The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 16, 1892, Image 1
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THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK,
OF 8?MTSR.
STATS, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI
TORY, S?MTER, S. C.
Paid ap Capital.$75,000 00
Surplus Fand. 11,500 00
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Careful attention given to collections.
SAYINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In
terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per
annum. Payable quarterly, on rsi days of
January, April, July and October.
R. M. WALLACE,
President.
L. S. Cassou,
Aug. _Cashier._
m BM i suiim
S?MTER, S C.
CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY.
Transacts a general Sanktag business.
Also dps
A Savings Bank Department,
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received.
Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent,
per annum, payable quarterly.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH,
W. F. Rhams, Pr?sident.
Cashier.
Aug 11._
Di l ALTA SOLOMONS,
DENTIST.
Office
OVB& BROWNS k P?RDY'S STORE.
Sotrance on Main Street,
Between Browns k Purdy and Durant k Son.
OFFICE HOURS:
9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock.
SomtcT, S. C , April 29._
G. W. DICK, D. D. S.
Office over Bogin's New Store,
Bjrrau.cs oh hai? stbjckt
S?MTER, S. C.
Office Hours.?9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5.
8ent8_
NEW LUMBER YARD.
IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND
the'public generally that my Saw Mill
located on the C. S. k N. R. R., just back of
my residence, is now in full operation, and I
am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow
Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices
according to grades.
Yard accessible on North side of residence.
J. B. ROACH.
Feb 18.
NEW
Marble Works.
COMMANDER k RICHARDSON,
LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C.
WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP
For the purpose of workiog Marble
and Granite, manufacturing
Mont?, Toisones, Etc,
And doing a General Business in that line.
A complete work-shop has been Sited up oo
I LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE
And we are now rendy to execute with
promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis
faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before
placing an order elsewhere.
W. H. COMMANDER,
G. E. RICHARDSON.
Jene 16
8?mec0ck cmr market.
W. J. DAWSEYj
Proprietor.
Having made arrangements with
reliable dealers in tuie State and Vir
ginia for a regalar supply of the best
beef cattle and mutton
by the car load. I will be able to
offer the choicest quality of meats to
be had, and solicit the trade of City
and County.
I can sell
Wholesale or Retail
as cheap or cheaper than any other
parties in the market.
Especial attention will be given to
ORDERS FROM E COUNTRY
and meats will be sold in large or
email quantities at small profits.
Special arrangements will be made
with housekeepers.
Give me a call,
W. J. DAWSEY.
NEXT TO POST OFFICE, S?MTER, S. C
Aug. 3._
TO RENT.
EITHER OR BOTH BUILDINGS, fur
nished or not, opposite the A. C. L. pas
senger depot. Lunch counter, and 2 Soda
Water aparatuces aad Milk Shake attachment.
Cai! on or address,
CURTIS HOUSE.
H. B. k C. S. CURTIS, Proprietors,
Sumter, S.O.
J. W. Staffe,
DEALER IN
Bicyles and Sundries.
CASH OR INSTALLMENT.
July 6.
TAX NOTICE.
HR TREASURER OF SUMTER COUN
ty gUes notice that his books will he
open from the Fiktkknth Day or October,
\Si>2, to the Fiftkkxtu Day of December,
1892, for the collection of Taxes for the fiscal
year commencing November 1st, 1891, in
Sumter County.
The following are the rates per centum of
the levy :
1. For State purposes?four and one-half
mills on every dollar of the value of all taxa
ble property.
2. For County purposes?two and three
fourth mills on every dollar of the value of
all taxable property.
3. For the support of public schools?two
mills on every dollar of such value.
4. One dollar on each usable poll, (to wit,
between the ages of 21 and 50 years.)
5. Mayesville, two mills extra levy for
school purposes in the town of Mayesvil ??.
6. Swimming Pens, two mills extra levy
for school purposes in the township.
T. Bishopville, four mills extra levy for
school purposes in School Dist. No. 20.
8. Mechanicsville, two mills extra levy for
school put poses in the township,
9. Providence, two mills extra levy for
school purposes in the township.
10. Sumter, No. 1, (out of city) two mills
extra levy for school purposes in the township.
11. Concord, two mills extra levy for
school purposer in the township.
12. For building county jail?one mill
extra levy.
D.. E. KEELS,
Sept. 7. Treasurer.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ROBERT T. CARR.
Desires to inform the public that he it fully
equipped and prepared to do
TIN ROOFING, PLUMBING, REPAIRING PUMPS,
and anything usually done in a first-class
plumbing and tinning shop. Sign and Deco
rative, Painting, Calsomining, etc. Also
SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE
MANTLES, TILE HEARTHS,
FACINGS AND GRATES
Makes a specialty of putting in Electric
Bells, Annunciators, <fcc
ROBT. T. CARR.
