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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-14


the decision was reserved for some days
One day the men were in their' prison
playing checkers upon tho floor and singing
quite mcrrily, whom some one called attenl.
tion to the fact that large body of horse.
men had halted in front of the Jail door. It
was noticed that an immense mass Of people
was collected in the streets near the prison
Tho door was thrown open and an officer
standing in tho doorway called for Wllialp
Campbell, of Kentucky, George d Wilson,
Nariou. A. Ross, Perry G. Shadrack,
Samuel Savcns, Samuel Robinson and ohm
Scott of Ohio. The men arose as they
were called, except Robinson, who was i'll
with fever, and had to be raised to his
feet and supported while ho stood: The
officer commanded tho. men to follow him,
and they left the room with him. The
prisoners who were left were in dcrlorable
state of uncertainty. They did not know
whether their comrades had been carried
out for exchange or parole or death. No
intimation of the decision Of the court had
bocn given. At length thoy returned,
headed by George Wilson, who, with faoo
as pale as death, said: "Boys, wo are to be
hung immediately
Tho guards calnc in with the men, and
tied them hand and foot. During this
preparation, tho condemned men took
last farewell of their comrades. Wilson,
who had been for years an unboIiever
turned to Pittenger, con,rade who was
quite religious, and said, "Oh, Pittcneor
| know that you are right" and then, turn
ing to his friends, he said, "Boys, when you
come to die, try to DO better prepared than
am now!" Shadrack, who had been the
wit of tho party, but profano and reckless
man, said, "If | wero only prepared to
mcet my God, ! would bo satisfied" IIo
was urged by Pittcnger to oalm. himsolf. and
think Of Heaven, but no replied, is too
late, now but TIL try, I'll 'tryln Slavens,
who was q man Of immonse statue, turned
toward his friends, and said, ,,i1Oh, boys, toll
my wife and childrsnlnfand then brok6
completely down, ,ani could say no. moro.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-14

Arc the most ef.
fecti,se' and congo
nial lpurga,ivccvcr
discovered. They
are mild, but ct:.
trctual in their
operation, moving
the bowels surely
and without pain
Although gentle
in their operation;
they are still the
[ most thorough and
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-14

u. yeh,S $!:st}2artic Pills,
Mo-. yn!l, ,L2 r,,;.Eoars er Family physic,
.nH. n' 'm:tnS' Co"t!vercas. J:undice;
""tinii Sea::on. lNoui Stomach, Breath,
Ie;,ciHcDn, T1i'y s,poliia, Rhcurclatism,
EraDS.dtls ana HSin Diseases. Bill.
i2y:snnaS. Hro3sy, Tunor3, Worms,
..n. Nt,GrGlrin, % q Dinner Pill,
fer Purifying the Blood,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-14

I'm addition to these trains, there are TIVE
local freight trains and two through freight
trains running regularly, aud very often.
extra trans @.r.y>
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-03-28
Home Made Telephone,

From the Dertit Free lrts.
noticed recipe for making n cheap
telephone, given by Prof. Barret in a
recent lecture on that instrument. Ir
making his instrument you use a bal
magnet, and have to go to considerable
trouble, for all of which you can only
talk distance of about q hundred
yards. Now l can give a recipe much
more simple, and when the instrument
is fnishedyou can converse at distance
of nearly five hundred yards. Take two
half-gallon (or quartz tin fruit cans and
take the bottoms out of them. Now
take a couple of half cigar boxes, tack
down the lids and cut hole through
the bottom and lid of each, you can fiji
in your cans, first bringing the ends
level with the lid or bottom. Now
stretch wet rawhide, parchment or blad'
der over the other end and tie tight and
let it dry, and your speaking tubes are
finished. Now take two-ply of shoe
thread and wax it well, making it as
long as you wish it. Punch hole in
tho centre of the parchment head, poke
the end of the string through and put d
knot on it to keep it from pulling back
Then put up your string Ikea telegraph
wire, but don't let tittouch wood. Where
you wish to support it or make a turn
run it through loop of the same kind
of string it is, but don't put tho sup
porting loops closer together than is
necessary to keep it up, and leave the
string pretty loose to allow for contrac
ton when wet. Fasten up your speak
ing tubes at each end Of the route, and
you are ready to gabble away. You cal
bore large gimblet holes in your win
dow slsh to run the line out through
keeping it from touching the slsh witt
loop as described. The signal call il
to drum on the parchment end of til,
can with your fingers, or better picl
tho string like harp about foot from
ths head, They are very useful ant
interesting
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-03-28

