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THTJESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. CHILDHOOD'S CHINCAPEN" DAYS. In th' chincapin days of mr childhood, In my childish, merry plays I twaddled along by the wildwood In childhood's chincapin days. In the chincapin days of my childhood, While the birds sang their beautiful lays, I roamed ?*er the bills in the wildwood In childhood's chincapm days. In the chincapin days of my childhood, Ia the warmth of autumnal rays, I plucked sweet flowers from the wilwood In childhood's chincapin days. In the chincapin days of my childhood, As the butterfly flit in its ways, I chased it far in the wildwood In childhood's chincapm days. In the chincapin days of my childhood, By the rill in its winding ways, I bad a little mill near the wildwood In childhood's chicapin days. In the chincapin days of my childhood From hills, hedges and by-ways, I gathered the chines in the wildwood In childhood's chincapin days. And the chincapin days of my childhood, Back to it my memory strays, And I think with delight of the wildwood And childhood*? chincapin days. BAPTIZED ON FRIDAY. The history of the ill-fated ship, Harvey Mills, bar?es the philosophy of . all seafaring- men. The law of chance, which is not susceptible to legislative modification, is the only law that rules the sea,, and never in the records of American shipping has there been an instance of such consistent and persist? ent adversity following the fortunes of a sailing vessel as pursued the Harvey Mills from the hour of launching ta the hoar of foundering in mid-ocean a few weeks ago off the Pacific coast. It is said that a harassing series of delays had attended her construction. Accidents were continually happening to the workmen employed in the yard, tackle and engines broke and became disorganized almost daily, and every time a beam, a block or a scaffolding fell one or more workmen were carried to the hospital. The first estimate of cost of ?150,000 was exceeded by Dearly ?15,000, directly consequent on . these misadventures, and when, on the last Thursday in September, 1876, or? ders were given Xo launch the ship, she Dad already earned a bad character. The ways were greased, ail blocks re? moved, but the ship refused to budge. The workmen toiled until midnight whh levers and ropes to force her into the sea and a few moments after mid- j night, the big mastless hulk slipped so soddenly that one of the workmen was crushed to death beneath her bows. Thus baptized in blood and launched on Friday, the Harvey Mills began her disastrous career. She began trading between Liverpool and Pori Royal, S C, the following Spring. On her first trip along the coast she sprung a leak and came very hear being abandoned by her crew. She reached Port Royal in a sinking condition, and it was found that she had lost one of her bottom planks ia some mysterious manner. Having been carefully repaired and overhauled, the Harvey Mills was laden with cotton in bales and cleared for Liverpool. When five days out, having experi? enced unusually rough weather, an alarm, of fire was given on a Friday mid-night. A panic prevailed. The ! captain and mate .restored order at thc ! t muzzles of revolvers and made a search , for the seat of inflammation. The hold . -was full of smoke and spirals of sutTo- - eating yellow vapor came from the j natches. Spontaneous combustion was . the only explanation. Water poured , into the smouldering cotton produced j no effect, and the hatches were at last , battened down, and the ships course j changed to New York. It was a fright foi voyage. The decks became hot and . had to be repeatedly drenched with 'water to permit walking upon them. A . series of calms succeeded stormy weath- { er, and, the Harvey Mills drifted like a , fire raft upon a tropical lagoon. On J the second day her mainmast, eaten ? away by the heat, broke under the roll- . log of the ship and almost went over- , board. She reached New York in the , latter part of March, 1877, with b:slf her cargo ruined and the hall baked, j steamed and charred to a degree that Decessitated several mouths' repairing. Every time there was a storm the ? rigging; became filled with luminous i beings who