Shop at J. B. Carr's Mill.
Communications left at Walsh A Co.'8 Shoe
S'ore or through post office will receive
prompt attentiota. Oct 26?o
HOYT BROTHERS,
MAIN STREET,
SUMTER, S. C.
Gold and Silver Watches,
FINE DIAMONDS.
Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles,
MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
_Feb I_
KIXT?RE !
WHAT IS IT?
THE PUREST AND BEST TONIC IN
THE WORLD.
Tt builds up the system, it purifies the
blood, it beautifies the complexion.
TRY IT, AND HAVE NO OTHER.
Only 50c. per bottle. For sale by all your
Druggists.
THE MURRAY DRUG CO.,
Manufacturers and Proprietors.
April 20.
Just Received
A BIG STOCK OF
Colgate* $
Fine Extracts
FOR THE HANDERCHIEF,
ALSO
SUPERIOR TOILET S0?P.
J. S. HU6HS0N & CO.,
Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET,
June 22. SUMTER, S. C.
HONET
FOR SALE.
I have on haod a fine lot of
CHOICE EXTRACTED HONEY,
for sale by the galion or less quantity.
ALSO, HONEY IN THE COMB.
Orders filled at residence, on Republican
Street. Samples can be seen at Watchman
and Southron office.
N. G. OSTEEN.
Ml?.rd hl? Opportunity ! DON'T Ml..
Yuurt, Reader. Tt.o majority neglect their op
portunities, and from that canso live hi povvrty and die in
obscurity ! Harrowing <?>?? ur is the lot of ninny, as they
look back on lost, forever lost, opportunity. Life 1? pass
ing! Reach out. Be up and dom;. Improveyonr opportu
nity, and secure prosperity, prominence. p?a>-e. It was said
by a philosopher, that "the ?... ?de?? of Fortune offers a
{rolden opportunity to each person at some peri?.J oflife;
embrace the chance, and sheponr- out her rie:ies ; fail to do
so and she departe, nerer to return." How shall too find
the colok* opportunity? Investigate every chance that
appears worthy, and of fair promise ; that is what all suc
cessful mon do. Here is an opportunity, such as is not often
within the reach ot laboring people. Improved, it will give,
at least, a ran.i start in life. The coldk* opportnnrty for j
many is here. Sloney to be made rapidly and Lo lorably ?
by any indn strions person of either sex Allago*. Yon can
do the work and live at home, wherever you are. Even be- j
ginners are easily narDiog from $5 to SIO per day. Y?n .
can do as well if you will work, not too hard, but industri- !
onely; and yon can increase your income as you goon. Yon '
can give spare time only, orali your time to the work. Easy j
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s'.ow yoabow.free. Failure unknown ?niinj our work
ers. No room to exp^in Uere. Write and learn all free.
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Aug. 17.
For Infante and Children.
Castori* premote? Digestion, and
overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness.
Thus the child is rendered healthy and its
sleep natural. Castoria contains no
Morphine or other narcotic property.
41 Castoria isso well adapted to children that
1 recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me." " H. A. Archer, M. D..
Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"I use Castoria in my practice.and And It
specially adapted to affections of children."
Alex. Bobk&tsox, M. D.,
1057 3d Ave., New York.
"From personal knowledge and observation
I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine
for children, acting as a laxative and relieving
the pent up bowels and general system very
much. Many mothers have told me of its ex
cellent effect upon their children."
Da. G. C. Osgood,
Lowell, Mass.
Tax Centaur Cokfxxy, 77 Murray Street, N. T.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? T?TTTS ?
?Tiny Liver PiSIsJ
?a an ant i-bilious and anti-malarial
Oremedy are wonderful in their o?eeta jbk
tn free ine; th?' syetem of biliousness
and malaria. No one living in
? Malarial Regions ?
should be without them. Their use
?prevents attacks of chills and fever, ?\
dumb aguo, bilious colic, and gives
the system strength to resist all the
?evils of an unhealthy and impure at- a
mosphere. Elegantly sugar-coated. V
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THE
Suinter Institute.
THE INSTITUTE has opened its sessions
under very auspicious circumstances.
The boarding department is well appointed
and the rooms are rapidly filling up. Those
desiring rooms should apply at an early day
The Art room bas been enlarged and refitted,
affording ample light, and all necessary facili
ties for good work.
Special lessons in Painting and Drawing,
each $15 a term; in Book-keeping, Steno
graphy, Typewriting and Peomacsbip, each
$10 a term ; Instrumental and Vocal Music
eace $20 a term, with $3 for use of instcmeat
for practice. Elocution $7.60 a term.
