Georgetown Enquirer : volume 09, number 15 - 01-02-1889

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WALTER KAZAKH, I MlUr *n* Proprietor.!
GEORGETOWN, S. C.,. JANUARY 2,1889.
VOL. IX—NO, 15.
A LIST OF THE SEW LAWS
ACTS    Or   THK   f,KOIRI.ATIinK-AP*.
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Ytw Wet ttesntt of Ihn Recent Hen-Inn of
Hia General Ai-Kiahir Ret Forth lu
Ranclaet Porni*
Act to miltioiiso die city coiincil of Greenville to impose a license tnx on til persons engaged in. any-business, •rail* or profession in'the city of Green- ville, except ministers of Ilia gospel •ml leacliera,
Aet lo amend an Act entitled "An Aot lo amiiinl Sections 2,237 of die General StalnleH, in relation to juries," appioved 24ih December, 1S86.
Act to incorporate the town of Fori Motte. ':"-'¦':¦'.:
Aot to incorporate the Carolina Yacht Club.
Aoi lo'auiciiil an Act einitleil "An Aet to incorporate the CliicouSavings. Dank ol PeW, *S. C," approved'Hili December, 1885.
Aot to amend Sections 1,200 ami 1,201 of llie General 8lrilii.cs relating to pilotage. ':  -       ".'.     I
Act to amend llio charter of tlie Piedmont Manufacturing Cnmpnny by incrcnaing tlio capital stock thereof ami extending tlie tenn of eni.t charter. ' Act lo incorporate llio Household Bnililing ami Loan Association.
a Aot io repeal nn Act entitled "An Act to legulnlo traflio in aeeil colton in the counties of Abbeville, Aiken,Blun¬ ter, Yolk, Edgefield, Berkeley, Iter- nhaw, fliclilnnil, Orangeburg, Ohnrles- ton, Chester nnil Marion," bo far ae the aamo rrlalea to Aiken, Charleston * ami Berkeley oouutioa..   '
Act to amend an Aet entitled "An Act to incorporate the Mount Pleasant •nd Baaview City RailioailCompauy," •pproved Decent bei ,24,1885.
Aot to create a new school district in the coiiuticB of Anderson aii'l Green- villo, to be known a* Pieilinont gtailed school dittricl.
Aet to ameml an Act entitled "An Aot to charier the BennettBville and Railroad Oompany, approved Decem¬ ber 24,1887. '
- Aet to ratify and confirm the name of tha .vVlliniiigloii,;Colitml-ia aiiil^-Aii* giiata Railroad Company. :¦".
Aot to mako nffidavite and prools of claims liiado beforo' notaries public in other Slates aa effectual as it made be¬ fore commissioner* of deed-;
Act in relation to drawing, empn'n- •Uingand term of sorvico' ol juiom in' Chester Oounty.    '
Act to provido for the aeceftninmciit nnd pnymeat of the valid, pant school indobledneKB of the county of Georgo¬ town nnd lo authorize the levy and collection of a special, taxtherefor. '
Actio amend Seciion 1,923 oi lhe GencraUStatulea  relating to the oaths - to be taken by appraisers..
' Act to abolish the office of superin tendent of highways.
Act to incorporate tho Acmo Build ing and Loan Association.
Aot lo incorporate Ihe town of Pel ry in Aiken Connty.
Act to amend an Aot cntilleil "An Aot to incorporate tho town ol Glenn Springs."
Act to authorize and require the cily ' conncil of Greenville to   levy a special tax to seat, furnish and equip llie new sohool bnilding in said cily.
Act to amend an Act lo create a new sohool district, to be known as Greer's school district, lying in Green. ville nnd Spartanburg connlies.
Act to amend an Act entitled "An Aot to provide for transporting per*, ons convicted to the Penitentiary bythe Penitentiary guard," approved Decem¬ ber 22d, 188(i.
Aol lo fliiioinl Section 5 of an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Berkeley County Land aud Stock County."
