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^ IsS^ ^^^^^ '^^^^^^ ^^^^^ \r '^^^^^^ /^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ WK s?MrrBK WATGaMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy G-od's and Truth's" THE TRUE SOCTHROS, Established ?Tone, itM? e^^wso?idated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S, C., "WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1890. New Series-Vol. t?fc -M. 86? BT TERMS: V? t?o;?pl??r8 per ano u tn- io adran oe. : AD visTiBiv tnrfs. 0*9"8f}??re, .?rst insertion..$1 00 . at^erystie-sequen t insertion. 50 Contracts for three moncha, or longer will be made at reduced rates. j 4& comuwzHcatiens which subserve private ^TO^1^rhate? of respect will be 'j 'ii: E ?fi POWDER Absolutely Pura? Tin? penser - uever^arieg. A marvel of purity, strength and|^^?te?oraerte39. vMor3. eogbomica! thanJhjtH t^y kinds, and can? not bejlol&ia^SM ?ith the multitude ?.inflow'tt?^?BPB^^^alum or phosphate t^ideTS^TOeirfyin ams. - R0 Y A L BA K 1?G POWDEB CO., 106 WaH-st.,*V7. CATARRH ily^^reamBalm Gtoen8esthelSua2?s889gsE. ?BgyuIgftittmMUorL^ea^tho Soros. Restores the Secses of Taste, Smell A partid* ls applied into each naetffl and (Ja aazaeable* Price 5Qr. ax Drusrsivm or by gaa^^^BayrgSRS,^ Waner. SLgew York. DESMONDS NATIONAL BANK. OF SUMTER. 4?ST% iflTk A?D COUNTY DEPOSI TORY, SO?&SER, S. C. Paid ?jrCajnist.$75,000 00 iSurpiu^Fund . . . . . -7,*00 00 '[Transacts a General Banking Business. ^CarefuU*WlBt?on^i ven to collections. ^Afcljbs DEPARTMENT. DeposfMtlaVi an? Offaards received, .o terest allowed at .the rate of 4 per cent per ann am. P?yatele 'jqoaTierly, on"?irst d-ayfrof Jjjjiiuarv, Aprit, July and October. - TS*T**.? ?. M. WALLACE, Vice Presideot. W. Ataren PRINGLE. Ja., Cs? bier. SUMTER, S C. fmrZf JOfD COUNTY DEPOSITORY. ITransacts a general Basking basinees. Also hes A Savins Bank Department, 9?pa*ju |fn 60 and' upwards received.1 IsJel?9?alal>Mat the Tate of 4 per cent, LpeV annum, payable quarterly. HIV 1E-;HAYNSWORTH, Ai 9h?rr,47L., * * " President. Cashier. Aug 21. TAX BEXtfRNS K?TURNS of Personal Property, Polls aodlfieal Estate will be received at the following times and places : O? Tuesday, Jan nary 7 th, at Tin-, dalAferi.^ On Wednesday, JaDnary 8th, at j ii. fnhs$??? \ X)a Ttoisday, January 9th, Wedge On Friday, 3"aneary 10th, at Gor 9a 5$4?dsy, January 13th, at John HM?!** - . On Toetoay, January 14tb, at Shi .lah. _ 'On Wednesday, January 15th, at iLynchburg. Go Thursday, January 16th, at 'Mag-1 .oo?ia. * * .Ocfriday, January 17th, at Mayes Un Monday, Jauuary 20th, -at Cor-' ?bett's Store.. e#n Tuesday andi Wednesday -Jaou .ary 21st and 22ad, at Bishop ville. d?? TWsday, January 23rd, et Man ?)o friday, January 24th, at Spring Hm. On Saturday, January 26tc at Me chauiea^iBev On Monday, January 27th, at State iwig On (Eoeeday, January ?S:b, at Oo Wednesday, January 29th, at; iRembasfs. On Tharaday, January 30th, at Soarkornngh's Store. And At tko Jbaditsf is -OSice tia Sumter on all otilar d*js from Jauuary 1st to Feb.?otb, inclusive. As this is rtbe jear for returning Bsa! Estate, Tax-payers are requested to make fall returns of all Real'Sa ta te owned on ?lat January, 1890, and notices of any transfers. W? R. DEJ&GAR, ?ec. 4-Feb 20. Auditor Sumter Co. OUfi TBADE ISSUE. We "ba*ve-a: '"different times, since putting oat our trade issue, received flattering expres sions'from individuals, in addition to what bas been-satd by our brethren of tbe pres?, but pressure of other matters, and our limited space caused them to be laid a9ide for tbe time. We give below a letter in verse written to our fellow-townsman, Dr. ftcOsUum, by? tes cousin, formerly of ibis County, cow io Tennessee, and also a couple of letters ad? dressed to tbe publisher of the Watchman and Soaikrott: KNOXVILTB, Tenn., Dec 2, 1889. I've scanned the paper o'er and o'er, Received from old Carolina's shore; And ca-sd-or bids me say. the sheet Is.'sir, a^iaodel quite c?mprete. "Tbe Sumter Watchman"- VLh, these tears I Which flow for long departed years, 'When in my youth, this same old friend Did toacyheart such comfort lend, Thaul would be a-varet?n forsooth, Did I withhold the poterti trurtj. That age but makes its style appear Improved io form.from year to.year. In fact it is, my worthy frier*:, Crammed full ofseuse from end to end. Within its pages, pruned with care, And clad io costume rich and rare, I see your city's self arrayed, And ber proportions well displayed : E'en from the ball where Justice stays, To Traffic's busy, crowded ways: From where-each church's lofty dome ^Points upward to a fiofti!bome. To where the South bends lo-w her head Above ber brave Confederate dead ; Through albye-Kr-streets, there is portrayed A healthy tone Of Ihrift-fr?d trade. And theri your City Fathers* faces Svine forth with : ure, imperial graces From High Lord Ma\or Mood, to where Four Aldermen bis duties ?bare. With such a crew, your ship will ride The breakersof-financial tide; For at the helm a baud is seen, With nerve to steer the huge machine. Your lawyers, too, a noble clan 1 Who do protect their fellow-mao ; And when the Law's stern band out-stretches To lash a lot of worthless wretches; With mercy dripping from their words Down o'er their well-kept classic beards, They interpose-step in between, Adjust the La<w:s loons made machine And ?hen the Judge,""with leg?l ken, Would send them to a prison pen ; "Whack ! hocus pocus! " and you see A lot of scoundrels scamper free. ' .Taen-**xt?your doctors, all are named, And 8ome,iii S'^scs. -are highly fumed ; , But not one f*ce, frau: those whose pills Control the tide of human i?is. Appears in print, to grace the page Where Sumter's sights our eyes engage Why did oot your own phiz appear Among these portraits pictured here'? ?Unless J ou've changed from what I knew f When in your manhood's rosy hue; I'll bet you at a moment s call. Tour-own will far niirpass them afl. But'I nwsv close this long harangue, And to my ousiness^swiftl;- gang; And, sir, if ye'll forgive this hore, PU promise not to scourge you more With nonsense which does not pertain To any solid, fruitful brain : A nonsense, which serves passing time .Tobaste itself iii idle rhyme Tell Brother Osteen, please, for me. rThat though I hail from Tennessee, 'Lseod my thanks,-most ktp.dly m^act For such a perfect paper sent; Which, in its dress of bright" brevier, i Does him much honor, pure and clear. Now, sir, I shall, r?efi>re I close, One prayer for you and yours propose: That Beaven may stretch>your earthly ways O'er years and ?ears of happy days; And let life??