Students will be received for any of these
special courses at any time duriug the year,
and we solicit patronage of the young ladies
of ?he city not regularly entered in the school.
For further information apply to
H. FRANK WILSON,
President.
JOSEPH F. RHAME,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Manning, S. C,
Attends to business in any part of the
State. Practices in U. S. Courts.
Sept. 21? .
WRIGHT'S HOTEL,
COLUMBIA, S. O.
-o
rriHIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE
j_ with all modern improvements,is now
open for the reception of guest?.
?. L. WRIGHT ? SON,
Proprietors.
Compound Oxygen.
If you are suffering from catarrh?if
you have iooipient cooeumptioo?
if you have little, or no appetite?
if you have lost relish for your work?
if life has become a burden instead
of a joy?if you are tormented
Dight aod day with a nervousness
that will allow you no peace?if you
feel that you do need a stimulant, but,
shrink from poisoning your life with
alcohol?if you are beginning to ruo
down?if you would seek relief without
risk?if you would use a remedy that
already has the endors^meut of tens of
thousands of intelligent people, and is
thoroughly established in the public j
confidence, send a postal of inquiry?it j
will cost you one cent?to Dre. Starkey |
& FaleD, 1529 Arch St., Philadelphia,
Pa., or to Mrs. A. W. Moore, Floretee,
S C.
rer.?Latest U. S. GoVt Report
Baiting
i Powder
fELY PURE
Til? Expenses of the Govern
ment.
Their Bajrid Increase.
The total receipts of tbe government
ander the administration of President
Washington were $56,448,721 ; uuder
Jefferson, $108,238,978. The popu
lation of the country had increased 36
per cent ., and receipts 92
per cent., while expenditures had ad
vanced about 94 per cent From end
of Jeffersou's last administration to the
beginuing of Abraham Lincoln's term of
office the population of the country
increased from 7,000,000 to 31,000,
000, while receipts and expenditures
grew five-fold greater than they were
when Gallado was at tbe head of the
I Treasury Department.
In Bachman's time the expenditures
of tbe government amounted to about
j $82.000,000 a year. In 1890, the
population and valuations in the mean
time having about doubled, the ex
penditures were $359,000,000, an in
crease of 340 per cent.
These, however, are only the appar
1 ent expenditures. There are excep
j tinnal outlays which ought not to be
! counted as part of the ordinary cost of
maintaining the government. To be fair
and accurate, these extraordinary sums
may be deducted and tbe results tabu
lated. We will thua compare the fiscal
years I860 aud 1890. We will deduct
j the payments for pensions, interest,
; and principal on the public debt :
Total expenditures for 1860 $77,462,103
Paid for pensions $1,092,727
Interest and principal
of public debt 17,613,623 18,706,355
Ordinary expenditures for i860. $58,755,748
Total expenditures for U90 $358,618,585
Pensions $106,936,855
Interests on public
debt. 36,099,284 143,036,139
Ordinary expenditures for 1890, $215,582,446
The increase was was $156,826,698,
or 267 per cent. In 1880 these ordi
nary expenses amounted to $115,108,
209, so that in the decade ending with
1890 tbe increase iu the goverment's
expenditures was nearly 90 per cent.,
while the increase of population was
about 25 per cent., and of valuations
43 per cent.
It is not proper, of course to assume
that a mere increase of annual expend
iture is necesssarily extravagant ; but we
are at least put upon our inquiry when
the rate of increase is uearly 300 per
cent., while population and wealth lag
far bchaud.?From "The Growth of
the Federal Power," by Henry Loomis
Nelson, in Harper's Magazine for
July
?mmm-mm
To Change Their Names.
Everybody is aware of the rather
hit and miss way that we have of
spelling the names of cities, rivers,
and even countries. To eecure un
iformity and brevity, a government
board was appointed by President
Harrison about three years ago,
charged with the task of finding out
the correct pronunciation of all
geographical names, and of fixing
upon a standard spelling for them.
At the head of the board is Professor
T. C. Mendenball, who is Super
intendent of the United States Coast
Survey. So far about two thousand
changes have been made, most
of (hem iu tbe line of brevity,
and all with the endeavor to
to secure a greater fidelity of the
spelling to the correctly spoken
name.
Among the most important changes
are Beting for Behring, Chile for
Chili, Haiti for Ilayti, Colombia for
Columbia (South America), Bermuda
for Bermudas, the use of boro for
borough in all names ending thus,
the dropping of the h from Pitts
burgh, Edinburgh, and all similar
names, the omission of the words
"city" aud "town" as part of names
wherever practicable, and the con
tracting of many two-part names into
single word8.