added their cries to the i : noises of the tempests and a constant reign of terror prevailed in the forecas? tle owing to the reputed residence there j of the spirits of sailors who had died by j | violence or disease. They manifested j their presence in the usual spiritualistic j way, and one fact is curious to note, j that the Harvey Mills was always cu- j tirely free from rats. After two or three successful voyages the Harvey Mills cleared from Seattle just before Christmas last laden with coal, consigned to J. F. Chapman, of No. 22 California Street, San Francis? co. Then, for the first time in far eastern waters, the old spell of disaster j began to re assert its iufiueace. The j channels through which she sailed, fa- j miliar to every one. boiled and froched in the storm like tur: tormented passage of Scylla and Charybdis ?>f ancient tra- j ditton. A? the la?t day of 1880 drew j to a close, the ?>h?p was out of sight of j land battling with the heaviest storm I experienced in that locality for roars, j and several days overdue No i??con- ! siderable part of her cargo of coal was ! thrown overboard, but as she lightened j the storm grew heavier. Two of her I masts were sacrificed, and before dark i all the boats except the smallest one I were dashed into thc sea or broken io j thi moorings. Ail hope of saving the ship was ! abandoned. The crew became mad j \ with teffor, and the captain, finding j that his authority was gone, embarked \ with three others in the sole remaining j ; boat. L'ke aa egg shell it was lifted i ( on a huge wave, and then the men on ! , board the ship saw it capsized, and irs j four occupants have never since been j ? seen, alive or dead. The ship was sinking. In despair j the mate. Cushman, and three others of the crew tied a few spars together, and i $ on this frag?e raft floated away oy the j tumbling surges. Before they lost sight of the Harvev Mills they saw her : break io two, and then fhe fated vessel j \ was engulfed so quickly that ?ot one of , the twelve wretched men on beard had < time to pray. No sooner bsd the shin foundered ( than the storai lessened its fury, as though appealed by the sacrifice. The four exhausted feurrivors lay at, fui! : length upon their little ruff, faint with f hunger ant? thirst, aad brit um bcd al- f most to uucon?ciou?at.?? by ihc cold, j i The sunrise of the New Year fou them drifting a hundred miles fr< land, with death thc only promised i lief from their torture. One of t crew, crazed with thirst, gulped doi some of the salt water, lay io speechlc agony tor an hour, then bit open t veins of his arm, swallowed a few dro of blood, shrieked at the sight, ai with the laugh of a maniac leaped io the sea and perished. The shock ? most broke up the raft. Before dark ao outgoing vessel sigt ed the castaways and rescued them io condition of absolute helplessness. T three men were landed at San Pedr and from them has been written the h chapter in the tragic history of t Harvey Mills. The Harvey Mills was launched on Friday, and the superstitions of ti sea has received wonderful confirniath in the fate of the ill starred vessel. H; her christening on a Friday anything do with her unfortunate career? A Cotton Principality. How The Largest Cotton Plantatic in the World is Managed. Mr. C. T. Mason, Jr., has lately r turned from an extended trip to tl Mississippi Valley, where he had goi with a view of making observations t to the extent and character of cottoi growing and picking in that famot and favored region. On his way hon he stopped in Charleston, and a Repo: ter for the JVews and Courier obtain e the information published below. Pr manly, Mr. Mason's object was to a< certain whether he could adapt his Co ton Harvester to the class of cotto grown in that section. The particular section visited by Mi Mason was Greenville, in thc norther part of the Mississippi Valley. Nea that place is located the plantation-c rather plantations-of Major James ? Richardson. Mr. Mason said tba Major Richardson, whose place he visil ed by special invitation, received hit with the utmost courtesy and kindnes and spared no pains to make his sta both pleasant and profitable. The are of land planted in cotton by Majo Richardson, Mr. Mason, said