Whose spirit is it?' the visitor asks

Whose spirit is it?" the visitor asks
of the medium.
as it Mary?" inquiries the visitor.
One rap, meaning no.
rs it Jane?" asks the visitor again
Three raps, meaning yes.
"Well, | declare" exclaims the as.
tonished visitor. "Itis ane Thompson
is it?"
Three loud raps.
did you ever see the hke?" cries the
awe-stricken guest. And she goes away,
and says the medium told her the name
of her dead friend, when he did no such
thing. She told it herself.
The doctor says that nearly evey visi-
tor who consults medium gives him
self away" The medium is on the
alert constantly to catch everything
significant from the visitors lips, and
to supply the meaning. The truth, too,
that nearly everybody in such circum-
stances suffers so in sympathy from the
medium that rather than see the medi-
um mortified he will help the medium
out, and then overlook the fact that he
did so, undoubtedly has much to do
with explaining the mysteries of the
trade. DR.. Huntoon says that if per-
sons who go to consult mediums will
take the precautions not to allow the
medium to learn their history, and then
will take care not to give themselves
away" while with the mediums, they
will receive no such manifestations as
have been spoken Of.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-03-28
THE EASTERN VAR.
The General Situation.

A fortnight ago the air was heavy with
rumors OF Conference, and the messages
exchanged between tho Powers referred
chiefly to the selection Of the place and
time for convoking 1t. England and Russia
were still at variance upon the subjects to
be submitted to the representatives at Eu-
rope, butt seemed that there were hopes Of
finding some middle ground upon which
each Power could meetin harmony. These
happy auguries for the future are now
clouded. England insists that the whole
treaty should be laid before the Conference,
and unless her demand is complied with
there are great fears that the negotiations
will be broken of, and that war will follow.
II Russia should refuse, and persist In her
refusal, the only possible escape from an
appeal to arms would be either to treat the
whole discussion up to the present time as
a tabula rasa, and begin negotiations anew,
or to accept Germany as mediatory Power
between England and Austria, upon one
side, and Russia upon the other. For Aus
tria now, after much vacillation, has ut
length declared herself ready to act with
England in the event Of certain eventuali-
ties, for tho possibility of which she is now
preparing. Her action has recently been
much hampered by the jealousy with which
the Hungarians regard any addition to the
Sclavonic element Of the dual empire
bly, increased by the absorption of Bosnia
and the Herzegovina. Upon this point
Count Andrassy Is said to have reassured
the Mayars, and there is no reason to doubt
that the Count will be permitted to spend
the credit of 60,OOO,0OO Of forms in taking
measures to complete the equipment of a
large body OF troops and hold them in read
mess for instant mobilization.
England and Russia.
Lord Northcote, in Parliament said
the government had not asked that Greece
should enter the congress on the same foot
ing as the great powers, but simply that
she should be represented rs the means Of
making her voice and claims heard. The
government had never proposed that Rus
sia should submit peace conditions to the
decisions by majority OF congress- lhey
asked that all of the articles should be sub
mitted for discussion and discussion only,
that being the only possible manner of de-
Gliding which OF them affected European In
terests. This was the sole question now at
issue. He was not prepared to say what
answer Russia would give, but he thought
the demand Of the government was reason
able and moderate, and unless 1t was com
piled with there would be very little use for
the congress to meet at all.
Indian Mohamedans Aroused.
Trustworty advices from India state
that the Mohamedans are greatly excited
about the overthrow OF Turkey. Serious
trouble is apprehendod unless the govern
ment takes some anti Russian action short
ly. It is believed two hundred thousand
Moslem volunteers, to serve against Rus
sia, could be raised without difficulty.
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FemnIe Lobbyists in Mashington.