Of course the authority of this board
extends only to the Postal Guide and
all other official publications of the
national government but it is certain
to effect, within a few years, desira
ble changes in the use of the names iu
newspapers, iu books, aud all other
publications.?Harper's Young Peo
ple.
War is Imminent
Panama, Nov. 10.?Advices re
ceived here from Chile say that war
is imminent between Peru and the
Argentine Republic on one side and
Chile on the other. A dispatch from
Valparaiso says:
"Peru is well armed, and her
forces have recently received 100,000
Mannlicher rifles, with other from ida
ble machines of war.
"A Chilean gentleman just from
Peru states that approaching war ap
forde the staple of conversation, and
a pretense of friendship is only to :
gain time. In the Argentine Republic
a vigorous recruiting of both natives
and foreigners is being prosecuted,
and the government is with feverish
haste arming tho troops. "There is
no longer a doubt ol a pecret com
pact against Chile between the two
republic, and thoy are only await-1
ing a casus bolli to throw one army
into he Parapaca and another upon
the southern frontier, while skir
mishing parties will harass this
country from the Cordilleras.
"The Chilean Government has tardi
ly opened its eyes to the threatened
invasion and ordered the steamer C.
S. A. V. !o be prepared for immediate
incorporation into the navy. The
Captain Part has been cabled to pro-1
ceed to Valparaiso without a mo
ment's delay." 11
Stonwall Jackson's Victory.
The following incident in the lite
of Stonewall Jackson has never been
narrated by his biographers. I give
it because it illustrates the frankness
and justice of the man, and I hope it
will influence for good many a reader:
Major Jackson, as he was then
called by the officials, "Old Jack'
by the cadets, in the winter of|
1858?9, was professor of Itfatural
Philosophy at the Virginia Military
Institute, Lexington, Va. Iiis quarters
were in the town about three-fourths
of a mile from the barracks, and he
came to the lecture room every morn*
ing at nine o'oclock. He was so punc
tually that the cadets, seeing him pass
up the street, knew the exact hour
without reference to the clock.
One cold, stormy day in January,
while the first section of the first
class was reciting on Bartlett's Me
chanics, Gadet L-.was called to
ihe blackboard. His subject was as
signed him, and he begau and com
pleted it after much long analytical
work.
During the demonstration Major
Jackson observed some error in it,
and pointed it out to L-. The
cadet politely insisted that his work
was right. Major Jackson told him
abruptly that he was mistaken, aud
ordered him to take his seat. He did
so, but with bad grace.
The section was dismissed at the
proper time ; tbe day wore on; the
snow came down furiously ; night ap
proached. The sentinels were walk
ing rapidly along their beats, stamp
ing their feet beating their bauds to
keep those extremities warm. The
tattoo roll call (nine o'clock) was over,
aud all were preparing for their
bunks, when the sentinel on the first
stoop called for the crporal of the
guard. "Ina few moments the cor
poral came to our room and said to
Lewis L-, "Old Jack* is in
the guard-room and wants you."
"We were all surprised, and I re
marked, "Ah L-'Old Jack/ is
going to put you in arrest."
L-put on hie overcoat and cap,
and hurried to the guard-room.
There stood Major, Jackson, the
archetype of an old Roman, with his
army cloak about him, snow on his
cap, cloak and closely-cut beard.
As L-entered, he gave the
usual miltiary salutation and respect
fully doffed his cap.
The Major returned the salutation,
and remarked in his quick, positive,
nervous way, "Mr. Lewis, I have
been re-examining the subject I gave
you in the section room this morning
and I find that your analytical work
was right. 1 was governed by the
work in the book, which I ascertained
to be wrong. You were right, aud
I beg your pardon for ordering to your
seat"
L-, surprised and overjoyed,
replied, "Not at all, Major," but
was cut short by "that's sufficient,
Mr. Lewis, retire to your quarters."
Of course the matter was mention
ed, and next morning one of the
officers was disposed to upbraid Major
Jackson for taking so long a walk
through such a storm, when he could
have made amends the next day,
before the class
Major Jackson said, "No, I had
done wrong,.and I could not sleep
until I repaired the injury. When I
was a cadet at West Point if I did
not get a good mark 1 would lay
awake at night and grieve over it."
The officer intimated that it was
only a cadet, and they did not care
for these things.
"No, sir," said the major, "if it
had been an officer I could possibly
have hesitated, but I am especially
careful to respect the feelings and
rights of the cadets, because they
are cadets, aud, as such, are more
liable to be imposed upon."
This was one o? the noblest battles
that grand old soldier ever fought,
and one of the grandest victories
that noble Christian ever won
Poor L-is now dead. During
the war, one cold, bleak night, he
and I were on the march, waiting a
few minutes by a hastily built fire.