Aot to amend nn Aot ontitled "An Aol 16 charter the town ot Olover, ap ' proved December 24,1887. * Act to repeal an Aot to provide lor Ihe establishment of a now school die- ' trict ia the county of Oconee, and to authorise the levy and  collection bf a
- special tax therein.
Aot'to provido foi the establishment
of a new sohool distriot in Olieslerlield
County, and to authorize the levy and
collection of a local tax therein
Aot to change the name of the town
:'\i.. of   Black's,. .in   York. County,   to
iifi-1   (hitofBlickiburg.andtoamend llie
,,*.." character of the said town   of Black's
by striking out Seciion 10 thereof and
-'.'--.- inserting ancfther seotion in lieu thereol.
'"¦X * ,' '"Aot to incorporate the town of Wag*
'"K*;;V «nar, iii Aiken Connty.?   * -
V",'-'- ' 'Tjoiiit Besoliuion authorizing and re*
qniring?' the,county..commissioners of
.\Viliismsbiirg  Ooniily   to: refund to
^OS»niy}^X^**«_fr Juhn.? >J. * Cooper
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"""'"''""''    payors mon
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oys paid by llieni under (lie levy of 1| mills in DcKalb toivnsliip, Kershaw County, for railroad purposes.
Aot to make appropriations for the per diem, mileage nnd stationery cer¬ tificates of the membors of the General Assembly, the salaries of tbe subordi¬ nate officers ami employees thereof and for other purposes herein named.
Act to amend an Ac: cntilleil "An Act lo authorize the Cily Council o< Charleston In issue 4 per cent -coupon bonds lor Die purpose ol Inking up nud retiring llie slock of said 'cily," up proved December 23,1878.
: Act to nnieiid paragraph 1 of Sec¬ tion 997 of the General Statutes, su ns to change the time oPmoeliug of the State, bonrd of examiners. ¦ Act to amend the law in reference to hnsxpended school funds roniuinihg on hand at.the end of any fiscal year.- '-' Act to iucoiporate the town of Ker shaiv.
'¦¦; Act to punish malicious interference with, the police alarm and signal ser¬ vice of any' cily or other municipal corporation.
Act to amend Section 1 of an .Aci entitled "An Act' to incorporate tbe town ol Midway, iu theennnty of Barn¬ well," approved December 26,1885.
Act to uiitborizo and empawor vtho counly commissioners of Richland Counly lo make temporary loans of money to defray the current expenses of said counly.
Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act lo enable and autboiize llie school district ofthe cily of Spartanburg to issue bonds lor llie purpose of-building public school honsos in the city of Spartanburg."
Act to amend Section 1 of au Act entitled "An Act to amend the charier of Ibo town of Woodruff.
Act tn incorporate the Fairfield Sav¬ ings and Loan Association, and to ra¬ tify and validate all the Acts of an as¬ sociation known by that name hereto, fore chartered by the secretary of Stale. .
; Act to, charter the Winnsboro Cot¬ ton MilU; . .... - *¦ * --IS— -- --A Act lo create the school district of Yoikville, in York County, and ena¬ ble it lo organize a Bystem of Iree schools, and to levy a lax in support df the same, aud to purohase and bold properly.
Act to appropriate the funds receiv¬ ed from the United ~ Stales Govern¬ ment lor rent of and damage lo the Sonth Carolina Military Academy to certain uses.
. Joint Resolution lo authorize and require the-county commissioners of Abbeville Connty to draw tlieir war¬ rants in favor of J. M. Mattison,. Joel VV. Lite*, and William D. Mann, 'and to authorize and require the county treasurer of said counly to pay the same.
Actio exempt certain portions of Georgetown County fro.ii the provis¬ ions of Chapter 27, ol the General Statutes relating to the general slock law arid fencing stock.
Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend Seciion 1,594 of the General Statutes relating lo game birds," ap¬ proved December 24th, 1887.
