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WATCHMAN, StfablUfced April, 1850* 'Bc Just and Pear not-L? an the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's TKB TK?K SOUTHKOK, BttoMfcfaB* J^IM? . % 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 3,1887. Sew Series-foi. TI. Ko. 3L gliibUAsl awry Thursday, BY Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. ?? ?Ss?J BoHara per an o um-in advance. 1DVISTISK?SKT8. Os? Square, first insert?on.~..$1 00 :" Every sufesequen t i nsertion.................. 50 Contracts for three mouths, or longer will bo made at reduced rates. . A^IfWnmunications which subserve private aterests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries iud tributes of respect will be charged for. ? ? A QUESTION ABOUT "Browns Iron Bitters ANS WER?D. QjOBettop. he? j^robebfaj been asked thooeeads Af tfaeee. Ticer cmnBftJWu'a-lMHi Bittet? ente eway tAfawf? wea.ft<kjeeB.VJBot ft rt<- miieiiij ilmnieri jgwfa li j lep^hlephjeV ?ie ?wldp??eenben?a Pttj^cesMLXeeognise- OM ee the- beet i iMtorxtiTO A^ent toe- to the pwSaadba. ead inoaizy cf xaj jexHiM, uhmkul Sim eiTlwlMtiiitiele) UMtiiiieh'mi Vkp t?eiM awwnwyepewttop* of faon then of ?nj Otbflt fl^btftUeOft Wtd ix ^BOdfcC&Qft 1T^?S St^CWf* OOO* *M?eVlBMell>KBOWXiS]Sof??^KR& ?x ^ggOetlaagegtSwe, BIM-s-s> Wetkaetei ^ .Bj i P ipili, MaterU, Chille ted Fever*, nTtfeania?,feea?re?r^ffitT.Pain m ti? ^i*^??**orIJm*evH?Jaefce wdTSeuraJ JpK-ioEdtaeeBeibMotBbanJs pceec?bed daily MMTSttOl BH?IBS? . acts -i ftwt sjpBneoB of f. Thomnytostheahcoame raM^^he&owel> exe active, ?eaarmneweeptfl mit united, to brighten: th? skin deem (to the cheeks; d crowned red ?oae COl^H? ITTCSG MITTRESSESe W3 SPEND ALMOST BALF of our ftfe should be nude as comfort* able AS possible, and for the purpose of aiding. Ibis -good work, and makio* some tnoo*v^w?,now offer the best COTTON BAT TfNG MATTRESS^ vee put upon this market, J?ire^ta^mwjm?de^-^OO^OO, $7.00. Sample and -full information at Store of Treasurer, A. Moses. ~ - Satisfaction guaranteed in every case, or coooex refunded. SUMTER COTTON MILLS. C. BART & GO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in CHARLESTON, S. C., Are receiving; bj steamer ?nd rail from the North and West full supplies each week of CHOICE APPLES, PEARS, LEMONS. PO? TATOES, CABBAGES, ONIONS, NUTS - OF ALL KINDS, ETC., ETC. /a^Grders solicited and promptly filled. Nov 9 x _ fcSpis Minorai later. .V^-" Testimonials of Eminent Physicians of the State. The following are selected from many sim* Harones i Da* L- C. KKSBXOY, of Spartanburg, writes the Proprietors : 4 'The remedial qual itiesof-Gleon Springs I have known for over f?rtjTyears, and can attest to its value ic Dyspepsia from gastric or functionnl derange ?eat ?f/thi? Liver, Genera! Debility, Dropsical Mptoai TTu i* II Irregularity and Affections of the Kidneys and_Bladder. To the last dis? eases I would particularly call attention, as the water* tare abown large Tntive powers sn these complaints." Da. O. B. M AT CB, of Newberry, S. G., .aya: "I have sec t more than fifty persons suffering with Jaundice to these Springs, and have never been disappointed io any case; they all speedily recovered. I eau not find werdato express my confidence in the Glenn Springs" water, as a remedy for the Liver, When functional ly deranged. Dyspepsia, Dropsy, certain ski? diseases, troubles in the Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver, have. ai), as I know, disappeared at the Springs/'' Da. JAKES MCINTOSH, President of the Med? ical Association ol South Cacalina, ia his an? ana! address' before rfcftt body remarks : "Glenn Springs, for diseases of the Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, deserves to raak with aa j other en the continent." U ~^PR?CE OF WATER. ' "~ ?aseotf two dosen quart bottles, soscrely y?n<| ^e??vered on the train ai Spar tao Per gallop by the barrel, 4e?vered at Spartan burg, 20 cents. Per gallon, for less than a barrel. 25 cen ts. Address SIMPSON A SIMPSON, Glenn Springs, S. C. "JTor sale in Sumter, by Or. A. J. Chi DA. lif?? nf Suter ai Ai . . . mm HS: I.HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF i Candidate for your generous patronage in my < BOOK,,-STATIONARY AND TOBACCO Business- "Oniy that and nothing more. Don't send abroad ior books or any of these supplies yon may require. Buy from me and I win sell to yon as cheaply as yon can pur? chase anywhere in the United States. Help mein my old age and infirmity, and it shall oat add one cent to your necessary expenses. ? am not striving to accumulate wealth bot merely desire to provide a comfortable sup* port for myself and fa rail v. ' W.*G. KENNEDY, Jan. 20._at Sumter Book Store. BOOKS. SCHOOL BOOKS. MISCELLANEOUS Books, Blank Books, Copy Books, Memo? randum Books, Draft Books, Receipt Hooks, Note Books, Music Books. Best grade of all kinds of Writing Paper and Envelopes, Photograph if!. Autograph and Scrap Albums. Playing C-rds in variety and Marriage Certi? ficates, at The Sumter Book Store, kept by W.G.KENNEDY, _ % Doors North of John Reids. BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS. AFINS ASSORTMENT OF BIBLES and Testaments, io large print at Sumter Book Store, kept by W. G. KENNEDY, 2 Doora North of John Reids. ICHABOD AND OTHER POEMS, c BY W. G. KENNEDY. -piOB SALE AT THE SUMTER BOOK J} STORE. Price reduced to one dollar gsraogf._ ie on ?ein Philadelphia at the Newspaper Aorex tiring Agency of Ileana " OW authorized agent* TO MY LOVE. One kind wish before we part' Drop a tear, and bid adieu : Though we sever, my fond beart, Till we meet, shall pant for you. Yet, yet weep not so, my love, Let me kiss