He said to me "This reminds me
of the night that Old Jack came
down to the barracks to beg my
pardon. Do you remember it ?"
"Yes, I have often thought of it.
I did not like Old Jack before that
I studied his course because I wanted
to graduate high in our class, b\l'
that showed him as he was. He was
always a hero."
"The fellows used to say he was
crazy. Ah, they did not know him
1 was with him the winter we went
to Romney, in Baldwin's regiment
The cold was intense, the suffering
dreadful the men grumbled, the
officers swore, but I would have fol
lowed him anywhere on earth I
knew he acted from principle, and
felt assured he must be right."
The war is over. Many of the
brave, heroic men are gone Histo
rians will tell us and posterity of
the Valley campaign, Jackson at
Cold Harbor, and of his br?i i ant
achievements on that field. Wben all
these have faded or been forgotten,
the victory won over himself before
his fame was world wide?that bleak,
snowy night's act?will live.
Clay said, "I would rather be
right than president ;" Jackson
acted it.
Carlyle, I think, declared, "every
man had his price." He did not
know Stonewall Jackson.
This is no fanciful eketch. It is
literally true. I was in the class with
L-, and this circumsance made
a lasting impression upon us both.
In this day of place-seeking and
money-getting, 1 would that every
young man could read this anecdote
of that glorious hero, whoso great
ness was due to his devotion to light.
His mortal remains quietly rest in
Lexington's beautiful cemetery; his
virtues are enshrined in the hearts
of his countrymen, his successes
adorn the pages of history, his soul
has entered upon the march of eter
nal advancement in Heaven.?House
hold, Boston.
The juice of a raw onion will distroy
the ? oison if the stings of insects.
Wb?t Hurt the Republicans?
Washington, November 10.?Sec.
Charles Foster was asked this afternoon
for an expression of his views as to the
oause of the over whelming Democratic
majority at the recent election. The
following statement embodies bis re
plies to several question:
"There were three classes of people
who voted the Democratic ticket. One
was a eet of manufacturers who got tired
of labor trouble, and who came to the
conclusion that free trade was better
for them, because it would reduce wages
and thus compensate for the reduction
of the tariff. Another class concluded
that the Mckinley bill was too high. I
do not know wha ; etfeet these people had,
but it was an excuse for snob people ae
MacVeagh sod Gresham to tora
front.
''The third was cheap labor. That
clase thought the profits made by mana*
facturera were aot fairly distributed;
that proprietors got too much aod they
too little.
"The school question affected Illi
nois and Wisconsin, io fact the Lu*
theran Church made itself felt io the
West. Wheo I got to Ohio I discov
ered trouble among the laboriog meo.
They were talking about Homestead,
aod about Carnegie being too rich,
while they were poor.
"The Republicans seem to bave lost
as many votes io Pennsylvania as were
lost io Ohio People generally voted
for Cleveland because they did not
believe the D?mocrate would do what
their platform said they would. It is
a strange result, io view of the pros
perous condition of the country. Every
interest manufacturing aod commercial,
is iu perhaps the most prosperous con
dition ever koowo. Labor was oever
so mocb io demand, the cost of living
I so cheap aod failures were never fewer.
Yet io view of this prosperity the people
voted to have a change apparent y not
koowiog wheo t aey are well off.
"The Administration is unassailable
aod unassailed from Democratic testimo
ny. Our candidate possessed the confi
dence of the country to an extent rarely
acoorded a President. However the
majority of the people will have their
way. As a good American citizen I
accept the result, and I may say that
I am pleased, as my personal comfort is
now assured."
Forgiven?Whitelaw Reid.
We forgive Whitelaw Reid, the
defeated Republican candidate for Vice
President, who toots so loudly and
vigorously for Monopoly aod the
Money Devil all the year round, for his
abuse of Geo. Grant and nearly every
j Republicao statesman of known charac
ter with his party. He wrote once a book
called "Ohio in the War." He is the
first and only Northern writer who has
had the courage to tell the troth about
the burning of Columbia, the beautiful
oapital of South Carolina. A Northern
historian, the accomplished aod able
Dr. John W. Draper, in his two volume
work upon the great war, gives the
order of Gen. Attilla Tecumseh Sher
man creating a Corps of Bummers?
the same devils who burot, ravaged,
ravished and robbed as they went
through Georgia and the Carolinas.
The North has deliberately, falsely
denied the facts concerning the burning
of Atlanta and Colombia, aod all the
other unmitigated devils try of "Old
Comp," the Vandal, and has actually
canonized him aod made him the model
of all that is noble, humane, gentle,
lovable aod great for Northern youth
to copy. But here is what editor,
author and candidate Keid says in his
book as we Sod it published in the
Washington Poet, Independent Repub
lican:
"At nighfall there suddenly came
cries of alarm from different quarters.
