Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t\)t Wv?t^wx aili} Sou?trDU. A c;i>?ii?SI>AY, APRIL 3,1S95. BRIGHTY'S PRESENCE OF MIND. It Saves 3Iaay Lives In the Trainload of * Sleeping Passengers. Harry J. Blighty, night yarara aster of tho Big Four railroad, has well earn? ed a place in the galaxy of heroes. To him aro due credii, honor and praise for saving the lives of a score and per? haps a hnndred passengers last night. At the same place and nnder similar circumstances an accident occurred a little more than a year ago that result? ed in the death of several persons. In that instance, as in this, a runaway train was the cause of the horror. De ' structive as was the frightful wreck in May, 1S93, it is apparent to every one familiar with the circumstances that it would have been rendered insignificant in comparison with that of last night but for the promptness of ono man. The stillness of the night was sud? denly disturbed by a roar that may be likened to the approach of a raging cy? clone. From the southeast it approached with almost lightninglike rapidity, the ominous rumblo filling the sleeping val? ley with tumult and awakening thun? derous reverberations on the frowning bluffs beyond. The grim men with lan? terns flitting about the yard were not slow at divining the cause. The human night owls-hackmen, policemen and hotel runners-were quick to grasp the ominous significance of the roar that was awakening the echoes and increas? ing in fury as it came nearer and near? er, like a mighty monster mad and bent on destruction. They appreciated the fact that the horrible rumbl? was the warning of a runaway train, iiost of them had passed through one experience of the kind, and they were quick to re? call the fate of companies s whose lives had been crushed out on the spot where they then stood. A monster locomotive stood just out? side the station building, thc glare of its headlight penetrating the gloom to the south, from whence cam ... the thun? dering noise. Behind the panting en? gine was a long train of coaches, in which 200 or more passengers were peacefully sleeping, unconscious that they were even then almost in the very jaws of death. The night owls, keenly sensitive of their danger, fled in wild confusion, all but one escaping. The sit? uation at that moment was awful to contemplate. But one man stood be? tween the hundreds of sleeping passen? gers and eternity. They were in a ver? itable deathtrap. But a few paces to the rear was the yawning river. In front and dangerously near was the run? away train, rushing on with the veloci? ty of a whirlwind and. gathering mo jnentum at every rail length as it sped down from the hilltops. No human agency was powerful enough to check the velocity of the swiftly turning wheels. The men about the station who appreciated the situation were almost palsied with fear. The passenger train seemed to be inevitably doomed to de? struction. But there was one man there with a cool head and with nerves of steel. That man was Harry Brighty. There was not a moment to be lost. Thoroughly famil? iar with the intricate system of tracks in the yards, he rushed tc a switch. Before a watch could have ticked a doz? en times the runaway train would be upon the sleeping passengers. That would have meant death to all of them. In his anxiety to reach the switch Har? ry Brighty fell. The accident was al? most fatal. But, rolling over, bruised and almost frenzied, he threw the switch just- in the nick of time. A sec? ond later the runaway train passed with a mighty roar. A high embankment of earth at the end of the switch offered but little resistance. The heavily laden cars sped on, cutting through the stone and brick walls of the station building, passing through and across the street, leaving a passageway through the ma? sonry from roof to foundation, cut as with a knife. A most disastrous wreck it was, but it is almost providential that it was not worse. But for Harry Blighty's thoughtfuless and promptness the deathtrap would have been convert? ed into a veritable slaughter house. Lafayette Courier. THE ODOR OF PLANTS. It Comes From the Heart of the Flower Usually, Sometimes From the Leaves. The various delightf ul or disagreeable odors of the plant family usually reside in the flower itself, though in some species the scat is in the leaves and stein or even in the root, in either case the odor is due