that falling tear ; Though my body mast remove, All my soul will still be here. Ali my soul and all my heart, And every wish shall pant for you ; One kind kiss, then, ere we part, Drop a tear, and bid adieu, i - . ; . -Robert Do?dey. RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH AND OLD WAH DAYS. BY GENERAL ADAM BADEAU. [New York Star ] There cao never have been io any one box io a theatre io this world the same number of persons destined to fates so awful and unanticipated as at Washington on the night of April 14, 1865-the President and bis wife; their two friends, Major Henry Rathbone and bis step-sister, Miss Otara Harris; and later, the actor, John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was as? sassinated that night in the very sight of the audience, almost on the stage, and in the midst of the rejoicings of the nation which he had helped to save. Mw. Kncoro, ^poor-womaD, died insane a few year years later, having defied her son and forced him-to take steps to restrain ber conduct;, if not her person. Wilkes Booth, the son of one great actor and the brother of an ot be r, h i mself not Vith'?ut a touch of the dramatic quality, lamed tri tb seif as he leaped to the foot 1 ig hts, and/after a marvelous flight and an almost theatrical pursuit, \ was brought to bay at night in a barn, sur? rounded by troops who set fire to the building, and wheo his comrades \ de? serted him' he yet remained in the fames, defiant to the last, till he was shot almost io the same part of the body in which he had wounded Lincoln. Then, like his historic victim, he linger? ed a few hoars and died. Wilkes Booth had never displayed any trait or indicated any sentiment that made it probable he would end bis career with this appalling catastrophe. I had seen him several times under un? usual circumstances. I was intimate as i a young man with his more distinguish- \ ed brother, Edwin, and thus had mst the younger, who was bright and ex? tremely handsome, as well as graceful and manly in ordinary behavior. He was born in Maryland, and when Johu Brown's raid occurred he shared the horror and indignation of most Southern? ers, as well as of many Northerners at that time The Governor of Virginia called for a regiment of volunteers, and Wilkes was one of the first to respond ; for there were apprehensions of an in? surrection of the slaves as well as of other invasions from the North But the panic passed away, and Wilkes returned to the stage. In July, 1863, I was a Union officer and sent home from New Orleans badly wounded. The steamer ttat brought me arrived at New York just before the riots broke out, which so alarmed not only that city but the entire North. I was taken to the house of my relative, General Bas teed, an Irishman by birth, who bad been a violent Democrat, but was nevertheless an ardent supporter of the war. His house was therefore mark ed out by the rioters for destruction, and he was notified to leave it, not only by the authorities, but by some among the mob who had once been his political friends and retained a touch of their former kindness. Accordingly the ladies of the family were removed to the New York Hotel, but I was in such a physical condition that it was thought nowise to transfer me unless it became absolutely indispensable. In a day or two, however, the rioters were more rampant still, and Busteed was again warned that it was unsafe for any inmate to remain in the bouse. It was late in the summer, and I bad no other near friend in town bat Edwin Booth, who was living with his mother in the house of George P. Putnam, the publisher. I was very anxious not to go to a hotel, and Booth at once con? sented to receive me. On the 19th of July I was taken to his house. Wilkes Booth was there and stood io the door wheo I arrived. He was a strong, stalwart young fellow of 26, and him? self helped to lift ms out of the carriage, and afterward carried me in his arms to an upper story ; for my wound was in the foot, and I was unable to stand. For a week he nursed me tenderly, dressed my wounds, gave me my medi? cines, and, when I was strong enough again he bore me in his arms daily up and down the stairs. All this while the riot was raging in the streets. Several times a day Wilkes went out to learn the situation, and when he returned re? ported it to us all, but be said not one word to indicate that he sympathized with thc rioters or with the canse that was their apparent instigation. On the contrary, he spoke with detestation of the burning of bouses, shooting Union officers aod murdering inoffensive negroes. I had a black servant, a lad of about 20 years, who had followed me from New Orleans, and Edwin Booth took him in, though at the risk of incurring the rage of the rioters. The whole family pitted the poor fellow, and when the murders at the Negro Asylum oc? curred Wilkes proposed that Randall should be hidden in the cellar. He de? clared he would protect the boy at the hazard of his life if the mob came after | him. But he was not discovered, and j when the excitement abated and the streets were clear a^ain I was taken to the country and Randall was released from his concealment. I saw Wilkes Booth once afterward. In the early winter of 1865 I was again in New York, this?tne recovering from a camp fever, and was driven daily to the house of Edwin Bootb, where Wilkes was staying as before. At this period I was staff officer of General Grant, aod as Edwin was very loyal, indeed even ardent in his sentiment, he and I talk? ed constantly of my desire to join my j chief and of the prospects of the war. Again Wilkes Booth restrained in my presence any expressions