The city was on fire in as many places,
and before morning Colombia was in
ruins ; thousands of helpless womeu
and children were suddenly made home
less in ao hour, io the night, io the
winter. It was the most monstrous
barbarity of that barbarous march."?
Wilmington Messenger.
The "Dead Broke" Cyclist
CHIC4G0, November 6.?Harry Hil
Hard Wy?e, the "dead broke" cyclist,
who rode from New York to Chicago by
way of Wheeling and Indianapolis on a
wager that be could complete the trip
without the expenditure of a cent,
finished his journey at the City Hall,
Chicago, this afternoon at 5.05 o'clock.
He was met at Pullman by members of
the Chicago Cycling Clab, who, after
a royal dinner at the Hotel Florence,
acted as an escort of honor while
entering the city.
Wylie left New York on Ootober
17, at 9 30 A. , and was given
three weeks to make the trip, ile
has some fifteen hours to bis credit.
The trip, although a tough one, was
very plesant and he was tendered every
courtesy by different clubs along the
way. He will make Chicago his home
for the present.
The conditions of the wager were
that he should be compelled to eat at
least two square meals a day and find
a good bed at night. Ho was not al
lowed to defraud anyone or receive
money to pay bis expenses. His jour
ney bas been an unqualified success,
and as the result about $3,000 chaoged
hands. The wheel used was a pneuma
tic safety.
Maud S. Will Try Again
New Yokr, November 7.-It is an
nounced that Maud S. will again be
brought on the track to smash records.
Mr. Bonner has not been satisfied <
since Nancy Hanks, hitched to a
pneumatic sulky, lowered the mile
record, and the veteran horse owner
insists that Matul S. is still queen of l
the trotting tutf.
Bonner admits that Nancy Hanks I
is a wonder, but believes much of her ]
speed is due to recent improvements
in tracks and the running gear of i
sulkies. It is admitted that the pneu
matic sulky is several seconds faster
than the old style vehicle, and a kite t
shaped course will take still more I
time from the records. Maud S , "
however, will try for her new leeoni I
on the regulation elipse shaped track,
The great mare is at present at Bon* : \
net's faim iu Westcbe^ter Countv, ' |
On the Choice of Books.
If people were se careless about what
they eat as about what they read, dyspep
sia would be much more common thao it
is now. It is a good deal a matter of luck
what falls into their bands to read.
The facilities for distribution of litera
ture are very imperfect. They have
improved with the introduction of rail
ways and railway book-stands, bat tbe
choice of the reading thus offered is not
left to the intelligent public, but is
much governed by purely commercial
reasons, and little by any sound literary
taste. The majority of the people are
not io the habit of frequenting book
stores, as they do dry-goods and provi*
sioa shops, to see what is new, suited to
their tastes, and wholesome. A large
portion of the country districts bave no
meaos of knowing about books or of
buyiog them except from the travelling
canvassers, whose prime motif e is not
to raise tbe intelligence of the country
by what they distribute, ? book-shop
io the small cities as well ss the large,
and iu villages, used to be an intellect
ual centr? Where readers met, not only
to keep the ruo of the thought of the
world, but to exchange ideas about it.
Few are eo now. Book-shops generally
throughout tbe country have changed
their character. The booksellers say
that it does not pay to keep a stock of
standard literature, nor to put on their
counters the pick of the best books that
are published every week. Their book
stalls bave become shops of "notions/"
of stationery, of artists' materials, of
various bric-a-brac, of games, of news
papers and periodicals, of the cheap and
flimsy temporary product of a commer
cially directed press, with only an occa
stonai real book that has attained exoep
tional notoriety. A new article of diet
comes ioto general use usually throug
persistent and estensive advertising ?
Books are advertised liberally?for
books?and more than they were form
erly, because there are more newspapers
but the advertising is cot as effective as
it is in the case of things to wear and
to eat. A good book rarely reaobes its
due audience. It is put forth by a good
bouse, and has a distribution, which
cao be pretty accurately predicted, in
certain limited channels. Io the oase
of any good book there is oo doubt that
it would have teo readers where it now
has one, if it were brought to the at
tention of thc?e who would like it
The proof of this is the fact that the
sale of a novel in book for is oot io
jured, but ofteo is aided, by its first
appearance as a serial io some periodi
cal or newspaper. There are many
publics. The serial will have a certain
audience; the book will find another
(partly because the serial publication
has advertised it) ; it might then go into
a newspaper, or ioto many newspapers
and search out other audicocee, and the
chance is that a worthy book might run
i for a long time in various channels, and
in several forms aod styles, cheap and
dear, without losing its strength of cir
culatioo. Many a volume of high
character has a success within a limited
circle, aod is praised by the critics, aod
theo drops oot of notice when not
tenth of the people have ever heard of
it who would be as likely to buy it as
the few who did read it when it was first
lauocbed. There is somehow a defect
in distribution. A good book ought to
bave a long life. If it is liked this year,
there is no reason why it should not be
liked teo years later, for meaotime the
reading public bas chaoged ; that which
pleased the man of thirty will please
the mao who was only twenty When the
book was published It is difficult to
say Whether this imperfect distribution
aod this haste and waste in the treat
ment of the brain product are due to
the method of publication, or to the
rage of the public for something new.