-s>un sink down to rest Behind a caUu,:?nclouded West. Till theu-thaler (iff peaceful end Believe me, sir, your fervent 'riend, JAMES R. MCCALLCM. VS?tbhman and Sovthrwz. Allow me to congratulate you on the inter? esting and sa isfaotory exhibit of the men and material of the young City of Sumter; its advantages, resources and prospects. The wonderful stride which the place bas made will be more fully appreciated by those who ..knew it wheo it-H-as only a ville; when thc' "OouTt H?<u6e-*od jjail were the ooly hoosesl made of brick ; when the largest stones were mere shanties in comparison ; when the pro? prietor of the "Old Reliable" WHS just begin? ning his life as a merchant tailor, and one who has now attained Alderman ic propor -tiocs, -was a.little chubby boy about as broad as he was long. 'J. Si.'B. G as ELY VILLE, S-C,'Dec. 2d, 1889. MILLEN, Ga., Nov. 25, 1889. Mr. N. G. Osteen, Sumter, S. C. .DEAR Sta: After receiviag and-perusing a - copy of your trade issue of the Watchman and ^Southron my conscience impels me to express my gratification and appreciation-trusting to your generosity for pardon in case I intrude on your time. In neatness of execution, attractive appear? ance,.fit and comprehensive .matter and judi? cious expend i lure of means, 'the trade issue of your pvbitoation refects great credit upon yourself, and deserves long and substantial applause from the citizens of your city. $?o stronger motive prompts me to action than the desire that the people of South Caro? lina may overcome every barrier that ob? structs their fintincial progress; and jour trade issue is a source of gratification to me, .ince it is indicative of that forethought and enterprising spirit among your citizens which must constitute1 tfce oeste of material progress to every part of our State and the foundation of all intellectual development. Moreover the spirit thus made evident, in some degree, tends to tum the attention of our voung men ? from the possibilities abroad to the possibili? ties of enterprise at home, and so renders a benefit to our people by checking a migratory ! disposition among young men. As a visible demonstration of Carolinian enterprise I refer Georgians to it with much pleasure; and as a paper from borne-for tboogh in Georgia I still claim South Caro? lina as my home-and an evidence of kind re? membrance, I appreciate it most highly. Trusting that the citizens of Sumter will encourage, aid and support you in establish? ing adaily. publication, and wishing that soc tcess-oay ccnti-oue to crown your efforts-1 beg to subscribe myself, Yours, verv respectful Iv, N. AV. C. We have a few copies of tbe .Trade .Issue left, and parties who desire to advertise Sum? ter, would do-wei I to send them to friends abroad. While Dr. Talmage was ioXoudoo be talked with a correspondent of the New ?fork Herald about his visit to the Holy I.-vnd. Among other things he said that while he stood on the top of Mount ?Calvary be saw-aireddisb rock below<b;m. He rolled it doi?o the hill with bis own bands, bad it carried oy camels to Joppa and shipped it to Brock!; T, where it will tbe used as the cornerstone of the nev Tabernacle. Also that he secured a big block of granite from Mars Hill, which iis to be hewn into a pulpit .for the new Taber? nacle. There is an alarming race excitement at Aiton, lil , and all about mixing the two races. The negroes took their chil? dren to'the .public schools and seated them. Wheo they had departed, tbe whites rose up and drove out tbe in? truders. " There is ,*wah*,'toibaife now in that portion of Harrison's country. Tbe simplest and best piece of gym? nastic apparatus consists of a flat piece of steal, -notched regularly on one edge, ! and fixed'in a wooden frame. To nse it, grease both sides with a piece of ba? con and rub the notched edge of the steel rapidly back firth on a stick of wood, laid lengthwise on a sawbuck. qjy S. -BIDEE HAGGAED. Author of "C?iontt:,Qt?zritah, V. C.," "Mr. Meeson'* fTitf," "? T-?-re o/ Three . Lions,'' "Allan :Quatermairiy "She,* "Jess," etc. ?SYNOPSIS OF THE STORY. 'This stsry fe supposed " to 'tie: founded upon a nuwiuscripcfounXi iu the f?pers4>f Allan1 Quater ma>r, whick wire given to the author as literary executor lu it Q-.iate-nr.ain tells th? story of his marriage. CHAPTER L-Describes Allan's '"first meetin when a child. with Si ella Carson, at a Christmas gathering Stella's dress caught fire- and Allan extinguished the Hames Stella's mother was - Spanish, and she eloped with a cousin, leaving : ?atolla -with her father. Squire C..-son. He de? termined to leave- England account of the dis? grace, ard at about tlur saint* time Allac's mother died and Allan's father took him to South Africa, where Mr. Quatermain became a missionary among thc Kaffirs. When Allan was 80 his f?her OSAPTER TL-Allan sold the effects and decided Cogoon u journey, of trade and adventure. Among his men .vas a ICailir named ludaba-zimbi. a witch .Sector between -him and another witch doctor there had two yeai-s before been a lightning con? test, which resulted in tV* death of h Ls contestant. CHAPTER m.-Details the start of the expedi? tion. Quatermain describes his first elephant hunt -.CHAPTER IT. FTER bury? ing tlie ele .phant tusks, and Having taken care? ful notes of the bearings and peculiar? ities of the ?.ooun*tryso that I might be able to find -the spot again, we proceeded on our journey. For a month ?or more we trekked along the line which now divides the Orange Free state from jcGriqualand West, and the Transvaal'from ? Bechuanaland. I found the country almost entirely j depopulated. Not very long before Mo silikatzi the Lion, Chaka's general, had swept across it dn his progress toward -what .?