of sympathy with the South ; he said not one word j to excite my suspicions, or even those .of his family. Edwin indeed told me afterward that he had long and violent political discussions with bis brother this time. Wilkes, declared bis wi for the success of the rebellioa so c cidediy that Edwin finally told him should go elsewhere to make soch sen menta known; that he was not at libel to express them in the house of a Uni man. But even then, when possibly was plotting something of the consp acy which was only too successful one horrible aim, he was careful not disclose or suggest anything that mig awake suspicion or anxiety His whole conduct seemed to.m when I learned it afterward and look? back at the man as I bad known bit like the heated behavior of an- act used to portraying conspiracies i ai mimic plots, and brooding }opon sm themes till his brain was turned. Tl entire story is ..theatrical in the la degree; the concealed meetings, tl consultations, the^dtsgnises' that pr ceded the end were precisely like tl scenes in a p-ay ; while the climax n sembles anything but the contri vam i of a calm, clearheaded conspirator. - 1 select a theater, the most public pla< in ti.e world for the assassination of tl nation's chief; to rush into a boz au leap upon the stage after performio the. act, would have occurred to ii human being but an actor; and the id the face of the audience to brandis his dagger and cry 'Sic semper ty rai nis V there was never a madder pie< of effrontery, a more supremely garie theatrical bit of display in the work The subsequent story, the midnight rio in his agony, the concealment in on | house after another, the final conflagn tion, and the climax, precisely like tb culmination of a melodrama--the mai derer shot in the way in which he ha himself shot bis victim-this portion < the terrible tradgedy the un for tonal player had not planned. But all tb rest he must have rehearsed, in his ow mind as he had rehearsed other trag< dies for the stage. His imaginatio was doubtless crowded witb recollectioc of the dramas that made up so much < his life and the influence of which ha penetrated and permeated hts charactei There was besides a streak of mac ness in him, which, unluckily for bia self and sadly, terribly for. the natio and its beloved chief, culminated i the way that the world knows. Thei are stories in the family of his strang behavior at various times ; of his tait ing and muttering to himself; of h living at the solitary farm near Bait more with no one but one old servant whom he frightened with his raving; his brandishing of thea trial swordi his recitations and rebearsings < dramas and tragedies, that she took t be real. I knew that house, for I ha visited it years before wich the eld< brother, my friend. We found it ha abandoned and unoccupied ; tb grounds overgrown with weeds, tb rooms dark and moldering; heaps < theatrical dresses and paraphernalia a arouud ; and I eau readily ima^iue ho the brain of one of the Booths mig! have become disturbed in the midst < these suggestije garments and weapon and memories. For Booth the father lived there part of bis moody, eccentric life ; ther the three brothers-Junius, Edwin Wilkes-passed their boyhood, witness ing the strange freaks of their geniu of. a father ; going with him to th theater, dressing bim for the play watchiog his^yerlrormances*,'and comm, home to see him in bursts of tendernos and - passion like those of Lear; o brooding in a melancholy equal to tha of the Dance. What effect su ;h childhood and such a parentage and sud surroundings may have had upon soch : nature not evenly balanced at the best wno can tell 2 It is better for th nation to believe that the inherited ir regularity and the added theatrical in fluences turned the poor brain of ai emotional, imaginative being, than t suppose bim a conspirator conscious o all the load of guilt that else would b heaped upon him. ** For his act had no motive bot th< gratification of an impersonal revenge and he hurt the South more than he in jured the North that had conquered No mao at the South but recogoizet this at the time ; no sane friend off thc South, no sensible enemy of the Nortl would have advised the deed. But tb? poor madman paid his penalty all thc same. He struck at one who was Ilk? the life of the nation in the very crisii of its existence, and he made for him self the most unenviable memory ii history, becoming the subject of a mon miserable tragedy than any in which h< ever stalked across the mimic scene. He was laid for a while in a grave with* out a monument over which not ever the mother was allowed to mourn hei child. The government refused undei Stanton and Grant to restore the re mains to the family, and it was not til; the public emotion was appeased thal thc bones of the unhappy actor were placed beside those of bis father; theil last play acted out ; their last death scene performed. Not a year agc his wretched mother, who never ceased to lament her most unfor? tunate son, followed bim to that abode where the wildest sorrows ol earth are hushed, and the most miser? able of earth's children rest undisturb? ed. The two other occupants of that box at Ford's theatre were doomed also to a further and tragic history. Major Kath bone was the son of Mrs. Rathbone of Albany, by ber first husband, and Clara Harris was the daughter of Ira Harris, United States Senator from New York. The surviving parents married, making these two step brother and sis? ter. It is well known that Rathbone strove to ward oifthe dagger of Booth, and was himself wounded in tho arm. He was thus unable to prevent the fatal shot or to stop the madman