to the presence of volatile essential oils, usually of a resinous na? ture. The number of these oils is un? known, and their nature is so complex that even a slight variation in the tem? perature or in the quantity of light falling upon them is sufficient to cause a rearrangement of their component el? ements, resulting, so far as the smell is concerned at least, in an entirely differ? ent compound. Prophylic ether, which is an exam? ple of these unstable compounds, can, by a slightly different arrangement of its elements, be made to yield either the odor of pineapples or that of decaying fish. The reason, therefor^, why each species and kind of a plant has a differ? ent odor is the ease with which one per? fume may be transformed into another. Sufficient cause for such transition is often found in the mode of life of each variety of plant and the difference in their chemical constitution. Whatever in any way affects the life or growth of a plant rapidly shows its effect upon the flower and its perfume. The nature of the 6oil and its humidi? ty, the variation of temperature or the intensity of the sunlight will sooner or later transform tho entire nature of a plant, for, as has been fully shown above, one plant, in order to produce exactly the same perfume as another, must not only be of the same specie?, but live in the same elements, earth, air, etc. It must also absorb a similar amount of light and breathe the same, which would, of course, necessitate leaves similar in size,.color and shape. ' WHAT TO DC WITH ONE'S MONEY.) _ Suggestions For Those Who Do Not "Spend as They Go." A woman who probably voices tho : question of a great many other women writes to ask how she shall invest her I savings. She is a working woman who j has accumulated a small sum, which she naturally wishes to use in accumu ! lating more. The amount she has saved ! is not large enough for her to invest in : real estate or in any large enterprise. About two years ago this same ques- ? i tion was asked, and we put the problem : before the leading business men and I financiers. They answered the question ? almost unanimously. They advocated i the saving of the money in savings i banks at a small rate of interest until j such time as there should be sufficient I money to invest in a good first mort? gage or in desirable real estate. The reason for this decision was that wem? en are seldom fitted by education and ' training to take part wisely in ventures, j They are likely to be the prey of design ing speculators. They are almost inva? riably incapable of taking caro of them? selves properly in any sort of specula? tive scheme. The savings banks offer a secut? place for depositing money, and | the income from them, while small, is j certain. Four per cent, assured and safe, : is better for most women than larger profits and greater risks. When the small sum has grown to be ; a considerable one, "first" mortgages on ! good property form an admirable invest? ment for women's savings. They yield i an income of about 0 per cent in most states and are about as safe as saving ? banks.' Land has an agreeable quality j of remaining where it is, and improve- . ments on land when mortgaged are al? ways insured, so that there is little dan- ; ger of loss to the holder of a first mort gage By a first; mortgage is meant tho ! one which, in case of failure of the own- : er of the property to pay the interest or the amount of the loan in due. time, I will bo paid first, j Investment in real estate is not so j j satisfactory. Property in places where j the value cf land is not liable to be di? minished costs a good deal, in the first place. Then there are taxes, insurance | and constant repairs to decrease the i profits. Still land has an advantage of other investments in its comparative ; j stability.