*ow M.ltapeleland. His Toot-' steps were evident enough. Time upon time I trekked up to what had evidently ! 'been the ?ites of the Kaffir kraals. Now ' tiss'&Ta?isiwere ashes and files of tum? bled stones, and strewn about among, the rank grass were the bones of hun-? dreds of men. women and children, all of whom had kissed the Zulu-assegai. We were trekking parallel with the Kolong river when a herd of blesbock . crossed the track. I fired at onoof <theni and hit it behind. It galloped -'about a thousand yards with the rest of the^herd, then Ki.y down. As we were in want-of meat, lot having luet with'any game for a. few days past, I jumped on to nry:re maining horse, and, telling Indaba-zinibi that 1 would overtake the wagons or meet them on the further side of a rise aoout an hours trek away, I started aft^r the wounded 'buck. As soon as I cai.. . within a hundred yards of it, however, it jumped up and ran away as fast as though it were untouched, only to lie down again at a distance. I fol? lowed, thinking that strength would soon fail'it. This'happmied three times. On the third occasion it vanished behind a ridge, and though by now I was out o? both temper and patience 1 thought I might as well ride to the ridge and see if I could get a shot at it on the further side. ?i reached thecidgc, ?which was strewn with stones, looked over 'it, and saw-a Zulu Itnpi! I rubbed my eyes and looked again Yes, there was no doubt of it. They were halted about a thousand yards away, by the water: some were lying downline were cooking at fires, others were stdlk ing about with spears and sliieldsrin their hands; there might have been two thou? sand of them in all. While frwas won? dering-and that with no little uneasi? ness-what on earth they could be doing there, suddenly 1'heard a wild=cry to the right and left of me. I glanced fix?t one r-ay, then the other. From either side ^..-o-great .Zulus were bearing down on me, ; their ? broad stabbing assegais aloft, and black shields m their left hands. .The man to the right was about fifteen '-yards away,.he to the left was not more-.than ten. 'On they came, their fierce eyes ?i most starting out of their heads, and I felt, with a cold thrill of fear, that in an? other three seconds those great "bang wans" might be buried in my vitals. On such'occasions we act,il suppose, maire from instinct than anything else there is no time for thought. At any rate, I dropped my reins, and, raising my^run, fired point blank at the left? hand man. The bullet struck full in the middle of his shield, pierced .it and passed-through, him, andover he ?rolled upon thc veldt. I swung round in the saddle; most happily my horse was ac? customed tc standing still when I fired from his back, also he was so surprised he did not know which way to shy. The other savage was almost on me: 'his outstretched shield touched the muzzle of ruy gun as I pulled the trigger of the .left .barrel. It exploded, the warrior sprung high intoitho air, and fell against my horse dead, his spear passing just in front of my face. Without waiting to reload, or ?even to look if rho main body of the Zulus had seer. ;tho death of their two scouts, I turned my horse and drove my heels into his sides. As soon as 1 was down the slope of tho rise I pulled-a little'to the right, .in order to intercept the .wagons before the Zulus saw them. I had not gone 309 yards in this new di? rection when,;to my utter.astonishment, I struck a :trail marked with wagon wheelsrand the hoofs of oxen. Of wag? ons-there must-have been.at least eight, and several hundred-cattle, .lioreover, ?they had ?passed within tw?lve.hours; d i could .tell that by the spoor. Xhen :I . un? derstood the impi was following the track of the wagons, which in all proba? bility belonged to a party of emigrant JBoers. The spoor of the wagons ranin.thedi .rection I wished to go, 60 I followed it. About a mile further on I came to the crest of a rise, and there, about five fur- { longs away, I saw the wagons drawn up | .in a rough laager upon the banks of the ! triver. There, too, were my-own wagons j trekking down'the slope towards them. In another -five minutes ? was there. The Boers-for Boers they were-were j standing about outside the little laager i watching the approach of my two wag-1 ons. I called ?to them, and they turned and -saw me. The very first man my eyes fell on was a Boer named Hans Botha, whom ? had known well years ago in the ?Cape. He was not a -bad specimen-of his class, but a very restless person, with a great objection to author? ity, or, as he expressed it, "a love of ' freedom." He had joined a party of the { emigrant 3oers -some years -before, but, as ? ?earned -presently, hail quarreled with its'leader, and was-now trekking away into the wilderness tr>found a lit? tle colony of his own. Poor fellow! It was his last trek. "How do you do, Meinheer-Botba?' I said to him in Dutch. The man looked at me, looked again, then, startled out of his Dutch stolidity, cried to his wife, who was seated on the box of the wagon: "Conie here, frau, come. Here is Al? lan Quatermain, the Englishman, the son of the ^Predicant.' How goes it, HeeT\Quaterm??in/and what is the news downi in> the? Cape: yonder?" MI don't'know what the news is in the Cape, Hans," I answered, solemly; "but the news here is that -there is a Zulu iuipi ?upon your spoor and within two miles'-of'the^wagon. >Tbat-I'know, .for I have just shot two of their sentries, "? and I'showed him/my empty gun. For a moment there was a silence df astonishment, and I saw ithe bronzed I races1 of the men turn pale beneath their tan, while one or two of the women gave a'little scream, and the children crept to their sides. "Almighty," cried Hans, "that must be the TJmtetwa?regiment that Dingaan sent against the Basutus, but who could not come at them because of the marshes, and so were afraid to return to Zululand and struck north to.join fllosilikaaye." "Laager uj>. Caries! ?Laager up for your lives, and one-of you jump on a horse and drive in the cattle." At that moment my own?wagons came up. Indaba-zimbi was-sitting on the box of the first, wrapped in a blanket. I called him and told him the ?jews. "Ill tidings, Macuniazaliri," he said; .'there will be dead Boers about te-mor Fow morning, but they will not attack t??i dawn, then they will wipe out the laager so," and he, passed his hand be? fore his mouth. "Stop that croaking, you white headed crow," VI >said, though I knew that his words were true. WhaS chance had a laager of ten-wagons ali told against at least two thousand of the bravest savage in the world? ??