Act lo incorporate lhe Soutli Cnroli, na Home Insurance Company,
Act to protect primary elections and conventions of political parties1 nnd to punish frauds connected therewith. ' Act lo amend an Act entitled, "An Act to amend an .Vet entitled an Act lo provide a general railiwl law for the management arid ' regulation of railroads in lliis State, nnd for the np pointmentol n railroad, commissioner, and to .prescribe his powers nnd du ties," approved February 3, 1882, said Act being incorporated with and known as Chaptor 40 of the General Statutes of this Stalo, 1882, ami there¬ in entitled "Of railroad corporations, general railroad law."
Aot to establish a new jndioial and election county from portions of Dar¬ lington, Marion, Williamsburg and Clarendon counties to be known Florence Counly, and to adjust tbe lepresentation of said counties iii the General Assembly.'  ' -
Act to provide for the payment of township bonds issued in' aid of rail¬ roads in this Stale.
Act to provide for the bnilding of a now jail for Greenville County.       . Act to amond the charter, of Fort
Mill.   ¦;¦''.
Act to incorporate the Orangeburg County Laud Array Association.
Act to provide for the :ijsning of li¬ censes to sell spirituous liquors, ale, malt and wino in the County of Colle¬ ton.   , *
ectiou. of
fields and ciops in those counties and I pails of counties where the slock law iB not of force. .   •
Acl to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate llio Oharleston City Railway Cnmpnny of South Carolina, approved 28ih January, 1861, and nn .Act entitled "An' Act to renew llie charter of life Charleston Cily Railway Company of Soii'b Carolina," ap¬ proved 7ih December, 1881.
Act to provide for salaries to be paid to the Probalo Jndge coroner and cleik of Court of Georgetown Connty. Act to amend Secth.ns 3, 12 and 16 of an Acl entitled "An Act to charter the city of Greenville," approved De¬ cember 22, 1885.
Act to incorporate the Cheraw and Barnwell Railway Company.
Act to incorporate the town of Dillon in Marion County.
Act to establish two new school districts in~a portion ol No. 11 nnd No. 2 townships, mial in No. 11 town ship, county of Newberry ond to au¬ thorize tha levy and collection of n special tux thereon.
Act lo amend Section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to fix tb? compensa¬ tion of lho clerk of the bonrd of comity commissioners of Barnwell Connty." - ,Act relating tn the number of pilots for the bar and harbiir of Charleston. Act to charter the -Wilson nnd Sum¬ mon.m Railroad Company.
Act to provide ful holding a special election in llie counly ol Oconee on lhe question of "license" or "no license'1 for the sale of spirituous, nialt or in¬ toxicating liquors therein, and to carry into effect the result ol snid?clection
. Act to regulate the liability ol and for the protection of keepers ol hotels, inns, and boarding houses. '.-'».
Acl to provide for a salary lo be paid to the trial justjee at Bennetts ville, Marlboro Oounty.
Joint Resolution authorizing tho county 'treasurer and county school commissioner of Lexington'County lo borrow inonoy tb pay scliool'claims. .Act fo amend Section-1,181 of the General Statutes relating to. drainage in certain counties, by adding thereto a section to ho known as Section 1,181,
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Act to provide a moro efficient Bys¬ tem of working the public roads in Laurens, An .lemon. Edgefield, Lexing¬ ton, Marlboro? Richland, Abbeville and Newberry counties.
Act to amend "An Acl lo divide (he county of Lexington into six judicial districts, and to provide for the ap¬ pointment, jurisdiction and'dntioa of trial justices.therein, and to fix the salaries of the same*"
- Act to confer" additional powers on the town Council of Monltrievillo.
Act to incorporate the Orangebnrg City Railway Company.
Act to amend Seciion 1 of an Aot entitled "An Act to crea'e a special school distiiet within the township of Scueen, Oconee County, to bo known as the Sonera graded school district, and authorize the levy arid collection ofalocnl tax theron," approved De¬ cember 27th, 1887. •
Aot to require Iho Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway Company to join its track with the Richmond nnd Danville division of tho Piedmont Air Lino Railroad at Spartanburg Oourt House, in Ibis State. '
Act to provide licenses for the sale U>f beer, wine, iu toxica ting and spirit- nous liquors, in tho town of Union, in this Stntn.