-St. Louis Pest-Dispatch. Destroyed Its Ovrn Identity. One step from the sublime to tho ! ridiculous. This is an old truism. It, might be said also that comedy and tragedy are very near to each other-at least so argued t^at prince of good fel? lows, Nat Goodwin. Seated in .Delmonico's cafe one day recently, Goodwin was entertaining a number of friends with personal remi? niscences of a European trip. In a de? lightfully ingenuous manner he made himself the butt in each story, and con? vulsed his auditors with laughter. Finally he said: "I was walking down street the other day-that is, I was or another fellow was, it doesn't make any difference. You don't want ! to spoil a story on technicalities. Any- j how I or the other fellow was walking | down street and chanced to pass an ex- j press office. "The expressman was loading his i j wagon preparatory for his afternoon 1 round. Of a sudden the forwarding ; j agent or whatever you call him came out with a small dog. " 'Where's he going?' asked the driv- ; er. " 'I don't know.' " 'Don't know?' " 'Naw.' " 'Why the - don't you know?' " 'Now, don't get previous,' said tho : forwarding agent. *I don't know, an it don't know, an nobody knows. It's et j ' up its tag, that's the reason. ' " His auditors laughed, but Goodwin i drew a long face. "I say it's pathetic, " ' he remarked. "Think of the position of that dog. In a thoughtless moment he destroyed his own identity. It's a trag edy iu real life. ' '-New York Herald. JERUSALEM'S BOOM. The Holy City Has Caught the Fever of Mod? ern Progress-Promising Environment. The British consul at Jerusalem in | his last report gives some interesting details respecting the state of the Holy City. It appears that buildings of vari ons kinds continue to be erected in tho vicinity, and that the city is far out- j growing its former limits. On the west- ; ern side houses have increased so rapidly within the last few years that quito a large suburb has arisen where formerly there were fields and vineyards. Every available piece of land is now being ! bought up by private persons or by be- ; nevolent societies and missions, and al ready the name of Modern Jerusalem has been given to this new quarter. Last year the first public garden was completed outside the Jaffa gate, and ? the trade is generally increasing, espe? cially that in Jaffa oranges, olive wood work (now an important local industry) ; j and olive oil. Thc export of colocynth ? declined in consequence of a tithe levied on it by the authorities. It is gathered by Arabs in the neighborhood of Gaza, where it grows wild. An interesting en? terprise which has recently been com? menced is the collection of the bitumen which rises to the surface and floats about on the Dead sea. Two sailing boats were taken by train from Jaffa to Jerusalem and then conveyed in carts to the Jordan, where they were floated -down the river to the Dead sea, and they are now engaged in picking up the bitumen, which is in much request in Europe. The consul thinks it would be advan? tageous to trude with the inland dis? tricts if a steam launch and lighters were placed on the Dead sea ti) ferry across the produce of Moah, which is a country that is rich in cereals, fruit I and cattle. At present it is conveyed by caravans round the north or south end of the Dead sea, entailing a journey of from four to five days. Kerak, the chitf town of Moah, is now garrisoned with Ottoman troops, and authority is estab? lished there, so that if rapid communica? tion were established the whole produce of Moab would find its way to Jerusa? lem and the coast.-Boston Transcript MONOCLES IN EUROPE. Their I'se Believed to Have Originated In the British Army. In every capital of Europe tho mono? cle is common enough. It attracts no attention on the street. In a row of men at the theater a considerable proportion are sure to havo it. Perhaps half the officers in the German an: y wear mono? cles. They are to be seem in abundance at any meeting of the French academy. Even socialist deputies in France ave not ashamed to go among their constit? uents wearing them. A session of the English house of commons glitters with solitary eyeglasses. The single eyeglass is said tc have originated among the ofneers cf the British army. About the beginning of the century aa order was issued that anny officers should net wear eyeglasses or specta? cles. It was supposed tba: they gave the wearers ar. unmilitary appearance-. Th<j order caused severe inconvenience to many short sighted officers, and one of them, belonging to a crack regiment, invented thc single eyeglass. He claimed that, being an eyeglass, its us^ was no contravention of the o'^-ir which prohibited spectacles and eyeglasses. I* soon became very popular in the army and wa? afterward adopted. On account probably of this origin the single eye? glass is very generally worn in Europe by army officers. It is by seme thought to give an as? pect cf determination and ferocity to the wearer, whereas eyeglasses lend an air of feebleness.