\ "Macumazahn, w^flPfbu take my ad ? vice.this time?" Indaba-gimbi said, pres? ently. "What is it?" I asked. "This. Leave your wagons lore, jump on that horse, and let us tw<. run for it as'hard as we can sp- The Zulus won't follow us, they will be looking af? ter .the Boers." 'fpwon't leave'the other white men,' I said; "it would be the-act-of a coward If tl die, J die." "Very well, .Macumazahn, then stay and be killed," he answered,-takixg a? pinch of snuff. "Come, let us seedbout1 the wagons." and we walked -towards the laager. Here everything was in confusion. However, I got hold of Hans Botha andi put; it1 to him if it would not be best to desert the wagons and make a run for life. "How can we do it?" he answered., "two of the women are too fat tocos' mile, one -is sick <in childbed, and we have only six horses among1 us. .Besides., if we did we should starve in the desert.. .Ne, -Heer Allan, we must fight it out .with'the^-sa vages, and God help us." "Godihilp 'us'.indeed Think of the children, ''HansT "I can't bear to think," he answered, in a broken voice, looking at his own little Kiri, a sweet, curly haired, blue' eyed child of 6, named Tota, whom 1 had often nursed as a baby. "Oh, Hoer ?ikin, -your father, the Predicant, al ways warned ? inc-- against irenic king'oorth. j and I never would'iister.'to fbim 'because: I thought him a cursed 'Englishman;' now I see my folly. Heer Allan, if you( can, try to save my child from those' black devils; if you live longer than 1 do, or if you can't save her. kill her,1 and he clasped my hand. "It(hasn't'tome to that yet. Hans." 1 ?tid. Then we set to work on the i laager The wagons, of which, including my I two, there were ten, were drawn into the form of a square, and the disselboom of each securely lashed with reins to the underworks of ? that in front of it. The wheels also were locked, and ;the space between the ground and the bed planks of the wag? ons was stuffed with branches of the "wait a bit" thorn that fortunately grew near in considerable quantitiea In this way a barrier was formed'of.no mean, strength as against a ?foe :unprovided' with firearms, places being left Iforsthc men to fire 'from. In a.little ? over an "hour everything was done thatxonld be done, and a discussion arose as to thc disposal of the cattle, which had been driven up close to the camp. Some of the Boers were anxious to get thom into the laager, small as it was. or at least as many of them as it would hold. I argued strongly against this, point- ? ing out that the brutes wotilli -probably be seized with a panic as soon as the fir? ing began, and trample the defenders ol the laager under foot. As an alternative . pian I suggested that some of the native -servants should drive the herd along the valley of the river till they reached a friendly tribe or some other place of safety. Of-course, if the Zulus saw them they woriiti be taken, but the nature of the ground was favorable, and it was possible that they might escape if they started at once. The proposition was at once agreed to, and, what is more, it was settled that one Dutchman-and such of the ?women and children as? could travel should go with them. In half an hour's time-'twelveof them started with the na? tives, the Boer in charge,-and the cattle Three of my own men went with the! latter, the three others and Indabe.?ziuibij stopped -with.me-in the laager. The parting-was a heart breaking scene, upon which I do not care'to dwell. The women wept, the men groaned, and the children -looked on with scared white faces. At length they were gonevand I! for -one was thankful of it. 'There re? mained '-in the laager seventeen white men,;four natives, ?the ;two ;Boer .fraus who werc twc st outte travel, the woman in childbed and her baby, and Hans Botha's little daughter Tota, whom he: could not make up his mind to part wiih. Happily, her mother was already dead. And ?here I may-state that ten of the women andchildren.'tc-gether with about : half of tho cattle, ?escaped. The Zulo impi never saw them, and on the third day of travel they came to the fortified place?of .& Grirjua chief, who sheltered them on receiving h?lft'he cattle in pay? ment. Thence by slow degrees they journeyed .down to the -Cape Colony, reaching a civilized region within adittle more-than .a-year from the date of the attack on the laager. The afternoon was now drawing "to? ward evening, but still there were no signs of inc impi. A wild hope struck us-that they might have gono on about their-bushiess. Ever since Indaba-zimbi had hoard that the regiment was sup? posed to belong to thc TJmtetwa tribe, ho had, I noticed, been plunged in deep thought. Presently he came to me and volunteered to go out and spy upon their 4Boyeuaea_ta. At first Hans Botha waa 'against -.this idea, saying that he was "verdomdeswartzel"-an accursed blac creature-and wodld betray tts. I point ed-out that there was nothing1 tc-b?traj The Zulus must know where the wagon were, but it waa 'important for us t j*ain information- of ' their whereabouts So it was agreed that Indaba-zimbi shoul go. I told him this. He nodded his whit .Jock, said "All right, Macuniazahn," au Started. I noticed with some surprise however, that before he did so he wen to the wagon and fetched his "mouti, or medicine, which, together with hi own magical apparatus,-he always car ried in a skin bag. I asked him why h< did this. He answered that it was U make himself invuln?rable against th? spears of the Zulus. -Tdid not in .Uv least believe his explanation, for in mi heart I was sure that he meant to tak< the opportunity to make a bolt of it, leav lng me to my fate. 