Act lo, incorporate the (own of Maryville, in Berkeley Gonnly.
Act to amend an Act cntilleil "An Act to nmcn.1 Section 1,183 ot the General Statutes-relating to the drain* ago of certain connlies in lliis Slate," approved December 21,1882.
Act lo provide for a Master in Beau fort County, nnd to authorize thecoin- missioners to furnish him an office, books and furnitnie, and to provide for an office, bonks and furniture loi* the Master of Colldton County.      ' ,
Aot lo recbarfer Peach Tree Ferry, across Waccamaw River, in Horry County.
Act to provide - for more efficient drainage in Lauren.. Connty.
Act for the establishment of a new scliool district in the connty of Edge field, to be" known, as the Ccnlonnial school district, and to authorizo the levy and collection of a local tax there¬ in.
-Act to amend ah Act entitled "An Act* lo rechartor the townof Sumter,", approved December 24,1883.
Act to incorporate the Land Army Bnilding and Loan Association of Orangeburg.
Act to amend an'Act entitled "An Act to provido for the establishment of a new-school district in Union County and to aothorize the levy and collec¬ tion of a local lax thereon." •¦
Act to permit the county board of examiners for Lexington to nse unex¬ pended school funds for the purpose of redistricting tho county; also providing certain, regnlaiiops. in regard to Ihe lj_ow>disirict.??;::r    - ¦¦'•.¦;."¦.-"
WITS  OP TIIE PAST.
Famous BnGTllialimen Wlio Said Some Very Sharp antl Pnt Things.
The la'.e Mr. Alexander, the emi¬ nent architect, was under cross exam inntinn at Maidstone by Sergeant, uf- terword Baron, G.-urow, "who wished to detract from the weight of his tes¬ timony, und, after asking him what was his name, proceeded*. "Yon aio a builder, 1 believe?" "No, sir, I am nut a bnilder; I am an architect." "They aro much tlio siime.I suppose?" "I beg your pardon, sir; I can not ad¬ mit thin,' I consider Ihem'to he totally different." "O, indeed! perhaps yon will state wherein this great diffeivuce exists?" "An architect, sir," replied amend-Section 1,709, ofl Mr. Alexander, "conceives the design, I. Title XIII. of iho   Gen- [ prepiirea ,\_a j,llin> araw8 out „w B1)oc;.
Joint - resolution . to authorize the connty commissioners or Horry County to use $1,000 of funds collected for re¬ pairs of public buildings Inr. repairing and building public bridges in said county. - - **
Joint resolution to niithorize and- re¬ quire the school commissioners ofHauip- tnnCtiiinly to pay to Mrs. M. S Geotbe $60 for services as a teacher.
Act to aiiii'iul an Acr entitled "An Act lo grant, renew and amend the cbaTter of certain tolvris au'il villages therein mentioned," so far as the sairie relates lo tho town of Aiken.
Joint Resolution lo authorizo the connty commissioners ol Newberry and Edgefield connlies to borrow money lo pay lor repairing and briildiiig bnMges destinved and injured by the freshets of 1888.
Act to Ohapter LII,
eral Statute*--, relating to the protection of fish, g'line, sheep nnd other animals. Act to amend Seciion 2,258, Gen¬ eral Statnles, as amended by an Act entitled "An Act to nnieiid Section 2,* 258 ol llm General Statutes, lelating tn term ol service oljiipiis," so as lo exclude the county of Hauiplon from the operation thereol,. and to include ihe counties of Richland? Orangeburg and Yoik in the provisions ul' snid seo- liou, approved DeceinbcV 22,1883.