when he leaped upon the stage. The scene left an impression on his nerves from which they never recovered. He was noticed afterward to be more depressed in man? ner and spirit than ever before ; he was still a young man, bat with a gravity greater than was natural for his years. The awful occurrence which he and Miss Harris witnessed perhaps brought them into a singular sympathy, and in a year or two they were married, although their connection had already ! been so peculiar that in most cases mar? riage would not bave been thought of. They had fortune and high character ; ; chiidreo were born to them, and they pass*! ed a few years in Washington, respect ed by all, extremely d?corons io their lives and character ; but those who were io their especial intimacy knew that there was a cloud always hanging o?er the spirit of Rathbone. Finally the family went abroad, and shortly after? ward the world was shocked to learn that Major Rathbone had killed tba wife wWtB be bad so tenderly loved, using first ? knife as Booth bad used a dagger, ami then a pistol, carry? ing out the dread'fuf imitation to the last It was plain that thc horrible scene of that 14th of April, 1865, bad oever left his memory, and when his brain gave way he attempted to re? peated the ghastly spectacle. Re suc? ceeded on?y to "ell. He murdered bis wife and now lingera out his sad exist? ence in a German madhouse. Experiments With Manure * and Cotton, SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION GATHERED LAST YEAR ABOUT MANURES FOB COTTON. From the Cotton Plant. Editor Cotton Plant: Knowing the interest all oar farm? ers take in the experiments with com? mercial fertilizers, I send yon the sub? joined table and comments for publi? cation in y ocr valuable journal. These tests were made on a sandy loam soil, underlaid bj a yellow clay at the depth of six to twelve inches about the quality of soil on which three-fourths of the cotton planted in onr county is made. Tbis land bad been planted iii oats two years pre? viously, and pastured after oats with hogs, considerable vegetable growth notwithstanding. Ground was bro? ken with ordinary turn plows in Feb? ruary to a depth of four to six inches ; laid off feet rows with a shovel to the depth of five inches. The fertil? izers were distributed in shovel fur? rows and bedded upon with turn plows, and planted with a Cox plauter on April 27th and 28th I mean all preparation and planting, except breaking, was done on those days. The vaiiety of planting was my own selection of Herlongseed except when otherwise noted : Experiments xc?h Commercial Fertilizers and < No. 1 Nothing-..... 2 Compost. 3 Compost.... 4 Compost....'.. 5 Compost. 6 Compost.. 7 j Green Cottoo Seed. 8 Cotton Seed, Green. 900 Acid Phosphate.... 200 Green Cotton Seed. 900 9 Acid Phosphate. 200 Kaiuit. 200 10 Nothing. 11 Colton Seed Meal. 12 Cotton Seed Meal." 250 Acid Phosphate. 200 Cotton Seed Meal...250 13 i Acid Phosphate. 200 ? Kainit.....'.. 200 14 j Compost. 6?0 j Cotton Seed Meal..... 250 15 Compost .MM 16 Pee Dee Fertilizer... 17 Asbepoo A ramon ia ted DU. Boot. Cotton Seed Meal." 125 Acid Phosphate. loo 18 Kainit. 100 Cotton Seed Meal. 500 Acid Phosphate-.... 400 19 Kainit. 400 20 Cottonseed Meal.........;._. 21 Nothing. Kind of Fertilizer. 18( 18( 18( 18( 18( 9( IK 13( 21 4! 61 8; 49? 2; 21 131 5( The composts above mentioned were composed of 900 pounds green cotton seed, 900 pounds stable ma? nure, 200 pounds Acid Phosphate and 200 pounds Kaiuit, standing in heap about seven weeks. The Pee Dee fertilizer contained 21 per cent of ammonia ; the Asbepoo dissolved bone l? per cent, ammonia. In estimating the re* ul ts of these experiments due consideration should be given to the fact that the season of 18?6 was unprecedented in amount and continuance of rainfall. The am? monia aud potash of the fertilizers were almost entirely leached out of the soil ; especially was this the case with potash, as I am convinced by the fact that rust did considerable damage to cotton on land, which, when ma? nured freely with Kainit, I have never seen rust to any extent before. No. 18 was fertilized, as stated, at time of planting, with intention then of making two similar applications, say : One first to middle of June, and the last the middle of July, bot being kept out of the field by water till the latter part of July, the second appli? cation was not made, but the last, minus the cotton seed meal, was made the latter part of July, and the result shows advantage of secotid or third application, of fertilizers, as only 125 pounds cotton seed meal was applied, and 250 pounds each of Kainit and Acid Phosphate. The result was among the most favorable and at much less cost. 1 think if meal had been added to last application the result would have been much more favor? able. It will be noticed that green cotton seed proved considerablj' superior to to cotton seed meal. Much of this was doubtless owing to more soluble condition favoring greater leaching, and to inferior quality of cotton seed meal used, hulls now being ground with seed or mixed with meal, thereby reducing very much the standard and value of it. Notwithstanding the heavy rainfall, the largest application of fertilizer paid the best profit. This will be no? ticed by comparing Nos. 15 and 19 willi Nos. 5 and 13. In No. ll 150 pounds cotton seed meal injured the yield as compared willi No. 10 by ils side, and even 500 pounds of the same, uncombined, , made a small increase as compared with more complete fertilizers. Green cotton seed appears to much more nearly approach thc quality of a com? plete fertilizer than its meal. Green cotton seed