'I ''did not, however interfere to prevent this, for I had ar affection for the old fellow, and sincerely hoped that he might escape the doon: which overshadowed us. So Indaba-zimbi ?auntered off, and ai I looked at-ii is retreating form I thought that 1 should never see it again. But 1 was mistaken, and little knew that he was risking his life, not for the Boers, whom he hated one and all, but for me, whom in his queer way he loved. When*he-had gone we completed our preparations 'for defense, strengthening the wagons-ami1 the thorns beneath wit] earth and -stonoa Then at sunset wi ate and drank as heartily as we coule under the circumstances, and when wt had done. Hans Botha, as head of thi party, offered up prayer to God for oui preservation. It was a touching sight t< see the burly-Dutchman, his hat off. hi broad face luvup'by'the last rays of thi setting-sun, i praying aloud in homely sim pie1 language to Him who alone couh save us from the spears of a cruel foe I 'remember that the last sentence of h? prayer was, "Almighty, if we must tx killed, -sa-ve ?the ?women and children arie my little girl Tota from the accursec Zulus, and do notiet us be tortured." I echoed the -request very earnestly .lr my own heart, that I know, torin-com? mon with the others -I ?was dreadfttilj afraid, and it must be admitted not with? out reason. Then the darkness came on, and wc took'up- eur appointed places, each with a ri?e in his hands, and peered out inte the gloom in silence. Occasionally one of the Boers would light his pipe with a brand from?the -smoldering fire, and the glow of it would shine for a few mo? ments on his pale, anxious face Behind me one of the stout "fraus" lay upon the ground. Even the terroi of our position could not keep her heavy eyes from their accustomed sleep, and she snored loudly. On the further side of her, just by the fire, lay little Tota, wrapped in a kaross. She was asleep also, her'thurab in her mouth, and from time to time her father would come tc look at her. So the -hours wore on while we wait? ed for 'the >2ulus. But from my in? timate knowledge of the habits of na? tives I had little-fear that they would at? tack us at night,?though, had they done so. they could have compassed our de? struction with -but small loss to them? selves. It is not the habit of this people, they like to fight in thedight of day-at dawn for preference. About ll aclock,jactasil-was nodding a little at my post, U' bearii a low whistle outside the laager. Instantly i was wide awake, and all along the line I heard the clicking of locks as the Boers cocked their guns. "Macuniazahn," said a voice, the voice of Indaba-zimbi, "are you-there?" "Yes," I answered. "Then -hold a light so'-that !I ?can-see how to climb into the^anger," he>snid. "Yah! yahl hold a light," 'put 'in one of the Boers.? "I don't trust that black schepsel d? y cure, Hoer Quater? main; he may have some of his country? men with him." Accordingly a lantern was produced and held towards the voice. There was Indaba-zimbi alone. We let him into *the laager and asked him the news. "This ?li the ?news, white men," he said. "I waited'till dark, and creeping up to the place where the'Zulus -are en? camped, bid myself behind a stone and listened. They are a great regiment of Umtetwas, as Buar Botha yonder thought They struck the spoor of the wagons three days ago and followed it. To-night they sleep upon their spears, to-morrow at-daybreak they will attack the laager and kill everybody. They are very bitteragainstthe Boars, because of the battle at Blood river nml the other fights, and that is why they followed the wagons instead of going straight north after Mosilikaayyc." A kind of groan went up from the group of listening Dutchmen. "Ittell you^vhat it is, heeren," I said, "instead of waiting to be butchered here like a buck in a pitfall, let us go out now and fall'upon the impi while it sleeps." This ?proposition excited some discus? sion, butdn the end only one man could be found'to -vote for it Boers, as a rule, lack that dash which makes great sol? diers; such forlorn hopes are notdn ths-ir line, and rather than embark upon them they prefer to take their chance in a laager, however poor that chance may be. For my own part, I firmly believe that, had my advice 'been taken, we should have roused the Zulus. Seven? teen desperate white men, armed with guns, would have produced no small ef? fect upon a camp of sleeping -savages. But it was not taken, so it is no use talk? ing about it. After that we went back to our posts, and slowly the weary night wore on to? wards the dawn. Only those who have watched under similar circumstances while they waited the advent of almost certain and cruel death, can know the torturing suspense of those heavy hours. But'they-went somehow, and at last in the far east'the sky began to lighten, while the cold breath of dawn stirred the tilts of the wagons and chilled me to tho bones. The fat -Butch woman behind me woke with a yawn, then. rememl>er ing ali. moaned aloud, while her teeth chattered with cold and fear. Hans Botha went to his wagon and got a bot? tle of peach brandy, ifrom which he poured into a tin pannikin, giving us each a stiff draw, and making attempts tc ?be cheerful as he did sc. ?ButhisaT feoted jocularity only seemed todepress his comrades the more. Certainly lt op preesKl une. Nowithe light was growing, and we could see some way into the mist which still hung densely over the river, and now-ali! there