Act to incorporate" the town of Bishnpville, iu Snmtir County. '   ^
Act to amend Section 4 of au Act onliiled "An Act to. incorporate tho Carolina Mutual Insuranco Company of Glial lesion," which .-was ronewed and extended by an Act entitled "An Act to renew the oharter-of tho Caroli¬ na Mutual Insurance Company of Charleston, S. O," approved March 3, 1874, ami to validate certain Acts of said company. .
Act for tho relief of taxpayers lrom paynientof taxes lqvied-id"pay interest on township bonds, issued in aid ofthe Charleston, Cincinnati-'arid Chicago Railroad Company, by.:-tho townships ol Oalnwba, York, EOenczer, Cherokee, and Broad River, in the county of York, and Mower's township, in'New- beny County. ?'*
Act to repeal an Act? to amend an Act entitled ''An Act ?tn incorpotale the town of Mount Carmel on the Sa- vnnrSul Valley Railroad, Abbeville County, by eslcn_iiig: the limits of said town." :;:X---
Act to amend an.Act:;enlitIed "An Act to incorporate, tlri*. iCh.eraVv and Onm,de'n-.?&h'ort??IiW0.^silJB.iial_?Di pany," approved December 24,1885. -. Act to amend, ah AtCl- ontitled "An Actio provide lor. I lieestablishment of a now school district in York .County, and to authorize lho levy and collec¬ tion of ii local tax therein," approved December 23,1887.; ; ; Act to authorize tho connty com- missionersof Greenville, Pickens, Ker. sh.iw, Berkeley, Anderson, York.Snm- ter and Georgetown connlies lo bor¬ row money lo pay ordinary counly ex¬ penses, jiirors'and witnesses' cetlifi- cates and teachers' claims and past, due claims against said-.connlieH, in- chiding interest nn railroad bonds in Kersliaw'Oonnty.
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Of What Shape Isthe SoalT [R. A. Oskcs, in Popular Science Monthly It is. more freqnenjly the guise of a mouso that the wandering soul delights to masquerade in, thongh according to Grimm it is llio devil's brides out of whose months Iho sonl nins in the sluipe of a red mouse.
Thus we are told that in Thnringia a servant girl fell asleep whilo her com¬ panions were shelling nuts, when they observed a little   red mouse creep out of her parted   lips and run   out of lhe windows.   One   of those  ptescnt then shook tbe'sleeper,  but, not succeeding iu waking   her, moved   her to another place.   Presently the mouse rnn back to Ihe former place and   dashed about, seeking tho girl, bnt:not   finding her, it vanished,   when   the   girl iustnntly died.    A.   miller,-  cutting  firewood in ihe Block Forest, (ell asleep  over his work, when his man saw a mouse creep nut of his month and run away; every one searched for lho animal, bnt could not find it, and the miller never woke. In Bohemia it was   considered danger¬ ous to go to slve|, while thirsty, as the sonl   was sure   to wahdor   nbroad in search   of water.    Baling Gould tells the slory of three laborers, having lost their way in   tho wood6, and parched with thirst, seeking   in vain for water. At last oue of them   lay down and fell asleep, while the others continued tlieir search nntil tbey foniid a spring.   Af¬ ter   drinking   tbey 'reinmod   to their comrade, when they  saw a little white mouso run ont of bis month, go to the spring,   drink and then   return to the sleeper.
In German superstition the souls of the dend assume tbe forms uf mico, and when the head of a house dies itis said that even the mice of the house abandon it, ahd that, in general, every apparaiion of mice is consideied a fun- jaral of St. Gertrude, represented sur¬ rounded by mice; being llitis accounted for.
ficutions—in short, supplies lho mind; the builder is merely the bricklayer or the carpenter. Tho builder, in fact, is the macliine;lho aichitect the power that puts Iho machine together and sots it going." "O, very well, Mr. Architect, that will do. And now, al¬ ter yonr very ingenious distinction without n difference, - peihaps you can inform lhe court who was tbo orchitecl of tho Tower or Babel?" The leply for promptness^ and wit is not to be rivaled in the whole history ol rejoin¬ der: "There was no architect,, sir, and hence lho confusion."