hom the Washington Corcsponlcnce.Chici Times.
The female lobbyists are not so plen-
tiful as formerly; but their shy eyes are
sometimes even now seen lifted plead
ingly to the masculine face. Profess
sional female lobbyists are as rule
sneeredat and despised, Many of them
are bold and JlaSe, and some are very
bad women; but among another set OF
lobbyists are many so-called elegant
ladies, who have natural gift for in
trigue, who would faint if they had to
vote, yet who wine and dine members,
call on their wives, say pretty things,
inveigle new cemers into receiving at
tentions which place them under such
obligations that when the lady askes q
personal favor the members vote for
her husband or friend, he has to yield.
Washington is full of such people.
In fact kindness is by persons with
eyeteeth cut in public life, looked upon
with suspicion ;Nnd there is here a con-
stant fawning, and deceit, and lying,
toadying to men in power, prostituting
every true noble impulse to the hope OF
position, until it seems that honor and
honesty have been forever debarred
from walking the thronged avenues OF
our American capital
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Kindness Rewarded,

In December, 1878, a young lady of
Cooperstown, Pa, met on a railroad
train lady who was very i'll, and she
kindly ministered unto her, taking care
of her and accompanying her to her
place of destination. When they part
ed the sick woman offered to reward tho
young lady for her kindness and atten-
ton, but she would take nothing. The.
old woman wrote down the name and
address, nodded familiarly to her and
said: "You will be paid some day."
The young lady never saw her chance
acquaintance again, but the sum of $780,
600 has recently been bequeathed to
her. The old woman had no relatives
in this country and left all her money
to the girl who had befriended her.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-03-28
CRLHNAL.


An express train was robbed by four
men. on the Goth inst, near Hutchins, Tex
as. The express car was taken, the mail
plundered and Express Messenger Thomas
wounded. About fifteen or twenty shots
were exchanged. The leader OF the gang
is obout twenty-six or twenty-seven years
OF age, about five feet high. square built
dark complexion and hair. All appeared
to be young men. They made the engineer
fireman, agent and negro man, who was
on the platform, stand in front OF tho ex-
press car door so the messenger could not
fire. When leaving they took northwest
direction, going toward French bottom.
Anderson Released.
In the case of Thomas A. Anderson,
appeal for new trial, the Supreme court
reversed the verdict Of the jury and order
ed the prisoner released. The decision
virtually ends the prosecution against the
members Of the returning board. The Or
der Of the court, however, ordering the dis
charge of Gen. Anderson, does not release
him at once. tho State having five days on
which to file application for n hearing.
Hunting the Moonshincrs.
A Columbia, South Carolina, dispatch
says the force of thirty men, who started in
pursuit of Redmond and his gang on the
18th. succeeded in capturing six, several of
whom were concerned In the resent rescue
Of United States prisoners from Pickens
county jail-the stansills. Two of the three
men rescued by Redmond have been re-
captured.
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THE MARKETS.
WEEKLY GRAIN REVIEW.