it was. From the other side-ofithe-hiH,a thousand yardsor more from thc laager, came a faint humming j sound, lt grew and grew till it gathered j to a chant--the awful war chant of the Zulus. Soon I could catch the words. ! They were simple enough: j We shall slay, we ?hail slay. Is it not so. my j brothers? Our spears shall blush blood red. Is it cot so. my brothers? For we are tho sucklings of Ch a ka, blood is our milk, tny brothers. Awake, children of the Umtetw*, &w*k?l The vulture wheels, the Jackal sniffs the air; Awake, children of the Umtetwa-cry aloud, ye ringed mee; -Ibero is the foe, we shall slay them. Ia it not sc, 'tay brothers? S'gee! S'gee I S'gee I Such is a rough translation of that i hateful chant which I often hear to this "very <tiay in Bay > dreams. It does not look particularly" imposing- on. paper, but if the reader cedld have heard it as it rolled through the still ?air -from -ths throats of nearly three thousand warriors singing all to time, lie would have found -it impressive enough. ^Now the shields began to appear over the brow of the rise. They came by companies, each company about a hun .fired strong. Altogether there were ' thirty-one companies. I counted ' them. When all were over they formed them? selves into a triple line, then trotted down the slope toward us. At a dis? tance of a hundred and fifty yards, or just out of shot of such guns as we had 'in those days, they halted and began singing again: NYonder is the kraal -t>f rae white man-a tittie kraal, my brothers; We shall eat it up, we shall trample it flat, my brothers. But where are the white nun's cattle-where aro his oxen, my brothers? .Tllis question seemed to puzzle them a Tfood deal, for they sang the 6ong again and again. At last a herald came for? ward, a great man with ivory wrings on his arm, and putting his hands to 'his mouth, called out to us asking where our cattle were. ilans Botha climbed on to the top of a wagon and roared out that they might answer that question themselves. Then i the herald called again, saying -that he saw that the cattle had been sent away, "We shall go and find the cattle, " he -said, "then we shall come and kill rou, because without cattle you must .-?top where you are, but if we wait to kill you before we get the cattle, they may have trekked too far for us to follow. But if .you try to run away we shall easily x?teh you white menP Tai?-8truck me as a very odd speech, 'for'the Zulus generally attack an enemy 'first and take his cattle afterwards; still, ?there was a certain amount of plausi bility about it. While I was still won? dering what it all might mean, -the Zulus began to:run past us in companies -towards the river. Suddenly a shout announced that they had found the spoor of the cattle, and the whole 'impi of them started down it at a run till they vanished over a rise about a quarter of a ! -mile away. We'W?ftedToT'h?lf an 'hour or more, but nothing could we-eee of them. "Now I wonder if 'the devils have really fcone," said Hans Botha to me. MIt is very strange." Ml will go and see," said Indaba-zimbi, "If you will come with me, Macuma? zahn. We can creep to the top of the ridge and look over." At first I hesitated, but curiosity-over? came me. I was young in those days and weary with suspense. "Very well," I said, "we will go.w So we started I had my elephant gun and ammunition. Indaba-zimbi had his medicine bag and an assegai. We crept .to the top of the'iise like sportsmen stalk? ing a buck. The slope on 'the'Otherside was strewn with rocks, among Which grew bushes and tall grass. "Tliey must have gone down the Don? ga," I said 'todndaba-zimbi, "I can't see one of thom." jfcs?I spoke there came-a-roar-of naen all-around -me. From-evsry^rock, from every tuft of grass rose a Zulu warrior. Before I could turn, before I could lift a gun, I was seized and thrown. "Hold -him! Hold the white spirit fast!" cried a-voice. "Hold him, or he will slip awBy-Iike a snake. L?on?tfhurt him, but ?hold >him fast. Let -Indaba zimbi walk by his side." j I turned on Indaba-zimbi. "You black devil, you have betrayed me*!" I cried. "Wait and see, Macutnaz?hn," he an 3wered/cool>y. "Xow-the fight as. going to begin." [TO BK CONTINUED 'J . Took Charge of the Stick and Hat, A gentleman in Glasgow owned a very -intelligent Newfoundland dog. He ac? companied histmaster wherever he went, -and was his inseparable companion ic ?his visits and to church. One evening j the gentleman went to visit a neighbor, i The dog attended him. It was quite late when the gentleman started for home, and, to his surprise, his dog could not be found. After the family had retired to -bed-th ere was a great noise in the kitchen. ?It was-supposeti -that burglars were-rob? bing the house. Soon tbere-was-a-craSli and a smash like the breaking of a win? dow, and then all was stilL The morn? ing revealed the mystery. The dog had fallen asleep under the table. He was -sensiBieithat'bis roaster had gone home, and the 'noise 'heard was the attempt of the dog to make l?s escape. As'there^ was no other way to get out, the saga? cious animal went through the window, taking the glass and frame with him. It wasaiong time -before dus master visited-that house again. -When -ho did, 1 his-dog accompanied him, and -the ani-j mal found his way through -the open; door of the kitchen to his old ?hiding'j place under the table. When the master started for home, neither his hat nor cane -could be found. -After a long search, 'the 'dog was discovered .fast' asleep under the table; one paw was in his master's hat, the other resting on his stick. -How the dog obtained possession, of theses articles no one could telL ?He! remembered his last visit to the place,! and how scurvily he was treated. The' sagacious creature resolved not to:be left behind the nest time. He knew ?Skat j his master could not go home without the hat-and-stick, and that he would be awakened when his owner got -ready toi ?walk. His plane were acutely laid? and; if ?he had been a human he could not have-done better.