seems to be but little bet? ter in its effect by the addition of Acid Phosphate, while in every in? stance, as well as this, in the whole list of tests, Kainit proved an import? ant factor in increasing production. Cotton seed meal seems to have ^ecn rendered much more productive by thc addition of Acid Phosphate, while ?icen cotton socd was but slightly so. The tests with varieties of cotton confirm experiments of the last four years. First, that acclimated Her? long seed produces the largest yield vf seed cotton, win'Ie Texas Wood produces the greatest arnon nt of lint. Thc latter this season produced 33 per cent, more lint from a given amount of seed cotton weighed and ginned for the purpose, than the former. The difference is not usually 00 much aa this. My neighbors had a cotton which they deemed very prolific, and which bas descended from the Simpson's and ia so called above, as will be seen bj referring to the table. It fell short of my own Her long, 210 pounds per acre, with precisely the same treatment aa tbe j others. This amount on the crop of j a farm, county or. State, might mean a loss or gain of five or six dollars an acre. Here is one good field for an experimental station to benefit the fat mers of the State. ED. B. SMITH. Mario?, S. C., Jan. 18, 87. Lager. The word Lager means a conch or bed. In connection with tire word Beer it signifies the frame on which the barrels of beer are laid, to grow old before being used, A bed is suggestive of sleep, and the term is therefore appropriate when applied to a beverage that makes one sleepy and sluggish. Thc word Lager also means a liar, and certainly the places where lager is sold may Se fitly described as 'lairs.' While under the influence of] lager, men certainly act more like wild beasts than men, and the keep? er of a lager or lair saloon may be said to 'lie in wait* for bis customers. The word laggard is also clearly related in Its origin to the word lager. A laggard means a slow person, a loiterer, .and it is a fact that those who drmk beer are the persons who 'get left.** The word should perhaps be pronounced L-ager-for the con? tinued use of the liquor will make any one shake like a person with the 'ager.' )ther Fertilizer* on Cotton for Seaton of 1886. li :re. )0 ;o )0 )0 )0 )0 )0 )0 Variety of Cotton. Own HerIODg............... Texas Wood alias Peterkin Sea Island. Improved H erlong........ My Own Herloog.. Simpson. Owu Her long. >0 >0 >0 >0 )0 >0 >0 25 M> I )0 Product of Seed Golton per acre. 397 780 585 840 885 675 COO 615 840 390 375 660 795 600 1230 440 496 825 1260 480 315 One More Say as to "Tote." We are not satisfied yet that the word ''tote'* does not occur io Chau? cer's 'Canterbury Tales/ although the learned Professor at Cornell University says otherwise. We propose now to invite a further examination. The ar? rangement of the various 'Tales' bas always been a matter of doubt. Io the present editions the arrangement often differs from Tyrwhitt's. We learn from the 'Introduction' of our copy that 'the Parson's tale is connect? ed by its prologue with that of the Manciple, sud follows it in all manu? scripts. The old printed editions after 1542, inserted between the*e a poem, which was evidently misplaced under, the title of the Plowman s Tale, but on what authority it was placed there we are totally ignorant/ Now unfortunately for us we are unable to pursue the investigation as we desire, and suggest a farther exam? ination by those who have access to great libraries and a full collection of the different editions of Chaucer. We would be glad to ascertain if thc follow? ing canoot be found in 'British Libra? ry. February 18, 1783. Bell's Edition -The Poets of Great Britiao Complete from Chaucer to Churchill.' 'Who toteth on hem the hen uutall.* -Plowman's Tale, 1st Part, line 2014. 'Thei toteth on ther summe totall.* Plowman's Tale, 1st Part, line 4358. In a previous article by this writer some years ago we find this note : 'In Urry's note in 1721 he says that 'the editor Isltp's 1602 book says he has seen it in a hand of near to Chau? cer's term for antiquity.* We are anxious to vindicate the re? collection of our friend Colonel Wor? tham, and to justify our ofteo repeated declaration that tote is a good English word as old as Chaucer, 'the father of English poetry,' and a great poet at that. - WU m in g ton Sta r. There are one hundred and eighty five democrats in thc present House. It requires only one hundred and sixty-three members to constitute a I quorum, yet there is hardly a ?lay ?that the Republicans do not defeat Democratic legislation hy refusing to vote, thus leaving the House without a quorum A regular attendant in? formed a correspondent recently that the average number of Democrat? ab sent daily from the House W:IR about forty. On the other side (he Repub? licans were alway? on hand when it came to voting It is the old story, Republican discipline and Democratic demoralization. An austere-looking lady walked into a furrier's yesterday, and said to the yellow-headed clerk : 'I would like to get a moff.' 'What fur ?" inquired thc j dude. *To keep my hands warm,' ex- i claimed thc madame, crushing him like j a th nuder-storm.