top of his head
be would probably be angry, but most ,
every man bas a part-ridge there for all
that?N. Y. GrapUc.
George to Celeste?*?onr papa is not :
here, dearest Y Celeste=-*No : he is be- ?
hind time to-night.' George?'Then
come to my arms. As long as be isn't .;
behind me, I care not where he is/?
Washington Critic.
A Boston lawyer in reply to our in
quiries whether there is any legal pro
cess which can be applied to coffee when
it refuses to settle, replies : *I have to
say that the grounds of action are in
process of liquidation. No fee.'?Bur*
lington Free Press.
Brooklyn Man?'Talk about pretty
store girls?I wish you could see tbe
female clerks a Brooklyn druggist has/
Ornaba Man?'No doubt wo could
match them/ 'Don't be too sore.
Don't be too sure. Those girls have no
equals for beauty and sweetness any- '
where/ 'You think so Y 'Think so ?
Why man. he doesn't even bave to
sugar-coat the pills/?Omaha World. .
- <^m < mmm*
It is estimated that over 600,000
tons of paper is made in this country
every year, and yet the man who
shaves himself has to h tint around
for over fifteen minutes before he can
find a piece that he dare wipe bis
lather upon.