-Exchange. ?Be a Boxer. An'episode a few days ago, .in^whiefca delicate ?looking young man completely knocked out an antagonist with fifty pounds superiority ?n ?weight and the training of -a"hoodlum, -hos given an im? petus to boxing, and during the past week no less than twenty young men have joined the sparring classes. A ?famifiatrity with the manly art of self .defense by no means inculcates a fight? ing disposition. A good boxer is more than a match for mere brute iforce, as his .blows are not aimed in -vain. A quick, smart:blow applied tetheiproper spot will knock-out a giant who would withstand a blow'from a hammer on 'his thick head No good boxer ever need be shot by a man at close quarters who is obliged to go to the hip pocket for!his gun, for when he reaches back his arm he must raise his head slightly, he 'leaves his entire front exposed, and the jugular is temptingly displayed. ? comparative | tap on tho jugular will make the other 1 mau forget for the time being that he ever had a gun.-Interview in St Louis Globe-Democrat. Congress or Mob, Which? Never?a the legislative history of this country -have such sceoes beeo witnessed within the halls of Congress as have taken place eioce Mr. Heed, of Maine, became Speaker. No Speaker before bim has ever dared to assert the same amount of dictatorial power that be bas, nor to tramp apoo tRe rights of the minority as he bas and ?8 be is now doing, not only -in the face of the established customs of (be body over which he presides, bot io direct conflict with his own declarations on the-power of a Speaker, when that matter was once before a subject trt-discussion in the House. To say that the proceed? ings which have been witnessed in the House within the past few days, wben the Speaker in his arbitrary, autocratic rulings has been supported by the solid vote of bis party, arc revolutionary, would be to dignify them. Revolu? tion implies something bold and manly; it is the gauntlet of one antagonist thrown down to another, the resistance which essays to throw oU a barden, to redress a grievance, to right a wrong, and to overthrow one system of rule that a better may be built upon its ruins. The course of the 'Speaker and the majority in the House fa not revolution, it is a partisan conspiracy as base and devilish aa plotters ever engaged ia, a conspiracy, too, of the stronger to over? come the weaker, to sbackle tbe minor? ity and make it utterly .powerless. It is a combination never dreamed of be? fore by any majority or presiding officer ' ic that body to sf rangle the minority and make the vriil and tte ipse dixit of one man the rule that governed. As it is now governed the Hoose of representatives-is cot a-House of Representatives:; the majority don't represent anybody but 'themselves. It is simply a rnleless, lawless, mob, with \ Tom Reed, of Main, the ringleader, and the majority yelling and booting behind bim and ready to sustain him in anything be may say or do. It is a travesty on legislative bodies and a disgrace to the American people. The man who can't see conspiracy cropping out all over these unpre? cedented proceeding? must be as blind as a bat and as brainless as a clan. Why bas this House been io -session for nearly sixty days without a system of rules having been formulated and presented ? Every Congress agrees, about 'tbs first thing it does after organization, upon a code of -rales which are to govern -It,, and decide? whether it will work under the rules of the proceeding Congress or change them. The last Congress haviog been Democratic, the rules didn't suit this Congress,-which is Republican, and it was decided to draft a set whioh would suit them better. A committee, as is usual, was appointed for that purpose, and although it is said they have done their work ari?Ssaiehed op a code, it has never been presented - to tbe House for adoption or rejection, and the result is the House has been work? ing sioce it convened without roles, the autocratie Speaker having in the meantime declared himself the power ? that rules. Why were -no -rules pre? sented? Simply because >no rules could be adopted which would iovest the Speaker with despotic gower and they knew thaUo the absence of rules which-would bind when once adopted,' the role of the despot could be more effectively-played, and it was necessary that >this -should be .played uotil the . devlish conspiracy had been accomp? lished. There are seventeen contested seats. There are seventeen Republi? cans who claim seats occupied by seventeen Democrats. It 'is a part of tbe conspiracy, tbe principal part, to oust these seventeen Democrats and give their seats to the contesting Re? publicans In order to do* this it is nssessary?to-make the minority power? less, to put io "beyond their .power to avail themselves of parliamentary methods to defeat this ooospiracy aud to do this wheo there was no parlia? mentary . authority fer'it, it wea neces? sary that the Speaker should arrogate arbitrary power and declare himself ! the authority for anything he or the:j. majority-might see "fit to do. This is the situation at present. The House a lawless mob, ringleader Reed in the chair, beading his mob. to seize by.! lawless violence seventeen seats to which they have no-claim and give them to men who have esttiblwhed no 'just;! claim to them. Io the meantime the people, who have tbeen asking relief from unjust and oppressive burdens, are looking on ! and-wi?l-be heard from wbea these con? spirators who are now so absorbed in I carrying cilt 'their -infernal political j conspiracy are put on tris! cod the people sit in judgment. Then the ! Congressional head-lopping will begin in earnest.