One evening at Carlton Honso Ihe Prince Regent observed the anllior of The Heir-at-Lnw," "Why.-Coltnan, you are oldor than I am." George re¬ plied: "Oh, no, sir; I conld not have taken the liberty of coming into the world beforo your Royal Highness. (.;.- Wheu a subscription was proposed for Fox and some ono was observing that it . wonld require some delicacy and wondering how Fox would take it, Selwyn said: "Take it? Why quar¬ terly, tobe sure."
To all letters soliciting his subscrip¬ tion lo any thing, Erskine has a regu¬ lar form of reply, viz.:. "Sir, I feel much hpnorod by yonr application lo hie and I beg to - subscribo"-^hcre the reader had to turn over the leaf—"my- solf yonr very obedient servant," eto. ¦"
"My Lord," said Dr. Parr to Ersk- ine, whose conversation hud delighted him, "should yon dio fiist I mean to writo your epitaph." "Dr. Parr," wns the reply, "it is a temptation to commit snicide."
One of Cumin's friends, a notorious and lucky gambler, getting entangled ill conversation with him, gradually lost his temper, and at last said, with great vehemence: "No man, sir, shall trifle with me with impunity." Cm- ran corieclod liim by saying: "Play with yon, you mean,"
An old lady residing in one of the chaiming villas near Tours, observing that her watch bad stopped, told her maid to see what o'clock it was on.the sun-dial in Ihe garden. In a few min¬ utes Mile. Nicole returned, quite ont of breath and carrying something heavy in her apron. "Ma foi, mad aim," said she, "I can't make out what it says, - so I have bronght il here, that mndatno mny look at her¬ self."
Cushe, the Irish Chief Baron, mode this impromptu verse npon two agita¬ tors who refused to fight ilnels, one on account of his affection for his wife and the other because of his love for his daughter: Two herooB of Erin, abhorrent of slaughter,
Improved on the Hebrew eommand; Ono honored hi9 wifo  and 'tho  other  his daughter, That his days might be long in tho lend Dr. Croly said very   smart things and with surprising teadiness.   At his table onn day when   one of the gneflls inquired the name of a pyramidal dish of barley-sugar, somo one replied:   "A pyramid a   Macedonia."    "For what use?" rejoinod tbe ether.   "To givo a Philip to tho nppotite," said Croly.
At the breaking tip of a fashionable paity, one of the company said he was about to "drop" in at Lady Blessing- Ion's; wherenpon a yonng gentleman, a perfect stranger to lhe speaker, very modestly said: "O, then, yon can take me with yon; I want very much to know her, and you c*n introduce me." While the other was standing aghast at the impudence of the proposal and muttering something about being bnl a slight acquaintance himself, ole, Sydney Smith observed*. "Pray oblige your young frieud; yon can do it easily enough by introducing him in a capa¬ city very desirable at this close season of the year—say you are bringing with yon the cool of tho evening."—.Lon¬ don Sociely Itetos.
Scottish nation, bnt the following is n| tradition: Queen Scotia had led her troops in n well fought field, and, when lhe day wns won retiied to the rear lo rest fiom her toils. Sho threw herself upon the ground,wlien.ns ill luck would have i'.an envious thistle bad elected lo grow at tho very spot selected fur her re¬ pose. Whether lhe lair Amazon fought iu llio national costume I know nol,but lhe spines of the offending herb were suf¬ ficiently powerful to p.-nei rate the skin in a very painlul manner. A proverbial philosopher (not Mr. Tupper, I think) has declared that "ha that sitteth on nellies liseth up quickly," and Ibe snmo remark holds good of thistles. Queen Scotia spuing up and tore the thistlo tip hy the roots. She was about to cast it from her with a militiiy, bnt unladylike expression, when it struck her that tho prickly plant would hence¬ forth he ever associate! in her miud with the glorions victory which she had just gained. Sho placed lho this¬ tle in her casque, and it became the badge of her dynasty—Notes and Queries.