is th largest cultivated by any single plante in the world. The plantations begi: at a line about five miles from Green ville and extend along the river, ii varying breadth for about twenty miles The territory under cultivation las year was about 24,000 acres, whicl will, it is expected, be increased thi year to about 3C.000 acres. Apart from the interest found in si extensive a domain, Mr. Mason san that he was struck with the systen ander which its vast operations are con ducted. The organization of the plan tations is complete in every detail Every process can be inspected from th< planting of the seed to thc weaving o the cotton fabric. On the place there are cotton seec jil mills, cotton compresses, cotton gins i cotton factory, and furnaces for th< burning cf the cotton seed hulls, &c Bach of the several plantations whict make up Major Richardson's estate has jpon it a sufficiently large store for the ?onventence of the employees on each ?ub-division The stores are connected by telephone. Each plan ration is in ?harge of an overseer, who is responsi? ble to a general superintendent, whose ?esidence has telegraphic communica :ion with New Orleans. Mr. 3Iason said that, notwithstand ngthe vast exient of the industry car? ded on by Major Richardson, he used ?ery little improved machinery. This ffas the more impressed upon Mr. \iasoo from his knowledge that Major Richardson is regarded as a progressive md ent?rprising planter. Major Rich Lrdson said that the reason for his ad? herence to the old methods was that it r?as impossible- to pick all the cotton ;hat matured. The region was won lerfully fertile ; no fertilizer is needed, ind, therefore, none is used, and the ;otton plant attains a luxuriant growth, [f he used improved agricultural ma? chinery he wouid be obliged to release % large proportion of his laborers, and ibis very fact would be a fatal embar? rassment in the picking season. To make the necessary numbers of pickers ivailabie at the required time he was, therefore, obliged to resort to the ex? pediency of keeping them engaged OQ the plantations throughout the season, which really necessitated the employ? ment of nearly double the number of hands actually needed. The capacity af such a plantation was, in fact, only limited by the ability to pick its pro* ducts. Mr. Mason said that he had gone through miles of plantations, which nominally had been 'picked,7 but which, io his notion, had really not been pick? ed at all. The ground was strewn with cotton, which will be turned under by the plough when the next crop is put iu. Tue average height of the piarit was about five feet, and, as taay well be in;agiued. the boundless areas in the season of harvest offered to the view the appearance of a sea of snow. The averr.ge yield of these 21,000 acres is between one and two bales to the acre. Mr. Mason discussed at leng?h with Major Richardson the merits of the Cotton Harve>ter. Major Richardson expressed himself appr?ciai i x'ei}* in re? gard to its importance as a factor in the harvesting of tiei croo. As a result of b's vi.-it to Major Ki ch a rd so n's piace Mr. Mason will fur? nish him next- year with a number of machines specially adapted to the pick? ing of the prolific and luxuriant kind of cotton that grows in the Mississippi Valley. Tl- -??<?. fill Who Moses Was. It is very common now in the pri? mary schools for teachers to entertain their little scholars willi stories. A few days ago one of* the teachers in a school not far from St J'anl was Lesiing the children about Pharaoh's [laughter finding the babe in the bul? rushes. 'Now children,5, said she, 'how inanv of you know anything U!M>U Moses?' Only ont; hand went up 'That's right. Jimmie, Fm glad t<> iee there's one i:: the school who has J ea rd of him bei".ru. New, who was Moses?' 'lie's the feller wot they wanted to kii'-w where ?ie was when the light tvent ont,' exclaimed Jimmie willi jreat ?ust<>. That ended the Bible lesson for thc lay. The Cluverius room was opened but >o eoafe^ioo could be found. Thus "ar 10.000 c--p?os of the book have boon ?old. Mrs. Tunstall says she will have lune of thc proceeds. 