-New York World. Lincoln'?? Vicars on Assassination. That night .as we walked back to tho White House through the grounds be? tween the war department buildings and the house I fancied that I saw in the misty moonlight a man dodging be? hind c::c cf the trees. My heart for a moment stood still, but as we passed i:: safety I came to the conclusion that rho dodging figure was a creature of the imagination. Nevertheless as I parted from the president at the door of the White House I could not help saying that I thought his going to and fro in the darkness cf the night, as it was usually his custom, often alone and un? attended, was dangerous recklessness. That night, in deference to his wife's auxious appeal, he had provided him? self with a thick oaken stick. He laugh? ed as he-showed me this slight weapon and said, but with some seriousness: "I long ago made up my mind that if any? body wants to kill me he will do it. If I wore a shirt of mail and kept myself surrounded by a bodyguard, it would be all the same. There are a thousand ways of getting at a man if it is de? sired that he should be killed. Besides in this case it seems to me the man who would come after me would be just as objectionable to my enemies-if I have any."-Noah Brooks in Century. CURIOUS TEA PARTIES. The Odd and Eternal Little Functions That Are Held In Pearl Street. There is an everlasting tea party in function on Pearl street, near Hanover square. An aroma of freshly steeped leaves fills the air all the week, and fol? lowing your nose to the cause you will find it pointing down to little gloomy basements where teacups are perpetual? ly spread. They aro all plain white cups, and there is no display of table? cloth or dainty cakes-just plain tea. And the methods of tho tea parties that foregather there are just as plain and unceremonious. They generally consist of old gentle? men of severely respectable appearance, and when these old parties feel like it they go down the basement steps and take a pincli cf tea out of a caddy or suacer, or whatever it may be kept in, and put it in the cup and pour a little hot water on it, but never any milk or sugar. And then, despite their eminent? ly respectable air, they dip their fingers in the cups and stir the tea leaves about or maybe fish out a leaf and unroll it, sometimes putting it in their mouths and chewing it. But, strangest thing of ail, they nev? er drink the ir tea after all the trouble they have taken with it In fact, they seem to take a strong dislike to tho in? fusion as soon as it is before them. Sometimes they sniff at it, and if ever they take it into their months they do but roll it around and spit it out. Moreover, they will do the same things with half a dozen cups in succession until Dr. Johnson-unless he knew the reason-would have cried out at tho waste of the cheering but uninebriat ing beverage. Meanwhile other gentlemen sit also at the table and anxiously watch all this sniffing and spitting, for these are the tea tasters and samplers, and this is where tea is bought and sold not by the pound, but by tho carload.-New York Sun. Say ! You Bee-Keeper ! Send for a free sample copy of Root's handsomely illustrated 36-]>*pe. Gunnings in Ree-Cuh ure, Semi-Monthly, (Si 00 H year) and his 52-pages illus, catalog of Bee Keeper's Supplies free for your name Knd address on a postal. His A B C of Bee Culture, 400 double-column pp price Si.25, is just the book for you. Mention this paper. Address A. I. Root, the Bee-Man, Medina, O. TO We Offer? Remedy Which, Used as Directed, Insures Safety to Life of Mother And Child. Youpg Wives "MOTHERS' FRIEND" Robs confinement of its Pain, Horror and Risk, as many testify. " My wife used only two bottles. She was easily and quickly relieved; is now doing: splendidly. J. S. MORION, Harlow, N. C. Sent by express or mail, -n receipt of price, tl. per bottle. Sold by .-.ll Drufrclt-U. Uook " To Mothers" malled free. BRADFIELD BEGULATO'A CO., Atlanta, flt. U-i ba il ?J til BUlJUJIlUilO DENTIST. Office OVER BROWN ? BROWN'S STORE Entrance on Main Street Between Brown ? Brown und Durant S Sen OFFICE HOCKS: 9 to 1.30: 2 to 5 o'clock. April 0. 2 WW** fe > ; , ? Main Street. Nest to City Hall. SPECIAL ATTENTION Given to Compounding Prescriptions. THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER. : STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY. SUMTE ti, S. C. j Piiid up Cnnital. 