KOMANCE OF TWO K01S1IEIUE3.
A. Georgia Selionlmuiater  Charged AVtth Despoiling his Age- Father.
[From tho New York-Herald.! Atlanta, Ga., December 21.—Tbo people ol Cliukcsville, Ga., aro very much exercised over the arrest ol W. M. Barker, who has for somo time been engaged iu teaching school thero, and had lho respect and esteem of every person in the city. Barker's story is one tbat has few parallels. A littlo more thnn a year ngo he was visiting his aged father, n well-to-do farmer in Alabama. One niglit tho son, who is moro than fifty yenrs old, mysteriously disappeared and $3,000 in gold and silver from the oid man's safo disap¬ peared at the same time. Tho father, Isaac Barker, immediately swore out a warrant against his son and sent de¬ scriptive circulars all over lho country, but the son himself could not bo fonnd. The old man kept his money in an old iron safe and tho school teacher knew it.   Tha search was finally giveu
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The ohl man, having lost all his savings,' began again at the foot of the ladder, nnd two mouths ngo ho had $800 stored awny in the old safe.   ~
A NOCTUM-.U, VISIT.
Orio night about six weeks ago he was waked up, so it is chutged, to find his son standing by his bod.
"Oome back, havo yon?" he askod, rubbing his oyes. "Yes, I'm back." "Did you bring my money back?" "Ko." Well, I ought   to have yon arrest¬ ed," said the old nirin, losing his tem¬ per.    "Yon stole that money." "How much have yon got now?" The old man slarod hard, and before he hnd answered   the question his son had   seized   him   by the throat   nnd thrown bim back ou the bod.
"Yon holler," said lho son, "and I'll kill yon!"
Trembling for his lifo tho old man promised to keep still, withdraw lhe the warrant and lo give np nil lhe money ho had in llie safe. He sat np in bed and watched his son take out the precious roll of greenbacks and stow them away in nn overcoat pocket, and then listened to his step as he walked off in the dnikness.
John Adams was not worth  one-sixth of lhat sum.   Jefferson  died  so   poor thnt  if   Congress   hail  not given him $23,000 fin his library ho would  have beon bankrupt.    Madison was econom¬ ical, and yet loft but a   small   cBtate. Monroe died poor.    John Qniney  Ad- ' ams   left   $50,000,, the result of pru¬ dence.    Jackson left a lnrge landed es¬ tate.   Van Buron died worth $300,000* It is snid thnt dnring his entile admin, int ration he never drew any portion  ol' his salary, bnt  on   leaving   took   the whole $100,000 in a lump.   Polk left $150,000, Fillmoro   wns   always  nn economical  man,  and   ndded   tn   his wealth by his Inst   marriage.   Pieice saved $50,000.   Bnchnnan loft $200,- ' 000,  Linculn  $75,000   and   Julinson $50,000.   Grant, notwithstanding llio losses to which ho was subjected,  had a hnndsoine support in tho   fund   pro¬ vided for him by his  friends, and   lho sales of his bonk enrich   Ihe   family. Hayes is said to bo iu a handsome fi. nancisl condition, and.thoGnrlields en¬ joy a liberal pension and lho   income Irom a large fund contributed   by  lha public.   Cleveland will no doubt save $50,000 from bis presiilential salnry,—* SI. Joseph Herald.
The Worm's Highest Mounl ain. fNow York Sun.l A few years ago tho English gave tho namo of Monnt Everest to that poak in the eastern Himalayas, whioh, as far as yet known, is lha highest mountain in the world. In May Inst Ibey gnve the namo of Mount Godwin-Austen to the peak in tho Western Himalayas whicli is supposed to be the second loftiest summit. Most British geogra¬ phers adhere lo tho laudable rule to givo lo every geographical object ila true native name, bnt hero are the two highest mountains in tlio woild boaring the name of (wo Englishmen distin¬ guished as surveyors. There is.howev- er, an excellont roason why thoso stu¬ pendous heights will nover be known by their native names.