1 Current Comment. South Carolina is the only State in the Union that bas nj divorce law upon its statute book. Motbcr-in-laws must all be angels in that commonwealth. Montgomery Dispatch. It will be hard on the Alabama Mayor who used brass kuucks on a Kentucky temperance orator, if be has to pay ?50,000 damages Fifty thou? sand dollars would buy a good deal of w hisky. -Louisville Ocurier-Jo urnal. 'The theory of protection must be a theory of protection to all interests, and of special protection to none' This is the sort of owlish wisdom that the protection organ, the Chicago Inter Ocean, distributes by the column. * Protection to all interests,' ir.deed ! As if tberi would be any advantage to any one if ail could be alike 'protect? ed,' and as if, should 'special protec? tion' be prevented, the whole protec? tion system would not be nullified. ! Louisville Courier Journal, Dem. We approve of Cousin Ben Folsom's enterprise iu organizing a base ball club in Sheffield. He is the Uuited States Consul there, and it is his duty to do what he can to promote American in? dustries. Nevertheless, perhaps Cousin Ben might spend his time more profi? tably in mastering the mysteries of the cricket ground. When he comes home on a vacation he could then teach Cousin Grover how to bowl down Republican wickets.-A". Y. Sun. Most of the Free-trade Democrats are very young or far advanced in life. Wash. Republican. Likely enough ; and they could mostly stand under one ombrelia. Absolute free-trade with nations is the ideal best thing ; but it is unattainable as long as this countrv needs a large revenue. The only thing that practical men look for or hope for is such a redaction and revis? ion of the tariff as will abolish the surplus, relieve labor of its chief burden and leave monopolist manufacturers to take care of themselves.- Wash. Post, Dem. We learn from thc Syracuse Journal that 'a very distinguished Democratic editor of this State' being in Albany, declares his opinion that the renomina? tion of Mr. Cleveland in 1888 is very improbable. He holds that Mr. Cleve? land has not been noagh of a Democrat to suit the party, and, if he is going to become one, he must make the change very promptly. 'If he does not do it within this year, he is lost.' This is undoubtedly the opinion of a good many Jacksonians and Jefferson? ians, but it is not the opinion of Mr. Cleveland's particuliar friends. They foretel that he is to be renominated without regard to the wishes of the Democracy, because there is nobody else who is trying to get the nomination, and because nobody else has yet ap? peared whose nomination could bring any clear prospects of victory.-iV. Y: San. But Mr. Randall does not farer any substantial redaction in taxation on the necessaries of life. It is a fact that cauuot be hid that Mr. Randall will agree to no measure providing for the abolition of the internal revenue, or any part of it, that does not also provide for the perpetuation of a high protec? tive tariff. Mr. Randall's position, it is true, is wholly untenable ; for were all the internal revenue surrendered by the Government, the revenue from ail other sources would be more than sixty miliioas less than the expenses of Government. This deficit might be supplied by spending the surplus for a short time, but when the surplus was .exhausted the Government would be hurled into bankruptcy. Yet Mr. RarJall persists in claiming that his peculiar policy can be carried out, and he aud his little group of recalcitrant Democrats have succeeded by no other means than a mere accident in numbers in blocking the way to relief for the people.- Wilmington Star. Among Mr. Tilden's personal effects, the enumeration of which occupies 280 pages of manuscript, are ninety-five pairs of pants, but only one pair of sus? penders. That's the reason why the old gentleman didn't brace up in his latter days.-Lowell Courier. Something You Need-Shorthand. "Why?" 