It is true that tbe literary taste ehanges
in a generation or two, but we believe
that it is the experience of publishers
that a real book, which was popular a
generation ago, will have, if properly
revived, as large i.n audience with the
oew public as it had with the old.
Books io this respect are like pictures,
there is always a public for the best,
when the pnblio has an opportunity of
seeing them. We be liete that the pub
lication of good Kterature, adhered to,
pushed, aud advertised, would be more
profitable than the constant experiments
with ephemeral trash ; but it is useless
to moralize abojt this io an age wbeo
there is such a pressure for publication
of oew things, and there are such vast
manufactories which feel it a necessity
to keep their hoppers full of the grain
of the new crop. It may be said, how
ever, that if there was anywhere a Con
trolling desire to distribute good litera
ture, rather than a manufacturer's no
tion of turning out any sort of product
of paper, type, and ink, the public
would be the gainer. And perhaps the
publishers would fiad their account io
a better educated public taste. The
analogy does not bold all along the
line, but usually the houses of mer
chandise are more prosperous aod per
manent that deal in the staples of life
than those that merely expeiment with
ephemeral novelties. The prolem is how
to bring books of value, or even books
having ao element of popularity, to
the notice of tbe majority of possible
buyers. In any other trade the profit is
io pushing a good article to the limit
of its circulation, rather than io being
content with the local and small circula
tion of half a dozen inferior articles.
?Charles Duoli Warmer, Harper's
Magazine.
Prohibition.
There are several schemes on foot to
defeat prohibition in the next Legisla
ture.
One scheme is an extreme bill.
Another is to refer the question back
k> the people.
Another is to make it a misdemeanor
For any person to use intoxicating
liquors.
Another is to adopt Gov. Tillrnan's
dea of dividing the license between (he
town and the counties.
The people are in no frame of mind
o be trifled with on this subject. The
Democratic voters have decided, by 35.
32 to 20.452, ?hat they want probi
?iiion. They are poing to Walch their *
cpresentatites, ai.d any double dealing ! ?
will be marked aod remembered.?UeW i i?
?
>erry Observer.
Tao Old Blue Ridgo Boote.
" HaTrirn*n ?c'P?rtJRi)y?V Railroad:
[Harriman (Teor.) Daily Ad van?. J :
Her ri ma is taking* lively interest in*
railroads jost now, and several railroad'
builders are also taking a lively-, i e4eres*
in Harriman. This is a desirable'peint'
for business;. we are io one of the great
commercial pathways of the cou&try ;:
this has long been a jonction-of'two of
fne great railway systems of the Sooth,,
and if wHI be the crossing place for*
railroad lines qea/teriog' the oottotr-*.
Railroad men bui.d roads for the moneys
there is io them ; to earn money they/
must have freight and passenger-trafife,,
and a manufacturing center like Harri*
man affords both. Alreadly this peine
is the most important, measured by/
number of passengers amount of freight
handled, anywhere on the Oiosioottit
Soothero betweeo Cincinnati- and Chat*
tanoonga Atrd business is growing?
rapidly. Cfther roads-will come, aodto-e*
"thunder dragon of progress7* will*
make mosical the wild canyon of the Bigr
Emory. We shall have the shortest route
to the sea in the H'arrimao & Port?
Royal, a road that is certain to -be-bail*
and that will opeo to us a vast region*
of diversified weahh; At a* reoeot
meeting of the directora of tfee- road
the following officer? were elected?
President, A. E. P. Rock-well? "Sice
Fresideot. ?mes McDowellj-SecreUry,
Daoiel Denny ; Treasurer, Jv
Roberts Manager, R . Pirziiagfr.
To Have it Ivon Glad.