Bach nf these monnlains is snrronn¬ ded by several satellite peaks that am nearly as high as the pinnacles which lift their snowy bonds a Hula abovo them. Tbeso Biirronnding mountains entirely cut off lho views of the loftior summits from the nearest inhabited regions. The nativos havo given namos to these satellites, but Ihoy have novor seen the higher summits, which hava consequently been nnumnod until for¬ eign explorers rovenled Ihem to Ilia world.
DOWN WITH THE CAllrKT-UAQGEIt.*.
—Pulling vorpet lacks'is n   lowly woik, yot it may bo.douo wilh cchii. .
The Scottish Thistle.
There is*mnch obscniily as to lhe circumstances undor which tho thistle was   nduptod  as ita   emblem by   the
TUK STORY TOLD.
It was not until lhe morning that tho ohl man dared to tell of thc second robbery. Then anolher warrant wns taken out against tho scliool teacher and circular letters were sent out to the polico all over the conntry. School¬ master Barker wns arrested in Clatkes- yillo just after his school was dismiss¬ ed Inr Ibe day.
'fho most rcmarknblo part of lhe story is lhat Barker came lo Clnrkes- ville jnst after lhe first robbery and soon made np a piosperous school. Oue dny nbout six weeks ago he left Claikesville on tho evening train and came back early next moruing. He explained to tho curious tlmt he bad been on a business trip to Atlanta and nothing more was thought of it. The trip was mado so quickly that no one conld have surmised that he f throngh Atlanta, went to Alabama and robbed his father, who is over 80 years old, and returned in time for school lho next morning.
Barker passed throngh Atlanta to¬ day in charge of an Alabama officer. When asked abont his.guilt he said: "It is nil a lio. I love.my old father better than anything on earth and would not rob him."
The InsliltouR rians of the Republicans to Build Up u Turty In tho Boulh.
Washington, Deo. 22.—Tho  Star this evening prints tho following:
It may bo definitely slalod thnt tho committee ol Southern Republicans of tho Houso will not present any nnmo to Mr. Harrison for a Cabinet appoint- .mont.    Tbey will morely urge tho de¬ sirability of some Southern man going into the Cabinet.   There is one thing tbey nro going to nndertako that they iliink of vital importanca to lha parly in lho Soulh.    Thoy want lo eliminalo tho   carpet-baggers from the parly; or,'- ns one ol lhe members put it in conver¬ sation to dny,  "turn  down"  tho mon who hang about Washington as "pro- lessional" Southorn Republicans." Tbey beliovo tho success' of the party de¬ pends upon llieir ability to clear away the suspicion that lha men  who wont Sonlh jnst al tho close of tha war moio- ly lo get what they could out of it nml have novor had   any -sympathy  with* the people are to bo at the head of af¬ fairs.    "What wa   wnnt,"   said   tho* .Star's informant, "is to  get mau who can be Republicans withont ceasing to be Southern men, men who oan ndvance the   inlercsls   nnd   advocato   genuino Republican   principles,   retaining   tho. respect of theso peoplo and remaining, in sympathy  with ihem.   Wo  want to mnko converts among tha licit peo¬ plo in tho  Soutli,  and  bnild np our- country."
Harally as lt ShonlttBe.      .??£•»- '*.
Mr. Brently (iii tlio boat of passion:), There's not a single hour' in Ana Any, when onr homo is happy.";
Mrs. Brantley-: "Oh, yeij--tl.eT.Tis my dear!"
Mr. Brenlley: "IM like to know when it comes in?"
5lrs. Brenlley: "It always cornea in jnst alter you have gone ont." (And ho started tho happy hour at onco.)— -fudge.
Presidential Incomes. '   - Washington married a  rich  widow and left an estate wortli $300,000, but
—Wool triumphed this yoar, but in lho long run it will. bo worsted.— Times.
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