- Washington Critic. Our State Contemporaries. A Specious Swindle? Christian Neighbor. A tsertaio Publishing Company asks us to advertise "A ?20.00 Bibical Re? ward" to any person who ?ill tel! them tbe middle verse io tbe New Testament Scriptures, Should two or more cor rect answers be given the Reward will be divided. Every one who tries for the reward must send 20 cents in sil? ver or postal note, for wbieb he or she will receive a copy of a pamphlet show? ing who gets or get the reward Supposing there be only 500 persons big enough fools to try for that $20.00 tbe 20 coots sent bf ese h person would put io the pocket . of that company, $50.00-$30 clear gain. Not one of the 500, TS suppose, would fail to tell the verse mentioned. Now divide the $20.09 among fbe 500 persons and each one would get four cents ! Double the na moer of fools (there are plenty of them in the world) and those "Bibli? cal" lottery men would make $60 clear, and e&ch dupe would be entitled to two j cents ! Would they get eveo that ? Winnsboro Newt and Herald. The proposition to bold the r/ext State Normal lost il ute at Winnsboro has been mentioned before in these columns aud the suggestion bas been favorably commented upoo elsewhere. But tbe discovery has been made ?hat the last Legislature refused to pas? the osuai appropriation for the support of i this Institute aod so the project must be abandoned-so mock for the the wisdom of our "reform" Legislature. Now if there is anything which the State can* not afford' to do it is to abandon the great work of public education which it has undertaken ; aod yet this seems to hara been one of the very things which the so-called "reform" Legislature wanted to do. Among other assaults upon the public school system they tried lo abolish tbe office of county schjol school commissioner. There is oo mistaking the attitude of our last Legislature toward public edu? cado o ; it was hostile. For tbe most part, ignorant themselves, tbe members could see oo advantage io education. The refusal to pass the small appro* priatioo for the State Normal Institute was a contemptible, piece of penurious? ness, and altogether worthy of tbe collective folly of the State. The 're? form" Legislature was a dismal failure. Prosperity Press and Reporter. The ONeall Farmers' Club held a meeting not long since, and sent a re? quest to the St. Luke's Farmers's Club to co-operate with them in calling a meeting of the citizens of No. 9 and surrounding townships, for the purpose of considering the following matters : The election of a cotton weigher, soy business relating to cotton weighing, how much to pay per bale, aod who should pay for the weighing. The St. Luke's Farmer's Club held a meeting sod agreed to join with the O'Neall Farmer's Club. A committee was ap? pointed, and by them it was decided to hold a meeting-as stated above-io the towo of Prosperity, oo March 12, 1887, st 3 o'clock p. m. The commit? tee request a full turnout of all the sur? rounding townships. Georgetown Enquirer. The Texas Judge who wants the Leg? islature of that State to adopt a r?solu* tioo declaring the United States inves? tigation of alleged political outrages io Washington Couoty, to be 'insolting to Texas, unwarranted by law, and with? out the scope of the Senate's authority,' is oot as 'crazy' as some persons would have it believed. There is a good deal of so u t?d se use io what Judge Cook says. These gradual encroachments upon the sovereignty of the States at? tract less aod less attention with eaoh advancing step, and, as was said by Gov. Gordon io his inaugural address, the people cannot be too thoroughly aroused to the dangerous consequences of this insidious centralization policy. Greenville News. There is an enormous quantity of foolishness in the cities and towns of tbe Sooth that stand off and watch the booming iron towns and weakly and vaguely wish for iroo or gold discoveries to provide progress. Iroo is no more staple thao cotton. Iron stays io the groond useless and valueless until brains, energy and capital find methods to dig it ont and manufacture it. Cotton will do little good oniil we learn and ase the methods to make a bale to the acre and manufac? ture it at home. If every cleared acre of cotton laod in the territory trading with Greenville produced a bale of cotton and if most of the product was woven or spun here ; if our facilities for growing, drying and canning fruits and vegetables, growing grapes aud making wine were developed-we would have a richer people aud city than iron can ever make. All these things could be done by systematic, patient energy, public spirit and liberality in this city. Pushing and advertising are needed, and we will get neither by doing nothing. There is humiliation in the thought of the fact that the Richmond & Danville railroad every day anti night carries hy Greenville hundreds of people with money in their pockets seeking invest? ment and going to towns having less than half our natural advantages. Petit Larceny. Marion Star. In II recent decision. State vs. Jenkins, the Supreme Court decides that Trial Justices have no jurisdic? tion in cases of petit larceny. Hitherto, the law on this subject has been a matter of uncertainty. The practice has been for Trial Justices to try these cases; but now, the law is definitely settled, and there is no longer any doubt as to the law in snob cases. Nor is it much of a question whether the practice that was, is not far better thao the law that is. lt ts an iincient truth tbat men arc deterred from crime much less by the severity of punishment, than by the celerity and certainty of punishment. In addition to this view, all the ex? pense under the former practice will be iocurred as the law now stands, to- j gethcr with thc increased expense to ' tbc taxpayers of long terms of impris? onment peodiog triol?, to- aay nothing of tbe injustice of immuring innocent accused persons, to able to procure bail ; the increased a-ttendance of jaron, Coart Constables and the other expen? sive appendages ol the Circuit Courts ; the per diem sod mileage of State's witness, who