We are indebted to Messrs. Powers
Lynde & Wright, Of Kansas City. for thefol.
lowing reliable review Of the grain trade;
Wheat-No distinctive features whatever
were developed during the week in either
foreign or home markets. The movement
OF values has been toward steady appre.
citation not exceeding, however, 1 to 1%C
In either spring or winter wheat markets
The war situation has ceased to disturb
values Of breadstuffs any longer. and with
exceptionally short crops in England and
France, prices In English markets are moi
1c bushel In excess of the average price
OF wheat for the past ten years. The flrsI
shipment Of Russian wheat. since the cessa.
ton OF hostilities, has reached England
and a fleet OF steamers loaded ut Odessa thu
latter part Of the month Is also on the way
to the United Kingdom. Crop prospects
throughout Europe are exceedingly favor.
able. Should these favorable conditions
continue into May and Russian and Turkish
grievances be amicably adjusted mean.
while, we must expect to see q steady de-
elmo In priced,
Ia the near future the complete nttontior
given to tho cprlne orcps by the predusers
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will prevent much that Is marketable from
coming forward, and with an unusual light
visible supply and the naturally active
demand following the opening Of lake nav
igation, quotations are apt to favor sell
lers.
Corn-An advance of 1c a bushel since
last writing has been fully established, not.
however, based upon export demand as
Liverpool prices are &c lower-but upon
lower freights to the seaboard. Export
clearances for the week ending March 10,
were 100000 bushels less than preceding
week. There is II fair amount of foreign
orders at the seaboard for corn. but sellers
are holding shade above shipping values,
compelling quiet markets. Receipts from
producers throughout the West have been
improving and the general movement to-
ward the seaboard, shows fair increase.
Another weeks fine weather has been OF
great benefit to the shipments coming for
ward which are daily improving the grade.
Oats-No change in values has taken
place. Visible supply" 18Th inst, shows a
decrease of 100000 bushels, the general
movement continuing light. Our own local
demaTd continues brisk for the higher
grades and the supply is not sufil lent to
meet it, though prices are but or Sc below
Chicago quotations.
Rye-1his cereal has ruled firm during
the past week at slight advance, large
amount being taken for export. Increased
inquiry has sprung up from manufactures,
and deliveries at Interior points are only
slightly improved.
QUOTATIONS.
Liverpool-Wheat, unchanged. winter,
los 10d to lis 4d; spring, 0s Cd to los Cd.
Corn, new, 25s Cd to 26s Sd; old, 27s Cd to
2Ss.
New York-Wheat, quiet; No 9 Chlca-
90, 1926 to $127; No . Milwaukee, S12S
to $120; red winter, S1.3O to $1.35. Corn,
quiet; No. 2, SIC to 6Oc; steamer, 53c to
53llc.
Baltimore-Wheat, firm; $1.3O spot !;
$13lli April. Corn, steady; 5i19c to 5i1c
cash; 542sc TO 5jc April.
Toledo-Wheat, firm for cash; $1.25 to
S1,254 April, $l25l May; rejected, $10t
Corn, dull; cash, 451gc to 4Glic May; 452lc
June; rejected, 4215c.
Chicago Wheat unsettled; March, S1.07 z;
April, $l07Sl; May, Sl0S. Corn, cash
or April, 43c: May, 43lic to 1880; June,
Al &c to 42c; July, 422ic.
Milwaukce-Wheat steady; No. .,
$1O024 cash; $100ll March; $1OO15
April; $1094 May.
St Louis-Wheat, April, S11556; May,
$ll595 to Sll5h. Corn, April, 1896;
May, 4l59c.
Kansas Clty-Wheat. No. 3. cash, S1O2.
Corn, No. 2, cash, 3Ol4. Rye, No. 2, cash, 3Sc
bid. Cattle-GoOd to choice steers, $40
@4.65; native oxen, S275@3OO; corn fed
Texans. S3.OO@3 35: stOckcrs, S3.O0613. 25
Hogs-Packers, $30)M3.l5.
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As what is known as the malta scan
dial" is now the subject of a Court OF
Inquiry, and as many misstatements
have been made on the subject, there
can be no harm in saying that the equer-
ry who has been horsewhipped is Cap
tain the Hon. ID. J. Monson, and that
his a8sailant-who conceives himself
cruelty insulted-is Mr.. t-Steven-
son, Adjutant of the Forty-second High
landers.
No one can deny the Duke of Edin-
burg the credit of having at least stood
up for his retainer through thick and
thin. In the first place. when the cX-
plosion came, it was the Prince who
screened his equerry from the dire risk
of a hostile meeting. Then it seems to
have been the same Royal parsonage
who counseled the farce of the agree
ment for hushing up the affair, on con-
dition of the equerry taking to his heels,
Not content with the gallant Lothario
being let Off solightly, again it is Prince
ly ingenuity which suggested that the
agreement has been broken, and that
the eQuerry was accordingly entitled to
return to Malta. Furthermore, it comes
about by the same Royal influence that
civilian is suffered to become prose-
cutor before a military court of inquiry:
and the Duke himself as a witness at
the inquiry on behalf OF his protege had
not his application to return ION sick
leave" from the Dardanelles to Malta
in the Rupert been refused.
The cquerry eventually offered to eX-
change a couple of cozy bullets with the
injured husband, which the latter de-
clined. Before this refusal was return
ed, the officer to whom it was sent sub
mitted the challenge to five military
friends, equally distinguished for their
honor and their high rank in the SER
vice; and they gave it as their opinion
that, as the officer had already proffered
satisfaction of the kind in question,
which proposal the equerry had thought
fit to refuse, he could not now, without
compromising his character, accede to
the equerry's request for n meeting.
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Uncle Daniel Drew