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New Y"rk. 1887/ Harper's Young People. An Illustrated Weekly: ?IARTEU'S YOUNG PEOPLE has been called *the model of what a periodical for young readers ?.aght lo be,' and the justice of this commenda tion is amply sustained by the large circulation it has attained both at home and in Great Britain. This success has been reached by methods that must commend themselves to the judgment of parents, no less than to the tastes of children-namely, hy an earnest and well sustained effort to provide the bestand most at? tractive reading for young people at a low price. The il??straf??n? arc copious and of a conspic? uously high standard of excellence. An epitome of everything that is attractive ] and desirable in juvet ile literature.-Boston I Courier. A week);,' feast of good things to the boys and girls in every family which it visits.-Brooklyn L nioii. It is wonderful tn its wealth of pictures, infor? mation, and interest.-Christian Advocate,^.Y. TERMS. POSTAGE PREPAID. $2 A YEAR, Vol. VIII commences November 2,1SS6? SINGLE NcsiEEr.s. Five Cents esch. Remittances should be made by Post Office .Money Order or DraR, to avoid chance of loss. fcicxp'ipers are not to copy thin adverti'scmen icitkottt tlie fij-prrss order of ll ARPER & BitoTHEES. Address HARPER ?B ROTHE RS. r New Yurie; "WIDE AWAKE! PROSPECTUS FOR 18S7. ! ? ! A word about subseriotious, S2.40 from this date i'll D. Lothrcp and Company announce that, leading in the great literary movement to? ward lower prices and larger sales, they have made, without reducing quantity or quality, an extraordinary reduction in the price of WIDE A.WAKE, the best illustrated young folk's magazine (1C0O quarto pages and 500 original pictures yearly,) and will now re? ceive subscriptions at the former wholesale j price of only $2 40 a year. Among the contributors will be Charles Egbert Craddock. Clmrles Remington Talbot, Fred A. Ober, Mary Hartweil Cather wood, i Mrs. Lizzie W. Ghampnev, Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. Mrs. M. E. M. Davis, Hariet-Pres? cott Spc?crd, Eleanor Lewis and Louise Im? ogen Guinev. NEW FEATURES AND SPECIALTIES Will be i ti trod need. A new Department, called The Contributors and The Children, is to be the fireside and round-table corner of the magazine. Christmas-Tide Stories, a Pretty Scarecrow, by Elizabeth Stuart Pbelus: Some Educational Extremes; Child Life in London, from Hvde Park to White? hall, by Mrs. Elizabeth Robins Pennell, with many drawings by Joseph Pennell; Pictures of American Pastimes ; Successful American Women ; Ways to do Things, by various au? thors. Practical handiwork for voung folks.. D. LOTHROP k Co., Publishers, Dec. 7. Bosion. Mass.. ?. S. A. A WONDERFUL BOOK OF SONG. THE POEMS OF FATHER RYAN, THE FAR FAMED POET PRIEST OF THE SOUTH. The Amended and Enriched Edition. Ring? ing Lyrics of the War. Battle Songs which fired the South and com? pelled the admiration of the Fee. Complete in one volume, 433 pages, beau? tifully illustrated. The engravings include a stet! portrait of the author; his old Church and adjoining Residence in Mobile; "Erin's F;ag;:: and the "Conquered Banner." The book will be sent to any address on re? ceipt of price, S2.00. THE BALTIMORE PUBLISHING CO.. 174 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Md. X. B._One-half of the profits accruingfrom the sale of this volume of poems from date to March 1st. will be devoted to the fund for the erection of a Monument to Father Ryan, tobe placed over his grave ir. Mobile. Help on the work and swell the fund liv purchasing a copy of the book. Wanted men and women in every town, pillage and parish to act as agents for the sale of this book. Liberal pay will be given for services rendered. Send for descriptive circulars. Dec. 14 te Sfiis linera! taler. Testimonials of Eminent Physicians cf the State. The following are selected from many sim Har ones : DR. L. C. KEX.VKDY, of Spartanburg, writes the Proprietors : ..The remedial qual? ities ot Glenn Springs I have known tor over forty years, ami can attest to its value in Dyspepsia from gastric or funclionnl derange? ment of the Liver. General Debility, Dropsical Effusions, denne Irregularity and Affections of the Kidneys and Bladder. To the last dis? oases I would particularly call attention, as the waters have showu large curative powers in these complaints." Da. O. B. MAYER, of Newberry, S. C.. says: "1 have sen! more than fifty persons suffering with Jaundice to these Springs, and have never been disappointed in any case ; they al! speedily recovered. I cannot find words to