375,000 00 ; Surplus Fu;:d. 12,500 00 Liabilities of Stockholders -o depositors acoco:oin;; to tr:e law governing Natio ?al Bank?, io excess if-their stock . . $75s000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. S A V IX GS DEP A RTIH E3>' T. i Deposits of Si and-upwards received. In I teresi alloted at the rate of 4 per cent, ?.er . annum. Payable quarterly3 or. first d;iy? o' i Jinuarv. April. July and October. R. M. WALLACE, I L. S. CAUSON, President. | Aug 7. Cashier. Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. I. STEFFENS & SON, Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. -Agents for MOTT'S CIDER, BED SEAL CIGARS, and DOVE HAMS. NEW MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, i LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. .' i WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP j For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing j imUmi, Eic, j And doing a Geoeral Business in that line. | ? A complete workshop has been fitted up on j LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE : ! And we are now ready to execute with i promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis- j action guaranteed. Obtain our price before j placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, j G. E. RICHARDSON. June 16. I T? Yo? I ! Who Usc j I PENS, INK, j ? Paper, B lank B ooks:! I At H. G. OSTEEN & CO'S | .I. You can get everything that you % ? want at the lowest prices. Weareso d-: 'k situated that we cnn alford to ranke rf, prices closer than anv one else. ? ? ? All [Goods are new and of | di the best quality. No shop- | I worn goods. | * ? We make a specialty of School H ? Supplies and also keep a full linn of T M Stationery, Blanks Books, Etc rv .X' Come and inspect our goods. * Ilumino, j I LIBERTY STREET, f I SUMTER, S. C. I CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT? Fora prompt answer and an honest opinion, write to MUNN tk CO.? who have bad nearly fifty years' experience In the patent business. Communica? tions strictly confidential. A Handbook of In? formation concern?an Patent? and bow to ob? tain them sent free. A Iso* a catalogue of mechan? ical and scientific books sent free. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice in the Scientific American, and thus are brought widely before the pattie with? out cost to the inventor. This splendid paper, issued weekly, elegantly illustrated, has bv fur t he largest circulation of any scientific work in the worid. S3 a vear. Sample COP'ea sent free. Kuilding Edition,,monthly, ?2.50 a year. Single copies, '?? cents. Kvery number contains beau? tiful plates, in colors, and photographs of new houses, with plans, enabling builders to show the latest designs and secure contracts. Address MUNN ? CO? NEW TORS, 301 BROADWAY. * ' \ ?*> j^jg. . .. . -iff-... iSai^i:*: . : - ? ?4 ^ ' ' ~'^,\ U ?M? l?Hv ? ?r; ,.- ^ f| .. . 51-.! de^B v. ?v.'i r: . '**. -".V :?:.. ' fV*. ?^?5*5? T^** ;r" ! ' .-. . "?.'tl ..' ! r:M . . . . . .:. u?.->? *?s "...-<.- cr.lila -. ? ?! ^rr^--- ,.- . ... ^ . - ? 'x- . 3'-'-fl'' ; t^7X-r?::.til' ^j?^j^^y^^y Madison Avenue 5 Madison Avenue and 58th Street, ?NFEW YORK. Three Dollars per day and up. American Plan. FIREPROOF AND FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY PARTICULAR. Two blocks from the Third and Sixth Avenue Elevated Railroads. The Madison and Fourth Avenue and Bel Line Cars pass the door, H. M. CLARK, Proprietor. Passenger Elevator runs all night JE WE LR r. Watches, Diamonds, fy _ ^ Sterling and Plated Silverware, LARGE STOCK SUITABLE FOR WEDDING PRESENTS. Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors, Machine Needles, &c. IT1 O La S O 3\?? . SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH. ESTABLISHED 1868. . Sumter, S. C. STILL BETTER HARDWARE ! FOR YOUR R. w. DURANT & SON, "THE OLD RELIABLE," -Are uow prepared to Offer Lower Prices than Ever. i's Our Stock is Complete We have added to our immense Stock of Hardware a large iine of PAINTS, OILS, ETC., ^^^mZ Harness, Saddles, Great Bargains Jn Leather, &c, Guns, Pistols, etc. ?HEADQUARTERS FOR. Powder, Shot and Shells (loaded and empty.) Engine Supplies, Belting, etc. Headquarters for COOKING and Heating Stoves. WARRANTED. Attention, Farmers! 50 Tons C. S. 3IeaI in lots to suit purchasers. ^exas and Carolina R. P. Seed Oats. For sale by H. H A RBI.