- Wilmington Star. Tbe frew York Herald io noticing tbe prosperous condition of 'tbiegs in South Carolina among the other Southern States bas this to say. .'The'Kerala rejoices to 6ee that the people of Sooth Caroona are so pros? perous. Bat wot ld it not'be useful for them to let well enough alone and discourage such wild propositions as that of Senator Butler, asking the federal government 'lo remove tte.,, greater .part of the laboring Force ?f the State to a .great distance. If the whites .pot?se88 fbe brains, edocafci?n and morality of the State they ought ? certainly to have'wisdom enough to get on with the blacks. 'In any case, is it . not extremely un wisc'for Southern nieh to take the lead io stirring up strife with ?he*nogro7 The quickest trip -around the world ever made has been -accomplished by Miss Nellie Bly, of the New York World staff. She fcfc Kew York at balf past 9 o'clock on the 'morning of November 14th, goiug east. She reach? ed New York last Saturday evening, having completed a trip around the world in seventy-two days, 3rs hours and eleven minutes, and having traveled in all a distance of 23,000 miles. Miss Elizabeth Bisland, representative of the Cosmopolitan, i Started west nine bonis later than Ne!- ! He Bly, and Would probably have got-; ten borne first ff abe hadn't missed the fast steamer at Havre, ?franee-. ? -Xhe*?swsm Every decade the Government takes a census of its population; The first was taken inY??O.^he ?leveDth/*ir? ?'? taken io 1890, and the centennial cen? sus, will be of extraordinary interest. The volumes of the Doomsday-Book; containing similar &?^gh:??33 '2o*u?pIet? information off?ogiaod as far back as the reign of William the Conqueror, are preserved in glass cases in the 'Brittan Museum as among the most valuable treasures of the realm. Who caa fore? see Tith \*bat*interest dur <tesefrd?nts ? thousand years hence will scan these census ached ales fur records of tbeff primitive ancestors^? ?T ,f The preparations for taking the elev? enth census are now ??mxist com?tete/. Tbe country is being divided toto ?75 districts, 'io tfeeteTF.sttffts '-rte -Presi? dent will appoint a supervisor, ?h?^ris office will divide bia district ?nto sub? dividions, each to contain not more tSaY. 4.000 inhabitants, and frttt designate a suitable man Therein as enumerator. Ou the. first Monday to Jane th? work of these enumerators ??iii btfjiH; and their returns must ail be tarie bu? and in the bands of the supervisors, bid or before the first day of Joly. Con? gress has appropriated5 ?6.4O0v??6 to pay the ?peoses of taking ifae "ceOBOS; The enumerators are t? te feortvoeoaatel! thus : For each inhabitant enumerated 2c For each death recorded 2 For each farm retorced 15 For eaob industry reported 20 For each Moldier,-sail?r. eto, . 5 Tb ts. compensai ion to eoto?tStcrs h? scm?wb&t in excess of that.paid at th? last ceosos. Tb? TT am W?ater of ft??? Editor Post!-? find1 tfce ??now?n? statement published io tbe Port Folio* third volume., fesoed io "On the 27th d?y of. december, iii the year 1816, the -weather wto M5 warm as to reader'it'tec^ss&ry to cbvef all tbe fires iii the House ?f .Repr??erj tatives at Washiotoo, aod 'nearly lott same degree of heat continued for se?er al dajs. . i R ''Thermometric?i observations made io Alexandria, August abd December; 1816: ;/.."?; AuguBt-21, thermometer 66 cfegrfeee at 2 p. m. . ....... August 22, thermometer 55 degreed at 6 a. m. . ' . August 22, .thermometer 71 degree* at 5 p. D; '-. '" August 23, thermometer 56 degrees at 6. 30 a. m. August 23, thermometer 60 degrees at 2 p. iii. December 26, thermometer 58 Se* grees at 2 p. m. t i . December 27, thermometer 58 do grees at 7 a. m.. December 27? thermometer 65 de? grees at 2 p. tn. December 28, thermometer 47 -fe green at 7 n. m. December 28, thermometer 47 degree* at 2 p. m. By'tbe above observations it will be* seeo that the morning #f the 27t5" rj? december -fa* three degrees w fir mer than that of the S2d of August, sud that the'heat bf the ?I cf- August j?t $ o'clock p m was was only ons degree above that ?f tbe ^tb b^^chioef. Tbe extraordinary spell cf .weather therein described Sceots nrt?ct *?t$tl we ere now baviog io the ?*ti:e loiralitr.. Tbe fact is ao argument ag?Tn& th? favored theory, that the present waru! f-pell ?8 un precedented and is owing td changes io the Gulf Stream - Watte ington Pott. . . From ao old paper we clip the follow? ing description of the tail a?d (riet?! 1882. "The fall of ?T832 wes '?o?3gfe mild. Cold days aod Brea ?oca?ibnlrf reminded one of the seasons, but until February tbe cold bad not been strfft cieot to" interfere with vegetation. Pleotifal raios bad filled tbe small streams and branches, and the wt-?fbef was frequently almost sultry. About the 12th of th?tui?utb, in l?s? that 24 boors tbe thermometer fell rapidly td a point that made this winter known as thc 'bard winter' in the South. Ic? formed so thick that-it bore the weight of heavy carriages, ?birds and cattf? were frozen io tbe wot?tft, trem?s -frere ap]it io tbe forest from top to rooU , Wd their skeletons recalled for many years this excessive cold. Small grain crops were killed, aod tbe farmers did again* 10 jfrarch what bad been don? fn Octo? ber."_ Tho Trustees of -Clemson ^o??eg? hele a meeting io Columbia last week. Col. Il W. Simpsoo, of Pendleton, wa? elected-Chairman of tbe -Board, and J. E. Wanoamaker, of ^rangeburg, Sec? retary and Treasurer. The fallowing committees were raised : Executive Committee-R. W Simpson, ?. E.t3rt; 11 E. Bowen, D. K. Norris and Allan Johnstone ; Committee en Carriculom -B. W. Edwards, J. E. Tindal, ?R. Tillman, J. E. Wannamaker and M. Ii. Donaldson. B. W, Edwards was made a committee cf on'e to "pr?? pare By-laws for the 'government of the Board of Trastees. Tbe Executive Committee is to obtain adi possible in? formation Li to plans and specification^ for the necessary buildings To li? erected. The committee on CurrTculuii is to secure information as to the-course oT study pursued at other -?^?ctrtttrraA colleges aod therefrom frame a s?itabT? curriculum for the college proposed to he established at Fort Hill. The Board adjourned subject to tbo call ct the 'Chairman, and its next meeting will be held at Fort Hill. 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