receive nothing in Courts of Trial Justices ; the time lost and personal expense to prosecutors in danc? ing attendance, for days, perhaps, on the Courts before the trials come off; the valuable time expended lbj the Court in disposing of a trivial case, that tn a Court of Trial Jos tice would be disposed of before a jory eonld be impanelled in the Circu?s Court, and two or three of which, would be tried in the morning by the time the digni? fied Judges convene Coart; and ihe greater difficulty of convicting the guilty. These considerations-grave consid? erations of economy-besides the im? portant effect of annulling the dis? franchisement of a certain class of ob? jectionable voters, demand that the Legislature, at its next session, malte some effort to reform the law in regard i to this offence and place the jurisdic- I tion where it properly belongs, and not prove soch a burden to the people. - mum ? t ? ? mmm Carrent Comment. A great deal has been said and writ ' ten about the New Sooth. There has been Pelion upon Ossa of eulogy. ( Every claim bas been made as to the magnitude of its fut ere. New towns and booming cities have been described with a prodigality of adjectives. Zealous friends have declared that Pennsylvania's industrial greatness is to be transferred to Georgia -and Ala? bama ; that New England manufacto? ries are to give way to their rivals of the South. This extravagance is not only unwise, it is thoroughly injurious lt raises expectations that are not ful? filled, lt describes conditions that do not exist. It produces an excitement that mast necessarily be followed by a reaction. We do not for an instant de? cry tba wonderful growth of the South. No section contains greater possibilities. No section has gone forward more rap? id ly. In no part of the country is there as mach money to be made within the next, decade. Its new life is a pushing, thriving, enterprising vitality. Its pro? gress ts fall of substance, and Us peo? ple are on the right road to prosperity. But tho South cannot reach wealth by one boom. Industrial greatness ts not a matter o?hours ; it is the_growth of years.-'Baltimore American, ??j 'East Lynne* was the pioneer of a class of books out of which bai been evolved the modern 'society novel,* which in its most elaborate form is not very wholesome reading. It would be unjust to Mrs. Wood to bold her re? sponsible for the "Ouidaa" of literature, bot she certainly took the first step which made the ''Ouidas** possible. Before ber death she saw herself far outstripped in her own chosen . field ; bot it is pleasant to believe that she never tried to eclipse her rival?, bat was content to overstep the bounds of decency as little as possible in the search for sensation.-New York Times. Mr. Henry George is right io his fundamental proposition and wrong in his conclusion. All land does belong primarily 'to the State, that is, to the people. Bat this means that the pres? ent owners of the land cannot be dis? turbed in their titles. The ownership of all land. is originally, in tba State and therefore it cannot be confiscated to the State. Mr. George is wrong in his con ol u sion because h is fundamen tal prop? osition is right. The title to all pri? vate property in land is based on the ownership of that lauri by the State. All private titles to land came from the State and would be worthless if the State had not the power of giving them. As the State had the power of giving them, and as it gave them, so it is bound to secure them and so it does secure them.-N. Y. Churchman. Postprandial. Augusta. Chronicle. There has been a good deal of ban? queting at the North recently. At the New York Board of Trade. Gen. Sherman, for the five-hundredth time, oratorically 'marched to the sea from Akanta.' He varied the entertainment by saying : "But as a man said to me to-night, a man (Mr. Tr en hoi rn) whom I regard with the highest esteem, 'Harsh and stern as that march was I am glad you did it.* We have come out of the fire without a star missing, with the same stripes, the same manly, generous feel? ing, as men respected by men and be? loved of women, on that plane where we can meet on-ter m 8 of perfect equality and entire friendship.*' As Mr. Treuholm was present, made a speech, and did not deny what Sher? man stated, we suppose the quotation was correct. How many men in South Carolina are glad Sherman made that march, as Mr. Trenholm is? Mr. Dargan, from his Texas exile, should send greeting to Mr. Trenholm, in a snug Government berth. Poor Dargan, for one speech at Brooklyn fell under the ban. Is Mr. Trenholm to be applauded for declaring that he is glad Sherman made the march that burned Columbia? The pospraodial speech is getting to bc a play with dynamite as well as fire. Overdoing lt. Augusta Chronicle. Gen. Sherman quotes Mr, W. L Trenholm as expressing himself glad of that pyrotechnical soldier's march through Georgia and South ?aroliua. Now comes John A. Wise, the son of bis father, who, at the second annual banquet, held at Detroit, of the Michi? gan club, is thus reported : 'The speaker spoke of the advance made by thc coan try io the last century. 'Washington experienced one revolu? tion,* said be, *we have had a thousand -in political and domestic economy. So much happens that it is useless.to talk of the past. Jefferson Davis talk-J ing s?cession to-day amounts to no more than an Italian organ-grinder ! playing'Dixie.' The children of the j South were being educated to believe Abraham .