Coujmma, S. C, November 5.?Tfier
Probi bit ionie t s in this Siate are oo their
mettle and they are getting ready to gtr
to the General Assembly with a docu
ment that they claim is simply iroo clad
and a meaeore that they say wooJd
make a GWgiarr oat of every Soatfc
Carolinian who cao&et refrain- from hin
toddy. Some very interesting news of
the situation was today obtained from ?
prominent cold water *?V9ttatev ?e
says that a bill comprising twenty-three
pages of printed matter hais bee a*
prepared, and that enpfes were today
sent the Prohibitioo members of the*
Legislatore, so that they would thor
oughly understand* what they are to*
consider when they meet in tfrtfr sky on
Wed fi e s day night of fair week for *
final drawing of the bill. The bill was
prepared by Capi. L. D. Childs, of this
city, the Prohibition feeder. The
gentleman referred to gave the following
information about it } "It is a prohibi
tion bill that h as strong ss it possibly
cao be. From the recent vote in the
primary we judge that the people of
Sooth Carolina want real probibrtwo.
If the bill that we have drawn wp> fa
passed by the Legislature it will give
us a law that will oo away with* che
arugmenr, that prohibition does oot
prohibit The bill will do alt thai il
claims to do heeasse it contains withio
itself the provisions to make it practi
cally effective. It is so recognized by
the opponents of prohibHroo. I have
been talking this week with many meg
io Charleston, who agree thai tir?
Legislatore is largely io favor of pro?
hibitioo and a genuine prohibition iaw
is going to be * passed. We fiijjwf
great opposition. At the same time we
eapeet certain modifications to he made
in this bill. It is only such Hw as
Capt, Childs believes is required by the
people of South Carolina. One thing is
certain : The Legislatore is going te
pass some kind of a prohibitory )sw io
spite of everything that the opponents of
the measure can do."
- -?M?a-<r? ?
? physician writing to the Cotton
Plant gives the following core for
sore head amongst chickens. If this
is a sure enre it will prove very val?
nable. It is certainly worth trying.
He says: "Since seeing in a receut
issue of the Cotton Plant an inquiry
for a cure far soie head among chick
ens, 1 nave had occasion to experi
ment with the disease npon my Indias
games. Yon may tell your readers;
that a solution of nitrate of silver, 20
grains to an ounce of pore water, ap
plied to the head of the sick fowl set*
eral times will core. Apply with A
small cotton mop, being carefo! not
to allow it to get on the hands, ac
'twill stain. If any gets into the eye
of the chicken, put a drop of a Weak
solution of salt in water into the eye
a few minutes after. Let nut the
salt get into the silver solotion."
The city of Somter gave Moise for
Congress, 369 against 67 for Mortar,
a majority of 312. Evidently the po
litical knife was used, and Su rater ? son
and Democratic candidafe was the
victim slaughtered. The personal
popularity of Gen. Moise lea as to
believe that he would carry bis own city
by a large aod almost anaci mous vote,
but he did not do it, to the shame of
Suinter. The white vote of that city,
according to the primary retaros,
showed a conservative vote of over five
bund red, and a reform vote of over one
hundred, yet, only about half of this
number voted in the general electioo,
when tbey had a candidate in the field
whom they should have felt proud of,
igainst a Republican negro who could
not and would not represent them.
Gfeneral Moise may be elected, and we
bop? he is, but the koifing he received
at his home is a severe blow not only :o
bim but to the Democracy of that
county, and humiliating indeed to the
Democracy of the entire State.
Manning Times.
- i ? ? ? * <? -
F'roTirfTinc^d Hopeless l'ct Sated.,
From a letter written by Mr?. Ada B. Hurd,
f fln-ton. 8. D., we quote? ~Wa* taken with
bad cold, which 'ettled on inj Lung*, Cough
:?t tn and j..nl!y terminated in Consumption,
pour diiei??rs gave me op, ?aying* I could lit*
jut a >hort lee. 1 gave myself op to nay
?iivlor. determined ?f I eiwM not stay w th n>y
riends on earth. I would meet my aident ont*
ihove. My husband wa* ndvieed U* get Dr,
King? New Dhfofrrry f?r Consomption,
Roughs und Cold*. I gare it a trial, took in
i!l ??ight b"trles ; ;t bat? cured me.-and thank
iod 1 am now a Well nnd hearty woman.'
Eral bottles free at J. F. W. DeLorte*** Drog
tore, regular s-i?e. 50c and $1.0 .? 4
Fibs of~pfople hare piles, bot De Witt's"
If itch H*sel Saite will cure them. J. S<
? ghson A Co.
Answer This Question.
Wbv doso many p?*ople we see arcood ?S
eems to prtfer to snuffer and be u?*de ram rabie
iy In lji?siio!>, Consti jM ion, Diisraeee
'i Appel tie, Cotttipg up of the Food, YHb>W
iktn, when for 75c we will sett ?htm Strtfoft's
?\?*Y>to>T, guaranteed to core them. j?w?d hf
i i. Sut?i?i. S. O. I