express ?ny confidence in the Glenn Springs waler, as a reined y fur the Liver, when functionally deranged. Dyspepsia. Dropsy, certain skin diseases, troubles in the Kidneys and Spleen, if ??reduced by the Liver, ?.ave as 1 know, disappeared al the Springs.'7 Pu. JAMES MCINTOSH. President of the M?d? irai Association ol South Carolina, in Ivis an? nual address before that body remarks: "Glenn Springs:, for diseases of thc Stomach, Liver ami Kidneys, deserves lo rank with any other on the continent." PRICE OF WATER. Per case of t wo dozen quart bottles, securely packed and delivered on the train at Spartan burg, $4.00. Per gallon, by thc barrel, delivered at Spartan burg, 20 cents. Per Tallon, for loss than a barrel. 25 cents. Address' SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Glenn Springs. S. G. For sale in Sumter, by Dr. A. J. China. COVERT!SEB3 this papcr.or obtain estimates on advertising spoco when in Chicago, will find it on file at ftcAdwrtiwncAgt-ncyof L?R5 STS??MfiSi A. ?F. CHINA, DEALER IN Drugs, Medicines and C 3aern icals. FISK TOILET SOAPS. HAFK AND TOOTH 13 li US 1! KS. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES, ?c., ic. PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES AND DYE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, ?c. Frill sivpnly of Fresh Garden Seeds. April 9 * PAINT YOUR BUGGY FOR One Bollar. One coat gives au old buggy the blackest black you ever saw and a handsome gloss without varnishing, lt dries hard in a few hours. No rubbing! No varnishing! No extra trouble. Each can contains more than euotigh to paint a carriage. Retailed at One Dollar-per Can. For Sale bv DR. A. J. CHINA. SENDi0^S!i?te? CATALOGUE \ egetable, Flower, Field <o KT ET f\ ?2 Fiants. Lulbs. Implemos. O ?? E? VJ v9 Ed ff C by mi? on application. B F? I& & Don't neglect writing 1er lt. HIRAM SIBLEY ? CO. ROCHESTER, li. Y. ???TimO ii. _ CHiCAGO, ILL 13-141". Clir?St. I, F. f, jT 5 i .DEALER IN t?ti r Agent. 9B?881 N?DilI% TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY AND ALL KINDS OF Sundries * 5*5 ! USUALLY KEPT IN \ FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. Tobacco. Snuff and Scgars, ti AULT ik^ osti&isSh au M -ALSO Paints, Oils, Varnishes, GRASS, PUTTY, &c. DYK STUFFS. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genu? ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. E, STEHLE, Agt., Baker and Confectioner. FRESH BREAD, SWEET ROLLS, CAKES, PIES AND CREAM PUFFS every morning? SPECIALTY : PATENT BREAD, CINNAMON ROLLS AND MILK BISCUITS, every evening, between 5 and 6 o'clock. All orders promptly filled. To THE PUBLIC: BEWARE OF IMITATORS. April 13, ISS6. HIING Ia First Class Style. IAM PREPARED TO FURNISH MATE rial of the best kind and finish up jobs in workmanlike manner, and no money required until work is completed. Any kind of" work in the House-painting line, such as Walnut Graining. Oak Graining, Mapleing, Marbleizing, Wall and Fancy Painting in flat or gloss work, Graniteing, Rough-casting. Gold or Brass Bronzing, Staining, and Varnishing in any shade. All jobs will be prompt! v dealt with. Address LEMUEL R. DAVIS, May 19 Sumter, S. C. J. B. K?LLOUGH. ii blakes OEIIIE? 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Rooms Reserved by Mail or Telegraph. Sept 16_ THE HOTEL WINDSOR, : 211 KING STREET. Four Doors South Academy of Music? CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS well appointed Hotel was opened for the reception of Guests, March ist, 1885, by G. T. ALFORD, recently proprietor of the "New Brighton Hotel," Sullivan's Island.' The "WINDSOR" is newly famished throughout, having Woven Wire Spring and Hair Matresses on all beds Fronting oa. King Street, with extensive Southern expos? ure, making All the Rooms Dry, Airy and Pleasant. To make the "HOTEL WINDSOR," what bas long been wanted, a STRICTLY FAMI? LY HOTEL, No Liquors trill be sold en the premises Rates, SI.50 to 32.00 per day-Liberal terms made by the week or month. _G. T. ALFORD, Manager. WRIGHT'S HOTEL,, COLUMBIA, S. C. -Or THIS NEW AND ELEGANT S O USB, with all modern improvements, is now open for the receotion of guests. S. L. WRIGHT 4 SON, Mav 6._Proprietors. 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