From the ID trOit Free Press.
Uncle Dan'l--ah, good old Uncle
Danl, how the boys in Wall street dc
miss him, to be sure No more "p'ints,
no more orders for the "Waybosh," nc
more simple and childlike smiles when
some other party squirmed under the
screw. They had great affection for
the pious old man, and when fate keel
ed him over and knocked him clear into
the vortex of bankruptcy, as it were, one
of them wrote some touching verses,
which had some circulation at the time.
The poet said:
He was man of noble mind, was good old
Danl Drew,
Though one could never know his game,
or what he meant to do.
His nature it was truthful and his heart was
free from guile.
And he carried with him everywhere n
sweet angelic smile.
The pInts he gave. the winks he wunk were
marvellous for to see,
And all the boys were much improved by
his true pietee.
But he's gone-alas the good old man was
cornered on Northwest.
And 1t cleaned him out so thoroughly he's
had 20 take Il rest.
That was what the poet said, or might
have said, or should have said; you
pays your money and you takes your
choice. Uncle Danl has been taking Il
rest now for a couple of years, spending
the summers up in Putnam county,
where he was once shrewd and enter
prsins drover, and passing the winter
in the city. He had to emerge from
his retirement the other day to attend
to suit brought against him by a
broker with whom he had some transac-
actions before he left the street. His APP
pearance in court attracted some attcn-
ton, and gave the lawyers n chance to
set traps for him, which he lodged
with the same clever cunning that char
acterizcd him in the old times. There
has been great improvement in Uncle
Dan'l's health since the lawyers exam
ined him about his property Just before
the bankruptcy proceedings, and he was
so dreadfully feeble that he could not
answer n question without endangering
his precious life. The poor old man
was so very ill one day that the lawyers
had to go away lest their questions should
kill him, and, when they returned few
days later he wasn't there, but had gone
off to the country, where they couldn't
find HIM. When they finally discover
ed his hiding place he became very i'll
again, and the only questions he could
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The Princess Mercedes on the Stool
of Rpnpnfnncn

| From Letters Front Schoomatc.
Thursday, DecCmber----. The third
division in history, Sister Marguerite's
class in the Middle Ages, came down in
quite an excited frame of mind this
evening. 1t is a large class, made NJ
mostly of Moyennes, and contains Il
number of girls as full of mischief as
any in the school. Sister Marguerite
has had Il good deal OF trouble all winter
i'll trying to keep order and silence dur
ing the recitations, and now tonight
the girls reached pitch of noise and
dissipation that made lessons almost
impossible. Bad notes, usually so eff
fectual, were now of no avail, and as
one by one the girls got lead away by
the spirit of mischief that prevailed,
poor Sister Marguerite felt that she was
fast loosing all authority: and when at
last little quiet, demuro Madame,
could resist no longer, but be-
gan too, to join in the pranks, she
felt that something desperate must be
reSorted to. With rap on the desk
that made every one jump, she said,
sternly, "Mcrcedes!' The princess
started to her feet, and turned crimson.
and the girls looked up to hear what
was coming next Sister Marguerite
went on gravely: Mercedes, l am
grieved to see you encouraging this
conduct in your classmates. You may
go and stand in the door till the class
is quiet" All was hushed in an instant.
and the girls were aghast: for to stand
at the door is considered one of the
most humilating OF punishments, and is
seldom rrsorted to except with Petites.
The door of the recitation-room is a
glass one, leading into the hall, right
at the foot of the staircase where peo-
pie are continually passing, so that the
offender, who stands outside is in full
sight of the passers by, as well as of
the class The girls looked wondering.
ly at each other, at the mistess then at
the princess, to see what she would do.
for moment she liesitatcd, then she
turned and walked quickly, with head
bent down, to the door, opened it, went
ont and stood there with her hands
folded and with verv red face. This
step had the desired effect of bringing
the class to order, for there was hardly
girl but felt she deserved the punish
mcnt far more than Madame. Howev-
er, Sister Marguerite let her stay there
several minutes. just as she was about
to call her back, down the stairs came
the good, kid mistress CT class, who had
a soft spot in her heart for all little sin
ners, and who couldn't help laughing
at Madame's discontinue at being seen
in such Il position, and, embracing her,
led her back to class, asking Sister
Marguerite if the chlld hadn't been
doing penanco long enough. From
this till the end OF the lesson, the
girls We're all like little models. This
evening, after Madame had left, the
nuns told us til at after class, she
came up to Sister Marguerite and
thanked her for having given her this
punishment, saying, "You have remind
me that, in my position, ought always
give the highest example. 1 hope 1
never shall forget it, She always
takes a roproof in such good spirit that
| don't wonder the nuns think so much
of her