-LIBC^ was^ooe-oftow gr??t? es t "ages.'' _ ? Thel?n?0?fc >nsja*aai? being o*rr* done. The c&l?uVe?, ?futir? Sooth ^wiH not be teofebt lu dej^eciate 5tricfcio* colo, bot they thank-<?od fersach ideals as Robert ? Lee. Thomas ?F. ?rasksac and A. P. H?L.. Match them T .. Many c?mWfo'se?3 great trouble hi the-prohibition4 movement. M ?cb more, it is intiroateoV wonfd be done for ha fuiiberance* bot that ft might unsettle- the pol?tica of tile State. This ia a fimey pretext for apposing what is understood io be a righteoos measure:-1 ?^Hh^nSor?, that which ? moraHy right is -all that we respect in any party and if the dominant party is wedded te vice and iuiqa?ty, let it be panned or let it forfeit ita claims on the people. ThePnraibi tion party does oot propose waging warfare with any po?rriea? organiza? tion for its object ia not to wrest the power from any party, bot to redeem the people fr ow the contri of whisky. This evil moat he reaaedied and If Democratic hands are too tender to adjust it, some sterner ones will be speedily introduced. The Demo? cratic party practically ignores the question, so far aa volunteering relief is eenceroe?V~- ll is' cuuiypseo^of per? sons regardless of. race, color or pre? vious condition] and makes loud and lusty pretences of interest, bot the most vital question- its constituents have before them is discarded. One of the mest potent reasons for this is that few are willing to de? part from the old beaten track, erek if it does terminale iii min. There is something particularly ? repulsive to the average politician in this move? ment They are following ra tbe wake of public sentiment with mach reluctance, bot erelong, however load may be their weeping and lamenta? tion thc question .will be considered ' and decided. Politicians may wince i beneath the lashings of conscience 'and groan over coming events, but its all in vain. If Christian people can not justly demand that all offices of trust and honor be filled by sober, competent men, then we sulbm? that the whole organization ru an ontaiti gated farce. ' It can'tTje possible our forefathers carried down to the grave all our decency and serf-respect, and ail our love' for sufJering^nd oppress? ed humanity has liown away. This cannot be, -fortfhobler, truer people never H ved than those in South Car? olina, a?K?yfet Ts- expected by scm<S that we remara : dormant' and dead to the crying demands-of our people in this matter.- Sadr a.course will bring shame and contempt ?pon us, and in after days: oar ?war?jaes -will see those in the.whirlpools of crime who might have been their country's pride. Let every honest man beware, for there is danger folio wing tbe political god* of this day? -Unless some ampio and satisfactory provisions are soon made the axe will be laid at the roots and the pranmg hook to tiie brandies O? OUT ^pofitiCS^ rVi.-i It is trae we. are a democratic peo? ple, composing a democratic State, loving with unfeigned devotion all her institutions^ yet our ties ste not too sarong to be broken, when the cause of humanity dem ands it. We have reached the period in our history when men's, consciences witt not, like Banquo's Ghost, .down at man's bidding; v * South Carolina does not want a disreputable and drunken clique to dictate be?^policy, to interpret ber laws or disgrace her legislative halls, and God speed the moment when tbfs will be recalled as things of the past. There are ties infinitely stronger than those brading HS to the creed or code of mani ,There is, to honest men, a higher conception of right and truth than which is set forth in the ponder? ous preambles and resolutions of con? ventions. The people need out be amazed at the candid statements that are made concerning the issues before the people. Oar Meal dream is not of technical teetotalism, nor of visionary prohib? itory laws, but for something higher still. It is to see every saloon in Sooth Carolina dosed forever and a speedy surcease of oppression from the ravages of ram and ita concomi? tants. A freedom from the ' vultures that are tearing out the life-blood from tlie homes of thousands of Amer? ican citizens.-Temperance Workcv. The Randall tariff bill comes near potting one important article on the free list beside lumber. It leaves tba doty of 75 cents a too oo coal undisturb? ed, while it puts'coal slack,' in which there is no free trade, on the free list. -Phil. Record, Dem. Let Congress pass the Blair bill and how long will it be before we shall have a bureau something like tbe Freedman's Bureau-to hear complaints of discrimination-and to execute *tbe roles and regulations to carry the laws into effect.'-Montgomery Dispatch Dem. Mr. Manoiog's reply to the foreign affairs committee of the Ho ose of Re? presentatives reads like a warning to Great Britain. It is a proclamation that the administration proposes to exert all the power tb&t Coogress w?l give to the eod that Canada may be treated to a dose of her own medicine. -m r. Man. Mr. Randall is^doing his level best tc defeat thc fiscal policy of the Ad? ministration at^ VJ^ashiugton ^and paralyse the t)emocratsc party in Pens svlvania. He will get his rewardwhen the Republican Legislature shall 80, apportion the city bf Philadelphia as tu gerrymander him back ioto Coogress. Presideot Cleveland ooght to hats', great joy of the aortes of his favorite.--" Phil. Record, Deni. Rockj?ii?l, in York County, ?fc$n?. fasted with what appears to oe.a^regt ul arly organized band of bold robbers.* Several residences ?iave been burgiarV; ized and quantities of proviaion?, stolen wi tfn ii the past two weeltSv ' ? Brigham Joung waa 77 years of ar* when he diea\ some, ten years ago. - Ka* is said to have reappeared in good con? dition. without any marks of the scorch? ing it is reasonable to believe, be got in the meantime.